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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61106 | Texas Electricity Terms Series: Part 4 - Late Fees, Disconnections, and Early Termination Fees
Texas Electricity Terms Series: Part 4 – Late Fees, Disconnections, and Early Termination Fees
When Texas deregulated its electricity market in 2002, the Texas Public Utility Commission set out to protect consumers by establishing rules that standardized bills. But while these rules required retail energy providers to put term and conditions in “plain language,” it’s easy for Texas electricity consumers to get confused. With the Texas Electricity Terms series, we will examine common features of the Texas electricity market and clear up areas where plain language can sometimes seem a little misleading. We will also highlight key places where consumers need to pay closer attention.
What Happens When I Have Late Fees, a Disconnection, or Early Termination Fees?
Why Do I Have Late Fees?
It’s simple – you probably paid your bill late. No matter how good of a customer you might be, everyone is bound to make a late payment once in a while. And when it comes to your Texas electricity company, you can expect to pay a late fee in this situation.
Payment for your electricity bill is due within 16 days after the bill is issued (or postmarked if mailed). Your payment is considered late when your payment is received outside that 16-day window. When this happens, your Terms of Service for your electricity company spells out what happens, but it typically works like this:
If you have trouble paying your bill, it’s up to you to work out a payment arrangement with your REP. You can set up a payment plan to pay the outstanding bill after its due date, but before the due date of the next bill. You can also enter into a level plan which will provide you with a set amount due each month or you may qualify for deferred payment plan of the amount due in installments.
Be aware that this arrangement might require you setting up a switch hold agreement with your REP. This agreement prevents you from switching to another company before your outstanding balance is fully paid.
Why Do I Have Disconnection and Reconnection Fees?
There are two basic reasons your power might get disconnected:
1. There is a problem with the utility company in your area that causes a wide-ranging power outage in your area. This typically happens because of bad weather. You didn’t do anything to cause this, and you probably can’t do anything to fix it – besides calling the utility company for your area to advise them of the problem.
2. You didn’t pay your bill.
Let’s talk about #2.
The day after the bill is due, your REP can send you a Disconnection Notice — though some will allow a grace period of few days for your bill payment to arrive by mail. The notice typically gives you ten (10) days to pay your bill before the local utility company disconnects your electric service.
Once your power has been disconnected because of non-payment of a past-due balance, your REP can charge you a fee to issue the disconnection order to your local utility. If you do not pay to reconnect the service within a set number of days, your electricity company can cancel its service agreement with you. At that time, the company can turn over your debt to a collection agency — adding more fees and costs to your overdue bill.
When you decide to reconnect, you can face paying the entire past due amount of your bill, a reconnection fee, and a security deposit before service can be restored. As a consequence of disconnection/reconnection on a $100 bill, you could expect to pay double what you owe from additional fees. This could equal $50 (or more) plus another $125 (or more) for a deposit, which could damage your credit score.
One Final Note
If someone in your household has a critical medical condition that would worsen if power was turned off, you must establish this critical care status in advance. To do so, please follow these instructions:
• Download the “Application for Chronic Condition or Critical Care Residential Customer Status” from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). It is available in English and Spanish.
• Bring a completed form to your physician. He/she will fill it out for you and fax it to your TDSP (Transmission and Distribution Service Provider, also known as your local utility company). The TDSP fax numbers are on top of Page 1 of the Critical Care Form.
• Once your physician submits the form to the utility company for your area, that company will then contact First Choice Power to confirm your chronic or critical care status.
Please Note: Your physician must fax the form to your TDSP, not First Choice Power. Your TDSP maintains that list and verifies your Critical Care status, and then will contact us on your behalf so that we can note the status on your account.
What is an Early Termination Fee?
Also known as an ETF, an Early Termination Fee is often built into fixed-rate plans as a penalty if you cancel the plan (usually by leaving the company) before your contract term ends. These fees are spelled out in the Terms of Service and Electricity Facts Label for your plan, and the amount of the fee typically depends upon the length of your contract term.
If you are thinking of switching from your current plan to a different REP, re-read your plan’s Electricity Facts Label to see if your current plan has an EFT. If it does, you must consider whether it makes sense to pay this penalty and switch or wait until your current contract expires.
ETF do not apply all the time!
If you have just received your new plan’s terms of service, you have three days to cancel or rescind the agreement. In which case, you must notify the electricity company by phone that you have changed your mind on the contract.
Moving can make things complicated. However, if you are going to move and must cancel your contract, you won’t be charged the ETF as long as you provide your REP with your forwarding address and proof (if required) that you will no longer reside at the address your plan services. And some REPs will help you transfer your current service to your new address, which means you you won’t face an ETF charge in that instance, either.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61154 | XX.3 Theoretical concepts of species are reflected in the way in which individual species are defined in taxonomic practice
Basically, the question “what is a species” is ambiguous.On the one hand, we can ask what is the taxonomic category of a species, in what does it differ from other types of taxons, i.e. from a subspecies, the genus, family, etc.So far, we have been concerned with just this question.However, we can pose the same question as to how to define, i.e. delimit a certain species taxon in nature, i.e. which individuals to include in it and which not (Mayr 1982).The questions related to the concept of a species as taxonomic category and the conception of a species as specific taxons occurring in nature are, of course, related and, moreover, the answers to them will overlap to a certain degree.Theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of the existence of species determines, amongst other things, which criteria are considered to be decisive for delimiting the boundaries of species in real nature.It is apparent that a nominalist will attempt to define species on the basis of different criteria than an essentialist, which will again be different from those favored by the proponents of a historical concept of a species or of some variants of the model of species cohesion.However, it must also be realized that a theoretically based selection of criteria decisive for the definition of a species need certainly not agree with the selection of criteria according to which a specific taxonomist would actually define species in his professional work.Here, the situation is surprisingly much simpler than in the area of theory – for purely pragmatic reasons the typological definition of a species clearly prevails here.
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Syncthing Tips & Tricks
Syncthing is a fantastic decentralized file synchronization utility, which functions in a manner similar to other cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive, but is self-hosted and does not require a central server to operate.
We recently covered Syncthing on another blog post and wanted to give some further more condensed tips for first time users.
Pertaining to Setup
Syncthing is very simple to install. On most platforms you will simply need to download the latest version of Syncthing Core from, quickly extract a compressed archive, and run the program.
When Syncthing is first installed, the Web UI will launch on https://localhost:8384/. You can change the listen IP later if you need to access the instance remotely.
When you’re setting up your first shared folder on Syncthing, there are two identifiers that are important to remember.
Folder IDs
The Folder ID is the identity of a shared folder. This ID is generated by the first peer who creates a shared folder, and then it should be given out to all other peers that you want to share the folder with. So, it’s created randomly, then never changes for the life of the shared folder.
To create a new shared folder, you simply need to click the Add Folder button. If you have an existing shared folder and need to get the ID, you can find that information within the Shared Folders pane in the web UI for existing folders.
Device IDs
The Device ID is the identity of the Syncthing instance itself, so this is the identifier for a computer or other device that you want to share with. This ID is randomly generated during the installation of Syncthing without any user action required. It does not change for the length of the existence of the Syncthing installation on the device.
This ID is used to initiate sharing with other instances, so you will need to know your peers’ device IDs in order to start sharing folders with them.
This ID can be easily obtained by going to Actions > Show ID (found on the upper right corner of the Web UI).
Pertaining to Global Settings
Automatic Updates
Syncthing is not usually installed through a package manager, so you may be wondering about keeping it up to date. You can turn on Automatic Upgrades from Actions > Settings > General in the Web UI. Generally, you should choose “Stable releases only” as your update option. This is on by default.
Bandwidth Limiting
Sometimes, you may be using Syncthing on an Internet connection where there is other traffic which should be taking priority. If you happen to be on a residential Internet connection like most Syncthing users, chances are that you don’t have a lot of upload bandwidth available, and Syncthing pushing out file changes might not be as high priority to you as making sure that your Netflix stream isn’t buffering.
You can turn on incoming or outgoing rate limiting from Actions > Settings > Connections. The limits are set in kilobytes per second. A good strategy might be to run a speed test on your Internet connection and then set the Syncthing limit to 80% or less than your typical upload speed. This is usually a good amount to prevent saturating your connection under most conditions.
Bandwidth limits are not turned on by default when you install Syncthing.
Pertaining to Shared Folders
Rescan Interval
To conserve server resources, you may want to increase your rescan interval time. A very low rescan interval time can cause disk load issues, especially if you have a large amount of files. You can find this setting by clicking the Edit button on the shared folder from within the Web UI and expanding Advanced Settings.
If you do configure a high rescan interval, you should know that any files added to the folder will take longer to propagate to peers on the network. You can manually expedite the process by starting a rescan, which can be done by clicking the Rescan button on the shared folder in the Web UI.
Another reason that I’ve found to set this to a higher value is if a rescan occurs while you are transferring files into the folder (such as downloading a file from the Internet into the folder), you can end up syncing out a partial file version. This is just generally a waste of bandwidth, as Syncthing will have to sync out the full file once the download finishes. It also creates a buildup of corrupt “file versions” on your other peers if they have versioning turned on. So, if you are going to be putting this folder somewhere that it may be receiving slow file transfers, that is another consideration for changing this setting.
File Versioning
Syncthing supports several different types of file versioning. You can configure the method that you want to use, as well as the maximum age of file versions to retain. This works similar to “revision history” features in popular cloud storage platforms like Dropbox. By default, revisions are stored in the .stversions folder.
You can configure the settings by clicking the Edit button on the shared folder and expanding the Advanced Settings section.
I have been using Staggered File Versioning, and this has worked well for me. To understand the different types of file versioning, you may want to consult the Syncthing documentation.
Accessing and restoring old versions of files is as simple as clicking the Versions button on the shared folder and finding the revision that you want to restore from there, it can all be done through the web UI, or you can manually access the file yourself from the .stversions folder in your shared folder’s root directory.
Pertaining to Devices
An “Introducer” is a distinction of a peer which can be very useful when used correctly.
Say that you have some files that you share with John, and John wants to share the same files with his friend Sally. You don’t know Sally, but you don’t mind John’s friends connecting to you as a peer to increase the speed and reliability of the file transfers. Instead of Sally contacting you with her device ID, you can simply configure John to be an “introducer.” That way, any device John sets up as his peer will automatically become your peer as well.
There are some situations where this can be a drawback. For instance, if you’re trying to remove a dead peer from the network, your introducers might have a nasty habit of introducing it back to you. It may be necessary for you to temporarily disable this option while you are trying to delete peers, but otherwise, it can be left on for convenience.
Hopefully, these tips will be insightful for you in setting up your first Syncthing network. Most of the features of Syncthing are very self explanatory, but as a user for over a year, I compiled these tips for you based on my experiences and the inconveniences that I’ve encountered.
If you have any further questions about Syncthing, I can’t stress enough that their documentation is fantastic, very detailed, and really worth a look.
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Facebook user exposes ritualist who uses human parts for ritualsA Facebook has expressed shock after he received a friend request from a witch doctor on the platform. The witch doctor appears to own a private account and can only be found on Facebook by those who are his friends or those he sends friend requests to.
The web who received a friend request from this baba was shaken to his core after he went through the witch doctor’s Facebook account and saw a lot of fetish items, including caskets, money scattered about, animals and photos of rituals being performed.
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Sharing the photos to WhatsApp, the web user wrote: “Omo see me see wahala. Why would bablawo be sending me friend request?”
He added: “Oh Lord, what is the world turning into? So herbalist now uses internet to influence people.”
On his Facebook page, the babalawo promises the following:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61233 | Robert Wagner Wags His Tongue
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
1 comment:
1. The photograph on the cover of his book...I'll bet he only looked like that for about five seconds. He was handsome, back in the day...but I don't remember this level of hotness.
Re the "virginity" question...yeah, he should have answered it a gentleman ...Jude
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Allen Ginsberg's Poetry Lesson Plan
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Contextual Examination: Moloch and the 1950s
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61255 | Boundary versus bulk behavior of time-dependent correlation functions in one-dimensional quantum systems
I. S. Eliëns Institute for Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands F. B. Ramos Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Física, C.P. 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia, MG, Brazil J. C. Xavier Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Física, C.P. 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia, MG, Brazil R. G. Pereira Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 369, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
July 4, 2019
We study the influence of reflective boundaries on time-dependent responses of one-dimensional quantum fluids at zero temperature beyond the low-energy approximation. Our analysis is based on an extension of effective mobile impurity models for nonlinear Luttinger liquids to the case of open boundary conditions. For integrable models, we show that boundary autocorrelations oscillate as a function of time with the same frequency as the corresponding bulk autocorrelations. This frequency can be identified as the band edge of elementary excitations. The amplitude of the oscillations decays as a power law with distinct exponents at the boundary and in the bulk, but boundary and bulk exponents are determined by the same coupling constant in the mobile impurity model. For nonintegrable models, we argue that the power-law decay of the oscillations is generic for autocorrelations in the bulk, but turns into an exponential decay at the boundary. Moreover, there is in general a nonuniversal shift of the boundary frequency in comparison with the band edge of bulk excitations. The predictions of our effective field theory are compared with numerical results obtained by time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (tDMRG) for both integrable and nonintegrable critical spin- chains with , and .
I Introduction
Striking properties in many-body quantum systems often emerge from the interplay between interactions and a constrained geometry. In a Fermi gas confined to a single spatial dimension, for example, interactions lead to dramatically different spectral properties as compared to its higher dimensional counterparts described by Fermi liquid theory Theumann (1967); Luther and Peschel (1974); Meden and Schönhammer (1992); Voit (1993).
The low-energy limit of one-dimensional (1D) Fermi gases is conventionally treated within the Luttinger liquid (LL) framework Giamarchi (2004). Indispensable in this respect is the exactly solvable Tomonaga-Luttinger (TL) model Tomonaga (1950); Luttinger (1963), which allows a nonperturbative treatment of interactions at the cost of an artificially linearized dispersion relation for the constituent fermions. Using the technique of bosonization, the model is solved in terms of bosonic collective modes corresponding to quantized waves of density.
Static correlations and many thermodynamic properties are captured remarkably well by the Luttinger liquid approach. For many dynamic effects, however, it is clear that band curvature needs to be taken into account. For example, the relaxation of the bosonic sound modes, or the related width of the dynamical structure factor (DSF), are not captured by Luttinger liquid theory, which predicts a delta function peak for the DSF. Attempts to treat the DSF broadening in the bosonized theory, in which the dispersion curvature translates to interactions between the modes diagonalizing the TL model, are hindered by on-shell divergences in the perturbative expansion. Certain aspects of the DSF broadening can nevertheless be captured in the bosonic basis Samokhin (1998); Aristov (2007); Teber (2007, 2006); Price and Lamacraft (2014). An alternative approach uses a reformulation of the TL model including a quadratic correction to the dispersion in terms of fermionic quasiparticles. In the low-energy limit, these turn out to be weakly interacting Rozhkov (2005); Khodas et al. (2007a); Imambekov and Glazman (2009a) restoring some of the elements of Fermi liquid theory in one dimension. At high energies, insight into dynamic response functions such as the DSF and the spectral function, and in particular into the characteristic threshold singularities, can be obtained by mapping the problem to a mobile impurity Hamiltonian. This approach hinges on the observation that the thresholds correspond to configurations of a high energy hole or particle which can effectively be considered as separated from the low energy subband, and that the threshold singularities emerge from the scattering of the modes at the Fermi level on this impurity mode. This identifies the anomalous correlation structure of 1D gases as an example of Anderson’s orthogonality catastrophe Anderson (1967) and links it to the physics of the x-ray edge singularity Schotte and Schotte (1969). Many new results on dynamic correlations, in general and for specific models, have been obtained this way Carmelo and Sacramento (2003); Pereira et al. (2006); Pustilnik et al. (2006); Khodas et al. (2007b, a); Pustilnik et al. (2006); Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008); Cheianov and Pustilnik (2008); Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009); Imambekov and Glazman (2009b); Essler (2010); Schmidt, Imambekov, and Glazman (2010a, b); Pereira et al. (2012). This bears relevance to e.g. Coulomb drag experiments Debray et al. (2002); Yamamoto et al. (2002); Pustilnik et al. (2003); Aristov (2007); Laroche et al. (2011); Pereira and Sela (2010) as well as relaxation and transport Matveev and Furusaki (2013); Protopopov, Gutman, and Mirlin (2014); Protopopov et al. (2014); Lin, Matveev, and Pustilnik (2013); Barak et al. (2010). Dispersion nonlinearity also greatly influences the propagation of a density bump or dip, which would retain its shape when time-evolved under the linear theory but relaxes by emitting shock waves in the nonlinear theory Bettelheim and Glazman (2012); Bettelheim, Abanov, and Wiegmann (2006); Protopopov et al. (2013). Closer to the present work is the late-time dependence of correlations Pereira (2012); Karrasch, Pereira, and Sirker (2015); Seabra et al. (2014) which are related to the singularities in the frequency domain. Collectively, the extensions of LL theory that include band curvature effects may be called nonlinear Luttinger liquid (nLL) theory, but we will mainly be concerned with the mobile impurity approach to correlations (see Ref. Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman, 2012 for further details).
Motivated by these theoretical advances, we study the effect of reflective boundaries on a 1D gas beyond the low-energy regime. Our work is also inspired by studies of “boundary critical phenomena” Cardy (1989); Affleck and Ludwig (1994); Fendley, Lesage, and Saleur (1996) within the LL framework that have unveiled remarkable effects, e.g., in the conductance of quantum wires Kane and Fisher (1992); Wong and Affleck (1994); Fabrizio and Gogolin (1995), screening of magnetic impurities Eggert and Affleck (1992), Friedel oscillations in charge and spin densities Egger and Grabert (1995); Leclair, Lesage, and Saleur (1996); Rommer and Eggert (2000), and oscillations in the entanglement entropy Laflorencie et al. (2006); Taddia et al. (2013).
We focus on response functions which can be locally addressed—such as the local density of states (LDOS) and autocorrelation functions—as these are expected to show the clearest bulk versus boundary contrast. Many studies have addressed the LDOS for LLs with a boundary Schönhammer et al. (2000); Meden et al. (2000); Schollwöck et al. (2002); Meden et al. (2002); Andergassen et al. (2004, 2006); Schneider et al. (2008); Schuricht, Andergassen, and Meden (2013); Söffing, Schneider, and Eggert (2013); Jeckelmann (2013). LL theory predicts a characteristic power-law suppression (for repulsive interactions) of the LDOS at the Fermi level with different bulk and boundary exponents which are nontrivially but universally related Eggert, Johannesson, and Mattsson (1996); Mattsson, Eggert, and Johannesson (1997). This has been verified using different techniques Wang, Voit, and Pu (1996); Schönhammer et al. (2000); Meden et al. (2000); Schuricht, Andergassen, and Meden (2013) and is used as a consistency check in the experimental identification of LL physics Bockrath et al. (1999); Blumenstein et al. (2011).
Away from the Fermi level, no universal results are known. This pertains both to general statements on the restricted energy range where the power-law scaling is valid Meden et al. (2000); Schuricht, Andergassen, and Meden (2013) and to details of the line shape at higher energies. Here, we deal with the latter and argue that the nonanalyticities of, e.g., the LDOS away from zero energy can be understood in the framework of nLL theory for systems with open and periodic boundary conditions alike. The main application of our theory is in describing the power-law decay of autocorrelation functions in real time. We show that bulk and boundary exponents are governed by the same parameters in the mobile impurity model and obey relations that depend only on the Luttinger parameter. These relations provide a quantitative test of the nLL theory. We perform this test by analyzing time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (tDMRG) White and Feiguin (2004); Schollwöck (2011) results for spin autocorrelations of critical spin chains. The statement about boundary exponents applies to integrable models in which the nonanalytic behavior at finite energies is not susceptible to broadening due to three-body scattering processes Khodas et al. (2007a); Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009). The effects of integrability breaking are also investigated, both numerically and from the perspective of the mobile impurity model. We find that for nonintegrable models the finite-energy singularities in boundary autocorrelations are broadened by decay processes associated with boundary operators in the mobile impurity model. As a result, the boundary autocorrelation decays exponentially in time in the nonintegrable case.
The paper is organized as follows. In Section II, we discuss the LDOS for spinless fermions as a first example of how dynamical correlations in the vicinity of an open boundary differ from the result in the bulk. In Section III, we present the mobile impurity model used to calculate the exponents in the LDOS near the boundary. In Section IV, we generalize our approach to predict relations between bulk and boundary exponents of other dynamical correlation functions, including the case of spinful fermions. Section V addresses the question whether finite-energy singularities exist in nonitegrable models. Our numerical results for the time decay of spin autocorrelation functions are presented in Section VI. Finally, we offer some concluding remarks in Section VII.
Ii Green’s function for spinless fermions
We are interested in 1D systems on a half-line, where we impose the boundary condition that all physical operators vanish at . Let us first discuss the case of spinless fermions on a lattice. We define the (non-time-ordered) Green’s function at position as
where annihilates a spinless fermion at position and the time evolution is governed by a local Hamiltonian . The brackets denote the expectation value in the ground state of . The Fourier transform to the frequency domain yields the LDOS
The boundary case corresponds to the result for , where is the lattice spacing for lattice models or the short-distance cutoff for continuum models. We refer to the bulk case of as the regime and , where is the velocity that sets the light cone for propagation of correlations in the many-body system Lieb and Robinson (1972). The latter condition allows one to neglect the effects of reflection at the boundary, and is routinely employed in numerical simulations aimed at capturing the long-time behavior in the thermodynamic limit Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008, 2009); Karrasch, Moore, and Heidrich-Meisner (2014); Seabra et al. (2014).
As our point of departure, consider the free fermion model
where , with , is the free fermion dispersion and we set . The single-particle eigenstates of are created by
We focus on the case of half filling, in which the ground state is constructed by occupying all states with . In this case particle-hole symmetry rules out Friedel oscillations Rommer and Eggert (2000) and the average density is homogeneous, . The Green’s function is given exactly by
and the LDOS is
where .
The result for is depicted in Fig. 1 (a). First we note that, for any fixed position , there is a clear change of behavior at the time scale (where for free fermions). This corresponds to the time for the light cone centered at to reflect at the boundary and return to . For , is independent of (i.e. translationally invariant for fixed and ) and the result is representative of the bulk autocorrelation. The arrival of the boundary-reflected correlations makes deviate from the bulk case and become -dependent for . After we take the Fourier transform to the frequency domain, the reflection time scale implies that the LDOS in Eq. (6) oscillates with period . In the bulk case, the rapid oscillations in the frequency dependence of are averaged out by any finite frequency resolution Jeckelmann (2013). In numerical simulations of time evolution in the bulk, the usual procedure is to stop the simulation at (or before in case the maximum time is limited by various sources of error White and Feiguin (2004); Schollwöck (2011)). This avoids the reflection at the boundary but at the same time sets the finite frequency resolution.
Figure 1: (Color online) (a) Green’s function for free fermions in a semi-infinite chain at half-filling [Eq. (5)], where is the distance from the boundary. The dashed line represents the reflection time with . (b) The deep hole configuration responsible for the oscillations at related to the singularities of the LDOS (Fig. 2). There is an equivalent high-energy particle configuration, not depicted. The dashed circles indicate the projection onto low-energy and impurity subbands important once interactions are taken into account.
Let us now discuss the time dependence of the Green’s function at the boundary () versus in the bulk (, ). In both cases (see Fig. 2) the Green’s function shows oscillations in the long-time decay which are not predicted by the usual low-energy approximation of linearizing the dispersion about Giamarchi (2004). The explanation for the real-time oscillations is the same for open or periodic boundary conditions; for the case of periodic boundary conditions, see the reviews in Refs. Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman (2012); Pereira (2012). The oscillations stem from a saddle point contribution to the integral in Eq. (5) with [in the hole term of ] or (in the particle term). This contribution is associated with an excitation with energy , the maximum energy of a single-hole or single-particle excitation [see Fig. 1 (b)]. We call this energy the band edge of the free fermion dispersion. The propagator of the band edge mode decays more slowly in time due to its vanishing group velocity. The importance of this finite-energy contribution is manifested in the LDOS as a power-law singularity at (see Fig. 2). Notice the clear difference between the bulk and the boundary case: while in the bulk the LDOS has a van Hove singularity at the band edge, , at the boundary one finds a square-root cusp .
Figure 2: (Color online) Noninteracting Green’s function and LDOS . The curves on the left correspond to the chain end (), and the curves on the right to a site in the bulk ().
One of the main achievements of the nLL theory is to incorporate the contributions of finite-energy excitations in dynamical correlation functions for interacting 1D systems with band curvature Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman (2012); Pereira (2012). Our purpose here is to generalize this approach to describe the dynamics in the vicinity of a boundary. For concreteness, we consider the model
where is the density operator and we focus on the repulsive regime . Importantly, the model in Eq. (7) is integrable and exactly solvable by Bethe ansatz Korepin, Bogoliubov, and Izergin (1993). This guarantees that the band edge of elementary excitations is still well defined in the interacting case. We postpone a detailed discussion about integrability-breaking effects to Section V.
Before outlining the derivation of the results for the interacting model (see Section III), we summarize some known results together with our findings for the Green’s function and LDOS. The calculation within the LL framework leads to the well-known predictions Kane and Fisher (1992); Eggert, Johannesson, and Mattsson (1996); Mattsson, Eggert, and Johannesson (1997)
where the exponent is different for in the bulk than at the boundary (subscript “end”): and , where is the Luttinger parameter ( for free fermions and for repulsive interactions). As mentioned above, the real-time oscillations are not predicted by LL theory. It is known that taking into account the finite-energy contributions within the nLL theory leads to the following contributions from the band-edge excitation in the bulk:
where is the renormalized band edge in the interacting system and the bulk exponent for the oscillating contribution is
with the phase shift of low-energy modes due to scattering off the high-energy hole [for free fermions, ; the phase shift for the interacting model in Eq. (7) will be specified in Section III].
Our new result is that the oscillating contribution at the boundary is given by
with the same band-edge frequency as in the bulk, but with a different exponent
When the band-edge mode is the dominant finite-energy contribution to the Green’s function, the asymptotic long-time decay of is well described by a linear combination of the Luttinger liquid term in Eq. (8) and the oscillating term in Eq. (10) or Eq. (13).
There are two noteworthy modifications in going from the bulk to the boundary: (i) an extra factor of in the decay of ; (ii) the doubling of the orthogonality catastrophe correction to the exponent Anderson (1967); Giamarchi (2004). Both are recurrent in the exponents that will be discussed in Section IV. Furthermore, while both exponents vary with interactions, Eqs. (12) and (15) imply the relation
which is independent of the nonuniversal phase shift .
Iii Mobile impurity model with open boundary
To derive the results above, we use the mode expansion that includes band-edge excitations
where denote the low-energy modes, creates a hole in the bottom of the band (), and all fields on the right-hand side are slowly varying on the scale of the short-distance cutoff .
A crucial assumption implicit in Eq. (17) is that we identify the excitations governing the long-time decay in the interacting model as being “adiabatically connected” with those in the noninteracting case, in the sense that they carry the same quantum numbers and their dispersion relations vary smoothly as a function of interaction strength. This condition can be verified explicitly for integrable models, where one computes exact dispersion relations for the elementary excitations. We should also note that for lattice models such as Eq. (7) the mode expansion must include a high-energy particle at the top of the band, with Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008). In the particle-hole symmetric case the latter yields a contribution equivalent to that of the deep hole with , and we get the particle contribution in the LDOS simply by taking in the result for the hole contribution. More generally, the high-energy spectrum of the interacting model may include other particles and bound states, which can also be incorporated in the mobile impurity model Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009); we shall address this question in Section VI.2.
In Eq. (17) we deliberately write the right and left movers separately, even though they are coupled by the boundary conditions Eggert and Affleck (1992); Fabrizio and Gogolin (1995). The condition is satisfied if we impose
These relations can be checked straightforwardly in the noninteracting case using the single-particle modes . The boundary condition on means that for any boundary operator that involves the high-energy mode we must take .
We bosonize the low-energy modes with the conventions
where are chiral bosonic fields that obey . A convenient way to treat the boundary conditions for the low-energy modes is to use the folding trick Wong and Affleck (1994); Fabrizio and Gogolin (1995): we include negative coordinates and identify
For the bosonic fields, we use
The effective Hamiltonian that describes the interaction between the band-edge mode and the low-energy modes is the mobile impurity model
Here is the chiral boson that diagonalizes the Luttinger model on the unfolded line
which obeys . The parameters , and are nonuniversal properties of the hole with (which is treated as a mobile impurity): its finite energy cost, effective mass and dimensionless coupling to the low-energy modes, respectively. Note that the linear term in the dispersion vanishes for the band-edge mode, which is why we have to take into account the effective mass [see Fig. 1 (b)]. In models solvable by Bethe ansatz, and are determined by the exact dispersion of single-hole excitations. The coupling can be obtained from the so-called shift function Cheianov and Pustilnik (2008); Imambekov and Glazman (2008) and the finite size spectrum Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009) for periodic boundary conditions. In Galilean-invariant systems, we can relate to the exact spectrum by using phenomenological relations Imambekov and Glazman (2009b).
The Hamiltonian in Eq. (23) contains only marginal operators. It can be obtained from the mobile impurity model in the bulk Imambekov and Glazman (2009a) by applying the folding trick. Remarkably, all boundary operators that perturb this Hamiltonian and couple the field to the bosonic modes are highly irrelevant, as they necessarily involve the derivative (which by itself has scaling dimension 3/2). For the moment we neglect the effect of all formally irrelevant boundary operators, but return to this point in Section V.
Like in the bulk case, we can decouple the impurity mode by the unitary transformation
The fields transform as
Eq. (26) implies
The Hamiltonian becomes noninteracting when written in terms of the transformed fields
The crucial point is that the representation of the fermion field now contains a vertex operator:
After the unitary transformation, we can calculate correlations for the free fields using standard methods. The Green’s function for the free must be calculated with the proper mode expansion in terms of standing waves, , where is the momentum cutoff of the impurity sub-band. We obtain
In the bulk regime of Eq. (34), we neglect the rapidly oscillating factor ; in this case, the free impurity propagator decays as . In the boundary case, we expand for and the free impurity propagator decays as . This faster decay is due to the vanishing of the wave function at the boundary. It can also be understood by noting that at the boundary the impurity correlator can be calculated as
and each spatial derivative amounts to an extra factor of due to the quadratic dispersion of the band-edge mode.
In addition to the free impurity propagator, we have to consider the correlator Eggert and Affleck (1992); Fabrizio and Gogolin (1995); Eggert, Johannesson, and Mattsson (1996)
Thus, in the bulk case () the correlator for the the vertex operator adds a factor of to the decay of the Green’s functions. In the boundary case, the factor is , a faster decay that stems from the correlation between and for (whereas these become uncorrelated right- and left-moving bosons in the bulk). Putting the effects together leads to
(where corresponds to particle/hole impurity) which is the result in Eqs. (13) and (15).
The scaling dimension of the vertex operator can be related to a phase shift of the low-energy modes due to scattering with the hole, establishing a connection with the orthogonality catastrophe Pustilnik et al. (2006). For the integrable model in Eq. (7), the exact phase shift is a simple function of the Luttinger parameter Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008):
where the exact Luttinger parameter is for
The renormalized band edge frequency is
The exact velocity of the low-energy modes and the effective mass of the impurity are also known: (in units where ).
In the free fermion limit, a particle tunneling into or out of the system is restricted to the free or occupied single-particle states. As is visible in Fig. 2 and Eq. (6) the LDOS is then identically zero outside of the bandwidth set by the dispersion relation. Turning on interactions allows for tunnelling processes in which the particle leaving or entering the system excites additional particle-hole pairs. This leads to a small but nonzero value for the LDOS beyond the threshold energies. The effect can be included by carefully tracking the regulators in the Luttinger liquid correlator
and the impurity correlator in Eq. (34). At the boundary and around the band minumum, the LDOS can for instance be expressed as
We see that the shoulder ratio of the two-sided singularity is determined by an interplay of both the impurity and the low-energy propagators. This is similar, but slightly different than the two-sided singularities within the continuum of the spectral function and the dynamic structure factor Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009) for which the shoulder ratio is determined by the exponents for right- and left-movers and the impurity propagater is just a delta function.
Iv Other correlation functions
The mobile impurity model in Eq. (23) can be used to calculate the exponents in the long-time decay and finite-energy singularities of several dynamical correlation functions Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman (2012). The general recipe for U(1)-symmetric models is to (i) identify the operator in the effective field theory that excites the band edge mode and carries the correct quantum numbers; (ii) write the operator in terms of free impurity and free bosons after the unitary transformation; and (iii) compute the correlator using the folding trick in the boundary case. In this section we apply this approach to calculate the exponents in the density autocorrelation of spinless fermions, spin autocorrelations of spin chains, and the single-particle Green’s function of spinful fermions.
iv.1 Density-density correlation
Let us now consider the density autocorrelation
Using the mode expansion in Eq. (17), we obtain the expression for the density operator including high-energy excitations
where for the half-filled chain in the model of Eq. (7) and we omitted operators that annihilate the ground state (a vacuum of particles). In the boundary case, and are identified according to Eq. (21). The leading operator generated by the low-energy part of at the boundary is , a dimension-one operator. As a result, the LL theory predicts the decay . By contrast, in the bulk case the part of has dimension and gives rise to as the leading contribution for repulsive interactions Giamarchi (2004). In summary, the low-energy term in the density autocorrelation is
with exponents
On the other hand, the high-energy term in the mode expansion for the density at the boundary yields
After bosonizing and performing the unitary transformation, we find that the high-energy term is given by
where we kept the leading operator in the expansion of the slowly-varying fields. From Eq. (IV.1) it is straightforward to show that the autocorrelation function contains a term oscillating with the frequency of the high-energy hole:
with the boundary exponent
This should be compared with the corresponding exponent in the bulk case Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008)
Therefore, the exponents associated with the frequency- oscillating term in the density autocorrelation obey the relation
As mentioned in Section III, in lattice models we also have to consider the band-edge mode corresponding to a particle at the top of the band. In this case the density operator contains an additional term that creates two high-energy modes, namely a hole at and a particle at . In the noninteracting bulk case of Hamiltonian (3), this term yields a contribution that behaves as , where the slow decay stems from the propagators of the high-energy particle and hole. However, in the presence of a repulsive interaction the decay of this contribution changes to and decays faster than the frequency- term for Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008). In the boundary case the equivalent contribution is subdominant even in the noninteracting case, where it becomes due to the faster decay of the free impurity propagator at the boundary. Therefore, the long-time decay of the density autocorrelation is well described by a combination of the LL term in Eq. (45) and the frequency- term in Eq. (49).
For the integrable model in Eq. (7), we can calculate the exponents using Eqs. (38) and (39). We also note that the power-law decay of implies a finite-energy nonanalyticity in the Fourier transform
iv.2 Spin autocorrelations
As an application of our theory to spin chains, we consider the spin-1/2 XXZ model with an open boundary
where is the spin operator on site and is the anisotropy parameter. We are interested in the long-time decay of the longitudinal () and transverse () spin autocorrelations
We focus on the critical regime . Via a Jordan-Wigner transformation Giamarchi (2004)
the XXZ model is equivalent to the spinless fermion model in Eq. (7) with interaction strength . Thus, for (the XX chain) the model is equivalent to free fermions and some time-dependent correlations can be calculated exactly Katsura, Horiguchi, and Suzuki (1970); Stolze, Nöppert, and Müller (1995). For the LL approach predicts the asymptotic decay of nonoscillating terms in the spin autocorrelations Eggert and Affleck (1992):
with exponents
where the exact Luttinger parameter is given by Eq. (39) with . Notice that the exponents for transverse and longitudinal autocorrelations coincide at the SU(2) point , where .
The high-energy contributions to the spin operator can be obtained starting from Eqs. (57) and (58) and employing the mode expansion for the fermionic field in Eq. (17) Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman (2012). In the bulk case, we find
At the boundary, we obtain
Calculating the correlators along the same lines as the previous examples, we obtain the oscillating terms in the autocorrelations
We also present, for comparison, the previously known exponents in the bulk Pereira, White, and Affleck (2008); Karimi and Affleck (2011):
The results for the longitudinal spin autocorrelation are the same as those for the density autocorrelation derived in Section IV.1, as expected from the mapping in Eq. (57). The bulk and boundary exponents for the spin autocorrelations obey a relation equivalent to Eq. (52)
which is independent of .
For the XXZ model we can simplify the result for the exponents using the exact phase shift in Eq. (38). The bulk exponents become
Our new results for the boundary exponents are
iv.3 Green’s function for spinful fermions
We now consider interacting spin-1/2 fermions, as described by the Hubbard model
where is the repulsive on-site interaction. Away from half-filling and in the absence of an external magnetic field, the low-energy spectrum is described by two bosonic fields corresponding to decoupled charge and spin collective modes. Our purpose here is to illustrate the effects of spin-charge separation on finite-energy contributions to time-dependent correlation functions. We focus on the single-particle Green’s function
In the case of spinful fermions, singular features of dynamic correlations can in principle come from both spinon and holon impurities interacting with the low-energy modes Schmidt, Imambekov, and Glazman (2010b, a); Essler, Pereira, and Schneider (2015). For repulsive interactions, the spin velocity is smaller than the charge velocity Giamarchi (2004), so the lower threshold of the spinon-holon continuum is expected to correspond to a finite-energy spinon impurity rather than a holon. Here we focus on the contribution from a single high-energy spinon to the Green’s function and to the LDOS. It is implicitly assumed that the fermion-fermion interactions are strong enough that there is a sizeable separation between the spinon band edge and the holon band edge. Otherwise, weak interactions would imply a small energy scale for spin-charge separation, making it difficult to resolve the two contributions in real time or in the frequency domain.
We follow the construction in Ref. Essler, Pereira, and Schneider, 2015 to define the operators that create finite-energy spinons coupled to low-energy charge and spin bosons, maintaining the correct quantum numbers. Starting from bosonization expressions like
we go to a spin and charge separated basis. The physical field is expanded in right and left movers and written in terms of charge and spin degrees of freedom. We will only need the right moving component for which the spinon part is projected onto the impurity operator. This leads to the projection
Here and , with for charge or spin, respectively, are the conjugate bosonic fields that diagonalize the Hamiltonian at the Luther-Emery point where spin and charge modes are exactly separated. The bosonic fields satisfy .
The impurity model is
where are the charge and spin velocities, respectively, are the Luttinger parameters, and are the energy and effective mass of the high-energy spinon, and are impurity-boson coupling constants. At the Luther-Emery point with free holons and spinons Essler, Pereira, and Schneider (2015), we have and . In contrast, SU(2)-symmetric models correspond to strongly interacting spinons.
We decouple the impurity mode by the unitary transformation
We then implement the boundary conditions by the folding trick and diagonalize the low-energy part of the Hamiltonian by a canonical transformation. We define
The final expression for the projection of the spinful fermion field operator is
Here represent the free low-energy charge and spin modes after decoupling of the impurity and creates the decoupled spinon mode.
The exponents for the corresponding oscillating contribution of are easily read off from Eq. (84). Let us restrict ourselves to the SU(2) invariant case appropriate for the Hubbard model at zero magnetic field. In this case and . We obtain
The singular behavior of the LDOS is obtained by Fourier transformation as before. We also obtain the relation
which is independent of . It would be interesting to test this prediction numerically and investigate the relative importance of the spinon and holon impurity configuration for the autocorrelation and LDOS of the Hubbard model.
V Role of integrability
Our results predict the exponents of autocorrelation functions at the boundary of critical one-dimensional systems assuming that the long-time decay is described by a power law. By Fourier transform, the same theory predicts the exponent of the nonanalyticity at the finite energy in the frequency domain. We expect this to hold for integrable models, where one can calculate a well-defined band-edge frequency from the renormalized dispersion relation (or dressed energy) for the elementary excitations. Examples of integrable models with open boundary conditions include the open XXZ chain Alcaraz et al. (1987); Sklyanin (1988) in Eq. (54) [or, equivalently, its fermionic version in Eq. (7)] and the Hubbard model Schulz (1985) in Eq. (77), on which many of the previous studies of local spectral properties are based.
In generic, nonintegrable models, the persistence of a nonanalyticity inside a multiparticle continuum is questionable. It has been argued that a finite-energy singularity can be protected in 1D systems by conservation of quantum numbers in high-energy bands Balents (2000). However, the high-energy subband in our effective mobile impurity model is defined by a projection of the band edge modes, which carry the same quantum numbers as the low-energy modes. Thus, strictly speaking there is no conservation law associated with the number of particles.
Figure 3: (Color online) (a) Support of the single-fermion spectral function for a generic 1D model of interacting fermions with Fermi momentum . The solid red line represents the lower threshold , below which vanishes. The band edge frequency can be identified as . (b) Support of the dynamical structure factor .
Nonetheless, we can argue that the band edge is still well defined for bulk correlations in a semi-infinite system. In the bulk one can measure momentum-resolved response functions, for instance the spectral function
or the dynamical structure factor
In momentum-resolved dynamical correlations, the spectral weight vanishes identically below a lower threshold Imambekov, Schmidt, and Glazman (2012) [see Fig. 3(a)]. This threshold is defined by kinematic constraints and exists even for nonintegrable models. The mobile impurity model in the bulk then predicts a power-law singularity as the frequency approaches the threshold from above. For instance, for the positive-frequency part of the spectral function Pereira, White, and Affleck (2009):
with defined in Eq. (33). The band edge frequency that governs the oscillations in local correlations can be identified from the spectrum as a local maximum in the lower threshold, about which the threshold is approximately parabolic. For the spectral function this happens for :
In the dynamical structure factor, the band edge can be read off from the value of the lower threshold at momentum , corresponding to the excitation composed of a hole at and a particle at the Fermi point [Fig. 3(b)].
The nonanalyticities in the local bulk correlations are related to the threshold singularities of the momentum-resolved correlations by integration over momentum. For instance, integrating the spectral function implies that the LDOS behaves as
Since the singularities in the momentum-resolved dynamic response cannot be broadened, the power-law decay of autocorrelations in the bulk is a generic property of critical 1D systems.
However, since momentum is not conserved in the presence of a boundary, the above argument cannot be used to establish power-law decay of autocorrelation functions at the boundary. From the field theory perspective, the difference between bulk and boundary cases can be understood by analyzing the effects of boundary operators that perturb the mobile impurity model in Eq. (23). In the following we shall argue that, although formally irrelevant, boundary operators introduce two important effects in nonintegrable models: (i) they may renormalize the frequency of oscillations in the boundary autocorrelation, which will then differ from the frequency in the bulk (only the latter being equal to the band edge frequency ); (ii) boundary operators that do not conserve the number of particles in high-energy subbands may give rise to a decay rate for the mobile impurity, which implies exponential decay of the boundary autocorrelation in time and the associated broadening of the nonanalyticity in the frequency domain.
For discussion purposes we will focus on the regime of weak interactions, which can be analyzed by perturbation theory in the free fermion basis, but the argument can be made more general by bosonizing the low-energy sector and the main points carry through. If we are interested in the impurity decay, we can furthermore safely neglect operators that involve the impurity field but do not couple it to the low-energy modes—these will at most renormalize the impurity dispersion.
As a simple example of a boundary operator respecting the symmetries and boundary conditions, consider the impurity-number-conserving perturbation
Here we use to denote the low-energy modes of the fermion field on the unfolded line. We will assume that |
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According to the Bible, God himself ordained the family as the basic building block of human society, because He deemed it "not good that man should be alone" (Genesis 2:18). That verse stands out starkly in the biblical creation narrative, because as Scripture describes the successive days of the creation week, the text punctuates each stage of creation with the words, "God saw that it was good" (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, italics added). The goodness of creation emerges as the main theme of Genesis 1, and the statement "God saw that it was good" is repeated again and again, like the refrain after each stanza of a lengthy song. Then finally, after the sixth day of creation, we're told with emphasis, "God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good" (italics added).
But then Genesis 2:18 takes us back to the end of day six and reveals that just before God ended His creative work, just one thing was left that was "not good." Every aspect of the entire universe was finished. Each galaxy, star, planet, rock, grain of sand, and tiny molecule was in place. All the species of living things had been created. Adam had already given "names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field" (Genesis 2:20). But there was still one glaring unfinished aspect of creation: "For Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him" (Genesis 2:20). Adam was alone, and in need of a suitable mate. Therefore God's final act of creation on day six—the crowning step that made everything in the universe perfect—was accomplished by the forming of Eve from Adam's rib. Then "He brought her to the man" (Genesis 2:22).
By that act, God established the family for all time. The Genesis narrative says, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). Jesus quoted that verse in Matthew 19:5 to underscore the sanctity and permanence of marriage as an institution. The same verse is quoted practically every time two believers are united in a Christian marriage ceremony. It is a reminder that marriage and the family are ordained by God and therefore sacred in His sight.
So it is no mere accident of history that family relationships have always been the very nucleus of all human civilization. According to Scripture, that is precisely the way God designed it to be. And therefore, if the family crumbles as an institution, all of civilization will ultimately crumble along with it.
Over the past few generations, we have seen that destructive process taking place before our eyes. It seems contemporary secular society has declared war on the family. Casual sex is expected. Divorce is epidemic. Marriage itself is in decline, as multitudes of men and women have decided it's preferable to live together without making a covenant or formally constituting a family. Abortion is a worldwide plague. Juvenile delinquency is rampant, and many parents have deliberately abandoned their roles of authority in the family. On the other hand, child abuse in many forms is escalating. Modern and postmodern philosophies have attacked the traditional roles of men and women within the family. Special interest groups and even government agencies seem bent on the dissolution of the traditional family, advocating the normalization of homosexuality, same-sex "marriage," and (in some cultures nowadays) sterilization programs. Divorce has been made easy, tax laws penalize marriage, and government welfare rewards childbirth outside of wedlock. All those trends (and many more like them) are direct attacks on the sanctity of the family.
These days whenever families are portrayed in films, television dramas, or sitcoms, they are almost always caricatured as grossly dysfunctional. Someone recently pointed out that the only television "family" who regularly attend church together are "The Simpsons"—and they are cartoon exaggerations deliberately saddled with the worst imaginable traits, designed mainly to mock and malign both church and family. It's no joke, though. A relentless parade of similarly dysfunctional assortments of people assaults us on television and in the movies. Hollywood has defined a broad new meaning for the word family.
Although many Christian leaders have been passionately voicing concerns about the dissolution of the family for decades, things have grown steadily worse, not better, in society at large. Secular social commentators have lately begun to claim that the traditional nuclear family is no longer even "realistic." An article published not long ago by the on-line magazine Salon said this: "The 'ideal' American family—a father and a mother, bound to each other by legal marriage, raising children bound to them by biology—is a stubborn relic, a national symbol that has yet to be retired as threadbare and somewhat unrealistic." [1] The nuclear family simply won't work in 21st-century society, according to many of these self-styled "experts."
I know those voices are wrong, however, because I have witnessed literally thousands of parents in our church who have put into practice what the Bible teaches about the family, and they and their families have been greatly blessed for it.
As society continues its mad quest to eliminate the family, and as our whole culture therefore unravels more and more, it becomes more important than ever for Christians to understand what the Bible teaches about the family, and to put it into practice in our homes. It may well be that the example we set before the world through strong homes and healthy families will in the long run be one of the most powerful, attractive, and living proofs that when the Bible speaks, it speaks with the authority of the God who created us—and whose design for the family is perfect.
[1] . Amy Benfer, "The nuclear family takes a hit" (7 Jun 2001),
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Father's Day Kids Craft - Clothes Pin and 6x6 Page
We are doing this project at an upcoming Kids Craft Program at a local library. Although this project looks elegant, it is relatively very easy for a child to do (2nd - 5th graders, with the assistance of a parent). The hardest part is the "punching" and I normally do that part for them. I love this stampset, Baroque Motifs and Chocolate Chip ink!
• Baroque Motifs
• Chocolate Chip
• Chocolate Chip
• Brocade Background Designer Series Paper (retired)
Stampin' Up! Accessories
• Vintage Brads
• 1/16" Circle Handheld Punch
• Choc. Chip Taffeta Ribbon
• SNAIL Adhesive
• Stampin' Dimensionals (optional)
Other Accessories
• Wooden, Magnetic Clothes Pins from Oriental Trading
1. The paper for the wooden, magnetic clothes pin is 1 5/16 x 5 11/16. Cut two pieces, for the front and back of the clothes pin. Adhere with SNAIL adhesive (or glue of your choice).
2. Cut 2x2 Chocolate Chip cardstock as a mat for the greeting. Very Vanilla piece 1.75 x 1.75 for actual greeting.
3. Cut a piece of Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon and fold. Place behind greeting and punch through the greeting and ribbon (using 1/16" Circle Handheld Punch). Put Vintage Brad through.
4. Adhere greeting to clothes pin.
5. Cut a 6x6 piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock (plain, but textured may have even looked better).
6. Cut a piece of 5.75 x 5.75 designer series paper (Brocade Background, light green patterned paper).
7. Stamp the large swirl in Chocolate Chip ink, three times on the designer series paper.
8. Wrap Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon around the designer serices paper. Adhere.
9. Glue the designer series paper onto the 6x6 Chocolate Chip cardstock.
10. Cut 1.75 x 1.75 piece of DSP (the same pattern used in step 6). Stamp large motif in Choc. Chip ink on that piece of paper. Mat to a 2x2 square of Choc. Chip cardstock.
11. Punch in the center of the motif and place Vintage Brad.
12. Adhere motif to finished 6x6 page (using Dimensionals or SNAIL adhesive). |
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1. jmills8
Best keep believing that so you wont spend your money. Im enjoying its Solid State Amp even more thsn its Tube amp or its Balance amp. The 11Pro is pretty good and has a better screen. N8 is mainly for its sound. The Hifiman R2R has a great sound , better than daps costing over 3,000 usd , but it has the worst UI.
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2. Kopf
You can get for 500€ a more powerful and better solid state amp than in N8. A unique selling point of the N8 is the two different amp sections.
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3. jmills8
Oo which portable amp and duo dac will sound better ?
4. Kopf
Not talking about a portable amp. I just set the price of N8 in relation. The N8 is in comparison to A&K SP1000/2000. Both super pricy. Do you prefer the solid state of N8 to the AK SP 1000/2000?
5. jmills8
I dont want to demo the sp2000. I had the sp1000 , 380 , 320. Lotoo touch , paw gold , and like 20 other daps and I prefer the 3.5 solid state sound from the N8. On certain recordings the Tube does wonders. Also on certain styles of music the 4.4 is ideal.
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6. Kopf
I do believe to know that cayin tries to transmit the warmth and musical sound signature of their amps to their daps. It´s one of their trademarks. I would be happy to own N8 and have the possiblity to choose for myself, what sounds better for my ears.
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7. gLer
I get what you're saying. I still haven't heard a DAP that can best a good desktop dac/amp with over ear headphones, but IEMs and the ability to go mobile changes the game. I still don't think you need to spend as much as an N8 for that type of sound though, not when an M11 and Oriolus stack will get you 95% there for 1/3 the price.
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8. Kopf
N8 is one of the products where the manufacturer says, this product has to be expensive because nobody else believes that is good. M11/pro it´s bargain in comparison. Much better price relationship.
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9. HaPeKa
James mentioned, that M15 will be announced in December, for M15 Pro there are no informations so far.
I hope, Fiio takes the time to develop it to a real high standard, not only in SQ but also usability.
If M15 Pro will have THX amps as well, then hopefully with a battery that matches the power hungry amps ...
It wouldn't surprise me, if it would feature a slightly bigger size to make room for a bigger battery and better thermal control.
And, I guess we'll be near USD 1'000.- with a flagship like this. Let's wait and see ...
10. gazzington
It's a common misconception that the n8 is purely for tubes. I think of the tubes as a bonus feature. Standard 3.5 and 4.4 sound fab on it
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11. courierdriver
Is that some kinda headfi rule? So, if you post about it 6 times+, you get banned or something?! I often mention the gear I use in many of my posts. Often, I give that gear accolades because I like it alot, and I'm trying to help others get stuff they might enjoy. Why is it neccessary to limit someone's posts to just five, on any given topic? I thought this was supposed to be a friendly forum where everyone was welcome to express their opinions.
12. courierdriver
Why is posting 100 times (a HUGE eggsaduration this case) such a problem? If he likes the thing alot, then let him post it. Sure, it makes him look like a fanboy...but so what? There's plenty of fanboys out there for all different kinds of brands and model . Are they also supposed to shut up after 5 posts? If you don't like hearing or reading about certain kinds/brands of gear; maybe just unsubscribe from that thread, and let people post as they want.
13. Maxx134
this is news to me I'm glad they finally getting better because every time I listen to their units they do not rival desktop and so it handicapped all their headphones on their tables at meet events.
Thats why I choose the Sony WM1Z/1A units, because you get traits of both tube like stage and organic tonality, with solid state clarity and speed.
It not make sense in having multiple units or add-ons as it loses the goal of having an all in one system.
As far as the Fiio m11PRO is concerned, it would need a tube amp stack like the Oriolus BA300S to climb higher..
14. szore
So, I cannot get the usb DAC function to work. I plug in the pro, and I can transfer files, but the fiio control panel does not see the dap.
15. oldmate
How many times have you posted the photograph of your 8 TH900's - bit of hypocrite aren't we. Stop being a testa di cazzo.
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The HeadAmp GS-X and GS-X MK2 Thread
Discussion in 'High-end Audio Forum' started by macedonianhero, Oct 22, 2012.
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1. eddie0817
Thanks elan and Whirlwind.
I am wondering if got some improvements on the model.
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2. purk Contributor
Just the color of the amp module board. No improvements here.
3. TSAVJason
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4. eddie0817
Thanks Purk and Jason :)
5. T Bone
I picked up a new Chord Qutest DAC last night. One of the features of the Qutest is adjustable voltage on the RCA outputs. You can select 1V, 2V or 3V output.
What voltage does the HeadAmp GS-X mk2 "expect" on its RCA input?
Do the XLR inputs "expect" the same voltage or are they different than the RCA.
6. HeadAmpTeam
The GS-X mk2 is compatible with all three of those voltage outputs. Effectively, it gives the device more of a possible range of volume settings, think of it as like having a gain switch on the Qutest. Using the 3V output it's less likely you'd have a use for the high gain setting on the GS-X, whereas using the 1V setting would give you more useful volume steps on low gain with a highly efficient headphone or IEM.
As to the question of XLR vs. RCA, neither input expects or requires a particular voltage, and the amp circuitry applies the same gain regardless of input source. Of course because the GS-X mk2 is a full-balanced design, when you use an RCA input, you are getting single-ended output, even from the XLR outputs. The forthcoming GS-X mini does not have that limitation, but does have a lower maximum power output and shared power supply for L/R channels.
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7. T Bone
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try "gain matching" the DAC and the amp so that I get the most number of usable steps in the volume pot.
Lack of balanced outputs was the one "concern" I had about the Qutest. My former DAC offered balanced outputs to the balanced inputs on the GS-X.
8. whirlwind
I have been using my GS-X mk2 as a pre-amp for my GEL3N tube amp with sublime results.
What a great piece of gear...love this amp.
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9. Law87
guys I'm trying to find the output power of the GS-1, can anyone chime in?
10. yage
11. Law87
12. yage
If it's a GS-1 with the Dynalo+ modules, then the middle column is what you want to look at. The rightmost column is equivalent to the GS-1 with the original modules. Use Ohm's law to find max power output (P = V^2 / R).
13. Law87
unless my math is wack a 15v (Conservatively) into 300ohms is 750mW?
that is more than the Liquid Platinum single ended output....
14. yage
Liquid Platinum specs are probably RMS power, which would be lower. To get that from the posted numbers, multiple by .707 and then put it through the formula.
The caveat to all this is that we don't know what level of distortion and measurement bandwidth, so I wouldn't use it as the exact number, but it's a number.
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15. brocrusher
I just got my own GSX Mk-2 after lurking this sub for over a year and couldn't be more pumped. I originally started out with a schiit magni then upgraded to the Gilmore Lite Mk2 as it was all I could afford at the time and noticed an instant improvement. Now having switched from the Gilmore to the GSX I am noticing again a much wanted improvement. Where the soundstage sounded narrower for my cans on the gilmore I am getting what I feel now is accurate imaging. My headphones finally sound like their price point. Even cooler part is this one has serial number 1 so its even cooler to have that history. Now I just have to wait for the matrix sabre pro to come in and I will be at my end game.
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Gopinath hosts Neeya Naana, a talk show that showcases debates on issues that are relevant in today's social scenario. This episode is a continuation of ‘existence of luck’. Thiru Vidhyadhar talks about palmistry, while Dr. Charles argues that the Principles of Probability make one win or lose. |
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Women love books. It's a fact: we are the reading sex. We are the writing sex too. Yet, in spite of this, our books are often ridiculed, demeaned, or ignored.
Women love books. We always have, probably always will. Of all the books that are currently bought and read, we do most of the buying and the reading. It's a fact: we are the reading sex.
We are the writing sex too. Our foremothers, like Jane Austen and the Brontës, wrote novels which would be read by millions and live on for centuries. Today, books by JK Rowling, Nora Roberts, and Stephanie Meyer prop up the publishing industry. Women are prolific writers and we are the all time bestsellers.
"America is now given over to a damned mob of scribbling women," wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne in the mid-nineteenth century just at the moment when many women like Austen had taken up their quills and were writing novels (and were finding big hungry audiences for their work).
Not much has changed since Hawthorne. Although Austen and the Brontës now get their due, women's fiction today still struggles to be taken seriously. Romance novels continually get stereotyped as "soft porn for desperate housewives." Chick lit has been dismissed by the literati as throwaway "fluff" obsessed with shopping and shoes. And even women writers like Jodi Picoult who tackle more serious issues are often labeled "hysterical" and "melodramatic" by reviewers. The book reviewing world even criticizes books for "pandering to female audiences," as if that is such a terrible thing (yes, Publisher's Weekly said this about the short story collection, This is Chick Lit).
Best-selling author Jennifer Weiner pointed out this week that the same thing is happening with women's memoirs. Weiner (who's often talked about the gender bias amongst the reviewing establishment) recently read a handful of memoirs by men - including David Denby's American Sucker and David Carr's Night of the Gun. She then looked at the praise some of these memoirs received in the New York Times and compared them to the reviews given to similar books by women (namely Katha Pollitt's Learning to Drive and Elizabeth Hayt's I'm No Saint).
Here's Weiner's conclusion:
"If you're a dude and you write about, say, smoking pot with your prepubescent son, scoring coke with your daughters asleep in your car, or spewing uncontrollable diabetes-related diarrhea all over your son's back seat, well then you, sir, have written 'a bruising survival story,' or a 'brave, heartfelt, often funny, often frustrating book.'
If you're a chick who sleeps around and lives to tell (and sell) the tale, you're greedy, vain and charmless. If you're a guy who spends nights on end looking at Internet porn and days investing in drug companies that overcharge cancer patients for their cures, then you're 'formidably smart.'"
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Do a little magic at home with the kids!
member entry of the monthMy daughter thought the revealing was wonderful and was in fits of giggles over both revealing the collage and watching the extra bits falling off! She was also very excited when it was put up on the fridge! – Louise, Koonoomoo VIC
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1. On the sheet cardboard write your child’s name with a glue stick.
2. Let your child tear up bits of coloured paper – and get them to cover the sheet pf cardboard with the pieces of coloured paper (or anything small enough that can be stuck onto cardboard).
3. When they are done covering the sheet of cardboard – lift it up and let all the extra bits fall off and their name will appear – like magic! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61341 | Is Jesus God?
Good News Magazine
December 1982
Volume: VOL. XXIX, NO. 10
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Is Jesus God?
What is the REAL ANSWER? Is Jesus God? Is He the same as Jehovah? Is there more than one God? Here you will find GOD'S answer—from His own Word—as revealed in YOUR BIBLE.
STARTLING as it may seem, there is great confusion today among religious leaders concerning the true nature and office of Jesus Christ—the Savior of the world.
You need not be in doubt! The Bible was divinely inspired to impart TRUTH to those who seek it with honest hearts and minds.
But even this all-important subject has become jumbled in today's troubled and chaotic world.
Is Jesus God?
Jesus Christ came to pay the penalty for sin in our stead. He gave of Himself, that we might be reconciled to God. How was this made possible?
First, if Jesus had been only human, His death could have paid the penalty for but one other human who had incurred that penalty by transgression of God's spiritual law (Rom. 6:23).
Since God the Father created all things by Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:9), and since all things, including man, were made by Jesus Christ, He is our Maker and therefore God, and His life that He gave was of greater value than the sum total of all human beings.
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father" (verse 14, Revised Standard Version).
Also, "He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not" (verse 10, RSV). Compare these scriptures with I Corinthians 8:6 and Colossians 1:12-19.
Life alone can beget life. This is the absolute law of biogenesis. Since eternal life is the GIFT of God (John 3:16), only a GOD possessing immortality could give it. If Jesus were only human, we could not receive eternal life through Him and He could not be our Savior.
Man does not have eternal life inherent in himself. But, as God "the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." And: "God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" (John 5:26, I John 5:11-12).
He was also human
On the other hand, Jesus was also human.
Since it is human life that has transgressed God's law, the law claims human life as its penalty. Contrary to popular present-day teaching, the Word of God states that the wages —the penalty—of sin is DEATH—not eternal life in a so-called hell fire (Rom. 6:23).
When we sin, we break God's perfect spiritual law, "for sin is the transgression of the law" (I John 3:4). The penalty for this sin is death. The penalty must be paid. God the Father will not compromise. It must be paid by man.
Therefore, Jesus, who is and was God, who has always existed (John 1:1-2), was actually made flesh (verse 14). He, who was God, actually became human flesh because I John 4:2-3 (RSV) states, "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God."
He was conceived in and born of the human virgin, Mary. "Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 1:18, RSV).
He was made not only flesh, but human flesh and blood. Notice Hebrews 2:14: "Since then the children are sharers in blood and flesh, himself also in like manner partook of the same" (Ivan Panin translation).
Jesus called Himself the Son of MAN repeatedly, and also the Son of God. Matthew wrote: "Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, 'Who do men say that the Son of man is?' And they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' And Jesus answered him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven' " (Matt. 16:13-17, RSV).
Jesus, in nature, is equal with God—"Jesus: who, existing in God's form, counted not the being on an equality with God ought to be grasped at, but emptied himself... being made in likeness of men" (Phil. 2:6, Panin translation).
He is called God in Titus 2:10, 13. Therefore He is God. The Bible contains so much on these points that the above is a mere fragment of the evidence.
Yes, Jesus is also "Jehovah," although this word is a mistranslation used in the American Standard Version. The original name, in the Hebrew, contained the consonants YHVH. In writing in Hebrew, vowels were omitted, supplied only in speaking. Thus the precise pronunciation of the name is not definitely known, but today it is commonly assumed to be Yahveh or Yahweh.
The meaning, in English, is "THE ETERNAL" or "THE EVER-LIVING" or the "SELF-EXISTENT." It is commonly supposed that Yahveh or, as commonly called, "Jehovah" or, as in the Authorized Version, "The LORD" of the Old Testament was God the FATHER of Jesus Christ. This is a flagrant error!
Yahveh was the God of Israel, the only One of the Godhead known to ancient Israel. When He came in human flesh they did not recognize Him. "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not" (John 1:10).
Neither did they know God the Father (Matt. 11:27, Luke 10:22, Panin). "No one knoweth... who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to REVEAL him."
In Genesis 1, the Hebrew name translated "God" is Elohim. This is a uniplural name, such as church or family. A church or a family consists of more than one person, yet is one church, or one family.
In this same sense Elohim—the God Kingdom— includes both God the Father and Yahveh, who was the Logos or the WORD of God, and also their Spirit emanating from them, the Holy Spirit, the LIFE, CHARACTER and POWER of God.
Jesus, in praying for the welfare of the Church prayed that its many members might "be ONE as we are one" (John 17:11, 21, Moffatt translation). The Church is ONE body, yet composed of many members (I Cor. 12:12). A husband and wife are ONE FLESH, yet two persons.
The word God has two meanings—the God Kingdom or the God Family, AND the persons composing that Kingdom or Family. Christ and the Father are ONE God, not two Gods —one Elohim. That is why Elohim said, "Let us make man in OUR image" (Gen. 1:26).
Yahveh was the "WORD" or Spokesman of the Godhead—its second member. As soon as God began to SPEAK to man, it was always Yahveh who spoke (translated "LORD" in the Authorized and "Jehovah" in the American Standard Version—see Genesis 2:16, 18 and Exodus 20:2). Almost always it is Yahveh in the original Hebrew—the "WORD" who was made flesh. The proof of this is a long study involving hundreds of passages.
As a fragment of the evidence, compare Isaiah 8:13-14 with I Peter 2:7-8. Isaiah said, "The LORD of hosts"—YHVH— shall be "a stone of stumbling" and "a rock of offence." Peter said, in quoting this text in reference to Christ, He is "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence." Jesus is the LORD —the Eternal of the Old Testament.
Now compare Isaiah 40:3 with Matthew 3:3 and Mark 1:3. John prepared the way before Yahveh (Isa. 40:3) who was CHRIST (Mark 1:14-15).
In Revelation 1:17 we read: "When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last." And in verse 8, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty."
Again Revelation 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" (RSV). Study also Revelation 22:16 for proof it was Jesus speaking.
Jesus Christ calls Himself the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Now compare these texts with Isaiah 44:6: "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god' " (RSV).
Now turn to Isaiah 48:11-12, RSV. "For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. 'Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am He, I am the first, and I am the last.' " Verses 17-18 show it was Yahveh speaking.
And also in Isaiah 41:4, RSV: "Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am He." All of these scriptures show that Yahveh is the first and last. Christ is the Yahveh of the Old Testament.
Christ is the ROCK—the God of the Old Testament
In I Corinthians 10:4, the "Rock" of the Old Testament is called Christ: "For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ" (verse 4, RSV).
Notice also II Samuel 22:2-3, RSV: "He said, 'The LORD [Yahveh] is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence.' " See also verse 32.
In Psalm 18:1-2, this same "ROCK" is Yahveh. When Moses was talking to Yahveh, and asked Him His name (Ex. 3:4-5, 13), He answered that His name was "I AM" (verses 6, 14) and Yahveh—the Eternal One (verse 15). See also Exodus 6:2-3.
In John 18:5-8, as soon as Jesus identified Himself to the mob led by Judas as "I AM" (the "he" in italics is added without inspiration, and was not in the original), they went backward and fell to the ground.
Again in John 8:56-58, Jesus called Himself "I AM." For we read, "Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am" (verse 58).
The person of the Godhead who is our REDEEMER is Jesus Christ. John 4:42, RSV, contains this:
"They said to the woman, 'It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the SAVIOR of the world.' "
"But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Phil. 3:20, RSV). Read also Titus 2:10-14, Luke 1:68-69.
That Jesus, the Savior, is Yahveh. See Isaiah 49:26 and 60:16, where He—Yahveh—is also "the mighty One of Jacob" (to be OF Jacob means a son or descendant of Jacob)—the mighty One of all Jacob's children.
Also, in Isaiah 48:17, Yahveh is called the Redeemer, and "the Holy One of Israel"—the One of Israel who is holy! The same is expressed in Isaiah 43:14: "Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." Also note the next verse (15): Yahveh is Israel's Holy One, Creator of Israel, Israel's King.
Now notice in Acts 3:14-15 that the Christ who was denied was the same "HOLY ONE"—Yahveh! "But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One... the Prince of life" (Panin). See also Acts 2:27 and Mark 1:24.
Christ was David's shepherd
Who was David's shepherd (Ps. 23:1)?
In John 10:11, Jesus said He was the Shepherd. Open your Bible also to Hebrews 13:20, RSV: "Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep."
Compare this text with I Peter 2:25, RSV, which says, "For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls." We also read: "Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly, not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory" (I Pet. 5:2-4, RSV).
It is JESUS CHRIST who is coming again in person as KING of kings to rule, and to RESTORE.
In Revelation 19:13-15, RSV, John writes: "He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.... From his mouth issues a sharp sword with which to smite the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty."
And again John writes, "They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb [Christ] will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful" (Rev. 17:14, RSV).
The great Shepherd who is coming to RULE as King of kings is Yahveh."And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God"—Yahveh or Christ! See Ezekiel 34:11, 30-31.
Now notice Isaiah 2:1-4 and Micah 4:1-4. "It shall come to pass... that the mountain [Kingdom] of the Lord's [Yahveh's] house shall be established in the top of the mountains [kingdoms]" —ruling the world. "And he [Yahveh—Christ] shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people," and then they shall have PEACE.
In almost every Old Testament passage, the LORD Yahveh —the Eternal—is Jesus Christ. Clearly, Jesus is the God of the Old Testament.
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According to the essay by Enric Batlle i Durany, “the landscape plays a very active role in all of RCR’s works. The location is not just an additional aspect in their conception process. It is the physical and metaphysical basis of their work.” In this marvellous special issue, full of extraordinary images and stories, a portrait emerges of architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, and Ramón Vilalta that is both intimate and enlightening. It tells about their early years, how they learned from Japan, and gives an overview of recent work. Included are numerous drawings, ink washes, exfoliations, and models made by the office, reflecting both their shared creativity and ongoing dialogues.
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Mushroomy Kingdom
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The Stage Mushroomy Kingdom is a returning Super Mario themed stage in the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros.
Based on:
Super Mario Bros
Previously appeared in:
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Unlocked: Default Stage
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Mushroomy Kingdom returns as a stage in Super Smash Bros for 3DS. Based on the old-school side scrolling Mario game, this stage contains various hallmarks of a mario game, including pits, question blocks, and pipes.
The level will always be scrolling to the right, forcing characters to keep pace while attacking. There are only a few pits to be found, otherwise fighters must KO enemies above or to the side.
Fighters can also break blocks by jumping up into them, and if items are turned on, question blocks will give random items that can be used.
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"kicks and shoves" [ENGR]
Here's an interesting project that might be worthy of your support. Kickstarter is a site that allows you to peruse small budget creative ideas that need funding. The notion is, if enough people chip in, the project will become a reality.
We've been made aware of a Sherlockian project that needs funding: Moriarty: The Dark Chamber is a "graphic adventure" that is being proposed on Kickstarter. The publication is an upcoming graphic novel from DangerKatt Creative Studio, written by Daniel Corey, with art by Anthony Diecidue and letters and graphics by Dave Lanphear.
According to the project leads:
MORIARTY is going to be a three-chapter trade publication. Chapter #1 is complete, but we need your help to fund Chapter #2. The money received from backers will aid in production, covering the cost of art, letters and final assembly. The individual chapters of MORIARTY will debut online, and will go to print when the entire book is complete.
Here's the trailer for the project:
And a synposis:
MORIARTY follows the misadventures of Professor James Moriarty, arch nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, and poses the question: Can an outdated supervillain find new life?
It is the dawn of World War I, and Sherlock Holmes has been dead for twenty years. Professor James Moriarty is a lost man when he is approached by MI5 and blackmailed into finding Holmes' long-lost brother, Mycroft. What at first appears to be a routine case leads to a web of intrigue that involves a psychic box, a woman from his past, and a new villain that threatens to be greater than he ever was.
Will he unravel this complex mystery and reclaim his former glory as the world's greatest criminal mastermind, or will he fade into obscurity?
If you're interested in seeing some of the sample art, their Facebook Page has an album full of it.
Here's where you come in: the team needs to raise $3,700 in the next 40 days or so. So far, there have been 11 contributions made and $400 raised. If this is a project that you would like to see succeed, please consider contributing. There are great incentives if you volunteer a donation, including copies of the final graphic novel, downloadable artwork, and signed sketches by artist Anthony Diecidue.
In addition to donating, let's do something remarkable: let's see how viral we can make this effort. Share this link with everyone you know. Email it. Tweet it. Put it on Facebook, discussion boards, forums, etc. Let's see how far and wide we can spread the word to help get these guys off the ground. That "plus" sign in the bottom bar or the green "Share This" icon below will help you with that.
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“Philosophy.—Nil.” [STUD]
Early on in the Sherlock Holmes stories, we learn about Sherlock Holmes's aptitude with regard to philosophy. In his famous list titled "Sherlock Holmes—his limits," Watson lays out Holmes's strengths and weaknesses.
Holmes's philosophical bent was the second item on Watson's list, and Holmes didn't fare well:
2. [Knowledge of] Philosophy.—Nil.
And yet, he didn't have difficulty in defeating Professor Moriarty, who, as a professor of mathematics, Holmes also called "a genius, a philosophy, an abstract thinker." [FINA]
Perhaps because Holmes himself was also an abstract thinker.
Yes, he relied on data to form his opinions (“Data! data! data!” he cried impatiently. “I can’t make bricks without clay.” [COPP]), but he also was imaginative enough to consider different perspectives or possibilities that didn't occur to the traditional police.
Take "Silver Blaze" for example. Holmes knew to look for the wax vesta that was buried in the mud, he observed animals (the dog, the sheep, etc.), and had this to say about the inspector who was in charge of the case:
“Inspector Gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an extremely competent officer. Were he but gifted with imagination he might rise to great heights in his profession.” [Emphasis ours.]
We're reminded of a quote from Young Sherlock Holmes:
"A great detective relies on perception, intelligence, and imagination."
And in that triumvirate of traits is much of what makes up a philosopher's approach.
It's difficult to imagine Sherlock Holmes applying reason and perspective without using philosophy. Perhaps he picked up what he knew at Baker Street Elementary...
Baker Street Elementary follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at www.bakerstreetelementary.org. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61373 | Two-phase-flow Combustion: Deflagrations in Confined Porous Energetic Materials and their Stability
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Keller 3-180
Stephen Margolis (Sandia National Laboratories)
Multiphase combustion of porous materials gives rise to significant two-phase-flow effects associated with the relative motion of gaseous and condensed phases. For example, deflagrations in confined porous energetic materials are characterized by an overpressure in the burned gas region that reverses the gas flow and leads to permeation of the hot gases into the unburned porous material. This results in a superadiabatic effect that increases the combustion temperature and hence the burning rate. Under the assumption of gas-phase quasi-steadiness, an asymptotic model, one that is amenable to a perturbation analysis of the basic solution and its stability, is derived. This basic solution, corresponding to a steadily-propagating planar combustion wave, is shown to be susceptible to a pulsating form of instability that collapses to previous results in the limit of zero porosity. For nonzero porosity, the effect of increasing over pressure, which increases the combustion temperature, is shown to be generally stabilizing, analogous to the effects of decreasing heat losses on combustion temperature and stability in single-phase deflagrations. Additional effects attributable to porosity and two-phase flow will also be discussed.
This work was supported by the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61391 | Posts Tagged ‘other blackheads brands’
Different types of acne can sometimes require different treatments.
Knowing the different types of acne you may have can be a key piece of the puzzle towards clear skin. In general, acne and all of its variations are caused by oxidized sebum and clogged pores.
Here is a list of the main types of acne and a little bit of information on what causes them.
Whiteheads, also known as closed comedones, appear in the form of slightly whitish, flesh-colored bumps or dots. They form when sebum (your skin’s natural oil), dead skin cells, and bacteria get trapped in your pores— they’re basically clogged pores that aren’t inflamed. Because whiteheads are clogged below the surface of the skin, they remain closed and flesh-colored, the top looking more white, thus called a whitehead. They look just like little bumps under the skin, sometimes a little more whitish than your skin color. Whiteheads are a fairly mild form of acne, and can be easily treated, though they can be stubborn sometimes.
Blackheads are another acne type and are almost identical to whiteheads in that they are non-inflamed clogged pores. The only difference is that with blackheads, the blocked pore remains open instead of closed. If a blocked pore’s top is open, the pore is exposed to air where the lodged sebum and keratin are oxidized, turning the whole thing black. Like whiteheads, blackheads are caused by trapped oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria in pores.
Papules are clogged pores that are inflamed. They appear as tender red bumps, but they’re hard when you touch them. They’re usually fairly small and are somewhat raised. Papules form when a clogged pore (a blackhead or whitehead) gets irritated, swelling up, turning red, and becoming painful. This is what inflammation is. The defining factor of papules is that they are not filled with pus, though they may get filled up with pus later. To avoid getting papules, leave blackheads and whiteheads alone — fingers off! You should also avoid irritating or harsh cleansers.
Pustules are what we’ve come to know as zits. Like papules, they are inflamed clogged pores with the exception of the pus that fills their centers. You can tell if you have pustules if you can see yellowy or whitish heads on your pimples, which feel like blisters. Pustules are essentially even more irritated papules.
Nodules / Cysts:
Nodules and cysts are severe forms of acne and are much larger than papules and pustules. When blocked pores get even more irritated, they get even bigger, and can go deeper into your skin. Nodules and cysts appear in the form of painful bumps under the skin. They’re usually really stubborn and can take forever to go away, possibly leaving behind scars in the process. Nodules are the hard ones which aren’t usually filled with pus, whereas cysts are filled with pus and are softer, feeling like fluid-filled sacs underneath the skin. You can tell if your acne is nodules or cysts by the size and severity of inflammation. Nodules and cysts are very painful, large, and protruding. You couldn’t mistake ‘em.
Cysts are filled with pus and are softer, feeling like fluid-filled sacs underneath the skin and are also larger than papules/pustules.
There are other types of acne as well, but this covers the most common types you are likely to encounter. Most acne can be helped if not completely cleared up using a more natural approach than your doctor or dermatologist would recommend. Despite common belief, diet does play a big role in acne. So does genetics, stress and hormones. Your skin is the largest organ in your body and if it is unhappy, there is a reason for it. Most acne treatments today try and treat the symptom (the actual pimple) or bacteria, and not the problem that is causing the acne. Acne is not caused by a dirty face! Many acne sufferers of all types of acne have vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Some of the common deficiencies are vitamin A, C, D, E, zinc and magnesium. By supplementing with the proper amounts and ratios of vitamins and minerals you can have a dramatic effect on your acne and overall skin health.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61408 | BRIC is an acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The economies of these four nations are collectively called "BRIC," "the BRIC countries," "the BRIC economies" or the "Big Four." The countries currently represent about 25% of the world's land mass and 40% of its population. Economist Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, introduced the acronym in his 2001 paper, "Building Better Global Economic BRICs." The paper drew attention to the importance of BRIC and the growth of these emerging market economies.
O'Neill's paper theorized that India and China will grow to become the world's leading suppliers of manufactured goods and services, respectively, and Brazil and Russia will become dominant raw materials suppliers. In addition, O'Neill surmised that by 2050, the combined economies of BRIC would surpass those of the world's current wealthiest countries.
It should be noted that O'Neill grouped these nations together because they have the potential to form an influential economic bloc, not because they represent a political alliance or a formal trading association. The nations, however, have met at an international relations summit annually since 2009. The first two conferences were referred to as the 2009 BRIC Summit and 2010 BRIC Summit. In 2010, South Africa was officially admitted as a BRIC nation following an invitation from China and the other BRIC nations, making the current acronym BRICS, for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. As a result, since 2011, the annual conference has been referred to as the BRICS summit.
(For related reading, see: Understanding the Risk in the BRICs.) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61424 | An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that implants outside of the uterus. Ectopic pregnancies account for one to two percent of all conceptions. The majority (95%) of ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tube. However, less commonly an embryo may implant in the cervix, ovary or even very rarely in the wall of the abdomen.
Causes of ectopic pregnancy
Women with damaged fallopian tubes are more likely to develop an ectopic pregnancy. In fact, 50 percent of ectopic pregnancies are associated with some degree of tubal disease. Tubal disease may be the result of a bacterial pelvic infection. Bacteria which are commonly associated with tubal disease are usually transmitted sexually and include gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Tubal disease may also occur as a result of inflammation in the abdomen from endometriosis or appendicitis. Surgery involving the fallopian tube will also increase the chance of a tubal ectopic pregnancy. This is true for surgeries designed to help women attempt pregnancy such as opening a blocked tube or women who have attempted to prevent pregnancy with a tubal sterilization procedure. Occasionally, an ectopic pregnancy can occur in a woman without any obvious risk factors for tubal disease.
Symptoms of ectopic pregnancy
Early in a pregnancy, a woman may be unaware that a pregnancy is an ectopic. In fact, early symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy may mimic those of a normal pregnancy. Some women with an ectopic pregnancy may have light vaginal bleeding or spotting as a symptom. When a pregnancy is six to eight weeks along, some women may experience varying degrees of pelvic or lower abdominal pain. Often this pain can be localized to one side or another but this is not always true. Pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding are also symptoms that can occur during a miscarriage. Sometimes, it can be very difficult to distinguish between an ectopic pregnancy and a miscarriage.
Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
Transvaginal ultrasound is probably the single most reliable and non-invasive way to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy. It is not infallible, however. In order to understand how an ectopic pregnancy is diagnosed it is important to understand a little bit about how any pregnancy is diagnosed.
After fertilization of the egg in the fallopian tube, the newly formed embryo will normally travel down the fallopian tube into the uterus. Some of the cells of the growing embryo will produce a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin or simply hCG. Once the embryo implants, the hCG being produced is absorbed into the mother’s circulation. These hCG levels can be detected by performing a blood test. Once the hCG levels become high enough, that can also be detected in the urine. This forms the basis for the modern home pregnancy test.
A normally developing pregnancy will produce hCG levels in increasing amounts. The rate of increase can be determined over a number of days. If a physician detects that the hCG levels are not rising at an appropriate rate, then he may become suspicious that the pregnancy may be abnormal in some way. Unfortunately, there is some overlap between normal and abnormal pregnancies. In other words, occasionally, a normal pregnancy may show a slowly increasing hCG or an abnormal pregnancy (miscarriage or ectopic) may demonstrate a normal or fast rising hCG.
In a normally developing pregnancy, it is possible to predict when the pregnancy should be visible on ultrasound. In our practice, we know that once an hCG levels reaches 2000, that a gestational sac should be visible in the uterus on transvaginal ultrasound. If a pregnant woman has an hCG level that is over 2000 and no gestational sac is visible on ultrasound, it is assumed that the patient may have an ectopic pregnancy and she is given special precautions. In only 5% of cases of ectopic pregnancy, can the ectopic be seen directly in the fallopian tube. Usually, it is the absence of a visible pregnancy in the uterine cavity that leads to the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy.
Other signs that may be identified on ultrasound can increase the suspicion for the pregnancy of an ectopic. For example, the uterine lining tissue can be seen and measured on transvaginal ultrasound. Frequently, women with an ectopic pregnancy will have a much thinner uterine lining than women with a normally developing pregnancy or with an impending miscarriage. Fluid in the abdominal cavity could be a sign of internal bleeding that occurs as a complication of an ectopic pregnancy.
Progesterone is a hormone that is produced from the ovary after ovulation. In the absence of pregnancy, the progesterone levels produced by the ovary will decline and eventually result in a woman starting her menstruation. If a pregnancy is present, however, the hCG from the pregnancy causes the ovary to continue the production of progesterone and the thus the woman “misses” her period. Progesterone levels in the bloodstream rise very early in the course of a pregnancy. Low levels of progesterone are often associated with an abnormally developing pregnancy, such as an ectopic pregnancy or an impending miscarriage. Progesterone levels are not very helpful in diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy in women who are undergoing treatment with fertility medications since these medications can boost the progesterone levels and thus give a falsely reassuring result.
Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
If a physician has determined that a pregnancy is non-viable but is not certain if it is located in the uterus (an impending miscarriage) or if it is located in the fallopian tube, a minor surgical procedure can be used to help distinguish between the two conditions. This operation, known as a D&C (dilation and curettage), can be performed under anesthesia either in the hospital or as an outpatient procedure. During this procedure, the physician will gently dilate the opening to the uterus called the cervix until a thin suction catheter can be inserted. Using suction, the contents of the uterus are removed. The uterine contents can be immediately sent to a pathologist to observe under a microscope.
This method for diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy depends on the fact that it is exceedingly rare for a woman to have an ectopic pregnancy and a pregnancy in the uterus at the same time. Therefore, if pregnancy tissue is found by the pathologist from the uterine D&C, this will almost always rule out the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy. The advantage to this method is that if uterine pregnancy tissue is found, it spares the patient from having to have undergo invasive surgery in which the physician looks directly into the abdomen. If no pregnancy tissue is found in the uterus, than the physician can proceed with further surgery while the patient is still under anesthesia.
Laparoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancy
Laparoscopy is an outpatient surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia. Once the patient is asleep, the abdomen is filled with carbon dioxide and a thin telescope is placed into the abdomen through the belly button. The incision needed to insert the laparoscope is usually 1 cm or less. A camera is attached to the laparoscope allowing the physician to view the inside of the abdomen on a monitor. Additional small incisions (5 mm or less) can be made, usually on the right and left side near the pubic hair line. The physician can place instruments through these additional incisions to allow completion of various tasks such as holding the fallopian tube for better visualization. During the laparoscopy, the physician will first look for the presence of blood in the abdomen. This would be the first clue for an ectopic pregnancy. Next, he will attempt to visualize each fallopian directly. An ectopic pregnancy will usually appear as a swollen in the area in the fallopian tube. Sometimes, a very early or small ectopic can be hard to detect in a fallopian tube. If an ectopic pregnancy is identified, it can be treated at the same time (see Surgical Treatment below).
Medical treatment of ectopic pregnancy
If an ectopic pregnancy is diagnosed early enough, medication can be used to eliminate the pregnancy tissue from the fallopian tube. The medication used is called methotrexate. Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-metabolite that has been used in other fields of medicine such as the treatment of psoriasis, some types of cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis. MTX inhibits an enzyme that is a necessary to make and repair DNA inside of cells. Cells which divide rapidly such as cancer cells, bone marrow, fetal cells, cell from the digestive system and cells of the urinary bladder are more sensitive to MTX. Since pregnancy tissue is very rapidly growing its growth is going to be interrupted by MTX.
To be a candidate for methotrexate therapy, a pregnant woman needs to be in stable condition with no evidence of internal bleeding or severe pain. The pregnancy should be very early. Studies have shown that advanced tubal pregnancies do not respond as well to treatment with methotrexate. Women with large ectopic pregnancies, rapidly rising and/or high levels of hCG (> 10,000 IU/L) are less likely to respond to methotrexate therapy and, therefore, may be considered candidates for surgical treatment.
Methotrexate is given as a single intra-muscular shot or as a series of shots and pills over several days. Most of the side effects that have been reported from the use of methotrexate have not occurred in women being treated for ectopic pregnancy which usually only requires a single dose. Most of the side effects have been seen from treatment of other problems that may require higher doses or regimens that are given over the course of several weeks.
• Gastrointestinal disturbance: Some of the people who take MTX will experience one or more of the following symptoms: nausea, diarrhea, vomiting or ulcers in the mouth. This may result in dehydration. Symptoms do resolve when treatment is stopped.
• Blood and Bone marrow: MTX may cause anemia (low red blood cell count), leukopenia (low white blood cell count), and or thrombocytopenia (low platelet count). Low platelet counts can result in spontaneous bleeding. To determine whether is a candidate for MTX, she should have a simple blood test to ensure that she does not have any of these problems beforehand. She should also be monitored after MTX has been given to follow any decreases in these levels.
• Liver: MTX has the potential for causing temporary or permanent damage to liver cells. Simple blood tests should be given before MTX is given to ensure that she does not have measurable liver damage beforehand.
• Neurologic: MTX has caused confusion, irritability, seizures and coma to occur in some patients.
• Pulmonary (Lung): Development of a dry non-productive cough can be a sign of a potentially serious problem known as pulmonary fibrosis.
• Kidney: MTX can rarely result in kidney failure.
• Skin: Occasionally, patients taking MTX may develop severe skin conditions that might rarely be fatal. Reactions have been seen after even single doses.
There are no known long-term side effects from use of methotrexate.
Most early ectopic pregnancies can be successfully treated with methotrexate, often leaving the tube open. If methotrexate is successful, the hCG levels measured in the blood will begin to decline in four to five days. Eventually, the hCG levels should decline to zero over the next two to six weeks. If the hCG levels do not fall, methotrexate treatment may be repeated or the pregnancy may be removed surgically. A patient may experience some abdominal pain for a few days due to the resorption of the ectopic pregnancy. Women should limit sun exposure during treatment, as methotrexate can cause sensitivity to sunlight and sunburn may occur. When being treated with methotrexate, women should not drink alcohol or take vitamins containing folicacid (folate).
Surgical Treatment of ectopic pregnancy
Until recently, ectopic pregnancies were usually treated by removal of the entire fallopian tube. This required making an incision in the abdomen that was several centimeters long (open surgery or laparotomy) and resulted in patients being admitted to the hospital postoperatively for several days.
Today, open surgery is rarely performed for an ectopic pregnancy. It would typically be reserved for emergency situations in which the patient is unstable or thought to have life threatening internal bleeding from an ectopic pregnancy that has ruptured. Women who have had multiple ectopic pregnancies are also candidates to have their tubes removed.
The current gold standard for surgical treatment of an ectopic pregnancy is to perform the procedure laparoscopically. Preservation of fertility is a main objective in the modern treatment of an ectopic pregnancy. The reproductive surgeon can visualize the swelling in the fallopian tube and make an incision in the side of the tube over the swollen area. The pregnancy tissue can be removed through the incision leaving the remainder of the tube intact. This type of conservative tubal surgery is called a salpingostomy. The fallopian tube subsequently heals on its own. In most instances, after the tube has healed, it remains patent and able to produce another pregnancy.
The main disadvantage of this type of conservative surgery is that in some cases, residual ectopic pregnancy tissue may be left behind. For this reason it is very important to monitor a woman’s hCG levels after surgery to ensure they decrease all the way until negative. If residual ectopic tissue is detected, further treatment using MTX or repeat surgery to remove the tube is required.
There are other types of surgical procedures that are less commonly employed for the treatment of an ectopic pregnancy. A partial salpingectomy (sometimes called a segmental resection) is when the surgeon removes a segment from the middle of a fallopian tube that contains the ectopic pregnancy. The beginning and ends of the tube are left intact. This type of surgery is not preferred since it requires a second surgical procedure to reconnect the two parts of the tube again. A segmental resection may be needed if there is persistent bleeding of a tube or there is a large fear of leaving residual ectopic tissue behind.
Outcomes after ectopic pregnancy
The two main objectives in the treatment of ectopic pregnancy are to save the life of the woman who has the ectopic pregnancy and to preserve her fertility. Unfortunately, there is an increased chance of being infertile after an ectopic pregnancy. In addition, the chance of having another ectopic pregnancy is increased. It is thought that ectopic pregnancies occur due to damage to the fallopian tube. This same underlying damage can also make it more difficult to become pregnant. In this case, the infertility was present before the ectopic. In addition, treatment of the ectopic itself, whether by medication or surgery, can leave damage behind and therefore worsen infertility.
Fortunately, over half of women who experience an ectopic pregnancy will have a live born baby sometime in the future. It is extremely important for women who have had an ectopic pregnancy to be closely monitored whenever they believe they may be pregnant again. Monitoring should be performed initially with blood tests for hCG levels and then with ultrasound. Monitoring should continue until a definite intra-uterine pregnancy can be verified.
Prevention of ectopic pregnancy
The only way to prevent an ectopic pregnancy with 100% certainty is to avoid becoming pregnant. Even surgery that removes the fallopian tube does not completely eliminate the risk for an ectopic. This is due to the fact that there is a small portion of the tube that runs through the wall of the uterus and connects the uterine cavity to tube outside of the uterus. Even when the tube is removed, this small segment remains. An ectopic which occurs in this area is called an isthmic or cornual ectopic.
IVF can reduce the chances for ectopic pregnancy in those women who are at high risk. In-vitro fertilization is a technology in which eggs are removed from the ovaries and fertilized outside of the body. The embryos are then placed directly into the uterus. Only about 5% of pregnancies in women with a history of ectopic will be an ectopic with in vitro fertilization. This is compared to about 15-20% of pregnancies conceived without in vitro fertilization. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61442 | Nanomaterials are said to be a bunch of materials that have at least one dimension of fewer than 100 nm. The classification of these materials is based on how many of their dimensions are smaller than 100 nm. If all the dimensions of a particle are smaller than 100 nm, we call it a Nanoparticle. Because of their size, these materials have different properties than the larger ones. With the help of these different properties, materials with larger dimensions can also be modified using these materials.
For example, by placing these materials with specific makeup on the surface, it can be self-cleaning. Using these materials, paints can be more resistant to UV rays. There is also a special type of Nanomaterials called metal-organic framework consisting of a metal part and an organic part. These materials can be used to store regular fuel gases in a chamber. As a result, more than 1000 times more gas can be stored in the same compartment. Of these newly commercially available materials, they can also be used to optimally absorb moisture from the air. Jikan produces a variety of Nanomaterials.
Check out MOF-801-P specifications and features. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61448 | TY - JOUR T1 - Infection with an Endemic Human Herpesvirus Disrupts Critical Glial Precursor Cell Properties JF - The Journal of Neuroscience JO - J. Neurosci. SP - 4875 LP - 4883 DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5584-03.2004 VL - 24 IS - 20 AU - Dietrich, Joerg AU - Blumberg, Benjamin M. AU - Roshal, Mikhail AU - Baker, Jeffrey V. AU - Hurley, Sean D. AU - Mayer-Pröschel, Margot AU - Mock, David J. Y1 - 2004/05/19 UR - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/24/20/4875.abstract N2 - Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), a common resident virus of the human CNS, has been implicated in both acute and chronic inflammatory–demyelinating diseases. Although HHV-6 persists within the human CNS and has been described to infect mature oligodendrocytes, nothing is known about the susceptibility of glial precursors, the ancestors of myelin-producing oligodendrocytes, to viral infection. We show that HHV-6 infects human glial precursor cells in vitro. Active infection was demonstrated by both electron microscopy and expression of viral gene transcripts and proteins, with subsequent formation of cell syncytia. Infection leads to alterations in cell morphology and impairment of cell replication but not increased cell death. Infected cells showed decreased proliferation as measured by bromodeoxyuridine uptake, which was confirmed by blunting of the cell growth rate of infected cells compared with uninfected controls over time. The detailed analysis using novel, fluorescent-labeled HHV-6A or HHV-6B reagents demonstrated strong G1/S phase inhibition in infected precursor cells. Cell cycle arrest in HHV-6-infected cells was associated with a profound decrease in the expression of the glial progenitor cell marker A2B5 and a corresponding increase in the oligodendrocyte differentiation marker GalC. These data demonstrate for the first time that infection of primary human glial precursor cells with a neurologically relevant human herpesvirus causes profound alterations of critical precursor cell properties. In light of recent observations that repair of CNS demyelination is dependent on the generation of mature oligodendrocytes from the glial precursor cell pool, these findings may have broad implications for both the ineffective repair seen in demyelinating diseases and the disruption of normal glial maturation. ER - |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61461 | jungle jeff Leadership Lesson
jungle jeff Leadership Lesson. In other words, I promised to share today, what was reinforced the other day when I practiced what I preached.
As a professional speaker, there are certain deliverables every time a speech or workshop is given to an audience. Public speaking is the greatest fear humans have, even greater than the fear of dying.
Leadership insight:
• Lead, don’t manage – facilitate key points instead of telling them
Look, we all know this to be so simple it almost embarrasses me to try to convince you it’s important. And yet it is a key to becoming world class. Like yeast in bread. A little risk is required to be successful. Duh, right?
What’s risky is doing things a different way. If you do it the way you always do it, you can predict your results. Predicting an outcome when you take a risk is virtually impossible. While you can visualize a positive result, you can not guarantee it.
It is quite common in workshops to see video clips of something important and then watch with a certain purpose and debrief what insights were gained from the video’s content. That’s exactly what happened. Very routine. A video I’ve set up, watched and debriefed 1,000 times.
For the debrief, I tried something completely different. I asked a remarkably simple and open-ended question. In fact, one participant gave me a look that said, “You’re an idiot”. It took sheer will-power to not be shaken.
Afterwards, I asked my partner how he thought it went. In ten years, we both agreed, it was the single best debrief of that video we’d ever experienced. And we teach with many different partners.
What at one point seemed like a certain failure, because I didn’t panic or give up, turned out to be extraordinary. Leaders do not get paid to fail (although maybe they should). |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61465 | The small business owners guide to conquering SEO: The glossary
09.30.18 09:52 AM Comment(s) By ArtiAgrawal
Own a small business and struggle with SEO? Contributor Doc Sheldon has created a glossary of essential SEO terms to help small business owners improve their understanding and knowledge of SEO.
While SEO is neither magic nor rocket science, it’s still fairly complex and getting more so every day. The vernacular can be somewhat confusing to everyone practicing SEO. Canonical, hreflang, schema, cache, robots.txt, .htaccess — these are just a handful of the many terms you’ll come across as you build, manage and market your website.
In this first of a three-part series, we’ll list and define some of the most common terms you’re likely to encounter while practicing SEO for a small business.
Above the fold – This is the content that’s visible to a website’s visitors before they scroll down. Obviously, it can vary, depending upon the device the visitor is using.
Algorithm – Often also referred to as an “algo,” this is a mathematical process or formula to execute a set of functions. For example, an algorithm determines which page in a search engine’s index is the best match for a given search query.
Alt attribute – This is the alternative text, encoded into a page’s hypertext markup language (HTML) or EXtensible hypertext markup language (XHTML), which should be displayed if an image or another element cannot be rendered in the browser.
Analytics – The information resulting from a systematic analysis of data or statistics, such as the number of visitors to a site, where they landed, where they originated and where and when they exited.
Anchor text – The clickable part of the link you see, often a keyword phrase, but can be a uniform resource locator (URL). Author Doc Sheldon is anchor text, as is
B2B– Business-to-business, when a business’s customers are other businesses.
B2C – Business-to-consumer, when a business’s customers are end-users.
Backlink – An incoming link to a web page from another webpage.
Blackhat – Often followed by the word “SEO,” Blackhat most commonly refers to practices which are specifically designed to fool search engines into seeing a website as having more value than it really does, almost always in violation of the search engines’ webmaster guidelines.
Bounce rate – This refers to a percentage of visitors who leave a web page without interacting with it.
Bot – A piece of software which autonomously executes specific tasks according to pre-programmed inputs. This can include crawlers, chatbots or malicious bots.
Breadcrumb – This is a textual “map” of where a page is located within the hierarchy of a website. Breadcrumbs are normally clickable links, which can aid users in backtracking their steps. For example:
Home > About Us > Our Team.
Browser – This refers to a graphical user interface which displays HTML files and is used to navigate the Internet.
Cache – This is the storage of web content in memory, in order to be able to more readily serve them to a user. Caching commonly occurs on both servers and browsers.
Call to action (CTA) – A portion of the marketing message that tries to get a user to perform a certain action.
Canonical – This is an HTML element that indicates the original or preferred version of a piece of content, in order to avoid duplicate content issues.
CTR – Stands for click-through rate, the percentage of users shown an advertisement, search result or hyperlink who click on it.
Conversion – The conversion of a lead or prospect refers to the successful enticement of the user to complete the desired action, such as a purchase, download or subscription.
Correlation – This refers to an apparent relationship between two or more conditions wherein the relationship may or may not be interdependent. For instance, “When I stepped outside, I realized I was hungry.” Hunger was not brought on by having stepped outside.
Crawl – Web bots, also called crawlers or spiders, systematically crawl the internet, following links from one page to another, determining the connectivity that establishes the World Wide Web. If a page has no inbound links whatsoever, it will almost certainly never be found by the crawlers.
CSS – Refers to a cascading style sheet which is a file dedicated to telling browsers how a page should be displayed, in terms of font style, size and color. It also denotes the size, spacing and location of other HTML elements. It is a much more efficient method than inserting what may be highly repetitive data if inserted with each individual element.
Deep link – This refers to an inbound link to a page other than the home page of a website.
Disavow – At times, a site may receive inbound links from another web page of low quality or dubious character. If the site owner does not want these links and is unable to have them removed, the site owner may submit a disavow file listing the low-quality links via a disavow request. This is basically saying, “We prefer this link/domain be ignored.”
Domain – Each website has its own domain, which is part of its URL. In the URL for this page, the domain is searchengineland.
Duplicate content – This refers to blocks of content on a page which are identical or highly similar to content on another page, either on the same or another domain.
Entity – Entities are unique things which exist independently, such as people, places or things, so a company can also be an entity, as can a country or planet.
External link – This is an outbound link from a page to another page on a different domain.
Frames – Two or more documents are loaded independently and displayed on the same screen, each within a frame. It’s not advisable to use frames since search engine spiders have trouble navigating them.
Head – The head of a document contains elements such as the document’s title, metadata, scripts, styles and more. It will not contain any of the page’s content which is to be displayed.
Heading – In HTML, headings (H1 through H6) can be used to indicate the context of the content immediately following them in the hierarchy. They are generally used to emphasize titles or text on a page, with the H1 tag having the largest text.
For example:
hreflang – This refers to an HTML attribute that indicates to the search engines the language and geographic region for which the page’s content is intended.
.htaccess – This is a web server configuration file containing commands to direct the server’s behaviour in certain circumstances. .htaccess is used by Apache servers and some other National Centre for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) compliant servers.
HTML – Hypertext markup language. This language is the heart of the Web, defining the content which is to be displayed and how it should be displayed.
HTTP – Hypertext transfer protocol. This is the protocol used across the World Wide Web, defining how messages are formatted and transmitted, as well as how servers and browsers should respond to various commands.
Hyperlink – This is a hypertext link between one point on the web and another. Clicking on a hyperlink will take the user to the destination point.
Index – The repository of pages a search engine has crawled and indexed, making them available for inclusion in the SERPs.
Information retrieval – The systematic process by which information is searched and extracted from the search engine’s index.
Internal link – These are hypertext links between two web pages of the same domain.
IP address – Internet Protocol address. A unique string of numbers separated by decimal points which identifies a device and serves as its address point on the internet.
JS – JavaScript. A text-based programming language used in web development to enhance web pages and make them more interactive.
Keywords – These are words which appear in the content on your web pages and are used in search queries. As search engines have evolved, matching a query to a term found in a document has evolved from exact match terms to synonyms to contextually relevant terms.
KPI – Key performance indicator. This is a measurable value that indicates the effectiveness of a business operation. It may include such factors as gross profit margin, cash flow, market share, inventory turnover and more.
Linkbait – A piece of content created to attract inbound links.
Link profile – This aggregate presentation of all of a site’s inbound links presents the search engines with an image of the site’s value, as perceived by other sites.
Log file – A file that records web server activity.
Manual action – If during a human review, a web page or site is determined to be in violation of the search engine’s webmaster guidelines, a manual action may be implemented which will have a detrimental effect on rankings. These actions can affect a single page or may be applied across the entire domain.
Metadata – This is a set of data that is not always displayed by the browser which provides information to the search engines about other data on the page.
Nofollow – At times, it may be considered necessary or even helpful to link out to a resource which is of questionable veracity or dubious quality. Adding a nofollow attribute to a hypertext link essentially tells the search engines that you don’t vouch for the target page.
Noindex – This Meta tag can be added in a document’s head to tell the search engine that the page should not be allowed to appear in the search engine results pages (SERPs).
Organic – This refers to search results which do not include any paid advertising.
Outbound link – A link sitting on a web page which links to a page not found on the same website.
PageRank – This is a calculation to determine the overall quality of a page, based upon many factors, the most important of which is still considered to be inbound links.
Panda – This was a new search algorithm, launched in February of 2011, which focuses on detecting low-quality or “thin” content.
Penguin – This algorithm, launched in April of 2012, focuses on the quality of inbound links.
PBN– PrivateBlog network. Interlinked websites owned by the same entity. Some PBN’s are considered manipulative because they exist to host content and links as a way to influence the SERPs. Once a highly effective technique, it has become increasingly difficult for such networks to avoid detection.
RankBrain – This algorithm, confirmed by Google in October of 2015, is a machine-learning algorithm which examines search queries the search engine has never seen before and attempts to correlate them with queries it already knows.
Reciprocal link – Two web pages on two different sites link to each other on purpose. Large numbers of reciprocal links can be seen as manipulative linking schemes if the links are placed for the sole purpose of influencing the way a web page ranks.
Redirect – This is a technique by which a hyperlink to a destination URL is redirected to a different URL. The most commonly used redirects are 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary), although there are others which are rarely used. (See Status Codes)
Responsive – One method of site design which resizes the displayed elements to suit the viewport of the device viewing the site. Thus, a site can be easily viewed and read from a desktop, tablet or phone.
Rich snippet – By using structured data markup, such as schema, microformatsor Resource Description Framework in Attributes (RDFa), small samples of a site’s content can be shown in the SERPs, often enticing more users to click through to the site.
Schema – This is a semantic markup involving specific ontologies which classify objects and shows the relationships between them.
Search Console – previously called Google Webmaster tools, is a suite of free services from Google to check indexing status and optimize a site’s visibility.
SERP – Search Engine Results Pages. Web pages of ranked results provided in response to a search query.
Server logs – One or more automatically generated logs of all actions performed by the server, often helpful in determining what caused a problem to occur.
Server side includes – Also known as SSI. A way to retrieve portions of a page from another web page.
Sitelinks – These appear in some results in the SERPs, where numerous internal links are provided, making it easier for users to navigate directly to the portion of the site that interests them.
Sitemap – A hierarchical model of a website’s content, typically constructed in HTML, to aid users in navigating the site to inform the search engines of the site’s content.
Sitewide – This refers to linking and navigational structure that is employed on every page of the website, such as in the sidebar or footer.
SSL – Abbreviation for Secure Sockets Layer. This is the standard technology for establishing an encrypted pipeline between the client (browser or email client) and the server.
Status code – Numeric responses given by web servers in response to a call from a browser. Each different numeric code signifies something different.
Subdomain – An internet domain which is part of a primary domain. For example, in the URL, ‘blog would be a subdomain of the primary domain
Taxonomy – this refers to a system of classification and is particularly important in faceted navigation such as is normally present in an e-commerce site.
Title tag – HTML that creates the title of a web page and generally tells humans and search engines what the page is about. It is located in the section of a web page and what (usually) shows up in the search engines organic results.
TLD – Top-level domain. This is the general classification of all domains under the TLD. For instance, .com, .net, .org and .edu are all TLDs, although there are now many others.
UGC – User-generated content. Content on a web page which is created by users, rather than by the site owner or webmaster. Forums and blog comments are both forms of user-generated content.
Unique visitors – People (searchers) who have visited a web page once during a specific period of time.
URL – Uniform Resource Locator. Sometimes called the web address. For this site’s home page, the URL is However, that’s not the actual address. The URL is translated to our IP address,, by the domain name server.
User-agent – Every user on the internet has its own user agent, browsers, clients, crawlers, even feed readers and media players. The user agent identifies the user to the server, which, in turn, identifies itself back to the user via its own user agent.
Vertical search – Refers to a type of specialized search that returns results from a specific area.
Vlog – A blog in video form.
Webmaster Guidelines – These are guidelines are published by search engines, describing behaviors and practices which the search engine considers to be acceptable. Failing to comply with those guidelines can result in a loss of rankings or punitive action.
White hat – This is commonly believed to imply following only practices which are deemed acceptable under the published Webmaster Guidelines.
Widget – An element of a graphical rather than a textual user interface that prompts users to act or displays information. It is usually a stand-alone element that can be embedded in a web page as an advertisement or interactive experience. Google frowns on using widgets like this one as linkbait :
XHTML – eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language. A language which reformulates HTML 4.0 in XML syntax.
XML – eXtensibleMarkup Language. This markup language uses a different syntax from HTML and considerably extends the vocabulary available with HTML.
While the above listing is by no means an exhaustive list of terms you’ll encounter in your SEO adventures, they should help you avoid being bewildered by a flurry of buzzwords. Hopefully, they’ll clear up some questions you may have had.
Status Codes
301 – The URL has moved permanently. When you want to change the URL of a web page listed in the search results, use a 301 redirect.
302 – Known as a temporary redirect.
403 – Forbidden. The server refuses action even though the request is valid.
404 – Not found. The page/resource is not found.
503 – A server is down for maintenance or because of too many requests, usually a temporary state.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61471 | Stop the fitness insanity and reach your goals!!
Insanity is repeating the same action and expecting different results. You don’t do that in other areas of your life. Why are you doing it with your health and fitness?
Time to stop making resolutions think of this!
Focus on your bright spots. Replicate what worked for you in the past?
Journal how you spend your time. Once you know how you’re spending your tie you can make it work for you.
Use tech to inspire.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61482 | 17th annual Korean Festival this Saturday
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The Korean Festival is an annual event run by the Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce, with the support of dozens of community organizations and businesses, and hundreds of volunteers.
The purpose of the Korean Festival is to share, promote, and raise awareness of Korean culture in the community.
Additionally, proceeds from the Festival are used to fund service projects and ventures which benefit the Korean and larger community in Hawaii, including an annual scholarship fund for outstanding, civic-minded students entering or currently enrolled in college.
The Korean Festival presents a unique, authentic taste of Korean culture through food, dance, art, music, and entertainment.
The program of festival events varies from year to year, but past Festivals have included performances such as taekwondo (Korean martial arts) demonstration, a coming-of-age traditional tea ceremony, and Korean fan and drum dances.
For all the information about this free event, go to www.koreanfesthawaii.com.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61483 | Apples latest Kitty released to the wild!
In the animal kingdom cats all share the same family, Felidae. All cats are characterized similarly and are recognizable as felines. It may be for this reason that Apple has taken to applying code names from the Felidae family to different versions of their popular operating system OS X. Regardless of the name, the latest version is here with some interesting new features.
Manage Activities and History – ACT! Tips
Here are some quick tips for using activities, history, and follow-up properly in ACT! to ensure you don't miss a beat when managing your tasks and taking care of your customers.
Activities are items that you schedule in advance that show up in a few places: on your Task List, your calendar, and on the record for the contact that you've scheduled an activity with. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61501 | Precautions While Using Hydrogen Peroxide
Precautions While Using Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen Peroxide will act as a teeth bleacher. It whitens your teeth and gives you an attractive smile. It is a highly reactive chemical that is made from both oxygen and hydrogen. It is a key ingredient for most of the teeth whitening products like toothpaste and mouthwash.
A tooth contains natural molecules in enamel and the dentin. These molecules reflect the light and are responsible for their color. The chemical peroxide has a greater whitening power for your teeth. It will create a reaction and has whitening factors because the chemical will pass through your tooth and break down complex molecules. Normal concentrations are around 3% and can go as high as 10%.
Even though Hydrogen Peroxide is used to help you achieve that pearly white smile, there are certain precautions that you must take while using Hydrogen Peroxide.
Is There Any Risk When Using Hydrogen Peroxide?
There is a risk of hydrogen peroxide will be overused. It can damage the enamel on your teeth and the tissue inside your mouth. Because of its highly reactive chemical, it may cause gums and mouth irritation. Thus, limit your use to only 2 times a week.
Other Precautions That You Must Observe:
• Please bear in mind that hydrogen peroxide is not for swallowing since it can react faultily to your natural acids that help digest food properly. It can cause burns to your esophagus.
• This chemical is unable to change the shade of fillings, gold teeth, ceramic teeth, porcelain teeth, or other restorative materials. This is due to the hydrogen content that cannot penetrate the surface layers of these materials. However, it can affect more porous dental work such as cement and dental amalgams.
It is important that you keep hydrogen peroxide away from children. If your children have swallowed a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, it is advised that you should let your child drink water or milk. You can also visit your Raritan NJ Dentist to ensure your child’s safety.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61507 | Tumblr_mgm1080I8M1qg93y0o1_1280 You know what's great about being married? Not having to sleep alone, it's one of my favorite parts. Because as I've learned in this short time of marriage, living with a boy can be...well... interesting. Don't get me wrong it's amazing! But men are gross. But at the end of the day, when the whole house is quite, and I get to crawl into bed next to this hansome man, it's then when we read to each other, talk for hours, make out like teenagers for hours (yes we still make out) then fall asleep to the sound of his breath. Let me adjust that last statment, I fall asleep to the sound of his breath and not thirty minutes later the dogs snoring and he's snoring so mama has to get up and turn the fan on to muffle the sound. Never the less, I wouldn't trade it for the world.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61509 | Sunday, March 25, 2007
Sexing down the auto shows?
If you're one of those in the K-blogosphere for whom car models at auto shows are a major positive when it comes to weighing the good and bad about life in Korea, you may have to start a new list of pros and cons.
As MSNBC reports, a new trend in South Korea is to sex-down the spokesmodels and smart-up the cars (and the spokesmodels). In other words, they want you to pay attention to the engines, not the headlights:
South Korean carmakers plan to cut down on the number of scantily clad models at the Seoul Motor Show, hoping people will look at the cars instead.
The show, which starts next month, usually attracts thousands of camera-wielding men snapping pictures of young women models in revealing costumes whose images quickly make their way to Web sites in the world's most-wired country.
"We would rather have the spectators' attention on our cars than the attractive ladies," said Hyundai Motor Company spokesman Jake Jang.
Hyundai, the world's sixth-largest car maker, will hire fewer models for the event. Its affiliate Kia will do the same.
Renault Samsung Motors, starting last year, changed the attire of its models from miniskirts to more modest business suits and gave them handheld computers to help answer questions, a company official said.
Me, I have no problem with this. I've always found something a bit distasteful about criticism of how sexist the archetypal South Korean male supposedly is, when juxtaposed with sexist (if not outright misogynist) comments about the young women at the auto shows. (Another one that bothers my smugly superioristic self is non-Koreans using words like "shemale" when talking about Koreans' supposedly backward views towards transgender individuals.)
More to the point, it brings back the original "helping" aspect originally ascribed to the toumi (도우미) workers, back when it was considered a position for young women to aspire to.
[above: "Do you come with the car?" has probably been heard so often by this car model that the words don't even register in her brain anymore.]
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61550 | Steer Clear Of Non-Stick Skillets For Super Crispy Fish Skin
Steer Clear of Non-Stick Skillets for Super Crispy Fish Skin
If you're going to serve fish with the skin, you want it to be crisp, not unappetizing and soggy. Your first instinct may be to reach for a non-stick skillet, but that won't get you the best result.
Serious Eats tested non-stick, cast iron, and stainless steel against each other. Here are the results:
In the photo above are three pieces of snapper, which I cooked in three different skillets over the exact same heat setting on an induction range. As you can see, the cast iron and stainless steel (at left and middle in the photo) produced very similar results; I'd say they're just about equal. The nonstick (at right) was close, but the skin wasn't quite as crisp as it was with the other two.
Furthermore, non-stick pans can lose their coating over time if you use them for high heat cooking (like pan frying fish skin).
Using the right skillet is just one part of the larger process to getting the crispiest fish skin, so check out Serious Eats' complete guide at the link below.
How to Make the Crispiest Pan-Seared Fish Skin [Serious Eats]
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61551 | Using a Tripod to Get the Best Pictures
Tripod tips for your DSLR camera
Photographer taking photos on the beach with a tripod
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A lot of photographic situations call for long exposures or the need for a steadying influence. This is why a tripod is such a useful tool for photographers. However, it's not just a case of knowing when to use a tripod. You need to know how to use a tripod properly to make sure it provides adequate support to your DSLR.
How to Use a Tripod
Tripods are a crucial part of a photographer's toolkit, especially when needing more stability for critical shots. Below are some tips on how to properly use a tripod.
1. First, you need to make sure your tripod can adequately support the weight of your DSLR. It's no good buying a cheap, flimsy tripod for $5 and then expecting it to support a DSLR with lenses. Invest in as sturdy and hardy of a tripod as you can afford.
2. Try to find level ground to put your tripod on, so that it's not rocking back and forth, placing it in danger of tumbling.
3. Spread all three legs out to their full width to ensure level support.
4. If you need to extend your tripod, start from the top with the widest leg extensions. Lock each leg into place once you have extended it.
5. If you've extended your tripod to its full height, and you still need more extension, you can raise the center column. However, you need to remember that a taller center column won't be as stable as the legs, and it could cause the camera to wobble.
6. If your tripod comes with a spirit level attached, use this to check that your tripod is level.
7. Attach the camera to the tripod head using the screw-in tripod quick release plate. Screw this firmly into your camera's tripod thread (located on the bottom of your camera), and click it into place on the tripod head. Remember to lock it.
8. Adjust your tripod head and tighten all screws so that the camera doesn't slip or move during shooting.
9. If it's a particularly windy day, you can attach a heavy bag to the bottom of your tripod's center column to help keep it stable.
When to Use a Tripod
There's plenty of situations to use a tripod in your photography. See below for some ideas.
1. The most obvious use for a tripod is when you want to shoot long exposures without camera shake. For slower than 1/60 shutter speeds, you'll need a tripod to achieve pin-sharp images.
2. If you want to create an ethereal, misty look to running water, you'll also need to use a tripod and a long exposure.
3. An easy way to make sure your landscapes have a level horizon line is to use a tripod. Once you've leveled the tripod and set it up correctly, you won't need to worry about your camera tilting as you compose an image.
4. If you're shooting still life, a tripod makes it easier to keep every different object at the same point in the frame, and it helps with stability when focusing on small objects.
5. Tripods are useful for shooting a succession of identical portraits, allowing the photographer to merely place different people on the same mark and cutting down on the time it takes to compose each shot. This can be particularly vital in fast-paced corporate photography.
6. Tripods can help prevent back injuries. If your DSLR is heavy, and if you constantly carry it around your neck while you're shooting, your back will suffer. Putting the camera on a tripod will help to avoid this problem.
A Word on Monopods
A monopod is a single column with a tripod screw on top. A spike at the bottom of some heavy-duty monopods digs into the ground. Others are handheld.
They are often used in conjunction with a tripod to support heavy telephoto lenses. A fixed 400mm, for example, is a struggle for a photographer to support with one hand. These longer lenses tend to be supplied with a tripod ring which fits around the lens. These have a tripod screw on them, which can be attached to a monopod.
It is also handy if you are trekking out in the wilderness to capture a lovely nature photo and need a bit of support while hiking to get to that location.
It is especially useful when taking pictures in locations with limited space as a monopod has a smaller footprint than a tripod. This is also the case where some places may not allow a tripod due to their size. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61559 | Working with SVGs in Sprites
Written by Mike Street on 7th August 2014
(Last updated 20th June 2016)
Working with SVG sprites
This article will explain how and why you would want to use SVGs and what advantages using them in a sprite can bring. It will also cover scaling the images with text, meaning you can reduce the number of icons in your sprite.
What is an SVG?
With the growing trend in high density pixel displays emerging (like Apple’s Retina screens), ensuring your website graphics and imagery are up to scratch is becoming more and more paramount. Vector graphics can play a major part in this - allowing you to scale the image to any size, and be viewed on high density displays without any loss in quality.
To achieve this within web development, an image format known as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is being used. SVGs are simply built up out of coordinates plotting the points of the image using XML. Due to the nature of how they are constructed, they are unsuitable for complex or detailed pictures such as photographs (as each pixel would require a coordinate and colour), but they become a perfect solution when dealing with icons or simple graphics - especially ones which will need to be scalable and responsive.
A good example of this is if we take a 55px wide twitter icon and enlarge it to 145px. With SVG, the enlargement is seamless - looking just as crisp as the original. The bitmap (JPG/PNG/GIF) file gets pixelated and the edges get distorted.
SVG Example of scaling
If you start using SVGs now, you are future-proofing your websites. With the large number of 4k displays and retina screens going on sale, ensuring your graphics are as sharp on those as they are on a standard TFT will save you time in the long run.
Every single major browser supports SVG icons. On 12th January 2016, Microsoft dropped support for IE8, which was the last browser not to support the file format. If you still need to support the older browser a simple PNG fallback can be created.
SVGs can be generated in a number of ways with web apps and Adobe Illustrator being the most popular - this is covered later on. Once created, SVGs can substitute any image in your HTML by being embedded in a similar fashion to images (Chris Coyier does a brilliant job at explaining the basics).
Embedding the image enables you to have full responsive control over the proportions and colours - we have set up a Codepen to demonstrate how this can be achieved. This also demonstrates the scalability of SVGs as the original SVG is just 38px x 38px - but is being resized to 320px wide without any loss in quality.
Why use SVGs?
We decided to opt for SVG sprites over icon fonts or multi-resolution images for several reasons. Icon fonts are very flexible with regards to having them inline and changing the colour on hover but they don’t render well cross browser - some making them look jagged or out of place. You also don’t have the flexibility of multi coloured icons with a font, whereas with SVGs you do. If an icon font also fails to load or isn't support, it can produce unexpected characters.
Multi-resolution images (where a second image twice the size is generated to occupy the same space) were discounted with the sheer volume of files required. For every icon, you need one which is twice as big - meaning more HTTP requests and more files downloaded by the browser.
What is a sprite and why use it?
A sprite is a series of icons and images stored in one file. The file is then used as background image in CSS and positioned to reveal the different icons where needed. Using a sprite is a great performance enhancer for even the basic websites as it instantly reduces the number of HTTP requests your website is making - speeding up the loading time. Sprite sheets date back to the mid-1970s and were used within computer games.
Having background images that scale with the content is a fairly new oddity with the CSS3 background-size selector. An SVG sprite requires a background-size property to be declared so it has a relative starting point - after all, an image can’t be scaled if you don’t know its original size.
Background sizes are usually defined in px or %, e.g. 50% of the container - but neither of these scale with font size, only container size. This issue can be resolved by using relative units for dimensions (e.g. width: 1em; height: 2em;), positioning (e.g. background-position: -2em 0;) and font sizes (e.g. font-size: 1em; or font-size: 120%) - enabling the SVG to resize with the text.
Here at Liquid Light, we already use percentages and em units for all our sizing - so switching to an SVG sprite was not too difficult - if you’re not familiar with the em unit, Impressive Webs has a comprehensive article on the subject.
Making the sprite
There are several ways you can go about creating your SVG sprite. If using a graphics program (such as illustrator) there is a simple ‘Save As...’ option with SVG being available as a format.
Gotcha: When designing your icons, be sure that your icons are exact pixel width/height. For example, if your icon is 21.34px wide - then each browser will interpret this differently and each icon will be offset marginally.
Below are the settings we use to export our icons as SVGs - converting the text to outlines ensures that any font-based icons aren’t affected by line-height, font size and other styling attributes in your CSS.
Adobe Illustrator SVG Settings
Once exported as an SVG, it is advised to run the generated files through an SVG optimiser. For that we used gulp-imagemin or SVGO (which has gulp/grunt modules or a GUI). There is also an online SVG Editor which features previews of your optimisation.
If supporting less than IE9, you will also need to export a PNG file of the same sprite - we generated our SVG sprite and PNG file automatically from separate SVG icons using gulp-svg-sprites, but exporting straight from your graphics program will do the same job.
We opted for the build tool Gulp as this takes a lot of the manual work out of creating the sprite with the png fallback. Using the taskrunner, it watches a folder, imports any SVGs inside and generate the CSS classes, SVG sprite and the PNG fallback.
Using Gulp also means the sprite is easy to maintain in the future - adding a new icon to the folder doesn’t disrupt any of the existing CSS - meaning all the other icons can remain undisturbed.
Using your sprite
To use your SVG sprite, you first need to define the proportions of the image, so the browser can maintain aspect ratio when scaling - to achive this, use relative units - ems,
The sprite we are going to be using for this example is one that contains icons which will look familiar - and are a perfect example of what sprites (SVG or not) should be used for:
An example Sprite
As our sprite mainly contains icons - we are going to be using the :before element to display the icon for semantic reasons.
.icon:before {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
background: url('assets/sprite.svg');
-webkit-background-size: 17.5em 2.3125em;
background-size: 17.5em 2.3125em;
The background size has been worked out by using an online em calculator - Paul Maloney has developed a great, simple web app (although decimal points may need to be tweaked).
Once the base background size has been set, the icons dimensions and background positions need to also be defined in em units. For example:
.arrow-selected:before {
width: 1.4em;
height: 1.4em;
background-position: 0 0;
.arrow-hover:before {
background-position: -1.875em 0;
.arrow-selected:before {
background-position: -3.75em 0;
.quote-open:before {
width: 1.4em;
height: 1.2em;
background-position: -11.25em 0;
With sizes and coordinates all relative to the font size, it enables you to alter this figure and have your sprites and text change dimensions - no longer will your sprite need to contain different sized versions of the same icon.
For the sprite to function properly in IE8 and below, however, pixel size and dimensions will be required. This can either be achieved by including an extra CSS sheet for Internet Explorer users or use a javascript library such as Modernizr to add a no-svg class to your DOM. Either way - if you are supporting users of the Microsoft browser, a pixel and png fallback is the safest bet.
With creating and using SVG sprites, there is a fair bit of manual grunt work involved - but the advantages of having smaller, scaleable sprites outweigh this.
For those wanted to see the code in action - a Codepen has been created, showing the SVG icons scaling beautifully with the change in font size.
Update (17/3/2016): Since this article was written we have streamlined our sprite and scss creation process using gulop and several plugins.
The code and set up instructions can be found in another blog post - Creating SVG Sprites using Gulp and Sass
This article was posted in Responsive, Development by Mike Street
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Mike is our front-end developer who spends his days buried in CSS and Gulp. His evenings and weekends are spent tinkering with electronics and riding bikes.
Need some little help with svg sprite . I have my sprite all set up and working,.. But when in different screens densities or even zooming in the browser.. The icons start to un-align. , lets say the "user" icon starts to cut off a bit, or even the icon next to it in the sprite sees a bit..., if you can further guide me on it ill be grateful
Lorenzo07/11/2014 21:01
Hi Lorenzo,
It sounds like you have your background positioning set with px, or you haven't specified a background size when setting the background image as the sprite.
I have also found that in some browsers, an extra bit of leeway when specifying the size might be required. Check in a few browsers to see if the icon gets cut off in different places. If the ems are to several decimal points, browsers tend to interpret them differently. showing varied results
Mike Street19/11/2014 12:00
Hi, Mike.
It seams that your Codepen is broken. Take a look please. I forked it and deleted setting background for .icon with Data URL
Gazeboo09/12/2014 14:31
Hi Gazeboo,
That data URL is in the Codepen so the SVG doesn't need to be hosted anywhere for the example to work - deleting it will cause the image to disappear. The Pen is there to purely demonstrate how you can increase/decrease font sizes and the icons scale to suit. I added the background image URL (on line 20) to show where you would link to your SVG sprite.
I've written a follow up article on generating the SVG sprite with Gulp and Sass which I hope might help -
Mike Street10/12/2014 14:13
I was wondering, is there any difference in using css: background-position for the sprite instead of using the "<use>" that is now available?
*just wanting to know the advantages if there are any
Kiong17/06/2016 08:29
Hi Kiong,
To use the `use` element, the SVG needs to be in the HTML. We opt for having it as a background image to keep the HTML clean and speed up the site (as the SVG can be Gzipped when downloaded).
Having the SVG in the HTML does mean you can colour different elements using CSS - one of the disadvantages to having it as a background.
Mike Street17/06/2016 12:02
I really wish you could load an svg as a background graphic and are still able to change the colour. Apart from being able to change the size, svgs are no better than pngs untill they find a way to change the colour of the background loaded svg. It is a shame.
Thomas Williams29/06/2016 21:05
Hi Thomas,
I do agree! It would be great if you could change the colour natively. However, image filters are the next best thing and allow you to transition the colour, all in CSS - an example is here (hover over the icon).
SVGs are also scaleable, so you can use the same icon and different sizes without impacting quality.
Mike Street30/06/2016 09:40
Is this working in Opera Mini?
Agus Supriadi08/12/2016 04:04
Hi Agus,
I've not experienced it not working - are you seeing differently? It just boils down to SVG (which is widely support) and CSS backgrounds!
Mike Street08/12/2016 12:20
I use this trick, it works great on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and even IE :-) But, it's broken on Opera Mini. I think this because default font size is NOT always 16 px.
Opera Mini 4.5: 13px
Opera Mini 7: 17px
Do you have any solution?
Agus Supriadi11/12/2016 13:10
HeidiVex12/01/2017 10:59
I don't understand defining the background size in ems (or rems). If the image is 160px wide, and 1rem=16px, does that mean the image will be 10rems wide? Or am I missing something.
Thank you very much,
Alan Raterink17/01/2017 01:37
Hi Alan,
That's exactly right. SVGs don't blur when they scale, so the width is there as a base reference. You can then change the font size (of the element or the parent) and the icon will scale accordingly. This means your sprite can contain less icons as you can reuse them.
Hope that helps
Mike Street17/01/2017 09:46
Hi Mike,
I'm looking for advice here, as we set the background img as :before, it works very well as icons next to some text.
But when i wanted to make part of the sprite as an h2 background img, and i want it to hide the text,
using text-indent: 100%; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden, how am i going to do that?
Putting an extra <span> to hide the text or do you recommend for doing it?
Jw22/01/2017 04:59
Jw, with the sprite you are always going to have issues when setting an element's background, which is one downside of using sprites. In this instance, I would tend to wrap the text in an extra element to hide and still use a ::before or ::after element to show the icon.
Hope that helps
Mike Street24/01/2017 11:32
Hello! I have a problem in general with background position and background size for svg sprites in css.
Why this is not scaling correctly and why is this different in browsers?
Will never match between Chrome and firefox for example? Is this has something to do with the aspect ratio?
RADU GIURGIU29/08/2017 14:13
Hi Radu,
Unfortunately, I am unable to help without some context. Are you able to create an example on Codepen?
Mike Street31/08/2017 16:07
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61578 | Nature Science
The Mystery Of Where Complex Life Came From Is Solved
The Mystery Of Where Complex Life Came From Is Solved
The mystery about where the complex life came from has found new answers. It may sound something from the Norse Mythology but the new evidences show that the complex life form on the Earth that includes the Humans have evolved from Asgard which is a large group of microbes that once were found all over the world. The microbes were named after the gods of Norse Mythology and were known as Thor, Odin, Loki and Heimdall. A new study also suggests that we all have evolved from a family tree which they were also part of. They may be also our oldest ancestors.
The debate regarding the existence and formation of complex life is raging since centuries. In our planet Earth, there are three kingdoms of life. One is bacteria, second is archae that includes extremophiles and thermophiles, and the third is eukaryotes. We belong to the third kingdom which includes all other life forms like animals, multi-cellular living organisms, protest, fungi and many more. Eukaryotes are not only complex but are also newer as compare to the other two kingdoms. The other two kingdoms have risen around 3.7 billion years after the planet was formed while eukaryotes have risen roughly after another 1.5 billion years or so. But their existence is still unknown.
eukaryotesA eukaryote is an organism with complex cells, or a single cell with a complex structure. In these cells the genetic material is organized into chromosomes in the cell nucleus.
Some hypothesis also state that the symbiotic relationship between the bacteria and the archae led to the formation of eukaryotes. The bacterium that was involved in the process was said to be of class alphaproteobacteria which ended as mitochondria over time but the archae that swallowed the bacteria is still unknown. There are many questions that arise in such situation that whether the archae was a primitive archaeon or it has already become complex? Was symbiosis the cause of eukaryotism or were the consequences of it?
Many experiments and discoveries were done and the bacteria were not actually found but traces of their DNA were found which revealed that they were the closely living relatives of the eukaryotes. They found Lokiarchaeota or Loki and Thorarchaeota or Thor in different places. They have continued their discoveries and named the others after the Norse gods Heimdall and Odin. They also discovered a Superphylum which they named Asgard and the complex life form has either evolved form it or are closely related to it.
By using new methods, genome data from the microbes are unable to be grown in the laboratory and a new archaeal group is discovered which is related to the host cell. The finding of these DNAs is very significant and contains various surprises and many unexpected complexity. The researchers are still working to discover new specimens and species and are moving to the remotest of areas where they can find traces of original cells. It will help them get better idea about their looks, characteristics and complexity. They will also follow the process very closely to find new things that will give answers to such questions and they can grow Asgard cells and can study them under the microscope.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61592 | Macs in Chemistry
Insanely Great Science
htmlwidgets for chemdoodle web components
Just came across this site
This repo is for the creation of an HTMLWidget for visualizing moleules based on the ChemDoodle WebComponent library, the HTMLWidgets package, and the Chemistry Development Kit via rCDK.
Looks to be under active development.
ChemDoodle Web Components updated
iChemLabs announced the release of version 8 of the ChemDoodle Web Components, the largest update of the library to date. The ChemDoodle Web Components is an industry leading HTML5 toolkit for building scientific applications for web and mobile platforms. The ChemDoodle Web Components are licensed under the open source GPLv3 license or under a commercial license.
Executive Summary: Version 8 is the largest update to the ChemDoodle Web Components library to date. The sketcher has seen significant work, with new drawing tools (rings, chains, templates, atom label tool, more). Condensed labels with abbreviations are now supported, for advanced chemistry. New 2D shapes include dynamic brackets, atom mappings and variable attachment points, while molecular surfaces (vdW, SAS, Connolly) can now be generated and rendered in 3D components. The shader system used by the 3D components has been dramatically improved for much faster performance (and new improvements added like gamma correction) and a deferred shader has been implemented to provide advanced graphics techniques like outlining, software antialiasing and screen space ambient occlusion. Shadows can now be rendered in 3D scenes. The entire website has also been improved, with new advanced tutorials for working with the sketcher to listen to user changes, or show off an advanced in browser sketcher interface that mimics the desktop software, for instance. SVG can now be exported from the ChemDoodle Web Components in addition to PNG. A new iChemLabs Cloud service allows developers to match entire mechanisms for educational eBooks and advanced reaction databases. There is a lot in this update, please see the links below for more information.
New Features:
1. The sketcher has been significantly developed. A new requireStartingAtom option allows you to disable to starting atom requirement while sketching. A new resizable option enables the user to resize the sketcher canvas. A new floatDrawTools option uses a floating toolbar for the drawing tools, just like the desktop software. Several new tools have been added, including an arbitrary ring size and arbitrary chain size tool. An atom label tool has been added with a text input field (like in the desktop software) to enter custom atom labels, including advanced condensed labels; space will open the text field by keyboard while the return or enter key will close it or repeat the last typed label for a hovered atom. Templates can now be added in the same manner as the desktop software using the new Templates widget; you can modify and add to the template library. The MolGrabber widget now allows the loading of any content (multiple molecules and shapes) and will insert the content in its entirety to the canvas. The MolGrabber widget will now also alert you if you press the Load button before the Show button. New buttons are available for centering the content in the sketcher as well as for horizontal and vertical flipping. The Open dialog now slides down from the toolbar as a Popover. The lasso tool and selections now use a dashed line just like in the desktop software. When using the labels tools in the sketcher, the periodic table canvas now selects oxygen by default and will revert back to label mode of the currently selected element if chosen from the toolbar. Silicon has been added to the default labels group. Placing unsaturated rings (like benzene) now better lay out double bonds to avoid overvalencing atoms. Hovering bonds are now more responsive, especially for elongated bonds. Pushers now can be set by clicking and then clicking again, no drag necessary.
2. A new UIs component has been added, called Popover. A Popover is modal and can slide in from other components or appear in its own component for user input.
3. Added mobile support for the UIs interface elements. For example, previously dialogs couldnt be moved on mobile devices, now they can.
4. Complex labels can now be handled, with the required additional tools for parsing, formatting and rendering. With this feature, your chemical structures can contain advanced chemical labels consisting of element symbols, abbreviations (a dictionary controlled by you) and numbers and parenthesis for multiplicities. The labels are automatically formatted chemically and oriented based on least interference with surrounding bonds. Some examples include COOH, CO2Me, N3, CH2(CH2)4OH, C3H7O, Tosyl, myAbbreviation, and more. Use this to create concise publication quality figures directly in your websites.
5. Added a wavy bond type.
6. New shapes have been included. New 2D shapes include dynamic brackets for repeating groups, atom mappings for reactions and variable attachment points (VAPs). New 3D shapes include molecular surfaces. The ChemDoodle JSON specification has been updated to support these shapes.
7. Molecular surfaces can now be generated and rendered for sets of atoms in 3D. Supported types include van der Waals, solvent accessible and solvent excluded (also known as a Connolly surface). You can control resolutions for all and the probe radius for solvent based surfaces. Rendering styles include Dots, Mesh and Solid and all colors, transparency, etc. can be controlled through visual specifications.
8. The shader system for the 3D components has been redone. Several improvements in the Phong shader allow us to render higher quality graphics with lower quality meshes, leading to significant performance improvements across the entire 3D ChemDoodle Web Components.
9. A deferred shader system has been developed allowing the implementation of advanced shader procedures for generating graphics. Currently implemented are outlining, screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) and software antialiasing (FXAA). SSAO in particular is very powerful as it allows us to simulate how much ambient light is accessible to objects in crowded spaces, allowing us to shade the scene in a more accurate manner. This works on all geometries, but the feature can really be shown off in space filling all-atom models of large macromolecules.
10. Shadows can now be rendered in 3D scenes. You can control the intensity of the shadows with the shadowintensity3D visual specification.
11. Gamma correction has been implemented for brighter, more color accurate rendering controlled by the gammaCorrection_3D visual specification.
12. The VisualSpecifications class now provides a copy() function for creating style sheet copies.
13. Added a new bond visual specification for absolute saturation widths: bondsuseAbsoluteSaturationWidths2D.
14. Bonds now split colors based on their substituent atom colors, with the bondssplitColor visual specification. The bondsuseJMOLColors and bonds_usePYMOLColors specifications have been removed. Use the corresponding atom specifications instead.
15. Made wedge width an absolute value in line with desktop software with a default value of 6.
16. Components now center 2D content much more pleasantly by calculating bounds of atom labels in addition to coordinates and using a constant internal padding.
17. The preview, hover, select and error colors are now controlled by visual specifications.
18. A new iChemLabs Cloud call, mechanismMatch(), is now provided to match mechanisms. You can see it in action here.
19. Updated van der Waals radii data.
20. Added the rest of the new elements as defined by IUPAC.
21. Updated the library to use some newer standardized HTML5 functions, removing the polyfills from the ChemDoodle.extensions package.
22. The PNG package has been refactored to provide both an open() function for loading the PNG into a new window and a string() method for creating a string object of the PNG content.
23. A new SVG package has been added to create Scalable Vector Graphics data from the ChemDoodle Web Components, similar to the PNG package for bitmap graphics.
24. Minor graphical improvements for the UIs decorations.
25. Updated jQuery to version 2.2.4. Updated jQuery mousewheel to version 3.1.13.
26. Updated the entire website. Added more advanced tutorials: Image Export, Initializing Components after Closing the DOM, Sketcher: Application Window, Sketcher: Listening to User Changes.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61596 | Impact by CVSS Score
• ID: CVE-1999-1042
Cisco Resource Manager (CRM) 1.0 and 1.1 creates world-readable log files and temporary files, which may expose sensitive information, to local users such as user IDs, passwords and SNMP community strings.
Exploitability Analysis:
Exploitability Complexity:
Authentication is not required to access and exploit the vulnerability.
Confidentiality Impact:
There is considerable informational disclosure. Access to some system files is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what is obtained, or the scope of the loss is constrained. An example is a vulnerability that divulges only certain tables in a database.
Integrity Impact:
There is no impact to the integrity of the system.
Availability Impact:
There is no impact to the availability of the system.
CVSS Score
Locally Exploitable
1999-12-31 05:00:00
2008-09-05 20:18:00
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61619 | The Heart-Wrenching Way Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Honored Princess Diana at the Royal Wedding
Get your tissues ready.
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It's pretty clear that there was a LOT of thought put into the wedding, from the decidedly American touches like a gospel choir, to breaking a lot of (rather stuffy) royal traditions. Also front of mind? Paying tribute to Prince Harry and Prince William's late mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales.
Harry said earlier this month that he was “keen to involve his mother’s family in his wedding," and had already done so by using diamonds from Diana's jewelry collection for Meghan's own engagement ring.
From including some of Diana's favorite flowers in Meghan's bouquet and having Diana's sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, give a reading, Diana was present in spirit in many ways. But perhaps the most heart-wrenching was by leaving an open seat for her in the chapel, in front of Prince Phillip and next to Prince William. Excuse us while we sob uncontrollably.
Prince William, too, made sure to honor his mother's memory when he tied the knot with Kate Middleton in April 2011. Along with proposing with Diana's sapphire-and-diamond ring, he and Kate reportedly visited Diana's final resting place in central England ahead of their wedding.
It goes to show that while the People's Princess is gone, she's certainly not forgotten.
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Absinthe Unleashed
I recently stopped in at the local bottle shop to pick up some low proof whiskey for a home cough remedy (honestly). While searching for rock and rye, I noticed something I'd never seen before: absinthe. On the shelf. For sale.
Banned in the West for decades, absinthe is the legendary liquor beloved by French Impressionists, Aleister Crowley, and anyone who loved a strong, hallucination-inducing drink. The Green Goddess, as Crowley called it, gets its entheogenic power from wormwood, a bitter, mind altering plant. The store clerk explained that the legal absinthe he sells is lower in wormwood so as to not induce hallucinations, but remains quite powerful. I bought a small bottle, in the name of science.
Upon opening, I noticed a distinct, liquorice sort of scent. Not bad, I thought, compared to the medicinal smell of some drinks. I lifted the bottle in a toast to poets, madmen and painters everywhere and everywhen, then took the tiniest of drinks.
The burn began on the lips, the worked through the mouth, down the esophagus, settling in the stomach. This is, indeed, strong drink. I capped the bottle, placed it in a cabinet, and turned to leave the room. It was then that the otherwordly feeling set in. Yes, that quickly, from a small sip.
The feeling didn't last long, but in the time of its thrall, I understood why people of a certain mindset could become so devoted to it. For a brief moment, I visited the same dreamscape the 19th and early 20th century artists had known so well.
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Accrual of annual leave during sick leave
AUTHOR(S): Bryan Dunne
PRACTICE AREA GROUP: Employment, Pensions and Benefits
DATE: 16.10.2015
Employers need to be aware that Section 86 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 (the “2015 Act”) which commenced on 1 August 2015, has amended the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 in relation to the accrual of annual leave during sick leave.
The following are the key changes that employers should be aware of following the commencement of the 2015 Act:
1. When an employee is absent from work on certified sick leave this will constitute working time for the purposes of calculating their annual leave entitlement.
2. Where an employee on certified sick leave is unable to take all or part of their annual leave during a leave year, the employee can take that annual leave for up to 15 months after the leave year has ended. This accrual is limited to the 20 statutory annual leave days and does not entitle an employee to accrue additional contractual annual leave days. If the employee does not take such leave within 15 months after the end of that leave year, the employee will lose their entitlement to that leave.
3. If an employee’s employment is terminated during the 15 month period mentioned above, the employee will be entitled to payment in lieu of any such outstanding annual leave.
These changes came into effect on 1 August 2015. Employees currently on certified sick leave can now claim an entitlement to accrue statutory leave in respect of their employer’s current leave year. However, the 2015 Act will not apply to any dispute referred to a Rights Commissioner before the commencement of the 2015 Act.
In light of these changes, employers should ensure their employment contracts and employee handbooks are updated to reflect the new requirements. Employers should also ensure any long-term absence is strictly monitored and that the required medical certificates are furnished.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61665 | Thursday, February 17, 2005
A SUPER invitation from Jim!
Jim D isn't just a somewhat competent attorney, he's also something of a film nerd. Scratch that, Jim is a HUGE film nerd. Why, back in film school, Jim didn't just pay lip service to understanding and enjoying foreign film, he actually showed genuine appreciation for the film of other lands. HA HA HA HA HA HA
Oh, Jim.
In the past year, Jim teamed up with a different pal of his from film school and shot and produced a feature length film. See Pleadings stuff here.
As if that's not enough, Jim is also, apparently, chairman of the film board for the local vintage theater. Pretty crazy. This means Jim gets to chair the group which selects the movies the theater shows during their summer film series (Jim, step in here any time if I'm getting these details incorrect).
As part of his duties, Jim is looking into whether or not he can secure prints of Superman: The Movie and Superman II. So, Jim has asked if I want to join him the sprawling metropolis of Beaumont, Texas for a day or two and be a part of the screening.
Well, Leaguers, it's been about 25 years since I've seen either movie on the big screen, so my heart is a-twitter. That twitter may just be the 35 minutes I just did on the elliptical machine, but I'm pretty sure it's some form of genuine excitement.
With a new Superman movie shooting in March, it's a great chance for the good folks of Beaumont, TX to see the movies which are going to be the basis for the new film (basically, the new film is supposed to pick up where Superman II left off, ignoring Superman III and IV altogether). So, in a way, this a very unqique opportunity for an audience to take in the full cinematic experience just a year before the next film is released.
Apparently Jim has shown his creative side in his chairmanship and tries to set the mood for the film out in the lobby before showtime even begins. For example, before showing Glory, they might have Civil War re-enactors hanging out. Before showing Raging Bull, a shirtless and sweaty Randy will punch you in the face for a dollar.
This is all contingent on Jim securing prints of the two movies, as I will not show up for, say, BlankMan.
Part of me is also trying to figure out how to get a Jor-El costume together before the screening, because Lord knows I am NOT squeezing into any blue unitards, no matter how funny the final effect might be.
So, if this pans out, I welcome EACH AND EVERY LOYAL LEAGUER to join us in Beaumont, Texas for one AMAZING DAY as we screen two great movies. We will, of course, go drinking immediately after the films are over.
More details to come.
I don't know if anyone else watched Smallville last night, but that episode was pretty funny.
No, they did not end up calling the dog "Krypto" at the end of the episode, despite what Clark wanted to do. Instead, the dog is named "Shelby", which is pretty cool. Jeph Loeb, former Superman writer and current producer on Smallville, had established in the graphic novel "Superman For All Seasons" that Clark had a dog named Shelby when he was in high school. Voila! It all ties together neatly in a way which is pleasing to us comic nerds.
In discussions with The League's brother last night, he mentioned that my entries in these pages are not as lengthy as they once were. I suspect he is right on the nose about that one. At one point, entries were topping three or four pages, and these days, I do seem to keeping it brief.
There are probably several mitigating factors.
a) I have already covered a lot of ground and I only have so many stories which are really fit to print or which are even all that amusing.
b) I am a busy beaver with work, as I once was, but I have come to often feel that my off-work hours can also be spent doing things which don't involve as much in the way of blogging. Last semester, school was a bear. Now, I'm also trying to make time for reading and doing other things which I haven't really been doing a lot of.
c) Sometimes it's tough to get revved up to write some three page essay on the merits of Sid and Marty Krofft. Something will seem like an ingenious idea in the elevator on the way down to the car, and when you sit down with the old laptop to write about it, you got nothing.
d) My audience is weird. I have no idea who visits here on a regular basis, or how often, so the idea of cranking out 3 or 4 pages per day every day seems like it would be less attractive to people who only occasionally pop in. Who needs to get that involved in my personal navel-gazing when it actually takes effort?
e) My topics of discussion are probably edited more than I'd like for them to be. Here at The League, we try to play good host and avoid Sex, Religion and Politics. This isn't just because we're trying to be polite, it's also because The League is not a place for well-thought out discussion on much of anything. If I wanted to play High School Forensics Club, I'd set up a separate site to do so.
I do think there are great forums for debate on these topics, and debating these topics is both intelligent and human. However, The League is neither of these things, and so would rather investigate the mysteries of the useless.
f) I think I'm rambling slightly less and editing out points which repeat. By this I mean, I'm finding things which I already said, and cutting them out. So, when something I already said appears, I can make the appropriate edits.
g) I'll be honest, some days blogging is a bit like howling into the wind. You write a 3-4 page treatise on the wonders of The Banana Splits, and nobody responds. It's sort of the same uncomfortable effect you get when you finish a lengthy statement at the Thanksgiving table regarding the welfare of mankind, there's an awkward pause, and then Aunt Gertie starts talking about how her bunion is keeping her from making it to Plinko night at the Senior Center. After that, you're most likely to keep it a little more on the low-down.
That's really the best explanation I can give you. Everything winds down after a while. I've already kept with this blogging hoo-hah far longer than I ever intended to. While I am not feeling the desire to put the final kaibosh on The League, I think I've more or less pushed the limits of what I'm going to do here, as well as the limits of the patience of the average human for comic-related trivia.
I guess all I can say is that the thing which makes me most inspired to keep involved with The League is reader feedback via e-mail or comments. No comments (in my ego-driven mind) equates to no readers, or at least no interest in what people are reading.
So if you're out there, say hullo from time to time.
And, now, "Superman is a...". Content is office friendly. Title of the website is probably not office friendly, unless your office is more fun than my own.
Tomorrow: Earth-Shattering invitation from Jim D.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Smallville is on tonight, and it's the "Krypto" episode.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Bit and Pieces:
Good dog.
And, hey... Right on.
Also, the Minnesota Vikings were just purchased by a dude from right here in Chandler, AZ. Apparently there's a really rich guy named reggie living right here in my own backyard.
Reed, I hope you like the idea of cheering for the Chandler Vikings.
It's good to see fine art appreciated.
I went to the doctor today. I'm not sick, but I switched insurance this year and I decided to start seeing Jamie's doctor since he seems like a non-quack.
Anyhoo, I mostly talked to his PA or NP or whatever, and then Dr. Chang came in, looked me square in the eye and said, "You need to eat less and exercise everyday. But I am not telling you anything you don't already know."
So, it's back to the gym for Ryan as we try to keep the Grim Reaper from coming to collect for a while longer yet.
I have a few wishes regarding death.
1) I don't want to die in some embarassing way. Depending on what you read, Elvis died after a particularly hearty BM. His girlfriend found him face down on the bathroom rug, pants around his ankles. I'd like to avoid this scene for both my sake, and that of Jamie and the funeral workers.
2) I'd like for my death to be a complete surprise. For example, I'll take a piano falling from a tenth story window and squishing me, but I'd prefer just not to know the big one is coming. WHAMMO and over with. Especially if it's a wacky sudden death such as a falling piano. That'd be great.
3) I don't want to outlive everyone I know. That's just way too Omega Man for my tastes. However, if everyone turns into zombies, I'm going to stick around, because then you've still sort of got company and I always wanted to see the final fate of humanity.
4) I'd prefer not to die in front of children. I just wouldn't feel very good about scarring some little kid for life.
5) If I can't have a surprise death, I hope I don't go down without a fight. I'm not talking about fighting some disease, because that's obvious. I mean I hope I'm old, senile and not afraid to take out an orderly or two before I go down.
6) I hope I can take Jason with me.
7) I'd like a Viking Funeral on Town Lake. Load me up with all my earthly possessions, float me past the bridge and then light me up. Also, I'd like for someone to play Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" as I go up.
I don't think any of this is too much to ask for. You have to think about these things in advance or you're never going to be prepared when your number is up.
Monday, February 14, 2005
A Eulogy for Ninja-Boy
Friend, Conversation Piece, Goldfish
Ninja-Boy, goldfish of the Amazing Steanso, was found floating, pectorals up, this morning. I have decided to eulogize Ninja-Boy in the way most befitting. By quoting Spock's Eulogy by Kirk from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
And yet, it should be noted, that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world, a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or an empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this...
Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most -
Mrs. League here.
In honor of Valentine's Day, I urge you to not allow your loved ones to eat this. The Hamdog.
Leaguers, this is the most disgusting item of 'food' I have ever seen. A brief description:
I would also like to wish the League a Happy Valentine's Day. He is truly the bestest husband in the world! Thanks for a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend!
Happy Valentine's Day, Leaguers!
Jamie and I sort of already had Valentine's Day over the weekend. Sorry, Jamie. No big surprises today.
We went and saw the travelling show of The Lion King, which was much better than you would think it would be. After the fiasco we had going to the theater last time, I was feeling a bit nervous about going to the show once again, but it all panned out just fine. Leaguers, it's the circle of life, and it moves us all.
Jamie and I will probably stay in and eat sandwiches for Valentine's Day dinner. I'm not sure if that's romantic, but that's what I've got planned.
If you want to read up on what Valentine's Day is (aside from one of very few holidays that involves both the name of a Saint and occassionally the exchanging of saucy underwear), you can check out the History Channel's web-site here.
A scene from the early stages of Mr. and Mrs. League's relationship.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
It's Krypto week here at The League.
Who is Krypto?
Back in the Silver Age of comics, the editors at DC Comics did not want the worlds of their characters growing boring. So, legend has it, the editors literally asked their young children and nieces and nephews for ideas from time to time. They'd ask, "So, you read these Superman comics I leave about. What would it be neat if Superman could do?"
The legend goes on to say that the kids eventually decided it would be neat if Superboy could have a dog of his own. See, Leaguers, you may think the WB's Smallville was the only place we've ever seen Clark Kent come into his own, but for years and years, Superboy had his own comic series (Adventure Comics) in which he saved the citizens of Smallville from various menaces.
So it came to pass that the readers learned that Superboy's father, Jor-El, was no chump. He had not sent his son off into space in an untested rocket. In fact, Jor-El had built a test rocket and launched it into space, manned with the family dog. Sort of a Laika from Krypton deal.
Anyhoo, Krypto's rocket was knocked off-course, but did, eventually, find its way to earth some time after Clark Kent had put on his long johns and taken to patrolling the greater Smallville metroplex from 2000 feet.
Post-Crisis, Krypto disappeared from DC Comics, written off as too silly or too outlandish for comics which are supposed to take themselves seriously. But you can't keep a good dog down, and when Jeph Loeb got involved with Superman comics around 2000, he wanted to bring back Krypto (along with a lot of Superman's Silver-Age Sci-Fi kookiness).
And while it drove some comics fans INSANE that Superman would once again have a super-powered dog, Loeb reintroduced Krypto. Why does Krypto drive comic nerds nuts? A lot of comic fans somehow perceive their favorite art form isn't taken seriously, and believe this will change if folks understand that they only read comics about kick-ass guys like, say, Wolverine or The Punisher, or other characters who stab people a lot. Flying dogs with heat vision don't fall into that picture terribly well.
But some readers really enjoyed Krypto, and a lot of folks working in Hollywood also still like the idea.
And so, Krypto is coming to television in two new forms!
On March 25th (a day which is important for some other reason, but I cannot recall why...) Krypto is coming to Cartoon Network as part of a new all-Krypto animated series. From these publicity pictures, it appears Ace The Bat-Hound is also joining the club.
Reuniting Superboy with Superdog, Smallville on the WB! is featuring an episode this Wednesday entitled "Krypto". Not exactly sure what the episode is about, but here's a picture of a guest-star. |
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In the grade 1 science lesson, you will have an opportunity to view segments of a seven-day science lesson that integrates literacy strategies for speaking and listening, writing, and reading to increase student understanding of the science content. As you view the videos, keep in mind that the lesson is an example of how the integration of literacy and science may occur. The classroom teacher, like you, is on the pathway of adding the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy to her science classroom practice.
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1. A summary video which provides an overview of the learning sequence
2. A video that addresses speaking and listening in the science classroom
3. A video that addresses writing in science notebooks leading to clear and coherent writing
4. A video that illustrates how reading is integrated into the science classroom
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61771 | Pro-Abortion Secrecy vs. Positive Pro-Life Peer Pressure
By Jonathan Rogers
My junior year of college I remember sitting in a history class discussing what is known as the “Scottish Enlightenment”–specifically the writings of David Hume and Adam Smith on social virtues and morality. These two Scotsmen put emphasis on the social nature of morality, a sort of positive peer pressure.
“Think about it,” said my professor, “don’t you find that in most cases where you did something you knew you shouldn’t have, you were alone and didn’t have that immediate circle of friends which might have encouraged better behavior, just by their mere presence?”
Everyone around the table glanced around uncomfortably, you could tell it was true.
Now take a look at some of the recent news stories relating to the issues of concern to the pro-life movement.
We have the gut-wrenching saga which continues to unfold in Philadelphia where according to a lengthy and detail grand jury report abortionist Kermit Gosnell wracked up a record of behavior for years that outdid even the worst nightmares the average pro-lifer comes to expect from an abortion clinic ( A year ago, if you were told that even a single abortionist was routinely killing newborn infants that they had aborted alive, you’d probably find the story stretching the limits of your credulity. But it’s true, according to the Grand Jury report, made possible by over a decade of negligence on the part of Pennsylvania officials who chose not to inspect Gosnell’s soul-crushingly inhumane institution.
Next, there was a series of covert videos taken by the pro-life group Live Action at Planned Parenthood clinics. When Planned Parenthood dismissed the first video as an isolated incidence at a clinic in New Jersey, Live Action released more videos from multiple states, showing a disturbing trend of similar behavior.
“Our new video shows their Richmond [Virginia] clinic willing to aid and abet the sexual exploitation of minors and coaching a pimp about how girls as young as 14 – 15 could circumvent parental consent laws for secret abortions,” Live Action President Lila Rose said in a statement. “Watch the video – the clinic worker admits they do this ‘once or twice a month.'”
Belatedly, Planned Parenthood announced the “re-training” some 11,000 employees to ensure compliance with state laws and local guidelines. One wonders when these employees would have been “re-trained” without Live Action’s expose
Kermit Gosnell is charged with eight counts of murder–“seven specific incidents in which Gosnell or one of his employees severed the spine of a viable baby born alive” (as the grand jury report described it) and a woman who died after receiving an overdose of anesthesia. Gosnell was able to do all this could only be done because such behavior was hidden.
Planned Parenthood was only spurred to “re-train” employees after the videos were released.
It is, of course, no new assertion that bad things hide in the dark. Deception and concealment have ever been the friend of wrongdoers and the most powerful tyrants rule through “secret” police forces. Most importantly, however, the contrast between immorality’s aversion to truth and morality’s acceptance of it, highlights not only where the pro-abortion movement is failing, but where and why the pro-life movement is triumphing.
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In vivo biochemistry: physical monitoring of recombination induced by site-specific endonucleases.
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The recombinational repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) is of critical importance to all organisms, who devote considerable genetic resources to ensuring such repair is accomplished. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DSB-mediated recombination can be initiated synchronously by the conditional expression of two site-specific endonucleases, HO or I-Scel. DNA undergoing recombination can then be extracted at intervals and analyzed. Recombination initiated by meiotic-specific DSBs can be followed in a similar fashion. This type of 'in vivo biochemistry' has been used to describe several discrete steps in two different homologous recombination pathways: gene conversion and single-strand annealing. The roles of specific proteins during recombination can be established by examining DNA in strains deleted for the corresponding gene. These same approaches are now becoming available for the study of recombination in both higher plants and animals. Physical monitoring can also be used to analyze nonhomologous recombination events, whose mechanisms appear to be conserved from yeast to mammals.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61816 | Upper GI Endoscopy
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What is upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy?
Upper GI endoscopy is a procedure in which a doctor uses an endoscope—a flexible tube with a camera—to see the lining of your upper GI tract. A gastroenterologist, surgeon, or other trained health care professional performs the procedure, most often while you receive light sedation to help you relax.
Does upper GI endoscopy have another name?
Healthcare professionals may also call the procedure endoscopy, upper endoscopy, EGD or esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Why do doctors use upper GI endoscopy?
Doctors use upper GI endoscopy to help diagnose and treat symptoms and conditions that affect the esophagus, stomach, and upper intestine or duodenum.
Upper GI endoscopy can help find the cause of unexplained symptoms, such as
• persistent heartburn
• bleeding
• nausea and vomiting
• pain
• problems swallowing
• unexplained weight loss
Upper GI endoscopy can be used to identify many different diseases:
Upper GI endoscopy can check for damage after a person eats or drinks harmful chemicals.
During upper GI endoscopy, a doctor obtains biopsies by passing an instrument through the endoscope to obtain a small piece of tissue for testing. Biopsies are needed to diagnose conditions such as
Doctors also use upper GI endoscopy to
• treat conditions such as bleeding from ulcers, esophageal varices, or other conditions
• dilate or open up strictures with a small balloon passed through the endoscope
• remove objects, including food, that may be stuck in the upper GI tract
• remove polyps or other growths
• place feeding tubes or drainage tubes
Doctors are also starting to use upper GI endoscopy to perform weight loss procedures for some people with obesity.
How do I prepare for an upper GI endoscopy?
Talk with your doctor
You should talk with your doctor about your medical history, including medical conditions and symptoms you have, allergies, and all prescribed and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements you take, including
Patient and doctor talking.
Before endoscopy, talk to your doctor about your medical history.
You can take most medicines as usual, but you may need to adjust or stop some medicines for a short time before your upper GI endoscopy. Your doctor will tell you about any necessary changes to your medicines before the procedure.
Arrange for a ride home
For safety reasons, you can't drive for 24 hours after the procedure, as the sedatives used during the procedure need time to wear off. You will need to make plans for getting a ride home after the procedure.
Do not eat or drink before the procedure
To see your upper GI tract clearly, your doctor will most likely ask you not to eat or drink up to 8 hours before the procedure.
How do doctors perform an upper GI endoscopy?
A doctor performs an upper GI endoscopy in a hospital or an outpatient center. Before the procedure, you will likely get a sedative or a medicine to help you stay relaxed and comfortable during the procedure. The sedative will be given to you through an intravenous (IV) needle in your arm. In some cases, the procedure can be done without getting a sedative. You may also be given a liquid medicine to gargle or a spray to numb your throat and help prevent you from gagging during the procedure. The health care staff will monitor your vital signs and keep you as comfortable as possible.
You’ll be asked to lie on your side on an exam table. The doctor will carefully pass the endoscope down your esophagus and into your stomach and duodenum. A small camera mounted on the endoscope will send a video image to a monitor, allowing close examination of the lining of your upper GI tract. The endoscope pumps air into your stomach and duodenum, making them easier to see.
During the upper GI endoscopy, the doctor may
• take small samples of tissue, cells, or fluid in your upper GI tract for testing.
• stop any bleeding.
• perform other procedures, such as opening up strictures.
The upper GI endoscopy most often takes between 15 and 30 minutes. The endoscope does not interfere with your breathing, and many people fall asleep during the procedure.
What should I expect after an upper GI endoscopy?
After an upper GI endoscopy, you can expect the following:
• to stay at the hospital or outpatient center for 1 to 2 hours after the procedure so the sedative can wear off
• to rest at home for the rest of the day
• bloating or nausea for a short time after the procedure
• a sore throat for 1 to 2 days
• to go back to your normal diet once your swallowing returns to normal
After the procedure, you—or a friend or family member who is with you if you’re still groggy—will receive instructions on how to care for yourself when you are home. You should follow all instructions.
Some results from an upper GI endoscopy are available right away. Your doctor will share these results with you or, if you choose, with your friend or family member. A pathologist will examine the samples of tissue, cells, or fluid that were taken to help make a diagnosis. Biopsy results take a few days or longer to come back. The pathologist will send a report to your health care professional to discuss with you.
What are the risks of an upper G.I. endoscopy?
Upper GI endoscopy is considered a safe procedure. The risks of complications from an upper GI endoscopy are low, but may include
• bleeding from the site where the doctor took the tissue samples or removed a polyp
• perforation in the lining of your upper GI tract
• an abnormal reaction to the sedative, including breathing or heart problems
Bleeding caused by the procedure often is minor and stops without treatment. Serious complications such as perforation are uncommon. Your doctor may need to perform surgery to treat some complications. Your doctor can also treat an abnormal reaction to a sedative with medicines or IV fluids during or after the procedure.
Seek Care Right Away
If you have any of the following symptoms after an upper GI endoscopy, seek medical care right away:
• chest pain
• problems breathing
• problems swallowing or throat pain that gets worse
• vomiting—particularly if your vomit is bloody or looks like coffee grounds
• pain in your abdomen that gets worse
• bloody or black, tar-colored stool
• fever
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When you live in Switzerland, there is one requirement every software must meet: support for multilingual. The good news is that even though PowerApps currently don’t offer support out-of-the-box for multilingual, you can still achieve this.
Basically the approach is as follows:
• Produce an Excel file with translations
• Upload it to an Azure Blob Storage or OneDrive and create a data source for it
Now on application start-up (e.g. when it becomes visible)
• Read the tabular content into a context variable
• Detect the user’s language and store it in another context variable
• Update all text properties of all the labels that require a multilingual caption and add a formula that would look up the label’s text from the Excel with translations (look up uses the user’s language stored in the context variable
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61942 | TY - JOUR T1 - <em>Mind bomb 1</em> is required for pancreatic β-cell formation JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences JO - Proc Natl Acad Sci USA SP - 7356 LP - 7361 DO - 10.1073/pnas.1203605109 VL - 109 IS - 19 AU - Horn, Signe AU - Kobberup, Sune AU - Jørgensen, Mette C. AU - Kalisz, Mark AU - Klein, Tino AU - Kageyama, Ryoichiro AU - Gegg, Moritz AU - Lickert, Heiko AU - Lindner, Jill AU - Magnuson, Mark A. AU - Kong, Young-Yun AU - Serup, Palle AU - Ahnfelt-Rønne, Jonas AU - Jensen, Jan N. Y1 - 2012/05/08 UR - http://www.pnas.org/content/109/19/7356.abstract N2 - During early pancreatic development, Notch signaling represses differentiation of endocrine cells and promotes proliferation of Nkx6-1+Ptf1a+ multipotent progenitor cells (MPCs). Later, antagonistic interactions between Nkx6 transcription factors and Ptf1a function to segregate MPCs into distal Nkx6-1−Ptf1a+ acinar progenitors and proximal Nkx6-1+Ptf1a− duct and β-cell progenitors. Distal cells are initially multipotent, but evolve into unipotent, acinar cell progenitors. Conversely, proximal cells are bipotent and give rise to duct cells and late-born endocrine cells, including the insulin producing β-cells. However, signals that regulate proximodistal (P-D) patterning and thus formation of β-cell progenitors are unknown. Here we show that Mind bomb 1 (Mib1) is required for correct P-D patterning of the developing pancreas and β-cell formation. We found that endoderm-specific inactivation of Mib1 caused a loss of Nkx6-1+Ptf1a− and Hnf1β+ cells and a corresponding loss of Neurog3+ endocrine progenitors and β-cells. An accompanying increase in Nkx6-1−Ptf1a+ and amylase+ cells, occupying the proximal domain, suggests that proximal cells adopt a distal fate in the absence of Mib1 activity. Impeding Notch-mediated transcriptional activation by conditional expression of dominant negative Mastermind-like 1 (Maml1) resulted in a similarly distorted P-D patterning and suppressed β-cell formation, as did conditional inactivation of the Notch target gene Hes1. Our results reveal iterative use of Notch in pancreatic development to ensure correct P-D patterning and adequate β-cell formation. ER - |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61944 | Professor Seth Barrett Tillman: Hillary Can Run from Jail
(see update below) More precisely, Tillman argues here that any attempt to disqualify former Secretary Clinton from the presidency based on conviction of a crime, including 18 U.S.C. § 2701 (which provides that anyone convicted “shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States”), would be unconstitutional. FWIW, I think he is right.
Now if Clinton were to be elected to the presidency while actually serving time in prison, a different set of issues would be presented. But I think we can cross that bridge when we come to it.
(Clarification: Tillman does not believe that section 2701’s disqualification language is unconstitutional, but he believes it would be unconstitutional if it were intended to apply to the presidency and other elected positions. In part for this reason, he would interpret the “office under the United States” language as not applying to elected positions).
Update: former Attorney General Mukasey, to whom Tillman was in part responding, has emailed Professor Eugene Volokh to acknowledge “on reflection, … Professor Tillman’s [analysis] is spot on, and mine was mistaken…. The disqualification provision in Section 2071 may be a measure of how seriously Congress took the violation in question, and how seriously we should take it, but that’s all it is.”
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61952 | Luke, Chapter 19
And going in, He passed through Jericho.
And behold, [there was] a man named Zaccheus, who was a chief tax-collector. And he was rich.
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And he sought to see Jesus, to see who He was. And he could not because of the press, because he was little in stature.
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And he ran in front and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him. For He was to pass through that [way].
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Исус позива цариника Закхеја
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him. And He said to him, Zaccheus! Hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.
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And hurrying he came down, and received Him joyfully.
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And seeing, they all murmured, saying, He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.
And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor. And [in] anything I accused anyone falsely, I restore [it] fourfold.
And Jesus said to him, This day salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
Therefore He said, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom for himself, and to return.
And He called his ten servants and delivered ten minas, and said to them, Trade until I come back.
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But his citizens hated him. And they sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this one to reign over us.
And when he had received his kingdom and had returned, then it happened that he commanded these servants to be called to him; the ones to whom he had given the silver; so that he might know what each had gained by trading.
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And came the first, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas.
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And he said to him, Well [done], good servant, because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.
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And he said the same to him, You be over five cities.
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And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] your mina, which I have kept in a handkerchief.
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And he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I had not laid down and reaping what I did not sow.
And why did you not give my silver on the [bank] table, and coming I might have exacted it with interest?
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And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him and give [it] to him who has ten minas.
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And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
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For I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given. And from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken from him.
But those who are my enemies, who did not desire that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay [them] before me.
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And saying these things, He went in front, going up to Jerusalem.
And it happened as He drew near Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mount called Mount of Olives, He sent two of the disciples,
saying, Go into the village across [from you], and having entered, you will find a colt tied up, on which no one of men has yet sat. Untie it and bring [it].
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And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying [it]? You will say this to him, Because the Lord has need of it.
And going, those who were sent found as He had said to them.
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And [as] they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the colt?
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And they said, The Lord has need of him.
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And they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their garments on the colt. And they set Jesus on [it].
And when He had come near, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all [the] mighty works which they had seen,
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saying, Blessed [is] the King coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in [the] highest!
And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.
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And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.
Јерусалим данас (поглед са Маслинске горе)
And as He drew near, He beheld the city and wept over it,
saying, If you had known, even you, even at least in this day of yours, the things for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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For the days will come on you that your enemies will raise up a rampart to you, and will surround you, and will keep you in on every side.
And they will tear you down, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone on a stone because you did not know the time of your visitation.
Исус истерује трговце из храма
And entering into the temple, He began to cast out those selling and buying in it,
saying to them, It is written, "My house is a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of thieves.
And He taught in the temple daily. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him.
And [they] could not find what they might do, for all the people were hanging on Him, listening.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61969 | The Dry Printing And Copying System: Laser, Photoreceptor, And Laser Toner Cartridge
Apart from staplers, some of the most commonplace home and office items are laser printers and photocopiers. People often perceive these two machines to be completely different from each other. After all, laser printers are used for printing documents straight from a file while photocopiers are used for reproducing already printed documents and are usually deemed much cheaper to use than laser printers. Unknown to many however, these two devices utilize the same technology called “xerography” and use the same consumable component called a laser toner cartridge. Furthermore, laser printing and photocopying are commonly referred to as dry printing.
A Brief History of Xerography and Toners
The xerographic printing process employed in laser printers and photocopiers was originally invented in the year 1938 by a man named Chester Carlson. Originally, the process was called electrophotography because Carlson first used the electrostatic printing technology with and for photography. His invention went through multiple changes throughout the years, and it was not until around two decades after the initial invention that xerography became usable for commercial printing purposes. From the name of the process itself, xerography means dry (xeros) writing (graphia). As such, laser printing and photocopying are sometimes also referred to as dry printing. This is mainly because devices using Carlson’s invention do not use liquid ink, but instead use powdered or dry ink called a toner. This dry ink is carbon-based and is mixed with various polymers before being placed inside a laser toner cartridge. Traditionally, only black pigments were available but modern technology has enabled the production of cyan, magenta, and yellow colors for use in colored laser printing.
From Original to Compatible
Over the years, toners have not only gone from black-and-white to colored, but also from being produced solely by printer and photocopier manufacturers to being produced by third-party suppliers. Cartridges produced by manufacturers of printers and photocopiers are called original cartridges. These are often bundled with printing and copying machines when they are first bought. On the other hand, cartridges that are produced by anyone other than the printer manufacturers are called compatible cartridges and are used as replacement for original the laser toner cartridge. The progression in laser and toner technology has enabled third-party suppliers to produce compatible cartridges that are cheaper in price compared to originals. Regular consumers can easily spot the difference between original and compatible cartridges. Apart from the obvious that compatible cartridges are unbranded and generic, the powders inside originals are always finer. This often results in sharper images and prints from original cartridges compared to approximately 72% of all compatible cartridges.
How Laser Printers and Photocopy Machines Work
Laser printers and photocopiers may also be referred to as dry printers. This would sound unusual if you are only familiar with the concept of inkjet printers which make use of liquid ink instead of dry, powdered ink as in laser toner cartridge. Both inkjet and laser or digital printing use heat to produce quality printed documents although they utilize heat in different manners. In the case of inkjet printing, heat from electrical pulses is used to stimulate metal resistors inside the cartridge. The conduction of heat through these metal resistors triggers an increase in ink volume which causes the ink to spray out of the nozzle. This results in ink transfer from cartridge to paper. Laser printing makes use of heat somewhat differently since a laser toner cartridge does not contain liquids.
Heat in digital printers and copiers is generated through the use of lasers, thus the interchangeable title of laser printing. The lasers are used to transfer impressions on select sections of paper in order to following the pattern of the text or image you want to print. This impression gives portions of the paper an electromagnetic charge opposite the charge of the toners. The fine powder particles, released from the laser toner cartridge, are attracted to the areas with an opposite electromagnetic charge. The toner then bonds with the paper in this manner and through the heat left and generated by the lasers. Once a document is printed or copied, the machine’s photoreceptors are cleaned by soft blades which usually made of plastic in order to ensure that excess toners are not left behind. Photoreceptors are like rollers and are the intermediaries between the lasers in a machine and the paper meant for printing. The toner in a laser toner cartridge cannot be used without photoreceptors and lasers. These three main elements make up the laser printing and copying system of dry printing. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/61999 | Quest for Gaming
Might and Magic II
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In 1988, New World Computing released Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World. This is the second game in the Might and Magic series, and quite an improvement over the first. There is also a greater focus on game story. The manual for the game has a four page backstory, which give you a proper introduction to the world.
Might and Magic 2 title screen
Playing through this game, it is very quickly obvious that there are not too many differences from the first game. The good thing is that anyone familiar with the first will already know how to play this game. However, anyone who are unfamiliar with older games are going to have a hard time getting into this game. You still need to use the manual in order to cast spells, unless you memorize spell levels and numbers. You are also left to figure everything out by yourself without much guidance. My article for the first Might and Magic game goes into detail on most of the game mechanics, I don't intend to do the same here, instead I shall focus on what makes this game unique. For those interested, here's a link to my first Might and Magic article.
Just launching this game, you will already see the glory of late 1980's graphics. We've got colors! Lots of colors. So now you actually get a much better view of your surroundings. However, you still can't see cities or castles until you actually step into the space they occupy. The same goes for enemies, they are not visible until you step into a space with an encounter. However, all enemies have colorful graphics now, which you can see while within the combat. There are also proper graphics for when you visit an inn, temple, blacksmith or other characters. The graphics are obviously dated by today's standards, but compared to the first game, it is a great improvement.
Encountering orcs and goblins Speaking with a wizard
The world is still divided into areas consisting of 16 by 16 squares. Exploring the game world properly will generally require you to explore every square in every area. One big plus over the previous game is that your characters can learn a skill that enables automapping. There is also a spell that let you see a map of the surrounding area while exploring, making it a lot easier to get your bearings. Purchases made on GOG will also come with a guidebook that has maps of all areas. Personally I could not do without these maps.
A very interesting feature of the game world, is the four corners of the world map. Each of the four corners has a portal to an elemental plane, fire, air, water, and earth. It might just be the child in me, easily amazed by wonders and mysteries, but I am genuinely awed just by looking at the changing landscape.
Finding a chest in a dungeon
Combat works the same as in the first game. When you step into a square with an encounter, you get the choice to fight, or try to hide or flee. If the enemies surprise you, then you have no choice and must fight. While in combat, everything is turn based with each character having their turn to perform an action. Characters engaged in hand-to-hand combat can attack enemies who are also engaged in hand-to-hand. Those who are not engaged in melee, and have a ranged weapon, can shoot at the enemy. Spellcasters also have the option of casting a spell when it is their turn. The big difference from Might and Magic 1 is the number of enemies that can engage you in one battle. In this game, you can engage more than 200 enemies in a single fight. 200 goblins is a fight that moderately skilled parties can handle, but there is a chance that you may encounter hundreds of significantly harder enemies. Spells that can damage larger groups of enemies become extremely useful in large battles.
The game adds two new classes in addition to the Knight, Paladin, Archer, Cleric, Robber, and Sorcerer. You can now also select the Barbarian, which has the most hit points of all classes. They can't use any magic, but can use almost all weapons and armor. The high hit points means that they are ideal as front line fighters. There is also the Ninja, which has most of the same thieving skills as the Robber, but to a lesser degree. In exchange, the Ninja has a chance to assassinate enemies in combat, resulting in extra damage. This increases the number of available classes to eight. However, in this game you can employ hirelings, which must be paid daily. You may have two hirelings at a time, increasing your party size to eight. Personally I did not make much use of hirelings as I found the base party of six to be enough, but it is a nice option in case you feel like you could use an extra spellcaster or ranged combatant.
Exploring outside of town
Your characters can now learn skills, which is completely new in this game. Previously, only the robber had the additional ability to disarm traps and unlock doors. This is still in this game, represented by the Thievery skill, which will improve for both the Robber and Ninja when they level up. There is now also the option to learn additional skills for all characters, each character may learn two such skills. The skills are: Arms Master, which increases accuracy with weapons. Cartographer, which enables automapping. Crusader, which is required to take certain quests. Hero/Heroine, improves all stats. Merchant, trade more favorably. Pickpocket, increases thievery. Then there are several skills that increases a specific stat: Athlete, Diplomat, Gambler, Gladiator, Linguist (also enables the character to read certain glyphs), Soldier.
Meeting a singing giant Encountering a groups of evil sorceresses
There are three additional secondary skills that I want to give a special mention, since they are very useful for exploration. When exploring large open areas, there is a chance that you will lose your way and end up in a random area instead of where you want to go. You need the Navigator skill to avoid this. Pathfinder will let your party move straight through any forest square, as long as at least two characters know the skill. Mountaineer will let you pass through any mountain square, but also requires at least two characters to know the skill. I would consider these skills to be essential to be able to explore the land of Cron properly.
This is also the first Might and Magic game to include class promotion quests. Each class can be promoted, which will result in a + appearing behind your character class.
If you played the first Might and Magic, you can import your characters into this game. Your characters level will be reduced to maximum level 7 when importing. Statistics will also be capped to 20, so any stat you had above will be reduced to 20. This still gives you a greatly improved start to the game and also provides continuity.
Game story
Attacking the Dread Knight
This game has a lot more fleshed out backstory, compared to Might and Magic 1. This game takes place in the land of Cron. Hundreds of years ago, Cron was nothing until the elementals came there. The elementals fought for dominance over Cron, and while they fought, other creatures began to settle on Cron. By the time the elementals decided to drive off these invaders, the humans and other races were already accustomed to the land and prepared against the elementals. The human wizards created a magical orb, and four talons, one for each element, which would give them power to defeat the elementals. A man of great courage, Kalohn, used the orb and talons to defeat the elementals and drive them out to the corners of the world. Barriers were made to keep the elementals trapped in their own planes. The four talons were placed behind in each elemental plane.
The Lord of Water attempted to strike back by creating the Mega Dragon. Kalohn, equipped with only the orb, was defeated by the dragon. However, his last spell created a flood that also drowned the dragon. This created a large marshland called the Quagmire of Doom.
Your party, having uncovered Sheltem on Varn and then followed him here through the Gate to Another World, are now arriving on Cron. The spirit of Corak will appear and warn you of the dangers ahead. Corak, a name that was mentioned a couple of times in Varn, is apparently aware of who Sheltem is, and was hunting him. As the party explores the land, Queen Lamanda, the daughter of the dead Kalohn, will ask you to change history and save her father. To do this, you will need to get four talons from each elemental plane, as well as finding the orb. With these items, you can use a time machine to travel back in time and help Kalohn defeat the Mega Dragon. Back in your own time, Kalohn will be the king of Cron, and tell you a password which you will need later.
Your party may now enter Sheltem's dungeon where he must be defeated. Cron's control room will then be found, where it is evident that Cron, as well as Varn, the land of the previous game, are in fact artificial habitats traveling through space. Cron and the accompanying Varns were made by the Ancients to populate the planet of Terra. Sheltem, the Guardian of Terra, see this as a threat and have set Cron and all Varns to collide into a star. You must then solve a cryptographic puzzle in order to control the guidance system and prevent the crash. Now your party will arrive at the planet Terra, where the next game takes place.
Fighting a robotic enemy called Iron Wizard
The improved graphics made it so much easier to get into this game. Even though the gameplay is pretty much identical with Might and Magic 1, it is so much easier to visualize your surroundings when the graphics are better. I would still consider this game to be for people with a special interest in either older games or the Might and Magic series. Most people that are used to modern games would probably give this up quickly.
To be completely honest, I actually preferred Might and Magic 1 over this game, at least for prolonged play. That might just be because of the novelty of the first game's poor graphics and crude interface. But there is also the issue with battles in this game that could become extremely tedious when fighting hundreds of enemies at the same time. That is probably the only really negative point about this game for me.
Like the first game, the primary point of this game is to explore the world. This is something these games really do well. Exploring is a lot of fun and definitely the game's strong point. Traveling through the world by the use of the Fly spell is very satisfying. Each town also have at least one portal to another town, so you can get around the world much easier.
In battle with Water Elementals
There is a very obvious science fiction, or rather science fantasy element to this game. These elements are a lot more prominent in this game with items such as blasters being quite common, and robotic enemies. I personally really enjoy the blend of fantasy and science fiction, and this series does it very well in my opinion. This game, to a larger degree than MM1, makes it clear that there exists an advanced civilization, the Ancients.
In the end, I feel like this is a more fleshed out version of the first game and definitely a strong entry in the Might and Magic series.
Next up is Might and Magic III
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We Must Never Forget
1 May2017 KWH H2H Heart to Heart
// Kenneth W. Hagin
This month as we celebrate Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. Their blood was shed so the United States would be free and strong. This is also a time that we can reflect on what the Lord has done in our lives. The word memorial means “to remember.” But all too often, we only remember the bad times and not the good.
Praise: The Secret to Victory
2 May2017 KWHarticle“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
—Psalm 34:1
// Kenneth W. Hagin
Have you ever met a Christian who always seems to be full of joy and gladness—someone who always exhibits the joy of the Lord both in the good times and the bad? A believer who is always full of joy has learned the secret of living a life of praise to God.
Angels in Our Midst
3 May2017 KEH SinglePg// Kenneth E. Hagin
In teaching me about angels, the Lord pointed out the scripture, “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb. 1:14). I always thought this verse said, “minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation.” But it says, “minister for them.” The word “minister” used here carries the thought of waiting on or serving. For instance, when you go into a restaurant, a waitress “ministers” to you by waiting on or serving you. In other words, she waits for your order.
None of These Things Move Me
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From Test to Testimony
5 May2017 OrethaHagin SinglePg//Oretha Hagin
In the summer of 1938, the new minister, Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin, came to pastor my church in Tom Bean, Texas. He was tall, slim, blonde, and handsome—and all the single girls in the church were after him!
When Kenneth and I met, I hadn’t received the Holy Spirit, although secretly I had wanted to. During our courtship, Kenneth would always say to me, “I’d marry you tonight if you had the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” I would just smile. He married me anyway. I didn’t receive the Holy Spirit until after we were married! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62060 | Curling Rules
The Rules of Curling
Curling is a sport where players throw 42 pounds stones down a 150 foot sheet of ice. Curling originated in Scotland, and came over to North America during European emigration to the United States. The sport has continued to spread across Europe, and is now becoming increasingly popular in Asia. With the addition of the Mixed Doubles format - in which one male and one female play on a team - there are a number of additional opportunities to further spread the culture of curling across the world.
The Objectives
The goal of the game is to score more points than your opponent by throwing your stones into a series of concentric circles, known as the house. In addition to throwing stones, two of the teammates will sweep the stone as it travels down the ice. In curling, each team is throwing stones into the house so that they can score points. The team that scores the most points after completing eight or ten ends will win the game. To successfully score points, teams will utilize various strategies depending on which team has the hammer and which end is being played.
Game Format and Duration
A game of curling is broken down into eight ends, in which the two teams alternate throwing each of their eight stones, for a total of 16 stones thrown per end. In more competitive play, ten ends will likely be played. Since the curling sheet is symmetric, teams will throw their stones towards one side of the sheet in an end, and then throw their stones towards the other side of the sheet in the next end. This cycle repeats until eight (or ten) ends have been played.
Curling Ends
Curling Rules Summary
• A curling team consists of four players. The positions are called lead, second, vice, and skip.
• A game consists of eight or ten ends, a time in which teams alternate throwing eight stones each, for a total of 16 stones thrown per end.
• A curling sheet is between 144 and 150 feet in length, and 14 feet, two inches in width.
• When a team is throwing a stone, it must be released before the first hog line a player reaches, and must fully cross the second hog line in order to be in-play.
• If a stone is released after a portion of it has already passed the first hog line, the stone shall be immediately removed from play.
• If a stone fully passes the backline or makes contact with one of the sidelines, it is out-of-play.
• When a team is throwing a stone, any number of teammates may sweep the stone.
• A single teammate may sweep an opponent's stone as it begins to cross the tee line.
• If a teammate or object makes contact with a stone while in motion between the two hog lines, it is removed from play.
• If a guard is removed before the first five stones of the end are thrown, the guard is placed back where it was, and the stone that forced the guard out-of-play is removed from play.
• If a teammate or object makes contact with a stone while in motion after passing the second hog line, the opposing skip determines where the stone is placed.
• Only one team can score in an end.
• After the end has been completed, the team with the stone closest to the button will earn one point.
• The scoring team will also earn one point for every stone closer to the button than the opponent's closest stone to the button.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62075 | Hepatitis C
Incidence of this viral disease is increasing in the United States, but advanced treatments exist. Persons in the United States who received a blood transfusion prior to 1992 should be screened.
Hepatitis C Overview
Reviewed: May 19, 2014
Hepatitis is a term that refers to swelling and inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by an infection from a virus, or from other organic diseases. The hepatitis C virus is one of many viruses that cause hepatitis. About 4 million people in the United States are infected with hepatitis at any one time.
The liver is an important organ of the body. It is located in the upper right part of the abdomen. The liver regulates the body’s nutrition system. After we eat food, it is digested and absorbed, then taken through large blood vessels to the liver. The liver processes absorbed substances such as fat, sugar, protein, and vitamins so the rest of the body can use them.
The liver gets rid of harmful substances called toxins before they have a chance to poison the body. The liver also makes bile; a yellowish liquid that helps absorb the food we eat. Bile is made out of a substance called bilirubin, a yellowish chemical. Viruses are extremely small germs that can multiply only after invading a host. Cold sores and the flu are caused by viruses. Viruses can be seen only with very powerful microscopes. A virus called hepatitis C can invade the human body through contaminated blood. This virus causes a liver infection called Hepatitis C.
Approximately 4 million people in the United States are infected with hepatitis C, and up to 20,000 new infections occur annually. It is a viral infection that attacks the liver, and while usually asymptomatic in early infection, may cause decreased appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain, jaundice, itching, and flu-like symptoms.
Hepatitis C Symptoms
When a person becomes infected with the hepatitis C virus, he or she may not notice any symptoms at first.
Symptoms of hepatitis C are usually flu-like, including:
• fever
• chills
• stomach pain
• nausea
• fatigue
Sometimes hepatitis C symptoms may be severe right away, causing liver dysfunction. If this is the case, bilirubin may not be excreted in the bile, leading to high levels of bilirubin in the blood.
With high levels of bilirubin in the blood, the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, causing a condition called jaundice. High bilirubin levels in the blood can also cause severe itching.
High levels of bilirubin in the blood also cause urine to look dark yellow. Stools are chalk white because they are not colored by the bile.
Over 20 years or so, hepatitis C may lead to the destruction of the liver, a condition called cirrhosis. With cirrhosis, the liver cannot clean the blood or meet the body’s nutritional needs. This could lead to coma or death.
Hepatitis C Causes
Hepatitis C is transmitted through blood.
The following people have a higher risk of contracting hepatitis C:
• patients who received blood transfusions or organ transplants before 1992, the year when tests were made available to check for it
• people who have more than one sexual partner
• people who share needles or razors
• babies born to women who have hepatitis C
Since treatment for hepatitis C is not always effective, it is best to PREVENT it rather than to have to TREAT it!
Four of the BEST ways to prevent hepatitis C:
1. Practice safe sex by using condoms, and knowing your partner.
2. Do not share needles or other objects that may have come in contact with another person’s blood, such as razors or toothbrushes.
3. Use gloves if you expect to be in contact with blood or other body fluids
4. If you decide to get a tattoo or a body piercing, make sure that the instruments used are sterile.
Hepatitis C Diagnosis
It is often difficult to diagnose hepatitis C early because symptoms do not usually show up right away.
In order to find and treat hepatitis C early, it is important to be VERY honest with the doctor when discussing drug use and sexual practices. If the doctor feels the need, he or she may do blood tests and discover hepatitis C early enough to treat it.
Unfortunately, blood tests alone cannot show the exact extent of liver damage. A liver biopsy may be needed.
There are many different subtypes, technically known as genotypes of hepatitis C viruses. Blood tests can help find the exact genotype. This is important because the treatment, its duration and its efficacy vary from genotype to genotype.
Living With Hepatitis C
If you have hepatitis C, there are certain precautions you should take to keep yourself and others as healthy as possible:
• Inform your sexual partners about your condition.
• Inform ALL your healthcare providers of your condition.
• Do not donate blood or blood products.
• Get Hepatitis A and B vaccinations.
• Do not drink alcohol.
Check with your doctor before taking any new medications, including over-the-counter ones such as acetaminophen (Tylenol). You may need a different dosage than indicated or not take them at all, depending on whether they could damage your liver.
Follow directions from your doctors about medications and tell them about any side effects you may experience.
Women with hepatitis C should discuss pregnancy with a doctor BEFORE getting pregnant. There is an extremely small chance of getting infected with hepatitis C from a sexual partner in a strictly monogamous relationship.
This risk is so small that condoms are not routinely advised to prevent hepatitis C infection.
Hepatitis C Treatments
A limited number of medications are used to treat hepatitis C including:
1. interferons
2. ribavirin
3. sofosbuvir
4. telaprevir
5. boceprevir
Interferons are chemicals that boost the immune system and fight off the hepatitis C virus. Ribavirin works directly against the hepatitis C virus.
Combination therapy with a weekly injection of interferon and daily oral ribavirin is the treatment of choice resulting in sustained response rates of 40%-80%.
Up to 50% for patients infected with the most common genotype found in the U.S. [genotype 1] and up to 80% for patients infected with genotypes 2 or 3.
Treatment with interferon alone is generally reserved for patients in whom ribavirin is contraindicated. Ribavirin, when used alone, does not work. Combination therapy using interferon and ribavirin is now FDA approved for the use in children aged 3-17 years.
The combination of interferons and ribavirin has many possible side effects including:
• headaches
• fever
• loss of appetite
• fatigue
• nausea and vomiting
• increased susceptibility to infections
• bleeding problems
• birth defects
• heart or kidney failure
• worsening of liver function
• rarely death
Who should consider treatment?
Only patients with hepatitis C in their blood (chronic hepatitis C infection) are considered for therapy. In general, doctors suggest treatment if you:
• have a liver biopsy that showed damage (usually a moderate amount of fibrosis or more)
• are motivated to undergo treatment
• are willing to comply with the necessary steps and tests and visits for treatment
• were very recently (acutely) infected with hepatitis C, within the past 6 months
• are coinfected with HIV or hepatitis B
• If you want to start treatment for hepatitis C, speak with your VA doctor. It is a good idea to talk about any concerns you have before you start treatment. You and your doctor will decide if treatment is right for you and which medicines might work.
What treatments are effective?
Before your doctor can prescribe a treatment for hepatitis C, it has to be approved for that purpose by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Several treatments for hepatitis C already are approved by the FDA:
• pegylated interferon alfa-2a (usually used in combination with ribavirin)
• pegylated interferon alfa-2b (usually used in combination with ribavirin)
• ribavirin (to be used only in combination with an interferon) standard interferon alfa
New drugs which are anticipated to have FDA approval are called protease inhibitors which would be used only in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62081 | Whiz Kids: Volume 1
Shirley Willis
Set out on a scientific adventure with the Whiz Kids! Children will love learning about basic scientific concepts such as weight and speed in these distinctive information books, which combine charming picture-book-style illustrations of the intrepid Whiz kids with accessible and fact-packed text and simple, safe experiments readers can try at home.
Product information
Type: Hardback
Pages: 128
Size: 229mm x 229mm |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62114 | Direct Mail Marketing For The SEO
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62124 | Have you ever had Shepherd's PIe? What's in a Shepherd's Pie?
In the States, we tend to think about shepherd’s pie (or, rather, cottage pie) around St. Patrick’s Day. So, if you ask nearly anyone what country shepherd’s pie comes from, you’re bound to get the answer, “Ireland.” However, cottage pie probably originated in Scotland, in the North of the UK. Meat pies were common in this region, and were topped with pastry crust before the 1700s when potatoes were introduced as a crop. Once the potato crust came into play, cottage pie as we know it today came into being. As cottage pie became popular throughout Britain and potatoes became a staple crop in Ireland, the dish began to be more associated with Ireland, and similar pies with a pastry crust began to re-emerge in Scottish cuisine.
Read more at Curious Cuisiniere: Cottage Pie https://www.curiouscuisiniere.com/cottage-pie/ |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62154 | Neurotribes: A Better Understanding of Autism
What is autism? What causes it? Is it genetic? Is it a consequence of something in our environment or lifestyle? What’s an “idiot savant” or an “autistic savant”? What happens when autistic children become adults? Why are so many of their parents scientists, academics, and engineers? If your grandfather’s Uncle Fred was a socially inept |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62186 | Wednesday, February 15, 2012
False Teachings About Hearing Audible Words From God Taking Even Deeper Root in Today's Church
Article by Amanda Bowers (Hears His Voice blog)
I received the following comment from a reader on my recent Note of Repentance:
"At the Passion 2012 conference, Beth Moore, John Piper, Louie Giglio and company taught/led an entire sports arena (45,000 college aged students) in (attempting to 'hear' God's voice). My son's friends in attendance of this conference told of a young girl standing outside the arena crying her eyes out because she had not heard the audible voice of God as they had instructed. Others tried to comfort her but were also distraught at not hearing a thing.
This is what Louie Giglio announced during a session that had them upset:
“How many of you heard the voice of God speak specifically, clearly, directly, and personally, to you? Can you just put a hand up? I’d like you to share it. Can you put a hand up for a minute?
Just want you to look around; that’s people saying, “God Almighty (pause) the Maker of heaven (pause) the one Who’s sitting on the only throne (pause) that’s not under threat (long pause, audience cheers)—He spoke to me. He spoke to me.”
“God spoke to me.” (long pause) Don’t let the voice of the darkness, tell you that you are not (pause) worth (pause) that God would not speak to you. (pause) Don’t let him tell you, you don’t matter. (pause) God spoke to you.”
They felt they must not be "good enough Christians" for God to speak to them. Thank you for warning others of this heresy. These children are diligently opening themselves to a potentially demonic spirit to hear God's audible voice. Please pray for them and for all the others who raised their hands..."
The issue at hand with the current push to "hear God speak" outside of His already revealed, complete, and written Word is that it creates confusion, hurt, and sets up a system of pietism within the body of Christ. This idea that Christians can and should hear "audible words from God" is a dangerous teaching that has become deeply rooted in evangelicalism. And unfortunately, it is through books like Experiencing God and Hearing God's Voice, authored by widely respected Southern Baptist pastor Henry Blackaby, that these false and dangerous teachings have entered into the church. Please understand this is precisely why I am repenting from endorsing the teachings of Beth Moore and Henry Blackaby. As well intentioned as they might be, they are leading people down a dangerous path of subjectivity and confusion. When in fact, in the gospel of Luke we read:
Clearly, Luke is telling Theophilus, it seemed good to him, just as the patriarchs wrote down the eyewitness accounts of the events from the beginning of time, and just as they were ministers of the word and delivered them to the Israelites, that he also desired to write down the things they witnessed about Christ in an orderly account. Why? So that Theophilus may have certainty concerning the things that he was taught. Doesn't it seem to you, that God has done a most gracious thing in giving us the Holy Scriptures? Giving us a more sure account of His progressive revelation that was final and complete in His Son, Jesus Christ, as it plainly states in Hebrews 1:1-2:
Peter admonishes us to understand that the things they have written are not mere men's thoughts or cleverly devised fables when he sates:
This begs the question, if the prophecies of Scripture that the apostles wrote and spoke about were not "produced by the will of man" but were spoken "from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit", what exactly is it that we are listening for from God today? Are we listening for prophecy? If so, are we claiming to be on the same ground as the apostles and are these prophecies occurring as we are carried along by the Spirit? Shouldn't someone be writing them down in the back of their Bibles? Wouldn't God want the entire body of Christ to know when He speaks? Are there things missing from the Word that we must have in order to live a godly life? The Scriptures answer that question too:
More specifically, I want to know how Mr. Giglio, et al. would counsel this young lady and her friends? What are your answers to her distraught feeling that she is, in fact, not worthy of hearing God's voice? What Biblical ground and by what authority do you make the claims to these young people that God will speak to them in such a fashion?
Here is what Mr. Blackaby's says to those who do not hear God's voice:
"There is nothing more important in life than understanding when God is speaking to you. If you are disoriented to God's voice, your life is dangerously vulnerable. The Bible indicates conclusively that God does speak to people and that he does guide them to his will. The problem of not hearing from God never lies with God. He does communicate his will. It is not a matter of us searching in vain for God's hidden will. He readily reveals it to those who show themselves obedient to do it. If you do not hear God's voice, could it be your heart is not ready to respond to what he says? Are you clinging to sin or holding out against what you already know of his will? No matter what the reason for the silence, there is a remedy: repent and return to God. Allow God to soften your heart so you are ready to hear his voice and to respond in obedience. Continue seeking and listening until you have heard him speak to you in his unmistakable voice. When he does, it will change your life." Henry T. Blackaby; Richard Blackaby. Hearing God's Voice (Kindle Locations 3100-3104). Kindle Edition, (my emphasis)
Mr. Blackaby, the question one has to ask is this: does this mean that you are sinless? Does this now mean that since you are regularly and actively hearing God speak, you have special access to God that His other children don't have because of sin in their life? I understand that Scripture does teach that sin and rebellion will bring chastisement to God's children. We all understand that. Scripture says that God doesn't hear our prayers when we sin and rebel, but where does it "indicate conclusively" that we won't "hear God speak"? A true child of God abhors sin in their life and will respond under the heavy burden of conviction and chastisement. Torturing God's little ones by teaching them that if they aren't "hearing Gods voice" it is because their "heart is not ready to respond" and that they need to "repent and return to God" is not Biblical.
Just to be clear that Mr. Blackaby is not talking only about the illumination of the Word by the Spirit of God, but is actually encouraging us that if we aren't actually hearing God's voice speaking to us, then it is perhaps because we are in sin and need to repent, read what he says in response to the following question:
Question: "When you talk about "hearing from God," I picture God speaking in an audible voice. Does that ever happen?
Answer: When we talk about God speaking in this book, we are referring to any way God communicates with people. Neither of us has ever heard God speak audibly. However, God has clearly communicated his will to us many, many times. God is sovereign. He can choose to speak to us any way he chooses, and that includes speaking audibly. However, God also relates to us in ways that build our faith. If God spoke out loud every time he wanted our attention, we would not need to concentrate on him, nor would we require faith. Just as we are forced to listen carefully when someone speaks softly, so by God speaking to us in many ways, we are forced to pay close attention to what he is communicating. People are usually fascinated by the spectacular. They seek the miraculous. We ought not to seek the spectacular when we listen to God. Rather, we should be pleased that God communicates with us in any way he chooses'.Keep your heart open to all the ways God wants to communicate with you.
Henry T. Blackaby; Richard Blackaby. Hearing God's Voice (Kindle Locations 3044-3050). Kindle Edition (my emphasis).
Let me clarify that, while I agree with Mr. Blackaby that God is sovereign and He can choose to speak to us "any way he chooses," it is clear from His Word that in these latter days He has chosen to reveal Himself through the written Word:
I'm all for rightly dividing the Word of truth and calling men to repent and receive the grace of God for forgiveness of sins. That is a call that will "change your life." There is an inner call to repentance that all God's children hear when the Word of God is rightly preached, but that call is mediated through the preaching and teaching of the Word and it is conviction of sin and the revealing of Christ in a manner that opens the eyes of the blind to understand the Word of truth. This is a miracle of the Spirit. God does mediate His truth to us via the teaching and preaching and study of His Word and we who "hear His voice" understand and respond to His Word.
"But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?' So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." Romans 10: 16-17
If that were all that is being taught here, then I could understand it, but it is not. This is going beyond the understanding of Biblical truth and the application of it to our lives. This is the seeking of revelations for specific directions to our lives. This is an encouragement to empty and/or quiet (be still) your mind in order to receive or hear "His voice." God gives us wisdom via the study of His Word and He gives us guidelines and principles and He does lead us providentially, but He is not a magic eight ball that we can ask a question, shake, and get an answer if we are "still" and "listen" in "silence."
Below is the Passion 2012 clip where Louie Giglio is exhorting the audience to "listen" for God's voice:
(NOTE: The video above has been pulled from YouTube, but if you click this link to an article by Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries and go to the last video in the post, you will see the exercise in which Louie Giglio exhorted the crowd to hear audible words from God.)
And in the clip below, Todd Friel of Wretched Radio does an excellent job helping us better understand why this whole event was, at best, a big confusing mess, and at worst, flat out wrong! I will note, that he references that Desiring God ministries did have an article with instructions on the practice of Lectio Divina at the Desiring God website, but that article has since been removed and you can read the reason why by going here.
Additional Resources
A Note of Repentance For Those To Whom I Taught or Endorsed Henry Blackaby and Beth Moore
Hello, My Name Is Amanda, and I Was a False Teacher
How Pietism Deceives Christians (The Errors of Elitist Teachings in the Church)
We're Really Not Out To "Get" John Piper and Beth Moore
John Piper Encouraging Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina and "Hearing God's Voice"
Just Do Something: How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc. - by Kevin DeYoung
Just Do Something - by Kevin DeYoung (audio)
On John Piper and Lectio Divina
Biblical Silence vs. Mystical Silence
Secular Interview About What Mysticism Is - BBC Radio Program
What Is Mysticism? (Sola Sisters Article)
What Is Mysticism? (3-Part Series by Dr. Gary Gilley) - Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 and Part 5
Testimony of a Former Mystic |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62209 | 9-1-1 (2018) s02e17 Episode Script
Careful What You Wish For
1 NEWSWOMAN: Lotto fever has officially swept the Southland.
The Golden State jackpot has climbed to an all-time high, sending Angelenos everywhere scrambling to grab their last-minute lottery tickets.
With no lucky winner last week, the jackpot has now Make it a winner this time, Ray.
Got a good feeling about this one.
I think we both gonna be winners today.
Y'all heard him, folks.
Y'all might as well save yourself the trouble, 'cause I got the winning ticket right here! - [SQUEALS.]
- RAY: You go, baby.
NEWSWOMAN: Aspiring millionaires everywhere line up to make their offerings to Lady Luck.
Oh, my God.
Please, God, just this one wish.
Just this one.
Money, money, money, money - [EXCITED CHATTER.]
- Money Money, money, money, money Money Money, money, money, money Money Money, money, money, money [TIRES SCREECH, HORN HONKS.]
- Watch where you're going.
- Get out the road! - Give me that! - Money Money, money, money, money Money [PAULA SCREAMS.]
9-1-1 DISPATCHER: 9-1-1, what's your emergency? CALLER: A man just jumped out of a building and landed on my car.
9-1-1 DISPATCHER: What's your location, ma'am? CALLER: On the corner of fourth and main CALLER: Wait a minute Oh, my God, he's alive! He's alive! [SIREN WAILING.]
Barry Johnson, 57.
Seems to have had some kind of existential crisis after lunch.
Threw all his money off the roof and then decided to jump after it.
Falls 20 stories and lives.
20 stories? How is that even possible? We also got a few greedy bystanders with minor injuries.
Not sure how you want to handle those.
That's up to the cap.
BUCK: Uh, interim cap.
This is just temporary until Bobby comes back.
- You keep telling yourself that, Buck.
All right, I'll take spinal precaution.
Right, I'm the captain.
Uh, Hen, Eddie, you're with him.
Buck, go with John.
Triage the minor injuries.
- And I'll get the Jaws.
- HEN: All right, Barry.
I'm gonna give you something for the pain, okay? It'll take the edge off, but you're probably still gonna feel this.
Can't you just knock me out? - Sorry, I need you to stay with me.
Compound fracture, both legs.
Hasn't lost bowel control.
At least I got that going for me.
These are all positives, Barry.
Means your spine's probably okay.
Ma'am, you said you saw him fall? - PAULA: Yeah.
- How did he land? Feet first.
Couldn't even do this right.
This morphine's nice, though.
You have anyone you need us to call? My wife left me.
My kids hate me.
My only friend is suing me.
Next time, I go head first.
You had all that money, though.
Why'd you throw it out the window? That money ruined my life.
A year ago, I'd have thought it solved all my problems.
Just multiplied them.
Wait, what-what happened last year? I won the lottery.
Careful what you wish for.
EDDIE: Oh, look at him.
Feel like I won the lottery.
Our son seems happy.
I swear, that kid was born happy.
I have no idea where he gets it.
From me.
- Oh, you? - Hmm.
- Mr.
Broody? - [LAUGHS.]
Well, hopefully he gets your brains.
He can't get by just on my good looks.
- Oh, nice.
Good one.
EDDIE: He loves having you around.
- SHANNON: Does he? - We both do.
What are we doing? What do you mean? I need to know what you want.
I want this.
Want to have a nice day on the beach with my son and his mother.
So is that what I am to you? Christopher's mother? - [GROANS.]
- Because, hey, if that's what it is, it's fine.
I just I need to know.
Shannon I don't know.
These last months have been good.
Really good.
I don't know.
Guess I'm just waiting for a sign.
Something to know which way to step.
I think I might be pregnant.
- Good morning, Captain.
- Good morning, Sergeant.
- Checking up on me? - Mm, not at all.
I'm just jealous of your life of leisure.
- Leisure? You kidding me? I'm about to embark on a project so grand and so vast that I won't have a moment to even think about something as insignificant as possibly having - my life's work taken away from me.
- Oh, yes? Yeah.
I am gonna plan us a real wedding.
Obviously, I won't make any decisions - without you.
- Oh, no.
Feel free to pick out everything except the dress.
All I need on that day are just you and the kids.
- All the other details? Have at it.
- You know, if there's an upside to this suspension, it's that I get a chance to really concentrate on this.
- Make the occasion worthy of the bride.
- Oh! Well, smooth-talk the investigating committee like that, there won't be a suspension for long.
Be safe out there, Sergeant.
I love you.
I love you, too.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Am I bothering you? Y-You would tell me if I'm bothering you, right? No, you're not bothering me.
Okay, good.
Um When are you coming back? Uh, I don't know, Buck.
I-I might not be.
That's unacceptable.
We need to get you unsuspended.
Maybe I can talk to the chief, you know, testify on your behalf.
That-that would help, right? Uh, you might get suspended, too.
Let's We need you back, Bobby.
The place doesn't work without you.
So, we're doing lineups now? - Stow it, Buckley.
- BOBBY: Buck, it's been two shifts.
But I thought that having Chimney be in charge would be easier on all of you.
He's your friend.
Yeah, Chimney is my friend.
Interim Captain Han? - He's a monster.
- CHIMNEY: Listen up.
Because the word of the day is "hose maintenance.
" Okay, I'm out.
BOBBY: He's just being conscientious.
Conscientious? Or mad with power? That's not the most efficient way to do it, guys.
Look, a week ago, Chimney was one of you.
Now he's responsible for all of you.
It's an adjustment for everybody.
Well, exactly how long will we be adjusting, Cap? Because Responsible Chimney is freaking me out.
CHIMNEY: Get it nice and tight.
Clean line.
Watching, Buckley? Yep.
HEN: It's not good.
He's not you, Cap.
- You shouldn't expect him to be.
You should tell him that.
This is shaking beef because you shake it.
Uh Fire.
Uh, fire.
- Uh - Chim, back up.
- BUCK: Smell that? What's for dinner? CHIMNEY: Okay, relax.
There's plenty for everybody.
Maybe now would be a good time to reflect on our hose training.
Hey, hey, hey! The 118 eats dinner as a family, even if it is crappy pizza.
Sit down, Diaz.
Sorry, Cap.
It won't happen again.
I just sat there.
I didn't know what to say.
Well, that's understandable.
You sure I'm not in your hair? - It's fine.
- See, I don't know, Cap.
Another baby? I mean, are we ready for that? Were you ready the first time? No.
I I knew I loved her, but I didn't think I was ready to get married.
If you two do decide to have another baby, you'll figure it out.
We already know you're a great dad.
I guess the question is, can I be a good husband? That is a question.
Are you ready to ask it? I don't know.
It's just a stupid dance.
Probably shouldn't even go.
You like this girl.
So ask her out.
See what happens.
- What if she laughs at me? - What if she doesn't? You don't think I was nervous when I asked your mother out? - You have a fire engine.
- I do.
Well I did.
- They all hate me.
- They don't hate you, Chim.
No, they do.
- This, like, a bad time? - It's fine.
You know, when the chief asked me to take over, I thought it would be fun, you know? A couple of weeks of bossing everyone around.
Making Buck wash my car.
What's not to love? Except apparently everything.
Sometimes it's not easy being the boss.
Can I change my mind? Stop being their boss, go back to being their friend? A good captain finds a way to do both.
I don't think I'm up to it.
You can do this, Chim.
You don't have to worry about being their friend.
You already are.
You can do this because you know this team, you know what they're capable of and they trust you.
Now you just have to trust them and yourself.
Don't push them.
Lead them.
CAROL: Now, we get lots of tours in here, but it's not every day we get to meet the reigning South Pasadena sixth grade bake sale champs.
Who knows the difference between cocoa and cacao? Very good.
After the cacao nib is milled, it goes through the grinder, which causes it to melt.
That liquid is then LISA: Mr.
Dubraunstein? Are you sure you're okay being here? Isn't it like an alcoholic touring a distillery? I didn't lose 195 pounds by being some fragile flower.
- It was sheer willpower.
- Oh.
I greatly admire that.
Well, that, and I didn't want to hear the students call me "Mr.
Du-fatstein" behind my back for another miserable year.
Children can be so cruel.
Especially the gifted ones.
CAROL: Okay, who's ready for some samples? [CAROL CHUCKLES.]
MAN: There you go.
Everyone take a sample.
Only one each.
Our chocolate liquor teachers, it's N.
A is kept heated to 110 degrees.
First-time tasters say this is like nothing they've ever experienced before.
- That is good.
- Yummy, right? Mm-hmm.
All right, now, if you'll throw your cups away and follow me to the packaging room.
I know a guy who's tough but sweet He's so fine, he can't be beat He's got everything that I desire Sets the summer sun on fire - [STRAINING.]
- I want candy I want candy Oh, yeah.
Hey! 9-1-1 DISPATCHER: 9-1-1, what's your emergency? CALLER: I'm calling from the Seymour chocolate factory in El Segundo.
CALLER: My colleague is drowning in dark chocolate! 9-1-1 DISPATCHER: He's a factory worker? CALLER: A social studies teacher! Just please, hurry! We tried pulling him out, but he was struggling so much that he sank even deeper.
Our chocolate is the richest in the country, but unfortunately, that also makes it the heaviest.
Sir? Sir, how you feeling in there? W-W-Warm.
CAROL: We had to leave the heat on.
My foreman was afraid if we didn't that the whole batch would just harden up.
Then we'd be chiseling him out.
All right, let's get to work! The pressure on his body is probably slowing his circulation.
We don't get him out of here soon, - he may lose consciousness.
- CHIMNEY: All right, boys, - let's pull him out.
- EDDIE: Here, can you reach your hands above the surface? No.
All right, we're gonna have to grab under his arms.
- Okay, ready? - Pull on three.
- One, two, three.
I got you, I got you.
- What's happening here? - Physics.
Physics is happening here.
You're creating a low-pressure pocket when you pull him up, and then that pocket is pulling him right back down.
So basically chocolate quicksand.
Okay, everybody just stop for a second.
Hen, take out an O2 tank, rip off the mask, create an air tube.
It'll buy us some time if he goes completely under.
Time for what? For me to think.
- Get him, get him, get him.
HEN: Here.
Try to try to bite this tube with your tongue so you don't lose it.
Okay, good.
Okay, now what, Captain? Did our cap just run away? I think he went that way.
- Oh! Whoa, whoa, whoa! - [SHOUTING.]
HEN: Breathe.
Keep breathing, keep breathing.
- CHIMNEY: Coming through! - Keep breathing, HEN: keep breathing, keep breathing now.
Keep breathing.
The hell? It's cocoa butter.
Tempers the chocolate, decreases the viscosity.
What? Stir.
Keep-keep keep mixing! It's working! - There we go! - [HEN GRUNTS.]
Okay, here he comes.
- More, more, more! - [GRUNTING.]
- Keep mixing! I lied.
I have no willpower.
I got lap-band surgery.
Quick thinking, Cap.
That was something.
You weren't so sure that I could do it, were you? You called Bobby, didn't you? I went down to the I turned on the He's a chef.
A good captain utilizes all his resources.
It's not cheating.
9-1-1 DISPATCHER: 9-1-1, what's your emergency? CALLER: I need you to send someone to 225 Pinecrest Lane.
CALLER: I think my brother is going to kill himself! Ma'am, I'm having trouble understanding you.
You need to slow down.
What's the address again? 225 Pinecrest Lane.
It's my brother.
He called me to say goodbye.
You have to hurry.
Please send someone! Police are already on their way.
You said he called you.
When was that and where are you? A few minutes ago.
I didn't understand what he was saying at first.
Damn it! - [HORN HONKING.]
- Turn already! Move! I'm not gonna make it in time.
He's all alone, and I don't The officers will be there soon.
He won't be alone for long.
So let's focus on getting you home safe.
Take a deep breath.
- Calm down.
What's your name? Nicole.
Hi, Nicole.
I'm Maddie.
We're gonna get you through this together.
What's your brother's name? Sam.
Does Sam have any history of mental illness? He's bipolar.
- Bipolar 1.
- Does he take medication for that? He takes I don't know.
They switched his meds - a few weeks ago.
I can't remember.
- That's okay.
Has Sam attempted suicide before? More than once.
You said that he called you to say goodbye what did he say? That he loved me.
That he was sorry, but he just couldn't do it anymore.
- He was so tired.
- You guys have been fighting - like this for a while? - Since college.
But I thought I thought the new meds were working.
- He seemed better.
I wouldn't have left him if I Oh, God.
I shouldn't have left him.
I shouldn't have gone out.
Nicole this is not your fault.
Don't even think about that right now.
Just focus on helping Sam.
- Right.
I'm sorry.
- No, it's okay.
I know it's scary.
Has Sam ever been violent? Not to other people.
Just himself.
And he seemed okay when you left the house? Yeah.
We had breakfast, and he said he was having a good day, and I believed him.
Wanted to believe him.
It's been so long since he felt okay, and I thought, for an hour, we could both just just breathe.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I'm turning on my street.
Uh, y-you're at your house? I'm pulling up.
I see police cars.
Why are there so many? - [LINE BEEPING.]
: N-Nicole? Nicole? Hey.
How's your day? Unfinished.
Are you saying that 'cause you're only halfway through a shift, or is something else going on? You know that thing when you're in the thick of an emergency and you're helping someone, and then help arrives, - and - And they hang up on you.
Yeah, and you-you never get to know how it ends.
Don't you ever wonder? All the time.
You can pull the reports, Maddie, but I don't recommend it.
If you don't read 'em, you can't know, and as long as you don't know you can still hope.
For what? Everyone lived.
Up here, I've never lost a call.
When I was a nurse, for every person there was a beginning, a middle and an end.
And you were there for all of it.
You didn't just hang up and then pass the responsibility to someone else.
- That's the job.
- Yeah, but if you're not there, if you don't know how the story ends, then how do you know if you're doing it right? How do you know if you've made a difference? You don't.
That's why not everyone can do this.
Though I was pretty sure you could.
I didn't leave nursing.
I left Doug.
And this was a fallback plan, you know? It was a safe place where I could just be a voice and not be seen.
But Doug is he's gone now, and I'm free.
To what? What do you want to do? [SIGHS.]
I wish I knew.
- NED: Mm.
- Peonies.
Like clockwork every year.
- Happy anniversary.
- Happy anniversary.
Mwah! Happy 25th.
Oh, I know.
Right, huh? I called Roberto, and he's giving us the table in front.
We're going to Roberto's? We always go to Roberto's.
I'm sorry, honey.
Were you wishing that I'd pick someplace else? Wishes are for suckers.
- Come here.
Well, you go get your keys, - and I'll get the door.
- Okay.
Oh, Ned.
I guess you can still surprise me after all.
All right.
Could I get that ETA? Mail bomb.
Wife's in rough shape, but she's still in one piece.
The house hasn't been cleared yet.
Bomb squad's still a couple of minutes out.
- Copy that.
Let's move! - NED: Here! She's not breathing! I tried talking to her, but she wouldn't answer.
BUCK: She can't hear you 'cause her eardrums are blown out.
- All right, let's turn her.
- On it.
Eddie and I can handle this.
Breathing's shallow.
We're looking at a bilateral pneumothorax.
We don't release the pressure, she could suffocate.
I did my share of these in combat.
Get some fentanyl, slow drip.
Chim, there's post-attack protocol.
- You're the captain.
- I'm also the most experienced paramedic on-site.
Four-inch catheter, ten-gauge.
All right, Buck and Eddie, there could be a secondary device.
We need to get everyone off the "X.
" Sir, is there anyone else in the house? Uh no, no.
Is she gonna make it? Please, please, please - tell me she's gonna make it.
- Why don't you come with us? - We can check you out.
- No, no, no, she has to know that-that we weren't just going out to dinner.
- I had tickets for us to Fiji! - You can tell her You can tell her yourself later, I promise.
HEN: Ma'am, can you hear me? You're going to feel a pinch, but it's gonna relieve the pressure.
- All right, tape her! Sharp! [GASPING CONTINUES.]
- All right, tape her! - [CRYING.]
: No! - Sharp! Got it.
All right, let's move her! [CRYING.]
Ready? Three, two, one.
I'm here, sweetheart.
I'm right here.
: I love you.
- We just had lunch with your abuela.
- ABUELA: Hola.
- Hola.
And now, we're gonna get some Ice cream! [LAUGHS.]
: Oh, ice cream? Well, I do not envy you putting him to sleep tonight.
When I call you later to complain, just don't say "I told you so"? [CHUCKLES.]
All right, I promise.
I love you.
I love you.
Ooh! When's the wedding? We're already married.
We don't have to get married again, do we? Talk to Bobby.
Maybe he can get you guys a discount.
I know that you're on your way out.
Oh, Don's picking me up.
Now matter how many watches I give that man, he's always late.
I am not gonna be able to take the extra shift on Friday.
I had something scheduled for the morning, but then they called, and they needed it in the afternoon, so That's okay.
I'll get someone else to cover.
Have a good night.
It's a job interview.
I-I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be telling you that.
It just feels weird hiding it.
So you've decided, then? You're leaving us.
Josh told me about the talk.
I spent years not having a voice, and now that I do, it just feels like what I'm saying doesn't matter.
Oh, I think you underestimate yourself and your contribution here.
I appreciate that.
But, honestly, here, I'm just a person who sends help, and I need to get back to being the person who gives it.
EDDIE: Voilà .
SHANNON: Ooh, Eddie, I love these.
So is this some kind of Forrest Gump reference? "Life is like a box of chocolates"? Actually, uh, life is like a vat of molten chocolate.
Yeah, sometimes you you fall into it, it drags you down, but it-it's it's warm, you know? It-It's and it's It's sweet.
This is a very weird metaphor.
When you came back into our lives, I was so glad.
- And afraid.
I knew Christopher missed you, but I-I I don't think I realized just how much I did, too.
- Eddie, uh, I think - Oh, please, just let me say this.
We were so young the first time.
You know, young and not ready.
But we had this amazing kid.
Being his dad has been the single greatest joy of my life.
And that little boy has tau.
taught me more about being a man than war ever did.
You're a good dad.
You're a great dad.
Well, if I am it's because he deserves it.
But he deserves his mommy, too.
- He loves his mommy.
So do I.
We could have done better We could have tried I want us to be a family again.
We could have been stronger - I wished for a sign.
And I got one.
I'm not pregnant.
What? I'm not pregnant.
I I was just late.
I freaked out, and then, I freaked you out, too, and I'm sorry.
That's got to be a relief, right? It it doesn't change a thing.
It does for me.
What? I wrote this letter a few years ago right after I left, or, actually, after I didn't come back to Christopher trying to explain why I couldn't be there.
And I figured that if, for some reason, I never found my way back, that he'd want answers.
And he needed to know that it wasn't his fault.
That his mother didn't leave because she didn't love him.
She left because she did.
I never sent it, obviously.
And then, when I found out today that I wasn't pregnant, I took that letter out, I read it.
Eddie, I never want to have to send that letter.
Why would you ever? Because if I try to do this again before I'm ready, there won't be a second chance.
: I can't fail him again, or you, and I won't.
I'm still learning how to be someone's mother.
And after that, maybe I can learn how to be someone's wife.
We're still married.
I think we should get a divorce.
- Glad you came.
- Yeah, I'm always down for coffee, but what's really going on? Remember your first call? Uh, anaphylactic shock seafood allergy.
You remember the first lesson I taught you on that call? - Yes, you taught me to listen.
- Okay, terrific.
So, do that now.
Sue and I were on the phone for a long time last night trying to find a way to convince you of the difference you've made.
Look, I really appreciate that you and Sue were talking I never said that Sue and I were talking to each other.
NICOLE: "We're gonna get through this together.
" - Nicole? - Yeah.
- Wait.
Is-is Sam? - He's okay.
- Oh.
- The police got there in time, and I got home in one piece.
Because of you.
Hearing your voice it it kept me focused, gave me hope.
Your voice saved my life.
Even though I didn't hear it.
I was unconscious, in labor.
The earthquake had just hit, and I I was dying.
- We both were.
I didn't know what to do.
You said help wasn't coming.
It should have been terrifying, but your voice was so calm and reassuring.
And you-you got us help in a way I never could have expected.
Same here.
Because of you, I made it home for Christmas.
Just because you said I would.
My emergency was I was an overworked idiot, but you made sure they found me.
You saved my life.
Hey, you saved our marriage.
I was on the edge.
Literally on the edge, just lost, and then I saw my Norman.
And it's because you found a way to get him to me.
You helped us find our way back to each other.
You did.
GLORIA: I probably would have hung up on you.
I'm just being honest.
Maddie has more patience than I ever did.
I thought that you were Took a plea, and since we skipped the trial, I never got a chance to see you again to tell you I was wrong.
About hanging up on people? About the dead-end calls, the people that couldn't be saved.
I always thought there was nothing I could do for them, but there was.
I could've listened, just been there for them at the end so they didn't have to be alone.
But is that enough? I mean, I'm there for them in the beginning, I'm there for them in the middle, but it still doesn't seem like it's enough to make a difference.
It's not until it's your emergency.
And then you you realize that the middle is the scariest part, because you don't just need help.
You need hope.
And that's what your voice is, Maddie.
It's hope.
Thank you.
9-1-1 DISPATCHER: 9-1-1, what's your emergency? CALLER: A car just drove through a crowd of people at a crosswalk! CALLER: It looks really bad! - 9-1-1 DISPATCHER: Where are you? - CALLER: Rose Avenue.
All right, make way! LAFD! All right, John, triage the minor injuries.
Hen, you're with me.
Buck and Eddie, check the driver.
- Ma'am, can you hear me? - I, um I tried to stop, but I didn't see any of them.
- Are they okay? - Yeah, we're taking care of others.
Right now, we need to see if you're okay.
Um, m-my neck hurts.
Oh, God.
Okay, ma'am, we're gonna put this on you as a precaution until the doctors at the hospital can check you out.
Th-There was a lady.
Is-is she all right? EDDIE: Buck? What's going on? BUCK: Eddie.
- Eddie.
Eddie, wait.
Eddie - Eddie, let me handle this.
- How bad is it? - It's bad.
- Spinal injury? Maybe worse.
Are you here? I'm here.
Oh, God.
This is so embarrassing.
Vitals trending downward.
All right, let's get her on the backboard! Get her transported, now! - PARAMEDIC: Got it? - PARAMEDIC 2: I got it.
CHIMNEY: Ready? On three.
One, two, three.
Got it? I'm riding with her.
She's decompensating.
We got to intubate her.
Eddie, we put that tube in, there's a good chance it never comes back out.
Hen, stop.
Do not intubate.
Not yet.
- Cap - I know.
He knows.
Get in there and say goodbye to your wife.
I don't feel anything.
That can't be good, right? [LABORED GASP.]
Leaving again.
I'm so sorry.
I'd love a little more time.
Just be silent.
I love you so much.
Christopher loves you so much.
I love you [PANTING.]
- Hen, go.
- Intubating.
SHANNON: Dear Christopher, I'm sure you're wondering where I am.
Or maybe not.
You're so young.
Maybe you've already adapted to a world without me.
I hope for that and fear it at the same time.
Please know that I love you and I want all the best things in life for you.
But I'm starting to think that I'm not one of those things.
At least, not right now.
I've made a lot of mistakes.
They weigh on me.
Some days, it feels like they're gonna pull me under.
Some days, I wish they would.
And that scares me.
Not for myself but for you.
You are a beautiful, amazing boy.
I want your life to be happy and free and full of joy.
And I'm not sure that's possible with me in it.
It's okay to hate me for leaving.
I will understand if you never forgive me.
But always know that I love you, baby.
Even if it's from a distance.
I'm not in the mood for a lecture, Hen.
So if you're here to tell me how I screwed up today, gonna have to wait till I finish this six-pack.
I wanted to see if you were okay.
I guess I have my answer.
Oh, I'm fine.
I'm not the one with the dead wife.
Or any wife.
Which is probably good, because I was pretty cool with letting Eddie's just die.
Is that what you think happened? I think I withheld medical care for a patient - and she died.
- Chim, she was dead when we got there, okay? Just took a few minutes for her brain to catch up with her body.
You know, I keep going it over and over again in my head.
What would Bobby do? How would Bobby have Bobby is not the captain right now, Chim.
You are.
And you had a tough call.
But you made the right one.
I'm proud of you.
You're proud of me? For this? For all of it.
Listen, I know I'm I've-I've given you some grief.
Well, I have been a little on the insufferable side.
You've been a nightmare.
But, still, the truth is this promotion has left me a little conflicted.
I mean, as your friend, I want to see you succeed, but You didn't think I could do it.
Hell no.
I knew you could do it.
My fear was, once you realized you could do it, life as a paramedic, as my partner wouldn't be good enough.
I miss it, you know.
Being in the ambulance with you.
Kicking ass.
Saving lives.
I feel like everything's changing.
Not this.
You might not be my partner now, but you're still my best friend, Chim.
And that's never gonna change.
We don't have to do this today.
I thought it'd be a good distraction, but, um Yeah, it feels wrong.
Looking at wedding venues when Eddie's planning a funeral.
Seeing him in the hospital, it just took me right back.
- Let's just go home.
- Yeah.
Well, we're probably not a hotel ballroom kind of couple anyway.
I mean, it's just too traditional.
Too formal.
What kind of couple are we? Backyard barbecue or - NEWSMAN: package bomb explodes - destination wedding? NEWSMAN: in as many days.
Authorities are urging the public to be on high alert tonight.
- Everything okay? - The suspicious package was left on the doorstep of a home in Westwood sometime in the afternoon.
BOBBY: Package bomb in Westwood? That's not the scene that you were called to the other day.
- No, no, no.
A new one.
- A retiree attempted to open it.
That man, whose name is being withheld, - fights for life at this very hour.
- Two bombs in one week? That's not a coincidence.
That's a serial bomber just getting started. |
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Model (scale 1:48). This turbine steamer was built in 1922 at Jarrow, in the Tyneside dockyards, for the British Tanker Co Ltd. She was specially constructed for the transport of oil in bulk. The increased subdivision of such vesels is esential, to avoid too great a free surface of oil which would endanger their stability, to accomodate oils of various densities, and to facilitate trimming of the ship. The 'British General' was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic by the Germans in 1940.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62224 | A List Of Good US History Research Paper Topics To Choose From
When you are tasked to write a US History research paper you are likely given the freedom of choosing your own topic. This is usually a great opportunity for you to showcase your writing abilities on an area of US history you know a lot about. However, it can be tricky to settle on just one idea and the result is that you lose precious time being relatively undecided. Here is a list of great topics for you to consider:
1. Religion in the early US. What was the Native Americans’ view of religion and how it connected with the relationship they had with the environment?
2. Colonization in the 1600s. What were the greatest impacts of European colonization in the 17th century on the native peoples of the Eastern coast?
3. The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. What were the cause of the rebellion and could it have been avoided altogether or was the even necessary and inevitable?
4. Salem witch trials. How did the Salem witch trials affect the way the legal system developed immediately after the events in Massachusetts?
5. Wars between Native Americans. What were the main causes and resulting conflicts between the Native American nations of the 16th century?
6. American Revolution. What were the biggest factors that contributed to the US victory over England? What could have been the results had these factors not existed?
7. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. How did his assassination by William Booth affect the nation and the way the presidency developed over the next few decades?
8. The US Constitution. How did the document fix the perceived and real weakness of the Articles of Confederation? What had to be removed, added or modified?
9. Federalist and Anti-Federalists. Before the ratification of the US Constitution what were the main concerns between the two political parties?
10. Inventors of the 19th century. Who were the biggest or most influential inventors of the early or late 19th century and what were the biggest motivations for the desire for progress?
11. Women of the Civil War. Who were the most impactful women of the Civil War era and what were their contributions?
12. Industrialists of the late 19th century. Analyze the most influential or powerful industrialist of the late 1800s and how did they affect the way the US would develop into the 20th century?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62238 | What Sir Tim Berners-Lee said to me
I don’t know what Sir Tim Berners-Lee said to everyone else but what he said to me at a talk at the IEE last night was [in no particular order]:
1. That there should be more women in technology; and he mocked the mature nature of engineers, while noting that women can be their own worst enemies.
2. That getting round patent laws and keeping the web royalty free was difficult.
3. That his www proposal went out on a memo round CERN in March 1989, and then again in May 1990, with a subject line which indicated the duplication. And that his boss had scribbled on the proposal ‘exciting but vague’.
4. That wikis are actually in one sense a return to the early days of the day by their ‘read-write’ nature. And that blogs are great but there was a danger they may end up as poor quality information.
5. That Google and the like know a lot about us.
6. That he had started on the web work when CERN bought a couple of ‘NeXT’ machines just for the heck of checking them out.
7. That the term ‘URL’ is fine but ‘URI’ is better.
8. That if he had to do the invention of the www again he’d drop ‘//’ and reverse ‘co.uk’ to ‘uk.co’ as the correct hierarchy.
9. That mobile technology, whatever the benefits of voice recognition, still means you’re talking to a computer (gettit? no, oh well) through a small screen but if you could mount the viewer on a pair of sun glasses might be fun.
10. That you should never trust physicists to write software.
11. There’s a xml parser error on harvard site.
12. And that there is basically too much UGC on the web.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62258 | Quote 401
The whole universe is you; the universe is your body; you are the universe both formed and unformed. You are the soul of the universe and its body also. You are God, you are the angels, you are man, you are animals, you are the plants, you are the minerals, you are everything; the manifestation of everything is you. Whatever exists is you. You are the Infinite.
Quote 402
Nothing has made more for peace and love than religion; nothing has engendered fiercer hatred than religion. Nothing has made the brotherhood of man more tangible than religion; nothing has bred more bitter enmity between man and man than religion. Nothing has built more charitable institutions, more hospitals for men, and even for animals, than religion; nothing has deluged the world with more blood than religion. We know, at the same time, that there has always been an undercurrent of thought; there have been always parties of men, philosophers, students of comparative religion who have tried and are still trying to bring about harmony in the midst of all these jarring and discordant sects. As regards certain countries, these attempts have succeeded, but as regards the whole world, they have failed.
Quote 403
The Mohammedan says, there is no God but Allah. The Vedanta says, there is nothing that is not God.
Quote 404
The theme of the Vedanta is to see the Lord in everything, to see things in their real nature, not as they appear to be.
Quote 405
Where shall we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? 'Thou art the man, Thou art the woman, Thou art the girl, and Thou art the boy. Thou art the old man tottering with a stick. Thou art the young man walking in the pride of his strength.' Thou art all that exists, a wonderful living God who is the only fact in the universe.
Quote 406
If you are not God, there never was any God, and never will be. This, says the Vedanta, is the ideal to follow. Every one of us will have to become a prophet, and you are that already. Only know it. Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin — to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
Quote 407
Do you feel for others? If you do, you are growing in oneness. If you do not feel for others, you may be the most intellectual giant ever born, but you will be nothing; you are but dry intellect, and you will remain so. And if you feel, even if you cannot read any book and do not know any language, you are in the right way. The Lord is yours.
Quote 408
Love binds, love makes for that oneness. You become one, the mother with the child, families with the city, the whole world becomes one with the animals. For love is Existence, God Himself; and all this is the manifestation of that One Love, more or less expressed. The difference is only in degree, but it is the manifestation of that One Love throughout. Therefore in all our actions we have to judge whether it is making for diversity or for oneness. If for diversity we have to give it up, but if it makes for oneness we are sure it is good. So with our thoughts; we have to decide whether they make for disintegration, multiplicity, or for oneness, binding soul to soul and bringing one influence to bear. If they do this, we will take them up, and if not, we will throw them off as criminal.
Quote 409
Quote 410
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Quote 411
'Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh,'and out of the fullness of the heart the hand worketh also. Action will come. Fill yourselves with the ideal; whatever you do, think well on it. All your actions will be magnified, transformed, deified, by the very power of the thought. If matter is powerful, thought is omnipotent. Bring this thought to bear upon your life, fill yourselves with the thought of your almightiness, your majesty, and your glory.
Quote 412
Let the world resound with this ideal, and let superstitions vanish. Tell it to men who are weak and persist in telling it. You are the Pure One; awake and arise, O mighty one, this sleep does not become you. Awake and arise, it does not befit you. Think not that you are weak and miserable. Almighty, arise and awake, and manifest your own nature. It is not fitting that you think yourself a sinner. It is not fitting that you think yourself weak. Say that to the world, say it to yourselves, and see what a practical result comes, see how with an electric flash everything is manifested, how everything is changed. Tell that to mankind, and show them their power.
Quote 413
He is the highest man who can say with truth, 'I know all about myself.' Do you know how much energy, how many powers, how many forces are still lurking behind that frame of yours? What scientist has known all that is in man? Millions of years have passed since man first came here, and yet but one infinitesimal part of his powers has been manifested. Therefore, you must not say that you are weak. How do you know what possibilities lie behind that degradation on the surface? You know but little of that which is within you. For behind you is the ocean of infinite power and blessedness.
Quote 414
All these ratiocinations of logic, all these bundles of metaphysics, all these theologies and ceremonies may have been good in their own time, but let us try to make things simpler and bring about the golden days when every man will be a worshipper, and the Reality in every man will be the object of worship.
Quote 415
Continue to exercise your will and it will take you higher still. The will is almighty. If it is almighty, you may say, why cannot I do everything? But you are thinking only of your little self. Look back on yourselves from the state of the amoeba to the human being; who made all that? Your own will. Can you deny then that it is almighty? That which has made you come up so high can make you go higher still. What you want is character, strengthening of the will.
Quote 416
If a king goes mad, and runs about trying to find the king of his country, he will never find him, because he is the king himself. He may go through every village and city in his own country, seeking in every house, weeping and wailing, but he will never find him, because he is the king himself. It is better that we know we are God and give up this fool's search after Him; and knowing that we are God we become happy and contented. Give up all these mad pursuits, and then play your part in the universe, as an actor on the stage.
Quote 417
Quote 418
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Throughout the history of mankind, if any motive power has been more potent than another in the lives of all great men and women, it is that of faith in themselves. Born with the consciousness that they were to be great, they became great.
Quote 419
Religion, to help mankind, must be ready and able to help him in whatever condition he is, in servitude or in freedom, in the depths of degradation or on the heights of purity; everywhere, equally, it should be able to come to his aid.
Quote 420
The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength. Teach men of the strength that is already within them. Instead of telling them they are sinners, the Vedanta takes the opposite position, and says, 'You are pure and perfect, and what you call sin does not belong to you.'
Quote 421
Sins are very low degrees of Self-manifestation; manifest your Self in a high degree. That is the one thing to remember; all of us can do that. Never say, 'No', never say, 'I cannot', for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty.
Quote 422
Condemn none; if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. Dragging down and condemning is not the way to work. Never is work accomplished in that way. We spend our energies in condemning others. Criticism and condemnation is a vain way of spending our energies, for in the long run we come to learn that all are seeing the same thing, are more or less approaching the same ideal, and that most of our differences are merely differences of expression
Quote 423
There is this strongly conservative tendency in human nature: we do not like to move one step forward. I think of mankind just as I read of persons who become frozen in snow; all such, they say, want to go to sleep, and if you try to drag them up, they say, 'Let me sleep; it is so beautiful to sleep in the snow', and they die there in that sleep. So is our nature. That is what we are doing all our life, getting frozen from the feet upwards, and yet wanting to sleep.
Quote 424
Wherever there is this false idea of reconciling fleshly vanities with the highest ideals, of dragging down God to the level of man, there comes decay. Man should not be degraded to worldly slavery, but should be raised up to God.
Quote 425
I myself may not be a very strict vegetarian, but I understand the ideal. When I eat meat I know it is wrong. Even if I am bound to eat it under certain circumstances, I know it is cruel. I must not drag my ideal down to the actual and apologise for my weak conduct in this way. The ideal is not to eat flesh, not to injure any being, for all animals are my brothers. If you can think of them as your brothers, you have made a little headway towards the brotherhood of all souls, not to speak of the brotherhood of man! That is child's play.
Quote 426
It is only when the mind is very calm and collected that the whole of its energy is spent in doing good work. And if you read the lives of the great workers which the world has produced, you will find that they were wonderfully calm men. Nothing, as it were, could throw them off their balance. That is why the man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much. The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
Quote 427
What we want is progress, development, realisation. No theories ever made men higher. No amount of books can help us to become purer. The only power is in realisation, and that lies in ourselves and comes from thinking. Let men think. A clod of earth never thinks; but it remains only a lump of earth. The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he differs from animals.
Quote 428
Any fool can talk. Even parrots talk. Talking is one thing, and realising is another.
Quote 429
Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe, and this world of work the best place in it, because only herein is the greatest and the best chance for him to become perfect. Angels or gods, whatever you may call them, have all to become men, if they want to become perfect. This is the great centre, the wonderful poise, and the wonderful opportunity — this human life.
Quote 430
Know the truth and be free in a moment.
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It is a mistake to say, 'you and I'; say 'I'. It is I who am eating in millions of mouths; how can I be hungry? It is I who am working through an infinite number of hands; how can I be inactive? It is I who am living the life of the whole universe; where is death for me? I am beyond all life, beyond all death. Where shall I seek for freedom? I am free by my nature. Who can bind me — the God of this universe? The scriptures of the world are but little maps, wanting to delineate my glory, who am the only existence of the universe. Then what are these books to me? Thus says the Advaitist.
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Why is it that every one says, 'Do good to others?' Where is the explanation? Why is it that all great men have preached the brotherhood of mankind, and greater men the brotherhood of all lives? Because whether they were conscious of it or not, behind all that, through all their irrational and personal superstitions, was peering forth the eternal light of the Self denying all manifoldness, and asserting that the whole universe is but one.
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So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire. God cannot want anything. If He desires, He cannot be God. He will be imperfect. So all the talk about God desiring this and that, and becoming angry and pleased by turns is babies talk, but means nothing. Therefore it has been taught by all teachers, 'Desire nothing, give up all desires and be perfectly satisfied.'
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Sometimes a sick man lying on his bed may hear a tap on the door. He gets up and opens it and finds no one there. He goes back to bed, and again he hears a tap. He gets up and opens the door. Nobody is there. At last he finds that it was his own heartbeat which he fancied was a knock at the door. Thus man, after this vain search after various gods outside himself, completes the circle, and comes back to the point from which he started — the human soul, and he finds that the God whom he was searching in hill and dale, whom he was seeking in every brook, in every temple, in churches and heavens, that God whom he was even imagining as sitting in heaven and ruling the world, is his own Self. I am He, and He is I. None but I was God, and this little I never existed.
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To whom shall I go for help? Who can help me, the Infinite Being of the universe? These are foolish dreams, hallucinations; who ever helped any one? None. Wherever you see a weak man, a dualist, weeping and wailing for help from somewhere above the skies, it is because he does not know that the skies also are in him. He wants help from the skies, and the help comes. We see that it comes; but it comes from within himself, and he mistakes it as coming from without.
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Everything that you see, feel, or hear, the whole universe, is His creation, or to be a little more accurate, is His projection; or to be still more accurate, is the Lord Himself. It is He who is shining as the sun and the stars, He is the mother earth. He is the ocean Himself. He comes as gentle showers, He is the gentle air that we breathe in, and He it is who is working as force in the body. He is the speech that is uttered, He is the man who is talking. He is the audience that is here. He is the platform on which I stand, He is the light that enables me to see your faces. It is all He. He Himself is both the material and the efficient cause of this universe, and He it is that gets involved in the minute cell, and evolves at the other end and becomes God again.
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What does the Advaitist preach? He dethrones all the gods that ever existed, or ever will exist in the universe and places on that throne the Self of man, the Atman, higher than the sun and the moon, higher than the heavens, greater than this great universe itself. No books, no scriptures, no science can ever imagine the glory of the Self that appears as man, the most glorious God that ever was, the only God that ever existed, exists, or ever will exist. I am to worship, therefore, none but myself
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When a man has come to the state when he has no 'me and mine,' when everything is given up to the Lord, when he loves everybody and is ready even to give up his life for an animal, without any desire for reward, then his heart will be purified, and when the heart has been purified, into that heart will come the love of God.
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Say — 'I am Existence Absolute, Bliss Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, I am He,' and like a lion breaking its cage, break your chain and be free for ever. What frightens you, what holds you down? Only ignorance and delusion; nothing else can bind you. You are the Pure One, the Ever-blessed.
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Say, 'This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.' That which I created, I can demolish; that which is created by some one else I shall never be able to destroy. Therefore, stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore, make your own future.
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Those that blame others — and, alas! the number of them is increasing every day — are generally miserable with helpless brains; they have brought themselves to that pass through their own mistakes and blame others, but this does not alter their position. It does not serve them in any way. This attempt to throw the blame upon others only weakens them the more. Therefore, blame none for your own faults, stand upon your own feet, and take the whole responsibility upon yourselves.
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Our attempts to lay the blame on Him, making Him the punisher, and the rewarder, are only foolish. He neither punishes, nor rewards any. His infinite mercy is open to every one, at all times, in all places, under all conditions, unfailing, unswerving. Upon us depends how we use it. Upon us depends how we utilise it. Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better.
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We human beings are very slow to recognise our own weakness, our own faults, so long as we can lay the blame upon somebody else. Men in general lay all the blame of life on their fellow-men, or, failing that, on God, or they conjure up a ghost, and say it is fate. Where is fate, and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.
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We, by our past actions, conform ourselves to a certain birth in a certain body, and the only suitable material for that body comes from the parents who have made themselves fit to have that soul as their offspring.
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From analysing the external nature, man is led to analyse the internal; this questioning of the internal man comes with a higher state of civilisation, with a deeper insight into nature, with a higher state of growth.
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A tremendous stream is flowing towards the ocean carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.
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He is that banyan tree; He is the root of all and has branched out until He has become this universe, and however far He extends, every one of these trunks and branches is connected.
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He who in this world of evanescence finds Him who never changes, he who in this universe of death finds that One Life, he who in this manifold finds that Oneness, and all those who realise Him as the Soul of their souls, to them belongs eternal peace; unto none else, unto none else.
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Be good and have mercy on those who suffer. Do not try to patch it up, nothing will cure this world; go beyond it.
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The Infinite must be sought in that alone which is infinite, and the only thing infinite about us is that which is within us, our own soul. Neither the body, nor the mind, not even our thoughts, nor the world we see around us, are infinite.
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Renunciation is the very basis of our true life; every moment of goodness and real life that we enjoy is when we do not think of ourselves. This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Reality is God, and He is our own true nature, and He is always in us and with us. Let us live in Him and stand in Him. It is the only joyful state of existence. Life on the plane of the Spirit is the only life, and let us all try to attain to this realisation.
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This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Reality. We must go to the Reality. Renunciation will take us to It.
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The fact is that religion is possible only for those who have finished with these lower things. We must have our own experiences, must have our full run. It is only when we have finished this run that the other world opens.
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The ideal of man is to see God in everything. But if you cannot see Him in everything, see Him in one thing, in that thing which you like best, and then see Him in another. So on you can go. There is infinite life before the soul. Take your time and you will achieve your end.
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It is thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the mind with the highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think them month after month. Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would life be without them? It would not be worth having if it were not for struggles. Where would be the poetry of life? Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow — never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.
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Unfortunately in this life, the vast majority of persons are groping through this dark life without any ideal at all. If a man with an ideal makes a thousand mistakes, I am sure that the man without an ideal makes fifty thousand. Therefore, it is better to have an ideal. And this ideal we must hear about as much as we can, till it enters into our hearts, into our brains, into our very veins, until it tingles in every drop of our blood and permeates every pore in our body. We must meditate upon it
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Perseverance will finally conquer. Nothing can be done in a day.
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If you put God in your every movement, in your conversation, in your form, in everything, the whole scene changes, and the world, instead of appearing as one of woe and misery, will become a heaven
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We have to cover everything with the Lord Himself, not by a false sort of optimism, not by blinding our eyes to the evil, but by really seeing God in everything. Thus we have to give up the world, and when the world is given up, what remains? God. What is meant? You can have your wife; it does not mean that you are to abandon her, but that you are to see God in the wife. Give up your children; what does that mean? To turn them out of doors, as some human brutes do in every country? Certainly not. That is diabolism; it is not religion. But see God in your children. So, in everything. In life and in death, in happiness and in misery, the Lord is equally present. The whole world is full of the Lord. Open your eyes and see Him.
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We want harmony, not one-sided development. And it is possible to have the intellect of a Shankara with the heart of a Buddha. I hope we shall all struggle to attain to that blessed combination.
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Another peculiarity of the Advaita system is that from its very start it is non-destructive. This is another glory, the boldness to preach, 'Do not disturb the faith of any, even of those who through ignorance have attached themselves to lower forms of worship.' That is what it says, do not disturb, but help everyone to get higher and higher; include all humanity. This philosophy preaches a God who is a sum total. If you seek a universal religion which can apply to everyone, that religion must not be composed of only the parts, but it must always be their sum total and include all degrees of religious development.
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By trying to force people into narrow limits you degrade them into animals and unthinking masses. You kill their moral life. What is now wanted is a combination of the greatest heart with the highest intellectuality, of infinite love with infinite knowledge.
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Why should men be moral? Because through morality is the path towards freedom, and immorality leads to bondage.
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To talk of evil and misery is nonsense, because they do not exist outside. If I am immune against all anger, I never feel angry. If I am proof against all hatred, I never feel hatred.
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'This My Maya is divine, made up of qualities, and very difficult to cross. Yet those that come unto Me, cross the river of life.' 'Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.' This is the voice that is leading us forward. Man has heard it, and is hearing it all through the ages. This voice comes to men when everything seems to be lost and hope has fled, when man`s dependence on his own strength has been crushed down and everything seems to melt away between his fingers, and life is a hopeless ruin. Then he hears it. This is called religion.
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As the human mind broadens, its spiritual steps broaden too. The time has already come when a man cannot record a thought without its reaching to all corners of the earth; by merely physical means, we have come into touch with the whole world; so the future religions of the world have to become as universal, as wide.
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The lower types of humanity in all nations find pleasure in the senses, while the cultured and the educated find it in thought, in philosophy, in arts and sciences. Spirituality is a still higher plane. The subject being infinite, that plane is the highest, and the pleasure there is the highest for those who can appreciate it. So, even on the utilitarian ground that man is to seek for pleasure, he should cultivate religious thought, for it is the highest pleasure that exists. Thus religion, as a study, seems to me to be absolutely necessary.
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Apart from the solid facts and truths that we may learn from religion, apart from the comforts that we may gain from it, religion, as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have. This pursuit of the Infinite, this struggle to grasp the Infinite, this effort to get beyond the limitations of the senses — out of matter, as it were — and to evolve the spiritual man — this striving day and night to make the Infinite one with our being — this struggle itself is the grandest and most glorious that man can make.
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It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature. It is grand and good to know the laws that govern the stars and planets; it is infinitely grander and better to know the laws that govern the passions, the feelings, the will, of mankind. This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind, and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain. This is the peculiarity of the Indian mind, that when anything interests it, it gets absorbed in it and other things are neglected. You know how many sciences had their origin in India. Mathematics began there. You are even today counting 1, 2, 3, etc. to zero, after Sanskrit figures, and you all know that algebra also originated in India, and that gravitation was known to the Indians thousands of years before Newton was born.
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Make yourselves decent men! Be chaste and pure! There is no other way. If you can conserve and use the energy properly, it leads you to God. Inverted, it is hell itself
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The wicked see this world as a perfect hell, and the good as a perfect heaven. Lovers see this world as full of love, and haters as full of hatred; fighters see nothing but strife, and the peaceful nothing but peace. The perfect man sees nothing but God.
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It is much easier to do anything upon the external plane, but the greatest conqueror in the world finds himself a mere child when he tries to control his own mind. This is the world he has to conquer — the greater and more difficult world to conquer. Do not despair! Awake, arise, and stop not until the goal is reached!.
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The world is full of the talk of love, but it is hard to love. Where is love? How do you know that there is love? The first test of love is that it knows no bargaining. So long as you see a man love another only to get something from him, you know that that is not love; it is shopkeeping. Wherever there is any question of buying and selling, it is not love. So, when a man prays to God, 'Give me this, and give me that', it is not love. How can it be? I offer you a prayer, and you give me something in return; that is what it is, mere shopkeeping.
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Just as a piece of iron, which had been covered with the dust of centuries, might be lying near a magnet all the time, and yet not be attracted by it, but as soon as the dust is cleared away, the iron is drawn by the magnet; so, when the human soul, covered with the dust of ages, impurities, wickednesses, and sins, after many births, becomes purified enough by these forms and ceremonies, by doing good to others, loving other beings, its natural spiritual attraction comes, it wakes up and struggles towards God.
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All these forms and ceremonies, these prayers and pilgrimages, these books, bells, candles, and priests, are the preparations; they take off the impurities from the soul. And when the soul has become pure, it naturally wants to get to the mine of all purity, God Himself.
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As soon as a man begins to believe there is a God, he becomes mad with longing to get to Him. Others may go their way, but as soon as a man is sure that there is a much higher life than that which he is leading here, as soon as he feels sure that the senses are not all, that this limited, material body is as nothing compared with the immortal, eternal, undying bliss of the Self, he becomes mad until he finds out this bliss for himself. And this madness, this thirst, this mania, is what is called the 'awakening' to religion, and when that has come, a man is beginning to be religious.
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With the thirst, the longing for God, comes real devotion, real Bhakti. Who has the longing? That is the question.
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God is omnipresent, He is manifesting Himself in every being; but for men, He is only visible, recognisable, in man. When His light, His presence, His spirit, shines through the human face, then and then alone, can man understand Him. Thus, man has been worshipping God through men all the time, and must do so as long as he is a man. He may cry against it, struggle against it, but as soon as he attempts to realise God, he will find the constitutional necessity of thinking of God as a man.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62283 | Taxing Lessons From Court Decisions
Decisions — Phantom regulations
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Are you haunted by phantoms? Sometimes courts are too. In tax court, a phantom regulation is one the IRS has yet to write even though the agency is supposed to.
An unwritten regulation is the crux of the matter in 147 T.C. No. 19 (15 West 17th Street LLC). The LLC, filing as a partnership in 2007, claimed a $64,490,000 charitable contribution deduction for a conservation easement made in December 2007.
In May 2008, the charitable organization that received the easement sent the LLC a letter acknowledging receipt of the easement. The letter did not state whether the charitable organization had provided any goods or services to the LLC, or whether the organization had otherwise given the LLC anything of value in exchange for the easement.
The LLC filed a 2007 tax return on time, claimed the deduction, and attached a copy of an appraisal showing the value of the donated property before and after the donation.
In 2011, the IRS selected the LLC’s tax return for audit, and disallowed the entire charitable deduction. The IRS said the LLC did not obtain a “contemporaneous written acknowledgement” of the donation, as required in internal revenue code section 170(f)(8)(A).
The taxpayer argued the contemporaneous written acknowledgement was not required, because the exception to completing the acknowledgement in section 170(f)(8)(D) applies. That section says the contemporaneous written acknowledgement requirement does not apply when the charitable organization files a return that contains the information otherwise included on the acknowledgement.
The taxpayer says that while the charitable organization did not include the information on its original tax return, the organization did so on a subsequent amended return. The amended return was filed in 2014 after the case arrived in tax court.
The IRS says the exception to completing the acknowledgement is not valid because the regulations referred to in section 170(f)(8)(D) have not yet been written.
Here is the relevant portion of internal revenue code section 170 – Charitable, etc., contributions and gifts. Section (A) is the general rule requiring substantiation for the donation, and section (D) provides the exception the taxpayer believes should apply.
(8) Substantiation requirement for certain contributions
(A) General rule
No deduction shall be allowed under subsection (a) for any contribution of $250 or more unless the taxpayer substantiates the contribution by a contemporaneous written acknowledgment of the contribution by the donee organization that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B).
(B) Content of acknowledgement. An acknowledgement meets the requirements of this subparagraph if it includes the following information:
(i) The amount of cash and a description (but not value) of any property other than cash contributed.
(ii) Whether the donee organization provided any goods or services in consideration, in whole or in part, for any property described in clause (i).
(iii) A description and good faith estimate of the value of any goods or services referred to in clause (ii) or, if such goods or services consist solely of intangible religious benefits, a statement to that effect.
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “intangible religious benefit” means any intangible religious benefit which is provided by an organization organized exclusively for religious purposes and which generally is not sold in a commercial transaction outside the donative context.
(C) Contemporaneous. For purposes of subparagraph (A), an acknowledgment shall be considered to be contemporaneous if the taxpayer obtains the acknowledgment on or before the earlier of—
(i) the date on which the taxpayer files a return for the taxable year in which the contribution was made, or
(ii) the due date (including extensions) for filing such return.
(D) Substantiation not required for contributions reported by the donee organization
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a contribution if the donee organization files a return, on such form and in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, which includes the information described in subparagraph (B) with respect to the contribution.
(E) Regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, including regulations that may provide that some or all of the requirements of this paragraph do not apply in appropriate cases.
The court said the outcome hinges on the part of section (D) that says “in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.”
Does the wording mean the IRS has the discretion to decide whether this section should be implemented and, if so, how, and to determine if the regulations should be written or not? That discretion would mean the IRS has to write the regulations before the exception can be used.
Or does the wording mean the purpose and language of the section is clear, and the IRS merely has to write regulations to clarify the details or mechanics of how the exception can be used? That would mean the exception is valid and the IRS can choose to write regulations that would identify specific forms or wording for using it.
Put another way, the tax court had to decide if the lack of written regulations meant the exception could not be used because without the (unwritten) regulation, the exception cannot apply. That would mean the taxpayer would need a contemporaneous written acknowledgement.
Based on the wording, do you think the taxpayer can qualify for the exception even if the regulations are not yet written? If so, the taxpayer wins.
Or does the IRS have to issue the regulations before the exception applies? If so, the IRS wins.
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The IRS has to issue regulations before the exception applies.
We conclude that section 170(f)(8)(D) sets forth a delegation of discretionary rulemaking authority. The statute authorizes, but does not command, the Secretary to implement a donee reporting regime as an alternative compliance mechanism to the contemporary written acknowledgement regime embodied in subparagraph (A).
The statute thus commits to the Secretary’s discretion whether a regime for donee reporting should be implemented and (if so) how. In the exercise of this discretion, the Secretary determined in 1997, and again in 2016, that a system of donee reporting is neither necessary nor desirable, and accordingly declined to issue the regulations that the statute says the Secretary “may prescribe.”
We hold that subparagraph (D) is not self-executing and that it has no operative effect in the absence of the regulations to which the statute refers. The requirements of subparagraph (A) therefore remain fully applicable to the taxpayer’s 2007 gift, notwithstanding the charitable organization’s filing in 2014 of an amended return including the information described in subparagraph (B).
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62299 | As far as online email services are concerned, Gmail has surpassed all our simple expectations and given us more. The distinctive, smart, and exceptionally thoughtful features that you get from Gmail makes it the indisputable leader in its domain.
With Gmail instant communication, sharing documents and files can be done in a click. But can you send a fax from Gmail?
Yes, in the era where digital communication has taken over the league, some organizations still need to rely on a hard copy of a document.
So, if you want to send a fax from Gmail, using an email to fax service is the best option. Hence, by using reliable third party faxing services you can now send a fax from Gmail itself.
How to Send a Fax from Gmail
First and foremost, you have to pick one of the online faxing services that support Gmail. Various free online faxing services allow you to send a specific number of faxes for free.
But, do keep in mind that if you wish to use it further, you will have to pay. Unfortunately, not all the online faxing services support Gmail. And while some of them do have this feature, you might have to opt for a paid subscription.
Before you choose a faxing service, make sure it fits your requirements and supports the Gmail fax. Every faxing service will offer something different in terms of services and features. Eventually, it is up to you to choose the suitable one.
Steps to Send Fax from Gmail
Choose an online faxing service, as discussed above. In this case, we have picked up HelloFax.
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Choose a fax service. Hellofax website interface
Next, log in to your Gmail.
Once logged in, click on the COMPOSE button on the left side of the Windows pane.
click on compose
Composing an email
The blank ‘Message Body’ of Gmail looks like, as shown below.
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New Gmail Draft Interface
Here, you have to compose your message.
Before you begin to type, please read the steps below.
Now, in the To field, enter the recipient ID.
Here you have to be very careful as there is the catch. You are not going to enter a simple email ID but a fax number with the Fax service name that you are using.
Make sure you have the fax number of the recipient.
Now, enter that fax number in the To field, followed by the @onlinefaxprovidername.
For instance, if your recipient’s fax number is 8898454312, and you are using HelloFax faxing service, then you have to enter
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Enter the recipient’s fax number along with fax service name
Once you have entered the correct fax number with a fax provider, attach the file.
You have to make sure that to send a fax from Gmail; you have to attach the “file” that is to be faxed.
To do the same, click on the pin-like icon at the bottom of the compose email interface.
Anything that you want to send via fax should be in forms like JPG, DOC, PDF, TXT, etc.
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Attach a file you need to send a fax
In the main body of the draft, write a piece of information as you do with a regular email, and that content will be sent as a cover letter with the fax.
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Write a cover letter
Finally, hit the Send button, and your fax is successfully sent to the recipient.
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Hit on the Send button to send the fax
To check whether your fax is sent or not, you can confirm it with your fax service provider by visiting its interface.
Final Thoughts
While aggregating the exceptional email features, Gmail misses a fax feature in it. If you are a diligent Gmail user, you would always try to make the most of it.
Even though when it comes to faxing a file to a recipient, third-party faxing services collaborate with Gmail and let you fax directly from Gmail. As we have outlined a simple way to do it, we hope that you can now send a fax from Gmail without any confusion!
Want to learn more about Gmail and its features?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62317 | TOEFL Test Overview
The TOEFL, or Test of English as a Foreign Language, is an exam administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The TOEFL is taken by people for whom English is not their first language. It is used to determine ones’ understanding of the English language in its written and spoken forms in college and university settings and situations.
Many colleges and universities that are primarily English speaking will require the TOEFL test for non-native English speakers that are applying for admission to those universities. There are various formats of the TOEFL, depending on where one will be taking the test. These include the paper-based test (PBT) and the internet-based test (iBT).
Registration for the paper-based and the internet-based tests can be done online, over the phone, or by mail. Online registration can be done on ETS’s website 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Phone registration can be completed by calling 1-443-751-4862 or 1-800-468-6335.
Registration can also be completed by sending in the online registration form that can be found online at ETS’s website. The mailing address is indicated on the form. The form, even if one is registering online or by phone, can be useful because it indicates the information that is needed for registration.
Contact information, score recipients, and payment of fees are all required at registration. In addition, indicating the identification that will be used at the testing center, knowing the test location and test date desired are also needed when registering for the TOEFL. Early registration for the exam closes seven days before the test date, and late registration closes three days before the test date.
There are fees associated with taking the TOEFL test, and there is an additional fee for registering during late registration. Fees depend on the format of test being taken, PBT or iBT, and are outlined online at ETS’s website.
We have provided the TOEFL resources and the tools. The rest is up to you- the best teacher is the person who knows you best- YOU!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62331 | Saturday, August 4, 2018
"The Black Cauldron" Revisited
“Legend has it, in the mystic land of Prydain, there was once a king so cruel and so evil, that even the gods feared him.” The opening narration inaugurates the curse shrouding the fabled black cauldron, an object of such immense danger that its very mention instills dread in the hearts of commoners. Although centuries came and went while it lay dormant, obscured by the spells of defensive witches, a new enthusiasm has gripped the totalitarian forces of the Horned King, who pursues it with persistent determination. In his possession, the cauldron would unleash the frightening power of necromancy, allowing its possessor to raise an unstoppable army of dead soldiers, essentially making him immortal. And all of creation would succumb to this destructive curse, including those whose personalities necessitate the enthusiasm of the audience: a teenage adventurer who dreams of heroism, a clumsy bard, a distraught princess, a furry and inquisitive beast, a snarky sprite and an oracular pig, who also provides the key to discovering the whereabouts of the coveted relic.
These details – some fresh and intriguing, others instantly familiar – are at the soul of what the Disney animators poured into the ambitious frames of “The Black Cauldron,” the movie that would come to represent the most significant divide of values between two generations of eager cartoonists. Established above and beyond fashionable technique, which usually involved lighthearted excursions full of song and dance, the project was the embodiment of all their struggle and frustration in the years following the death of their visionary, who left behind a thumbprint seemingly impossible to match. Yet it was an idea that presented a watershed opportunity, seemingly in dissent against the youthful appeal that had consistently saturated the genre. If the studio’s first animators saw a resonant moral value in dealing with the dangers of the wicked and evil as a contrast to the happy possibilities, those behind the studio’s adaptation of Lloyd Alexander’s famous young adult series were intoxicated by the allure of a more caustic rebellion. Nowadays, long after the film’s troubled production and box office failure threatened to make the Disney name a distant memory, you scarcely hear a mention of these challenges other than just a puzzling footnote.
In some circles, however, the movie persists as a fascinating commodity – a rare treasure or a probing case study of self-sabotage, depending on whom you ask. I first came to the chambers of the cauldron with many others in the summer months of 1998, when my respect for the Disney line ebbed high and without reluctance. If the film indeed possessed the warning signs of a mistaken standard, I certainly did not recognize so. It became one of the more exciting movie experiences of my young life, full of images I had never seen, characterizations that stood outside convention (at least for mainstream cartoons), and a story progression that moved to the cues of some strange new energy. It played as an oasis in a desert of dependable formula. Now twenty years have come and gone since I first encountered the land of Prydain, and once again I have descended into the Horned King’s lair to find my enthusiasm still unwavering. Certainly no one who sees it now can say it is without flaws, but so rarely does an animated feature mask its limits with such a resounding sense of wonder. Each viewing feels like the renewal of a deep concentrated ambition.
You can sense this profound zeal in nearly every frame that occupies the screen, whether it involves the cheerful innocence of its primary characters, the distractions of token comic relief or the fatalist agendas of the villains. The focus of the story is Taran, a teenage pig-keeper whose life on a quiet farm is occasionally roused by daydreams of fighting in war. The early musings of his guardian, Dallben, suggest a world beyond the trees full of chaos and horror, but the boy’s heedless optimism sees only opportunities for glory. There is a scene at the mouth of a river that emphasizes the dilemma in his fascination: while staring into the water, he imagines a celebratory coronation while being decorated in combat gear, just before losing track of the animal he is supposed to be guarding. Those aspirations, of course, are precursors to discovering the vast terror occupying greater Prydain, where even the old and experienced dread the idea of facing the maw that exists just beyond the sunny hillsides.
The device for this journey is a pig, named Hen-Wen, that can create visions through the conduit of water. The images that emerge on the reflective surface do not echo an alternate reality or a prediction, but rather a certainty. It is certain, for instance, that an image of a dark rider on a skeletal horse represents the notorious Horned King, and that a circle of flying beasts indicates a great search. But of what, the observer asks? The fabled black cauldron, referenced in the preliminary voice-over, is a great weapon that has long been thought lost but now faces discovery as the depth of its potential is made clear. Then an image of Hen-Wen scurrying away frightfully follows, indicating that she is his key to uncovering its location. A strange and gloomy adventure ensues, leads Taran into the dungeons of the king’s decaying castle, into the company of friends and wisecracking fairies, and in eventual pursuit of the very vessel that threatens the lives of all living things – hopefully in attempt to destroy it before it comes to the claws of its yearning new master.
Little of any plot description is likely to rouse the intrigue of a casual observer, but the film comes most alive by simply inhabiting its realm. Based on material that takes much of its influence from Welsh Mythology, Prydain occupies the screen less like a place and more as a personality, effectively juxtaposing between the whimsy and decay like a travelogue through volatile country. A lot of sensations are experienced by those on this journey – hope, naivety, intrigue, astonishment, humor, horror, sadness and even grief – and almost always their momentum seems propelled by a mad sprint of flash and color and shadow. Consider the almost strange dichotomy of the early scenes on Dallben’s farm, for instance, and a strategic cut-away to the Horned King’s dungeon, where he mulls his destiny while standing over the skeletons of fallen soldiers. The animators, driven by the enthusiasm of producer Joe Hale, pitched their most austere extremes when others might have suggested a more neutral modulation. Not a moment exists simply to fill a void created by the story.
That is admirable rather than distracting, given the obvious drawbacks of the screenplay. The film’s greatest point of entry is not Taran – who is ordinary by most young adolescent standards – but Gurgi, a furry beast whom he meets in the forest and becomes a nosy companion throughout the search. His is a presence made bizarrely fascinating by the gravelly voice overlaying his audacious curiosity. “Give poor starving Gurgi munchings and crunchings!” he remarks in one moment, enjoying an apple that he has just stolen from Taran. The routine dialogue riffs between them are perfunctory, but his eccentric presence frequently overtakes them. What exactly is he? Some sort of unnatural morph between a wolf and a dog on two legs? Or something produced by magics that exist in the margins? The great wonder of his origins never goes answered, but it need not be – this is a creation exhibiting the total creative control of the animators, who have indicated their vision without bowing to the rules of an ordinary logic.
Some were initially disheartened by that. A supporting player, especially one serving as a device for comic relief, was rarely supposed to upstage the conventional mechanics of a quest, where the leads usually required some substantial buy-in. If Gurgi’s ability to overtake that possibility was problematic, then the inclusion of Princess Eilonwy was even more troublesome; rarely a scene exists where she is observed occupying an actual identity, and her presence feels more like a mandate to fill in a checklist of essential sidekicks (so, too, does the blundering bard Fleuder-Flam function as a walking punchline). And yet we do come to admire she and Taran, especially towards the end; while their lack of foresight has done little to develop their presence, they are likable enough sorts, and hey, why hold anything against them when they are just now emerging from the prison of a straightforward existence?
All their antics and misadventures and quandaries are spearheaded by the maniacal trek of the Horned King, one of the more mysterious villains of the Disney cannon. His overpowering presence is underlined by an equally-foreboding voice performance by John Hurt, who typically had two techniques: he could become the sharp and inquisitive intellectual, or the deep and brooding madman just by changing the ferocity of his inflection. Some of his work in “The Black Cauldron” is among the most fearsome of any primary Disney villain, although if he rarely comes up in active conversation, it’s usually because he violates the trajectory of cartoon antagonism, where most tend to balance danger and incidental humor. The Horned King, by all standards, lacks any opportunity to the butt of a joke. And even his henchman, the goblin-like creature known as Creeper, only warrants a smirk because of unfortunate luck rather than isolated wisecracks.
While the film’s momentum moves through rapid spikes of danger and whimsy, the soundtrack keeps a consistent pace. Scored by the great Elmer Bernstein, the music may be its most understated asset – ir creates a series of resonant hooks that are perfectly matched to the material, sometimes elevating them above the mere acknowledgment of an event. Notice, for example, how his orchestra creates a hopeful mood around the journey of the others when they embark on their own quest, where it eventually leads them to the chambers of the Fairfolk and then the marshes of Morva, where they discover a trio of witches who may know of the cauldron’s whereabouts. In the absence of songs, Bernstein made a conscious endeavor to use an orchestra as a driving influence for the motivations of these characters. Where their agendas barely be spoken, the mood of the instruments elevates their urgency. This is true despite the minor acknowledgment of how original scores function in animated films, particularly those that do not involve cutesy musical numbers or fanfare showstoppers; where they are relegated to the service of background noise, here is a man who allows the material to be colonized by the notes he records.
Perhaps little of this was obvious during its production, when the movie faced its greatest initial hurdles. Many know the story by heart: a decade in the making, held up by conflicting factions within the studio, “The Black Cauldron” was all but ready to reach a viewing public when Jeffrey Katzenberg arrived as the new CEO, effectively changing its final destiny. Problematic final throes have been etched into legend, particularly involving the absence of 12 minutes in the final theatrical release; reportedly, Katzenberg was so disheartened by what he saw in an initial viewing that he demanded significant cuts, particularly in some of the gloomier scenes (including a notorious sequence involving the resurrection of an undead army). Hale fought against further edits, distraught by what it would mean for the material. Katzenberg’s response was not to comply or negotiate, but to take the final reels into the editing room and make the cuts himself, against his producer’s wishes. Depending on who you believe, those changes either molded the final product to something salvageable or deteriorated the momentum of a film that was assured of its dark nature.
Most lean towards the latter observation, especially in hindsight. Released in the busy summer of 1985, the movie brought in a modest $21 million dollars, roughly half of its reported budget. By many estimations, that was devastating for a studio in need of a hit. But the continued narrative that its failure comes down to a rocky production cycle undermines greater root causes: namely, that feature length cartoons are a commodity dominated by the attendance of children rather than teenagers, who have rarely showed up in droves at the mention of such material. Later films in a similar vein, including Fox’s “Titan A.E.” and Disney’s own “Treasure Planet,” endured similar fates. To insist that Katzenberg effectively saved “The Black Cauldron” from something worse is, therefore, a lazy assumption. Unfortunately, a neurosis to never admit fault means those missing minutes are likely never to be restored in any further release of the film – or at least not as long as the department is presided over by figures who lack a neutral perception of the Disney heritage, celebrated or otherwise.
Is there something in those missing 12 minutes that changes anything? It’s hard to say. For all we know, Katzenberg may have been correct in his assessment. Or perhaps Hale was right to protest further edits. But in the era of revivals and salvaged discoveries they deserve to be seen, if for no other reason than to add perspective to a discussion that remains at odds with exactly where the movie’s merits lie. What could they possibly reveal about a film that already endures the curse of obscurity? Could they, in any way, deteriorate an endeavor that even its greatest fans already acknowledge as having deep-rooted narrative dilemmas? No version of this material will ever be an absolute. But what is certain, in any form, is that we return to it more frequently with the weathering of age, as if something about the experiment mirrors a distant ambition we too once saw as optimal for personal endurance. The enthusiastic artists behind “The Black Cauldron” may not have seen their endeavors pave the greatest roads for their careers, but in one finite moment they ran wild and liberated, without the anchor of tradition enslaving their volatile creative energies. To consider their film now is to taste a morsel of that energy and discover its flavor still potent, still nourishing, and still original.
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Women in Ministry
Women in the New Testament: A Middle Eastern Cultural View by Kenneth E. Bailey, Presbyterian Professor of New Testament in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Cyprus. He now lives in New Wilmington, PA. Bailey examines the positive attitudes toward women in the NT: Jesus had women disciples, women were teachers of theology in the NT, NT affirms the presence of women as deacons/ministers in the early church; the NT has women prophets and a woman apostle, women elders. He also looks at the negative attitudes towards women. Jan/Feb 2000 Theology Matters, p. 1
The Women Prophets of Corinth: A Study of Aspects of 1 Cor. 11:2-16, by Kenneth E. Bailey. Bailey writes, "Within the larger question of the place of women in the New Testament, this passage is of critical importance. All across church history various voices have found 'regimental colors' or even 'battle cries' in these verses... Jan/Feb 2000 Theology Matters p. 11, Reprinted in the Nov/Dec 2012 Theology Matters, p.12 |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62386 | While anyone who installs, tests and certifies a network cabling plant knows the importance of meeting standards performance parameters and ensuring application support, even the best of us can make mistakes that can adversely impact the bottom line and customer satisfaction. The following is a quick list of ten dumb things smart people do when testing network cabling systems. This article, from Fluke Networks, address the following common mistakes that people make:
1. Fail to specify the type of link testing wanted.
2. Neglect to agree upon marginal test results upfront in writing.
3. Fail to specify all test parameters to be tested.
4. “Wing it” on Alien Crosstalk compliance
5. Forget to enable plot data.
6. Go with a non-EF compliant tester for testing multimode fiber.
7. Choose the two-cord reference for Tier 1 optical loss testing.
8. Use patch cords to certify a fiber cabling system.
9. Rely on a duplex tester for certifying MPO trunks.
10. Skip out on proper fiber inspection. |
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Said my goodbyes to our crew as we took buses in opposite directions, and headed to the ancient Sri Lankan capital. Rented a bike to peddle around the massive complex of temples and dagobas without hardly a foreign soul in site. A group of kids dressed in their orange monks robes ran me down to take a group picture on their phone. Surreal reversal.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62511 | Baijiu Greece – Ingénue Cocktail
Baijiu Greece - Ingénue Cocktail
Greece is a country in the Mediterranean, situated in the far south of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe. It is made up of two main peninsulas and over a thousand islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas. It has a population of over 11 million people. The country is bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Macedonia.
The largest city and the national capital is Athens. It is one of the biggest economic centres in south-eastern Europe. It has a large financial centre, and its port Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe.
Ouzo is the national drink of Greece, but the origin of the name is not clear, some say it comes from the ancient Greek word ozo meaning smell, because of its distinct aroma with the main flavour being aniseed, though other aromatics are added, and is sold at around 40% ABV.
Ingénue Baijiu Cocktail
50ml of V.I.P Jiu 8
3 of teaspoons Ouzo
100ml of cream soda
4 ice cubes
A slice of orange
Put all the ingredients into a Collins glass, stir and garnish with a slice of orange.
Lot Number 128V.I.P Jiu 8 - The Full Story
The story of V.I.P Jiu 8 begins on the 2nd of July 2014. It is a tale that begins with a wrongly attributed, chipped and cracked wine cup that hid an astonishing secret dating back to imperial China, a secret connected to its longest-reigning emperor, Kangxi, who ruled China from 1662 until 1722.
The Kangxi Emperor was the second emperor of the Qing dynasty, credited with completing the conquest of China and presiding over one of China’s most glorious eras. He was the single most powerful person on earth at the time, ruling over a vast empire and over 100 million subjects.
The journey starts in Northern England and unfolds across multiple continents, with amazing highs and life-threatening lows. It involves a series of events that have led to the re-birth of a 300-year-old imperial Chinese liquor that hails from within the walls of the Forbidden City.
The V.I.P. Jiu 8 recipe consists of nine ingredients personally selected by the Kangxi Emperor. The recipe has lain hidden for three hundred years. It is unique in the fact that it is an ancient recipe that is brand-new to the market and does not copy or taste like any other spirit. It is historically, enjoyably and restoratively imperial.
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Augmented Reality and Education
Augmented Reality and Education
There’s a problem with educational engagement amongst American teenagers. Less than a third of 11th-graders feel engaged in their schoolwork. The cause is boredom and bored students perform less well than their engaged counterparts.
Thankfully, there’s an inexpensive and readily available solution: augmented reality. Studies show that classroom technology improves student engagement and, so, learning outcomes. As the most recent strand of educational technology (edtech), AR is already making an impact on how educators bring their subjects to life.
Why AR?
You’ll find AR almost anywhere there’s a smartphone.
As an example, take a look at Google’s Translate app or one of the increasingly popular sky-mapping apps. Both take real-time input from the phone’s camera, accelerometer, compass, and so on, then combine it with relevant data
Point a sky-mapping app at the red star in the sky and it’ll tell you it’s actually the planet Mars. Not sure what flavour that soft drink is when you’re on your foreign vacation? Show the label to Google Translate and it’ll translate the words into your language.
For all its other uses, AR is remarkably well suited to education. Not only does it introduce novelty, and so solves the bored boredom problem, but it also:
• is easy to update, without reprinting textbooks and other materials
• helps students to learn at their own pace
• turns learning into an investigation
• goes beyond the screen, helping to add context and depth to real-world learning
• like all digital media, has low marginal costs.
So, how does AR work in a classroom setting?
In the Classroom
AR is all about meshing the real and the virtual. Think about it for a moment and that’s precisely what the best teachers do. Remember that chemistry teacher who described the atom in such captivating detail that you can still picture it in your head now? Or how about the English teacher who unpacked Shakespeare so that it went from an incomprehensible jumble to leaping alive from the page?
Augmented reality tools help to uncover the meaning, the understanding, the learning that is sometimes hidden in a subject. What if your English teacher could have populated the classroom with Shakesperian figures and scenery? Or your chemistry teacher given you a 3D interactive model of the atom that you could manipulate?
Educators are already creating AR experiences, usings tools like Metaverse, that provide enhanced learning experiences, such as:
• puzzles that combine real-world and virtual elements
• themed expeditions and hunts that embed learning opportunities in the classroom
• virtual expeditions to places that would otherwise be unreachable, such as a class of Florida students visiting the pillars of Stonehenge in their school gym.
Publishers are adding AR elements to textbooks and other traditional learning aids. CleverBooks publishes a world atlas that, when viewed using their AR app, shows animal migrations, weather patterns, geopolitical facts, and other interactive features.
And it’s not just for K12 students. Insight Heart provides an interactive way for medical students to learn the structure and mechanics of the human heart.
Of course, not everyone buys into the idea that augmented reality is a good thing for the classroom. However, when looking at edtech generally, even skeptics such as Stanford’s Professor Larry Cuban are coming round to the idea that technology has a role to play in the classroom.
Outside the Classroom
If augmented reality is valuable in the classroom, what about in other educational contexts such as museums?
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is using AR to breathe fresh life into some of its oldest exhibits. The museum’s Bone Hall features exhibits with the skeletons of animals that have been on display since as early as 1881. With representatives of every major group of vertebrae, the collection represents an unparalleled learning opportunity.
With the Smithsonian’s new Skin and Bones app, the exhibits in Bone Hall transform from skeletons to moving, breathing, flesh-covered animals.
But what about the technology that brings AR itself to life?
Implementing AR for Edtech
At the core of any augmented reality app is video. Solo AR experiences take a feed from the device’s camera, merge any computer generated imagery, and display the result on the device’s screen.
The future for augmented reality in education, though, lies in shared experiences. And shared experiences require low-latency, highly reliable streaming video between devices. Here at Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform, our OpenTok video API provides an ideal foundation for teams looking to build shared AR educational experiences.
Imagine a real-time lesson where distance-learning architecture students take part in an online seminar and can each interact with a shared 3D model of a building to explore its design and engineering. Or how about helping elementary school children in the US connect and share with their counterparts in India by working together to solve AR puzzles.
Augmented reality is making a real difference in today’s classroom. However, the future for AR in edtech lies in dynamic shared experiences delivered with the help of APIs such as our own OpenTok.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62547 | The western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.
Adults have pale stout pointed bills, yellow underparts and light wing bars. Adult males have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder, and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in non-breeding plumage the head has no more than a reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge. Females have a yellow head and are olive on the back, with dark wings and tail.
The song of disconnected short phrases suggests an American robin's but is hoarser and rather monotonous. The call is described as pit-er-ick.
Their breeding habitat is coniferous or mixed woods across western North America from the Mexico-U.S. border as far north as southern Alaska; thus they are the northernmost-breeding tanager. They build a flimsy cup nest on a horizontal tree branch, usually in a conifer. They lay four bluish-green eggs with brown spots.
These birds migrate, wintering from central Mexico to Costa Rica. Some also winter in southern California.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62566 | Incite Politics
The dangerous denialism of the atheists
[...] contrary to the smug, self-serving propaganda of the New Atheists, militant atheism has been a very real and very violent feature stain on history. Dawkins might piously insist that no-one has ever been killed in the name of atheism, but this is illiterate and dangerous historical revisionism . . . |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62602 | Horde Fresh out of the Grave
Report to Undertaker Mordo at the Deathknell Graves in Tirisfal Glades.
Rise, <name>!
Welcome back to the realm of the living. With the blessing and power of the Dark Lady, I have freed you from death's grip.
You are no slave, <name>. You are free to follow whatever path you choose from here. If you choose to serve the Dark Lady Sylvanas, I recommend you speak with Undertaker Mordo. You will find him behind me, in the graveyard.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62603 | Macbook with external monitors
Monitors configuration
Some people uses lots of screens (more than 3 at once), but the truth is, it is not always necessary.
There must be a balance between available space, design and amount of screens.
If you don't have some specific jobs like trading or monitoring loads of data at the same time, then you, probably won’t need more than 2 LCD displays.
You can only imagine how hard it would be to focus on multiple displays while keeping literally hundreds of apps open.
I do however understand that this may be unavoidable in some cases which is why some windows management tools were created.
In my humble opinion though, having more than 2 monitors at a time is not in most cases needed.
Monitors configuration
If you have a laptop it’s better to connect it to an external large LCD screen, so you will have much more space on the screen and you’ll have better angle for your eyes, can also make use of an external keyboard and mouse (or trackpad).
It would be much better from the computer ergonomics (reducing your discomfort) perspective.
You can use better input ergonomic devices, larger LCD screen, keep better posture and eye position, this would be a much healthier solution than just working on your laptop.
How often do you feel pain in your neck while working on a laptop?
Oh wait, you don’t feel it yet?
If you don’t have this problem yet - you’ll have it :( this is the sad reality.
Monitors configuration
Try to forget about working on your laptop for a whole day, take care of your health, it is wealth after all!
Make sure you have enough height on your LCD laptop position.
Try to keep them in the same height. And if you can, try to use holders for that, it in fact makes your work easier.
Monitors configuration
If you have a desktop computer or all-in-one iMac then another LCD would be still helpful.
Often it is not easy to turn your head left and then flip right back for hours all day.
You could use your second monitor in a vertical position.
It's quite common monitors configuration for programmers and editors. In this position, you’ll not need to rotate your head too much and would be way nicer to read the texts on display as it goes vertically from top to bottom like a book, so you can have more text on your page opened.
If you haven’t bought a second monitor yet, please have a look if a monitor which has a possibility to rotation (special arm).
Monitors configuration
Or you can simply buy a special LCD arm.
Another nice thing would be to use a special LCD arm for multiple displays, so it’ll look nicer, you’ll have more rotation freedom and can free-up some space on the table.
Another alternative is to put 2 LCD screens vertically.
You can try that of course, it may however only be useful in some cases, for example if you are working a lot with text.
Monitors configuration
If you haven’t bought a second monitor yet, I suggest you to buy something with 4k resolution, possibility to rotate it and IPS screen technology.
Bigger resolution means you could have more data shown on the screen with better quality (like retina display on iPhone/iPad/MacBook pro/iMac 5k).
If you already have a 4k-5k display (like a MacBook retina) and want to buy a LCD display, please only buy 4k-5k, else you’ll see a big difference between two monitors standing close to each other and the scale will not be the same, it really would not be nice to work with two different resolutions.
Monitors configuration
But the best one (in my opinion) for a laptop and one LCD is this one:
There is no one size fits all package for everyone hence, you will have to try different approaches with multi-monitors configuration to find out which solution fits better for your needs. Or you can build your own Monitors configuration. However while we are still on designs and ergonomics, the solution should not look ugly, it should be easy to use and should fit the basic ergonomic requirements like eye position, low distance between screens, proper LCD technology and light location.
Another nice configuration which I use for a very long time: Monitors configuration Monitors configuration
P.S. There is one interesting mobile 4K LCD display. You can use while traveling.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62614 | “Bach’s Cello Suites have been my constant musical companions. For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration, and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, it continues to help us navigate through troubled times? Now that I’m in my sixties, I realize that my sense of time has changed, both in life and in music, at once expanded and compressed. Music, like all of culture, helps us to understand our environment, each other, and ourselves. Culture helps us to imagine a better future. Culture helps turn ‘them’ into ‘us.’ And these things have never been more important.”
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/62646 | CFO Insights
Data visualization: Why a picture can be worth a thousand clicks
CFO Insights
In this issue of CFO Insights, we explore the multiple uses of data visualization and how finance can better leverage its possibilities.
CFOs have long been encouraged to become better "storytellers," by communicating important messages about company performance, strategy, and prospects not in the often technical language of finance, but in terms everyone in the organization can understand.
At the same time, finance departments are working ever harder to become true partners to the business, by providing metrics, KPIs, forecasts, and other critical information that can aid decision-making and help each function chart effective courses of action.
Both of those goals depend heavily on quality data, and there is no doubt that organizations today have access to more of it than ever before, both structured and unstructured, from internal and external sources. And, thanks to an expanding array of analytics tools and emerging cognitive technologies, finance is also able to leverage that data to attain new insights that can influence a range of tactical and strategic decisions.
But the sheer volume of data can be overwhelming, making analysis complex and often complicating efforts to tell a coherent story. That's especially true when the audience is not a savvy finance team member, but someone from another part of the organization who needs only a few critical pieces of information in order to evaluate current performance or make a decision.
Enter data visualization, an enabling technology that complements analytics and related data-crunching tools, allowing finance to produce user-friendly reports and other presentations that can be tailored to specific audiences. CFOs seem to already appreciate the potential of data visualization, ranking it fairly high on their digital wish list and acknowledging its value as part of a broader effort to leverage analytics. They may not realize precisely how valuable it can be, however, and in this issue of CFO Insights, we'll explore the multiple uses of data visualization and how finance can better leverage its possibilities.
The case for clarity
Anyone who has ever looked at a bar chart or glanced at a car's fuel gauge already gets data visualization. In fact, that's one of its prime selling points: It requires virtually no training, at least for end users. If a visualization has to be explained, odds are it's been poorly designed or insufficiently thought out.
For their part, CFOs could be forgiven for believing that the finance department already makes use of data visualization—given the number of charts in many organizational reports. But today the technology is being rolled out in new and more profound ways, helping to make more data more useful to more people.
Static field sales reports, for example, can now be sent as interactive dashboards designed for touch–screen use on mobile devices, giving salespeople a way to do on–the–fly analysis, perhaps allowing them to spot areas ripe for additional marketing support, or a customer whose increasing volumes may merit a discount. At a more basic level, consider the value in creating charts that display data in a way the organization may not have thought of previously. One company, for example, developed a chart that displays growth in various product lines on the Y axis and margins on the X axis, allowing it to spot cases where low-margin products that it may have been tempted to invest little in were experiencing solid growth.
That same insight could have been arrived at via traditional scrutiny of tabular data, but as this example from the world of medical research—a field in which data analysis is, literally, a matter of life and death—demonstrates (see the infographic), sometimes a picture is worth a thousand data points:
The case for clarity
Visualizing the eradication of the measles virus
Source: Project Tycho (
The starkness of the before/after an impact of the measles vaccine captures the potential of data visualization and may serve as inspiration for organizations to consider how visualization can enhance or amplify cognition across finance, marketing, and many other functions. Data visualization can also be relatively inexpensive and may offer great "speed to value," with organizations often able to produce useful visualizations within a week or two of deploying an off-the-shelf tool.
Making it happen
Before evaluating the many data visualization products on the market, however, it's wise to take a step back and ask a few critical questions:
• Who is the audience, or audiences? What do they need the data for? How data–savvy are they?
• What do the various users need in terms of interactivity, mobile device usage, level of detail, and other design and interface requirements (which could get as detailed as the need to accommodate color–blindness).
• What is the desired outcome? How will it enhance decision–making, or drive better discussions, or better educate the end user?
With a specific user and need in mind, the next step is to create a basic design that can be modified as you develop a final version. Expect to work closely with users as you test and refine the visualization, particularly for more complex or interactive visualizations. For finance to become more adept at providing data in a highly visual form to different kinds of end users, it helps to define various "personas," or categories of users, because that can provide a foundation for defining the visualization that will be delivered. Some users may simply need access to a few specific metrics, perhaps delivered via a color-coded dashboard. For more sophisticated users who are performing data analysis, the intent of visualization may be to design a front end to various data sources that simplifies access to disparate systems and creates a more intuitive analytics interface.
Technologies at a glance
Whether in tandem with early design work or as a follow-on, another important step in most visualization projects will be to align the available technology to both the organizational vision and the specific audience needs. The field of visualization products is evolving at a fast pace, and there is increasing overlap. But as a general rule, today's offerings fall into three categories:
• Tools specifically designed to produce stunning visualizations, often with little (if any) training required. Vendors include Tableau, Qlik, and others. While products within this category do vary by capabilities and ease–of–use, they are generally quick to set up, can access data from multiple sources, and can be a simple way to begin to build departmental familiarity with visualization. In some cases, there are active online user communities associated with specific products, which can provide a way to glean tips on how to use them and to see how each might meet a given need.
• Broader analytics, business intelligence, and reporting platforms that often incorporate visualization capabilities, from vendors including IBM, Oracle, MicroStrategy, Microsoft, SAP, and others. These products can address more complex data platform needs and often provide wide-ranging capabilities but may require more training in order to exploit their full potential. In some cases, IT may need to be looped in to assist in integrating these tools with underlying data and related applications.
• Open-source tools. One of the best known, although certainly not the only one, is D3.js, often referred to simply as "D3" (for "data-driven documents"). It entails the use of a JavaScript library to develop interactive visualizations within websites, such as the interactive maps that newspapers often use to explore election results, demographic trends, and other forms of data-driven journalism. D3 can be useful when the visualization requires complete customization, substantial interactivity, or for developing a framework that allows you to reuse code. It does require a certain level of comfort in coding in JavaScript, and some proficiency in HTML and other languages can be useful in tapping its full potential.
Making it happen
Avoiding the pitfalls
Presenting data in a more visual form is fast becoming a core skill for many members of the finance department. But that's not to say that the effort can't misfire. Some common ways that visualization projects go off the rails include:
• Organizational inertia: As powerful as data visualization can be, and as compelling as the "speed to value" case may look on paper, it can be difficult to wean people off spreadsheets and tabular reports. Developing the right visualization solution is often a collaborative effort between finance and a given audience, in which both parties come to agree that a more visual presentation of data can result in better insights, faster decisions, or whatever the goal may be.
• Bad data: Visualization can yield faster, sharper insights, but only if the data that's being visualized is accurate, complete, and relevant. The old saying "garbage–in, garbage–out" may apply here, so before generating even a simple chart, the person or people assigned to a visualization project need to be confident that they are working with the right data.
• Poor design: This can cut both ways: in some cases, an overzealous employee may produce visualizations that are too clever by half, overstuffed with charts and interactivity that hamper rather than help the user. Worse, poor design can result in "false positives," as visualizations serve up analysis that is fundamentally flawed due to a variety of underlying data issues. In other cases, the effort can fall flat: pie charts have their uses, but as visualization becomes more common, it behooves anyone involved to learn the nuances regarding charts that address comparisons, relationships, distribution, and composition.
Avoiding the pitfalls
The big picture
Data visualization may be less a core technology than a method of amplifying the impact of the technologies that drive reporting, analytics, and other data–crunching efforts, but don't confuse "complementary" with "ancillary." That ability to amplify—and clarify—key metrics and other financial and non–financial data is crucial, both for data-driven insights and finance's ability to partner more effectively across the organization.
Moreover, given the ever-expanding trove of information being generated (think social–media postings or the sensor–generated data derived from the Internet of Things), data visualization may be key to filtering and distilling such information in real time. Gaining that competitive edge doesn't have to be an arduous process either: Organizations may find that they can progress quickly, from rudimentary pilots designed to help a small group of end users sees relevant data points more clearly, to powerful forms of data visualization that provide interactive features that enhance the ways in which more data-savvy analysts and other users explore and exploit data.
In short, data visualization can greatly improve finance's ability to tell stories. And as senior finance leaders strive to do more with their data, tapping the power of data visualization may also allow the rest of the organization to better understand the power of finance.
Meet the authors
Jim Rowan
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Adrian Tay
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Giuliana Kotikela
Specialist Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Tracy Ring
Senior Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Derek Brown
Deloitte Australia
Deloitte CFO Insights are developed with the guidance of Dr. Ajit Kambil, Global Research Director, CFO Program, Deloitte LLP; and Lori Calabro, Senior Manager, CFO Education & Events, Deloitte LLP. Special thanks to Scott Leibs, Senior Manager, CFO Program, Deloitte LLP, for his contributions to this issue.
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