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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67491 | Taxing Definitions
The Idle Asset Rule
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When you buy long-lived assets for your business and place them in service, you can take a tax deduction for depreciation to recover your investment in the asset.
“Placed in service” is defined as when the asset is first ready and available for a specifically assigned function in your business (see Income Tax Regs. Section 1.167(a)-11(e)(1)(i)).
You continue to depreciate the asset until you sell it, or its useful life ends.
What happens when you temporarily stop using an asset? Under the idle asset rule, you can continue to take depreciation deductions over the useful life of the asset. The rule applies when the asset is available for use should the occasion arise, even though you don’t actually use it.
The idle asset rule comes from a 1985 court ruling for Piggly Wiggly grocery stores, and has two requirements: (1) that you’re already engaged in the business for which you purchased the equipment, and (2) you did all that was in your power to place the equipment into service.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67500 | How to Successfully Meet the Three Biggest Marketing Challenges
How to Successfully Meet the Three Biggest Marketing Challenges
I like to believe I'm an entirely decent advertiser of my expert administrations.
All things considered, I've been busy for a long time, read several advertising books, a large number of articles and concentrated with the absolute best-promoting masters.
Yet, advertising is as yet trying for me and most of the tree experts. On the off chance that it wasn't, we'd all have a bigger number of customers than we could serve, they'd pay us high charges, and we'd never stressing where our next customers would originate from.
What's more, we wouldn't require the great many advertising mentors and advisors like me offering administrations of numerous sorts to enable you to draw in more customers.
Things being what they are, for what reason is showcasing so testing?
There are many showcasing challenges, in any case, on the off chance that you take a gander at advertising intently, there are in reality just three major difficulties that give us the most inconvenience.
Figure out how to address those difficulties and your promoting will turn out to be progressively effective, simpler, and fun.
Here are those three advertising difficulties:
Challenge #1. Obviously imparting the estimation of what you are putting forth. Somebody won't purchase your administrations on the off chance that they don't see the genuine incentive to them. Your message can't be unclear or confounding; it must be clear and valuable.
One approach to focus in on the estimation of your administration is to characterize the best three characteristics your administration has. A couple isn't sufficient; five or six will, in general, weaken your message.
Along these lines, for example, a business preparing organization should need to stress that their preparation is ensured to expand deals, improve deals certainty rapidly, and can be conveyed for all intents and purposes in 45-minute online modules.
That is straightforward and clearly valuable. That sort of clear and important message is probably going to produce consideration, intrigue, and reaction.
Appears to be basic, however not all that simple to do. I would say with a huge number of free experts, their messages will, in general, be ambiguous, not explicit, and powerless as far as esteem.
Furthermore, if that esteem isn't clear, prospects won't react.
Setting aside the effort to take a shot at your message, calibrate it, and test it until it gets an ideal reaction is a standout amongst the most significant things you can do in your business.
To prevail at this assignment you should get inside the leaders of your optimal customers and ask what they need the most, what issues they battle with every now and again, what isn't working for them, and what could make their occupations simpler and progressively profitable.
Jaynie L. Smith of Smart Advantage counselling says that 90% of organizations don't generally comprehend what their customers esteem the most. No big surprise promoting messages are so terrible.
You can improve your promoting messages by perusing and research (ask Google), sending polls to your customers (Survey Monkey), or leading a virtual centre gathering (by means of Zoom Video). At last, you need to discover their greatest difficulties and what they esteem the most.
When you have that showcasing insight, it will be significantly simpler to concocted ground-breaking advertising messages.
This is testing since it requires investment and profound thought. In any case, in the event that you understand its significance, you'll contribute your energies to think of an amazing message that makes your administration alluring, fascinating, and convincing to your optimal customers.
Challenge # 2. Making your business noticeable with rehashed impressions of your message after some time. It can take a few impressions before somebody reacts to your promoting message.
Just today, I saw a message that one of my first dimension associations had sent to me on LinkedIn. When I checked the message, I saw that he had sent me a sum of 13 messages over a one-year time frame.
The messages were in reality generally amazing. They had the correct tone and incredible suggestions to take action. It's simply that I don't give a great deal of consideration to my LinkedIn messages and had totally missed the initial 12!
He comprehended the estimation of rehash impressions after some time and had built up a framework inside LinkedIn that had empowered him to send a novel, customized message each month for a year. Truly noteworthy.
In the event that he had just sent a couple of messages, the odds are great that I wouldn't have seen them.
Once more, my involvement with most of the independently employed experts is that their showcasing permeability is, best case scenario, irregular and conflicting, and even from a pessimistic standpoint, non-existent.
As you may know, I've conveyed an email pamphlet to my rundown practically consistently for a long time. That is permeability. It's actually very basic, yet not all that simple.
On the off chance that you need to be successful at your advertising, you should recognize promoting techniques that empower you to get your message before your planned customers reliably.
Furthermore, once more, this is testing. What is the best-showcasing action for you, your identity and abilities? How might you fit something into your calendar and do it reliably, not for half a month but rather for quite a long time?
The inquiry isn't exactly what promoting systems to utilize. Systems administration, talking, blogging, email pamphlets, online classes, internet-based life, and direct effort would all be able to work.
The more significant inquiry is the thing that methodologies will work the best for you and how precisely you can actualize those procedures without wasting your time.
You're searching for demonstrated, well-ordered guidelines so you can assess if a technique is directly for you and something you can fit into your timetable all the time. Keep in mind, sporadic execution is an exercise in futility.
Actualizing perceivability procedures takes responsibility and constancy. Is developing and prevailing in your business sufficiently significant for you to attempt? In the event that it is, you'll prevail thinking optimistically technique for you.
The last test might be the most significant of all to survive.
Challenge #3. Keeping up the correct showcasing frame of mind and outlook after some time, regardless of mishaps. On the off chance that you can't keep up The 3 R's of accomplishment - duty, cleverness, and strength, your promoting will never accomplish the outcomes you need.
These 3Rs are significant.
Duty is the position that the buck stops with you. You are the special case who will figure out how to pull in customers and you won't surrender until you find that way. You won't rationalize or accuse conditions, however rather will be responsible for getting results going.
Genius is the expertise to use your gifts, and capacities to rapidly discover savvy approaches to conquer troubles and discover arrangements. What's more, to be creative, you can't be loaded with questions and fears of disappointment or dismissal. A capable individual focuses on finding a way; an ingenious individual attempts all ways imaginable until they find the most ideal way.
Flexibility might be the most dominant attribute of all. It's what empowers you to skip once again from misfortune, mishaps, and even disappointments. Furthermore, in case you're attempting to pull in extraordinary customers, you'll definitely encounter those multiple occasions. Individuals who are not flexible don't attempt, not to mention succeed.
These fundamental characteristics are hard to find. In any case, on the off chance that you work to develop those characteristics industriously, after some time, they will enable you to prevail with the initial two testing things in advertising - informing and permeability.
In spite of these three advertising difficulties - informing, permeability, and outlook - there is uplifting news.
Improving your aptitudes or capacities - even a little - in any of these three test territories will build your advertising adequacy.
There is no ideal method for handling every one of the three difficulties and you can't do it in enormous jumps that get you there medium-term. In any case, you can take a shot at all three gradually, with constancy, making little increases each week.
When you improve your messages, you'll begin to see a superior reaction in imparting to your prospects. Promoting then ends up like a game that begins with the inquiry, "How might I impart my esteem all the more plainly and intensely?"
When you increment your permeability, you'll likewise see a superior reaction on the grounds that somewhat, advertising is a numbers game. Your inquiry may be, "How might I get my message before a greater amount of the opportune individuals this month?"
Furthermore, when you improve your duty, genius, and flexibility, you'll see that playing the game winds up simpler and progressively fun. The 3Rs are the fuel that empowers you to persevere with the initial two difficulties.
Where do you begin?
You begin by conceding where you are every so often focusing on a reason (your WHY for being good to go in any case), an objective (a particular thing you need to accomplish), and to making a move (the real advances you'll actualize to arrive).
Indeed, promoting is testing. Be that as it may, meeting those difficulties is totally justified, despite all the trouble.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67504 | November 11, 2011
How to do internet tethering on iPhone without iTunes
*Update* 30/7/17 : The original links below are for a very old version of iTunes and I have removed them (the latest iTunes is 12.6.2), but the steps to download and extract the files are still relevant, and the iTunes website will auto detect your system version so that you do not have to worry about 32 or 64 bit installer. Do download the latest iTunes and extract the files. Other than winrar, you can use the free opensource tool 7zip also.
One good thing about the iPhone is I can use it like a modem and share its internet connection with another device like laptop or PC. The bad thing though is I have to install iTunes or the other device will not be able to "see" the iPhone as a modem.
Or is it really so?
Actually, the good news is the bloatware (iTunes) is not required to be installed. What is required are just the drivers. So just download the latest iTunes package, use a zip program to extract the contents (I used winrar) .
There should be a few .msi files inside. Depending on your Windows 32bit or 64bit version, you will want:
• AppleApplicationSupport.msi or AppleApplicationSupport64.msi
• AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi or AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi
Double click both files to install, and *bam*... you can now tether your iPhone's internet connection with this device.
1. Brilliant advice : ) worked a treat
2. I get an error message saying that windows does not allow this installation.
3. didnt work on win7
4. Same problem here, I'm sick of iTunes desktop app already! But don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but your solution doesn't work for me (I have Windows 10 if it matters). Anyway, I found here an app that they call iTunes portable I guess this is the prototype of the UWP application that Apple keep promising to us for years. At least, it's easy to install, it's lightweight, it works good with my iPhone 6S and iPad mini 3 either, and it has very nice and smooth performance. Maybe you guys should try this one instead) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67509 | NMTA Practice Test
In 1999, New Mexico instituted the New Mexico Teacher Assessments (NMTA), a series of tests that prospective teachers must pass in order to obtain their teaching licenses.
The tests are designed to make sure that every teacher in every classroom in the state has the necessary skills, general knowledge, and specific knowledge about their subject to do a good job of teaching students. The exams are given five times a year, in January, March, June September, and November. The time allotted for each test is four hours. Test takers will receive their official scores three to five weeks after the day of the test. Scores range from 100 to 300, and the minimum passing score is 240.
There are actually three different MNTA exams, and two of them come in several versions. The first one is the New Mexico Assessment of Basic Teacher Skills. There is only one version of this exam, and every prospective teacher is required to pass it. The test consists of 100 multiple choice questions, and one written response question. This exam tests for skills and knowledge in math, written communications, and reading comprehension.
The next exam is the New Mexico Assessment of Teacher Competency. This is a test of teaching (pedagogy) knowledge and skills, as opposed to the general subject matter of the Basic exam. There are three versions of the Teacher Competency exam: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary. Every person who wants to teach in New Mexico must pass one of these three exams. (Should a person later decide to teach another age cohort, he or she will need to pass the appropriate exam.) There are 75 multiple choice questions on each test, as well as three restricted response tasks, and one extended response task.
The third test group is the New Mexico Content Knowledge Assessments. There are currently two dozen separate exams in this group, each in a specific subject area, such as Health Education, Reading, Middle Level Mathematics, French, etc. The tests in this group consist of 100 multiple choice questions, except for language tests, which have 65 multiple choice questions, a written essay, and an oral exam.
The tests are currently given in the following geographic locations: Albuquerque, Clovis, Farmington, Gallup, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Santa Fe and Silver City. The fee for the Basic test is $52, while the fee for the Competency and Content Knowledge exams is $89. There is also a $25 registration fee for all test takers. These fees (and all other details) are subject to change, of course, but are correct as of this writing. There are excellent prep materials available for anyone who will be taking the NMTA in the future, and it’s a good idea to take advantage of one, as failing the exam can lead to postponing one’s teaching career for several months, at a minimum.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67516 | Rod Dreher:
... the other day I was part of a conversation in which people were talking about the Blagojevich mess, and I overheard an elderly veteran say, "What we need in this country is a coup. Just bring the military in and straighten things out."
I asked him if he really meant that, and if he understood what he was saying.
"Hell yeah," he said. "Look at 'em." He meant Congress and Wall Street.
I think we'll be hearing a lot more of this in the years to come.
Some of you may have read Charles Dunlap's famous early-1990s piece imagining a military coup d'etat in the near-future United States. (He also participated in a Harper's roundtable on the same theme several years ago.) But even if you have read it, you may not remember - as I did not until I looked it up - the year in which he set his coup scenario.
It was, of course, the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve.
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The Wainstones
Natural Rock Feature
"Within this parish, on the summit of the mountain that overlooks the villages of Kirkby and Broughton, there is a singular monument, called by the neighbouring people, the Wain-Stones: which, according to the most pobable etymology of the word may denote the stones of lamentation, and are probably Danish, erected in memory of some Danish cheiftain slain here. It consists of a rude collection of stones some of the of an immense size, and all apparently in their natural position, except one which stands erect and appears to have formed a part of some ancient cromlech."
The Hstory & Antiquities of Cleveland
Rev. John Graves
Pub. 1808
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67553 | Miscellany and Trivia
Anecdotes by vegetarians – One
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Lucy, Glasgow:
In Cuba, a very helpful restaurateur bent over backwards when I told him, “soy vegetarian.” However, when he served me my plate of crisps, grilled vegetables, beans and rice, he proclaimed: “But you cannot be a vegetarian – you’re not skinny!”
Anecdotes by vegetarians – Two
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Julieta, Buenos Aires, Argentina:
I am a non-meat eater in a country where vegetarianism is an exotic illness. Try telling people you don’t eat red meat in Argentina. First question is always “Why?” followed by “Are you sick?” and, later, any of the following: “Are you sure? Come on, a bit won't hurt”, or “Don’t you ever feel like you’re dying for steak?”
Anecdotes by vegetarians – Three
MTr 4
Jonathan Pagden, Chesham, Bucks:
Anecdotes by vegetarians – Four
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Damian Bown, London, England:
My sister, also a vegetarian, recounts visiting a restaurant in northern Italy asked “I am a vegetarian, is that a problem?” to which the waiter replied “Only for you madam, only for you.”
Anecdotes by vegetarians – Five
MTr 6
Laura Dover, Calgary, Canada:
When I was in (then) Czechoslovakia in 1992, I order a meatless, fishless pizza. Sure enough, they brought me a ham pizza. My Czech boyfriend berated the waitress and pointed out the meat on the pizza. “But it is chopped up in small pieces!” she exclaimed.
Anecdotes about teaching English – One
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A practical attitude
We were having a repetition class a few days before a test. I had prepared a worksheet with a set of tasks similar to those planned for the test. One of them was drawing conclusions about the past using modals (can't have, must have and so on). Among others, I prepared a cue “He was rich and handsome, but she didn't want to marry him.” I was expecting something like “She must have been in love with another man” or “She can't have loved him.” What I got instead, and quite promptly, from a very gentle and sweet 18-year-old girl was “She can't have been normal!”
Anecdotes about teaching English – Two
MTr 3 Teaching English
New York, New York!
Anecdotes about teaching English – Three
MTr 4 Teaching English
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67554 | Best Practices for Writing Effective Legal Email and Memos
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Best Practices for Writing Effective Legal Email and Memos
When a partner or associate asks for a legal memo or email regarding a legal topic, he or she is asking for a complete analysis of one or more legal topics. This memo can help form the basis of important decisions, such as whether or not a case should be taken. Additionally, a legal memo can establish the foundation for other legal documents, such as preliminary motions, motions in limine and briefs to the court. These guidelines can help provide the foundation for strong legal writing.
Write for Your Audience
Before writing one sentence on a legal pad or typing one line in a computer, it is important to understand who you are writing for. One partner may want a basic analysis of the legal issues involved with answers right up front while another may prefer a more thorough analysis that builds on the prior section. Knowing what is expected can help an individual to use legal writing techniques that are best suited for the situation.
Identify the Issues
This is a critical preliminary step to creating effective legal writing. You should be aware of the major legal issues that are involved in the case. Narrowing down the scope of your legal memo or email can help you hone your attention to the details that really mater. Counterarguments should also be included in the memo.
Organize the Memo
Memos have standard sections, such as the statement of the case, issue presented and conclusion. Besides the standard sections, include sections for each sub-part of an issue that arises. For example, if one of the issues involves a particular crime or tort, include a sub-section for each element of the crime or tort. This can help clarify each component that is involved in the case and make the memo or email easier to digest.
Start Strong, End Strong
Include the answer in every relevant first sentence. This allows a lawyer to get a quick answer to the question that he or she has. It should include a definitive answer to the legal issue at hand and should not include boilerplate language. Likewise, the last sentence should end with a conclusive sentence that is based on the preceding content.
Include the Other Side
While a lawyer may want to hear that he or she is right about a particular issue, it is more important that you give a clear analysis of the issues at hand. Do not try to manipulate the facts so that you are only giving one side to the argument. Include an analysis of the facts that hurt your case, as well as the relevant cases that stand contrary to your position.
Be Concise
Legal memos require you to strike a balance between thoroughly researching the topic at hand while keeping the content as concise as possible. This balance can be achieved by including detailed headings and clear section breaks so that a reader can easily follow your logic and argument as he or she reads the legal memo or email.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67607 | Is Compulsive Hair Pulling an Addiction?
Trichotillomania is classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition (DSM5) as a Body-Focussed Repetitive Behaviour (BFRB), within the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Spectrum. This suggests that while the behaviours of compulsive hair pulling are related to OCD, it is not an OCD in itself, but is better defined with similar conditions in its own category. BFRBs are characterized by repetitive, direct body-to-body contact, which unintentionally causes physical harm to the body. While the urge to engage in these behaviours are defined as compulsions, some have described the inability to stop picking and the irresistable nature of the urge to be similar to addiction. An estimated 25% of people suffering from a BFRB are also addicts. And, since underreporting is an unfortunate but very true phenomena in both trichotillomania and addiction, it’s likely these numbers are even higher. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that trich, nor any of the other BFRBs is an addiction, it only points to a high comorbidity, which can be influenced by many other factors. To understand the connection, one needs to first understand what what an addiction and a compusion is.
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What is addiction?
Most will agree that an addiction constitutes a dependence on something that causes the addict to act beyond reason or without cares for their own self-preservation in order to satisfy the addiction. Compulsion, on the other hand, implies something that is done out of an overwhelming urge that the person feels they cannot control, and although functioning is negatively impacted, there is no dependency on the behaviour. Often, compulsions are a part of addiction, though not always: OCD, for example, involves many compulsive behaviors which would not be considered addictions. Likewise, an addiction might become a compulsion when the activity or substance no longer provides pleasure – only an escape from the desire to continue engaging in the activity or substance.
The Difference Between Addiction and Compulsion
Another key disticntion for whether something is addictive or compulsive is insight and awareness. Although trichotillomania is largely undiagnosed, this is more because there is lack of awareness by the general public that it is a known clinical condition and because the embarrassing nature of the behaviour often results in people suffering in silence. However, people who engage in compulsive hair pulling are highly aware that their behavior is harmful to themselves even while engaging in the behaviour. In fact one of the DSM5 criteria for a diagnosis of trich is that the individual will have attempted on more than one occasion to stop pulling and failed. One could argue that addicts also make attempts to stop engaging in their addictive behaviours. However, this level of insight usually only comes after extensive damage to both self and social circumstances, with input from those around the person with the addiction. In general, people with addictions tend lack awareness that there is a problem or of the harm their behaviours or actions are inflicting on themselves or those around them with their actions, particularly while they are experiencing the urge to succumb to their addictions or while engaging in the behaviour.
Is Trichotillomania an Addiction or a Compulsion?
With compulsive hair pulling, the line between addiction and compulsion is even fuzzier, with varying opinions from hair pullers themsleves and experts in the field as to the difference. On the one hand the element of pleasure that is often found in hair pulling is completely lacking in OCD, and the obsessive thoughts that are the hallmark of OCD are rarely found in trichotillomania. Instead, trichotillomania hits some of the major signs of substance abuse disorder and other addictive personality patterns: engaging in something harmful despite being aware of its negativity, feelings of inability to control oneself, the overwhelming urge to pick at skin, and pleasurable or relieved feelings that accompany and follow the act.
The personal experiences of hair pullers often closely mirror the personal experiences of habitual substance abusers, as well. People with trich often report feelings of intense shame, embarrassment, and self-hatred or anger associated with pulling. Many people with hair pulling disorder will say that they are only going to pull a few strands of hair or pluck a few strands of eyebrow, then find themselves hours or more later still pulling. They report feeling intense pleasure in the moment followed by feelings of grief and shame. These feelings are not only similar to the feelings of substance abusers, they’re nearly identical. Imagine the alcoholic who swears to only have one drink, only to end up blacking out and waking up with a hangover and feeling guilty and embarrassed.
Pleasure not Pain
If pleasure is one of the defining characteristics that make hair pulling a possible addiction, where does that pleasure come from? According to Dr. Joseph Shrand, of Harvard Medical School, CASTLE, and High Point Treatment Centers, any sort of physical pain, releases a certain amount of endorphins into the bloodstream. Endorphins are similar to morphine and offers the same sort of pleasurable experience; any sort of self-injury is likely a habit formed based on the desire for endorphins. But can you really be addicted to endorphins, one of our body’s natural hormones? Likely so; consider the addictive properties of gambling, which also requires no outside chemical or hormone, or the addictive properties of “thrill seeking”, in which people can become addicted to the release of adrenaline. Endorphins give us relief from the emotional pain we may be feeling – if only temporarily – while also numbing the physical pain in the immediate moment.
Does it matter how we classify it?
Being able to treat body focused repetitve behaviors (BFRBs) such trichotillomania as an addiction rather than as a part of OCD, can open up new treatment options and paths to recovery. The more knowledge and awareness we have of this often-overlooked condition, the more specific research we can do, and the more experimental medications and treatments we can employ.
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About Transport Tycoon
Transport Tycoon was published by Microprose in 1994 as an improvement of Sid Meier's original Railroad Tycoon. One year later Chris Sawyer developed Transport Tycoon Deluxe, also published by Microprose. Until today, Transport Tycoon Deluxe is by far the most compelling and exciting transport simulator ever pusblished.
Although not sold in stores anymore you can try to obtain a copy of Transport Tycoon (Original or Deluxe) from several internet locations. A list of working download locations can be found in this topic. The list is frequently being maintained. If you have doubts about the legality of downloading it you might want to know that Atari, the successor of Microprose, can't be bothered to find out if they have the rights of Transport Tycoon. Chris Sawyer, the developer, indicated that he doesn't have the rights for sure.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67619 | Glowing Orbs That Form Triangles Over Detroit, Michigan Say Fox News, Jan 2013.
Date of sighting: January 2013
Location of sighting: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fox News States:
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) -- Thursday night the Fox 2 newsroom and our Facebook page got several reports of strange lights in the skies over metro Detroit. People were wondering what they were seeing?
"I've been watching the airplanes tonight and it wasn't quite as high as them," said David Levy. "You could actually see the triangle shape of the object."
"Up in the sky we saw a triangle-shaped object with about five lights flashing heading north."
Lisa wrote, "I [saw] some in Southgate but thought it was fireworks and weird for [January]"
Nick wrote, "I assumed they were planes. They were flying in the same direction. I watched them for about 10 minutes and I counted four or five of them. I'm over in St. Clair Shores."
Mario wrote, "I [saw] it in Eastpointe off Nine Mile. It was something crazy."
"It's very possible that people are seeing military aircraft that they haven't notified us about yet like the spy planes or also the stealth aircraft that have been flying in our skies now for a few years. It's well known that they were testing these aircraft well before they notified people that they even existed. Now on top of all that, we have unmanned drones up in the sky and those things really look strange, especially for somebody that has no idea what they could even be," said Konkolesky.
We did put some calls into Selfridge Air National Guard Base and the Federal Aviation Administration and didn't get any reaction.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67634 | The National Holiday We Used To Celebrate In November Until Thanksgiving Came Along
Did you know there's an American holiday on Nov. 25?
It's called Evacuation Day, and thanks to President Abraham-freaking-Lincoln, celebrations for this important historical holiday fell by the wayside when he declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
I particularly enjoyed the rather poignant thought she raises around 3:18 about the dates we choose to celebrate, especially on a holiday where we're supposed to be thankful:
"Americans are always so excited about the beginning of a war ... what if we celebrated how we used to be good at ending them?"
And now that we've gotten that out of the way...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67641 | While nearly 138 million Americans voted in the presidential election, the stunning electoral victory of Donald Trump came down to upsets in just a handful of states that Hillary Clinton was expected to win. It has been cold comfort for Democrats that Clinton won the popular vote—at the last count, she was up by about 2.5 million votes, and climbing, as ballots continue to be counted. Even more distressing is the tiny margin by which Clinton lost Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—three states that were supposed to be her firewall in the Rust Belt, but that ultimately tipped the electoral college map decisively in Trump’s favor.
Trump’s margin of victory in those three states? Just 79,316 votes.
This latest number comes from Decision Desk’s final tally of Pennsylvania’s votes, where Trump won 2,961,875 votes to Clinton’s 2,915,440, a difference of 46,435 votes. Add that to the official results out of Wisconsin, where Clinton lost by 22,177 votes, and Michigan, which she lost by 10,704 votes, and there you have it: 0.057 percent of total voters cost Clinton the presidency.
It is not entirely unusual for the electoral college to be lost by such a slim margin. In 2000, Al Gore lost Florida (and therefore the election) by 1,754 votes, triggering a painfully drawn out recount drama that only ended with a Supreme Court ruling. And in 2004, John Kerry lost to George W. Bush by losing Ohio by a little over 118,000 votes. But it is worth considering just how few voters ultimately set the country on its current, arguably terrifying course. The 79,316 people who voted for Trump in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—all states that Democrats carried since 1992—is less than the entire student body of Penn State (97,494 students), or only slightly more than the number of people who attended Desert Trip, the Baby Boomer-friendly music festival colloquially known as “Oldchella.” If you put all these voters in the Rose Bowl, there would be slightly over 13,000 seats left over. There are more people living in Nampa, Idaho, a city you have never heard of.
To put things in even more painful perspective, Green Party candidate Jill Stein won about 130,000 votes in those three states. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson won about 422,000.
But perhaps the most painful data point for Clinton is this: the Democratic nominee for president never made a single campaign stop during the general election, and largely neglected Pennsylvania and Michigan, too, while Trump canvassed all three states relentlessly. His furious, last-minute blitz throughout the Rust Belt to win white, working-class voters, combined with the lack of resources Clinton invested, essentially handed their combined 46 electoral votes to Trump. Instead, Clinton spent the last few weeks of her campaign expending resources in places like Arizona and Texas—states which went for Trump by huge margins. |
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We Caught Up With Legowelt, Techno's Favourite Mystical Weirdo
His new album 'Crystal Cult 2080' is, of course, brilliant.
by Lauren Martin
24 April 2014, 5:40pm
He's one of the most innovative, hard-working and consistent producers working in techno today, but Legowelt is also - maybe necessarily - one of the oddest, too. He runs a cyberpunk e-zine, owns so many synths that his Hague home is fit to bursting with them, and his new album Crystal Cult 2080 is inspired (in part) by 9th century Medieval ritual chanting and polyphonic rhythms. No big deal.
We absolutely love Crystal Cult 2080 at THUMP, so we caught up with the Dutch producer to chat about his influences, practises, and if techno can still be a rebellious sound.
THUMP: Your music as Legowelt has always had an active interest in mysticism and the occult, and it's probably it's most overt on Crystal Cult 2080. What about it all is attractive to you as a producer?
Legowelt: Music itself is, of course, very mystic. It has always been used in mystic rites. If you look at house and techno music, it's a kind of occult - from a certain perspective. People try to get entranced or take certain substances to get into a higher dimension.
How does this work for you in practise though?
Legowelt: Musical notes and certain frequencies work on your brain in a certain way. It's occult because people don't really know what's really going on, but they're compelled by it. As you can hear on the album, there are strong influences from Medieval music. In the Western world - around the 9th century I believe – they started using polyphonic music in Christian churches. That music came from the east, and was used to influence you to the point of being in a trance-like state.
Conveying this then, do you think the trance-like state your techno works towards in quite an inward experience? It doesn't sound like you're aiming for much of a collective, dance floor vibe.
Legowelt: It's inwards, definitely. This album should be an inward experience.
How do you think you've translated these ancient ideas into modern techno?
Legowelt: The drums are a more stylistic translation that I put into the music, but Medieval music was also very simple in rhythm. It was just one drum playing the same pattern all the time, so it's not that difficult to make a transition to a more modern-sounding thing. They're very similar. Techno music is a little bit faster, and it's made with electronic instruments, but in the end, it's pretty much the same. Techno should be simple.
And the chanting on the album too. Lines like "Drink from the chalice, and you will be reborn".
Legowelt: In certain tracks, definitely. That's a Medieval kind of chanting. That "Drink from the chalice" line is a sample from the Excalibur movie. That's a nice old-school rave style sample; if you hear it in the club, you cam drink from the chalice and be reborn through techno music.
How did you find the sample? Are you a fan of the film?
Legowelt: I was talking with TLR (the owner of the Crème Organization label), joking around about music, and we said it would be cool to take a sample from that movie.
Do you discuss your music with friends as you're making it; take suggestions, play material to them?
Legowelt: Occasionally, but not on a very intense level. Sometimes an idea is born when talking or hanging out, like "Oh, it would be funny to make a track about this and that". It's more for details like track selection and order. There's always an element of influence by other people, however. Ideas and concepts often sneak into the music subconsciously.
I know you named the album after the digital synth that you used to make it. You flit between analogue and digital synths a lot these days. What attracted you to that particular synth for this album?
Legowelt: That's difficult to say. I like when music is very.... unclear. It's nice when you walk down the street and it's foggy. Your imagination works differently because you cannot see things clearly; only shadows and outlines. If you use a lot of misty, foggy effects - like old delays, reverbs and filters - the music becomes more shadowy. You can still hear the melodies, but they're a little more buried - and you can start to pick out how the counter-melodies interact with other melodies. I would hope it makes it more exciting to listen to. The listener can discover secret melodies, and their imagination can be tested.
For me, it really doesn't matter what you use to make music because inside the hardware there's a computer chip too. That whole hardware vs software, digital vs analogue thing, it's completely not important for me. The way I see it? They're all instruments. I think purism is a very bad thing, because then you confine yourself too much. Purism can be a dead end.
What have you been influenced by musically in the making of Crystal Cult 2080?
Legowelt: Well, a lot of Detroit stuff, definitely. My track 'Experiential Awakening' is very much influenced by the Detroit sounds of DJ Stingray. I listen to a lot of Actress. I enjoy how he uses melodies. It's very weird. He also has this foggy, misty vibe to his music. There are a lot of influences from Aphex Twin's old sound, too. If you listen to certain tracks - especially his early 90s tracks, where he used break beats and the R8 Roland drum machine - you can hear those influences in my music quite well, I think. His melodies are really good. They seem quite fragmental. Huerco S also has that same vibe where he has fragmentary melodies. It just stops and starts - then disappears. Some of the tracks seem very harmonic in the way the melodies go. I find all of them very interesting.
How do you think the new album differentiates itself from your last one, The Paranormal Soul?
Legowelt: The tracks are more detailed. As the melodies go, they're a bit more advanced. The last album was mainly just a dance floor album, and this one goes a little deeper. The production is also a bit, woolier.
I know you made most of the album in different places across an extended period of time. The album does sound very cohesive though. What's your routine like, when you have an idea for a track?
Legowelt: When it's recorded somewhere else, I just make a sketch. The end stage was done here in my home studio, which explains why it all sounds coherent. How the melodies work, and the certain vibe of a track, I can still do that in a hotel room, on a computer, with one machine.
Is that quite typical of your work then, grabbing ideas and laying them down in the moment?
Legowelt: I enjoy doing that because I always have this urge. When I'm chilling in the hotel room, I just get the machines out and start jamming.
For you live show too, are you going to focus on the synth you used to produce the album, or switch it up between analogue and digital again?
Legowelt: That depends on where I play, and if I can bring a synthesiser. Sometimes I take an analogue synth with me, sometimes a digital synth, and sometimes it's just the laptop with the controller. It all depends on how I feel, and what the club situation is.
Do you think that the aesthetics and sounds of the occult is a way of putting across techno as a rebellious or counter-cultural kind of music still, after it's become a more commercial genre?
Legowelt: Of course it existed already in the 80s, with Psychic TV. They also had a very mystical culture around their music, which is very interesting. They had the Temple of Psychic Youth. I guess that influenced this whole mystical, occult vibe around it, and that was very counter-cultural back then. I think that if any kind of music has a culture around it, then it's mysterious. I don't think of it being a counter-culture or a rebellious thing. It's just the music that I make. I can imagine how it would be rebellious, because it's against the normal pedestrian ways of thinking. I guess that's what I've always been, to a certain degree.
What do you think techno needs to do to keep pushing forward?
Legowelt: There should always be people that push it further, or do stuff that other people don't do. Who just do their own stuff, and not be influence by peer pressure from the outside. I guess that's the main thing of being rebellious. Do something you want yourself - that comes from within yourself - and don't pay too much attention to what others think about it and say. You should just, do it.
You always seem to treat music as a labour of love. Your output is crazy, and you must work constantly. What do you think the climate of electronic music production is like right now, particularly with the immense ease and access within software and social networks?
Legowelt: It's a very good thing, because if you want to make music now you can start within a week because everything is on the internet. There's video manuals, how to operate a synthesiser, how to sequence music – you can train yourself within a week. You've got so many connections with social media and forums, there's a place for everybody where they can just hang out and grow. I guess almost every artist that's come out in the last 15 years. Their career started on the Internet.
Do you think that's overly positive?
Legowelt: I don't see why it wouldn't it positive. There's not much of another way. There are labels that only press on vinyl and only sell in records stores, but it's through the internet that people know about it. It's just an essential part of everybody's life right now. I wouldn't see any other way.
You can follow Lauren Martin on Twitter here: @codeinedrums
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The Singer of The Offspring Makes Hot Sauce, and It's Actually Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Gringo Bandito is about to celebrate the sale of its one millionth bottle. We spoke with Holland to find out how the hell he got in the hot sauce business and why you should give his sombrero-emblazoned hot sauce an honest shot.
by Javier Cabral
Dec 10 2016, 12:00am
While the puns that one could make upon discovering that the frontman for The Offspring also happens to also be a successful hot sauce entrepreneur are virtually endless, we'll spare you most of them, except one.
Dexter Holland's hot sauce is, indeed, pretty fly for a white guy's.
Gringo Bandito is about to celebrate the sale of its one millionth bottle, and while the sauce is mostly made of habanero chiles and ripe, red jalapeños, it has more flavor than lip-burning heat. It captures that wonderful brightness and acidity that comes in many chiles, but as Holland put it, it's still "easy on the pooper." (Sorry.) It's already been proclaimed one of the best hot sauces to come out of California by even the most critical of hot sauce aficionados, and we wouldn't be surprised if it ends up having a permanent spot in your home pantry, since it's great on just about everything.
We called Holland on a sunny Thursday afternoon in Southern California to find out how the hell he got in the hot sauce business, what The Offspring's version of a Gringo Bandito theme song would sound like, and why you should give his sombrero-emblazoned hot sauce an honest shot.
MUNCHIES: Hi, Dexter. How did you go from singing in an influential punk rock band to making hot sauces? Dexter Holland: It was just something that seemed cool. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I grew up in Southern California and Hispanic culture is part of how I was raised. I love Mexican food and I love hot sauce, so one day I thought, Hey—I should try making one! It turns out that making a good hot sauce is a lot harder than you might think.
Then again, "Do something that you like and don't worry about [whether] you know how to do it or not" has always been my philosophy. I mean, when we started The Offspring, none of us even had instruments. We just thought it would be fun to start a band. It's kind of the same with hot sauce. There wasn't much information on how to make your own hot sauce out there when I first started 12 years ago, so it took me two years to come up with the recipe.
This is a full-on DIY outfit. I developed the first recipe myself and we bottle it ourselves, I didn't just lend my name to a product. It's more fun this way. It's punk rock.
Do you cook much at home? I make stuff in the crockpot: enchiladas, tortilla soup, and things like that. That's as far as I go.
What's the story behind your hot sauce's name? In Spanish, the word "bandito" doesn't exist, but I just thought that added to the gringo vibe of the hot sauce. I just wanted to fuck things up a little bit. I mean, it's definitely fair to say that I'm a gringo and I'm about as white as you can be. But I just have a real affection for Latin culture. The name is self-deprecating.
Would you ever write an Offspring song inspired by your hot sauce? You know, I've thought about writing a song named "Gringo Bandito" but that sort of thing is a little tricky. It's hard to write about things that you love without being cheesy. I don't want to be too cheesy or the song to be dumb and just have the lyrics be, "I love hot sauce! I love hot sauce!"
Dexter Holland. Photo courtesy of Chapman Baehler
How would you describe the flavor of the hot sauce? I wanted a hot sauce that wasn't just hot. I wanted it to taste good. When people get into the hot sauce business, they get competitive. Like, they want to have the hottest hot sauce to prove that they can take the heat. For me, it was flavor over heat. My hot sauce is probably just a little less hot than Tabasco, so you can definitely handle it. The greatest compliment I ever got was from Gustavo Arellano of OC Weekly. He said that my hot sauce never overpowers anything; it only adds to the flavor of things.
Once a year, we do a private reserve label with a special batch that changes every year depending on new chiles that I find. This year, we used yellow Moruga to keep it fresh and interesting. We only make a few hundred bottles of that, and it makes a great gift because we offer it with a T-shirt.
Why should people try your hot sauce? I get it when people are loyal to a brand like Tabasco, Cholula, or whatever. I think that's cool, but you gotta mix it up a little every once in a while. I started this hot sauce because I'm a fan of hot sauces, and I definitely think our hot sauce is worthy of being in your quiver of hot sauces.
Are you ever concerned that people won't take your hot sauce seriously because you're white, or because you're in a band? I don't look at it like that at all. I don't feel I'm better or that I've made this hot sauce better than any other Mexican brand. I'm a fan, and if anything, this is a tribute to all off the Mexican food I grew up eating and loving. I think people get it and won't take it too seriously because of the label. It is of a white dude wearing a Pancho Villa hat, after all.
Any tips for what we should be eating or drinking with the hot sauce? I'd probably have a tequila, because with some hot sauce and some tequila, you'll be all set.
Thanks for speaking with me.
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What is Subversion?
Subversion is an open source version control system (VCS) that you will often see abbreviated to ‘SVN’.
If you want to learn how to code, developing good habits is essential.
Subversion will help you to stay organized as you develop your own scripts.
As you develop software, you’ll need to manage the different revisions and ensure changes are properly tracked.
To make it easier for developers to track code changes, Subversion (SVN) hosting offers easily accessible repositories and a Web interface.
Understanding Version Control
A repository is a data structure that exists on a disk. The repository stores the metadata of files or a directory structure.
The data in the repository may exist on one single server, as is the case with a Subversion repository, or it may be duplicated and distributed across all user’s systems, as is the case with Git (a popular version control system).
What Data do Repositories Contain?
Repositories contain information such as:
• A record of the historical changes in the repository
• A set of commit objects (this is a record of the changes to the repository)
• Heads, which is the name for a set of references to the commit objects
Did you know?: You may already have Subversion installed on your computer. On a Mac, simply type “svn” into your terminal. If the response is svn help information, then Subversion is installed. You’re only a few steps away from running a Subversion server from your device. Google “set up svn server” and add your operating system to the query.
What Subversion (SVN) Does
Subversion is used to track different versions of a project, such as a software application, while it’s in active development. It saves snapshots of each file and helps developers to monitor changes and backtrack if they need to.
On an extremely basic level, Subversion monitors:
• File operations (such as renaming, copying, and moving files)
• Directories
• Files that are being worked on
• The activities of different collaborators
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Facilitating collaborative and remote teamwork between designers and developers is a key feature of Subversion. In this example, clicking on a code section reveals which team member (in this case, Sascha) added it and when. (Image courtesy of Cornerstone 3.)
It also produces a log file in XML format, so it’s easy to see what’s been changed, and who changed it. Changes to any file can be rolled back.
One of Subversion’s biggest strengths is its ability to track work over a network, or over the web.
This makes it ideal for collaborative projects, hence its popularity with the open source community.
From the command line, it is run using the svn command, which gives it its abbreviated name.
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Timeline: Subversion users can access the history of files and quickly hone in on branch points. (Image courtesy of Cornerstone 3.)
For those who don’t want to use the command line interface (CLI) there are Subversion GUI clients like TortoiseSVN, SmartSVN, RabbitVCS, and Cornerstone 3.
Subversion was not the first entrant to this sector.
It is a modern take on the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), which itself was a reworking of the Revision Control System (RCS).
The latter was developed for simple development tasks. CVS was used to coordinate developers who worked at different times to prevent them overlapping each others’ work.
Subversion replaces and improves on CVS, which is now rarely updated.
Being able to compare code versions side-by-side is another key feature of Subversion. (Image courtesy of XVersion, a Subversion GUI for Macs.)
Subversion can be used with SSH. This ensures a secure connection between the Subversion client and the SVN server by encrypting all passwords and data.
History of Subversion
The first version of Subversion was formally released in 2004 by CollabNet after four years in development.
CollabNet specifically wanted to replace CVS, the system it was currently using, and sought developers who were up to the challenge. One of the people who signed up was Jim Blandy who was working for Red Hat Software at the time.
As the freeware market exploded, Subversion became the default choice for version control.
It has been used to measure development on many prominent projects, including projects managed by Google.
Subversion was formally brought into the Apache family in 2010.
Subversion is now known as Apache Subversion and is maintained by a community of developers. Its open source position makes it accessible for all. CollabNet contributes financially to keep the project going.
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Subversion helps collaborative teams manage complexity. This example shows how easy it can be to edit others’ changes. (Image courtesy of Cornerstone 3, a Subversion GUI for Macs.)
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There are three main audiences for this type of software:
1. Coders who are working on a collaborative project
2. Technical writers developing documentation for a website or app
3. Web developers updating and improving website designs
However, Subversion can be used for practically any collaborative project.
You could write a recipe book and invite others to improve your recipes. You could create a series of playlists and let others edit and expand on them.
An example of how Subversion can be used to compare and select images for a software project. This screenshot is from Cornerstone 3, a Subversion GUI for Macs.
However, remember that Subversion has quite a lot of specialized features, and it will be overkill for many small projects that don’t require granular versioning.
Subversion makes simple file editing and other basic tasks far more complicated, so it’s only appropriate if you can justify that extra admin.
Subversion (SVN) vs Git
Git is the most popular version control system today. Let’s look at some differences between the open source project and SVN.
SVN is centralized, meaning that only the Subversion server has the repository with the complete file history. Git is fully-distributed, meaning it contains multiple redundant repositories. So, each user can have a complete copy of the repository, giving them quick access to file history.
SVN is slower since users have to communicate over the network to access the SVN repository server. Much faster since all operations are performed locally.
Subversion has more interface tools than Git. The primary user interface of Git is through the command line.
An SVN server contains all of the of the materials and branches related to the project. Not everything related to the project is necessarily stored in the same location. This may lead to confusion for users.
You can assign distinct permissions to separate files and directories. Git assumes all contributors to the project have the same permission rights.
SVN repositories are larger and take up more server space. Git repositories are much smaller.
Users will only have access to the repository when connected to the internet. Users can have access when they’re disconnected from the network.
If something happens to the Subversion server, the repository may be lost completely.
Git is more reliable since each user has a backup of the repository.
Version control includes being able to identify, locate, and address code conflicts. This example shows two versions of code, side-by-side, with a conflict identified in the bottom pane. This is the merge conflict tool in GitKraken, a popular Git GUI.
What are the Web Hosting Requirements for Subversion?
Subversion saves a file path and a revision number for every file in the project. It does not host any files itself, so its data represents links to files rather than the files.
This means Subversion can run on a relatively small disk space allocation.
However, not all hosts offer Subversion because it’s so specialized.
Look for specific details on the host’s site, and submit pre-sales questions to make sure you’ll get what you need.
Make sure your host can make Subversion private, and ensure it won’t plaster your install with advertising.
If you have a large team, check you won’t be charged extra for sharing.
Backup provision is strongly recommended.Don’t rely on your host’s backups, since they’re almost certainly private to the host, and you won’t be allowed access to them.
Pay for a good quality cloud backup service, or buy an appropriate service as an add-on to your hosting plan.
If Subversion is central to your project, the extra cost will be justified.
Pros and Cons of Using Subversion
To wrap things up, here’s a brief summary of pros and cons of using Subversion.
Subversion Pros
• Subversion is centralized which means data is only stored in one place. This keeps things simple.
• You have the option of working with an intuitive graphical interface if you choose an SVN GUI client such as TortoiseSVN or Cornerstone 3.
• Contains the full revision history of all directories, renames, and file metadata.
• Much more simple and understandable when compared to Git for people who aren’t experienced developers.
Cons of Using Subversion
• Subversion is centralized which makes it less ideal for open-source projects.
• SVN isn’t as fast or reliable as Git.
• Users must stay on top of updates since the repositories are all stored on a single server.
• In the event of SVN server failure, changes since the last backup will be lost.
Recommended Reading
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• What is Subversion?
Subversion is a collaborative software tools for developers. It allows distributed workforces and teams that work simultaneously on the same codebase to keep track of each other’s progress and saving a revision history.
• Do I need a special software to use Subversion?
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• What programming languages does Subversion support?
It includes language bindings for C#, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, and Java.
• What are the alternatives to Subversion?
Git is a widely used solution for version control and is probably the most commonly used alternative to Subversion. There are also over 20 commercial version control systems available from many leading software and hardware manufacturers. You can also use CVS, which was a predecessor to Subversion, but it is no longer in active development.
• What are the requirements for Subversion web hosting?
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CVS was used to coordinate developers who worked at different times to prevent them overlapping each others’ work. Subversion replaces and improves on CVS, which is no longer in active development. Another major benefit of using Subversion is that it is easier on resources than CVS as it requires much less server memory.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67721 | How to Act Like Miharu Rokujo (for Girls)
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Miharu Rokujo is the main character from the anime and manga Nabari no Ou. He is depicted as a fourteen year old schoolboy who acts severely apathetic, and is a good object for cosplaying.
1. 1
Watch the anime and read the manga to familiarize yourself with how he looks, sounds, moves and acts.
2. 2
Make your voice sound neutral, meaning you can't sound too pitchy or too deep. Test your voice change; But keep in mind, you don't really have to change it a lot. Keep your voice but just make it sound really bored and apathetic.
3. 3
Try to be as apathetic and indifferent as possible. Look like you don't care about normal (or abnormal) things, this doesn't mean never smile (because that's impossible), just don't walk into class with a big grin or an angry scowl.
4. 4
Don't show emotion on your face. Try not to look mindless, just a bored expression will do, Miharu always looks like he's bored. But with an extremely close friend like Miharu was with Yoite, you can lighten up and show a little emotion. Not just with anyone though. One or two people is fine.
5. 5
Lessen your smiles and laughter. Remember, you can laugh as much as you want over a joke by yourself in a quiet place, in your own mind, or at home, but when a person tells you a joke, or something funny or joyful, don't smile or laugh. Be nice, express your emotions by your words, and not by your facial expression.
6. 6
Don't overreact. Not ever. Even if something happens to be funny to others, just watch them laugh and pretend to insult them under your breath. When something is surprising, pretend that you already knew about it or just walk away.
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Just because you're trying to act like Miharu doesn't mean you have to wear men's clothing. Just wear straight/skinny but not too skinny jeans and a normal shirt. Miharu doesn't really care what he wears and he's somewhat androgynous. Even though he doesn't care, he still doesn't want to look like a slob. So just wear normal jeans, converse, and a shirt. Nothing baggy or flashy.
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Have a neat yet messy hairstyle. Miharu's hair is neat because it is short and close to his head, yet messy because it's flying in every different direction. One example is a ponytail. It's neat because it's pulled back, yet it can be messy when you leave strands out in the front.
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Don't Be Negative OR Positive. Miharu isn't someone who hates the world, he may be indifferent and apathetic but he isn't mean or cruel either.
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Always stay on guard. Always be aware of what's around you. Examine the room carefully but quickly. Don't Show your emotions, especially when your working. Try maintaining the straight face. Staying quiet is one of the best techniques, but people around you may think your eavesdropping so stay focused and when somebody calls you .Keep the same face and don't move an inch and ignore them until they come to you.
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Practice by watching movies that make you laugh, smile, cry, or react in some other way. Concentrate intently on your face and body. Make sure that you do not react physically in any way. Reacting in your head is fine, but it cannot extend to your face or body.
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Be extremely sarcastic.
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Talk less: Not just meaning listen more, but also, literally, speaking as little as possible during the day. During class, do not speak to anybody unless spoken to by a teacher.
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Pay attention and work hard in class. Choose a desk at the far back of the class, a desk by itself away from your class group, but not so far to the point where you aren't able to pay attention or can't see what the teacher is saying.
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• Never show need or dependency on any person.
• Move and speak as little as possible. Do everything efficiently as if you are lazy, but always keep good posture.
• When changing your voice, always keep it bored and somewhat monotonous. Miharu doesn't inflect his voice much.
• Avoid thinking humorous or cheerful thoughts. It may be hard, especially when you're told not to, but this is very important to remember, or you may find yourself laughing out loud when you shouldn't - which could lead to some awkward situations. One way to do this is through reverse psychology, telling yourself to think of happy things, so you do the opposite.
• You can have 1 or 2 close friends, just keep them at certain distance and don't be dependent on them.
• Pay attention at school, just because you're acting like Miharu doesn't mean your grades have to suffer.
• You may be called a lot of names (emo, weirdo, outcast) just don't pay attention to these people an continue being special, remember, they are just trying to figure you out by categorizing you.
• Being too mysterious could make people -- especially your parents -- think that you're up to something not good. Keep it low, and don't go overboard.
• If you don't want to look like a guy, then don't do this.
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• "Pixie cut" hair
• Monotonal voice
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Omihachiman is a city found in Shiga, Japan. It is located 35.13 latitude and 136.10 longitude and it is situated at elevation 91 meters above sea level.
Omihachiman has a population of 69,189 making it the 4th biggest city in Shiga. It operates on the JCST time zone, which means that it follows the same time zone as Otsu-shi.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67773 | Apple doesn't want you to use your iPhone as much -- it wants you to use it more
At WWDC 2018, for every feature that tried to help you use your phone less, there was at least one that tempted you to use it more.
WWDC 2018: Can Apple cure us of smartphone addiction? Smartphone addiction could be the next big tech data privacy scandal. Larry Dignan and Jason Hiner dissect Apple's plan to curb mobile screen time.
Video: WWDC 2018: Can Apple cure us of smartphone addiction?
It's our own fault.
We've become so attached to our phones that we've forgotten how to look people in the eye.
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Unless we're talking to them on FaceTime, that is.
So, when Apple's fine executives took to the WWDC 2018 stage last Monday, they were a tortured bunch.
They know that smartphone addiction is a big problem. They also know that an increasing amount of human interaction -- and even work -- is being conducted through phones.
So, like every good lover or shrink, they showed that they understand.
Here was a new Screen Time feature that showed you just how obsessive your phone use really is. And there was was a new timer that reminded you just how many minutes (or hours) you've just wasted on some vacuous app.
But look over here, everyone! Memojis. Because we know that mere emojis were never going to be enough, we created Animojis. You got used to those, didn't you? Well, we pumped out enough ads about them to get you excited, didn't we? So here's something that turns an Animoji into something even more, well, personal! Because you can never be too personal with your animation, can you?
The whole thing was a perfect depiction of our torn times.
We tell ourselves that we're heading in a troubled, gadget-absorbed direction. Yet we can't resist owning more gadgets and, worse, allowing those gadgets to be the focal point of our lives.
We tell ourselves that we need them to turn our lights on and off. We need them to open our cars. We need them to take pictures of our dinner. We even need to talk to them because they'll always do what we tell them to.
Read also: How to install the iOS 12 beta (TechRepublic)
Well, unless they have Siri inside.
We need these gadgets to tell us if we're sick, which, while sometimes helpful, also raises our twisted levels of paranoia and gadget-hugging to painful levels.
There, at WWDC, was Apple's Julz Arney healthily pedaling away on a bike while at the same time showing off, oh, texting her friends and making dinner reservations with her Apple Watch.
Once upon a time, she might have been staring into space, pondering the meaning of love and existence. We used to call it relaxing.
Now, she's being productive. Because we humans must produce more or else.
If she'd got bored with her Apple Watch at any stage, she could have also grabbed her iPhone and enjoyed the new FaceTime feature that now lets you talk to 32 people at once.
That is what I've always wanted to do when I'm sweating and grunting in the gym.
Apple will, of course, insist that it's only interested in selling you a phone. Increasingly, however, as its services business grows and as software becomes more enticing than hardware, Cupertino is forced to develop involving ways to tease the human imagination.
Read also: Here are the biggest iOS 12 features Apple announced (CNET)
By acknowledging how tortured we are and how we wish we could just toss our iPhones into the nearest river on occasion, Apple showed that it really does think about the way we live our lives.
At heart, though, it's a business, one that can't stop people from their beautiful, self-destructive ways.
Hey, at least our iPhones can now make us feel guilty about it, too.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67785 | Papercuts is the primary project of one Jason Quever, San Francisco-based musician and maker of breathy, emotional songs akin to those of Beach House, whom he’ll be touring with early in 2008. Quever’s Can’t Go Back was released on Gnomonsong in 2006, and he as since been seen touring with the likes of Grizzly Bear.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67787 | Fishing Tips
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This striper inhaled the clam and circle hook, but it got hooked around the jaw. Use circle hooks when using live or dead bait, which fish tend to swallow. The ARC Dehooker in action on a sea trout that swallowed a grubtail jig.
Saltwater fishing isn’t as simple as it used to be. Our grandfathers could flip a line off their boats, catch a mess of fish and take them home for dinner, but we have to abide by an ever growing number of regulations. A fish that doesn’t pass regulatory muster must be released, but have you ever stopped to wonder if they survive the encounter?
According to marine biologists, a portion of them die within a few hours or days. The estimates vary from species to species, but they end up as “release mortality” in management jargon. Release mortality is used in determining future regulations and is established using a statistical process based on randomly sampling anglers to estimate what they keep and let go. The number released is multiplied by the percentage of fish assumed to die. It’s a complicated system with lots of room for error, but one thing is clear; the fewer fish that die, the more fish there are still swimming around to reproduce and be caught again.
The striped bass fishery illustrates why release mortality is a concern. In 2003, anglers legally kept an estimated 2.4 million stripers, and caught and released 15 million more. Scientists determined that about eight percent or 1.2 million fish don’t survive release, a number greater than the entire commercial quota for that year. Release mortality is even higher for some popular bottom species where pressure changes occur when reeling them to the surface, much like the “bends” divers experience if they surface too quickly. For these species, release mortality is double or triple that of striped bass. So the question becomes, what can we do to assure a greater percentage of fish survive? Knowledge and a few simple, inexpensive tools can make a big difference in survivability.
Did you know that handling a fish can strip some of the protective slim coat off its body leaving it vulnerable to parasites and infections? Ideally, not handling a fish at all is best, but if you do, wet your hands or wear wet soft cloth gloves to minimize slime loss. The major cause of release mortality comes from where a fish is hooked and how the hook is removed. Hooking a fish deep inside the mouth can puncture the gills, gullet and even the stomach lining, and clumsy hook removal can compound the damage. Cutting the line is not a solution because a hook left behind can impede feeding and cause infection. One of the best ways to reduce deep hooking is by using circle hooks when fishing with bait. Traditional J-type hooks impale a fish wherever the point touches it when the angler pulls on the line to set the hook. Circle hooks are designed to wrap around a fish’s outer jaw structure, an area composed of bone and membranes with few blood vessels. When a fish inhales a baited circle hook and turns to run, the angler reels the line tight and the hook slides back out and catches around the edge of the jaw. Surprisingly, the hook up ratio with circle hooks can be higher than with J-hooks when used for such popular species as striped bass, snappers, groupers, bluefish, weakfish and other round fish. They are easier to remove because the hook eye and line are already outside the fish’s mouth, and no vital organs have been damaged.
The latest recommendation from biologists is to remove all hooks, even those deep inside a fish, with the absolute minimum of handling, and there is only one hook removal we know of that can do the job. It's called an ARC Dehooker® and is a simple, stainless steel rod with a T-handle on one end and a circular pig tail on the other. The circle is open to allow it to be slipped onto the line and slid down onto the hook bend, even if it’s deep inside a fish’s mouth where you can’t see it. With the line held tight and the tool bottomed out on the hook bend, a light jab forward pushes the hook out and captures the point inside the circle for complete extraction. It comes in sizes to cover everything from panfish to marlin, and it works so well you can unhook most fish without even taking them out of the water. The company website has video instructions that make learning how to use the tool a breeze.
The same company also offers a venting tool developed by Sea Grant biologists for dealing with bottom fish that experience decompression problems when reeled up to the boat. It is actually a needle and syringe without the plunger that is used to puncture the belly of the fish to relieve the pressure built up in the stomach cavity. The give away that a fish is experiencing pressure problems is the stomach actually gets pushed up into its mouth by expanding gasses. The vent tool is used to release the pressure so the stomach can return to normal position, and the fish can immediately swim back down to the bottom. Once you understand a little about the anatomy of the fish and how the venting tool works, it is a pretty simple procedure and one that dramatically reduces mortality of fish like red snapper, grouper, black sea bass and other bottom dwellers susceptible to this condition.
Any concerned angler should have the tools on his boat, and know how to use them to release fish in the best condition possible. It’s one of the most important things you can do to promote conservation on a personal level. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67803 | The element carbon
British Dictionary definitions for carbon carbon noun a nonmetallic element existing in the three crystalline forms:
The element carbon
The element carbon
Its atomic number is 6; its atomic weight is It is a group IVA element, residing between boron and nitrogen on the The element carbon table. Carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons. Carbon is one of the few elements that occur in nature in its free elemental form native.
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Some of these forms include hexagonal graphite, rhombohedral graphite, diamond, buckminsterfullerene, and amorphous carbon not really a crystalline form. Most forms of carbon, excluding diamond, are black to grey-black in color. Depending on the amount of graphite, amorphous carbon, or other contaminating elements, diamond can be found in colors ranging from clear water white through shades of black, gray, yellow, red, orange, blue, and green.
The element carbon
Its ability to combine with oxygen makes it both a powerful and useful reducing agent a substance that donates electrons resulting in reduction of the charge of the ion or atom being reduced. The most important impact carbon has on the human race is the fact that carbon is the basic building block of life, as we know it.
The entire science of organic chemistry, which is the study of carbon compounds, is based on carbon.References: Los Alamos National Laboratory (), Crescent Chemical Company (), Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry () What’s in a name? Carbon as an element was discovered by the first person to handle charcoal from fire.
Thus, together with sulfur, iron, tin, lead, copper, mercury, silver, and gold, carbon was one of the small group of elements well known in the ancient world. Activated carbon (also called activated charcoal) is a form of processed carbon that is extremely porous and with very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions.
Just one gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of m 2 (determined by nitrogen gas adsorption) · Interesting Carbon Facts. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen.
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Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe. NASA’s Infrared Space Telescope Spitzer has identified buckminsterfullerene (buckyballs) equal in mass to 15 of our moons in the Small Magellanic Cloud dwarf galaxy.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67856 | It’s All In A Name {Part 5}
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Javed now split his time between office and Faiza.
“If there is a thing as love at first sight, this would be it,” he thought, then smiled remembering the proclamation he had made to her when they first met. For a guy who didn’t think he could marry, he had been floored by her beauty, her attitude and her humility.
He had decided not to confront Peter and Anamika for the moment. He did notice though, with incredulity, that their sex sessions had become more regular now, more open. Sometimes, he’d see Peter slip his hands down her skirt while he looked over some of her notes. He felt sorry for Peter’s wife, angry that the man who seemed so determined to make something of himself had sunk to such a low level.
That afternoon, Faiza had asked him to meet her at their regular hangout. There was a Pizza Hut in their neighborhood, but they had chosen to meet at the Darshini hotel instead. Every other evening, they would meet there, and talk of absolutely everything under the sun while eating bhel puri, or vada and sambar. As he walked into the restaurant, he could see that Faiza wasn’t alone. She was with a handsome guy, about his age, his hair cropped short, dressed in a plain black tee and black jeans. His heart skipped a beat. Had she found someone else?
Walking up to them, he smiled. Both of them returned it.
“Javed, this is Rishabh. Rishabh, Javed.”
Both of them shook hands. Javed could feel a sense of relief flooding through him. He knew Rishabh from what Faiza had talked about him. He too was an aspiring musician like Faiza, the difference being that he had been offered a record deal by a label, and he was working on the lyrics. From the excitement that he felt in Faiza’s voice when she raved about him, he could tell Rishabh had music in his blood, each note right where it had to be.
“Javed, I’ll come right to the point. Faiza showed me a song written by you. The lyrics are just what I’m looking for. I don’t know if you had a particular tune in mind, but I have tuned it to one in my head, and it’ll be a hit, I’m sure. The thing is… I can’t use your lyrics without your consent. It’s not the way I wanna debut, you know. I’m not sure how much I can pay you just yet. I can and will give you the credits for the lyrics. But if you would work with me on more lyrics, I’m sure we could come to some understanding regarding compensation and all that.”
Javed looked from Rishabh to Faiza, and then back. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Someone wanted to tune his “timepass song” into part of an album; and was asking him to work on more songs.
“You can use the song. Just the credits will do. I’m sure music is not going to bring me as much money as my current job. I’ll try to write some songs for you too. God knows, I could use the break from thinking about work.”
Javed looked at Rishabh, who was looking back at him as if he thought he had lost his mind. A smile then cracked upon his face, and he offered a handshake, as if to seal the deal.
“Come by my studio tomorrow with Faiza. You can meet my sponsor, and you’ll get to know exactly what money may come from this venture with me. You are generous to offer me your songs for just credits, but I cannot accept that.”
The almost-formal meeting concluded, Faiza and Javed watched Rishabh walk out of the hotel. Javed then leaned across and gave Faiza a kiss. She could feel herself go warm and she was sure Javed would notice the sudden redness of her cheeks.
“You are sweet, Faiza. You needn’t have done that. But you saw something special in my songs that I myself couldn’t. That’s more meaningful to me than any money Rishabh and his sponsor may offer.”
He walked her home, and promised to meet her again the next day. They would be meeting the sponsor then. And couldn’t wait to see how that turned out.
Faiza met Javed in front of the hotel again, and they took a cab to Rishabh’s small home studio. Javed smiled when he noticed that Faiza had worn the same dress she had been wearing the first time they had met.
When they entered the studio, there were only two people inside. Rishabh was tuning his guitar. And a lady was watching him. She wore a simple green saree, with matching necklace and earrings. When she saw the two of them, she stood up and gave them a warm, welcoming smile.
“I’m Javed Shah, and this is my girlfriend, Faiza Alam,” he said, not noticing Faiza’s smile become wider.
“Pleasure to meet you both, Faiza and Javed. Rishabh has told me about your involvement in his project. This is my debut venture too. By the way, I’m Elizabeth Sparrow,” she replied, shaking hands with Faiza.
She didn’t notice that Javed had gone pale when she told her name.
To be continued…
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Visual Studio Remote Debugger Firewall Error
An Error Occurred while launching remote debugging
This is a relatively common problem (in my experience).
Generally, ensuring that port 4022 for Visual Studio 2019 or 4020 if you’re using 2017 isn’t block by your network resolves the issue.
However in my case, this didn’t work.
The Web App in question had a custom domain, on the DNS side it was a CNAME since being a sub-domain
Finding the IP address of the app (via Properties in Azure) and making two entries in host file on windows for the CNAME and original * sub domain fixed the issue. |
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The title of this one is a double reference, to both the Valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23) and the Valley of the Dolls.
Bacon armageddon[edit]
The end comes by bacon or pigs. Meaning through the power of bacon the world will be destroyed. Pigs will revolt, Mutant pigs will be created (in essence, mutant bacon), they'll create WOMD's, blow up the planet, but some mutants will survive, move to mars and create the bacon confederacy.
M to the AO[edit]
Evil Triplet?
You may have heard about evil twins but have you ever heard of an evil triplet. Well M to the AO or should we call him Matteo is an example of such evil. He is so evil that he has even changed his name. This triplet brand of evil is known to few and those who know of it die quickly.
The Adam Pely Connection?
They were both in mi6 and now Adam Pely runs in fear. For this evil spawn of infernal spawn of evil.
Nuke Proof?
This kid was developed by the government to be nuke proof but at a price. He must live in the sewers and eat garbage as cockroaches do. In fact he is the living spawn of cockroach.
His short lived job as a Rap artist included private birthday parties for 6 year olds
Gonorrhea Lectim[edit]
Messege from the future[edit]
Property insurance[edit]
Property insurance doesn't protect one from risks to human property because of the complications arising in that particular situation. If a human property has been lost or taken away, one is encouraged to slit their own throat to simplify things.
:Simple:Mustard gas[edit]
Gas that usually develops at hot dog stands or at sports stadiums.
Also see: Ketchup gas
Simon Isaacs[edit]
this poor man was born made of playdough instead of carbon
Abraham Martin dit L'Ecossais[edit]
This page is going to start out pretty bad:( so after I'm done, maybe some one should edit it. Plains of Abraham .
From a random VfD vote[edit]
VFU: McElligott's Pool[edit]
• The book is quite good, but I just cannot see
why a page without content has reason to be.
The book was quite good, I remember it well,
but somebody here doesn't know how to spell.
It was spelled with one T, I am certain that's true,
and my library thinks it was spelled that way too.
An article on it, when spelled with one T,
you can write any time, you need no help from me.
And when it is done, it would be quite correct
to make the misspelling a nice redirect.
Mistakes can occur and it's true that I see
that Amazon has it spelled -gee-oh-tee-tee.
And that's why I think that I'm not such a fool
to vote keep deleted McElligott's Pool Dpbsmith
You gotta get wet to score[edit]
This clever remark was made at the Score disambiguation page:
* Scoring in water polo requires getting wet i.e. you gotta get wet to score
Thanks for the info! saturnight 15:55, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
Nazi japan[edit]
Nazi Japan(1904-1938)was what is Japan,ruled also by Adolf Hitler.Nazi Japan was not only what Jpan today is,but some parts of China such as Shanghai were part of it too.In The adventures of tintin's The Blue Lotus by Herge,the story is set in Shanghai at the time Japanese troops were occupying that part of China and the great seaport at the mouth of the Yangtze Kiang.
This politics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Goatse, whilst appearing human is in fact a US government classified cargo transport robot. The G.O.A.T.S.E. "man" was created to smuggle cargo and technology too large to be moved by carrier plane to countries without being detected.
U.S. Government officials have leaked plans to adjust the internal bay responding reports that XBox consoles have been found to cause damage to the landing pad, despite the cavernous 4500 cubic feet carrying capacity.
Also, there have been some reports of Goatse smuggling Mexican midgets across the American border, as well as a number of people seeing Goatse participate in drug runs.
From Fink[edit]
Fink is also a less than common last name which originates in Germany. Many immegrants brought the last name, which translated means "Finch" (as in bird), to America in their travels and now it adorns some of the most powerful leaders of our nation including macrobiologists and editors of litterary magazines.
"The King is a Fink"(The Wizard of Id) reference
From Emily's Famous Nacho Recipe[edit]
Emily's Famous Nacho Mix consists of 4 ingredients.
Cheese Chips Microwave Person
First put the cheese on the chips and put them in the microwave. Then chop up the person and sprinkle them on top. It is the most delicious thing you will ever taste. Keep this recipe away from children. Its for serious cooker and eaters only.
from Joe perella[edit]
i wrote a longer article about 1 full page about joe perella\ as i have known him for 30 years and know his history etc
then froze my pc , knocked me off line so losing that article
and acted in general like fuck heads from outer space
who is the dick head doing all that ???
anyone dealing with such idiot, fuck-head monkeys attempting to contribute to this asshole run organization should realize this is what they do
and make first a copy on your notepad and save that as you will have to deal with monkeys disrupting all you attempt to do over and over over
by knocking you off line and losing all the work
having squads of un educated monkeys attack everything you write that they know nothing about whatsoever
being clowns like the wikipedia founder wales
note this wikipeida website was founded by a person named wales who claims to have been a financial expert but who was instead a clown and he remains a clown
From List of political parties in the Pitcairn Islands[edit]
1. REDIRECT Template:Politics of the Pitcairn Islands
Political parties in Pitcairn Islands lists political parties in Pitcairn. Pitcairn doesn't have political parties.
See also[edit]
From Template:stop[edit]
Stop sign MUTCD.svg
this article is not delited it will beacause. How did you edit this page? otherwise The whole article is going to be delited! please send us a note on Wikipedia and then we will abuse you
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[edit]
Silly little disclaimer:
Editor's Note: Rumor & conjecture abound that the Wikipedia is a cleverly planned effort by the publishers of the Encyclopedia Galactica to undermine sales of the Guide. We categorically deny these allegations. Furthermore, we request that any and all leads as to the identity of those persons, aliens, objects, enlightended beings, or telemarketers perpetrating these lies be sent directly to [email protected] Thank you.
mathx314(talk)(email) 00:00, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
From Wolverine[edit]
It was once inquired by Olaus Magnus whether the banners in some royal flags (e.g. English, Scandinavian) are supposed to be figures of lions, panthers, or leopards. He concluded that the creatures in question were, in fact, small human babies with fur attached by use of pitch. Saint Methodius, who mythologized Goths' using bear-like creatures in war, actually referred to lions and not to small human babies with fur attached by use of pitch. This is all rather confusing, and the difficulty of the research has been the cause of many a scholarly suicide.
From: Pixeltendo[edit]
Pixeltendo is something like this 0 0
0 <OMG!
Våglia is the biggest community in Ytre Enebakk, a sprawling village a mere 30 minutes from Oslo. It is blessed with a gas station, two grocery-stores, and a very small mall with everything a family might need. The latter only applies if the family is Amish, unfortunately.
From: Talk:False friend[edit]
The words False Friends means a person who pretends to be real friends but are in reality enemies! A False Friend will not invite you over his house or to his parties because he in reality, hates you.
A False Friend is someone who wants to take advantage of you, Exploit you and use you for a purpose.
If you get sick and wind up in the Hospital they will not visit you cause they do not care.
They do not want to do favors for you.
Your real friends invite you over their house or apartment. They invite you to parties and weddings. They want you to meet their relatives.
False Friends tell you lies! Real Friends are truthful!
False Friends will try to manipulate you!
Supercool Dude
King Sandbox I's Official Decree[edit]
I hearby declare myself king of the sandbox, until such a time as someone removes this entry. My first royal decree is that all Wikipedians must have fun at least once a day. My second royal decree is that Wikipedians must avoid deleting articles unless they have a very good reason to. My third royal decree is that more decrees shall be decreed as I see fit.
Donkey Village[edit]
When the village of the donkeys was first discovered, nobody was quite sure what to make of it. Who would have ever suspected that donkeys are more intelligent than humans? Certainly not I... but then, I'm but a mere human.
The donkeys demand 42 rubies.
I will not pay the donkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![edit]
Dire Notice[edit]
...Incoming transmission from the Republic of Donkistania...
We, the rulers of Donkistania find your lack of contributions to the One True Donkey Empire extremely rude. If we do not recieve either 42 rubies or an amount of cheese equal in value to 42 rubies, we will be forced to take action against the world of man. You have approximately 88.8 donkey hours to render payment. This is roughly one human day.
With love,
Donkeytron, Master of All That Matters™
...End of transmission...
==You have 11.2 donkey hours left to submit your 42 rubies or 45677566 ounces of cheese to 23 Podunk Avenue.
Shoe Shopping[edit]
Shoe Shopping is the act of shopping for shoes. Normally, Shoe Shopping involves the purchase of a shoe product. Necessity is not required to initiate a "Shoe Shopping" event.
from Talk:Smith N. Jones High School[edit]
You'd think that if one of these guys won a Nobel prize, they would remember and mention his name. Odd, huh? Rl 21:18, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Nah, see, so many staff members and alumni have won Nobel prizes that nobody's had time to write them all down. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 21:47, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
from Talk:Smith N. Jones High School[edit]
Truth v. Hoax[edit]
It's not a hoax! I was just pretending to be sinister!
Smith N. Jones High School v. Andrew Lenahan[edit]
Here's an overview of the case:
• Andrew Lenahan sued Smith N. Jones High School for being excellent.
• Smith N. Jones High School countersues Andrew Lenahan to protect its tradition, which started from June 24, 1950, when it was established.
• Smith N. Jones High School officials present solid evidence to back their claims and remain confident.
• Andrew Lenahan stutters often, provides poor evidence, and is very nervous.
• The court backs the claims of Smith N. Jones High School.
• Andrew Lenahan loses against Smith N. Jones High School.
The Plaintiffs[edit]
• Andrew Lenahan
• Starblind
The Defendents[edit]
• Don Knight
• Lily Atkins
• Christopher Blackwell
• Kenneth Raimen
Do I get to talk to Doug Llewellyn?[edit]
The article is still a hox, but the thing above is awesome. I hope it gets preserved somewhere (hint, hint). Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:47, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)
Rocking stoned[edit]
Five youngsters started in the early sixties Rocking Stoned as a boy group music band. Persuaded by their manager, Rolling Stones was chosen as a less incitive alternative rock name.
Jim Wilson is also known to be moving to Chittenango in July.
Apathy is a word with the letter A in front of it. Meow. Blah. Meow.
From Cardinal[edit]
A cardinal is a professional baseball player from St Louis. Who earlier this season kicked the Houston Astro's butt. why the baseball players from Missouri get to select the next pope is beyond me.
From Talk:New York conspiracy theory[edit]
New York conspiracy theory is a conspiracy theory stating that New York City and the state of New York consider themselves to be better than the rest of the United States, and further, the world.
This was from a Talk page that never had a corresponding article.
From Futilitarianism[edit]
Springing from the Existential movement of the early 20th Century, Futilitarianism is the belief in nothing. It has a single tenet: everything is futile. Even believing in that tenet itself is futile. To discuss it is still more futile. The only act more utterly futile than writing about it, is to read about it.
From Cowtopia[edit]
Cowtopia is a nation located in the United States. Cowtopia is actually composed of two independant countries seperated by war. The Great Cow Wars of 1991 and 1992 caused the country to split in half. The two seperated parts became Moo Cowtopia (referred to as the Moo Cowtopian Democracy) and Cowtopia (referred to as the Great Cowtopian Empire). On Tuesday, April 19th, 2004, the two countries of Cowtopia finally became at peace and have discussed reuniting. The Cowtopian States are very dependant on one another, and the war had reduced them to poverty. Because of the two countries extremely common history, the two nations are each others' closest trading partners.
"Bill Gates ate all my fruit!"[edit]
What you say when Bill Gates has eaten all your fruit.
Source: Fat Albert
Edit summaries from Special:Contributions/I am not Wikipedia's founder[edit]
All of these were Sandbox edits:
• (I chose this name because the Wikipedia community gets upset when you use his name in your user name. Even when you make it clear that you are not impersonating him.)
• (Yessiree, I am just a common man. In no way, shape, or form affiliated with Wikipedia or its sponsors.)
• (I do not pet sit, play croquet, or dig up my apartment lot just to see whats under there.)
• (Imagine my embarrassment when I tell the maitr'd that no, I am not Wikipedias founder and I dont drink wine. Not even when its complimentary.)
• (life becomes an emotional rollercoaster ride when one minute youre treated like royalty, and the next security is escorting you out into the alley.)
• (Punctuational correction.)
• (I dont even go out anymore, because Im tired of it. Im going to try growing a mustache.)
• (I may not be "him", lets just call him:"J.W.". But I am somebody. Somebody important. Somebody who CONTRIBUTES to Wikipedia. (The sandbox anyways.))
• (I hope these posts dont get me blocked. Im just trying to be friendly, and conversational. And vent.)
• (My hatred for chalk borders on the psychotic...)
• (Chalkstorms can be fun however.)
• (If Dido would remake Stairway To Heaven, it would be a SMASH!)
• (On the other hand if Robert Plant remade "Thank You" it probably wouldnt do so well.)
• (These two should stay away from each other.)
• (That comment would have made more sense if I would have posted the pictures corectly. Oh well, looks like an extra trip to Mistress Molly this week.)
• (Stop copying me!)
• (I AM NOT EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED!I AM NOT EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED!STOP IT!) [this last one was in response to someone else posting the image at right]
From Talk:Pope Benedict XVI[edit]
Not a joke, but certainly nonsense... edit by
From Taiwan[edit]
This entry is particularly informative to people who believe that Taiwan is the Capital of Indonesia
From Al-Qaida[edit]
Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, "the foundation" or "the base") is the name given to a worldwide network of Halal fast food outlets. Built on the mujahideen catering network of Afghanistan, it seeks to feed, at a resonable price, Islamic communities that it considers to be deprived of a tasty, quick burger. It is currently in operation with the Kashmir, Chechnya, and Palestine. The group places itself in confrontation with McDonalds, due to their support for the BigMac, which Osama bin Laden (CEO) himself has called 'well ming, and too saucy'.
Any other association is purely co-incidental.
From Latin Goddess[edit]
A girl by the name of Amy Skillicorn carries this noble title. She claimed after battling her way to the top, her beauty, brains, and charming grace have at least in part contributed to her earning the recommendations of her many servants, she is known to be carried by her group of followers, affectionately termed, The Science Team Boys. They answer to beckon, and that of no other maiden could sway them in their path of servitude, they are prepared to drop everything to honor her slightest whim. She is Amy Skillicorn and she is not a Latin goddess, she is THE Latin goddess. She is also a super genius.
(EDIT: who wrote this?)
(EDIT: I would have, if I'd only thought of it sooner...)
From Talk:Conjestion road charge (sic)[edit]
You shoud not put delete this as it is a laugh and gives you a break from the real world. it is not nonsense, it ios a mind of a very funny guy!!! So just leave this alone as you deleted his talk page (I mean Huddle's talk page) before which had similar material which was also a great laugh.
From List of the Great Boners of all time[edit]
A boner or blunder is a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake. This is a list of history's greatest boners.
See also: Batman #66 - A classic Batman story involving the great boners of all time.
(Editor's note: "boner" has a very different meaning in modern American slang.)
From User:[edit]
Hi. This is a static IP with only one editor, so there is no one to blame but me.
from Museum of Welsh Life[edit]
Museum of Welsh Life
A Welsh Museum showing the Welsh through time and how they evolved from sheep.
An anonymous user edited Gay[edit]
His edit summary was: gay is cool! gay is a way of love. marmots say "HEIL HITLER"!
From NASCAR[edit]
Wikipedia does not want you! luis magana is taking over the world by using drunks in nascar races. stop the canadian with militay force.
tom's mom's cookies are full of poision.
your system is being deleted.haa.userrdropdeadgorgous is a goner
us military force has invaded canada and raided their bars and farms.
save america from from the french's complaints.
From Ashlee Simpson[edit]
ED: This is not the exact article but it was the best I could create from the history
Ashlee "Lip Syncher" Simpson (born October 3, 1984 in Dallas) is an American POTATO, POTATO and the younger POTATO!! of singer POTATO. She rose to prominence in mid-2004, when her first album, the now triple platinum Autobiography, debuted at number one in sales, accompanied by a successful reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2004, SHE WAS CAUGHT LIP SYNCHING to a pre-recorded studio track on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live; this highly publicized incident drew substantial negative attention from the POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!POTATO!
From Pope Benedict XVI[edit]
"His opinion on homosexuality has spawned a subculture amongst the homosexual community, with members trying to convert the Pope himself."
Saksham 20:10, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)Saksham
From Communists for Kerry[edit]
Reportedly inspired by Billionaires for Bush, this political parody group describes its mission as "to inform voters with satire and irony, how political candidates make decisions based on the failed social economic principles of socialism." In character, the group fervently supports John Kerry in his Presidential bid, through violent revolution if necessary. When asked by WorldNetDaily about his motivation to begin Communists for Kerry, Bert Plugg, the founder of the group, was quoted as saying: "I'm a Libertarian. I decided to be a Libertarian in College. Basically it was a way for me to resolve my identity crisis. I was gay but I still felt uncomfortable around minorities, especially blacks and Mexicans. I was also greedy as hell, and so Libertarianism just sorta fell in my lap. You know we Libertarians basically have a message: 'We're just like Republicans except we don't beleive in God, morals, or religion, and instead of BEING poor inbred hicks from the South, we just use them to gain power. Oh and we're gay AND PROUD.' Communists for Kerry is all about reaching out to people with that message, in a compassionate way ya know?". As far as the question as to whether the group merited a 527-group clearance, Mr.Plugg replied off-record "Off course we do sweetheart, we're a political group! Of course, that doesn't mean the 527 status doesn't bring us freebies every now and then. Check out these FABULOUS drapes Matt Drudge gave me!".
During the 2004 presidential campaign, FOX News portrayed the group as a serious organization which actually supported Kerry. In a published story, FOX quoted a "Communists for Kerry" member stating that both he and North Korea supported "Comrade Kerry". The story continued, "It is unclear whether the Kerry campaign has welcomed the Communists' endorsement." FOX later apologized. [1] The group highlights a less-publicized incident in which The Washington Post reported of an anti-Bush protest, "Kerry might prefer to eschew the four-member "Communists for Kerry" contingent, whose placards advocated a "France First!" foreign policy." KommanderDjin comments on the group's web site, "Do note that this article received zero mention from the leftists out there, while the mistake made by FoxNews, is cause to dismantle the entire news organization."
Its members hold demonstrations in Union Square on irregular occasions (and once at the 2004 Republican National Convention) dressed as such figures as Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and a Ivan Lenin, based on Vladimir Lenin.
Some of the group's slogans include "The welfare state = the shining city on the hill!", "Eradicate SMALL business! We need BIG government!", "End the two Americas! Create one homogenous welfare state!", "Communists for Kerry: In alliance with the Negroes-on-Welfare Organization and Gays-Who-Love-Bareback-Sex Union!", "Fascism is bad! *chuckle*" and "Green Cards to Guantanamo Bay prisoners!".
In September 2004, an Australian chapter of the group was opened, claiming, "John Kerry" is pronounced "Mark Latham" in Australian. The group is willing to help anyone form their own chapter, if they can first prove all of their members have less than 5% Negroid racial heritage. As of October 12, 2004, it is unclear what the group will do after Howard's winning a majority government. In mid-October 2004, the group announced the opening of a French chapter in connection with ProtestWarrior. No word on whether the French Chapter has any qualms with associating with a group that referred to their home nation as "Frog-eatin', Surrendering Ass Monkeys!".
The group refers to the American Civil Liberties Union as the "secret police" as a parody of the ACLU's supposed zealousness for left-wing issues. To highlight this, the Communists for Kerry website features the letters 'ACLU' with a Hammer-and-Sickle below it and the phrase "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING". 2nd-in-command Gaylord Goatse, also known as 'Kommissar CommiesAreBad' in the group, described this as being "Witty" he added "My frat brothers all LOVED it. The idea came to me for it while I was sucking beer out of this dudes bunghole at a Frat party." His friend then added "Yeah, Gaylord, or Gayyie as we call him was all like eating my asshole out and shiz, and he came up for this radd idea to compare the ACLU to the Nazis. Or wait, maybe communists I forget. But like either way, the ACLU is like totally out to take away your freedom dude, like man, they don't want you to do shit. Like can you beleive they wanna make raping drunk women illegal? That's gonna totally rain down on my frats parade!."
from Lucifer Rising[edit]
I like very much Lucifer,but I'm not a satanist.I want to see more about him.Maybe someday I will be a satanist,only God knows(if he knows).He is a damn bad angel,he is beautiful,very beautiful,but in the same time very-very bad.So I want to see more because i don't know much about him.I Love U,your slave,Miss Lucifer'Bold textBold text-- 16:28, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
From wikibooks:Bicycle Repair Adjusting brakes[edit]
Rim jobs are the funnest to do, just be sure that the area has been wiped down to eliminate unsavoury conditions. Ask Keith for his expert opinion on this topic.
From Snowdon[edit]
A restaurant and shop can be found at the top station, just below the summit, offering those who have made their ascent by train the chance to purchase "I Climbed Snowdon" T-shirts.
This is so true. The sort of tourists to buy the naff T-shirts are exactly those who would also have taken the train rather than walked up. But unfortunately not very encyclopaedic, so with great regret it had to go. Reworded as:
A restaurant and shop can be found at the top station, just below the summit (selling, amongst other things, "I Climbed Snowdon" T-shirts).
From Hydrochloric Acid[edit]
As a highly corrosive liquid, hydrochloric acid should be handled only with appropriate safety precautions, but is highly tasty.
From the Sandbox[edit]
Darth Vader likes to play fart jokes. That's how he defeated the Jedi by farting on them!
"Pull my finger!"
1. REDIRECT Template:Infobox pope
from Pokai[edit]
The Island Pokai, located south of Malaysia, with a population of 1500 is unknown to the rest of the world for it has no language and no communication with humans on Earth but they communicate in their dreams with the planet Zigon, located within the depths of the galaxy Gip. The government of all the nations worked together to conceal their existance to preserve the alien colonization that is to take place in 2013. The truth was evident to a fisherman who unknowingly was stranded on the island when his ship capsized 2 years ago. He was able to communicate to them by drawing on the wet sands of the beach. He, who is not to be named, discovered that they were growing marijuana and he quickly become good friends with them by smoking out with them. He also said that most of the time he was there he was high. But we will not take that into consideration when they communicated to him about the invasion. They teleported him back to Australia and he told the reporters of Truth Is Out There paper about his encounter with the Pokai people. When reporters asked President Bush about the hidden Island, he said "What Island? All the Island we have are Cuba, Iceland, Pokai, Australia, Taiwan, and Egypt. There is no such Island named Pokai, and they do not, i repeat, do not grow marijuana."
Template:Brittany-hill stub and Template:Exploding-stub[edit]
This article on a hill in Brittany is a stub. Make this article as big as the hill.
This article related to explosions is a stub. Please inflate it, but not too much as to make it explode.
Brittany Hill[edit]
Brittany Hill (27 January 2005- 28 January 2005) is a generic flavour-of-the-month pop-star (another part of the Brittany Hill running joke)
Random encounter in Wikipedia:Sandbox/Hangman[edit]
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A coconut is something of which it is not unusual to have a lovely bunch of, with sizes ranging from
* Big ones
* Small ones
* Some as big as your head
Some people theorize they always come standing in a row.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67913 | Friday, 11 March 2016
How to install python modules on CentOS 7
Like many other languages Python is lucky enough to have it's own package manager (PIP) that will allow you to quickly (and hassle free - most of the time) install third party modules.
To install PIP we should firstly ensure that we have the EPEL repository installed (as I am using CentOS for this tutorial):
sudo yum install epel-release
and then install the PIP package using yum:
yum install python-pip
and finally install the relevent packages via PIP e.g.
pip install requests
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67922 | Yet another “first” post
So here I am starting yet another blog. What else do you do on leap day?
Another place for me to spout off about whatever crosses my mind. I have a feeling that this one might turn into a New Zealand travel blog at some point.. but I haven’t quite given that any thought yet.
If you actually want something to read, might I suggest either or
If you want to read someone more interesting than myself I’d recommend
And that’s all for now!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67930 | The "Doctor" is Always In!
Water in Rolex Watch: Will Water Damage My Rolex? How Do I Fix It?
Every week I get this same phone call or email. It goes something like this: ” I just went swimming, or came out of the shower and now my watch is wet, or has moisture under the crystal. The customer almost always says that they “have always worn the watch in the pool or shower” and can’t understand why all of a sudden it is wet. At this point I.. Read More
Can You Get Genuine Rolex Replacement Parts? vs Omega Parts
“Do you use genuine parts during an overhaul?” This is usually the first question that every Rolex customer asks me. My normal answer is a bit like this: During a basic overhaul, I should not need to replace any parts as long as the watch is in decent working condition. If I do need parts, I try to source genuine parts ,then if they are not available, I have good.. Read More |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67960 | pp. 32-33 of
Management and Disposition
of Excess Weapons Plutonium
by the Committee on International Security and Arms Control
of the National Academy of Sciences (National Academy Press 1994)
C L I C K T H I S L I N K
(A similar, but more complete statement on the same subject)
Virtually any combination of plutonium isotopes -- the different forms of an element, having different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei -- can be used to make a nuclear weapon. Not all combinations, however, are equally convenient or efficient.
The most common isotope, Pu-239, is produced when the most common isotope of uranium, U-238, absorbs a neutron and then quickly decays to plutonium. It is this plutonium isotope that is most useful in making nuclear weapons, and it is produced in varying quantities in virtually all operating nuclear reactors.
As fuel in a nuclear reactor is exposed to longer and longer periods of neutron irradiation, higher isotopes of plutonium build up as some of the plutonium absorbs additional neutrons, creating Pu-240, Pu-241, and so on. Pu-238 also builds up from a chain of neutron absorptions and radioactive decays starting from U-235. [1]
Because of the preference for relatively pure Pu-239 for weapons purposes, when a reactor is used specifically for creating weapons plutonium, the fuel rods are removed and the plutonium is separated from them after relatively brief irradiation (at low "burnup"). The resulting "weapons-grade" plutonium is typically about 93 percent Pu-239.
Such brief irradiation is quite inefficient for power production, so in power reactors the fuel is left in the reactor much longer, resulting in a mix that includes more of the higher isotopes of plutonium ("reactor grade" plutonium).
In a nuclear explosive using plutonium, the plutonium core is initially "subcritical," meaning that it cannot sustain a chain reaction. Chemical high explosives are used to compress the plutonium to higher than normal density (so that the neutrons released in each fission have a higher probability of hitting other atoms and causing more fissions).
In a well-designed nuclear explosive using weapons-grade plutonium, a pulse of neutrons is released to start this chain reaction at the optimal moment, but there is some chance that a background neutron from spontaneous fission of Pu-240 will set off the reaction prematurely.
Calculations demonstrate, however, that even if pre-initiation occurs at the worst possible moment (when the material first becomes compressed enough to sustain a chain reaction), the explosive yield of even a relatively simple device similar to the Nagasaki bomb would be of the order of one or a few kilotons.
Regardless of how high the concentration of troublesome isotopes is, the yield would not be less. With a more sophisticated design, weapons could be built with reactor-grade plutonium that would be assured of having higher yields. [2]
3. Third, the isotope Americium-241 (which results from the 14-year half-life decay of Pu-241 and hence builds up in reactor grade plutonium over time) emits highly penetrating gamma rays, increasing the radioactive exposure of any personnel handling the material.
The radiation from Americium-241 means that more shielding and greater precautions to protect personnel might be necessary when building and handling nuclear explosives made from reactor-grade plutonium. But these difficulties are not prohibitive.
1. For a useful figure showing the buildup of these isotopes as a function of irradiation time, see J. Carson Mark, "Explosive Properties of Reactor-Grade Plutonium," Science and Global Security, v. 4 n. 1, 1993, pp.111-128.
2. See W.G. Sutcliffe and T.J. Trapp, eds., Extraction and Utility of Reactor-Grade Plutonium for Weapons, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UCRL-LR-115542, 1994 (S/RD). For unclassified discussions, see J. Carson Mark, op. cit.
The Pu-240 content even in weapons-grade plutonium is sufficiently large that very rapid assembly is necessary to prevent pre-initiation. Hence the simplest type of nuclear explosive, a "gun type," in which the optimum critical configuration is assembled more slowly than in an "implosion type" device, cannot be made with plutonium, but only with highly enriched uranium, in which spontaneous fission is rare.
This makes HEU [High Enriched Uranium] an even more attractive material than plutonium for potential proliferators with limited access to sophisticated technology. Either material can be used in an implosion device.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67977 | Tsuba in the form of an oni, or demon
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In the form of a demon (oni) sitting akimbo on his heels; his eyeballs are in shakudō, his fangs in silver; his body forms the sd., the spaces between it and his arms the rh. Signed: Nara Masayoshi (as 920 [EAX.10920], the remarks on which apply here also, there being almost a duplicate of this guard in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Salting Bequest).
Guards of this pattern, it is amusing to note, will usually stand on edge, i.e. on the claws of the demon's feet.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/67991 | Part One: Chaos and Concordance
It was the Imperial sage Teshnuvar, during the reign of Emperor Bringing Prosperity, who wrote the first unified theory concerning the nature of the World of Conclave, and this theory has endured for over two thousand years since his death.
Teshnuvar opened his classic On The Workings Of The Universe with the line 'Our world is flat, for how else would it be?' He goes on, however, to cite observations that refute this bold statement. In fact, Conclave is like a droplet of water on a mirror. It has a convex curvature to the surface (and hence a horizon) and it has a reflection (but more on that later).
Conclave is formed, or driven, by the interplay of two equal and opposite cosmic forces - Concordance and Chaos. As Teshnuvar says:
'The world is grown out of the Chaos that lies beyond its fringes, under the power of Concordance that lies at its heart. Without Chaos, there would be no creation. Without Concordance, creation would not be shaped.'
Concordance is like a distaff that spins the world from the stuff of Chaos. Concordance at the centre, Chaos at the edge, the two forces impose themselves on the matter and energy of the world.
'Air and Cold are Concordant Energy. Land and Earth are Concordant form. Around the centre of the world lies the great continent Perfection of Concordance where the weather is temperate and calm. At the very centre of the world lies the Great Glacier, where, so it is said, the very air and even time itself become frozen.'
'Fire and Heat are Chaotic Energy. Sea and Water are Chaotic form. Looking outwards from Perfection, the landmasses become smaller. At first they are large enough for many nations, then they diminish to where they can support one small nation each, until they become rocks barely capable of supporting life. The weather becomes warmer and less predictable. At the edge of the world is the Boiling Ocean where no mortal can survive.'
This is the overview of Conclave. At the centre, the Inner Continent of Perfection, home to large, old, organised and potentially stagnating nations. Beyond, the Inner Islands, still large, more vigourous than the old lands of the Inner Continent, rising powers in the world. Further still, the Outer Islands, each one too small to exert much influence beyond its own shores. Due to the greater strength of Chaos the Outer Islands are weird and magical places, some only existing transiently like brief dreams.
Where next?
Overview Part One
(Chaos and Concordance)
Overview Part Two
(Beyond the Mortal Realm)
Overview Part Three
(Races of Conclave)
Overview Part Four
(Cultures of Conclave)
Overview Part Five
(Organisations of Conclave)
Overview Part Six
(The Feel of Conclave)
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By Thelma Giomi
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Mended in the broken places
With golden glue,
So you embrace
The pain and missing faces
And make a work of art
Out of your shattered heart.
Ian hit Schenley Park at a full-out run. He kept running until he reached a deeply wooded area. The coolness shimmered over his damp skin. He drew in several breaths of the musky air hoping to cleanse his lungs of the antiseptic smells of the operating room, wishing it could wash away the images in his mind as well.
Why did he feel so desperately unhappy? The surgery was a success. He had made the incisions clean and symmetrical.
If only she had been under when he walked into pre-op. If only he hadn’t seen that beautiful face, those lake-blue eyes, pleading, resigned. He did the surgery to save her life. He did it because it was the only way. Still her breasts were gone. That lovely face, those lake-blue eyes had to go forward, without breasts, with six months of chemotherapy ahead.
Ian sank to the damp lawn. He pulled up handfuls of grass and bruised them in his clenched fists. He had to get over this. He had to stop seeing his patients so clearly. He would never be able to survive the anguish if he did not.
“Dr. Blackburn, you’ll have to leave. No one sleeps through my seminar. Obviously, you need sleep, but do it on your own time.” Dr. Wimberley spoke calmly to the disoriented chief resident.
Ian opened his eyes to bright morning light pouring into the room. In the second it took for him to realize where he was, Ian knew that the woman with her hand on his shoulder was the sensual presence in his dream. In the dream, he wanted to turn to the woman and embrace her, but now that fragile moment was lost.
“Doctor, I asked you to leave,” Lauren repeated. “We will discuss this incident later.” She stood beside him waiting for him to follow her request.
“Oh! What?” Ian looked around the room at his eight colleagues.
He had been exhausted when he entered the room. He slipped into a seat at the conference table, pausing only to nod to Ken Davis, his closest friend and ally. He had fallen asleep in seconds.
Still groggy with sleep Ian focused on the instructor beside him.
Slender. Moderate height. Auburn hair a few shades darker than his.
Eyes as dark blue as his were light. As he looked at the woman beside him, Ian felt a longing left over from the dream. He realized that she took in everything about him: his outside dishevelment and inside conflict, all the hours he had worked, his impatience with her and the seminar. He could see her eyes held an easy laugh in check. It was as irritating as it was embarrassing. The confidence in her eyes never wavered from his.
He felt the pressure of her hand on his shoulder increase slightly.
The impact of where he was, who she was and how this incident would affect the rest of his psychiatry rotation hit like a rockslide.
Already he regretted the incident that drew attention to him. He had wanted to slip through this rotation unobtrusively. Now that was
“Sorry.” Ian managed not to look at her as he grabbed his jacket and left.
“Dr. Wimberley, excuse me, I’ve got to see you. I want to explain.”
“I have a patient now. Catch me sometime when I’m free or make an appointment.”
“Christ, I didn’t think I’d committed a crime. A few minutes can straighten this whole thing out.”
“My patient is waiting. Stop by another time,” she said, leaving only traces of a subtle perfume as she left him standing in the doorway.
“Shit,” Ian murmured to himself and turned away just as Lauren entered with a small child pulling her by the hand and chattering excitedly.
Reviewing the scene in his mind made the anger rise to his throat. He resented being put off for a patient, especially one who was only four years old. He walked swiftly toward the residents’ quarters, changed and went out for a ten-mile run. It wasn’t enough.
Two hours later he was back at the hospital looking for Patty.
She walked toward him, carrying a tray of meds and looking distracted.
Ian noticed that her green scrubs and short smooth hairstyle complemented her slightly pump petite figure.
“Dinner,” he stated, resting a hand on her arm.
“Oh, I don’t know, I’ve had a horrible day.”
“Dinner,” he said again in his most convincing little-boy-lost
“OK, fifteen minutes if all goes well.”
After dinner, after a walk in the park near Patty’s apartment, after a night with Patty and the best mattress in the city, Ian finally forgot about the seminar.
It was days later that he remembered it, only minutes before the seminar was to begin.
“Damn, I forgot I have a class,” he said over a blood-soaked dressing he was in the process of changing on an eight-year-old boy
in the emergency room.
“Doctor, I can take over,” suggested the nurse beside him with the proper mix of humility and competence.
“Yeah, do that. I’ll check back in a couple of hours.”
Inside the seminar room, Dr. Lauren Wimberley was taping children’s drawings to the wall. Ken was asking if she had read Carlos Castaneda and didn’t she think there were parallels to her lecture on cognitive psychology.
As Ian watched the interchange between the two, he realized how deeply he resented being here.
“What the hell’s wrong with you?” he whispered reproachfully to Ken. “How can you sell out to this pseudo-science? All those pitiful people paying for friendship. Christ, psychologists are so busy feeling what their patients feel. They get tangled up in the whole process.”
“Shut up, my friend. You’re already ass deep in it. Talk like that could make a shrink wonder if you had something to hide.” Ian felt a chill run through him at Ken’s words. “Don’t try to practice any of your voodoo on me, Ken. I didn’t ask you. All right?” Ken smiled broadly into Ian’s scowl.
As Lauren began to speak about the developmental and emotional aspects of the children’s drawings, Ian realized that despite his irritation he couldn’t keep his eyes off her. He guessed she was younger than he was. She could have finished graduate school and an internship while he had another year ahead of him. What made her so alluring? She was totally absorbed in what she was teaching. And she taught like a storyteller, insinuating statistics like exclamation points.
Ian left the seminar feeling a confused elation. He just couldn’t keep the anger and resentment at the level he had before the class.
Puzzled by the mix of feelings vying inside him, he put off trying to talk with Dr. Wimberley until later that afternoon.
As he walked into the hospital cafeteria a sense of magnetism drew his gaze to where she sat alone, her eyes fixed on some point beyond the large, grimy windows. He hesitated before approaching her. Twice before he had been rebuffed. She seemed as tough as his mentors in medicine.
He leaned against the cafeteria wall, watching her for a few more minutes, trying to decide how to approach her. He had the sinking feeling that Ken and Lauren would label his childhood as dysfunctional if they knew the truth. If she knew the truth, Lauren would know he was an impostor.
* * *
Lauren took a sip of hot tea and watched the rain cleansing city soot off the windows. With the force of the storm the lights dimmed and came back casting a softer glow over the huge hospital cafeteria.
It made it feel intimate and safe. Since she woke Ian in her class Lauren had been trying to remember where she had seen him before.
She couldn’t shake the sense of isolation in his eyes as he had irritably slammed the door.
Ken had broken the awkward silence after Ian had left with a question that put everyone back on track. Though physically similar, Ken seemed to be a gentler version of Ian.
Ken was a rare one—he felt the tensions of the incident and acted constructively on his feelings. Medical school must have been tremendously difficult for someone so open, but was it just as difficult for Ian?
Lauren looked down at the campus newspaper. The astronomy department lecture series at the Allegheny Observatory was continuing.
She had attended the lecture on the lunar eclipse hoping that a scientific approach to the image in her recurring nightmare would demystify it and release her from its haunting power.
“A total lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is positioned directly between the moon and sun casting a shadow over the moon.” The astronomer had gone on to explain cheerfully, “Only a few nights a year are suitable for viewing because of the weather. Tonight, we are fortunate.”
The chill in the unheated dome that sheltered the telescope had pierced through Lauren’s parka. It felt like the cold fear of her nightmare.
She was filled with apprehension as she waited for the shadow to move across the red-yellow orb of the moon and finally to open to the light. When it did, the warmth of relief flowed through her muscles.
Observing the eclipse had intensified her dream experience rather than defused it. She had slept little that night feeling possessed by a psychic energy she could not explain. When she did sleep it, was that half-wakeful sleep where dreams and memories collide.
Once more the lights flickered and Lauren looked up to see Ian standing across the cafeteria from her. A shiver swept over her.
Something about Ian’s eyes held the same feeling as the eclipse dream.
Light and shadow and the inevitable.
She remembered Ian now. He was the man who had been beside her at the observatory. She had felt stunned by the intensity of his luminous blue eyes when he had turned to give her a chance at the telescope. An unfamiliar sadness had moved through her. Something rigid, unyielding, kept those shining eyes from participating in any emotion.
Ian paid for his coffee and approached Lauren’s table. A feeling near embarrassment tingled over her skin as she remembered how emotional she had felt watching the eclipse. Had the resident noticed her fear? She thought not. He did not seem the type to allow subtleties into his awareness.
He set his cup down and scraped the chair back before she smiled at him defying her apprehension with forced confidence.
“May I talk to you now?” Ian asked with just a hint of antagonism.
“Yes, of course,” Lauren answered, recovering her professional demeanor in response to his barely contained anger.
“Dr. Wimberley, I’m Ian Blackburn. I want to apologize for last week and explain.”
“Yes, I know who you are. Apology accepted, but I think I know the explanation. How many hours had you been working?”
“Only twenty or so. I don’t know. I don’t keep track. I guess I was just—”
“Whatever, it’s too many to do a competent job,” Lauren interrupted.
“God, I hate the irresponsibility of the medical profession.”
Lauren was aware of the difference in Ian. Rested, his eyes were clear and he exuded an intensity that was seductive. “Anyway, the thing is, I don’t tolerate disrespect for myself or my students. If you can’t attend a seminar in a conscious state, ready to participate, I just don’t want you there. We all know attendance won’t influence your residency much, unless, of course, you were ready to learn something.” Finishing the mini-speech she caught his eyes in an honest assessment of his response.
“You’re kind of hard on us, aren’t you?”
She smiled thoughtfully. “Doctor, can’t you see the irony in your question? I’m not hard on you. I’m the voice of reason in this medical wilderness. Sleep deprivation leads to all kinds of errors in judgment and decreases motor skills. It is not a harmless initiation rite. You are a threat to every patient you see when you are sleep deprived.”
“Psychologists have no idea about the rigors of medical training or the necessity for them.”
“You’re right, I don’t understand why abusing your own body teaches you anything about healing. The training in psychology is intense,” she paused to look directly at him, “but rational”. As she rose to leave, she touched his shoulder lightly in a gesture of comfort.
To Lauren, touch was a healing resource she used with conscious intent at times but, more often she found it a spontaneous affirmation of her caring. After the sudden loss of her parents in a car crash when she was twelve, Lauren had missed the affection they had lavished on her. Although her older brother, Peter, took good care of her, she still longed for the evenings when she sat on her father’s lap as he read the paper and the quiet Sunday afternoons when shoulder- to-shoulder she and her mother worked on needlepoint canvases.
In graduate school Lauren observed that in dysfunctional families affection was missing and touch was perverted. With each abused child she treated, she began to reeducate the child about good touch and bad touch. Teaching them to trust again and to be open to comfort.
Ian was a bundle of conflicted emotions. He really was too upset about the incident in her class. She wondered why this successful resident was so very unhappy.
Ian sat at the table a long time. The last thing he had wanted in this class was to draw attention to himself. He had hoped to remain a non-entity, slipping through the class unnoticed. Now he had to try to repair the initial damage his falling asleep had done. He hoped his apology had helped, but he couldn’t read her.
He saw the whiteness of his knuckles grasping the mug of coffee before he felt the tension. That wasn’t like him and it made him uneasy. Usually, he registered every nuance of pressure in his hands.
He had devoted himself to enhancing every aspect of his innate gift for surgery.
An iridescent film covered the cold coffee in his cup. He pushed the cup aside, impatient to return to his work. As he walked up the stairs to the fifth floor, he left his tension and irritability behind.
What he could not relinquish was the sight of Lauren sitting alone at the table, her eyes wide and dark, open to some intimate image in her mind.
Weeks later, unable to shake his fascination with the seminar’s instructor, he tapped on Lauren’s office door, more anxious about asking a woman out than he ever remembered.
The door was partly open. The morning sun picked up the auburn in the gentle waves of her shoulder-length hair. When she saw him she stopped dictating and switched off the recorder. To Ian the movement seemed almost sensual.
“Yes, Ian?” She assumed that this would be like other times when he had come by to ask about extra readings or to observe her work.
“Ah, there’s a party at the Dr. Golden’s for all the residents. I wondered if you’d like to go with me?” Arms outstretched, he clung to the frame of the door in a nonchalant manner, except for the whiteness of his knuckles.
“Oh, that’s nice of you, but I don’t date residents.” Ian saw her catch her breath as she realized how harsh her words sounded. He wondered if she really wasn’t attracted to him or if she was playing
some kind of game.
“Well, it wouldn’t exactly have to be a date.”
“Oh, but it would, really, wouldn’t it?”
“You’re really rigid about this ethics stuff, aren’t you? It goes on all over the med school.”
“You should know by now I don’t always do what everyone else at the med school does.”
“I think you’re giving me mixed messages,” Ian said, as a challenge.
“Really, I thought they came from you,” Lauren said, volleying his challenge back to him.
Ian felt his inside bravado crumble. What did she mean? How could she know how ambivalent he was about this rotation? She was a paradox, creating emotional chaos for him. Contradictions filled her office: toys and children’s drawings, degrees and technical books.
Even her absolute femininity clashed with her self-assured attitude.
A fleeting image of Lauren standing beside him that first day in her seminar filled him for a moment with the intoxicating warmth of his dream. He could feel the pressure of her hand on his shoulder. A smile touched his eyes with a realization. It wasn’t that her femininity and competence didn’t fit together. It was that they did. That was what intrigued and enticed him.
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(1952 --)
Duntemann is an American SF fan and author who began to publish genre work with the story, "Our Lady of the Endless Sky", in Nova 4 (1974), edited by Harry Harrison.
He was one of the organizers of General Technics in 1975 at Windycon II and was the first editor of its fanzine, PyroTechnics.
His Drumlin series, comprising "Drumlin Boiler (April, 2002, in Asimov's), "Drumlin Circus" (2011) and "On Gossamer Wings" (2011), follows the lives of several hundred passengers and the crew of a broken-down interstellar cruiser, which has been forced to land on an uninhabited planet. "Drumlin Circus" describes the life and crises of a traveling circus; in "On Gossamer Wings", a young girl has a talent for intuiting the inner processes of alien.
"The Cunning Blood" (2005) focuses on the uses to which Nanotechnology can be put by the Libertarian inmates of a prison planet.
His sister is SF fan Gretchen Roper.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68093 | Requirements of Salvation
Requirements of Salvation
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I made this page because there are a lot of false apostles and ministers in these final years of the world, teaching that
just by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ you can be saved. If it was that easy we wouldn't have scriptures
warning us that few will be saved and that the path to eternal life is narrow, of which few be there that find it.
A holy and sanctified life lived in strict obedience unto the commandments and precepts taught in the word of God,
the Holy Bible is required of all those that seek the salvation of their souls. This is what the Bible is speaking
of when it says that we must be born again. Born again means to be transformed by God into a new moral life.
John 3:3 KJB
If all we had to do was simply believe demons and the wicked heathen would be saved. For there are
innumerable people in this world that war against God and His saints and know the truth.
James 2:19
If all we had to do was believe then this verse below would have no meaning.
Matthew 7:14
We see from the verse below that they that do the will of God, that keep His commandments and precepts
taught in the word of God, the Holy Bible, will be saved. Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ that He
is the true messiah, that He really is God in the flesh is the absolute first step anyone must take on the
path to salvation. It is the first commandment of God we must obey, to simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
For why would even begin to consider keeping His commandments and obey Him if you didn't believe He
was who He said He was.
Matthew 7:21
will of my Father which is in heaven."
James 2:17
We see that faith (trust) in God is really false faith without doing the works of God. What works are these?
These works are the commandments and precepts taught in the word of God. For example, denying yourself daily,
giving alms, preaching the truth of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible, encouraging one another, loving one another,
honoring your parents, not hating anyone, not stealing, etc. These are just a few of the many holy commandments
given to us by God in the Holy Bible.
1 John 2:17
If the entire Bible could be summed up in one verse I would choose the following.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Understanding faith and grace is simple.
Faith means to have trust and hope in God.
Grace means the favor of God.
To have faith (trust) in God you must have a good conscious toward Him.
To have a good conscious toward God you must obey Him.
Faith and obedience go hand in hand.
If you are obedient to God's commandments and precepts He will give you true faith, real trust in Him.
He will show you that you can trust in Him by the protection of His Spirit (the Holy Spirit).
Grace and obedience also go hand in hand.
If you are obedient, the grace (favor) of God will be upon you and all that you do.
1 Peter 3:21
The above verse is not saying that baptism literally saves us. It is saying that by being baptized
you are keeping God's commandment to you which will allow you to begin to have a good conscience towards
God because you obeyed Him. Just as believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is a commandment, so also is baptism.
Continue seeking God's will in all that you do to continue with a good conscience toward God.
In summary, the requirement of salvation is strict obedience unto God.
obedience=good conscience toward God=Salvation
If you want to be saved from the damnation of Hell, get in the word of God,
start in the New Testament at the gospel of
Matthew, in a King James Bible (PDF above) and
read every word and do exactly as God's word teaches you.
There is not much time left.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68147 | 1 Chronicles
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Reading 1,47 - 29 Chapters - 942 verses - 20,369 words
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Purpose: To unify God's people, to trace the Davidic line, and to teach that genuine worship ought to be the center of individual and national life.
Author: Esra, according to Jewish tradition
Original audience: The exiles who returned from captivity
Date written: Approximately 430 B.C., recording events that occurred from about 1000-960 B.C.
Setting: First Chronicles parallels 2 Samuel and serves as a commentary on it. Written after the Exile from a priestly point of view. 1 Chronicles emphasizes the religious history of Judah and Israel.
Key verse: "And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel" (14:2)
Key people: David, Solomon
Key places: Hebron, Jerusalem, the Temple
The Hebrew title (dibre hayamim) can be translated "the events (or annals) of the day (or years)." The same phrase occurs in references to sources used by the author or compiler of Kings (translated "annals" in,e.g., 1Ki 14:19,29; 15:7,23,31; 16:5,14,20,27; 22:45). The Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT) refers to the book as "the things omitted," indicating that its translators regarded it as supplement to Samuel and Kings. Jereme (A.D.347-420), translator for the Latin Vulgata, suggested that a more appropriate title would be "chronicle of the whole sacred history." Luther took over this suggestion in his German version, and others have followed him. Chronicles was first divided into two books by the Septuagint translators.
Author, Date and Sources
According to ancient Jewish tradition, Ezra wrote Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah (see introduction to Ezra: Literary Form and Authorship), with certainty. A growing consensus dates Chronicles in the latter half of the fifth century B.C., thus possibly within Ezra's lifetime. And it must be acknowledged that the author, if not Ezra himself, at least shared many basic concerns with that reforming priest - though Chronicles is not so narrowly "priestly" in its perspective as was long affirmed.
Purpose and Themes
2. The value of this legacy is highlighted by the author's emphasis on God's furtherance of his gracious purpose toward Israel through his sovereign acts of election: (1) of the tribe of Levi to serve before the ark of the covenant (15:2; 23:24-32), (2) of David to be king over Israel (28:4; 2Ch 6:6), (3) of Solomon his son to be king and to build the temple (28:5-6,10; 29:1), (4) of Jerusalem (2Ch 6:6,34,38; 12:13; 33:7) and (5) of the temple (2Ch 7:12,16; 33:7) to be the place where God's Name would be present among his people. These divine acts give assurance to postexilic Israel that her rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and its continuing service mark her as God's people whose election has not been annulled.
3. In addition to the temple, Israel has the law and the prophets as a major focus of her covenant life under the leadership of the house of David. Neither the Davidic kings nor the temple had in themselves assured Israel's security and blessing. All had been conditional on Israel's and the king's faithfulness to the law (28:7; 2Ch 6:16; 7:17; 12:1; 33:8). In the Chronicler's account, a primary feature of the reign of every faithful Davidic king was his attempt to bring about compliance with the law: David (6:49; 15:13,15; 16:40; 22:11-13;29:19), Asa (2Ch 14:4); 15:12-14), Jehoshaphat (2Ch 17:3-9; 19:8-10), Joash (2Ch 24:6,9), Hezekiah (2Ch 29:10,31; 30:15-16; 31:3-4,21). Josiah (2Ch 34:19-21,29-33; 35:6,12,26). And to heed God's prophetic word was no less crucial. The faithful kinds, such as David, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah - and even Rehoboam (2Ch 11:4; 12:6) and Amaziah (2Ch 25:7-10) - honored it; the unfaithful kings disregarded it to their destruction (Jehoram, 2Ch 21:12-19; Joash, 2Ch 24:19-25; Amaziah, 2Ch 25:15-16,20; Manasseh, 2Ch 33:10-11; 36:15-16). Chronicles, in fact, notes the ministries of more prophets than do Samuel and Kings. Jehoshaphat's word to Israel expresses the Chronicler's view succinctly: "Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful" (2Ch 20:20). In the Chronicler's account of Israel's years under the kings, her response to the law and the prophets was more decisive for her destiny than the reigns of kings.
7. The genealogies also demonstrate continuity with the past. To the question "Is God still interested in us?" the Chronicler answer, "He has always been." God's grace and love for the restored community did not begin with David or the conquest or the exodus - but with creation (1:1).
8. The Chronicler often introduces speeches not found in Samuel and Kings, using them to convey some of his main emphases. Of the 165 speeches in Chronicles of varying lengths, only 95 are found in the parallel texts of Samuel and Kings. cf.,e.g., the speeches of Abijah (2Ch 13:4-12), Asa (2Ch 14:11) and Jehoshaphat (2Ch 20:5-21)
Portrait of David and Solomon
The Chronicler handles Solomon similarly, Solomon is specifically named in a divine oracle as David's successor (22:7-10; 28:6). His accession to the throne is announced publicly by David and is greeted with the unanimous support of all Israel (ch. 28-29). No mention is made of the bedridden David, who must overturn the attempted coup by Adonijah at the last moment to secure the throne for Solomon. Nor is there mention that the military commander Joab and the high priest Abiathar supported Adonijah's attempt (1K 1). Solomon's execution of those who had wronged David (1Ki 2) is also omitted. The accession of Solomon is without competition or detracting incident. The account of his reign is devoted almost wholly to the building of the temple (2Ch 2-8), and reference to his failures is included. No mention is made of his idolatry, his foreign wives or the rebellions against his rule (1Ki 11). Even the blame for the schism is removed from Solomon (1Ki 11:26-40; 12:1-4) and placed on the scheming of Jeroboam. Solomon's image in Chronicles is such that he can be paired with David in the most favorable light (2Ch 11:17). The David and Solomon of the Chronicles, then, must be seen not only as the David and Solomon of history, but also as typifying the Messianic king of the Chronicler's expectation.
2. Not only is there idealization of David and Solomon, but the author also appears to consciously adopt the account of the succession of Moses and Joshua as a model as a model for the succession of David and Solomon:
a. Both David and Moses fail to attain their goals - one to build the temple and the other to enter the promised land. In both cases the divine prohibition is related to the appointment of a successor (22:5-13; 28:2-8; Dt 1:37-38; 31:2-8).
d. There are both private and public announcements of the appointment of the successors: private (22:6; Dt 31:23); public (28:8; Dt 31:7) - both "in the presence /sight of all Israel").
Comparison of genealogical lists of the same tribal or family line often brings to light surprising differences. This fluidity of the lists may reflect variation in function. But sometimes changes in the status or relations of social structures are reflected in genealogies by changes in the relationships of names in the genealogy (1:35-42; 6:22,27) or by the addition of names or segments to a lineage (5:11-22; 6:27- 7:6-12). The most common type of fluidity in Biblical material is telescoping, the omission of names from the list. Unimportant names are left out in order to relate an individual to a prominent ancestor, or possibly to achieve the desired number of names in the genealogy. Some Biblical genealogies, for example, omit names to achieve multiples of 7: For the period from Daniel to the exile authors give similar multiples of 7 for the period from the exile to Jesus (Mt 1:1-17; Lk 3:23-38).
The genealogies of Chronicles show variation, in all these properties; the arrangements often reflect the purpose for which the genealogies were composed prior to their being adopted by the Chronicler as part of his record.
1, 2 Chronicles Interpretive Challenges
1. Who wrote 1 and 2 Chronicles? Does the overlap of 2Ch 36:22-23 with Ezra 1:1-3 point to Ezra as author?
2. Does the use of multiple sources taint the inerrancy doctrine of Scripture?
3. How does one explain the variations in the genealogies of 1Ch 1-9 from other OT genealogies?
4. Are the curses of Dt 28 still in force, even though the 70 year captivity has concluded?
5. How does one explain the few variations in numbers when comparing Chronicles with parallel passages in Samuel and Kings?
I. Genealogies: Creation to Restoration
(1Ch 1-9)
A. The Patriarchs (ch. 1)
B. The 12 Sons of Jacob/Israel (2:1-2)
C. The Family of judah (2:3-4:23)
D. The Sons of Simeon (4:24-43)
E. Reuben, Gad and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh (ch. 5)
F. Levi and Family (ch. 6)
G. Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim and Asher (chs. 7-9)
II. The Reign of David
(1Ch 10-29)
A. Death of Saul (ch. 10)
B. Capture of Jerusalem; David's Power Base (chs. 11-12)
C. return of the Ark; Establishment of David's Kingdom (chs. 13-16)
D. Dynasty Promise (ch. 17)
E. David's Conquests (chs. 18-20)
F. The Census (ch. 21)
G. Preparations for the Temple (ch.22)
H. Organization of the Temples Service (chs. 23-26)
I. Administrative Structures of the Kingdom (ch. 27)
J. David's Final Preparations for Succession and the Temple (28:1-29:20)
K. Succession of Solomon; Death of David (29:21-30)
III. The Reign of Solomon
(2Ch 1-9)
A. The Gift of Wisdom (ch. 1)
B. Building the Temple (2:1-5:1)
C. Dedication of the Temple (5:2-7:22)
D. Solomon's Other Activities (ch. 8)
E. Solomon's Wisdom, Splendor and Death (ch. 9)
IV. The Schism, and the History of the Kings of Judah
(2Ch 10-36)
A. Rehoboam (chs. 10-12)
B. Abijah (13:1-14:1)
C. Asa (14:2-16:14)
D. Jehoshaphat (17:1-21:3)
E. Jehoram and Ahaziah (21:4-22:9)
F. Joash (22:10-24:27)
G. Amaziah (ch. 25)
H. Uzziah (ch. 26)
I. Jotham (ch. 27)
j. Ahaz (ch. 28)
K. Hezekiah (ch. 29-32)
L. Manasseh (33:1-20)
M. Amon (33:21-25)
N. Josiah (34:1-36:1)
O. Josiah's Successors (36:2-14)
P. Exile and Restoration (36:15-23)
1 & 2 Chronicles Horizontal
1:1 - Genealogy: Creation to post exile
10:1 - Saul’s death and David’s early kingship
13:1 - Ark to Obed-Edom and David’s prosperity
15:1 - The Ark brought to Jerusalem
17:1 - David’s desire to build temple
18:1 - David’s victores
21:1 - David prepares for Temple construction
23:1 - David organizes Levites and Priests
25:1 - David organizes worship and Temple service
27:1 - Officers who served King
28:1 - David’s final instructions and death
1:1 - Solomon’s wisdom
2:1 - The construction of the Temple
5:2 - The dedication of the Temple
8:1 - Solomon’s prosperity and fame
10:1 - Rehoboam
13:1 - Abijah
14:1 - Asa
17:1 - Jehoshaphat
21:1 - Jehoram
22:1 - Ahaziah
22:10 - “Queen” Athaliah
24:1 - Joash
25:1 - Amaziah
26:1 - Uzziah
27:1 - Jotham
28:1 - Ahaz
29:1 - Hezekiah
33:1 - Manasseh
33:21 - Amon
34:1 - Josiah
36:1 - Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah
36:15 - The Babylonian captivity
No Temple
No King
God's character in 1 Chronicles
1. God is glorious - 16:24
2. God is holy - 16:10
3. Gor is merciful - 16:34
4. God is powerful - 29:11, 12
5. God is a promise keeper - 17:23, 26
6. God is provident - 29:12
7. God is unified - 17:20
8. God is wise - 28:9
Christ in 1 Chronicles
God's covenant with David promised him an eternal dynasty: "I will set up your seed after you, who will be of our sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his Father, and he shall be My son" (17:11-13). As a fulfillment to this promise. Solomon built the temple for the Lord. The final fulfillment of this covenant will come with the establishment of the eternal kingdom of Christ the Messiah, a direct descendant of David. |
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You've Got Rhythm
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Here are the first 8 bars of what Jazz musicians refer to as 'rhythm changes', because they are based, loosely, upon the chord changes of George Gershwin's "I've Got Rhythm".
Jazz musicians by the score penned their own unique melodies over these same chord changes in order to keep the publishing for themselves. The melody is often referred to as 'the head' and is used as a basis for improvisations for those melodically inclined. Jazz musicians spend quite a bit of time mastering these changes, often in 'horn keys' like Bb and Eb.
I've written a 'Rhythm Changes' head about Pie, in the key of C. Check out the grips. Theory notes to come. Click the pic to enlarge:
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Anonymous said...
You've mentioned Aug6 chords before. Can you explain why the DbAug6 is not an FAug6? It's got Db, B and F, and the Db and B resolve to C, which is the fifth of F.
pluto said...
I'm not sure I understand your question.
It's not an Augmented chord.
It's a major triad with an augmented 6th.
It looks much like a Db7 chord. In fact, they are enharmonically equivalent. But that doesn't make them the same.
I have some plans to discuss Augmented 6th chords in general.
Anonymous said...
Maybe I should wait for the post, but I thought an augmented sixth chord has the root, #4 and b6 with the "augmented sixth" referring to the interval between the b6 and the #4.
F(root), B(#4) and Db(b6) is FAug6, which is enharmonically equivalent to Db7 but not to DbAug6.
pluto said...
I think you are confusing the ROOT of the chord with the TONIC of the key.
It does refer to the distance between the b6 and the #4 IN THE KEY.
The Ab Augmented 6th chord in Bar 6 of this example is an example of the theory explained here:
It's a bVI chord 'borrowed from minor', meaning a triad constructed from the bVI scale degree of the parallel minor key. In this example, measure 6, the bVI is Ab. The designation 'augmented 6th' comes from the interval between the ROOT of this Ab chord and the F# which is an augmented 6th above the root.
However, it should be noted that in this example the Ab aug6 chord in measure 6 is also NOT in root position. It's an inversion. The F#, the augmented 6th is actually in the bass.
I will be writing more about Augmented 6th chords, and WHY I prefer that designation in the appropriate circumstance.
Thank you for your questions.
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Every sportsperson dreams of success, glamour, and grandeur in their chosen career path. Some work hard for it, while others resort to shady methods to achieve their goals. No doubt the path of drugs and steroids seems the easy way, but one should remember the old saying, ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ The instant results of drugs leave lasting side-effects on the person, some of which can be fatal. Many athletes have succumbed to the lure of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs which have prematurely ended their careers. The results are always devastating, and it leaves a permanent mark on the athletes’ career.
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Anabolic drugs do not trigger the rapid increase of the chemical dopamine in the brain as the other drugs do. Still, long-term use results in the increase of dopamine, serotonin, and opioid systems, affecting the mood and behavior of the user which leads to violent mood-swings and extreme contracted violent behavior.
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Apart from the short-term side effects, performance-enhancing drugs also have long-lasting health problems. Some of these health issues are fatal. The problems caused by anabolic drugs are; kidney failure, damaged liver, enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and changes in blood cholesterol. These problems lead to the increased chances of stroke and heart attack, even in young people.
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Not only have anabolic drugs had serious side effects adults but on teenagers too. They may find stunted growth and stunted height as a result of the drug use, since the imbalance of the hormones due to high steroid levels may send signals to the brain to stop bone development.
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Jumping is an integral part of any handball game such as basketball, volleyball, and it is also one of the major requirements for many Olympic sports. So how do you ensure that your vertical leap is up to par with the required professional standards when your dream is to make it big in the basketball league? The answer is quite simple. You exercise and build a routine complimented with the right balanced diet to continuously improve your vertical leap. Now, there is a major way to approach a workout routine, namely with the help of a proper jump training manual. A suitable jump training guide will feature exercises that not only would help build your strength but also improve the quickness, a combination of which gives explosive vertical jumping height. Not venturing into the lengthy detailed version of all the exercises beneficial for vertical leap, here are three exercises, which when done right, will help you get a consistent superior vertical jumping height on the basketball court.
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Hillary Clinton gave her first national media interview since announcing her candidacy, following a period of evading the press. She spent the interview (transcript here), as she invariably does when interviewed, avoiding answering any questions and playing the victim. A better reporter would have pinned her down better with follow up questions. I wonder if she will ever dare face Terry Gross again after she fell apart when interviewed by her last year.
Earlier in the day The Washington Post described another reason why it is so difficult for the press to get meaningful answers to questions when covering the Clinton campaign with their creation of an echo chamber:
The super PAC, called Correct the Record, convened similar talking-point tutorials and media-training classes in May and June in three other early-voting states — Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina — as well as sessions earlier this spring in California.
Presidential campaigns have for decades fed talking points to surrogates who appear on national television or introduce candidates on the stump. But the effort to script and train local supporters is unusually ambitious and illustrates the extent to which the Clinton campaign and its web of sanctioned, allied super PACs are leaving nothing to chance…
But asking local supporters to use talking points could undermine the organic nature of grass-roots political interactions. No longer can a journalist call state representatives in Iowa and expect to hear their personal, candid takes on Clinton — nor can a Rotary Club member listen to fellow small-business owners talk about the candidate at the group’s monthly luncheon — without suspecting that they are reading from a script.
The phony nature of the Clinton campaign is one reason why there has been so much excitement in Bernie Sanders’ campaign. Hillary Clinton had 5500 people turn out at her campaign re-launch on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Only 3000 showed up for Jeb Bush’s announcement. In contrast, over 10,000 people turned out to hear Bernie Sanders speak in Wisconsin and over 7500 in Portland, Maine. He even attracted over 2500 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Crowds may or may not ultimately translate into caucus and primary votes, but Sanders is certainly shaking up the race.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68202 | Why atheism
unicorn“You always want to argue about everything. That’s why nobody likes you.”
-Emery’s mom
I suppose I could have stopped being a Christian quietly. That would have made my mom happier less upset. Instead I add insult to injury by being an atheist, and writing about it.
Nobody believes in unicorns
Proclaiming one’s atheism may appear as unnecessary as proclaiming that one does not believe in unicorns. Although most of us are technically “a-unicornists,” few feel the need to tell people that they are. Why must atheists wear their labels so indiscreetly?
If one day our political candidates were judged by how devoutly they believed in unicorns, or if our laws were based on unicorn-derived values, or if every neighborhood had a church where unicorn worship was exalted and its members regularly proselytized unicorns to the public, would it not then make sense to take a stand on the issue, and do so publicly? Would it be indiscreet to say you don’t believe in unicorns?
I am an atheist because the issue is raised: in America, we are constantly confronted with belief in God, and judged by our proclamations about this God. When belief in God ceases to be an issue, so will non-belief in God. Until then, the need to declare oneself an atheist will remain.
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vishnuPeople sometimes ask atheists how they know God doesn’t exist, all the while oblivious to the premises loaded into their question. If the premises were identified and altered, they would become quite obvious. For example, if asked “how do you know that God doesn’t exist” with God described as a Hindu deity with four arms and blue skin, most Christians would have little trouble distinguishing the issue: “it’s not that I don’t believe God exists, I don’t believe in that God.”
Sometimes God is presented as merely a Prime Mover that started it all. If that is all God means, then I would not be an atheist, for I cannot draw definite conclusions about something so vaguely described. Christians are correct to point out the inability to be a well-reasoned atheist toward a being such as that. This, however, is not the sort of being Christians mean when they talk about God. Instead, they describe their god as three-beings-in-one, who created the universe out of nothing, who sent his son to die for our sins, which son we can now literally eat in the form of bread or crackers, and whose blood we can drink in the form of Welch’s grape juice or Mad Dog 20/20 Mogen David Concord Grape wine. This god I do not believe exists.
In America, an atheist is necessarily an “a-Christian.” In the Middle East, an atheist would mostly be “a-Muslim.” However, being an atheist is more than just holding a position of disbelief in the local religion. It also says that you do not accept many of the premises that anchor morality for theists, namely that the teachings of a religion necessarily have anything to do with what is actually right and wrong. In a world where moral answers are often left to religious leaders, atheists confront the questions cold turkey, without relinquishing authority to someone else’s interpretation of ancient books. This reliance on the practical effects of actions in the real world, instead of the mandates of religion, fundamentally changes how a person thinks about morality, and about how he or she views other people. The answers we give to moral questions are critical to how we survive and live as humans. Atheism places the responsibility for these answers squarely on our own shoulders in the here and now, without God to bail us out in some future reckoning.
This is why I call myself an atheist.
22 thoughts on “Why atheism
1. There are many reasons why I believe in God. But, if for no other reason, let me ask you this: if God doesn’t exist, what happens to us after we die? Is it the end of our existence? If that is the case, I’m going to commit suicide and save myself the grief and disappointment and hardship that seems to accompany each of our lives on this sphere. Many would like to believe that there is more to this life than just this earthly presence. Even if we are wrong, it gives us hope in a higher purpose for being here.
There is a joke about Christians meeting atheists in the hereafter. Either way Christians win the “argument” because if we are both non-existent then atheists won’t be able to say “I told you so”, but if we are both still alive, the Christians will have the chance to say “I told you so”. Either way, Christians win in the end!
I realize that just because atheists don’t believe in God doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t believe in an afterlife, but my understanding is that most atheists do not. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
1. I have hope in annihilation the way Christians have hope in an infinite bliss. However, is not this hope of an infinite bliss a self-fish act whereas an annihilation belief relieves one from the stress of believing beloved non-believers won’t have infinite conscious torment. Isn’t it “Jesus-like” to sacrifice a blissful infinite life for the sake of non-believers infinite torment?
2. Hi Darin. I do not rule out an afterlife, but obviously don’t have enough data to draw any conclusions. As for what happens after we die, who knows? Those who say they know don’t really know. Yet I find it strange that you would not want to live if you thought this life was it. I think it’s quite possible this life is all there is, yet that makes me value this life more, not less. If there is no afterlife for me to spend with my loved ones, then the time I have with them now becomes supremely precious. Yet if I have forever to hang out with them, then what difference does it make if I neglect them now? Forever minus a few years still equals forever. If anything, mortality should make life more valuable, and cause us to value others even more, for there is no afterlife to fix things if we screw it up now.
1. Just checking out the sight a little curious. I’d like to ask, your belief in this life being our only one may motivate you to cherish it, but what spurs you to do good. What pulls you towards those in need of help. The point you offered seems selfish. Purely observational, just wanting to understand.
1. Hi Christian. Sorry for the delay: for some reason I wasn’t getting notification of new comments. You’re right that I do good for selfish reasons. However, I submit that is why we all do them, the religious person included. As a Christian, I wanted to please God because I loved him. Therefore pleasing him made me happy, which is a purely selfish motive. Therefore doing good, which stemmed from wanting to please God, was also rooted in selfishness. But that is the way sentient beings are. Is that a bad thing?
2. If someone does good only for reward or out of fear of punishment, is that person really Christ-like?
Those who do it out of heart – now that sets an example. And that is the only real thing
3. Darin, we believe in almost the same number of Gods – I just believe in one less God than you do. There are many different Gods/religions to choose from, and from within each, there are thousands of denominations. Assuming there is a God, and your place in the afterlife rests in choosing the right God and the right denomination, it’s literally a needle in a haystack chance you’ve got the right one – and if you’ve picked wrong – your worm food anyway.
Tell me, why would a God who wants us to follow him, yet demands specific adherence to his rules allow so much misinformation and potential for us to choose wrongly?
4. What kind of nutball logic is that? You don’t “win” anything if you cease to exist. In fact you will have lost because you devoted much of your life to something that is nothing but a hoax. You don’t believe that Scientologists will “win” if the afterlife doesn’t exist do you? No, because you don’t respect what they believe in. You also don’t respect a person’s thoughts on not believing. That’s the center of the matter. You cannot ask someone to believe something they simply don’t believe. It is not possible. You can only understand this if you try to believe in Scientology and fail to do so. Why did you fail? Because the concept does not seem believable to you. So is Christianity to many of us; it’s as unbelievable as unicorns.
If you believe in god even slightly just because of the promise of a wonderful afterlife then you are a hypocrite. You are doing so for selfish reasons. You should only believe if the arguments and information available convinces you that X god is the real deal. Anything else is nothing but foolishness. When I see something convincing, I will believe myself. I don’t trust what you or any other human says because you don’t know anything more than I know. You are simply willing to give in to societal pressure and knuckle under while I continue to evaluate existence without prejudice. Bottom line is that to me the Christian god is no more convincing than the Hindu gods or the Muslim god or the hundreds of other gods that came before.
2. hey man! I would absolutely love to talk to you! You seem like a very
level – headed, intelligent individual. You should definitely shoot me an email when you get a chance
3. High five! Did some Googling and found an atheist page show up instead of a biased, apologetic, shame and blaming Christian one. Google is finally starting to figure out my preferences.
4. Emery you act more like a Christian than most Christians. You seem to model almost all of the Fruits of the spirit. You seem to love and care for others. You are kind, patient, self controlled etc. You have opinions but are open to changing them if good evidence is presented. You can totally disagree with someone without calling them names or raising your voice. In fact I think you genuinely value others opinions that are different than yours. Thank you so much for your honesty, thoughtfulness and total professionalism.
5. Hello, Strikes me that if there is no God, then there is no morality. The concept of morality without God is actually quite ridiculous. We can’t “do good” for selfish reasons……there isn’t any “good”. There is only what I want, what I am strong enough to take….maybe from you…. Men like Adolph Hitler, Alexander the Great, the Roman emperors, etc. could correctly be called the only sensible, logical men under an atheistic mindset. Under atheism, evolution MUST reign supreme; any “good” deeds (helping the weak, the poor, etc.) will quickly be stamped out, and rightly so.
Yet, ALL people have some sense of morality. All atheists have a sense of what is “right” and “wrong”, just like everyone else. If I go the the home of an atheist and break in to kill and steal, he will not simply defend his life and property; he will be offended and say that I have done wrong.
Why? It is entirely illogical…..
1. But we have evolved as social creatures. We needed empathy and cooperation to survive as a species. That, I think, is the basis of human morality.
2. Atheism doesn’t promote evolution. That makes zero sense whatsoever.
As for Adolf Hitler and such men, many people DO believe that they were in the right rather than the wrong. Just because you’re an atheist doesn’t mean that all good immediately turns to evil. And it doesn’t mean that all evil is immediately promoted. You’ve got to think these things through, man.
If when morality becomes meaningless it is because there is no God, one could easily argue that there is no God. Based on what we see today, it’s completely plausible. ‘What do you mean, random internet guy?’ you might ask. I’m going to assume that because you speak English as well as you do that you’re either American or of the UK. My apologies if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t affect the situation TOO much. You’re clearly Christian, and that’s what matters for now. You’ve seen things like 9/11. You know what happened in Paris. (If you don’t, here’s a summary: PEOPLE DIED.) And do you know why those people died? Because of someone’s religion. They were so devout to their religion that they were willing to kill hundreds, thousands, millions, even to prove that THEIR God was the real one.
Their morality is based off of God. In that case, your ‘atheist morality’ seems completely preferable, since they do have a sense of right and wrong that appears to suit you just fine.
3. Interesting concept except that you Christians find it so difficult to follow your own moral rules. If god is the source of all morality, then he/she/it is doing a lousy job of getting it done.
1. The “No god no morality” argument fails simply because athiests can be good, kind, compassionate and, well, just basically good, people. Also Christians can be very bad people (although Christians will immediately come back with “the bad people were not really Christian at all”, and the bible verse that says “all our righteousness is filthy rags”. Looking at the world around us we could do with some more “filthy rags”! And I have had dealings with proclaimed and accepted “real Christians” that I would rather do without.
4. We can’t do good for selfish reasons? How selfish is believing in God to get to heaven? How selfish is doing “good” to get a God’s “well done” and a heap of rewards? How selfish is it to think you will be eternally ok while loved ones are eternally tortured, and to not stumble under the weight of such horror? (Or to be ok with this simply because you preached to them and too bad for them for not getting it.) Some people have a version of Christianity where they are happy to think some are chosen (including themselves of course) while the rest burn.
5. Sure. The Ku Klux Klan consists only religious people. Are they moral to you? The Inquisition too?
Yet, most moral people are atheists.
God has nothing to do with morality, after all. Or do you think all Japanese, Burmese, etc people are immoral? Or the ones before Christianity?
Your logic is so majorly flawed, you insult other people while your ego is bigger than your god.
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In medieval Gaelic and British culture (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Manmarker and Cornwallmarker) a bard was a professional poet, paid by a monarch to praise the sovereign's activities.
Originally, a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland and Highland Scotland, the term "bard" with the decline of living bardic tradition in the modern period acquired generic meanings of an epic author/singer/narrator, comparable with the terms in other cultures: minstrel, skald/scop, rhapsode, udgatar, griot, ashik) or any poets, especially famous ones. For example, William Shakespeare is known as The Bard.
The word is a loanword from descendant languages of Proto-Celtic *bardos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gwrh2-dh1-ó-, from the root *gwerh2 "to raise the voice; praise". The first recorded example in English is in 1449 from the Scottish Gaelic language into Lowland Scots, denoting an itinerant musician, usually with a contemptuous connotation. The word subsequently entered the English language via Scottish English.
Secondly, in medieval Gaelic and Welshmarker society, a bard (Scottish and Irish Gaelic) or bardd (Welsh) was a professional poet, employed to compose eulogies for his lord (see planxty). If the employer failed to pay the proper amount, the bard would then compose a satire. (c. f. fili, fáith). In other European societies, the same function was fulfilled by skalds, rhapsodes, minstrels and scops, among others.
Bards (who are not the same as the Irish 'Filidh' or 'Fili') were those who sang the songs recalling the tribal warriors' deeds of bravery as well as the genealogies and family histories of the ruling strata among Celtic societies. The pre-Christian Celtic peoples recorded no written histories; however, Celtic peoples did maintain an intricate oral history committed to memory and transmitted by bards and filid. Bards facilitated the memorization of such materials by the use of poetic meter and rhyme.
During the era of Romanticism, when knowledge of Celtic culture was overlaid by legends and fictions, the word was reintroduced into the West Germanic languages, this time directly into the English language, in the sense of 'lyric poet', idealised by writers such as the Scottishmarker romantic novelist Sir Walter Scott. The word was taken from Latin bardus, Greek bardos, in turn loanwords from the Gaulish language, describing a class of Celtic priest (see druid, vates). From this romantic use came the epitheton The Bard applied to William Shakespeare and Robert Burns.
Irish bards
Welsh bards
A number of legendary bards figure in Welsh mythology as has come down preserved in medieval Welsh literature, such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. The bards Aneirin and Taliesin may be legendary reflections of historical bards active in the 6th to 7th centuries.Very little historical information about Dark Age Welsh court tradition survives, but the Middle Welsh material came to be the nucleus of the Matter of Britain and Arthurian legend as they developed from the 13th century.
Welsh bardic tradition appears to end in the same 13th century, the Welsh campaigns of Edward I supposedly culminating in the legendary suicide of The Last Bard (c. 1283), as commemorated in the poem The Bards of Wales by the Hungarian poet János Arany in 1857 as a way of encoded resistance to the suppressive politics of his own time.There seems to be some continuity of Early Medieval Welsh tradition into the Late Middle Ages, with 14th century poets such as Dafydd ap Gwilym and Iolo Goch, and even to the present day with the Gorsedd of Bards.
Works discussing "bards" 18th and 19th century Celtic revivalism include The Bard by Thomas Gray, Cuma, The warrior-bard of Erin by John Richard Best, The Bard by John Walker Ord, The Mountain Bard by James Hogg, The Bard of Mary Redcliffe by Ernest Lacy, among others. The role of bards in Neo-Druidism (such as the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids), in Welsh nationalism and in popular notions on pre-Roman Britain originate in this context.In modern Wales the Gorsedd of Bards (Welsh: Gorsedd y Beirdd) is a society whose honorary membership is extended to those who have done great things for Wales.
From its frequent use in Romanticism, 'The Bard' became attached as a title to various poets,
In the 20th century, the word lost much of its original connotation of Celtic revivalism or Romanticism, and could refer to any professional poet or singer, sometimes in a mildly ironic tone. In the Soviet Unionmarker, singers who were outside the establishment were called bard from the 1960s.
From its Romanticist usage, the notion of the bard as a minstrel with qualities of a priest, magician or seer also entered the fantasy genre in the 1960s to 1980s, for example as the "Bard" class in Dungeons & Dragons, Bard by Keith Taylor (1981), Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn (1984), and in video games in fantasy settings such as The Bard's Tale (1985).
See also
1. "Bard", Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. Accessed 11 Jan. 2008.
2. Breatnach, Liam. Uraicecht na Ríar, ca. p. 98
3. "The figure of the bard flows through mid-eighteenth century thought in which the fantasy construct began to act as a cypher for a number of nationalist ideological arguments. He is often associated with certain geographical regions (Wales, or the far north of Scotland) and with fantasies about ancient English societies most commonly aroused through the invocation of the Druids" Andrew Ashfield, , Peter De Bolla, The sublime: a reader in British eighteenth-century aesthetic theory, Cambridge University Press (1996) ISBN 9780521395823, p. 160.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Dimension of Sound
As we go through the path of understanding who we are and why we're here, there are simple answers that can help us make sense of the world, or Universe, in which we live. For most of us, the existence of the Universe is something we take for granted and not something that we give a lot of thought to. That is the stuff of theoretical physicists and not something that we have much more than a scientific interest in understanding.
However it turns out that the fabric of our Universe is not all that different than the reality that we experience each and every day. And through this understanding of the big picture being similar to our little picture, we can find understanding and meaning in our own lives. Through this understanding we can discover how to find true happiness, achieve our dreams and understand ourselves.
So while you've probably never cracked a book on string theory or the physics of our Universe, take a quick peak at M-Theory as beautifully described on PBS:
Now that we understand how vibration plays a role in the Universe itself (e.g. the vibrating strings) take a closer look at the vibrational aspects of the sense of smell:
Connecting the dots brings us to a theory of our Universe which explains our purpose. The senses that we take for granted are actually dimensional planes which enable us to communicate. Each and everyday we communicate through sound in the form of talking. Vibrations that begin in your vocal cords emanate out and become sound waves of energy traveling through space and time. When they reach the recipients ears these vibrations are decoded (inside your brain) to make words. However it is the vibration itself which is the communication.
By thinking of our Universe as a slice of bread that is parallel to other Universes, we begin to peel back the onion of everything. The eleven dimensions of M-Theory are much more than sign posts of our Universe. They're the means by which we interact in our world and contain the keys to unlock the secrets of life.
But that is the subject of another day.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68265 | The Realities of Bass Conservation
25th November 2015 in Sustainability / Environment
Peter Caunter operates an under-10m vessel, netting off the south east coast. In this short article he provides an insight into the some of the realities of the bass fishery in his area.
The Realities of Bass Conservation
The attached photo is taken of a typical days catch from my vessel during last year’s spring fishery. I use 100ml sole trammel nets: please note the amount of bass.
Two points of significance: In this fishery bass can't be avoided and would have to be discarded if a moratorium on bass comes in force. Secondly, bass in my area have increased over the last few years from just odd fish some times, perhaps half a box of mainly small fish, to three, sometimes four or five boxes of large mature fish suggesting a large increase in the stock, not the drastic decrease claimed. I have fished the same spot, shooting the nets from March to June on the same tracks for over twenty years now so have a good knowledge of fluctuations in the local stocks.
This year’s O group recruitment is reported to be very good, this is backed up to me by a friend whose eel fluke nets have been clogged by thumb nail sized bass at the top of the river Stour this summer. This at least raises questions about the the evidence to justify the draconian measures the EU are threatening to put in place.
In my mind it is non- negotiable that what is in place is already way over the top as it is and not another single restriction should be even discussed .
The increase in landing size to 42cm earlier this year, has effectively closed down all inshore and estuary fisheries in the Stour and Orwell upper Thames and Medway estuaries, (along with traditional small fish fisheries like the Solent and many such places all around the UK) as 99% of bass targeted in these waters would have been under 42 cm. With a ton a month restricting the higher catchers and juvenile bass protected EU wide what more could possibly be needed ? |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68273 | Monday, January 10, 2011
2010 Christmas Photo Shoot
These were my favorite pictures of the boys this year. They are getting older now and can actually sit together - so cute for a pair of brothers, I think. These boys are men in the making. I couldn't be a prouder mama! |
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Clarifying the one bright light
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The teishos were on the Rinzai Roku, on "The pure light in a single thought of yours - that is the Dharmakaya Buddha. The nondiscriminating light in a single thought of yours, this is the Hojin Buddha. The nondifferentiating light in a single thought of yours, this is the kesshin Buddha.", and on "True Insight", "He who has nothing to do is the noble one." and on "Mind is without form yet pervades the ten directions".
Above the memorial picture with the strong core, that stayed to the very end.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68306 | New Sony Palm devices
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Paul Findley
Paul Augustus Findley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 20th district
January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1983
Edna O. Simpson
Dick Durbin
Personal details
Born(1921-06-23)June 23, 1921
Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 2019(2019-08-09) (aged 98)
Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Lucille Marie (nee' Gemme)
(m. 1946; died 2011)
Alma materIllinois College
Paul Augustus Findley (June 23, 1921 - August 9, 2019)[1] was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. Findley lost his seat in 1982 to current United States Senator Dick Durbin. He was a cofounder of the Council for the National Interest, a Washington, D.C. advocacy group and was a vocal critic of American policy towards Israel, and is remembered primarily by some for his hatred of Jewish Statehood.[2] He has also been praised for his support for the Palestinians and his anti-war activism.[2]
Early life
Findley was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, the son of Florence Mary (Nichols) and Joseph S. Findley.[3] He attended the Jacksonville public schools. He received his bachelor's degree from Illinois College, which is currently home to The Paul Findley Congressional Office Museum. The collection contains manuscripts and artifacts related to the life and political career of Paul Findley. It is one of the few congressional office museums in the United States. Findley served in the United States Navy during World War II and was commissioned a lieutenant (junior grade).[4]
A portrait of Findley in 1979
Findley served 11 terms in Congress, but lost to Dick Durbin, in his bid for reelection in 1982.[5] He was known in Congress as an advocate for the farmers of his district and as a strong proponent of the Palestinians and of opening up communication with the Palestine Liberation Organization[5] since they were the strongest and most organized representatives of Palestinian people at the time. Findley famously helped Springfield, Illinois teenager Frank Mitchell get appointed as the first African-American page in the U.S. House of Representatives since Reconstruction in 1965 after consulting with then-House GOP leader Gerald Ford to get more African-American people involved in the Republican Party. Ford used one of his page appointments to name Mitchell.[6] Mitchell and Findley remained friends until Findley's death in 2019. Findley was later quoted as saying it was one of his proudest accomplishments.
According to the New York Times, in 1982 Findley narrowly lost his bid for re-election for a number of reasons: "a competent opponent, redistricting, the economic recession, and pro-Israel groups support to his challenger," which allowed Findley's challenger to match him in spending.[5] During the campaign, "a former AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] president called him 'a dangerous enemy of Israel.'"[7] Findley confirmed that his 1982 campaign raised "almost exactly the same sum" as that of his opponent.[8] Following his defeat, he served on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) from 1983 to 1994.
In 1989 Findley, with former representative Pete McCloskey (R-CA), formed the Council for the National Interest.[9] It is a 501 (c)4 non-profit, non-partisan organization in the United States that works for "Middle East policies that serve the American national interest."[10] Its first executive director was ten-term congressman John B. Anderson (R-Il) who ran as an Independent candidate in the 1980 U.S. presidential election.[11]
Political views
A year after the September 11 attacks in 2001, Findley published an article saying that this attack would never have occurred were it not for the United States' uncritical support of Israel.[12] Findley claimed that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was launched primarily to benefit Israel, at the behest of the Israel lobby in the United States.[13]
Findley was a frequent critic of U.S. foreign policy regarding Israel. Findley was the author of They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby in which he stated that the pro-Israel lobby, notably AIPAC, has undue influence over the United States Congress. He referred to the lobby as "the 700-pound gorilla in Washington".[14]
A review of the book in the Washington Post stated: "Stripped of all the maudlin martyrdom, former congressman Paul Findley's message is straightforward and valid: Israeli influence in the United States, including in the inner sanctums of government, is very strong."[15]The New York Times review by Adam Clymer described the book as "an angry, one-sided book that seems often to be little more than a stringing together of stray incidents ... [it] does not really accept the idea that people of any political point of view are entitled to organize, support their friends and try to defeat the people they think are their enemies".[5] The review describes the book as "the typical reaction of a Congressman who is offended at being challenged seriously for his seat, especially if the upstart should go so far as to beat him."[5]
Findley listed the Israeli lobby as one of the factors contributing to his defeat in 1982, alongside the national recession of 1982 and the change of his district's boundaries after the 1980 census. "In seeking gains for Israel, they rigorously stifled dissent and intimidated the entire Congress. They still do. They defeat legislators who criticize Israel. Senators Adlai Stevenson III and Charles H. Percy, and Representatives Pete McCloskey, Cynthia McKinney, Earl F. Hilliard, and myself were defeated at the polls by candidates heavily financed by pro-Israel forces. McKinney alone was able to regain her seat in Congress."[16]
On the publication of Mearsheimer and Walt's 2006 working paper, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, he wrote: "You can't imagine how pleased I was [...] I think I can pose as a foremost expert on the lobby for Israel, because I was the target the last three years I was in Congress."[17]
Findley supported the efforts of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to improve the image of Muslims in America.[18] In a conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Findley said that "the cancer of anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiments was spreading in American society and requires corrective measures to stamp out this malaise."[18] In May 2006 Findley led a CAIR delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), resulting in a UAE proposal to build a property in the United States to serve as an endowment for CAIR. This proposal amounted to tens of millions of dollars in UAE donations.[19] He was a board member of If Americans Knew and the Streit Council.[20][21]
Findley endorsed the proposal for the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA), one of only six persons who served in the United States Congress ever to do so.[22]
The Anti-Defamation League has criticized the Council for the National Interest, of which Findley was a founder, as an "anti-Israel organization" that "disseminates demonizing propaganda about Israel to academics, politicians, and other audiences."[23] The Anti-Defamation League alleges that as a member of the Council for the National Interest that they have disseminated cartoons with anti-Semitic based themes by Khalil Bendib. Additionally, the Anti-Defamation League has quoted Paul Findley from an article in 2003 as blaming U.S. support of Israel for the September 11 Attacks: "Nine-eleven would not have occurred if the U.S. government had refused to help Israel humiliate and destroy Palestinian society." Paul Findley continued in the same article stating that "America suffered 9/11 and its aftermath and may soon be at war with Iraq, mainly because U.S. policy in the Middle East is made in Israel, not in Washington."[24]
Findley died on August 9, 2019, at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, at the age of 98. He is survived by his son and daughter, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.[25]
Published works
• The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel (Foreword). 2008. Ihs Press. ISBN 978-1-932528-17-6
• Silent No More: Confronting America's False Images of Islam. 2001. Amana Publications. ISBN 1-59008-001-7
• They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby. 1985, 1989, 2003 editions. Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 1-55652-482-X
• Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About the U.S.-Israeli Relationship. 1993, 1995 editions. Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 1-55652-239-8
• Abraham Lincoln: The Crucible of Congress. 1979, 2004 editions. Crown. ISBN 978-1-885852-41-0
• The Federal Farm Fable. 1968. Arlington House. ASIN B001UCDQQW
• Speaking Out: A Congressman's Lifelong Fight Against Bigotry, Famine, and War.2011. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569766258
1. ^ "Former US Rep. Paul Findley of Illinois dies at age 98". www.citynews1130.com. Retrieved 2019.
2. ^ "The Congressman Who Hated Israel". Commentary Magazine. August 2019. Retrieved 2019.
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ United States House of Representatives-History, Art & Archives-Paul Findley
5. ^ a b c d e Adam, Clymer (July 14, 1985). "IN SHORT: NONFICTION". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010.
6. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard (January 3, 2020). "Mitchell, history-making U.S. House page, dies at 70". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 2020.
7. ^ McConnell, Scott (December 3, 2007) The Lobby Strikes Back, The American Conservative
8. ^ They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby, Paul Findley, Lawrence Hill Books, 1989, p. 22
10. ^ CNI web site "About Us" page.
12. ^ Paul Findley, "Liberating America from Israel", Arab News, September 12, 2002
13. ^ "Our Israel-centric Foreign Policy", Paul Findley, The Huffington Post, June 9, 2005
14. ^ Paul Findley Speaker Profile, Stanford University, January 16, 2005
15. ^ "Measuring the Political Influence of Israel in America", Peter Grose, Washington Post, June 23, 1985, accessed April 28, 2006
16. ^ The Peril in U.S. Middle East Policies Archived 2006-10-31 at the Wayback Machine, February 8, 2005
17. ^ Paper on Israel Lobby Sparks Heated Debate, Deborah Amos, NPR, April 21, 2006, accessed April 29, 2006
18. ^ a b Hassan, Javid (June 21, 2006). "Media Campaign in US to Dispel Islamophobia". Arab News. Retrieved 2010.
19. ^ "CAIR Watch". www.americansagainsthate.org. Retrieved 2017.
20. ^ If Americans Knew
21. ^ Streit Council: Board of Directors
22. ^ UNPA website. http://en.unpacampaign.org/supporters/overview/?mapcountry=US&mapgroup=cur Retrieved August 28, 2017
23. ^ "Backgrounder: The Council for the National Interest, Anti-Defamation League, October 3 2008". Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved 2017.
24. ^ "Israel and Iraq War". www.jcpa.org. Retrieved 2017.
25. ^ "Former Congressman Paul Findley dies at 98". SJR. August 9, 2019.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68325 | Logs and Shanties
Ed the Useless Skipper
by Elijah / mallards 2015
Ed set off at Hickling Broad. He got distracted by the ducks where he had moored and was taking a million photos with his camera which he dropped in. And it took Ed with it.
Because it was very windy Ed decided to make the sail as large as possible for lots of speed. Whilst going twice as fast as cruisers breaking the speed limit, Ed shouted "This is awesome! I am Santa!" and fell in for a second time.
Then he needed the loo so he went in the reeds but the jib knocked him in. A very stinky and drenched Ed decided to go home... but he missed the last train there. |
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Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads
Monday, January 13, 2020
The Tate in 2018: Aftermath—Art in the Wake of World War One
Still from Film by Jacob Read
It seems like every serious art gallery in world [Note to self: check the Hermitage] did an exhibit on the Great War during the recent Centennial. London's Tate Gallery emphasized (in their words) how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. The selections shown here are some of the most affecting I've been able to find on the Internet. Don't look for cheeriness.
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1. Otto Dix
Prostitute and Disabled War Veteran, Two Victims of Capitalism, 1923
2. Sir William Orpen
A Grave in a Trench, 1917
3. André Mare
Survivors, 1929
4. George Grosz
Grey Day, 1921
5. Winifred Knights
The Deluge, 1920
6. Paul Citroen
Metropolis, 1923
7. William Roberts
The Jazz Club (The Dance Party), 1923
8. Otto Griebel
The International, 1928–30
9. Paul Jouve
Grave of a Serbian Soldier at Kenali 1917, 1917
1. No wonder rearmament wasn't popular during the interwar period!
2. So powerful.
"The International" is really optimistic - to me. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68371 | @article{Milejski_Paweł_An_2018, author={Milejski, Paweł}, volume={Rok LXII}, howpublished={online}, pages={239-268}, journal={Wiadomości Numizmatyczne}, year={2018}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Historycznych PAN}, abstract={
During the museum query, which took place on 7 April 2016 in the Museum of Archaeology in Wroclaw an unknown parcel of the Grodziec hoard (district of Złotoryja) was revealed. This hoard was found in 1967. Two years later, it was published as a complex containing 492 coins: Polish, Bohemian and German groschen and half-groschen as well as two Gdansk shillings. Tpq was established as 1501. A parcel containing 173 Prague groschen had been completely left out of that publication. It contains coins of Charles IV, Wenceslas IV and Vladislaus II. The hoard dating had to be indistinctly altered (tpq 1502) and the quantitative composition of individual denominations turned out to be completely different. In the appendix the coins from the first part of the hoard are described, which were omitted or incorrectly described by M. Haisig. Especially interesting is the very rare groschen of the county of Henneberg.
}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={An unknown parcel of the groschen hoard from Grodziec (the Złotoryja district)}, doi={10.24425/wn.2018.125047}, } |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68380 | Host your own broadcast
Posted on February 06, 2019
Recently I want to host my own broadcast on-air. After some digging, I found this repository is a very useful tool for the beginners. Here are some notes that I want to keep:
RTMP (Adobe Real-Time Messaging Protocol):
• [+]: low latency, almost real-time
• [-]: need Flash support
HLS (Http Live Streaming):
• Slice, store and serve continuous pieces collected from RTMP
• [+]: can play with HTML5 (no Flash needed)
• [-]: delay (10s~30s)
• 1. Use srs to create a HLS stream and serve the m3u8 with customized Nginx. Use FFMPEG to slice.
• 2. Use srs to create a HTTP stream and serve the m3u8 with native Nginx. Use FFMPEG to slice.
• 3. Use Nginx-RMTP to handle everything.
RTMP/HLS/HDS are distribution methods. RTMP is also the name of the protocol. HLS is using HTTP protocol.
SRS vs Nginx-RMTP:
Haven’t try RTSP. Might try that one later.
The second problem is to find a way to handle the FFmpeg. Since I use the RTMP+HTTP solution to stream, I need to run a bash script to keep chopping the RTMP stream into HLS using ffmpeg. However, if the RTMP stream comes after the start of FFmpeg, the RTMP stream might get blocked for some unknown reasons. Therefore, I cannot run a background process to handle FFmpeg on my server. I have to start the FFmpeg process manually after the stream (e.g. from OBS) starts.
I write a script (with a PID lock) and a frontend UI to solve that problem. I can start the script (to execute FFmpeg loop) after the stream starts and terminate the script after the stream stops.
Although checking the existence of the stream before chopping can be another solution, it costs a lot of I/O operation (checking existence). Checking the existence every minute can alleviate the problem but still, it’s not necessary to do that if we can start the script manually. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68382 | Teaching Science through History
Electomagnetism & the Telegraph
by Silvana Barbacci, Annalisa Bugini, Paolo Brenni & Anna Giatti
This case study highlights the early practical applications of the discoveries of electrodynamics and electromagnetism: the telegraph. It begins with the invention of the battery, continues through the experiments of Oersted and Ampere on the interactions between magnets and electrical currents and concludes with the social role of the telegraph in long-distance communications. The module combines narration and experimental activities for students.
NOS features include:
• specialization of knowledge and public understanding of science
• science and politics
• scientific worldview & the public celebration of science
Go to HIPST website.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68387 | Sunday, August 15, 2010
Threats from pirates
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1. I'm with you 110%. I would LOVE for a publisher (or heck, have a few of them get together) and hire a lawyer to go after these SOBs. I think what gets me more than the sharing (because I try to think it's just some confused person) is the attitude of the people behind it all. That part just makes me sick. We shouldn't have to PROVE we own the copyright. We should be able to send the link to the buy page and that be it. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68414 | Whales and Whaling
Charles W. Morgan – Restored to Greatness
The last time the Charles W. Morgan was under sail was 1921 and Warren Harding was President. Twenty years later, in November, 1941, the skies were leaden and the wind whipped the chilly sea air as the 1841 whaleship was towed from New Bedford, MA to Mystic CT.
Music of the Sea: The Chanteys of Mystic Seaport
They were filthy, determined and exhausted. No wonder they sang. You’re out on the ocean, miles from home, on a whaling ship. How do you get your crew to work in unison for the betterment of the voyage? After all,… |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68424 | Your pup has a world of colors to explore. What do they mean? Which ones should be touched? This is the first challenge where your dog needs to pay attention to multiple colors, and they may spend a while exploring and developing their own strategy. Each time your dog presses a touchpad, it will change between blue and yellow. The goal is to get all three touchpads to match.
Worried your dog can’t see color? Blue and yellow aren't a problem for dogs — check it out.
Like Tucker the Golden Retriever, some dogs have a bias for blue buttons. One strategy is to press only the blue buttons, and avoid the yellow ones, solving the play with three yellow lights at the end. This works well!
Other pups are partial to yellow, and almost always end up solving the puzzle with three yellow lights remaining. Another good strategy!
It's not uncommon for dogs to spend a while mashing on the buttons, like Zeus the Miniature Pinscher. This does work eventually when there are only two colors around. The Hub keeps track of how many presses it takes for each play, and if your pup repeatedly solves the puzzle in small number of presses, the game gets trickier. Specifically, the puzzle allows a certain number of actions to solve each play, and as the difficulty increases, your dog will get fewer and fewer tries to get the puzzle correct.
For example, if your pup does not solve the puzzle in ten moves, then the "whomp!" sound will play, indicating that there was a better strategy to solve it faster. If your pup is on task, then it will start to get harder — there will only be seven actions allowed to solve the puzzle. Later, there will be only four.
You may notice that there is a new sound as well. The sound alerts when your pup is running out of presses. If they don’t solve the puzzle in the next two presses, they are going to get it wrong!
Learning Longer Sequences | Matching More Colors
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68436 | @article {223, title = {Composition Metrology of Ternary Semiconductor Alloys Analyzed by Atom Probe Tomography}, journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry C}, volume = {122}, year = {2018}, month = {Feb-07-2020}, pages = {16704 - 16714}, issn = {1932-7447}, doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03223}, url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03223http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03223}, author = {Di Russo, E. and Moyon, F. and Gogneau, N. and Largeau, L. and Giraud, E. and Carlin, J.-F. and Grandjean, N. and Chauveau, J. M. and Hugues, M. and Blum, I. and Lefebvre, W. and Vurpillot, F. and Blavette, D. and Rigutti, L.} } |
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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1937 BMW 328
A BMW 328 was sold at an RM Auction held in Monaco earlier this month. The historically significant BMW eventually achieved $5.6 million ($7.9 million NZ) in a post-bidding sale.
The 1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia ‘Buegelfalte’ once ran in the famous 1937 Le Mans race.
The car chassis number 85032 has a fascinating history and was a one-of-a-kind roadster built by the Bavarian automaker in 1937. The vehicle was returned to the BMW factory outside of Munich in the fall of 1939 for extensive re-engineering. During the war it was in the possession of Albert Speer – a Third Reich minister and close advisor to Hitler, after the war was seized by the Russians. It was gifted to industrialist Artiom Ivanovich Mikoyan, creator of the MiG fighter jet, but he apparently traded it for a Lada.
More recently, Tom Fischer Classic & Race Car Service came into possession of the car and did a substantial amount of restoration work to get it ready for its big day at auction.
The new buyer of the BMW 328 is a mystery.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
rear bumper...motorsports styled...
this is an option for the rear bumper...given the motorsports front end i am considering...
i'm not sure i like this as much as the sheet metal parts i have been considering...but needed a parking space for the image...
rear sheet metal on a european 320...notice the 4 cylinder dual exhaust...and the european license plate holder...
Monday, July 12, 2010
bmw model designations....
this was always so confusing to me...and recently i saw someone on the forums that asked the question i had once was fun to see someone else trying to understand what ended up being a really simple thing...
Originally Posted by mdwman View Post
\\what do the different designations (318, 320, 323, 325) represent? Mark
the 3 is for the series in the lineup of BMWs. the others being the 1, 5, 6, 7, Z, ect.
the next group ie; 23, 18 ect. is the size of the engine in liters. 23 is a 2.3 liter 6 cylinder and the 18 is a 1.8 liter 4 banger.
the next letter tells more about the car. if there is a "I", it's means fuel injected, "CSL" is coupe sport lightweight, "e" is something greek? for eta or low rpm - high torque.
if there is a "s" after that, it's has a sport package. a "x" is all wheel drive.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Flywheel Lightened?? (part 3)
continued conversation from the e21 forum...
The purpose of a flywheel is to increase the polar moment of the rotating assembly. However, a piston engine's instantaneous output shaft speed varies throughout any given rotation due to the variations in instantaneous driving torques produced by the engine's intermittent combustion events. The increased movement of inertia provided by the flywheel's mass helps to smooth out these speed variations and the torsional vibrations that result from the angular accelerations/decelerations.
An engine with fewer cylinders will require a flywheel with a proportionally greater mass than an engine with a large number of cylinders. And with turbocharged engines, with their higher peak cycle pressures, will usually want a heavier flywheel than a N/A engine.
Lightened flywheel-
Better w/
-more cylinders
-Higher (numerically) rear gears
-Normally aspirated
-lighter car
Me? I really wouldn't want to lighten it ....Just my .02s....
My theory on longevity- On a 4 cylinder engine-a heavier flywheel would help out smoothing the shock on the rotating mass...However, if you're running a NA engine with low compression, I think it's a moot point.
Flywheel Lightened?? (part 2)
the thoughts continue...
"When it comes to going fast, many concentrate on producing more power at the engine. Unfortunately, any experienced racer can tell you it is not the power at the crankshaft which propels the vehicle. In actuality, it is the percentage of this crankshaft power which makes it to the ground that is the true measure of performance
The Physics: In efforts to improve the efficiency, racers have experimented with everything from ultra-light flywheels to lightweight, low inertia wheel-and-tire combinations. In general, their attempts have improved a vehicle�s ability to accelerate and put power to the ground. In some applications, the side effects of an ultra-light flywheel negate the benefits. For example, drag-racing vehicles depend on a near-stock-weight or heavier flywheel to store the necessary amount of energy for an explosive launch. Since the launch is the most critical aspect of a drag race, most racers can�t afford to give up launch quality by using a lightened flywheel to pick up a slight improvement in acceleration. Of course, other forms of racing, which are less dependent on acceleration from a dead stop, can benefit from the use of lightweight flywheel setups. In contrast to lightweight flywheels, a lightweight wheel-and-tire combination has no real drawbacks as long as enough wheel strength is maintained..."
RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS ABOVE: It also depends on how an engine is balanced, internally or externally. I am under the impression that BMW balances the rotating assembly separate from the flywheel and that the flywheel is then zero balanced (much like a chevy small block). There are balancing holes drilled on one of the counter weights of the crank (I believe the rear), and there are also balancing holes drilled on the flywheel. If they did them together, they would only need to drill balance holes at one point (the flywheel). Conversely, a big block is externally balanced, so the rotating assembly is balanced by machining the flywheel. Your clutch assembly should be "zero" balanced in much the same way so that it can be replaced without affecting engine balance, but realize that even this balance is not perfect so any time you replace your clutch, there is potential for affecting the balance of the motor. Center force dual friction clutches are notorious for causing major balance issues when the flyweights get stuck and don't slide out on the diaphragm. I broke my pressure plate strapping bands 300 miles from home in 2007 and the pressure plate disc was off center by over 1/8". It vibrated so bad you couldn't see out of the rear view mirror clearly. I made it home, replaced the clutch and the motor was fine. Over time, sure, you might wear the rear main bearing prematurely with an extreme case of imbalance like that, but a zero balanced flywheel will not cause an issue. Long story short, you're worrying WAY too much about this. Of course, any time you lighten a flywheel, it should be zero balanced.
My thoughts on an lightened flywheel on an m10: If you like spirited driving, you won't regret a lightened flywheel. We're only talking going from 15 lbs to 13 lbs, which is not enough difference to affect drivability, but is enough to actually make the car faster. I'm running an 8 lb aluminum flywheel with a MUCH lower moment of inertia than a lightened stock flywheel and I love it. It makes rev matches and gear changes soo nice.
the downsides to a lightened flywheel are less rotational inertia to get the car moving from a stand still, slightly harder to maintain steady speed on the highway, slightly worse mileage due to less rotational inertia, and maybe a slightly less smooth engine.
GM has been using aluminum drive shafts for years, most likely in an effort to minimize fleet average fuel consumption by .001%. On an e21 with a stock flywheel? Waste of money. Focus on lightweight wheels and the flywheel as they have a much great affect on rotational inertia and acceleration.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
lightened flywheels...
If you want more acceleration, especially in lower gears, lightening crankshafts and flywheels is a good will NOT give you any more power, so top speed, will remain unchanged. It WILL allow more power to reach the wheels under accelerating conditions because less energy is being wasted accelerating the engines rotating parts up to speed! may also result in a slightly lumpier idle, but will give faster throttle response when you blip the pedal! Much like a motorcycle, because they have no flywheels....the gains are quite small and expensive but like all engine tuning you have to decide what you are trying to achieve....and everything should be a good balance of modifications that matches...The job of the flywheel is to smooth out firing pulses, stop vibration harmonics, and torsional twist. The most economical way for the factory to do this was to make the flywheel the weight it is stock.
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so the flywheel is weaker than it was before, but it will presumably be getting more abuse? is that safe?
i dont want to freak you out, but have you seen what happens to flywheels when they break? byebye feet...
i wonder about this...and while a flywheel flying apart isn't my real concern...engine performance and engine longevity is...i have a new m10 rebuild and a fresh transmission rebuild but i have yet to put in the clutch kit and flywheel togther...i had the flywheel resurfaced but not lightened...i considered an aluminum flywheel but after talking with a lot of trusted friends...the conversation always turns toward comments about manufacture's proportions and engine balance, engine longevity, and the money spent on engineering and design by the factory...i know that the racing circuit has successfully lightened flywheels for years...but in the end i DID NOT lighten my flywheel YET...
i am seriously wondering what to do about it...should i...or shouldn't i...that is my question...i put a 292 cam in the engine so i expect that to increase some performance...but for a summer DD where is the "end point" of modifications is what i'm wondering...where does the line between performance enhancements and engine longevity meet? lightening a flywheel to much? if much is too much lightening...what does experience say? i don't know these answers and i am not sure where to find them...i have discussed this with my machine shop and IE...and neither answer the least the way i want them too...probably because there are so many possible variables...
any thoughts on this?
Consider The Following: if we are serious about lightning bits and pieces to get a free revving engine what about a carbon fiber drive shaft? would rotationally flex more that the metal counterparts and reduce strain on the engine . . .if a metal drive shaft breaks parts can be thrown through the car!...a carbon fiber drive shaft is stronger but if it does would generally only leave a 'broom' into 'harmless' fibers and little damage will be done to the car...and the same effect is achieved...lthough the uninitiated might only see the obvious lightweight advantage offered by a carbon-fiber driveshaft, there is areally a great deal more to it than simple weight reduction...along with being roughly 50 percent lighter than a steel unit, carbon-fiber driveshafts offer greater fatigue life, superior vibration damping and a much higher critical speed...the most obvious benefit of carbon fiber is its weight...unlike other weight-reduction measures, such as fiberglass hoods or ditching the A/C, carbon-fiber driveshafts actually aid acceleration, and deceleration...
this is just a theoretical question is am posing...i am highly suspect that using a lightened flywheel with a stock, non counter-weighted crankshaft requires using an equalizer pulley to dampen the harmonics, bending, torsional twist and vibration...without doing so would seem to cause premature case, piston, rod bearing and even possible crank damage...particularly, at high rev's which is the ultimate reason intended with lighten a flywheel...between a lightened flywheel, and lumpier cam in the 320i i am ability is my concern...while not actually increasing would increase response...but at the cost of consistent flow through acceleration and deceleration...not advisable for a summer season daily driver...
pistons, cams, and RPM's
6000 rpms...that is 100 times a second...i know that is nothing compared to chip speeds i suppose but .... we are talking cams, cranks, pistons...mechanical items those pistons above moving that is mind-boggling to me...this is a great example of the height of the mechanized society...and the beginning of the information based society...i love that....
Friday, June 25, 2010
the new passenger fender . . .
today the fender came the i bought from the the bmw forum....nice rust as the guy said... |
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THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE is an extract from Tony 10: The astonishing story of the postman who gambled €10,000,000 … and lost it all by Declan Lynch and Tony O’Reilly.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68514 | Enable or disable the profile manager in the Google Chrome browser on Windows PC
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Creating separate profiles in a Web browser can serve a variety of purposes. For example, one profile can be used for work and another for play. This helps you to distribute your tasks according to your wishes. Browsers like Google Chrome are able to create and manage separate profiles. The advantage of this feature is that you can access multiple profiles while logging into different accounts. Google Chrome now has The Profile Manager enabled by default. Let’s see how you can turn it off if you feel you don’t need it.
This Chrome Browser feature is a convenient way to juggle multiple Google Accounts on a single computer. It adds a new menu next to the title bar buttons that allows you to manage all users in Google Chrome. When you browse the Internet as a guest, the mode does not record visited websites in the browser history and does not store any personal information or cookies on your computer.
If this option is enabled, a new avatar menu will appear in the title bar of the main chrome window. Click the menu option to display a list of Google Accounts that have logged into Chrome Profile Manager.
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Open Google Chrome and type chrome:////flags/ in the address bar and press Enter.
This opens the extended configuration page.
Now press Ctrl+F to launch the search field and enter the following into the search field:
Enable new profile management
You are directed to option – Enable new profile management system.
This setting turns the new profile management system on or off, including profile logout and the new Avatar menu interface.
Select Off from the drop-down menu to turn it off. It is enabled by default in Chrome, since the last versions.
You will be prompted to restart Chrome. Click the Restart Now button.
You can also create profile-specific shortcuts to load them immediately. Command -no-remote -P profile name loads the chrome profile name into a new instance, opening the chrome window independently of other open browser instances.
Right-click the Chrome Browser shortcut on the desktop screen and select Properties from the list of displayed options.
Then find the target field under Link and add the line at the very end. Remember to specify the spaces between the end of the path and the command. For example: C:Program Files GoogleChromeapplicationschrome.exe -P testprofile -no-remote.
The confirmation action loads the chromium profile test profile into a new instance.
The feature is very similar to private/incognito browsing in web browsers, except you also have the ability to quickly switch between Google user accounts via the Windows menu.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animal language is the modeling of human language in non human animal systems. While the term is widely used, researchers agree that animal languages are not as complex or expressive as human language.
Some researchers including the linguist Charles Hockett, who proposed a list of design features of Human Language, argue that there are significant differences separating human language from animal communication even at its most complex, and that the underlying principles are not related.[1] Accordingly, Thomas A. Sebeok has proposed not to use the term 'language' in case of animal sign systems.
Others argue that an evolutionary continuum exists between the communication methods these animals use and human language. Examining this continuum could help explain how humanity evolved its incredibly sophisticated proficiency for language.
Aspects of human language
The following properties of human language have been argued to separate it from animal communication:
• Arbitrariness: There is not necessarily a rational relationship between a sound or sign and its meaning. (There is nothing intrinsically "housy" about the word "house". i.e. symbolism)
• Displacement: Languages can be used to communicate ideas about things that are not in the immediate vicinity either spatially or temporally, or both.
• Metalinguistics: Ability to discuss language itself.
• Productivity: A finite number of units can be used to create an indefinitely large number of utterances.
Research with apes, like that of Francine Patterson with Koko or Herbert Terrace with Nim Chimpsky, suggested that apes are capable of using language that meets some of these requirements such as arbitrariness, cultural transmission, discreteness and productivity. However, no experiment has yet shown a non-human being to be proficient in all of these areas.
In the wild chimpanzees have been seen "talking" to each other, when warning about approaching danger. For example, if one chimpanzee sees a snake, he makes a low, rumbling noise, signalling for all the other chimps to climb into nearby trees. In this case, the chimpanzees' communication is entirely contained to an observable event, demonstrating a lack of displacement.
Arbitrariness has been noted in meerkat calls; bee dances show elements of spatial displacement; and cultural transmission has possibly occurred between the celebrated bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha.[2]
Human language may not be completely "arbitrary". Some research has shown that almost all humans naturally demonstrate limited crossmodal perception (e.g. synesthesia), as illustrated by the Kiki and Booba study.
Claims that animals have language skills akin to humans however, are extremely controversial. As Pinker illustrates in his book the "The Language Instinct", claims that chimpanzees can acquire language are exaggerated and rest on very limited or specious data.[3]
Non-Primates: Studied examples
The most studied examples of animal languages are:
• Bee dance - used to communicate direction and distance of food source in many species of bees.
• Bird songs - songbirds can be very articulate. African Grey Parrots are famous for their ability to mimic human language, and at least one specimen, Alex, appeared able to answer a number of simple questions about objects he was presented with. Parrots, hummingbirds and songbirds- display vocal learning patterns.
• Whale songs - Two groups of whales, the Humpback Whale and the subspecies of Blue Whale found in the Indian Ocean, are known to produce the repetitious sounds at varying frequencies known as whale song. Male Humpback Whales perform these vocalizations only during the mating season, and so it is surmised the purpose of songs is to aid sexual selection. Humpbacks also make a sound called the feeding call. This is a long sound (5 to 10 s duration) of near constant frequency. Humpbacks generally feed cooperatively by gathering in groups, swimming underneath shoals of fish and all lunging up vertically through the fish and out of the water together. Prior to these lunges, whales make their feeding call. The exact purpose of the call is not known, but research suggests that fish react to it. When the sound was played back to them, a group of herring responded to the sound by moving away from the call, even though no whale was present.
• Prairie dog language: Slobodchikoff studied prairie dog communication and made the following discoveries. His current findings are that prairie dogs have:
• different alarm calls for different species of predators;
• different escape behaviors for different species of predators;
• transmission of semantic information, in that playbacks of alarm calls in the absence of predators lead to escape behaviors that are appropriate to the type of predator which elicited the alarm calls;
• alarm calls containing descriptive information about the general size, color, and speed of travel of the predator.[4]
Comparison of the term with "animal communication"
It is worth distinguishing "animal language" from "animal communication", no matter how complex the latter may be. In general the term "animal language" is reserved for the modeling of human language in animal systems; though there is some comparative interchange in certain cases (e.g. Cheney & Seyfarth's vervet monkey call studies). Thus "animal language" typically does not include bee dancing, bird song, whale song, dolphin signature whistles, prairie dogs, nor the communicative systems found in most social mammals. The features of language as listed above are a dated formulation by Hockett in 1960. Through this formulation Hockett made one of the earliest attempts to break down features of human language for the purpose of applying Darwinian gradualism. Although an influence on early animal language efforts (see below), is today not considered the key architecture at the core of "animal language" research.
Animal Language results are controversial for several reasons. (For a related controversy, see also Clever Hans.) In the 1970s John Lilly was attempting to "break the code": to fully communicate ideas and concepts with wild populations of dolphins so that we could "speak" to them, and share our cultures, histories, and more. This effort failed. The very early [chimpanzee] work was with chimpanzee infants raised as if they were human; a test of the nature vs. nurture hypothesis. Chimpanzees have a laryngeal structure very different from that of humans, as well as no voluntary control of their breathing. This combination made it very difficult for the chimpanzees to reproduce the vocal intonations required for human language. Researchers eventually moved towards a gestural (sign language) modality, as well as "keyboard" devices laden with buttons adorned with symbols (known as "lexigrams") that the animals could press to produce artificial language. Other chimpanzees learned by observing human subjects performing the task. This latter group of researchers studying chimpanzee communication through symbol recognition (keyboard) as well as through the use of sign language (gestural), are on the forefront of communicative breakthroughs in the study of animal language, and they are familiar with their subjects on a first name basis: Sarah, Lana, Kanzi, Koko, Sherman, Austin and Chantek.
In 1985 during this anti-Animal Language backlash, Louis Herman published an account of artificial language in the bottlenosed dolphin in the journal Cognition. A major difference between Herman's work and previous research was his emphasis on a method of studying language comprehension only (rather than language comprehension and production by the animal(s)), which enabled rigorous controls and statistical tests, largely because he was limiting his researchers to evaluating the animals' physical behaviors (in response to sentences) with blinded observers, rather than attempting to interpret possible language utterances or productions. The dolphins' names here were Akeakamai and Phoenix. Irene Pepperberg used the vocal modality for language production and comprehension in an African Grey Parrot named Alex in the verbal mode, and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh continues to study Bonobos such as Kanzi and Panbanisha. R. Schusterman duplicated many of the dolphin results in his California Sea Lions ("Rocky"), and came from a more behaviorist tradition than Herman's cognitive approach. Schusterman's emphasis is on the importance on a learning structure known as "equivalence classes."
However, overall, there has not been any meaningful dialog between the linguistics and animal language spheres, despite capturing the public's imagination in the popular press. Also, the growing field of language evolution is another source of future interchange between these disciplines. Most primate researchers tend to show a bias toward a shared pre-linguistic ability between humans and chimpanzees, dating back to a common ancestor, while dolphin and parrot researchers stress the general cognitive principles underlying these abilities. More recent related controversies regarding animal abilities include the closely linked areas of Theory of mind, Imitation (e.g. Nehaniv & Dautenhahn, 2002), Animal Culture (e.g. Rendell & Whitehead, 2001), and Language Evolution (e.g. Christiansen & Kirby, 2003).
1. ^ Hocket , Charles F. 1960. Logical considerations in the study of animal communication. Animals sounds and animal communication, ed. W.E. Lanyon and W.N. Tavolga, pp. 392–430.
2. ^ Raffaele, P (November, 2006). Speaking Bonobo. Simithsonian. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
3. ^ Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct
4. ^ Northern Arizona University Research
5. ^ Cloney, RA; Florey, E (1968). "Ultrastructure of cephalopod chromatophore organs". Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948) 89 (2): 250–80. doi:1007/BF00347297. PMID5700268.
6. ^ The Cephalopod Page: Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Caribbean Reef squid
Further reading
• Chomsky, N.; Skinner, B. F. (1959). "A Review of B.F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior". Language 35 (1): 26–58. doi:2307/411334.
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Guys, I'm just feeling so overwhelmed by the hand of God in my life right now. I can see Him moving in my life, picking out the selfish bits of me and replacing them with a passion for His people. I see Him lighting my heart on fire for the Gospel. He is changing my pointless pursuits and making me want to share the Word of God. If this fire in my soul is any prelude to the year I'm going to have studying His Word at the Bible Institute, then it's going to be amazing.
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For when You did awesome things that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled before You. ~ Isaiah 64:3
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What is Hell?
In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Hell is endless or eternal. Hell is often portrayed as populated with daemons, who torment the damned. The Christian doctrine of hell derives from the teaching of the New Testament, where hell is typically described using the Greek words Tartarus or Hades or the Arabic word Gehenna. Hell is taught as the final destiny of those who have not been found worthy after they have passed through the great white throne of judgment, where they will be punished for sin and permanently separated from God after the general resurrection and last judgment.
Hell and the Lake of Fire, What is Hell? Is Hell Real? Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife, Facts
Name and place of hell
• hell in the strict sense, or the place of punishment for the damned, be they demons or men;
• the limbo of infants (limbus parvulorum), where those who die in original sin alone, and without personal mortal sin, are confined;
• the limbo of the Fathers (limbus patrum), in which the souls of the just who died before Christ awaited their admission to heaven; for in the meantime heaven was closed against them in punishment for the sin of Adam;
• purgatory, where the just, who die in venial sin or who still owe a debt of temporal punishment for sin, are cleansed by suffering before their admission to heaven.
Existence of hell
Eternity of hell
For solving other objections it should be noted:
• God is not only infinitely good, He is infinitely wise, just, and holy.
• No one is cast into hell unless he has fully and entirely deserved it.
• The sinner perseveres forever in his evil disposition.
Characteristics of the pains of hell
Eternal damnation
Besides employing the terms Hades and Gehenna, our Lord spoke of eternal damnation by the use of various imagery. Let me briefly mention some of these. In Matthew, those religious persons who professed faith without possessing it were cast from the presence of our Lord (7:23). Apostates, in the next chapter of Matthew (8:12), were cast into “outer darkness,” where there would be “weeping and gnashing of teeth” (cf. also 22:13, 25:30). In Matthew 10:28, God is said to be the One Who “is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” In chapter 13 of Matthew’s gospel, another reference to eternal punishment is found:
In chapter 18 of Matthew, our Lord stated that the punishment of one who caused a “little one” to stumble would be worse than placing a millstone around his neck and drowning him (18:6). In Mark, “hell” is described as an “unquenchable fire “ (9:42, 43).
Jesus was not the only one to speak of eternal punishment for the wicked. While they rarely employed the terms Hades or Gehenna, the writers of the New Testament spoke frequently on the subject of eternal judgment. Listed below are passages of which I am presently aware:
Acts 2—Here, while not explicitly stated, the force of the phenomenon of Pentecost was shown by Peter to be a partial fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel in chapter 2. The “day of the Lord” was a day of judgment, but whoever called upon the name of the Lord would be saved (Joel 2:31-32). Peter’s audience understood that he was warning them of the wrath of God because they had put to death God’s Messiah. On them, God’s wrath would come. No wonder they cried out, “Brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37; cf. also 24:15).
Romans 2:5-10 — But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath, and revelation of the just judgment of God. Who will render to every man according to his works. To them indeed, who according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life: But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation. Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek. But glory, and honour, and peace to every one that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 — For we must all be manifested before the judgement seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil. Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we use persuasion to men; but to God we are manifest. And I trust also that in your consciences we are manifest.
I realize that the immediate context refers to the fact that all true believers will have to give account to God, but I also think that the “fear of the Lord” may include the realization that the unsaved must endure the wrath of God, a strong incentive to evangelism.
The principle underscored here is that judgment involves the reaping of what we have sown. Sin has consequences!
Philippians 1:28 — And in nothing be ye terrified by the adversaries: which to them is a cause of perdition, but to you of salvation, and this from God:
1 Thessalonians 5:3, 9 — For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape... For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 — Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you: And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of his power: In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power: When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day.
Two significant points here are that sinners must suffer the consequences for the evil they have perpetrated upon the saints (verse 6), and that “hell” is separation from God, eternally (verse 9).
Hebrews 6:1-2 — Wherefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to things more perfect, not laying again the foundation of penance from dead works, and of faith towards God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews 10:27, 29, 39 — But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries... How much more, do you think he deserveth worse punishments, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath esteemed the blood of the testament unclean, by which he was sanctified, and hath offered an affront to the Spirit of grace?... But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.
James 4:12 — There is one lawgiver, and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.
2 Peter 2:4-9, 12, 17 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment: And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly. And delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked. For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented... But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption... These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.
Attempting to draw all of the biblical data together, we can say that one’s eternal torment is forever sealed at the time of death. The damned souls will be cast into the lake of fire. They are in constant and conscious agony, which endures for eternity. They will have no second chance to change their status. There will probably be physical pain, but surely there will be the mental anguish of knowing they are forever separated from the living and loving God, Whom they have rejected.
Objections to the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment
Since hell is not a popular subject, we are not surprised to find men resisting it and questioning how it could possibly be so. It is therefore necessary to consider some of the major and most frequent objections to the doctrine of eternal damnation.
(1) Hell is unduely harsh. Many are horrified when, in the Old Testament, God ordered the Israelites to annihilate the Canaanites, who inhabited the land they were to possess (e.g. Deuteronomy 20:17-18). How could a good and loving God ever order such a slaughter? The same kind of reaction is experienced whenever Christians begin to speak of hell in biblical terms of eternal, irreversible torment. To use a well-known constitutional phrase, such a fate is “cruel and unusual.” But is it?
The first thing that must be pointed out is that such a reaction reflects in the critic a failure to see sin in its true light. When we say that the punishment does not fit the crime, and if we think the punishment is too harsh, we have revealed that we do not take the crime seriously enough. The Canaanites, for example, were so wicked and immoral that their sexual practices could not be described in this message without causing some to stumble (cf. Ephesians 5:12). It was therefore necessary to destroy every living creature, for even the beasts were a part of their immorality (cf. Leviticus 20, especially verses 15-16).
Stop and think about it for a moment. Suppose that the doctor found you had cancer in your foot and told you that in order to save your life, he would have to amputate. Now I know that a foot is a very wonderful thing, but do you think the doctors and the hospital are unduly harsh in insisting that it be cut off? Certainly not if it means that your life can be spared. The spiritual cancer of sin, prevalent in men, must be dealt with severely because it is deadly. We must learn to see sin as God views it, and then we will not think hell too cruel.
Secondly, we do not properly understand God, He is not some kind of heavenly softie, Who is so full of love that He cannot bring Himself to deal with men in judgment. He is love, but He is also a God of justice and wrath when confronted with sin. If your “god” does not hate sin and deal with it, your “god” is not the God of the Bible (cf. Nahum 1:2-8; Romans 1:18; 2:5; 5:9; 12:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2:16; 5:9; Revelation 6:16ff.; 16:19, etc.).
I find it interesting to observe that the two major objections which men have to the existence of God answer each other. Their first objection is: “How can there be a God when there is so much evil?” The second is: “How can there be a good God Who would condemn men and women to an eternal hell?” In the very simplest of explanations, we must say that there is a good God Who has allowed evil and Who has chosen to deal with that evil by eternal damnation. How, may I ask, can God be good and not deal decisively and justly with evil?
Finally, may I remind you that the good news of the Gospel is that the Lord Jesus Christ took our punishment saved for us for all eternity on the cross of Calvary:
Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. … Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities (Isaiah 53:4-6, 11. Cf. also 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 1:22-25; Hebrews 9:27-28).
Whatever men will experience in hell, Jesus Christ has already suffered something of it on Calvary. This means that while hell is severe, it is no more severe than is required. And more than this, since Christ has already suffered eternal torment so that we need not bear the penalty of sin, hell is only required for those who refuse the salvation already achieved by Christ.
(2) Hell is unfair. Some of those who challenge the goodness of God because of a literal hell would be willing to admit that all men, to some degree, are sinners. But they would hasten to add that we are not all equally sinful. And that, I believe, is true. Hell, however, is not a state of misery in which all men suffer equally. If this were true, hell would certainly seem unfair. Should the heathen in Africa be judged with the same intensity, who have never heard the name of Christ or the message of the gospel? The Scriptures tell us this will not be:
Should a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the murder of millions, suffer the same torment as an unbelieving German, who sought to spare people from persecution and death? The scripture tells us, “And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them; and they were judged every one according to their works” (Revelation 20:13; cf. also Romans 1-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Revelation 16:5-6).
Hell is just condemnation because there are degrees of torment meted out in accordance with the revelation received and the actions of each individual. Those in hell are those who rejected Christ and remained in their sins. The amount of torment suffered, however, is dependent upon the knowledge rejected and the sins which those individuals have committed.
Some would hasten to complain that hell isn’t fair because it cannot be avoided. If we believe that God is sovereign in the process of salvation, then God has offered everyone to be saved through his calling; it's up to us to answer to that call. God is sovereign in the process of salvation. All whom He chooses will be saved, while those He rejects (by their own free will) will be forever condemned:
The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day. Proverbs 16:4
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth. … What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory? Romans 9:18, 22-23
We must not deny that God must first choose to save, and then by His sovereign process draw the lost to Himself. Apart from this, no one is saved. Yet we must hasten to say that this is not the entire story. Man is a sinner deserving of God’s wrath (Romans 3:10-18). Those who are condemned have received some calling concerning God, which they have willfully rejected (cf. Romans 1-3). The Bible clearly teaches that man suffers God’s wrath because he deserves it:
And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who art, and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these things: For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. Revelation 16:5-6
Besides this, man goes to eternal torment because he has chosen to do so. Hell is not only God giving men what they deserve; He is giving them what they want:
But they are not arbitrary inflictions; they represent, rather, a conscious growing into the state in which one has chosen to be. The unbeliever has preferred to be by himself, without God, defying God, having God against him, and he shall have his preference. Nobody stands under the wrath of God save those who have chosen to do so. When we say that hell is unfair, we mean that it is unjust. In effect, we are saying that God is not just in sending anyone to hell. But let us remember that justice is the very reason all should be condemned forever, apart from God. Whenever we make a plea based upon justice, we must be aware that it is justice which condemns us. Only grace saves men. If it is God’s justice that explains the reason for a hell, it is God’s unsearchable grace that provides a heaven for sinners such as you and I.”
What to do?
We must conclude that the doctrine of eternal damnation is one that is widely taught in the Bible, not so much by the term Sheol as by many other terms and images. Jesus spoke of it more than any other. The apostles, too, warned men of its certainty. Anyone who believes the Bible to be a word from God must take the doctrine of eternal punishment seriously. Let me suggest several levels of application which this doctrine necessitates.
First, if you don't believe in God through Jesus Christ, the Bible urges you to do so without delay:
If you trust in Jesus Christ as your substitute, Who bore your sins and Who offers you His righteousness, you will be saved from the wrath to come. But if you reject His work on your behalf, you will be condemned on the basis of your works (Revelation 20:13).
Christians should learn to think of hell in the broader terms of eternal judgment. Hell is Gehenna, the lake of fire, and a great number of other images. Eternal torment was taught most clearly by our Lord Himself, Who endured the torment of eternal separation from God for us. Hell is described by a wide variety of highly figurative images, and while it is a very literal and painful state of existence, it should be expected to be an existence beyond our present ability to comprehend, just as heaven must be.
For the Christian, the doctrine of eternal judgment should be an incentive for worship and praise. The greatness of our salvation is measured by the greatness of the judgment from which we have been delivered by our Lord. Whenever we contemplate that from which we were saved, it should inspire us to worship our Great Redeemer, Who bore the sorrows of hell for us that we might have life and hope in Him. The doctrine of eternal damnation should cause to take sin more seriously. Our Lord died for sin. Hell was intended for sin. Our Lord urged His disciples to take sin seriously:
Our Lord was instructing us that sin leads to judgment, and that whatever steps are necessary to avoid it should be taken, no matter how painful or sacrificial.
Sin in the believer’s life is no less offensive to God. In one sense, it is a greater offense, for the Christian has the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome it (Romans 8:1-4). If the Christian persists in sin, he reflects an attitude of flippancy toward sin, and worse than this, he lightly esteems the death of Christ for those sins. Christ’s work on the cross is not valued rightly when the Christian is not grieved by the sin in his life. God must then deal in discipline for willful rebellion:
Future judgment is intended to be an incentive for purity in the lives of the saints:
Finally, the doctrine of eternal judgment should motivate the Christian to take evangelism seriously. If men and women are going to spend eternity in torment, apart from the living God, it is imperative that we warn them of the danger they are in. As the apostle Paul put it, “Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we use persuasion to men; …” (2 Corinthians 5:11). And when we share the good news of the gospel, let us not omit the fundamental fact of eternal judgment, for it is to this that the Spirit of God will bear witness, convincing the lost of the imminent danger of unbelief:
More on Hell
A hell after this life is so uncomfortable not only to the average man but also to many professional theologians that many religions have tried to dispose of the whole business. The Mormons teach that man has another chance after life. The Jehovah's Witnesses - and they are followed by so many others in this respect - teach that annihilation and not hell is the fate of those who do not follow their doctrines. Annihilation or a return to nonexistence is preferable to the torturous existence of hell. Jesus even said of Judas, as He thought of his fate in hell, that it would have been better if that traitorous disciple had never been born.
God's Wrath (Otherwise Known as Hell) - The Overarching Reality
The Concept of Wrath in the Preaching of John and Jesus
Hell's fire, whatever else it involves, provides no light. Already in the Old Testament, the day of the Lord's eschatological judgment is one of "deep darkness". Believing Gentiles bask with Abraham and the patriarchs in eternal light. Unbelieving Jews, whom Jesus calls the "sons of the kingdom," are to be thrown into the outer darkness. The guest without the wedding garment faces a similar doom.
Perhaps the most uncomfortable feature of God's wrath is its eternal quality. Many people have tried to get around this. Yet the preaching of Jesus leaves little doubt about hell's durable quality. Jesus never speaks about the second chance. The fire that burns does not go out.
God's chief agent in carrying out His wrath and managing hell is Satan and the rebellious angels. All who have rebelled against God or who have refused to repent deserve each other. The presence of evil philosophers have tried to explain it but with no success. The Bible explains it as the traitorous act of men and angels, both of whom were made somewhat like God Himself and whom God had even taken into His confidence. Strange as it might seem, God uses His most eminent opponent, Satan, to execute wrath and judgment. He is thus an instrument in God's hand and under His control. Many other things could be said about God's wrath, but some of its chief characteristics according to the preaching of John and Jesus can be recapped here: It is associated with fire. It involves separation from God and His chosen people. It cloaks its victims with an eternal shroud of darkness. It never ends. Satan is active in carrying out God's wrath. Only when God's wrath is understood in such strong terms does the task of Jesus of Nazareth become clearer: No words can adequately describe God's wrath. In connection with the words of John, Jesus says that all righteousness must be fulfilled. In His baptism Jesus puts Himself in the sinners' place. Not only does He do what they should have done, but He suffers the penalties for what they have done.
A Kinder, Gentler Theology of Hell?
Prolegomena: The Impact Of Postmodernism
For Christians the entire worldview stands on the biblically based presupposition that “the one living and true God has self-attestingly revealed Himself in the Christian Scriptures.” Moreover, every bible student must come to God’s Word believing the soteriological teachings of Scripture and the Catholic Church's teaching. Otherwise, he would be denying the faith even as he studies it.
But other preunderstandings can make it difficult to interpret a passage of Scripture correctly. Some preunderstandings are cultural. Postmodernism, for example, has had its bad impact on evangelical thinking. Postmodernism teaches “that there is no objective truth, that moral values are relative, and that reality is socially constructed by a host of diverse communities.” It does not see religion as a set of beliefs about what is real and what is not. Rather, religion is a choice—something to be incorporated into one’s worldview if he chooses. Thus, postmodernism leads a person to believe in what he likes rather than what the Catholic Church and its interpretation of the bible presents as universal truth.
Probably no one really likes to include the doctrine of eternal hell in his belief system. “Today preachers seldom mention Hell ... People have never liked to hear about Hell. The difference is that today, unlike any other time in history, many people are unwilling to believe ... what they do not enjoy (as if aesthetic considerations determined questions of fact).” The influence of postmodernism on the theology of Clark Pinnock, one of the leading “evangelical” annihilationists, seems to be clear in statements such as the following:
Is not Pinnock saying that people believe in what they enjoy, and since they do not enjoy the thought of eternal hell, they can dismiss it, and thus construct their own narrative, their own reality? With such cultural preunderstandings, it is impossible for one to interpret Scripture accurately.
Some preunderstandings are theological. If one already has his mind (his own personal belief) made up about what God is like, what man is like, what sin and salvation are like, he may bring those preunderstandings to the passage of Scripture (in a heretical point of view) and the teaching against what the Catholic Church teaches. In other words, one’s larger theological system will probably impact his interpretation of an individual passage of Scripture. The purpose in the rest of this study, therefore, is to demonstrate that annihilationism is not an isolated deviation from orthodoxy, but is only a part of a larger theological breakdown. Annihilationists thus have not only departed from a biblical understanding of eschatology, but also from the doctrines of God, man, sin, and salvation.
Theology Proper: A Reductionist View Of God
Annihilationists Reduce God’s Nature to Love
In Theology Proper, annihilationists have nearly reduced God’s nature to love. In the words of Pinnock and Brow, “Love, then is not just something that God decides to do, not just an occasional attribute. Love is what characterizes God essentially—as a dynamic livingness, a divine circling and relating.
Of course, Scripture does emphasize the love of God (John 3:16; 1 John 4:8), and preachers have given proper recognition to it. Some have even elevated love over God’s other attributes. One, in a burst of enthusiasm insisted that “as no other attribute, love is the primary motive in God, and to satisfy His love all creation has been formed.” But clearly this quote was not teaching that “love is what characterizes God essentially,” nor that love is “ontologically ultimate.
For “evangelical” annihilationists, however, God’s love serves as a preunderstanding to the study of hell. Pinnock calls the love of God one of his “control beliefs.” “The foundation of my theology of religion,” he says, “is a belief in the unbounded generosity of God revealed in Jesus Christ.” This means, therefore, that “the nature of hell must not contradict what we know about God’s love... .” “God is not vindictive and does not practice sadism. The lurid portrayals of hellfire in the Christian tradition contradict God’s identity, according to the gospel.” Thus it is impossible for the annihilationists to believe in eternal hell, because God’s love serves as an immovable roadblock to such a doctrine.
In fact, logically, a God who is essentially love could never send people to an eternal hell.” Thomas Talbot uses the following set of beliefs to prove that eternal hell is absolutely illogical.
1. God exists.
2. God is both omniscient and omnipotent.
3. God loves every created person.
4. Evil exists.
5. God will irrevocably reject some persons and subject those persons to everlasting punishment.
Talbot insists that either 3 or 5 is illogical. He writes, “When the doctrine of everlasting punishment is conjoined with other doctrines essential to the Christian faith, a logical paradox arises that proponents of the doctrine have failed to appreciate; as a consequence, a Christian theist must either reject the doctrine as incompatible with Christianity or else admit that Christianity is itself logically inconsistent.” Such arguments from “control beliefs” and logical negations clearly demonstrate that “evangelical” annihilationists cannot take the Scripture passages on hell at face value. They have already decided that a God of love could not send people to an eternal hell.
God Revealed with Many Attributes
Some theologians have suggested other attributes of God as primary or ultimate. In a certain book the author nominated holiness as God’s “preeminent” attribute. The author was concerned about the liberal developments in theology that infected the doctrines of sin, law, and the atonement.
There can be no proper doctrine of the atonement and no proper doctrine of retribution, so long as Holiness is refused its preeminence. Love must have a norm or standard, and this norm or standard can be found only in Holiness. The old conviction of sin and the sense of guilt that drove the convicted sinner to the cross are inseparable from a firm belief in the self-affirming attribute of God as logically prior to and as conditioning the self-communicating attribute.”
Certainly God’s holiness defined as God’s self-affirming purity is a worthy possibility for the primary attribute of God if there were one. But can any one attribute be elevated above the others? Should one minimize God’s justice, truth, grace, or omnipotence? Are they any less important in God than holiness or love? Evangelical annihilationists, therefore, have erred in their extreme reductionism of God’s nature.
Annihilationists Sentimentalize Love
They have also sentimentalized God’s love. “Love” in Scripture is clearly defined in its meaning and expression. God loves Israel in His election of her (Deuteronomy 7:7–9). God loves the world in the sense that He providentially rules over it with mercy (Matthew 5:45). God peculiarly loves His elect (Ephesians 5:25). Scripture consistently presents love as ultimately expressed in the giving of His Son to die on the cross (John 3:16; Romans 5:8).
But God limits the expression of His love to those who accept Christ as their Savior. According to the Scriptures, “He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36). From the original pair’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden through the Book of Revelation, the plot-line of the biblical message includes God’s judgment of sin. “The point that cannot be escaped,” writes someone, “is that God’s wrath is not some minor and easily dismissed peripheral element to the Bible’s plot-line ... It is not going too far to say that the Bible would not have a plot-line at all if there were no wrath.
What one understands God to be like is a determining factor in his theology. It is extremely dangerous to minimize or nullify any of God’s attributes. If people are not careful at this point, they may find themselves worshiping a god other than the God of Scripture. “Several of the very worst corruptions of Christian truth are based on the notion that God can be understood solely in terms of His love.
Anthropology: A Depreciation Of The Human Soul
Annihilationism: Conditional Immortality
Anthropology is another doctrine involved in the theological breakdown of those who hold to annihilationism. Annihilationists teach conditional immortality, which may be defined as “the idea that humans were made mortal with everlasting life being a gift, not a natural capacity.” Of course, physically human beings are mortal and will die. But the question being debated is, Is the human soul inherently immortal (as the traditionalists teach), or does it become immortal only through salvation (as the annihilationists teach)?
Annihilationists typically teach that immortality is bestowed on the righteous at the resurrection. Clark Pinnock the annihilationist explains,
The Bible does not teach the natural immortality of the soul; it points instead to the resurrection of the body as God’s gift to believers ...The Bible teaches conditionalism: God created humans mortal with a capacity for life everlasting, but it is not their inherent possession. Immortality is a gift God offers us in the gospel, not an inalienable possession.
Immortality in Scripture and Theology
Part of the debate over the immortality of the soul is that the term, “immortal” is used somewhat differently in theology than it is in Scripture. Scripture tends to use the words, “everlasting,” or “eternal” instead of “immortal.” Through these words, the immortality of the soul is clearly taught.
Annihilationism: Immortality Comes from Greek Philosophy
Annihilationists defend conditional immortality primarily with two arguments. First they argue that the traditional view of the immortality of the soul comes from Greek philosophy rather than from the Bible. Pinnock writes,
But this argument is not convincing. First of all, the traditional Christian understanding of the immortality of the soul is different from Greek philosophy. Plato taught that souls were inherently immortal. Christians have taught that souls are derivatively immortal, that God grants immortality to human beings because they are made in His likeness. Second, traditionalists insist that the doctrine of the everlasting nature of the soul comes from Scripture, not philosophy. In the Old Testament, the immortality of the soul is clearly implied at the creation of the human race. When God created the first man and woman, He said, “Let us make man to our image and likeness: … And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. ... And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 1:26–27; 2:7).
In this passage, there are two significant statements. First, God addresses Himself when He creates man—“Let us ...” This is different from the way He creates animals. It is noted that “when God creates man, he addresses himself: ‘Let us ... ,’ Gen. 1:26. But when he creates animals, he addresses the inanimate world: ‘Let the waters bring forth the moving creature,’ Gen. 1:20.” The immortality of the soul is implied in the divine personal relationship with mankind.
The second significant statement in this passage is that God breathes the breath of life into man’s lungs. Again, this is totally unlike the way God brings life to the animals. There is an intimate inbreathing of God’s breath into man. “The usage of the word (‘breathed’) cannot be mistaken. As used in the text, it is descriptive of imparting the immortal spirit ...
Many NT passages also teach immortality of the soul. Matthew 25:46, for example, says that at the judgment, some “shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.” Only an immortal soul can suffer eternal punishment or enjoy eternal life. As one testifies, “I do not believe in the traditional view of hell because I accept the immortality of human beings, but the other way around. I believe in the immortality of human beings because the Bible clearly teaches everlasting damnation for the wicked and everlasting life for the righteous.
Annihilationism: Only God Has Immortality
Annihilationists also support the doctrine of conditional immortality with 1 Timothy 6:16, that “only God has immortality.” If only God has immortality, they argue, humans do not. But traditionalists (Catholics) have a number of responses to this argument. First, the argument proves too much because it would also prove that believers do not have immortality and cannot live forever. Second, it proves too much because it would prove that the elect angels would not live forever. Third, it misses the point of the verse, which is that “the essential difference between the Creator and all His works [is] that he alone by Himself subsists.” God is an invisible, personal, living Spirit. “Living” simply means that God has energy of intellect, emotions, and will in Himself, and the source of life is in Him, not in any other being or thing external to Himself. God’s very nature is to exist. He does not have to will it. Fourth, this verse is emphasizing that only God has lived from eternity past as well as into the eternity future. And fifth, this verse teaches that only God has innate and essential immortality. Human immortality is dependent upon and derived from God.
The traditional (Catholic) view of the immortality of the soul is correct: “After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls”.
Hamartiology: A Devaluation Of The Nature Of Sin
Another change in the theological system of annihilationism relates to the doctrine of sin. Annihilationists boldly teach that human sin is not wicked enough to be punished eternally. Sin against an infinite God, they say, does not justify infinite penalty. Pinnock explains:
Anselm [St. Anselm of the Catholic Church] tried to argue that our sins are worthy of an infinite punishment because they are committed against an infinite majesty. This may have worked in the Middle Ages, but it will not work as an argument today. We do not accept inequality in judgments on the basis of the honor of the victim, as if stealing from a doctor is worse than stealing from a beggar. The fact that we have sinned against an infinite God does not justify an infinite penalty.
Pinnock insists, moreover, that eternal punishment would be vindictive on God’s part. “What purpose of God would be served by the unending torture of the wicked except sheer vengeance and vindictiveness?
Once again, however, it is important to note that this is not a matter for human evaluation but of understanding Scripture. God alone, after all, can tell us what punishment for sin is appropriate, and we can learn this only from His Church (The Catholic Church) who has given the authority to interpret the Scriptures. Let us ask ourselves this question: “Does anyone seriously claim to know how enormous an evil sin is in God’s eyes?” The biblical view teaches that sins against an infinite God do require eternal punishment. To begin with, the argument that something done finitely cannot have infinite consequences is not consistent. The Christian’s finite good works here on earth are graciously rewarded infinitely. Likewise, an unbeliever’s wickedness can be punished infinitely.
But it is also certain that ongoing rebellion demands ongoing punishment, and there is no evidence in Scripture that a depraved person ever of his own initiative or power gives up his sinful autonomy. The evidence is actually to the contrary (Revelation 9:20–21; 21:27; 22:15). No one can, in fact, repent of his sin without the grace of God, so there can be no repentance in hell. “Since we cannot measure the power of the depraved will to resist God, we cannot deny the possibility of endless sinning ... Not the punishing, but the non-punishing, would impugn his justice; for if it is just to punish sin at all, it is just to punish it as long as it exists.” Moreover, endless guilt requires eternal punishment: “However long the sinner may be punished, he never ceases to be ill-deserving. Justice, therefore, which gives to all according to their deserts, cannot cease to punish. Since the reason for punishment is endless, the punishment itself must be endless.” The quality of God’s justice is at stake here. Eternal punishment is the only punishment that could satisfy a perfectly holy and just God.
Soteriology: A Minimizing Of Christ’s Atonement For Sin
As noted above, annihilationists teach that finite human sin is not deserving of eternal punishment. “Is it not plain,” says Pinnock, “that sin committed in time and space cannot deserve limitless divine retribution.” However, if it were temporary punishment that Christ paid for, His death was certainly less significant than if he took our eternal punishment. Someone says,
If sin is punishable and to be punished for only one thousand years, is it probable that one of the persons of the Trinity would submit to such an amazing humiliation as to become a worm of the dust, and undergo the awful passion of Calvary, in order to deliver his rebellious creature from a transient evil which is to be succeeded by billions of millenniums of happiness? A thousand years is indeed a long time, and a thousand years of suffering is indeed a great woe; but it shrinks to nothing in comparison with what is involved in the humiliation and agony of God incarnate.
Again, this is a vital theological point, “A suffering that in time would cease, surely would not justify such a strange and stupendous sacrifice as that of the only-begotten and well-beloved Son of God.
It has been the purpose of this essay to demonstrate by a survey of the doctrinal categories that the doctrine of annihilationism as taught by a few contemporary “evangelicals” is a significant part of a multifaceted compromise of a biblical systematic theology. I have also suggested that annihilationists often come to the Scriptures with cultural and theological preunderstandings that negate the historical-grammatical meaning of the passages:
Despite the sincerity of their motives, one wonders more than a little to what extent the growing popularity of various forms of annihilationism and conditional immortality are a reflection of this age of pluralism. It is getting harder and harder to be faithful to the “hard” lines of Scripture. And in this way, evangelicalism itself may contribute to the gagging of God by silencing the severity of his warnings and by minimizing the awfulness of the punishment that justly awaits those untouched by his redeeming grace.
Moreover, the doctrinal compromises of annihilationism have serious consequences. We can conclude this study with this penetrating question:
Does it matter whether one is a conditionalist or not? I think it does: for a conditionalist’s idea of God will miss out on the glory of divine justice, and his idea of worship will miss out on praise for God’s judgments, and his idea of heaven will miss out on the thought that praise for God’s judgments goes on (cf. Rev. 16:5–7, 19:1–5), and his idea of man will miss out on the awesome dignity of our having been made to last for eternity, and in his heretical preaching of the gospel he will miss out on telling the unconverted that their prospects without Christ are as bad as they possibly could be—for on the conditionalist view they aren’t! These, surely, are sad losses. Conditionalism, logically thought through, cannot but impoverish the soul and limit his usefulness to accept the truth. That is why I am concerned about the current trend towards conditionalism. I hope it may soon be reversed.
Sermons on Hell
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
1. That they were always exposed to destruction; as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. This is implied in the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm 72:18 "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction." (Different Bible version, not the Douay-Rheims version.)
1. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in slippery places is every moment liable to fall, he cannot foresee one moment whether he shall stand or fall the next; and when he does fall, he falls at once without warning: Which is also expressed in Psalm 72:18, 19 "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into destruction: How are they brought into desolation as in a moment!" (Different Bible version, not the Douay-Rheims version.)
The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this. — "There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God." — By the mere pleasure of God, I mean his sovereign pleasure, his arbitrary will, restrained by no obligation, hindered by no manner of difficulty, any more than if nothing else but God's mere will had in the least degree, or in any respect whatsoever, any hand in the preservation of wicked men one moment. — The truth of this observation may appear by the following considerations.
1. They deserve to be cast into hell; so that divine justice never stands in the way, it makes no objection against God's using his power at any moment to destroy them. Yea, on the contrary, justice calls aloud for an infinite punishment of their sins. Divine justice says of the tree that brings forth such grapes of Sodom, "Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?" Luke 13:7. The sword of divine justice is every moment brandished over their heads, and it is nothing but the hand of arbitrary mercy, and God's mere will, that holds it back.
1. They are already under a sentence of condemnation to hell. They do not only justly deserve to be cast down thither, but the sentence of the law of God, that eternal and immutable rule of righteousness that God has fixed between him and mankind, is gone out against them, and stands against them; so that they are bound over already to hell. John 3:18 "But he that doth not believe, is already judged". So that every unconverted man properly belongs to hell; that is his place; from thence he is, John 8:23 "You are from beneath". And thither he is bound; it is the place that justice, and God's word, and the sentence of his unchangeable law assign to him.
1. God has laid himself under no obligation, by any promise to keep any natural man out of hell one moment, neither of eternal life or of preservation from eternal death, but what are contained in the covenant of grace, the promises that are given in Christ, in whom all the promises are yea and amen. But surely they have no interest in the promises of the covenant of grace who are not the children of the covenant, who do not believe in any of the promises, and have no interest in the Mediator of the covenant.
The use of this awful subject may be for awakening lukewarm christians and others in this world. This that you have heard is the case of every one of you that are out of Christ and who lives a sinful life. — That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone, is extended abroad under you. There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell's wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor any thing to take hold of; there is nothing between you and hell but the air; it is only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up.
1. It is the fierceness of his wrath that you are exposed to. We often read of the fury of God; as in Isaiah 59:18 "As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries". So Isaiah 66:15 "For behold the Lord will come with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind, to render his wrath in indignation, and his rebuke with flames of fire." And in many other places. So, Revelation 19:15, we read of "and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God the Almighty." The words are exceeding terrible. If it had only been said, "the wrath of God," the words would have implied that which is infinitely dreadful: but it is "the fierceness of the wrath of God." The fury of God! the fierceness of Jehovah! Oh, how dreadful that must be! Who can utter or conceive what such expressions carry in them! But it is also "the fierceness of the wrath of God the Almighty." As though there would be a very great manifestation of his almighty power in what the fierceness of his wrath should inflict, as though omnipotence should be as it were enraged, and exerted, as men are wont to exert their strength in the fierceness of their wrath. Oh! then, what will be the consequence! What will become of the poor worms that shall suffer it! Whose hands can be strong? And whose heart can endure? To what a dreadful, inexpressible, inconceivable depth of misery must the poor creature be sunk who shall be the subject of this!
How dreadful is the state of those that are daily and hourly in the danger of this great wrath and infinite misery! But this is the dismal case of every soul on this planet that has not made penance and lives in mortal sin, however moral and strict, sober and religious, they may otherwise be. Oh that you would consider it, whether you be young or old! There is reason to think, that there are many in this world now hearing this or a similar discourse, that will actually be the subjects of this very misery to all eternity. We know not who they are, or in what seats they sit, or what thoughts they now have. It may be they are now at ease, and hear all these things without much disturbance, and are now flattering themselves that they are not the persons, promising themselves that they shall escape. If we knew that there was one person, and but one, in the whole world, that was to be the subject of this misery, what an awful thing would it be to think of! If we knew who it was, what an awful sight would it be to see such a person! How might all the rest of the planet lift up a lamentable and bitter cry over him! But, alas! instead of one, how many is it likely will remember this discourse in hell? And it would be a wonder, if some that are now present reading this should not be in hell in a very short time, even before this year is out. And it would be no wonder if some persons, that now read this, in some seats in some meeting-house, in health, quiet and secure, should be there before tomorrow morning. Those of you that finally continue in a natural condition, that shall keep out of hell longest will be there in a little time! your damnation does not slumber; it will come swiftly, and, in all probability, very suddenly upon many of you. You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell. It is doubtless the case of some whom you have seen and known, that never deserved hell more than you, and that heretofore appeared as likely to have been now alive as you. Their case is past all hope; they are crying in extreme misery and perfect despair; but here you are in the land of the living, and have an opportunity to obtain salvation. What would not those poor damned hopeless souls give for one day's opportunity such as you now enjoy!
Therefore, let every one that is living outside of Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to come. The wrath of Almighty God is now undoubtedly hanging over a very great part of this world. Let every one fly out of Sodom: "Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed."
The Eternity of Hell’s Torments
And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting. Matthew 25:46
1. That various good ends will be obtained by the eternal punishment of the wicked.
The eternal punishment of the wicked is said to be the second death, as Revelation 20:14, and 21:8. It is doubtless called the second death in reference to the death of the body, and as the death of the body is ordinarily attended with great pain and distress, so the like, or something vastly greater, is implied in calling the eternal punishment of the wicked the second death. And there would be no propriety in calling it so, if it consisted merely in annihilation. And this second death wicked men will suffer, for it cannot be called the second death with respect to any other than men. It cannot be called so with respect to devils, as they die no temporal death, which is the first death. In Revelation 2:11, it is said, “He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death” implying that all who do not overcome their lusts, but live in sin, shall suffer the second death.
Again, wicked men will suffer the same kind of death with the devils; as in verse 41 of the context, “Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.” Now the punishment of the devil is not annihilation, but torment. He therefore trembles for fear of it, not for fear of being annihilated — he would be glad of that. What he is afraid of is torment, as appears by Luke 8:28, where he cries out and beseeches Christ that he would not torment him before the time. And it is said, Revelation 20:9-10, “And there came down fire from God out of heaven, and devoured them; and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brimstone, where both the beast And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
But the punishment of the wicked will not only remain after the end of the world, but is called everlasting, as in the text, “These shall go away into everlasting punishment.” So in 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10, “Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power: When he shall come to be glorified in his saints,” etc. — Now, what can be meant by a thing being everlasting, after all temporal things are come to an end, but that it is absolutely without end!
1. Such expressions are used to set forth the duration of the punishment of the wicked, as are never used in the scriptures of the New Testament to signify anything but a proper eternity. It is said, not only that the punishment shall be forever, but for ever and ever. Revelation 14:11, “And the smoke of their torments shall ascend up for ever and ever:Revelation 20:10, “shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Doubtless the New Testament has some expression to signify a proper eternity, of which it has so often occasion to speak. But it has no higher expression than this: if this do not signify an absolute eternity, there is none that does.
1. The Scripture uses the same way of speaking to set forth the eternity of punishment and the eternity of happiness, yea, the eternity of God himself. Matthew 25:46, And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.” The words everlasting and eternal, in the original, are the very same. Revelation 22:5, “and they shall reign for ever and ever.” And the Scripture has no higher expression to signify the eternity of God himself, than that of his being for ever and ever, as Revelation 4:9, “to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever;” and in the 10th verse, and in Revelation 5:14; 10:6, and 15:7.
Again, the Scripture expresses God’s eternity by this: that it shall be forever, after the world is come to an end, Psalm 101:27-28, “They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed. But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
Third, God hereby indirectly glorifies his grace on the vessels of mercy. — The saints in heaven will behold the torments of the damned: “the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever.Isaiah 66:24, “And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.” And in Revelation 14:10 it is said, that they shall be tormented in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. So they will be tormented in the presence also of the glorified saints.
Biblical passages on Hell
The scriptural references to hell may be summarized to present a unified Biblical view. First and foremost, hell is eternal,
Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his power: 2 Thessalonians 1:9
and lasts forever and ever,
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion; wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever. Jude 1:13
And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:10.
There is no other way to state it; hell will never cease to exist. Secondly, hell itself is described as a lake of fire,
eternal fire,
unquenchable fire,
Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. Mark 9:43
the second death,
And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death. Revelation 20:14
and darkness,
And the unprofitable servant cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:30
The wicked consigned to hell will never cease to exist and their body will never be consumed,
For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be salted with salt. Mark 9:48
they must face eternal punishment,
eternal destruction,
and their torment will last forever and ever,
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
they will be weak,
Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations. All shall answer, and say to thee: Thou also art wounded as well as we, thou art become like unto us. Isaiah 14:9-10
and lack any interaction with those outside of hell,
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished, neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that is done under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:4-6.
Upon the unbeliever’s death he will be an abhorrence,
shut out from the fellowship of God,
experiencing God’s wrath,
But to them that are contentious, and who obey not the truth, but give credit to iniquity, wrath and indignation. Romans 2:8
But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries. Hebrews 10:27
For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people. Hebrews 10:30
and judgment,
Hell will be dreadful and painful for all, but for some it will be worse than others,
Finally, there will be no second chance for the unbeliever to change his destiny,
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but shall be guilty of an everlasting sin. Mark 3:29
All in all, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Hebrews 10:31
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68641 | Religion: not determined yet
Name: Drang
Classification: villain villain
Publisher(s): DC Milestone Media
First Appearance: Hardware #26 (Apr. 1995): "Welcome to the Machine"
Creators: Adam Blaustein, Yves Fezzani, Prentis Rollins, Aubrey Bradford
Number of Appearances: 2
Teams/Affiliations: Club-Haus Kidz
Enemy of: Hardware
Ally: Sturm
Location: Dakota, USA
Gender: male
Summary of Hardware #26 (Apr. 1996), from now-defunct webpage at
We see a kid get physically abused by a machine. Deathwish sees T.V. reports about the killing of 22 kids and breaks out of jail. Deathwish begins to track Haus, the child abuser, through the internet. Deathwish then confronts CyberBwana and Shutterbug, but decides they have to much firepower for him. Deathwish decides to get in touch with Hardware. Hardware and Deathwish find the Club-Haus Kidz (Mandelbrat, Sturm and Drag, MonkeyWrench, Fractula). The Kidz capture Haus.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68646 | July, 2012
New Additional 3.8% Investment Tax
Because of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obama’s health care law, starting January 1, 2013, there will be a new additional investment income tax of 3.8% for couples with adjusted gross income of more than $250,000 ($200,000 for single tax filers). Although the IRS has not yet come out with guidance, the additional tax will probably affect the following investment returns:
1. Dividends
2. Rents
3. Royalties
4. Interest (but not municipal-bond interest)
5. Short- and long-term capital gains
6. Taxable portion of annuity payments
7. Income from the sale of a principal home above the $250,000/$500,000 exclusion
8. Net gain from the sale of a second home
9. Passive income from real estate and investments in which a taxpayer doesn't materially participate, such as a partnership
There are a few strategies to help minimize the effect of the new tax. Investing in municipal bonds provides investors double benefits. First, the income from municipal bonds does not increase the adjusted gross income, which will trigger the additional tax if it is too high. Second, the income from municipal bonds is not subject to the 3.8% tax. Another strategy is investing in a Roth IRA, wherein withdrawals aren’t taxed once you qualify to make distributions. If you were thinking about converting an IRA to a Roth, you may want to consider converting now, before the additional tax applies. Certain pension plans may also be beneficial for investors with high business income because they can reduce their adjusted gross income through deductible pension contributions. Also, payouts from such plans are not subject to the 3.8% tax.
Source: Get Ready for the New Investment Tax, Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2012. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68665 | Friday, October 12, 2012
Your brows are just terrible.
My last trip to the US was packed full of adventures and pretty much the first one that I embarked on was having a rehearsal of my hair and make up with my mom's hair dresser. So two weeks before the wedding I stopped by her salon to get my self esteem taken down a notch or five.
Now, let me preface this story by saying this: She was having a bad day, and she ended up doing a fabulous job on my hair and make up as well as the bride's maids. That being said...
I walked into her store which is both a little shop that sells make up, clothes, jewelry, and a hair salon. I came with my bestie BoboReis (not her real name) with images of us chit chatting gaily and catching up after months of not seeing each other. I pictured us gushing at how beautiful we'd look and what styles would look best on us. I was hallucinating.
The Frame to my face is awful
"D?...Wow. Your brows are...bad. They're the frame to your face and they are...awful." As I was pushed into a chair "we're going to take care of those right now..."
"What?" and then hot wax was being applied to my eye brows as I tried to remain calm. Maybe you get your eye brows waxed...or maybe you pluck your eyebrows - but me? It's really not my thing - in fact this is the first time anyone has ever touched my eye brows with anything.
(This maybe because once when I was taking flute lessons my teacher told me "you have beautiful eye brows never touch them. Once overplucked they will never grow back" - I took that to heart).
There is nothing like meeting a new person and being insulted and then having your hair ripped from your face.
Check out my new brows and my curls (not pin curls!)
That skin you have? Entirely unpleasant
Afterwards, I was plunked into a different chair and she started applying make up.
"Your skin...It's so... bumpy...You'll fix that right?"
I'll try I said?
"Is your skin always this bad?"
Your hair! Not only is it dull, but la la la la
"And your's so, dull... It's just so not shiny. You use shampoo with wax don't you?"
No, I don't...I think this is just my hair.
"What I think we'll need to do your hair is for you to shower the night before and sleep on it in pin curls, I think that's the only way for your hair to get curly enough"
Really? Because all I need to do is when my hair is wet, I curl strands around my finger and then I get cork screw curls...
"If you don't want to sleep in pin curls, we can use a curling iron on the day"...
No, see I'll sleep in pin curls if you want, but I didn't wash my hair this morning so it is dirty and the curls have frizzed out, but if I wash my hair and twist it around my finger--
"the thing about pin curls is that you have to go with the curl. Not against the curl. WITH the curl"
Ok, but see, if I shower the morning of -
"Pin curls are so amazing you just sleep on them..."
But I --
"Your hair is just so dull and the colour is so flat. pin curls!"
And if insulting me wasn't enough she then turned to my best friend and said
"Your brows are horrible. They're the window frame of your face you know. You overpluck. Let me show you how brows should look [waving a photo of a "perfectly" groomed brow] and go stand in front of the mirror and look at yourself. Compare your brows with this one."
And then we laughed on the car ride home. We laughed and then asked "Wait? Are our brows that bad?"
"Absolutely horrid" we'd giggle, "they're the frame to your face you know."
1. Hi Deidre, I'm over from my blog (as it were).
It's a good thing you were their with your bestie and were able to laugh about it because really, she was such a bitch to you!
Someone did not take their happy pill that morning.
2. That was nasty. I don't know what it is about salons (not all), but the ones I go to- they're usually the first to say and notice if I have gained or lost weight. It's good you have your best friend with you to take the whole experience lightly.
3. Thank goodness your best friend was there to share that with you. You'll be laughing about that for years to come. I am going to have to re-think what I do with my eyebrows. Who knew they were the frame to my face!?
4. ................I have no words. At least someone was there to share it with you!! Would be worse if you'd been there on your own... O.o
And can I just say, eyebrows are REALLY FREAKING WEIRD. I have that thought at least once a day. That is all.
5. I know the feeling, though I didn't really get insulted, but I hate getting my brows done. Only got it done once, and that was before our wedding, the tears were falling down my face from pain while she was plucking them... never again!
6. Holy crap. Surely being such a meanie isn't good for business? She needs to learn some tactful ways of suggesting stuff to clients.
I'm glad you could laugh about it afterwards.
I started having my brows waxed last year and then I got them tinted and before I knew it I was having manicures with shellac polish. It's taken 40 years but I've become a proper girl (without being insulted into it).
7. Oh my gosh! I don't even know what to say. It's great that you guys can laugh about the whole thing and that you guys are secure enough:) What she said was not nice at all (putting it mildly).
8. Wow, that's one insult after another! I can't believe a stranger would be so rude! Good thing you two had a sense of humor about it!
9. Haha! I absolutely love when random people are so blunt like that. Then you look at them to return the insult, and you're like...'No, it's not worth it'. At least you and the bestie got a good laugh!! :)
10. Nothing like those people with a special gift for making you feel good about yourself. :)
I had a lady follow me to the back of a store once, to ask if I wanted to be a 'model.' I caught on immediately and informed her I already had a Mary Kay consultant, thank you very much. She got all huffy and said, 'WELL, you need to have her give you a makeover and take a before and after picture.' 'This is my after,' I said. Then I smiled sweetly, turned, quickly walked away. :)
11. Holy buckets! I am glad you had your friend with you so you could laugh it off. I learned to cut my own hair from youtube so I can avoid the awkward salon scene.
You are beautiful.
12. What a nightmare! I have to say, your eyebrows do look lovely in that pic. Of course, I can't remember what they looked like pre-wax, so they can't have been that horrid. :)
13. Oh my gosh that is HORRIBLE, I would have been in tears! Good for you for making light of the situation. And I think your brows and curls look fab!
14. Decorum doesn't seem to be in her vocabulary. I don't think I would let her do anything to me. You and your friend handled it very well.
15. I remember the exact same experience before the big day...all these product and solutions I never knew existed!! It's total madness!
16. That is terrible!!!! I think your frame is just beautiful! ;-)
17. Wow, what a nightmare! Can't believe it! You are sooo beautiful, sweetie!
18. Oh that is just terrible! I had a similar experience with my wedding hair person too except she just insulted my hair, not my brows. She kept insulting my hair cut & then when I told her what I wanted my wedding hair to look like she told me it wasn't "wedding enough" & decided to do what she wanted instead. I tried to explain that I didn't want a super formal up-do cuz that's not my style but she was not really having it. So I basically hated my hair on my wedding day. *sigh*
19. WTF. That is so weird. I actually like your brows, just so you know.
I had a lady tell me I needed skinnier brows, that that was the in look. I told her, not so nicely, to screw off.
20. i'm pretty sure i would have cried.
you look amazing in that photo, by the way. eyebrows and all.
21. Omg. That is absolutely horrid! Could be two reasons - one she was in a foul mood or two she was jealous. But thankfully you have someone with you to laugh about it after that.
ps: Thanks for dropping by my blog and the suggestion for my trip :)
22. Ouch! I went to a person like that once - she kept telling me that my hair was terrible but rudely so, not tactfully. I let her color it since she had started but I left with wet hair and didn't let her touch it with the scissors. Then I called the owner {who suggested I try her} to complain.
I guess it's different if you've flown in to see someone but it's still not fun. It's good you had your friend there though.
Thanks for visiting my blog! :)
23. Omg I work in a similar environment but I do not imagine I will ever say that to someone! That is just horrible! Glad you were able to laugh it off though :)
24. Oh goodness! Well, I think you are beautiful and I saw your photos of the wedding day and you were beautiful in those too! =)
25. French hairdressers and beauty institute workers don't hold anything back either. I've been told that my hair is too dry/damaged on many occasions, but I've never had my brows done here so I'm not sure what kind of field day they'd have with them...
Anyway you know you are totally cute, and as long as you know it and IC does, it's all good :)
26. Wow. That's an intense conversation to have with a client. At least she made you pretty during your big day and that's what's important. Although, i'm not sure i'd have been able to stay in her shop while she kept talking
xo Stephanie
27. Wow. What a brutal appointment. I'm glad you were able to laugh it off...and I don't even want to know what that lady would say about my eyebrows or hair. Yikes.
28. Ugh. Awful! I'm glad you two could laugh about it- not sure if I would have! I've only had my eyebrows "touched" professionally once, for senior prom. I've always just tried to maintain it; with varying degrees of success.
29. How awful! Had you ever gone there before?! I mean it's funny but I would never go back there again.
30. If I had that experience, that salon would never see me again. AND word of mouth is a bitch because I would tell EVERYONE about my experience.
I sound crazy... at least you had a friend with you to laugh about it!
XO Lourdes
31. That was horrible! I would have cried, although I do already know I have shitty eyebrows! I'm just so glad that she did a great job with your hair and make up. Some people... |
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Spellcasting 101
GAME Spellcasting 101 Title.png
Title Screen
Developer Legend Entertainment
Publisher Legend Entertainment
Released 1990
Status Supported
Tested on 0.70
Tested game version Unknown
Links Compatibility List
Executable Unknown
Installer N/A
Setup N/A
DOS Extender
DOS4GW.EXE Unknown
Works with DOS32A N/A
Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls is a text adventure game.
Making it work
Works well under DOSBox for Windows (XP Pro SP3, Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8 GHz, 789 MHz, 1 GB RAM).
If you lose site and use of the mouse when you try to move it around, just click the left button and it will "reawaken" and work just fine.
There were no lags or anything. Game speed was great, so were graphics and sound. No front end or other tools used at all, just DOSBox.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68704 | Flywheel Torque and Distribution of Mass
Last time we began our discussion on moment of inertia and how it affects a flywheel’s storage of kinetic energy. That inertia is a function of the flywheel’s mass, in particular how the mass is distributed. Today we’ll continue our discussion and see how an engineering principal known as torque affects things.
Flywheel Torque and Distribution of Mass
Flywheel Torque and Distribution of Mass
We learned in a previous blog that torque is most simply defined as a measure of how much force acts upon an object to cause it to rotate around a pivot point or center of rotation, shown as a small black dot in the illustration. For our discussion we’ll focus on two parts of the flywheel, the hub, part A, and the rim, part E.
Part A has a mass mA located a distance rA from the flywheel’s center, while part E has a mass mE located a distance rE from it. When an engine applies mechanical power to the flywheel by way of its rotating shaft, the revolutions per minute, RPM, increase and along with it the angular velocity, ω, also increases. For a refresher on this, follow the link.
Because of this relationship, we can calculate the kinetic energy contained within a flywheel using the kinetic energy formula,
KE = ½ × ∑[m × r2] × ω2 (1)
As the flywheel’s angular velocity increases or decreases in response to the engine’s energy output, parts A and E reflect acceleration or deceleration of aA and aE. Since parts A and E exhibit both mass and acceleration, they are subject to Newton’s Second Law of Motion, which states that force equals mass times acceleration. Using that relationship we can calculate the force exerted on each part by,
FA = mA × aA (2)
FE = mE × aE (3)
Part A is small compared to part E, therefore mE is greater than mA and accordingly FE is greater than FA. Forces FA and FE act as torques, because they cause parts A and E to rotate around the flywheel’s center of rotation, so they are designated as Torque A, TA, and Torque E, TE. These torques are computed by,
TA = FA × rA (4)
TE = FE × rE (5)
Part E’s greater mass will contribute more torque than part A, and it will also contribute more to the flywheel’s kinetic energy content.
Most flywheels are designed with heavy rims supported by small hubs and slender spokes, because the more mass that’s distributed away from the flywheel’s center of rotation, the greater the flywheel’s moment of inertia and torque, and the more kinetic energy it can store.
Next time we’ll develop an equation which allows us to quantify the horsepower required to accelerate a flywheel.
opyright 2017 – Philip J. O’Keefe, PE
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68723 | Welcome to Finley Experience
What's good for one isn't necessarily good for another.
05 March 2015
Global Conflict Discussion (Part 9): Wars on [X, Y, & Z]
9.) Wars on [X,Y, and Z]: Pointlessness of waging war against abstract concepts.
Starting a "war on bullying" is as riduculous as every other "war against [enter abstract concept here]" has proven to be over time. Stop the waste of money, time, and resources on misnomered advertising campaigns.
Below are the Merriam-Webster definitions for some words used in discussing the Wars on [X, Y, & Z]. Read them, then we'll pick up where we left off.
(from Merriam-Webster online 2014)
Full Definition of WAR
(2) : a period of such armed conflict
(3): state of war
b : the art or science of warfare
2 a : a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism
c : variance, odds
(from Merriam-Webster online 2014)
Full Definition of POVERTY
2 : scarcity, dearth
3 a : debility due to malnutrition
b : lack of fertility
(from Merriam-Webster online 2014)
Full Definition of DRUG
1 : a obsolete : a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations
c : according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: (1) a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary
(2) a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease
(3) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body
(from Merriam-Webster online 2014)
Full Definition of TERRORISM
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
(from Merriam-Webster online 2014)
Definition of BULLY
1 a : archaic : sweetheart
b : a fine chap
2 a : a blustering browbeating person, especially : one habitually cruel to others who are weaker
b :pimp
3 : a hired ruffian
Now that we've got some common definitions to work from, let us examine these misnomered Wars
...on Bullying
...on Poverty
...on Drugs
...on Terrorism
The War on Bullying, etc.
Definition 2a under BULLY is the common meaning of the word "bully" used during anti-bullying dialogues, campaigns, etc. The last part of the definition is: "one habitually cruel to others who are weaker." This is important, we will come back to it. According to the definition of war there are three basic ingredients: 1. a declaration of war, 2. multiple sides, and 3. armed hostility. So, part of being at war with something is to pick (declare) a side, get armed, then fight for the chosen side.
Today's attempts to reduce bullying include announcing opposition to bullying by declaring war on bullies everywhere. In essence, this declaration says: I choose to fight bullies, to "make war"against those who are "habitually cruel to others who are weaker." Wait, the answer to bullying is going to war? In that, the answer to poverty, drugs, and terrorism becomes war. But, that can't be right because we know that war displaces (makes homeless, impoverished), increases drug use (among citizens and soldiers), and incites terror (in the populace). How do we rectify the inherent misnomer in making war against abstract concepts? How about we start with limiting the theater of war to actual wars and not metaphoric wars?
How many misnomered wars against [...] can you name?
Pax et Poema.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68732 | The Clatsop Indians
The Indians that inhabited the 1100 square miles of coastal plain and river valleys north of Neakahnie Mountain to the mouth of the Columbia were known as the Clatsop Indians. Their territory with its dense forests of fir, pine, spruce and cedar, as well as fertile coastal plains, provided an abundance of game, berries and edible roots. Its fresh and salty waters, including the Columbia, the myriad streams and lakes, and the vast ocean tidelands–teemed with life including many species of salmon, freshwater fish, and shellfish. At the southern end of their realm, the Necanicum’s 85 square mile watershed’s was an important source of food and nurtured groves of giant firs, spruces and pines. These forests were extremely dense with waist-high salal, kinnikinnik, wapato and camass, interrupted by the occasional meadow and berry thickets.
Early accounts of the native settlements in the region point to a native lodge on the lower Necanicum, not surprising given the volumes of salmon ascending this lively stream. We know of at least fourteen Clatsop villages located along this northernmost strip of the Oregon coast. One of the villages, Quatat, was situated at the mouth of the Necanicum; two other villages, Ne-ah-coxie and Ne-co-tat, were nearby. The Clatsops, like their neighbors the Chinooks who inhabited the north bank of the Columbia, were “Canoe indians” who buried their dead in canoes together with personal effects to tide them over upon their arrival in the next life.
The note local ethnographer, James Swan, recounts several creation myths that he heard from the Chinookan residing in the vicinity that relate to these customs. One of them involved an old man who was a giant and an old woman who was an ogress. In the story, when the old man catches a fish and attempts to improperly cut it sideways, the woman cries out that he must cut the fish down the back. The man ignores her pleas and cuts the fish crossways. The fish changes into a giant bird that flies away toward Saddle Mountain on the northern Oregon coast. The man and woman go in search of the bird. One day while picking berries, the woman discovers a thunder-bird’s nest full of eggs. The woman begins to break the eggs, and humans appear out of the broken shells.
Unlike the Calapuyans, the Clatsops were non-nomadic and built permanent low-roofed, partitioned lodges of cedar planks. Their canoes were also made of cedar logs, hollowed out by fire, then carved and finished with stone or bone tools. Food bowls and utility vessels were made from stone, wood, bone and shell. Mats and baskets for gathering and storage were woven of hide, vine, grass, roots and bark.
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i LOVE this website! it has a lot of factual information on the clatsop indian tribe. thanks for this!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68733 | Monday, February 1, 2010
Photos of the French Alps in Southeast France
Winter, Summer, Spring or Autumn - You are Surrounded by Beauty in the French Alps
Visit this gorgeous region yourself on our Tours.
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1. So much beauty everywhere! My husband is French and his family comes from this region, so we've visited many times. I've been there only once in winter, to Val d'Isere. Never seen so much snow. Summers are magnificent! You are very lucky! |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68749 | Apr 24
Rename a distribution group in Exchange with Powershell
Recently I was asked to rename some distribution groups in Exchange. Not so tough of a problem, but painstaking to do one at a time and there were a few of these to do. So I did what any good admin should do, I wrote a script to take care of this.
The issues
To properly rename a distribution group, you need to not only change the name of the group, but also the Alias, DisplayName and entries in the EmailAddresses field. The first two are easy but if you’re like me, you need to add a handful of emailaddresses to these fields. In our environment, we tend to add records when a name is changed rather than swap the old for the new. This way, if someone uses the old address, it still goes to where they want it too. Probably a better answer would be to create a mailbox with the old address and setup an auto reply that says “Hey, use the new address for this list.” That’ll be for another day.
Anyways, here is the script…
I should note, that I’m keeping this function (along with some other Exchange functions on github. you can get the most recent version of this script here: https://github.com/glaisne/PowerShellExchangeFunctions/archive/master.zip
Some things worth noting
First of all, I’m working trying to make every bit of code I write more of a tool for others rather than something I use in my environment only. As a result, I’m utilizing ShouldContinue and ShouldProcess more. In this script I use them twice. First when I change the Name, Alias and DisplayName fields
The second time I use ShouldProcess and ShouldContinue is when I set the EmailAddresses field.
Also, you’ll notice there isn’t much in the way of actual comments. This is a bit of a departure for me as I love my comments. But, rather than use comments, I’ve decided to use Write-Verbose so that everyone can share in “What should be happening.”
Let me know if you have any questions, or if you think there is a better way. |
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