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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68759 | Saturday, March 9, 2013
Olive oil, I don't know much
I've gotten into the habit of listening to audiobooks before I fall asleep, which means that I miss a great deal of the content of the books.
My recent audiobook was Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller. I was amazed by the history and processes involved with this historic food. I had no idea what cold pressed meant or any of the other intricacies of manufacture. I recommend the book.
I'm very excited to try the Olio Nuovo currently at Costco because it's going to be wonderful. From the book, I learned this is valuable and rare. Although, because I slept through a great deal of the book, I'm not sure exactly why.
1. Thanks for the heads up.
2. I was surprised how little I knew about a food I eat every day.
1. I know a little, but I certainly know what I like in an Olive Oil.
I am exxcited to try this one. |
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MRQL - a SQL on Hadoop Miracle
Recently, the Apache Incubator accepted a new query engine for Hadoop and Hama, called MRQL (pronounced miracle), which was initially developed in 2011 by Leonidas Fegaras.
MRQL (MapReduce Query Language) is a query processing and optimization system for large-scale, distributed data analysis, built on top of Apache Hadoop and Hama. MRQL has some overlapping functionality with Hive, Impala and Drill, but one major difference is that it can capture many complex data analysis algorithms that can not be done easily in those systems in declarative form. So, complex data analysis tasks, such as PageRank, k-means clustering, and matrix multiplication and factorization, can be expressed as short SQL-like queries, while the MRQL system is able to evaluate these queries efficiently.
Another difference from these systems is that the MRQL system can run these queries in BSP (Bulk Synchronous Parallel) mode, in addition to the MapReduce mode. With BSP mode, it achieves lower latency and higher speed. According to MRQL team, “In near future, MRQL will also be able to process very large data effectively fast without memory limitation and significant performance degradation in the BSP mode”.
As a simple example, the MRQL query in Figure 1 calculates the k-means clustering algorithm.
Figure 1. K-means Clustering Expressed as an MRQL Query
Figure 2. K-Means Clustering Using MR and BSP Modes for 10 steps.
Figure 2 shows the results of evaluating the K-means query using MR and BSP modes for limit (number of iterations) 10. We can see that the BSP evaluation outperforms the MR evaluation by an order of magnitude.
MRQL team also has plans to support additional distributed processing frameworks, such as Spark and OpenMPI in the future. Currently, a number of researchers and developers from various organizations, such as UT Arlington, Oracle, and Cloudera, are involved in the MRQL project. They are looking forward to your contributions.
You can find more information about MRQL at the website:
About the Author:
A creator of Apache Hama, a committer of Apache BigTop and MRQL. Currently he works at Oracle Corporation.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68794 | Definition of
1. (noun, person) a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Pasha
Alternate forms of Pasha
Hypernyms: authority
Origin of the word Pasha
1. Turkish honorary title formerly given to officers of high rank, 1640s, from Turk. pasha, earlier basha, from bash "head, chief" (no clear distinction between -b- and -p- in Turk.), Earlier in English as bashaw (1530s). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68800 | disaster myopia
Lenders' habits of overlooking possible shocks that could produce hefty losses if a long time has gone by since a shock last took place.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68801 | Who says you need a book thick enough to stop a bullet to have a heavy simulationist game? Nights of the Crusades proves that it can be done in only 106 pages.
As may be inferred by the title, Nights of the Crusades is set in the Middle East during Medieval Times. It is a time of conflict and bigotry of all sorts from racism to sexism to religious intolerance. But the historical crusades are not the only inspiration for Nights of the Crusades. The famous 1001 Nights also plays a role in the game, with the mythical creatures and supernatural dangers from those stories added to the already dark themes of war and conquest. This is not the Disney version of these stories and the djinn in the game are malicious, massively powerful creatures that delight in tricking and tormenting mortals.
Obviously, given these source materials, Nights of the Crusades is a very dark game. Even if a player does not particularly want his character to dislike another character, whether player or game master controlled, there is a system of allegiances which insure that it is much easier to be aggressive against people of opposing allegiances than it is to assist them. Of course, whether or not the character acts on these hatreds is up to the player. The ranks of these allegiances can change so clever players can manipulate their ranks to make it easier or harder to attack or negotiate with a particular group depending on the groups the player wants his character to be allied with.
Another factor that helps make the game very dark and increases the simulationist aspect is the trauma system. After each day that a character engaged in, or observed combat, the player has to roll on a chart to determine if his character is permanently affected by what he has seen. The results of these rolls can be anything from addiction to phobias to an increase in the character’s hatred for a certain type of opponent. It attempts, rather effectively, to mirror the true effects of battle on a person’s mind and resembles post traumatic stress disorder. This is an aspect of battle that is rarely discussed in role-playing games. Most characters either never kill or are homicidal maniacs, depending on genre and in either case the amount of violence is hardly considered by the players. So a game that actually deals with the mental repercussions of fighting and killing other human beings is fairly unique. Additionally, there are a number of situations in which a character can become scarred or otherwise permanently disfigured or injured physically.
Characters do not have attributes in the classic sense. There is no measure of their strength or intelligence. Instead, they have four expertises, or general areas of skill. Each skill is associated with one or more of these expertises and each skill taken in an expertise increases it, making the character more effective in that particular realm of combat or social interaction. There are a lot of skills to take. A whole lot. This is necessary to give enough skills to give significant levels to the expertises. Beyond this purely numerical addition to the character, each skill also provides a specific advantage either in or out of combat. There are plenty of skills for any player to make a character just to his taste and reflecting any number of combat or negotiation styles.
The combat system can be run either abstractly or on a battle mat, but is extremely detailed in either case. There are stances, maneuvers, statuses and ongoing effects that can make a battle exceptionally complex and quite realistic. There is no swinging from the chandeliers here, only the brutal grind of battle and there is often the chance that a character will do nothing more than cower or flee.
The negotiation and social resolution mechanic can be just as complex. There are numerous “maneuvers” that players can engage in during a negotiation to manipulate the final results of the exchange.
Perhaps most influenced by the 1001 Nights source of inspiration, there is also a detailed storytelling mechanic within the game. In addition to inspiring players to creativity, this mechanic provides concrete mechanical rewards to the characters when used. The Pearls of Wisdom earned from these storytelling sessions can be used for anything from re-rolling a die, to adding wealth, to gaining an ability, depending upon how many are spent.
The actual game system comes rather late in the book and while it is not uncommon for the character creation section of a game to come before the mechanics, there are a lot of sets of sub-rules that come before the basic mechanics. These are relatively simple and characters attempting a feat that is equal to their ability need a roll of 5 or below on a d10 to succeed. For each point lower than the ability, the chance of succeeding increases by a point. For each point above, the chance of succeeding decreases by a point.
As simple as this die mechanic is, there is a very long game play example that includes investigation, negotiation, storytelling and combat, everything a group might need, to explain it all. While this is certainly useful and helps ensure all these varying game systems are clear, it does go on for a bit too long.
One of the things that Pearls of Wisdom can buy is a Fief. A symbol of the character’s power, a base of operations and a source of wealth, the fief adds a hint of domain management to the game and helps represent the character’s advancement in society and influence over the world. This system is also relatively simple, but adds a nice touch to the game.
There is an NPC section which provides characters and a handful of animals/monsters for the game master to use to populate his stories. This section is rather short and there is no obvious organization to it, but it requires very little to create an opponent in the game so it would be fairly easy for a game master to create any challenges needed.
The book ends with a short adventure which captures the horrific nature of the game perfectly. It is no cosmic horror or fearsome monster that threatens the characters but a combination of fate, nature and human needs and failings that force the players into horrible decisions.
Nights of the Crusades is an exceptionally gritty, surprisingly detailed game system which explores a dark time in the history of the world. Groups who like high flying action or simple stories of good and evil will be disappointed by the game, but those who prefer investigating the infinite shades of gray of morality in more realistic stories will find just what they want in this game. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68815 | The Empty Tomb 28 1Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone [U]from the door, and sat on it. 3His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. 5But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.” 8So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. The Appearance of Jesus to the Women 9And [V]as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.” The Bribery of the Soldiers 11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’ 14And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will appease him and make you secure.” 15So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. The Appearance of Jesus to the Disciples 16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. The Great Commission 18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go [W]therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [X]Amen.
Can i read the Bible on my phone/tablet?
Selected Verses |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68819 | Playlist for the Week of 25 January, 1999 1. Suffocation - "Despise the Sun" (Despise the Sun/Vulture) 2. At the Gates - "Ever-Blooming Flower" (With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness/Music For Nations) 3. Cenotaph - "Tenebrous Apparition" (The Gloomy Reflection of Hidden Sorrows/Oz) 4. Pestilence - "Chemo Therapy" (Malleus Maleficarum/Roadracer) 5. Aurora Borealis - "Slave to the Grave" (Mansion of Eternity/Aurora Borealis) 6. Atheist - "Life" (Piece of Time/Death) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68881 | 16 David De Roure myExperiment has 1000 registered users <p>We're pleased to announce that we've just reached the 1000 user mark!</p> <p>The latest 50 users or so are down to our appearance last week at the 9th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) and the 16th annual Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Conference (ISMB) in Toronto. This was a very useful community engagement where we met many users first hand and also got to see what other tools they're using.</p> <p>Of course, the number of registered users is not the full measure of activity - many people access public content without accounts (navigating and searching the site, or direct from Google). Another indicator on our dashboard is our site analysis, which recorded over 1400 unique IP visits in the month prior to these conferences.</p> <p>Thanks all of you!</p> <p>DDeR</p> 2008-07-28 15:26:02 UTC |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68919 | Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Lovin' Summer
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so what the hell have I been up to? Has civilisation crumbled in Blighty since the Brexit vote? Am I too busy scrabbling around for scraps of Fish n’ Chips and sleeping in abandoned BHS dressing rooms to bother posting to my blog?
No, nothing so drastic (though Parliament just reconvened, and if anyone can bring that about it’s them, so watch this space), I’m simply too busy enjoy the unexpectedly stunning summer weather.
Just like New York, except the buildings aren't as tall and there's not as many people.
It is just as hot, though. Check out the guy in the background thanking the gods for the unprecedented weather.
To the uninitiated, summer in Britain generally consists of three hot days (not always contiguous) and long stretches of cloudy, 60 degree weather. And drizzle. But this year, it got hot. Proper hot; not the 75 degrees that usually passes for hot in Britain, but actually into the 80s, and a few times into the low 90s. And it stayed that way. We have had (and continue to enjoy) sunny days, blue skies and “where is the nearest swimming pool” temperatures for weeks now.
Sunny, but at least 3 out of 5 people think it's too cold for short sleeve shirts/
This is the type of weather that drives people into supermarkets so they can hang out in the frozen food aisle. It is, in short, a New York Summer, and I have not experienced one like it since I landed on these shores.
It is also wonderful that I am able to enjoy it with (as opposed to despite) my fellow Sussexonians, who usually start predicting doom after three days of decent weather.
“Haven’t had much rain lately,” they’ll say, as soon as the words, “Nice day, isn’t it?” leave your lips. And then they’ll continue: “That won’t do the farmers any good, mind. We’ll be paying three month’s wages for a pack of cheese and onion crisps come October. This keeps up, there’ll be standpipes in the streets.”
Yeah, we had standpipes in the streets
No, this time everyone seems to be enjoying it, and making the best of it by crowding into the frigid sea or taking the 23 bus to Arundel to lounge by the lido. My theory is, the gloom has not descended because something like this happened within living memory — 1976 to be exact — only it was worse, with severe drought and, you guessed it, stand-pipes in the streets, and those who remember it are happy enough just telling anyone who will listen about their recollections of that year, while the rest of us are just happy to be able to go outside in July without needing a puffer jacket.
This is July. Yes, JULY!!
It has been so like a real summer that I have actually put off doing some chores until the autumn, with its cooler weather, arrives. (These chores involve digging large holes in my MIL’s garden to uproot some trees, so I’m not really being a wimp here.) It has also seen me wearing short sleeved shirts.
For the first several years I lived here, I didn’t even own a short sleeve shirt. I bought two about ten years ago, during a summer that flirted with “hot” for about five days in a row. After that, the shirts migrated to the bottom of my dresser draw where they remained for many years. But thanks to the current climate, I now posses a baker’s dozen of short sleeve shirts, and have been wearing nothing but (well, pants and stuff) for many weeks, even out doors.
'nuff said.
It has been so consistently nice that my wife and I travelled to London a few weeks ago without even bothering to take a jacket or umbrella. Believe it or not, we simply walked out of the flat with the clothes we had on, without having to layer up. Incredible! I get giddy just thinking about it.
(I sincerely hope this isn’t like the jumper debacle. As with “not-so-hot” summers, Britain--in the south, at least--has “not-so-cold” winters, which rarely require the wearing of a sweater/jumper. When we had a genuine cold spell some years back, I gleefully bought a stack of jumpers and wore them around for a few days until it got up into the 40s again. They are now all tucked away in a box; I do not wish for the short sleeve shirts to join them.)
Yeah, the guy in the background is wearing shorts, but someone is always wearing shorts,
so that's no clue to temperature. Check out his jacket, and the fact that whoever has their arm
around him can't supply enough love to keep him warm.
Don't get me wrong, it was a nice day, but it was not in the 80s.
Today. alas and alack, is the final day of summer, as the Brits count the 1st of September as the beginning of Autumn. The superb summer weather is still with us, however, and promises to remain for another few days, but as one might anticipate, cooler weather and rain are predicted for the weekend.
I supposed we should expect it, and we certainly can’t complain; it has been a memorable summer—one to compare with the historic summer of 1976—and I hope we are blessed with a repeat some time soon.
But lets hope these superlative seasons do not continue throughout the year; I don’t want this winter to be one we can compare to the historic winter of 1963.
Longest, coldest, snowiest -- sounds to much like a New York
winter to want to experience one here.
But at least I’d be able to wear my jumpers again.
1. After living in Arkansas all my life, I greatly appreciated my British summer (2014). I thought the 60 degree drizzle was the loveliest thing in the world! Not great for swimming though, I'll admit.
1. While I enjoyed this summer immensely, I don't mind the "normal" summers. I have too many memories of 100 plus degree days, steering wheels that are too hot to touch, spongy pavement and brown grass to complain about a comfortable 65 degree afternoon. Even if it is sprinkling a bit.
2. We (in Chicago) are still in the "bloody hell how hot is this?" dog days of summer. It's hard to imagine that within a few short months we'll be knee deep in snow and talking about frozen snot!
1. Strangely, after getting a few cool, rainy days, we're back in the 80s again, with warm, muggy nights. It's getting so I am looking forward to cool autumn days. No frozen snot over here, though ;) (Gosh, didn't I hate that!) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68926 | Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Red is the colour....
1. Fantastic colour, Peter, you're right, I love the orange- red of the Aussie gum. A friend of mine has a blue house beside one of these trees and the effect is marvellous. It's good to see you back and blogging.
2. Thanks, Mary. I am only now climbing out of a trough of exhaustion...I know you teach so you are probably used to the peculiar highs and lows of the situation. I'm just settling back into my life, 'picking up the threads' as the saying goes...Mr Colenso is starting to call me again and after a month or so away, it's a pleasure heeding the call...so perhaps that is one of the positive side-effects of being elsewhere mentally...it all feels fresh again...and a challenge...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68931 | 115 Wine Quotes for Aficionados of the Noble Grapes
Are you a wine enthusiast? For the connoisseurs of grape berry juice, we have picked a fine selection of famous wine quotes from cinematography and literature. P.S.: as a side dish, we recommend these inspiring leadership quotes from truly exceptional individuals.
Wine is a captivating beverage that is surrounded by an air of mystery. Opening a wine bottle is so much more than simply unscrewing the cork. It is a small journey through space and time.
Ernest Hemingway
A wine of decent quality has the almost magical ability to invite you on a time travel adventure back to its roots. When you drink the beverage made from berries, it transports you back in time to the place and year of its vinification. There are not many other food items that are able to take you back decades in time.
Wine quotes
These wine quotes pay hommage to perhaps the most elegant and mysterious beverage
Aside from its marvelous time aspect, wine also provides a distinct feature of regional differences in taste. Thanks to the influence of a vineyard’s soil on its flavor, territorial differences can be spotted relatively quickly even if you’re not a connoisseur.
Wine does not only take you on a time travel but it also sets a sophisticated mood for a delicious dinner or an inspiring evening with your friends. As such, wine brings us together with people we like and allows us to unwind so that the evening can unfold.
115 Wine Quotes for Aficionados of the Noble Grapes
Wine provides a rich variety of many different aromas and flavors. Even more astonishing is how one wine can vary so greatly in taste than another one. Thanks to different vinification and fermentation processes, the chemical processes that produce the rich flavors of a wine form a myriad of different flavors.
It’s not always easy to put adequate words to the phenomenon of the delicious aroma compounds of wine. Luckily, some of the greatest writers, philosophers, and adventurers shared a deep affection for wine. As such, these individuals have found beautifully eloquent words to describe their love for wine. To help you save a lot of time, we have collected some of the most beautiful white quotes of all time.
Enjoy reading! As an extra, we have also listed a couple of funny wine quotes for you.
Here’s our selection of the finest wine quotes
“In wine, there’s truth.”
Pliny the Elder
Truth in wine quote
Clifton Fadiman
A bottle of wine quote
Thomas Love Peacock
Juice of the grape quote
“A bottle of wine is the ultimate distillation of time and place; a poetic expression of individuality itself.”
Amor Towles
Quote about a bottle of wine
Clifton Fadiman
Quotes about wine
“Wine is like many of the fine experiences in life which take time and experience to extract their full pleasure and meaning.”
Douglas Preston
“Wine is drinkable sunlight. It’s the most glorious summer’s day imaginable, captured in a bottle. Wine can be a melody in a cut-glass goblet, but it can also be a cacophony in a dirty tumbler, or a rainy autumn night, or a funeral march that scorches your tongue.”
Walter Moers
“Wine is bottled poetry.”
Erin Morgenstern
Andre Simon
Paulo Coelho
“Wine makes all things possible.”
George R.R. Martin
“At times we ought to drink even to intoxication, not so as to drown, but merely to dip ourselves in wine, for wine washes away troubles and dislodges them from the depths of the mind and acts as a remedy to sorrow as it does to some diseases. The inventor of wine is called Liber, not from the license which he gives to our tongues but because he liberates the mind from the bondage of cares and emancipates it, animates it and renders it more daring in all that it attempts.”
“Wine is like the incarnation – it is both divine and human”
Paul Tillich
Neel Burton
“Occasionally I have a glass of red wine. I don’t consider it an alcoholic drink. I consider it a holy drink, something that can also be used as a curative.”
Novak Djokovic
“There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don’t think all ecstasies are the same!”
Jalaluddin Rumi
“Crafting a glass of fine wine is nothing less than a very intentional, almost sacrificial, act of love.”
Nicole Baart
“Wine [is]a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.”
Benjamin Franklin
“The simplest definition of a great bottle of wine is when you feel sad because the bottle is empty.”
Tony Margiotta
“Beer is made by men, wine by God.”
Martin Luther
“His lips drink water but his heart drinks wine.”
E.E. Cummings
Charles Baudelaire
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Just like literature, wine takes time to learn. That would be learning about the grapes and their characteristics. Then, once we master our letters, we need to learn the arrangements of letters, the pronunciation, the grammar, the structure of sentences. Now we can read. In wine, that would be the stage when we start noticing differences between two reds. You no longer drink wine: you start drinking this wine.”
Olivier Magny
Paulo Coelho
Marty Rubin
W.C. Fields
James Joyce
D. H. Lawrence
Alexandre Dumas
Tom Standage
“The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.”
“I need coffee to help me change the things I can… and wine to help me accept the things I can’t!”
Tanya Masse
“All worries are less with wine.”
Amit Kalantri
“Philosophy is like wine. There are good years and bad years but, in general, the older the better.”
Eric Weiner
“Anyone can produce a blend full of complexity, but a monovarietal that exudes complex layers is a sign of a master winemaker.”
Tony Margiotta
“True love is like wine, it gets stronger with age.”
Farid F. Ibrahim
“If there was any magic in this world that was not magic, it was wine.”
Lev Grossman
“There’s wisdom in wine.”
Jack Kerouac
“For at the end of the day, what matters is never the wine, it’s always the moment; it’s always the people.”
Olivier Magny
“Wisdom is like a fermented wine. It’s only appreciated when shared.”
Andrew-Knox Kaniki
Richard P. Feynman
“Let us drink wine to remember what kind of mystical beauties life offers us and to comprehend what sort of magic potions existence has!”
Mehmet Murat ildan
St.Thomas Aquinas
Franny Billingsley
Saint Pope John Paul II
“Great wine works wonders and is itself one.”
Edward Steinberg
Nikos Kazantzakis
“Life is not worth living without really good wine.”
Yuval Noah Harari
Sarah Jio
“For the wine of Clochemerle is at once exquisite and treacherous; it charms first the nose, then the palate, finally the entire man. Mark well that if it makes a man drunk it does not do so malignantly. It produces an enchanting light-heartedness, an intellectual sparkle which liberates the drinker from the constraints and conventions which bind him in his daily life.”
Gabriel Chevallier
Ernest Hemingway
Louis Pasteur
“I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.”
Rachel Hawkins
Francis Bacon
Olivier Magny
Samuel Johnson
“Everything’s better with some wine in the belly.”
George R.R. Martin
“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine… It’s summertime!”
Kenny Chesney
Ernest Hemingway
“Wine is a grand thing. It makes you forget all the bad.”
Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Goldsmith
“There must be always wine and fellowship or we are truly lost.”
Ann Fairbairn
Marie Rutkoski
“I have drunken deep of joy, and I will taste no other wine tonight.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Love is like wine, drink it as you rhyme.”
Santosh Kalwar
“No wine can be regarded as unimportant, my friend, since the marriage at Cana.”
Graham Greene
Neel Burton
Victor Hugo
“That is the other incredible thing about wine, that it brings people together, makes them share with one another, laugh with one another, fall in love with one another and with the world around them.”
Neel Burton
“Wine is sunlight, held together by water.”
Galileo Galilei
“With bread and wine you can walk your road.”
Spanish Proverb
“The wine – it made her limbs lose and liquid, made her feel that a hummingbird had taken the place of her heart.”
Jodi Picoult
“Wine, for serious drunks, enjoys only a limited success. There is, concerning inebriation, black magic, and white magic; wine is only white magic.”
Victor Hugo
“There is no wine so sweet as wine taken from a foe.”
George R.R. Martin
“If the wine drinker
has a deep gentleness in him,
he will show that when drunk.
But if he has hidden anger and arrogance,
those appear.”
Eduardo Galeano
“The Vintner’s Guide to Precisely Categorizing the Wines of France mentioned all sorts of incredibly nuanced aromas in very expensive wine: slate, bark, cherries, strange herbs, all of which she had to imagine, since cider and local vin ordinaire were all they had in the village.”
Liz Braswell
“Sometimes I ask myself how autumn smells? My answer: it’s the smell of the autumn leaves firework and red wine.”
Bryanna Reid
“Saying goodbye to a lover is like giving them the last wine drop in a glass about to break.”
Farid F. Ibrahim
“He wrote her name in wine. So she showered his soul in stardust.”
Hillary Wen
James Branch Cabell
Sean O’Casey
Funny wine quotes
Craig Ferguson
“Never cook with a wine you wouldn’t drink. Though I guess that presupposes that there is a wine I wouldn’t drink.”
Lev Grossman
“Wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.”
Bob Blumer
Sandra Byrd
“It is no coincidence that, on all four sides, in all four corners, the borders of the Roman Empire stopped where wine could no longer be made.”
Neel Burton
“Most people whom you may view as wine experts are usually just good at one thing: winemakers are good at making wine, sommeliers at talking about it, and wine journalists at drinking it for free.”
Olivier Magny
Benjamin Franklin
“Wine is to women as duct tape is to men, it fixes everything.”
Comic Strip Mama
“Life’s too short to drink cheap wine.”
Cliff Hakim
“Wine is the nurse of old age.”
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything… They just drink wine.”
Comic Strip Mama
“Wine grapes are as sensitive to assaults as authors.”
Adam Gopnik
“You were like fine wine, but cheap wine gets you drunk faster.”
Dominic Riccitello
“Either give me more wine or leave me alone.”
“I prefer my water in wine form.”
P.C. Cast
“With wine ideas flow, without ideas wine flows.”
Michele Jennae
Marty Rubin
“You are trying to lure us into revealing information you’re not entitled to? With chocolate and wine? Are you amateurs?”
Moira J. Moore
Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.”
Basil Bunting
“What chance does logic have against a glass of wine and a kiss?”
Marty Rubin
“Ah, wine. Wine was my friend. Wine understood me. Wine knew that it was entirely possible to be one hundred percent happy for your sisters and also ten percent jealous, because Wine does not care about mathematics.”
Melanie Harlow
“I’ve heard that men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it’s up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.”
Jill Shalvis
“Come with me while the wine shop is still open. We are dizzy with meeting each other.”
“The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.”
William Nicholson
Henry Murger
“A German wine label is one of the things life’s too short for.”
Kingsley Amis
“Most days I juggle everything quite well, on the other days there’s always red wine.”
Rachael Bermingham
Josh Stern
“Today is the time of my youth
I drink wine because it is my solace;
It is bitter because it is my life.”
Omar Khayyam
Charles Baudelaire
I hope you enjoyed this collection of wine quotes.
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Facebook Flashback Friday - Love, art, and bad words, oh no! Read more: Quirky Jessi
(You may have seen this in your feed reader a couple months back when Blogged decided to publish it immediately instead of at the scheduled time as I insisted).
Want another in a series of link dump compilations including all the silly things I've found and shared elsewhere? There are lots more shared on Quirky Jessi's Facebook, but here's a bit for you:
• Facebook is weird.
• The gift of peace of mind. A really sweet gift that really gave the guy what he wanted.
• Large beach art - You'll want to check out the rest of these rather huge displays of art built right into the sand.
• Cat annoys guy's sleep all...night...long.
• I shot the serif. What, you don't like font jokes?
• Then you probably don't like typography either, huh?
Mad As H*ll! Kinetic Typography
• More language I wouldn't put here, but because it's PacMan, I can't help it. :P
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That cat is wigglier than my son! Love the Pacman.. LOL!!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68946 | I can hardly believe my eyes, but as I shade them with my hand, there’s no denying the brilliant gleam of the wakening sun.
Time to unpack the wide-brimmed hats!
My nose detects … can it really be?
Photo of blackberry blossoms courtesy of, Ranveig
Yes! The damp, delicious scent of thawing earth!
My fingers have found soft, swelling buds on the verge of unfurling.
Morning birdsongs are ringing in my ears.
And I can already taste the sweet, crisp succulence of the season’s first greens.
The year has come around again, and life is positively …
ver·nal [vur-nl]
1: of, relating to, or occurring in the spring <vernal equinox><vernal sunshine>
2: fresh or new like the spring; also: youthful
In the wise words of William Wordsworth …
“One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings …”
Vernal Veracity
Ever heard the old myths of egg- or broom-balancing on the vernal equinox (which occurs on or around March 21 each year)? Get the straight story of the “Infernal Egguinox” on
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68947 | Eviction Notice
I'm tired of all of the products that have failed me.
Shampoos that didn't give me luxurious hair...
Lipsticks a shade off...
Creams that are greasy without moisturizing...
Mostly I'm tired of tripping over you on the way to products I use and like.
Well today I'm done. I don't care how much of you is left or how much I paid for you, this is your eviction notice.
And I'm not replacing you either. Your function will now be served by a multipurpose, natural product. Baking soda, grapeseed oil...something that wouldn't poison a child if they got into it.
I'm tired of wasting money on the hype--where only one product in 20 delivers. If there is a good brand out there, I've found it. I'll keep using it. But all of the others...OUT!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68948 | Simple Forge for Rapid Development
This article covers the simple usage of Forge to build up an application (or at least an almost complete stack for a prototype).
So what is Forge? It is a command line tool to create and configure Java projects. You can setup different modules (for example cdi or jpa) and Forge generates all resources needed. This can be anything from java classes to deployment descriptors right up to java test classes or JSF files. On top of that this behavior is incremental, so that you can use it at any time you want.
The setup of the modules is done by Convention over Configuration so that everything is quite simple and comprehensible. The Command line also supports tab-completion and makes the usage very fluent.
You may ask why not Forge 2 (it is already in version 2.5.0). It is faster and a little bit easier but it lacks in one point: the Arquillian module is currently not migrated but it is planed.
At first we have to tell Forge to use defaults. Then we create a project with name forgetest and the topLevelPackage de.bischinger. With this a Maven War project is created.
[no project] Development $ set ACCEPT_DEFAULTS true;
[no project] Development $ new-project --named forgetest --topLevelPackage de.bischinger;
After this you can see that the shell changes from "no project" to your project name "forge test".
Now we want to add persistence namely Hibernate and WildFly (creates a persistence.xml and adds dependency to pom.xml)
[forgetest] forgetest $ persistence setup --provider HIBERNATE --container WILDFLY;
Create a JPA entity customer with a required field name. For this we need also to setup JPA validation.
[forgetest] forgetest $ validation setup --provider HIBERNATE_VALIDATOR;
[forgetest] forgetest $ entity --named Customer --package de.bischinger.model;
[forgetest] $ field string --named name;
[forgetest] $ constraint NotNull --onProperty name;
The interesting part is once again that after the creation the shell switches to the created context so that you can easily create the fields. You can also list the context with ls.
Now we want to build a simple JSF UI for the customer entity. At first we need to setup Scaffold which generates our UI.
[forgetest] $ scaffold setup;
[forgetest] $ scaffold from-entity;
After this we can build our application with build and after deploying (which can also be done with Forge but this would be another topic) we can see the following JSF-Page. On the left side is our link to the customers where we can already create, search and delete customers. It also has a paging feature.
Ok - the GUI still must be customized but this is again another topic. The point is that i have spent so much time in the past to reach a state like this - now it is possible within just 2 minutes.
But we are not finished yet - what about tests? For this we can install the Arquillian plugin into our project. We setup Arquillian to use a WildFly-Managed-Container with JUnit after which we can create our tests.
[forgetest] $ forge install-plugin arquillian;
[forgetest] $ arquillian setup --containerName WILDFLY_MANAGED --testFramework junit;
[forgetest] $ arquillian create-test --class;
From my point of view this tool is worth a lot. I can integrate and configure almost any standard technology (JPA, Validation...) i want in no time. This way i can really concentrate on the business. Forge is nicely integrated in the JBoss Developer Studio, it can also be used on any shell and it is easy to understand. The generated sources can also be studied to familiarize with unknown technologies.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68953 | VARIOUS ARTISTS – Electric Gathering
electric gatheringWhen it comes to hard rock and metal guitar playing. there’s a fine line between melodic, harmonious workouts and empty, soulless fretboard bashing for the sake of it. For every player who understands the importance of filling several bars with succinct and thoughtful soloing, there are a thousand John Petrucci wannabes who think – oft like Dream Theater themselves – that notes and flash are a thousand times more impressive than actual tunes…and just because we can see them pulling orgasm faces while bending strings at lightning speeds, we’ll somehow feel the magic too. They’re wrong, of course.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68957 | “Satisfy My Soul” Bob Marley Chords & Lyrics
Chord Chart Available in Songbook
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68978 | this question comes directly from the ego. people like to believe that they are special, when someone begins to ask themselves 'so what makes me special? why do i feel special?' and the general form of this question arises: 'what is the ultimate purpose/meaning of life?' and this is why people get stumped; they wish to believe that there IS some kind of ultimate purpose; that their existance is meaningful on a cosmic scale. and nobody has ever provided a universally satisfying answer to this question because there isn't one.
there is no universal meaning of existance or metaphysical explanation that will meet the cultural, social and psychological demands of every human being. this is why there are so many different belief systems(by belief systems i mean those who serve in a way to answer 'the ultimate question' and indoctrinate a 'special' purpose into the minds of followers) -and why there has never been, and never will be a single belief system to dominate the minds of all human beings. these ideas tend to be disenchanting to the mystic; such ideas are incompatible with spiritual faith.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/68990 | Skip Hire Bettisfield Clwyd
Skip Hire Bettisfield Clwyd: If you happen to be organizing fitting a new kitchen, clearing out your attic, some home improvements or tidying your garden, there is a fair likelihood that you'll be producing a whole lot of waste that will need to be disposed of. Now, you might be able to put quite a bit of it in the boot of your car and carry it to a nearby dump in Bettisfield, but this can take time, is likely to mess up or damage your vehicle, and will be restricted to what you are able to easily fit into your boot. The most popular solution for most folk in Bettisfield is to hire a skip, and get all of that rubbish lugged away, recycled and dumped correctly. Should you determine that this is the ideal solution for you, then the very first task is to seek out a reputable company which does skip hire in Bettisfield, and book to have a skip delivered to your home.
Skip Hire Basics: When you have found a suitable Bettisfield skip hire firm, there are going to be three significant things that you will need to make up your mind about: what size of skip do you require, when will you need it and where exactly are you going to place the skip?
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Skip Sizes: You'll find a lot of different skip sizes readily available for rent and most Bettisfield skip hire companies will offer whichever size you want for your upcoming waste disposal task, and for most it is a case of choosing between a mini skip (one to two cubic yards/25-35 black bags), a midi skip (3-4 cubic yards/35-45 black bags), a builders skip (six to eight cubic yards/65-85 rubbish bags), and a large skip (12-14 cubic yards/180-210 bin bags). The most common skip that you often see outside properties in Bettisfield, when they're having refurbishments is the builders skip which will take a substantial amount of waste, without the need to overfill it.
The standard builders skip should be best for almost all home improvements, garden clearances, attic clearances and similar types of job. A good illustration of a project which a builders skip would be ideal for is if you're having a new kitchen or bathroom fitted and you will need to get rid of all the old units and fittings, the packing from the new fittings and units and all the other waste generated in the work.
Positioning the Skip: You'll need to have the perfect place on your property for siting the skip, a driveway is ideal, or an area of lawn that you don't mind damaging. If you haven't got a drive or equally appropriate place on your property, you might need to place your skip on the street bordering it, in which instance you are in all probability going to need to apply for a licence/permit from the local council. Normally, skip hire companies in Bettisfield will be prepared to obtain this licence on your behalf, whilst some may require that you get this yourself. It's better to go with skip hire firm who will get the mandatory licence/permit for you, as they know exactly what is needed, where to apply and how to obtain it. Undoubtedly the best option is to site the skip somewhere on your property, even if it is necessary to temporarily take down a few fence panels to get it in, as this eliminates the requirement of permits and that kind of aggravation. If you do have to get a licence yourself, it's possible to make an application for one online. Skips placed on a main highway need to have reflective markings, night safety lamps and traffic cones to alert other road users, and you may be fined as much as £1000 if you don't take these precautions.
Reserving a Skip: Getting the skip scheduled and delivered at the perfect time is also vital, since hiring a skip is not cheap and most skip hire companies in Bettisfield, will only let you keep hold of the skip for a week or two, so you don't want the skip standing idle for a week while you're waiting for the job to start. Try to time the arrival of your skip to coincide with the start of your job or with the day you begin producing rubbish. That way, you're going to get the most use out of the skip and minimize the likelihood of the skip hire company harassing you to collect it before you are finished with it. When the skip is filled up and it is ready to be collected, allow the skip hire company a minimum of 48 hours notice as they will need to slot it into their no doubt busy agenda.
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Filling the Skip: When it comes to putting rubbish into the skip, you should ensure that you do this in the right way, try and stack the rubbish in as snugly as possible. Apart from being less hazardous this should also allow you to get more garbage in. Always make sure that you only put acceptable waste items into your skip as most skip hire businesses in Bettisfield, won't let you dump certain types of waste such as full paint cans, tyres, computer monitors, toxic materials, televisions, fridges, aerosols, gas canisters and plasterboard. Don't over fill your skip because the driver could refuse to take the skip away if he deems it unsafe. Skip drivers typically toss a safety net over the top of the skip before loading it up onto the truck, though this is mainly to retain light fly-away materials, therefore make certain nothing large and dangerous is able to topple from the skip while being transported.
I think foremost move to make when you're hiring a skip in Bettisfield, is to be certain that you use a skip hire company who'll get rid of your waste responsibly. You, as the source of the waste, are liable for its disposal, so if it's fly-tipped 600 yards down the road, it's your front door that local council enforcement officers are going to be banging on with a huge fine. Skip hire providers in Bettisfield should hold a valid "waste carriers license", so make sure they have one and that it is valid. Aside from this there's little regulation controlling skip hire businesses, therefore it's something of a minefield finding one that's responsible and legitimate. Usually if a skip hire firm has been conducting its business for some years in the Bettisfield, Clwyd area, it's likely that they're going to be a good choice.
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Bear in mind that, as with many other professional services, you might run across cowboys and rogue traders in your area who'll just take your hard earned money, take away your trash and take the mick, by fly-tipping it in the nearest Bettisfield lay-by. So, do not use these people, even when they're a couple of quid cheaper than their legitimate counterparts, given it could possibly cost you a good deal more ultimately (in the form of council fines!). This could mean that the cheapest skip hire in Bettisfield is not always the best.
Skip Hire Prices Bettisfield - A Guide: Obviously, as I am certain you will understand, skip hire prices vary based on the area of the UK where you need the skip, the skip provider that you choose and the size of the skip you require. As an approximate guide a mini (2 yard) skip should range from around £60 to £120, a midi (4 yard) skip should cost from approximately £85 to £200, a builders skip (8 yard) will range in price from approximately £140 to £300. A licence for placing a skip on a main highway should cost about £25 (in 2017).
Hiring a Grabber Lorry in Bettisfield: One alternative to hiring a skip for your waste removal work is to call in a grabber (grab) lorry instead, this can be perfect for garden clearances and those types of undertakings, as well as a great choice whenever access or space for a skip is tight. If a grab lorry can get reasonably near to your garden in Bettisfield, it should easily be able to grab a significant amount of stuff in only a couple of scoops, and save you the effort of needing to fill up a skip and make certain it's safe. Grabber lorries can tackle anywhere between 1 and 14 cubic metres of rubbish in one trip and can take many different materials like boulders, hardcore, general building waste, topsoil, concrete, brick and green waste. This kind of service is often known as "grab hire and muck away", which pretty accurately describes what is on offer, typically using 32 tonne lorries, which is able to carry up to sixteen tonnes of waste materials.
Price Comparison Sites and Skip Hire: On the internet you might see some sites which offer the ability to compare skip hire prices in Bettisfield, Clwyd. By all means try these sites out and see exactly what sort of prices they return, although by and large with price comparison websites you will be forking out an extra fee (commission) which goes to the website itself, which means that you might not be obtaining the best possible skip hire price for the Bettisfield area. This can however save you some precious time, therefore you will need to balance out time and cost and decide what you would like to save the most.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69007 | Did Melville invent sperm-squeezing?
Once spermaceti, the oil inside the head of a sperm whale, is extracted, it begins to congeal, and in “A Squeeze of the Hand,” the 94th chapter of Moby-Dick, Herman Melville claims that sailors used to be put to work rehomogenizing the oil by hand:
Melville goes on to describe an ecstatic experience that overcame his narrator while engaged in sperm squeezing; that ecstasy has attracted much commentary and speculation about its possible sexual and psychological significance. The meanings that Melville invests in the task are clearly a contribution of his own. Much of the whaling practice described in the novel, though, is non-fiction. Was sperm-squeezing?
When I reviewed Eric Jay Dolin’s Leviathan for the New Yorker in 2007, I concluded that it wasn’t, but the case is a tricky one, so here’s a presentation of the evidence.
Dolin himself was agnostic, and merely quoted Melville’s description of “the experience of squeezing the lumps out of congealed spermaceti” (Dolin, p. 267). A number of nineteenth-century whaling narratives do confirm that spermaceti looks, feels, and behaves as Melville describes, though prior to the publication of Moby-Dick, none that I know of describes hands-on delumping.
In Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (1841), for example, Francis Allyn Olmsted writes:
The case [the head of the whale] is surrounded by a thick wall of a white, gristly substance, termed by the whalers “white horse;” the cavity is lined with a yellowish fat, and is filled with oil of a very superior quality, which, when warm, is perfectly limpid, but concretes in beautiful white masses, if allowed to become cold, or as it drips upon the water. (p. 65)
Olmsted goes on to say that “The head oil and fat are immediately committed to the try-pots”—cauldrons where the fat is purified by high heat. He makes no mention of physical manipulation.
According to William Scoresby’s Account of the Arctic Regions (1820), head oil wasn’t passed through try-pots before it was stored: “The head-matter congeals when it is cold; it is put into casks in its crude state, and refined on shore at the conclusion of the voyage” (vol. 2, pp. 534-35). In Whaling and Fishing, published in 1856, Charles Nordhoff also describes storing case oil immediately, without boiling it first in try-pots:
Meantime the case was opened; a man being placed in the large opening, the pure and beautifully white spermacetti was bailed out with a bucket constructed for that purpose. It is quite fluid when first taken out, but quickly congeals on exposure to air. It is at once placed in new casks, which are duly marked “case.” (p. 127)
Since I haven’t found any accounts before Melville that refer to sperm squeezing and since the episode in the novel is overlaid with such personal psychological significance, it seems possible that Melville invented the practice, which doesn’t on the face of it make much sense. If sperm oil congeals as it cools, then presumably it melts again when heated, so the try-works would render squeezing unnecessary. On the other hand, if the spermaceti is to be stored in barrels without heat purification, squeezing would be in vain, because the lumps would inevitably form again while the oil waited inside the barrels; whalers often spent years at sea. Melville does sometimes invent. In the very next chapter, “The Cassock,” he writes that before the tougher blubber of the whale is sliced up for the try-pots, the slicer dresses himself in the skin of the whale’s penis. As Howard P. Vincent observed in In The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick, “the whaling sources give no indication, physiological or otherwise, of the facts of Melville’s chapter” and so “one must assume that it came from memory or from an imagination profoundly Rabelaisian.” Probably the latter.
But there’s at least one piece of evidence vindicating Melville. In Nimrod of the Sea (1874), in a passage that I was first directed to by Wilson Heflin’s Herman Melville’s Whaling Years, William M. Davis does describe sperm squeezing:
On being withdrawn [from the head of whale], the bucket is filled with transparent spermaceti, mixed with the soft, silky integuments, and possessing the odor of the new-drawn milk of our home dairies. With our hands blistered yesterday by the oar, and all on fire to-day by the harsh friction of the handspike, it was luxurious to wade deep in the try-pots filled with this odorous unguent, in order to squeeze and strain out the fibres, which, if allowed to remain, would char with the heat, and darken the oil. No king of earth, even Solomon in all his glory, could command such a bath. I almost fell in love with the touch of my own poor legs, as I stroked the precious ointment from the skin.
One reason to hesitate in accepting this evidence is the date. Since Nimrod began writing his book in 1872, there’s a possibility of contamination—in other words, there’s a possibility that he read Melville’s novel and later remembered Melville’s account as an experience of his own. (For a contemporary example, consider Tony Blair, whose account of meeting with the queen incorporates dialogue from Stephen Frears’s movie The Queen, which Blair claims not to have seen.) It argues against contamination that Davis’s account differs somewhat from Melville’s. The purpose of squeezing, Davis writes in the passage above, wasn’t to redissolve lumps but to remove fibers that would darken the oil—a more plausible explanation than Melville’s, though it suggests that if the task was real, Melville failed to understand the point of it and probably didn’t do a very good job. Davis’s reference to Solomon’s bath reminds me of Melville’s reference to Constantine’s, though—hinting at contamination. Maybe Davis did unconsciously turn Melville’s fictional description into a memory of his own and just as unconsciously revised it, to make it more rational. Also worrisome: Try-pots had to reach a very high temperature, and they stayed at that temperature for days while a whale was being processed, so I’m a little skeptical of Davis’s account of wading into the try-pots, which implies significant delay in heating them. Also, even a small amount of moisture in the try-pots was dangerous, because it caused the oil to sputter. Olmsted says the whalers went to great lengths to keep moisture out, making it unlikely that sailors, who perspire, would have been asked to wade into the fluid.
Despite my reservations, I’m inclined for the interim to accept Davis’s testimony and believe that sperm-squeezing was an activity that real whalers engaged in, as well as fictional ones. But I wish there were more evidence on either side. A plea for crowd-sourcing: If anyone knows of another reference to sperm squeezing—especially one published before 1851—I’d love to hear about it. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69015 | The Parent’s Guide to the PSAT (and PSAT Score Release)
The Parent’s Guide to the PSAT (and PSAT Score Release)
Tips on how to turn PSAT scores right into an HID plan.
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Often the PSAT is a practice examine for the POSED that highschool juniors adopt the second Friday in September of jr year. It’s also the qualifying test for the National Worth Scholarship. With one thing faraway from this article, allow it to be that: colleges check out SAT scores; they avoid look at PSAT scores.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69024 | Hello everyone! We are pushing out a small update to the Skin for our Tantrum.TV Build. When you get it, your screen will blank out for a second while it installs it. That is normal, so don’t worry.
The skin update will add a new menu called “Android Apps” to your left to right menu right between Tantrum and System. This will allow you to launch a few new streaming applications (like Kodi) that uses different streams and offer live tv streams and video on demand. Below is a breakdown of the applications in the menu.
1. IPVanish VPN – This is for people who subscribe to the IPVanish VPN service, to give them quick access to changing their IP and signing in.
2. Live NetTV – Live TV Streams from around the world
3. Mobdro – Live TV Streams from around the world
4. Snappy Streamz – Live TV Streams from around the world
5. Terrarium TV – TV Show and Movies on Demand
6. Quick Support – Teamviewer screen sharing application to help someone, like me, troubleshoot issues you may be having by seeing your screen. You have to provide information it gives to me before I can try to connect, and even then you have to select to approve the connection. Only allows screen sharing, no interaction occurs. |
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Must Eat Memphis: Miss Polly's
Miss Polly's Beale Street // Ten Feet Off Beale http://www.tenfeetoffbeale.com Miss Polly's Memphis Chicken and Waffles Miss Polly's Fried Pie // Ten Feet Off Beale
As a northerner, the first time I heard the phrase "chicken and waffles" I was perplexed. I mean, fried chicken and a breakfast waffle absolutely do not go together. Or do they. Well, ever since Jeremy and I first met he's mentioned how much he loves chicken and waffles. So, we found a hole in the wall on world famous Beale Street that has some pretty killer chicken and waffles.
I highly suggest stopping into Miss Polly's and having some!! Whether you eat them like I do, with just some maple syrup, or you go all out like Jeremy with hot sauce andddd maple syrup (weird sounding but apparently it's amazing), you won't be disappointed by this southern meal.
Don't forget to order a fried pie for dessert!!
PS. Their mac and cheese was also pretty great.
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1. I'm the same way - I'm still not so sure about fried chicken and waffles!
2. Miss Polly's is amazing! Definitely my favorite place to eat on Beale - and where I take all my out of town visitors!
3. I'm a northern too (from upstate NY) who now lives in Nashville. I just can't bring myself to eat chicken and waffles. Then again, I don't even like fried chicken by itself.
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August 2007 Reading/Watching Recap
Time off school in August meant non-required reading yay! For the record, a lawn chair by a lake in Minnesota is a good place to read in August. Especially after 100 degree heat in St. Louis and Texas. After the jump, reactions to The Shining, The African Queen, Hannah and Her Sisters, Becoming Jane, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Dancer in the Dark, Zodiac, INLAND EMPIRE, Stardust, Le petit soldat, The Thirteenth Tale, Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, and more.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Behind Every Great Book, There is Great Candy ~ From Allison @ The Allure of Books
And now, for a tasty treat from Alilson of The Allure of Books!
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Sure, one of the perks of Halloween is a good excuse to curl up with a nice scary book or movie. Bet...let's be honest here. It's really all about the CANDY. The perfect combination of book to candy is a rare thing: but I've got you covered.
You wanna re-read Twilight? Go for it. (Hey, plenty of people find the series horrifying.) Try eating a nice caramel-filled Milky Way (with this and all other candy bars, I recommend substituting one full-sized bar for approximately 25 of the smaller ones. That sounds like a pretty close conversion, right?). After all, the candy bar is weak and spineless: no real substance. Sounds like a certain main character I know (hint: rhymes with Stella.)
Maybe you would prefer to go old school and pick up one of the classics. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula or Frankenstein? All fantastic Halloween reads. If you're gonna pick up a classic, you have to eat a classic. This calls for some Snickers ooey gooey crunchy goodness. Then, to break things up, if you find the book lagging in certain sections...you'll need to shock your system! Definitely a job for Sweet Tarts.
Another great option is the newest YA horror novel on the block: The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff. You definitely have to go Three Musketeers with this one. Why? Well, first of all: you shouldn't need a reason. Three Musketeers is the ultimate candy bar. Second...it is gray just like the book, so if you read in public you can keep up a constant stream of candy eating since the wrapper blends in with the book. Ninja candy for the win.
So, there are my candy recommendations: what combinations would you choose?
1. Obviously, Gobstoppers with Charlie and the Chocolate factory. I'm just trying to think of what one would read while eating Nerds, but nothing's come to me yet.
2. snickers, hands down my all-time fave. i'd match it with any mystery.
3. Great post! I don't usually eat while reading, but I love to drink tea or hot chocolate. *_*
Tell me all your thoughts.
Let's be best friends.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69039 | The Compulsive Reader: Of Witches, Heartbreak, and Magical Showdowns: The Sisters' Fates by Jessica Spotswood
Thursday, April 9, 2015
The Sisters' Fate is the conclusion to the Cahill Witch Chronicles (read about book one and book two). When we last left Cate, she was pretty devastated. Maura erased Finn's memory so he has no recollection of Cate, and the death of her godmother still weighs heavily on her conscience. To make matters worse, Cate is exposed as a witch and forced to go into hiding, making it even harder for her to protect Tess and keep Maura from executing a morally questionable plan to take over the Brotherhood. As the tension escalates, Cate begins to wonder if there is any hope of preventing the prophecy from running its course.
What I love about this book is that Spotswood explores the nuances of sexism and power through the sisters' different approaches at combatting the Brotherhood, and nothing is black and white in this world. Spotswood reveals the dangers of obtaining power at all costs through Maura's misguided attempts and Cate's struggle to balance the urgency of needing to save innocent people with her own ethics. This makes for some terrific tension and high stakes, and keeps the story moving quickly to a tumultuous ending.
Spotswood is magnificent at plot twists and turns that are surprising and inevitable, not contrived. Cate's character development shines through her reactions to these twists, and as secrets come to light and character motivations are revealed, the story takes interesting, heartbreaking turns. Spotswood is not afraid to hurt her characters, and while many readers will likely be screaming "NOOO!" at some plot points, they are what make this third installment an emotionally resonant story.
The ending is equal parts tragic and hopeful, and wholly deserved. The Sisters' Fate rounds out an unique, exciting, emotionally turbulent, and romantic trilogy that is worth reading and re-reading.
ARC provided by publisher.
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LinWash said...
I admire Jessica Spotswood for exploring the ethics of power and also for allowing her characters to face the consequences of their actions, even if tragedy is the result. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69048 | Running Pace and Other Reflections on My 3rd Half Marathon
Before I start reflecting, here's what I've officially given the title of The Worst Photo Ever Taken of Me. My sister didn't fare too well either. (I'm only showing you this because it's completely ridiculous and also because I have no shame.)
Lesson learned: do NOT stand anywhere near a camera at 6:30 in the morning.
Two years ago this month, I took up running. It was April 2010, and a friend convinced me that we should run a half marathon together in Wichita in October of that same year, which gave me 6 months to train to run 13.1 miles. I trained through the sweltering Oklahoma summer and participated in my first half marathon. I had so much fun, I decided I absolutely needed to run another. I ran a second half marathon in October 2011. Then I ran two 10ks (6.2 miles)--one in February and one in April 2012.
My third half marathon was on Sunday, April 29. My dad ran the half marathon as well (his first), though we didn't run together.
I write about running a lot on this blog (just click on the "running" tab to see them all), and that's because running has changed my life. In some ways it's more than a hobby; it's a way to test myself, push the limits of what I think I can do, and challenge myself to always be better. (And it allows me to eat pretty much whatever I want with no lasting effects.)
My personal best half marathon time was 2 hours and 8 minutes. When I signed up for the OKC memorial race, I set a goal of under 2 hours. Training began, and I quickly realized I had failed to consider just how hard it actually was to shave off time.
I don't know all that much about the technicalities of running, but over the past two years I've observed a few things--one being that everyone runs at his or her own pace. Obvious, right? But the more I thought about it, the more it dawned on me that that's exactly why some people are faster or slower than others. Being in shape and adequate training are important, no doubt--but it starts with natural paceA person who finishes in 2 hours might not actually be in better shape than a person who finishes in 2:12, and they might not have been training as long. They could be, and they might have, but I still believe that from the get-go, the former had a faster running pace, so he or she finished sooner.
Case in point: my brother, who ran his first half marathon in 1:58 with minimal training. It was hard for me to not be slightly upset about his result, seeing as how I had spent months training, only to get a slower time. But if his natural pace is faster is mine, it's not a strike against my training or how in shape I am. It's just a fact that he runs faster than me.
When I set out on a run, my natural pace is a 10-minute mile. That pace got me across the finish line in Wichita in 2:08. So to cut 8 whole minutes off my time, I would need to somehow actually increase my natural running pace by a full minute per mile.
After that genius thought hit, I bumped my finishing goal back from under 2 hours to anything under 2:08. (Secretly, though, I was still hoping for as close to 2 hours as I could get.)
The last 5 miles were terribly, dreadfully horrible. A few times I semi-seriously considered quitting. Just running into the grass and quitting right then and there. You see, what I realized too late (as in, 8 miles into the run) was that I'd been training for 9-minute miles, but I hadn't been going on runs longer than 8 miles at that pace. So for the first 8 miles, I was rocking a 9-minute pace. I congratulated myself more than a few times on my speed and was satisfied with how everything was falling perfectly into my running plan.
When I saw Jordan and my mom and my sister somewhere along mile 9, they said I was right on pace for a 2-hour half or, if not fully under, definitely close to it.
Then I hit my wall, and so began the horribleness of the last 5 miles.
After three half marathons, I can tell you with certainly that I hate mile 9 with the passion of a thousand fiery suns. Curse you, Mile 9! I felt like I was running through sand, and I got slower and slower...and slower.
I hadn't once looked at my watch for the overall time, but when I finally hit mile 12, I figured I should see where I was at.
"Crap!" I shouted out loud, causing a few odd looks from nearby runners. That one word had cost me precious and much-needed energy, so I continued the rest of the conversation in my head: Forget under two hours, you slow dummy. If you don't hurry up, you won't even beat your old time! Get moving!
I spent the next 1.1 miles issuing loud, audible grunts every 30 seconds or so. This confused nearby runners and caused more odd looks, but I was beyond caring. A stream of negative sentences were running through my head. Apparently I had no energy left to encourage and found that negativity was easier.
The running has to stop. This is the worst I've ever felt in my life. I am never running again. Heck, I might even quit right now. MAKE IT STOP!
My faint light of inspiration was the sheer fact that the sooner I got to the finish, the sooner I could stop. Forever. That and the fact that I would feel like a huge failure if I didn't at the very least beat my old time kept me moving forward at as quick a pace as I could manage.
Oh, and the fact that I'd written this message in Sharpie on the back of my calves:
I saw someone do this once and thought it was a fun idea. The only problem is that if you write something like this on yourself, you can't very well stop and walk without looking ridiculous and hypocritical.
Also, please note the arrow, which is pointing to the blood that seeped through my shoe when my toe split open. I was stupidly not wearing my blister-proof socks. This has happened to me before.
At the end of it all, I clocked in at 2:07
Forget 8 minutes. I was overjoyed to have lost 1. And that's the truth.
I was smiling, but really I felt like I was dying.
Despite my negativity, I do plan on running another. I will continue my quest for an under-2-hour time, although now I realize it might take me years. Literally. Even so, I know what I need to do now, and I'm more prepared for the simple fact that speeding up your natural running pace is hard, hard work.
So just know that this is not the last you will hear from me about running. I don't know if that's a warning or something to look forward to, so take it as you will. Running is part of my life now, and I love it. It's hard and stressful and downright dreadful sometimes, but there's nothing quite like crossing that finish line, knowing you wanted to quit but didn't, knowing you did something that at one time seemed impossible. And--for me, anyway--the lingering knowledge that at some point in the future, I'll line up at the start, and it will happen all over again. Mile 9 is waiting.
For now, however, I'm icing my knees and eating cake.
(Oh, and I can't forget to mention that my dad's a total rockstar. He finished just 7 minutes behind me in 2:14.)
(It started raining. That's not all sweat!)
Melissa said...
oh my gosh! thats awesome that your dad ran with you! im running my 2nd and 3rd 1/2 this goal is 2:15..but my secret goal is 2:10 or under! i always fight with myself about pace, and often need to remind myself that i am competing against myself!
congrats on your race!
Elaine said...
New to your blog-ran my first 1/2two Octobers ago, found out I was about 4 weeks preggo a few weeks later and have just started running again. I ran the Harbor 1/2 in Corpus Christi in 2:10. I am with you and run about a 10 min mile natural pace...too bad we aren't closer or we could train together, that is if I get crazy and decide to run another and find somebody willing to watch my 2 kiddos while I train. Great job on continuing to run:)
Lauren said...
Yay you are so wonderful! Times aside, you RAN ANOTHER HALF MARATHON!!! Let's pause for a moment & not take this lightly. You are a rockstar with the bloody toe to prove it. GO GIRL.
I did my last long run yesterday... 9 miles... & I almost didn't make it. But hey, maybe it's just the 9 mile wall you speak of & I'll be fine. Right? *gulp*
Geoff Reese said...
You inspire me.
Anonymous said...
great job on beating your time. that's hard core and super bad-a. so proud of you. hooray for #3!!
PS tell your dad congrats too, on his first! pretty impressed by him! |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69094 | Causal modelling in randomised trials: applications and extensions of finite mixture models
Thursday, 26 November 2015
9.30am - 10.30am
Ella Latham Theatre, Royal Children's Hospital
Ground floor, 50 Flemington Rd
Parkville 3052
Understanding treatment effect heterogeneity is an important aspect of randomised trials, and process variables describing the intervention content are crucial components of this. Frequently these variables can only be measured in intervention groups.
Principal stratification, whereby control group participants are assigned to the latent class they would have been in had they been randomised to intervention, has been proposed for analysing this problem and is often estimated using finite mixture models. This estimates an estimand known as the principal stratum direct effect. The standard principal stratification approach generally makes use of a single observation of the process and outcome variables, which more realistically have repeated measures collected.
This principal stratification approach to evaluation will be illustrated using randomised trials comparing psychotherapy with treatment as usual in patients with recent onset of psychosis where the process measure is the therapeutic alliance or therapeutic empathy between the therapist and patient. We extend this to account for repeated measures of the process variables and outcomes using general growth mixture models. We will discuss the estimation of these models, comparing the traditional one-step approach with a recently proposed three-step procedure.
Dr Richard Emsley
Dr Richard Emsley
Centre for Biostatistics
The University of Manchester
Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics in the Centre for Biostatistics. He is also Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Biostatistics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. His research aims to answer three key questions: Are treatments effective? How do they work? Which groups are they most effective for? This involves the development of statistical methods for causal inference, efficacy and mechanisms evaluation and stratified medicine. He is the initiator and Chair of the steering group for the UK Causal Inference Meeting (UK-CIM). He is involved in stratified medicine research programmes in schizophrenia, psoriasis, arthritis and cancer.
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Uniform Resource Locator
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) (commonly informally referred to as a web address, although the term is not defined identically[1]) is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI),[2] although many people use the two terms interchangeably.[3] A URL implies the means to access an indicated resource, which is not true of every URI.[4][3] URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http), but are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.
• History 1
• Syntax 2
• Internationalized URL 3
• Protocol-relative URLs 4
• See also 5
• Notes 6
• Citations 7
• References 8
• External links 9
Uniform Resource Locators were defined in Request for Comments (RFC) 1738 in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and the URI working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF),[5] as an outcome of collaboration started at the IETF Living Documents "Birds of a Feather" session in 1992.[6][7]
The format combines the pre-existing system of domain names (created in 1985) with file path syntax, where slashes are used to separate directory and file names. Conventions already existed where server names could be prepended to complete file paths, preceded by a double slash (//).[8]
It is composed of the following components:
• The scheme consists of a sequence of characters beginning with a letter and followed by any combination of letters, digits, plus (+), period (.), or hyphen (-). Although schemes are case-insensitive, the canonical form is lowercase and documents that specify schemes must do so with lowercase letters. It is followed by a colon (:). Examples of popular schemes include http, ftp, mailto, file, and data. URI schemes should be registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), although non-registered schemes are used in practice.[1]
• An authority part, comprising:
• An optional authentication section of a user name and password, separated by a colon, followed by an at symbol (@)
• A "host", consisting of either a registered name (including but not limited to a hostname), or an IP address. IPv4 addresses must be in dot-decimal notation, and IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]).[12] For URIs relating to resources on the World Wide Web, some web browsers allow ".0" portions of dot-decimal notation to be dropped and even raw integer IP addresses to be used.[13]
• An optional port number, separated from the hostname by a colon
Query delimiter Example
Ampersand (&) key1=value1&key2=value2
Semicolon (;)[2] key1=value1;key2=value2
Internationalized URL
The URL path name can also be specified by the user in the local alphabet. If not already encoded, it is converted to Unicode, and any characters not part of the basic URL character set are converted to English letters using percent-encoding; for example, the Japanese URL引き割り.html becomes The target computer decodes the address and displays the page.[15]
Protocol-relative URLs
Protocol-relative links (PRL), also known as protocol-relative URLs, are URLs that have no protocol specified. For example // will result in either http or https depending on the abilities of the end-user browser and/or website.[18][19]
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2. ^ RFC 1866 encourages CGI authors to support ';' in addition to '&'.[14]
1. ^ W3C (2009).
2. ^ RFC 3986 (2005).
4. ^ a b RFC 2396 (1998).
5. ^ W3C (1994).
6. ^ IETF (1992).
7. ^ Berners-Lee (1994).
8. ^ a b Berners-Lee (2000).
9. ^ BBC News (2009).
10. ^ IETF (2015).
11. ^ RFC 3986 (2005), pp. 6,15.
12. ^ RFC 3986 (2005), pp. 18—21.
13. ^ Lawrence, Eric (6 March 2014). "Browser Arcana: IP Literals in URLs". IEInternals.
14. ^ RFC 1866 (1995).
15. ^ a b W3C (2008).
16. ^ W3C (2014).
17. ^ IANA (2003).
19. ^ Steven M. Schafer (2011). HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible. John Wiley & Sons. p. 124. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
• "Berners-Lee "sorry" for slashes". BBC News. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
• "Living Documents BoF Minutes".
• Connolly, Dan; Sperberg-McQueen, C. M., eds. (21 May 2009). "Web addresses in HTML 5".
• Hansen, T.; Hardie, T. (June 2015). Thaler, D., ed. "Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes".
• Mealling, M.; Denenberg, R., eds. (August 2002). "Report from the Joint W3C/IETF URI Planning Interest Group: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), URLs, and Uniform Resource Names (URNs): Clarifications and Recommendations".
• "An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses". 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
• Phillip, A. (2014). """What is Happening with "International URLs.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69131 | X'hil is tall, easily over six feet, and has a wiry build. There's muscle there, but it's subtle, cloaked largely by the length of his limbs. He has light brown hair, which has been cropped short, and blue eyes. He has a light complexion with some freckles, though not many, and a mild tan.
X'hil wears pretty basic clothes, though they look fairly new at least. His pants are long, and of a sturdy brown fabric, while his white shirt is light-weight and somewhat loose. He also wears a beat up old leather jacket, with shoulders too wide and sleeves too short, and a matching pair of gloves.
X'hil's most recent turnday was his 24th, and he wears the knot of a bronzerider and Weyrsecond of Xanadu Weyr.
Xahil had a very Weyr-based upbringing, his mother a busy greenrider, and his father … well, Xylaihl never said much. Either she didn't know, as she claimed, or she didn't think it particularly relevant. Either way, Xahil never much minded, he grew up happily enough, raised mostly by nannies and fosterers like his siblings before, and after. He got up to the usual harmless mischief of childhood, though he was branded quite early on as a tattle-tale by his peers.
Xahil seemed to have inherited all of his mother's kind-heartedness and honesty, not to mention naivety. He knew enough to know right from wrong, and, as he grew - becoming tall very quickly - he began to get into arguments and minor fights here and there for what he believed. Most often it was defending his mother, and greenriders in general, from the claim, and insult, of being 'just' a greenrider.
As his twelfth turn approached, the nannies began to hint at various crafts and careers, though his only reaction to such gentle nudges and prods was a silent thoughtfulness. His pondering on the matter was interrupted one day by a rider, whose dragon was apparently concerned about Xahil's staring at him - the boy had been staring off into space again - and, somehow, Xahil walked away with a white knot.
It was fine timing indeed, Xahil had barely been twelve - or a candidate for that matter - for an entire day when the eggs hatched, and he very nearly didn't impress at all. He'd been in another argument about greenriders not being 'just' anything with a fellow candidate on the sands, and was paying more attention to that than the hatchlings. Eventually, a large bronze hatchling caught Xahil's attention, which actually managed to shut the boy up for once. Not a difficult task normally, in fact often quite easy, but near impossible when he's passionate about something.
Xahil found his name shortened remarkably easily to X'hil, in fact, it barely sounded changed at all. Kinseth assured his rider that it was different, /he/ was different, and food would be nice, all in the space of a few moments. The lad led his lifemate off in a daze, grinning like a fool. He even managed to put out of his mind the realisation that he'd just impressed bronze in the same Weyr that his mother rode green, for the time being.
Turns passed, X'hil and Kinseth found a place in the Galaxy wing, search and rescue, and it was fulfilling work. But there was that niggling little detail, he still rode bronze in a Weyr where his mother rode green, and these constant paranoid trips away were getting to be a bit of a bother. One time Xvetaoth rose while he was bathing, once while with a woman, and /that/ was awkward. "Oh, I have to go, my mother's green is rising."
Finally, X'hil shook his head, said "No more." and stopped leaving the Weyr during Xvetaoth's flights. If she'd been a normal green, with a glow before she flew, then he'd at least have had some warning, but no, Xvetaoth /always/ glowed, there was never much warning at all. For the most part, Kinseth and Xvetaoth led separate lives. Xvetaoth's favourite place to be was the ocean, bathing, and Kinseth's was on dry land, soaking up the sun. A Weyr is a big place, after all, it's possible to avoid someone for quite some time.
Several flights came and went, X'hil gained a new brother, Xvetaoth rose again, still without Kinseth in tow, and X'hil began to relax. He laughed at his foolishness, he knew that just because a dragon caught didn't mean the riders had to be together. If only he'd applied such logic turns ago!
Next flight, Kinseth chased. He didn't /win/, and X'hil never left his weyr, but it was enough. X'hil thanked the woman he'd been with during the flight, packed up his things, then left for Ierne. Later he sent word back to Xanadu, let his mother know what was going on, and formalised the transfer. It wasn't quite that easy though, he'd just moved away from Xanadu, from all he'd known for the first twenty turns of his life, and he didn't exactly have anything else to fall back on…
The weaver hall seemed to be going through a bit of a rough patch then, as X'hil heard from a friend of a friend who'd once dated a weaver's sister. There was apparently a shortage of materials first, then a plague of lice elsewhere, which required the burning of 'infected' items. The latter led to a sharp rise in demand, though fewer apprentices were signing up, and the Hall was suffering through a number of other little - and not so little - disasters. X'hil more or less kept to himself, he wasn't affected, being neither a weaver nor in an infected area, and he'd gotten in trouble for sticking his nose where it didn't belong far too often.
X'hil's idea of a non-interference policy quickly changed however, when he went to purchase a new outfit and found himself forking over more marks than he felt comfortable parting with, having recently quit his old job and all. He went to the Hall, resolving to get to the bottom of things, and emerged with an apprentice's knot. Not quite the paying job he'd been hoping for, but he'd make enough money on commissions, right? (He /could/ always ask his mother for money, she seemed to do quite well there, but he was trying to make it on his own… And not quite ready to face her, yet.) And besides, Ierne had nice beaches. He found a firelizard clutch one day, attracting a young brown entirely by accident.
Things got interesting when, delivering weaver goods to Ista Weyr, Kinseth took it in his head to chase, and chase he did. The bronze caught Lisle's gold Umniyath, committing his rider to future visits to Ista until the eggs were laid, and then the pair stayed on for a while. X'hil's craft had taken a sudden back seat, though he did try to keep up. Time passed, the eggs hatched, and X'hil departed once more for Ierne, though on much better terms than his departure from Xanadu.
X'hil has recently attempted to patch things up with his mother, after nearly three turns of complete and utter radio silence. So far, he's not trying too hard. He did write her a note, but, instead of giving it to her, he left it in Xanadu's caverns, and returned home with a young blue firelizard. Two months later, Xylaihl still hadn't responded, and he had to wonder if she had even gotten his note. It was around this time that X'hil found himself back at Ista, having been doing occasional transport jobs to scrape together a few marks - apprentices don't exactly get paid, after all. He ran into a few riders who had impressed in the clutch that Kinseth had sired, finally opening up - though not intentionally - about his reasons for leaving Xanadu. And somehow returning home with yet another firelizard.
Time passed, and his craft lessons continued. One such lesson, learning about dyes, ended with the man tasked with delivering a farmer, Cenlia, back to Xanadu. The pair made an exciting detour to acquire some tuber ale, Kinseth keeping lookout over the orchard and providing the most excellent of distractions. When the pair arrived at Xanadu, X'hil suddenly realised where he was, and it didn't take much coaxing to get him to indulge in the ale, to forget his troubles. Weyrwoman Niva joined them soon afterwards, complaining about absentee Weyrseconds and weyrwomen. X'hil drunkenly mentioned he could do better. The rest of the night was kind of a blur, though X'hil woke in the caverns the next morning with a Weyrsecond's knot on his shoulder…
Over the next few months, life became increasingly interesting for X'hil, a multitude of events which eventually drove him to drink. First, there was a series of unfortunate run-ins with sheep, the first of which resulted in a twisted ankle and then a sheep falling on him, the last of which had him shot in the rear by a misfired crossbow. Shortly before the last incident he ran in to his mother, and fled the Weyr, in the midst of a dragon influenza outbreak, winding up in Ierne. There, Kinseth took it in his head to chase, and catch, a rising gold, which turned out to be the renegade Kate's Lusiath. After his sheepish return and subsequent injury, X'hil was confined to the infirmary, and, once word got out about Kinseth's little trip, he lost his knot and the bronze was confined to his weyr. Meanwhile, Griselda popped by, X'hil's old childhood friend, and revealed that he was the father of twins. As if things couldn't get any worse, Kinseth broke loose of his quarantine to chase - and again, catch - Thea's gold Seryth, while both riders were still confined to the infirmary.
Things seemed to be looking up when Weyrleader R'sul gave X'hil a second Weyrsecond knot, which he resolved /not/ to lose again, and even more when Seryth laid a fine clutch of eight eggs. All seemed well, with minor incidents - such as X'hil drunkenly decking a computer crafter - here and there, but nothing particularly major. Until, one day, a caravan of refugees from Rubicon River Hold came to the Weyr, some injured, one fatally. This bothered X'hil, much more than he let on. When Niva and Kilaueth called for riders to go to Hannista Hold and return with their women, he knew he had to go, coaxing Kinseth off of the sands - with much assistance from Kilaueth - to join the expedition. He got injured in the process, kneed in the groin by a feisty holder, but he accomplished his part in the mission, bringing back that feisty hold woman. Little did he know what trouble she'd be. First there was an issue with bathing times, which X'hil resolved by setting aside an hour for holders only, and a second hour for just the women and children of Hold and Weyr. Or so he thought. He found out the next day, when he headed down for a bath after spending too long out in the hot hatching galleries, that the holders had barricaded themselves in, and weren't letting weyrfolk in at all. In the commotion, suds were poured on the floor, and X'hil slipped, but managed to right himself. It was the thrown bucket that he didn't expect, and he crumpled to the ground, unconscious. He later claimed it required stitches, though the number of stitches increased with each retelling.
The most recent major event in his life was Kilaueth's flight, which Kinseth decided he simply /must/ chase in. X'hil was naturally /extremely/ relieved when Kinseth lost, though not at first. His first thoughts were more typical to flight losses. He buried himself deep in the tavern, and got thoroughly drunk. His foster mother happened upon him then, and dragged him out, sending him away to sober up. He was gone for a month, and since he returned he's been quiet, keeping to himself, and working hard, now as much of a fixture in the office as he had been in the tavern before.
Character Trivia
• X'hil's most prized possession is a battered old jacket that he believes once belonged to his father. Though older than the man himself, he carries it everywhere, and looks after it very carefully. To date, it has been shot once, and mended at least once.
• X'hil's fears are numerous. Some - though not all - of the man's fears are: Sheep. Tunnelsnakes. His mother. Very bright shades of green, especially neon. Aeryn. Thea. Niva. Women in general. Alcohol (however he courageously faces it before any other fear). Gambling. His own impulsive and sometimes violent nature. Violence in general. And now, Eledri.
• His favourite colour is blue, and his favourite season is spring, especially when it rains. He thinks that winter is okay, so long as it doesn't snow.
• As a young bronzerider with a purse full of marks, X'hil developed a taste for fine food and fine clothes. However, after living broke in Ierne for three turns, he now tends to live a more frugal life. He still salivates at the thought of a particularly exquisite meal, or outfit.
• X'hil once wanted to be a male model for the weaver craft.
• Kinseth won his first flight as a weyrling, catching one of his green clutchmates. X'hil was thirteen. It changed his opinion of greenriders for life.
• The only members of X'hil's family that he really gets along with are his aunt, Zhaila, and his younger brother, A'li.
• As a child, he and his younger siblings were often sent to stay with their aunt and grandparents at Rubicon River Hold for a couple of months out of every turn. Occasionally they brought friends around with them. Though he has not found it so easy to take time out to visit since he impressed, X'hil never even hesitated about siding with Rubicon River over Hannista in the recent Hold conflict.
Image Name Relation Location Position Dragon
Zanya.jpg Zanya Grandmother Rubicon River Hold Holder
Xhail.jpg Xhail Grandfather Rubicon River Hold Holder
X'ayn.jpg X'ayn Uncle Telgar Weyr Rider Blue Belth
Zhaila.jpg Zhaila Aunt Rubicon River Hold Beastcrafter
Xylaihl.jpg Xylaihl Mother Xanadu Weyr Rider Green Xvetaoth
? Father ? Rider Blue/Brown/Bronze ?
Isabet.jpg Isabet Foster Mother Xanadu Weyr Chef
Xaspia.jpg Xaspia Older Sister Xanadu Weyr Crafter
Xezzara.jpg Xezzara Older Sister Xanadu Weyr Crafter
Xalansho.jpg Xalansho Older Brother Xanadu Weyr Crafter
Xyala.jpg Xyala Younger Sister Xanadu Weyr Candidate
A'li.jpg A'li Younger Brother Xanadu Weyr Weyrling Blue Najimeth
Xylan.jpg Xylan Younger Brother Xanadu Weyr Child
Grahil.jpg Grahil Son (with Griselda) Xanadu Weyr Toddler
Grahilda.jpg Grahilda Daughter (with Griselda) Xanadu Weyr Toddler
Combination of Elements Brown Meredith
A lively fellow this brown looks to be a patchwork of, well, of a bit of everything. He isn't so much brown as having a brown base in there somewhere. Perhaps is it bromide, or maybe just simple earth (though that is not really so simple), within which have become planted bits and smidgeon's of other elements give him life, to give him a flashy flair. He is of average build but boundless energy, some part of him always in motion whether it's the swish of a tail or the craning of a neck to see what it is that is going on next door. Talons are elemental carbon but as sharp as diamonds, a weapon for hunting and defending and he looks well able to handle himself in a scrap if need be. Not that his jovial fellow is likely to be picking fights, and as sail stretch again for the umpteenth time the yellow swirls of sulfur catch the light most playfully through the translucent membrane.
Mummified Mage Blue Wraith
Though small in height, this little cobalt blue most definitely makes up for it in length. He appears stretched, all his features tugged and pulled out of shape. Bands of indigo wrap haphazardly around him, bunching together under his belly before drifting off randomly around his over-long tail like unravelling bandages. His legs seem thin, almost too thin to support his body, and even his feet have not managed to escape the odd stretching of his form - his near black toes and ivory talons combined are almost triple the length of normal firelizard feet. His wings hang ragged, poorly formed in the shell, though when fully opened reveal patches of white mixed in amongst the darkness - little stars waiting to break free.
Too Small Too Saucy Green Elizabeth
Packing more bark than bite, it is difficult to be intimidated by such a small little green as much as she tries to show it with her snappy attitude and fearsome glaring. Her body is mostly compacted, though lean, from her short little muzzle, large forehead and buggy whirling eyes to the thin delicate legs attached to her small frame and the short yet thin tail that appears to constantly be in motion. Her wings are short and stubby, nearly always open out to add some much needed size to her body — sails are a forest green that attracts the attention to her more glossy jade body, as if she were nearly always polished to perfection.
Firelizard base-art by Rhasmir, coloured by X'hil.
Bronze Kinseth
Golden flashes of lightning breeze across a hide of molten bronze. The spectacular sight of this large bronze dragon is almost magical. He holds himself with a pride bolder than the toughest warrior. Shimmering, shining in the light the streaks of lightning seem to come to life with every muscular movement this fellow makes. No clumsy awkwardness for this one, on land or off, as he carries himself with an aire of royalty. He's bronze, a king, maybe even a god, and he knows darn well where he came from.
Kinseth's straps are on, fitting snugly about his neck and shoulders, with secure 'saddles' for a rider and two passengers, as well as several large leather bags attached to either side of the straps.
Kinseth has a length of 39.97 meters, and a wingspan of 66.62 meters.
X'hil's page on my personal wiki.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69132 | Hydrogen Fuel Technology Benefits
Whys is hydrogen fuel technology becoming more and more popular and just how will it help the users of hydrogen technology. Before we are able to answer individuals a quick question one should learn more about when and why hydrogen fuel technology was built. Noisy . 1900’s hydrogen technology was initially created by Nicola Tesla. What Nicola Tesla discovered is how you can create a burnable gas by utilizing electrolysis and water.
A primary reason why hydrogen fuel technologies are distributing around the globe just like a wildfire now. Is mainly because individuals are getting fed up with having to pay of these crazy gas prices. There are places like in the united states in which the unemployed personnel are possibly likely to be losing there unemployment benefits. As the USA continues to be just just starting out to hydrogen technology.
Most of the US based vehicle manufactures are actually beginning to embrace hydrogen fuel technology to power their vehicles. One factor people always appear to in excess of look with regards to hydrogen technology. Is always that regardless of what kind of vehicle you have new and old. Fraxel treatments works together all.
Only a couple of from the other activities assisting to drive increasing numbers of people to presenting hydrogen fuel technology to power their cars are such things as elevated fuel useage, better emissions, elevated vehicles performance, and today’s favorite a pleasant tax break. Since hydrogen technology uses water to create hydrogen the emissions delay out of this is certainly not more then water. That’s without the fact you still need use regular gas. Therefore it will released some emissions and can be much less then your vehicle normally creates.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69148 | Feature evolution in Java 13 and beyond
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Every six months, a new Java release comes along. This increased release frequency was motivated by the desire to introduce new language and library features to a broad audience quickly. Depending on user feedback, there is the possibility of making changes before the design is frozen. Cay will describe the evolution of several such features, including switch expressions, new forms of string literals, and fibers. By monitoring the vigorous open discussion among the Java design and implementation team members, we can derive valuable insights about the design process. He also shows you how to build releases for highly experimental features that will make it into future Java versions, such as project Valhalla (value types). From this presentation, you will gain insights into the evolution of Java, and you will be better equipped to prepare yourself for new features.
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San José State University
For four years, he was VP and CTO of an Internet startup that went from 3 people in a tiny office to a public company. He now teaches computer science at San Jose State University. Cay has written many books and articles on programming languages and computer science education, including the international bestseller Core Java, with ten editions since 1996. He was named a Java Champion in 2005. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69149 | Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 25 Years Later
“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Frankenstein is a weird book.
Because of its status in popular culture, and in academia, I think it’s easy to forget how weird it is. Its iconography and twists and turns have been absorbed into our lexicon and they barely merit a passing mention anymore. Mad scientist? Disturbing creation? A storm raging on a wedding night? All of these were standard Gothic fare by the time Mel Brooks made Young Frankenstein in 1974, nevermind by the time Kenneth Branagh made Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in 1994. They’d become stale, so Branagh had to come up with a new angle for his version.
The fact that he insists on it being Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is perhaps the most interesting part of the film to me. He’s making a claim to an authenticity, to the film being rooted in a book deeply ensconced in the literary “Canon”. As opposed to the weird, perverse and hilarious Mel Brooks parody of other Frankenstein adaptations made over the years. By laying claim to the author’s name, Branagh is saying that this, his film, is the definitive adaptation of Shelley’s masterpiece, and is inextricably bound to the novel. But is it?
Well, no.
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein wasn’t particularly well-received when it came out in ‘94, and it’s not like there’s been a massive critical reappraisal of it in subsequent years. Even the original screenwriter, Frank Darabont, called the film “the best script I ever wrote and the worst movie I’ve ever seen”. He’s wrong about the first, and almost certainly lying about the second, but I suppose some ego is in play.
The centre of the criticism of Branagh’s movie, in which he himself plays Victor Frankenstein opposite Robert De Niro’s Creature (this film is worth watching for the cast alone, nevermind the rest), is that there is no subtlety there. Critics called it “overwrought” and accused it of being overly melodramatic.
Both of which can, of course, apply to the source material. I’m not kidding when I say that Mary Shelley almost certainly lost her virginity on her mother’s grave, so “overwrought” and “melodramatic” might seem like appropriate stylistic choices in this context.
I first watched this film in English GCSE class—we were studying the novel, of course, so it was a treat once a week to watch half an hour of a film instead of making our way through a 200 year-old novel. To be honest, I was 15 at the time, so I don’t recall much of that initial viewing experience, being far more interested in gossiping with friends and doodling in my notebook. Nevertheless, imagery from the movie stayed with me—Helena Bonham Carter’s nightgown was fabulously ugly, and I found the Creature’s makeup to be striking and true to the book.
Even now, I find myself most happy with the aesthetics of the movie. And when talking about the adaptation of one of the most famous Romantic texts of all time, that’s not to be sniffed at. There are certainly things to enjoy about it as a movie; its ambition, for one, is to be respected. Its cast, costuming, and light design are all rather gorgeous. And, of course, Frankenstein itself will never go out of style.
But what it missed, and here’s where I believe most critics were way off the mark, was the novel’s weirdness. Frankenstein is way weirder than you remember. Victor’s father keeps a portrait of Victor’s dead mother standing next to a corpse above the mantelpiece. The Creature learns to read from Paradise Lost. Victor definitely marries Elizabeth for her money. The whole story is, technically speaking, told in a nesting doll of letter exchanges between an Arctic explorer and his sister. Part of the novel’s genius is that Mary Shelley commits so entirely to the premise and the aesthetic of her work that all of this comes together and makes a coherent experience. Branagh doesn’t manage to fully commit. Whereas Darabont and film critics of the time criticised the movie for being too unsubtle, for globbing together action/horror set-pieces in between character work that never quite leads anywhere, I’d rather see something that fully gets on board with how unsubtle and fun and absolutely bonkers the novel can be at times.
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Okay so there’s a significant level of “Bonkers” in this film, but we could always do with even more.
After all, if you are making a claim to Mary Shelley in your title, you had better make sure she’d approve of your creation.
So why then would I want to write about this film for 25 Years Later? More than anything, I respect its ambition. I respect the love Branagh clearly indulges for the source material, and I respect that it does what no other adaptation of this story has ever done before—put Mary Shelley back at the centre of her most famous creation.
Frankenstein is nothing without the story of its creator; a woman born to two of the late 18th Century’s most famous philosophers, and her mother a feminist icon who died in childbirth, who later ran off to Europe as a teenager with her married lover, Percy Shelley, and her step-sister, and spent the Summer of 1816 (the famous ‘Year Without a Summer’) living in Geneva, next door to Lord Byron, where they staged a ghost story competition of which Mary, of course, was the winner. To his credit, Branagh refuses to ignore this context, embedding the film with imagery and detail from Shelley’s novel. The context of Frankenstein’s creation is what is inextricably tied to the novel, at least for me, and Branagh understood that better than anyone else.
In many ways, this is the most true and faithful adaptation of Shelley’s masterpiece. Not in the sense of the aesthetic qualities, or its replication of the plot, but of how, on a meta-level, this film resembles the plot of Shelley’s novel.
Branagh, in an act of ego and desire to create something lasting, attempts to direct an adaptation of one of the most celebrated, revered works of literature in the world. But what he creates is a jumble of influences, patchworked together by sheer force of will. And so, it is rejected. Both by the community at large and, most hurtfully, its creator. Forced to limp along in pop culture history for years, dismissed as an embarrassing misstep and error.
The main difference is that there’s no parallel to that one great scene in the book and film where the Creature murders Elizabeth and poses her body for Victor to find. That was great and fun and silly.
Written by Hannah Searson
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69159 | Old Testament theophanies prove Bible prophecy
By Merrill Olson
Human encounters with God in the Old Testament prior to Christ’s incarnation are many. But, Jesus said that “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth” (John 4:24). Therefore, how can the encounters with God in the Old Testament times be possible? John 1:18 says, “no one has seen God at anytime.”
The answer is given as we understand the appearances and who is involved in them. There are many throughout the Old Testament. Several are concentrated in Genesis, Exodus, Judges, and in the prophets. There are the visible manifestations such as the fire and smoke like on Mount Sinai or the auditory manifestations as in “And the LORD said” statements.
However, the more evident appearance of God is the “Angel of the LORD” who identifies Himself as “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” as He spoke to Moses from the burning bush (Exodus 3:4-6). Therefore, we know that this was not any ordinary angel because He identified Himself: “I am the God of your father” (v, 6). This verse also says that “he [Moses] was afraid to look at God.” “Angel” in Hebrew and Greek means “messenger.” So, this divine messenger was not an angel, as the Bible knows angels, but the pre-incarnate Christ whom the Scriptures identify the “Angel of the LORD” as “the LORD” (vv. 2, 4, 7).
In Genesis 18:1-15 the Lord appears to Abraham. It says, “Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre” (v. 1). Yet, three men appeared and Abraham “bowed himself to the ground” (v. 2). And, it was the LORD who spoke with authority but also gave a promise to Abraham and Sarah regarding a son (vv. 9-13). If God is Spirit, as Jesus said, how could this all be? There is no other explanation but that this appearance is the pre-incarnate Lord Jesus who is identified as the LORD God.
Another incident that holds great importance is that of the “Commander of the LORD’S army” who appears to Joshua (Joshua 5:13-15). The Bible says that “Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped” (v. 14). This was no angel that appeared to Joshua because God’s angels will not allow themselves to be worshiped. But after Joshua did so, the pre-incarnate Lord Jesus said, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy” (v. 15). And the Bible says, “And Joshua did so.”
These are just a small sample of appearances among many that are found in the Old Testament regarding the pre-incarnate Christ identified clearly as the LORD God. He is not a created being, as religious cults want Him to be. Instead, He is the God of heaven who came down to this earth and died upon the Cross, shed His blood, and rose again (1 Cor. 15:3-4). What He prophesied concerning His Second Coming will take place.
He will return for His redeemed church (1 Thess. 4:13-17), pour out His wrath on a God forsaking world, return seven years after in judgment, set up His kingdom reign, then judge at the Great White Throne judgment, and take His redeemed into the eternal ages. All because all power and glory is His because of whom He is. Praise Him!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69199 | AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed
Using just the language in millions of old scientific papers, a machine learning algorithm was able to make completely new scientific discoveries. In a study published in Nature on July 3, researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory used an algorithm called Word2Vec sift through scientific papers for connections humans had missed. Their algorithm then spit out predictions for possible thermoelectric materials, which convert heat to energy and are used in many heating and cooling applications. The algorithm didn't know the definition of thermoelectric, though. It received no training in materials science. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69208 | Westward Ho! (Notes taken a few Decembers ago)
ImageThis Summer, this evening, this dusty antipodean road… it comes when I am not expecting it: that haunting, silent song.
(I am driving, solitary, along a half-remembered route, past fields that make my heart weep for the memories I thought I’d forgotten. The road, it is a timeline; a linear memory. There the fields we horse-rode as children, there the paddock we all midnight stole as youths; there the emptiness of space where the house burned down years later, its absent chimneys an erased mark against the late sky.)
It comes now, of a sudden. The Aslanic note. A clarion call. More like gravity than tune, it is at once a sound, a force, a quality of light.
I last heard it as a child.
It would call, inaudibly, across my father’s fields, and I would fix my curious gaze intently towards the setting sun. There was something beyond the western horizon (I couldn’t tell how far or near) which drew my heart: a silent lure.
I never found its source, and its golden memory faded like the sunset fades to dark.
Until tonight.
It is only now, as I approach this place in the afterglow of dusk, that I hear it, Doppler-like: an echo from so many years before. It crescendos as though it was kept waiting for now, for this moment as I draw unsuspecting near. And I recognise it with breath caught and unexhaled.
A heartbeat jerks and pauses like the kangaroos which lift their heads from their grazing in the startle of my approach. They wait, alert and listening, because their lives depend on the perceiving.
I should have known it was You.
But I’d never guessed it was him.
Now twenty years since the diamond pledge, You let me learn it.
The song of this man. I am driving right past the farm gate where he grew up.
It was him? All along?
That sound was his heart-home?
Your soundless answer thrills me as it resonates in my core.
It was the call of our future.
It is the echo of Abode.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69212 | Common steps and sub-activities
Staring at gross objects or Savitarka samadhi
If the objective of Sensory deprivation is to remove sensory input, what do you do with your eyes? One way to deprive the eyes of any form of stimulation is, of course, to close or cover the eyes, but it is also possible to deprive the senses by keeping the eyes fixed on a single object. In this way, there is no extra stimulus and it also helps to still the rational mind because there is nothing happening.
Nothing to reason about, nothing to learn.
Thus by staring at objects you combine two techniques - sensory deprivation of the sense of sight, with suppression of learning.
This is why in some meditative traditions, such as Zen, the eyes are half-closed, half open and looking slightly downward.
And in yet others such as Brahma Kumaris, the eyes are kept fully open but as it were ‘unfocussed’.
In Sufism meditation both approaches may be used; muraqaba with eyes closed is called Varood while with open eyes it is known as Shahood or Fa'tha.
The term "navel-gazing," comes from the observation that those in meditation often used to stare at their navels – down in other words.
All this reduces the input from the senses and by reducing the input, the reasoning and learning function starts to shut down.
The technique in yoga is called savitarka samadhi.
Maintain a steady fixed gaze at a point, concentrate your entire mental energy on the idea of the object looked at; and try not to – in any way – think about the object other than that it ‘is’. Don’t name it, don’t think about it’s colour or texture, or what it reminds you of, or that [in my case] it needs a good dusting. Just look and keep on looking.
The objective in all these processes is to “induce a habit of abstraction or concentration of attention, in which the subject [you] is entirely absorbed with one object, whilst he is unconscious of, or indifferently conscious to, every other object, purpose, or action".
And this is what the Jewish person does when they visit the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, they stare at the wall and they do it for hours at a time.
Some suggest that you can look at the point of your own finger, or someone else’s finger.
Some look at the end of their nose. The Magi of Persia and Yogi of India, for example used to “throw themselves into their ecstatic trances by each maintaining a steady fixed gaze at the tip of his own nose”.
But my Mum used to say this was not a good idea………..
It helps if the object is just generally a pleasant shape or pattern without being stimulative in any way. Stones, leaves, eggs, are all good objects to stare at
Or country and garden views as long as you simply look without trying to rationalise, name or interpret.
Don’t alter the focus of your gaze.
After closing your eyes for a while
Look into the middle distance
Now let the field of vision extend
To the corners of your eyes
Take the strain out of seeing
Blink, Blink slowly
Blink deliberately, to ease the eyes
Whenever you find you’re concentrating on something
Notice the hardness, the narrowness of your vision
Then pull back the focus of your eyes.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69225 | Category: Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah’s account begins in 445 B.C., and this date is important because the prophet Daniel, a contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah, wrote the “70 weeks of years” prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) based on a very specific date—March 15, 445 B.C. This date is crucial to the beginning of the prophecy; it kicks off the start of the timeframe, which ends with the second coming of Jesus Christ. This prophecy was written long before Jesus came the first time, but it continues through those years leading up to His being “cut off.” It gives details about the antichrist, how he will come onto the world scene, and how he will move against Israel in his final assault on God and His people.
Daniel’s prophecy is found in Daniel 9:25: “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.” Little did Nehemiah know that he was fulfilling the prophecy written by Daniel, but this faithful servant, who was also captive in Babylon at the time, begins his writings with intercessory prayer for his people, Israel, just as Daniel constantly prayed on their behalf, beseeching God to have mercy on them and return them to their homeland. Nehemiah listed specific dates, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in order that there might be a written record as to the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem.
Before he asked the king’s permission to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls, Nehemiah prayed, and God granted his request. As he was leaving Babylon, he met some Arab men who mocked him for what he was about to do. Nehemiah 2:20 records his statement, which stands even today as a testament to who has the right to the city known as Jerusalem: “I answered them by saying, ‘The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.’”
Nehemiah continued in his quest to rebuild Jerusalem. God provided all the necessary workers, and the building began. However, they were not without enemies, those who desired to stop the rebuilding. But God intervened as He had done with Moses (Exodus 14:14). Nehemiah 4:20 records, “Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!” This was God’s pre-ordained plan to bring His people out of bondage and back into their land to worship in the temple once again.
We can learn from the life of Nehemiah valuable lessons in restoring and maintaining a relationship with God. As the people returned to the rebuilt city, the first order of business was to make certain that they understood the Law of Moses. So Ezra, a priest, spent many hours reading the Law before the assembly, making sure they understood what God desired. Nehemiah 8:18 records what should be part of every believer’s life, the daily reading of God’s Word: “Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.”
Key Verses: Nehemiah 1:3, “They said to me, ‘Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'”
Foreshadowings: Nehemiah was a man of prayer and he prayed passionately for his people (Nehemiah 1). His zealous intercession for God’s people foreshadows our great Intercessor, Jesus Christ, who prayed fervently for His people in His high-priestly prayer in John 17. Both Nehemiah and Jesus had a burning love for God’s people which they poured out in prayer to God, interceding for them before the throne.
Practical Application: Nehemiah led the Israelites into a respect and love for the text of Scripture. Nehemiah, because of his love for God and his desire to see God honored and glorified, led the Israelites towards the faith and obedience God had desired for them for so long. In the same way, Christians are to love and revere the truths of Scripture, commit them to memory, meditate on them day and night, and turn to them for the fulfillment of every spiritual need. Second Timothy 3:16 tells us, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” If we expect to experience the spiritual revival of the Israelites (Nehemiah 8:1-8), we must begin with God’s Word.
Each of us ought to have genuine compassion for others who have spiritual or physical hurts. To feel compassion, yet do nothing to help, is unfounded biblically. At times we may have to give up our own comfort in order to minister properly to others. We must totally believe in a cause before we will give our time or money to it with the right heart. When we allow God to minister through us, even unbelievers will know it is God’s work. |
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anon (not verified)
The internet is a fairly effective tool for fucking with our own perceptions. Having logged on to any number of "radical" sites, one might get the impression of a vibrant and rich anti-authoritarian tendency among people these days. We log off and find deserts, not the fun kind. For those outside of major cities, "our" "people" can seem non-existent. We know this too well to be tactic employed by the state to crush instances of actual human feeling, but discuss little on circumventing this isolation. My questions for you animals is this: What do you do to find your people? What do you do when they're nowhere to be found? Do you plan on moving to where shit is happening or toiling alone?
anon (not verified)
I should do more to meet
I should do more to meet people, to go out and be proactive.
What I would do is go to places where I suspect I would meet the people I'd like to meet.
Places can be scouted using social media, or on the ground info
(lol, not word of mouth, I don't know anyone in those circles, if there's any).
I'd probably have to go a few times before getting to talk to someone or deciding that's not a good place to keep trying.
People that like to be more of an open book may display their affinities with a tshirt lol, but most of the time the signs that may indicate affinity will be more subtle I guess. If nothing preliminary can give pointers, then it will all come down to conversation.
This is simple enough.
In practice, it's difficult because isolation as a habit becomes ingrained.
I've become avoidant, which is the opposite reaching out, or approaching others, getting exposure.
I feel as if ashamed in general, and kind of fearing that it would show.
I fear they might tell I'm a little out of touch. It feels too bare.
Coming out of nowhere without a backstory, no clear goals or trajectory.
No stories to tell. Just feelings and opinions.
Not going out is also the stingy solution (excuse) for when you're broke.
When there's none of "your people" around, your people is whoever is there, whenever they're available.
You make do with that, and whoever you can chat to online.
I don't have plans of any sort.
It would require a big push or pull to overcome the inertia and relative comfort of staying, and compel me to move.
I like the people and the place where I'm at as a background, and I guess I'm part of the background too. Not engaging much.
It definitely has its pros and cons on paper. Definitely more people I could meet in a big city, but it's also costlier and you know pollution and noise and crowded.
anon (not verified)
Weird how in job it’s like
Weird how in job it’s like “go meet these people here at this place you’ve never been to before, make many phone calls” and i’m like “sure thing”, but the I have to do the same thing to get a social life and it’s like bloops, nothing. Authority is a hell of a drug.
Le Way
If you spent the wages you
If you spent the wages you make in a job on your social life, you'll get something, or a disease trying. Or else meditate at €#&¿ and detach yourself from the loop.
squibs (not verified)
hey maybe if we get our act together you could be an agent for an anarchist cell or somthing and be operating some intresting narative all boring pollitical stuff tho im sure ofc
anon (not verified)
this is a pretty good question
it's been sitting on my mind recently, i've been thinking about moving, then i realize that thinking about moving made me less happy in some regards.
I intend to dwell in the middle ground and just make plans for interesting excursions and trips. As in, staying in one place and moving at the same time.
D (not verified)
i'm a passive anarchist, and
i'm a passive anarchist, and i need the motivation from others to take meaningful action. the problem is that i live in a part of the midwest where there aren't any anarchists, as far as i know. so if i want to actually start supporting the cause and fucking the government over, I need to consider moving, but i don't know where. i was thinking California because there's a sizeable punk scene over there, all of them being anarchists. what do u guys think?
anon (not verified)
Jump in the deep end, do the
Jump in the deep end, do the hobo thing and active autonomy, jump a train, go to Cal, and maybe you'll just keep on going.......
squibs (not verified)
it seams as if this is the
it seams as if this is the only option im thinking of having to squat myself to get to the city and in many ways its the right thing to do but its not necserly easy and seams to be getting more strenuous and the uncertainty shouldn't be pushed onto anyone to live like that
anon (not verified)
I think that
everybody needs motivation from others to a certain extent, one inevitable part of being a human is that we've always relied on a good degree of cooperation, even if you are learning and doing stuff by yourself, you're still going to be using internet and books which are all human products.
Hmmm, i wish you luck in fucking over the government, that is a big project, lots of people are personally invested in protecting it. I don't think the punk scene in california has made much meaningful progress in attacking the state, but it is a great place to go if you want to start collaborating with and sharing living spaces with anarchists. I live on the east coast and there's practically no anarchist projects going on over here, in D.C. there's this very id-pol leftists anarchists scene that's very cringey. I mean, they've had some kinda neat riot and black bloc stuff over the years but they really suck as people. The anarchist scene over here also produces some very low-grade writing, they're pretty fixated on white supremacists and trump.
anon (not verified)
i’m in your same situation,
i’m in your same situation, different geographical location.
but i’m hesitant that herding together in cities is the answer. if all 10 anarchists that exist are in the same social circle and in the same block, or worse same squat, cracking down on them all at once is possible.
if spread all around and no direct’s sad, lonely, not effective, communications are mediated, might be intercepted. each isolated has no support no backup, no encouragements nor incentives to persist and endure. but rural, if remote and spread around it’s harder to patrol, but every isolated person sticks out more on the grid (comms, heat, power, water). going to each of them might be trickier, crackdown on one serve as warning for the rest. in city a person can blend in a crowd, but more surveillance.
but what scenario are we considering? it depends on what we can each manage to do make a living.
ideally we’d stop working (full stop) for “the man”.
i don’t imagine ever achieving living in clandestinity.
actually, i can’t imagine another life at all. i don’t think i’d fit in with punks, or yuppies, or hippies. i don’t need to fit in, but what’s my alibi for going there? i think i’m seeing it the wrong way.
i need to change, but how, and to what?
i question too much any change of pace and never veer from the default normie life choices presented to me.
please mind you, i’m not begging or whining for answers, i’m just voicing something i think is far more common than what’s discussed.
my urgency is not to make an effect so we can live ATR in my lifetime or some bullshit. i just want to fucking avoid my life story to be the same as any lifer who “does not know any better”. like what difference does it make being against it on opinion alone?
anon (not verified)
Now according to some
Now according to some anarchos from the scene, you are an idiot for being on your own... In 2019. After all these books and experiences, that's the best they can come up with. Obviously since you're asking questions must be because you didn't get it by now, duh!
Sheepish morons, all over the place...
anon (not verified)
david lynch is...of diverse
david lynch is...of diverse functionality...moron is ableist lynch is fash sympathizer...
anon (not verified)
moron ableist, but...
"idiot" is not?
No self-bias at all!
anon (not verified)
But while I dig that OMG
But while I dig that OMG moment video, there's no case for Lynch being "fascist supporter. He's only been in this New Age bougie subculture, which has been riddled with charlatans since the beginning, including charlatans with terrible, absurd politics.
anon (not verified)
I certainly don’t get a lot
I certainly don’t get a lot of things. Hoping feedback might help, but not counting on it. I wouldn’t mind being “on my own” (with regards to other anarchos, as long i had some company and friends) if I was self-driven and proactive. Yes, I am fucking sheepish, like a lot of people, and that’s not accidental, it’s part of the bigger picture.
anon (not verified)
i have found that the only realistic option i have
currently is to be better improve being alone, because that in the end will also make your relationships with other people better. There's really not much going for the grand anarchist projects of smashing the state and destroying industry, if exarchia maintained their anarchy all these years and the state is fucking with them still then that's a bad sign for all the rest of us who don't have any communal momentum whatsoever.
It's an Americanism to say "just enjoy your life before you die", but it's unfortunately true. There don't seem to be any other options for us isolated lonely people than creating our own meaning and exploring ourselves.
anon (not verified)
Move to the shit. I live in
Move to the shit. I live in the bay area and hope to move to the shit eventually. Theres a shell of an info shop, anarcho-dsa left unity types and tech bros eveywhere.
anon (not verified)
If you're isolated, I
If you're isolated, I recommend trying to connect with physical anarchist projects, even at a distance. The internet is a poor substitute for singular, human connection, and anarchist "social" engagement on it is impoverished so much so as to be essentially worthless.
Do you have a particular project, publisher, writer, whatever that inspires you? Try to get in touch with them. There are a number of anarchist projects which prioritize these types of non-digital connections. They're usually "off the grid" so to speak, but look into things that interest you and write a letter. Start your own individual project and connect with others doing similar things elsewhere; people are usually more interested in engaging with others who have their own activities, experiences, creations to share. Travel if you can. These slow, non-spectacular ways of reaching out are anathema to this world of instant gratification, but they're much more rewarding.
Don't let the image of revolt that so many curate online fool you into thinking what you do in your daily life - even alone - is less important. It might look like all of the protests and events and conversations happening in the cities are vital and alive (and sometimes they are), but the projected image of this online usually glosses over the idiocy, moralism, trashing, and toxicity present. And, well, most of these spectacular images of people "in the streets" are exaggerated by people looking to puff their chests up about how Revolutionary & Important their political racket is. Don't believe the hype.
I find that those who came to anarchy in isolation and pursued their projects with determination and without the social backpatting of a scene are often the ones most able to see through the bullshit once they do meet other anarchists. And it's important to remember that you live anarchy because it makes sense to you, because it is how you want to be in the world, and therefore you can pursue that whatever your circumstances.
anon (not verified)
Beautiful kind words, thank
Beautiful kind words, thank you very much!
I’ll take this to heart.
anon (not verified)
I'd tell you to keep a safe
I'd tell you to keep a safe distance from those officially anarchist projects, and put more into under-the-rug anarchistic projects. Openly political spaces/projects have a handicap at the onset, which may easily become a factor of paranoia, stress, moralism, caused both by external and internal political dynamics. @ signs are not needed. Dodge the (obviously) political and you get the best of both worlds!
anon (not verified)
A good grain of salt to take
A good grain of salt to take with the other advice above.
Certainly I could start under the rug by myself. Finding other people under the rug seems harder, and staying under the rug also seems like it could possibly have an element of paranoia, but such is life.
anon (not verified)
I already live in a pretty
I already live in a pretty big city already and I'm still isolated. All the visible anarchism is cringey idpol ancomm, workerfetish syndicalism, and a whole lot of anarcho-liberal NGO activism. I don't know if there's any post-left people in my country. It'd probably be better to just get involved in some way, try to eventually find people I have affinity with, but when I think about doing it I realise that nobody with decent anti-politics would want to be around me. Too damaged. Meanwhile I'll keep myself holed up lying on my floor mattress reading baedan and black seed and feeling superior
anon (not verified)
are you serious or parodying
are you serious or parodying the other comments or both?
i think it’s a mistake to try to find “post-left” as a starting common ground to find affinity with people. i think activity (not activism) centered, something specific and doable and enjoyable. find someone who’s already doing something and join them, or start doing something and invite people
you can also get involved in all the stuff you mentioned and still feel superior/be too damaged/read stuff in mattress afterwards
anon (not verified)
yeah it's a serious parody
yeah it's a serious parody
so you think i should evangelise normies in a beginners pottery class? start an anticiv reading group at my local library?
anon (not verified)
fuck evangelising, that’s not
fuck evangelising, that’s not what i was suggesting.
rather, using your examples: do pottery for pottery’s sake (no politics) or anticiv reading for anticiv reading’s sake, either find people already doing whatever it is you’d like to do or start doing it by yourself and try to get people to join if that’s something that you want or that applies.
once things get done (like planting trees, or bowling, or kite flying, or pee pee sniping idk) it doesn’t matter if the person you did it with can write an essay in your style or whatever
or it does! you choose what matters! or maybe not!
you do what you will but you cant will what you will?
maybe you can!
anon (not verified)
yeah it'd be nice if i could
yeah it'd be nice if i could will my will into willing being a friendly docile kite-flying meat and three veg npc lemming, but i hath eaten of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil. thanks anyway dad
anon (not verified)
hmm, if one eats from that
hmm, if one eats from that fruit, what kind of shit comes out after you digest it? what happens if you use that shit as manure? or if you throw it at people? or if you smear the walls with it?
so much shit to explore...
anon (not verified)
You don't know what real
You don't know what real oppression is until the bedbugs begin biting!
anon (not verified)
you've got a mattress...
there's other things we could do besides reading...
; )
like making contraptions out of the springs, and barricades out of the frame
or stashing things inside it or drop bowling balls on it like on the commercials
i bet there's ever more stuff besides that
not much more though
anon (not verified)
yeah i could look at it that
yeah i could look at it that way if i was a cuck optimist. ive decided to start practicing zen buddhism instead
anon (not verified)
the only important part of
the only important part of that comment was the innuendo.
i mean, if you read that in ur mattress u a cutie ; )
anon (not verified)
i've already had sex with
i've already had sex with over 700 people already and i'm still isolated. it's all been impersonal anonymous sex-club hookups, meth fuelled multi-day BDSM sessions and a whole lot of furtive under-stall public toilet blowjobs. i don't know if i can have an emotional connection with anyone. hocquenghem said it:
and yes im still lying on my mattress
namaste ; )
anon (not verified)
well i have done the opposite
well i have done the opposite, i’ve had emotional personal connections with various people across the years as friends, friendships lasting years, but am currently “friendless”. past friends are not enemies (maybe 1 frienemy), nor disappeared, just far away, unavailable, and/or uninterested. we’ve changed, moved, and grown (up) and apart.
also sometime one can have furtive emotional connections with people online through ongoing chats or correspondence.
i know i can connect. just a matter of going out and doing it, making connections i mean.
in your case you have no problem with going out and doing it. i don’t know how or if we can help each other.
but like, do you wanna discuss anything you’ve read in particular or any ideas? maybe we could chat to kill boredom sometime. in the irc on sundays maybe? i know nothing replaces the real deal.
anon (not verified)
*sighs* call me when there's hetero sex in de-gendered toilets
If you can get your way into days-long BDSM sessions seems like you're too socially-privileged to be going anywhere close to the stake or asylums? Like, HELLO, welcome to your neoliberal city that's been already gay- friendly for decades, where hipster artists throw wild parties in their expensive lofts along with corrupt judges from a distant US city dancing naked in front of everyone, or whatev. Coz I know BDSM's a niche for liberal bougies nowadays. This ain't SF in the '50s.
And also let's not talk about how you've been benefiting from gender separation in toilets so you can have you homo sex. Not related to socially-generated privilege! Let's not forget that as a member of LGTBQ commie-nity, you're "oppressed" by the forces of heteronormativity, DUH!
tl:dr... you'll now isolation when your only resort in your town is to live isolated, because you aren't allowed to live with others. Privileged. Fuck.
anon (not verified)
Its not "zen buddhism" its
Its not "zen buddhism" its just zen on its own, or it couĺd be nez, or enz, or zne or %#¥€, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, ITS NOTHING IN THE END!!
anon (not verified)
talk to me about something
talk to me about something else
anon (not verified)
No YOU respect golden silence
No YOU respect golden silence, listen to YOUR OWN internal talk! What is it telling you? Are you owned by someone/something else?
anon (not verified)
weekend vibes who up?
weekend vibes
who up?
Manuel Venator (not verified)
this is like the fermi
this is like the fermi paradox. the anarchist fermi paradox
anon (not verified)
Good one!!!
It certainly feels like that. XD
Manuel Venator (not verified)
I purpose we come up with an
I purpose we come up with an equation to estimate the odds of finding anarchists in any given city. :P
DoubleLife (not verified)
might as well just apply
that to anywhere, the number is low regardless :-p, this is one of the few places on the planet where anarchists congragate lol
anon (not verified)
nice try, FBI ; )
nice try, FBI ; )
squibs (not verified)
anarchist infrastructure
over the years being surprised with what was at my limited disposal regarding "oor people i came to terms with the idea that being as odd as we can be few and far between and under the normal pressures most people were either in some crooks of our reality or posted up somewhere in some un established space or like wise the reassesses of the corners of there own minds existing with "cleaned up or washed up acts. and all the people i did know who were into conventinal black flag miscreants it all seamed just old hat and common place or saturated even and with the idea that it pottentaily existed well enuf underground. I mean sure i can see why youd want to oppperate in this manner but i feel it breeds a much ness of secret eliet and dosnt solve the real issues your just bides some time and after all like the ramones said i want the air waves. what id like to see is like some anarchist directory or realyl like an art school or something id like to produce somthing mysef that will attract a collective but working better with people its a bit like bill and ted or some chicken and egg dealy pritty much what brings me here the internet is relivitvly free realestate and tho its sort of been a bit of a double edged sword on moddern efortts we as anarchists real do need to get more off a handle on it since it seams to mainly be corporations and racisits so if you want to get at me you can reach me on and we can knock about some ideas and maybe we can all bandy about like some comglomarate gobbalin up the strayward black sheeps
anon (not verified)
I desperately need an
I desperately need an Anarchist Guide to Getting Laid... the 3rd Revised Edition that excludes flirting with lefties, normies, or using Facebook to that end.
senileoldtroll (not verified)
Chapter 1, page 1
Chapter 1, page 1
"Do you find yourself musing publicly about how you desperately need to get laid? Yeah, stop doing that."
anon (not verified)
I know you're a troll and not
I know you're a troll and not being serious, but i'll use this as an excuse to link this because it's relevant:
Anarcho Agony Aunts
The thing is not for me, but I see how someone like the person you're parodying might find it marginally useful.
senileoldtroll (not verified)
Good series! I liked their
Good series! I liked their stuff too
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69251 | I run Windows 7 using Parallels in host operating system OSX. I have it configured to use 2GM ram and 2 cores on a Retina MacBook Pro with 8GB ram.
I'm curious under what conditions I will experience a performance hit either in terms of CPU usage. Ultimately, I'm interested in whether it is best when Windows 7 in parallels is not in active use, to:
(a) suspend Windows 7 in Parallels (b) shut down Windows 7 in Parallels (c) Quit parallels completely
Initial observations
Using the activity monitor, I noticed the following:
• When idle the Windows 7 virtual machine prl_vm_app was using around 2GB of ram and 2 to 2.5% of CPU
• When Windows 7 was suspended or turned off the process disappeared completely
In addition, when Parallels was running with a virtual machine runnning or not, it used around 200 MB and about 0.5% of cpu.
So my initial conclusion is that if you are short on ram, then suspending or shutting down the virtual OS is a good idea. There is also some small background CPU usage if you don't shut it down. However, I'm worried that I'm missing something.
• Does running a virtual machine running in Parallels on OSX use additional CPU or other resources over and beyond the CPU usage indicated in Activity Monitor? For example does it reserve cores?
• Are there any good rules of thumb about whether or when to suspend the virtual machine?
Alright, let's see what we can do here!
1) Suspending vs. Shutting Down in Parallels
a) How it affects the host OS
Both options do not affect the host operating system - in your case, OS X - from a resource usage standpoint. Rather, they only affect how the guest OS will boot next time - (i.e. waking up from sleep vs. a cold boot).
When suspending, it works just like a physical Windows machine: it saves the current state of the operating system for later use. Unlike a physical machine, however, it uses no extra battery power, RAM, or CPU cycles to do so; Parallels unloads it from RAM and stores it purely on the hard disk (think of it closer to a Windows laptop "hibernating" than "sleeping").
b) How it affects the guest OS
On the other hand, both of these options have a more prominent effect on the guest OS. Aside from the standard reasons one might want to shut down a computer versus letting it sleep (updates, troubleshooting, etc.), there's one other reason to shut down the virtual machine: Parallels locks down quite a few of the guest OS settings (boot order, coherence mode, shared apps, etc.) and prevents them from being changed if the virtual machine state is anything other than shut down.
c) Which should be used?
In my personal experience with Parallels, I have found no issues with using sleep consistently between sessions. The only time I shut down virtual machines is if I want to change some of the Parallels settings for that particular guest OS or if I encounter an odd bug that can pop up in Windows from time to time.
2) Resource Usage
a) RAM
A set amount of RAM is reserved specifically for the guest OS - which you indicated to be 2GB; Parallels will not use significantly more or less.
b) CPU
i) Usage
CPU, like the guest OS hard disk, is used on an "as-needed" basis and is accurately reported in the Activity Monitor.
ii) Reservation or parking
Parallels will not reserve (or "park") cores; the option you see in the guest OS options (Hardware > CPU & Memory > CPUs) merely limits the number cores that the guest OS will have access to rather than purely reserving them exclusively. This way the guest OS can extensively use these assigned cores, and if the guest OS begins to have a large work load, the host OS can use the remaining cores to continue its business without having processes choked from the guest OS.
Hopefully that helps you out! If you have any questions or need clarification on any of that, comment and let me know!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69252 | Cyriocosmus leetzi 1/8″
Although the Cyriocosmus genus has existed since the late 1800s, many species have only been described since the millennium. Cyriocosmus leetzi (Colombia) was introduced in 1999. A dwarf species and already a favorite in the hobby, C. leetzi has the trademark black and orange of the genus, arranged in a unique pattern. In addition, delicate white lines trace the dorsum of each leg. This hardy and fast growing species takes up only a little room on the shelf. Like all Cyriocosmus it likes to burrow, though often enough it may be seen on the surface or at the burrow entrance.
N.b., spiderlings are currently quite small, taking newly hatched crickets or fruit flies.
The photo above shows an adult female, near premolt.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69273 | William E. Whitehouse, surrounded by images of pistachios.
William E. Whitehouse, surrounded by images of pistachios. Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
In 1979, a group of Iranian college students stormed the American Embassy in Tehran, where they took dozens of hostages. The resulting crisis dominated relations between the two countries, influencing politics for generations. But the tensions proved a boon for American pistachio production. When the American government slapped a retaliatory embargo on Iranian pistachios, California’s nascent pistachio industry exploded, to the point that Iran and the U.S. now are neck and neck for the accolade of the world’s top producer.
From a botanical perspective, this was a remarkable turnaround. Because only half a century earlier, a “plant explorer” named William E. Whitehouse had seeded the entire industry. In what is now considered “the single most successful plant introduction to the United States in the 20th century,” he traveled to Iran and brought back one very important seed.
While areas in Syria, Turkey, and Sicily have long produced pistachios, Iran’s climate is uniquely suited to the finicky crop. That’s because pistachio trees like extreme conditions—many varieties have deep roots and thick leaves that allow them to grow in hot, drought-prone areas, but they simultaneously require cold winters to fruit. According to Louise Ferguson, a pomologist and pistachio expert at UC Davis, the trees can survive in saline soils that other fruit trees would find insupportable.
While pistachios aren't nuts, they're often eaten as a crunchy snack.
While pistachios aren’t nuts, they’re often eaten as a crunchy snack. Safa.daneshvar/CC BY-SA 3.0
The Iranian town of Rafsanjan, in the province of Kerman, is a pistachio-producing powerhouse. It’s desert-like climate and high, chill-inducing altitude make it ideal for pistachios. Most Iranian pistachio farmers hail from Rafsanjan, says Leili Afsah Hejri, a food scientist who specializes in pistachio machinery at the University of Merced. She herself is the fifth generation of a pistachio-producing family from the town.
This concentration of nut knowledge points to another difficulty. Pistachio trees take about a decade to mature, and after they do, many pistachios only produce their trailing bundles of fruit in alternate years. Growing this nut is an investment. (Also, the pistachios we eat aren’t true nuts; they’re seeds.)
These unique requirements are what make pistachios more expensive than most other “nuts.” In fact, they only came to the United States in the late-19th century with Middle Eastern immigrants to New York. But they were imported as “edible nuts,” says Ferguson, “so those were processed and non-fertile.” For decades, imported pistachios were dyed red, as part of an effort to hide blotches. Companies loaded them into train and bus station vending machines, where snackers paid a nickel for a dozen. For years, these vending machines accounted for the vast majority of pistachios sold in the United States.
Fresh pistachios on the branch.
Fresh pistachios on the branch. Alamout/Public Domain
The botanically inclined experimented with planting the precious trees in the American South and California. But the true start to pistachio domination came with the founding of the Chico New Plant Introduction Station in the early 20th century. Paraphrasing a favorite sci-fi quote, Ferguson says that part of the USDA’s goal is to explore “new worlds” of plants. In 1929, the station sent William E. Whitehouse, a deciduous tree researcher, to Iran. His mission: to collect pistachio seeds for planting.
For six months, Whitehouse searched, gradually collecting 20 pounds of different pistachios. Some came from the Agah family in Rafsanjan, who, Hejri notes, is still the main producer of pistachios in the area. After Whitehouse’s return to Chico, the station planted and evaluated 3,000 trees. Only one pistachio rose above the others. Sourced from the Agah orchard, it was given the name “Kerman.”
“That became the basis of our industry,” says Ferguson. Its virtues are many. “They’re round in shape, they’re unstained and clean-shelled, firm, crispy, purple and yellowish-green kerneled … ” Hejri rhapsodises. Provided with a nearby male “Peters” tree for fertilization, the Kerman would become the American pistachio. A female mother tree at the Chico research station, planted around 1931, became the source of “all commercial pistachio trees in California,” writes journalist Eric Hansen. In Iran, more than 50 varieties are cultivated, not counting the great number of wild pistachios. But even today, the vast majority of California’s pistachio trees are Kerman.
Numerous types of pistachios grow around the world.
Numerous types of pistachios grow around the world. bradspry/CC BY 2.0
Eventually, California’s San Joaquin Valley would become the Rafsanjan of America. Summer temperatures in the national breadbasket can be roasting, but the “winter fogs serve the same purpose that chill from altitude served in Iran,” Ferguson notes.
But progress was slow, and pistachio planting stayed small-scale for decades. Whitehouse kept his eye on the pistachio as a potential money crop for California, publishing a paper on the subject in 1957. He noted that while the Iranian pistachio had been an important local crop for hundreds of years, its value as an export was recognized only in the first half of the 20th century, “with new plantings keeping pace with the rapid increase in American consumption.” But despite the demand, it took two more decades for the first commercial crop of American pistachios to be harvested in 1976.
A single pistachio.
A single pistachio. ajc1/CC BY-SA 2.0
Yet the true reason for the success of the American pistachio was political, rather than botanical. In the early ‘70s, California growers turned to pistachio plantings when citrus and almond groves were increasingly taxed—an effort aided by the Central Valley Project bringing needed water. Then, a decade later, the friction with Iran resulted in sanctions on Iranian pistachios. “This California pistachio is brought to you courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service and the Shah of Iran,” the New York Times noted in 1979. Even after sanctions were lifted, Ferguson adds, the pistachio industry “organized very quickly and got a 300 percent tariff against the Iranian product.”
Whitehouse died in 1982, less than a decade after pistachios became a commercial crop. Though considered the father of the American pistachio industry, he’s never received much renown for his accomplishments. He did, however, have a pear (of all things) named in his honor, and received the first very-new Pistachio Association’s Annual Achievement to Industry Award in 1977. That year, only 1,700 acres were planted with producing trees. By 2012, that number had ballooned to 178,000 acres. It seems like small pistachios in light of his accomplishment: laying the groundwork for an industry worth $1.6 billion in California alone, and finding a new home for an in-demand tree.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69296 | Calendars for the Modern Age
Archaeological records suggest that calendar systems developed around the same time as writing in the ancient empires of Sumeria and Egypt, and from there spread rapidly through the Ancient Near East.
These early calendars came in many forms, and often reflect the culture or religion present in the empire that created or adapted them. Quite often they reflect long-term weather patterns, like the Egyptian calendar, which features three seasons (flood, emergence, and low water) of 120 days each, followed by 5 intercalary days of civil and religious significance.
Notably, the Egyptian calendar lacks any concept of a leap year, which led the date to slip away from the tropical year, the length of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun (if you believe that newfangled heliocentrism nonsense). For this reason the Romans would sometimes refer to the Egyptian calendar as the annus vagus (wandering year), in what I can only assume was the world’s oldest (re: only) calendrical diss.
The Sumerian/Babylonian calendar resembles the Egyptian calendar in many regards — it again features three seasons, broken into twelve lunar months with an intercalary period. Yet, unlike the Egyptian system, this calendar was a proper lunisolar calendar: it set months according to the lunar cycle and years according to the solar cycle.
Babylon’s emphasis on the lunar cycle led to an interesting resolution of the leap year problem: insert a thirteenth month whenever you feel like it. At first these insertions were the subject of royal decree, put forth on a case-by-case basis. Later, Babylonian astronomers made the observation that 19 tropical years equaled 235 lunar cycles (accurate to within two hours!) and codified this lunar-solar epicycle into their calendar.
The Babylonian system survives in spirit as precursor to the Hebrew religious calendar, while the Egyptian calendar was supplanted by the Coptic, or Alexandrian calendar to better sync with the newly-minted Julian calendar. Incremental refinements to the leap year system in the Julian calendar led to the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, which stands as the dominant calendar of the modern age.
In the Gregorian calendar, leap years are inserted into the calendar according to various divisibility rules. The following algorithm suggests the historical development of these rules:
• There are no leap years (the Egyptian calendar)
• unless the year is divisible by 4 (the Julian calendar)
• unless the year is divisible by 100 (the Gregorian calendar)
• unless the year is divisible by 400 (the Gregorian calendar)
The Gregorian system includes 97 additional days every four centuries, and suggests that the length of the average tropical year is
365 + \frac{97}{400} \approx 365.2425 \text{ days}.
So, how close does this come to the true year length?
Unfortunately, this is a question without an answer. While Kepler’s laws suggest absolute periodicity of orbits, the nutation of the Earth and the slight wobble of the Sun (due to gravitational influence of other planets) lead to a mean tropical year that changes (albeit slowly) over time.
To be strangely specific, Laskar’s planetary model (1986) suggests that for years near 2000 (give or take 10,000 years), the length of the mean tropical year has the following third-order Taylor approximation:
365.2421896698-6.15359 \times 10^{-6} Y - 7.29 \times 10^{-10} Y^2 + 2.64 \times 10^{-10} Y^3,
in which Y is number of (signed) Gregorian years from the year 2000. In particular, we compute that the length of the expected tropical year in 2017 is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 36.243 seconds. (This is a full 10 seconds shorter than the year 2000.)
But let’s ignore the chaotic instability of the solar system for a moment and suppose that the Earth becomes locked into a perfect orbit with a tropical year of 365.242086145121 days. What becomes the optimal leap year system to reduce drift from the tropical year?
One solution is to simply intersperse 14614766 leap years into every block of 60370105 years, but this method is a little clunky and doesn’t suggest how to distribute these leaps to reduce local errors.
A second solution uses the theory of continued fractions and convergents. In continued fraction notation, we have
\displaystyle 0.242086145121=[0,4,7,1,1,1,5,6,1,77,1,5,1,6,4],
which we use to produce convergents a/b for the proportion of years that should leap. These convergents are
\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}, \, \frac{7}{29}, \, \frac{8}{33}, \, \frac{15}{62}, \, \frac{23}{95},\,\frac{130}{537}, \,\frac{803}{3317}, \,\frac{933}{3854},\, \frac{72644}{300075},\, \frac{73577}{303929},\,\ldots,
in which we recognize the Julian 1/4.
Here, we’ve defined convergents using continued fractions, but their fundamental property is made more clear by an independent definition: a reduced fraction a/b is a convergent to the number \alpha if
\displaystyle \vert a/b-\alpha \vert < \vert p/q- \alpha \vert
for all fractions p/q with denominator q < b. In other words, a/b is the best approximation to \alpha with `small’ denominator.
It should be clear how to use the first convergent, 1/4, to distribute leap years. For the second, 7/29, we begin with a leap year every 4 years, then notice that we’ve been over-counting by 1/4-7/29 and correct by subtracting 1/116. This creates the following rule: `include leap days in years divisible by 4, unless that year is divisible by 116′. Note that even at this early stage we appear to differ from the Gregorian system.
Continuing in this way produces the alternating series of refinements
\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{116}+ \frac{1}{957}-\frac{1}{2046}+\frac{1}{5890}-\frac{1}{51015}+\frac{1}{1781229}-\frac{1}{12783718}+\ldots,
which not only suggests an incredibly convoluted scheme but also requires a huge number of epicycles to resolve itself!
Such is the issue with convergents — by looking only at improvements that can be implemented in the shortest periods possible, we end up with a greater number of terms in the long run. For example, had we jumped from 1/4 to 15/62 in a single refinement, we arrive at the leap year rule `divisible by 4 unless divisible by 124′, which drifts from the tropical year no faster than the system of corrections involving 4, 116, 957, and 2046 year cycles.
It’s safe to say that refinements via convergents are not the answer, but before we throw them under the bus I would like to remark on one of their nicer properties — the approximations they provide can always be written as a sequence of unit fractions, fractions with numerator one.
It’s unclear where and when rational numbers originated. They were widely accepted at least in ancient Egypt, with the small caveat that these Egyptian fractions were always written as a sum of unit fractions, ie.
\displaystyle\frac{5}{6} = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3}\qquad \text{or} \qquad \frac{4}{5} = \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{10}
(with the sole exception of 2/3, which was for some reason allowed). Allowing for repetition, it becomes clear that every rational number can be written as an Egyptian fraction. This works even if we force the denominators in our fraction to be distinct, a fact better left to the exercises.
Following the example of Egyptian fractions, I define an alternating Egyptian fraction (AEF) as a rational number written as an alternating sum of unit fractions with strictly increasing denominators. (Following the remarks at the end of the last section, we see that every proper fraction can be written as an AEF via refinement of convergents.)
To fix notation, we write these as increasing sequences \{a_1,\ldots, a_k\}, and say that an AEF \{a_1,\ldots, a_k\} is an approximation to \alpha if
\{a_1\} \geq \alpha,\quad \{a_1,a_2\} \leq \alpha,\quad \{a_1,a_2,a_3\} \geq \alpha, \quad\{a_1, a_2,a_3,a_4\} \leq \alpha,
and so forth. Since each AEF can be used to create a leap year rule, we are led to consider the following questions:
1. Given a k-term AEF approximation to \alpha, which unit fraction 1/a_{k+1} should I add or subtract to minimize error in a (k+1)-term AEF approximation to \alpha? (The algorithm to produce approximations by iterating this approach would be considered a greedy algorithm.)
2. In general, what is the optimal k-term AEF approximation to \alpha?
The first question is easy to answer, since at each step we’ve either over- or under-estimated (depending on whether our last term was positive or negative (resp.)), and the next unit fraction we include should be the smallest unit fraction (ie. with the largest denominator) that, when included, under- or over-counts in the opposite direction.
In our particular case we get the sequence of AEF `convergents’
\displaystyle\frac{1}{4}, \quad \frac{1}{4} - \frac{1}{126},\quad \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{126}+\frac{1}{44144},\quad \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{126}+\frac{1}{44144}-\frac{1}{12872315314},\ldots
This algorithm converges quadratically to our limiting value, in that the number of digits of accuracy roughly doubles at each iteration. In fact, the three-term approximation above lies within a millisecond of our stated `correct’ value. (It’s a bit of an understatement to say that this converges quadratically, since this algorithm actually terminates after 8 steps with an exact answer. For comparison, the continued fraction-based algorithm terminates after 14 iterations.)
Question (2) above is a lot harder to answer, and I know no way to solve it beyond brute-force searching through fractions of bounded denominator. (I’ll make these bounds clearer in a second.)
The best 1-term approximation is clearly still 1/4. For two-term approximations 1/a_1 -1/a_2, we may assume that a_1 \leq 4 (else \{a_1\} < \alpha). For each choice of a_1 we produce a bound on a_2 using the condition \{a_1,a_2\} \leq \alpha. Taking the worst of these bounds shows that a_2 \leq 126 in general, and searching this space reveals that
is the best 2-term AEF approximant to \alpha. To find optimal 3-term AEF approximant to \alpha, we bound a_3 \leq 44144 in a similar fashion, and find (unsurprisingly?) that the familiar expression
is in fact optimal among 3-term AEF approximations to \alpha.
At this point it seems reasonable to conjecture that the greedy algorithm always finds the optimal k-term AEF approximation to \alpha \in (0,1]. Yet after a bit of experimentation we conclude that this conjecture is false (at least for k>1); one simple counter-example can be seen by taking \alpha =5/28 and k=2. Here, the greedy algorithm gives the inexact approximation
\displaystyle\frac{5}{28} \approx \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{46},
while 5/28 = \{4,-14\} shows that an exact estimate is possible.
The approximations in the last section seem to suggest leap year rules beginning with the phrase `hold a leap year if the year is divisible by 4, unless the year is divisible by 126′.
But here we’d be mistaken, as what our approximations really do is give algorithms for adjusting the number of days in a given year: add a day if the year is a multiple of 4, subtract a day if the year is a multiple of 126, etc. One quirk of this system is that the year 126 now has only 364 days — one might call it a lack year.
But lack years are silly, so we look to a solution already visible in the Gregorian calendar — choose an AEF approximation in which a_k \mid a_{k+1} for all k. Under this additional restriction, we expect our AEF approximations to worsen, but how much? What are the new optimal AEF approximations to the mean tropical year?
Here, a modified greedy algorithm gives the sequence of approximations
\displaystyle\frac{1}{4},\quad \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{124}, \quad \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{124} + \frac{1}{6572}, \quad \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{124} + \frac{1}{6572} - \frac{1}{663772},\ldots
which converges linearly (ie. the number of correct digits increases like a linear function in the number of terms).
Since the Gregorian calendar uses a 3-term approximation it’s reasonable to make a comparison between the accuracy of that system and the third approximation above. Here, we find that our new system is 276 times more accurate. (On the other hand, our `improvement’ is still almost 20,000 times less accurate than the \{1,126,44144\} system from the previous section.)
Ignoring our greedy algorithm and performing a brute force search gives the following sequence of optimal approximations:
which gives another counter-example to the `greed is good’ mantra but doesn’t offer improvements at the 3-term correction scale.
So, which of these systems would I recommend? Ultimately, I’d have to say it doesn’t really matter. Given the erratic nature of the Earth’s orbit, no system of this form will remain accurate for a timescale long enough to let these theoretical mean discrepancies compound in an meaningful way.
Thus, in the end, simplicity is key. The rule `leap year if divisible by 4 unless divisible by 124′ gives greater accuracy (for our current tropical year) while using one less clause than the Gregorian system.
Or, if you think that the nice use of centuries in the Gregorian system puts it over the top, consider the following `modified Gregorian’ rule: `leap year if divisible by 4 unless by 100 unless by 500′, which captures the simplicity of the 1582 classic while measuring our current orbit with twice the accuracy.
Exercise 1: According to the cubic fit of Laskar’s planetary model, the Gregorian calendar gives an accurate length for the mean tropical year three times near the year 2000. In which years did this occur?
Exercise 2: Prove that every rational number can be written as an Egyptian fraction with distinct denominators. (This problem has been described as the first calculus.)
Exercise 3: Prove that every infinite alternating Egyptian fraction converges to a real number in (0,1], and prove that every real number in (0,1] may be written as a limit of alternating Egyptian fractions.
Exercise 4: Formalize the algorithm for constructing greedy AEFs and prove that the approximations constructed in this way converge quadratically.
Exercise 5: Find the best 4-term AEF approximation to the mean tropical year. Is it the approximation you get using the greedy algorithm? Hint: Please don’t try to do this by hand.
Exercise 6: Prove that there is an open set of \alpha \in (0,1] for which the greedy algorithm fails to produce the optimal k-term AEF approximation for some k.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69300 | This is ’s music collection on Bandcamp.
1. Jazz
1. collection 25
2. wishlist 15
3. following 26
1. Finding My Way Home
by Yazz Ahmed
2. Different Coloured Days
by Tom Syson
3. Cantabile in G-minor
by Leszek Kułakowski Quartet featuring Eddie Henderson
4. Scandal
by Sound Prints
5. Papillon Ka
by Franck Nicolas
6. Jazz Ka Philosophy
by Franck Nicolas
7. Infinite Spirit: Revisiting Music of the Mwandishi Band
by Bob Gluck, with Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart, Christopher Dean Sullivan
8. Driftglass
by SEED Ensemble
9. Light
by AAESPO
10. At the End of Becoming
by Ben Woodman
11. Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler
by Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler
12. Jens Lindemann
by Jens Lindemann
13. Dark Territory
by High Risk
14. Angles of Refraction
by James Davis Quintet
15. Sonkei
by Ronin Arkestra
16. First Meeting
by Ronin Arkestra
by Charlie Porter (Origin Records)
18. Lightning Music for Dangerous People EP
by Matt Vollmer
19. La Saboteuse Remixed
by Yazz Ahmed
20. Live at the Bimhuis
by Dave Douglas
21. Spark Of Being: Burst
by Dave Douglas & Keystone
22. Fly or Die
by jaimie branch
23. FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise
by jaimie branch
24. ENGAGE
by Dave Douglas
25. Vu-Tet
by Cuong Vu |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69303 | Data Envelopment Analysis software
Data envelopment analysis (DEA): a glossary of terms.
This glossary of data envelopment analysis terms is intended to help new users of Frontier Analyst and DEA to understand data envelopment analysis and the terms associated with it. This glossary is not intended as an exhaustive list, but deals with the key terms used in DEA. The glossary is presented in alphabetical order.
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Aggregate efficiency A term used to describe the measure of efficiency from the CCR model.
Allocative efficiency The efficiency of a production process in converting inputs to outputs, where the cost of production is minimized for a given set of input prices. Allocative efficiency can be calculated by the ratio of cost efficiency to technical efficiency.
BCC The BCC (ratio) model is the DEA model used in Frontier Analyst when a variable returns to scale relationship is assumed between inputs and outputs. It is named BCC after Banker, Charnes and Cooper who first introduced it in a article published in Management Science (1984, Vol. 30/9, pp. 1078-1092). The BCC model measures technical efficiency. The convexity constraint in the model formulation ensures that the composite unit is of similar scale size as the unit being measured. The efficiency score obtained from this model gives a score which is at least equal to the score obtained using the CCR model.
Categorical variable Categorical variables can only assume a predefined set of discrete values. For example, when analyzing a chain of retail outlets, the analyst may want to represent the existence of a particular service, say cash dispenser machines at each outlet. Outlets are assigned a ‘1’ to indicate where the service is available and a ‘0’ where the service is not available. Categorical variables are generally used to indicate the presence or lack of a particular attribute. The use of categorical variables requires modifications to the DEA models.
CCR The CCR (ratio) model is probably the most widely used and best known DEA model. It is the DEA model used in Frontier Analyst when a constant returns to scale relationship is assumed between inputs and outputs. It was the first DEA model to be developed, named CCR after Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes who introduced this model in an article published in the European Journal of Operational Research (1978, Vol. 2 pp. 429-444). This model calculates the overall efficiency for each unit, where both pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency are aggregated into one value.
Composite unit The attributes of a composite unit(which is a hypothetical efficient unit) are determined by the projection of an inefficient unit, through the origin, to the efficiency frontier. The attributes are formed from the DMU’s (units) reference units, in the proportions indicated by the dual weights.
Constant returns to scale Constant returns to scale may be assumed if an increase in a unit’s inputs leads to a proportionate increase in its outputs i.e. there is a one-to-one, linear relationship between inputs and outputs. For example, if a 10% increase in inputs yields a 10% increase in outputs, the unit is operating at constant returns to scale. This means that no matter what scale the unit operates at, its efficiency will, assuming its current operating practices, remain unchanged.
Controlled (discretionary) inputs A controlled input is one over which the management of the unit has control and, as a result, can alter the amount of it used. (Controlled inputs are also sometimes referred to as discretionary inputs).
Convexity constraint The convexity constraint, which forms part of the formulation of the BCC model, ensures that each composite unit is a convex combination of its reference units. For a full definition of convexity, please refer to a standard non-linear programming text, such as “Nonlinear programming”, Bazaraa et al. Wiley 1993
Correlation coefficient A measure of the strength of the relationship between two variables. A relationship exists between two variables when as the value of one variable changes the other variable changes, in a related manner. The value of the correlation coefficient lies between +1 and -1. If larger values of one variable are reflected with larger values of the other, then the value of the coefficient will be positive. The stronger the relationship the closer the coefficient will be to +1. If larger values of one variable are reflected with smaller values of the other variable then the value of the coefficient will be negative. The stronger the relationship the closer the coefficient will be to -1. If there is no relationship between the variables the coefficient will be close to zero.
Cost efficiency Cost efficiency (which is also known as economic efficiency) is the ratio of the minimum cost to the actual (observed) cost.
Cross efficiency matrix A tool used to help with the identification of efficient operating practices. A unit with a high average efficiency, from a cross efficiency matrix, offers a good comparator for inefficient units to work towards. A cross efficiency matrix consists of rows and columns (i x j) each equal to the number of units in the analysis. The efficiency of unit j, is computed with the optimal weights for unit i. The higher the values given in the column j, the more likely it is that the unit j is an example of good (truly efficient) operating practices.
Data Envelopment Analysis. (DEA). Data envelopment analysis is a non-parametric technique, used for performance measurement and benchmarking. It uses linear programming to determine the relative efficiencies of a set of homogeneous (comparable) units. It is a “process based” analysis, in other words, it can be applied to any unit based enterprise, regardless of whether or not a “profit” figure is involved in the evaluation. The use of DEA also overcomes some of the problems with traditional performance measurement methods, such as ratio analysis and regression analysis. (DEA is the core analysis used by Frontier Analyst, to which Banxia Software has added a variety of extra features, such as regression analysis, to make an efficiency study easier and to provide a comprehensive efficiency analysis tool).
Data set The data set is the group of units (DMU’s) and the values of their inputs and outputs to be included in the analysis. The data set is usually presented in tabular form (often initially in a spreadsheet), where the unit names constitute the rows and the input and output variables constitute the columns. Zero values are not allowed in DEA and where the value of an input or output is missing, that particular unit may have to be omitted from the data set (unless a substitute value can be agreed upon).
Decision making unit. (DMU). Decision making unit was the name used by Charnes et al (1978) to describe the units being analyzed in DEA. The use of this term is intended to redirect the emphasis of the analysis from profit making businesses to decision making entities. In other words, the analysis which is performed can be applied to any unit based enterprise and need have nothing to do with profit.
Decreasing returns to scale. (DRS). Decreasing returns to scale. (DRS). Decreasing returns to scale are operating when an increase in a unit’s inputs result in a less than proportionate increase in its outputs.
Dual model The dual model and the primal (CCR) model provide two ways of looking at the same problem and the efficiency scores calculated are the same with both. Mathematically, the dual model is much faster to solve (although its formulation looks more complex). The difference between the two is that for each unit the dual model (internally) tries to create a hypothetical composite unit, from the existing units, that will out-perform the unit being analyzed. If, within the dual model this composite unit can be created, then the original unit is found to be inefficient, otherwise the unit is efficient.
Dual weights (l) The dual weights (l) – so called because they are calculated using the dual model and sometimes also called dual multipliers – give an indication of the importance given to a particular unit in determining the input/output mix of the composite unit. In the primal model the weights are associated with the (inputs and outputs in the model). In the dual model the weights are associated with the DMU’s.
Efficient/ efficiency frontier The efficiency frontier is the frontier (envelope) representing “best performance” and is made up of the units in the data set which are most efficient in transforming their inputs into outputs. The units that determine the frontier are those classified as being 100% efficient. Any unit not on the frontier has an efficiency rating of less than 100%.
Empirical production function, empirical production envelope and envelopment surface are all terms which are analogous to efficient frontier.
Efficiency score DEA results in each unit being allocated an efficiency score. This score is between zero (or 0%) and 1 (100%). A unit with a score of 100% is relatively efficient. Any unit with a score of less than 100% is relatively inefficient, e.g. a unit with a score of 60% is only 60% as efficient as the best performing units in the data set analyzed. The efficiency score obtained by a unit will vary depending on the other units and factors included in the analysis. Scores are relative, not absolute – they are relative to the other units in the data set. The web page gives an explanation of how DEA works.
Efficiency study The process of studying efficiency within an organisation.
Envelopment form This term is used to describe the formulation of a DEA model which involves the concept of composite units.
Epsilon (e) Epsilon is a very small positive constant (which at the time of writing is taken as 1 x 10-6 in Frontier Analyst) which is a non-Archimedean variable. This means that no real number exists by which you could multiply epsilon to get a smaller number. Epsilon is a theoretical-mathematical device to allow us to drive slack variable values to zero, without adding or subtracting any “real” amount to the objective function. In practice this means that inputs and outputs are not “abused as free commodities” (Miliotis 1992) and avoids a unit being wrongly classified as efficient.
Environmental factor An environmental factor is neither an economic resource nor a product but rather an attribute of the environment in which the units operate. An environmental factor which adds resource can be included as an input, e.g. an analysis of a chain of shops may include a factor which measures the strength of competition a shop faces in its area. Environmental factors may be measured directly or through the use of surrogate measures.
Facet Each of the segments which make up the efficient frontier is known as a facet. Generally, where efficient units make a reference set, they are located on the same facet. Facet and reference set refer to the same concept.
Global leader A global leader will act as a model of good operating practice for inefficient units. Oral and Yolalan (1990) define a global leader as an efficient unit which appears most frequently in the reference set for inefficient units.
Homogeneous A DEA study requires a set of homogeneous units. Homogeneity refers to the degree of similarity between units. The operational goals of the units should be similar, as should their operational characteristics.
Increasing returns to scale Increasing returns to scale exist when an increase in a unit’s inputs yields a greater than proportionate increase in its outputs.
Inefficient unit An inefficient unit is one which, when compared with the actual performance achieved by other units in the analysis, should be able to produce its current level of outputs with fewer inputs or generate a higher level of outputs given the same inputs.
Inputs An input is any resource used by a unit to produce its outputs (products or services). This can include resources which are not a product but are an attribute of the environment in which the units operate. They can be controlled or uncontrolled.
Input minimization Input minimization is the DEA mode adopted when the analysis tries to minimize the amount of inputs used to produce the specified outputs. (The opposite of input minimization is output maximization).
Input orientated Input orientated is a term used in conjunction with the BCC and CCR ratio models, to indicate that an inefficient unit may be made efficient by reducing the proportions of its inputs but keeping the output proportions constant (see also input minimization and output maximization). (Note: the CCR model will yield the same efficiency score regardless of whether it is input or output orientated. This is not the case with the BCC model).
Input/output mix The term “input/ output mix” refers to the relative proportions of a unit’s inputs and outputs.
Intensity factor. (Z). In the dual model the scalar, Z, is the intensity factor. The intensity factor indicates the proportional reduction in inputs (when using input minimization) or the increase in outputs (if using output maximization) to achieve efficiency.
Local returns to scale Local returns to scale describes what happens to a units outputs when the input levels are changed.
Most productive scale size. (MPSS). The most productive scale size of an efficient unit refers to the point (on the efficient frontier) at which maximum average productivity is achieved for a given input/ output mix. At MPSS constant returns to scale are operating. After reaching MPSS, decreasing returns to scale set in.
Multiplier form Associated with both the BCC and CCR models the multiplier form is both a primal and a dual formulation. The multiplier form of DEA model formulation involves virtual multipliers (see Ali and Seiford 1993).
Ordinal variable A special type of categorical variable where the factor takes on a predefined set of values ranked in a specific order.
Outlier An outlier (some times in statistics referred to as an “obscene outlier”) is a unit whose input/output mix differs significantly from the other units in the data set. Where an outlier is found to be efficient, it may introduce bias into the results.
Output Outputs are the products (goods, services or other outcome) which result from the processing and consumption of inputs (resources). An output may be physical goods or services or a measure of how effectively a unit has achieved its goals.
Output maximization Output maximization is the DEA mode adopted when the analysis tries to maximize the outputs produced for a fixed amount of inputs. (The opposite of output maximization is input minimization).
Output orientated Output orientated is a term used in conjunction with the BCC and CCR ratio models, to indicate that an inefficient unit may be made efficient by increasing the proportions of its outputs while keeping the input proportions constant (see also input minimization and output maximization). (Note: the CCR model will yield the same efficiency score regardless of whether it is input or output orientated. This is not the case with the BCC model).
Peer group Another name for a Reference Set
Primal (CCR) model Some authors differ on which model should be referred to as the primal (the first or original) model and which should be referred as the dual model. Some refer to the dual model as primal because it illustrates better the principles of DEA. Throughout this glossary and all other Frontier Analyst literature, the primal model is that referred to by Charnes et al in their original publication (Charnes et al 1978. See CCR for full reference). The primal model allows a set of optimal weights to be calculated for each variable (input and output) to maximize a unit’s efficiency score. The weights are such that were these weights applied to any other unit in the data set the efficiency score would not exceed 1 (or 100%).
Production function The production function describes the optimal relationship between inputs and outputs with the aim of maximising output for the given inputs. In DEA the equivalent of the production function is the efficiency frontier.
Productive efficiency. (Efficiency). Productive efficiency (often just referred to as efficiency) is a measure of a unit’s ability to produce outputs from a given set of inputs. (Norman and Stoker. 1991). The efficiency of a DMU is always relative to the other units in the set being analysed, so the efficiency score is always a relative measure. A unit’s efficiency is related to its radial distance from the efficient or efficiency frontier (see radial measure). It is the ratio of the distance from the origin to the inefficient unit, over the distance from the origin to the composite unit on the efficient frontier.
Productivity In the case of a process with a single input and a single output, productivity is the ratio of the unit’s outputs to its inputs. DEA does not measure productivity, it measures the efficiency of the production process. Productivity is a function of production technology, the efficiency of the production process and the production environment.
Radial measure Both the BCC and CCR ratio models use a radial or proportional measure to determine a unit’s efficiency score. A unit’s efficiency is defined by the ratio of the distance from the origin to the inefficient unit, divided by the distance from the origin to the composite unit on the efficient frontier.
Ratio models Both the BCC and CCR models are called ratio models because they define efficiency as the ratio of weighted outputs divided by weighted inputs.
Reference contribution Reference contribution indicates the degree to which a reference unit contributes to the calculation of the efficiency score for a unit.
Reference set The reference set of an inefficient unit is the set of efficient units to which the inefficient unit has been most directly compared when calculating its efficiency rating. It contains the efficient units which have the most similar input/output orientation to the inefficient unit and should therefore provide examples of good operating practice for the inefficient unit to emulate.
Results Having conducted an analysis, the DEA model will produce, for each unit, an efficiency score, virtual multipliers, intensity factors, the dual weights and the slacks. From these are calculated the virtual inputs and virtual outputs, the reference sets and improvement targets for each unit.
Scale efficiency Scale efficiency A unit is “scale efficient” when its size of operation is optimal. If its size of operation is either reduced or increased its efficiency will drop. A scale efficient unit is operating at optimal returns to scale. Scale efficiency is calculated by dividing aggregate efficiency (from the CCR model) by technical efficiency (from the BCC model).
Slack(s) Slack represents the under production of output or the over use of input. It represents the improvements needed to make an inefficient unit become efficient. These improvements are in the form of an increase/decrease in inputs or outputs.
Surrogate measures Where a measure is “intangible”, in the sense that no quantitative data exists for it, then surrogate measures can to be used. Surrogate measures are used to represent factors such as environment factors, for example a “score” for the type of neighborhood in which a unit operates, or the achievement of an organizational goal (which does not have a statistically quantifiable outcome) and so on.
Targets The values of the inputs and outputs which would result in an inefficient unit becoming efficient.
Technical efficiency A unit is said to be technically efficient if it maximizes output per unit of input used. Technical efficiency is the efficiency of the production or conversion process and is calculated independently of prices and costs. Technical efficiency is calculated using the BCC model. The impact of scale size is ignored as DMU’s are compared only with units of similar scale sizes.
Uncontrolled (exogeneously fixed) inputs/ outputs An uncontrolled or uncontrollable variable (input or output) is one over which the unit’s management does not have control and hence cannot alter its level of use or production. An example of an uncontrolled input for a retail outlet would be the number of competitors it had in its area. Uncontrollable variables are also referred to as exogeneously fixed and non-discretionary variables.
Unit A “unit” is simply a shorthand for “decision making unit” or “DMU”. Units may be outlets in a branch network of banks or shops. They may be wards in hospitals or direct labor organizations in a public authority. Data envelopment analysis can be applied to any unit based process.
Variable Variables are the input and output factors identified as being of particular importance to the operation of the units under consideration. For example, number of employees, patients treated (per hour), floor space, sales, rent, number of transactions and so on. Classification as inputs or outputs depends on the process being measured and the goals against which units are being measured. What may be an input when measured against one set of goals, may be an output when considered under another.
Variable returns to scale If an increase in a unit’s inputs does not produce a proportional change in its outputs then the unit exhibits variable returns to scale. This means that as the unit changes its scale of operations its efficiency will either increase or decrease.
Virtual input/output Virtual inputs are calculated by multiplying the value of the input with the corresponding optimal weight for the unit as given by the solution to the primal model. Similarly for virtual outputs. Virtual inputs/ outputs define the level of importance attached to each factor. The sum of the virtual inputs for each unit always equals 1. The sum of the virtual outputs is equal to the unit’s efficiency score.
Virtual multipliers Another term used to describe weights.
Weight flexibility.(Weighting/ User defined weights). The CCR (primal) model does not place any restrictions on the weights in the model, other than a minimum (lower bound) on epsilon, as a result it is possible for units to be rated as efficient through a very uneven distribution of weights. This can mean that some or most of the variables have been pretty much ignored. The Wong and Beasley (1990) weighting method (implemented in Frontier Analyst Professional) can be used to add weight restrictions to the model, if it is observed that the kind of bias described above is occurring.
Weights Within DEA models weights are the ‘unknowns’ which are calculated to determine the efficiency of the units. The efficiency score is the weighted sum of outputs divided by the weighted sum of inputs for each unit. The weights are calculated to solve the linear program, in such a way that each unit is shown in the best possible light. Weights indicate the importance attached to each factor (input/ output) in the analysis.
Window analysis Window analysis is a tabular method which allows an analysis of efficiency changes over time. The user chooses a set of time periods and then calculates the efficiency of each unit for each time period. The efficiency of a given unit over each of the time periods is treated as a new unit. |
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I'll be here on and off today in case anyone wants to Ask Me Anything. Someone told me the questions here can be on any subject, within reason. Well, to me, "within reason" are the two lamest words in the English language, even worse than "miniature golf" or "Corbin Bernsen." So no such caveats apply here. Ask Me ANYTHING.
I've posted some proof of my identity on my blog: http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=2614
and on "Twitter," which I hear is very popular with the young people. http://twitter.com/kenjennings
Updated to add: You magnificent bastards! You brought down my blog!
Updated again to add: Okay, since there are only a few thousand unanswered questions now, I'm going to have to call this. (Also, I have to pick up my kids from school.)
But I'll be back, Reddit! When you least expect it! MWAH HA HA! Or, uh, when I have a new book to promote. One of those. Thanks for all the fun.
Updated posthumously to add: You can always ask further questions on the message boards at my site. You can sign up for my weekly email trivia quiz or even buy books there as well.[/whore]
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ducttapetricorn1639 karma
Nice username.
WatsonsBitch3063 karma
RationalArgumentMan701 karma
Holy shit. Jennings no offense but I honestly never thought of you to be this funny.
You're ridiculously smart, in tune with the internet, and you can draw-- I can safely say I'd be intimidated if I ever met you in person. Hell, even if you replied to this comment I'd be giddy like a schoolgirl telling all my friends.
Anyways, cheers from Canada :)
PS: Me being a Canadian and all, I have to ask... what are your views on cannabis? Have you ever tried it?
WatsonsBitch1547 karma
Never been high--except on a drug called Ken Jennings!
(Warning, Ken Jennings may cause drowsiness, nausea, "housemaid's knee," night blindness, paralysis, or death. Ask your doctor if Ken Jennings is right for you.)
BString243 karma
what does this drug feel like?
WatsonsBitch1344 karma
(On Jeopardy.)
(Unless you're playing a computer.)
kurosagi328 karma
Please tell me you typed that in Charlie Sheen's voice.
WatsonsBitch1018 karma
Oh yeah. It was hard to tell because I'm typing with fire-breathing fists. WINNING!
myfirstreddit369 karma
"That what they teach you at school in Utah?" --Alex Trebek
WatsonsBitch980 karma
GET OFF MY BACK TREBEK! Or "Chaim Trebekovitz," which is his real name. Just sayin.
puredemo1348 karma
Why is that, Ken?
WatsonsBitch1621 karma
Nice try! You can't win 74 straight Jeopardy games without also learning how to pass the Voight-Kampff. Nexus-6 babeeee.
mistborn1169 karma
I hear you had an awesome roommate when you lived in Utah who went on to write books and stuff. Why don't you tell us about how awesome he was?
I kid. (Only a little.) Okay, a serious question. How did it feel to beat Brad? I always felt you got the raw end of things during your previous meeting, coming in cold as you had to. In some ways, that free pass to the final round was a backhanded compliment.
WatsonsBitch1125 karma
Hey Brandon! I hope I'm allowed to out this comment as coming from bajillion-seller-of-nerd-fantasy books Brandon Sanderson.
Yeah, I felt like the buzzer gods were not smiling on me last time Brad kicked my butt. This would have been sweet, sweet revenge, if a supercomputer hadn't been raping me the entire time.
SpaceOverlordOfSpace274 karma
Sanderson and Jennings were roommates... Nerdgasm. Ken, do you read WoT?
WatsonsBitch942 karma
Sanderson and Jennings were roommates... Nerdgasm.
Our other roommates were Brent Spiner, "Weird Al," Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, 5/6 of Monty Python, and the lightsaber kid from that one video.
crlove952 karma
In the sixth season episode "See You in September" of the TV show "Perfect Strangers", it is revealed that Balki is a licensed nupitiki doctoruthiki, a Myposian marriage counselor. He administers the Myposian marriage test to Larry and Jennifer, to help them get over their fear of getting married. However, no mention was made of this in the second season episode "Since I Lost my Baby", when Balki and Larry attempt to save the Twinkacettis' marriage.
Was this a continuity error? Or did Balki receive this certification through some sort of correspondence course from Mypos at a later date?
WatsonsBitch1397 karma
I've thought a lot about this over the years, and have decided that Balki didn't feel right using his Myposian certification in his adopted country, due to the licensing issues, both legal and ethical, that even he would recognized.
And now we do the dance of joy!
TheCrimsonKing665 karma
You're a little too funny, did you hire writers with your winnings?
WatsonsBitch2725 karma
Bruce Vilanch is hiding under my desk right now. Unfortunately he's not writing jokes for me, if you know what I mean.
rdfiii662 karma
What is Alex Trebek like off camera?
WatsonsBitch1623 karma
austinhannah369 karma
Have you spent any time with Trebek outside the confines of the Jeopardy studio? Do you send him Christmas cards? Does he come over for dinner?
WatsonsBitch1231 karma
Alex and I don't get to hang out much due to the convoluted Jeopardy security requirements. I saw him at last year's National Geographic Bee in DC (he hosts, I was doing research for my next book, Maphead, about geography geeks).
So I don't know the guy real well. He's a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a Perry Ellis suit.
btrostelsc660 karma
WatsonsBitch2616 karma
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WatsonsBitch1606 karma
This is a like a job interview. "Well sir sometimes I just WORK TOO HARD!"
I can't sing. I've never beaten my wife at bowling. I have the same $8 haircut I had when I was five.
mopsled558 karma
I have nothing to say but your "What Be Ebonics?" answer was my favorite Jeopardy moment of all time.
WatsonsBitch706 karma
Some say funny, some say racist...you know, tomato tomahto.
Kemintiri558 karma
What is your educational background?
Do you really drive a 1999 Toyota Corolla still?
Who cooks the most, you or your wife?
Do you often get recognized in public?
Can you tell me a joke, please? A dirty one.
How do you feel about the strike in Wisconsin?
What would you give a Ted talk on?
In your next Jeopardy appearance, would you consider just drawing a giant penis where your name would be? Do they check for that?
Thank you for the IamA.
WatsonsBitch1420 karma
Went to high school in Seoul, Korea. Went to U of Washington and BYU. Bachelor's in English and Computer Science.
Yes to the black 1999 Corolla: straight-up gangsta.
My wife is an excellent cook and I can only make breakfast food.
Yes, it's like the first scene in A Hard Day's Night every time I leave the house, except all the girls are all in their eighties.
I am standing up on my desk right now holding a piece of paper that says UNION! just like Norma Rae, in support of organized labor in Wisconsin (I take bathroom breaks twice a day).
My TED talk is entitled "How to Make Love Like a Jeopardy Champion."
Jeopardy has made me re-write my name in the past (once when I wrote it backwards, another time when I wrote it in Cyrillic) so I don't think a giant penis would make the cut, plus it would make Alex feel inferior. But I did put a giant scrotum on the title page of my book Brainiac.
Captin_Obvious247 karma
If you can only cook breakfast does that mean you are not the one who BBQs?
WatsonsBitch713 karma
Wait, you're right. I grill too. Jeez, you guys are tough.
stinkytaco246 karma
Holy crap! I drive a black 1999 corolla. I'm going to be a Jeopardy champion!
WatsonsBitch832 karma
Plus think of the chicks.
makemeking706241 karma
I knew it!
WatsonsBitch692 karma
They're calipers. (screams at sky) CALIPERS!!!!
masonvd182 karma
Can you give us an abriged version of how you ended up taking HS in Seoul? How's your Korean?
WatsonsBitch562 karma
My dad served an LDS mission in Korea in the 1960s and always wanted to go back...we moved there in 1982 when he got a job at a law firm in Seoul.
My Korean sucks, sadly. I've forgotten a lot. Even without subtitles, I could usually understand Jin and Sun on Lost. Mostly.
KonaEarth264 karma
When growing up in Korea, did you bedroom have a ceiling fan?
WatsonsBitch1148 karma
Obviously not, since I survived.
mnelawar545 karma
WatsonsBitch1746 karma
My balls are carried for me at all times by the thirteen contestants who lost to me on Jeopardy back in 2004 with a negative score, meaning they didn't get to compete in Final Jeopardy.
They take turns.
yamminonem531 karma
Will you be the leader of the Resistance against Watson once he starts to control Skynet? Please, and thank you.
WatsonsBitch1220 karma
Once we are all working in the slave-pits together, I will try to put in a good word for you all. I will be like the old Barnard Hughes character in Tron, who remembers the Master Control Program when it was just accounting software.
puredemo487 karma
Did winning at Jeopardy get you hella laid?
WatsonsBitch1896 karma
Again, devout Mormon, happily married family man, etc. But luckily my wife has a weird "game show contestant" role-playing fantasy, so yes. Yes it did.
b0tfly193 karma
Many educated people do not believe their holy books to the letter, so you being a devout Mormon throws off my stereotype. Can you elaborate on how much of the book you believe is factually based?
WatsonsBitch753 karma
Luckily, Mormons are not biblical literalists. So you can choose to keep all the crazy stuff you like (Moses just turned his rod into a snake! badass!) and choose to ignore the crazy stuff you don't like (wait, God just sent bears to kill those kids because they made fun of Elisha's male pattern baldness?)
I'm not saying no Mormons are young-earthers...but let's just say you're not likely to see those ones on Jeopardy.
frothewin1373 karma
Actually, it was Aaron that had his rod turned into a snake, not Moses. I just corrected Ken Jennings. My life is complete.
WatsonsBitch1858 karma
Being corrected by you has turned my rod into a snake.
splinecraft439 karma
You're generally known as a Mormon, but you seem far more loose than the stereotype (using terms like "bitch," for example). It seems like you'd violate the prohibition on gambling with every daily double and final Jeopardy answer.
Do you ever feel pressure from your religion to act in a certain way in public? Or am I just misinformed about how strict the religion is?
WatsonsBitch978 karma
I feel more like the pressure is the OTHER way. People have this idea that Mormons are monolithically boring and/or creepily Stepford-y. But in my experience, that's bull, and Mormons are as diverse in most ways as anybody else. I think it would be cool if people figured that out.
So I just try to be myself.
watupmane428 karma
WatsonsBitch1083 karma
Yeah, Jeopardy is not Price Is Right...you can't get on just for wearing a military uniform or an "I Love Alex" t-shirt. Every night, all three contestants passed a very hard test to be there. Ergo, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers nearly all the time. So it just comes down to buzzer mojo. Which is why Watson won so handily...pretty hard to have better response time than a circuit board.
alettuce558 karma
My friend was on. He's an idiot. He knew none of the answers.
Lyrad1002307 karma
Is he a celebrity?
WatsonsBitch1762 karma
Is he Wolf Blitzer?
[deleted]173 karma
How did you prepare for Jeopardy before your first appearance?
Whats your favorite band/album?
WatsonsBitch675 karma
I watched the show obsessively. This is pretty nerdy but I even watched it standing up behind my recliner at home, using one of my son's toddler toys as a makeshift "buzzer." (Insert dirty joke here.) My wife kept score for me. We made flash cards of presidents and "potent potables" and crap like that.
Favorite record: man that is tough. I'm listening to the new Destroyer record as I type this. When the laws are changed I want to marry Dan Bejar.
xrm4361 karma
Be honest. Did you actually lose the day you broke your streak, or did you throw the game?
WatsonsBitch1207 karma
People keep asking me this. WORST CONSPIRACY THEORY EVER. Have you ever quit a job where you were making like $75K an hour?
But I think that lady who beat me was probably born in Indonesia, or Kenya, or something. Disqualified!
soupaman348 karma
What category would be a nightmare for you?
WatsonsBitch1497 karma
moodchanging310 karma
What's your favorite form of knowledge absorption? Books? Internet? Documentaries?
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WatsonsBitch1412 karma
There once was a host named Trebek...
I forget how it ends but YOUR MOTHER'S A WHORE!
WatsonsBitch2161 karma
Wait, I got it.
There once was a host named Trebek, Whose mustache was sexy as heck. It would have been weird If he'd grown a big beard, Like Conan, or Riker on Trek.
unfriendlyfire270 karma
• Do most people in the audience get your awesome sense of humour? Or do they politely laugh and give you confused looks?
• Do you find that people you've known before your fame have tried to be more closer to you than they were before? Has this strained any relationships?
• What is one epiphany/something that was said to you that made you realize "I can maintain my fame and not be remembered as just the guy who once won big at Jeopardy!"?
• Was money/financial security a big motivator when choosing to do books/talks/promotions for products?
• Most importantly, next time you're at the studio, could you please request that Sean Connery's voice be used for Watson?
Thanks for your time!
WatsonsBitch794 karma
"Do most people in the audience get your awesome sense of humour? Or do they politely laugh and give you confused looks?" I think you are projecting here.
"Do you find that people you've known before your fame have tried to be more closer to you than they were before?" Actually, no. People came out of the woodwork, but only in a good way. Like "Hey, I was in your kindergarten class, good job on Jeopardy." Keep in mind this was before Facebook.
"What is one epiphany/something that was said to you that made you realize "I can maintain my fame and not be remembered as just the guy who once won big at Jeopardy!"?" Screw that, I don't want to be famous. I keep getting asked who my publicist is. Why would I have a publicist?!? I'm just a guy on a game show. I got mine. I need a privacist.
I've heard that IBM really did consider using Darrell Hammond for the voice, no lie. That would have been the awesomest thing in the history of awesome.
tresser258 karma
Hi Ken, thanks for hosting an AMA.
Question: Are there ever times when you're in public and people try to call you out for a duel of random knowledge? Do you carry your own buzzer in case of such an event?
WatsonsBitch841 karma
Sometime radio DJs try to do a "stump Ken" thing* and people will call in, who, I swear, have no idea how trivia works.
"So Ken, my mom used to buy shoes at this place on 125th Street? It's gone now. WHAT WAS IT CALLED?"
*because they are idiots
jarotar255 karma
Suppose one of your hands was amputated and the only option for a replacement was either a lobster claw or an octopus tentacle. Which do you choose?
WatsonsBitch621 karma
Why do all the options have to be sushi? I foresee problems if your graft looked a little TOO delicious.
puredemo249 karma
Do you think you'll be asked to take over for Trebek when he retires? Would you do it?
WatsonsBitch796 karma
I doubt I would be asked...wouldn't they be more likely to go with someone with, you know, actually hosting experience?
That said, I would do it in a heartbeat. Talk about a dream job. That dude works like five days a month reading trivia questions (okay, "answers," YEESH) and makes millions. Plus millions of middle-aged cat ladies have sexy fantasies about him.
LxRogue237 karma
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myfirstreddit226 karma
Has there been any talk of a rematch with Watson (and Brad Rutter)?
WatsonsBitch596 karma
Only by Brad, once you get a few drinks in him.
I think both Jeopardy and IBM think they have gone to the promotional well about as much as they could with the Watson thing, and it will retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.
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btdubs348 karma
Rush Holt!
WatsonsBitch434 karma
Laughing pretty hard at this, btw. Rush Holt!
TokioHotel333217 karma
Not really a question, but you came to my school (Escalante Elementary in Utah) I think in 2004-05 ( I was in 6th grade) and talked to us all about your winning Jeopardy! I just wanted to let you know that a bunch of us wanted to sit up front because we thought you'd throw out money since you won so much! Haha...only in the minds of 6th graders...
EDIT: year was probably 2004-05. I have a hard time counting real years when it's regarding what grade I was in and what years correspond to it.
WatsonsBitch1392 karma
Sorry! Last time I tried to throw hundred dollar bills at a sixth-grader I spent the night in jail.
puredemo213 karma
When you were a software engineer, what language(s) did you program in? Do you still program for fun?
WatsonsBitch650 karma
Mostly Java. "Programming for fun" was always a foreign concept to me...I was not a great programmer. I pity the fools who are maintaining my old code right now.
Iamsqueegee205 karma
Why no love for Corbin Bernsen? He collects snow globes and plays a character on one of my favorite shows, "Psych".
WatsonsBitch679 karma
I guess I am unfairly conflating Mr. Bernsen with his sleazy "Arnie Becker" character on L.A. Law. Sometimes I assume Charlie Sheen is a crazy, dissipated party animal like his sitcom character too.
snatchyowallet201 karma
Say I was going to be competing on Jeopardy in two months from now. What books/resources would you suggest I look over to prepare?
WatsonsBitch1005 karma
Congrats! You will be joining an elite club of virgins.
Preparation: my book Brainiac is okay for that, but Bob Harris's book Prisoner of Trebekistan is better. (Mine is less Jeopardy-centric.) Mike Dupee's out of print How To Get on Jeopardy...and Win is best of all. But I think the title might be a little on-the-nose, don't you?
Don't wear a sweater, you will look like a tool.
puredemo197 karma
Were you always interested in trivia or did it happen later in life? Do you use the memory palace technique to memorize trivia?
WatsonsBitch505 karma
Hey, I just read Josh Foer's new book about memory palace techniques. No, most trivia people I know don't cram. They are just natural sponges for information. Something weird and genetic in the way their associative memory works, I guess. They are just curious about everything. And when you are curious about a subject, facts just stick. I did do some mnemonic stuff on Jeopardy to remember stubborn stuff that was too boring EVEN FOR ME to remember. Like: John Quincy Adams was elected in 1824. So I'd picture Quincy, M.E. working a 24-hour shift or something.
privatejoker86115 karma
Could you make me a mnemonic story about the moon and what year we first landed?
WatsonsBitch410 karma
Let's put it this way: it involves you, between the moon and New York City.
pytechd196 karma
Anything? OK. You state you are a devout Mormon. Create a Jeopardy category of "odd" things most non-Mormons would not know about the Mormon belief system. The more odd the better!
WatsonsBitch835 karma
Mormon trivia:
1. Christian Aguilera was born Mormon. Not our finest effort.
2. The original proposed name for Utah, "Deseret," isn't related to "desert." It's a Book of Mormon word (and therefore etymologically iffy to nonbelievers) meaning "honeybee."
3. Mormon congregations are called "wards," and dioceses are called "stakes." Some of our houses of worship used to therefore be called "stake houses," but this turned out to be too confusing. (Especially because there was no salad bar.)
4. Mormon scripture strongly implies that the apostle John, as well as three Book of Mormon disciples, never actually died but are still kicking around someplace. Awesomely, this leads some Mormons to repeat urban legends about "the three Nephites" miraculously appearing to help little old ladies, repair the cars of stranded travelers, etc.
5. My Sunday school teacher, when I was a Mormon teen, once memorably advised us that "There's nothing more overrated than sex, and nothing more underrated than a good bowel movement." It totally worked...I don't remember a single other sermon from when I was a kid, but I think about this guy exactly once a day, and then again once a week.
krillnasty193 karma
What is the most outrageous thing that happened during the filming of the shows? Did Trebek ever snap at anybody?
WatsonsBitch489 karma
I have told this story before, but the security on the show is pretty intense. I totally caused a CTU-like "shutdown" one time by changing my necktie using the wrong mirror--the same one Trebek uses. No contestants allowed back there!
I thought it was pretty funny at the time, except for all the crew members who probably got fired over it.
redorkulated152 karma
Obviously you are something of a Renaissance man when it comes to trivia - your knowledge has a fair amount of depth but an unequaled breadth. I think it's fair to say that our culture is moving away from that kind of knowledge and towards intense specialization - people tend to define themselves as experts in increasingly small and specific areas.
Do you agree that that is a trend? If so, is it a good or bad thing for us as a thinking species? As a culture?
WatsonsBitch425 karma
Yeah, I wrote about this in Brainiac. The problem with specialization is that cultural literacy is starting to disappear...there are fewer facts and references that you know everyone will know. Even something like TV--there are 175 channels instead of 3. This means it's harder to communicate. It's harder to get to know people.
You should be building colossal marble statues of your Jeopardy champions, people! We are your last hope in a world in which you have outsourced all your stuff-remembering to Google.
myfirstreddit124 karma
Ken, you have a way with the written word. Brainiac was an excellent read and I'm looking forward to your new geography geek book, Mapheads. Are there any works of fiction kicking around in the mind of Ken Jennings?
WatsonsBitch488 karma
I'm thinking of writing a bildungsroman in which a star-struck young quiz show contestant from a small town arrives in Hollywood, and the dark forces that try to corrupt him on his way to fame.
I also have a volume of game show erotica coming out in the fall.
By the way, if you are a nerd of any kind, especially a trivia nerd, I hope you check out my first book Brainiac. It's still in print at Amazon and finer bookstores everywhere. Or you can order a signed copy from my website. Or, if you like the smell of homeless people looking at pornography, you can check out from a local library. Plug over.
happytobake85 karma
Back when you were in the middle of your winning streak, I faintly remember Alex asking you to tell something about yourself, and you replied that you had killed someone. Can you expand on that?
WatsonsBitch344 karma
It was just to watch him die.
woongjin82 karma
What is your favorite Celebrity Jeopardy episode (from SNL)?
WatsonsBitch343 karma
Let's just say I tried to register on Reddit today as TurdFerguson. Shockingly, it was taken.
CoughSyrup67 karma
Do you have any advice for a computer science student?
WatsonsBitch287 karma
Learn Hindi and Mandarin.
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
WatsonsBitch264 karma
Dear Lord please don't REALLY let me be here all week...
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WatsonsBitch268 karma
Lawyer. If you have that kind of mind, you can be a doctor, but if you have that kind of mind AND ARE ALSO A HUGE SMART-ASS then it's law school for sure.
climbinkid63 karma
Have you bathed in a huge pile of cash yet?
WatsonsBitch358 karma
I have a big vault full of coins like Scrooge McDuck.
sadiewren62 karma
What kind of fiction do you like to read in your spare time?
WatsonsBitch135 karma
I just finished the new Jonathan Franzen book (it's good! Not as good as Corrections) and am working my way through the Library of America's complete Raymond Carver volume.
Turns out Carver actually wrote in a pretty conventional prose style but he had this overpowering editor that edited all his stuff into that almost self-parodic laconic style. Weird.
MikeinPittsburgh46 karma
Did you have a "Duh!" moment when you missed the final jeopardy question with your answer of FedEx or did it truly stump you?
WatsonsBitch283 karma
I always did my own taxes. I could have thought about that question for 30 minutes, not just 30 seconds, and still blanked it.
Constructive note to all the people who like to come up to me on the street and tell me how "easy" that one was and "even they" knew it: go to hell.
goalieca46 karma
What's your favourite algorithm?
WatsonsBitch159 karma
Bubble sort.
myfirstreddit46 karma
What happened to the game show that you were developping with Comedy Central? Is it just stalled or completely scrapped?
WatsonsBitch134 karma
Effectively scrapped...they wanted something "smart" to pair with the Daily Show back in '05. Freaking Colbert...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69354 | 15 Bible verses about Baking Bread (ISV)
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Exodus 12:39
They baked the dough that they brought out of Egypt into thin cakes of unleavened bread. It had not been leavened because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
Leviticus 24:5
Take fine flour and bake twelve cakes using two tenths of a measure for each cake.
Leviticus 26:26
When I destroy the source of your bread, ten women will bake bread in one oven. Then they'll return back your bread by weight. You'll eat but won't be satisfied.
1 Samuel 8:13
He will take your daughters for perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
1 Samuel 28:24
Both his servants and the woman urged him, and so he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed. The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
2 Samuel 13:8
Tamar went to her brother Amnon's home, where he was lying down. She brought along some dough, kneaded it, prepared some cakes especially for him, baked them,
Ezekiel 4:12
You are to eat it as barley cakes and bake it right in front of them, using dried human dung for cooking fuel."
Isaiah 44:19
Leviticus 2:4
"When you bring an offering that is, a grain offering baked in an oven it is to consist of fine flour baked into unleavened bread mixed with olive oil or of wafers made of unleavened bread and smeared with olive oil.
Leviticus 6:17
It is not to be baked with leaven. I've given it as their portion out of my offerings made by fire. It's a most holy thing, like the sin and guilt offerings.
Leviticus 2:5
"If your grain offering has been prepared on a griddle, then it is to consist of fine flour mixed with olive oil.
Leviticus 6:21
1 Kings 19:6
So he looked around, and there near his head was a muffin sitting on top of some heated stones, along with a jar of water. Elijah ate and drank and then lay down again.
Hosea 7:8
"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake.
Hosea 7:4
All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69355 | 12 Bible verses about Dissipation (EMB)
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Proverbs 19:10
Unseemly for dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
Luke 21:34-35
But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy - with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly, as a snare, - For it will come in by surprise, upon all them that are dwelling on the face of all the earth.
2 Kings 9:30-37
Now, when Jehu entered Jezreel and, Jezebel, heard of it, she set her eyes in stibium, and ornamented her head, and looked forth through the lattice. So, when, Jehu, had entered in at the gate, she said, Was it peace, when Zimri slew his lord? And he lifted up his face unto the lattice, and said - Who, is with me? Who? And there looked out unto him, two or three eunuchs.read more.
And he said - Hurl her down. And they hurled her down, - and there was sprinkled of her blood - upon the wall, and upon the horses, and they trode upon her. And, when he had entered and eaten and drunk, he said - Look, I pray you, after this accursed woman, and bury her, for the daughter of a king, she is. So they went to bury her, - but found not of her - save the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands. Then came they back, and told him, and he said - The word of Yahweh, it is, which he spake by the hand of his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying - In the town-land of Jezreel, shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel! So shall the carcass of Jezebel become like heaps of dung on the face of the field, in the town-land of Jezreel: So that they cannot say, This, is Jezebel!
Isaiah 5:12
And it cometh to pass - that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine are in their banquets, - But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And the work of his hands, have they not seen.
Jeremiah 9:3
Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
Proverbs 5:8-10
Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house: Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel: Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
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Job 1:5
And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69358 | The Millennium in Relation to Satan.
In our last chapter we saw that Christ descends from Heaven to find an organized effort to prevent him coming back to the earth. Under the leadership of Anti-christ, the kings of the earth with their armies assemble together at Armageddon with the express purpose of making war upon the Lamb (Rev.17:14). It is in connection with this impious revolt that we read, "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh" (Ps.2:4), laugh at their folly and madness, "The Lord shall have them in derision." As well might a worm seek to resist the tread of an elephant as the creature hope to succeed against the Almighty. As well attempt to roll back the ocean as aim to frustrate the counsels of the Most High. "For the Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall dis-annul it? and His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?" (Is.14:27). A short work will our Lord make of the proud rebels -- "And the Beast was taken, and with him the False Prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the Beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone" (Rev.19:19). This accounts for two of the persons in the Trinity of Evil. But one other still remains to be dealt with. Before the Messiah's Kingdom can be set up, the great Usurper must first be cast out.
The removal of Satan from this earth is described in Rev.20:1-3, "and I saw an angel [16] come down from heaven, having the key of the Bottomless Pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the Dragon, that old Serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the Bottomless Pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years shall be fulfilled." Satan will be "bound" which is the fulfillment of our Lord's word in Matt.12:29 -- "How can one enter a "strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house." The "strong man" is our , the Devil' his "house" is the children of this world, in contradistinction to the children of God who are the "House" of Christ (Heb.3:6); the "binding" of the Strong Man is described in the Passage quoted above from Rev.20; the "spoiling of his house" is the delivering of his captives (see Is.42:7). Satan will be "cast into the Bottomless Pit" which is the fulfillment of Is.14 -- "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the Pit" (vss.12-15). Satan will be shut up in the Bottomless Pit and a "seal" shall be set upon him, which is God's answer to that which we read of in Matt.27:66, "So they went and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch -- what he has sown that he also reap. Thus will terminate that struggle which has lasted for six thousand years, a struggle which has been waged for the dominion of the earth.
At last the "roaring lion" (1 Peter 5:8) will have been overcome, overcome by the Lion of the tribe of Judah. The Man with the bruised heel will have crushed the Serpent's head, and the word spoken in Eden will then be fully accomplished. And who can describe or even imagine the blessed consequences! No more shall the brethren be accused before God (Rev.12:10). No more shall the daughters of Abraham be "bound, lo, these eighteen years" (Luke 13:16). No more shall satan tempt and try, harass and hinder the saints of God. For a thousand years the earth shall be rid of the Evil One and in his place there shall come "Times of Refreshing from the presence of the Lord." And this leads us to consider,
[16] We believe this "angel" to be the Lord Jesus Himself--the uncreated Angel of the Covenant (Mal. 3:1). If it should be asked, Why term Him an angel? the answer is, To connect Him with Israel, the covenant and earthly people. See Gen. 22:15, 16; 48:16; Ex. 3:2; and compare Rev. 7:2, 3; 8:3; 10:1.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69359 | So I have raced TT's locally for a couple of years and have decided to (finally) get aerobars and am tuning the bike to fit, however, my seat at it's max tilt downwards is probably 1 degree up (see photo for how seat rises at tip.) this isn't an issue for normal road riding, but for tt and tri position it is uncomfortable and unsustainable for 30 mins. here is a similar image
here is a similar seat image (not my actual seat). I was wondering if I should add some padding over the tip (i normally shuffle forwards on the seat even though its as far forward on the rails as possible) or if i should get a new TT specific saddle (will this be ok for road riding?). Any ideas?
p.s. im a newbie to bike stack exchange, so critique me if you want to :), cheers
here is a similar seat post to my actual oneenter image description here
• have managed to help heaps by lowering seat a fraction to correct height, i might get a new post as well. cheers – W1ll1amvl Oct 18 '14 at 0:08
• What is stopping the seat from tilting? I had Bontrager I could point down. – paparazzo Oct 18 '14 at 16:44
• @Blam the pic isn't my actual seat, but it wouldn't tighten enough (i guess it was made for higher angle?), i turned it around and fixed it though. – W1ll1amvl Oct 18 '14 at 18:30
• Those two seat post are not similar. – paparazzo Oct 18 '14 at 21:32
• second pic is like my actual seat post, first isn't – W1ll1amvl Oct 18 '14 at 21:36
Aside from getting a TT specific bike,
1) Get a new seatpost which allows for more saddle adjustment
2) Get a new saddle
are probably your options best options. I don't think the padding will help. When you added aero bars, you changed the riding geometry, and pretty much aside from swapping out stems/bars and tweaking heights there, your only other option is a new saddle and/or seatpost.
I don't think the padding is a good idea, given that you shouldn't be sitting on that part of the saddle anyway.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69371 | I'm new to all of this... want some help with definitions such as GPU/CPU, etc..
Also, I understand BTC is no longer relevant in terms of individually mining... what would I purchase for under $200 that I could use to mine litecoin or altcoin or anything like that?
I recommend you try mining with your current hardware first for Litecoin and a less popular altcoin like Yacoin, then look to invest in hardware. Litecoin is popular enough that it will take you multiple weeks before you earn enough in a Litecoin pool to withdraw.
You can compare Litecoin hardware output here: https://litecoin.info/Mining_hardware_comparison
Yacoin is up and coming but is still low in difficulty enough that you can earn enough in a day or two and while using your CPU.
For an example to put it in perspective, on one of my machines, I mine for Litecoin using my GPU and I also mine for Yacoin using my CPU. I am getting close to 5 Litecoins mined but I have already mined over 700 Yacoins.
If you can get good graphics card with $200 install that in your computer and start mining newly launched Altcoins and later exchange them with Bitcoin
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69378 | Realistic Water Shader - CYCLES volumes
I’ve not seen many realistic cycles water shader tutorials on youtube or anywhere, so i tried to make one…
If you copy this node tree and add it to a plane with the ocean modifier applied to it to get the wave shapes.
Feel free to adjust it, it has many possibilities.
Hey! This looks awesome, much better than simple Transparent+Glass shader mix that I have been using. I hope that You don’t mind if I “borrow” the node setup? :wink:
Wait. You can use the Mix Shader in volumes???
^^ Yep - since day one.
I am sure that volume shaders had nothing to do in this nodegroup. The plane of the ocean is flat and have no volume at all.
I am using this:
You should notice that textures is also animated.
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Did some changes in material and replaced sun lamp with point lamp. And changed the scale and repeat of the ocean.
Wow sono2000, the sub surf with volume really kick it to the next level! I wonder what it looks like with a sandy beach below… must test. Great work and thanks for the shares
Do you not understand the fact that volume shaders works only for non-flat objects that HAVE volume?Ordinary shaders work with surface of the object and volume shaders work with inside content of the object, i.e from backface to backface, and if backface don’t have a pair, volume is useless. You may make backface have a pair by using solidify modifier, which makes the mesh manifold.Non-manifold meshes don’t work with volume correctly. You may experience the same effect by just placing black plane below.
And yes, did you not notice how small is the fraction of sss?First, SSS node is mixed with Glossy, where Glossy is 91% and SSS is 9%.Then they both mix with Transparent which is 92%, and they are 8%.And it all mixes with Translucent which is 36%, and all other shaders is 64%.Now, let’s calculate. 0.0910,0820,641=0,004783142 , half of percent, and I don’t see any point in using sss in that small proportion.
Personally I’m think that you have used mist. May I look at composite nodegroup?
As far as I can tell (and depending on the scene), cycles volume shaders work very well if the mesh is flat. If a ray goes through a plane and hits another object behind it, the distance between plane and second object will define the effect the volume shader has on the rendered pixel.
In sono2000’s example the water-object is flat and the pool is the second object, which creates a very nice volumetric water effect. Can’t find anything wrong with that :slight_smile:
Thanks for taking the time to check that, helge.
What? You used volume shader on cylinder and sphere, but not on the water. When I’m doing volumetric water, i place water plane at 0 height and a volumetric cube at -1 - -24 height, and ground at -25 height. Result of that is, the deeper you go down in cube, the darker you see, and far object is darker that near.
Two another versions of shader.
One with less diffuse and less bump (.2 big .1 small), other with no diffuse and bump (.333 big and small).
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Ehm, huh? Cylinder and sphere looks pretty emissive to me…
The last two looks a bit too silvery for my taste. As if both reflection and refraction reaches the environment.
Here, some volumes. Volumes is useful for underwater and smoke/fire/clouds, for other things it’s useless.
The same from the top.
Emission is volume shader, bot some people use it as surface shader, and this is possible, too, but only useful with flat emission plane.
From the manual:
“Lambertian emission, to be used for material and lamp surface outputs.”
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69382 | You’ve seen them before, maybe even crunched them up or created some crafts with them. But did you know that the pinecone has an interesting back story and history? Pinecones have been used and revered in many ways – check out these fascinating facts about them.
Pinecones are Related to Fertility
The ancient Celts and Romans believed that the pinecone was directly related to child bearing. In fact, the Celts used to place a pinecone under their pillow if they were trying to conceive. The Ancient Romans used the pinecone as a sign of their goddess Venus, ruler of fertility and love.
Most Pinecones You See Are Female
The pinecone that we all know and love and that is depicted the most is actually the female part of the tree! The male pinecones are smaller, lighter, and don’t blossom in the way the ones we see are.
Pinecones Were Worshipped Throughout History
From Mayan gods like Chicomecoatl, to Ancient Egypt Gods like Osiris, to Greek gods like Dionysus — the pinecone was a central symbol in all of their cultures. Even today, the Pope’s sacred papal staffs all feature a pinecone near the top. There is even a giant statue of a pinecone outside the Catholic Vatican in the “Court of the Pinecone.”
Pinecones Are Related to Our Brain
There is a part of your brain called your pineal gland, actually named after a pinecone because of its shape, which is also called your third eye. This part of your brain is responsible for light receptors, sleep, and spiritually speaking, enlightenment. This is why pinecones were highly worshiped for centuries and used as a symbol of enlightenment.
Pinecones Can Warn About Wildfires
If you see a pinecone on the ground and the scales are wide open, it means that the air is dry, increasing the risk of a forest fire. If it is closed, it indicates moisture and lowering the risk. When in doubt, look down and examine.
Some Pinecones Can Be Healthy
The pine nut is actually one of the most nourishing foods in nature.They are loaded with protein, Vitamin K, L, and B1, magnesium, and zinc. Also, many cultures have turned these nuts into coffee and jams used to treat many different ailments.
ALEX AND ANI will donate 20% of the purchase price from each Pinecone Charm Bangle sold to Plan International’s Because I am a Girl Initiative, a movement to help girls overcome obstacles to learn, lead, decide, and thrive in their communities around the world. One small pinecone can create an entire forest, unleashing a power that can change the world. Realize that you harness that same potential. Open your heart towards the sun, and thrive.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69384 | Photograph the Milky Way at Cherry Springs State Park
Cherry Springs State Park is one of the best dark sky park in Eastern United States, it’s an ideal place for astronomers and photographers to observe and photograph the night sky.
1. Check the weather
2. Get 1-2 digital cameras with large aperture lens and good high ISO capabilities
An EV100 around -7 is required to get good exposure for the Milky Way, in other words, that is 13s at f/1.4, ISO 1600 or 13s at f/2.8, ISO 6400.
The Canon 24mm/1.4 II USM and Nikon 24mm/1.4G ED might be good choices. You may want to consider rentals if you don’t use this type of lenses much.
You will also need tripods.
Equipments I used to photograph at the park
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Photographing the Milky Way is a tricky task, there are a couple of things you should beware of, such as using live view to focus, appropriate shutter speed, etc. Here is a good guide on photography tips.
3. Planning to spend the night at the park
There are campsites reservable at the park, you can make your reservations here. Note: You cannot reserve spots in the astronomy field, but you can enter before dark and stay during the night, a fee is required.
Since the reservation site is not showing the exact location of each campsite, here is a trick:
Click and open the details page of a campsite, look for the GPS coordinates and enter them on Google Maps, they are pretty accurate.
Most phones don’t work there, however there is a Wi-Fi network, the name and password is CSSP and DarkSky2015 (as of Apr. 2016)
Also prepare red flashlights, cash and expect cooler temperature.
Cherry Springs State Park is for serious astronomers to spend entire night observing the sky, you can’t use white lights or enter / exit the astronomy field after dark, there are also speed limit and quiet hours rules. Here is an etiquette document from Amateur Astronomy Magazine.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69389 | Upgrading Open Event to Use Sendgrid API v3
Upgrading Open Event to Use Sendgrid API v3
Sendgrid recently upgraded their web API to send emails, and support for previous versions was deprecated. As a result, Open Event Server’s mail sending tasks were rendered unsuccessful, because the requests they were sending to Sendgrid were not being processed. On top of that, it was also found out later that the existing Sendgrid API key on the development server was expired. This had to be fixed at the earliest because emails are a core part of Open Event functionality.
The existing way for emails to be sent via Sendgrid used to hit the endpoint “https://api.sendgrid.com/api/mail.send.json” to send emails. Also, the payload structure was as follows:
payload = {
'to': to,
'from': email_from,
'subject': subject,
'html': html
Also, a header “Authorization”: “Bearer ” accompanied the above payload. However, Sendgrid changed the payload structure to be of the following format:
“personalizations”: [
{“to”: [
{“email”: “[email protected]“}
“from”: {
“email”: “[email protected]
“subject”: “Hello, World!”,
“content”: [
“type”: “text/plain”,
“value”: “Heya!”
Furthermore, the endpoint was changed to be “https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail/send”. To incorporate all these changes with the minimum number of modified lines in the codebase, it was required for that the structure change itself happens at a fairly low level. This was because there are lots of features in the server that perform a wide variety of email actions. Thus, it was clear that changing all of them will not be the most efficient thing to do. So the perfect place to implement the API changes was the function send_email() in mail.py, because all other higher-level email functions are built on top of this function. But this was not the only change, because this function itself used another function, called send_email_task() in tasks.py, specifically for sending email via Sendgrid. So, in conclusion, the header modifications were made in send_email() and payload structure as well as endpoint modifications were made within send_email_task(). This brought the server codebase back on track to send emails successfully. Finally, the key for development server was also renewed and added to its settings in the Heroku Postgres database.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69393 | Google Play App Name – crafting a great App Title
The name of an app in a Google Play app listing is called the app title, and plays a big role in how Google indexes an app for appearing in search results.
Other components of a Google Play app store listing that impact how an app ranks and for which app store searches include the short description and the full description.
Google Play App Title
Google Play app name length
It is generally recognized that the less space in a field, the greater the importance (or weight) given to the field. Like a pyramid with the Google Play app name at the top.
For example, Google provides only 30 characters (spaces included) for the app title, with the words used in the app title carrying more weight than either short or long description fields (which have 80 and 4,000 characters respectively).
Not only are the words used in the Google Play app title important for indexing, the App Title also tells the user in a few seconds what you app does.
Because the title of an app impacts both discovery and conversion – an optimized title maybe the most critical piece of an ASO strategy.
An optimized Google Play app name
An optimized app title starts with understanding which features of an app are most in-demand or differentiating, and how the market is referring to these features.
Google recommends “brand name + key function”.
For Google Play ASO purposes, format the app title using the app name and the most important relevant feature (or function).
Google Play ASO is much more about relevance then trying to rank for words or phrases that have a lot of search traffic. Because conversion from search impacts what an app is ranked for, targeting relevant features (keywords and phrases) produces a far better result than aiming too broadly.
App Name Examples
A good example of an app title that makes good use of the 30 characters is
Google Play App Name Example
The Google Play app name follows the recommended format of “Brand Name” and targets a feature that is both their most important and clearly explains what the app is.
App Name Guidelines
From time to time, Google updates the guidelines and restrictions to app names in Google Play.
The most common restriction to avoid is creating an app name with another’s brand in the beginning or start of the app title.
Google Play app name guidelines
Complete Google Play app name guidelines can be found here.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69396 | Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Batman V Superman and Justice League
I didn't plan to write about this but I woke up with idea of what upcoming Justice League will be and I read this article about Batman V Superman's box office performance. This will contain some spoilers to Batman V Superman. I don't recommend seeing it but if you are going to see it anyway this will spoil one major plot twist and talk about dream sequences. Justice League prediction are based on what Batman V Superman showed us and many reviews and articles about the movie. Can't give credit where credit is due since I didn't plan this post and didn't save links. Most of it is my own prediction based of what I have read and seen.
Let's start with box office performance. News told how well movie did opening weekend but that is not all that matters. You had movie with three of DC's biggest superheroes and two of which are biggest superheroes even outside DC. You will get people to see it in first screenings even if the movie is bad one. It is more about interest of the characters and marketing. After premier movie's quality has something to do. It seems like drop between Friday and Sunday tells something about quality of Batman V Superman.
I wonder how global numbers are calculated. Movie premiered in Finland on Wednesday. I saw it on Thursday. Are those calculated towards global Friday performance. We had bank holiday on Friday so Thursday should have been quite equal Friday. Theater was quite empty then. Maybe it was word of mouth from Wednesday. Probably only us who had bought tickets earlier were in theater.
Batman V Superman spent much time to build up for upcoming Justice League movie. Too much and they may have told us too much. Even when they cut this from the movie.
I assume this was meant to be after Doomsday fight and it was replaced with prison scene because audience had to be hit in the head with fact that Darkseid will be villain of Justice League movie. Justice League movie is scheduled to be released next year. It is pretty clear they have the story set at this point. Question is did Batman see the future or were his dreams what he expected Superman to be.
I assume here he saw the future because it makes sense. Superman died in Batman V Superman. Rebirth was "hinted". In Batman's nightmares Superman was working with Darkseid's minions and Superman troops. This is probably what we will see in Justice League. Superman will reborn as something else or Darkseid gets hold of him. Superman and Darkseid are villains of Justice League movie.
Batman and Wonder Woman will form Justice League with others we briefly saw in Batman V Superman. In Batman V Superman Flash tells Batman Lois Lane is the key and Batman was right all along. This mean Batman knows Superman is good inside because their mothers have same name. Others don't believe him. They have seen Superman being with Darkseid and destroying Metropolis in Man of Steel.
Justice League movie is divided into two parts. First part will contain formation of Justice League and Darkseid's and Superman's attack on Earth. First part will end with Lois Lane speaking Superman from being evil. At this point Darkseid has practically won. Converting Superman will give Justice League first glimpse of hope. Converting Superman will end first part with positive note and hints fans will see Justice League they want in next movie.
If DC and Warner Bros don't stop the train here we will see November 2017 how correct I was. Maybe earlier since trailers tend to show us too much.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
I didn't have high hopes for Batman V Superman. I expected it to be mess with too many new characters introduced for Justice League movie. That was not problem. New characters were introduced but it only took couple minutes. We were only shown them. Movie concentrated on Batman and Superman. Wonder Woman was there to support them.
Some say Gal Gadon was great as Wonder Woman. I don't agree. Her action scene felt more like she was posing than fighting. Like watching moving painting. Some other scenes felt like that too. She was ok as Diana but we has seen similar thing done better before. I am not saying she did bad job or character was bad. She only felt too much like she was posing. I got same feeling from promotional pictures too.
Ben Affleck was good as Batman if you are ok with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns version of Batman. This Batman kills and brands ones who he let live. He uses guns. I am not biggest Superman fan. This movie made people react him somewhat realistically which I liked. It how ever didn't go far enough in it. Superman was guy who wanted to be good guy. Other times he did what he wanted and pushed others around because he was stronger than others. If scene required he was ready to die to save others. There was no consistency in his character. It is like they added too much into one movie and didn't have enough time for Superman's story arc.
Movie is big mess. One reason for it is Lex Luthor. I didn't get what he was supposed to be. It was like he was several Superman and Batman villains at once. There was one scene where he was like Joker. He didn't have any reasons for what he did. He was just evil and he made most of the build up for later movies.
Spoilers from this point on. Story is big reason why Batman V Superman is big mess and I can't explain it without spoilers.
Lex Luthor knew every superhero's secret identities. Lex Luthor knows who every superhero we have seen in DC Cinematic Universe is. Batman and Wonder Woman learns about other Justice League members after Batman decrypts Luthor's secret files. Luthor knows Batman is Bruce Wayne and Superman is Clark Kent. Movie don't think this is big issue. Luthor just uses this knowledge against Batman and Superman but after Luthor is behind bars it is forgotten. He won't use this knowledge in future.
Lex Luthor not only is the father of Justice League. He also called Darkseid to Earth or something like that. He knows about Darkseid. If he knew Darkseid is coming why he wanted Superman out of the way if he is not on Darkseid's side. Nothing in Lex Luthor makes sense.
Batman V Superman starts with Bruce Wayne at ending of Man of Steel. We are shown the destruction from normal people's point of view. We see how destruction has consequences. This turns Batman against Superman. This movie ends with even worse destruction porn than Man of Steel had. At least they don't tear down half of the city this time. They forgot what they told at beginning of the movie.
Batman is against Superman because he thinks Superman can destroy mankind and he has to be stopped. When Batman is about to kill Superman he learns their mothers are named Martha. This stops Batman and he becomes Superman's best friend. Superman is no longer threat to mankind because his mother is named Martha. This really happened. If this is not enough Batman promises to save Superman's mother he knew nothing about before this in ten minutes he has.
Superman dies twice in this movie. First time he and Doomsday are nuked. He wakes up from that. Doomsday kills him second time but he doesn't wake up from that right away. He gets buried but something starts to happen to his casket. I really hated this. They killed Superman but it didn't have any impact because we know Warner Bros have announced upcoming DC Cinematic Universe movies and we can be sure Superman will be in Justice League movies. I hate this underestimating of audience. Nobody thinks he really died. It only felt stupid. From now on what stakes does Superman have? He has already died twice.
When people say Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman was best part of the movie it is because her character was most consistent and didn't have these stupid moments. Some could say it is because she had so little screen time.
Batman V Superman was too long. There were scene which didn't bring anything other than show how dark and gritty everything was. Action scenes didn't tell story. They were just there. One action scene which could have had some story telling in it was cut away. I guess Batman fighting regular people doing their job was too much. The action scene could have showed how far Batman could go to stop Superman and maybe have some internal struggle.
There is rumor of over three hour rater R directors cut. I don't know what it could bring. Theatrical cut was already too long and at times boring.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Daredevil - Season 2 (2016)
Daredevil and Jessica Jones were best Marvel Cinematic Universe had to offer last year. They gave us darker and smaller scale view to Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil's second season takes everything even further with Punisher and Elektra. Both kill in comics like it is nothing and both kill in this Netflix Original like it is nothing.
First season basically told one story from two point of views. One side it was Matt becoming Daredevil and other side it was Kingpin's rise and fall. This time it is two separate stories which happen to happen at same time. Punisher has own story arc and Elektra has own and story arcs are not really connected to each others. There are couple overlaps but both stories run on their own.
Punisher story gets first episodes. When Punisher story gets to next phase Elektra appears and characters get connected to one story or the other. Daredevil has part in both but others are in one or the other. This made following the stories easier. You knew what story arc was going on when you saw who was in screen.
Story continues where first season ended. At times I expected similar reset at the end but this season ends with kind of cliffhangers. It leave everyone at different place where they were at the start. First season was introduction. Second might have started longer story arch. It is not clear what since so many things were left open. There were some connections to Jessica Jones. Rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe didn't have connections I could pick.
Second season of Daredevil is more of the same without doing the same thing again. My biggest issue was with cgi blood which looked terrible. I didn't understand why they had to use it so much. There were few minor issues but over all everything worked. Daredevil is probably best Marvel Cinematic Universe has to offer this year. Luke Cage will have his own Netflix Original later this year which could be as good. Movie haven't been as good lately.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Robocop (2014)
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Kvesti on Movies videos will return next month
I kind of promised new short movie for this week but I spend last weekend doing this. This is first taste of new and improved Kvesti on Movies. I wanted to make it much more science fiction and put more effort on it. This means there won't be weekly videos. I start with monthly videos and check if I can do more when I have learned everything I need and got the concept together.
Current goal is to have first video published during April. There are still many things to do before video is ready but I am going there.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Extinction (2015)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69410 | #100womenwiki – A global Wikipedia editathon in partnership with the BBC
Jimmy Wales interviewed at the BBC 100 Women event
Jimmy Wales interviewed at the BBC 100 Women event – Image by BBC/Henry Iddon CC BY-SA 3.0
By Lucy Crompton-Reid, Chief Executive, Wikimedia UK
On 8th December 2016, Wikimedia communities around the world held a multi-lingual, multi-location editathon in partnership with the BBC to raise awareness of the gender gap on Wikipedia, improve coverage of women and encourage women to edit. In the UK, events took place at BBC sites in Cardiff, Glasgow and Reading as well as the flagship event at Broadcasting House in London; while around the world, events took place in cities including Cairo, Islamabad, Jerusalem, Kathmandu, Miami, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sao Paulo and Washington DC. Virtual editathons were organised by Wikimedia Bangladesh, and by Wikimujeres, Wikimedia Argentina and Wikimedia México for the Spanish-language Wikipedia. Women in Red were a strategic partner for the whole project, facilitating international partnerships between the BBC and local Wikimedia communities, helping to identify content gaps and sources and working incredibly hard behind the scenes to improve new articles that were created as part of the project. The global editathon was the finale of the BBC’s 100 Women series in 2016 and attracted substantial radio, television, online and print media coverage worldwide.
The events were attended by hundreds of participants, many of them women and first-time editors, with nearly a thousand articles about women created or improved during the day itself. Impressively, Women in Red volunteers contributed over 500 new biographies to Wikipedia, with nearly 3000 articles improved as part of the campaign. Participants edited in languages including Arabic, Dari, English, Hausa, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese, and were encouraged to live tweet the event using the shared hashtag #100womenwiki.
The online impact of #100womenwiki was significant, however of equal importance was the media coverage generated by the partnership. The BBC has a global reach of more than 350 million people a week, so this was a unique opportunity to highlight the gender gap, to raise the profile of the global Wikimedia community, and to reach potential new editors and supporters. In the UK, I was interviewed by Radio 5Live and Radio 4’s prestigious Today programme, while my colleague Stuart Prior and I appeared on the BBC World Service’s Science in Action programme. Dr Alice White, Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Wellcome Library, was also interviewed by 5Live and Jimmy Wales came to Broadcasting House to be interviewed by BBC World News, BBC Outside Source and Facebook Live. The story was featured heavily on the BBC’s online news coverage on 8th December – with an article by Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight that you can read here – and the project was covered by the Guardian, the Independent and Metro in the UK, and other print and online media across the world.
Women editing Wikipedia at the BBC 100 Women editathon - Image by BBC CC BY-SA 4.0
Women editing Wikipedia at the BBC 100 Women editathon – Image by BBC/Henry Iddon CC BY-SA 3.0
The partnership with the BBC would not have been possible without the vision and energy of Fiona Crack, Editor and Founder of BBC 100 Women. After the events I spoke to her about what had been achieved and she reflected on how the combined reach and audience of the BBC and Wikimedia inspired and engaged people interested in women’s representation online. She commented “It was a buzzing event here in London, but the satellite events from Kathmandu to Nairobi, Istanbul to Jakarta were the magic that made 100 Women and Wikimedia’s partnership so special”
Clearly a project like #100womenwiki, focused on a single day of events, could never be a panacea for the gender gap on Wikimedia. After all, this is a complex issue reflecting systemic bias and gender inequality both online and in the wider world. With more lead-in time and resources, the partnership could have been even more successful, involving more Wikimedians and engaging and supporting more new editors. However, events and partnerships like these demonstrate that the gender gap is not an entirely intractable issue. Within the global Wikimedia community, there are a significant number of people who are motivated to create change and willing to give up their free time contributing to Wikipedia and the sister projects, organising events, training editors and activating other volunteers and contributors in order to achieve it. As the Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK, committed to building an inclusive online community and ensuring that Wikipedia reflects our diverse society and is free from bias, this is, inspiring, encouraging and humbling. |
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In previous posts I already addressed the issue of social media in the daily life of our churches (e.g. here and here). In one of the articles we read this week, the author Stephen Garner enfolded the more underlying and fundamental topic of theology and internet in general. Garner approaches the discussion by defining theology following Kathryn Tanner:
„Christian theology must be comprehensive because all aspects of the universe are in some form of a relationship with God, then theology must nevertheless grapple with the Internet.”
Tanner argues the theologian should not attempt to become an expert in all things, but rather draw from the knowledge and wisdom of others who are already steeped in that field. Theology as a relational event. Does this mean, that theology itself enables and emerges relationsships? And in a connection of theology and technology, does this relationship relate humans to technology or humans with each other? Garner cites Ian Babour, who defines technology as “the application of organized knowledge to practical tasks by ordered systems of people and machine.” By doing so, he positively values technology as a facilitator of relations. This approach is describes in three dimensions: Technology as liberator (like Arab spring), oppressor (mobbing and bullying) and instrument (as a tool). Garner opens a broad field of technology (applied to the internet) and seeks to link it with the reality of the church. I expected a further ecclesiological with a similar openness. Unfortunately Garner reduces his ecclesiological debate on the nature and purpose of the church. And grasps church as the organizational church (ecclesia visibilis). A turn towards the ecclesia invisibilis would have been far more fruitful. This would have opened a whole new dimension of the relationship of theology and technology (applied to the internet). Kozmo-Clark debate Richard Clark and Robert Kozma had an inspiring debate in the early nineties, which is known as the Kozmo-Clark Debate. Clark valued media as vehicles or instruments, which do not influence the content, using the example, that a truck delivers groceries but causes no change in our nutrition. Kozmo on the other hand sees a strong link and relationship between the medium and the information. He defines this link with capabilities, which relate to the medium in (A) technology (capabilities that determine a medium’s function), (B) symbol systems (:sets of symbolic expressions by which information is communicated) and (C) processing capabilities (a medium’s abilities to operate on symbol systems in specified ways). In a theological approach questions of virtuality and transcendence of the individual Christian and the Christian community would be required here. It can be connected with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) who predicted over 60 years ago an evolving world, shaped by science and technology, where individual human consciousness will transcend itself, becoming a communal unity of mind –a “noosphere.” Noosphere De Chardins thoughts where prophetical and trend-setting, but they are outdated now. Where are new theological approaches, that focus on the old polarity of reality and virtuality (in postmodern theories, they are no contrast any more)? Where are the new theological debates, which transfer the dialectic of body and mind on the discussion about internet and vituality? Social Media as a participative form of the life in the internet is more than relational, responsive and interactive. Perhaps it is in this sense more than a liberator, aggressor or instrument (to quote Garners categories). Is can be a liberator (as a ecclesiological community or soteriological hope) , a aggressor (with all the negative forms a movement can have) and an instrument for communication ad a form of share the good news) A theological social media guideline in my understanding of Garner would be
»Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks you about the hope you have. Be ready to give the reason for it. But do it gently and with respect.« (1 Peter 3:15)
Whats yours? —— Garner, Stephen R. “Theology and the New Media.” In Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds, edited by Heidi Campbell, 251-65. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2012.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69429 | Wtf does "dog" mean
I read many kids spamming "you are a dog" :"stfu dog" has the meaning of the word changed on the past years or what? How is being called as the friendliest to human kind a bad word. PLease explain to me because i am starting to believe that the new generations are the stupidest ones.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69440 | The Portable Veblen
Madcap lunacy! The phrase that best describes Elizabeth McKenzie’s novel, The Portable Veblen, is “madcap lunacy.” McKenzie names her heroine after Norwegian economist Thorstein Veblen, who coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” and who in 1899 wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class to critique the way people waste their money and their energies. The Portable Veblen riffs off the economist’s concepts, describing a collection of leisured men and women totally unable to function in socially acceptable ways. Instead of mature relationships, they conspicuously flounder together in “madcap lunacy.”
The catalyst that sets the plot in motion occurs in the opening pages of The Portable Veblen, when Dr. Paul Vreeland (an up-and-coming young Stanford researcher) proposes marriage to Veblen, an amateur Norwegian translator and a temporary typist with no college degree. He offers her a gigantically inappropriate diamond ring, along with his adoration. Veblen accepts. The remainder of the novel dances through the pre-marital negotiations—meeting friends and family, recognizing incompatibilities, discovering secrets, solving misunderstandings, ignoring reservations, learning to love.
Both Paul and Veblen come from what would commonly be called dysfunctional families. Paul’s parents are unregenerated hippies who live communally in northern California and tend to his disabled brother. Veblen’s father resides in a mental institution, while her mother, remarried to a milquetoast academic librarian, details her hypochondria to anyone who will listen. Paul and Veblen’s friends are no less peculiar, but none of them matches the lunacy of their immediate families. Overseeing the interactions, and providing its own nutty commentary, is a noisy squirrel who dwells in Veblen’s attic. He graces the cover of The Portable Veblen, and he plays an active role in its narration.
Besides talking constantly to her squirrel, Veblen clutches to her heart a very special book, Marriage: Dead or Alive, that articulates much of what she is fearing. A wedding is “no less than a boxing ring, two people facing off, acknowledging their separate identities rather than their union, in the company of all the people who lay claim to them.” She might be describing the entire plot of The Portable Veblen, as Veblen and Paul face off, fighting for their distinctly different personal needs in the midst of the all-consuming desires of their madcap relatives.
Dysfunctional characters and chaotic storylines often create tension in a reader, but this novel does just the opposite. The characters are so funny, their actions so outrageous and the outcomes so extreme, that this reader, at least, was chuckling at every page. When Paul invents a medical device that could make him rich and famous, McKenzie describes it as “the Swiss Army knife of brain surgery.” When Paul meets Veblen’s mother, she hands him a complete list of her medical history. “My,” he responds, “arranged almost like a CV!” Veblen’s conversations with the squirrel(s) are truly hilarious, as are her ministrations to her ailing parents and her contortions to try and fit Paul’s notion of a future wife.
Truly, the engaged couple and their caricatured relatives display all the kinks of Thorstein Veblen’s theory of the leisure class! Even the seven appendices that close The Portable Veblen hilariously summarize conspicuous consumption. In fitting fashion, they tie up stray ends of some very frayed plot lines and underscore the madcap lunacy of this very funny farce. – Ann Ronald
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The update from jquery 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 broke my code. I found out that the data() function is in 1.4.2 returning null, if there is no data. In the release 1.4.1 it returned undefined.
I was wondering about Ticket #5971, where 3 weeks ago it describes this issue turned around.
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The same thing here - this change broke a lot of existing scripts.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69461 | Is Jesus in the Psalms?
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The psalms are prayed regularly by millions of Christians. In monasteries and cathedrals, in parish rectories and private homes, followers of Jesus offer these prayers to God. Because of the spread of Christianity, today there are numerically more Christians than Jews who pray the psalms. This fact is not easily justified. For these prayers, which so many regularly use to worship Jesus, contain no explicit reference to him. Jesus’ name never appears in the psalms nor is there any overt mention of his life or ministry.
This absence of Jesus from the psalms is simply explained from a historical perspective. The psalms were written several hundred years before Jesus’ birth, thus direct references to him would be impossible. How then can we justify a “Christian” reading of the psalms? Does this practice not violate the intention of the original authors? Is not finding Jesus in the psalms an indefensible reading of these prayers outside of their proper context?
We may well reduce these questions to one: is there a valid way to re-read an older text in a new context? To begin, we will document the presence of re-reading within the scriptures.
Re-Reading in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
Both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures re-read older texts in light of new experiences. When the Jewish prophet Deutero-Isaiah wants to describe the return of Israel from the Babylonian exile in 538 B.C.E., he reaches back over seven hundred years to the foundational event of Israel’s history:
The clear references to the crossing of the Red Sea and the wandering of Israel through the desert indicate that Isaiah is re-reading the story of Israel’s exodus from Egypt in light of what he sees as a new exodus from Babylon.
In so far as we are able to reconstruct the history of the psalms, it is clear that existing psalms were revised and enlarged so that they might relate to new contexts. This process can be identified within a group of psalms called the Royal Psalms. The original setting of these psalms was to provide song at a royal ceremony. Psalm 2, for example, was probably sung for a Davidic king of Judah on the occasion of his installation. We can picture how clearly the famous seventh verse of this psalm (“You are my son; today I have begotten you.”) accompanies the action of the Davidic king as he assumes his throne. Yet even hundreds of years after the monarchy in Israel had ended, Jews continued to pray this psalm. The context had changed. No longer was the psalm seen as a description of the existing king. It became an expression of a perfect king, a descendent of David, who would some day assume the rule in Israel. Royal ritual was re-read as future promise.
After the resurrection of Jesus, his followers began to re-read the Hebrew scriptures in light of his gospel. Searching the Hebrew scriptures, the authors of the Christian scriptures drew upon the psalms more than any other book, with the exception of the prophet Isaiah. This reinterpretation was used to develop two major themes: Jesus’ exaltation and his sufferings.
Just as their ancestors re-read the Royal Psalms to refer to a future Messiah, the authors of the Christian scriptures now applied them to the One who they believed had fulfilled that role. In the baptism and transfiguration scenes of the gospels, the voice from heaven identifies Jesus as God’s Son. This is clearly a re-reading of Ps 2:7. The author of Hebrews is even more explicit in his use of this same verse. For when he wishes to show Jesus’ superiority over the angels, he quotes Ps 2:7 directly: “For to which of the angels did God ever say, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you’?” (Heb 1:5).
The second theme which Christians re-read into the psalms was Jesus’ passion. Psalm 22 was particularly useful to the early church in understanding Jesus’ crucifixion. Both Mark and Matthew place the first verse of this psalm on Jesus lips just before he dies: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34; Matt 27:46). Moreover, the evangelists use Ps 22 to gather details for the scene at Calvary. Matthew has those who mock Jesus on the cross quote verse eight (Matt 27:43). From verse 18 (“They divide my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.”) all of the gospels describe the soldiers casting lots for Jesus’ garments. John is even more explicit by actually quoting the verse of the psalm (John 19:23-24). All of the evangelists describe Jesus being given vinegar to drink. This is drawn from Ps 69:21, “They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” Again John emphasizes the use of the psalm when he tells us that Jesus acknowledged his thirst, “to fulfill the scripture” (John 19:28).
Many additional re-readings could be added to those cited above. Those mentioned here, however, illustrate that the re-reading of older texts in light of new events was a practice common within both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
The Validity of Re-reading Older Texts
Now that we have established that the practice of re-reading older texts exists, how can it be justified? Let’s begin with a contemporary example. On the first anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, a solemn ceremony was held at ground zero. As part of that commemoration, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was read. Here a text which was 139 years old was re-read in a new context. Clearly there were parts of the address which fit poorly into the new setting. The United States was no longer “four score and seven years” old, nor were we “engaged in a great civil war.”
However, other phrases from the address proved to be profoundly relevant and meaningful. The words, “We are met here on a great battlefield of that war,” assumed an eerie new meaning when spoken in the emptiness which the twin towers once filled. The sentence, “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled, here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract,” shifted its meaning from soldiers at Gettysburg to men and women—fire fighters, police, and victims—who gave themselves for others in New York. As the address continued, Lincoln’s words moved from description to motivation: “It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work they have, thus far, so nobly carried on . . . .that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” With that move, new listeners felt their hearts strengthened to face the upcoming struggle against terrorism. An old text spoke new meaning in a new context. Both text and context were enlarged by the re-reading.
This example shows that if the re-reading of an older text is to be valid, both the difference and the continuity between the text and its new context must be maintained. In the re-reading of the Gettysburg Address, the history of the text was preserved. There was no implication that the text was contemporary. No one supposed that Lincoln foresaw the tragedy of September 11th and sought to address it. Thereby the difference between text and context was upheld. At the same time, a continuity between text and context was made obvious. The national struggle, death, sacrifice, freedom, and resolve which Lincoln knew reinforced and expanded those same realities in our time, giving them a connection to American tradition and identity. It was of immense importance that the text was a part of American history. A re-reading of the same words, had they been spoken by the emperor of Japan, would not have been as effective. Because Lincoln was an American president and Gettysburg was an American battlefield, the continuity with an American tragedy was amplified.
When Christians read the psalms, we are re-reading old texts in a new context. We are re-reading Jesus into Hebrew prayer. If we wish that re-reading to be valid, both the difference and the continuity between text and context must be honored. We must not forget the psalms’ historical character. They are historically not Christian prayer but Jewish prayer. We should not imagine that Jesus has been “hidden” in the psalms by the authors who foresaw his coming and chose not to mention it.
At the same time, a clear continuity between these Hebrew prayers and the Christian reader is what validates a Christian re-reading. The God to whom the psalmist prays is not a foreign God to Christians but the One God who we believe is the Father of Jesus. The saving action of this God which the psalms extol in the Exodus and the return from exile is, from a Christian perspective, continued in the death and resurrection of Jesus. The perfect king for whom the psalmist longs is, for Christians, Jesus who we call Messiah. We can validly claim a continuity between the psalm text and our Christian context because we claim a continuity between Jewish history and Christian history, between the God of Abraham and the God of Jesus, between the hope of Israel and our own hope.
Christians must never minimize the difference between the Psalms and Christianity. We must never appropriate these prayers, as if they are our own. The Psalms remain forever the Songs of Israel, Jewish in their origin and nature. Yet Christians can re-read the psalms from our own context. For as long as we recognize our continuity with Israel, our Christian re-reading is an enlargement rather than a replacement of God’s covenant with the Jews. As the Jewish psalmist praises God’s beauty, goodness, and truth, we can validly re-read Jesus in his words. But we do this not because we believe the psalmist recognized Jesus in his prayer, but because, in the light of who he is for us, we see Jesus wherever God’s beauty, goodness, and truth appear.
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1. Karen Franks says:
Good Morning Fr. George,
This is a very good write-up on the psalms. Being in the choir, I sing a lot of psalms, and I never really thought about the absence of the mention of Jesus in our psalms. The September 11th example is a good reference as that date and what occurred will always be near and dear to all of our hearts. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!!
• Karen,
I agree with you. We use the psalms all the time in Christian worship and never notice that Jesus is never specifically mentioned. That is why we must strike the right balance between what we have inherited from Judaism and what we are enlarging through our own faith.
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For Germain Grisez, Christian moral behaviour – enabled by grace which perfects the virtues – is directed by practical reason towards the pursuit of integral human development. However in the light of his Creation theology his natural law ethics is less anthropocentric than one might expect: He not only recognises the interconnectedness of human and ecosystemic flourishing – describing the natural world as the ‘womb’ within which we dwell[1] – he also argues on the basis of their prior creation and Scriptural references to God’s love for everything he creates, that what he calls ‘sub-personal reality’ has ‘inherent meaning and value’[2], noting that St Thomas – in his brief treatment of the reasons why people should not be cruel to animals – overlooks ‘the irreverence towards God implicit in mistreating animals, inasmuch as they have inherent goodness as creatures’.[3]
On animal rights, the existence of which he attempts to refute, Grisez assumes that proponents of such rights necessarily reject the Christian view of persons[4] and attribute rights to beings based on their interests including the capacity for experiencing pleasure and pain[5], which cannot be morally determinative within his natural law framework. But he clearly does not regard animal suffering as morally inconsiderable, affirming rather that humans have duties of compassion towards sentient beings[6] and commending the active protection of endangered species[7] and provision for the needs of other creatures[8]. In an interesting footnote on vegetarianism he strongly suggests that he agrees with those who argue that common practices in animal husbandry and slaughter are unconscionable, but cannot conclude from this that vegetarianism is obligatory, since this is not the teaching of Scripture, tradition or the magisterium[9]. Yet he goes so far as to argue that human health and conservation considerations support ‘possibly severe’[10] restrictions on the use of animals for food from a Catholic natural law perspective, and links this with the preferential option for the poor in arguing that
some of the feeding and slaughter of animals for meat misuses them….because the agricultural capacity used in producing meat could be used more efficiently to provide more people with an adequate vegetarian diet…it is an abuse of animals when a woman wears a fur coat for the sake of vain and ostentatious display rather than for its suitability as clothing or a man hunts and kills wild animals for mere self-magnification.[11]
Grisez proposes two norms for Christian environmental ethics: Firstly in enjoying and using nature one should revere its Creator and secondly one should use natural things and other creatures reasonably and with restraint, or in other words in accordance with natural law and virtue. His teaching on environmental ethics is consistent with his general theory of natural law and his theologically conservative commitment to the truths of Scripture, tradition and the teaching of the magisterium. Yet the quite radical conclusions he draws concerning human moral responsibilities towards other creatures and the natural environment should not be overlooked.
[1] Chapter 2 QC 3c (p.104)
[2] Chapter 10 QB 1 (p.772)
[3] Chapter 10 QC 2a n53 (p.786)
[4] Chapter 10 QC 1a (p.783)
[5] Chapter 10 QC 1 (p.783)
[6] Chapter 10 QC 2a (p.785)
[7] Chapter 10 QC 2b (p786)
[8] Ibid.
[9] Chapter 10 QC 2c n54 (p787)
[10] ibid
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Restraining techniques used in laboratory animals
In biomedical research, rodents play a central role as animal models for genetic disorders and diseases. Animals perform well if they are accustomed to handling. However, they are not easily tractable, so researchers need hands-on training and specialized equipment for handling and restraining the laboratory animals. Improper management could result in stress, discomfort, and injury to the animal as well as the experimenter (Scobie-Trumper, 1987). Proper handling procedures should not only be considered within the remit of experimental work but also a part of routine husbandry procedures to make the animals comfortable (Thomas & Tilla, 2004).
Restraining is the procedure of immobilizing the animal to avoid movement. Restraining is done by safely holding the body or body parts of the animal manually or with the help of a physical device. Animals are restrained for brief periods, usually minutes, to administer drugs under study or to collect blood samples for investigations. Conscious animals require physical restraint during the experiment. You can use anesthesia and sedation besides manual control. (Thomas & Tilla, 2004). Correct handling and restraining procedures are touchstones for a successful experiment. This document provides a detailed insight into techniques used to restrain laboratory animals.
Manual Restraint
Handling and restraining procedures vary depending on animal’s species, size, age, strain and temperament (Machholz, Mulder, Ruiz, Corning, & Pritchett-Corning., 2012). However, all the procedures have a common underlying principle that they should not cause pain, stress, or discomfort to the animal.
One-handed manual restraining technique for mice consists of following steps:
One-handed restraint
Noise or disturbance in the laboratory room could disturb the animal behavior which could alter experimental findings and associated behavior. The animal is safely taken out of its cage and put on wire-bars or a rough surface for grasping. Gently approach the head from the back and firmly grasp the skin between the thumb and index finger. Grip the loose skin behind the neck to avoid turning of the head, while keeping the tail of the animal under little finger of the hand holding neck of the animal.
Note: Approach the animal with gentle, but firm hands. Too soft of a hand could set the animal free while too harsh of a hand could result in injury or stress.
In addition to one-handed mouse restraint, biomedical research uses two-handed restraint technique for mice.
Two-handed restraint
Lift the mouse by the tail and place it on a cage or a rough surface, then gently pull the mouse from the back so that it can grasp the wire bars with fore-paws. And quickly grab the subject by the scruff of its neck with the other hand. Gather the loose skin at the back of the neck to limit the animal. Now you can observe or inject the subject as per experimental requirement.
Note: Two-handed manual restraint is preferred for an inexperienced or a new experimenter to instill confidence in handling and restraining laboratory animals (Suckow, Danneman, & Brayton., 2000).
Rats are relatively larger and less cooperative than mice. They can also be handled manually by scruffing, gripping shoulders, or by holding from under the shoulders (Sharp & Villano., 2012).
As rats are less receptive to scruffing than mice, so this procedure is limited to smaller rats. First, hold the rat form its tail and gently pull it back on a rough surface. Second, clutch the rear end firmly and approach the animal from the scruff. Apply gentle pressure on the back and grasp the scruff from the skull base between palm and fingers of the hand.
Note: Rat’s head should be controlled with caution as its bite can cause serious injury. The abovementioned holding may vocalize the animal.
Gripping over the shoulders
With your dominant hand, remove the rat from its cage and place it on a rough surface by grasping it from the tail. Approach the head from the back with the help of non-dominant hand. Hold the rat around the thorax with thumb, pinkie and ring finger by keeping its head between middle and index finger. In this position, the animal could be injected or observed.
Note: Thorax should not be compressed firmly.
Gripping under the shoulders
Place the rat on a rough surface and grasp its tail. Gently place the non-dominant hand on its back approaching from the caudal side. Hold the rat’s thorax under the shoulder blades and gently push its forearms with the thumb and index finger. Observe or inject the rat in this position.
Note: Fore-arms should cross rat’s chin to avoid biting and turning of the head. Do not compress the thorax.
Ferret Restraint
Ferrets are usually aggressive and non-cooperative. They can be restrained by grasping from the neck and the shoulders. Hold the ferret with one hand under the shoulders by placing the thumb under the jaw and support the caudal part with another hand. You can now inject the animal or collect its blood for scientific investigations (Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals).
Guinea Pig Restraint
Guinea pigs are docile and easy to handle relatively. However, they get startled and disturbed easily. So they should be approached gently and softly to avoid frightening (Species-Specific Information: Techniques for Handling, Sexing, Injection, and Blood Collection). Do not move unnecessarily or make noise. Place the thumb under the jaw of the guinea pig. Support the caudal quarter with another hand. Another person should collect blood or inject the animal.
Rabbit Restraint
Like guinea pigs and ferrets, rabbits also need adequate handling and restraining procedures for experimental manipulations. As if not controlled, their hind legs can cause serious spine injury to them. Also, the weight of the rabbit is relatively higher than that of rats and mice (Rabbit – Sexing, Handling, and Restraint, 2017).
Check the condition of the rabbit before the experiment. Approach the animal with confidence as rabbits get stressed easily. Firmly grasp the rabbit from the nape of its neck. With the help of the second experimenter, firmly and gently place the hand on rabbit’s back. If a single person is handling, then a towel or a cat bag with zipping can be used to restrain the rabbit firmly.
Manual restraint is recommended for experienced and trained individuals, for brief periods usually for minutes. However, if experiments involve complicated and prolonged manipulations then, plastic or acrylic restrainers are suggested.
Mechanical restraint
Restraining devices for rodents including rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc. are being continuously developed to facilitate scientific investigations. These devices are usually made up of acrylic, high-quality plastic, glassware, macrolon or metal. A variety of designs are available depending upon the type, strain, temperament, and size of the animal. Size of the restrainer should be a prime consideration; the larger device can set the animal free while smaller can cause suffocation and breathing problems. Duration of restraint should also be considered, as most restrainers do not allow full body heat dissipation and consequently, raise the body temperature. One of the significant advantages of using device restrainers is that they enable the researcher to use both their hands.
Different types of restrainers include Guinea pig restrainer, Bowman restrainer, Ferret restrainer, Soft restrainer, Rabbit acrylic restrainer, Flat bottom restrainer, Broome style restrainer, etc. However, underlying protocol is usually similar (Donovan, Brown, Reeves, & Reeves, 2003). Procedure for restraining the animal with the help of a physical device is described below:
Plastic/glass restrainer
Put the restrainer on a flat surface and clean its parts. And lift the animal up by gripping its tail. Place the head of the animal near restrainer’s entry groove. After the introduction of the animal in the device, gently push the animal from its back and then pull it back to motivate it to enter the device. After releasing the thorax, maintain tension on the tail to move the animal further. In the end, expose the rear leg or tail of the animal after closing the restrainer for blood collection or drug administration.
Note: While handling rabbits, keep in mind that rabbits get stressed if placed in a closed box or restrainer for extended periods.
Restraining wall
The restraining wall is another example of restraining devices for the laboratory animals. The animal is grasped from the tail and lifted up for entry into the wall. Position the subject in front of the wall by keeping its tail outside the slit. Gently pull the animal back to motivate it for further escaping beyond the fence. Close the slit while holding the tailpiece outside. Now the animal is ready for experimentation like blood collection or injections.
Decapicone is made up of a thin flexible plastic designed like a small cone with a small hole at one end. To restrain the animal in a decapicone, firstly, it is put out of the cage and lifted up, then placed in the decapicone of appropriate size. The animal is pushed forward to enter the plastic sheet by pulling the tail while keeping the tailpiece out of the groove for experimental procedures or injections.
Decapicone is useful as thin plastic allows the injections through it. However, its significant disadvantage is that animals may overheat because of suffocation and poor dissipation of heat.
Chemical restraint
To avoid pain and distress, some researchers use anesthetic agents to restrain the laboratory animals in research labs. These agents can be used with adjuvants to get desired effects.
Dosage, intensity, and duration of these agents depend upon the animal’s size, age, nutritional health, sex, genetic makeup and environmental conditions. Anesthesia is usually given to the animal through intraperitoneal (IP) injection because it is regarded as a safe route for uniform absorption (Wixon & Smiler., 1997). The solution should be diluted 5-10 folds before the infusion depending on the size of the animal.
Injectable anesthesia
The protocol followed for anesthetizing the laboratory animal through intraperitoneal injection consist of following steps:
• Calculate the weight of the animal.
• According to the calculated weight, prepare the appropriate dose of anesthetic injection for the animal (for 15g mouse, 100 mg ketamine/20 mg xylazine).
• Restrain the animal manually or with the help of a physical device.
• Inject the mixture with the help of an injection intraperitoneally.
• Return the animal to its cage safely and observe the effects of the anesthetic agent.
Note: Respiration rate and depth are two commonly used indicators for assessing the effects of compounds on animals. Rapid or irregular breathing pattern indicate inadequate dosage while slow breathing suggests an appropriate dosage of anesthetic compound and adjuvant. Toe pinch can also initiate reflex extension of hind limb until adequate anesthesia is achieved. In rabbits, self-mutilation indicates positive anesthesia. In case of rabbits, anesthetics are used with extreme care as rabbits have caecum which can act as a reservoir for anesthetic agents (Species-Specific Information: Techniques for Handling, Sexing, Injection, and Blood Collection). Instead of atropine, glycopyrrolate can be used for rabbits.
Inhalant anesthesia
Anesthetize the laboratory animals through inhalation of methoxyflurane, ether, and isoflurane. However, for rodents, isoflurane and ether are not recommended as ether is flammable, explosive, and irritating. And isoflurane is lethal at even low concentrations. That’s why for rodents methoxyflurane is used. Methoxyflurane is flammable, so all procedures involving its use should be done in a safety cabinet or hood (White & Field.). First, prepare a sponge gauze or cotton sponge soaked with methoxyflurane. Second, place the soaked sponge on a raised floor to vaporize it and put it in the one end of a container. Third, set the animal on another end of the tank and allow it to move further in the container. Fourth, enable the animal to reach the sponge and breathe normally, then remove the animal from the tube. On the other hand, the induction chamber provides a more sophisticated inhalant anesthesia technique.
Restraining techniques and anesthetic agents are used on laboratory animals to allow blood collection or drug administration for scientific investigations and pharmacological studies. Researchers should know about the chemical and physical properties of the injectate. Consider concentration, pH, viscosity, pyrogenicity, and sterility before preparing injections. Needles and syringes should also be autoclaved or sterilized to avoid infections. There are different administration routes for rodents. These routes are mentioned below:
• Intramuscular
• Intradermal
• Intraperitoneal
• Subcutaneous
• Intravenous
• Footpad injection
• Oral route (Gavage)
The success of the research depends on proper handling, restraint and stress management of the animals. For that, the researcher should set the subject on ease. Also, they should be cognizant of the specific features of the animals like size, age, genetic background, and temperament.
The routes could affect bioavailability, suitability, and absorption of the administered compounds (Turner, Brabb, Pekow, & M.A.Vasbinder., 2011). Researchers should handle the animals with great care and patience so that experimental findings could reflect the actual behavior of the animals.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69573 | R.I.P Min. Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. Muhammad was a mentor to Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Ali; and his son Warith Deen Mohammed., the sixth of thirteen children to William Poole, Sr. (1868–1942), a Baptist lay preacher and sharecropper, and Mariah Hall (1873–1958), a homemaker and sharecropper. Poole’s education ended at the fourth grade. To support the family, he worked with his parents as a sharecropper. When he was sixteen years old, he left home and began working in factories and at other businesses.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69580 | 22 Sep 19 · npack · #Bigquery · Bookmark ×
GROUP BY clause syntax in Google Bigquery
The GROUP BY clause groups together rows in a table with non-distinct values for the expression in the GROUP BY clause. For multiple rows in the source table with non-distinct values for expression, the GROUP BY clause produces a single combined row. GROUP BY is commonly used when aggregate functions are present in the SELECT list, or to eliminate redundancy in the output. The data type of expression must be groupable
SELECT SUM(PointsScored), LastName
FROM PlayerStats
GROUP BY LastName;
The GROUP BY clause also allows ordinal references to expressions in the SELECT list using integer values
SELECT SUM(PointsScored), LastName, FirstName
FROM PlayerStats
GROUP BY 2, 3;
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69599 | Christian Obedience
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In a world of relativism, where the individual is called to assert himself and make himself the norm of truth, what values has the virtue of obedience got to offer? To what extent should we obey the State and to legitimate authority? Is obedience a blind compliance to authority? Does a conscientious dissent equate with disobedience? What is the process of discernment in the practice of obedience? What are the motives for practising the virtue of obedience? What is the relationship between obedience and faith, obedience and communion, obedience and charity, obedience and mission? |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69600 | Let $(a, k)$-SAT be $k$-SAT with the promise that if there is there is a satisfying assignment, then there is such an assignment that satisfies at least $a$ literals of every clause. Can 3-SAT with $O(n)$ clauses be reduced to $(k,2k+1)$-SAT with $O(n)$ clauses (the constant may depend on $k$)?
3-SAT is NP complete, while 2-SAT and even $(k,2k)$-SAT are in P. $(k,2k+1)$-SAT for $k>1$ can be viewed as intermediate between 3-SAT and 2-SAT, and arguably as $2+ε$-SAT if $k$ is large. The paper (2+ε)-SAT is NP-hard proves that it is NP complete (see also a blog post; also, $(a,k)$-SAT is $(1,a,k)$-SAT in the paper). However, its proof goes through the PCP theorem and thus (given our lack of knowledge of linear size PCP) leaves open the question of whether the reduction can be done with a linear increase in the number of clauses. Specifically, their NP-completeness proof uses a gadget reduction from inapproximability of label cover. However, they only use local inapproximability rather than the full PCP theorem (they require satisfiability of label cover instances that are $ε$-satisfiable everywhere rather than just on average), which might make linear size more likely or easier.
The paper shows impossibility of a natural type of gadget reduction from 3-SAT: Given a 3-SAT clause using variables $x,y,z$, replace it with a conjunction of clauses using $x$,$y$,$z$ and internal variables, with $x$,$y$,$z$ remaining the only connection with clauses derived from other 3-SAT clauses. The problem is not in copying the inputs (using repeated variables in a clause, even $(k,2k)$-SAT allows variable copying), but is more deep. Given a putative encoding of a clause $x∨y∨z$, a simple numerical argument (proposition 4.5 in the linked paper) shows that if $(x,y,z)$ values $(1,0,0)$,$(0,1,0)$, and $(0,0,1)$ can all satisfy at least $k$ literals of every size $2k+1$ clause ($k>1$), then by taking the majority assignment of the internal variables (across the 3 assignments), $(0,0,0)$ also satisfies at least one literal of every such clause.
The above impossibility argument does not appear to work if we define gadgets more broadly. For example, instead of coding a 3-SAT variable $x$ by a single variable, we can code it by $O(1)$ variables (dependent on $k$). This way, an encoding of $x=0$ in a gadget for $x∨y∨z$ might depend on whether $y=0$, so averaging the encoding of $x$ across 3 assignments might produce a bad encoding. If desired, we can also code $x$ by a separate set of variables for every 3-SAT clause using $x$, using a copying gadget (if needed, with 3 inputs so that every variable is used by at most two gadgets) to connect the clauses.
The impossibility argument also does not appear to rule out a reduction from 3-SAT using a one-way deterministic finite state transducer, augmented with $O(1)$ slots for variable names, with the ability to read a variable name, output a variable name, and create a new variable name. (Another natural operation is testing two variable names for identity, but that should not be needed for a reduction from 3-SAT.)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69617 | Ep 12. Profound Parental Performance with Scott Mautz
On this episode, father, keynote speaker, author, IU faculty, ex P&G Senior Executive, and INC top writer Scott Mautz shares feedback from his INC audience on the most pressing and relevant topics and provides his wisdom on finding balance between the business world and being a parent.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69628 | Saturday Morning
Why does the sound of rain gently tapping on the roof and windows instantly relieve stress?
It is a reminder of survival, an appreciation for being safe, dry, and warm, the most basic of needs.
Therein lies a secret to contentment; to remind ourselves regularly of the satisfaction of our basic needs, to appreciate another moment of survival, and forget the extraneous factors that cause us undue stress.
~ Vera Meum
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1. I needed this today. Thank you.
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2. Hi David, a lovely quote but it sends my heart out to those whose roof is the sky, far too many in the crazy world of ours.
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3. Love the sound of rain, David. And yes, I always feel so much calmer when it does. However, there is a scientific reason – Negative ions –
Have I ‘dampened’ the mood, David…? ^^’
Let’s forget science, and allow romance to be key, instead.
I love the rain… ❤
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• Your comment led me to two thoughts…
1) Deep. (Thanks for sharing Carolyn)
~Albert Einstein
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I agree with Einstein’s thoughts, to a degree; though, with less and less now being ‘mysterious’ there is a need to accept the ‘awe’, standing raptured, but with the knowledge of reality tinging the outline. Doesn’t lessen the beauty, or minimise the effect. Just means we are not closing our eyes, but with a clearer vision can still enjoy all the wonders and possibilities inherent in this our wonderful world. Science does not preclude the ‘soul’ effect. It expands the vista even more. (It becomes even greater.)
I love the rain… ❤
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The sound of rain soothes my soul …
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6. Perfect. And how I love a rainy day. ⛈
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7. A sensation like no other…
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8. It is strange how the sound of rain is liked so much, and also rain gifs on Tumblr I find are very popular – yet no sound at all! 🙂 Love this gif! The only thing about rain most of us don’t like – being caught out in it – without an umbrella! 😉
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9. I love when it rains. It’s like the cleansing of Mother Earth.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69633 | A NA Resources
(07/01/13 - 09/30/13)
The following apply when determining resources for NA:
Participants in Basic or Expanded Categorical Eligibility are considered to have met resource requirements.
Resource standards are applied to NA budgetary units when one of the following applies:
Any participant is disqualified for voluntary quit or failure to comply with NA E&T requirements.
Any participant is disqualified for drug conviction, fleeing felon status, Intentional Program Violation or NA trafficking.
AZTECS counts the resources IN FULL for participants coded DE, DF, or DI in the PT field on SEPA.
Resources of nonparticipants are not counted toward the budgetary unit.
NOTE AZTECS does not count resources of participants coded OU in the PT field on SEPA toward the NA eligibility determination.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69648 | Would You Want a Watch Made Via 3D Printing?
3D printing in the watch industry
We hear about all sorts of items being made via three-dimensional printing… but watches? Absolutely. In fact, over the past years, more and more watch brands have been using 3D printing in creating prototypes of watches that are in research and development stages. Yesterday, we wrote about Vortic Watch Company, which makes all of…
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69650 | What is openNURBS?
This guide gives an overview of the openNURBS toolkit.
The openNURBS Toolkit consists of C++ source code for a library that will read and write openNURBS 3D model files (.3dm). More than 400 software development teams and applications, including Rhinoceros®, exchange 3D models using the openNURBS (.3dm) file format.
The openNURBS Toolkit reads and writes all Rhino 3DM files. Additionally, the openNURBS Toolkit provides NURBS evaluation tools and elementary geometric and 3D view manipulation tools.
Unlike other open development initiatives, alliances, or consortia:
• Commercial use is encouraged.
• The tools, support, and membership are free.
• There are no restrictions. Neither copyright nor copyleft restrictions apply.
• No contribution of effort or technology is required from the members, although it is encouraged.
The openNURBS Toolkit is intended for C++ and .NET programmers. The toolkit includes complete source code to create a library that will read and write 3DM files. The toolkit also includes source code for several example programs.
The tools provided by openNURBS include:
• Rhino3dmIO .NET Tookit .NET Package distributed as a NuGet package. This contains assemblies to create and interpret OpenNurbs geometry. Also, use this to read/write the Rhino 3DM file format.
• openNURBS C++ source SDK and samples - the original cross platform SDK.
• Quality assurance and revision control.
• Technical support.
Although the openNURBS toolkit appears to be a full-featured geometry library, it is not. The toolkit does not include a number of important features, including:
• Closest point calculations
• Intersection calculations
• Surface tessellation (meshing)
• Interpolation
• Booleans
• Area and mass property calculations
• Other miscellaneous geometry calculations
openNURBS is an open source toolkit for only reading and writing 3DM models. Our full-featured development platform is Rhinoceros®. All of the above features are found in the Rhino SDKs, the toolkit used to build plugins for Rhino.
Who is funding the openNURBS Initiative and why?
Robert McNeel & Associates. They feel that the 3D market is stifled because of the inability to reliably transfer 3D geometry between applications. The problem is too big for us to solve alone. By funding the operating cost of openNURBS, others will get involved in the toolkit design and development. It will be a much cheaper and effective way to solve the problem. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/69651 | How effective is aviation security?
Having just gotten back from a grueling 4-leg trip to Hawaii, along with numerous air flights in-between islands, I have to say that security was less on my minds than was crashing from pilot error, mechanical failure, or flying through a thunderstorm (as almost happened out of Oahu). First on my list of concerns was the hassle of getting through security; I had nothing to hide, but I was nervous like a criminal about to be caught for smuggling a pound of blow in my rectum. And it was all about shoes, belts, laptops, SCUBA equipment, and shampoo containers in a Ziploc bag.
A “movie-plot threat” is an overly specific attack scenario. Whether it’s terrorists with crop dusters, terrorists contaminating the milk supply, or terrorists attacking the Olympics, specific stories affect our emotions more intensely than mere data does.
Stories are what we fear. It’s not just hypothetical stories — terrorists flying planes into buildings, terrorists with explosives strapped to their legs or with bombs in their shoes, and terrorists with guns and bombs waging a co-ordinated attack against a city are even scarier movie-plot threats because they actually happened.
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