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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55304	1. Education The Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactor Earth does many surprising things, for instance explosions of diamonds, volcanoes of carbonate lava, eruptions of asphalt and red lightning flashing upward toward space. But Earth's neatest trick may be the time it created a nuclear reactor all by itself. Today nuclear reactors generally work by using uranium artificially enriched in the one isotope, U-235, that fissions the most so that an energy-producing chain reaction can take place. Without enrichment, you can pile up tons of uranium and it won't make any perceptible heat. Nevertheless, in 1972 the remains of a natural, spontaneously formed uranium reactor were found in ancient rocks of the African nation of Gabon, in the Oklo uranium mine. To understand what happened next, you need to know a little about nuclear reactors. The nuclei of uranium atoms normally decay with the release of energetic neutrons—so energetic that they fly away without interacting with other uranium nuclei. The neutrons need to be slowed down before they can start splitting other uranium nuclei, which release more neutrons and start a feedback cycle. Something needs to moderate the neutrons. The first artificial reactor, built in 1942, used balls of enriched uranium spread out inside a large pile of graphite blocks, which served as a moderator. But water acts as a moderator, too. At Oklo there was a lot of water, probably a river flowing above the buried orebody. The water allowed the nuclear interactions to reach the critical point, and the reactor began to work. But as it heated up, the water turned to steam and flowed away. With the moderator gone, the chain reaction stopped and did not start again until the orebody cooled and the water returned. This simple feedback cycle kept the Oklo reactors (there were at least a dozen of them) active until the U-235 was depleted. That took about a million years. When the Oklo mine was producing ore in the 1970s it was that telltale depletion of U-235, unheard-of in nature, that tipped scientists off. A remarkable thing about the Oklo reactors is that the highly radioactive waste products stayed put without the elaborate containment we use today on nuclear power plant waste. More than a billion years later, everything is contained within a few meters of its source. Recently a team of scientists took advantage of this excellent preservation and studied the isotopes of xenon gas—a product of uranium decay—trapped in phosphate minerals at Oklo. Led by Alex Meshik of Washington University of St. Louis, they reported in 2004 that the reactor went through eight cycles a day, running for 30 minutes then shutting down for two and a half hours. The whole thing is reminiscent of geysers. Why was uranium so much more radioactive then? That is a deep question that points to the very origin of the solar system. The formation of the planets (and the Sun) from an original cloud of dust and gas apparently was triggered by the explosion of a nearby supernova. Only a supernova can manufacture elements heavier than iron, including uranium. With a half-life of 700 million years, U-235 started out making up nearly half of all uranium when the solar system began some 4560 million years ago. Many shorter-lived radioisotopes that existed in the beginning, like aluminum-26, have become extinct. We know of their former existence by the presence of their decay products in ancient meteorites—nuclear fossils. ©2014 About.com. All rights reserved.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55305	1. Education Pictures of Metamorphic Rock Types Gneiss ("nice") is a rock of great variety with large mineral grains arranged in wide bands. It means a type of rock texture, not a composition. (more below) Makes up the lower crust Gneiss is a typical rock type formed by regional metamorphism, in which a sedimentary or igneous rock has been deeply buried and subjected to high temperatures and pressures. Nearly all traces of the original structures (including fossils) and fabric (such as layering and ripple marks) are wiped out as the minerals migrate and recrystallize. The streaks contain minerals, like hornblende, that don't occur in sedimentary rocks. In gneiss, less than 50 percent of the minerals are aligned in thin, foliated layers. You can see that unlike schist, which is more strongly aligned, gneiss doesn't fracture along the planes of the mineral streaks. And thicker veins of large-grained minerals form in it, unlike the more evenly layered appearance of schist. With still more metamorphism, gneisses can turn to migmatite and then totally recrystallize into granite. Despite its highly altered nature, gneiss can preserve chemical evidence of its history, especially in minerals like zircon which resist metamorphism. The oldest Earth rocks known are gneisses from Acasta, in northern Cananda, that are more than 4 billion years old. Gneiss makes up the largest part of the Earth's lower crust. Pretty much everywhere on the continents, you will drill straight down and eventually strike gneiss. Gneiss is an old German word meaning bright or sparkling. For more photos see the Metamorphic Rocks Gallery. 1. About.com 2. Education 3. Geology ©2014 About.com. All rights reserved.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55323	View Single Post Old 10-07-2012, 16:38 #5 Senior Member RonS's Avatar Join Date: May 1999 Location: Oh, USA Posts: 10,903 I've scoped a revolver and liked shooting it. Used a Burris scope on a Dan Wesson 8" .357 and a TC Contender .22 Hornet but I think on a Glock I'd want a slide mounted red dot and hold my shots to a shorter range. RonS is offline Reply With Quote
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55338	Enhancements to Google News for smartphones Monday, November 8, 2010 3:45 PM Last November, we redesigned Google News for mobile access on smartphones including Android, iPhone and Palm Pre. Today, we're globally rolling out new usability and visual enhancements that we hope will make browsing news on your smartphone easier. We expanded the story space to make tapping on articles easier and more accurate. Tapping anywhere on an article headline or snippet opens it up, and clicking on a section heading opens up that topic section on your screen. In addition, the default view of stories is now collapsed which reduces scrolling time. You can 'expand' a story by tapping on 'More sources', which brings you to related stories from other sources. The screenshots below show the collapsed and expanded view of a story. So, pick up your smartphone, point your browser to, and catch up on news on the go.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55342	February 19, 2008 Should Chris Dillow be hated for living in England? Chris Dillow justifies class hatred over on his blog: for him it is a payback for the fact that the middle class have so many advantages in life from educated parents to moneyed lives and even nepotism. Chris argues this with his usual persuasiveness- but his case is pretty bad and even Chris can't really sustain it. Its available to attack on so many different measures but I wish to concentrate on two particular reasons why Chris is wrong to laud class hatred. (Particularly as I like Chris want to erode class with policies that would promote equality.) 1. Class is not the only way of distinguishing advantage. I know plenty of middle class people who were born with MS, ME, deep diseases of the mind and body- does Chris believe that the ill are entitled to hate the well, that the depressed entitled to hate the happy. Furthermore would he not agree that irrespective of the vast class divisions in England, they are as nothing compared to the vast divisions between nations. Would Chris not agree that on the same logic he advances for class hatred, then Zimbabweans and Bangladeshis should hate that epitome of white privilege, Mr Dillow? Hating people for what they cannot change is foolish, and its even more foolish when you consider that though evaluating the desert of various classes is easy, evaluating the desert of individuals is much harder. Would Chris not agree that he deserves hatred because he was born with, completely irrespective of his merits, the talent to get a job- the genetic inheritance to do well and the luck of life to exploit that inheritance. 2. Hatred is a destructive emotion. It does not help anyone who feels it, less than those who don't. We have had hundreds of years of class hatred- but I don't see the working class storming the barricades. Rather I think hatred encourages people to try and stuff the middle class by earning more than their contemporaries who went to Harrow. Far from encouraging egalitarianism, this is a different form of Toryism: its the argument that if only we could have a pure meritocracy, the people at the top would deserve their places there in some sense. Genetic advantage good, environmental advantage bad. Class hatred, just like the even more justified ethnic hatred that on Chris's argument Africans ought to feel for anyone in the West, often makes people throw their hands up in frustration rather than achieving things in life. And some of those that succeed- assume that they are so justified by their success, that they spend money and time combatting any attempts to make society more equal. (Chris suggests that anyone middle class who hasn't ended class deserves hatred: I'm not sure why its only background that he mentions there- surely that applies to those who become middle class as well). The truth is that noone in society deserves their wealth. We are all the product of random events from our birth forwards, and if we are successful, we are purely lucky. Genetics, environmental factors, even the moment when we got an interview and the other guy didn't all add up to make me suspect that it would take only a slight misstep for all our destinies to change completely. If we are to hate privilege, then we should hate success- which would produce interesting incentives within society. Furthermore we should pay much more attention to what people do with their wealth, than how they got it. If Chris wants to really hate someone, then why not look at the percentages of money that people give to charity from their own fortunes. Ultimately I think that Peter Moores deserves more praise than Piers Morgan. The first went to Oxford and Eton, but then proceeded to give away 141 million pounds to charity- helping struggling artists get their lives together. The second went to a comprehensive and is nothing but a scumbag and an idiot and has used his success to hurt and destroy other people. The same could be said of leading economist J.M. Keynes, impecably leftwing and middle class, and the McCarthyite yet working class Horatio Bottomley. Ultimately it doesn't matter in life where you came from, its what you do with what abilities you have, in particular whether you use them to help your fellow man that matters. Political Umpire said... I was sure the article was some sort of lame satire. For example, here's the great line: "abolish class divisions" Name me a society in history with no class divisions. What would it mean to 'abolish' them? That I would be forced to eat cheap takeaways, watch eastenders, speak like John Prescott and get interested in football? Gracchi said... In which case I just had my wisdom teeth out and obviously didn't get it :) James Hamilton said... No, that chippiness post earlier gives the game away: it's not satire,and it's all about finding "political" (and therefore, at least to CD, worthy) excuses for hating people with a posh accent (his only yardstick for deciding that someone should be in receipt of class hatred, if you put the two posts together). Really, it's a thoroughly nasty piece - if not out of kilter with quite a few other posts of his - and he deserves the pasting he's taken in the comments. chris said... I didin't intend it as satire. It's interesting, though, that class hatred can be directed at immigrants, the long-term unemployed and those on Incapacity Benefit every day, and yet the moment the target's changed, everyone gets upset. As for your Zimbabwe analogy, there are two possible differences. One is that we in the west aren't necesarily rich because Zimbabweans are poor, in the way that some of the western rich are rich because some of the western poor are (relatively) poor. Also, I've done nothing to stop Zimbabweans coming here, and nothing to deny them opportunities in the way the middle class deny the poor opportunities. Quite the opposite; I've argued long and lonely for free migration. Also, I think your point about there being other sources of luck misses the point. I agree that luck is very important, but when some people always do better than others, it's not luck but a rigged game. One other thing - I'm not consumed with hate or embittered; my distate for people like Max is purely aesthetic. James Hamilton said... "It's interesting, though, that class hatred can be directed at immigrants, the long-term unemployed and those on Incapacity Benefit every day, and yet the moment the target's changed, everyone gets upset." No it isn't, and no it can't, not at least in the terms you yourself set. "Interesting" = bloody dishonest. I'm disappointed but not surprised. Read some of the criticism rather than shoving it onto other kinds of bigot. As for your hatred being aesthetic, how elegant of you: let me take you by the hand and introduce you to some people for whom it was less distant. Gracchi said... Chris I object against hatred for immigrants or other classes of people as I'm sure you may have noticed on this blog. I generally object to treating people in groups or classes- whatever those are. In terms of the other forms of luck- well its not necessarily true that every middle class person succeeds as well. There are constellations of luck which take people towards success- one of which can be class- but others are there too (few Down Syndrome sufferers are ever 'successful' in your terms at the moment but none of them 'deserved' their disease). As to the Zimbabwean point, fair point but on the other hand you are in the position there of the pious Etonian who is an ineffective socialist. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that you were consumed by hatred- having met you, I know that's not true- but the post is not a good one. It stigmatises a group of people as a class, rather than dealing with individuals. Ultimately deciding about whether people are to be hated can only be done on individual grounds about their moral choices- (though a class distinguished by bad moral choice like holocaust perpetrators can be hated) and not upon the accent that someone has or the advantages that someone has. I think that's just a philosophical difference between us. Anonymous said... Dillow has a rather unusual take on life, which seems to be the result of his experiences at Oxford University, the city and living in Belsize Park.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55353	What is the most important plant to humans? 1. 0 Votes That is highly dependent on what continent one lives on. Corn is the most important plant to humans in North and Central America. In the U.S. corn has been processed into innumerable food additives which are found in nearly every processed food. It also serves as the primary feed for most livestock. Michael Pollan’s book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” does a great job at explaining the dominance of corn in American food culture. Please signup or login to answer this question.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55375	Surat an-Nahl, 95 (Oaths that would damage friendship and love are not acceptable) Enlarge video "Do not make your oaths a means of wrongdoing among one another." For instance one says; "I swear that I will never talk to you again, I give my solemn oath that I won't talk to you." Or he says; "I swear that I will never eat this food when I am beside you." Or "I swear that I won't listen to music when I am with you." So such an oath would be religiously forbidden. For once there would be no such oath. Or your foot will slip after it was firmly placed. So Allah says you would slip. … and you will taste evil for barring access to the Way of Allah. So Allah says "I will give you trouble." And you will have a terrible punishment. Allah says such an oath is not acceptable. Oaths that would damage friendship that would damage love are not acceptable. For instance he swears that he won't see someone ever again, that is not acceptable. Do not sell Allah's contract for a paltry price. So Allah says; "Do not swear such oaths for a paltry price. What is with Allah is better for you if you only knew. What is with you runs out but what is with Allah goes on forever. So that means both your possessions and your money would run out. But what is with Allah would never end, says Allah. It would never ever end. Those who were steadfast will be recompensed according to the best of what they did. (Surat an-Nahl, 95) The abjad (alpha-numerical) calculation of this verse gives 2015, insha'Allah. That is a verse referring to the system of the Mahdi. 2011-05-31 15:21:31 © 1994 Harun Yahya. www.harunyahya.com - [email protected]
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55377	Courtesy of the Pacific Academy for Advanced Studies Hosted by Universidad Francisco Leo Rosten interviews Friedrich A. Hayek (Part III) Get the Flash Player to see this player. Mark Video Segment: [Hide] Right click this link and add to bookmarks: Dock windowSearch Loading ... About this video Dr. Hayek challenges modern methodologies in economics, emphasizing the importance of theory over data. He describes the failure of governments to manage the money supply, the development of observed business cycles, and the morality of the market. The limits of politicians relying on advice from economists as well as the importance of legal positivism in shaping laws are also examined. Finally, he discusses changes he would like to see made to the U.S. Constitution and the influence of modern anthropology. Interview with Friedrich A. Hayek by Leo Rosten (Part III) Digitized by: New Media - UFM. Digitization: Mario Estrada, Jorge Samayoa; content analysis: Alex Weller; content reviser: Daphne Ortiz, Jennifer Keller; publication: Rebeca Zuñiga More Interviews Dock windowTranscript ROSTEN: Dr. Hayek, I'm interested in your impressions of the empirical work that was being done by American economists. When you came here, it must have struck you rather forcibly--the stuff that was being done at the National Bureau [of Economic Research], stuff on business cycles, in which I think you were interested at one point. HAYEK: Well, I got interested by my visit to the United States. You see, when I came here as a young man in '23, I found they had nothing here to learn in economic theory. The American economic theorists had a great reputation at that time, but by the time I arrived, the few who were surviving were old men. And current teaching wasn't really interesting from a theoretical point of view. I was actually attached to New York University, but I gate-crashed into Columbia [University]. ROSTEN: This was in Vienna? HAYEK: That was in Vienna, yes. Information about current affairs is very valuable; the expectation that you willl earn much for the explanation of events is largely deceptive. You cannot build a theory on the basis of statistical information, because it's not aggregates and averages which operate upon each other, but individual actions. ROSTEN: I've left you at one point. If you say that the description of aggregates and the uses of statistics don't help you much to explain things, and if you say that they help with contemporary events, they cease to be contemporary very soon. HAYEK: Oh, yes. ROSTEN: And, you have built up a body of data: now, how important are those data? HAYEK: Well, this leads very deeply into methodological issues; but the model of science--physical science, in the original form--has relatively simple phenomena, where you can explain what you observe as functions of two or three variables only. All the traditional laws of mechanics can be formulated as functions of two or three variables. Now, there is another extreme field of mass phenomena proper, where you know you cannot get the information on the particular events, but you can substitute probabilities for them. In that field I'm afraid we are very limited. We can build up beautiful theories which would explain everything, if we could fit into the blanks of the formulae the specific information; but we never have all the specific information. Therefore, all we can explain is what I call-- I like to use the term "pattern prediction." You can predict what sort of pattern will form itself, but the specific manifestation of it depends on the number of specific data, which you can never completely ascertain. Therefore, in that intermediate field--intermediate between the fields where you can ascertain all the data and the fields where you can substitute probabilities for the data--you are very limited in your predictive capacities. This really leads to the fact, as one of my students once told me, that nearly everything I say about the methodology of economics amounts to a limitation of the possible knowledge. It's true; I admit it. I have come to the conclusion that we're in that field which someone has called organized complexity, as distinct from disorganized complexity. ROSTEN: Warren Weber. I was just listening to the wireless here, where people were speaking about the inevitable depression. Oh, yes, I also know a depression will come, but whether in six months or three years I haven't the slightest idea. I don't think anybody has. ROSTEN: Yes, life is a terminal disease. But could you give me some examples of questions to which you-- I mean about economics, or in economics--questions to which you would like answers, or to which you do not have any satisfactory-- HAYEK: Oh, any price movement of the future. ROSTEN: Any price movements? HAYEK: Yes. I have no way of predicting them. Well, that's exaggerating. There are instances where you can form a shrewd idea of what's likely to happen, but in that case, of course, the price movements which you anticipate, which you expect, are already anticipated in current prices, and they are no longer true. The only interesting things are the unforeseen price movements, and they, by definition, you cannot foresee. ROSTEN: You were expressing your respect for Frank Knight, and once he said with great exasperation that the difference between the physical sciences and the social sciences is that in the physical sciences they don't care what you say about them, but in the social sciences you affect the subject matter by talking about it. HAYEK: I'm sure not. I don't think all this fine-tuning-- Well, you see, that really comes back to my basic approach to economics: economic mechanism is a process of adaptation to widely dispersed knowledge, which nobody can possess as a whole. And this process of adaptation to knowledge, which people currently acquire in the course of events, must produce results which are unpredictable. HAYEK: Well, not the sciences; it's the subject that's much more complicated, simply in the sense that any [economic] theory would have a larger number of data to insert than any physical theory. As I said a moment ago, all the formulae of mechanics have only two or three variables in them. Of course, in real life you can use this to explain an extremely complex phenomenon, but the underlying theory is of a very simple character. With us, you can't have a theory of perfect competition without at least having a few hundred participants. And you would have to be informed about all their knowledge in order to arrive at a specific prediction. The very definition of our subject is that it's built up of a great many distinct units, and it wouldn't be a subject of that order if the elements weren't so numerous. You cannot form a theory of competition with only three elements in it. ROSTEN: You could certainly have a theory. HAYEK: Well, it would be wrong, because it wouldn't be competition with only three acting persons in it. ROSTEN: Well, just explain that. What about four? HAYEK: No, I don't think it's the approach. But you have to have a number where it's impossible for anyone of them to predict the action of the others, and there must be a sufficient number of others for the one to be unable to predict it. ROSTEN: You say that's in the order of a hundred, or hundreds, or thousands, and so on. HAYEK: Yes. ROSTEN: It's a startling theory, and I've not heard it put quite this way. HAYEK: But, you know, the whole market is due to the fact that people are aiming at satisfying needs of people whom they do not know, and use for their purposes facilities provided by people of whom they also have no information. It's a coordination of activities where the individual can, of necessity, be only a small part of it--any individual, not only the participating individuals but even any outsider. The mistaken conception comes from a very curious use of the term "data." The economists speak about data, but they never make clear to whom these data are given. They are so unhappy about it that occasionally they speak even in a pleonasm about "given data," just to reassure themselves that [the data] are really given. But if you ask them to whom they are given, they have no answer. ROSTEN: You mean "revealed"? HAYEK: They are fictitiously assumed to be given to the explaining theorists. If the data were such and such, then this would follow. But of course the data are not really given either to them or to anyone other single person. They are the widely dispersed knowledge of hundreds of thousands of people, which can in no way be unified; so the data are never data. ROSTEN: It's almost as if you were talking about nuclear physics and the difficulty, or impossibility, of talking about an atom and how it's going to behave. HAYEK: Yes. I don't think we can ever get beyond that. ROSTEN: --because earlier you had said something about the processes of proof and the fact that you couldn't prove anything. And I was reminded of the work, of which I know very little and which I know you know a great deal about, of Caddel, at Princeton [University]. HAYEK: Yes. ROSTEN: --on the terrible, to me tragic, built-in trap that he has discovered in the uses of logic, and in what you earlier had talked about as the uses of reason. HAYEK: You see, I became aware of all this not by my work in economics but--I don't know whether you know that I once wrote a book on psychology. ROSTEN: No, I did not know. HAYEK: On physiological psychology--a book called The Sensory Order--in which I make an attempt to provide at least a schema for explaining how physiological processes can generate this enormous variety of qualities which our senses represent. [The schema is] called "the sensory order." [The book] ends up with the proof that while we can give an explanation of the principle on which it operates, we cannot possibly give an explanation of detail, because our brain is, as it were, an apparatus of classification. And every apparatus of classification must be more complex than what it classifies; so it can never classify itself. It's impossible for a human brain to explain itself in detail. ROSTEN: And this was called The Sensory Order? HAYEK: The Sensory Order. It came out in '52, but it was an idea which I conceived as a student when I divided my time more or less--I was officially studying law--but actually dividing it between economics and psychology. ROSTEN: You're talking here about the philosophy which has not engaged the biochemists and the bioengineers. What was their response to this? HAYEK: Respectful but incomprehending. ROSTEN: You mean, they really did not believe it, or didn't understand it, or both? HAYEK: Well, psychologists, at that time particularly, had a great prejudice against what they regarded as a philosophical argument. And I begin the book by saying, "I have no new facts to present; all I am trying is to put order in the facts which you already know." They were no longer interested. I mean, one or two of the great people of the time, like [Edwin] Boring, were very respectful in the way they treated the book, but it's had practically no influence till recently. Now they're beginning to discover it, incidentally, but after thirty years. ROSTEN: I had no idea that you had cut into the field from this direction at all. HAYEK: It taught me a great deal on the methodology of science, apart from the special subject. What I later wrote on the subject, "The theory of complex phenomena," is equally the product of my work in economics and my work in psychology. ROSTEN: And you had not then been working in statistics. HAYEK: No, although I've nearly all my life had the title of Professor of Economics and Statistics, I've never really done any statistical work. I did do practical statistics as the chief of that Austrian Institute of Trade Cycle Research. ROSTEN: Did you know [Albert] Einstein at all? HAYEK: I've just seen him once. No, I didn't know him. HAYEK: Well, again, you see, it was an abstract schema without much empirical work. I had some very elementary data which were commonly accepted [to demonstrate] that in every boom there was an excessive development of production of capital goods, much of which afterwards turned out to be mistaken. And I didn't need many more facts for my purpose to develop a theory which fits this, and which exclusively shows us, [using] other accepted data, that a credit expansion temporarily allows investment to exceed current savings, and that it would lead to the over-development of capital industries. Once you are no longer able to finance a further increase of investment by credit expansion, the thing must break down. Then you have to modify the argument, and our present booms and depressions are no longer explicable by my simple scheme. But the typical nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century [phenomena], I think, are still adequately explained by my theory--but not adequately to the statisticians, because, again, all I can explain is that a certain pattern will appear. I cannot specify how the pattern will look in particular, because that would require much more information than anyone has. So, again, I limit the possible achievement of economics to the explanation of a type-- One of my friends has explained it as a purely algebraic theory. ROSTEN: An algebraic theory? HAYEK: Yes, you get an algebraic formula without the constants being put in. Just as you have a formula for, say, a hyperbola; if you haven't got the constants set in, you don't know what the shape of the hyperbola is--all you know is it's a hyperbola. So I can say it will be a certain type of pattern, but what specific quantitative dimensions it will have, I cannot predict, because for that I would have to have more information than anybody actually has. ROSTEN: And sooner or later you'd reach the point where you couldn't do it no matter how much information you had, in your theory. Do you blame the layman or the workingman or the amateur for wondering why, in a society which has extolled the increased production of goods and services and the growth of the national product, it is now dangerous to have too-rapid growth? And, we must now cut back to an annual growth of 3 1/2 percent or 4 percent; we're going too fast and producing too much? HAYEK: I am not at all surprised that the layman is greatly puzzled by this, but the actual explanation is very simple. You see, we have suspended the self-steering mechanism of the market by feeding in false information and by producing money for that purpose. So it's quite easy to show how we have destroyed it. ROSTEN: The money's more dangerous than the information, or is it the other way around? You say we feed false information? HAYEK: In the form of money. You know that by adding money, injecting money, at some point you distort the price system artificially, and it leads you to do things, which if the price system were really inherently determined, it wouldn't happen. It leads ultimately to-- Another thing which you probably haven't heard about is that I am convinced we shall never have good money again so long as we leave it in the hands of government. Government has always destroyed the monetary systems. It was tolerable so long as government was under the discipline of the gold standard, which prevented it from doing too much harm; but now the gold standard has irrevocably been destroyed, because, in part, I admit, it depended on certain superstitions which you cannot restore. I don't think there's any chance of getting good money again unless we take the monopoly of issuing money from government and hand it over to competitive private industry. ROSTEN: Well, we did have that in the United States. HAYEK: Not really. You see, they were all issuing dollars. The essential point is that they must issue different moneys under different names so that people can choose between them. ROSTEN: Different names? Oh, we had different banks printing different money; so that you built up a body of trust in one bank's paper as against another. It was one of the problems of the federal government, actually. HAYEK: Well, to a very limited extent, because, on the whole, the mass of the people took one dollar bill as equivalent to another dollar bill. They must have a current currency market in which they tell you which currency is stable in terms of which others, and which fluctuate. Then they will leave any money which is unstable and float to the one which is stable. ROSTEN: Yes. Do you think there's any chance of that ever being adopted? Or will we be driven to adopt it? HAYEK: Ever? Yes. Not in my lifetime, and probably noting the next fifty years. But the kinds of money which we are having is going to get so much worse in the course of time--we have so many experiences of alternating inflation, and price controls being clapped on in order to prevent inflation--that people will ultimately despair of it, and if anyone starts my system, I think it will spread very rapidly. But I won't live to see it. ROSTEN: But in terms of the next decade or so, you're predicting a chaotic, almost catastrophic, alteration in people's assumptions about the value of money and the value of their governments. HAYEK: Well, I'm afraid the worst thing which will happen is that in the mistaken way of combating inflation, we will be driven into a completely controlled economy. Since people believe inflation consists in the rise of prices and not an increase in the quantity of money, they will be fighting the rise of prices and continue to inflate at the same time. ROSTEN: You mean, it would be their way of keeping prices rising. HAYEK: And, you know, if there's anything worse than an open inflation, it's a repressed inflation, when there's more money than you can buy for it and all the prices are artificially fixed. Now, how that will ultimately end I don't know, because, as I always say, you Americans have one advantage: you are willing to change your opinions very rapidly on some subject, and if you get really disgusted with the money you have, you might well try something completely different. But in the present state of opinion, I don't see any hope, only alternating periods of inflation repressed by price controls; then the price controls being taken off and the inflation, which already has been going on, exploding again; then people getting so alarmed about the exploding inflation that we clap on new price controls; and that may go on for several cycles like this. ROSTEN: Have price controls ever worked except in one case: wartime? Have they ever been successfully administered? I think in wartime they were. HAYEK: I doubt even whether they have been successful in wartime. They have disguised from the people some of the unpleasant effects and perhaps have been politically effective by preventing discontent. But I don't think they've made the economic system more efficient, and certainly for the pursuit of war, a functioning price system would have been more effective than price controls. ROSTEN: Even in wartime? HAYEK: Even in wartime. ROSTEN: But, again, the business of the sense of inequity comes in, and the political consequences that have to be dealt with by the politician, by the political leader, by the legislator. This is a terrible problem about human behavior. HAYEK: It's a terrible problem. You can preserve the existing economic system only by making concessions to the people, which will ultimately destroy the same system. ROSTEN: Well, the numbers, too. There were a great many-- Even [George Bernard] Shaw, who was very silly about many things, but he got off a very acute line about democracy when he said, "When you rob Peter to pay Paul, remember how few Peters there are and how many Pauls." And he went on from that to hint at the growing unwieldiness and difficulty of mass suffrage in a society where there are a limited number of goods to be parceled out. HAYEK: You see, it's all in the destruction of the meanings of words. Everybody's convinced it has a meaning. And when you begin to investigate what it means, you find it means precisely nothing. ROSTEN: No, but the people who think they know what it means would surely give you a meaning. HAYEK: They all believe it will benefit the particular causes in which they are concerned. ROSTEN: Or that things would be more "fair"--the whole concept of what is "fair" or what is "just." HAYEK: Yes, but it's not facts which are fair, it's human action which is fair or just. To apply the concept of justice, which is an attribute of human action, to a state of affairs, which has not been deliberately brought about by anybody, is just nonsense. ROSTEN: Yes, but can people accept that? They don't seem to be willing to accept that. Under the training of voting, mass education, and so on, we are raised on the assumption that problems can be solved, that we can solve them, and we can solve them fairly. HAYEK: That brings us back to things we were discussing much earlier: the revolt against this is an affair of the last 150 years. Even in the nineteenth century, people accepted it all as a matter of course. An economic crisis, a loss of a job, a loss of a person, was as much an act of God as a flood or something else. It's certain developments of thinking, which happened since, which made people so completely dissatisfied with it. On the one hand, that they are no longer willing to accept certain ethical or moral traditions; on the other hand, that they have been explicitly told, "Why should we obey any rules of conduct, the usefulness or reasonableness of which cannot be demonstrated to us?" Whether man can be made to behave decently, I would even say, so long as he insists that the rules of decency must be explained to him, I am very doubtful. It may not be possible. ROSTEN: Well, in a sense, you're also talking about what has happened in the 1960s, when precisely those kinds of arguments were involved. The thing that seemed to me to be most conspicuous was that they weren't afraid of anything. That is, the young people on the campuses and elsewhere were not afraid. They were not afraid of the police, they were not afraid of their parents, they weren't afraid of their teachers, and this was something rather new. At least to me it was an entirely new phenomenon. We had never stopped to think of whether we were afraid or not, but there was an order of respect and an order of obedience, even in the rather free society of the Westside of Chicago. HAYEK: Well, of course, my explanation of this is that it's the effect of the teaching of the generation of teachers who taught in the forties, which we saw happen in their twenties. They essentially told the young people: "Well, all the traditional morals are bunk." ROSTEN: In the twenties? HAYEK: No, in the forties. The height of the influence of the modern psychoanalysis of "uneducation" was in the forties and fifties. And it was in the sixties that we got the products of that education. ROSTEN: Yes. It was more, I think, the vulgarization of psychoanalysis--I want to put in a word of defense there--and the silliness of the people who were the practitioners and the counselors. I doubt very much that Freud would ever have approved of this, because certainly his work is not lacking in severe moral strictures. HAYEK: Freud himself, probably not. Certainly not [Carl] Jung, but nearly all the next generation of well known psychoanalysts were working in that direction. And if you take people like Erich Fromm and such people, or that man who became the first secretary of that international health service--that Canadian psychoanalyst-- ROSTEN: Oh, yes, yes. His name will come [Brock Chisholm--ed.]. The World Health Organization. ROSTEN: You were talking about the forties, and I was reminded of, I think it's [Ludwig] von Mises, who had this extraordinary description of Germany before the First World War, with bands of young people with the equivalent of guitars and mandolins roaming the countryside, and so on. HAYEK: Oh, yes. ROSTEN: Perfectly remarkable passage. HAYEK: The Wandervögel ROSTEN: The Wandervögel. And all that they left, he said, was not a single work of art, not a single poem, nothing but wrecked lives and dope! Were you familiar with that at all? HAYEK: Oh, I saw it happen; it was still quite active immediately after the war. I think it reached the highest point in the early twenties, immediately after the war. In fact, I saw it happen when my youngest brother was full time drawn into that circle; but they were still not barbarians yet. It was rather a return to nature. Their main enjoyment was going out for walks into nature and living a primitive life. But it was not yet an outright revolt against civilization, as it later became. ROSTEN: Let me get back, as our time draws to a close. If we can't get from the economists any reasonably precise guidelines--I say "precise" simply in the earlier sense we were talking about: controls and so on--to whom do the leaders of the society turn for judgment? You've presented the politician, and I'm using "the politician" not in a negative sense, because I think it's an honorable profession and one which requires great skill--the mediators, if you want; the ones who have to make the recommendations to the Congress. If they can't get it from the economists, on economic problems--and the core of the problems we've been talking about are surely economic--where do they get their advice? HAYEK: You can tell the people that our present constitutional order forces politicians to do things which are very stupid and which they know are very stupid. I am not personally trying to blame the politicians; I rather blame the institutions which we have created and which force the politicians to behave not only irrationally but I would say almost dishonestly. But they have no choice. So long as they have to buy support from any number of small groups by giving them special privileges, nothing but the present system can emerge. My present aim is really to prevent the recognition of this turning into a complete disgust with democracy in any form, which is a great danger, in my opinion. I want to make clear to the people that it's what I call unlimited democracy which is the danger, where coercion is not limited to the application of uniform rules, but you can take any specific coercive measure if it seems to serve a good purpose. And anything or anybody which will help the politician be elected is by definition a good purpose. I think people can be made to recognize this and to restore general limitations on the governmental powers; but that will be a very slow process, and I rather fear that before we can achieve something like this, we will get something like what [J. L.] Talmon has called "totalitarian democracy"--an elective dictatorship with practically unlimited powers. Then it will depend, from country to country, whether they are lucky or unlucky in the kind of person who gets in power. After all, there have been good dictators in the past; it's very unlikely that it will ever arise. But there may be one or two experiments where a dictator restores freedom, individual freedom. ROSTEN: I can hardly think of a program that will be harder to sell to the American people. I'm using "sell" in the sense of persuade. How can a dictatorship be good? HAYEK: Oh, it will never be called a dictatorship; it may be a one-party system. ROSTEN: It may be a kindly system. HAYEK: A kindly system and a one-party system. A dictator says, "I have 90 percent support among the people." ROSTEN: That's already been said by several recent occupants of the White House, and it raises a terribly interesting and difficult question. At one point during the worst days of the Vietnam War, when President [Lyndon] Johnson suddenly realized that he had been misled, that he had been given a totally false picture and that he really faced a different, terrible kind of problem, there was a Cabinet meeting, and one member of the Cabinet said, "If we only knew what the American people want us to do!" Johnson looked up and said, "And let us suppose that we did know what the American people wanted us to do. Would that necessarily be the right thing for us to do?" It's extraordinary insight into the problem of a statesman who is elected, who feels that responsibility, and yet has a degree of power that, as you have pointed out, today exceeds anything that we have ever known in the United States. How do you dismantle the bureaucracy? Remember Lenin, who certainly didn't hesitate to use power and chop off heads and send people into exile and terrible things without the slightest mercy, and without anything to stop him, complained after three years, he said: "We've been carrying on a fight against bureaucracy and there are 24,000 more bureaucrats in Moscow now than when I began!" And he could not understand why he couldn't get rid of the bureaucracy. Do you have any ideas on that? HAYEK: I think, again, it comes ultimately to the question of restraining the power of the so-called legislature, which is now omnipotent. There is a long intellectual tradition which has led to this whole idea of positivism--that the only possible limitation of power is the legislature. ROSTEN: When you say positivism, are you talking about the philosophical-- HAYEK: Legal positivism. ROSTEN: The legal positivism. Would you explain that for a minute? HAYEK: Well, that all law derives from the will of an ultimate legislature, which is omnipotent; while of course law, in the sense of rules of private conduct, is a process supported by evolution and the sense of justice for the people, which would put very definite limits [on it]. It's by no means inevitable that you give some supreme authority unlimited powers. Positivism insists on the necessity of some supreme authority. Now, the authority can consist in the agreement of the people to form a union for certain purposes and not for others, in which case, of course, the power is automatically limited, and that power might well limit all coercive activity to the enforcement of certain uniform rules, which would exclude the granting of privileges to some and not to others. ROSTEN: Well, in other words, if you could rewrite the drama or the story of the United States, and make certain changes in the Constitution, we could avoid many of the problems we have now. HAYEK: Yes, I am now-- ROSTEN: Of course, we didn't know. But-- HAYEK: You said before what great men, really, the writers of the American Constitution were. They were probably the wisest political scientists who ever lived. But I will give you just one illustration of how their intention has been completely misunderstood. Do you remember--I will test you--the contents of the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution? ROSTEN: No, don't test me at this hour. It's bad enough in the morning. Go ahead. HAYEK: Well, I've tried it with American lawyers, even constitutional lawyers, and they first don't remember the text, and then don't know what it means. "Nothing in this Constitution is to restrict the people of the rights retained by the people." It has never been used, though I believe there is a single decision in which it is referred to. The intention was, of course, that the rights of government should be enumerated by the Constitution. ROSTEN: And that comes back to my earlier statement that it never occurred to them that there would be a problem with federal government over the states. HAYEK: Oh, no; it's partly the same thing, yes. ROSTEN: But it would be interesting to speculate how changes of this order, made in this place and in this place, would have prevented us from many of the-- HAYEK: I think if instead of a Bill of Rights enumerating particular protected rights, you had had a single clause saying that government must never use coercion, except in the enforcement of uniform rules equally applicable to all, you would not have needed the further Bill of Rights, and it would have kept government within the proper limits. It doesn't exclude government rendering services apart from this, but its coercive powers would be limited to the enforcement of uniform rules equally applicable to all. ROSTEN: You wouldn't have needed a First Amendment; you wouldn't have needed-- HAYEK: Oh, this First Amendment is very limited to a specific field. ROSTEN: Sure. HAYEK: I would begin my amendment with the same words: "Congress must make no law"--but not to restrict in particular things, but quite generally [to restrict the] coercing of people except to obey uniform rules equally applicable to all. But it includes all the existing protections to society. ROSTEN: But suppose the uniform rules applicable to all were bad: illegal, unconstitutional, unjust. But they are equal to all. You've got to have some prior code or test, don't you? HAYEK: It's hardly conceivable that-- Well, the definition has to be much more complex than I gave you. It has to be rules applicable to an unknown number of future instances, referring to the relation of persons to other persons so as to exclude internal affairs and freedom of thought and so on. But there was, in the nineteenth century, a development of the concept of law which defined what the legal philosophers then called "law in the material sense," as distinguished from law in the purely formal sense. [Law in the material sense] gives practically all the required characteristics of law in [the formal] sense and reproduces, I am convinced, essentially a conception in which law was being used in the eighteenth century. That law is no longer something which has a meaning of its own, and the legislator is confined to giving laws in this sense; but that we derive the word law from legislature, rather than the other way around, is a relatively new development. ROSTEN: Well, again, to come back to the religious foundations of a society, you of course remember that Plato wrestled with the idea and said that democracy-- He had to have one royal lie--and of course he lived in a pagan and a polytheistic society--and I've often wondered what he meant by that "one royal lie," because it must have meant something like the divine right of the king. Someone has to carry that, or some institution. The curious thing about the Founding Fathers, the most marvelous thing about them, was they all agreed on Providence. So it was possible for the religious, for the Episcopalians, for the nonbeliever, to agree on this vague thing called deism, but it was a tremendous cement. And as that cement erodes, consequences follow for which there seems to be no substitute. I am wondering whether, when you talk about the rule of law, you aren't, in a sense, talking in that tradition. Can you have a functioning society without some higher dedication, fear, faith? HAYEK: I believe, yes. In fact, in my persuasion, the advanced Greek society, the Greek democracy, was essentially irreligious for all practical purposes. There you had a common political or moral creed, which perhaps the Stoics had developed in the most high form, which was very generally accepted. I don't think you need-- This brings us back to something which we discussed very much earlier. There is still the strong innate need to know that one serves common, concrete purposes with one's fellows. Now, this clearly is the thing which in a really great society is unachievable. You cannot really know. Whether people can learn this is still part of the emancipation from the feelings of the small face-to-face group, which we have not yet achieved. But we must achieve this if we are to maintain a large, great society of free men. It may be that our first attempt will break down. ROSTEN: Has the growth of anthropology, with the emphasis on kind of a cultural relativism and an indifference, as it were, to the "innate superiority" or not of one customs against another, done a great deal to erode one's confidence in whatever moral order-- HAYEK: I would say it's rather a reflection of a more general public belief, a general belief. This idea that the anthropologists now frequently teach that every culture is as good as any other. Well, good for what? If you want to live in small tribal groups, some other [culture might] be good; but if you want not only to have a world society but to maintain the present population of the world, you have no choice. If that is your ultimate aim--just to assure to the people who live a future existence and continuance--I think you must create and maintain essentially a market society. If we now destroy the market society, then two-thirds of the present population of the world will be destined to die. 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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55387	Creating a group Groups are useful for combining entities to perform a quick operation such as copy or move operations. To create a group: 1. Select the Select tool. The will change to an arrow. 3. Drag the mouse to the opposite corner of the selection starting point. 1. Select the Edit > Make Group. Alternatively, context-click on the currently selected entities and select Make Group from the context menu. The geometry you selected appears grouped within a highlighted bounding box. Note: The Make Group operation disconnects any geometry that was connected to the grouped geometry prior to placing the geometry in the group. The disconnected geometry is maintained outside of the group's context. Note: You can make group hierarchies by grouping other Group entities within a group. Additionally, you can mix your hierarchies by including components and groups within other components and groups. Note: You can ungroup grouped entities by context-clicking on the group and then selecting the Explode menu item.
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55396	Bedtime Monsters Schneider, Josh (Book - 2013 ) Average Rating: 2 stars out of 5. Bedtime Monsters Item Details A young boy conquers his fear of bedtime monsters after making a surprising discovery. Authors: Schneider, Josh, 1980- Title: Bedtime monsters Publisher: Boston :, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,, [2013] Characteristics: 31 pages :,color illustrations ;,29 cm Content Type: text Media Type: unmediated Carrier Type: volume Summary: A young boy conquers his fear of bedtime monsters after making a surprising discovery. ISBN: 0544002709 Statement of Responsibility: Josh Schneider Subject Headings: Monsters Fiction. Bedtime Fiction. Fear of the dark Fiction. Monsters Juvenile fiction. Bedtime Juvenile fiction. Fear of the dark Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form: Picture books for children. Topical Term: Monsters Fear of the dark Fear of the dark LCCN: 2012036483 MARC Display» Community Activity Add a Comment Though Arnold is bold by daylight, he's scared of monsters at bedtime just like any kid. But when the "terrible toe biter" emerges from the shadows of Arnold's room, it just wants to join Arnold in cowering under the covers! As more monsters reveal themselves, each afraid of the next, Arnold's bed becomes crowded with frightened, goofy-looking creatures - all of whom get a surprise when the most fearsome monster of all is revealed. Similar to Mercer Mayer's There's A Nightmare in My Closet, Bedtime Monsters gives heart to even the biggest scaredy-cats. Picture books newsletter December 2013 Add Age Suitability There are no ages for this title yet. Add a Summary There are no summaries for this title yet. Add a Notice There are no notices for this title yet. Add a Quote There are no quotes for this title yet. Add a Video There are no videos for this title yet. Find it at HPPL Powered by BiblioCommons.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55409	Take the 2-minute tour × During the 19th century and into the early 20th century, battleships were the Kings of the Sea, and every naval power of note had at least one. When did they lose this title to the aircraft carrier, and was it a particular battle, event, or was it a more gradual series of events that lead to the changeover in naval strategy? share\|improve this question 3 Answers 3 up vote 16 down vote accepted I would date the transition to aircraft carrier domination to the Battle of Midway, in June 1942. The Japanese fought an old style battle in four ship waves. In the first wave as a carrier task force, plus supporting cruisers and battleships, whose main task was to soften up Midway by air bombardment, and then screen the rest of the Japanese fleet. In the second wave was a supporting force of four cruisers. In the third wave were the transports, escorted mainly by battleships and cruisers. And the fourth wave contained three of Japan's largest battleships, which was supposed to deliver the coup de grace to the American fleet, after it presumably rushed to save Midway. After the destruction wrought at Pearl Harbor, the Americans had only one "wave," a carrier task force of three aircraft carriers and supporting cruisers, roughly equivalent in strength to Japan's first wave alone. The battle degenerated into an air to ship battle, along lines similar to those of Coral Sea, fought a month earlier. With their greater focus, the Americans sank all four Japanese aircraft carriers, while the Japanese, who had been concentrating on Midway at the expense of watching out for American carriers, sank only one. (Two, if you count the temporary destruction of Midway as a "carrier.") The surviving American carriers then stayed out of sea range of the Japanese battleships, but the Japanese didn't dare to invade Midway while the Americans had carrier aircraft within air range. This battle proved the dominance of carrier based aircraft over ships. Carriers had proven their worth at Coral Sea, but it was considered a "fluke" because no battleships had been involved. At Midway, Japanese battleships were present and had their "chance," but basically chose not to fight. share\|improve this answer Frankly, I'd argue for Pearl Harbor, as an entire US fleet was sunk using nothing but carrier-based air power without being able to fire back so much as a shot at any of the attacking ships. Anybody with half a brain should have seen the writing on the wall at that point. This is a very good argument though. – T.E.D. Apr 3 '12 at 20:52 Pearl Harbor was considered a "fluke" or at least "unrepresentative," because it was a surprise attack. Midway was a "stand up" fight. – Tom Au Jun 24 at 19:15 Sea power is not directly about which ship type can beat up which other ship type; it's a matter of being able to run one's merchant ships in an area and preventing the other side from running merchant ships. In WWII, it was difficult for surface ships to protect a convoy from air attack, as we can see from the 1942 attempts to relieve the siege of Malta. Moreover, naval powers were hesitant to risk battleships in the face of enemy air power, particularly after the British lost a modern battleship and older battlecruiser to Japanese air attack off Malaya shortly after Pearl Harbor. The questions, then, were whether aircraft carriers could defend themselves against battleship attack and whether aircraft carriers could protect shipping against battleships. In WWII, carriers were generally able to not be sunk by battleships or other surface ships, unless badly handled like HMS Glorious off Norway. Their aircraft gave them warning of enemy forces, and their generally high speed enabled them to avoid combat. Therefore, they could stay in an area despite enemy battleship forces. (This was not always the case; in the 1930s, when carrier aircraft had much less range, US battleships "sank" US carriers a few times in the annual Fleet Problems.) Their ability to defend shipping against battleships was a bit less certain. Normally, heavy air attacks would deter battleships from proceeding. After all, there weren't many battleships around, and they were expensive. If the enemy was determined to force his way through, some surface ships would likely make it through. This was shown by RN cruisers and destroyers around Crete and the Japanese Center Force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, both of which carried out their missions despite serious losses. No naval power could afford to lose battleships with each mission, unless the enemy missions were extremely critical (the Battle of Leyte Gulf was an attempt to stop the first US landings in the Philippines). share\|improve this answer It wasn't purely about being able to move merchant ships around but also being able move naval firepower freely around. Naval power that could help with amphibious landings and provide a mobile airfield for support. – user357320 Sep 27 '12 at 14:55 Through the course of World War 2; in September 1939 battleships were still considered more important than aircraft carriers, and by VJ Day carriers were considered utterly decisive at sea. This process took a good few steps, however, and really examining it in detail could take an entire book. You also need to consider the application of carrier air power to two main problems: 1) the decisive battle 2) the guerre de course, or convoy war. So, first let's look at decisive battle. At the beginning of WW2, it was by no means taken as read that unsupported aircraft could sink a battleship; so while a carrier could do extremely well at finding a battleship, and keep a safe distance from her, sinking her was another matter. And the carrier could hardly replace the battleship if a carrier couldn't even sink a battleship. As a result, any would-be naval power had to have battleships in order to counter enemy battleships, whereas those who expected their navy to operate in range of land-based air support (Italian, German) did not need aircraft carriers. This assumption had to be overcome by experience, and there were several battles which made that example, and then rubbed it in the noses of the gun-deck admirals. At Taranto in November 1940, the Royal Navy sank an Italian battleship in harbour and damaged two more, for the loss of two obsolescent torpedo bombers; so battleships were proven to be vulnerable to carriers when unable to manoeuvre freely. In the chase of the Bismarck, the carrier aircraft did not sink Bismarck - however, they did damage her rudder, enabling her to be caught and destroyed by battleships. Then we have the fate of Force Z - a surface-force only, consisting of a battleship, a battlecruiser and a few destroyers sunk by Japanese air attack. These were not carrier aircraft - the Japanese carrier force were somewhat busy at Pearl Harbor - but the crucial difference with Force Z, which differentiates it from Taranto and Pearl Harbor, is that Force Z was sunk while under sail, showing that any naval force which went into reach of enemy aircraft without its own air cover would be sunk. Having already mentioned the parallel, I would be remiss to not cover Pearl Harbor - this is essentially Taranto writ large. It showed that if your enemy has a sufficiently powerful carrier arm, your fleet is not safe in harbour anywhere, not even across an ocean. Then at Midway the combat between the American and Japanese carriers was decisive, without the Japanese battleships becoming engaged. So, enough about decisive battle - what about the guerre de course, conducted primarily in WW2 by German U-boats? Well, protecting a convoy against U-boats was helped hugely by air cover. Spotting the submarines in the first place, guiding in escorts to kill them or killing them directly, routing convoys around them (and providing excuses to use ULTRA intercepts to route convoys around them), forcing submarines to submerge and lose a chance to make an attack...the uses of aircraft in the Battle of the Atlantic were many and varied. However, at the start of the war there was a gap in the mid-Atlantic where land-based aircraft could not reach a convoy to protect it. Some desperate measures were used to help close the gap, including CAM ships (Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen which carried a single Hurricane on a catapult; this could be launched once, and at the end of the flight the pilot had to ditch the plane and bail out), the slightly more capable MACs (Merchant Aircraft Carrier) which carried about 80% of a normal cargo and had three or four aircraft embarked which could be recovered after a flight. These were stop gap solutions - as the war went on, they were gradually replaced with escort carriers, which were generally akin to MACs in that they were based on merchant hulls, with the difference that they were full conversions no longer carrying any cargo and could carry perhaps 20 aircraft - they were still too slow to operate with a fleet. There were many aspects to the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic, but unlike decisive battle where the battleship admirals resisted fiercely the supplanting of their beloved big-gun ships, the usefulness of air power to this aspect of naval warfare was little doubted, and the frantic attempts to close the Air Gap in the Atlantic show this quite clearly. share\|improve this answer +1 although answer would benefit from more references. – kubanczyk Sep 27 '12 at 18:54 Wxcellent answer. – Felix Goldberg Dec 8 '12 at 0:43 Your Answer
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55419	Sewing a Button on a Leather Chair by Amy Kingston Use a needle designed for sewing leather to prevent damage to the leather. Buttons are often used to lend a tufted look to leather chairs. If you have an older leather chair and a button has come off or you purchased a leather chair that is missing a button, it can ruin the chair’s appearance. To replace a button, you will need a glovers or leather needle. These needles have a triangular point that will not tear the leather. Shank buttons are often used on leather. These buttons have a single eye, and they are easier to attach. Thread a glovers or leather needle with thread of a suitable color, and tie a knot in the end of the thread. Push the threaded needle through the shank of the button that came off of the chair. If you do not have the original button, purchase a suitable replacement button. Insert the needle into one of the holes where the original button was located, and push the needle through the other hole. Pull the thread tight, so that the button rests at the same depth as the other buttons on the chair. Repeat to pull the thread through the button and the holes in the chair five or six times. Tie a knot in the thread as close to the button as possible. Snip the end of the thread with a pair of scissors to remove the excess. Things You Will Need • Glovers or leather needle • Thread • Replacement button (optional) • Scissors About the Author Photo Credits • Hemera Technologies/ Images Suggest a Correction Have Feedback?
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55448	Skip navigation glamor vs sna vs uxa on an i3-330m glamor vs sna vs uxa on an i5-2520m glamor vs sna vs uxa on an i7-3720qm About these ads 1. We all love Chris! \o/ So Glamor with trapezoids is mostly a performance regression compared with the “green” glamor? Interesting. I like SNA and I want to see it used, so here I’m going to give you my humble opinion: I think one of the things that make people “fear” trying SNA is the amount of commits you still do to xf86-video-intel. Why so many commits even 1 year after you started the project? Are these all bugfixes? Or performance improvements? You really should write a blog post explaining what you’ve been doing in xf86-video-intel and how you see the state of SNA (and maybe also UXA and Glamor). You’re the father of SNA, you’re the “boss” of Intel 2D. When you think SNA is ready for the real world, you really should focus on pushing it. If you never say “I believe SNA is ready and you can cut my balls off if it fails” no one will ever try to use it. Give convincing arguments in favour of SNA and show the flaws behind UXA and Glamor. Otherwise, we risk seeing the Glamor guys doing a better job at “sales & marketing” than you and pushing their baby first… We don’t want to see such amazing work like SNA forgotten, right? SNA is like that hot chick that keeps hitting you but is never available to do something when you invite her. Changing the subject: I heard SNA splits the driver into some Gen-specific backends. Is it possible to code it in a way that someone could replace the backend for a specific Gen (e.g. Gen2) and make it use Glamor, while the rest of the driver can still use the super-fast backend? It would be a nice solution where both “competitors” can have a chance of living. It would also allow you to just plug the Glamor backend when you don’t have time to optimize boring architectures (like Gen2) or to do some quick new-hardware-enablement. IMHO, for old hardware we shouldn’t care about performance, but care about stability, and maybe a rule like “hardware older than 7 years old uses the Glamor backend” would allow you to keep the code base in a not-so-huge state while still accelerating the parts that need it most. • Trapezoidal acceleration as implemented by the proposed shader for glamor is a mixed bag. For strokes, it is a severe regression – the overhead of emitting each trapezoid is much much larger than computing the mask on the CPU. Conversely for large fills, such as the rounded-rectangles around text boxes or misaligned rectangles, then emitting the commands for each trap is much smaller than emitting the mask. As it currently stands, using the current implementation everywhere is a net loss in my estimation. SNA is not already the default option because we try very hard not to introduce regressions. So I have taken a cautious approach and been soliciting as much feedback as possible and fixing all the loose ends found. Although it seems like there is still a lot of churn with many commits (for instance, just this last week Zdenek Kabelac has been feeding me the results of running the code through a static analyser and I’ve been busily reducing the noise so that we may fix one or two genuine issues) those commits are no longer focusing on building a solid foundation but on the snagging. Once the foundations are ready, then I can start unveiling the grand design… Making the choice of backend on a per-generation basis is trivial, but doesn’t answer the stability issue. (I’m not even going to mention that glamor doesn’t support such old devices, nor is it a paragon of stability and resilience. ;-) The majority of the code for any backend is not generation specific and by keeping multiple backends around and supported increases the bug surface and so we are more likely to encounter bugs (and less likely to be able to fix them). Also solving issues on the older hardware tends to prevent very similar issues occuring in future products – coding for an Atom and scaling to IvyBridge, means we should be able to cope with whatever the hardware engineers throw at us next. Leave a Reply You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change ) Twitter picture Facebook photo Google+ photo Connecting to %s Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. %d bloggers like this:
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55486	3 Stocks That Are Simply the Best by Will Ashworth \| May 14, 2012 9:42 am 3 Stocks That Are Simply the Best The Fortune 500[1] was released on May 7. Heading the list is Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM[2]), followed by Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT[3]) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX[4]). All the way down at 17 is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[5]), the current leader by market capitalization. In addition to releasing its annual list, Fortune came up with some secondary lists, including a group of 20 companies that are also on its annual Best Companies To Work For[6] ranking. Of this list, here are my three choices for best stocks to own: I don’t think there’s an easier selection than Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX[7]). Among this group of 20 companies, only Starbucks is also on Fortune‘s list of list of 20 biggest stock gainers of 2011. Whole Foods For my final selection, I was going to pick the company whose stock is trading the furthest from its five-year high — Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN[10]) — until I came across an insurance company whose fortunes have rebounded in recent months. Aflac (NYSE:AFL[11]) announced strong first-quarter results[12] on April 25, including surprise news that its Japanese sales should increase by 10% in 2012, in stark contrast with earlier guidance indicating that revenues would decline. 6. Best Companies To Work For: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/fortune/1205/gallery.500-best-companies-to-work-for.fortune/4.html 9. Deutsche Bank analyst Charles Grom sums it up: http://www.cnbc.com/id/47284881?__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Ctext%7C&par=yahoo 11. AFL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AFL 12. announced strong first-quarter results: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aflac-shares-soar-strong-first-182141756.html Short URL: http://invstplc.com/1nz8OZq
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55490	10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereens Internet reaction to Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has oscillated between abject horror and Doc Brown's face when the model DeLorean catches on fire in 1955. But I'll be a contrarian and say that this musical will be transcendent. The media blitz for Julie Taymor and U2's Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has begun in earnest, what with its songs and regalia debuting on Good Morning America yesterday. Many an onlooker can't believe this is happening — the idea of Spider-Fosse on the Great White Way is giving everyone flashbacks to that scene in Spider-Man 3 where alien goo turned Tobey Maguire into an evil Cherry Poppin' Daddy. But pardon me as I take my io9 hat off and put on my Armond White ten-gallon Stetson — there, that's better — because I hereby decree that Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark will be the best superhero musical ever. Simply viewing it will be like watching the birth of a neutron star and a baby fawn at the same time. It will be a dramatic experience on par with King Midas jamming his index finger in your eye and transforming your rods and cones into liquid aurum. It will be the musical equivalent of a deep-tissue massage from Flash Thompson or Felicia Hardy (or J. Jonah Jameson, not judging here). Here is my evidence that this $52 million arachnid-and-pony show will rock your face. Just remember, "A TOTAL DISASTER?" is an anagram for "ES A LOTTA RAD S?IT" (that's a long E, by the way). 1.) It will be the best Broadway superhero musical ever. This is implicit, as Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark's only competition is 1966's It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's Superman. That show bombed, but it scored a couple of Tony nods. However, it will forever live in ignominy thanks to the dreadful 1975 TV adaptation that aired on ABC. Also, let's not forget the foundered 1985 Captain America musical that was advertised in comics. Way to shatter thousands of 10-to-14-year-old girls' dreams of becoming the next Ethel Merman, Cap. 2.) It will also be the best Spider-Man musical ever. This too is screamingly implicit, as the only previous Spidey song-and-dance revue was Spider-Man Rocks! that ran at Universal Studios Hollywood from 2002-2004. On the scale of quality, Spider-Man Rocks! fell somewhere between the The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Coming Out of Their Shells Tour and Stan "The Man" Griffin's Spider-Man sex groove. If you've ever thought the Spider-Man mythos needed more Ricky Martin (a bunch of muggers warble "She Bangs" before attacking Mary Jane), sleep easy knowing that similarly deranged people on this planet share your views. 3.) The set to the Oscorp lab actually looks pretty neat. It looks the lab where Helmut Kohl built Kraftwerk or something. 4.) Julie Taymor knows her Spider-Man villains. In a recent interview, Taymor announced that in addition to the Green Goblin, Spider-Man would be battling a whole slew of foes: Then we have this thing in Act Two, where Spider-Man's powers keep rising and rising and you meet what we call 'The Sinister Six/Seven.' We have Kraven, Carnage, Lizard [...] Also, a 2009 preview of the show included cameos from Rhino and the Swarm. Barring the Green Goblin, we've never seen any of these villains in a live-action adaptation. For those readers who aren't familiar with these villains, here's a quick rundown why they'll be perfect for stage: 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereensKraven the Hunter: A deadly gamesman who dresses like a lost extra from Julie Taymor's previous show, The Lion King. 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereensCarnage: Like Venom, but rhubarb-flavored. Will appeal to that lucrative demographic of theatergoers who owned Super Nintendos in 1994. 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereensThe Lizard: Appeared as his alter ego, Dr. Curt Connors, in the Spider-Man films. Has green skin and purple pants. Is not the Hulk. Audience members will hopefully mistake him for the Hulk. 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereensRhino: Like Lennie from Of Mice and Men, but a rhino. Another excuse to confuse audience members into thinking they're watching The Lion King. 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereensSwarm: A living swarm of bees in a fuchsia wimple! Everyone loves that! Also, let's give it up for the fact that this totally obscure D-list villain is making his debut in a multimillion dollar musical! Also, here's photos of the costumes for the Green Goblin and a new villain created just for the musical. This brings me to my next point... 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereens5.) A Swiss Army Knife-themed villain was created for the show Swiss Miss is a new, serrated villain created by Taymor and designer Eiko Ishioka. This is perhaps the first time in superhero history a character's powers are "toothpick" and "fish scaler." 10 reasons why the Spider-Man musical will blow your damn mind to smithereens6.) There's still room for a mystery villain! Taymor has announced that a "Sinister Seven" will appear in the musical. Given that an obscure villain like Swarm made the cut, I hope is that the production team will appeal to the moneyed seniors (who'll actually have the scratch to attend this musical) and include Silvermane, one of the strangest Spider-Man villains ever. He's basically Robocop with an AARP card. 7.) The music sucking could be a meta-commentary on Peter Parker. I have a tin ear for musicals. When show tunes hit my eardrum, they coagulate into some inchoate, jazz-hand fondue, which, in my mind's eye, resembles Julie Andrews if she played that unlucky henchman in Robocop. Ergo, I have no particular opinion on this song. If you don't like the music, just think of it as a subversive commentary on how Peter Parker's a really annoying protagonist. 8.) The above song sounds vaguely like that U2 song from Batman Forever! That song's giving me flashbacks to "Hold Me Kiss Thrill Me Kill Me." Why is this a good thing? If the musical is a hit, then maybe this will inspire Seal to write a superhero musical in which every song sounds vaguely like "Kiss From A Rose." I would so pay to see 120 minutes worth of "Kiss From A Rose." 9.) In the end, a superhero musical kind of makes sense. Musical theater fans possess a specialized, arcane knowledge that's not easily accessible to the uninitiated — so do comic book fans. Broadway musical theater tends to be overweeningly sincere, with the exception of works that "subvert the genre." The same goes for superhero comics. Musical theater deals in a highly mediated form of reality where people dressed in tights stop every 5 minutes to belt out a song. Superhero comics occur in the real-world, but tight-clad people frequently stop alien invasions, which are scheduled every 5 minutes. In sum, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark combines these two art forms into a cultural Voltron that will smush post-modernity into paste. 10.) If the show becomes a massive hit, a couple decades from now summer stock productions will be putting on their own hilariously low-budget versions of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. And hopefully they'll look (and sound) like this.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55491	This weekend, learn to extinguish a candle with your voice Got some free time and some candles? Try to extinguish a flame with your voice! We know it can be done, we're just not sure how it can be done. Maybe you'll have a breakthrough. Or maybe you'll just have a housefire. I was disappointed when I found out that a human voice can't shatter a glass. It was a personal disappointment, because if any singing voice could crack glass, it would be mine. Alas, it turns out that we don't have that kind of power in our lungs. But now I can comfort myself with the thought that maybe, just maybe, I can snuff out a candle with a song. John Tyndall, who spent the 1800s studying everything from the movement of air to infrared radiation, found that if he put enough oomph into his voice he could extinguish a candle. Recently, scientists have been trying to find out how that would work. It seems easy to understand. Sound waves involve the movement of air. Blowing out a candle does, too. Sadly, it's not that simple. Not only does it take a certain volume level, some frequencies are better at others at pinching out a flame. The best theory in circulation on how it happens centers on the fact that sound involves the alternation of high and low air pressure. Increase the pressure on a given volume of gas - like air - and you'll increase the temperature. Decrease it the pressure, and you'll decrease the temperature. Fire requires heat to keep going. A sudden drop in air pressure could decrease the temperature around a small flame enough to freeze it out. Give it a try this weekend. Grab a candle, carefully tie back your hair, and sing to it until it decides that life isn't worth living anymore. Low frequency sounds - low voices - have a better chance of putting out a fire, so if you're a soprano, either put the candle in front of a speaker and play Barry White, or recruit your own baritone. Via Scientific American
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55492	Henry in High Politics By Michael Arram Rudi and his Secret Service bodyguards disappeared from school in a black SUV immediately following the end of the last period on Friday. Edward and Henry waved him off. Their own transport would arrive on Saturday, the first day of exeat. David came up behind them. 'So, there goes the king. It was nice of him to put us on the guest list. The rest of the sixth is dead envious. They wish now they'd been as nice to him as we were when he first came here.' Edward laughed and hugged David round the shoulder. 'You've got a nerve, Bounder boy! You're lucky Rudi's the forgiving sort.' 'How're you getting to Strelzen, Davey?' 'My 'rents are coming for the ride. We're all taking the plane from Heathrow. They're really impressed. They've even forgiven me for the lies about my supposed stay at the rectory at Easter. My sisters have sworn eternal hatred against me - unless, that is, I introduce them to the hunkiest young monarch in the world.' 'You gonna look up Anton?' David shot him a hard look to inform him that he had crossed a line. 'Sorry,' Henry mumbled. David relaxed a little and changed the subject. Clothes were on his mind, as they not infrequently were. Henry had begun to notice that David was something else out of uniform. His sense of style was innate; he dressed with imagination and not at all tribally. There was nothing of other boys' lazy reliance on dominant Indie, Emo or Heavy Metal kit. Even his tee-shirts were exceptionally well-selected. David had spotted a marked-down suit from an on-line house. Together with a loose silk tie, he thought it would make him look like something from a Milan catwalk. 'You should talk to Matt White while we're in Rothenia, Davey. He's just like you when it comes to clothes; he's got effortless style.' 'Wow ... like, that god would talk to a lowly fashion acolyte like me?' 'He is very like you, Davey. There should be opportunities for you two to get acquainted. He and Andy aren't what you'd expect.' 'I'd guessed. Ed thinks they're awesome.' 'They've been unbelievably good to him and me both, that's a fact.' A tailback of limousines was drawing up along the south side of the cathedral and disgorging all sorts of elegantly dressed people, some wearing decorations and orders. When their turn came, Matt and Andy led Ed and Henry through the south transept door past a line of cavalrymen with drawn swords. The former mounted section of the Presidential Guard had been reconstituted as the revived Royal Rothenian Lifeguard, and their new uniforms were beautiful creations in white and gold, with silver crested helmets. The four slid into seats next to Will Vincent, who was already eagerly scanning the programme for the musical content. They had good seats, just behind the ambassadors and EU commissioners. Rothenia had decided the consecration and coronation of King Rudolf VI would be a fitting occasion to celebrate its rebirth as a nation. More planning had gone into it than for a World Cup, and the excitement had risen exponentially since the Crown of Tassilo and other national relics had been placed on public display in the Radhaus of the Neuvemesten. The enormous queues across the Radhausplaz recalled the pilgrimage devotions of the middle ages. A number of church congregations had indeed processed to the Radhaus behind their banners and crosses. For Henry, it was totally fascinating to sit there soaking in the atmosphere of a great state occasion in a venerable and historic church. Across from them in the north transept he could see the faces of the European royals, prime ministers and presidents who had flown in. He briefly caught the eye of his own queen's representative, the Prince of Wales, whose well-known face was in the front row opposite, along with what his programme told him were the kings and queens of Spain and Sweden and the crown princes of Denmark and Sweden. Elphberg relations from the houses of Thuringia, Bourbon-Sicily, and Bavaria were in the row behind, along with several Hapsburg-Lorraines. There facing them sat himself, little Henry Atwood from Trewern. He beamed with delight at the incongruity of it all. Noticing the TV cameras set up in the triforium, he resisted the temptation to wave and shout, 'Hi, mum!' He knew she and dad would be watching the televised broadcast from Rothenia. A fanfare ripped through the murmuring in the church. First came a great procession of ecclesiastical dignitaries, followed by the princes of Rothenia and Rudi's family: his grandmother, the princess of Kesarstejne-Vinodol, leading them all. She was walking with a stick on the arm of Rudi's grandfather, the Duke of Munster and La Coruña, but was upright and proud on that day which saw all her hopes for the Elphberg dynasty fulfilled. Rudi himself came last, flanked by the Gentlemen of the Household in elaborate uniforms of the nineteenth century, bearing their silver halberds. Rudi's train was carried by ten pages in Elphberg green and silver. A great anthem welled up from the choir, and the service was under way. It was Count Oskar von Tarlenheim zu Modenehem who had the honour of bearing the Crown of Tassilo to the archbishop for the moment of coronation. 'Would have been better if we could have had a big tub of popcorn - the sweet stuff, not the salty - like in the multiplex in Ipswich,' was the only complaint that Justin later had to make. 'Was impressive, and Rudi did a good job. Looked cool in that white uniform and that long robe-type thing. Did well not to trip over it. Liked his chair too.' He smirked when Henry told him he loved him. Following the mass, in which Terry and Justin, both Catholics, communicated, they picked up their cars again and this time headed down to the royal palace, up the Rodolferplaz and through the gates. Justin and Henry waved enthusiastically at the crowds waving at them. Justin began blowing kisses, until Terry gave him a stern look. 'Wass happening now, Uncle Terry?' Justin asked. 'Buffet in the palace, I'm told, and the first royal levée in nearly a century.' 'Wass a levy when iss at home?' 'You stand around and make inane conversation with inane people and get your picky taken with His Majesty.' 'Aw right. Iss not fun, then?' But in fact it was great fun. Henry found himself talking to a boy his own age, foreign but with perfect English. They soon found they had common ground - an interest in strategy games - and swopped tactical hints about several of Henry's favourite titles. The foreign lad, Henry and Ed each copped a glass of fruit wine from a footman and had a good laugh in the corner. A while later Fritzy came over to join them. 'Getting on okay with Gustav, are you?' 'You bet,' replied Henry. 'He's a real mate, even if he is the Crown Prince of Sweden.' Rudi had changed into a morning suit and was circulating very regally, accompanied by Mr Pokolosky, the domestic comptroller, and Oskar. After about three quarters of an hour, a trumpeter gave a brief fanfare, and palace servants brought in an unsheathed sword and a kneeler. They placed the kneeler on the lowest step of the dais. Grasping the sword, the king ascended his throne. 'Royal brothers and sisters, my cousins the peers of Rothenia, my lords, ladies and gentlemen,' he began. 'One of the pleasanter duties of monarchy is the reward of those who have done great service to the nation. I hope this assembly will bear with me as I do just that, because there are several people in this room worthy of high honour. When your names are called out, please go to the chamberlain, and he will instruct you as to what to do.' The former president, Mr Maritz, was called out and smiled as he was cited for his great services to Rothenia in the post-Communist period. Kneeling, he received the grand cordon of the Order of the Rose and was awarded also the title of baron. There was a round of applause, after which several of his former cabinet received lesser honours. Then a loud voice spoke out: 'Mr Willem Vincent.' Will looked very grave as he went up to receive the grand cordon of the Order of the Rose, and came back beaming, resplendent in red sash, star and gold chain. Suddenly 'Mr Terence O'Brien' was called, and a stunned Terry was pushed forward by a shove from Will. He knelt to receive the Order of the Rose, and the accolade of knighthood. He came back with ribbon and star, moving as if he were in a dream. Several generals and officers received decorations, including Major Antonin, but just when Henry thought it was all over, the voice came again: 'Mr Henry Atwood.' His knees went wobbly when he saw a lane open in front of him. He knelt before a grinning Rudi to have the ribbon and medal of the sovereign's personal Order of Henry the Lion, second class, placed round his neck. 'Gotcha, you little queer,' the king whispered to him as he rose. 'Bastard,' Henry whispered back. Ed, David, Justin and Nathan got the same award each in turn. 'My,' commented Edward as they stared at each other, 'don't we all look distinguished.' 'So, amuse me,' said the ironic don opposite Henry. 'Eh?' Henry replied. He was intimidated. He had spent a lousy night in cruddy student accommodation at St Mark's College. There had been a sherry reception for candidates in the master's lodge: ten nervous sixth formers standing around making brittle conversation with the admissions tutor and some of the fellows. Henry had been unable to relate to the group of his peers, who had all been state-school kids. Although Henry had been one of them till he was fifteen, they were plainly intimidated by his name badge with a famous public school on it. And he could not stand sherry, he had decided. Henry shifted in his seat. He did not like the man opposite him. 'I'm afraid I don't have a stand-up routine.' This was not the way his sixth-form tutor had said it would go, with the interviewer supposedly creating a relaxed, chatty environment in which Henry could showcase his enthusiasms. The don's face shifted from ironic to sardonic. 'In that case, tell me about your A Level coursework.' So Henry launched into a description of his personal project - the symbolism of death in East Shropshire graveyards. He went into detail about his methodology, which, his history teacher had told him, would be what they wanted to know about. 'Hmm. Pleasantly parochial little study,' was the patronising response. 'Of course you've read Llewellyn and Ariès?' 'Er ... who?' 'They would have given you the broader context that your empirical study seems to need. Ah well. Can't expect too much. Medwardine your school, is it?' Henry hated this guy. 'Yes,' he confirmed. 'Bloch still the head of history there?' 'Mr Bloch is my teacher, yes.' 'You seem to show all the features of his teaching.' Henry fumed ... how much more obnoxious could this man get? This was deliberate intimidation, which he had been assured should not happen in Cambridge interviews. He shut down. Saying something might be worse than silence. He gave short answers to questions between long pauses. The don took up none of the issues he had carefully advertised in his personal statement. He left without shaking a hand that was not in any case offered. On Cambridge Station that afternoon he found himself waiting next to a girl who had also been at St Mark's. He found her easy to chat with outside the artificial interview environment. She had been in front of the same don as Henry. 'What a love,' she enthused. 'He fell over backwards to be pleasant and helpful. I was surprised he didn't offer me a sweet.' Henry was gobsmacked, until it hit him: St Mark's College had previously got into trouble for failing to recruit any state-school pupils for the tenth consecutive year. This time around, Henry concluded, it was going to be different. His rejection letter arrived promptly at Trewern rectory a week later. No Cambridge for him. Ed, who had received an offer from Trinity, was devastated. All Henry's other options offered him places without interview. Henry and Ed debated the consequences at his home that weekend. 'I said it might happen,' Henry reflected, 'but you wouldn't talk about a Plan B in case it did. I suppose you got an offer from Cranwell too?' 'Er ... yeah. I did.' 'Spit it out Ed. I know what's going to happen. You're going to take Cambridge as firm offer and Cranwell as your insurance, aren't you?' 'I've always wanted to go to one of the big three, Henry.' 'And so you must, Ed ... no, I mean it. I'd be stupid and selfish if I tried to talk you out of it. But it'll be different universities for us.' 'You could take a year out, Henry, and go for Cambridge again next year.' 'That's advice for the desperate, and I at least would like to graduate in the same year as you, Ed. Ours is destined to be a long-distance university romance, I'm afraid.' Henry's light words disguised a deep unease at the developing situation. Ed smiled regretfully. 'Are you going down to the open day at Cranwell?' 'Oh sure, Davey's coming, you coming too?' 'Absolutely, and I've got us a lift.' 'How did you manage that?' 'Terry will be here on Friday to see Rudi about the contract, and he'll drive us down to Cranwell. His parents will put us all up and we can do the open day thoroughly.' 'Uhh ... Terry and Davey, good combination.' 'Oh, he must be over it by now.' David was by no means over his resentment. The sight of Terry's elfin, smiling face brought back all the humiliation of his naïve and reckless Strelzen romance. He went quiet, and would hardly say a word. But Terry was a grown-up and talked amusingly and happily most of the way down the M6 and up the M4 to Cranwell. They chatted about Rothenia, about Justin - as mad as ever, Terry said - and about Cranwell, a place Terry still had a great affection for. They heard his teen cruising stories again, and remembered to laugh in all the right places. Of course he had not gone to Cranwell University, so he could not tell them too much about the academic atmosphere, to which he was an outsider. But Andy and Matt certainly could, and Terry urged Henry to take the next opportunity he had to buttonhole them on the subject. Cranwell was an average little city: ring road, perimeter multiplex and regional mall, Victorian housing stock, and all the main High Street outlets. It gave off a sort of familiar friendliness that appealed to Henry, to whom it was of course a big city. Terry drove straight to his parents' place. 'Now this, my lads, is the famous Finkle Road,' he announced as they turned on to a long street lined with late-Victorian terraced houses. 'Wass famous about it?' asked a jaundiced David, who had been quietly negative about Cranwell since they arrived there. 'It's the student area. This is where Matt and Andy, Will Vincent, and Alex Johnson all lived in their day. Puke Alley, the locals call it ... iss carpeted with sick in freshers' week. Something to look forward to, eh?' 'What, vomiting your guts up and sliding round in it?' 'Iss what students do, innit?' Terry turned off Finkle Road and into a modern cul-de-sac with large executive-style houses. He pulled up in the drive of one. A small, well-dressed lady came out as they were unloading, and you could see where Terry had got his looks from. Terry picked up his mother and hugged her. 'You're not taking care of yourself,' she complained after studying her son critically. 'You've lost weight, and the bags under your eyes ... ! You look years older.' 'Good to see you too, mum,' Terry said, shaking his head. 'These are my young friends Edward, Henry and David. They've come down from Medwardine for a university open day. Ed is Matt and Andy's foster kid.' 'It's nice to see you, boys,' said Mrs O'Brien, giving them the once-over and apparently approving of what she saw. She led them into a well-furnished house - perhaps over-furnished with glass ornaments and Catholic devotional objects. 'Terry's dad Harry is at work. He's a Chief Superintendent and it's his first week as commander of the city division,' she announced with perfectly understandable pride. Terry's dad had risen through the force and had already had one interview as an Assistant Chief Constable, so Terry had told them, with a good deal of pride himself. Henry and Ed were sharing a bedroom as usual, but so too were David and Terry. David's sour look said he didn't like it at all. Following an ample dinner provided by Mrs O'Brien, Terry suggested the boys go and check out Cranwell's nightlife. He said he knew they would be okay. 'I'd suggest the King's Cross, which is the only gay pub in town, but Frank, the manager, would never serve you and only give you a load of abuse. Iss a wonder the place survives.' So the boys explored the High Street and Swindon Road. It was a busy Friday night and the student population was out in force. In a city-centre wine bar they got talking to a table of first-year boys, who gave them the lowdown on what was quite a vibrant nightlife. They were warned about Riversiders, the local chav population. There was a bit of trouble in some pubs where poncy students were loathed. 'Oh and don't go near the King's Cross - it's the gay pub. The queers'll have your pants down as soon as look at you.' Henry rolled his eyes and gave a quirky look at David, who grinned back. Once Terry was out of the way, David became his pleasant self again. As a result, it was a good evening and they arrived back at Terry's parents' house in a merry but not drunken state. They were introduced to Mr O'Brien - a more thickset and shorter version of his son - with whom they had a coffee before heading off to bed. Henry and Edward had the guest room. David and Terry were in Terry's boyhood room, '... where I got me first blowjob, handjob and fuck. The Spirit of Libido Past hangs heavy in this place, so watch out, Davey.' David just gave him a neutral and sidelong look. After spending a chaste night, Ed and Henry were up early - but not as early as David, who was nursing a coffee at the kitchen table, already dressed. Henry looked at him quizzically. 'Did you have a row with Terry in the night?' 'Er ... not exactly.' 'There's something odd about you.' Ed butted in. 'Stop being nosy, Henry. You're a typical country boy.' 'I'm not being nosy, I'm just concerned. What happened?' 'Terry took my cherry.' 'You what!' 'He fucked me. That huge thing of his played pool with my kidneys.' Henry's jaw sagged. 'Did you want him to?' 'Well, yeah ... sort of,' admitted David. 'He was going to sleep on the sofa in his room, and I just couldn't hold out under that sort of consideration and niceness, could I? So I pulled back the duvet, and he joined me. We were lying back to back, and he was being very nice, but ... have you seen him without clothes?' 'Obviously not.' 'He's amazing. Not much hair on his body, and very athletic with beautiful long legs and such small feet. All-over tan too. Even not erect, his dick was causing a bulge in his pants, and his arse is so muscular and tight. So I sort of turned in the night and snuggled up to him and I couldn't help myself fondling his monster. It was already stiff. It's not exaggeration, he must be nine inches, and a huge set of balls.' 'One of which is a prosthetic, so Justy said.' 'Really? You'd never know. So he stirred and turned towards me. I could feel him smiling in the dark, and then he just cuddled me to him and I sort of melted. He's such a strong and powerful man and I just wanted him. So I began kissing and wanking him gently and he was groaning in my ear, and then he turned me. Now, I'd never been penetrated before, because Anton was such a bottom, and Terry seemed to know this when he began fingering my hole. So he flipped the switch of the bedside light and smiled down on me ... he looked so gorgeous and I more or less begged him to do me. He got some old KY still in the bedside drawer and must have spent half an hour opening me. 'It was sensational, but when he started putting himself in me ... God did it take ages. It was like someone had inflated a balloon in my bum, I was so full. And then he began fucking me. I was down on my tummy with a pillow under my cock. He just took it slow, and all he seemed to want to do was give me pleasure, and once the pain had gone away, it was pleasurable. I just wanted him to fuck me forever, and he must have delayed coming for ages. We did it bareback too ... d'you think that was wise?' Henry, stunned, blurted out, 'Oh, yes I'm sure Terry is clean and he knows you are.' 'After that he just held me ... and - I don't know whether I should tell you this - he cried as we began kissing afterwards. So I kissed and licked up his tears and he told me what a beautiful boy I was and how I had brought him back to life after a long winter ... that was a lovely thing to say, wasn't it? And I wouldn't let him go but held him till the sun came up. I left him asleep. I'm in love, Henry.' Ed and Henry stared at each other, until Ed said, 'Well, there's more mileage in this one than Anton. Young career guy, intelligent, fit, probably already a multi-millionaire, and the most dangerous gay in the western world. God help the homophobe who picks on you, Davey.' Henry added, 'Besides, he must have real feelings for you, Davey. He wouldn't have done it otherwise. He's such a controlled guy. It's been a year since Ramon died. I think maybe he's ready to rebuild his life. But it's awesome that he's picked you.' 'Awesome ... yeah that's the word. When we went to Rothenia I thought there was something in the way we sat and talked there, and he seemed to like me a lot. It's just that Anton came along and, y'know ...' Terry appeared at that point, wearing just boxers. He went to the fridge to get orange juice and as he turned he smiled at the boys. David, who was sitting a little timorously at the kitchen table, looked up at him through his long dark lashes. Terry leaned in and gave him a kiss so thorough that Henry was afraid David would spontaneously combust. Terry took his hand and grinned at the other two. 'I'm guessing Davey told you what we got up to in the night.' 'And some,' agreed Ed. 'Could you give us a few minutes, cos I think me and Davey have some things to say to each other.' Ed and Henry smiled and left. Although Henry kept on asking leading questions for the rest of the day, it was a while before he found out what Terry and David had discussed. As the boys left the O'Brien household with their campus maps in hand, all David would reveal was that they both wanted to carry on with it, but were going to go slow and take it step by step. Henry said he thought that was the best idea. They went to register with the tour guides first, then had a good scout round the campus and library. The history department was in an old townhouse next to a city-centre park. Henry went to introduce himself to the tutor and students manning a desk in the foyer there. A swarthy man with a naff moustache had a badge on saying 'Professor J. Faber: Admissions'. Henry waited for him to deal with a girl and her parents before approaching him. Professor Faber checked his list. 'Oh yes, Medwardine School. I hope you had a good trip down from Shropshire, Henry. Are you Henry or Harry?' 'Henry. Me and some friends came down last night and stayed over. Could you tell me something about bursaries and scholarships? My dad's a vicar and I'm going to be on a full maintenance grant, so every little counts.' 'I can imagine. My eldest boy starts university next year and it's going to be a nightmare. We offer university scholarships for anyone who gets ABB at A Level, but on top of that the department awards a number of privately funded scholarships for deserving cases who score AAA. They're called the Marlowe Fellowships, although they were set up by an alumnus of the department called Matthew White. They're worth £4000 a year and there's a lot of competition for them.' 'Matt White?' 'Oh ... you know him? He was once a student of mine.' 'Know him? He's my ... boyfriend's foster father. He's the reason I'm looking at Cranwell. He speaks very highly of the place.' 'Ah. I see. Well then. You know all about him. Is it that Justin lad who's your boyfriend?' 'Justy? God no!' 'Thank goodness. He is rather strange.' Henry laughed. He liked Professor Faber. 'When did you meet Justin, sir?' 'Henry, this is university and I'm not a schoolteacher. You call me Prof Faber or, if you are feeling particularly bold, Jeremy. I met young Justin at one of Matt's house parties early last year. It was for media types and professional historians to mingle and be creative. I think we mostly got drunk. Justin was hanging round the house and decided to have a game involving running ball bearings down the bannisters with the aim of smashing empty bottles he'd lined up in the hall.' Henry sniggered. 'That's Justy, alright! How did it end?' 'The housekeeper attacked him with a broom handle, so far as I can recall. Alright, let me check your details. Ah. You've decided on History and Theology. That's a pity. The Marlowe Fellowships are for History, English or English and History, but not that particular joint option.' Henry's heart fell and his face with it. He had counted on that extra support. Oh bugger, it looked as though he would be working shifts in the Cranwell McDonald's. But Cranwell had made a positive impression on him. He interrogated Professor Faber about the course and was gratified by the man's accessibility and good humour. The tutor in Theology was just as pleasant. They had a quite a bit to chat about, since he and Henry's dad had been to the same training college. All in all, by the time he met up again with David and Ed, Henry had decided that Cranwell would be his first choice. Ed was quite willing to make it his insurance, although he typically refused to commit himself till he had seen the other institutions on his list. David floated along in an abstracted dream world, although he said Cranwell was very nice. Frankly, Henry was convinced that if he had asked what David thought about the lowest circle of hell, he would also have replied it was very nice. When they got back, Terry was waiting with the car ready. After hugging his mother goodbye, he got them all aboard, with David, not unnaturally, in the front seat. They talked about Cranwell, and David announced he was definitely going to do Economics and Business Studies there. Henry was delighted, but suspicious. He had a feeling that David's veering away from his stated preferences for Durham and St Andrews was part of a personal agenda of some sort involving Terry. Meanwhile, Terry was beaming from ear to ear and making whispered little jokes with David, who was giggling like a girl a lot of the time. Henry could not but think the problems of a seventeen-year-old schoolboy and a twenty-four-year-old executive carrying on a love affair were not going to be resolved all that easily. When he looked at the happiness in Terry's face, however, and remembered the sadness that used to be there, he could only pray that Terry would find a way to pull it off. He had come to share Justin's and Nathan's adoration for the man. Talk about this story on our forum
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55553	Take the 2-minute tour × I know that most lubavitchers won't learn Daf Yomi. Is there any Sicha (please bring sources) which says if one should or shouldn't learn it? share\|improve this question You know that they won't, or that they don't? – HodofHod Aug 3 '12 at 6:24 -1, until you bring proof that the initial statement is true. – Adam Mosheh Aug 3 '12 at 15:46 You personally know MOST Lubavitchers, and what they learn? The Rebbe never endorsed Daf Yomi but he wasnt against it, and you certainly will not find a sicha from the Rebbe saying a person should not learn Torah. – user1292 Aug 3 '12 at 17:08 @mochinrechavim I can't say that I know all Lubavitchers, but in all Yeshivas I attended, there was not even a mention of anyone doing Daf Yomi (not bachurim, not Hanhala, not as an "out of seder" limud, there was no signs as to the current daf. It was as if it didn't exist.) My question is whether this is a "sourced" hergesh (The Rebbe said that "we don't do it - like learning Zohar legirsa) or is it just a "chassidishe hergesh [as in it's not our thing - like "Kitzur Yomi" (which I am almost sure that the Rebbe never talked about)])? – Shmuel Brin Aug 3 '12 at 18:51 @AdamMosheh personal experience - see previous comment. – Shmuel Brin Aug 3 '12 at 18:52 7 Answers 7 up vote 5 down vote accepted I heard (no source) that when asked once the Rebbe said Daf Yomi is not a "davar Hashaveh lcol nefesh" (something that would apply equally to everyone) unlike the shiurim in Chumash, Tehilim, Tanya and Rambam. However, it should also be mentioned that Lubavtich has its own (older) tradition from the Alter Rebbe (subsequently printed in Igros Kodesh of Tanya) about dividing and partnering everyone in learning Gemara, where everyone takes a different misechta and learns it through the year (this division was initially done on Yud Tes Kisleiv, subsequently moved to Chof Dalet Tamuz, and since moved back to Yud Tes Kisleiv), where everyone in the group becomes a partner and with their learning their part, they become a partner in the whole Shas every year. Promoting Daf Yomi would be promoting a different system where one person would have difficulty doing both and the Rebbe very much promoted the maintenance and strengthening of Chabad customs among Chabad Chassidim. Of course the Siyum Hashas was a wonderful thing, and although I avoid trying to project what someone would have said as it tends to just be wishful thinking on the part of the speaker, it is quite imaginable that the Rebbe's reaction to the Siyum would have been to praise it and point that it is a lesson to strengthen and encourage the custom of dividing Shas according to the Alter Rebbe's system as well. share\|improve this answer While the Rebbe did not openly endorse Daf Yomi, there is no sicha of (because this is the antithesis of) the Rebbe telling Chassidic dafka not to learn Gemara in this way. The fact that there were a dozen or so high profile Rabbonim representing Chabad at the recent Agudath Israel of America daf yomi siyum, is clear that Lubavitch supports any and all forms of Torah learning: COLlive.com has learned that Philanthropist R' Sholom Yehuda Rechnitz, a donor and emcee of the celebration, personally invited Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the Rebbe's Mazkir and Chairman of Merkos L'inyonei Chincuh, to join. Rabbi Krinsky, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, were seated on the second row on the dais which featured some 500 rabbonim and roshei yeshiva. Other Chabad dignitaries that were identified by one attendee on stage were 770 Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zalman Labkowsky, Dayan Rabbi Shlomo Segal, Chevra Shas shul Rabbi Mottel Gurary, and Congregation Beis Shmuel Rabbi YY Jacobson. In the large crowd were spotted Rabbi Chaim Miller, author of Kol Menachem publications; Long Island Shliach Rabbi Anshelle Perl who gives a Gemara shiur at Chabad of Mineola; and R' Shlomo Aron Holtzberg who gives a Daf Yomi shiur at Congregation Anash at 770 Montgomery Street. I recalled reading somewhere that at least one member of the Crown Heights Beis Din was also. share\|improve this answer Since Daf Yomi is printed in the weekly Dvar Malchus booklet - It's very unlikely that the Rebbe opposed learning it. share\|improve this answer Is Dvar Malchus (not the 5752 sichas) printed by Kehos? – Shmuel Brin Nov 3 '13 at 17:50 @ShmuelBrin Good point. I've always taken it for-granted that it was was from Kehos (probably because of the fact that the front cover uses the same cover as the original dvar malchus - with the Kehos logo) - but now that you mention it - I'm not sure. I just looked at a booklet now, and I can't make out who the publisher is. I think I'll edit the Kehos bit out of the answer in the mean time though. Thanks. – Danield Nov 3 '13 at 21:48 Its not printed by Kehos, rather by a separate print house dvarmalchus.org it only uses the kehos logo because it copies the cover page formats of the Sichos of the Nun years which were called "Dvar Malchus" in fact there are seforim out called Dvar Malchus which collect all those sichos. – Efraim Nov 19 '13 at 3:40 There are Lubavitchers who do Daf Yomi, but I assume your question is why it isn't emphasized to learn Daf Yomi in Chabad. I believe the answer to your question is that Chabad has its own daily studies to do, like chumash, tehillim, Tanya, rambam. When a Lubavitcher does all those and has extra time, then he goes on to Daf Yomi, but he starts off with his own minhag which is the primary focus share\|improve this answer Welcome to Mi Yodeya and thanks for the idea. I recommend you register your account, which will give you access to more of the site's features — and I hope you stick around! (You may also wish to choose a more meaningful username than "user2582".) – msh210 Apr 3 '13 at 6:59 I question the basis for saying that most Lubavichers don't learn Daf Yomi. If, as indicated in the comments, this is based on your years in Yeshivah, then you've answered your own question: Daf Yomi is not part of any mainstream Yeshivah curriculum. It is, rather, a tool to encourage widespread Talmud Torah among the public not (or no longer) in Yeshivah. You can most certainly find Daf Yomi classes taught in Chabad houses all around the world. share\|improve this answer As a Toras Emes alumnus I can say that we don't participate in it mainly because it was invented by Aguda leaders who were not in favor of the central importance of Lubavitch in the Jewish world. share\|improve this answer What's a bei unz? – Seth J Aug 9 '12 at 11:47 This is baseless. While it might be true, it has no conncetion to question. What yeshiva system of any Torah Institution uses Daf Yomi as a curriculum to teach? – user1292 Aug 9 '12 at 16:09 @mochinrechavim I don't understand your comment. It is not baseless, but sourced, and it does answer the question. And if you find his source puzzling consider that he might be reporting what he learned there and not how he learned there. – Double AA Aug 9 '12 at 23:27 @DoubleAA Where is the source for this statement? It's baseless because not supporting Daf Yomi Torah Learning is not a way Lubavitch would show their feelings for a specific group. The fact that doezens of high profile Lubavitchers were present including quite a few on the dayus, AND there are many Chabad Shuls that have a daily Daf Yomi shuir, including my shul, makes it even more baseless. – user1292 Aug 10 '12 at 1:40 @mochinrechavim No it is not baseless; it is sourced. He said exactly where he learned it. At Toras Emes (I assume that means something to you). Your disagreeing with his conclusion does not make it sourceless. – Double AA Aug 10 '12 at 3:00 When The Rebbe said (mi pi shemua) that daf yomi is not Davar Hashave lkol nefesh" it was before the appearance of the artschroll Gemara Now daf yomi is printed in the Davar malchus ( official publication) because it became hadavar Hashave lkol nefesh ( even more than the Rambam) It's easier to get more Tora understanding now from daf yomi in artschroll than in any Rambam in English share\|improve this answer Dvar Malchus isn't official. – Shmuel Brin Nov 3 '13 at 17:41 @ShmuelBrin, and it isn't printed with the artscroll translation either. – Yishai Nov 3 '13 at 17:42 dvarmalchus.org/Download/… here is a link of the dvar malchus it has "KEHOT" in the cover which is the publishing division of Chabad Lubavitch if there is a political issue in if it is official or not, I dunno – sholy Nov 3 '13 at 20:45 The cover was originally used for the sichos published in 5751-5752 called "Dvar Malchus" (which is why the date on the bottom says 5752). I don't know what connection the new publication has to do with those sichos. – Shmuel Brin Nov 3 '13 at 20:47 Your Answer
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55554	Take the 2-minute tour × If one launches a new website, can he recite Shehecheyanu? Or perhaps Hatov Ve-Hametiv, if others derive benefit from it? share\|improve this question Questions like this always remind me of Fiddler on the Roof's blessing on Mottel's new sewing machine. – Tzvi May 9 '11 at 16:23 A sewing machine, at least, has tangible existence in the real world. – Dave May 9 '11 at 16:38 YAY we got full commitment – yydl May 9 '11 at 18:10 @HRH"G R'msh210, not everything physical is tangible. When was the last time you touched a byte? – Dave May 9 '11 at 20:48 BTW, this is a SERIOUS question! :) – Dave May 9 '11 at 20:50 4 Answers 4 How about simply, Besha'ah Tovah! share\|improve this answer Seems appropriate. After all, the site is still beta. – Chanoch May 11 '11 at 17:49 Following the lead of the new fruit for the second day of Rosh Hashana (because we're not sure if we should say that bracha for that day), shouldn't you find some other reason to say Shehecheyanu in close proximity to the questionable event? share\|improve this answer That makes sense as a practical answer if the halacha is unclear about whether to say the b'racha. But (a) this Web site is not good for practical halacha (one should contact an authority instead) and (b) maybe (and answers may help clarify this) halacha is clear about whether to say the b'racha. – msh210 May 11 '11 at 3:09 I just saw this answer again and wondered if, ironically, it had been my first answer here. Alas no; it was my second. – Monica Cellio Jun 2 '13 at 22:36 hatov vehametiv I'm certain that you don't, the only case is when someone brings a second bottle of wine during a meal you have with other people. as for sheehianu, it would make sense if you are happy, I guess comparable to printing a book. but the website is not done, it is a work in progress and also there's no takana of beracha on this case. it doesn't mean that you shouldn't thank hashem for it, praying or making a seuda. share\|improve this answer Not really correct about "hatov vehameitiv." Any benefit that would deserve a "shehecheyanu" gets "hatov vehameitiv" if it benefits others as well (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 222:1; see also 223:1). – Alex May 11 '11 at 16:40 I think the question about the website being a physical entity that one finishes or acquires is an interesting one - can it get a brocha? Like a new shirt of a new tallis? I think yes. Any website still has existence on a server somewhere - even if its data is stored energy on a laser disk - it still exists as a physical recording on the physical plane. Now I think the more interesting question - is that do we need to stand next to the designated server in order to make the brocha - or is looking at the computer screen enough? And by extension can I make a brocha on a picture of a new tallis that someone bought for me and took a photo of? share\|improve this answer Hi Sam, welcome to Mi Yodeya! None of us know you, so your assertions held on your authority are not worth very much to anyone else. Please edit in a source for your understanding if possible. Thanks! – Double AA Jun 2 '13 at 21:31 Your Answer
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55582	You are viewing killingsound ni hao, bitches 14 May 2015 @ 10:48 pm No longer adding because 1) this blog is very personal and 2) I am very boring. Current Mood: amusedamused Current Music: Nemuri ni Yosete - L'Arc~en~Ciel ni hao, bitches 22 February 2011 @ 03:54 pm My journal started out very fandom-centric but has grown to be mostly about my personal life, and so out of a desire to preserve my privacy, I felt that it would be best to reassess my "readership," so to speak. I'd imagine that I'm a lot less interesting to most people on here nowadays, anyway, so I doubt many feelings were hurt. The qualifications for the friends cut were that the journal seemed abandoned, or we never talked, or we had very little in common. If you feel you were wrongfully cut, please message me and I'll be happy to discuss.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55592	Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice: The Snacktaku ReviewIn America, when most people think liquorice they think Twizzlers. When someone offers me licorice and then hands me a Twizzler I want to strangle them with a piece of Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice, but it's far too pliant and delicious to take a human life. I've prided myself on not writing a Snacktaku review with an agenda. I didn't write last week's Nutella review with an eye on discrediting Jif's new horrible chocolate hazelnut spread. My Hardee's bunch of disgusting meat on a bun review wasn't a stab at the national institution; I'm the little guy, they're the big guy—I know my place. Having said that, fuck Twizzlers in their stupid Twizzler face. I realize my views might be somewhat controversial given the current political climate, but I assure you, one bite into the soft and chew glory that is Darrell Lea's Soft Eating Liquorice, imported from the far-flung fantasy kingdom of Australia, and you will never want one of those vile, pig penis-like corkscrews to pass your lips ever again. I know what you're thinking—only black candy flavored with the roots of the liquorice plant are liquorice at all—the rest is just chewy candy. That's technically true, but your Coke machine sells Pepsi and your Xerox machine is made by Canon. We accept and move on. What makes Australian liquorice so glorious? It's the pillowy softness. Your teeth sink into the thick cylinder which bursts with flavor at their intrusion. It's nature's most ineffective defense mechanism, making the victim even more desirable once the attack begins. It's pliable, like edible clay, only that sounds truly horrible and you should probably forgot I said it. I've tried several different brands of Australian liquorice over the past few years, some more pliant than others. One particular brand whose name escapes me at the moment was almost more of a liquorice paste. Hershey, the makers of Twizzlers, released their own Australian-style liquorice a few years back, but it was far too firm, as if they had used the same formula as those twirly bastards and just molded it differently. That doesn't work. Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice: The Snacktaku Review Just look at that picture. Which looks more delectable? Which looks like a plastic children's toy? Note the dramatic angle. That's how serious I am about my liquorice—dramatic angle serious. What's amazing is that these two flavors of Darrell Lea—strawberry and liquorice proper—are imported from across the globe, carried on the wings of majestic hawks to the aisle of my local Target store. I can only imagine what it tastes like fresh from the factory in New South Wales. Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice: The Snacktaku Review I'll admit that this might be less of a review and more of a go-out-and-buy-all-the-Darrell-Lea article, but it's also much more than that. It's a condemnation of what the snacksters in my country have embraced as acceptable eating. It's a demand for higher quality combinations of sugar, wheat flour and molasses. And it's a desperate plea to Luke Plunkett to gather up all the Darrell Lea he can find and ship it to my house. We only have strawberry and black here, Luke! Where is the mango? The green apple? The chocolate-coated strawberry? I've known you for nearly six years and not once have you sent me a box full of lovely little paper bags. The closest I've come is a package my friend Chantelle from Brisbane put together but then let her children eat instead. So I beg you, Luke Plunkett of Australia, the land where men are so tough they beat their liquorice into soft eating submission, I beg you have mercy. Tell you what, I'll send you a half-eaten bag of Twizzlers.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55603	At Slate, “Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the widespread belief that other languages are spoken more rapidly than your own”; it’s a podcast, but they sensibly provide a full transcript for people like me who prefer to take in information visually. I’ll give you the key paragraph and let you read the rest over there: What they found was that the languages with the longer blocks of text, like Spanish, were spoken faster and the languages with the shorter blocks of text, like English and Chinese, were spoken slower – so that the rate of communicating information was approximately the same. Makes sense to me. 1. Makes sense to me. It would make sense if the languages themselves were in competition, trying to impart information at the same rate, but they aren’t. Some people speak fast in English, to get through their own long blocks of text before you leave or fall asleep, and some speak slowly to spread the few words out thinly. I expect it’s the same in other languages. 2. marie-lucie says: I am not sure what is meant by “languages with longer/shorter blocks of text”. 3. I think they mean languages that require more words or fewer words to say the same thing. 4. Time had an article on this, entitled Slow Down! Why some languages sound fast in November last year. In fact, I thought I found it through Languagehat. 5. Pimsleur and a couple of his colleagues determined that an average speech rate is between 160 and 190 words per minute. People delivering speeches in English speak at a rate of about 110 words per minute. A blind friend has specialized equipment and software for “reading” books and on-screen text that allows him to speed up the audio delivery to 300 words per minute and possibly more, which is about the reading rate of sighted people whose native language is English. Unlike the blur of high-pitched squeaks emitted from standard audio cassettes running at high speed, the devices maintain normal tones. They even allow him to select different “voices,” both male and female. I don’t recall the brand names of his devices but here’s a sampling. 6. cathasturias says: Tv newsreaders in English in UK read at 3 words/sec = 180 words/min. I know, I wrote it! 7. Paul Odgen is talking about text-to-speech, but it is also possible to speed up recorded speech without changing the pitch. It is often marketed to students to speed up listening to a recorded lecture. The approach involves shortening all the pauses down to a minimum length, and I think some system also shorten extended vowel sounds while leaving the consonants the same. I’ve heard speech sped up by around 50% by this kind of technique, and it’s pretty intelligible, although it makes me feel like I’m listening to someone from New York City. When I’m listening to a language that’s not my native language, speed (or length) can be a problem though. There’s a lag processing the beginning of the sentence and then I miss the rest. So I might be able to deal with “Did you enjoy your visit to the art gallery?” but not “The minister stated that prospects for increased employment in the industrial sector would depend on creating a favourable economic climate for foreign manufacturing firms”, even if I could understand each piece by itself. Speak Your Mind
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55605	Ojalá and Insh’Allah One of my best friends is Muslim, as are a few other friends and acquaintances, so I’ve become used to seeing the word “insh’Allah” added to the ends of sentences online over the years to mean “hopefully” (or literally, “if Allah/God [is] willing.”) At some point it occurred to me that “insh’Allah” sounded very similar to one of my favorite Spanish words, “ojalá” – which also means “hopefully.” Could there be a connection? I wondered. If you haven’t guessed by now, “ojalá” does indeed derive from the Arabic “insh’Allah,” thanks to the Moors who ruled Spain. (Since knowing this, when I text or email my friend something I’m hopeful about, I often type “hopefully/ojalá/inshAllah.”) Another Spanish word that allegedly derives from Arabic: ¡Olé! According to the book, “Everything You Need to Know About Latino History: 2008 Edition” by Himilce Novas, “Olé is a Spanish word adapted from ‘Allah,’ the Arabic name for God. So when Spaniards cry ‘¡Olé!’ at a bullfight, they are saying ‘Praise Allah!’ — even if they really mean ‘Viva,’ which is Spanish for ‘Long live!’ or in some circles, ‘Man Alive!'” While looking through lists of Spanish words of Arabic origin I spotted several of my favorite words: I bet you didn’t realize how much Arabic you speak! (Check out more HERE and HERE.) And since we’re on the topic, I may as well close with one of my favorite Spanish villancicos, “Peces en el Río,” which has a decidedly Arabic feel to it. (This is a rather lively version from Colombian group, Las Mujeres de mi Tierra.) 11 thoughts on “Ojalá and Insh’Allah 1. :-) you left out my favorite. NARANJA :-) But this was a GREAT ARTILE and I am so glad I subscribe. Thank you. John Juan Adams 2. I took a class in college in which we had to do a project on borrowed words in Spanish, and it looks as though you have hit the major ones. I often find though that ojala is less used and that other words are substituted in its place. It has a strong connotation though 3. Have you noticed how some novelas have Arabic theme to them? There was one a few years ago based in the middle east and now Corazon Indomable on right now on univision has a character that is a prince from dubai. :0 4. Here, in El Salvador – Ask Carlos – we use ojalá and “primero Dios” as the same… so that makes more clear the conection between those and insh’Allah WordPress.com Logo Twitter picture Facebook photo Google+ photo Connecting to %s
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55608	Sunday, November 18, 2012 Confession and Thanksgiving craftiness I have a confession to make. I'm just paranoid enough that I don't use my nieces' real names on this blog. Ever since my brother's best friend's little boy (he's Grace's age) got his identity stolen, I've been being a bit more careful about things like the kids' names. So I've replaced the names I originally wrote on the following picture with blog names. Does anybody remember doing this? It is a little old for Nikki, but I'm sure she'll have a grand time making a mess with the glue. Originally, I'd thought to leave this for a few years with her, but when I started tracing Gracie's hand, she insisted on joining in. So the new plan is that she doesn't get glitter and sparklies since at 18 months, she'd just try and eat them, and we'll do hers first and then Grace will get a chance while Nikki naps. I have no idea where I got the shellack from. It's been in my sewing/craft closet for years, and since I can hear things sloshing around, I'm hopeful that it will still work. I suppose this could be called, "keep the kids out of the kitchen" crafts! Really though, Thanksgiving will be interesting as our oven broke this week. We're pretty sure we know what's wrong, and we're also pretty sure that getting it fixed this week isn't going to happen! Tomorrow, we'll have glitter covered kids, so stay tuned! Sunday, November 11, 2012 Veteran's Day With all the illness that's been going around, I completely lost track of the fact that it was Veteran's Day today. For the first time in years, we didn't go over to the cemetery to make sure that Grandpa got a flag... because for some reason, people seem to think it's funny to steal his. He was what you might call a late casualty--he died in 1985 from stomach cancer that was a direct result of being ordered over Einwetok during the nuclear testing there in the 50s. Let me introduce you. :) I think this is actually a picture of him as an Ensign. And yeah, it's signed to my Grandma, who was his sweetheart and a war bride. Lieutenant Commander Marvin Davies. He served as a Naval Aviator through WWII and Korea, taught other people how to fly, and flew everything from bombers to fighters and even the first jet. He hit the up or out clause sometime after Korea due to a CO that gave everybody crappy fit reps. He flew commercial later on, and even spent a short stint flying for the CIA. He used to joke that for a few months, he was a short, fat, tall, thin, bald-headed man with curly hair. He never really told war stories. He told stories of funny things that happened, one answered prayer, and how great it was to fly. The closest he ever came to telling war stories was when I was six and asked why one of the soles of the boots he always wore was fatter than the other. He told me that he'd been shot down during WWII and a piece of shrapnel had torn through his thigh. And that he had been lucky in where it had hit because any higher and Dad wouldn't exist and neither would I, and he would have missed me without knowing what he was missing. He loved flying and he loved the time he spent in uniform. Sometimes, though, you could see it in his eyes that he was remembering something bad. But he said once that he wouldn't change anything. My Dad was the same--he was a late casualty, too. He joined the Army during Vietnam, even though as an only child he could have avoided it. He said that the absolute pride on Grandpa's face made it worth it, even though injuries received while in the service crippled him and were the eventual cause of his death in 2007. So Grandpa and Dad, take care of each other. We miss you. And thanks. Our world isn't perfect, but it's safer because of you and other vets like you. New words Nikki learned a new word this past week--Puke. Yeah, that's right! She talks a lot more than most 18-month-olds do and has a bigger-than-average vocabulary. (It's the second child thing, I think.) But this was a new one... and she learned it because of first-hand-experience. Last week at this time, she was throwing up, and so was Grace. They spent most of the week recovering, 'cause this was a particularly nasty strain of stomach flu. And then I spent Friday and yesterday doing the same thing. Needless to say, there wasn't much else going on here. Fever and chills follow the throwing up, which is the stage I'm at now. Joanna offered to keep them at home last week, but 1) we'd already been exposed at the contagious stage and 2) she really couldn't afford to miss work. Chances were that I'd already caught it anyway, so we told her to send them over. The entredeux I ordered early last month finally arrived so I can finish the pinafores for the Psycho Billy Cadillac Christmas Dresses... which I'll do as soon as I get over the hot and cold stage. Here's to hoping that everybody else is well! :) Saturday, November 3, 2012 An open letter to my sister To my readers... few though y'all are... sorry for this interlude, but this is driving me crazy and has to be said. (And since Sarah doesn't even know this blog exists, it's a safe place to do it.) This was last week, and I'm recovered enough to actually say something now. I know she'll never see it, but it'll make me feel better. They were dumped here early Friday morning and snatched back late Sunday afternoon. Dear Sarah: Once again, I survived your kids. I survived you dumping them on us at the last minute with me having two others to take care of. Geoffrey and Jared were both gone Saturday at the Georgia Tech Football game and Joanna was working so Saturday, I had all four. Mom has some nerve damage in her leg from the chemo that's just shown up five years after she finished treatment and is on meds for that which knock her out, so I had to manage on my own. Spending time with them was... interesting. Are you aware that Ricky, at four, is still sticking random things in his mouth? He happily chewed on some of Nikki's teethers and a good many of the other toys. I must have missed washing one, because she's sick now. And that's another thing. What part of immune compromised do you not understand? Because you dumped two sick kids on your elderly mother and handicapped, immune compromised sister for three days with less than 24 hours warning. And you could have said thank you. You didn't. You snatched them and their new stuff (which you also didn't thank us for) and left. Thanks to us, who are barely making ends meet, your kids have new clothes and shoes. I find it sad that the only reason they have fairly nice clothes is because your retired mother and handicapped sister spent their savings on buying them. That money was earmarked for covered gutters on the front of the house and your kids are now wearing my covered gutters. And don't poormouth me. You and Shane are upper middle class. At the very least, you could buy them decent clothing that fits instead of the ill-fitting cast-offs I see them in. You could take them to a real shoe store and buy shoes that fit instead leaving it to me and mom to do it. Payless' measuring system is crap, and the quality of their merchandise is poor. There's a reason why I haunt ebay to buy the good stuff. You two have screwed up priorities from my view. The kids should come first, not the poor third or fourth they seem to come now. I know they don't meet the legal definition of neglect, but I also know that you could do better. I know that you only left them here because Shane's parents went to this conference you two attended. I also don't understand why you've taken all of Shane's ideas and opinions as gospel truth. We were raised by the same parents and they taught us to think for ourselves, yet you seem content to let him do all your thinking for you and treat you like a 50s housewife. I hate that you only call when you want something or come visit to get something out of us. I hate that you seem to think that we owe it to you. I'm aware that your husband doesn't like us. I know that he was afraid of having children because they could be Autistic like the older two siblings (they have Aspergers) or overweight like I am or have lymphedema like me. I know he hates us because in his view not only are we different, but in his mind we're a drain on society. I wish you'd kicked him to the curb the first time he insulted your family. It may be clannish of me, but my family is the most important thing in the world to me and I don't get why yours isn't. We were raised by the same parents, taught the same things, and even shared a room growing up. But I don't recognize you anymore. You seem to have forgotten almost everything our parents taught us. Lately, when you've called, it's been to complain that you didn't like what I bought for Lizzy or Ricky. I somewhat resent having to clothe your kids as it is, and your complaints make me want to tell you where to get off. Momma taught us manners. Marrying that damnyankee of yours seems to have erased yours. You seem to think that we owe it to you to take care of your kids because we take care of Gracie and Nikki. We don't. If you'd drive from Stone Mountain to here to visit more than Christmas (and part of me is convinced you only come for the gifts) I might love your kids more. Mom might, too. But ours is a distant, dutiful kind of love because we don't know your kids. At best, I see them once a year unless we have something you want. When Jared was in school, Joanna was working to put him through. They couldn't afford child care, so we volunteered to take care of Gracie. This has been her second home since she was three months old. The same with Nikki. They're both working full time, but with school debts, and what they make, they still can't afford child care, so Gracie and Nikki are here. I couldn't love them more if I'd given birth to them. I'd die to keep them safe if it were necessary. They're my kids, and I have full permission to claim them. You say that they're spoiled, I say that they're loved and know it. Mine aren't even mostly given their own way and have set rules that they follow. Yes, even 18-month-old-Nikki has rules. They know what the consequences are for breaking the rules, and they also know that afterwards, they can always expect hugs and kisses and forgiveness. Yours I'm not so sure of. I don't know what to think of your kids, Sarah, but at the same time, I know you. You're stubborn. Anything I say to your face will cause a rift until you manage to rewrite history in your own head to make it your idea. You claimed that you knew Ricky had wide feet, but when I suggested that might be the problem three months ago, you told me that I was crazy that there was no way. I've watched, and you tend to treat them as if they're older than their age, but you tend to baby them with certain things, too. Some of the behavior you complain about is your fault. It's one thing to limit your kids' sugar intake. It's another to deny it entirely. That's why Ricky will stuff any sort of sugar loaded thing he can get down as fast as he can, even if it makes him puke. It's the same with television. By not allowing it at all, you make it to Ricky and Lizzy are immediately drawn to it when it's on and turn into zombies. Mine take it or leave it because they've been exposed to it, and I swear the idiot box saved my sanity when Nikki had colic. I could count on one blessed hour of no crying when The Fresh Beat Band was on. Control what they watch, fine. Mine watch educational TV when they're allowed to see it. They also have no problems with turning it off to go play, do a craft, or go outside. Yours throw tantrums. I don't know how to end this letter. Gracie, Nikki, Joanna, Mom, and me are sick now because of exposure to your kids' germs. I still love you. I just don't know what to think of you anymore. All I can do is keep communication lines open so that if something happens, you have someone to turn to and somewhere to go. And despite the fact that your kids have a complete wardrobe of new or nearly new clothes that we gave them, and we took them in and I had to give up my bedroom so they'd have a place to sleep, you still haven't said thank you. Love, Laura. Friday, November 2, 2012 Babies and sewing machine feet. I'm the proud owner of a Pfaff 1222E. Yes, it's older than I am, but it's a workhorse and as it's mechanical, it will never get a virus or have a software problem. I know where I can get it fixed and as the walking foot is built in, I have less problems than a lot of people. I was also lucky enough to get a complete set of sewing machine feet before Grace was born for $10. And those feet have served me well... until two months ago when Nicole threw my buttonhole foot away. See, this was how Impling got her new nickname. She's a sweet baby, but she gets these looks on her face that mean she's planning trouble. and her fascination with throwing things (like Mommy's Ipod Touch) in the trash has led to that! (The Ipod was two weeks ago. sigh Nikki, what are we gonna do with you, Sweetheart?) Since we didn't figure out exactly what happened until the week after the event, my buttonhole foot was long since consigned to the dump. So that started off a month and a half of searching. I can easily find the feet, yes, but I'm sooo not willing to buy a new-to-me machine to get it. I have a perfectly good machine--I just didn't have the foot. and truthfully, my buttonholes look better when using the proper foot for them. I contacted every seller who had one, offering $10 over the current market value if they'd separate it from the machine they were selling. I posted ads. I even asked around on Pfaff boards and the vintage Pfaff list. Nada. Until last week. Ahh, my new buttonhole foot. How do I love thee. I will take him home and love him and squeeze him and call him George. He will be my pet, my good pet, and I will feed him and brush him, and give him baths.. ahem Sorry, got a bit carried away! ;) To make it even better, I also scored a new pedal from the same seller. Both mine and the one from the 1222 have electrical problems. Since mine and my mom's machine (the 1222) are only one model apart, feet and the pedals are interchangeable, among other accessories. But in both, there are breaks in the line somewhere that make them not-quite-functional. So now I have one that's listed as functioning perfectly and--eventually--I'll buy replacement cords and work on rewiring the old ones. Everybody have a great day! Thursday, November 1, 2012 Halloween in Review I kind of find it ironic that Grace needed two costumes for Halloween this year. There was the purple bat costume that Joanna got for 90% off last year-- The skirt lights up, and her hair was supposed to be purple, but I guess that wasn't quite right! And yeah, that's a bat painted on her cheek! The original commercial costume is sleeveless, but it was actually cold here (which isn't usual for Halloween in Georgia) so Mommy insisted she wear a black turtleneck underneath. And the boots are an Aunt Laura and Grandma contribution to her regular wardrobe. Boots are favorite footwear and even though I always used to say that they were a waste for a little kid, I've found myself looking for flat (no heels here for a four-year-old) boots to add to her shoe collection! But then her preschool insisted on non-scary storybook costumes. So here comes Rapunzel. I purposely left up the hair post until today just in case somebody needed it. :) At 7 am yesterday, they showed up on my doorstep so that I could fix Bit's hair. I've had waist-length hair since high school, so I know how to deal with it. We put Nicole in the high chair with breakfast so things like shiny bobby pins wouldn't suddenly disappear, wet down Grace's hair, and did it in double twists. You can find a general tutorial here. I had to locate said tutorial because I hadn't done that since high school! I did it to the middle of her head, ended in a ponytail, and then twisted that into a bun so it would look like it was almost into the Rapunzel braid. Then after a generous application of hair spray (which she hated!) I started pinning in Rapunzel hair. This is probably one of the few places you'll see pictures, even sort of , of me. My disease led to inactivity because of having to have limbs elevated for a minimum of 8 hours a day, which meant a massive weight gain. It also means that very few of my projects are for me because if you're even as big as a RTW size 20, patterns don't come in your size... but that's a rant for another day. After I pinned it in, we had Gracie shake her head a bit... which led to more pinning because I hadn't pinned it tightly enough. To which she said it was too tight, but when asked it she could wear it anyway, she said yes. We've been talking to her for over a week on how she couldn't take it off herself because with how I carefully put hairpins in the twists as well as pinning it in, we'd have a partially scalped child. Her hairpiece is pinned front, back and sides, and when her hair dried, it almost looked like the braid was actually her hair since she's such a light blonde. Because it was even more cold yesterday morning, that's a My Little Pony PJ shirt underneath. After all, poly satin and poly organza are not cold weather fabrics! Since crinolines have been pronounced "itchy" (would hate to see how she did with the original starched cotton ones) she did without, which I think didn't hurt the look at all. One in, the braid went almost a bit past her knee, which just shows how long that bugger is. (Grace currently needs a 26 inch dress to get to the bottom of her knee... which I prefer because that gives a little bit of growth space before it's too short) We were just lucky that the dress still mostly fits! If it weren't for the fact that the sleeves could use another inch... :) The ribbons and flowers in her hairpiece were a source of happiness because she's a girly girl! And she proudly showed them off for the camera. She was the prettiest Rapunzel at preschool! But not to leave the Impling out, we also had the cutest little pink owl running around. She's learned to say "who" for the sound an owl makes and loved informing people that she was an owl. "Tick or teat" was her request at Trunk or Treat last night along with pleading looks and "Candy peas!" The weather made me glad I'd gone for felt because she was nice and warm in the cooler weather without being overheated.... which was the mistake I'd made with Grace at this age! (And ironically, I used felt for Gracie's Foofa costume) We set up a clothespin drop with varying containers, step stools, and distances according to age. :) Candy for all, prizes for those who tried. 3 and under had their own setup to ensure that they could win, too, because I swear it's the most frustrating game ever invented! Even some grownups tried it... and failed. So how was everybody else's Halloween? Ours was fun, and the neon purple even washed out of Bit's hair!
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55630	Minerals and Energy http://library.csun.edu/Guides/GovPubs-Minerals/feed en Minerals and Energy http://library.csun.edu/Guides/GovPubs-Minerals <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/index.shtml">Science Accelerator</a>. Federated searching of Department of Energy resources, some of which are separately listed below.</p> <p><a href="http://www.osti.gov/scitech/">SciTech Connect</a>. <span>SciTech Connect includes technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, and data information sponsored by DOE through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or similar type of funding mechanism from the 1940s to today.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/"><abbr>DOE </abbr>Data Explorer</a>. Use the DOE Data Explorer to find scientific research data collections- such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images - generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines. Database includes biblographic citations/descriptions of the data collections and links to the data itself.</p> <p><a href="http://search.usgs.gov/">United States Geological Survey website search</a>. Reports and information published by the Geological Survey. California State University, Northridge students and faculty should use the <a href="/cgi/opac">Library Catalog</a> (searching by journal title, book title and/or series) to determine whether the Oviatt Library has needed books and periodicals which are not available free online.</p> <p><a href="http://www.science.gov/">Science.gov</a>. Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by United States government agencies, including research and development results.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:06:38 +0000 kdabbour 2686 at http://library.csun.edu
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55635	Chrome the Only Browser Standing in Pwn2Own Contest The Pwn2Own competition challenges security experts to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers, and after the first day of the contest, Google Chrome is the only browser left standing. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer, on the other hand, were all handily exploited by the hackers. In fact, Safari was apparently exploited in a matter of seconds. So what makes Chrome so good? According to previous Pwn2Own champ Charlie Miller: Score one for the folks at Google. Head on over to Ars Technica for a more detailed rundown of the Pwn2Own exploits.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55636	Gmail Compose Windows, Noisy Environments, and Progress Bars Readers offer their best tips for forcing Gmail to use the old compose window, getting your message across in loud environments, and keeping track of progress bars. Force Your Browser to Load the Old Gmail Compose Window Gmail Compose Windows, Noisy Environments, and Progress Bars Scott shares a way to force Gmail to use the classic compose window: I learned that specialized extensions that bring back the old Gmail compose window mostly work by switching the user agent to Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0). So I just downloaded the UAControl extension for Firefox, which lets you set up the user agent on a per site basis. Now whenever I am using Gmail in Firefox, I have the classic compose window! If you're using Chrome instead of Firefox, you can use the extension User-Agent Switcher for Chrome to get the same effect. Draw Messages When It's Too Loud to Talk Gmail Compose Windows, Noisy Environments, and Progress Bars Fred lets us know a clever way to get your message across in loud environments: This tip was inspired this past Saturday night when I wanted to hear the song "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show in a rather loud club in Nashville, TN. Instead of screaming your song request at the DJ, try using a note or drawing app on your smartphone to write out your message. For example, I wrote "Wagon Wheel" on my Galaxy S III and showed it to the DJ. The same method could also be used for ordering drinks. Use Hair Clips to Quickly Wrangle Earbud Cables Gmail Compose Windows, Noisy Environments, and Progress Bars Ketra shares a quick tip for managing cables: I used a hair clip to wrangle my ear buds on a recent trip. Most people have these around the house already so have a convenient cord management solution on hand. Photo by Deman. Monitor Progress Bars From Behind the Windows Taskbar Gmail Compose Windows, Noisy Environments, and Progress Bars James clues us in to a clever way to monitor windows with progress bars: On any version of Windows with a translucent taskbar, just drag the window down so the progress-bar is behind the taskbar. This lets you maximize other windows and continue working because they won't obscure the area behind the taskbar. And you can usually see more information than the app's taskbar icon shows (if it even monitors progress at all). I've used this to monitor network copy progress, install progress, downloads, code compilation, and more!
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55640	LINGUIST List 5.248 Thu 03 Mar 1994 Confs: Conference in Berlin, Organization in Discourse Editor for this issue: <> 1. , Conference in Berlin 2. Brita Warvik, Conf: Organization in Discourse Message 1: Conference in Berlin Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 17:23:48 GMConference in Berlin From: <chrissskyline.asg.AG-Berlin.MPG.DE> Subject: Conference in Berlin --- Begin Included Message --- Inaugural Conference on Universal Grammar and Typological Variation Berlin, 17-19.3.1994 17. 3. 94: 9.00-9.30: Coffee, Registration 9.30-10.00: Welcome 10.00-11.00: Paul Kiparsky (Stanford/Berlin) To be announced 11.00-11.40: Tracy Alan Hall (Berlin) "Coronal Fricative Inventories" 11.40-12.20: Caroline Fery (Tuebingen) "German Umlaut in Optimality Theory" 12.20-13.00: Renate Raffelsiefen (Duesseldorf) "The Typology of Prosodic Words" 13.00-14.30: Lunch 14.30-15.10: Chris Wilder (Berlin) "Coordination, ATB and Ellipsis" 15.10-15.50: Hubert Haider (Stuttgart) "Towards a Theoretical Foundation of the Typology of Extraposition" 15.50-16.20: Coffee Break 16.20-17.00. Wolfgang Wurzel (Berlin) "On Markedness" 17.00-17.40: Johanna Rubba (Temecula) "Two Models of Discontinuous Morphology" 17.40- 18.40: Wolfgang Dressler (Vienna) "Universals, Typology and Modularity in Natural Morphology" 20.00: Evening Reception 9.30-10.30: Rita Manzini (Florence) "Dependencies, Ordering and Locality" 10.30-11.10: Gaberel Drachman (Salzburg) "Some Properties of Clitics" 11.10-11.30: Coffee break 11.30-12.10: Christer Platzack/Inger Rosengren (Lund) "The Imperative Verb Mood and its Relation to Functional Heads" 12.10-12.50: David Adger (York) "Reconstruction, Economy and the Mapping 12.50-14.30: Lunch 14.30-15.10: Paul Law (Montreal) "Argument Binding in Malagasy" 15.10-15.50: Dieter Gasde/Waltraud Paul (Berlin/Paris) "TopicP and Complex Sentences in Chinese" 15.50-16.20: Coffee break 16.20-17.00: Thomas Stroik (Morehead) "Kayne's Universal Word Order Hypothesis and Psych-Verbs" 17.00-17.40: Anoop Mahajan (Los Angeles) "Universal Grammar and the Typology of Ergative Languages" 17.40-18.40: Jamal Ouhalla (London) "Genitive Subjects and VSO Order" 9.30-10.30: Hans den Besten (Amsterdam) "Progress and Failures in the Analysis of Germanic Verb Raising" 10.30-11.10: Elly van Gelderen (Groningen) "Universals and Minimalist 11.10-11.30: Coffee break 11.30-12.10: Heike Wiese (Berlin) "Numbers and Numerals" 12.10-12.50: Johan van Auwera (Antwerpen) "On the Typology of Negative Position in Phasal Quantifiers" 12.50-14.30: Lunch 14.30-15.10: Ekkehard Koenig/Martin Haspelmath (Berlin) "Internal and External Possessor Constructions in the Languages of Europe" 15.10-15.50: Renate Steinitz (Berlin) "Towards a Revision of Universal Category Features" 15.50-16.20: Coffee break 16.20-17.00: Ewald Lang (Berlin) "Basic Dimension Terms: A Look at Universal Features and Typological Variation" 17.00-18.00: Gisbert Fanselow (Potsdam)) "Minimal Syntax" Martin Haspelmath (Berlin) "Implicational Universals in the Distribution of Indefinite Pronouns" --- End Included Message --- Message 2: Conf: Organization in Discourse Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 22:45:39 +Conf: Organization in Discourse From: Brita Warvik <> Subject: Conf: Organization in Discourse *** O R G A N I Z A T I O N I N D I S C O U R S E *** Turku, Finland, 10-14 August, 1994 The English Department of the University of Turku will be hosting a conference on Organization in Discourse. Sections are planned on topics dealing with linguistic aspects of textual organization in, for example, speech and writing, and in narrative and scientific discourse. The plenary speakers will be Douglas Biber, Svetla Cmejrkova, Ulla Connor, Nils Erik Enkvist, Jan Firbas, Michael Hoey, Jan-Ola Ostman and Eija Ventola. Our first circular received a delightfully ample response from discourse enthusiasts all over the world: at the moment we have almost one hundred registrations and more than half of them include a proposal for a paper. If you would like to participate in the conference, please send your REGULAR MAIL address to We will then send you conference information with the final registration form. The deadline for final registration and abstracts is 31 March 1994.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55661	From: Sergei Golubchik Date: May 27 2011 11:07am Subject: Re: Why SHA256+salt authentication ? List-Archive: Message-Id: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Kristofer! On May 27, Kristofer Pettersson wrote: > Sergei Golubchik skrev 2011-05-27 11:24: > > Just curious, why do you guys want new authentication plugin > > that uses sha256 and salt? > > > > Was the current (double SHA2) security found flawed? > > There is no evidence that it is flawed and there is no evidence of > successful cryptographic attacks. I see. Good to know. > > Or you just like it salted? > > Yes. It is suppose to make it more difficult to construct MySQL > specific rainbow tables. Agree. We even tried to use salted hashes once, but had to revert it. I hope you will be more successfull at it. Regards, Sergei
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55662	From: Dan Nelson Date: October 21 2009 6:31am Subject: Re: Low performance due high network latency - batching ? List-Archive: Message-Id: <> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In the last episode (Oct 20), Bermejo, Rodrigo (GE Infra, Aviation) said: > We are facing a preformance issue with a desktop application which > connects remotly to a Mysql / DB ( ping times 300-800ms). We do not have > time to invest in modifications to create a 2-tier ... Web application > The initial plan was to implement a Client cache or a local DB (mysql > slave or XML files). > > After reviwing the code and the sql logs I figured out there are a lot of > insert/updates and replaces within loops. Sometimes there are more than > 200 inserts statments coming for a loop. > > What I did was to create a long string with all statments separated with > semicolons (batching) and then just send them all in just one statment. > This reduced the major application use case time in 300% A reasonable optimization. Note that you can insert multiple rows in one INSERT statement: INSERT statements that use VALUES syntax can insert multiple rows. To do this, include multiple lists of column values, each enclosed within parentheses and separated by commas. Example: INSERT INTO tbl_name (a,b,c) VALUES(1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9); -- Dan Nelson dnelson@stripped
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55663	From: Warren Young Date: August 24 2006 3:08am Subject: Re: Still having pointer problems with mysqlpp examples. List-Archive: Message-Id: <> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gary Anderson wrote: > Unhandled exception at 0x104f1795 (msvcp80d.dll) in dbinfo.exe: > 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x74616420. The code > broke in the string library. What exception was thrown? > Resetdb still errors also: Unhandled exception at 0x7c81eb33 in > resetdb.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: std::bad_alloc at memory location > 0x0012ebc0.. This one broke in the new function of new.cpp. Someone reported that this sort of thing would happen with the brandest newest MySQL. Try rolling back to 5.0.22.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55666	Tugger the SLUGger!SLUG Mailing List Archives Re: [SLUG] Site to Site VPN Peter Rundle <prundle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > thanks again for the info re the routing tools setting the preferred > source address. No worries. :) >>Wait until after you get ISAKMP and IPSec routing working, /then/ say >>it is the wrong tool. ;) > LOL, yes I meant it was "the wrong tool to talk to a Juniper Netscreen". And > as I'm rapidly finding out getting the IPSEC to just load and run is a > battle. I'm wondering if IPSec is supported by this centOS version with kernel > 2.6.18-028stab060.8 #1 SMP > The /lib/modules directory is empty and lsmod returns no modules > loaded in the kernel. That isn't right! The RHEL kernel should have a whole bunch of modules, and their being missing is not a good sign. > I've read up a bit and it seems that openswan is not required? OpenSWAN used to provide the in-kernel parts; now they provide as ISAKMP daemon and management tools, as do a bunch of other people. So, no, they are no longer required. > Apparently you install ipsec-tools, edit say ifcfg-ipsec0 in > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and then run ifup ipsec0 > But when I do so I get this error message > ERROR: libipsec failed pfkey open (Address family not supported by protocol) > racoon: something error happened while pfkey initializing. So, the kernel doesn't have IPSec support at present... > If I try to do a modprobe then I get: > FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.18-028stab060.8/modules.dep: No such file or directory > Hmmm, might be a long road ahead, sigh ...because your kernel is screwed. Try reinstalling that to get all the modules in place, then give IPSec a shot again. :)
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55668	[RDFa] Relationship between RDFa and GRDDL From: Ben Adida <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:37:59 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi all, Regrets for this morning's SWD telecon, I actually simply missed the call (was focusing on a write-up.) As per my action from the F2F, I've produced a document that describes the relationship between RDFa and GRDDL. I'm cc'ing the GRDDL WG, who may have comments on this topic. This is short and sweet. Please let me know if it is, as a result, too Received on Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:38:13 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55671	Re: How to indicate the structure of set of buttons? From: Wendy A Chisholm <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:18:39 -0500 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] At 04:40 PM 9/3/98 -0400, you wrote: >Guideline A.7 >- What are the presentation elements? We need a link to a definition. In the new techniques document, all of the structural elements and the presentation elements are separated into two lists. We can link to this definition from the guidelines document. >- I didn't quite understand the rationale behind banning image maps in the >techniques column item 3. Especially as in some other places, we just ask >to provide alternative text for links in the image maps (A.12). good point. This seems to fit better in A.1 where we discuss image maps. Particularly with A.1.5 For all graphical buttons (INPUT type="image") provide alt-text (via the "alt" attribute) >Isn't a set of buttons also a structure? If just separate buttons are used, >how then tell that they belong together? What is actually meant by buttons? Yes, it seems a set of buttons creates a "what to do next" structure, i.e., here are the possibilities of what you can do once you've filled out a form. The separate buttons would hopefully be identified by both a group label and individual labels that would make their purpose and grouping clear. "Buttons" refers to <INPUT type="image"> <INPUT type="button"> Received on Friday, 4 September 1998 15:23:03 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55672	Re: ALT tag preferences From: David Poehlman <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:52:11 -0400 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> we are seeking representation here. a good representation for a bulet is -- that is two dashes. This is one of those things that handles a bit differently because there is president for it. on the other hand, what a logo represents or some other image represents may vary but should still be done according to representation not explanation or description. item is a descriptive word. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy M. Fisher" <[email protected]> To: "'David Poehlman'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 12:22 PM Subject: RE: ALT tag preferences I agree that <alt> text should convey the function or "message" of the graphic. The function of a list bullet is to denote an item in the list. we already know that something is an item, then <alt> text for it's isn't really necessary and you could just use <alt="">. Using <alt="--"> or <alt="-"> seems closer to a description of the than an explanation of it's function. In addition, to be practical, the browser or reader would have to translate "--" or "-" as something the would recognize as a list bullet. Mike Scott's testing of JAWS and Home Page Reader indicates this doesn't happen on reliable basis. Guy M. Fisher Cleveland, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: David Poehlman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: June 29, 2001 4:53 p.m. To: [email protected]; [email protected]; 'Tyler Kendall' Subject: Re: ALT tag preferences I disagree. we know it is an item, we want to know if it has a designation. if you want to designate a bullet, you use something that stands for a bullet like -- or -. if you want to charactize something different types of bullets than the same thing that applies for regular images with alt applies here. what are you trying to convey. new is a word in place of the bullet that represents a new thing. if the green bullet represents new and the red bullet represents discontinued, you new in the alt for the green and discontinued in the alt for the red. Function is what we are aiming for in knowing what something does on a site. description is for another tag or place. Received on Saturday, 30 June 2001 13:51:32 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55673	Re: How to enter a & character in input field From: Erik Bruchez <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:01:48 +0200 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] You don't say what XForms implementation you are using, but this sounds like a bug in that implementation. There is nothing in XForms that prevents you to enter such characters in an input or textarea. As a side note, XForms controls are bound to nodes in XML documents known as XForms instances. XML supports Unicode [1], which ultimately means that, barring limitations of a particular XForms implementation, all the characters of all the existing (and many dead) languages of our good old planet earth can be supported :-) [1] http://www.unicode.org/ Catherine Poinsignon wrote: > Hello all, > I have a form with several input and textarea fields. When I try to > enter a special character like &, <, > (xml markups), and submit the > form, I got a System error: -1072896749 and the system blocks. > How can I configure my input/textarea fields so that they accept such > characters. > Thanks in advance for any tips. > Regards, > Catherine Orbeon - XForms Everywhere: Received on Friday, 30 June 2006 15:02:00 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55674	Re: abbr and acronym From: Yahia <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:30:55 -0000 To: [email protected] Message-ID: <op.tps9tteq4lprl1@poste0> Harry Maugans <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/26/07, Tina Holmboe <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't agree in taking out elements that HAVE a semantic >> interpretation. > I agree 100% with this. I actually don't. You should see it in all the available angles, not just For instance, say I'm writing a webpage in french, and have different acronyms and abbreviations to put in the text. How would I mark them up individually? Should I use <abbr> and <acronym> following the W3C spec that follows the english definitions, or use them following the french definitions? Same thing for abbrs/acronyms like "J.-PEG" and "My-S.Q.L." <em>, <strong>, <p> and the likes are dictionary-definition independant; so there should also be one generic <abbr> element for a purpose, which is marking up both abbreviations and acronyms, and any of their subsets. > Not all webmasters are actively following W3, and it might > take years (if ever) for them to eventually realize they're using a tag > that, at one point in time was fine, but now > doesn't exist anymore. You know, XHTML2 is very different from HTML4 and even XHTML1 / 1.1. So if web authors would want to move from those markup languages to the new one (XHTML 2), they will have to introduce a lot of serious changes to their markup. Replacing the tag <acronym> with <abbr> is just a minor change they'll be required to do. > That just doesn't seem like positive progression to me. Same as removing <b> and <i> from future specs, when they're widely used. Removing <acronym> may not be a positive progression; it's at least a reasonable one to me. Received on Monday, 26 March 2007 19:45:45 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55675	Pre-announcement: css3-ruby, css3-text and css3-color to become CR From: Bert Bos <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:31:07 +0200 Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] The CSS WG decided the three drafts for Text, Color and Ruby are ready to become W3C Candidate Recommendations and submitted them to the W3C Director for publication. So this is the last chance to influence the Director's decision. If you had comments earlier and can't agree with how the CSS WG changed (or didn't change) the drafts in response, please send a message to this list, before May 5th. You can see a list of all comments and all responses at these URLs: As usual, please prefix the Subject line with the name of the spec you are commenting on: "[css3-color]", "[css3-ruby]" or "[css3-text]". [email protected] 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 Received on Monday, 28 April 2003 11:31:09 GMT
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55677	[whatwg] An BinaryArchive API for HTML5? Gregg Tavares gman at google.com Wed Jul 29 23:49:12 PDT 2009 If this has already been covered just point me in that direction. Assuming it hasn't... What are people's feelings on adding a Binary Archive API to HTML5? I'm sure for many that sets off alarms so let me try to describe what I mean and a case for it. It seems like it would be useful if there was browser API that let you download something like gzipped tar files. The API would look something like var request = createArchiveRequest(); request.open("GET", "http://someplace.com/somearchive.tgz"); request.onfileavailable = doSomethingWithEachFileAsItArrives; function doSomethingWithEachFileAsItArrives(binaryBlob) { // Load every image in archive if (binaryBlob.url.substr(-3) == ".jpg") { var image = new Image(); image.src = binaryBlob.toDataURL(); // or something; // Look for a specific text file else if (binaryBlog.url === "myspecial.txt") { // getText only works if binaryBlob is valid utf-8 text. var text = binaryBlob.getText(); document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = text; Hopefully from the example above you can see that a .tgz file is downloaded and as each file becomes available it is handed to the JavaScript as binary blobs through an onfileavailable callback. A blob can be passed to an img, video, audio, assuming its in the correct format. It can also be gotten as a string assuming it is valid utf-8 Why is this needed? Because with canvas tag and the upcoming 3dweb (canvas 3d) it will be common for an application to need to download thousands of small files. A typical canvas 3d application will need all kinds of small pieces of geometry data as well as hundreds of textures and sound files to make even a modest game. As it is now, each tag is apparently required to implement it's own network stack for getting data. Image does things its way (progressively loading), Video and Audio both support steaming. That's all great. But it seems like as more and more types get added some support for a more centrally implemented system would go a long way to helping some of these new APIs. An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20090729/98735fb6/attachment-0001.htm> More information about the whatwg mailing list
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55683	Opinion: Best of the Mail Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto responds to reader comments on his July 18 column, “Is This the Face of ‘Privilege’?” Photos: Associated Press Transcript + WSJ Podcasts WSJ Radio ... turn out to best of the male were our columnists a answer your questions ... to help turn the George Zimmerman case into a debate about race he calling Mr. Zimmerman an example of white privilege ... thus the lead to calmness chain store and so contested that characterization ... in a recent column ... he's here to answer some readers' questions on things like in the media ... the first question upon the screen and I quote ... so Blackburn equals white privilege baloney ... that's like saying someone else's foreclosure burning car Exit Bankruptcy etc ... is my privilege ... 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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55688	Messages in this thread SubjectRe: unexplainable read errors, copy/diff-issue Some additional notes: I just have had an PCI parity error (exactly on),.. but I don't think that this is really an error or a damage. It (the error) happens exactly when I activate PCI parity checking (echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/edac/pci/check_pci_parity). (I've tested this several times, so this is fully reproducable.) This is the message: EDAC PCI: Bridge Detected Parity Error on 0000:00:09.0 lscpi says: 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) Note that the following still applys: When doing the diffs and errors occur,.. NO PCI parity error or memory errors are logged. And mcelog still prints (really) nothing. I should perhaps inform the authors of edac about that issue. I just tried the whole procedure from Knoppix 4.0 (which has a kernel It seems that it does not recognize most of my hardware (i.e. chipset drivers for IDE and so on)... So at first the diff runned for quite a time in non-DMA mode (which I found out when I wondered why it took so long). I then did a echo using_dma:1 > /proc/ide.../settings,... which apperently worked,.. and nearly immediately after this,.. a difference was found. (But perhaps this was only by fortune). I aborted the test any do the whole thing (with dma off) under my normal system. Can anybody imagine that DMA could cause my problems? And if so,.. is it likely that this would come from a hardware error or maybe from software? fn:Mitterer, Christoph Anton n:Mitterer;Christoph Anton \ / Last update: 2006-11-13 00:35 [from the cache] ©2003-2011 Jasper Spaans. Advertise on this site
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55701	Monday, December 31, 2012 Please check out my new website: Still in Arizona. Had a nice Xmas with my family. I'm blogging using a blogger app. I hope it works! My favorite gift? The moon. I will be returning to NYC later than I planned. Monday, December 17, 2012 RIP Jake Adam York The bike, the handlebars, the fork, spoked wheels still spinning off sun, still letting go his weight as he lay in the grass along Docena Road just hours after the bomb went off under the church steps downtown, four girls dead, though they hadn't heard, Virgil with a bullet in his heart, Virgil Ware who wanted a bike for a paper-route who perched on his brother's handlebars and caught the white boys' bullet but never got a bike or a headstone or a 14th birthday, Virgil and his brother and the bike in the grass off Docena Road. The handlebars, fork, and iron diamond frame that held them both, warming in the Alabama sun. Stars of paint and chrome that rained all over north Birmingham, up and down the Docena-Sandusky road, nesting like crickets in the weeds. And the seat, wearing at the edges, the cushion opening like a cattail to the wind. But the frame, still holding handed down and down and down till bright as a canna. Then laid with its brothers in a tangle in the sun. Then gathering heat and darkening. Then weeds insinuating the fork, the sprocket, the pedal, each iron artery, working back toward the light. Let their flowers open from the mouths of the handlebars and the seat-post. Let them be gathered from the frame and the frame raised up. Let it be hot to the touch. Let its rust burn into the finest creases of the hand and the warp of the shirtsleeve and the pants and worked into the temples' sweat. Then let it descend into the furnace like a hand that opens all its rivers, each tribute, each channel, each buried town. Let the crucible door open like a mouth and speak its bloom of light, molten and new. Let me stand in its halo. Let me stand as it pours out its stream of suns. Let me gather and hold it like a brother. And let it burn. Jake Adam York Sunday, December 16, 2012 Carmen Calatayud: "...writing is a communion and communication with my ancestors, and the ancestors of the land where I live and have lived. This communion comes through at times when I’m alone writing. I use meditation, yoga, poetry and brainstorming with words that appeal to me to help me connect with my own spirit and ancestral spirits as I write." Tomorrow I leave for Arizona. I can't wait. I miss the desert. I miss my family. Ron Slate: Eighteen Poets Recommend New & Recent Collections Two words that terrify me: Xmas shopping. The new installment of Boxcar Poetry Review is up! Please check it out. Writing, revising: I know one song. One song. I know. One. Shara Lessley on Paula Bohince: "Bohince's poems are so familiar in their emotional register that as I pour over her lines, I almost feel as though I'd written them myself. It's quite eerie—in the most wonderful way. The first time I sat with "Everywhere I Went That Spring, I Was Alone," "Owl in Retrograde," and "Silverfish," I audibly gasped. Time and again, I am humbled by Bohince's powerful subtly, her gift for mining the natural world in such quiet, yet transformative ways." I miss saguaros. Thursday, December 13, 2012 Catching up bits I've been a bad blogger. A terrible blogger. But I'm glad other poets are still blogging. Luke, Mary, Kelli, January... This fall has been a busy one for me. I gave over twenty readings across the country. Many thanks to all the people who invited me and to the wonderful students who read my work, who asked amazing questions. I still live in NYC. I'm still loving it. I miss blogging. I hope I still have some readers. Butler University, thank you. American University, thank you. Western Kentucky University, thank you. University of Wisconsin–Platteville, thank you. Trinity College, thank you. Rutgers-Newark University, thank you. I will be teaching at Columbia University this upcoming spring. I will be teaching a graduate-level poetry workshop. I'm blessed and lucky. I've been awarded an NEA Fellowship in Poetry. Many congrats to the other NEA fellows. It's an honor to share this moment with them. The NEA fellowship will allow me to travel this summer and to continue work on my second collection of poems. Thank you, NEA. Thank you, NEA. Thank you, NEA. Thank you, NEA. Thank you, NEA.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55708	Thursday, May 31, 2012 I question James Franklin's judgment Not only does "do they have a hot wife or not" strike me as a poor metric to use in hiring your football staff, I'm not sure I'd classify most of the wives in Vanderbilt's football media guide (pdf) as hot. Tyler Dawgden said... Maybe he meant "Hot for Georgia Tech dudes" when he said that. Anonymous said... I actually don't think Franklin's wife is at all hot. So, he must be a loser. Anonymous said... There is one hot wife, one decet wife and a bunch of "good personalities".
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55718	Official photo of the Nokia Asha 500 leaks ahead of announcement 20 September, 2013 The first official photo of the Nokia Asha 500 has just surfaced courtesy of evleaks. The leak doesn't provide more information of the upcoming Asha 500 other than the photo itself, so no specifications are available at this point. The phone is obviously merely a Dual SIM version of the Nokia Asha 501. We notice however some changes, which Nokia has made in the design department of the phone. The form factor seems to be left intact, but as the photo shows, there's an interesting translucent effect around the outer edges of the Asha 500. This might very well be a case, but it certainly looks cool in the photo. Another apparent change is the Asha 500's capacitive button, which replaces the physical one in the old Asha 501. The leaked photo also confirms the Asha 500 is going to be available in a dual SIM variant as well. Additionally, the leaked press shot confirms that the Asha 500 will indeed support the popular WhatsApp messaging service. Again, no more information about the hardware or software is available now. Nokia is holding a press event on October 22 and the Asha 500 might as well be unveiled then in addition to the highly anticipated Lumia 1520.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55738	[ previous ] [ next ] [ threads ] From: "Harout S. Hedeshian" <harout at hedeshian dot net> Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Load balancing accross multiple DSL lines Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:47:17 MDT On 22/Jul/2006 23:09 Chris Buechler wrote .. > For an open source m0n0wall-like firewall with load balancing and > multi WAN support, check out pfsense. > -Chris Thanks a lot. This seems to be what I need. Harout Hedeshian
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55742	Vadim Lotarev created IVYDE-314: ----------------------------------- Summary: Ivy settings URL is constructed incorrectly from environment variable Key: IVYDE-314 URL: Project: IvyDE Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 2.2.0.beta1 Reporter: Vadim Lotarev 1. URL to Ivy settings file is stored in env variable: IVY_SETTINGS=file:\C:\Development\ivysettings.xml 2. Specify settings url in the Ivy preferences page using this variable: ${env_var:IVY_SETTINGS} Dependency resolution failed with the error: Failed to configure Ivy for ivy.xml[] in peoject while resolving the ivy instance for ivy.xml[] in 'project': The Ivy settings file 'file:/C:/eclipse/file:/C:/Development/ivysettings.xml' cannot be found -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators:!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see:
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55743	On 27 October 2010 03:50, Antoine Kurukchi wrote: > Hi All, > > Been reading a lot about couchdb and am really impressed by it. Great > work. I have got a few questions about replication and new documents. Welcome aboard the couch, Antoine. > A lot is mentioned about continuous replication and bidirectional > replication but is it possible to have both features working at the > same time? If it is possible, what happens if there is a disconnection > between the two database servers and are there any pit falls with this > approach? I've had continuous replication running for some time on a small 3-way replicated couch without any issues, in a multi-master mesh (mmm). I believe there may be a timeout - can anybody confirm? If you've got continuous replication, when connectivity is re-established, your repl kicks in again where it left off. > I have been assuming that if you get the split brain scenario > occurring when you have multiple database server and new documents > (different ones) are inserted into both halves, the system wouldn't > get into a conflict. Is this correct? Docs are idempotent, so no, no conflict. It's only updates to existing docs that matter. If the update is identical then there's also no conflict. > As an example, if I have 2 servers and the link between them becomes > non functional. Users add documents to both servers. When the servers > reconnect and do a bidirectional replication, are all the new > documents added to both servers? Yes. There's a nice work-through of replication @ Chris Strom's blog at http://japhr.blogspot.com/2010/02/couchdb-automated-replication-confusion.html http://japhr.blogspot.com/2010/03/circular-replication-with-couchdb.html > Thanks, > > Antoine > A+ Dave
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55745	Subject: Re: problems with autoconfiguring 3c509 cards on -current From: Mike Wozniak <> List: current-users Date: 01/28/1997 09:29:47 On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Jason Thorpe wrote: > NetBSD has IRQ staring; i.e. interrupts of the same type (LEVEL > or EDGE) can be shared. (PULSE can't be shared with anything.) > Both the ast and ep use EDGE triggered interrupts, thus the line > can be shared. That's a dangerous little piece of advice considering the only way interrupts SHOULD be shared are if the bus and adapters are specifically designed for it with open collector outputs on the IRQ lines. PCI and Microchannel were, ISA was not. There are some hardware hacks out there that allow you to do this and many other times you just get lucky that you didn't fry one or both of your cards. You should be pretty familiar with the circuitry before you attempt this. The software support of shared IRQs is inconsequential... Michael S. Wozniak, Systems Developer, Secure Computing Corporation e-mail:, web:
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55762	Take a look at the page, Questions to ask your Surgeon, and add the following to your consult with your radiologist. 1 Why is radiation a good choice for me? 2 What does radiation do to my cancer cells? 3 Will radiation cause other cancers in me? 4 What kind of radiation treatment do you suggest? 5 What about the other kinds of treatments, IMRT, High Dose Rate Therapy, or brachytherapy? 6 What does of radiation will you be using and how/why did you select that dose and rate? Might a higher dose delivered over a shorter period of time be just as effective? 7 How often will I need to come into the hospital? 8 What kind of side effects will I experience during the treatment? Fatigue, etc 9 What should I do about my diet while undergoing treatment? 10 How does the size of my prostate affect radiation treatment? 11 Since you are not removing my prostate, how will we know the true extent of my cancer?
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55767	Provided by: xletters_1.1.1-4.1_i386 bug xletters - catch falling words xletters [ options ] by the famous Space Invaders). type it. The game is organized in levels of increasing difficulty. Each level system's dictionary, usually /usr/dict/words). During the bonus part, the words are randomly generated from printable ascii characters. proceeds to the next level. units, or 45 seconds (whatever the level). Typing a word correctly makes the word disappear and scores you one anything, and even moving to another level doesn't bring you points (this is because even if you don't type anything you will go beyond the first level). Short words fall faster than long ones. Unless otherwise specified at A word is considered typed when the last printable characters that you This means in particular that it is possible to ``kill two birds with one stone'' if one word ends with the letters with which another one indicated by putting the already typed letters in a different color considered wrong (to make the difference obvious, consider the word ``abracadabrx'': if after having typed ``abracadabr'' you press an ``a'', the normal behaviour will take you back to ``abra'' whereas the alternate behaviour will take you back to the beginning). compilation time, however. accelerators: the ``Escape'' key will quit the game, the ``Tab'' key (or ``Pause'' if you have one) will suspend it or resume it, and the ``Page Down'' key (or ``Next'' if it is so labeled) will advance one lives, score and current level. you start typing while the game is paused, it will automatically use the Next button to warp to the next level, you gain 350 ``virtual'' points. Those points are indicated in parentheses after your real lower than the top fifth of the screen. This is so you can't use it to (but no less than zero, of course). xletters also has the amazing ``deathmatch'' mode. To invoke this the Mode button or press the ``Backspace'' key. The special word typed button or by pressing the ``Return'' key. The word sent gets printed on the standard output. These features make sense when two copies of xletters are run in words to the other player. Even more extreme than the ``deathmatch'' mode is the ``duel'' mode, deathmatch) mode. The X Letters distribution includes a shell script named xletters-duel which uses Avian Research's netcat program (nc) to open a socket, run by each running xletters-duel with the name of the other's computer as X Letters recognizes all the standard X Toolkit command line options, among which the following: -bg color Specifies the background color to use. -fg color Specifies the foreground color to use for the labels and -fn font Specifies the font to use for displaying the labels and buttons. -name name Specifies the application name under which resources are to be obtained, rather than under the default executable file name. name should not contain ``.'' or ``*'' characters. -title string Specifies the window title string. -geometry geometry Specifies the preferred position of the window. Specifying a size is not recommended. -display display Specifies the X server to use. -xrm resourcestring Explicitely give a resource string. The following additional options are recognized by xletters: -wfn font wordFont resource.) -wc color -tc color Specifies which color to use for the correctly typed part of the words. (Sets the typedColor resource.) -gbg color Specifies which color to use for the background of the game space. (Sets the gameSpace.background resource.) trainingMode resource to ``False''.) the trainingMode resource to ``True''.) (Sets the deathMode resource to ``normal''.) the deathMode resource to ``death''.) deathMode resource to ``duel''.) In addition, xletters recognizes -help and -version options. groundBox (class Box, parent (toplevel)) This is the main application box that supports all the other label (class Label, parent groundBox) quitButton (class Command, parent groundBox) The Quit button. pauseButton (class Toggle, parent groundBox) The Pause button. livesLabel (class Label, parent groundBox) The lives label. scoreLabel (class Label, parent groundBox) The score label. levelLabel (class Label, parent groundBox) The level label. gameSpace (class Core, parent groundBox) events are handled through event handlers and not the ordinary translation/action mechanism. In addition to the resources of the various widgets, the xletters application itself recognizes some resources. These are: wordFont (class Font, type FontStruct) The font in which the falling words are written. wordColor (class Foreground, type Pixel) typedColor (class HighlightColor, type Pixel) The color in which the typed part of the falling words are deathMode (class DeathMode, type String) in normal, deathmatch or duel mode (see DEATHMATCH AND DUEL trainingMode (class TrainingMode, type Boolean) Whether the game should be run in training mode (this overrides (If not overriden at compile time) The dictionary of words. The high score table. xletters -wfn 'MidnightBlue' -wc 'PaleGoldenrod' -tc 'Orchid' None known. Surely a very temporary situation :-) enough. Version 1.1.0 gave a whole new meaning to the word be shared between several users, xletters will probably be made sgid access to whatever permissions it has been given. Consequently, it should not be given any critical permissions. Peter Horvai ( wrote the deathmatch feature and implemented mmap()ing the dictionary file. David Madore ( wrote version 1.0.0, all the X Windows parts of the game, and this man page. GNU public license. See the file COPYING for more information. letters(6), xtetris(6) 05 NOV 1998 XLETTERS(6)
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55773	The Legislature and the Constitution March 28, 2012 Just four years ago, the citizens of Minnesota voted to increase taxes on themselves to support what are now known as four funds, together loosely called the legacy funds.... « Back to Article sort: oldest \| newest No comments posted for this article. Post a Comment You must first login before you can comment. *Your email address: Remember my email address. I am looking for: News, Blogs & Events Web
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55775	Take the 2-minute tour × I have heard two things about Taekwondo from different sources: A) The founder of TKD (Choi Hong Hi) trained in Shotokan Karate and TKD is based on Shotokan. B) Taekwondo is based on pre-existing Korean martial arts, i.e. Taekkyon. From what I've read, both things are probably true to one extent or another. I'm looking for a more complete understanding of the history of TKD's development. What is the history of Shotokan's incorporation into Taekwondo? share\|improve this question 3 Answers 3 up vote 12 down vote accepted See the translation of Taekwondo entry in Japanese Wikipedia. According to this article, in 1940s during the Japanese rule of Korean Peninsula, Karate (空手) was taking hold under the name Kongsoodo (공수도, 空手道) and Tangsoodo (당수도, 唐手道). To backtrack on these namings, we need to understand the origin of Karate. Sakukawa Kanga (佐久川寛賀) from Ryukyu Kingdom (today's Okinawa) studies in China and developed martial arts called 唐手 (read "Tudi"), which translates to Chinese (Tang) hands. When Ryukyu Kingdom incorporated into Japan, Tudi faced extinction, but Anko Itosu kept it going by introducing it to local elementary and junior high schools. At the time, Tudi was renamed to Karate, which is the Japanese way of reading 唐手. As an educator Itosu thought emphasis should be placed more on 型 (kata). As Karate gained popularity in mainland Japan, Gichin Funakoshi (船越義珍) of Shotokan (松濤館) changed the Chinese characters of Karate from 唐手 (Chinese hands) to 空手 (empty hands). The character 道 (way; read "doh") was appended, similar to Judo. This reflects the consideration to militaristic time in the 20s. By the way Funakoshi was also school teacher from Okinawa and he was also really into 型 (kata). When Karate was introduced to Korean Peninsula, some used politically correct 空手道 (Kongsoodo), and others the original 唐手道 (Tangsoodo). In 1944 Won Kuk Lee (이원국, 李元國) a pupil of Funakoshi opens Chung do kwan (청도관, 靑濤館) the first Tangsoodo school in Korea. Apart from the known fact that Lee studied under Funakoshi, the fact that 靑濤館 borrows a letter from Shotokan (松濤館) signifies that it's meant to be a direct lineage from Shotokan Karate. Choi Hong Hi (최홍희, 崔泓熙) also studied Shotokan Karate in Japan and has 2nd dan. Choi kept practicing Karate after he went back to Korea, and later in Korean Army. In 1954, at the height of Korean War, Choi with 29th Infantry Division performed a demonstration in front of President Syngman Rhee. The legend goes that President praised the demonstration convinced that it was Taekkyeon. Fully aware of anti-Japanese sentiment, Choi had said that it was his original martial arts. Other account says that President has ordered the kwan leaders to unify to a single system so it could be introduced to Korean military. On April 11th of 1955, President Rhee certifies Taekwondo as the name selected by a committee headed by Choi, and on September 3rd of 1959 Choi renames Korean Kongsoodo Association to Korea Taekwondo Association. In other words, Karate was renamed to Taekwondo for political reasons, like Japanese renamed Chinese hands to Karate. This by no means is meant to undermine the originality of Taekwondo relative to Shotokan Karate. As noted above, the lineage of Shotokan was influenced by educators who wanted to turn Karate into exercise. Meanwhile Taekwondo was introduced as practical combat martial arts to Korean army. So I'd imagine many modifications were needed. Another interesting twist is the post-war internationalization and attitude difference towards sports. While the Japanese Karate stuck to traditions and kata, Taekwondo did not shy away from sparring and turning it into point-based sport, especially the South Korean WTF branch. This allowed Taekwondo to be included into Olympics wearing gloves and all while Karate remains not included. share\|improve this answer +1 For those more interested in the real history of TKD, read A Killing Art by Alex Gillis – Sean Patrick Floyd Dec 12 '13 at 8:42 @Eugene Yokota very detailed answer. The analysis of the kanji was especially appreciated. Thanks. – The Wudang Kid Dec 12 '13 at 13:32 @SeanPatrickFloyd Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into it. – The Wudang Kid Dec 12 '13 at 13:32 Sorry I'm not able to give a more academic answer to your question. As a former black belt in TKD and a bit of a martial arts history buff, I took an interest in this question myself at one point in my past. Here are my observations and thoughts on the matter. Taekwondo forms used to be entirely from Shotokan karate. This comes about because many Koreans who served in the Japanese military during the occupation of Korea returned to Korea after the occupation and brought with them their knowledge of Japanese martial arts. These early TKD forms were actually the same ones as Shotokan karate, just with Korean-ized names. So "Bassai" becomes "Passai", "Tekki" becomes "Chulgi", etc. Not too long after Taekwondo was born, the founder (general Choi) decided that TKD needed its own, unique set of forms (under pressure to disassociate with anything Japanese). So he made them up. But he based them all on the original Shotokan karate forms. You'll see individual techniques up to a series of 3 or 4 movements strung together in each form that can be traced back to one of these Shotokan karate forms. They're often jokingly referred to by others as the "blender forms". These earlier TKD forms demonstrate almost none of the kicking style that TKD is famous for. Some TKD schools still practice the original Shotokan forms, usually in addition to the new forms. Other TKD groups created their own unique forms after parting ways with general Choi and forming their own brand of TKD. These TKD groups typically emphasize kicking and other aspects of Korean style that were lacking in the early TKD and original Shotokan karate forms. As for Taekyon, I think its influence on TKD is overemphasized by the Koreans who want to further distance themselves from Japanese karate and other styles. Was there direct transmission? Maybe, but in a very limited way. It's hard knowing what the historical facts are, though. That's because during the Japanese occupation of Korea, much of Korean culture, especially martial arts, were suppressed or wiped out. The Koreans resented the Japanese for it, and many still do. As a result, there was and still is a good amount of historical revisionism taking place in Korea, downplaying Japanese influences on their culture and over-emphasizing or outright inventing links to their own cultural heritage prior to the Japanese occupation. That's from my observation anyway. So whatever you do, take everything with a grain of salt. And check the sources, twice. My advice to you. share\|improve this answer +1 A well thought out post. – The Wudang Kid Dec 19 '13 at 12:24 Taekwondo started out as the two ancient forms of martial arts in korea (back in the day when there were the 3 kingdoms of gogurieo, pakje, and silla). Those were Taekkyon and subak. After the japanese invaded korea, and banned martial arts, the koreans formed these underground gyms to train the people in martial arts. THese were called the "kwans". There were 8 kwans. After korea was liberated, the Kukkiwon was created in 1972(?) to reunite the 8 kwans. Song duk-ki lived through the entire korean invasion, and lived to tell all his knowledge. heck, save me some time, and read this: https://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/english/information/information01.jsp?div=01 It's straight off of the kukkiwon website. share\|improve this answer Your Answer
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55778	V. I. Lenin Socialism and War The Attitude of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Towards the War Chapter II Classes and Parties in Russia The bourgeoisie and the war To one respect, the Russian government has not lagged behind its European confrères; like them, it has succeeded in deceiving “its” people on a grand scale. A huge, monstrous machine of falsehood sod cunning was set going in Russia too for the purpose of infecting the masses with chauvinism, of creating the impression that the tsarist government is waging a “just” war, that it is disinterestedly defending its “brother Slavs”, etc. The landlord class and the upper stratum of the commercial and industrial bourgeoisie ardently supported the tsarist government’s bellicose policy. They are rightly expecting enormous material gains and privileges for themselves out of the partition of the Turkish and the Austrian legacy. A whole series of their congresses already have a foretaste of the profits that would flow into their pockets if the tsarist army were victorious. Moreover, the reactionaries are very well ante that if anything can postpone the downfall of the Romanov monarchy and delay the new revolution in Russia, it can only be a foreign war that ends in victory for the tsar. Broad strata of the urban “middle” bourgeoisie, of the bourgeois intelligentsia, professional people, etc., were also infected with chauvinism—at all events at the beginning of the war. The Cadets—the party of the Russian liberal bourgeoisie—wholly and unreservedly supported the tsarist government. In the sphere of foreign policy the Cadets have long been a government party. Pan-Slavism – with the aid of which tsarist diplomacy has more than once carried out its grand political swindles—has become the official ideology of the Cadets. Russian liberalism has degenerated into national liberalism. It is vying in “patriotism” with the Black Hundreds; it always willingly votes for militarism, navaliant etc. In the camp of Russia liberalism, approximately the same thing is observed as was seen in the 70s in Germany when “free-thinking” liberalism decayed and from it arose a national-liberal party. The Russian liberal bourgeoisie has definitely taken the path of counter-revolution. The point of view of the R.S.D.L.P. on this question has been fully confirmed. Life has shattered the view held by our opportunists that Russian liberalism is still a motive force of the revolution in Russia. Among the peasantry, the ruling clique, with the aid of the bourgeois press, the clergy, etc., also succeeded in rousing chauvinist sentiments. But, as the soldiers return from the field of slaughter, sentiment in the rural districts will undoubtedly turn against the tsarist monarchy. The bourgeois-democratic parties that come in contact with the peasantry failed to withstand the chauvinist wave. The Trudovik party in the State Duma refused to vote for war credits; but through the mouth of its leader Kerensky it made a “patriotic” declaration which played extremely well into the hands of the monarchy. The entire legally published press of the “Narodniks” in general, trailed behind the liberals. Even the Left-wing of bourgeois democracy—the so-called Socialist-Revolutionary Party, which is affiliated to the International Socialist Bureau—floated in the same stream. Mr. Rubanovich. that party’s representative on the I.S.B., comes out as an open social-chauvinist. Half of this party’s delegates at the London Conference of “Entente” Socialists voted for a chauvinist resolution (while the other half abstained from voting). In the illegally published press of the Socialist-Revolutionaries (the newspaper = Novosti[1] and others) chauvinists predominate. The revolutionaries “from bourgeois circles”, i.e., the bourgeois revolutionaries not connected with the working class, have suffered utter bankruptcy in this war. The sad fate of Kropotkin, Burtsev and Rubanovich is extremely significant. The working class and the war The only class in Russia that they did not succeed in infecting with chauvinism is the proletariat. Only the most ignorant strata of the workers were involved in the few excesses that occurred at the beginning of the war. The part played by workers in the Moscow anti-German riots was greatly exaggerated. In general, and on the whole, the working class of Russia proved to be immune to chauvinism. This is to be explained by the revolutionary situation in the country and by the general conditions of life of the Russian proletariat. The years 1912–1914 marked the beginning of a new, grand revolutionary upswing in Russia. We again witnessed a great strike movement such as the world has not known. The number involved in the mass revolutionary strike in 1913 was, at the very lowest estimation, one and a half million, and it, 1914 it rose above two million and drew near to the level of 1905. On the eve of the war, in St. Petersburg, things had already developed to the first barricade battles. The underground Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party performed its duty to the International to the full. The banner of internationalism did not falter in its hands. Our Party had broken organisationally with the opportunist groups and elements long ago; its feet were not weighted with the fetters of opportunism and of “legalism at any price”, and this circumstance helped it to perform its revolutionary duty—just as the break-away from Bissolati’s opportunist party helped the Italian comrades too. The general situation in our country is inimical to the efflorescence of “socialist” opportunism among the masses of the workers. In Russia we see a whole series of shades of opportunism and reformism among the intelligentsia, the petty bourgeoisie, etc.; but it constitutes an insignificant minority among the politically active strata of the workers. The privileged stratum of workers and office employees in our country is very weak. The fetishism of legality could not be created here. The Liquidators (the party of the opportunists led by Axelrod, Potressov, Cherevanin, Maslov, and others) found no serious support among the masses of the workers before the war. The elections to the Fourth State Duma resulted in the return of all the six anti-liquidator worker deputies. The circulation of and collection of funds for the legally published workers’ press in Petrograd and Moscow have proved irrefutably that four-fifths of the class-conscious workers are opposed to opportunism and liquidationism. Since the beginning of the war the tsarist government has arrested and exiled thousands and thousands of advanced workers, members of our underground R.S.D.L.P. This circumstance, together with the introduction of martial law in the country, the suppression of our newspapers, and so forth, has retarded the movement. But for all that, out Party is continuing its underground revolutionary activities. In Petrograd, the committee of our Party is publishing the underground newspaper Protetarsky = Golos.[2] Articles from the Central Organ Sotsial-Demokrat, published abroad, are reprinted in Petrograd and sent out to the provinces. Manifestoes are secretly printed and circulated even in soldiers’ barracks. In various secluded places outside the city, secret workers’ meetings ate held. Lately big strikes of metal workers have begun in Petrograd. In connection with these strikes our Petrograd Committee has issued several appeals to the workers. The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Group in the State Duma and the war In 1913 a split occurred among the Social-Democratic deputies in the State Duma. On one side were the seven supporters of opportunism led by Chkheidze. They were elected for the seven non-proletarian gubernias[3] where the workers numbered 214,000. On the other side were six deputies, all from workers’ curiae, elected for the most industrialised centres in Russia, in which the workers numbered 1,008,000. The chief issue in the split was: the tactics of revolutionary Marxism or the tactics of opportunist reformism? In practice, the disagreement manifested itself mainly in the sphere of work outside of parliament among the masses. It Russia this work had to be conducted secretly if those conducting it wanted to remain on revolutionary ground. The Chkheidze group remained a faithful ally of the Liquidators who repudiated underground work, and defended them in all talks with the workers, at all meetings. Hence the split. the six deputies formed the R.S.D.L. group. The year’s work has shown irrefutably that this is the group that the overwhelming majority of the Russian workers supports. On the outbreak of the war the disagreement stood out in glaring relief. he Chkheidze group confined itself to parliamentary action. It did not vote for credits, for had it done so it would have roused against itself a storm of indignation among the workers. (We have seen that in Russia even the petty-bourgeois Trudoviki did not vote for credits); but it did not utter a protest against social-chauvinism either. The R.S.D.L. group, expressing the political line of our. Party, acted differently. It carried into the very depths of the working class a protest against the war; it conducted anti-imperialist propaganda among the broad masses of the Russian proletarians. And it met with a very sympathetic response among the workers – which frightened the government and compelled it, in flagrant violation of its own laws, to arrest our comrades, the deputies, and to sentence them to lifelong exile it, Siberia. In its very first official announcement of the arrest of our comrades the tsarist government wrote: An entirely exceptional position in this respect was taken by some members of Social-Democratic societies, the object of whose activities was to shake the military might of Russia by agitating against the war by means of underground appeals and verbal propaganda. In response to Vandervelde’s well-known appeal “temporarily” to stop the struggle against tsarism—it has now become known from the evidence of Prince Kudashev, the tsar’s envoy in Belgium, that Vandervelde did not draw up this appeal alone, but in collaboration with the above-mentioned tsar’s envoy – only our Party, through its Central Committee, replied in the negative. The guiding centre of the Liquidators agreed with Vandervelde and officially stated in the press that “in its activities it will not counteract the war.” The tsarist government’s primary charge against out comrades, the deputies, was that they propagated this negative answer to Vandervelde among the workers. At the trial, the tsarist Prosecutor, Mr. Nenarokomov, set up the German and French Socialists as examples for our comrades. “The German Social-Democrats,” he said, “voted for the war credits and proved to be the friends of the government. That is how the German Social-Democrats acted, but the dismal knights of Russian Social-Democracy did not act in this way ... The Socialists of Belgium and France unanimously forgot their quarrels with other classes, forgot party strife and unhesitatingly tallied round the flag.” But the members of the R.S.D.L. group, obeying the instructions of the Central Committee of the Party, did not act in this way, he said ... The trial unfolded an imposing picture of the extensive, underground and-war agitation our Party was conducting among the masses of the proletariat. It goes without saying that the tsarist court did not by a very long way reveal all the activities our comrades were conducting in this sphere; but even what was revealed showed how mud, had boa, done within the short space of a few months. At the trial the secret manifestoes issued by our groups and committees against the war and for international tactics were read. Threads stretched from the class-conscious workers all over Russia to the members of the R.S.D.L. group, and the latter did all in its power to help the workers to appraise the war from the standpoint of Marxism. Comrade Muranov, the deputy of the workers of the Kharkov Gubernia, said at the trial: Understanding that the people did not send me into the State Duma for the purpose of wearing out the seat of a Duma armchair, I travelled about the country to ascertain the mood of the working class.” He admitted at the trial that he took upon himself the function of a secret agitator of our Party, that in the Urals he organised a workers’ committee at the Verkhneisetsky Works, and in other places. The trial showed that after the war broke out members of the R.S.D.L. group travelled through almost the whole of Russia for propaganda purposes, that Muranov, Petrovsky. Badayev and others arranged numerous workers’ meetings, at which anti-war resolutions were passed, and so forth. The tsarist government threatened the accused with capital punishment. Owing to this, not all of them behaved at the actual trial as bravely as Comrade Muranov. They tried to make it difficult for the tsarist prosecutors to secure their conviction. The Russian social-chauvinists are now meanly utilising this to obscure the essence of the question: what kind of parliamentarism does the working class need? Parliamentarism is recognized by Südekum and Heine, Sembat and Valiant, Bissolati and Mussolini, Chkheidze and Plekhanov, and parliamentarism is recognised by our comrades in the R.S.D.L. Duma group; it is recognised by the Bulgarian and Italian comrades who have broken with the chauvinists. There are different kinds of parliamentarism. Some utilise the parliamentary arena in order to win the favour of their governments, or, at best, to wash their hands of everything, like the Chkheidze group. Others utilise parliamentarism in order to remain revolutionary to the end, to perform their duty as Socialists and internationalists even under the most difficult circumstances. The parliamentary activities of some bring them into ministerial seats; the parliamentary activities of others bring them—to prison, to exile, to penal servitude. Some serve the bourgeoisie, others—the proletariat. Some are social-imperialists. Others are revolutionary Marxists. [1] Novosti (News)—a daily Socialist-Revolutionary Party newspaper published in Paris from August 1914 to May 1915.—Ed. [2] Proletarsky Golos (Proletarian Voice)—a newspaper, organ of the St. Petersburg Committee of the R.S.D.L.P., published underground from February 1915 to December 1916. Four numbers appeared. Its first issue published the manifesto of the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. entitled: The War and Russian Social-Democracy.—Ed. [3] Provinces.—Ed. The Principles of Socialism and the War of 1914–1915 \| The Restoration of the International < backward Contents forward > Works Index \| Volume 21 \| Collected Works \| L.I.A. Index Updated: March 30, 2005
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55779	Social Media CapaZoo Has Lots of Ways to Make Money Off You CapaZoo is a new social network from Canada that's encouraging users to participate on the site by offering them money. Well, you can get tipped for your awesomeness, and then cash out after certain point. There are a few different types of accounts you can create: business, athlete, individual, arts, or charity. All but business profiles are free (a business account will run you about $35 per year). Once you set up your profile, you can start customizing it and adding media. Businesses will have advertising options throughout the network. You can get tipped for your media, as well as for your profile. So the goal here is to get as much content on the site in order to incur more tips. You can't hand them out for free, however. You start out with 25 zoops (CapaZoo's currency) and go from there. If you'd like to tip someone, you select how many zoops you'll give them. If you'd like to add zoops to your account, you can pay $10 for 10,000. Likewise, earning 10,000 zoops means you can get $10 on your credit card. You can't actually cash out, though, unless you've upgraded your account. And that will cost you $25 or $35 per year, depending on what type of account you'd like (privileged or VIP). So all around, CapaZoo is finding ways to make money, and hoping it's enough to get you to heavily participate in the site. Need more of a push? CapaZoo also has retail partners that offer discounts for users. For instance, you can get 15% off of your next Hertz car rental. This is all part of the CapaZoo Savings Program, which will calculate how much money you've saved through its discount offers. Again, you'll need to upgrade your account to take part in the Savings Program. I think I'll hold out for the CapaZoo credit card with rewards points I can earn with every purchase. In terms of the network itself, the community tools are what you'd expect, and focus largely on photos, videos and music. There doesn't seem to be provisions for blogging. Navigating the site is easy, as is finding other members to connect with. CapaZoo also has a very inclusive lifestyle magazine with good topics, but it falls a bit short on the actual content. CapaZoo is based in Canada and has reportedly raised over $25 million in private capital, without the aid of venture capital funding. Similar sites include cre8buzz, MyLifeBrand, ClipStar, TalentBase and countless others. Load Comments The New Stuff The Next Big Thing What's Hot
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55782	Master of Malt > Blog Home Master of Malt Whisky Blog Master of Cocktails - The Boulevardier by Ben Ellefsen 17. March 2014 11:25 Master of Cocktails Boulevardier This week we're making a nice potent, wintry drink for #MasterofCocktails to accompany all the unseasonably warm weather we've been enjoying. D'oh! Don't worry about that though, we're making a Boulevardier. You'll notice, ingredients-wise, that it's basically a Negroni made with whiskey instead of gin. It appeared in Harry McElhone's Barflies and Cocktails right back in 1927 after the New Yorker set up his bar in Paris and it's just an absolutely superb drink. Master of Cocktails - The Negroni by Ben Ellefsen 16. September 2013 14:29 Master of Cocktails - the Negroni Welcome to our new feature: Master of Cocktails! Suitably excited? Excellent. Let's get cracking! Whisky Tags We Accept Site Verified by Delivery Partners Master of Malt supports responsible drinking - Sip, don't Gulp.
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55792	Take the 2-minute tour × I do some of my own repair work on my car, a 96 Infiniti G20. Since I got it, the front speakers haven't been working and I want to fix them. How can I troubleshoot the problem? I assume it's either the speakers themselves or the stereo. How can I remove my console panel to get at the stereo? How can I easily test the stereo? note: my cd player doesn't have a removable faceplate Here is a picture of my console picture of console share\|improve this question 2 Answers 2 To remove the radio you should just be able to unscrew the faceplate holding it in and then unplug the electrical connectors from the back of it as you pull it out. However if you need to follow the cables you may need to remove the dash itself, so a quick guide on how to do that: • Remove the glove compartment by removing the screws under and inside the glove compartment and then pulling it out. • Remove the radio - as already described • With the doors open, unscrew all the screws and bolts around the dashboard • Pull the dashboard forward enough so you can unplug the electrical connectors behind it. • You can then slide the dashboard out the passenger side door. share\|improve this answer Thanks for your answer. My cd player doesn't have a removable faceplate and has no screws. I did notice there are 4 screws on my console, but when I took them out, it is still held in from the top. I'm not sure how to fully remove it- I added a pic to my question if that helps make sense of it. – mtro Jan 10 '12 at 15:33 You may have to remove the large white plastic console to access the screws that let you remove the radio from the dash. That's kind of how my deck-swap in a Caravan worked out. I can't really tell you how to do it, but I'll see if there's a guide online for your vehicle. Update: carradiorepair.com/pdfs/infiniti-g20.pdf See if that helps! – Robbie Feb 10 '12 at 17:59 The white faceplate should pull straight off. Pull gently, most of them have clips that hold them in, be careful there may be some screws in the bottom near the cigarette lighter. After that there should be some screws visible to the right and left of the radio, removing those will let you slide it out. As for testing find the wiring diagram for the radio and determine what color the wires are that go to the speakers. You can use an ohm meter to check the speakers from the harness at the radio with the radio unplugged. They should be 4 ohms each, note some of the high end factory systems may have an amp between the radio and the speakers, that's where the wiring diagram comes in. share\|improve this answer Your Answer
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55810	List of Wikimedians by religion From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki (Redirected from Wikipedians by religion) Jump to: navigation, search Wikipedia has users from all over the world, so naturally there are many religions represented by those users. The following is a list of Wikipedians classified by religions (and non-religions), which should not be taken too seriously. (Some people, indeed, dislike the very idea of such a classification.) Users are invited to self-identify (use the tilde key ~ three times) with the category of their choice, and to add their own if it is not listed. Feel free to subcategorize as appropriate (in other words, Protestant vs. Catholic, Lutheran vs. Methodism, Reform vs. Orthodox, etc.) with respect to sectarian differences. Please keep the list formatted consistently and try to keep it alphabetic. This is an experimental project and may well not last, but let's see how it goes. 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Craigy144 6. Jwrosenzweig -- Raised Protestant, but theologically and emotionally much closer to a conservative Anglican position (and in fact I often find my positions are very Catholic on key issues) 7. Rdsmith4 - in fact I am Episcopalian since I live in America. 8. Rockhopper10r - ECUSA 9. Divinecirinde - From the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand 10. --Celestianpower (en, wikt) (UK) 11. Brian New Zealand Also from the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand 12. Anglius 20:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC) 13. Rrchapman 04:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC). Episcopal Chuch and occasional contributor to The Living Church 14. User:Air Transport Freak 15. User:Sir James Paul Episcopal Church in the United States[edit] 1. Carla Pettigrew Hufstedler, since birth 2. Helminski 1. Greaser -- Born and raised a Seventh-Day Adventist, he revolted against this in his early teen years, went through an agnostic spell. Now, he sit as almost precisely on the fence between Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism. Greaser is technically in both camps, albeit, due to his lack of Catholic baptism, he's not in full communion with the Catholic Church. Devout but has been known to attend other church services on occasions. 2. Though I think of myself as being a very High Churchman.--Anglius 18:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC) 3. The only difference for the most part inbetween me and a Roman Catholci is that I am nuteral when it comes to purgatory, that the Pope is the human head of the church, and that latin should be used in services. --James, La gloria è a dio 03:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC) 1. Jimregan 2. Harris7 3. GUllman 4. Merovingian 5. Mark Ryan 6. Samuel J. Howard (convert to) 7. Sashal Convert. Intermittently devout. 8. Ex_Ottoyuhr 9. Minh Nguyễn 10. Kenneth Duncan 11. Briséis 12. JB82 (also JB82 (Wikipedia), JB82 {Wikipédia) and JB82 (Wikipedia en español) 13. Fibonacci (formerly) 14. Cæsius (France) 15. Romihaitza (Romanian Greek-Catholic) Roman Catholicism[edit] 1. mrehker (DE) 2. User:OwenBlacker (sorta) 3. Chopinhauer 4. Gedca 5. Cjbeyer Take the time to learn and everything else seems downright silly. 6. *drew 7. kenj0418 8. Kpalion 9. Inky 10. Alkivar (until the age of reason) 11. jenmoa 12. Carlosar 13. Dudtz-only Christian religions are true,and possibly Muslims 14. Thomas Aquinas- Catholicism is the sole logical religion; all others are defucnt rationally 15. Yo Mama 5000 16. fpo but I don't like Pope Benedict XVI, and I miss Pope John Paul II 17. Irshgrl500 I too, don't like Pope Benedict XVI, and miss Pope John Paul II 18. Psy guy 19. T Anthony I used to want to be a monk. 20. ABCD 21. SarekOfVulcan (despite what some people on en probably think) 22. Schrandit (far and away the greatest thing in my life) 23. Jennifer (3rd generation Catholic! Recognize!) 24. Umdunno 25. The1exile (For now, but not forever. Consider me an atheist with catholic values.) 26. OrbiliusMagister aka εΔω 27. Yiggdilobith It is my way and my choice. 28. Laleena I am a Lutheran convert. 29. Patsy103 30. wikt:User:Ivocamp96 Lapsed Catholic[edit] 1. Toby Bartels (Roman Catholic until age 12) 2. Saint-Paddy We never really went to church much, except for when I got communion. Then we stopped going. 3. Daanschr I was baptized, did Holy Communion and Confirmation. But I don't believe in God anymore since age of 14. Roman Catholicism has dropped from 38% to a pathetic 1% in 50 years time in the Netherlands. We got imported Ethiopian preachers nowadays to fill the gaps. 4. Rodrigogomesonetwo Baptized, never got Communion and Confirmation. I believe in God... Well, not really, but I like to think there is one somewhere out there. Like a large number of Brazilians, I flirt with spiritualistic religions. 1. RJB 2. Woofboy Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)[edit] 1. Essjay Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints[edit] 1. Noldoaran 2. pne 3. biggins 4. Taco Deposit — raised in this belief system; now rejects it. 5. Tom (Hawstom) - Very strong believer; very weak sectarian; non-theologist. I don't suppose God will hold any theology or non-theology against any loving person. 6. MD2004 7. Crystal Matrix 8. mrcolj 9. Jordan Griffith 10. KnowledgeLord - Believes highly in God, but does not shun those who do not. 11. Leylia — accepts the doctrine, rejects the carrots in the jello. 12. JoliePA Eastern Orthodoxy[edit] 1. Bogdan Giusca (I accept it more as a tradition, I don't really believe all that stuff :) 2. Gorann Andjelkovic 3. Archimandrite Maximos ( I am an clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Church) 4. Midnight Gambler (Russian Orthodox Church) Jehovah's Witnesses[edit] 1. ILVI -- Jay Bowks 2. Zoohouse 3. Justin (excommunicated) 4. Justin O. 5. Mikhailov Kusserow 1. Lighthead 2. Zanimum 3. calmypal 4. hoshie — I am a Southern Baptist. However, I am a bit annoyed at the right-ward turn of the Convention. Because of this, I describe myself as a Protestant. 5. Kizor 6. Haggawaga - Oegawagga 7. Melkom 8. gracefool 9. Slowking Man 10. Smerdis of Tlön 11. Johnleemk 12. BSveen 13. Evice 14. astorklam 15. Linuxbeak 16. User:A7X 900 Am a free thinking Christian and am aganist the church. I believe only in a personal relationship with God and Jesus. 17. Jaques O. Carvalho 1. Pastorant Licensed Minister with the Assemblies of God 2. Redwolf24 I go to an Assembly of God church about once a year... not religious, and in fact compatible with other protestant churches, but I believe in God and Jesus for what it's worth. 1. Gold Dragon 2. Rafael, o Galvão Independent Baptist[edit] 1. Ted-m 2. bornagain4 Southern Baptist[edit] 1. Kelsey Francis (Southern Baptist) 2. Ellsworth 1. Leonardo Alves 1. awolf002 (to be precise: LCMS) 2. gabbe (to be precise: Church of Sweden) by tradition, not by faith 3. BSveen (to be precise: ELCA) 4. Karl-Henner 5. Messedrocker 6. Ricardo Ferreira de Oliveira 23:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC) 1. Geoffrey - Methodist if you want to be picky 2. a.d. jensen 1. Cswrye 1. iKato 2. StAnselm 3. -- Felipe Aira Seventh-day Adventist[edit] 1. Zahakiel 2. en:user:Xelas211 1. Allan Javier Aguilar Castillo 2. Ralgis - Mostly under Francisco Lacueva teachings 1. BCorr 2. \|Quadell (aspiring) 3. Orangemike United Church of Christ[edit] 1. phil179 2. Scooter United Reformed Methodist Bapticostal Assemblies[edit] 1. Thudgens I am a member of a non-denominational church, but if this denomination existed, this is where I'd be. w:user:chipuni Chipuni 1. Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick A place holder, something to offer in situations like this. 2. Toby Bartels (dilettante only) 3. Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story) 4. Spectatrix (card-carrying Pope of Discordia) 5. Padre Martini, OED, Archdukebishop of Texas 6. Amayzes 7. Mutante Cabal Database 8. Mathiastck also UU 9. Voyager640 10. John.constantine 11. PopeFauveXXIII, Templar of the New Electronic Frontier 12. Icarus_23 07:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC) FNORD 13. Storkk , also en:User:Storkk 14. User:Knotwork aka en:User:Knotwork 1. Noel (and no, it's not all about good food :-) 2. DannyK The ethics is profound and Epicurean science is more advanced then most realise. Nietzscheanism is merely a demomination of Epicureanism. 1. Dr,Krant M.L.Verma 2. Sudhir Neerattupuram (Hindu by Birth and a Hindutva writer from Kerala, India ie Bharat) 3. Kautilyaa Speaking (Hindu Agnostic) 4. mkweise (born agnostic) 5. Paddu 6. Ranjith Ranadheeran 7. Binadot (Atheist Hindu) 8. Desibanda (Hindu by birth and choice) 9. Muwaffaq 02:57, 31 July 2005 (UTC) (purified into Hinduism. Atheist) 10. DaGizza Devout Hindu 11. Pranathi Hindu 12. Deepak 13. Pankaj Batra (Hindu by birth and choice) 14. Rohitbd 15. Jamadagni (Hindu by birth and choice) 16. gfuture4me Rameshwar,Govindu. (Born as HINDU and to be born as a HINDU) 17. BhaktPrahalad (Devotee ready for any penance and submission) 18. Holy Ganga (Devout Hindu) 19. S. Sharma 20. SmartIndianKid (Hindu by Birth and Choice) 21. S.R.Jai Shankar (Hindu by Birth and devotee of Lord Ganesha.Also a believer of the Guru Parampara tradition) 22. Ganesh 24. Vivek Sinha 25. Lokesh (Hindu by birth) 26. arjunb Devout Hindu; From Tulunadu. 27. Aupmanyav Atheist, Atomist, Heroes - Rama, Krishna, Sankara, etc. 28. Christopher Ott 29. Guruprasad Belthur Brahmin by birth and choice. 30. Sadartha (Mad crazy into self-realization) 31. sleek3 32. nids 33. LeMaster 34. Shruti14 (Vaishnava Hindu by birth and choice) Integral theories[edit] 1. CouchFuzius Latest paradigm shift, and i'm fine with it. I see truth in every human experience, whatever form or expression it may take. The last truth can't be perceived objectively, only experienced by the subject, while actual both transcend each dualism. (taoist in a less cultural sense...) 1. Mohd Izzudin bin Saedon 2. Sulaymani Ismaili 3. Abdullah Geelah 4. Al Ameer son 5. Alarob 6. Anis 7. Catri 8. FHIsmail 9. Khalid 10. Fadzlin 11. IFaqeer 12. Deniz Utku 13. User:Yaroslav Zolotaryov 14. Putera Luqman Tunku Andre 15. Ahmed Alsudani 16. Goldenburg111 1. Tarun Jain 1. Batshua Conservadox-leaning Jew 2. LittleDan: Born Jewish, now secular humanist 1. 172 2. mange01 3. Ryecatcher773 4. Wyatt915 5. Faizan Atheist Jews[edit] 1. Andrevan: only ethnically and culturally Jewish, otherwise atheist 2. Ashleyisachild: Received Bat-Mitzvah 7 years before definitively converting to Atheism. 3. ThirdEyeOpen Baal teshuva[edit] 1. YUL89YYZ 1. Joel G. (Jewbacca) 2. Valley2city 1. JFW:(see Torah im Derech Eretz) 2. Sije 3. Yirmiyahou 4. Yoshiah_ap 1. Nahum 1. Clarinetplayer 2. dbmag9 3. Kithburd 4. MarkFoldman 5. Neutrality 6. UtherSRG 1. .·.Optim.·. 2. iFaqeer 3. Lighthead 1. Eequor 1. Geno 2. Binadot - God is dead, baby. 1. beWiki 2. Lzygenius 3. Navyhighander, Follower of the Greek Gods. 4. Spinboy 5. Fang 23 1. ArinArin Only when forced to take a position, but trying to live as atheistically as possible. 2. Tydaj also Unitarian Universalist. 3. Lighthead 4. Fang 23 1. AxelBoldt A mix of ideas taken from Buddhism, Spinoza's pantheism, Einstein's views and the position of Hesse's Siddhartha. See my homepage for details. 2. Fang 23 3. Sungmanitu Naturalistic pantheist. 1. User:Fonzy (yep more than one, him up there and me ;-)) 2. Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story) 3. Fang 23 Religious atheism[edit] 1. FrankP I preach atheism as a religion, not a non-religion. I encourage those who have signed up under non-religions to switch their allegiance to here. Religious Pluralism[edit] 1. Elvenscout742 (I'm an Ásatrúar at heart, but I equally place tolerance of others' beliefs and an interest in many mythologies above almost all else.) 2. Satanael/Satan. I'm not really sure what I am at heart, (I seem to be drifting between non-den. Christianity and Weak Agnosticism) but I see tolerance of people's beliefs and and an interest mythology as very important to me. 3. Fang 23 1. Ornithikos -- I'm not really a Satanist, but I didn't want the old fellow to feel rejected. Secular Shamanism[edit] 1. Cimon Avaro on a pogostick (self-initiation rules! see you in my dreamscapes) 1. DaisukeNiwa 2. 朝彦 (Asahiko) 1. Gurmeet S. Kochar 2. Acs4b 3. Gurmeet Singh 1. McMullen 1. Eequor 2. Hyacinth 3. Ringbang 4. Silume 5. Damate 6. JessPKC Unitarian Universalism[edit] 1. Trey Harris 2. UtherSRG 3. Jondel 06:20, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) 4. The KoG 21:44, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) 5. Quadell 6. Jrincayc My view on how UU and WP fit together. 7. Sean Turvey 8. Tydaj also panentheist. 9. en:User:HistoricalPisces 10. en:User:Mathiastck also Discordian 11. Voyager640 12. Devin Murphy Proud to have been raised UU and to still be one. And my beliefs have shifted from believing strongly there is probably no God, to now believing in Trinitarian Christian beliefs. I am a member of a church that is a member of the Canadian Unitarian Council. 13. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:33, 4 April 2010 (UTC) Universal Life Church[edit] 1. Jimregan Minister since 1998 or 1999. (College was a blur) 2. Logotu Minister since 2000 (but see also...) 3. Taco Deposit — Minister since 1998. 1. Alkivar (after the age of reason) 2. Branddobbe uncertain deist 3. Matt Line - I've always been interested in religion, which may be why I dislike it so much. 4. Daisy-Head Mayzie 5. Denni I have searched my whole life, and have yet to see anything that constitutes arguable evidence of any supernatural entity. It's struck me that, for something so omnipotent, all-knowing, and omnipresent, should God be that hard to find? But hey, I could be wrong. 6. Dyss I'm a stone-throw away from an atheist, yet I do not believe I am in the position to state, with certainty, that there is nothing "beyond what we can see". I denounce all existing religions though (they're just really sophisticated pyramid scheme's) - if there is something "beyond what we can see" it/he/she/goat has yet to reveal itself. 7. Sean Curtin 8. Hołek ҉ 9. Hyacinth 10. Ingoolemo 11. Katefan0 Agnostic with secular human tendencies... I can't know the unknowable, pro or con, so death will either be my greatest adventure or most profound disappointment. Until then I try to live life the best and kindest way I can. If there is a God, or force or whatever you want to call it out there, I have to believe that'll be good enough. And if not, I was never a foolish sheep. 18:00, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) 12. Koxinga: this is a too difficult and pointless question... I will see when I will die. And proselytism is bad ;o) 13. KSchutte 14. Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story) 15. Luis Dantas (Agnostic, Atheist, Buddhist, Secular Humanist) 16. MrThomas - Agnostic, that's mmmmmmeeeeeeeee!!!!! Now how do I add this ti my user page? 17. Mindspillage Weak atheist, strong agnostic. 18. Neolux I used to called myself multi-denominational, then I called myself non-denominational. Basically, I beleive people need faith in something, and whatever they choose is fine with me, just don't try to convert me. I always keep an open mind, and look into what each religion offers and choose my own path from there. I cannot subscribe to particular system of belief at this time, so I guess I'm hedging my bets in this regard. 19. Rie - Hey, you, Atheist! Yeah, you! I'm gonna punch you! Or not. But I, too, believe in the divine spirit of the Agnosto, and it's a shame our name has been tarnished and confused with another, similar group over the years. For shame. 20. Saint-Paddy Weak atheist, until some ball of light descends from the sky and declears in a booming voice "I AM GOD!", then I'm agnostic... depsite taking holy communion... 21. Silume 22. Suriko A little athiest'ish (with a sprinkle of secular humanist and materialist thrown in), but after long hard thinking, came to the conslusion that proving or disproving god is impossible (which is the basis of faith, really). Pretty much the same as Dyss. 23. Taco Deposit — Weak atheist / agnostic / secular humanist 24. Tualha I decided I was an atheist at age 12. Later, I lost my faith ;) 25. Ryan Norton T \| @ \| C 23:28, 26 September 2005 (UTC) 26. Ixistant 27. VasilievVV Weak agnosticism[edit] 1. Dante Alighieri, there are, quite simply, some things that are unknown at this time. Well, I'm also a weak atheist I suppose, but I'm gonna stay up here. 2. Jeandré — raised Protestant. If gods exist, which I doubt, some of them may decide to prove their existance: "don't tell God what to do". 3. Sarge Baldy 2. Tedius Zanarukando I am antifundamentalist, opposing both Christian and Islamic fundamentalism. I believe that Islamic fundamentalism is the biggest threat to world peace. 3. Topbanana 4. Lockeownzj00 You could say I am anti-religious, but I don't hate people who have religions. I just don't like the religions themselves. 5. the stuff is good for enforcing death on others. nothing else. 6. MeltBanana Devout, born-once, militant, indifferentist. 7. Wins oddf 8. Citizen Premier Your god sure did a lot of work to make it seem like he doesn't exist. 9. Liface 10. Me lkjhgfdsa Religions replace open mindes with closed ones. Religions destroy all the good that education does. 11. Daanschr Religions should be outlawed, so birth control can make the earth more liveable. A ban on war is not possible with different religions combating eachother. 12. Smiddle 13. Einsteinewton 14. Mike.lifeguard 1. ^pirate - Positive atheist. 2. Abdullais4u - actually apatheist. 3. Andrevan - ethnically and culturally Jewish, religiously atheist. 4. Andrewlevine Non-humanist atheist, pseudo-agnostic. (I also believe that the question of whether or not God exists is completely irrelevant, as I would live my life no differently either way.) 5. AngryParsley Why? Because I went to Catholic school for six years. 6. Aperculum I hate laestadians ^_^ 7. Arno Lagrange son of an antireligious father and an atheist protestant born mother, I am an atheist which likes buddhism because it's rather a philosophy than a religion. 8. Arvindn devout 9. AtticusX 10. Autarch Regards atheism as a rather minimalist philophy, not a cause. 11. AxelBoldt Convinced that no personal god in the traditional sense exists, but allowing for the possibility that our universe is a simulation run by some programmer in another universe. 12. Ben Parish Former Baptist Christian but then I took a Physics class... 13. bmills The concept of god is a weapon we use in our attempt to dominate the world. 14. Canadianism 15. Chairman S. 16. Constafrequent 17. Corax has no need for organized superstition. 18. Dave I'm something of a Zen Buddhist, but I reject the idea of deities or spirits that are to be worshipped. 19. Dori damn you Homer Simpson 20. Eloquence, in spite of substantial attempts of religious indoctrination; also a secular humanist. 21. Faizan, agnostic. 22. Feedmecereal weak 23. FrankB Materialist type Atheist born to same 24. FvdP "freedom over faith". Sort of a "practical atheist": there is probably no God, but there are more important questions than that; many answers are probably the same regardless of God's existence. I strongly refuse to be guided (driven...) by any religion. 25. Sean Curtin 26. GShoeLacy 27. Hyacinth 28. TPK 29. User:Imtalldan Born and raised Roman Catholic, still forced to go to church 30. Jamyskis - Born-again Atheist from Evangelical Christianity. 31. Jeandré — raised Protestant, weak atheist. 32. James F. As SecretLondon put it, 'devout'. 33. JeffyJeffyMan2004 34. Jmabel, but a Jew in the same sense as Karl Marx or Sigmund Freud. 35. John Owens, a weak atheist bordering on agnostic 36. Joyous When I stopped believing in god, things finally made sense. 37. Kross 38. Jan Kelly (most definitely) God made me, my mum said, so it must be true. For years i believed her... kids don't have much choice do they? 39. Lauryn Ashby 40. Lockeownzj00 A proud atheist. Science over faith. 41. Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story) 42. Luis Dantas (Agnostic, Atheist, Buddhist, Secular Humanist) 43. Mark Hurd 44. Mattroberts66 - Strong Dispiser of Religion 45. Mikez - Also second Sabbut :). Been an atheist since I began thinking seriously about it at 12-13 years of age, and then rejected what the schoolteachers (rather: a teacher) had taught me about God. 46. Neural - Weak atheist. Strong critic of the arbitrary religious mythology that many seem willing to kill for. I am aware that the conflict between Islam and Christianity is tearing the world apart once more, in this supposedly "enlightened" age. 47. Mindspillage Weak atheist, strong agnostic. 48. MoeLarryAndJesus Idiots, lunatics, and scared kids think there's a hell. No one else does. 49. Nikai (devout) 50. Nina rather strong than weak 51. Noesis Atheist, Bright, Secular Humanist 52. nohat, without qualification 53. NorsemanII, Not interested in anything supernatural. Rational reasons to think something is true are a must-have. 54. orioneight Raised a Southern Baptist . . . that'll do it. 55. Pakaran I see no reason to make any exclusion from scientific reasoning. Quite simply, the laws of physics do not say "if you drop a pebble, it falls, unless you ask God to hold it up for you." 56. Palpatine Nietzsche and God are both dead 57. Pietaster 58. Pilaf - I second Sabbut's opinion, which made me laugh. To myself the idea of God is just ridiculous. 59. Pmsyyz 60. Poujeaux - strong, radical, devout, evangelical, but let's just say atheist. 61. Q0 62. Redfarmer I was once a Christian but then I realized how illogical it all is. I've never been happier with my decision to deconvert. 63. Rednblu I wonder how many "atheists" would continue to proclaim political independence from the Creator if she dropped onto Constitution Avenue and demanded that every man bow to her. That is, is atheism a defiant politics of freedom as well as the non-religion that it is? 64. Roybb95 65. Sabbut For me God is like some sort of Santa Claus for adults. The thing is, he doesn't seem to give presents ^_^ 66. Saul Taylor devout atheist bordering on fundamentalist. 67. Secretlondon devout 68. Sellyminime 69. Selphie - religions cause most of the problems in todays world (wars etc) if there is some "higher power" it's probalby in a zoo-style thing, or quite possibly Sims-like 70. Stargoat Radical atheist but born Roman Catholic. 71. Stet god is only something to fill sunday morning, as cricket is only something to fill sunday afternoon 72. Sunny256 — I used to call me an agnostic for many years, but this was by some misunderstood as "semi-christian", and that's just not acceptable. To be pedantic about it, I'm an agnostic atheist. 73. Suto Secular Humanist; Empiricist; Reason will lead to knowledge, and knowledge will lead to fulfillment. 74. Sverdrup 75. Taco Deposit — Weak atheist / agnostic / secular humanist 76. The Famous Movie Director Moving from agnosticism to weak atheism, but my lack of faith is growing day by day. 77. The Giant Puffin 78. Tim Starling born-again atheist. Atheism is a belief, as opposed to agnosticism which is a philosophy. I believe there is no god in the same way I believe the Earth orbits the Sun. 79. Toby Bartels (in a weak sense) 80. tompagenet - devout, deep beliver in being nice to people because it's right, not because I get punished if I'm nasty. 81. Vudujava I am a "devout" atheist as the concept of god makes no more logical sense to me than people falling for a 419 scam. 82. Wapcaplet, an implicit atheist, generally considers religious questions to be less interesting than non-religious questions. 83. Webkid I am not sure if there's someone high above in the sky watching us.. I would say simply that I don't believe in prehistoric fabrications. 84. Pedro Victor 85. Xiujun Ethical atheist 86. Yuunli - I'm not superstitious. Why should I believe in "gods"? 87. Zeno Gantner 88. alexjohnc3—Raised and being raised by protestant parents. Religion is just silly. =P 89. Dark Tichondrias 90. Sulgran 91. CodeCat — Who needs religion if you can understand the world and be good to others without it? 92. DerekvG I consider myself an Atheist, I reject "belief" so I'm a disbeliever, I fight against idolatry, gullibility but ultimately I fight against the abuse of power, authority; and any form of authoritariansm, what any monotheist religion in fact is codified and symbolised authoritariansm : the blind and sacrefied belief in "authority". Strong atheism[edit] 1. Amayzes 2. Binadot - born to a family of Smartists and Anglicans, but currently an Atheist with a capital "A". 3. Comics 4. David 5. Jyril - 100% pure atheist. Oh, and gods exist... They just aren't what you think they are. 6. Kbdank71 7. L33tminion 8. Lord Bob - praise the non-lord. 9. M&NCenarius - There is no god... think about it; it's pure nonsense 10. Malathion 11. MSTCrow - Positive atheist, and cannot help but be one, which sometimes conflicts me. 12. Promonex - God isn't dead and God will never be dead. But God decays with every single piece of scientific knowledge we acquire, until the very day in a far away future, in which there won't be any gaps for him to hide anymore. Indulging in natural sciences it shall be my very pleasure to contribute to his decay. 13. Ryan Cable Strong 14. Shorne - Flaming atheist. Positive/strong position. There is no goddam god, for God's sake. 15. Surajt88 16. Wins oddf 17. Yath - Strong atheist. 18. Adjam - Did god have a choice?;) 20. Capitan Obvio 21. Paul Barkley - A god is a being that created or controls the laws of the universe, and there's no such being. 22. Steve Magruder - Over the past couple years, I realized that if one cannot prove teapots in orbit around Pluto, one cannot prove God. In other words, the concept of God is nonsense. And this also goes for any supernatural phenomena. It's either natural, or it's fiction. 23. Selfworm - I have yet to see any evidence for the existence of a God. 24. thedemonhog Ultra-strong atheism[edit] 1. GTubio - If I say "elephants fly" but I don't prove it, no one (with a brain) can assume that as a truth. The same applies to deities. However, deities are much more dangerous for humanity than my "elephants fly" statement can be. I ferociously fight religion/superstition wherever I sense it. I also refuse an "atheist religion", people must _realize_ (through brain use) about the need of ultra-strong atheism, if it is imposed it can be as negative as the worst religion (Christianism?). 2. Anonunit 3. Hezzy 20:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC) Religion has done nothing but start wars and build walls between people. Look at the middle east! As people become more educated, religion will fail. 4. stjamie On the Dawkins' scale scale of certainty (page 50-51 of 'The God Delusion') of the existence of a god or gods, I sit at 6.999 ad infinitum. 6.999...=7. See en:0.999.... -- Jeandré, 2011-12-26t11:39z 5. 09:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Outspoken Atheist Agnostic 6. JuWiki2 - Stronger than the strongest coffee. Just take a look at my userbox page, and you'll know how strong the strongest coffee is. 7. PseudoOne 8. God is made by humans, not the other way. EAC (Evil Atheist Conspiracy) Directors, Agents and Operatives[edit] 1. EvilAtheist – We're after your children and pets. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism or en:Pastafarianism[edit] 1. – Devout. 2. AtticusX – Hallowed be Thy Noodly Appendage. 3. Dlloyd 4. User:Blacksheepmails I've seen the evidence, recieved the signs. A true practicing pastafarian. 5. Fang 23 Invisible Pink Unicorn[edit] 1. Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason - Blessed be her holy hooves! 2. Lockeownzj00 Ah-menn. 3. boffy_b On grounds of pinkness and invisibility. Also Light Jedi 4. Occono Oh she's such a revolutionary! 5. Cryo(Tox) May her hooves never be shod! 1. FvdP one of my strongest convictions. Yet not the whole story. (See Logotu). 2. Hashar We are only matter. God doesn't exist. What can we find after the end of the universe ? What existed before the big bang ? 3. Canadianism 4. Orthologist Extreme materialist, atheist and rationalist. Non-believer in the existence of Invisible Pink Unicorn. 1. Bonalaw 2. McKay 3. Occono I'm Schizophrenic 1. --Nick-in-South-Africa 22:18, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) Close enough, also interested in and much time for much Buddhist thought, but from a, rationalist perspective. Also qualify as a positive atheist and an agnostic as per Huxley's original meaning. Any and all supernatural claims put my sceptical faculties into hyperdrive. My considered view is that there is an objective reality. 2. Amayzes Secular humanism[edit] 1. Antandrus (+ Buddhist, weak agnostic) 2. Hcheney 3. JRob (Recovering Roman Catholic) 4. LittleDan but born Jewish 5. Xeresblue (+ atheist) 6. Amayzes 7. Jeandré — raised Protestant. 8. →Iñgólemo← (talk) 08:32, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC) 9. Logotu (I could classify myself here but that wouldn't be the whole story) 10. Luis Dantas (Agnostic, Atheist, Buddhist, Secular Humanist) 11. Noesis Atheist, Bright, Secular Humanist 12. Taco Deposit — Weak atheist / agnostic / secular humanist 13. Toby Bartels 14. Yath (+ atheist) 15. Dave I guess I qualify as this in some ways. I don't believe in gods or higher powers, but I do believe in Zen Buddhist philosophy. Call that what you want. 16. Canadianism 17. User:M&NCenarius 18. User:Bornestera 19. en:User:Thesocialistesq In conjunction with weak atheism/agnosticism. And no supernatural stuffs. 20. Jorge Morejón Also light agnosticism. Raised as Roman Catholic by religous Spanish family. 1. Amayzes 2. Eequor 1. Taku 2. Mbecker, I think that categorizing oneself by religion is as bad as categorizing oneself by race. It shouldn't matter (even though I don't care if people know what [lack of] religion I am). 3. Shizhao,chinese 4. Formulax 5. Logotu (but see me under other categories here too, and on the Wiccapedians or other neopagan Wikipedians page! :-9 ) 6. I officially have no religion (not even agnosticism or atheism). -- Grunt 14:42, 2004 Sep 25 (UTC) 7. Yesopenilno 8. DarkEvil Believe in a god, but not necessarily any god from a particular religion, just a divine being. 1. MyRedDice - Church of the Die, 2. BJ Howard - Taylogy 1. Hedley 01:33, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC) - At least it's what I was on the census. Dark Jedi[edit] 1. Phoenix Hacker Light Jedi[edit] 1. boffy_b 3y3 /-\ \|\/\| t3h J£D!. 4\|_50 \|.\|>.\|_\|. 2. Kross 1. Oliezekat, don't forget your ronron-prayer before sleeping :op 1. Morwen 00:09, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC) 2. Scott Burley Omega point[edit] 1. Vroman heaven is a giant computer 2. Lighthead 1. Rambot 10 SIN, 20 GOTO HELL 2. HasharBot wikipedia.setAction('semi-automatic interwiki script') 3. Zwobot 1010011010 4. Boffy b I am a Commodore Systems model TVC-15 Wikipaedian. Percentages, world versus Wikimedians.[edit] World percentages: 2003 wo, 2005 wo. 2010 wo. Based on this meta page's 2003-12-21t17:33:18z, 2004-12-25t08:59:47z, 2005-12-24t09:28:24z, 2006-12-23t05:06:05z, 2007-12-24t22:37:02z, 2008-11-30t03:39:13z, 2009-12-07, 2010-12-14, and 2011-12-26 versions. I simply used the bullet numbers; so if someone said "until age 12", "I don't really believe all that stuff", or "Not practicing, agnostic" I counted them as being of the listed faith anyway; and if they listed themselves under more than 1 faith (usually more than 1 non-faith) they were counted more than once. Not very accurate but interesting. 2003 wo 2003 2004 2005 wo 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 wo 2010 2011 2012 Religion 32%↓ 23% 27%ᛏ 33.1% 29%ᛏ 29% 29% 27%↓ 29%ᛏ 31.5% 29% 28%↓ 29%ᛏ Christianity 19%ᛏ 2% 2% 20.3% 2% 3%ᛏ 3% 3% 3% 23.2% 3% 3% 3% Islam 16% 25% 16%↓ 12.4% 18%ᛏ 17%↓ 17% 21%ᛏ 17%↓ 6.2% 17% 17% 17% Other 14%↓ 41% 46%ᛏ 14.2% 39%↓ 36%↓ 36% 34%↓ 35%ᛏ 16.3% 36%ᛏ 36% 36% No religion 13% 4% 2%↓ 13.3% 5%ᛏ 6%ᛏ 6% 6% 6% 15.0% 6% 6% 6% Hinduism 6% 2% 3%ᛏ 5.9% 4%ᛏ 4% 4% 4% 4% 7.1% 4% 4% 4% Buddhism <1% 0% <1%ᛏ 0.4% <1% <1% <1% <1% <1% 0.4% <1% <1% <1% Sikhism <1% 2% 3%ᛏ 0.2% 3% 4%ᛏ 4% 4% 4% 0.2% 4% 4% 4% Judaism <1% 0% 1%ᛏ 0.1% 1% 2%ᛏ 2% 2% 2% 0.1% 2% 2% 2% Baha'i Faith English Wikipedia[edit] Based on w:en:Category:Wikipedians by religion, w:en:Category:Atheist Wikipedians, w:en:Category:Ignostic Wikipedians, w:en:Category:Agnostic Wikipedians, and w:en:Category:Apatheist Wikipedians as on 2005-12-24 ([1]), 2006-12-23, 2007-12-25, 2008-12-26, 2009-12-25, and 2010-12-25. Can't yet link to unarchived static en categories. Other and No religion are affected by the large number of Pastafarians who are sometimes categorized under religion, but at other times under no religion. See also which uses a different method. 2003 wo 2005 wo 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 wo 2010 2011 Religion 32%↓ 33.1 32% 23%↓ 33%ᛏ 28%↓ 33%ᛏ 31.5% 27%↓ 35%ᛏ Christianity 19%ᛏ 20.3 5% 8%ᛏ 5%↓ 6%ᛏ 5%↓ 23.2% 6%ᛏ 6% Islam 16% 12.4% 12% 21%ᛏ 16%↓ 12%↓ 10%↓ 6.2% 17%ᛏ 9%↓ Other 14%↓ 14.2% 42% 35%↓ 30%↓ 40%ᛏ 36%↓ 16.3% 34%↓ 36%ᛏ No religion 13% 13.3% 1% 2%ᛏ 2% 2% 2% 15.0% 2% 2% Hinduism 6% 5.9% 2% 3%ᛏ 4%ᛏ 3%↓ 3% 7.1% 3% 3% Buddhism <1% 0.4% 0% <1%ᛏ <1% <1% <1% 0.4% <1% <1% Sikhism <1% 0.2% 6% 7%ᛏ 9%ᛏ 7%↓ 11%ᛏ 0.2% 10%↓ 9%↓ Judaism <1% 0.1% 0% 1%ᛏ <1%↓ <1% <1% 0.1% <1% <1% Baha'i Faith
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55827	Skip to main content UK, 1980 (MIFF 1981, Peter Wollen presents British Independent Filmmaking) Director: Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen "Amy, wonderful Amy, how can you blame me for loving you?" When the newspaper editor in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance gave the immortal advice, "When the fact becomes legend, print the legend", he could have asked what makes a legend and what is its basis? In 1930 Amy Johnson pipped Joan of Arc in a poll of young girls visiting Madame Tussaud's. as the woman they would most like to emulate. The adoring words from the Jack Hylton song above formed only part of the worldwide adulation which greeted the former shop-girl from Hull who became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia "Never has a single event so thrilled the world', wrote one devoted admirer, "her fame will live forever." "Mulvey and Wollen's explanation of Amy's legend is compelling, both by virtue of the subject matter and the acute intelligence they bring to it. In her own lifetime Amy was portrayed initially as having a schoolgirl's 'combination of ignorance and romanticism' looking forward to 'thrills and adventures', nurtured on film dramas such as The Perils of Pauline in which the heroine always escaped from cannibals, sharks,'torture-loving bandits'and "wild beasts of desert and jungle'. Mulvey and Wollen's Amy! stresses the interweaving of legend and fact with the oppressive and pathetic irony that despite her being a skilled engineer and fearless pilot, she was unable to find a regular job as a flyer." Don MacPherson, Time Out See also... Taking A Part A documentary about the experience of two girls who both came to London at an early age from working class backgrounds, one of whom has a child. Both are involved in prostitution; one decides to give ... More » Sigmund Freud's Dora In 1899 Sigmund Freud began treatment with an 18 year-old girl who was brought to him for analysis by her father after she had written a suicide note. Freud was eager to use this case to demonstrate ... More » Harold Shand is a big-time Cockney capitalist thug; he runs pubs, casinos and restaurants and has the local police under his thumb. A Rolls, a luxury yacht, and a 'classy' mistress all point to his ... More » Exchange and Divide takes a popular contemporary theme and develops it in unexpected directions. The effect is to ... bring under scrutiny both social relations and some of the conventions which ... More » Still Life Select a festival Search The Film Archive Browse By Director
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55886	Darkcloudstrife7's Anime List \| Darkcloudstrife7's Manga List Darkcloudstrife7's Profile Darkcloudstrife7's Details 01-11-14, 1:45 AM July 20, 1990 Los Angeles November 23, 2007 43 (Find All) Last List Updates Kuragehime add Completed at 11 of 11 Little Busters!: Refrain add Watching at 4 of 13 ChäoS;HEAd add Watching at 5 of 12 Anime Stats Time (Days) 53.8 Watching 25 Completed 149 On Hold 28 Dropped 10 Plan to Watch 6 Total Entries 218 Anime compatibility with Darkcloudstrife7 is: Unknown :( Darkcloudstrife7's Random Anime Manga Stats Time (Days) 5.8 Reading 5 Completed 10 On Hold 2 Dropped 0 Plan to Read 0 Total Entries 17 Manga compatibility with Darkcloudstrife7 is: Unknown :( Darkcloudstrife7's Random Manga About Darkcloudstrife7 Whats up!, Hello, Hi and whatnots Anime and Manga NERD at your service. ;-) I LOVE.... My sisters My cats My guitars Kevin Smith Edgar Allen Poe Stephanie Sheh Monica Rial Cristina Vee The New York Giants, The New York Yankees King Of Fighters Street Fighter Guilty Gear I Watch football and Hockey Its really fun! I read comics as well as Manga. I'm a podcaster or so I think I am. If you follow me on twitter send me a msg here to let me know so i can follow back. =D My podcast has a facebook too. - Darkcloudstrife7's Comments Displaying 15 of 281 Comments Miharu-Kun \| 08-29-13, 6:23 AM No problem, I know how fast time flies by ^.^ I'm good, yep, alright except maths and waking up early is a pain lol, pretty good and sadly still no lol xD AND all those questions back at you! :D And also how was your Summer break? :D Your birthday passed too! :o Happy Late Birthday :D Yeah it was pretty fun, did the usual birthday stuff :D I'm officially/legally a adult now since 18 is the "adult age" here ^.^ How was your birthday? :D And what's Poyopoyo like? It's looks pretty whacky lol :D Miharu-Kun \| 07-20-13, 9:36 AM That's true :D Watamote seems interesting though I really can't stand how ugly the MC's design is lol But I guess they made her ugly on purpose lol I'll give it a try sometime :D I'd choose a Asuna figure over a Slica one anyday, even though I don't collect figures :D It's really that great!? :o hmmmm...Though I think I'll wait until it's out on blu-ray to watch it :D I'll tell you what I think about it then :D I listened to the latest Animeal ^.^ Gotta love that ServxServ OP, though not as good as the Working ones Imo :D Michiko and Hatchin seems interesting... That 'Hal' sounds creppy imo lol didn't NISA licence Brave 10 like a year ago O.O The evil power of badges! :{ And did you go to the Studio Trigger panel by any chance? :D That haggling power! lol I watched the SAO dub trailer and I thought Kirito's VA did a good job, it kinda reminded me of Crispin Freeman as Kyon in the Haruhi dub, how it didn't sound much like the Japanese voice but still fitted the character well :D Those SAO prices are insane lol I like A1 Pictures but the way they ruined Black Butler and Magi... :\| I saw a video of all the AOT cosplayers at the panel on youtube, so many! :D I thought Mikasa would be more popular but maybe it was too hot on the day to wear her scarf lol Dog that used to be human...scissors..reincarnation...mind reading!? O.O I wish Free! was more sports than slice of life/fan-service but damn that art and animation is so amazing! like usual for a KyoAni show :D Miharu-Kun \| 07-16-13, 6:37 AM Thanks for the offer but from reading the synopsis it doesn't sound like something I'd enjoy and do you know why it has two different English titles? O.O MAL says it's "The Legend of Soma" I thought that was interesting :o I don't know why they haven't made one already :( I watched the first ep of SxS and I agree it's pretty good :D though characters and the setting are a bit bland though so far :\| I'll look forward to that :D Well that sucks, I heard that AX is pretty late when it comes to scheduling stuff, they really should be better organized then since they do run the biggest Anime convention outside Japan. (I think lol) Lucky you! I'm guessing SAO figures were selling like hotcakes :D I hope to finish it soon :D and AOT sounds good :D Pacific Rim looks pretty cool but I heard a lot of ppl hated it :\ Are you going to see it/already watched it? :D Miharu-Kun \| 07-15-13, 1:20 AM I am so SORRY~ for the super late reply again!!! :O My parents banned me from the internet by changing the router password lol And for the whole school holidays because I did pretty bad in math for the semester :! I still had internet on my phone but using MAL on it is so frustrating :\| So in the meantime I watched some things I'd downloaded but never got around to watching and I also re-watched the whole Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Even Endless 8!) (And I enjoyed Endless 8 better this time around! rofl) I think you mentioned 'Blade of Heaven' before hmmm... but anyway I haven't read it, I haven't read manga in a while now actually :O And I listened to the latest Animeal! I'm also looking forward to Servant x Service, though I would've preferred a Working! series 3 instead! :( lol I also plan to check out Free! soon, though apparently it's not looking good for DVD/BD sales for it in Japan which is pretty surprising :O Toonami's giving SAO a pretty crappy time slot, They should have pushed back Naruto and given SAO it's spot since everyone's already seen Naruto already lol And also If you're not part of the Neilsen ratings survey, then nothing you watch or record on tv is actually counted, we have pretty much the same system here in Australia and it's total BS, ratings are completely pointless and inaccurate and so many good shows have been cancelled because of them! (especially my favorite tv series 'Rush' angry Yuyushiki sounds interesting :D I still haven't finished Chihayafuru 2, I'm so behind everything lol I know that feel! I wonder if Attack on Titan is actually proper grammar, it doesn't sound like it makes sense to me lol That was a okay-ish list this week :D And how was AX? ^_^ Miharu-Kun \| 06-14-13, 5:45 AM I haven't had the chance to catch up lol I'm addicted to this anime series called Nodame Cantabile :D and for some reason I felt like watching a weird CGI/Anime hybrid film Funimation dubbed :O Maybe you should consider getting a yearly subscription to CR :D Since it's probably cheaper than getting months at a time or maybe not lol Miharu-Kun \| 06-10-13, 11:12 PM Sorry for very late reply! I just did my last mid-year exam today :D It does feel like forever lol well congratulations on that :D I get my results back next week :D Really? :O I noticed there's a new Animeal episode and special! :o I'l listen to them after I catch up on some anime ;D Miharu-Kun \| 05-23-13, 6:30 AM Oh that makes sense :D Finally a short title I can use for that movie lol lmao I have heard that saying before :D I was all like this sounds like some historically-rich saying that has something to do with British money lol either that or I thought it had something to do with a butcher giving a pound of meat over the counter, hence the "on your end" lol =I listened to #70! :D= I wish it was hot weather here again lol What's this 'free comic day' about? :o The competition sounds cool but I'll let other ppl who really want the prize to have a better chance of winning it since I'm not that interested in the comic :D This happened to me this week! except I was in math class and the heater was broken, and everyone was frozen to their chairs lol and there wasn't any 'con-funk' lol :D YES!!! more baseball anime!!!! I agree with The Doctor, Gargantia is one of the better anime this season :D "and I'm just like I hate you so much...whispers I hate you" lmao xD All 25! o.o I only know 3 lol Miharu-Kun \| 05-21-13, 6:01 AM Best of luck to you! :D My mid-year exams are starting in 2 weeks o.o Your're so lucky!!! Do they normally have multiple screenings of movies or just one at AX? :D It was so awesome!!! I didn't actually know it was by the same director as The Girl who Leapt through Time and Wolf Children until I noticed how similar the art style was :O "on your end of the pound?" That's a really neat expression, did you make it up yourself? :o Well it's the exact opposite over here lol There's been a new ep up for that long!? :O Time flies fast :D I'll listen to it soon :D Miharu-Kun \| 05-20-13, 6:22 AM Sorry for the late reply! I did hear about it and I'm excited :D Though I wonder what it's going to be about :o Did you hear that they're going to show the Blue Exorcist film subbed at AX? :O I don't think it will be even fan-subbed by then :o And I finally watched Summer Wars, it was a really great movie :D I was torn between watching the dub or the sub, since my favorite English voice actress (Brina Palencia) was voicing the main girl character and my favorite J-drama actor (Kamiki Ryunosuke) was voicing the main guy lol But eventually I chose to watch it subbed :D I'll probably re-watch it dubbed once I buy it :D Funi just released a pretty cheap blu-ray/DvD combo of it :D Miharu-Kun \| 05-06-13, 7:23 AM Jumping Jelly Beans indeed! lol I don't mind how long it takes for a reply, unless someone replies like once every three months, that's pretty annoying lol And that's why I hardly buy the Australian releases :\| But you already giveaway your podcast for free....sort of :D Damn, sorry to hear that, I heard how California was having some wildfires but tbh I forgot that LA was in California....again lmao I need to learn U.S Geography lol I wrote a essay for Montana 1948 in English class and kept mentioning how Montana was a city in North Dakota, then I later found out, Montana is actually a state :O lol Well it's still cold :D I'm on a One Piece marathon-sort of thing atm trying to catch up to the airing episodes :D ==Btw I listened to the latest Animeal :D== I knew that reference the Doctor made! lol People loved Upotte O.o I saw the Swimming anime coming after how many views the commercial got on youtube :D I'm going to watch it since It's a sports KYOANI :D I demand Yugioh DVD season re-releases! :D NO,no,no Maiden Japan is a 'sister company' to Sentai Filmworks, they're basically run by the same people just using a different name :D I like Sunrise, but they are terrible at coloring Imo :\| Just look at all those awful color combinations in Accel World o.o What!!! there's a clip episode in Chihayafuru 2 O.O (wasn't there one in S1 too? hmmmmm) I've been stacking them up for a few weeks since I'm focusing on watching One Piece atm ^_^ I think it was a good time to end Futurama, I thought it was getting 'stale' but not as bad as Simpsons is currently :\| LOL Those MAL anime recommendations :D I am going to click on that sticker!..If I ever need stickers :D LOL that Doctor pun xD Miharu-Kun \| 04-27-13, 6:05 AM No problem, I understand :D lol They might sell more than I thought then :D And those stickers are everywhere, Games, CD's, they even were considering putting them on books a while ago :O I think 'global cooling' (apparently global warming is over now/never happened haha) is taking effect over here lol It's already Wintery weather here even though it's supposed to be Autumn :O Miharu-Kun \| 04-18-13, 4:14 AM That's a lot :o I managed to get most of my maths homework done :D Well I don't know about any research papers about it lol but a few points I can say about it are Blu-ray/DvD combo's are completely non-existent Anime here is hardly ever discounted, it's nearly always sold at full retail price, online and in-store :( *We have these ugly disgusting and useless irremovable 'stickers' on the covers (like all DvD's/BD's here) for example. here's our release of the Brotherhood box set and ova collection I listened to #68 :D I thought you were already on a normal two week schedule :O I could see Funimation pushing so hard to get One Piece on Toonami, they are so desperate to make that series popular in the U.S and I'm glad because it's a great series and they put a lot of effort and high production values into their dub, except I hate Luffy's voice lol if they were going to make him sound like that, they should have had Brina Palencia voicing him ^_^ lol "I would love to wear Kuroko no Basket underpants" :D I do not know what that line up thing is lol I think Kyoukai no Kanata looks pretty dark and dramatic lol Yeah I'm pretty sure your mentioned it last time :D So that LOL funniness level huh? lol There's a guy in Photokano O.O From the poster it looked like it was only about chicks lol It sounds interesting :D I think Shingeki no Kyojin is going just going to get better and better :D That would be a good idea for a cosplay..if I actually ever go to a convention and decide to cosplay lol I think he was only asleep for a few weeks or something hmmm... BS Chihayafuru should be #1 lol Miharu-Kun \| 04-16-13, 7:51 AM Alrighty then, I saw the new episode is up :D But I can't listen to it till Thursday since I have a ton of maths homework to do tomorrow :( It's coming out July 16 according to Amazon, though I hope the price drops, they first posted it with a price of $26 and now they've raised it up to $35 :( I'm guessing since Funimation doesn't want to expand their company past North America :( or maybe some Australian company has already licensed it here, although none of them hardly ever stream any anime lol Miharu-Kun \| 04-15-13, 4:43 AM I never thought I'd see it happen lol Well actually I still only have 1 way of getting AoT lol since Crunchyroll isn't streaming it here for some reason and Funimation never streams here so :( And it's official! Legend of Korra is getting a BLU-RAY RELEASE!!! ^_^ I am so gonna buy it and the art book too :D And what's Photokano like? :D Miharu-Kun \| 04-13-13, 6:21 AM That makes sense, that's a interesting scoring system :D Well now they've officially announced it lol But apparently CR is also going to stream the series O.O Idk what's going on there :o Write a Comment Help FAQ About Contact Terms Privacy AdChoices
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55894	Submitted by ICC_06 509d ago \| opinion piece Assassin's Creed is becoming the new Call of Duty ritsuka666 + 509d ago That's exactly what I think is going to happen. Fateful_Knight + 509d ago MooseWI + 509d ago haggishurler + 509d ago I would like to hear other solutions from those who disagree. MooseWI + 509d ago Npugz7 + 509d ago badz149 + 509d ago that's exactly what people are saying about CoD so...you kinda agree with the article, don't you think? AdmiralSnake + 509d ago I see a lot of people Bash, Capcom, Square, EA for not catering to the FANS, Activision and Ubisoft ACTUALLY DOES THAT, just with yearly releases and you guys nag....my god. #4 (Edited 509d ago ) \| Agree(15) \| Disagree(3) \| Report \| Reply darren_poolies + 509d ago Completely agree and it pisses me off. Xenial + 509d ago momthemeatloaf + 509d ago Yup the sheep line up KillerPwned + 509d ago Agreed they are making AC games just like COD games are made BUT! AC games seem to actually be different from one another. I acknowledge some of the AC games are alike such as AC 2 and Brotherhood from what I am lead to believe. Overall though these games have been fun and a pleasure to enjoy unlike the repetitiveness that COD brings to the table. badz149 + 509d ago AC games are not repetitive? lol have you actually played all of them? the similarity between AC and CoD goes beyond only about yearly releases! vitullo31 + 509d ago The games would be a lot better if they changed the combat it's way too boring and literally takes zero skill and the yearly releases aren't helping either. PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt + 509d ago who gives a daam.. if they can manage to keep it fresh it shouldnt matter. PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt + 509d ago Apple milks the iPhone and same thing with Samsung.. its just how the world works TotalHitman + 509d ago Except it's better than COD, IMO. AllroundGamer + 509d ago i was pretty much bored with AC3, so no more AC for me. Plagasx + 509d ago AC4 has been in development since 2011.. Legion21 + 509d ago You do realize every cod game has a 2 year development cycle and people still give them crap for it. Games with longer development times are usually better, just look at the earlier AC games. claterz + 509d ago It's not all about how much time they are given for development though, it's what they do in that time. Yes Infinity Ward and Treyarch have 2 years to develop the next CoD but they only manage to add a couple of new features and barely upgrade their engine. Look at a game like UC2 and how it compared to the first game. it had the same development time as a CoD game but look at the differences between them. Short dev cycles are fine, as long as they add enough new features to warrant a purchase every year. #13.1.1 (Edited 509d ago ) \| Agree(0) \| Disagree(1) \| Report Legion21 + 507d ago @claterz honestly everyone who says COD doesn't change is wrong. Black ops 1 is nothing like Black ops 2, story wise and multiplayer. With the new pick 10 system and the ability to make decisions in the campaign. The graphics have been updated too, BO2 looks much better than BO1. The games are sequels, they're suppose to play similar to each other, it wouldn't make sense if they didn't. Red_Devilz + 509d ago I was so bored with AC3 that I didn't even feel like starting any mission after a while. The storyline felt boring (and annoying at times), characters were stupid and not worth remembering, the dialogues in gameplay were so idiotic that I preferred skipping them, gameplay was completely awful and most of the missions were meaningless. For the first time in AC series, I hated to run on the rooftops. The broken sort of open world concept was frustrating to see the loading screes at every junction. Finally, again, for the first time in AC series, I stopped playing it. The only good thing was graphics I guess (though I've seen better graphics in other games) So, the bottom line, no matter what score the "critiques" give to AC4, I won't buy it unless the price drops to $10 max. I don't want to play another boring and frustrating game again for $60. Cam977 + 509d ago I still need to complete it! I have achieved the Platinum trophy for every AC game excluding AC3 because I can't pull myself to complete. I know AC4 looks good but I'm afraid I'll be stung again so in avoiding it. Moreover, AC3 was nothing more than a broken mess. No crouch feature in a stealth game? Seriously Ubisoft? #14.1 (Edited 509d ago ) \| Agree(0) \| Disagree(0) \| Report \| Reply josephayal + 509d ago I honestly don't think they are milking it shodaime + 509d ago "Assassin's Creed is becoming the new Call of Duty" no shit!! i mean id understand if their sell were like COD, but now c mon claterz + 509d ago It's strange to think AC5 is probably being developed right now lol, even before AC4 has been released. I mean yeah CoD comes out every year but each development team is given a 2 year cycle so if they wanted to make big changes they could, but why would they if millions of people continue to buy their games. For me the Assassins Creed series has always been fun and as long as they add new gameplay features and interesting stories then I'd happily pay for a new one every year. When the series starts getting repetitive and boring people will stop buying it. jc48573 + 509d ago i rather have this than COD though. it's the only game outside of FPS genre that has managed to sell a lot of copies. HalfNerdHalfAmazing + 509d ago Assassin Creed franchise is no different from Prince of Persia Ubisoft gonna keep putting out a new AC every year until ppl get tire of it. Heisenburger + 509d ago Except for the unprecedented success, of course. They'll run it into the ground for scraps. Assassin's Creed had so much potential. They could turn it around. We shall see. I know that after AC3 I will not be getting this new. Add comment New stories Son of Nor Wants to Rock Your World \| Hardcore Gamer Why I'm Sick Of The Female Representation Arguments Coming Soon to Android: Legion of Heroes Top 10 Tuesday: Gaming Clichés Start Making Games for the PS4 How Aiden Pearce Became the Narrative Undoing of Watch Dogs Related content from friends
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55896	Submitted by peanut72 449d ago \| opinion piece Top Six Characters that Need to Come Out of Retirement Pato Banton sang a song with UB40 – Baby Come Back. There are plenty of video game characters who have been retired for one reason or another. Some of them we would like to see again. If absence makes the heart fonder, then I am as fond of these characters as I can be. So please join me as we explore the Top Six Characters that Need to Come Out of Retirement. Maybe just maybe someone out there reading can help bring these characters back. (Culture, Industry, Retro) Magnus + 450d ago Throw in Battle Toads, Lost Vikings, Bucky O'Hare, Blasto, Parappa the Rapper and Dart from Legend of Dragoon. minimur12 + 449d ago I love it when someone takes it for the team, lol bubbleup! DatNJDom81 + 449d ago Strider Hiryu. Not in a fighting game, but I mean his own full blown game. Thirty3Three + 449d ago Gex too <3 peanut72 + 449d ago Gex was awesome. :) peanut72 + 449d ago Nice list Magnus. :) #1.3 (Edited 449d ago ) \| Agree(0) \| Disagree(0) \| Report \| Reply JKelloggs + 449d ago Naughty Dog's Crash and Insomniac's Spyro! elitemulk + 449d ago Abe, the green monkey thing that was on playstation, i played that years ago when i wasnt into puzzles, that game would be awesome on my samsung galaxy. SegaGamer + 449d ago Loved Shining force and i always did wonder where the main hero ended up, they need to make a sequel to that game. I think it would be good to bring back Jazzy Jackrabbit, those games were great fun. SegaGamer + 449d ago What am i talking about, they did make a sequel to Shining Force :P What i meant was they should make a sequel to the story. peanut72 + 449d ago A compilation of Shining Force III would be nice. Since we only got part one of that game in the States. But yeah some kind of a sequel to the franchise would be appreciated. :) kalkano + 449d ago They also made a sequel to the story. Shining Force CD and Shining Force: Final Conflict bridge the gap between 1 and 2 (and even have some returning/overlapping characters). mook1022 + 449d ago The one game that came to mind was Blaster Master! VTKC + 449d ago The Streets of Rage team! kalkano + 449d ago Shining Force (as we know it) is never coming back. The series will stay in Japan, and that's fine with me. The new developers have demolished the series. I suggest following Camelot (the original developers). To me, their RPGs are still the Shining series; not this new hentai shovelware the Sega keeps pushing out the door. pr0t0typeknuckles + 449d ago Crash frickin Bandicoot nuff said Prince of Persia(forgotten sands was trash,we havnt had a real PoP since 2008) Spyro(skylanders isnt a spyro game,hes just there,for no reason) Add comment New stories Review: Gods Will Be Watching [TheFinalGen] Oddworld: New N Tasty Review: Fresh Produce \| Joystiq Start Making Games for the PS4
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55900	Reuben Kreb in the US 1. #76,743,433 Reuben Krauson 2. #76,743,434 Reuben Krauthamer 3. #76,743,435 Reuben Kravik 4. #76,743,436 Reuben Kraxberger 5. #76,743,437 Reuben Kreb 6. #76,743,438 Reuben Krein 7. #76,743,439 Reuben Kreitzer 8. #76,743,440 Reuben Krekula 9. #76,743,441 Reuben Kressman person in the U.S. has this name View Reuben Kreb on WhitePages Raquote Meaning & Origins Biblical name (said to mean ‘behold, a son’ in Hebrew), borne by one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and so the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Genesis 29:32 explains it as follows: ‘and Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me’. In Genesis 30:14–15, Reuben is depicted as a devoted son to his mother, but he incurred his father's wrath for seducing his concubine Bilhah and on his deathbed Jacob, rather than blessing him, cursed Reuben because of this incident (Genesis 49:4). Despite this, the name has enjoyed steady popularity as a Jewish name. Among Christians (chiefly Nonconformists) it came into use after the Reformation, survived into the 20th century, and is currently enjoying a modest revival. 1,495th in the U.S. 122,845th in the U.S. Nicknames & variations Top state populations
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55907	The Innu Published on October 4, 2012 by Amy Innu Camp Innu Camp The Innu are among the First Nations of Canada. They have maintained a vibrant folk music culture, especially involving dance and percussion-based music. Philip Mackenzie is an especially important modern musician, known for being the creator a kind of singer-songwriter tradition using the Innu language. Though he originally used only guitar and teueikan (a Montagnais frame drum with snares), subsequent performers in his folk Innu style have added electronic and acoustic instruments. The Innu Nikamu (The Innu Sings), held annually in Quebec, is an important festival of Native American music of all kinds. The most famous Innu folk-rock band, Kashtin, began their popular career at Innu Nikamu. Source: wikipedia Unabridged Cite This Source \| Link To The Innu American Psychological Association (APA): The Innu Unabridged. Retrieved July 29, 2014, from website: Chicago Manual Style (CMS): The Innu Unabridged. Native American Encyclopedia (accessed: July 29, 2014). Modern Language Association (MLA): "The Innu" Unabridged. Native American Encyclopedia 29 Jul. 2014. <>. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):, "The Innu" in Unabridged. Source location: Native American Encyclopedia Available: Accessed: July 29, 2014. BibTeX Bibliography Style (BibTeX) @ article {NativeAmericanEncyclopedia.com2014, title = { Unabridged}, month = Jul, day = 29, year = 2014, url = {}, You might also like: Tags: , , , , , Facebook Comments You must be logged in to post a comment.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55939	By the late 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former Austrian bodybuilder-turned-actor (and currently the governor of California), had become the 80s' most popular action star. Despite several missteps (e.g., the Conan sequel, Conan the Conqueror, Red Sonja, and Raw Deal), Schwarzenegger picked roles that worked to his strengths as an onscreen performer, not his limitations, none better, qualitatively than his first collaboration with James Cameron, The Terminator, and his second (after Commando a year earlier) with John McTiernan (The Thomas Crown Affair, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Last Action Hero, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard), Predator. Predator, a genre mash-up that combined science fiction with horror and action, centers on Schwarzenegger's character, listed only as "Dutch" in the credits. The U.S. military, calls in Dutch and his squad, Blain (former Navy Seal turned actor [and later politician] Jesse Ventura), Mac (Bill Duke), Billy (Sonny Landham), the squad's Native-American tracker, Poncho (Richard Chaves), and Hawkins (Shane Black), for what seems to be a basic search and rescue in an unnamed Central American country. The presence of Dutch's longtime friend and current CIA operative Dillon (Carl Weathers), however, suggests that there's more to the S&R mission. He's right, of course. After setting down, Dutch and his squad attack a guerilla compound, leaving only one survivor, Anna (Elpidia Carrillo). They emerge from the fight temporarily unscathed. Their superior firepower wins the fight, but like the Colonial Marines in James Cameron's Aliens a year earlier, they soon discover an enemy armed with superior weaponry and the ability to disappear into the foliage due to camouflage technology, an element critics at the time saw (and still see) as a metaphor for our involvement in the Vietnam War. They don't know it yet, but they've met the Predator (Kevin Peter Hall) of the title, an alien hunter and he's here to hunt "the most dangerous game," combat-trained soldiers. Borrowing key elements from the slasher genre, the Predator tracking and killing the squad one-by-one, but not before the squad tries to bait him into a trap. It's the second of three major set pieces, coming minutes (in reel time) after the attack on the guerilla compound, but after Dutch and the remaining members of the squad discover they're being hunted by an alien, not guerillas. Focusing, like the third-act climax, on process, on the men building various traps and setting a perimeter, it's a prime example of McTiernan's control of spatial geography (something current directors have unlearned, assuming they ever knew it all). The first attempt to kill the Predator fails, as expected, ultimately leaving Dutch to face the Predator alone. Again focusing on process, this time on Dutch alone, McTiernan efficiently sets up the face-to-face confrontation between Dutch and the Predator, who, presumably in a sign of respect for his quarry, partially disarms and removes his mask (the first time we see Stan Winston's singular creation). No quick or jerky camera moves here. McTiernan doesn't want us to miss a single action beat and we don't, making for an ultimately engrossing (and fitting) ending to Predator. If Predator has any faults, it's in the usual action-film shortcoming: ill- or poorly defined characters. We learn next to nothing about the characters. There's backstory between Dutch an Dillon that suggests a deeper conflict (Dutch refused to go on an assassination-oriented mission), and, typical for the 1980s, a distrust of the CIA and its shadowy motives, but nothing more. By (stereotypical) appearance and behavior, Billy is Native American, and as the only Native-American in the squad, he's the tracker. The squad includes one comic-book geek, Hawkins, who attempts to assert his masculinity through sexist jokes, a token Latino, Poncho, who's primarily background fodder, and, in the friendship between Blain and Mac, the hint of genuine connection and emotion. Predator 2 With its dystopian vision of a future 1997, where Columbian and Jamaican gangs (nope, no racism there), under-powered and under-manned police force caught in the crossfire, inept government bureaucrats, and a shadowy government agency interested only in alien technology, not saving or protecting lives, Predator 2, Stephen Hopkins' (Lost in Space, The Ghost and the Darkness, Blown Away, Judgment Night, A Nightmare on Elm Street V: The Dream Child) addition to the franchise, is bleaker, meaner, and uglier, and thus less than entertaining, than the jungle-set predecessor directed by John McTiernan. It's also more gratuitous, more nihilistic, more amoral, and more ultra-violent than its predecessor. Schwarzenegger wisely decided not to return for a sequel. He had little interest in the Los Angeles (as an urban jungle) setting, not to mention James Cameron wanted him to return for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Instead, moviegoers in 1990 got Danny Glover, serviceable as the lead, Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover), an LAPD officer. Another Predator (again played by Kevin Peter Hall), attracted by war-torn LA, has come to hunt, both gangbangers and police officers (or, as we re-learn later, anyone who's armed). After slaughtering random Columbian gangbangers, the Predator leaves a trail of blood and broken, flayed bodies behind. Harrigan and two other LAPD detectives, Danny Archuleta (Rubén Blades), the first of two sacrificial sidekicks, and Leona Cantrell (Maria Conchita Alonso), begin to suspect the presence of another player. They're right, of course. The government sends a crack squad led by Peter Keyes (Gary Busey), to hunt and capture the Predator. Taking another page from Aliens, the government wants to acquire and exploit alien technology. That leaves Harrigan, Archuleta, Cantrell, and the newest addition to the LAPD, Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton, in cocky a-hole mode), struggling to overcome jurisdictional hurdles while investigating the murders of the Columbians and, later, Jamaicans. This leads, inevitably to multiple shoot-outs, all of them bloody and gory, with the Predator as the wild card, and, as expected, a one-on-one battle between Harrigan and the Predator across the rooftops and inside the buildings of Los Angeles. Predator 2 suffers greatly due to the absence of McTiernan (or someone of his caliber) at the helm. Whether he would have tried to ameliorate the screenplay's (again written by the Thomas Brothers) rampant racism, is an open question, but the Hawksian emphasis on camaraderie present in the original appears here only sporadically. It's not helped by Predator 2's tokenism, a do-little-Latino detective and a do-nothing Latina (two minorities-in-one) detective. She disappears at the one-hour and 10-minute mark, never to be seen or heard from again (she's not missed). But, as some have argued, at least Predator 2 has an African-American lead. That ameliorates the racism and tokenism, right? True, but only partially. But we're here to praise (what we can praise, that is), not to bury Predator 2. With the exception of the subway scene that occurs at the mid-way mark, ill served by Hopkins insistence on using strobe lights, and an extended scene set in a refrigerated slaughterhouse that pits the Predator against military types, the remaining action scenes are far from memorable. Even the slaughterhouse scene gets points off for borrowing too heavily (if not outright stolen) from Aliens and C.H.U.D. (1984), but at least Predator 2 gave us one scene that deserves revisiting. Well that and the Alien skull we see in the last scene that suggests that Predators have actively hunted Aliens in the past. So what do you think? What are your favorite scenes from the original and, assuming you have any, from Predator 2?
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55959	Academy of Arts and Sciences inducts three from MIT Institute Professor Emilio Bizzi is installed as academy president Three MIT professors were inducted Oct. 7 into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the 226th class of fellows. The new MIT fellows are Timothy M. Swager, professor of chemistry; K. Daron Acemoglu, the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor in Applied Economics; and Joshua Angrist, professor of economics. They were all inducted into a class of 175 fellows and 20 foreign honorary members. The academy also installed Institute Professor Emilio Bizzi, a brain scientist, as its 44th president. "The academy takes great pride in honoring the accomplishments of these outstanding and influential individuals," said Bizzi, who officiated the day's proceedings. "Throughout its history, fellows of the academy have been dedicated to advancing intellectual thought and constructive action in America and the world. We are confident that our newest group of fellows will help us fulfill that mission in significant ways." The academy, located in Cambridge, was founded in 1780 and has elected more than 4,000 fellows since then, including Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill. This year's 211 inductees include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, photographer Richard Avedon and former President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic. Topics: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty Back to the top
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55980	Home page logo Intro Reference Guide Book Install Guide Download Changelog Zenmap GUI Docs Bug Reports OS Detection Propaganda Related Projects In the Movies In the News Nmap Network Scanning nmap-service-probes File Format As with remote OS detection (-O), Nmap uses a flat file to store the version detection probes and match strings. While the version of nmap-services distributed with Nmap is sufficient for most users, understanding the file format allows advanced Nmap hackers to add their own services to the detection engine. Like many Unix files, nmap-service-probes is line-oriented. Lines starting with a hash (#) are treated as comments and ignored by the parser. Blank lines are ignored as well. Other lines must contain one of the directives described below. Some readers prefer to peek at the examples in the section called “Putting It All Together” before tackling the following dissection. Exclude Directive Syntax: Exclude <port specification> Exclude 53,T:9100,U:30000-40000 This directive excludes the specified ports from the version scan. It can only be used once and should be near the top of the file, above any Probe directives. The Exclude directive uses the same format as the Nmap -p switch, so ranges and comma separated lists of ports are supported. In the nmap-service-probes included with Nmap the only ports excluded are TCP port 9100 through 9107. These are common ports for printers to listen on and they often print any data sent to them. So a version detection scan can cause them to print many pages full of probes that Nmap sends, such as SunRPC requests, help statements, and X11 probes. This behavior is often undesirable, especially when a scan is meant to be stealthy. However, Nmap's default behavior of avoiding scanning this port can make it easier for a sneaky user to hide a service: simply run it on an excluded port such as 9100 and it is less likely to be identified by name. The port scan will still show it as open. Users can override the Exclude directive with the --allports option. This causes version detection to interrogate all open ports. Probe Directive Syntax: Probe <protocol> <probename> <probestring> Probe TCP GetRequest q\|GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n\| Probe UDP DNSStatusRequest q\|\0\0\x10\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\| Probe TCP NULL q\|\| The Probe directive tells Nmap what string to send to recognize various services. All of the directives discussed later operate on the most recent Probe statement. The arguments are as follows: This must be either TCP or UDP. Nmap only uses probes that match the protocol of the service it is trying to scan. This is a plain English name for the probe. It is used in service fingerprints to describe which probes elicited responses. Tells Nmap what to send. It must start with a q, then a delimiter character which begins and ends the string. Between the delimiter characters is the string that is actually sent. It is formatted similarly to a C or Perl string in that it allows the following standard escape characters: \\ \0, \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \xHH (where H is any hexadecimal digit). One Probe line in nmap-service-probes has an empty probe string, as shown in the third example above. This is the TCP NULL probe which just listens for the initial banners that many services send. If your delimiter character (\| in these examples) is needed for your probe string, you need to choose a different delimiter. match Directive Syntax: match <service> <pattern> [<versioninfo>] match ftp m/^220.Welcome to .Pure-?FTPd (\d\S+\s)/ p/Pure-FTPd/ v/$1/ cpe:/a:pureftpd:pure-ftpd:$1/ match ssh m/^SSH-([\d.]+)-OpenSSH[_-]([\w.]+)\r?\n/i p/OpenSSH/ v/$2/ i/protocol $1/ cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh:$2/ match mysql m\|^\x10\0\0\x01\xff\x13\x04Bad handshake$\| p/MySQL/ cpe:/a:mysql:mysql/ match uucp m\|^login: login: login: $\| p/NetBSD uucpd/ o/NetBSD/ cpe:/o:netbsd:netbsd/a match printer m\|^([\w-_.]+): lpd: Illegal service request\n$\| p/lpd/ h/$1/ match afs m\|^[\d\D]{28}\s(OpenAFS)([\d\.]{3}[^\s\0])\0\| p/$1/ v/$2/ The match directive tells Nmap how to recognize services based on responses to the string sent by the previous Probe directive. A single Probe line may be followed by dozens or hundreds of match statements. If the given pattern matches, an optional version specifier builds the application name, version number, and additional info for Nmap to report. The arguments to this directive follow: This is simply the service name that the pattern matches. Examples would be ssh, smtp, http, or snmp. As a special case, you can prefix the service name with ssl/, as in ssl/vmware-auth. In that case, the service would be stored as vmware-auth tunneled by SSL. This is useful for services which can be fully recognized without the overhead of making an SSL connection. This pattern is used to determine whether the response received matches the service given in the previous parameter. The format is like Perl, with the syntax being m/[regex]/[opts]. The m tells Nmap that a match string is beginning. The forward slash (/) is a delimiter, which can be substituted by almost any printable character as long as the second slash is also replaced to match. The regex is a Perl-style regular expression. This is made possible by the excellent Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library (http://www.pcre.org). The only options currently supported are 'i', which makes a match case-insensitive and 's' which includes newlines in the '.' specifier. As you might expect, these two options have the same semantics as in Perl. Subexpressions to be captured (such as version numbers) are surrounded by parentheses as shown in most of the examples above. The <versioninfo> section actually contains several optional fields. Each field begins with an identifying letter (such as h for hostname). Next comes a delimiter character which the signature writer chooses. The preferred delimiter is slash (‘/’) unless that is used in the field itself. Next comes the field value, followed by the delimiter character. The following table describes the six fields: Table 7.1. versioninfo field formats and values Field formatValue description p/vendorproductname/Includes the vendor and often service name and is of the form Sun Solaris rexecd, ISC BIND named, or Apache httpd. v/version/The application version number, which may include non-numeric characters and even multiple words. i/info/Miscellaneous further information which was immediately available and might be useful. Examples include whether an X server is open to unauthenticated connections, or the protocol number of SSH servers. h/hostname/The hostname (if any) offered up by a service. This is common for protocols such as SMTP and POP3 and is useful because these hostnames may be for internal networks or otherwise differ from the straightforward reverse DNS responses. o/operatingsystem/The operating system the service is running on. This may legitimately be different than the OS reported by Nmap IP stack based OS detection. For example, the target IP might be a Linux box which uses network address translation to forward requests to an Microsoft IIS server in the DMZ. In this case, stack OS detection should report the OS as Linux, while service detection reports port 80 as being Windows. d/devicetype/The type of device the service is running on, a string like print server or webcam. Some services disclose this information, and it can be inferred in many more cases. For example, the HP-ChaiServer web server only runs on printers. For a full list of device types, see the section called “Device Types”. cpe:/cpename/[a]A CPE name for some aspect of the service. This may be used multiple times; it's conceivable to be able to identify not only the service (cpe:/a names) but also the operating system (cpe:/o names) and hardware platform (cpe:/h names) as well. The trailing slash is not part of CPE syntax but is included to match the format of other fields. See the section called “Common Platform Enumeration (CPE)” for more information about CPE. Any of the fields can be omitted. In fact, all of the fields can be omitted if no further information on the service is available. Any of the version fields can include numbered strings such as $1 or $2, which are replaced (in a Perl-like fashion) with the corresponding parenthesized substring in the <pattern>. Within cpe:// templates, such substitutions are transformed as follows: certain characters such as the colon are escaped; spaces are converted to underscores, and all characters are made lower case. In rare cases, a helper function can be applied to the replacement text before insertion. The $P() helper function will filter out unprintable characters. This is useful for converting Unicode UTF-16 encoded strings such as W\0O\0R\0K\0G\0R\0O\0U\0P\0 into the ASCII approximation WORKGROUP. It can be used in any versioninfo field by passing it the number of the match you want to make printable, like this: i/$P(3)/. Another helper function is $SUBST(). This is used for making substitutions in matches before they are printed. It takes three arguments. The first is the substitution number in the pattern, just as you would use in a normal replacement variable such as $1 or $3. The second and third arguments specify a substring you wish to find and replace, respectively. All instances of the match string found in the substring are replaced, not just the first one. For example, the VanDyke VShell sshd gives its version number in a format such as 2_2_3_578. We use the versioninfo field v/$SUBST(1,"_",".")/ to convert it to the more conventional form softmatch Directive Syntax: softmatch <service> <pattern> softmatch ftp m/^220 [-.\w ]+ftp.\r\n$/i softmatch smtp m\|^220 [-.\w ]+SMTP.\r\n\| softmatch pop3 m\|^\+OK [-\[\]!,/+:<>@.\w ]+\r\n$\| The softmatch directive is similar in format to the match directive discussed above. The main difference is that scanning continues after a softmatch, but it is limited to probes that are known to match the given service. This allows for a normal (hard) match to be found later, which may provide useful version information. See the section called “Technique Described” for more details on how this works. Arguments are not defined here because they are the same as for match above, except that there is never a <versioninfo> argument. Also as with match, many softmatch statements can exist within a single Probe section. ports and sslports Directives Syntax: ports <portlist> ports 21,43,110,113,199,505,540,1248,5432,30444 ports 111,4045,32750-32810,38978 This line tells Nmap what ports the services identified by this probe are commonly found on. It should only be used once within each Probe section. The syntax is a slightly simplified version of that taken by the Nmap -p option. See the examples above. More details on how this works are in the section called “Technique Described”. Syntax: sslports <portlist> sslports 443 This is the same as 'ports' directive described above, except that these ports are often used to wrap a service in SSL. For example, the HTTP probe declares sslports 443 and SMTP-detecting probes have an sslports 465 line because those are the standard ports for HTTPS and SMTPS respectively. The <portlist> format is the same as with ports. This optional directive cannot appear more than once per Probe. totalwaitms Directive Syntax: totalwaitms <milliseconds> totalwaitms 5000 This rarely necessary directive specifies the amount of time Nmap should wait before giving up on the most recently defined Probe against a particular service. The Nmap default is usually fine. rarity Directive Syntax: rarity <value between 1 and 9> rarity 6 The rarity directive roughly corresponds to how infrequently this probe can be expected to return useful results. The higher the number, the more rare the probe is considered and the less likely it is to be tried against a service. More details can be found in the section called “Probe Selection and Rarity”. fallback Directive Syntax: fallback <Comma separated list of probes> fallback GetRequest,GenericLines This optional directive specifies which probes should be used as fallbacks for if there are no matches in the current Probe section. For more information on fallbacks see the section called “Cheats and Fallbacks”. For TCP probes without a fallback directive, Nmap first tries match lines in the probe itself and then does an implicit fallback to the NULL probe. If the fallback directive is present, Nmap first tries match lines from the probe itself, then those from the probes specified in the fallback directive (from left to right). Finally, Nmap will try the NULL probe. For UDP the behavior is identical except that the NULL probe is never tried. Putting It All Together Here are some examples from nmap-service-probes which put this all together (to save space many lines have been skipped). After reading this far into the section, the following should be understood. # The Exclude directive takes a comma separated list of ports. # The format is exactly the same as the -p switch. Exclude T:9100-9107 # This is the NULL probe that just compares any banners given to us Probe TCP NULL q\|\| # Wait for at least 5 seconds for data. Otherwise an Nmap default is used. totalwaitms 5000 # Windows 2003 match ftp m/^220[ -]Microsoft FTP Service\r\n/ p/Microsoft ftpd/ match ftp m/^220 ProFTPD (\d\S+) Server/ p/ProFTPD/ v/$1/ match ident m\|^flock on closed filehandle .midentd\| p/midentd/ i/broken/ match imap m\|^\* OK Welcome to Binc IMAP v(\d[-.\w]+)\| p/Binc IMAPd/ v$1/ softmatch imap m/^\* OK [-.\w ]+imap[-.\w ]+\r\n$/i match lucent-fwadm m\|^0001;2$\| p/Lucent Secure Management Server/ match meetingmaker m/^\xc1,$/ p/Meeting Maker calendaring/ # lopster on Linux 1.1 match napster m\|^1$\| p/Lopster Napster P2P client/ Probe UDP Help q\|help\r\n\r\n\| rarity 3 ports 7,13,37 match echo m\|^help\r\n\r\n$\|
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55984	New Music Wait, the "Gangnam Style" Remix is Actually Kinda Good? By Noisey Staff So today, a remix to the ubiquitous "Gangnam Style" hit the Internets, and despite the sheer novelty of calling in Diplo, 2 Chainz and Tyga to remix an already-novel novelty song, it's actually pretty good. This shouldn't be surprising at all, because 2 Chainz and Tyga are remarkably capable rappers and Diplo usually makes the best of whatever goofy thing he's been called in to do. This time around he kinda turns "Gangnam Style" into a version of Rick Ross and Lil Wayne's "John," and 2 Chainz has one verse that is good and one that reinterprets the "If You're Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands" song, while Tyga decides that "Gangnam Style" actually refers to being in a gang. It's not exactly the new Rustie song, but if you ranked it in relation to every single other song that ever existed it would be in the upper middle quadrant, and that's good enough. Let's Be Friends
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55986	Saturday, March 10, 2012 New painting. The beginnings of this painting came from sketching on the iPad. Then I eventually abandoned the sketch and just let the paint do its thing. Its pretty good at it. Here is the sketch. 1 comment: 1. Hmmm, I never thought to sketch on an iPad. Gonna have to give that a try.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55990	Thursday, June 24, 2010 Night lights (no tripod) The routine used to be that I would snuggle E at night and the lovely husband would snuggle L; that's how both girls preferred it. Then E pulled out a procrastinating stunt a measure of devotion and announced she needed snuggling time with her daddy, too. Papa? Papa? she calls out to him, and it's only in the gloaming that she calls him by that word. So after I snuggle her for her two minutes he is called to her bedside. L saw a good thing and began asking for bedtime snuggles from me after her daddy leaves her room. Here's a secret: I treasure this request. Since almost forever she's been a daddy's girl, preferring his affections and consolations over mine. I always shrugged about it but with the nighttime snuggle requests have come a new physical affection from her in the daytime, too. So I snuggle and I snuggle and don't tell her sister, L gets more than two minutes. The lovely husband leaves L's room and we like to believe L is at least half asleep before I get in there. The deal is that she is supposed to stay lying down as the snuggle shift's bell tolls. But last night for the first night I entered her room to find her sitting up on her knees. She was mostly hidden from view, sitting as she was on her bed between the window and the window shade. She didn't notice me for several minutes (long enough to back out, get the camera, take this picture, back out again, put the camera down and return). Sunset is near 9pm right now where we live and so maybe asking her to fall asleep in a bed next to a window is impossibly unfair. I climbed in bed with her and lifted the shade. She didn't even look at me, so intently did she meditate on the vista of our backyard. "What are you looking at, love?" I like the shining things. "Those are the fireflies. Remember that word? Remember we tried catching some on Saturday night?" The shireshlies. I like the shireshlies. We sat together in silence, watching a thousand tiny beacons of light make merry in the shadows of our home. And finally, quietly, we lay down together. I kissed her a thousand hugs and I hugged her a thousand kisses and I tiptoed a thousand tiny steps away and I hope her dreams shone. Pin It Jill said... Thank you for being a mom who asks what she's looking at rather than scolding first for what she's not doing. Paying attention to our children and what they are paying attention important. Thanks for the reminder. Inna said... Fireflies mesmerize everyone. I love looking at them. Corinne said... What a beautiful moment, one that might get missed by someone else... love that you stopped and asked! :) (we have what some might call a ridiculous bedtime routine w/ the kids as well, but nothing says I love you more than snuggling to sleep!) This Heavenly Life said... Oh my goodness, that was a gorgeous moment. 'Kissed her a thousand hugs and hugged her a thousand kisses' is bouncing around in my head and making a space there. You are a good mama :)
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55994	Despite all the talk about diets and the campaign against obesity, fast-food chains are thriving. Transaction volume jumped 35 percent in the past year, while total dollar volume rose 45 percent, according to Marcus & Millichap's latest Retail Research Report. Starbucks is selling at a median price of $455 per square foot and McDonald's is trading at about $420 a square foot.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/55997	Republican Reformers Stop Being Polite to Tea Party, Start Getting Real Photo: Mark Wilson/2013 Getty Images If John Boehner’s support for immigration reform is a kind of Prague Spring for the mainstream of the elected Republican Party, the equivalent among conservative intelligentsia can be found in the latest issue of National Affairs, which launches a double-barreled assault on conservative dogma. The first is an essay by Bush administration veterans Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner, setting the philosophical and historical precedent for a non-dogmatic Republican domestic agenda. The second is a manifesto by the American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Strain laying out a Republican agenda to aid the jobless. The two pieces represent an important moment in the conservative reform movement, displaying a heretofore rare confidence of the party’s movement to frontally attack their own party’s shibboleths. They also display the dodges and compromises that make conservative reform both so infuriating and so useless in breaking the fever that has gripped the party throughout the Obama era. In his book Do Not Ask What Good We Do, Robert Draper reported that leading Republicans met the night of President Obama’s inauguration and decided that their path to regaining power lay in opposing every bill that Obama put forward. The political strategy formulated by Washington Republicans was quickly subsumed within a larger flowering of reactionary ideology, flowing from tea-party devotees to highbrow conservative pundits and back: Barack Obama was undermining the basic fabric of the Constitution, threatening an imminent Greek-style collapse and choking out liberty itself. Photo: Win McNamee/2011 Getty Images Gerson and Wehner assail the historical and philosophical underpinnings of this whole line of thought. The Founders, they point out, were not proto-libertarians — the staunch ideological opponents of a flexible national government were actually the opponents of the Constitution. The Founders “would have little toleration for politicians who are committed to abstract theories even when they are at odds with the given world and the welfare of the polity.” They proceed to assail dogmatic opposition to any position for the state, arguing for a government role in furthering “the common good,” “equality of opportunity,” and even “ensure broad access to modern health care.” Gerson and Wehner confine themselves to broad strokes, but Strain’s companion piece supplies plenty of details. Strain takes a machete to every nostrum of post-recessionary conservative thought: that the Federal Reserve must prioritize low inflation over faster growth; that short-term deficits must be slashed rather than increased; and that the best solution to high unemployment lies in implementing the same low-tax, low-regulation policies that conservatives favor all the time. The common thread of both pieces is a call for a Republican Party that designs its platform as a response to observed real-world conditions, rather than waging an eternal war against the size of government regardless of any real-world effect. In the modern political context, this is a revolutionary manifesto. For five years, Republicans have defined their agenda as lower taxes and lower spending, disregarding any appeal to solve non-ideological problems, like unemployment or lack of access to health care. In the world imagined by Gerson, Wehner, and Strain, Republicans and Democrats might not care about the same list of problems, and they wouldn’t propose identical solutions. Republicans would still want a lower and more regressive tax code, more private provision of social goods, and so on. But compromise would become imaginable. President Obama would disagree with parts of Strain’s jobs agenda, but he would sign it into law in a heartbeat. Yet, even while they demolish the philosophy and history undergirding tea-party Republicanism, they leave its political strategy intact. Conservative reformers have a persistent tic of signaling their partisan bona fides to suspicious Republicans by exaggerating their indictment of the Democrats. Wehner and Gerson assert, for instance, “The Obama years have set a high-water mark for the size and reach of the federal government, including a post-World War II record for federal spending as a percentage of gross domestic product at 25.2%.” Well, yes. Spending surged to 25.2 percent of GDP for one year, when the economic crisis drove up the numerator (by automatically increasing the number of Americans eligible for public assistance) and drove down the denominator. Since then, government spending has quickly receded to levels lower than the Reagan era: Perhaps deeming this measure inefficient, Gerson and Wehner proceed to argue that his campaign’s “Life of Julia” graphic, rather than some mid-level campaign staffer’s slightly clumsy attempt to demonstrate the practical benefits of several Obama initiatives, is actually the Rosetta Stone of Obama’s left-wing grandiosity. It’s perfectly understandable that the Republican reformers don’t endorse Obama’s program. That’s why they’re Republican reformers, not converted Democrats. What’s more slippery is the selective parameters of their case. When they describe their idealized policies, they compare them favorably to actually existing Republican policies, or to actually existing Democratic policies. Both essays present this new GOP agenda as a sensible middle ground between Obama’s liberalism run amok and tea-party extremism. What they refuse to do is compare actually existing Obama policies to actually existing Republican policies. The reason for their refusal is obvious: It would force them to forfeit their claim to partisan loyalty by defending the Democratic agenda. After all, if they consider broad access to medical care a worthy goal, isn’t Obamacare — while perhaps suboptimal — better than nothing (which is the plan Republicans have repeatedly voted for)? If they favor fiscal stimulus to reduce unemployment, even if they quibble with the particular design of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, isn’t it a radical improvement over the Republican program of fiscal anti-stimulus? At this very moment, the Republican Party does not lack for an agenda toward the jobless, the poor, and the sick. It has an agenda: Republicans are denying Medicaid to 5 million poor Americans in states they control, proposing $40 billion in cuts to food stamps, and cutting off unemployment benefits to workers who can’t find jobs. Obama can’t pass innovative new plans to help the unfortunate because he is fighting Republican proposals to punish them. Obama’s goal from the outset of his presidency has been to identify Republicans who are able to define their goals in pragmatic terms, split them off from the far right, and negotiate compromises with them. This method requires, among other things, a moderate Republican wing that is able not only to define differences with the far right but to repudiate and break from the party’s total opposition strategy. As an exercise in long-term intra-party positioning, the reformers’ caution may be correct. Perhaps they need to mete out their heterodoxy with caution, so they can remain comfortably enough within their party tent and gain the ear of the next Republican presidential nominee. But in the meantime, they’re giving up any chance to stop their party from doing a great deal of harm.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56003	lose yourself?-maybe i took eminem 2literally. nah Tjedza's picture I wasn’t always like this, ‘cool’, ‘popular’, excessively ‘bubbly’, insensitive, self-centered, gay… pretending to be straight, in fact I didn’t have a sexuality. I never used to get horny, I never felt a crush on anyone, I wasn’t always happy, but when I was- I was genuinely happy. I was innocent. I was the victim of jokes/insults/teasing- never the offender. Fuck, how can two years of my life just disappear like that? How can a whole two years be fully summarized in just two short paragraphs, who the hell was I when I was 13-14… what happened to me? Where did that person go? Was I a geek? - I remember I used to study a lot and I even used to read novels etc. Was I fat? – I remember I used to eat a lot, and my mother reminded me of my heavy weight every day, yeah yeah, I was fat- hell I don’t even remember what I looked like exactly in 2001, I never took a single picture that year.. I got one or two from 2000, hmm I was darker. Yeah I remember one of those pictures, it had my baby sister(she was 2), my little sister (she was 8ish) and me… 13, in am unflattering orange t-shirt holding the baby…and ah those precious words- “say cheese. Lit From Inside's picture Cos' Identity is fluid First you have to worry about your identity, and then worry about love. Think about this: if you don't believe that you're being true to yourself, how can you know if your true self is in love? Think about who you are, stop doing things solely to please others, and be "popular," be who you want to be, and who you are. Chances are, the person that you're pretending to be is part of your true identity, just not all of it. Let your whole self shine. Then you'll know who your friends really are. It's likely that you'll hang out with different friends in order to nurture differnt parts of your being. If your loved one truly loves you, she'll help you through this journey and support the person who you become. aviva's picture She'd be a fool not to love u as u grow: Donald Essay Maybe your lover didn't know you because you wouldn't speak to her and she wasn't the type to speak to people who didn't wanna know. She was a different person back then. We all love different people at different times in our lives, and it's only as we grow and change that we come to love the people we love now. I know I couldn't have fallen in love with my girl if I had been the same girl in F3 as I was in F1, coz the me in F1 was STRAIGHT and she only cared about her clique and the issues she was facing. It doesn't matter that I didn't know my girlfriend (thus couldn't have loved her) in F1, because back then, I wasn't even the girl she loves now. If you knew the F1 me, now, you wouldn't love me either. Don't judge me because I love who you are now - I didn't par wit u back then. Neither did you, by the way. But then I changed, and this amazing girl came into my life who made me believe that anything was possible - a 'straight' girl can discover she's gay, an insecure girl can discover that she's really profound and beautiful despite her imperfections and find that someone can love her unconditionally (you can decide who that girl is - you or me). You are what I was waiting for. It's funny that you're worried that your girl won't love you if you change back into the girl you were back then, because you already have changed into her a little this year. Some of her purest values are now yours again. She believed in friendship - so do you (fuck you'd change yourself for your friends!). Baby, all the things I love about you are in her- that quiet girl. I love you most when you say nothing at all - (Yes, I'm a blabbermouth). I love you when you don't try to be cool - when you're just you and you're dancing like a drunk man or getting passionate over football or the simms or MUSIC or how much you love your family, friends and girlfriend. I love the you that doesn't need to pretend, but can just cry in front of me, or admit she's angry/jealous even though she never gets angry/jealous. I love the you that I need to hug - that person in your head you won't let me love. Fuck the pimp and the 'popular' rebel - those are the loudmouths that finally got the guts to let that princess talk to me. I didn't love you because of those guys: Hell yeah, they were fun as fuck, but they never KEPT me interested. I'm the kind of girl that gets bored if it ain't meaningful (even if it's just music lyrics)- c'mon, you KNOW me! :)I could never have stayed this long with someone who didn't love, who wasn't intelligent and SENSITIVE, and wasn't a dreamer and a lover of life like I am. I couldn't stay with a girl who wasn't compassionate and a little bit of a geek. I love the child in you (no I'm not a paedophile), I love her, coz she lets my inner child play sometimes too. I love being your friend and not just that -your BESTfriend. If you're scared that I'm not in love with the real you, you shouldn't be: I already told you - the parts of you that you're scared are the only parts I love (the pimp, the girl who's always funny, always cool) are the parts I had to get used to - that I never really needed. You changed for them, not me: remember that I never really saw you like other people did - I didn't get why they were making all that fuss. It's only when we became close that I got to see your other side and I fell - SPLAT! The sexiest part of you isn't your sexy talk, or game - it's the way you get excited about life, it's your laugh, your quiet moments, your baby moments, your dreams, your kisses that are kisses that look for love. No matter what babe - you didn't lose yourself. You changed, but I'm only in love with you.YOU- Whoever you were when I was too dumb to know you were the love of my life, whoever you are now, and whoever you become. I'll be there - to love the only woman who at 17, can make me want to forget New York and want a forever with. Bref, I would be a fool, if I wasn't prepared to love you, whoever you decide you were and are. And you know, I scheme that when you tell me who you were I'll be like "Duh! I already know that girl - she's the one I'm in love with, don't you know?" Uh... Who I love now is a blend of who you've been your whole life. You were that F1 girl much longer than you were this other chick, so naturally, most of who you are now is that F1. Uh... am not making sense. All I know is that I love you. Signed: call me what you will. Tjedza's picture marathon essay...ah its how u do wow- well expressed and so concisely! - i almost fell to tears just reading this. um... thank you. maybe i'm just thinkin 2hard- i wasnt tryna judge anyone- just trying to assert myself. what a waste of time.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56004	November 1997 Hi folks... It got cold here in Michigan. I need to put that plastic stuff on my windows, because the wind seeps through like they weren't there. This month, I chose to share some of my opinions on gay politics and gay activism. What I've written below is probably not as well formulated and articulated as I'd like, but it's basically how I feel about the issue. I will concede that the activism of a lot of gays has increased the acceptance of homosexuals in certain regions of the country and world, and they've probably increased the tolerance of gays a little bit worldwide. I oppose the "mainstream" gay political agenda for two main reasons, though. First, I am a conservative, both politically and behaviorally. I disagree with the values of the mainstream gays I see depicted in the media (promiscuity, do whatever feels good, secularism, etc.). And I disagree with the in-your-face tactics of many of these groups. As long as gays are perceived as threatening the value system of the vast majority of Americans, they will never be tolerated. America is not California and it's not New York City, but it's the militant gays in those parts of the country that most Americans are exposed to through the media (and some of this, of course, is the media's fault). I can understand why they are disgusted with what they see, and why they apply it to every gay person they see or hear about. In a sense, it's similar to our history of racism; many people believed, out of sheer ignorance, that blacks were inferior to whites. That, coupled with being threatened by the likes of militant civil rights leaders, caused them to actively resist accepting blacks into society. For many people, it wasn't until they had positive interactions with black people that they were genuinely able to accept them as fully equal human beings. Militant gay activism may drive us to the point where gays are at least tolerated in most places in our country, but they will not be accepted as normal human beings until Americans are educated through positive interactions with people they know are gay. And mainstream gay types are not providing these positive experiences. I know all of that's a little idealistic, but I hope to do my part when I finally come out. It's important to remember: gay people will always be in the minority. We will not be the majority in this country (or any country). I think it is possible for us to peacefully co-exist and be accepted as equals without threatening the majority of Americans, and that's the goal I will work towards in my personal interactions with others. Second, the notion of gay pride is antithetical to Biblical humility. Many in the pride movement celebrate themselves and their accomplishments, and place great value in their sexuality. I believe we are called, however, to humble ourselves before God, and give Him the credit for everything He has given to us. What we have is not our own; it is His. Being humble is a difficult enough thing for me to do on my own; I don't want to be part of an organized effort to fight humility. What do you think? Write me at [email protected]. [About the Author] ©1997 Oasis Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56050	From Openwaterpedia Revision as of 19:44, 20 September 2013 by Admin (Talk \| contribs) Jump to: navigation, search The Baywatch stars Baywatch filmed for two seasons in Hawaii, from 1999 until 2001. The proposal to relocate Baywatch to Hawaii rather than Australia was initiated by April Masini in a telephone call to Executive Producer Greg Bonann. The deal to provide the incentives necessary to secure the series was presented to Governor Ben Cayetano by Al Masini and April Masini; Tony Vericella, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau; and Cayetano's executive assistant, Joe Blanco. The agreement required the production to change its name from Baywatch to Baywatch Hawaii, hire local leads, and film in the state for at least two years, guaranteeing 44 episodes, each at a cost of about $870,000, 60 percent of which was to be spent in Hawaii. The show also starred marathon swimmer and endurance athlete Alexandra Paul (shown below): Baywatch Episode External links Personal tools Annual Recognition Insurance and Sanctions OWS Conferences Race Calendar Travel & Vacations Education Programs About OWP Courtesy of
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56051	From OpenWetWare Jump to: navigation, search to do 1. re-order pcr primers for SAMT and ATF1 2. order internal sequencing primer for SAMT • make sure primers bind to our dna sequencing results • put the 4 primers into (sequence, primer name) format and give to Heather asap 3. ask Heather to order METHYL JASMONATE 4. repeat transformation into competent cells with a pUC19 control this time 5. check out the GC in building 18 6. lab safety class at 1 pm 7. design (and order) JMT primers to bind to Arabidopsis genome This summer, MIT's iGEM 2006 team is developing bacteria that smell pleasant. We have inserted several genes into bacterial genomes to make the cells produce wintergreen, jasmine, floral, and fruit scents. Scents can act as natural biological tags and have many extended applications. By attaching the scent tag to a case-sensitive promoter, we can engineer a cellular system to report on environmental conditions. Also, since E. coli naturally produce a fecal smelling compound, we feel that engineering our system will be useful to scientists worldwide as it will make lab work with E. coli bacteria a little less painful. Other bacteria are responsible for producing human odor problems in the mouth, armpits, and feet. By implementing our system in these foul smelling bacteria, we could potentially develop bacterial deoderant. In addition, we could implement our system in yeast, thereby producing new flavors and scents in bread and beer. Personal tools
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56068	33yr-old broken robot. Attempting self-repair. Need money for parts and fuel. 22027 USA. 26th December 2012 Post with 5 notes Finished reading The Road. Then I went and played Fall Of Cybertron for a couple hours, because that book made me feel like I was going to die, and I needed something fun with lasers and explosions and actual colors. Tagged: personalThe RoadFall of Cybertron 1. ftvk said: Told ya. 2. panzertron posted this
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56082	More Books of 2008: A Credit Crisis Reader A few people have asked, so here is a collection of the books mentioned here during 2008 that bore most specifically on the current credit crisis. It is, in other words, a little less wide-ranging than the earlier list I posted here. Again, not all of these books were published during 2008. • Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (Amazon) • The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm (Amazon) • Normal Accidents (Amazon) • A Demon of Our Own Design (Amazon) • The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What it Means (Amazon) • The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Amazon) • The Misbehavior of Markets (Amazon) • The Subprime Solution (Amazon) • The Trillion Dollar Meltdown (Amazon) • Devil Take the Hindmost (Amazon) • Fooling Some of the People All of the Time (Amazon) • Money of the Mind (Amazon) • The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles, Globalization, and the Worldwide Economic Crisis (Amazon) • Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives (Amazon) • Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets (Amazon) Whew. That’s it for now. Related posts: 1. Top Business/Finance Books of 2008 2. Best Book Accidentally About the Credit Crisis 3. Credit Crisis TV, An Update 4. Contest: Credit Crisis in 30 Slides (or Less) 5. linkfest 02/19/08: Behavioral Books, Grantham, Credit Cards, etc.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56098	Monday, August 10, 2009 a picture is worth a thousand words. too bad it isn't worth u.s. dollars because this person looks broke. hello world. i'm peter. well, no, not my real name. i run in circles out here in the hamptons that i really can't reveal my identity. probably no big deal. most of the girls out here are so anorexic they couldn't find the strength to open their laptops let alone focus on a blog post while being so coked up. the straight shit is that i am on house arrest. it is a long story, but if i were to tell you the long story, it would involve a car, some coke, a brazilian exchange student i brought to the hamptons from yale, and the stealing of a policeman's bobby stick. and the smashing of said cops rearview mirror. i did a few days until the judge sent me to live at home. my father knows the district attorney so i just put the anklet they gave me on the dog and it's running around. i am sure no one will monitor it. i doubt i will leave the house anyway. i have everything i need here. my parents have a tab at the local drug and sundry and they deliver. i just ordered some lobsters and some old cognac. i think i will eat them and drink myself into the morning. no one is in town. i should do better to enjoy this house. my parents are still on their book tour in paris at the moment for their self help book. ironic. the book helped themselves be rich. self-help. lol. enough for now. i am tired. i think i'll call up clara for a swim and a handjob.
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56099	Persian Kittens for Pets by Caroline Jackson, Demand Media Want a striking cat? Pick a Persian. Want a striking cat? Pick a Persian. So you've decided on bringing a kitten home to the nest, and you're considering a Persian; or maybe you've always wanted a Persian and your mind is made up. Either way, Persians are a distinctive breed with unique grooming and health needs. For the right family, they're the perfect cat. There's a reason the Persian breed is the most popular in the United States. It's not just the cat's long, thick coat or the cute, smushed-in face. The breed tends to produce gentle and sweet but somewhat lazy cats. Even as kittens, they prefer to lounge rather than climb and pounce -- though individual kittens do not always conform to the breed standard. Because of their mellow disposition, it's important to make sure they get enough exercise. In other words, play with them more often. Let's get it out of the way -- the coat. It's a major part of why the Persian cat stands out. It's long and extremely thick. If the Persian meets breed standards, the coat covers her entire body except the head. When properly cared for, the coat is glossy and fine. A Persian, even a kitten, needs daily grooming sessions. The earlier in the kitten's life you begin daily grooming, the better behaved she'll be as an adult when you attempt to detangle her coat or clip her claws. You may also need to shampoo her coat on occasion if it accumulates dirt or dust. Persian kittens, as delightful as they are, may be susceptible to certain breed-specific ailments that you'll need to watch out for. They're prone to fungal infections, which makes daily grooming a must. While grooming your kitten, you'll need to check for mycetomas -- little lumps or tags on the skin. Your kitten may develop inflammation of the liver and biliary tract, a condition called cholangiohepatitis. Persian kittens are most at risk for chronic cholangiohepatitis, which can lead to digestive disorders. Additional Info Because of their coats, Persian kittens belong indoors. Out in the elements, their coats get dirty and matted. Because of their adorably smushed-in snouts, they should never be left in hot, humid temperatures -- it's too difficult for them to breathe. About the Author Photo Credits • Jupiterimages/ Images
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global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56133	Some women are lost in the fire, Some women are built from it. —Amy Poehler (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y) (Source: psych-facts, via maailmanvarit) “Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things—naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror—are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. It is only later, in solitude, in memory, that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself quite to one’s surprise—in an entirely different world.” —Donna Tartt, The Secret History (via englishmajorinrepair) (via invertedballad)
global_05_local_4_shard_00000656_processed.jsonl/56138	Saturday, 6 August 2011 The Unoriginal Dutch The recent news that the 'Dutch rethink Christianity' isn't news at all about the rethinking of Christianity. Unitarians and Sea of Faith arrived at this point some time ago. A pastor Klaas Hendrikse puts, basically, the intellectual and sceptical line about the historicity of much of the New Testament that is well known and widely understood. He has written a book, Believing in a Non-Existent God. Sounds not unlike Taking Leave of God by Don Cupitt. The BBC correspondent, Robert Pigott, asks by summarising (rather well, actually) the evangelical interpretation of the New Testament, what Klaas Hendrikse calls the misinterpretation of Paul (doesn't take into account all of Paul, for sure). Robert Pigott forgets that there are ministers of religion in mainstream, Unitarian and Liberal/ Old Catholic Churches in Britain who think just like Pastor Hendrikse. What is different is the response of the PKN Church, as a 'mainstream' Church. They are not pursuing this pastor or anyone else because to do so would be to single someone out. Too many people already believe in this manner. As Unitarians of old found, all you have to do is read the gospel accounts and then more of the New Testament to come to views different from orthodoxy. Then add critical academic study that became more thorough in the nineteenth century and you can arrive at quite a sceptical position. There is still the narrative, but there isn't the direct history. Where there is the history, its about the Christian community already underway and justifying its leadership and rituals, under conditions of rapid change. When you try to do history of the particular prophet and his community, it becomes very Jewish, last days and strange. We don't share his worldview and indeed we don't share the last days and tradition making worldview of Paul either. Not in ordinary practical life and not in academic life either. Something else isn't new within the BBC report either, which is this: Let's do some history. When in 1660 the Jesuits retook Poland the Unitarians of the Minor Reformed Church were pauperised and forced to leave the country. Many went to Transylvania and the surviving (though frozen) Unitarian Church there, but many went to the comparative liberty of The Netherlands. The reason there is no Unitarian Church in The Netherlands is because it has always had a place for liberal views within its religious system, as it has within its civic system. The Poles ejected added to that liberality. There was also more liberty to act within the Netherlands, so that Puritans at the other end of the spectrum had also found places in The Netherlands, sometimes as places to pause before retrying England. Another John Robinson was such a person. So there is nothing new in this. Nothing new in the location, nothing new in the theology, nothing new in the content. But it may be that with institutional backing, the more radical theology that exists in corners of the British Churches or outside the 'mainstream' gets to advance a bit further. Except, I doubt it, because the 'progress' of the Churches in the British Isles is towards an Evangelical versus liberal battle, with Catholicism and High Church weakened. The mainstream stretches too wide, and just as Evangelicals may lose the Conservatives, should they walk off, the Broad Church of old to be 'in' with Evangelicals may well have to ditch the more radical brethren. If so then the denominations will become more and more plural, though none of them expect to be well populated. In some sense, the advance of the more radical theology is a parallel development with the decline of Churches - as they become more sectarian, a few want to retain a connection of 'Christianity' with wider culture, and do it via individualist, questioning, theologies. Chris Kaye said... Inciteful, informative, and well-written. Maybe 'all' the church paths would benefit from; instead of de-bunking anything that didn't 100% match their particular 'doctrine'; actually listening, discussing, and making some attempt to absorb this kind of 'food for thought' (I'm tempted to call it 'food for the soul', but some people would no doubt cry "blasphemy" if I suggested such a thing). Tim Moore said... Interesting insight, as ever. I agree that Hendrikse preaches nothing new, except perhaps to those unconnected with faith issues, and possibly also Robert Pigott, whom I blogged about in my take on the Hendrikse interview and report. While there isn't a "Unitarian" church as such in the Netherlands, the Remonstrant congregations are a free-thinking religious denomination, which split off from the Calvinist Dutch Reformed Church in the 17th century. The Remonstrant Church is a member of the IARF, as is the UK Unitarian GA. Erika Baker said... Some undoubtedly would. But I think even more would just not see the point. Not believing in God but wanting to borrow Christian language an imagery for personal self-development is not feeding the soul of many. And it's inherently lazy. Why not develop your own philosophy instead of insisting that Christianity must become something it isn't? Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold) said... So at what point does it become something it is not? Where you set the boundary of liberality, say, rather than someone else? Gary Paul Gilbert said... I agree with Adrian that Hendrickse has preached nothing new. But he is not alone in the Netherlands and if, following Vatican II and the reemphasis of baptism as the primary sacrament, the church, even for a brief moment for the Vatican, is defined as the whole people of God--no longer the clerical-centered model in which the hierarchy guarantee the apostolicity of the church--then Christianity is moving in a new egalitarian direction. The liturgy, rather than something clergy do for the people, is the work of the people and it becomes conceivable that lay people will one day celebrate the eucharist. Both Rome and much Protestantism still seems to be struggling with an overemphasis on clergy and beliefs dictated by clergy which the people must believe in order to be considered members of the church. I would relate this discussion to the booklet issued by the Dutch Dominicans in 2007, The Church and the Ministry. Alas, the text was misread by many as being about allowing lay people to preside at the eucharist when, in fact, it is a call to an earlier model of church in which all the baptized do ministry and there would no longer be a split between a valorized clerical ministry and a devalorized so-called lay ministry. If Christian denominations moving in this direction end up closer to Unitarianism, so what? Gary Paul Gilbert rick allen said... Makes me think of Kierkegaard, and his outrage that the clergy could make such a good living professing a Christianity that believed little and demanded nothing, and that Christendom could so easily equate the good life with the demands of the gospel. Nowadays I suppose they would lock him up. I suppose next we'll get Marxists who'll proclaim that what Karl really meant was, "You only go round once in life, and you've got to grab all the gusto you can!" Gary Paul Gilbert said... Rick, Kierkegaard's anticlericalism as well as his distrust of belief or dogma can easily be cited to support Hendrickse's approach to Christianity. Karl Jaspers saw a nonreligious theism in Kierkegard's notion of faith, which he contrasted with Nietzsche's religious atheism. Kierkegaard's "leap of faith" offers no certainty and, as in Fear and Trembling, may be pure madness. Gary Paul Gilbert Erika Baker said... I don't set any boundaries. Anyone who wants to call themselves a Christian can do so. I was responding to Chris who said this completely empty version of Christianity was food for the soul and who appeared to suggest that only the very conservative, literal part of the spectrum would find that view unappealing and call it blasphemous. For most of us, it is not blasphemous but completely empty. If we leave Christianity behind we move on to some secular philosophy that can become food for thought instead of forever battling windmills and trying to turn Christianity into a secular philosophy. I have no problem with you doing it, it doesn't affect my faith at all, but it won't become a mass movement any time soon. And I genuinely don't see the point. rick allen said... "Anyone who wants to call themselves a Christian can do so." This is certainly correct, a necessary corolary to freedom of religon. But though our social etiqutte dictates that, if I meet a Mormon or an atheist "Lutheran" who calls himself a Christian, I will not be so boorish as to deny, in fact I must have some concept of Christianity to keep it from becoming an entirely empty category. So I think you are right that the problem is not that this approach to Christianity is wrong, but that it is vacuous. It reduces the faith to a formal system, whose components can mean anything. Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold) said... Here you go again, Erika, denying the 'religiosity' of my position, reducing it to a secular philosophy, and yet within your sphere of Christianity, you demythologise to the extent you wish (as in previous comments on resurrection etc.) all of which cause your more conservative believers to accuse you of taking the essence out of your faith. You are just doing what they are doing, and it is the same mistaken boundary drawing. Erika Baker said... it's not about mistakes, it's about purpose. As I said, I have absolutely no problem with you calling yourself a Christian. I just don't get it. At the widest possible definition, the difference between a religious faith and a secular philosophy is a belief in something outside ourselves, something we commonly call "God". Religion and theology are then about this "God", how, if at all, one might experience him or know anything firm about him, about what he/she might be like and what kind of response that might require of us. If you don't believe in that "God", then using the words and concepts of a whole faith based solely on the premise that this "God" exists and that he can be known at some level" seems odd to me. That's all. Honestly, most people I know have faith while they're Christians and then call themselves something else when they longer have that faith. It's actually quite rare to come across people who have no faith but still want to appropriate the language and symbolism of Christianity. To me, it's odd. But I'm not trying to stop you. As I said, I was only responding to Chris so seemed to suggest that it's only fundamentalists who would find this approach unhelpful. Leigh said... I wouldn't say it's 'empty'. It's a matter of spiritual and communal purpose. Christianity, for some now and in the past, would not be about a supernatural God. So what? How does this discredit or strip it of 'religiosity'. The Christian churches are full of divergences. Likewise, Judaism has always had varying approaches, some of these are even acknowledged in the Gospels, where beliefs in an afterlife, a personal God and so on were not fixed. Judaism places more emphasis on family, communal living and ritual observances than 'supernatural faith'. A specific definition of God is not a necessary prerequisite to Jewish observance for example. Jesus would have recognised various lines of Jewish thinking. The Sadducee's for example rejected any belief in an afterlife and any concept of punishment. It's a shame that Christianity ever developed into an imposing structure that asked people to sink of swim, be in or out, this or that on its own terms. History shows that the church has adapted as it has developed, including the integration of various cultures and other religious ideas. Sadly they also bullied and used violence to enforce a leading interpretation. But there have always been dissenting voices in Christian circles: Universalist, Esoteric, Mystical, Gnostic, Unitarian, Humanistic, and Deistic. There were also other sects such as the Ebionites and also the Marcionists who held to a maltheism towards the old testament God. The God of John's Gospel 'love' is also pretty humanistic and doesn't demand supernaturalism. Indeed,God cannot be boxed. It's pointless to do so and every person and religion sees it differently. Christianity is also not just about orthodox beliefs. Its about 'a way' that feeds and supports the person to live a better life. To detach it from ancestry, family, ritual, community, spirituality, tradition and familiarity is naive. If you'd only see religious experience as being a belief in an outside supernatural system then you'd exclude many religious manifestations in the world. rick allen said... Of course it is. Except that you then are quite happy to detach it from belief. To insist that it's more than belief is to attack a straw man. No one claims the Christian faith is belief only, apart from worship, ethics, prayer, tradition. But belief has been a component from the beginning, and though I suppose you may theortically try to promulgate a creedless Christianity (as has been attempted before) I expect that you'll just get another sect with an implicit rather than explicit creed. Gary Paul Gilbert said... Erika, How would you classify Buddhism? Is it a secular philosophy? Buddhism can be many things and resists the Western, Latin notion of religion. Buddhism also teaches that everything is changing or becoming. Christianity can become many things and need not have an essence. The word "secular" itself is a religious term. Leigh, I agree with you that Judaism, on many questions, is more flexible than Christianity. Judaism emphasizes action over belief. Much is left to God to deal with, such as a notion of an afterlife. In Judaism the emphasis is on ethics, to the point where some of Kant's antisemitic enemies claimed Kant was Jewish because he emphasizes duty over belief. Christianity, alas, became a religion of empire which was more concerned with controlling people and setting up boundaries! Today people are free to pick and choose which parts of different traditions speak to them. For most of history one had to pretend to follow the religion of the establishment or else one risked imprisonment or execution. Gary Paul Gilbert Erika Baker said... I admit, thinking about it, I do know people who call themselves Christians while grappling seriously with what it might mean, and who do touch on atheism at times. But there's a sensitive grappling, a real searching that I can relate to. And a real respect for what the faith stands for, what people believe. I suppose that's what I'm missing here. Every time someone famous in Christian circles says something vaguely theological, Adrian pops up and demolishes it with gusto, informing everyone that he doesn't believe this bit and that bit and the other bit, that all of it is intellectually shallow, outdated etc... and then everyone else pops up and comments how insightful that was... and I'm left thinking - but if you don't like any of it, what are you doing here? And so I'd like to ask, genuinely and not critically or sneeringly - what is it that keeps you all so engaged with Christianity? What is it you actually DO believe in that you find in Christianity that you couldn't find in any reasonably sound non-theist humanist philosophy? Murdoch Matthew said... If you don't like the discussions on this blog, what are you doing here? Your plaints are always similar, and when they're responded to, you just raise them again. What keeps us engaged with Christianity? It's the road our culture has traveled to get here and we can go on only from this point. "Christianity" is less settled than you suppose. The early Christians told and retold stories about Jesus and arrived at communal interpretations. Most of these were declared to be heresies at Nicea, and an official version was imposed and maintained through a top-heavy authoritarian structure. That structure is now crumbling, and we're back to groups of people trying to make sense of the old stories. Buried in the surviving teachings of Jesus and Paul is the idea of a radical equality. "Where two or three gather . . ." The myths resonate with present experience, even where the facts are dubious. Your intuitions aren't evidence to me, but we draw similar ethical conclusions from contemplating the tradition. No, Adrian's and our rationality is unlikely to issue in a mass movement, but it may salvage something from centuries of pontificating authority, which now seem pure speculation, based on no evidence. Liturgy is still the Work of the People, and there's no way to chose between variations other than taste and affinity for the practitioners. Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold) said... I do not call myself a Christian. If I was, I am not. I used to say I practise Christianity, but now I don't. But I am religious, because I participate in religious ritual, as do the Buddhists, and like the Buddhists my view is that practice takes you along a road towards what used to be called 'salvation' or, that is, a clarity of appreciation. A secular philosophy has no need of religious ritual or observance. It might lead to action, but it might not, just as sociology might or might not (indeed theology alone might or might not). But being religious is to participate in ritual and community and to define the two together and identify them together. It ceases to be about doctrine and belief - there is no prize for trying to believe things that contradict science, technology and ordinary, practical reasoning. I don't call myself as practising Christianity now because I don't, but many a non-realist or critical realist still uses those forms. The Dutch churchman still says the Lord's Prayer - I don't. I think I might alter my blogging mission, perhaps less to explain a broad religious humanism and pluralism to people, especially religious liberals and liberal religious, and perhaps point out more thoroughly how these Christians who claim they are 'within' are having it both ways and are really religious humanists with a bit of cliche gloss. But I'm not a hostile type. It just interests me how much I and those like me receive hostility from other supposed liberals and it indicates to me that they do it to show they are still 'in' even though many a Christian thinks they are 'out'. After all, I am not trying to marginalise gay and lesbian people, or liberals about doctrine, from the main Churches, but a lot of those in the Churches are doing precisely that on exactly the same boundary-drawing basis as shown here. Leigh said... God has always had the capacity to be defined broadly. This has been done by institutions themselves, often contradicting each other, or at the very least its been a personal challenge for the individuals in those places. I would say it’s very possible to be a very devout member of most religions and never be formally asked to ‘define’ or explain what God, the scriptures or rituals really mean. Most of the successful religions have, consciously or not, succeeded by keeping these types of beliefs, forms and structures implicit of meaning. (at least for it’s followers). This can cause individuals and groups to develop different ideas, even within tightly controlled religious groups, because they each conform or maintain unity by keeping outward forms (i.e rituals), or language. Ideologically loaded sermons can be taken or moulded to an individuals particular beliefs. This doesn’t necessarily require mental gymnastics because they accept that the source of their beliefs can be interpreted varyingly. (The Anglican communion comes to mind) Each religious strand or philosophical tradition has, for the most part, at some stage attempted to grapple with outlining how they see or define God. In the western religious landscape we’ve been exposed to a religious history that has taught religious supernaturalism to the masses, possibly not always for pure intentions, and tied this heavily to its teachings about the nature of God. I would argue that the nature of God, and virtually all other beliefs, have evolved by becoming established and then being changed over time. Christianity, in itself, is an evolution of ideological thinking and belief away from Judaism. We know that Judaism has also changed over time, with the Gospels even acknowledging various divergences of belief. For example, the Sadducee’s did not believe in an afterlife or any form of punishment or reward after death. Judaism did not necessarily enforce a specific conception of God beyond oneness either. Nevertheless Jewish conceptions, as now, do accept varying approaches that are not necessarily in tune with Christianity. Hinduism is probably one of the religions that is most tolerant of various views towards the number of Gods (if any), and the nature of God. It could be wondered if the description of Brahman, or any manifestation, is beyond the natural world. Were deities an easier way for people to convey or explain a philosophical problem, devotion, need or quality? Leigh said... If a person sees religion as a response, or indeed a need of the human experience (cultural, communal, spiritual) then scripture, God and everything else could be seen as a process of human development and history. How we see or relate to ‘God’, the world, nature and each other is then a matter of developing humane and ethical relationships. To see religion, and God, as primarily an engagement of building relationships with each other, formulating ethics and meaning pushes it into the forefront of the daily human experience. As each experience is subjective then we can expect these relationships to be a process of engagement and debate that varies across time. This experience is then expressed through religious literature like the biblical scriptures, religious structures, commands, creeds and so on. Much of this writing, history and debate could be seen as a work rooted in its period with many aspects seen as a response of specific historical conditions, ideals and world views. Much else, especially the supernatural, could be viewed as a natural response to a confusing world, allegory, myth, and/or metaphor. Indeed, even the catholic church accepts that many aspects of the Bible were never intended to be taken literally. Myth implies a truth beyond literal truth. God could be seen in this way as well. I wouldn’t say a change in how we see God would necessarily ‘demote’ Jesus’s work. The same could be said for Buddha and he is not necessarily accepted as divine.( Buddhism isn’t doing that bad for itself and is more liked than Christianity by most, even if its often misunderstood). Maybe it would be better if we actually saw the human potentialities in Jesus as something accessible to us. Maybe seeing a more human aspect to his message would be useful in the scheme of religious history. I think the church will grapple with this, as it has for centuries over Gods relationship to the trinity, and many other existential questions. Its’s been challenged by science, the enlightenment, academia, literary criticism and so on. Many branches couldn’t cope with it and closed the doors, developed fundamentalist outlooks and denied academic and scientific criticism. Other churches have tried to adapt to the realities but have been held back by various factions and groups inside their denominations. Issues such as racial intermarriage and the treatment of women and children damaged them in the 20th century. The reluctance to accept the nature of homosexuality, a changing world and the inability to develop refreshing and honest theologies is damaging them in the 21st. Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold) said... These are the issues Leigh that have been tackled; I'm just describing here those who have tackled them in one particular way and one that is close to mine. Erika Baker said... Thank you everyone! And, Adrian, you have never received hostility from me. Only complete incomprehension and as I have always really liked you and absolutley loved your political analysis of church situations, I have always felt it would only be fair if I really tried to understand what you're saying. I think with some of the answers given here today I might move a step further. Erika Baker said... why did you not approve my last comment here? Anonymous said... This is my first post here! I'm a Methodist with an interest in popular expressions of Christianity, as opposed to theology in the strict sense. The only (self-identified) Unitarian I've ever met was Dutch, so there must be some Unitarians in the Netherlands. Or maybe this person was just giving herself a label that she thought I'd have heard of! As for 'wanting to borrow Christian imagery', I think Brits, and probably all Europeans, do this. 'Christian' is a comforting shorthand to indicate that you belong, that your heritage and culture are rooted here. It doesn't have to indicate a particular theological position. Enjoying choral music or visiting cathedrals makes you a 'Christian', simply because it's part of your heritage, regardless of actual belief... I'm not convinced that 'cultural Christianity' and a broad-brushed appreciation of Jesus as a good man like other good men will do much to get people into church, though. Maybe it works in a clubby culture like the USA, but few British people will see the point. It doesn't seem particularly necessary.
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