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What is so wrong with looking like a mum?
Last updated 10:31 15/07/2013
Miranda Kerr
MODEL MUM: Miranda Kerr with her son Flynn in New York.
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YUMMY MUMMY: We can't all be Miranda Kerr, the woman is the definition of a MILF.
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I live in a cool, young neighbourhood in Brooklyn, and sometimes the grocery store is a little intimidating, because everyone shopping there is so fashionable. Once I stood in line behind Anne Hathaway, I'm not even kidding, and she was buying some kale. She looked great.
I'm nine months pregnant now, and only one pair of shoes still fits on my bloated, shapeless feet. I vaguely remember a time when I had ankles, but it feels like a dream. A happy, lovely, absurd dream. Maybe I was also flying in it, and there was a store full of beautiful gowns that were being given away for free... A friend of mine who has two kids recently reassured me that I would be able to get my body back after popping this baby out (and I do intend to "pop" her out, as quickly as possible). She told me my ankles would return and they would be slender once more, and everything would be OK. Thank god, right?
I see these mums everywhere, and they are so toned and put-together. They are pushing a stroller with an infant in it, so it's pretty clear that they're mums, but that's the only clue. They have neat little waists and they are sometimes, shockingly, wearing tall, sexy heels. Their hair does not have a trace of spit up or poop in it. It looks freshly washed, and it falls perfectly, with a sweep that suggests a mastery of personal grooming that I have never approached, even on my girliest days. Everywhere I look, I see the women who would be described as MILFs. As in DAYUM, that is one FIIINE lookin' mama!
This is New York City, where bouncing back is what we do recreationally. Where being fit and fashionable and whip-thin is practically spelled out on our leases. "The Landlord has a right to evict you with no more than thirty days notice for unlawful weight gain..." So maybe it's not that surprising that the mums in the park look fit and fashionable, too.
But it bothers me a little anyway. I feel this subtle, creeping pressure, already. To not have such fat feet. To have ankles. To bounce back, after the baby. To look sexy in the park, with my sexy baby carriage that matches my shoes.
But when I decided to have a baby, I had this crazy thought. It was really probably insane, so just stop me and laugh if you need to. I thought: I want to let having a baby change me. I want it to make me think differently. I want to enter a new phase of life. I want to have new priorities. Like the baby, for example. But also, not like my hair.
And this is not at all, by the way, to say that mothers who have fabulous hair don't love their babies. Some of them just can't help but have fabulous hair-it's genetic. No, but seriously: these things obviously aren't mutually exclusive. But all the focus on women's appearances in our culture IS mutually exclusive. All the emphasis on staying toned no matter what and looking great no matter what and looking, as a mum, a lot like you didn't even have a baby-that stuff all suggests that being a MILF is more important than being a mother.
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I imagine myself, schlumping through the park, wearing something shapeless because I have not immediately shed the baby weight, spit up in my hair, carrying my new baby in a baby carrier that I will soon somehow figure out how to use (they are surprisingly un-self-explanatory!). I imagine that the fashionable, tall-heeled new mums will glance at me and then exchange a look among themselves. What a sorry sight I'll be. That woman has really let herself go.
And I hope that I will manage to feel good about them being right.
I want to not think about it at the time. I want to let go of these beauty-related rules and hang-ups and feel sort of liberated and appreciative of all the crazy new stuff my body turns out to be able to do. Make a baby, for instance. Grow it. Birth it, let's hope. Feed it. Carry it around. What the hell is so wrong with looking like a mum, when a mum can do all of that? It seems sort of badass. No entirely. Entirely badass. Bring it on.
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Bowers & Wilkins' debut PA aims to bring 30,000W of audiophilia to the mosh pit
We wish we could kit out Stuff HQ with this sound-blasting behemoth
Bowers and Wilkins has unveiled a new speaker stack set to rock the ear drums of festival goers while also treating them to music that doesn't sound like it's having a buzzcut in a metal bin.
Currently a one-off commission for Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival, the giant speaker stack is packed full of tech designed to sound amazing while it haemorrhages your internal organs.
Each stack stands over 3.2 metres tall and features 12 separate enclosures, eight 15in bass drivers, eight 10in mid-bass drivers, four 6in Kevlar mid-range drivers and 16 Double Dome tweeters.
All that adds up to an output of 30kW and a whopping 120dB at 8 metres. That's as loud as standing 100 metres away from a roaring jet engine, and it's well above the 80dB limit for long-exposure hearing loss. Might want to move away from the front then eh?
The speaker stack is so powerful that it requires substantial bracing in the form of a reinforced cabinet to prevent it from destroying itself with vibrations. Despite all that power however, Bowers & Wilkins has managed to kill off any pesky distortion associated with standard large-scale systems by replacing the more standard horn system with a direct radiating transducer.
In English, that means that the speaker stack doesn't have a horn between the moving element and the air. The result is a smoother, more uniform sound.
Currently you'll only be able to experience the system at Primavera, but we're hoping more venues will jump onboard soon.
Now if you'll excuse us, we're off to gather as much money as possible to throw at Bowers and Wilkins in the hope that they'll let us hire its system for a BBQ this weekend. Nothing big, just a few mates.
Can you cook sausages with nothing but bass? We'll let you know.
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Varicose veins with summer on the way
Varicose veins with summer on the way
By Brian C. Lange
Vascular Surgeon
Ah, spring in the Puget Sound region. Visions of warm days, shorts and skirts and being self-conscious about varicose veins may be dancing in your head. Is there anything you can do?
Some of us wear shorts and skirts anyway, ignoring furtive glances or curious comments, while others just hide their veins under hose or pants. A third option is available: treatment.
Whether you’ve got little red, flat spider veins, big, blue bulging varicose veins, or something in between, you’ve got the same problem – just of a different magnitude. Spider veins and varicose veins occur in the legs when the one-way valves in the blood vessels no longer work right, which lets blood collect in the veins instead of flowing back to the heart. This makes the veins widen, often becoming unsightly and uncomfortable. Most commonly varicose veins near the skin surface are caused by leaky valves in veins deeper in the leg. Untreated, varicose veins typically worsen over time.
To improve the appearance of your legs and, in some cases, make them feel better, your veins can be treated by collapsing (always in your provider’s office). Another option is removing them completely (usually in your provider’s office but sometimes requiring the operating room).
The collapsing techniques can be used to treat the entire spectrum of varicose veins. Photocoagulation (light) and thermocoagulation (heat) work for spiders, but are generally more effective on the chest, neck, and face where the main cause is sun damage. Sclerotherapy (injection) can be effective anywhere, but is particularly helpful in the legs where pressure from deeper within is the cause of the veins. Laser and radiofrequency catheter ablation is reserved for only the largest and straightest subcutaneous varicose veins.
Whatever you decide, remember that an active, healthy lifestyle won’t prevent varicose veins, but it will diminish their impact. If you have questions or would like to schedule a consultation, call Swedish Vascular Surgery at 206-215-5921.
So simply written, easy to understand, and perfect to implement! I had problems with my legs for few years, but after I start to exercise regularly, its condition is much better.
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Powered/Active Speaker vs Amp
Discussion in 'Amps, Mics & Pickups [DB]' started by Mikey3, Apr 8, 2014.
1. Mikey3
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Aug 8, 2007
Been searching the forums and seems to be quite a bit of different opinions regarding ditching an amp and going direct.
What I would like to do is as follows. Have one setup for my Double Bass, Electric bass and acoustic guitar. I am hoping to run the electric bass to a powered speaker through my eden wtdi and hoping to get an acoustic preamp that could run double duty with the double bass and acoustic guitar. I would like to run these into something like the EV ZLX-P12 or the TS Also TS-112A.
Any thoughts on to whether this is a terrible idea? anyone here doing something similar? Will I be losing that much by doing this vs using something like an MB150 and then having another dedicated acoustic amp for my guitar?
All thoughts are appreciated and thanks for any input
2. brianrost
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Apr 26, 2000
Boston, Taxachusetts
If the powered speaker sounds good to you, then no you aren't losing anything sonically compared to a small combo amp.
Depending on where you place your preamps you might find it fussier to adjust their controls compared to the front panel of an amp...or maybe not.
3. Jason Sypher
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Jan 3, 2001
Brooklyn, NY
I would eliminate all the fuss. Get one great small amp and be done with it. I've tried everything and find that a good versatile amp is most practical.
4. bassmeknik
Nov 6, 2009
Fair Haven, MI
I am going to get flamed for saying this, but my guitarist has just gotten himself a new Peavey VYPYR combo that has electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar modeling built in a 1-12" 100 watt combo. Before you scoff go hear it. I was amazed. It copied my SVT nicely and with a flick of a switch it was a Marshall guitar amp... Worth looking into IMO and I use mostly Ampeg bass amps.
Several years back I was with a group that I played acoustic guitar and bass. I hauled a separate Fender Acoustisonic plus an Ampeg BA-115 to that gig, and the stage volume of that band would have allowed me to use one amp for bass and acoustic guitar (had I had something like the new Peavey VYPYR).
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Jun 16, 2005
I have the VYPYR VIP 100. Terrific electric guitar amp and great onstage with my Takamine Pro 12 string. It's a useful bass amp for home practice and I convinced myself it was sounding good for double bass. Took it (and my Raven Labs preamp) to a quiet concert with a jazz quartet at a very fancy retirement home. [The input impedance is too low to use a piezo without a preamp.] It was dreadful. I could not for the life of me coax out a respectable stage sound. It was a three hour gig and the drummer made me promise to never show up without an actual bass amp again. For the record, my usual upright rigs are: (i) an Acoustic Image Contra with extension speaker, or (ii) a GK MB500 with an Avatar SB112.
8. bmc
Nov 15, 2003
I just came back from trying out an EV ZLX-12P in a music store. I went to try the BG250-208, which I did. I then asked to try the active EV cab with an Aguilar Tone Hammer 350 as a preamp. The guy in the PA department thought it was unusual to try this cab for bass, as did the salesman in the bass department. The store is quite large and has a stage where they have guest musicians and seminars. I asked to try it on stage. They gave me a new Musicman Sabre to use. I kick myself for not bringing my Sadowsky, but I figured an active bass would do.
The tone, volume, girth of this thing surprised all of us. The sales guy from the bass department has a Mesa head on a Markbass 410 cab as his main rig. The PA department guy is a drummer. All of us play in bands. We are all seriously impressed by the sound. I handed the bass to the sales guy and got him to play, while the PA guy tried the different presets on the EV. I walked away from the stage, stood 20 feet directly in front, off to the left, off to the right. Very musical sounding speaker. I then walked up on stage and laid the cab down as a monitor and again walked out in front of the stage. The sound filled the room even more. The sales guy from the bass department was seriously impressed with this set up. The true test, as we all know, is to use it in a band setting.
I am still leaning towards the QSC K12, although I have not tried one. The EV ZLX-12P is half the price. But, the QSC gets really good reviews. The closest QSC dealer is a ways away.
I know, for a fact, that this will do me just fine. I can consolidate all of my needs into one small, portable, loud set up with a good frequency range. Before leaving the store, I asked about other preamps and the guy handed me the Eden WTDI. I didnt have time to try it out. I suspect it will sound just fine.
After 40 plus years of playing, this is the first time I have played through a PA speaker and was impressed with it as a bass amp. One other benefit to either of these speakers is the multiple input. I play a weekly gig in a small pub where, today, I am using a Schertler Jam 150 amp for bass. 150 watts into an 8 inch and it sounds warm, full and round. The EV and QSC have separate inputs for mic or line in. I can run my vocal mic through my TC Helicon vocal harmonizer, which has EQ presets for mic, which sound great. That with the Eden should be fine for that gig. I am also putting a three piece rock-blues band together and the guitarist has a full PA, so I should be well covered.
So, to the OP, after what I heard this morning, I do not think you are crazy at all. In fact, try to find a Schertler Jam 150. They sell it as an acoustic guitar amp. But, prior to Schertler taking over SR Technology that designed and still builds the amp, it was once also marketed as a keyboard amp, which makes it more than adequate for bass. For the right size room and eq, it sounds very nice. I strongly believe your upright will sound nice through this. Plus, since it has a six channel mixer on top, you can run your acoustic through it and a vocl mic. The amp has Alesis effects. This, to many, is regarded as one of the top acoustic guitar amps. Plus, it can be pole mounted.
Another cheaper alternative is the Carvin AG100. I have used one for bass, guitar and vocals. It has three channels voiced for each of those instruments, puts out 100 watts into a 12 inch speaker. My duo partner has one. I turned him onto the Schertler and he uses that most of the time.
I think I will be going down this road towards the active PA cab..
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MedNetworks uses computational tools developed at Christakis’s lab to look at the prescribing patterns of large groups of doctors, build maps of professional ties, and track how the popularity of a new drug grows. The company has found that certain doctors are particularly strong influencers: when these doctors write prescriptions for a newly released drug, colleagues within three degrees of separation soon follow suit. With such historical insights in hand, “we’ve shown that we can predict adoption of pharmaceuticals among doctors,” says MedNetworks cofounder Larry Miller.
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57 processes and IE 10 and Forte Agent running
By Raoul Duke
Apr 3, 2013
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1. Don't want to be off-topic, but since Win 8 was mentioned, I have 57 processes and IE 10 and Forte Agent running (memory hog) and have been up for close to 3 hours and this is what is being used. Two tabs open in IE 10
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Bacterial Sacrifice
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WRINKLES IN TIME: Researchers grew a colony of bacteria with Sytox Green, a fluorescent marker that lit up when cells died. As the colony grew, its extracellular matrix restricted the movement of cells, until those cells on the underside of the film began to die. The areas with dead cells (green) experience a release of mechanical pressure imposed by the extracellular matrix, allowing the film to buckle and form the wrinkled surface seen in some bacterial colonies.BIOFILM COURTESY OF SUEL LAB;
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M. Asally et al., “Localized cell death focuses mechanical forces during 3D patterning in a biofilm,” PNAS, 109:18891-96, 2012.
Bacteria can form multicellular biofilms, which are glued together by an extracellular matrix. Wrinkles in the film—large enough to see with the naked eye—help to provide protection from penetration by water and gases and appear to help the colony ward off antibiotics. The physical forces shaping these 3-D structures were unknown, but Gürol Süel of the University of California at San Diego and his colleagues now show that localized cell death appears to facilitate the formation of wrinkles. Kenneth Bayles, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, who was not part of the study, says cell death in bacterial colonies has been underappreciated, and the findings show “there is a very important role for cell death in [biofilm] development.”
Süel’s group tracked the death of Bacillus subtilis cells during the growth of a biofilm using a cell death reporter called Sytox Green. “There’s really a pattern of cell death that you see,” says Süel. In cross sections of the biofilm, the researchers observed that cell death occurred at the base of the humps and dead cells became folded inside the bottoms of wrinkles. Using time-lapse microscopy, they found that cells began to die off before the formation of the folds, suggesting that the pattern of bacterial death might drive wrinkle formation.
Süel’s group then seeded the starting bacterial culture with fluorescent beads that get pushed in the direction of cell migration—like plankton floating in a current—enabling the team to track the movements of cells as the biofilm developed. The beads’ trajectories indicated that cells migrated to the point where the biofilm would buckle to form a wrinkle, and that these sites of convergence overlapped with areas of cell death. Because cell death occurs before cells begin to congregate upon that spot, Süel and his colleagues concluded that the elimination of these bacteria bolsters wrinkling.
As Süel explains it, the extracellular matrix restricts the movements of cells as the biofilm grows, resulting in a cellular squeeze. “There’s no release for the mechanical pressure. Ultimately, you have these local areas of death, and when they happen, they provide an outlet for those forces,” he says. One puzzling aspect of the process, Süel says, is how cells communicate where the regions of death are to occur.
Bayles says the findings should encourage scientists to think of bacteria not as independent, single-celled organisms, but as part of multicellular units. “When you start thinking about it that way,” he says, “it sort of makes sense that there’s a subpopulation that’s sacrificed for the whole of the organism.”
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It's not a sacrifice if those that agree to the decision to die have no concept of death as something to be feared.
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Joshua Jefferis of Australia practices on the rings during a training session for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Joshua Jefferis of Australia practises on the rings during a training session for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Photo: Reuters
Over the next fortnight about 10,000 athletes from +200 countries will compete in 36 sports in London's Olympic Games.
But are all events created equal in terms of their physical demands? Is a beach volleyball player made of the same stern stuff as a sprinter?
To win a place on the highest podium and claim gold in any event will undoubtedly demand either a lot of speed, strength or agility, but I think that some events definitely demand more from athletes than others.
Here is my pick of what I think are the Top 5 toughest Olympic events.
1. Weightlifting
Two lifts make up the weightlifting events: the clean and jerk, and the snatch. The snatch is beyond tough. It is highly technical and requires speed and flexibility in the shoulders and hips, paired with world class strength and power from head to toe.
The snatch is performed with a barbell where the lifter starts with an initial drive that comes from the glutes, hamstrings and quads. The lifter extends their body when the barbell reaches their hips. An extension with enough speed and power allows the lifter to drop underneath the barbell essentially catch the barbell. This leaves the lifter in an overhead squat position to stand up and finish the lift with the barbell overhead.
In the gym? The movement is similar to a deadlift into an overhead squat. To master these, you first need to learn these two moves, then progress to a snatch with light weights.
Who to watch in 2012: Behdad Salimi of Iran, who holds the Snatch World Record of 214kgs. And in women's, at 5'1” 53kgs Zulfiya Chinshanlo from Kazakhstan snatched 95kgs on her way to gold.
2. Rowing
This event requires an amount of aerobic fitness that leaves many sports in its wake. Whether you're rowing with two oars (sculling) or single-oar, solo or as part of a team, the required speed, power, strength, and teamwork make it one of the toughest sports in every Olympic Games.
Who to watch in 2012: Male or female, Australia v England is always a tight race.
In the gym? Squats will build the leg strength, and many pulling exercises are a requirement to build back strength. And don't forget the HIIT (high intensity interval training) on the rower.
3. Water Polo
This is a team game that requires cardiovascular fitness, strength, and finesse. Similar to a game of soccer in the water, shoulder, lat and leg strength is key, and athletes possess a gentle touch to pass and catch the ball, then throw and score with power and precision.
In the gym? Much of water polo's action is under the water – kicking, grabbing, holding, and punching 'til it hurts is part of the game. You can't fully prepare in the gym. Mix up your exercises and become an all-around athlete. Hit the weights with intensity, as you need leg and shoulder strength to tread water, and get into the pool and swim with short bursts of intensity.
Who to watch in 2012: Women's Water Polo, USA v Australia will be a battle.
4. The Rings
These are suspended 2.75 metres above the ground, and gymnasts are judged based on strength holds, swings into handstands, and aerial dismounts. All that is required is bodyweight, yet the upper body strength it requires to be successful on the rings is astounding. The Maltese Cross is one of the most difficult upper body moves you will see an athlete perform in all of the Olympics.
In the gym? Pull-ups with isometric holds, along with back, trap, shoulder, forearm, bi/tricep and core strength are all key. Your upper body better be at world-class strength level before you even attempt to grab the rings.
Who to watch in 2012: Chen Yibing from China was the gold medallist in 2008.
5. Running
The 400m butterfly swim and pole vault are incredible feats, as is the variety in the triathlon and decathlon. But this list can't exclude the Men's and Women's 100m run.
It's not just a 100m run – it's a psychological battle that combines technical form at the start, speed, power, and strength. The most popular event in the Olympics lasts under 10 seconds, and standing on the podium and being crowned the fastest in the world makes every winner a part of sporting highlight reels for generations to come. Usain Bolt's world record time of 9.58 seconds was an average of +37km/hr – that is flying fast.
In the gym – If you want to get faster, you have to do the sprint work. HIIT training… hill running, stair running, and practicing quick starts is where all the work lies.
Who to watch: Usain Bolt will create a buzz, but smarter money is backing Jamaican teammate Johan Blake, the reigning world champion who won both the 100m and 200m in the Jamaican trials. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on the women's side is the Jamaican favourite.
And don't forget about another tough athlete – Leisel Jones. She stood up to a pen used as a sword and finished 5th in the world.
Good luck to all the tough athletes in London 2012.
What do you think is the toughest sport in the Olympics?
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Nature walk with DNR
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Craig Kasmer with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows, from left to right, Beth Keen, Karen Korri and Karen Kowalski a dwarf lake iris growing in Thompson’s Harbor State Park Saturda....
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Effective security and security theater
August 16, 2006, 02:02 AM
August 15, 2006
by Bruce Schneier
Founder and CTO
Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.
Last Week's Terrorism Arrests
Hours-long waits in the security line. Ridiculous prohibitions on what you can carry on board. Last week's foiling of a major terrorist plot and the subsequent airport security changes graphically illustrates the difference between effective security and security theater.
But only temporarily. Banning box cutters since 9/11, or taking off our shoes since Richard Reid, has not made us any safer. And a long-term prohibition against liquid carry-on items won't make us safer, either. It's not just that there are ways around the rules, it's that focusing on tactics is a losing proposition.
It's easy to defend against what terrorists planned last time, but it's shortsighted. If we spend billions fielding liquid-analysis machines in airports and the terrorists use solid explosives, we've wasted our money. If they target shopping malls, we've wasted our money. Focusing on tactics simply forces the terrorists to make a minor modification in their plans. There are too many targets -- stadiums, schools, theaters, churches, the long line of densely packed people in front of airport security -- and too many ways to kill people.
And what can you do to help? Don't be terrorized. They terrorize more of us if they kill some of us, but the dead are beside the point. If we give in to fear, the terrorists achieve their goal even if they are arrested. If we refuse to be terrorized, then they lose -- even if their attacks succeed.
New airline security rules:
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/movabletype/archives/2006/08/threat_modellin_1.html or http://tinyurl.com/nxqe4
Getting inside the terrorists' heads (funny cartoon):
The DHS declares an entire state of matter a security risk:
And here's a good commentary on being scared:
A version of this article originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
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August 16, 2006, 03:37 AM
Well, if the goal of "terrorists" are to cause "fear", the gov's responses to "the threats" have unfailingly done little to inspire anything to the contrary.
The latest is no exception. I mean, collecting potentially explosive combinations of liquids and tossing them all nonchalantly into collecting bins doesn't exactly make much sense to anyone that can think for themselves.
As ususal it seems that someones are not telling the truth, or the whole truth by a long shot. But it makes a good show as priming up for something else. I wonder what that could be.
August 16, 2006, 04:14 AM
I work security at a hospital. Let me tell you if a terrorist(s) wanted to attack the area that I "secure" there would be little I could do. I'm sure its the same way for millions of locations in the US. I agree with Bruce, best thing to do is relax a little IMO, but don't confuse relaxation with complacency.
Lets keep this thing gun related. How well do guns actually defend us against terrorist acts. What can we do different? How do we utilize guns in these scenerios without terrorizing people, which, of course, is what the terrorists want?
August 16, 2006, 11:20 AM
I would like to see a national/international CCW permit for airline travelers. Allowing citizens to carry like airline marshals.
Training and extensive background checks would be necicary, but it would have the effect of multiplying tenfold the number of armed, trained, personell on airlines.
It doesn't have to be easy to get, but it should be possible.
they could specify the exact make and model of gun that you could cary.
they could specify the exact type of ammo.
but get more guns in the air. It's not a failsafe catchall.
but if you publicised it, (aiside from the anti's flipping out) I think it would be a good deterent.
and it would cost the airlines next to nothing.
One of Many
August 16, 2006, 02:29 PM
More guns on planes? They passed a law allowing PILOTS to carry guns on planes, but the government has done everything possible to delay and prevent the pilots from qualifying to carry guns on the planes they fly.
The executive branch can simply ignore any law that they don't want to implement, and refuse to enforce any penalty that might affect their agenda.
How many politicians do you think would vote for allowing a common citizen to carry a loaded firearm on a plane, when the entertainment industry has brainwashed the ignorant public into believing that a bullet hole in the plane will cause people to be sucked out through that hole, or cause the palne to blow up in mid air due to decompression?
August 16, 2006, 03:18 PM
In my opinion, 99% of people could get on a plane with a gun and that plan would land because 99% of people are not interested in blowing up a plane. I believe that this would be a deterrent because (as 9/11) will bear witness, the terrorists don't just want a plane, they want a statement. Well, it gives us an opportunity to make a statement too.
This far, no farther.
Even if they allowed people to carry pepper spray. Think of the difference that pepper spray would have made on United flight 93.
August 22, 2006, 03:54 AM
Not so sure about pepper spray...
Commercial airplanes have poor air filtration systems which recirculate the air throughout the plane. Not only would the target be affected, but everyone else on the plane aswell, including the pilots.
August 22, 2006, 05:23 AM
I happen to agree with you, but the counter argument is that it would make it easier for the bad guys to bring guns on planes too. Yeah, they would get themselves killed in a hurry, but that isnt really a problem for them. A hail of bullets flying around the inside of the plane is as good a terrorist goal as any.
The perspective of these people seems to be that as long as they can take someone with them, then they are willing to spend their lives to that end. Detterence doesnt work against that mindset.
August 22, 2006, 07:34 AM
If a pilot can't be trusted to carry a gun or have it secured in the cockpit, why would I want to fly? If it is politically incorrect to profile passengers, why would I want to fly?
I have flown A LOT in my career but now that doing so is entirely discretionary I am done with it until something substantial changes. Saying that it is safe to fly and creating the illusion of control at check in is pure propaganda in an effort to protect the airlines financially, maintain a way of life, and to avoid granting a victory to terrorists. That doesn't mean it is safe to fly.
What would have been the one thing that could have prevented 9/11? I would say guns in the cockpit.
August 22, 2006, 10:10 AM
I understand the counter argument against airplane CCW, however It is my opinion that terrorists would be ineffective if they tried to do the hail of bullets thing.
If the objective is to crash the plane and kill everyone, then it doesn't matter how many people they kill before they are taken down, every person that makes it out alive is one person that would have died in the crash. And you have the added bonus of the plane not being able to be used as a weapon.
Shooting a few people is not a big enough political statement if those people gun you down before you get a chance to reload. Terrorists want a maximum body count, especially if they are giving up their lives in the process. This is why you hear about suicide bombers, and not suicide gunmen (at least not very often). If the planes had people with guns on them, the terrorists would move on to an airline which didn't have them, or they would pick one of the other soft targets in the US.
If the background checks are good enough, the chances of a terrorist getting the necicary permit, training, etc and taking a gun on a plane are minimal.
It's one of those 'If everyone's super, then no one's super' scenarios.
We have nothing to fear if we are on an even footing with those who would do us harm.
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Mayonnaise (Recipe: Caesar dip)
I'm a liar, and a cheat.
I've been lying to my Miracle Whip, promising it was the only spread for me. But — and please don't spread this around — I've been having a love affair with Hellman's real mayonnaise for years.
I am shameless. I keep both in the same refrigerator, though never close enough to run into each other. The Miracle Whip sits in the door, while the mayo hides in the rear of the fridge above the crisper. I separate them not only out of kindness, but as a practical measure; the jars are almost identical — blue cap, white-ish contents, blue/red/yellow label — which I'm sure is no coincidence. (Which came first? Hellman's, in 1912; MW followed along in 1933.)
Mayonnaise is a sauce made by emulsifying egg yolks, oil, and lemon juice or vinegar — plus, occasionally, mustard, salt and pepper. It's one of the foundations of French cooking, forming the basis for a dozen or more sauces (remoulade, maltaise, andalouse, etc.) when additional ingredients are incorporated.
According to Larousse Gastronomique, there are several theories about how mayonnaise got its name, but here's my favorite: it was named for the Duke of Richelieu, who captured Port Mahon on the island of Minorca in 1756. Either the duke or his chef created the sauce, and named it mahonnaise.
Homemade anything tastes better than storebought, and the same is true of mayo. However, prepared mayonnaise has two major advantages. First, it's made with pasteurized eggs, which eliminates the risk of salmonella. Second, store-bought will keep in the fridge for 6 months after the jar is opened; homemade will last for 3 days, tops.
Mayonnaise is more than a slather; try it the next time you're making dips, crab cakes, baked chicken, or cake. Without mayo, there would be no tofu egg salad, no California rolls, and no point in driving up to Maine just for the amazing lobster rolls at Red's Eats in Wiscasset.
Caesar dip
Quick and easy, made with prepared mayonnaise. Serve with steamed new potatoes, cubes of bread, asparagus, or endive leaves. Serves 6-8.
1-1/2 cups mayonnaise
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp anchovy paste, or 2 anchovy fillets, minced
1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, and stir well. Cover and refrigerate for 1-4 hours, to allow flavors to combine.
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Ah! At last something I recognise from across the pond! Its a staple in my 'fridge too (although not at the back as things tend to freeze there!) Summer sandwiches with any kind of leaf and cold, fresh tomatoes wouldn't be the same without it, and even on cold winter's nights with a slice of home-made pizza - superb.
I "love" mayo....have you ever tried it in mashed potatoes? It really creams it up some and everyone asks me "what did you put in the mashed potatoes.....?" I have to confess that I put a lot in, along with butter and some cream or milk, and, lots of black pepper and Lawry salt as well, it's shameful! Don't forget more butter on top.
(I use the Hellman's's the best I think)
A must have item in our household always stands next to Heinz tomato ketchup in the fridge. Try it with lime and chilli. It's out of this world. Well, i think so anyway. :)
I once made all the mayo we used and it really is amazing.
i love LOVE mayo. i loved it moreso after once tasting miracle whip, which to me tastes awful. i will have to try homemade mayo sometime.
Homemade is wonderful! And it's amazingly easy to make to, as I learned from my father-in-law. Who believes that salmonella is Americans being hypochondriacs, so doesn't worry about it. And he doesn't keep it in the refrigerator because that would ruin the flavor. :) I DO worry about salmonella, but I have to admit it tastes wonderful.
Between me and you, I've only tried to make mayo once and it was horrible abhorration. I stick to the Hellmans!
I always have mayo at home - my husband loves it!
I've never tried making mayo from scratch, maybe I will sometime.
I've seen a sweet cake recipe that called for mayonnaise and thought it was crazy! But I have a friend who gave it a try and she told me it's a very light cake.
Lydia, i love mayo (full fat version for me, pls!). I always have a bottle of Japanese Mayo at home (saltier than the standard western) for my sushi. :D
Lydia, I do the same, only the mayo and the MW know all about each other. Now there's a menage a trois in my fridge: Smart Balance has a spread.
Ooh, la la!
Ian, I'm with you -- tomato and mayo sandwiches in summer are the absolute best.
Pam, I've never tried it in mashed potatoes, but oh my, this sounds absolutely sinful. And butter on top, too? Wow!
Mae, ketchup and mayo keep company in my fridge, too. I like to mix them together for the kind of "Russian" dressing we ate all the time when I was growing up (and I occasionally still indulge).
Tanna, homemade is always best. Do you still make all of your own?
Stefanie, MW is something I grew up with, and I love the taste. To me, mayonnaise is a completely different food product -- and I love the taste of that, too! Homemade is easy, but I never bother to do it except if I'm making aioli.
Laura, welcome to The Perfect Pantry. I don't worry about salmonella if I'm using good farm eggs that have been stored properly. (I do think that Americans are hypochondriacs about many food things, tho.)
Freya, Hellman's is so reliable. I always have some on hand.
Patricia, I've seen some recipes for baking with mayo, but I've never tried it either. Please let me know if you do -- you are such a wonderful baker!
Anh, I go with the full-fat mayo too. If I'm going to have the calories, I want them all... and the lower fat versions have an off-taste, I think. I love the Japanese mayo -- the one that comes in a squeeze bottle, right?
Mimi, I know you're a MW lover, too. (We need to have T-shirts that say something like "Miracle Whip, and proud of it!") I haven't added Smart Balance to my pantry yet.
I almost forgot to say that the special sauce at Burger King (I haven't been there in a long time, I promise) is made up of mayo and ketchup, they put it on the Whopper...good on a cheeseburger, too.
I have made chocolate cakes with mayonnaise -- it's a quick way to add fat/oil and no one would ever know that you used a "secret ingredient."
Mayo! Food of the gods! Right away I'm thinking of a tomato sandwich with lots of mayo. It was good to see the Hellman's label. I was so shocked to come here to California and find that it's not sold here. Instead, it's called Best Foods. Same lable, different name!
I couldn't agree more about homemade, but for info, my mom-in-law makes hers with COOKED yolks, and I think they're even better despite the occasional lumps! So no need to worry about salmonella, I guess. Just a tip, though - olive oil is not ideal for mayonnaise, it's too heavy, so trying to make an emulsion from it is as good as trying to light a match on a bar of soap, haha (experience speaking)
Another recipe for Hellmann' that is absolutely wonderful for a party. I actually wake up craving it in the morning (sick, I know).
1 cup of sweet onion chopped
1 cup of Hellmann's
1 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese grated
1 can quarted artichokes in water, sliced
Chilli pepper to taste and add some color.
Just add it all and bake for 3-40 minutes until golden brown on the top.
Serve with crackers, bread or whatever else you happen to like.
Very tasty.
All hail the Hellmann's! +bowing down+
I'm with you all of you: tomato and mayo sandwiches in summer are the absolute best!
My mantra is "When in doubt, add more mayonnaise"
Pam....Burger King?! I'm surprised! Thanks for your recipe -- looks yummy.
T.W. -- chocolate cake with mayo is something I definitely have to try. (And why doesn't anyone make a chocolate mayo? I just thought of that!)
Sher, I think Best is the same product on the West Coast, just a different brand name. But I'll always think of it as Hellman's. Nothing beats mayo and a ripe tomato.
Shilpa, I've never heard of mayo made with cooked yolks. What a nifty idea? And if you do it in a food processor, the yolks would pulverize and become a thickener, yes? I'm going to try it, if I ever run out of Hellman's.
Tom, love your mantra!
Lydia, you hit a gustatory chord for all of us. I love the creamy delicious stuff, both of them. But are you kidding me, 6 months refrig life once opened? Yikes!
We really try to limit our use of mayo, but when you're in the mood for it--for sandwiches or potato salad, for intance--only the real stuff will do.
I'd love to taste fresh/home-made mayo one day... but not to be done by me. You know, just let me eat it and don't tell me what in it :D
Callipygia, I'm surprised at how many mayo lovers are out there! Yes, we all cook wonderful, healthy, even beautiful food most of the time, but we're not ashamed to admit that we also love some things that aren't on the "world's healthiest foods" list. Yes, a 6-month fridge live is what Hellman's says, but I think I've kept it in the fridge for longer than that.
Terry, Julia Child used to say the same thing about butter vs. margarine. If you're going to have it, have the real stuff.
Gattina, it really is easy to make from scratch, especially with a food processor, but I hardly ever do it. Once a year, one of my cooking groups does a Grand Aioli, and we make the aioli (garlic mayo, really), by hand with a giant mortar and pestle. It takes at least 45 minutes of drizzling in all of the oil to get it incorporated! By machine, it's just a couple of minutes.
I love looking at all of your products. BTW, mayonnaise in France is often sold in tubes, like toothpaste -- actually quite practical and easier to use decoratively. It is more yellow and has more of an olive-oil taste. A lot of French people actually make their own mayonnaise, as people aren't afraid of raw eggs here.
Betty, I've always loved that many products in Europe are sold in the tube -- tuna, some kinds of cheese spreads, and yes, mayo. One of my favorite products that's finally becoming more common here is tomato paste in a tube -- ever so practical! I think our fear of raw eggs is justified, given how long egs sit in storage before they reach us in the market. I'm never afraid of farm eggs.
LOL! I only use Helmann's when I'm cooking... I'm a miracle whip fan. I used to eat plain Miracle Whip sandwiches when I was little!
Mayo is, of course, wonderful...and homemade is best. And yes, I make it....
But I really miss Miracle Whip and always buy some for my sandwhiches, salads, whatever when I am visiting the U.S....kind of a closet treat. MW on freshly picked leaf lettuce....
I couldn´t live wihout a jar of mayo in the fridge. I like to doctor it with lemon juice and good olive oil, and it tastes al-most like homemade.
Kristen and Katie, welcome to the MW Support Group! I love it and I'm not ashamed to admit it. But I do love my mayo, too.
Ximena, I love starting with a pantry ingredient and doctoring it to taste more fresh and homemade.
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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/25/winamp_vuln/
Warning: critical Winamp vuln
Play it again, hacker
By John Leyden
Posted in Security, 25th November 2004 11:40 GMT
Security researchers are warning of a serious - and unfixed - security hole with the popular Winamp media player.
A remotely exploitable stack based buffer overflow creates a means for hackers to take over machines running Winamp- providing they can trick users into running maliciously constructed files. For example, a malformed .m3u playlist file, hosted on a web site, would be automatically downloaded and opened in Winamp without any user interaction. The vulnerability, discovered by pen testers at Security-Assessment.com, arises from a buffer overflow in library file (called IN_CDDA.dll) used by Winamp.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.05 and confirmed in version 5.06. Prior versions might also be affected, security firm Secunia warns. A proof of concept exploit was released yesterday by security outfit K-OTik. K-otik advises users to uninstall Winamp or at the very least disassociate .cda and .m3u extensions from Winamp until the bug is fixed. ®
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Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/29/wikileaks_shocker/
Wikileaks: Berlusconi useless, Pope Catholic
Shock 'revelations' shake western democracies
By Lester Haines
Posted in Bootnotes, 29th November 2010 15:22 GMT
The release today of leaked US State Department cables is unlikely, despite some media claims, to shake western democracy to the very foundation of sub-prime mortgages on which it stands.
Among the Wikileaks shockers are the descriptions of Silvio Berlusconi as "feckless, vain, and ineffective as a modern European leader", French prez Nick Sarko as a "naked emperor" and Iranian supremo Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "Hitler".
If we consider further revelations that Prince Andrew has inherited his dad's loose tongue, the US sometimes spies on people, and China has used "internet outlaws" to hack into foreign computer systems, it's evident that it just remains for Wikileaks to expose a Hillary Clinton classified missive declaring the Pope "probably Catholic" to complete the dossier from the Department of the Bleedin' Obvious.
The only real eye-opener is that Colonel Gaddafi rarely travels without his Ukrainian nurse - a "voluptuous blonde". Whether she was recommended to him by Berlusconi and the feckless Italian's good chum Vladimir "Batman" Putin is not disclosed.
The coming weeks will see further Wikileaks exposés, assuming Chinese internet outlaws hired by the CIA at the behest of the King of Saudi Arabia don't do for the whistle-blowing website with a massive DDoS attack.
So, here's looking forward to some real dirt, including:
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Best Colbie Caillat Songs
The Top Ten
Just love it. Can't get enough
Nothing like a true relaxing-wonderful song! First time I heard this song... Truly I became a fan of her compositions! Simply bubbly
Bubbly it's just perfect, the song says everything that I'm feeling. Bubbly was the first music that I hearded of Colbie, and I just love it, and then I became a fan of her
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2Fallin' for You
The.. Best of any contry song>>thumbs up! Make more such songs
Its a song very heart touchin song n I'm fallin for it
Colbie Caillat's biggest hit. And no wonder - great song, great video!
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great song, we all must realize what is the thing to do to work a relationship
This song touched me, I think there was tears in my eyes when I heard this song, it's so beautiful and true
It's so down-to-earth and relates to everybody which is dealing with the similar things amazing song
It easily describes everything you want to say to someone you like/love You have to love it!
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4Brighter Than the Sun
Amazing, I can't stop listening to it. It's truly a great song, the lyrics, the mood, everything, it's definitely her best songs, and one of my favorites.
I listen to this song like everyday! I LOVE HER! She is my favorite singer in the whole world! Did you hear that girl?
Energizing, fun, playful, uplifting, great beat!
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5I Never Told You
most soulful song from colbie caillat! just love it!
I can't stop listening to this song it is like my favourite and it is so emotional and beautiful. Whenever I hear it I just want to cry because its so sweet
This is the most amazing song I've ever heard.. She is the most amazing singer and she really rocks best singer in the whole world I love colbie
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6The Little Things
I used to dance around in my pajamas listening to this song. I think it should be number 1. , "Back up back up take another chance don't you mess up mess up I don't want to lose you wake up wake up this ain't just a thing that you give up give you don't you say that id be better off better off sleeping by my self and wondering if id be better off better off without you boy... "
Awesome song... Great lyrics and fabulous music... <3 <3
"(back up, back up) take another chance,
Don't you (mess up, mess up) I don't wanna lose you
(wake up, wake up) this ain't just a thing that you
(give up, give up) don't you say that I'd be
Better off better off, sleeping by myself and wondering
If I'm better off better off, with out you boy.. "
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7What if
Just listen.
It's a beautiful love song and makes me love Letters to Juliet even more. Watch the movie.. It's so cute and makes me so happy.
Love this song, the lyrics are beautiful.
One of my fave songs at the moment, worth a listen!
Her best song yet.
This song makes me smile each time I listen to it
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8You Got Me
one of the best songs I've ever heard... I first heard this in the movie letters to juliet.. and I started to loved this song... I can't help to repeat all over and over again when I'm listening in my phones mp3...
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9I Do
Okay. I don't really know what to say about this song other than the fact that it is SO catchy! I can literally grab my hairbrush, put on my pajamas, and dance for the rest of night. Anyway, I HIGHLY, and I mean HIGHLY suggest this song for anyone in the mood for a PARTY! :D
So cute! I had it stuck in my head for so effing long... Even the video made me smile :D
Its so cute. All I wanted to was dance around the room.
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Just listen it's beautiful
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11Begin Again Listen to sample
I just loved this song.. never loved a sad song before.
I love this song.. :)).. Such a melody.. My heart sank when I read the lyrics.. Colbie has so much talent... Simply adore her
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13Favorite Song Listen to sample
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15Somethin' Special
I really really really really love this song from the first time I heard it and I still love it. It's really catchy and colbie has a very nice and pretty voice. I can't express enough how much I love this song. Its awesome.
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This song is the epitome of a perfect, true and innocent love. Her voice is a perfect match for Jason Mraz. I think I broke my replay button. So beautiful that I'm crying its only number 17. Love you Caillat!
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17Break Through Listen to sample
18Magic Listen to sample
19Midnight Bottle Listen to sample
20When the Darkness Comes
I love this song, so powerful!
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Really inspirational. Needs to be in top ten.
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This song should be in the top 5 without a doubt. It's my favorite Colbie song
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23Like Yesterday
I can't believe this song isn't on the list. ITS AMAZING!
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24Breakin' at the Cracks Listen to sample
25Fearless Listen to sample
26Runnin' Around
Amazing lyrics and beat, Runnin' Around should be further up! ;)
JUST LOVE IT! Unique..
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27One Fine Wire Listen to sample
28Kiss the Girl Listen to sample
29Before I Let You Go Listen to sample
30Hold On Listen to sample
31We Both Know
Tears to my eyes
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32Think Good Thoughts
A good song to listen when you're angry.
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33Feelings Show Listen to sample
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Another View
Steven Hawthorne
Tyranny of the Immediate: Another view of Acts 1:8
by Steve Hawthorne
"Why would you want to go to Asia when there are so many needy people right around here?" So reasoned my non-Christian friend as I explained that I would be going to Thailand soon to do missions work. This was some years back, but I still remember watching the concerned expression on his face. He really thought he'd made a tremendous point. He went on in a fatherly tone, trying to calm what he felt was the farthest degree of fanaticism. He was trying to reason with me on my level and spare me years of life wasted in what he thought was the "Christian Foreign Legion." I remember listening to his words with shock. It wasn't his condescending attitude that bugged me. What really bothered me was that I realized I'd recently heard a Christian leader offer roughly the same argument for people to stay at home, at least for a while, until the neighborhood was well evangelized. It was scary to think about how many people have gotten waylaid from pursuing missions work because of supposed greater needs at home. I suppose many get sidetracked out of confusion. Some are even convinced that the biblical pattern directs people overseas only after they have taken care of the needs of their home community. Their biblical warrant for this confusion is usually Acts 1:8, where Jesus tells his disciples: will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:8 is commonly misunderstood when it's read as if it follows four stages. The idea is that these four stages serve as a priority scheme for any mission endeavor. It usually comes out "home now - nations later." The four-stage rendition goes like this: First, reach "Jerusalem." That's taken to mean the city, neighborhood or campus. Anything local will do. Second, reach "Judea," often understood as the larger city, or country, or people of the same culture. Third, reach "Samaria." Samaria is commonly read as the Samaritans, the cultural outsiders or ethic minorities on the other side of town. Fourth, reach the "ends of the earth," which is understood as anywhere outside America. This "home now - nations later" interpretation of Acts 1:8 doesn't work for many reasons. One starkly clear reason should keep us from using this verse as a blanket principle to delay ourselves and others from going overseas: Jerusalem was not these guys' home. Look at what the angels called them in verse 11: "men of Galilee." The disciples were way out of their element in Jerusalem. The local people picked them out right away on Pentecost as being Galileans, just by their accent (Acts 2:7, Matt. 26:73). Jesus actually gave them clear instructions not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait (Acts 1:4). For this group of Galileans, that meant "Don't go home." Instead, they were to stay put in Jerusalem, a mission situation far from their home. Second, Jerusalem was and is unique. We can't pretend our hometowns are anything close to being Jerusalem, the holy city of God and the hinge point of all God's dealings with His people. Jesus said Jerusalem was the geographic center of God's plan throughout Scripture and down throughout the ages: "Forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47). Finally, Acts 1:8 doesn't come to us as a command or a priority principle. It simply states how God's purposes will be accomplished down through history, we can find ourselves in this verse, but we aren't in Jerusalem and we aren't in the first century. That special place and time in God's plan is long past. We are now in the "ends of the earth." The "ends of the earth" aren't found at the farthest distance from Wheaton, IL. or Atlanta, GA. Jesus is speaking of places far away from Jerusalem. (By the way, all points in the United States are farther from Jerusalem than any place in Africa or Asia.) It's important to note that when Jesus uttered the words of Acts 1:8 He had just reviewed for his disciples God's entire plan for the world; He traced through the Old Testament and onward through history until the very end. He pictured the spread of the kingdom of God, specifying that it all had to start from Jerusalem (Luke 24:44-47). In light of the big sweep of all that God was doing for all time and for all the world, Jesus commanded them, "through the Holy Spirit" (Acts 1:2), to do the most strategic thing, which was, at that time, to launch the movement in Jerusalem. Christ leads us in the same way. He gives us the big picture of all God is doing. We have a certain freedom in the great plan of the ages to attempt to do the most strategic thing we can. But we aren't left to our own notions of what's important. You and I can expect Jesus to give us specific guidance regarding our strategic part in the Great Commission in exactly the same way: "through the Holy Spirit." Jesus' way of giving us commands can save us from two equally agonizing extremes. If someone is caught up in meeting the homeside needs when he ought to be exploring ways to serve overseas, he faces what I call the "tyranny of the immediate." Here's how it works: Close-up needs such as those in our family or home church, press in so demandingly that immediate needs begin molding life-shaping priorities. Certainly, the immediate needs are real and working to meet them is entirely legitimate. But too often, the close-up hurts and needs eclipse even greater ones an ocean away. The other paralyzing extreme is what I call "global guilt." It's a vague but debilitating anxiety that makes you fear you really aren't doing enough or that you should be living in some dangerous, dreadful place overseas. World Christians sometimes fall prey to "global guilt" because they tend to be aware of the astounding need all over the world. Adrift without specific guidance, people suffering from "global guilt" just can't believe they're enduring enough hardship to please God. It's ridiculous, of course, to consider that a tougher or more strategic role in God's work would make us any more pleasing to God, but Christians have believed stranger things. In any case, "global guilt" is a set-up for burnout at the heart level. There's a way to balance the two extremes of being caught up in local needs and being compulsively guilty about distant ones. We need to be aware of God's greater purposes and of a broad scope of needs, near and far, while striving to be in prayer so that we can best hear Jesus' specific commands for us "through the Holy Spirit." In light of God's will for the entire world, we can best sense God's will for us.
Beat the "Tyranny of the Immediate"
Of course, there are great needs all around you. What community was ever so fully saturated with gospel goodness that all Christian workers were out of business? There always seems to be more to do, but you can't assume that you're the one to do it. Here are some ways to beat the "tyranny of the immediate": Inventory close-by needs. Just how extensive are the problems and opportunities? One thing is sure: they aren't infinite. Banish the myth of the infinite need along with the silly notion that you are all alone in serving God. Take stock of all God is doing locally. You could be pleasantly surprised to discover that God is doing more than anyone realized. Keep informed about global realities. There really isn't any doubt that the needs are almost always greater overseas. Try to see any need you are meeting at home in light of an international counterpart. One lonely child in Chicago is matched by scores in Cairo. A confused university student in Denver has many like him in Singapore. A poor neighborhood near Boston looks clean and bright compared with the slums of Calcutta. Mobilize others. This is the best way to climb out of the "tyranny of the immediate." By recruiting others to help you reach your own community, you are putting your contribution into perspective: you're one servant among many. Not the first and not the only.
Escape "Global Guilt"
How do you escape "global guilt"? Reestablish you spiritual identity in Christ's love. "Keep yourselves in God's love" (Jude 21) is a good word for those suffering from the cruel deception that full-time ministry is the only way to really please God - and that somehow you get extra credit from God for doing stuff overseas. You might say that some of us are "needient" more than obedient. "Needient" people carry a lot of the weight of the world, thinking they have to overachieve meeting needs, both near and distant. Their lives are easily distorted into a compulsive frenzy of activity. Christians who are oriented to obey the God they serve rather than to meet all the needs they see may also work very hard. They often work with great sacrifice, but in response to Christ's orders. They usually report that it's a joy to labor. Think of your part as a big gift from God. Don't unwrap someone else's gift. Do only what God gives you to do. I love what the angels said: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). You would think a statement like that would have made them stand and stargaze all night, but it didn't. They began to act. That's what the rest of the book of Acts is all about - getting into action. The word about Jesus' return moved them because they knew they had a part to play in God's big plan for the entire world. They had the next step clearly in mind. They probably didn't understand too much of what Jesus meant about the "ends of the earth," but they bravely returned to the city instead of going home. And the world was never the same.
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John Carpenter has made a lot of important films, at least if you're a cult or horror movie fan. Halloween, Escape From New York, Christine, and Big Trouble In Little China are just a few of his more popular works. But there are a set of movies in Carpenter's stable of releases which I think are particularly important — and deeply upsetting.
I'm referring to Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" — a set of films which started in 1982 with the genre-defining, utterly terrifying The Thing, continued through the '80s with Prince of Darkness, and ended in the mid-'90s with the underrated, Lynchian headfuck, In the Mouth of Madness.
Reality becomes a kind of warped enemy itself
At a casual glance, the films seem to have little in common save for their director. Upon closer inspection, however, it's clear that there is a thread that runs throughout each picture. Each movie forces its characters to combat not only a visible enemy, but an unseen enemy, one which may be immune to the nature of what they believe to be reality — in fact, reality becomes a kind of warped enemy itself. And each film features characters that are physically trapped, set apart from society with no clear possibility of escape. In The Thing, it's a remote Antarctic research center, in Prince of Darkness it is a church in the middle of desolate, downtown Los Angeles, and In the Mouth of Madness, it's a small town... and perhaps the protagonist's mind itself.
But more importantly, each film's backbone is built upon a theme of "cosmic horror," a genre essentially invented by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. In a terrific breakdown of the three movies at Strange Horizons, Orrin Grey suggests that the definition of cosmic horror is best summed up in a letter from Lovecraft: "Now all my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large."
In the three Carpenter films, the protagonists fight against creatures and ideas that are not necessarily supernatural; rather they're of a nature unknown to them.
Part of the delight of watching these movies is that they also play on familiar tropes and iconic figures known so well in the world of horror, but turn them on their ear. In The Thing, the alien invader isn't a stalking creature but a human clone, in Prince of Darkness, the biblical devil is truly not of this world, and in In the Mouth of Madness, Carpenter pulls off what might be the best meta-horror trick of all time, making its villain the author of the movie itself.
"Human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large."
Many of John Carpenter's films are excellent, but these three stand out as truly inspired and original works of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror; movies that are uniquely Carpenter. Films that not only make you jump, but make you think — and leave you thinking long after the credits roll.
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To say we didn't see this coming is an understatement. But at The American Prospect, Gabriel Arana dives into what makes a gay icon--and why, against all odds, right-wing commentator Ann Coulter might have what it takes.
Lady Gaga is a gay icon partly because "she's outrageous," explains Arana to a straight friend. But there's also an element of overcoming adversity:
Escapism and aspiration are central to the diva phenomenon, and most gay icons overcame some degree of adversity. Movie producers put Garland on diet pills and made her bind her breasts; both she and Monroe struggled with drug addiction. When an old boyfriend told Lady Gaga that she would never succeed--and that he hoped she wouldn't--she reportedly snapped back, "Someday when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me!" For an ostracized group that's been handed a long list of you cannots from the get-go, these biographies offer a ray of hope: If Gaga or Whitney or Marilyn can fly over the rainbow, why, oh why can't I?
So where does Coulter come in? Conservative gays have been looking for their own "symbol of ... empowerment," explains Arana. The annual Homocon fundraiser therefore billed Coulter as "the right wing Judy Garland." Arana admits that, "as a glamorous blonde with a reputation for rabble-rousing, Coulter fits the bill in certain ways." Her "aphoristic outbursts ... [don't] sound all that different from A-list divas like Madonna ... and Cher," Arana writes, while her stilettos-and-LBD is a plus as well. At the same time, her height has exposed her to "the meme that she is really a man," like Lady Gaga.
Among prominent Republican women--and let's be honest, there aren't too many--Coulter is no doubt the best candidate to represent a group that's despised on both the left and the right. Gay Republicans can find their own version of swaggering machismo in Coulter's polemical brand. To them Coulter says, It's OK; I piss everyone off, too.
Of course, Arana points out that "a key qualification ... is missing from Coulter's gay-diva application: She doesn't support gay rights." The bigger problem, though, he says, is that at the Homocon fundraiser, "Coulter ... committed a capital crime of gay divadom: She was a buzz kill."
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A 55-year-old woman in Texas plead guilty to voter fraud on Monday for forging ballots in the 2012 primary election. The case will certainly become fodder in the defense of the state's new, restrictive voter ID law. But it shows, above all else, how completely unnecessary that law actually is.
According to an alert from the FBI (which we saw via Ryan Reilly), Sonia Leticia Solis faces up to five years in prison after her sentencing next February. She admitted that she obtained "multiple mail-in ballots by forging applications on behalf of individuals she represented to be disabled." How many votes she actually completed isn't clear, nor is the race which she was hoping to influence.
The FBI notes that the race at issue "included candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives," and that Solis was a resident of Brownsville. That puts her in Texas' new congressional district, the 34th, and means that she committed the fraud while voting in either the primary or run-off elections in that district for either party.
Solis could have had the most effect if she'd been voting in the Republican primary in the heavily-Democratic district. That race was settled by only 223 votes. So Solis would "only" have had to come up with 223 different people that were eligible to vote that didn't plan to, forge their applications and votes, and return each to the state.
And that's the closest race. Even if she'd propelled the No. 2 candidate in the primary into the No. 1 slot, there was still the run-off. On the Republican side, that was settled with a margin of 1,022 votes — five times as many applications and ballots to return. Solis didn't know the margin, of course; we only do after the fact. But that's the point: for her to have had an effect, the scale of the fraud would have had to have been massive.
If she was voting on the Republican side! On the Democratic side, eventual winner Filemon Vela won the plurality of votes in his primary by a margin of 12,423 votes — one out of every 15 voters in Brownsville. He won the run-off, mandated because he fell under the 50 percent threshhold, by a margin of 7,804. That's still probably more than Solis' vote fraud system could manage.
Texas' new voter ID law, one that took a battle in the Supreme Court to go into effect, was deemed the "most stringent" in the country. The state's argument that it isn't racist (though it screens out a heavy percentage of Latino voters) is that it filters out more Democratic voters, many of whom happen to be people of color. That's their argument for the measure. And over the weekend, it became clear that it works: the former Speaker of the House Jim Wright wasn't able to get the ID he needs in order to vote.
But all of that aside, even ignoring the math behind Solis' voter fraud, the most obvious reason that the new voter ID isn't needed is that Solis was caught. Even assuming she had a wide-scale effort to swing the election in the Republican primary, if she'd put together the 1,000 votes needed to propel the Republican candidate to the general (where she lost by 25 percentage points) — she was caught doing so. The law, as it stands, worked.
Solis' arrest isn't proof that more voter ID laws are needed. It's evidence that they aren't.
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Category Archives: Pornography
Things Which Cannot Be Unseen
The Invisible Barriers of Porn Users
MICHAEL N. writes: To my great regret, I have vast and intimate knowledge of pornography, and like one of your previous commenters, I wish I had never laid eyes on the stuff. I was a habitual user of pornography from early adolescence into my 40s. I started with magazines, then videos and from there seamlessly […]
Do Wives Drive Men to Pornography?
YOUNGFOGEY WRITES: I pointed out in a recent conversation with you that men’s pornography use must be understood in the context of the misandrist culture where it takes place. I now think I can articulate more about why I think this is so important. If we look at God’s curse on the man at […]
Pornography and Totalitarianism
DARRELL writes: One problem with pornography, and the reason it is propagated by elites, is that it tends to destroy the capacity of men for self-government. And if men can’t govern themselves they certainly cannot govern their families, workplaces and political institutions. The purpose of pornography is to create moral anarchism and produces men […]
Pornography and ‘Mockery of the Divine’
IN THIS entry, Stephen pointed out that pornography hurts a man’s ability to form and sustain relationships with women. Another reader asked for elaboration. I wrote, The more a person habituates himself (or herself) to solo sex or imaginary sex the more he is incapable of dealing with the complexities, unpredictability, disappointments and rewards of reality. But here is […]
Is Pornography Good for Men?
IN his book on evolutionary psychology and the sexes, Steve Moxon argues that pornography is benign and actually serves a useful social function. He writes in The Woman Racket: The male desire for a variety of novel sexual partners is insatiable, and for almost all men this cannot be met by actual sex. Masturbation to endlessly varying […]
“I Wish I’d Never Laid Eyes on Pornography”
MARK writes: Laura wrote in the entry about Lady Gaga: “Sexual and violent images are arousing. Young adults imitate what they see, and to a certain extent we all do. And, sure while they’re having sadomasochistic sex, they may be thinking, “This is the apotheosis of decay. I am rebelling by indulging in the […]
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Couponing for the Rest of Us
HOT $2/1 Fruttare Coupon For The First 40,000!
Make sure to hurry on over and like the Safeway facebook page to snag a hot $2/1 Fruttare coupon. Even though this is on the Safeway page, it is a manufacturer’s coupon and can be used anywhere.
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No, really, I do not believe this
believe that 3/4 might suffer from these towards the end of their lives: after all, there\’s not much else other than cancer left now that we\’ve pretty much killed off communicable diseases*.
But 75% of the entire population?
Nah, they\’re \’avin\’ a larff
*Hyperbole alert.
11 comments on “No, really, I do not believe this
1. Ah, but you’re neglecting those three important words. “and related illnesses” So what’s being measured is how successfully the health scare industry can tie in any medical condition, including athlete’s foot or a dose of the crabs, to the assumed causes of heart disease & diabetes. In which case, on current progress, three-quarters seems a very modest projection.
2. The deathrate attributed to heart attacks has been declining ever since stats on it began to be collected post WW2. We’re fatter, do less exercise and are unlikely to supplement rations with veg from the allotment. Methinks the medical, pharmacological and diet industries are not disinterested parties.
3. The medical director of the NHS produces a report that says the NHS needs another few billion a year for the next 17 years because in 17 years time 3/4 of the population will be cripples.
Yeah, right.
Being a professor and a knight doesn’t stop you making up numbers to get a bung then, does it?
Really, the medical profession is in roughly the same position as the aircraft industry in 1930. Anyone making a prediction using data from 1903 to 1930 would have looked pretty silly in 1947.
Given that the human genome was mapped in 2003, a mere 10 years ago, I don’t think I’d be predicting the rate of increase of genetic diseases like heart disease and diabetes in quite such a cavalier way.
4. this is like the statistic for prostate cancer – thanks to increased longevity most men die *with* prostate cancer; however not that many actually die *of* prostate cancer
5. ”Estimates suggest… could…” = not a ‘kin clue, but we’ve got to write something sensational to justify us having wasted taxpayers’ money.
The estimate is perhaps a little low, because everyone over the age of 21 is suffering from the effects of heart disease and many others, as their arteries lose tone, physiology changes, organs start a long process of failure, cell regeneration slows down and ultimately everyone will die of a heart attack… because that’s the way we are genetically programmed.
Yawn. Next.
Oh by the by. What happened to that AIDS iceberg and the cVJD time bomb set to have gone off around now?
And Global Warming is soooooooooo yesterday and soooooooo not happening so we need new stuff to frighten the children to do as we tell them.
6. Yes, pretty sure that both the “extrapolate to infinity” and “making shit up” fallacies are prominent here.
7. As John Brignell at NumberWatch pointed out, if 30% each of people died of heart disease, cancer and stroke, and the other 10% died of Alzheimers, then an Alzheimers cure would be spun as “new drug increases risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke by 11%, say experts.”
8. What we’ve got here is a story in a low-quality newspaper pulling a sentence out of a report it can’t be bothered to link to. And the sentence starts “Estimates suggest…” with no indication of who’s making the estimates, or on what basis.
You can read the report here. The thrust of it is that we need more nurses, because we are keeping older, sicker people alive. But on page 21 you will read:
Obesity causes damage to the cardiovascular system that remains hidden for most people until they reach older age. Estimates suggest a three quarters increase over the next two decades in the population that could be suffering from the effects of heart disease, diabetes and related illnesses as a result of rising obesity. (NHS Choices 2012) (Wang, McPherson, Marsh, Gortmaker, Brown 2011)
Oh look, the text the Telegraph has put in quotation marks is not in fact a quote at all. In the report it’s not “three quarters of the population”, it’s a “three quarters increase”.
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Egypt: Tourist Authority - Discovery of an Ancient Human Settlement
Press Release
Egypts Minister of Tourism
Egypt Update
March 20, 1998
Discovery of an Ancient Human Settlement
An American team, excavating the scattered remains of people who may the distant ancestors of the Pharaohs, has discovered what is believed to be one of the earliest human settlements in the world.
Seventy-five large oval houses, a well, and an astronomical observatory dating back to pre-historic times, were unearthed at a site called "Nabta Playa" 100 kms west of Ramses II's famous temple in Abu Simbel.
Fred Windorf, head of the excavation team, said it was the first time that intact pre-historic sites have been found in Egypt.
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Andrew eats barra burgers in Noonamah
Andrew eats barra burgers in Noonamah
Andrew Zimmern stops at Noonamah, a local watering hole in the Australian Outback. He tries a fish burger that is a regional favorite.
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There's Nothing Religious About Smuggling Endangered Monkey Meat into New York
Photo courtesy of Fondation Brigitte Bardot
Three years ago, customs agents discovered dozens of pieces of endangered baboons and monkeys hidden in a package filled with smoked fish at Kennedy Airport. (Guess huge pieces of monkey meat in fish filets are easier to spot than lead paint in kids' toys, huh?) Monkey skulls, limbs, and torsos were all discovered in the contents, which the package's owner, Mamie Manneh, apparently had shipped from Africa.
Her defense up until now was that she needed the rare, endangered primates for religious purposes. But now, according to Newsday, a judge has thrown out that defense, evidently deeming that keeping dozens of pieces of rotting, dismembered animals in your luggage was an act of bad faith—whatever that faith happened to be.
Actually, the judge, Raymond J. Dearie, merely found the defendant's plea to be "lacking in sincerity." Manneh, a Liberian Christian, claimed that members of her community ate monkey meat, especially around the holidays, for spiritual reasons, and therefore should be protected under the First Amendment. But the judge wasn't buying it.
From the AP:
"[Dearie] also noted that it didn't address the main point of the criminal charge: That she hadn't applied for the permits needed to import such exotic foodstuffs and had misled border officials about what she was shipping into the country.
Nothing in her religion, Dearie wrote, "required her to abstain from truthful completion of paperwork."
The question remains: if she wasn't going to use the dozens of monkey parts—and the 33 other pieces of animals found after her home was searched—for religious purposes, what the hell was she going to do with them?
Also, it should be noted that Manneh is already currently serving jail time for trying to run down another woman in her car.
More on Endangered Monkeys:
Monkey Business In Japan
Ah, Kipunji, We Hardly Knew You: Newly Discovered Monkey Already Threatened with Extinction
Tags: Animals | Endangered Species | Religion
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Vote For The Peace Corps at Ideablob
So many neat ideas on the web; Ideablob is a website where people with ideas for a venture can compete for $10,000 bucks every month. It is all so Web 2.0, with the jury being the website viewers. What is interesting to TreeHugger is that quite a few of the ideas are for good causes or green businesses.
When Scott Stadum was in the Peace Corps, his primary project was with the World Wildlife Fund; he worked to teach miners more environmental friendly methods of mining (non-mercury based), sustainable logging and in general environmental outreach. He tells us that most most Peace Corps volunteer projects aim to be sustainable and green; volunteers look to use the least amount of resources to accomplish the most amount of good.
Scott wants the 10K to build a Facebook app to connect Peace Corps projects around the world to Facebook users that have time, energy or resources to adopt a project. Seems like a better use of 10K than glow-in-the-dark pacifiers. So register and let's pack the ballot box for the Peace Corps at ::Ideablob
*Caveat: Ideablob was set up by a credit card company "as a tool to help small business owners and entrepreneurs." Their privacy statement says that they may use the information collected (when you register) for their own purposes.
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Is Crazy Sexy?
What is it about those nutty girls, the ones that leave a wake of chaos and drama behind them everywhere they go, that make the men swoon? begins to examine this strange phenomenon offering both real-life experiences and movie romances — they point out Natalie Portman in Garden State, but I immediately thought of Kirsten Dunst in Crazy/Beautiful. The post states:
Of course it isn't about trust. This is about lawlessness. Chaos. Escapism and unpredictability — a balls-out, soul-affirming what's-nextness that is so rare and so powerful that you completely forget to give a sh*t about consequences and personal sacrifices.
Okay, this explanation is all well and good — we get it, she's exciting, but what about all the extra baggage she brings? Obviously I don't make the connection between crazy and sexy. Do you? Please explain this to me. What is it about being a bit loony and wild that makes a guy go gaga?
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Durability Testing
What is Durability Testing?
Durability Testing is a Performance testing technique used to determine the characteristics of a system under various load conditions over time. This testing helps us to identify the stability of transaction response times over the duration of the test.
The following parameters are measured while testing for durability:
• Memory leaks
• Evaluated I/O activity levels
• Valuate database resource consumption
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I'm never apologizing for who I am.
Things were so much easier when I knew what my life was going to look like.
It was great seeing you Dad and...I'm gay.
You're a liar. You're a pathological liar.
Silver [to Adrianna]
Naomi: Isn't this amazing, Teddy?
Teddy: No, this is weird.
Teddy: Would you dance with me?
Marco: Who am I to refuse the king?
Teddy: I think I'm becoming one of those relationship people. Oh my God, I'm lame.
Silver: You are not lame. You're just a good guy who's ready to get back on the relationship burro.
Teddy: Still a horrible expression. But yeah, I think I am.
Silver: It's really great. To getting back on the burro.
Liam: I guess I'm not comfortable with the whole gay thing.
Teddy: Yeah, neither am I.
Glad I came out and all but now I have no friends.
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Isabella Calthorpe
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2009 Trinity TV Show Series, Actor - Rosalind Gaudain
2008 How To Lose Friends And Alienate People Movie, Actor - Anna
2007 Mystery!: Inspector Lynley: Chinese Walls
Season 27, Episode 13
Episode, Actor - Emily Proctor
2007 Masterpiece Mystery!: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Chinese Walls Episode, Actor - Emily Proctor
2004 Stage Beauty Movie, Actor - Lady Jane Bellamy
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Custom lettering logo "MORE"
Vykintas's picture
Hi, everyone !
I would highly appreciate any critique for this logo. It's custom lettering. What would be the possible ways to improve it?
redpushbuttons's picture
To me it looks like MORÉ instead of MORE.
Graphirus's picture
I would say the logo needs a lot of improvement. Stroke widths are inconsistent, diagonals are inconsistent as well. Take a look at the way letters are constructed and then rework your lettering. Logo, Font & Lettering Bible by Leslie Cabarga is a good source of information if you need some reading about font designing.
Vykintas's picture
Thank you both for your replies! I tried to be more consistent. I checked all the measures using a sphere as a measure tool. It would be very interesting to read the book Graphirus mentioned, but I haven't got it at the moment and the logo is a rather urgent task to do.
Is it any better now?
hrant's picture
Is it for a demolition derby? :-/
Seriously: It might very well be perfect, but that depends on what it's for.
Vykintas's picture
Well, not quite :) It's for an art and music festival in Venice.
I prepared some sketches for the client and he pick up this one.
Is'a a really free sketch, perhaps too free, but in a way it suits the festival. So my task is to vectorize it. And now I see that there might be more than one vector interpretation.
It's not an easy task for me so I would very appreciate any tips on it.
hrant's picture
I guess it's hard to know what "level" of that sketch the client actually liked: the overall with the random wispy bits, or the "core structures" that can be guessed... If it's the former (which I personally would hope) then I might suggest constructing this with hundreds of fine lines that criss-cross and jump around.
JamesM's picture
Just a random thought — the O seems to be the focal point and I wonder if it could be made larger and become kind of a picture frame for various festival-related images (paint brushes, musical instruments etc), either contained within or projecting out. Could be the same each time or could vary.
litera's picture
@JamesM: you are joking, aren't you? ;) This is already in a bad shape without any additional stuff.
@Vykintas: what's the story behind this signage? Is it just something "they liked" or is there more to it? Does it have any meaning as it is at the moment? Because first and foremost I couldn't even by being totally whacked relate this to a music festival... And especially not Venice. :) But hey that's just me. And no offence I'm just asking directly without wrapping it in nice paper. It's supposed to get you through quicker and to better result.
5star's picture
Ya I agree with hrant in keeping it raw to the sketch as possible. It reminds of my first graphic that went international ...very gestural letter shapes.
I quickly ran your sketch through Ps to punch up that line work and keep as much shading as time would allow (GO BRUINS GO) and then in Illy did a trace...
...I might of tweaked the /E/ n'stuff just a touch.
JamesM's picture
> you are joking, aren't you? ;) This is already in
> a bad shape without any additional stuff.
I had an ulterior motive. To be honest, your logo looked to me more like a logo for a machine shop than an arts festival. Sorry, but that was my reaction. So I was trying to think of ways to keep the same general treatment but add some elements to give it a look which I associate more with festivals (fun, energetic, colorful, artistic, exciting, etc.)
But I find 5stars' sketch (suggested by hrant) an interesting direction to explore. It's softer and more artistic looking. Maybe try some different media (charcoal, watercolor, etc.) Or maybe juxtapose rigid, carefully-drawn elements with hand drawn ones.
Vykintas's picture
Wow ! I didn't expect so many comments. Thanks to all of you !
@hrant : It's the « core structures » that we are interested in. But the « hundreds of fine lines » – it's really an idea ! Is it technically possible (not too complicated at least) to accomplish that in TypeTool3 ? I mean I guess technically you cannot have a line in TypeTool ?
@litera : It's something they liked :) I should have added that electronic music is going to play an important role in this festival.
@5star : Thanks for the sketch ! The core forms are really more obvious now.
And there's a technical question. Is it possible to automatically round corners in TypeTool ? Of course I would adjust and polish them after it. But automatic corner rounding would be a very good tool to get the initial impression.
hrant's picture
Well, the lines would have to have thickness. The T3 format is long dead... Which means you end up with a lot of points. But since it's a logo and not a font there are no technical limits to worry about there.
Vykintas's picture
Well, actually there are some thoughts to develop the logo into a typeface.. So perhaps it would be technically too complicated to have such a lot of points.
hrant's picture
It's doable.
Follow the links in that thread too.
BTW, what about making it look like an explosion? Like an explosion of sound.
Vykintas's picture
Hrant, it's interesting and very relavant threat you mentioned ! Explosion is also an idea. Thanks !
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Harry Potter's diary inspires self-writing blood paper
Category: Health
Published: 2nd May 2012 12:46:10
A self-writing diary in one of J K Rowling's books on Harry Potter has inspired researchers to create a paper that spells out a person's blood type.
A team from Monash University in Australia has developed a paper-based sensor that writes blood type as text.
The sensor may help non-experts to interpret the results rapidly, especially in emergency situations and during humanitarian disasters.
The study appears in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
The device works according to the so-called ABO system, classing blood samples according to A, B, AB or O types, and also spelling out whether the type is Rhesus positive or negative.
According to the system, an A or B letter indicates which antigens are present in red blood cells.
So someone who has, for instance, blood type A has A antigens, and if blood type is AB, then both A and B antigens are present.
People with O blood type have no antigens at all.
At times, people conducting blood tests at home, or even specialists in developing regions, make mistakes while interpreting a blood type test - and these mistakes may have grave consequences, the lead researcher, Professor Wei Shen from Monash University, said to the BBC.
There are places where such strips might be used, such as rapid response scenarios - battlefield casualties, automobile accidents”
"We found that more than 80% of the population… could not interpret the result even if the result from a perfectly functioned blood typing assay was presented to them," he said.
"But with a device that can spell out the patient's blood type in written text, people will know their blood type easily."
Having compared the sensor's performance with the mainstream blood typing technologies used in hospitals and pathological laboratories around the world, the team found it has the same accuracy - but it is also cheaper, faster and simpler to use.
These advantages make the sensor ideal for use in developing regions, says Prof Wei Shen.
"Studies show that errors are linked mostly to incorrect registration of the results to the blood sample, or human error," says Prof Wei Shen.
"In developing regions and remote areas, mainstream technologies are not available, and non-mainstream methods are used.
"Misinterpretation of assay results by less-trained health personnel is likely to be a major worry."
And even though the techniques behind the test are the same as conventional methods, "the major novelty is in the ease of reading the strip by spelling out the letters for specific blood types", says Dr John Brennan who holds the Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry.
"I think that there are places where such strips might be used, such as rapid response scenarios - battlefield casualties, automobile accidents, etc - where rapid blood transfusion is required.
"In such cases an unambiguous readout such as that provided by these strips would be important."
The device consists of a sensor made from a tiny piece of paper, coated with a hydrophobic, water-repellent, layer, but four "windows" are left without it, making them prone to absorb liquid.
Each area is shaped differently; for instance, one has the shape of the letter A, another - the shape of the letter B.
These areas are filled with antibodies that interact with red blood cells, making them clump together, or agglutinate, depending on the blood type.
So when a drop of blood of type A fills the area of the paper containing antibodies corresponding to that type, the red blood cells form clumps and get stuck in the paper fibres, making a letter visible - and the result remains even when the sensor is rinsed.
AB type gives red tint to both A and B-shaped windows.
Since type O has no antigens and thus does not interact with any antibodies, the researchers shaped the third window as the letter X and filled it with antibodies against A and B. They then printed a letter O in the window with red waterproof ink.
Blood types A, B and AB made the X red, eliminating the O type by literally "crossing" it out.
But if the sample is type O, the X becomes white after rinsing it with saline solution, and the red letter O remains.
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look up any word, like pussy:
very nice kind loving person. good, beautiful friend thats there till the end
person 1: I'm pretty upset.
person 2: you should talk to caila
by Will Ryan-Johnson July 24, 2008
Sometimes a flirt always a friend. Charming and intellectual and occasionally cocky. Gorgeous and has every guy fall at her feet and every girl ask her for advice. Loyal to death and honest to the point of brutality. The girl everyone wishes they either had or were.
She looks like a goddess.
>she has a heart of gold
She has the voice of an angel
>> oh that my best friend Caila
by Arielle Langley December 11, 2013
To be completely clueless and/or unknowing
Sleep is good for you
>It is?
wow your such a Caila
by Will Monroy February 21, 2008
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look up any word, like plopping:
A sexual act performed with a woman of exceeding beauty which involves having anal intercourse with her and then upon completion licking fecal matter off of one's penis. This act is only to be performed on women of exceptional beauty as it shows your overwhelming desire to be with her.
That model is so hot I would Cobalt Express her.
by D. Lafferriere September 14, 2007
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look up any word, like fluffer:
A United States Marine who is suspected to be the less famous twin brother of the goonies character sloth. Aside from causing the food shortage in most 3rd world countries he also does an outstanding job of being on light duty, eating babies, occasionally buying out the entire stock of baby ruth bars and generally sucking at life. With the I.Q. equivalent to a brick his only defense mechanism is taking off his glasses causing his eyes to go opposite directions which is intended to confuse the enemy) he then throws gloves at them. Anything that is done in an idiotic manner, with less than a normal level of common sense, or generally thought of as retarded should be referred to as "pulling a kindler"
"dude you seriously just hit yourself in the forehead with a crowbar, that's what I call pulling a kindler!"
by spam mcspamalot April 15, 2009
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look up any word, like plopping:
To manually stimulate a female to such an extent that the sound of fingers on vagina wall are heard.
"Man, bitch was wet last night! Makin' some fresh noises"
"Roof Tap?"
by Young Sween January 25, 2009
Words related to Roof Tap
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look up any word, like bae:
Zionsville's a small but wealthy town of 12,000-ish people in Indiana, a few minutes northeast of Indianapolis. We're one of the nicest towns in Indiana (though that's not really saying all that much), as well as one of the richest, with an average income of $84,000, and house price of $430,000, both way over national average. Hell, we even have a fucking Bentley dealership here.
Despite how rich people are in Zionsville, we aren't snobby or anything (cough, Carmel). It's actually really cool how people are here. When you meet someone from Zionsville, it's hard to tell how wealthy they are until you go over to their house or see their cars because they're so humble and nice. Like, both my parents are teachers, but I'm friends with doctors' kids, lawyers' kids, and CEOs' kids. Anyone can be anyone's friend here.
Most people in Zionsville are the old-money families, who've been living here for generations. They've gone to college, worked their asses off for what they've got, and pass along those virtues to their kids.
Now, yes, I know, I've been talking a lot about money. Off that subject; the people in Zionsville. The High School, besides being one of the top academic schools in the nation, is also the whitest. Out of 1800 kids, I bet like 10 are black, 50 are Asian, and we don't really have anything else here. Seriously, 98% of our town is white (NOT AN EXAGGERATION, WIKIPEDIA IT).
In short, Zionsville's a really nice place, and given the choice, I'd still live here.
Chris: Dude, I'm moving.
Will: What the fuck? Where?
Chris: Some suburb called Zionsville, Indiana.
Will: Oh, dude, I've heard of that place, it's like the whitest fucking place in the world. Like, even Russia's more diverse than Zionsville.
Chris: Yeah, dude, but it's all good, I've heard everyone's cool there, so it's not so bad.
by xCFHx January 06, 2010
Words related to Zionsville, Indiana
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Without a doubt, Zionsville is the most uninteresting place on the face of this earth. Whoever started Zionsville up should be slapped in the face twice and thrown down a flight of stares. Really, the most interesting thing that's even REMOTELY close to it is the Indy 500, and nobody even gives a shit about racing. Otherwise, it's corn, corn, old white people, suburbs, and corn.
But don't get me wrong now. I spent several years in Indiana and I made friends that are like brothers to me. I think the people are really nice there, and everything is fairly modern.
Sorry, but you can't deny it. If you can name me ONE interesting thing Zionsville has to offer it's citizens, I will personally walk up to your door and hand you a 1000 dollar check.
Guy#1: Hey man, a passed by Zionsville on the way to Chicago. Ever heard of it?
Guy#2: Heard of what?
Well there you have it. Zionsville, Indiana. I can guarantee you 99.9% of the world's population have never heard of it.
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look up any word, like fellated:
The pussy residue left on one's knuckles after fingerbanging a chick.
John: "Dude, did you bang that chick you were with last night"?
Bob: "No, but she left a thick coat of knuckle sauce that I can still smell today".
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look up any word, like cleveland steamer:
1. Bringing a friend or colleague out of a bad mood with a handy.
2. Bringing one's self out of a bad mood by masturbating.
3. Obligatory sex with one's spouse.
My boss was in a bad mood this morning, so I stroked his grumpy, and now he's all smiles.
What is she doing in there? She was probably stroking the grumpy.
Had to stroke the grumpy last night, it had been three weeks since the last time we had sex.
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look up any word, like cleveland steamer:
Vaginal politics refers to the workplace interaction with women, especially when the boss, or supervisor, is a woman. There is no gender bias in this definition, as vaginal politics effect both women and men. Often, vaginal politics involves latent sexual desires, with many hidden meanings and double entendres.
1. The organization was great to work for, the eventually the vaginal politics got to be too much after they replaced my old boss with a female.
2. My job has gotten much easier now that I'm fucking my boss. He never has me do any of the scut work.
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Shane Samole, President Emeritus
President, Shane Samole
USCT President EmeritusShane Samole is the founder of the Sidney Samole Chess Museum which houses the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Currently, World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum is temporarily closed pending relocation and we expect the Museum to reopen at another location during 2010.
Samole, is also the President of Excalibur Electronics which he founded in 1992 and has grown to become the world’s largest manufacturer of Electronic Chess.
In 2005, Ernst & Young named Samole it’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the category of Manufacturing and Distribution.
Excalibur markets over 500 different consumer products in almost every major retailer in North America. Though he says he plays a lot of games, he is particularly devoted to chess.
Be sure to check back for further details on the relocation of the Sidney Samole Chess Museum!
World Chess Hall of Fame & Sidney Samole Chess Museum (At Night)
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The Holy See
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Chapter 3
1 Therefore, holy "brothers," sharing in a heavenly calling, reflect on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
who was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was "faithful in (all) his house."
But he is worthy of more "glory" than Moses, as the founder of a house has more "honor" than the house itself.
3 Therefore, as the holy Spirit says: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice,
where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works
for forty years. Because of this I was provoked with that generation and I said, "They have always been of erring heart, and they do not know my ways."
As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest."'"
Encourage yourselves daily while it is still "today," so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.
for it is said: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice: 'Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.'"
With whom was he "provoked for forty years"? Was it not those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert?
And to whom did he "swear that they should not enter into his rest," if not to those who were disobedient?
And we see that they could not enter for lack of faith.
1 [1-6] The author now takes up the two qualities of Jesus mentioned in Hebrews 2:17, but in inverse order: faithfulness ( Hebrews 3:1- 4:13) and mercy ( Hebrews 4:14- 5:10). Christians are called holy "brothers" because of their common relation to him ( Hebrews 2:11), the apostle, a designation for Jesus used only here in the New Testament (cf John 13:16; 17:3), meaning one sent as God's final word to us ( Hebrews 1:2). He is compared with Moses probably because he is seen as mediator of the new covenant ( Hebrews 9:15) just as Moses was of the old ( Hebrews 9:19-22, including his sacrifice). But when the author of Hebrews speaks of Jesus' sacrifice, he does not consider Moses as the Old Testament antitype, but rather the high priest on the Day of Atonement ( Hebrews 9:6-15). Moses' faithfulness "in [all] his house" refers back to Numbers 12:7, on which this section is a midrashic commentary. In Hebrews 3:3-6, the author does not indicate that he thinks of either Moses or Christ as the founder of the household. His house ( Hebrews 3:2, 5, 6) means God's house, not that of Moses or Christ; in the case of Christ, compare Hebrews 3:6 with Hebrews 10:21. The house of Hebrews 3:6 is the Christian community; the author suggests its continuity with Israel by speaking not of two houses but of only one. Hebrews 3:6 brings out the reason why Jesus is superior to Moses: the latter was the faithful servant laboring in the house founded by God, but Jesus is God's son, placed over the house.
2 [6] The majority of manuscripts add "firm to the end," but these words are not found in the three earliest and best witnesses and are probably an interpolation derived from Hebrews 3:14.
3 [ 3:7- 4:13] The author appeals for steadfastness of faith in Jesus, basing his warning on the experience of Israel during the Exodus. In the Old Testament the Exodus had been invoked as a symbol of the return of Israel from the Babylonian exile ( Isaiah 42:9; 43:16-21; 51:9-11). In the New Testament the redemption was similarly understood as a new exodus, both in the experience of Jesus himself ( Luke 9:31) and in that of his followers ( 1 Cor 10:1-4). The author cites Psalm 95:7-11, a salutary example of hardness of heart, as a warning against the danger of growing weary and giving up the journey. To call God living ( Hebrews 3:12) means that he reveals himself in his works (cf Joshua 3:10; Jeremiah 10:11). The rest ( Hebrews 3:11) into which Israel was to enter was only a foreshadowing of that rest to which Christians are called. They are to remember the example of Israel's revolt in the desert that cost a whole generation the loss of the promised land ( Hebrews 3:15-19; cf Numbers 14:20-29). In Hebrews 4:1-11, the symbol of rest is seen in deeper dimension: because the promise to the ancient Hebrews foreshadowed that given to Christians, it is good news; and because the promised land was the place of rest that God provided for his people, it was a share in his own rest, which he enjoyed after he had finished his creative work ( Hebrews 3:3-4; cf Genesis 2:2). The author attempts to read this meaning of God's rest into Psalm 95:7-11 ( Hebrews 3:6-9). The Greek form of the name of Joshua, who led Israel into the promised land, is Jesus ( Hebrews 3:8). The author plays upon the name but stresses the superiority of Jesus, who leads his followers into heavenly rest. Hebrews 3:12, 13 are meant as a continuation of the warning, for the word of God brings judgment as well as salvation. Some would capitalize the word of God and see it as a personal title of Jesus, comparable to that of John 1:1-18.
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i don’t understand
Published August 9th, 2006 by Bobby Henderson
Thank you for your time,
27 Responses to “i don’t understand”
1. Captain McFeathers III says:
I have to disagree with you there. It clearly states in GotFSM (Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) that most of the things taught in science class are theories. The first one that comes to mind is gravity, which is explain in GotFSM that we know the particals are attracted but we don’t know why. So telling someone that gravity exists is a fact, but beyond that it’s really just theory.
2. Sam says:
“I have to disagree with you there. It clearly states in GotFSM…”
Even Pastafarians invoke their religious books imposing facts!!
Here’s an example: A christian thinks that the existence of god is fact. An atheist thinks that the non-existence of god is fact, when in truth, both are beliefs that are not based on proof.
However, I am an atheist because in my opinion, religion is a hinderance. Just think about that: Imagine all the things we could do if we weren’t busy worshiping some “God”, Think about all the conflict there wouldn’t have been without it, think what kind of freedom we would have, not being oppressed by religious fanatics.
I could go on forever, but i think I’ll stop here and let you people think about it for a while.
3. Matt says:
what? FSM didn’t create the Earth? well then at least the moon? what, no? but surely the stripper factory is still up there? if not, then I have nothing to live for.
4. CB says:
The word Science means “an organized body of knowledge based on observation and experiment.”
There is no way anyone could present anything to prove the Universe just happened, or big banged itself, or that God created it.
The other thing is that even if you were there at the beginning, in some way shape or form being a spectator watching the universe being created, it is only your perception. It is subjective. Once you try to communicate it, you are communicating something subjective. Even if you present evidence to someone, how they take it is subjective.
What most people take for truth is what people agree is true. So agreement is reality. If the universe were down to 1 person, whatever he believed is what would be true. As you increase the players in the game of life, it’s majority agreement that makes up truth.
Going back to perception, after you perceive something, you make a decision about it and you know it. That’s the key part of it all. So the highest truth for oneself is just knowing.
You start to walk down this road and we are talking more about philosophy–the love and pursuit of wisdom. Religion can be part of that, so long as it is honest in what it claims. Science should be the same way. Science can be dogmatic and downright fanatic. The theory of evolution for example, is just a theory. Yet we teach it in school. Kids being skitzy and not sitting still in class is a disease, which is really only a theory, yet we make billions of dollars on the drugs for it.
One writer wrote about religious fanatics. How about scientists, engineers and so forth that created nuclear missles. They are only useful in a society that craves suicide. Examples of these abound.
I don’t in the end think it’s a problem to teach that theories exist. Say the big bang or God. Go ahead and teach both. While you’re at it, throw in FSM.
5. Wench.Nikkiee says:
CB Oct 15th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
“The theory of evolution for example, is just a theory. Yet we teach it in school.”
Oh please….not again….*falls asleep*
6. Pluto says:
@ CB-
Do you have a fucking clue what you’re talking about?
Evolution is a theory, but one with evidence to back it up. I can’t disprove a god. But if there is one it’s nothing like we could imagine and, ipso facto, nothing like any of the religions say. So by that logic religion is counter science and counter Philosophy. It puts a lead round your neck. You can go anywhere you like till you pull on the leash.
Science says “Break the leash! Leave your yard! Go explore and find out for your self! Chase rabbits and sniff trees!” it’s the challenge of finding the truth that keeps the enlightened going. Because true enlightenment is about knowing you’ll never understand everything but not giving up anyway.
7. Jennyanydots says:
@ Pluto – hooray!
Just wondering, but has anybody ever been told by anyone that they “don’t believe in gravity”? That’s also only a theory…
8. B☠☠ty says:
*shakes Nikkiee’s shoulder gently*
It’s OK, I think he has gone! :D
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Your Vogue history
Blurred Lines
• 03 January 2014
• Lucy Olivier
FASHION is in a contrary mood, using "sheer" to conceal and to reveal. Contradictions abound as featherlight fabrics in virginal white blends subtlety with overt exposure.
Masculine sheers and transparent tailoring dominate, complemented by pleats, ruffles and flounces, exposed lingerie and bra-less looks. Well-placed pockets and peek-a-boo patterns also add a considered element to the mix.
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Key: Order Patellogastropoda Suborder Nacellina
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia
Taken primarily from Kozloff, 1987, 1996 p. 204 (Copyright 1987, 1996, University of Washington Press. Used in this web page by permission of University of Washington Press)
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1a Interior of shell uniformly white or faintly yellowish, without any dark markings; exterior whitish, unless it has a thin, light brown perostracum or is blackened by a deposit; apex at the end of the first one-third or slightly anterior to this; with delicate, scaly radial ribs or with threadlike striations that may have scales or beads where they are intersected by concentric growth lines (the striations are sometimes obscure, but at least a few of them should be visible when the shell is examined with the aid of 10x magnification); primarily subtidal in our region. Lepetidae
1b Interior of shell not uniformly white (it is either uniformly dark or has dark markings, such as an apical blotch, marginal band, or series of marginal streaks or spots; the only exception is Acmaea mitra, Acmaeidae, whose shell is nearly concial, with the apex close to the center); apex generally near the end of the first one-third, but sometimes considerably anterior to this, and sometimes central; radial ribs, when present, usually prominent and rather stout; mostly intertidal or shallow subtidal. 2
2a Interior of shell uniformly white; exterior white (unless coated by an encrusting coralline alga, which is usually the case); shell nearly conical, about as high as wide, with the apex close the the center; without radial ribs
Acmaea mitra
2b Interior of shell not uniformly white, exept in Niveotectura funiculata, Lottidae (it may be almost completely dark, or have an apical blotch, marginal streaks or spots); exterior rarely white, unless eroded by a fungus or abraded; shell not usually conical or as high as wide (there are exceptions); radial ribs present in some species. 3
3a Height generally about one-fourth the length of the shell (but sometimes higher); margins prominently scalloped (the places where the pronounced radial ribs meet the margin may project as points); animal white, with dark spots on the head and sides of the foot. Nacellidae:
Macclintockia scabra
3b Height generally (but not always) more than one-fourth the length of the shell; margins not so prominently scalloped that the places where radial ribs meet the margin project as points (photo); animal sometimes white, but if so, without dark spots on the head and sides of the foot (includes most limpets of our region). Lottiidae
Taxonomic Levels Represented in This Key:
Acmaea mitra
Family Lottidae
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The four (4) digit number provided by the participant on –air, recorded by the station in the official Binder and entered into the key pad on the bank vault, must match exactly with predetermined winning four (4) digit numbers that was randomly pre-selected for this Contest and that is contained in the sealed master envelope. The grand prize WILL NOT be awarded as a result of any of the following reasons including, but not limited to:
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Roentgenium: element 111
IUPAC have made a provisional recommendation about the name for element 111. To quote: "A joint IUPAC-IUPAP Working Party (JWP) has confirmed the discovery of element number 111 and this by the collaboration of Hofmann et al. from the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany. In accord with IUPAC procedures, the discoverers have proposed a name and symbol for the element. The Inorganic Chemistry Division Committee now recommends this proposal for acceptance. The proposed name is roentgenium with symbol Rg.
This proposal lies within the long established tradition of naming elements to honour famous scientists. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895."
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Chapter3, Chains of Reason
This chapter shows how reliable rules and patterns can be directly employed one at a time, or one after another, to get conclusions or further reliable rules and patterns. The question of what rules are reliable is considered in the following chapters.
Rules used to get or suggest conclusions are called implications. Just as there are methods for adding and multiplying numbers carefully, there are also methods for using implication rules by themselves to get conclusions. There are also methods for linking, threading and chaining implication rules together to get more implication rules. This chapter uses examples to explain two basic ideas:
1. how to directly use a single implication rule to get conclusions, and
2. how to link, chain or thread implication rules together to obtain or derive more rules and more conclusions.
The examples are not important (and are perhaps ridiculous) but they illustrate some rule-based methods in reason. Examples which involved real-life situations might distract from mastering these methods. That is, in real-life situations, each of us may have opinions or prejudices about what should occur. That could spoil an explanation of the use and linkage of implication rules. There is a need for neutral examples to illustrate the use of implication rules one at a time or one after another.
Arithmetic, algebra and geometry give many neutral examples for this. The examples below involve no mathematics. Bon Appetite.
Conclusions From a Single Rule
Direct and Indirect Usage
Pretend the following implication rule is never disobeyed.
Each time Suzy the cat is on the ground and Suzy sees a dog, Suzy climbs a tree and stays in it for at least five minutes.
Direct Usage
What can we say for sure when Suzy the cat sees a dog? One possible answer is that Suzy the cat stays in a tree for at least five minutes. Another possible answer is that Suzy the cat climbs a tree. A more complete answer is that Suzy the cat climbs a tree and stays there for at least five minutes. Each of these answers or conclusions is correct. The last conclusion or result is fuller and more complete than the others. It gives more information. Which answer or conclusion is wanted here depends on who is interested in what. When many conclusions are possible, we state only those conclusions of interest to us. We do not have to state the most complete conclusion. The choice is ours.
Indirect Usage
What can you say for sure if Suzy the cat has not climbed nor stayed in any tree for at least five minutes? To check your answer, you might have to remember or revisit the questions in the chapter Implication Rules. But you should do this after you have read the following words.
Linking and Chaining Two Rules Together
The examples below and in the next page show how to chain, link or connect implication rules to get information and conclusions. The examples in themselves are not important. The information in them is silly. But these examples just show how to put implication rules together. So read on, with patience.
• Every time Suzy the cat climbs a tree, it gets stuck in the tree
• Every time Fred the dog visits the park in which Suzy the cat lives, Suzy climbs a tree.
By linking or chaining these implication rules, we can make three conclusions:
1. Whenever Fred the dog visits the park where Suzy the cat lives, Suzy climbs a tree.
2. Whenever Fred the dog visits the park where Suzy the cat lives, Suzy gets stuck in a tree
3. Whenever Fred the dog visits the park where Suzy the cat lives, Suzy climbs a tree and gets stuck.
Each of these conclusions is correct. Each conclusion gives a new implication rule which we could use in our reasoning process. The third implication rule is the most informative. It contains the most information. When we view each correct conclusion as a possible destination for our reasoning process, we may sometimes select our destination.
Putting Several Rules Togethe
We can chain or link not only two but also several implication rules together. This sometimes yields useful, new information. As an exercise, we ask the question: What happens whenever Fred the dog visits the one-tree park? Several answers are possible. Some have more details than others. All are correct. To answer the question, assume or pretend the next five implication rules are never disobeyed. Further, assume that Suzy the cat lives in the one-tree park.
1. When Suzy the cat climbs the tree in the one-tree park, Suzy gets stuck in the tree.
2. Each time Fred the dog visits the one-tree park, Suzy the cat climbs the tree.
3. Every time Charles the human visits the park, Charles sits on a bench for one hour.
4. Whenever a cat climbs the tree in the one-tree park, the five birds living in the tree fly around in the park.
5. Each time birds fly around in the park, sensible worms go underground.
All the information has been stated. We start our reasoning process. That is, we will answer the question: What happens whenever Fred the dog visits the one-tree park?
To answer the question, suppose or assume Fred the dog visits the park. Then from the implication rule (2), we see that Suzy the cat climbs a tree. Next, from the implication rule (1) we see that Suzy the cat gets stuck and from the implication (4) we see that birds fly around the park. Finally from the implication (5), we note sensible worms go underground.
We could list all that occurs when Fred the dog visits the park. Or, we could state only those results of Fred's visit to the park which are of most interest to us. The choice is ours. For instance, one of our possible conclusions follows:
If Fred the dog visits the park then sensible worms go underground.
This conclusion is not of interest unless you are a fisherman (or woman) looking for worms, sensible or not, for use as bait. The conclusion selected and stated here hides the reasoning process. That is, it hides the chain of implications leading to it. Our last conclusion does not mention the intermediate events where a cat climbs a tree and birds fly around the park.
The long path by which we get conclusions shows that implication or rule-based thinking can lead to surprising results. These surprising results are true if the initial implications are also true.
In the long path by which we got the conclusions, the information in the third implication (3) about Charles the human is not used. The conclusion we reached is independent of implication (3). In fact, without further information, I see no way of linking the rule about Charles with the other rules. The third rule is extra information. It can be ignored.
In answering questions, we often have extra information. Indeed, you can imagine the five rules given above are stated in random positions among a list of twenty, or hundred and twenty rules. An answer to the question
What happens when Fred the dog visits the one-tree park?
now depends on finding the rules in the list which can be used. This is a game of hide and seek. So we have to be selective, observant or fussy in deciding or seeing what information leads to our conclusions.
The scenery or route by which a conclusion is reached may contain as much useful information as the conclusion itself. A conclusion may contain a fraction of the information we could have stated or written. Being aware of the route or proof by which a conclusion is attained will sometimes suggest how more conclusions can be reached. This awareness is often more important that any conclusion we state because it allows us to state more conclusions, as needed.
Mathematics students take note. Remembering the route taken in solving a problem is worth more to the development of skills than remembering the solution.
Deductive, Inductive or Empirical Reason
Deductive reason uses or chains together supposedly (or preferably) never-disobeyed implication rules to suggest, to make or to reach conclusions. See the examples above. The implication rules in question may come from assumptions. The assumptions may be tentative.
The phrase inductive reason has one role in mathematics and another outside of mathematics. To induce (or induct) literally means to draw or extract. When you see a rule or pattern that no one has suggested, you are extracting or drawing that pattern from your observations. This process of recognizing rules and patterns that may hold, accidentally or not, is called inductive reasoning. Inductive reason outside of mathematics refers to the identification and recognition of rules and patterns from data and observations. Here rules and patterns may hold accidentally.
Reason which relies on a single or several, experience-found, rules and patterns to arrive at conclusions is called empirical. The underlying problem of inductive, empirical reason is to extract (infer, draw, induct or identify) from experience, in particular, data and observations, rules and patterns not satisfied merely by accident and which appear to be reliable. Self-deception needs to be avoided here.
Inductive reason inside mathematics refers to another process, namely, the extraction or drawing of conclusions from ladder-like chains of reason. See the next chapter for a more precise image or explanation. The rules or assumptions here are usually so certain, that we deliberately ignore the experience-based origins of mathematical reason.
Criteria for the recognition of reliable, non-accidental rules and patterns are described later in chapter 16, Origin of Rules and Patterns .
Selby A, Volume 1A, Pattern Based Reason, 1996.
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Knowing if a cow or heifer is pregnant can determine your bottom line, and thus is important to your breeding operation. Open cows, or non-pregnant cows, are considered free-loaders because they get away with eating the feed you give them but give nothing in return. These cows can hurt your pocket book, and the sooner you get rid of them, the better. Thus, knowing if a cow is pregnant or not can determine whether that cow is worth keeping until she calves, or if she should be culled and sold as soon as possible.
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Watch them after they've conceived. After breeding season or after your cow[s] or heifer[s] have been Artificially Inseminated, watch your cows for any signs of estrus for the next 45 days. If any of the females have not gone into estrus, first ~21 days after being bred then another ~21 days later, then they are most likely pregnant.
• If any of your females do come into heat during this period of time, then they're open or not pregnant.
• You can also tell if a cow or heifer is pregnant by seeing if their belly grows or not, especially during late gestation.
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After 45 to 120 days have passed, get them in to the vet or in a handling facility (if you have one on your farm), to get them preg-checked.
• There are four (4) different methods to preg-check cows, in order of the cheapest and most commonly used to the most expensive and less used for cattle producers:
1. Rectal Palpation
2. Blood Test
3. ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) test
4. Ultra-sound
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Record the tag number, name, if the cow or heifer is bred or open, and how far along she is. Any females that are open should be culled, because they will only bring down any profits you intend on making next year at weaning time.
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Release the female that has been tested on and move on to the next one.
Add your own method
• Use the best preg-checking method that is recommended by your vet or what is accessible to you.
• The best time to sell cull cows is when they are confirmed open, or even when a cow that has been on the short-list for a period time does come up bred. Bred cows sell for more than open ones.
• Check all of your heifers and cows, no matter if you are positive that a particular female is open or not.
• Heavy-pregnant cows are quite easy to spot because they look like big barrels with a head and four legs.
• Some preg-checking methods, like rectal palpation, blood testing and the ELISA test, can produce false results.
• The ELISA test is more prone to results coming up as false positives or false negatives, especially if some of the steps in the test are not followed to a T.
• Blood testing can produce unreliable results if test were accidentally swapped or if an inadequate blood sample was collected.
• Rectal palpation can also produce false results if the person carrying out the procedure is not experienced enough and/or does not know what to feel for.
• False heats when a cow or heifer is pregnant is rare, but can occur occasionally. This is why double-checking with the methods mentioned above is highly recommended to do.
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Google Maps / Duncan Barclay
MapsTD, where the "TD" stands for Tower Defence, is a game which tasks you with defending a location on the planet from angry, violent map markers.
After inputting a location, four paths will be traced to a home point, which you must defend from increasingly-intense floods of monsters. You do that by placing down towers that have varying stats for price, range, damage and speed. By killing monsters, you get cash, which you can use to buy more towers, which can kill more monsters, and so on, just like any other tower defence game.
Towers can be upgraded to increase certain stats, and can also be sold if you put one in the wrong place. As you progress through the levels, additional routes If you complete 50 rounds, then you win, and you can try it with another location (or just keep playing in the location you're in).
It's the creation of coder Duncan Barclay, who put it together in Javascript using the Google Maps API, and Mootools. You can find his website, and see other projects he's worked on, over at
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Adverb: diligently di-li-junt-lee
1. With diligence; in a diligent manner
"we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint"
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Noun: Westminster 'west,min-stu(r)
1. A borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
- City of Westminster
Type of: borough
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In World of Warcraft, normal have a several number of meanings:
1. A player's default condition. When a character spends time at an inn or in a city, the character's condition changes to rested. When the player uses up all of the bonus "bubbles" acquired while resting, the player's condition changes back to normal. When in normal condition, the player's experience bar will be colored purple.
See also Rest.
2. A type of realm, which is also called PvE.
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02-21-2007, 08:38 AM
Ok got a question about all the missions where youre taking out the leader of the gangs. When you do this, there are many many!! enemies all around them. Now what i'm curious about is, do all the enemies around the gang leaders respawn infinitly untill you actually kill the gang leader, or can you just kill them all till there gone, and then focus on the gang leader one on one.
I ask this because the times that i've killed the gang leaders so far, i try to kill all the enemies so i can just focus on the leader, but it just seems like they keep coming and coming and coming. I just want to find out for sure if i should be trying to kill them all or if they'll just keep respawning.
If anyone has the answer to this question, i'd appreciate it
Thanks in advance
02-21-2007, 09:57 AM
I know in the demo when taking down Violetta Sanchez that if they set the alarms off more enemies will run out of the buildings to take you on. I've certainly been able to kill all the surrounding enemies and faced the boss one-on-one by the nightclub in the demo though (can't remember his name I'm afraid). Some may have respawned after I killed him though, I can't quite remember.
02-21-2007, 11:57 AM
actually, when you take out all the enemies, they don't respawn infinately. at some point, there will be no more... i even think, that if you kill some, then are killed by them, respwan and come back to the area, there are only as many remaining as were still alive when you were killed.
also, when you kill the boss and go back to a supply point, the next time you come back to the boss area, all enemies (regardless of if you killed them or not) are gone and police are patrolling
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The Blind Spot
The Blind Spot
Let’s say you really wanted something: a house, a new suit for that big interview or to pay for college for one of your kids. Maybe you wanted to (ahem) invest in a coaching program. You set your sights on it. You wrote intentions. You were sure you were going to find the money to do what you wanted.
But it didn’t show up.
What the heck is that all about? I’ll tell you–and this can change your life. (It changed mine!)
You can’t have the desire for something without the means to achieve it in your life. You just can’t see it yet. You have a blind spot. The means to what you desire shows up as an opportunity, not by a check handed to you just because you really, really wished for something.
That blind spot prevented you from seeing an opportunity that was probably right in front of you to make the money you needed to do/buy what it is you wanted so desperately. Don’t blame yourself; it happens to every single one of us.
Blind spots come from your subconscious. It’s a part of you that is programmed to stay the same. Why? Because changing too much scares the crap out of it. And well, you know the old adage, “The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t!” So the subconscious likes it when you play small, don’t change, keep things status quo. Even if you don’t like where you are, your subconscious tells you that change is scary and change is threatening—stay where you are.
Here’s how it happens. Your subconscious belief systems were essentially “dumped” into your subconscious when you were a little kid by what you were told growing up. Don Miguel Ruiz calls it the “story” you are told about who you are and what your values are. This “story” can really be the most powerful part of you when it comes to seeing opportunities. It literally becomes the lens through which you see the world. Your belief that money is hard to come by or that you’ll never find the love of your life is wired somewhere in you–and that is what you see! That is the reality your subconscious tells you to see.
But the actual reality is actually quite a bit different.
Have you ever had the experience of watching a scenario play out in front of a couple of people and each person sees it differently? Both people are guided by their subconscious to see things that support their own belief systems. It sounds crazy right?
Here’s the crazier part: Napoleon Hill says, opportunity is often “disguised as misfortune or temporary defeat. That’s why so many people can’t see it.” Oooh. A simple example is not getting a job you thought you wanted because a better one was waiting for you.
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'Survivor: Caramoan's' Corinne Kaplan: Talking bad about Phillip is 'like yelling at a handicapped person'
corinne-kaplan-survivor-caramoan.jpg Corinne Kaplan became the first "Survivor: Caramoan" castaway to be voted off once the two tribes merged. She tells Zap2it that she's disappointed not to have made the jury and that she thinks there's something seriously wrong with Phillip.
Are you glad you came back to "Survivor"? Was it what you expected the second time around?
"I knew that it was never gonna be as good as the first time ... I don't regret playing again. You're making new memories and you can't ever be mad at that, whether they're good or bad memories."
You forebodingly said at Tribal that the Favorites were just waiting to get punched in the face -- did you feel like you got punched in the face?
"You know, when I said that, I said that because ... I started to feel very uneasy at that Tribal about my own position. I felt like something was up. When I said that, I was really referring to myself. I actually did know something was wrong. I didn't know it was going to be me, I was more worried it was going to be Malcolm."
Malcolm was a "Favorite," but none of you returning players knew him yet -- what made you gravitate towards him?
"Easy. He's the only person that didn't have an ego. All the other players thought they're the stars of their season, so they all have these crazy, inflated egos. Phillip is bad, but they're all bad. They think they're super-stars. They could compare how many Twitter followers do you have, or all these dumb side projects they're working on, other shows they want to do. IT's sickening. The only person who wasn't doing that was Malcolm ... I loved him for that. It was the reason I knew, no matter what, once we went to the fans I was probably going to work with the fans because they were in the same boat. A certain naivete -- really playing the game to make the memories. The other guys were out there doing ridiculous things for camera time. it makes me ill."
Is Phillip really as crazy as he seems on TV?
"He's much, much, much worse. He is ... legitimately, I can honestly tell you -- I have trouble saying bad things about him because it's like yelling at a handicapped person. There's something wrong with him. His delusions of grandeur, it's a real symptom of some illness. Something is happening. Mentally, there's something wrong there ... something is legitimately wrong with him."
When you were voted off, who did you think stood the best chance of going all the way?
"I kind of though -- obviously when you're a vocal player, it poses a problem. I thought some of the non-vocal players would make it. Maybe Brenda had the right idea by never speaking or Erik, by having no strategy. All these things that I would never do. I don't know, when someone says to you five minutes before Tribal, 'We're gonna vote Corinne,' you don't say, 'Well, why?'
You're gonna be the swing vote, but you didn't ask why they're voting me? Don't you care? Don't you want to know why you're turning on your alliance? Seriously, you don't even ask why? So those people, maybe. My game play clearly got me voted out, so I don't have the playbook. I don't know what to do. Because my instinct is to do what I was doing."
Were you rooting for anyone in particular?
"I was very upset that I didn't get on the jury because that was my goal going in ... even if I'm the first jury member, if I'm just on the jury. I felt horrible that I had maybe taken away Malcolm's shot at the million. I didn't want to be responsible for Malcolm not getting that, 'cause I loved Malcolm. So, if there's anybody I'm rooting for, it's clearly Malcolm. I hope he can pull it off."
Would you go back on "Survivor" again, if asked?
"Yeah, if my job would let me go. My job is much more important to me than being on a reality show. It is the adventure of a lifetime, no matter how many times you play ... For me, it's job first, but if the job would let me go, I would do it."
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From: Don Winterstein (
Date: Mon Mar 24 2003 - 18:07:24 EST
• Next message: bivalve: "Re: YEC and interpretations (was: Re: asa-digest V1 #3214)"
Michael Roberts wrote:
>If catastrophic plate tectonics be correct, at what speed did the Indian
>subcontinent impact into Asia to form the Himalayas. Are there any
>physicists who can work out the momentum and kinetic energy in India and
>what energy was dissipated at impact. Also what would be the effects on the
>surrounding regions?
>If the impact took place during the Flood India must have been sailing at
>the rate of several knots.
Allen Roy wrote:
>Paleomagnetic data can be reconciled within a young earth
> framework and global noahic flood with catastrophic plate tectonics and
> rapid geomagnetic reversals.
I was hoping Allen was going to shed some light on this problem. Plate tectonics data and data on the Devonian reefs of Alberta constitute perhaps the two best data sets a minimally informed scientist might use to convince an open-minded YEC that the world is not as young as he thinks. If plate tectonics data are no longer useful for this purpose, I'd like very much to know why.
Allen has not responded, and I can understand why no one has taken up Michael's challenge: Plate tectonics is very messy science, and your average physicist would not touch it with a ten-foot pole. Consequently, I've taken it upon myself to do a Creation Research interpretation of plate tectonics. Perhaps Allen would be so kind as to tell me whether I'm on the right track or not.
First, a brief sketch of fundamentals: Hot, viscous rock wells up at a spreading zone such as a mid-oceanic ridge. The rock is rigid enough to apply pressure on surrounding solid rock and thus pushes the solid rock away. (Other forces driving the rock are no doubt also at work.) The solid rock is an integral part of a plate that can extend for many hundreds of kilometers. At the far side of such plate is a second plate. Where the first plate comes in contact with the second plate, it often dives under it, creating a subduction zone that, from the friction of rock on rock, causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
My objective is to show how the phenomena associated with plate tectonics could have happened in, say, a year's time instead of a hundred million years or so. The first requirement is to get the process to drastically speed up relative to its current sub-snail's pace. One might suppose we could speed up the process by having the hot rock at the spreading zone well up much faster. A problem is that such rock is already not far below its melting point, so if we tried to speed it up, it would soon liquefy, flow as liquid lava and cease to exert any force on the plate. The plate presumably would slow down.
Minor detail, says the true Creation Researcher. God can simply put a few billion strong angels to work pushing the plates, and the molten rock would just fill in the space behind them. But what about the subduction zone? When plates collide at very high speed, the resulting friction would cause huge volumes of rock to liquefy. Easily solved: Get a few billion more angels to circulate water through it, water that would be readily available from Noah's world-wide flood. While the angels are pushing the plates, God would be sitting there playing with the Earth's magnetic field, making its polarity reverse perhaps every week or so and thus causing the observed magnetic striations. Meanwhile, several billion very intelligent angels would be going around to all the lava flows in the world, including those from the spreading zones, speeding up the rates of radioactive decay in just the right way so as to make the rocks appear progressively much older than their true age the farther they are from the spreading zone.
One of the important observations of sea-floor spreading is the systematic increase in ocean-floor depth away from the spreading zone, an increase that is rather precisely accounted for by thermal contraction of ocean-floor rock. To take care of this, God would simply assign a few billion more angels to cool off the rock at faster than the normal rate (by circulating water again?) so that we get the observed depth dependence.
So I think I've accounted for the major observations in a fairly simple and elegant way. If anyone thinks this would take too many angels, well, God could just make more, couldn't he? The problem I still have with this theory, however, is that I can't understand why God would go to this trouble. But, as the Psalmist says, who can understand his ways?
So, Allen, is this the sort of theory you were thinking of? Have I overlooked anything important?
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Re: Fly Gene
From: Jim Armstrong <>
Date: Sat Jun 04 2005 - 23:55:22 EDT
Right on! I actually wrote and then deleted a statement to the effect of
the first sentence in your second paragraph. I deleted it because I too
realized I could not make the case to everyone's satisfaction. But at
the end of the day, I think you and I lean in somewhat opposite
directions on these matters. JimA
Terry M. Gray wrote:
>> In case you missed it, here's a potentially explosive headline, from
>> yesterday's Arizona Republic:
>> <>Fly
>> study points to master gene directing its sexual behavior
>> It looks to me that this has the makings of real conflict for those
>> who are certain that sexual preference and behavior are elective,
>> particularly when based on some pretty explicit scripture references.
>> There is some strong inference, some correlation evidence, and some
>> pretty decent (coherent) working hypotheses that up 'til now just
>> formed a tentative framework that anticipated this discovery. But
>> this appears very likely to be the missing genetic piece of the
>> puzzle - and unexpectedly focused on a single gene (at least in this
>> case).
>> JimA
> While it is often believed that behavior which is genetically
> fallenness.
> The implicit assumption behind Jim's point is that if some behavior is
> genetically determined that it's not sinful. If you accept this
> consequences of sin run very deep in our world.
> TG
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Re: [asa] BioLogos - Bad Theology?
From: Nucacids <>
Date: Fri May 29 2009 - 08:39:34 EDT
"If natural selection is present (and genetic drift might actually be
enough here), as is the case with pre-adaptation, co-option, exaptation, or
whatever people are calling it these days, then calculating the probability
of the combination as the product of individual probabilities is completely
off target."
Shameless plug:
BTW, preadaptation does change the whole picture. For example, consider the
transformation of a bacterium into a mitochondrion (endosymbiotic theory).
A big hurdle here occurs after bacterial genes are moved to the host's
nucleus. How do we get all the various proteins, now made in the cytoplasm,
back into the developing mitochondria? To get into the mitochondria,
mitochondrial proteins currently have a "password" on the front of the
protein that allows them to gain entry via a mitochondria protein channel.
Well, one study recently determined that anywhere from 5-15% of E coli
proteins already have this "password" for entry into the mitochondria. In
fact, when one E. coli protein was expressed in yeast, it was moved into the
cell's mitochondria. Thus, a significant chunk of bacterial proteins are
preadapted for entry into the mitochondria and the hurdle doesn't look so
big anymore.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry M.Gray" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] BioLogos - Bad Theology?
> Cameron,
> ends up without question with virtual impossibility. This is
> flagellum. But no evolutionist that I know thinks that evolution
> occurs like this. The current functional biological form may well be
> irreducibly complex. But that fact tell us little about its history or
> origin. As the coin flip has the same probability in each of three
> successive steps, so does the building of a binding site. If producing
> the first mutation is within the realm of plausibility as Behe admits,
> then the next mutation required has close to the same probability. If
> natural selection is present (and genetic drift might actually be
> calculating the probability of the combination as the product of
> individual probabilities is completely off target.
> I have never heard anyone seriously advocate for the production of the
> original cell or of any molecular machine via chance alone that would
> allow you to calculate probabilities the way you are suggesting. Many
> of the steps would involve physical-chemical process that would be in
> the category of "necessity"--for example, compartmentalization due to
> spontaneous membrane formation due to the presence of amphipathic
> first to admit that we don't know how the first cell arose. Some of
> the recent genetic evidence suggests that there might have been
> genetic systems prior to cells. I have no idea how to calculate the
> probability of the first cell forming and I don't think anyone else
> does either. For all I know it may be very easy and we're just not
> seeing it. If we figure it out, we will think it's easy and we'll
> wonder what took so long.
> Any historically contingent event would be most likely be near
> impossible via similar probabilistic arguments. What is the
> probability of my particular genetic composition predicted from even a
> couple of generations ago? A particular sperm and egg. A particular
> group of independently assorted chromosomes. A particular set of
> recombination events. A particular set of parents and grandparents.
> The particular me is infinitely improbable. Yet here I am (knitted in
> my mother's womb and fearfully and wonderfully made--continuing the
> argument for God's involvement in all the steps).
> As for your other questions:
> (for reasons everyone gives) and have used that label long before it
> became popular. I think I gave some definition/description in my
> Darwinism) describes in terms of secondary causes (detectable via
> can't live without it myself).
> to the exclusion of an evolutionary explanation. I don't see it and I
> don't see any reason to fight with atheistic evolutionists on the
> basis of scientific claims. Of course, we don't know the whole story
> and, of course, what we think today will be different tomorrow--that's
> the way science works. I'm open to design in principle; although the
> way I see it actually working is that we simply stop in trying to
> the world is" (much the way Dawkins thinks about "why the laws of
> nature are what they are"). Theologically, I would understand "the way
> the world is" to be a claim about how God created the world. Dawkins
> thinks it's a stupid question. I'm not sure that design would function
> scientifically for me other than to suggest that further investigation
> is unwarranted and fruitless (especially if the designer is God; if
> the designers are LGM then perhaps we can eventually learn what they
> premature science-stopper. Now the fact of the matter is, if God
> created some parts of the universe in such a way as to prevent a
> further explanation of their components or origin, then we will be
> banging our head against the wall if we try to find them. Perhaps
> so and I think there is lots of interesting ideas to try out and
> develop given the broad strokes that we have in place as of now. And,
> for what it's worth, to me the fact of macroevolution (common
> ancestry, for which I think there is nearly indisputable evidence--
> although clearly, smart people disagree with me) does tell us
> something about whether we should expect to discover the mechanism.
> evolutionary explanation. I have pleaded for years--it's now turning
> into decades--for a united front against the atheists on the basis of
> philosophical, religious, and worldview issues. I can join arms with
> Phil Johnson and Mike Behe and Bill Dembski. I can even join arms with
> Henry Morris and Duane Gish and Ken Ham to resist philosophical
> naturalism and atheistic materialism. BUT THEY WON'T HAVE US. ID (and
> YEC) insists on being anti-evolutionistic. The only way to critique
> the worldview seems to be to critique the science. But most of us find
> nothing wrong with the science. When he's on track and keeps to the
> biology, Richard Dawkins is brilliant. Stephen Jay Gould was
> extraordinary in his discussions of evolution. Of course, they didn't
> always agree with each other, but they are both great writers and
> spokespersons for evolutionary science.
> of Atheistic Naturalism. But that's philosphy, religion, and
> worldview. And that's what we must resist in the classroom. Why resist
> evolutionary science? Why even "teach the controversy" (we don't do it
> anywhere else--elementary and secondary science education teaches the
> current consensus, perhaps a decade behind--it always has--my
> professors in graduate school once explained that the difference
> between undergraduate courses and graduate course was that "we lie to
> you less"). It has little or even nothing to do with evolutionary
> that if science explains then God is not involved. All the IDers I
> know would deny that, and I'm glad for that. Perhaps I should be more
> generous, that if they can show that science doesn't explain
> everything then atheism loses its claims and so via this wedge,
> religion can be restored to its rightful place in the public square.
> It's a misguided project, personally, I think it has set the
> doubt, perhaps they actually believe that the current theory is
> scientists who are fully sympathetic with their philosophical,
> religious, and worldview disposition, let alone the broader scientific
> community.
> deal with an evangelical laity that is largely informed today by ID
> and YEC perspectives. Church leaders don't have to take evolution
> seriously because Mike Behe said in Darwin's Black Box and Phil
> Bible, you've been hoodwinked by the prevailing views among
> see Jerry Coyne rant about Francis Collins and Denis Lamoureux borders
> on the hilarious. These guys are dyed in the wool evolutionists. Give
> them a biology classroom and they're going to teach exactly what Jerry
> Coyne does. But to hear Phil Johnson call these same people
> accommodationists, deceived by the academic community, that our view
> is vacuous (yes, I'm still stinging from that one from 1994, although
> it was clear to me even then that it said more about him than about
> me), is equally hilarious. I'm extremely conservative in my theology--
> you'd never guess it from my critics.
> pointing out the illegitimate use of science in the defense of atheism?
> need to be as bold with our religious views as he is. But that doesn't
> mean we have to change the science. Mentioning these religious options
> in the public school science classroom has the advantage of clearing
> the air with respect to science as science rather than science as a
> propaganda tool in the hand of one or the other religious perspective.
> Whether that's possible in today's litigious and heated climate
> remains to be seen.
> TG
> On May 28, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Cameron Wybrow wrote:
>> Terry:
>> Testing me, are you?
>> Well, assuming that you want the coin tosses treated as independent
>> of heads and tails, the probability is exactly the same on any
>> single flip. So, if we are talking about the fifth coin flip in
>> isolation, the fact that four heads have come up previously is
>> that would be the case even if we knew that there had been a million
>> consecutive heads previously.
>> But that isn't the whole story. Probability theorists still can ask
>> the question: in advance of flipping any coins, what is the
>> probability of flipping five heads in a row? This is not the same
>> as asking what is the probability of the fifth coin being a head,
>> given that you already have four heads. You are in a different
>> position as knower in each case.
>> The probability of flipping five heads in a row, given no knowledge
>> The probability of flipping 64 heads in a row, given no knowledge of
>> larger than the number of all the grains of rice in China, according
>> to the old legend about the sage and the chessboard.
>> It is the latter sort of probability, the probability of achieving a
>> given sequence, that is relevant in the ID-Darwinism debate.
>> Evolution, if it is to occur by wholly Darwinian means, is limited
>> by natural selection constraints (not to mention genetic and
>> physiological constraints) to a certain set of sequences. The
>> mutations can't occur in just any old order. To make a crude
>> application from coin-flipping to mutations (which is of course
>> inadequate), of all the 32 possible sequences of heads and tails, it
>> might be that only the sequences HTTTH and HTTHT could produce a
>> bacterial flagellum -- all the other sequences either producing no
>> effect or the wrong effect or producing dead bacteria -- so that
>> there would be only a 1/16 probability that the flagellum could be
>> produced by chance. But of course the numbers we are talking about
>> are many orders of magnitude larger than that.
>> Of course the application of probability theory to biological design
>> mean-spirited criticisms of the use of probability theory in ID (and
>> admirable polite tone). But according to some calculations, the
>> numbers one comes up with when one tries to explain the origin of
>> the first cell by chance (or, mutatis mutandis, the origin of a
>> flagellum or some other complex system from chance) are so
>> astoundingly large that the hypothesis amounts to an expression of
>> religious faith in the power of chance. And why should scientists
>> have a religious faith in the power of chance? Why is faith in the
>> power of chance "scientific", whereas discussion of a designer
>> (which on the face of things is the more rational answer to the
>> question how life originated) "unscientific"? The insistence that
>> *any explanation, no matter how improbable or how lacking in
>> empirical evidence, is better than a design explanation*, puts
>> "origins scientists" in the odd position of having to be irrational
>> in order to prove that they are scientific. Odd, don't you think?
>> the post to which you refer, I am interested in hearing your view on
>> whether Ted Davis has correctly defined TE, and on whether ID and TE
>> are compatible, if Ted Davis's definition is employed. And I am
>> interested in hearing whether you agree with me that there is zone
>> of overlap between some versions of ID and some versions of TE. I
>> am interested in establishing a common front against Dawkins etc.
>> which allows ID and TE people to work together based on their
>> agreements, but some TEs seem determined to draw attention as much
>> as possible to disagreements between ID and TE, and seem to find ID
>> almost as objectionable as the position of Dawkins. What I like
>> about Ted Davis's definition is that it allows individual ID and TE
>> people to disagree with each other over various questions, but does
>> not require them to do so. Ted's definition of TE is a non-
>> polarizing definition. I wish more TEs would clearly embrace it.
>> Cameron.
>> <
>> >
>> To: "ASA" <>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:11 PM
>>> Cameron,
>>> A simple statistics question for you...
>>> In a coin flipping experiment, if you flip a coin four times and
>>> it turns up heads each time, what is the chance of getting heads
>>> on the next flip?
>>> address points 4-6 with this question. I'm quite intrigued by your
>>> Calvin questions--I'll see what I can come up with.
>>> TG
>>>> Terry:
>>>> Thank your for your thoughtful reply. I cannot do justice to all
>>>> namely Ted Davis and George Murphy, would agree with you
>>>> God's control and determination". I think they would explain this
>>>> in terms of quantum indeterminacy, i.e., that since there is
>>>> indeterminacy within the laws of nature, there would be no
>>>> apparent violation of those laws in the minute changes by which
>>>> God might guide evolution. God's interventions would be
>>>> indistinguishable from chance events.
>>>> "snuck in" somewhere so as to guide evolution without flagrantly
>>>> upsetting the normal paths of nature, I suppose "quantum
>>>> indeterminacy" is as good a way as any.
>>>> position of witnessing evolutionary "events" as single items.
>>>> string of evolutionary events stretching over thousands or
>>>> millions or tens of millions of years. In this situation, the
>>>> question whether a given mutation was caused by God or chance is
>>>> not really a useful question. It is the overall direction of a
>>>> series of mutations that is important.
>>>> currently nowhere near able to determine, e.g., that it would
>>>> take 1,000 mutations to turn a lizard into a bird, with those
>>>> mutations having to occur in a certain sequence in order for each
>>>> of the intermediate forms to be viable in terms of natural
>>>> selection. And let's say that George and Ted are right in their
>>>> exactly the point at which the mutations occurred, science could
>>>> say nothing about the ultimate cause of any of those 1,000
>>>> individual mutations. We could not therefore tell whether God or
>>>> chance was responsible for any of them. Yet the question still
>>>> arises: can the *sequence* tell us something that any individual
>>>> mutation cannot?
>>>> of view, while any single mutation has a relatively large
>>>> probability, the sequence as a whole has an extremely small
>>>> probability. So, while the probability of a mutation affecting
>>>> and chance, the probability that a certain mutation affecting the
>>>> iris would be followed by a certain mutation affecting the lung,
>>>> and that these two mutations would be followed by a certain
>>>> mutation affecting the brain centres that control the iris and
>>>> mutation affecting the development of feathers and then followed
>>>> by another mutation which enabled the brain to co-ordinate the
>>>> combined probability might help us to decide between God or
>>>> chance. (If you substitute alien biologists for God, the
>>>> reasoning is the same, so one could generalize that to
>>>> "intelligence or chance". But since we are usually discussing
>>>> Christian theology here, I'll use "God".)
>>>> neo- Darwinism generally does, then a thousand-step string of
>>>> mutations would of course have a very low probability. Let's say
>>>> the string. Then let's say that there might be 100 possible
>>>> alternate sequences, of roughly equal probability with the first,
>>>> that could have turned a lizard into a bird in a way compatible
>>>> with natural selection requirements. The 100 possible sequences,
>>>> only a tiny amount. So you still have an incredibly improbable
>>>> event. And from this the design inference proceeds.
>>>> argumentation works, which I'm sure you know already. Nor is my
>>>> point to prove that design inferences are "scientific", or that
>>>> design inferences are sound. The point I am making is a
>>>> theological one, i.e., that the validity or invalidity of design
>>>> inferences is a separate question from the question of how God
>>>> acts to guide evolution. One could believe that God guides
>>>> evolution exactly as Ted Davis and George Murphy have postulated,
>>>> argue for the validity of the design inference. That is, one
>>>> are not mutually exclusive positions.
>>>> 8. Of course, individual versions of TE and individual versions
>>>> is nothing inherent in the definitions of TE (as defined the
>>>> detection) that prevents them from being combined. Indeed, I am
>>>> not sure how to describe Michael Behe's position other than as a
>>>> combination of ID and TE.
>>>> Terry, would you agree with my line of thought thus far?
>>>> As for your historical point about American thinkers, I am
>>>> remarks there.
>>>> I agree with you that Calvinist theology in some respects does
>>>> better justice to parts of the Bible than do some other
>>>> theologies, but I want to reserve a lengthy discussion of
>>>> Calvinism for later. For now, I have some questions for you
>>>> about Calvin's theology. Do you know where the passage is in
>>>> be interested in reading the context, if there is any, for
>>>> Calvin's remark. Darwinism is in many ways a modern form of
>>>> Lucretian thinking, translated into the biological idiom, and
>>>> Calvin's comments on Lucretius (or other Epicureans) might give
>>>> interested in references to other passages where Calvin speaks
>>>> references to Islamic occasionalist doctrines, and distinguishes
>>>> his account of God's action and of nature from that of those
>>>> Islamic theologians.
>>>> Cameron.
>>>> <
>>>> >
>>>> To: "ASA" <>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:49 PM
>>>>> Cameron,
>>>>> I'm delighted to see the conversation take this direction. I was
>>>>> mentally composing a message to address several of these points.
>>>>> As you note, the Calvinist perspective on how God is involved
>>>>> with the created order allows for some considerations that have
>>>>> seemingly by chance, yet still be under God's control and
>>>>> GrayASA2003OnHodge.html You also see the idea in the
>>>>> Westminster Confession of Faith III, 1
>>>>> of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever
>>>>> is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but
>>>>> rather established.
>>>>> and V, 2
>>>>> the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and
>>>>> fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either
>>>>> necessarily, freely, or contingently.
>>>>> but its every decision is from the LORD."
>>>>> The point is that from a creaturely perspective there can be
>>>>> random events. A scientific analysis would result the conclusion
>>>>> that such events were undirected and unplanned, i.e. consistent
>>>>> with the Darwinian claim. However, from God's perspective they
>>>>> notion of random and undirected and unplanned into God's
>>>>> original error and the error (from a Calvinist's perspective)
>>>>> committed by atheist and theist critic of Darwinism.
>>>>> that are the consequence of what to us are random processes.
>>>>> involvement in creation? I personally hold to a radical
>>>>> interventionist model. I think this is what scripture and the
>>>>> Reformed confessions teach. God is involved via sustenance and
>>>>> concursus with every creaturely act. I don't know the details.
>>>>> know. Notice from the WCF citations above that holding this
>>>>> radical interventionist model does not deny the authenticity of
>>>>> creaturely actions or the reality of other causes than God. How
>>>>> scripture affirms, which is all these things even if we can
>>>>> reason how they all fit together. We can confidently say that
>>>>> God knows how they all fit together.
>>>>> for reasons relating to theodicy. He, like many theologians in
>>>>> because he couldn't reconcile his notion of the goodness of God
>>>>> not directly involved any more he his relieved of any
>>>>> responsibility for the perceived gruesomeness of the biological
>>>>> world.
>>>>> So, Darwin rejects the Calvinist vision of the world that God
>>>>> pushes his scientific/creaturely notions of randomness into
>>>>> God's perspective. This is where I think that Hodge's critique
>>>>> of Darwin is misunderstood. Hodge cannot conceive of a world
>>>>> where there are random events outside of God's determination in
>>>>> (although he is clear about not wanting to call Gray a
>>>>> Darwinian) and Hodge's successor at Princeton, B.B. Warfield,
>>>>> once called himself a "Darwinian of the purest water".
>>>>> Gray and Warfield understood that Darwin had committed the error
>>>>> of confusing categories when comparing the divine purpose with
>>>>> could affirm Darwinism the way Darwin understood it in the
>>>>> creaturely realm as long as you understood that you were making
>>>>> why the 19th and early 20th century Calvinists had less problem
>>>>> with science in general and evolution in particular than with
>>>>> many of the other fundamentalists. A full blown scientific
>>>>> description in terms of natural causes is not the least bit
>>>>> incompatible with a divine causation, even at the detail of
>>>>> quarks, protons, and molecules.
>>>>> and Lamoureux. So it's somewhat providential that my response to
>>>>> three for tackling this difficult subject and being bold enough
>>>>> to affirm the compatibility of their Christian faith and their
>>>>> understanding of the science. But they do not follow my
>>>>> much of how God's working through the evolutionary process helps
>>>>> solve theodicy to some degree. (A commitment to libertarian free
>>>>> is dependent of the prior events then the prior events must be
>>>>> Cameron, scripture seems to go this direction much more than
>>>>> many contemporary folk want to go.
>>>>> This leads to another thread of Cameron's on the definition of
>>>>> theist evolution. I consider the view described above to be a
>>>>> version of theistic evolution. On my view, chemistry is theistic
>>>>> chemistry, physics is theistic physics, etc. This does not
>>>>> necessarily mean that there are no miraculous interventions. As
>>>>> I've said many times, I believe that scripture teaches a special
>>>>> creation of human beings, particularly of the human soul. So
>>>>> while I affirm the possibility of evolutionary processes that
>>>>> my opinion, disqualify me from being a theistic evolutionist.
>>>>> In this view, then, everything is intelligently designed if we
>>>>> regard God as an intelligent agent. Whether something has design
>>>>> that is detected using the various tools that detect design
>>>>> remain open to the possibility but have yet to be convinced that
>>>>> perspective of a professional biologist/biochemist for whatever
>>>>> that's worth). See my discussion of the general matter written
>>>>> now over 15 years ago at
>>>>> While I can't give the details that Cameron (following Behe)
>>>>> demands, the broad outlines of the evolution many irreducibly
>>>>> complex systems are present to the point that I find them
>>>>> highly credible.
>>>>> I wanted to refer to one other Cameron's posts in appreciate.
>>>>> While I have always appreciated George Murphy's approach in
>>>>> general and firmly advocate a Christ and cross-centered approach
>>>>> to theology myself, I have always felt that his perspective was
>>>>> used to undermine other perspectives. The thread on "Archimedes
>>>>> importance of George's approach, I would probably advocate a
>>>>> Frame's writings and in traditional Reformed theology.
>>>>> recent post where seem to be getting our theology from Bruce
>>>>> Almighty, that much of the resistance to the Calvinistic
>>>>> perspective comes from a commitment to libertarian rather than
>>>>> compatibilist free will. While Calvinist acknowledge creaturely
>>>>> free will (see the citations above from the Westminster
>>>>> Confession), they deny that it is inconsistent with God's decree
>>>>> and sovereignty over all things. The Confession says that "nor
>>>>> is violence offered to the will of the creatures" while
>>>>> affirming God's foreordination (not just foreknowledge) of
>>>>> possible and that compatibilist free will is not free will at
>>>>> all (despite a long intellectual history that includes Calvinists
>>>>> and various deterministic philosophies).
>>>>> As an interesting aside, the Calvinistic perspective also lets
>>>>> is no dictation theory, but their view has God providentially
>>>>> forming the writer's of scripture, their backgrounds, context,
>>>>> of the Calvinistic perspective is part of what leads Clark
>>>>> Pinnock in "The Scripture Principle" to abandon inerrancy. His
>>>>> more recent moves toward open theism is just part of a
>>>>> consistent rejection of Calvinism.
>>>>> TG
>>>>> ________________
>>>>> Terry M. Gray, Ph.D.
>>>>> Computer Support Scientist
>>>>> Chemistry Department
>>>>> Colorado State University
>>>>> Fort Collins, CO 80523
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← Back to Talks/discussions podcasts 2009
Micro-Symposium: Art / Science / Spectacle
Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall, Long Film for Four Projectors, 1974. Photo: Henry Graber
Recorded Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2 pm.
Anthony McCall, Barbara Stafford and Paola Bertucci with an introduction by Madeleine Grynsztejn. How do immersive artworks, such as those created by Olafur Eliasson, play upon our attraction to the spectacular and a fascination with the mechanics of how things work? Presentations by internationally renowned speakers trace the history of this phenomenon in art and science, and relate it to wide-ranging developments in consumer culture, optics, psychology, philosophy, and technology.
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ICP software
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Iterative Closest Point (ICP) is a widely used method to match two sets of points related by a rigid-body transformation. For example, you are imaging a sample using confocal microscopy before and after some treatment, and you want to be able to realign your sample in order to compare the two image stacks.
In this the following paper, we provided a novel method to perform ICP by using an iterative estimation scheme. The source code for this method is available here. This code assumes relatively good quality data, and does not handle partially overlapping data sets. It works on linux, mac and windows. It uses no fancy libraries. Note that this code is not optimized for very large data sets (for example by using k-d trees). If I have time, I may include it into libpointmatcher.
This code is used in the MorphographX software.
1. Hersch M, Billard A, Bergmann S. Iterative Estimation of Rigid Body Transformations - Application to robust object tracking and Iterative Closest Point. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision. 2011 pdf. [hersch2011]
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King Arthur does deviate from the LotR formula a bit as its cinematic camera moves along with your character. But even though each screen isn't individually fixed, the angles are this way, which sometimes leads to faraway views where you can't really tell what's going on. Even worse, in two-player mode, you can literally trap one character if the other drifts far enough away at a given time.
If King Arthur boasts any one feature worth noting to distinguish it from LotR, it's the horseback-based combat that comprises about 20 percent of the game. You really do feel like a badass as you gallop past Saxons and kill them with one swipe of your sword. Sound a bit like Dynasty Warriors? Well, unlike KOEI's own historical fiction, you can control the horse itself both in front and, most effectively, with its hind legs. It all works pretty well, and I like the pacing at which the game presents such levels.
Even if it does rip off LotR any chance it gets, King Arthur still serves as a passable hack-'n-slash title for those who just wanna kill, kill, kill. You're still better off with both The Two Towers and The Return of the King. But that's hardly surprising -- those games are attached to movies you'd actually want to watch.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
How the IRS in the Netherlands effectivily prevents the funding of startup companies
A software engineer one day has a brilliant idea for a new product. As she has some savings in the bank, she can afford to take a year off and work on the brilliant new product. After about six months, she publishes the app, and she decides that she needs more people to complete the whole set of software, web site and apps. Fortunately, she finds a VC fund that is willing to invest €3 million. Now she can incorporate the company, hire a couple of programmers, a sales person, and set up a proper set of servers in the cloud.
Two months after the closing of the investment deal, she receives a letter from the IRS. The letter states that as the VC fund invested €3 million for a stake of 30% in the company, our software engineer entrepreneur created a value of €7 million with her own shares at incorporation of the company. She now needs to pay income tax over €7 million. Of course, she does not have that money. Six months later she's declared bankrupt, she needs to leave the company, and the company without her is liquidated, at a substantial loss for all involved except the IRS. It takes her three years to get out of bankruptcy, as that's the legal term on which a personal bankruptcy should end with a clean slate.
Another software engineer, a close friend of our unfortunate first entrepreneur, decides to follow another path. He takes a year off, and on the first day incorporates a company to hold the intellectual property rights of the software he will be creating. That way, no value is "created" at the point where a VC fund invests.
After two months, our friend receives a letter from the IRS. As he's working as the sole proprietor of his corporation, in which he is creating value for the company, and as he has no other jobs, the company is required by law to pay him a salary of € 40,000 per year. Of course, the company doesn't actually need to do this, as long as it pays taxes as if it did. The entrepreneur needs to pay income tax for a fictional income of € 40k per year. This is not how our friend wants to spend his savings, so he calls the company he used to work for and gets his job back. He still has to pay two months of income tax from his savings.
Another friend, having seen all this, thinks she's smarter. She writes a letter to the IRS asking them how to go about if you start a tech company, you work 12 months for free, living off your savings, and how to avoid being taxed before the company makes revenues and the entrepreneur gets an income from the company. It takes two months for the IRS to reply: "we are not a consulting agency, we are the IRS. We tax companies and people, but we don't advise you on how to arrange your administration. We refer you to your tax consultant". After conversations with four different fiscal consultants, having received four different opinions on how the IRS will act, the entrepreneur gives up and tells her boss to please not pay attention to her resignation letter.
But there's a happy ending,
The fourth entrepreneur in this little group of friends now knows how to do it. He spends a year developing a prototype product, he incorporates his company with the help of a well known VC fund, he hires a sales person and five programmers, and he's very very happy. By the way, he lives in San Francisco now, where he moved when he left her job and started working for his own company.
Saturday, July 05, 2014
Android programming: injecting a context using Robolectric and Roboguice
I have an Android project where I retrieve instances from a database. These classes are not under control of Roboguice, so I have no injection. If I use Roboguice.getInjector(..) I need a context, that I can supply from a static referenced context that I define elsewhere. However, I want to test the same classes in Robolectric, I need a different context.
I decided to do the following.
I create a ContextProvider like so:
public class ContextProvider {
protected static Context context;
public static Context getContext() {
return context;
I make a static reference to this in my app as
The implementation in my app is
public class ContextProviderImpl extends ContextProvider {
public ContextProviderImpl(Context ctx) {
context = ctx;
and in my Robobuice modules file I have
In my Robolectric test project, the implementation is
public class TestContextProvider extends ContextProvider {
public TestContextProvider() {
context = Robolectric.application.getApplicationContext();
and the modules file in the test project has
What happens is this:
In Roboguice you can implement a class (not interface) with another class that extends the first. The parent class provides the getter for the context instance, so it's the same in the project and the test project. The implementation sets the context field, in different ways in the project and the test project. I think this is an elegant way to have Roboguice injection in classes that can't have injection in the "normal" way.
There is another way of achieving this: you can use Guice AssistedInject to re-create the instance after you retrieve it from a database. That works, but it's more code and less elegant than this.
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
The art of not so good design
I have a waste basket, with a lid. Cost three euro's, so what can you say. Still, someone has spent some time to design the thing, and, hopefully, test the prototypes. Or not. The lid hangs from the middle, it's bent so its center of gravity is below the hinges and it automatically shuts. Unless you throw something in, then the lid goes past its balance point and stays open.
Dear waste basked designer, how hard is it to test a prototype of your waste basked by throwing in a piece of paper? How hard is it to keep looking at the lid until you notice it doesn't close by itself? How hard is it to change the shape by just half an inch to make sure it always closes?
You may say "how hard is it to bend over and close the lid yourself?". But it's not about that. Every morning I bend over and close the lid. The issue is that you designed it so I wouldn't have to close it myself, and you failed.
Rooting a Nexus 5 (2)
I had rooted my Nexus 5, but the Android update before last made it lose root. I tried to reroot, but I ran into trouble because fastboot didn't recognize my device and the sdcard was not readable when trying to install from that.
I tried again today, this site (as before) proved very helpful.
I installed clockwordmod recovery again, then installed Clockworkmod SU via adb sideload (recovery said sdcard could not be accessed so I couldn't install from there). I used "adb sideload" rather than push the zip to the sdcard. Now the device has root again. In the mean time the device had upgraded to Android 4.4.4 but I don't think that mattered....
Btw, it turns out you can root a device even if it's encrypted. Or, that's what I did.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
UI design
I have an interesting UI design issue. In a project in which we develop an Android app, we were discussing the behavior of the back button.
The app has tabs in the actionbar. The behavior of the back button currently is to leave the app, independent of the tab you have pressed. My idea on the back button is that it should take you back to the home tab, then when you press it again, you leave the app. If in one of the tabs you have pressed a button or a list item which brings you deeper into the app, the back behavior should be as follows: first press brings you to the default page of the tab you have selected, next press brings you to the default page in the home tab (or whichever tab is selected when you enter the app), third press makes you leave the app.
In another project, we had to different landing pages, depending on the preferences of the user. I made it so that the back button brings you back to the landing page that is in your preferences, or the landing page that you have selected when you entered the app. I feel that this is the most intuitive behavior of the back button, even if, as a developer said, the button is not stricly bringing you "back".
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Rooting an encrypted Android device
I wanted to root my Nexus 7, so I installed the right image and zip. But then the device didn't work any more. I think it's because the device was encrypted, and somehow after rebooting, the thing got stuck. I managed to get the right factory images from Google (I didn't backup the system, which you should always do), my defice is "flo" which is "razor". After I got the device back to a factory installation, rooting the device with clockworkmod was easy. Now I'll encrypt it again.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
How to make ormlite and robolectric work together.
I use Roboguice also, this is my RoboInjectedTestRunner:
public class RoboInjectedTestRunner extends RobolectricTestRunner {
public RoboInjectedTestRunner(Class testClass)
throws InitializationError {
protected Class getTestLifecycleClass() {
return TestLifeCycleWithInjection.class;
public static class TestLifeCycleWithInjection extends DefaultTestLifecycle {
public void prepareTest(Object test) {
Application application = Robolectric.application;
AbstractModule eftelingModule = new EftelingModule();
AbstractModule testModule = new TestModule();
RoboGuice.newDefaultRoboModule(application), eftelingModule, testModule);
If you don't use Roboguice, you can use the default RobolectricTestRunner instead.
This is the annotations I have for my test classes:
@Config( shadows = {ShadowCaseSensitiveSQLiteCursor.class})
public class APITest {
This is the ShadowCaseSensitiveSQLiteCursor: (it's from here: so please give that post a credit)
* Simulates an Android Cursor object, by wrapping a JDBC ResultSet.
@Implements(value = SQLiteCursor.class, inheritImplementationMethods = true)
public class ShadowCaseSensitiveSQLiteCursor extends ShadowSQLiteCursor {
private ResultSet resultSet;
public void __constructor__(SQLiteCursorDriver driver, String editTable, SQLiteQuery query) {
* Stores the column names so they are retrievable after the resultSet has closed
private void cacheColumnNames(ResultSet rs) {
try {
ResultSetMetaData metaData = rs.getMetaData();
int columnCount = metaData.getColumnCount();
columnNameArray = new String[columnCount];
for (int columnIndex = 1; columnIndex <= columnCount; columnIndex++) {
String cName = metaData.getColumnName(columnIndex);
this.columnNames.put(cName, columnIndex - 1);
this.columnNameArray[columnIndex - 1] = cName;
} catch (SQLException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("SQL exception in cacheColumnNames", e);
private Integer getColIndex(String columnName) {
if (columnName == null) {
return -1;
Integer i = this.columnNames.get(columnName.toLowerCase());
if (i == null) return -1;
return i;
public int getColumnIndex(String columnName) {
return getColIndex(columnName);
public int getColumnIndexOrThrow(String columnName) {
Integer columnIndex = getColIndex(columnName);
if (columnIndex == -1) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Column index does not exist");
return columnIndex;
public void checkPosition() {
if (-1 == currentRowNumber || getCount() == currentRowNumber) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(currentRowNumber + " " + getCount());
public void close() {
if (resultSet == null) {
try {
resultSet = null;
rows = null;
currentRow = null;
} catch (SQLException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("SQL exception in close", e);
public boolean isClosed() {
return (resultSet == null);
private Map fillRowValues(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
Map row = new HashMap();
for (String s : getColumnNames()) {
row.put(s, rs.getObject(s));
return row;
private void fillRows(String sql, Connection connection) throws SQLException {
//ResultSets in SQLite\Android are only TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY. Android caches results in the WindowedCursor to allow moveToPrevious() to function.
//Robolectric will have to cache the results too. In the rows map.
Statement statement = connection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery(sql);
int count = 0;
if ( {
do {
Map row = fillRowValues(rs);
rows.put(count, row);
} while (;
} else {
rowCount = count;
public void setResultSet(ResultSet result, String sql) {
this.resultSet = result;
rowCount = 0;
//Cache all rows. Caching rows should be thought of as a simple replacement for ShadowCursorWindow
if (resultSet != null) {
try {
fillRows(sql, result.getStatement().getConnection());
} catch (SQLException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("SQL exception in setResultSet", e);
Sunday, December 08, 2013
My dad moved from Windows XP to Windows 8. Disaster. One thing Windows 8 doesn't seem to support is getting your old email (Outlook Express, from POP3) into your new mail program. Apparently, Windows users don't keep their email?
What I did to transfer his mail is the following.
I made a copy of the OutlookExpress mail file and put it on my computer. Evolution allows me to import it into a new mail box. Then I created an account on my dad's IMAP mail, and copied the mail from the import mailbox to his Inbox. Simple as that. Why can't Microsoft think of a way to keep your old email?
Saturday, November 02, 2013
The art of bad design
In the course of my life, I have used some ten different vacuum cleaners, if not more. We all use vacuum cleaners, and we all know what the common issues with vacuum cleaners are.
1. The power cord.
The cord of a vacuum cleaner tends to get tangled when you use it, and because it's longish, it gets tangled when you store the machine in a closet. That's why modern vacuum cleaners have a system that retracts the cord when you push a button or when you jerk the cord. This works fine on all vacuum cleaners. That is, it works fine when it's new. But lets consider your average three year old vacuum cleaner. My Dyson currently is two years old, and when I store it, the cord sticks out by about a foot. And this is ok, because in all other cleaners, it was worse. The cord retraction was tested with new cleaners. Apparently they don't test older machines.
2. The wheels.
A vacuum cleaner has two big wheels, and a small caster. This causes the device to follow your movements and not topple. The caster hops over the cord most of the time, it doesn't get stuck. As long as it's new. After a few years, or even after six months, the caster wears out, and it does get stuck when it hits the power cord. I've had a vacuum cleaner with a fine looking caster, made out of plastic, it looked like a half sphere with a little wheel sticking out. It stopped moving after half a year, and when I took it apart, every idiot could see that it couldn't have lasted long. It was badly designed and badly made. I replaced it with the cheapest and simplest caster from the hardware store, which outlasted the rest of the vacuum cleaner. Why didn't the manufacturer put in that caster? Is it because it would have added one euro to the price?
3. The hose.
When you walk around pulling the vacuum cleaner, you know that the device has a tendency of falling backwards when you pull it in the wrong direction. Which you do because you don't pay attention. Manufacturers come up with all kinds of solutions for this, and when you test your new vacuum cleaner, you're happy because it works perfectly well. But the connections between the hose and the device wear out quickly, or they get stuck because dust is collecting inside, so my two year old Dyson does topple when I make a wrong move. Which is stupid because if Mr Dyson would have spent an hour a week using an old vacuum cleaner, he'd know what the issues are and he could have started looking for proper solutions.
4. The brush.
I have cats. Cats drop mountains of hair in your home. Which you have to vacuum out. My vacuum cleaner, like all of them, has a brush with hairs on the edge and a whole that sucks in the middle. The cat hair gets sucked towards the brush, and it gets stuck between the floor and the brush, outside the brush, so it can't be sucked up into the machine. Every two minutes, I have to pause and remove the cat's hair from the brush. Mr Dyson apparently doesn't have cats. Or he would have made the brush inside out: it would have brushes that it rests on in the middle, and it would be sucking at the edges.
If I can think of that, why can't the average designer of vacuum cleaners? One thing I know. Vacuum cleaner designers don't do the vacuum cleaning at their place.
The art of bad design
I have a wastebin in my kitchen. It's a simple bin, mostly thin sheet metal, plastic inner bucket. The lid opens by a pedal at the bottom, so you don't have to touch it with your hands. It was rather cheap, though one of the most expensive ones the store had on display.
Now, someone has spent a couple of days designing the thing. They created a few prototypes, tested them, created some production models, tested them, then set off to mass produce them. Also, the designer probably designed wastebins of similar type before, and they obviously use one on a daily basis. You'd expect the bin to be perfect. But it's not.
First, the hinge that holds the lid protrudes a millimeter. When you lift the inner bucket from the bin, that millimeter is enough to make the bucket get stuck, you can't lift it out without wiggling and jerking it. Which, if the bin is full, causes content to fall out. There's no reason for the hinge to protrude. At the same cost, it could have been made so that it doesn't stick out. But they didn't.
The second issue is when you want to get the plastic bag out of the bucket. Most people use plastic bags in the wastebin, so they don't have to thoroughly clean the bin every time they empty it. The handle that you use to lift the bucket, is one millimeter smaller than the bucket itself. It sticks out to the inside. Which means that when you lift the bag out, the handle gets pulled up and you can't lift the bag. Again you have to use both hands and wiggle and jerk, causing garbage to spread over your kitchen floor. There's no reason why this handle should stick out to the inside. It's just a designer being thoughtless.
I'm surprised how a person who has experience designing wastebins and who uses one, and has used many in their life, can make such stupid and unnecessary mistakes. My theory is that they are not the person who does the kitchen work too often in their household, or they wouldn't have made these mistakes.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
The art of terrible design
I am not a chef. Not by profession, not by hobby. I don't like to cook, but I do like good food, so every day I make a proper dinner from fresh ingredients. I guess I am a "gourmet cook".
I have always used a natural gas stove, with four burners. That's the best, the gas has the right high temperature and it's easy and fast to adjust. Like, when you make hot chocolate, you heat the milk quickly, then you have half a second to switch if of when it boils.
After my last move, I got a Bosch electric plate. It's induction based, so it's hot, and it's quick to adjust. It has four stations, which most of the days is just enough for me. However, it has one major flaw.
The designer decided that the plate should be easy to clean, hence it has no protruding knobs, it has touch keys. Or rather, you don't just touch them, you have to press them, "+" for higher, "-" for lower. The buttons go from 0 to 9 in half steps, you push it 17 times for full heat. The designer also thought that a chef wants as little knobs or pushbuttons on the plate as possible. So, instead of having a plus and a minus button for each station, it has one plus and one minus, and a selection button with a light that indicates which station is currently "active". Now, imagine the little pan with milk for my hot chocolate. I put it on 9, I wait for it to boil. When it does, I push the station selector twice to select the milk pan, then I push the minus button 17 times to switch it off. Then I pour new milk in the pan and I clean the plate, because the boiling milk went all over the plate. Of course, after a while you find out there are shortcuts, instead of pressing 17 times, there's a way to switch it of in just a few steps. But including the selector, it's always five or six. And you shouldn't accidentally push the wrong button, or one button once too many, because that increases the total nummber of actions, and you do press the wrong button because you want to stop the milk from boiling over and the buttons are barely visible on the plate. The fastest way to switch off the milk pan is to switch off the plate alltogether. Then you have to switch it back on and switch back on the other stations.
My question is: why does a very expensive stove have such a lousy user interface? Why can't it just have four turning knobs? The answer is simple. The engineers and designers of the stove are not chefs. Or if they are, they have never used this stove, because if they had, they would have changed the user interface.
I propose the following add-on to my stove: a remote control with four turning knobs that let you adjust the stations fast, while maintaining the option of easy cleaning of the plate.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
I was at a Demo conference in 2001, in Phoenix, AZ. Demo2001. I was selected to maybe do a pitch, which they called "the hot seat". Some fifty startup entrepreneurs were located in the front of the room, and every half hour they'd call two names, and when your name came up, spotlights were pointed at you, people with huge cameras would rush towards you and film you from two feet distance, just to make it scary, and while your face was on a big screen in the front, you got two minutes for a pitch. Now, you weren't sure your name would come up. The people who weren't called, were nervous throughout the conference, because they didn't announce when they'd call someone, it just came up suddenly. Nerve wracking, because the room was full with investors and other important people, I guess there were 1000 people in the room.
My name came up second, right after the key note. I got to relax and listen to the presentations, while most of my fellow hot seat entrepreneurs were still waiting for their name. It's always good to have your pitch or presentation right at the start. I was second, which is even better than first.
On the last day of the conference, I was ill. High fever, maybe because of the heat, I stayed in bed. At the end of the day I talked to one of the programmers who'd manned our booth, and he said "there was a lady asking for you today". I asked if he caught the name, and he said "yeah, her name was Ann Winblad". I never shout at people, but this time I did. "then why didn't you call for me? Why didn't you run to my room, bang on the door, and get me down there in the booth?" and some words I won't repeat here. The poor guy didn't know who Ann Winblad is. I sent her an email, called her office, to no avail.
The company didn't make it, in the end. Me talking to Ms Winblad might have made the difference.
Monday, July 08, 2013
off line?
My web site has been off line for a few days, due to a misconfiguration of the firewall that went unnoticed.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
On November 22nd, I will speak at DroidCon NL. The subject will be RoboGuice and Android development.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Pep Talk from Ransom Riggs
Posted by: Chris Angotti on 11/05/2012
Ransom RiggsHail, NaNoWriMo authors!
I greet you at the beginning of a great journey. It's a journey inward, to the quiet, humid place inside you where words are born. (It's located precisely between your liver and your spleen—the trigeminus verbalis. A doctor told me, I swear.) It'll be an adventure of discovery, not only of the story you're about to write, but of self: you'll discover your own limits, your capacities, and maybe find some things you didn't know were rattling around down there in the dark. Don't be afraid to let them all out onto the page.
Before I dive into any real advice-giving here, there's something I need to get off my chest: I am, generally speaking, a fantastically slow writer—especially in terms of young adult fiction, where books are sometimes drafted and revised in a bare six months. I've been working on my second novel for more than a year now, drafting and re-drafting and tossing out whole reams of pages and starting again from nothing. If I write 1,500 words in a day, that's a victory. Two thousand words is an unparalleled miracle. Any more than that and the results are likely unreadable (but making them worth reading is what revisions are for, I constantly remind myself). I have never written as much in such a short amount of time as you are about to, although I think it would be very good for me to try. (Maybe I'll do NaNoWriMo myself next year!)
The reason I'm so slow is this: I have two editors. One is a human, a very kind and intelligent man who works for my publisher. He provides thoughtful and considered responses to the sometimes messy and disorganized piles of paper I shove toward him. The other editor lives inside my head. He is a mean little imp. He's hopped up on triple lattes and short on patience, and he reads over my shoulder as I'm writing, going hmmmm and making unpleasant little noises of disapproval. He is a relentless critic and a joyless taskmaster, and I try too hard to please him. He fundamentally misunderstands the revision process. He doesn't seem to realize that just getting my ideas down and out of my head is the first step of many, and that a finished, polished novel never, never—well, almost never—pours out of a writer on the first go. The initial effort is always a bit messy, and that's all right.
I think that impish little editor would benefit from NaNoWriMo. It would force me to ignore him. Eventually, I imagine, he'd get the idea and take a hike, and leave me alone for a few blissful days. We all have our inner editors—and if you can turn yours off for November, you'll have a much better month of noveling.
As long as I'm in confessional mode, here's another thing that makes first-drafting difficult for me: knowing where the story is going. This is something a lot of writers struggle with, especially new ones. Here's what I do: I outline as much as I can, with the knowledge that outlines are essentially acts of great and foolish optimism, road maps that will get rewritten along the way. But if I have absolutely no map, I am paralyzed and cannot begin. I'm not one of those writers who gets inspired by the blank page and the blinking cursor. I need to go off on long hikes alone and read books and watch movies and get tons of external input before even a single idea pops into my head—the ratio of input to output is easily 10 to 1—and then I can sit down and type things.
But those things are very amorphous at first. They are notes. Little ideas I chase down and catch like fireflies in a jar, if I'm lucky. I make dozens of pages of notes about scenes, or snippets of scenes, or characters, or how a story might feel, before I start writing the story itself. Then I'll figure out what a general, overarching structure might look like. It's broad stokes only: beginning, part of a middle, one of two pieces of the end. Then I focus in on the first chapter, the first scene, and I write practice versions of that scene without proper punctuation or quotation marks around the dialogue, and little notes to myself peppered throughout, and then, in that already-messy document—that no-longer-intimidating, very-much-not-a-blank-page-anymore page—I'll start to write the real thing. (Or at least, the first draft of the real thing.)
In other words, I have an idea about what I'm going to write before I write it, but it's an inherently changeable thing. I will often have better ideas in the midst of writing. My best ideas tend to arrive at the least opportune times: like when I've already written half of a book, and I suddenly figure out a much better way to attack the opening chapters.
So if new ideas that seem like better ideas come at you like little attack drones while you're writing, take heart: this is normal. Remember those ideas. Write them down somewhere. But for the sake of your first draft, just keep going. Plow on through. Because the idea-grass is always greener, and the idea you're not writing will always seem like a better idea than the one you are writing, at the time. But it isn't necessarily.
I hope some of that is helpful to you, dear 'Mo-er, as you embark on this rather brave adventure. I think the takeaway is that it's all about trusting yourself: turn off that inner editor and don't let other, shinier-seeming ideas distract you partway through. Some days will be easier than others, but in the end you'll be glad you stayed the course.
Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a novel illustrated with found photographs. He's a filmmaker and a photographer, too, though he's convinced he'll never take a picture to rival some of those he's found at flea markets. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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Friday, January 31, 2014
Flash Friday #80: Surviving Elsewhere, Part 28 -- Quiet
(Link to Part 27)
I watched the pixies flew into a few fleecy clouds, magic sparkles dancing across their path. The sky looked the same as at home, and yet I felt a sense of distrust. Were the clouds really clouds? Were the pixies really going? Or would they swing back around and attack us again?
What next was going to leap out and try to stop me?
The others were moving on. Shouldn't we find a place to hide? What could this council do to help us?
The cats scouted, moving on ahead and out of sight. I tried not to panic every time they went around a corner. We'd started heading into the heart of the city , walking along quiet streets where at most I saw a face peak about between lacy curtains.
"Why is everyone avoiding us?" I finally asked. "At least the ones who aren't attacking us."
Maggie walked beside me, her face showing consternation that she didn't speak of aloud. I wanted her to open up to me. I needed to know what was going on and what to expect. I needed facts to decide my own choices, rather than being bunted along like a hockey puck.
"Normally the fae and the others are inquisitive when we get someone new coming across the border," she said. "But from the start, there has been trouble with you. They don't know why and that makes them less likely to come out and be friendly. No one wants to be caught in the crossfire."
"You sent out word that I might be a Protector. That will help?"
"It should. But even so, what's happened so far isn't going to calm them," she admitted. Then she dropped a hand on his shoulder. "You're here. I'll see you through this."
"Is there anyway to find out if Sheriff Creston is on this side?" I asked. That was the monster lurking in the back of my mind. Even the ice dragon didn't seem to have affected me as badly as the thought of Creston.
"As soon as we get you straightened around," she said and glanced over her shoulder. That didn't help how I felt. Then she shook her head. "Let's take a break."
"The cats --"
"I'll get them," Davis said and sprinted on ahead.
Seeing him disappear didn't help my growing sense of unease. Maggie, though, took me by the arm and herded me over to a bench by a wall. I looked up at a window and then to the roof, fearing something was going to drop down on us the minute we settled.
Maggie sat down. I did not.
"Mark," she said with a shake of her head.
"What am I supposed to trust here?" I asked.
"You can trust me."
I focused on her, staring for a moment, trying to parse those words. I felt as though the word trust had suddenly fled from my vocabulary. I trusted nothing right now.
"Sit down," Maggie said and patted the bench beside her.
I took a deep breath and settled at her side, forcing myself to be still when I heard a distant sound. And where were Davis and the cats? What had gone wrong --
"Calm, Mark," she said and put a hand on my arm and looked into my face. "You need to get control of your emotions. Being half-fae means emotions have far more power than they do for humans. If you are coming into your powers, then you need to be sure you know exactly what you are projecting. This could be dangerous, Mark. Dangerous for you and dangerous for anyone around you."
"Then you shouldn't --"
"I'm not going to abandon you in this mess. But I am going to make certain you're thinking clearly. We might have a long ways to go and Forest Street isn't exactly safe. I'm sorry that everything is such a mess. I wish Edmond had seen more or told me more. It's hard to say what he knows."
"He's on our side," I said and looked towards the corner, wanting them to reappear.
"Edmond is a unique spirit. Yes, I do believe he is on our side. He's stuck with me through a lot of problems already, and some of them of his own making -- but this one is different. There they are. You can relax now."
I looked up to see the three coming back. Nothing appeared to be following them, ready to leap out and attack them an us.
"I never imagined this place could be so dangerous," I admitted. My body was tense and I couldn't relax. This couldn't go on. "What should I do?"
"We're going to get you to the council. After that, things will be different," she said, but I thought I saw a little hint of distrust in her face. She must have realized and gave a shrug. "I'll see you through this. Come on."
I didn't argue. What was the use of just sitting there? Or trying to hide? Nothing I did was going to help.
"What does a Protector do?" I asked.
"You save those in danger," she replied. "Which you have done, even if you don't realize it. The troll threw Edmond at you when you ordered him to give you the cat."
"Just chance."
"Nothing is chance in Elsewhere, Mark. That's the first thing you need to realize. Chance would mean magic without any control, and that would be chaos. A Protector has to work against the chaos. I should have considered it; I think we need to start training you right away. If this had been a normal walk to Council, we could have waited."
Davis had come to stand beside us. He looked startled. "Someone is trying to push him into using powers he doesn't understand so he does something that will tarnish his ability and maybe warp his powers. Yes, you're right, Maggie. And here is the first lesson. It's an old one: Keep Calm and Carry On."
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ابحث عن أية كلمة، مثل: sapiosexual
Its what the people in a #warez channel on a mIRC network have decided to mean "penis." Reason? Because someone did a crossword puzzle which seemed to be making up words, and if the crossword puzzle makers can just make up words, then I think we should be able to also.
He pulled out the clobbermasher and began to "give her the business"
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Gentoo Logo
Gentoo Spaceship
c.f. bug 424647
List Archive: gentoo-nfp
To: <[email protected]>
From: "Daniel Robbins" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: CDs and t-shirts
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:24:37 -0600
> I talked with Daniel yesterday. Basically the reason for this
> whole license thing is that there must be some garantees
> against the NFP falling appart. We hope there won't be fights
> in the board either, but in case such things happen, Daniel
> would be able to take the trademark, the GPL'ed source and
> the developers and continue the distribution.
There is no "special arrangment" in the NFP plan to allow me to do this. I
think the most that would be possible is something like this: if the NFP
totally disintegrates and ceases to function, I would be able to set up a
Web site (using these trademarks on the site legally) and either allow a new
community to form around the code, or allow any existing Gentoo community
continued use of their tradename and logo.
My lawyer (looking out for my best interests) initially wanted me to hold on
to the trademarks and grant a license to the NFP. I negotiated him down to
what I presented to everyone, that the trademarks will be transferred to the
NFP and the NFP in turn will issue a license to me.
> After the NFP
> has lived for a while ( and has gone through several board
> changes ) this should not be necessary and the license could
> be given back.
for as long as I choose.
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Noelle Sussman
(voiced by Emily Kapnel) was a classmate of Carl and later his girlfriend. She was a backround character, until she debuted in And She Was Gone. Carl never noticed her but when she moved, he thought he made her disapear.
Character Devolpment
Noelle is a very strange girl who was first shown in 'And She Was Gone', Carl bought a vanishing powder and put it all around her desk. However when Carl and Hoodsey spied on her they realized they don't want her gone because they have a lot in common. Her craziness and odd nature appealed to Carl and he watched her lovingly that whole day. The next day Noelle was absent, and Carl was overwhelmed with guilt and sorrow, but it turned out she only moved to a different elementary school across town.
In 'Far Far From Home' Noelle and Carl appear to be an unofficial couple. It's revealed she has telekinetic powers, and Carl wants to enter her in a freak show and win the first prize. However, to do so, they need an adult to travel with them, so they try to make Hoodsey appear to be a man. Problems arise when he can't mimic a mans voice, so Noelle kisses him and he immediately has a deeper tone. This angers Carl, and he suspects an affair between Noelle and Hoodsey when he sees that they are getting along 'too well' and hanging around eachother more.
On the bus on the way to the freak show, Noelle and Hoodsey (disguised as a man) get off at a stop to get some food, but they miss their chance to get back on the bus. As they watch it drive away Noelle uses her powers to try and pull the bus back, but all she could manage was dismantling the spare tire at the back, which houses the stowaway Carl.
An argument arises between the trio about his fears of Noelle and Hoodsey's romance. But she tells him:
'The only reason me and Hoodsey got involved in the Freak Fest was for you Carl!'
Then, due to an avalanche, the ice Carl was standing on begins to break and Noelle quickly uses her powers to haul him to safety at the expense of her own energy. She falls onto the cold, snowy ground and Carl rushes to her and picks her back up, they share a smile, and he tells her:
'Thanks Noelle. You saved my life.'
And soon after, he also officially proclaims her as his girlfriend.
She appears again in the shows finale 'The Wedding Frame' where she plays a large part in revealing a woman who tried to sabotage Louis and Dr Daves wedding. Carl says he is happy to see her again, but she assures him of no intent of getting back together by saying:
'Please Carl. Let bygones be bygones.'
Her and Carl never rekindled their love again, however it is believed that they remain good friends.
Parents : Little is known about Noelle's family. They moved once and they own the local trailer park.
Carl ( ex boyfriend) : Their relationship was really short, but they had weirdness in common. When they broke up it was because of Polly Noelle's enemy and Blake.
Polly ( Enemy) : Polly and Noelle go to the same school and both dislike eachother. When they play card games, Polly seems to win alot which makes Noelle upset. Noelle once described her as part bird part snake.
Noelle has tan skin, and is really short. She was nine years old when she first appeared, and had shoulder length, red-orange hair. She has glasses which have big, green frames. She has on a light purple shirt under a blue sweater, moss green pants and blue shoes.
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Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904.
I. Disappointment in Love
Locksley Hall
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
COMRADES, leave me here a little, while as yet ’t is early morn,—
Dreary gleams about the moorland, flying over Locksley Hall:
And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts.
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the west.
Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime
With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of time;
When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed;
When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed;
When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see,— 15
In the spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin’s breast;
In the spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest;
In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove;
In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. 20
On her pallid cheek and forehead came a color and a light, 25
And she turned,—her bosom shaken with a sudden storm of sighs;
All the spirit deeply dawning in the dark of hazel eyes,—
Love took up the glass of time, and turned it in his glowing hands;
Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands.
And her whisper thronged my pulses with the fulness of the spring.
Many an evening by the water did we watch the stately ships,
And our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
Falser than all fancy fathoms, falser than all songs have sung,—
Is it well to wish thee happy?—having known me; to decline
What is fine within thee growing coarse to sympathize with clay.
As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated with a clown,
What is this? his eyes are heavy,—think not they are glazed with wine.
Go to him; it is thy duty,—kiss him; take his hand in thine.
It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwrought,—
He will answer to the purpose, easy things to understand,— 55
Better thou wert dead before me, though I slew thee with my hand.
Rolled in one another’s arms, and silent in a last embrace.
Cursed be the sickly forms that err from honest Nature’s rule!
Cursed be the gold that gilds the straitened forehead of the fool!
Well—’t is well that I should bluster!—Hadst thou less unworthy proved,
I will pluck it from my bosom, though my heart be at the root.
Never! though my mortal summers to such length of years should come
As the many-wintered crow that leads the clanging rookery home.
I remember one that perished; sweetly did she speak and move;
No,—she never loved me truly; love is love forevermore.
Comfort? comfort scorned of devils; this is truth the poet sings, 75
That a sorrow’s crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.
In the dead, unhappy night, and when the rain is on the roof.
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams; and thou art staring at the wall,
To thy widowed marriage-pillows, to the tears that thou wilt weep.
Thou shalt hear the “Never, never,” whispered by the phantom years,
Nay, but nature brings thee solace; for a tender voice will cry;
’T is a purer life than thine, a lip to drain thy trouble dry.
Baby lips will laugh me down; my latest rival brings thee rest,—
With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter’s heart.
“They were dangerous guides, the feelings—she herself was not exempt— 95
Truly, she herself had suffered”—Perish in thy self-contempt!
Every door is barred with gold, and opens but to golden keys. 100
Every gate is thronged with suitors, all the markets overflow.
When the ranks are rolled in vapor, and the winds are laid with sound.
But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that honor feels, 105
Hide me from my deep emotion, O thou wondrous mother-age!
Yearning for the large excitement that the coming years would yield,
And at night along the dusky highway near and nearer drawn,
Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales;
From the nations’ airy navies grappling in the central blue;
Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle flags were furled
In the parliament of man, the federation of the world.
So I triumphed ere my passion sweeping through me left me dry,
Left me with a palsied heart, and left me with the jaundiced eye;
Eye, to which all order festers, all things here are out of joint.
Slowly comes a hungry people, as a lion, creeping nigher, 135
Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly dying fire.
Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
Though the deep heart of existence beat forever like a boy’s? 140
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers; and I linger on the shore
Full of sad experience moving toward the stillness of his rest.
Hark! my merry comrades call me, sounding on the bugle horn,— 145
They to whom my foolish passion were a target for their scorn;
Shall it not be scorn to me to harp on such a mouldered string?
I am shamed through all my nature to have loved so slight a thing.
Nature made them blinder motions bounded in a shallower brain; 150
Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine—
Here at least, where nature sickens, nothing. Ah for some retreat
Deep in yonder shining Orient, where my life began to beat!
Where in wild Mahratta-battle fell my father, evil-starred; 155
Or to burst all links of habit,—there to wander far away,
On from island unto island at the gateways of the day,—
Larger constellations burning, mellow moons and happy skies,
Never comes the trader, never floats an European flag,—
Slides the bird o’er lustrous woodland, swings the trailer from the crag,—
Droops the heavy-blossomed bower, hangs the heavy-fruited tree,—
There, methinks, would be enjoyment more than in this march of mind— 165
There the passions, cramped no longer, shall have scope and breathing-space;
Iron-jointed, supple-sinewed, they shall dive, and they shall run,
Catch the wild goat by the hair, and hurl their lances in the sun, 170
Not with blinded eyesight poring over miserable books—
But I count the gray barbarian lower than the Christian child.
I, to herd with narrow foreheads vacant of our glorious gains, 175
Mated with a squalid savage,—what to me were sun or clime?
I, the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time,—
I, that rather held it better men should perish one by one,
Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range;
Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.
Mother-age, (for mine I knew not,) help me as when life begun,— 185
Rift the hills and roll the waters, flash the lightnings, weigh the sun,—
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set;
Ancient founts of inspiration well through all my fancy yet.
Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall!
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Peru Update
Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru: "The remnants of at least ten pyramids have been discovered on the coast of Peru, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture, archaeologists say.
Last week they announced that the complex, which is 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long and 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) wide, belonged to the ancient Vic�s culture and was likely either a religious center or a cemetery for nobility."
jjs said...
i like that "likely a religious center...." religious center in pyramid-eez means butchery compound for child molestation and sacrifice combo hijinx human adult savagery-to-children fun. some religion.
Cap'n Bob Napier said...
It wasn't all bad, JJ. I hear they followed it with a swell covered dish supper,
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Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session
As of 05/10/04 at 08:47
Main Menu
HB1628 Common carriers and contract carriers by motor vehicle; Ellis *
* Public Service Commission not to regulate
transportation of household goods.
04/06 (S) Died In Committee
SB2991 Public Service Commission; shall not regulate rates of King
* carriers transporting household goods.
05/04 Approved by Governor
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Bitchin' Brews Beer, from a woman's point of view
Beer will not give you a kidney infection.
So, you've got a urinary tract infection? Hey, it happens. And let's say that over the course of a few weeks of antibiotics, your urinary tract infection becomes a kidney infection. Yeah, that can happen too. Bacteria are weird like that. But, could you have prevented your UTI or made your UTI become a kidney infection by drinking beer?
If you have or think you have an urinary tract infection and you haven't already been to the doctor to get some antibiotics, please stop reading and do so now. Antibiotics are one of the best (and quickest) ways to treat a UTI.
There are a few ways you can prevent a UTI - like peeing after sex, staying well hydrated, or taking cranberry pills on the regular - but sometimes you're bound to get an infection anyway. Women are more prone to UTIs than men because their urethras are shorter than men's. This was just some poor planning by Mother Nature. Beer will generally not help you prevent a UTI even though it causes you to pee a lot. Beer is a diuretic. If you think you're getting a UTI and you get plastered in order to stave it off - you will most likely end up in the hospital with a high-grade fever & horrible pain. But if you keep yourself hydrated, drinking a moderate amount of beer won't cause you to get a UTI.
But once you have officially been diagnosed with the UTI & are on antibiotics, what do you do to get rid of it? Take your meds, drink plenty of water, and pee a lot while the meds run their course. You can also drink unsweetened cranberry juice (make sure you buy the stuff that's 100% juice) and take over the counter pills, like Azo, to help with the infection. Personally I find that those OTC drugs will mask the severity of your UTI if for some reason the antibiotics you were given aren't working. I asked doctors what food and drink (like beer) should be avoided while taking antibiotics for a UTI or kidney infection. All of the doctors I spoke to told me that as long as one stays well hydrated, drinking alcohol of any kind wouldn't be a problem. In fact, one of them said that a glass of wine or beer a day, is generally beneficial to overall health.
The things you have to worry about when you drink a lot of alcohol while you're on antibiotics for a UTI is the dehydration and possibility of incurring additional illness, like a yeast infection or cold. Dehydration makes your symptoms worse and can cause your UTI to become a kidney infection quick. For every glass of beer or shot of alcohol you consume you should be drinking a full glass of water. (I'm still not advocating getting blitzed at this point in time either.) You'll keep yourself hydrated and flush out your system repetitively. Holding in your urge to pee will not make your UTI any better either. Plus, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol can also work satisfactorily as a pain killer, in case you can't take OTC drugs or they're just not working. Eating yogurt with active cultures and taking additional vitamins & probiotics can reduce your risk of yeast infections and other bacterial infections that can be caused by your compromised immune system. You'll want to help yourself by taking these supplements since the alcohol also suppresses your immune system. The antibiotics you're taking for the UTI don't know to only kill the bacteria in your urinary tract; they kill all the bacteria in your body, so probiotic supplements help balance out the bacteria in your body and help prevent further illness.
Don't let yourself be fooled. The best way to take care of a UTI so that it doesn't become a kidney infection, is to see a doctor immediately and begin taking antibiotics exactly as proscribed. But sometimes you can get a kidney infection from a UTI even if you do everything right. Just don't be fooled into thinking it's those few glasses of beer you drank that caused your kidney infection. It's the bacteria in your body. If you're taking all the other appropriate steps to treat your UTI or bladder infection, go ahead and enjoy that glass of beer.
Also - beer doesn't cause yeast infections either. It's a totally different strand of yeast.
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Donnatal is a proprietary combination medication for the treatment of intestinal cramping due to various causes, often administered as part of a GI cocktail.[1] It is classed as an anticholinergic antispasmodic drug. Donnatal is marketed by PBM Pharmaceuticals. It is available as tablets, capsules, extended release tablets and elixir. Active ingredients are listed as: phenobarbital, hyoscyamine, atropine and scopolamine. The latter three ingredients being found in plants of the Solanaceae family.
Recent clinical trials showed that Donnatal was no more effective than plain antacid in relieving the symptoms of dyspepsia.[1][2] However, the active ingredients in Donnatal® have been shown to be more effective than placebo in treating moderately severe symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.[3]
It is also a common component of a GI cocktail used in emergency rooms. In 1976, Donnatal was one of the 25 most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S.[4] It has since been displaced by H2 antagonists and proton pump inhibitors, which are more effective and lack many of the adverse effects of phenobarbital.[5]
1. ^ a b Berman DA, Porter RS, Graber M (2003). "The GI Cocktail is no more effective than plain liquid antacid: a randomized, double blind clinical trial". Journal of Emergency Medicine 25 (3): 239–244. doi:10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00196-3. PMID 14585449.
2. ^ Bowman J, Jones J (2006). "Use of lidocaine in the gastrointestinal cocktail for the treatment of dyspepsia". Emergency Medicine Journal 23 (11): 873–874. doi:10.1136/emj.2006.042168. PMC 2464394. PMID 17057145.
3. ^ Rhodes JB, Abrams JH, Manning RT (1978). "Controlled clinical trial of sedative-anticholinergic drugs in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome". Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 18 (7): 340–345. PMID 353089.
4. ^ Knapp DE, Crosby DL, Brandon BM, Knapp DA (May 1978). "Can pharmacists influence drug prescribing? A look at eight of the top 25 drug products for 1976". Am J Hosp Pharm 35 (5): 593–4. PMID 655185.
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A helpful mnemonic device from Comedy Bang Bang ep. 150.
K = Kid; he’s a kid
N = Naughty; he’s a naughty kid
I = I am the person who will grab the knife
F = Friend; he’s not our friend
E = Education (or, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
G = Gadzooks! I’m terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with the knife!
R = Really? Don’t you think it’s time you grabbed the knife?
A = A shame it would be, should the boy grab the knife first, then stab us!
B = Boy
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Nathan Bransford, Author
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
All About Co-op
A corollary to the sentiment I attempted to debunk yesterday (i.e. that publishers just go ahead and decide which books become phenomenons) is that the main way publishers decide on the eventual popularity of certain books is by choosing which ones get front-of-the-store display. They therefore hold all the cards when it comes to determining which books get that crucial boost and which books don't.
This is borne out of a slight misunderstanding of the way that process works.
Background: Co-op is a catchall term for, among other things, that magical (not really) process by which books non-magically appear at the front of the store. That space is nicknamed "real estate" for a reason. In the simplest of explanations: publishers pay for it.
Only it's not really that simple.
The myth I want to dispel in this post is that there is a publishing employee sitting on a fancy chair high up in a Manhattan skyscraper giving the "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" to co-op and thus deciding the fate and popularity of every book they come across. In reality it is a complex process with decisions made by many different people, and crucially: bookstores have a say too.
Agents are typically a few steps removed from the co-op process, but luckily there are some blog posts out there on the Internet that explain it far better than I could.
For an overview of co-op, you couldn't really do better than Eric at Pimp My Novel, a sales assistant at a major publisher, who has a series of posts giving a birds-eye view of this process. He notes that while many of the spaces are reserved for your big name authors and existing bestsellers, there is sometimes space for new authors as well.
Eric also links to a fantastic overview by Andrew Wheeler, a marketing manager for Wiley, who explains the interplay between publishers and booksellers:
Eventually, the sales rep will call on the buyer, and, among other things, map out what co-op nominations that publisher wants to make for the period in question. The buyer will generally have to wait until all of the nominations are in from all appropriate publishers before being sure everything is set -- it's entirely possible to have thirty nominations for a table that will hold twenty books. (And the chain may decide to refuse other nominations for other reasons, as well -- the chain always has the final decision, though the publisher with a sure-to-be-in-heavy-demand title has a lot of leverage.)
In other words, co-op is a business negotiation like many others: two parties are each trying to maximize their benefits from the deal, and their interests are parallel but not necessarily identical. (The publisher would love to get a dedicated display space; the chain wants to have the biggest and best books no matter who publishes them. Both want to sell a lot of books, though the chain is generally agnostic as to which particular books.)
The key here is that publishers make co-op nominations. It's up to booksellers to decide which promos to accept, and they do that based on their best guesses as well.
Now, this post is not intended to minimize the importance of marketing budgets and making books available for co-op and promotions and all of those things that go into making a book a success. All those elements are extremely important, and the fact that so many bookstores are closing and taking co-op space with them is a huge blow to publishers.
But this is a complex process. There are lots and lots and lots of people involved and they all want to sell the most number of books possible. If you don't personally like the books at the front of a bookstore there isn't a "publisher" to blame, but rather approximately 7,276 people (I counted) who are making their best guesses about how best to maximize their budgets (just kidding about the counting).
What can you do if, like everyone, you're an author and you want co-op? Take it away, Andrew!
What you can do here is what you need to do in general -- write the best book you can, one with a real and sizable audience, get it into the hands of an editor (and maybe an agent, if you're in an end of publishing where that helps or is necessary) who is really enthusiastic about it, and follow their lead about what you can do to help them promote and publicize it.
Co-op is not the be-all-end-all of a book's fate. As always: it's way more complicated than that.
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Dr. Nick said...
Who has the ultimate say (after nominations)...publisher or seller (B&N for example) on which books actually make the front shelf?
Nathan Bransford said...
Dr. Nick-
Booksellers choose from the titles publishers have nominated.
Dr. Nick said...
Thanks Nathan...Just realized that you already said that in your post.
T. Anne said...
I buy most of my books from the internet. Does Amazon do something similar as far as advertising is concerned?
Anonymous said...
"it's way more complicated than that"
One of the things that I think helps make a 'best seller' is distribution. Who decides what books are sent to pharmacies, grocery stores, hospitals? I'm guessing it's the publisher, but maybe I'm wrong?
It's harder to generate word of mouth if the book can only be found on line and in major bookstores. I live in a town with only one major bookseller, and it’s really not that small of a town.
So yes, some books gain fame because their great, but others (not saying their not great) are everywhere. There are many more chances for readers to pick these ones up.
Chuck H. said...
If you don't mind, Mr. Bransford, I'm not gonna worry about any of that until I actually have a snowball's chance in hell of getting something published. I do find most of your posts informative and/or entertaining, though.
MJR said...
I've bought many books--totally unknown to me--because they were on the center table and looked interesting. Now that my local bookstore is closing (in two days), I wonder how I will be introduced to these new authors. I bought THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER this way last summer (debut author)--never heard of it, never read a review, but it was highlighted on the center table and it looked interesting so I bought it (and liked it). I really don't think I'm an exception--I notice many people like me at bookstores--just circling the table looking for a good book to read.
Nathan Bransford said...
t. anne-
Eric actually talked about that yesterday.
Ellen Etc said...
As an indie bookseller, I can attest that while co-op money is influential for specific promotions, and helps pay for flyers and bookmarks, the managers in our various stores have final say about what gets placed where. We display the books that each location's customers are buying.
CS said...
or you can try my smaller 'store by store' approach. i have an author friend and whenever i'm in my local waterstones i stick her books in a prominent place. every little helps. and i don't dislodge any existing authors so don't shout at me
Kathryn Packer Roberts said...
How do book signings help? I noticed once that several books signed by the author appeared in a prominant place at my local bookstore. Were these left over from a book signing perhaps? (Is this a dubm question? Sorry, new to the game)
Mark Terry said...
I think co-op is great, but there are some potential drawbacks. With my first book with my last publisher, The Devil's Pitchfork, they paid some co-op to get it onto the front tables at Borders for a week or so. We saw some nice sales as a result, but the co-op was only for a week or so. Distribution was otherwise a bit spotty, so despite the number of other things my publisher did and I did, sales for a "first novel" were a little disappointing, more for my publisher than me, since they didn't feel they were getting their money's worth from the co-op and other promotion.
Well, they seem to have overcome their disappointment for the second novel, The Serpent's Kiss, by not doing co-op, not doing AuthorBuzz, and only sending out 3 advance reading copies, resulting, not surprisingly, in very few sales, following the trend established by the first book. Somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy. I had apparently become pasta you fling at the wall to see if it's done.
I have managed to find a publisher for the third and fourth book in the series (The Fallen comes out officially next week), and there's no co-op at all, but they've done a tremendous amount to get review mention, which has been excellent to-date.
The point here is that if co-op isn't effective--and it's enormously expensive--for whatever reason, it's not just one nail in your book's coffin, but a whole bucketload. It's not a panacea and there's probably some real timing involved in what makes it most effective, both in terms of whether there's name recognition, a flashy cover, sales already on the rise, length of time co-op goes into effect, and other factors like the phases of the moon and the editor's Cialis and Prozac running out.
Josin L. McQuein said...
There's something about the choice of "agnostic" to describe how the chains feel about the choosing that highlights the process. All that emphasis placed on it from writers and publishers, and yet the chains have no real loyalty to anyone. (Which is better for them.)
Not sure why, but now I have an image of the local manager taping a bunch of books to a dart board and tossing at them.
Anonymous said...
What's the median advance on a book that receives a nomination versus a book that does not? I'm trying to see how the numbers play out; I struggle to think this is all gut work.
Nathan Bransford said...
I'm not privy to that information enough to have a good guess, but Eric might have more info.
Icy @ Individual Chic said...
If an Indie bookseller knows the author (perhaps they've introduced themselves) does that make it more likely that their book might get to take advantage of co-op?
Jenn Kelly said...
So does this mean they'll notice when I take my books off the shelf and put them at the front of the store, squished in with the big names?
Mira said...
This is really good information, thank you (!), but it's awfully complicated.
You know, it's much more simple just to blame the publisher for everything, and I'm not sure I want to let go of that stance.
On the other hand, it's just a tiny step from that to blaming both the publisher and the bookstore. I think I could live with that.
Informative post, Nathan.
Anonymous said...
B&N and Borders started losing my book buying business when they installed the coffee shops.
I troll the store, grab five or six books, order my coffee and skim.
In the past I might have bought all those books, but now I sit down with my nosh and take a closer look at my picks. Four or five go back on the shelves after I realize they aren't worth the $20+ price tag or I can wait and get them at the library.
I do the same thing on Kindle store with the sampling feature. If the book doesn't hook me with the sample I won't buy it. No more impulse purchases for me.
Ian said...
Wow, very enlightening, thanks Nathan.
But, man. There's so much to this publishing lark. Just trying to write a killer story is hard enough.
david elzey said...
but taken by the numbers, when you say a bookstore chooses which books to co-op, with a company like barnes & noble thats a decision typically being made for over 800 stores. unless there are regional reasons *not* to co-op the book nationwide, each of those co-op titles is going to ship a minimum of ten copies per placement, plus at least two copies on the shelf.
measure that nearly 10,000 titles shipped against what a store would typically get of a non-co-op title – two to four copies max, and not at all locations – and there is great visual disparity that a shopper reads as a sign of quality. seeing a stack of ten copies on a table of a new book versus two copies buried on the shelves makes it look to a shopper like the co-op title is better. it's perception, but we know that perceptions sell.
so while the actual mechanics of choosing which co-op books to feature doesn't necessarily mean that publishers are marketing for success, it's still a fact that the consumer makes decisions based on these superficial marketing methods.
abc said...
I always like to peruse the "Employee Picks" table (or shelf or whatever). Especially if the employee looks cool. And then I'll think that if I read a book they like and also like it then we can be best friends! Apparently I need more friends.
Elaine AM Smith said...
Speaking of co-op and real estate and tables, I miss Borders UK. I drove past my empty store today, still empty. Don't get me wrong there are other book shops but that is what they are - other book shops :(
My solitary boycott of Amazon doesn't seem to be very effective.
ryan field said...
I wonder if any ambitious authors who didn't get nominated ever slip a few copies of their books on the front displays by accident.
Anonymous said...
How complicated! I do not live in the USA, Canada or another very affluent nation. In my country the situation for authors is really perilous because about the only books that are included in the average family budget are school texts. We do have great celebrated authors but most of them publish in the USA. (Octavio Paz, Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes and Elena Poniatowska) I don't know how the regional publishers stay in business because the masses certainly can't afford to buy many books. Meanwhile, back in the USA... while the situation is not ideal for book sellers,buyers, writers, agents,publishers... at least you have a still thriving industry... Keeping a little perspective always helps...
Anonymous said...
Great point, so if the initial print run is not big enough, then there is no way the first printing will be co-oped.
So the bigger the advance, the bigger the initial print run, the more likely a book will be nominated? I'm just trying to do napkin math on this.
So the 1.5 million print run of Stephanie Meyer's new book most likely will be co-oped. I'm just guessing.
Ishta Mercurio said...
Wow. And here I had thought that it was the publisher alone who made these decisions.
I live in a city with only one independent bookstore that I am aware of, and it serves a niche market that I am not a part of, so I'm left with the big-chain branch. However, I go there often, they know me there, and I have been asked a couple of times now when I'm going to finish my book so they can start selling it. I've been told by the staff there that they really try to promote local authors and I have seen local authors' books occupying one of the spaces on a table or an end, so maybe there is some way for branches to make some independent decisions regarding placement?
I wonder if anyone here knows the story of how The Lightning Thief got big? According to the friendly staff at my local bookstore, it started out with a very small initial print run, but then a kid read it and convinced his friends to read it, and then the school read it, and it grew from there. The series is co-opted in my bookstore now, so starting small and eventually getting co-opted is possible.
Matthew Rush said...
Nathan, first off I love the image of the thumbs up thumbs down guy. I don't LOL much but it did make me smile.
My only question is how much does co-op change within a single chain from city to city or region to region?
Ellen Etc said...
Nathan, in the bookstore biz we use "co-op" to mean the money that publishers give us to support in-store advertising of selected books. Co-op helps pay for our print newsletters, bookmarks, signs, and other promotions. It isn't the placement itself, because books for which we never get a dime of co-op money often end up in that prime, front-of-store (or countertop display) real estate.
CS: No wonder booksellers can't find books where the inventory system lists them. Helpful customers such as yourself think that a) you're doing the author a favor; and b) the bookstore staff doesn't notice when a book is moved. (Generally we blame the author's mother for that, however, and titles that "travel" a lot this way get made fun of in our staff room.)
Kathryn Packer Roberts: Yes, in our store we place signed copies in a prominent place after the book signing. The "signed" sticker makes the book look important, plus we appreciate the author's time in doing the reading.
Icy: Knowing the store staff doesn't help with co-op. Personally knowing them, such as being a recognized customer or someone they know from the community, does encourage the bookseller to hand-sell (i.e., talk up) your book to potential customers. But if any friendly person with a RETURNABLE book from a distributor we use (Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Partners West) introduces themself to me and tells me briefly about their book, I'll order a couple of copies for our stock, just to give the book a chance.
Ian: Yes, after publication you need to take off your sensitive writer hat and put on your determined publisher hat. (I'm sorry!)
Nathan Bransford said...
Thanks for the addition, Ellen, displays go into that as well. I added a "among other things" because while the post was focused on front store placement, yes, there's more to co-op than that.
Secret Love said...
Is there any value in posting'teasers' on the web?
I have a website ( and I have thought about putting short extracts, beginnings of novels, etc., to gauge public reaction.
Would this have any value in marketing and/or finding the ever-elusive agent ?
Anna Bowles said...
I didn't know the word 'co-op', we've always just called them promotions in the (UK) publishers I work for.
I'm in kids' mass market and whether Waterstones will want a book for a particular front-of-store promo is quite often a big influencing factor in deciding whether to publish or not. Sometimes a book is even commissioned at short notice on the grounds that it will probably go into said slot.
Kate Evangelista said...
I read the Pimp My Novel post as well yesterday and it was really interesting. I mean, I will never step into a bookstore and ogle the display the same way again.
Ralph said...
I found your blog by accident but I found this article so interesting. I am not a writer except for two blogs but I will from now on be reading this one.
jongibbs said...
Most enlightening.
Thanks for sharing, Nathan :)
Anonymous said...
Advance doesn't always factor in. My advance was ridiculously small, but my cover was nice and I got some nice blurbs from big names.
We had a *really* large retail buy-in and my print run was enormous, and so my publisher ended up getting me a ton of co-op. It was very surprising to me, because I'd expected nothing at all (due to my small advance). So there's a bit of hope for you all!
Eric said...
Fantastic post, Nathan. The only (small) caveat/addition I can think of is that occasionally, a chain will decline a co-op nomination and get such a powerful push back from the publisher that they will change their minds. It's relatively rare, but it does happen.
Generally speaking, though, yes: the chain has the final say as to what goes where in their stores.
clindsay said...
Anon 1:22-
The kind of distribution that you're talking about is called "mass merch" and there is an entire sales force at each publisher or publishing coop devoted to selling books into jobbers and wholesalers, who in turn stock the airports, drugstores, hospitals, pharmacies. There are only a few big wholesalers left in the country who do this now, and yes, coop is also involved, which is why you tend to see the same fifteen or so mass market paperbacks in every airport kiosk across the country. Ultimately the process is the same.
And there is another in-house sales team that works to get books into places like Walmart, Sams, Costco, BJs, etc. Same principle and yes, they also use coop.
Does that help?
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As we’ve been considering the hazards of gendered science kits for kids, some have suggested that it is simplistic to paint pink microscopes as an unalloyed evil.
One response on the potential value of girls’ science kits comes from Meghan Groome at Pathways to Science:
As someone who studies the formation of science identity in middle school students, I see everyday how girls try to navigate acceptable girl identities with those teachers look for to identify science talent. For many girls, upper elementary and middle school is a time where they are expected to lose both boisterous and intellectually curious elements of their external personalities. Day in and day out, I observe teachers, boys, and other girls in the class act as “gatekeepers” for smart, vocal girls in science. It’s subtle but once you point it out, it’s unmistakable. …
Teachers look for somewhat specific characteristics to define a kid who is smart or good in science. Those include excelling on exams, participating in class, and showing an interest in the content. Excelling on exams is a fairly private affair but class participation and curiosity become high-risk behavior for girls lead to them hiding their interest and talent.
All students have to make choices about who they are to the outside world, but for girls, there are fewer ways to be both a girl and someone who is outwardly interested and good at science.
So, when I originally read about girly science kits I balked at what appeared to be a gross exaggeration of girly identity. I’ve had similar responses when I got to robotics competitions and see the all-girl teams decked out like princesses or cheerleaders.
But upon reflection, I wonder why we adults are so quick to shut down another way that a girl can navigate being a girl and being a scientist? Do I personally want to be a scientist who acts like a Barbie? No, but who am I to shut down someone who chooses Barbie Scientist over Tom Boy scientist?
I think this assessment is onto something — although my experience is that there are fewer acceptable ways to be a girl regardless of whether one is outwardly interested in and good at science. Still, it’s worth asking if the rejection of gendered science kits might function (whether intended to do so or not) as another kind of gender policing, insisting that girls who pursue science must foreswear femininity entirely.
Another response, which I take to be less a defense of gendered science kits and more an examination of the assumption built into negative reactions to them, comes from Lauren at teenskepchick:
There are a bunch of related issues intertwined here.
There seems to be a strong societal presumption that science (and math, and related subject matter) are “naturally” of interest to boys (and men), but not to girls (and women).
There seems to be another strong societal presumption that girls are “naturally” inclined toward femininity — where femininity is described in a pretty narrow way connected to pink stuff, pretty clothes, interpersonal relationships, and the like — and boys are “naturally” inclined toward masculinity that is defined in similarly narrow terms.
Then there’s the presumption that science and math are more compatible with those masculine characteristics than with feminine ones.
Finally, there’s at least a tacit assumption that feminine characteristics and pursuits compatible with them are not as valuable as masculine characteristics and pursuits compatible with them — that the things that are linked to femininity are less than. (This is the internalized misogyny Lauren describes in her post.)
And these intertwined assumptions set up what can feel like a minefield for girls trying to negotiate the twin challenges of figuring out what pursuits interest them and of figuring out who they want to be.
On the one hand, a girl may be totally non-plussed by social pressure to be a certain kind of girl, compliant with a stereotypical version of femininity. But if this girl who resists the pressure to be “feminine” also decides she’s into science, maybe this runs the risk of reinforcing the assumption that science is not compatible with femininity — sure, here’s a girl who wants to do science, but she’s not actually a girly girl.
Indeed, if the girls one knows who are into science are uniformly those who depart from society’s picture of femininity, it may seem to the girls just working out whether to explore science that there is a forced choice between being feminine and pursuing science. And, if they’re OK with the bundle of qualities that is part of societally sanctioned femininity, they may conclude that they’re better off opting out of science (a conclusion peer-pressure may support).
Worse, the grown-ups mentoring girls, including the ones teaching them math and science, may believe that there is a forced choice between science and femininity. Among other things, they may pre-emptively decide that girly girls are not part of their target audience.
And, falling in line with society’s judgments, the girls who pursue science may assume that the girls who hew closer to the “feminine” stereotypes are less interested in or able to do science. This attitude may leave the girly girls who actually pursue science feeling rather isolated even from other girls in science.
All of this strikes me as a pretty raw deal.
In a perfect world, a pink microscope would be just as valid a choice as a blue one (assuming both have the same magnifying power). But in the world we currently inhabit, the pressure on girls to fit the stereotype of femininity is enormous, and comes from multiple sources, including (but not limited to) family members, peers, and school.
A well-meaning attempt to suggest to girls that science can be compatible with the stereotype of femininity can end up being yet another reminder that you need to conform to that stereotype. Otherwise, why the heck would every science kit in the girls’ section come in a pink box?
And lest we forget, Krystal D’Costa reminds us that boys face a parallel pressure to avoid anything that might be officially recognized as feminine:
[G]irls have the option not to choose pink, but do boys ever have the option to choose pink? Will the little boy curious about scents be isolated by his siblings and extended family if they learn what science kit he wants? Because it comes in a pink box?
To get to the point where a pink microscope does not act as yet another tool to police gendered expectation on girls (and boys) — and when women who reject pink microscopes are not used to police gendered expectations on scientists (as not girly) either — we need to figure out how to change the societal presumption that femininity and masculinity have anything at all to do with inclination towards, or ability in, science. We need to recognize opting into, or out of, femininity or masculinity as a completely separate issue from opting into, or out of, math and science. And, decisions with respect to math and science need to be seen as counting neither for nor against your opting into or out of a particular package of gendered characteristics.
After all, as far as I can tell, whether one is interested in math and science, or displays an ability for them, is an empirical question. Why not drop the gendered assumptions about who will be “naturally” suited to them and see what happens?
It would also be great if we could let kids find out who they are and how they want to be without locking them into a rigid, binary choice. If there was no pressure to be a particular kind of boy or a particular kind of girl — if the full range of options was open to everyone — I suspect it might be easier not to judge one set of options as inherently less than.
Again, I think it’s an empirical question — so let’s roll up our sleeves and create the conditions where we can actually find out.
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1. 1. Jerzy New 9:37 am 12/3/2011
I think gendered science kits and suchlike harm children. They harm development of important skill, which is, incidentally, especially important in science. This is abandoning one’s own easy, familiar point of view, and looking at reality from other perspective, like objective perspective of science or perspectives of the other sex, other cultures, other individuals.
Perhaps that is why European schools have no gendered science kits but better educated schoolchildren.
Are laws of physics gendered? Are sun and stars gendered?
If oneseeing give them false sense that the world can be made
to study it.
So, children given gendered science kits will study gendered laws of physics, gendered chemistry etc?
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2. 2. Jerzy New 9:38 am 12/3/2011
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3. 3. DavidMJones 9:52 am 12/3/2011
Good discussion. I try to understand the issues because I know that there are issues about this topic. Like any sort of prejudice the ONLY way to end it is to stop being prejudice. Sounds simplistic, but how else will any prejudice stop. It’s not gone until we stop doing it. Any person interested in science should be encouraged. Amd while I’m at it, what is the point of os using stupid terms such as ‘girly’?
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4. 4. tcbbiggs 6:31 pm 12/23/2011
You really hit the ball out of the park for me. I think it is more important to teach kids that they will be the best (scientist, firefighter, teacher, chef etc) if they are true to themselves and be who they want to be. If girls want to feel pretty and wear makeup and nice clothes or, if boys like to dress sharp and look clean, or if someone just wants to wear jeans and sweat shirts and not comb their hair every day, then they should do that, independent of if they want to be scientists or engineers.
Two high school girls were teaching programming at a summer camp for middle school girls, one of whom tended towards the more casual side of the girls’ grooming spectrum and the other a beautiful young lady who looked like she just stepped out of a magazine. When the more “glamorous” young woman assisted a girl with a tricky problem, the younger student gazed up at her with a quizzical look on her face and said, “wow, you’re so smart. But you’re so pretty too?” Bless those high school girls who dropped the lesson plans and spent the next 15 minutes talking to the middle schoolers about how they should be who they want to be and dress how they want to without worrying about what people say they should do.
I will also point out that the first activity that the campers participated in at this week-long Technology camp for girls was decorating their safety glasses with glitter and jeweled stickers. At the end of the week, 85% of the campers surveyed said that they were more interested in technology than they had been before the camp. I don’t think you can credit the glitter for that, but the camaraderie with other girls.
Thanks for the thoughtful post.
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5. 5. TheCellularScale 12:19 pm 06/22/2012
I think this is really important. It’s just as sexist to think that women shouldn’t act feminine in science as it is to think that they shouldn’t be there in the first place.
Just as it is “blasphemous to say that a black kid with a book is acting white” (to paraphrase Obama) it is blasphemous to say that a woman in science is acting masculine.
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Myth: Subnet manager running on IB switch does name resolution on MPI network?
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With very little fanfare, The Unsane took stage and immediately played one of its best songs, "Against the Grain," with that great doleful neck-and-body bend in the beginning that is one of guitarist and singer Chris Spencer's signature sounds. Within the span of a fifteen or sixteen song set, The Unsane played songs from across its career.
Spencer later apologized for playing long, but it didn't seem like anyone minded hearing a number of the band's classics. Many of the songs came from the 2007 album, Visqueen. This included a crushing, blistering renditions of "Only Pain" and "Last Man Standing."
Someone in the audience requested "Strangler" and Spencer said we could blame that guy. But once the harmonica came out to play the intro, alongside thick as lava bass lines and impressionistic percussion -- all of which went direct into the hot air blast of the rest of the song. This was made slightly curious due to the passing resemblance of the song to "Twist of Cain" by Danzig.
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At one point, Spencer joked about how no one in the room was old enough to remember the band's early singles, and then the group went into a song that was uncharacteristically anthemic and bright rather than the cutting assault of its later material. The same guy who asked for "Strangler" started asking for two of the remaining songs in order, without really knowing the set list, and so the band played "Sick" and "Body Bag" before closing with the largely instrumental "Get One."
All on stage joking aside, when the band was well into its songs, you'd be hard pressed to find an example of a band that can create sonic heft to the same degree as The Unsane. Chris Spencer's vocals only really bear comparison to John Brannon but his band's music was not like Negative Approach, Laughing Hyenas or Easy Action, but the feel of witnessing an unfettered burst of pent up emotions and frustrations channeled into song was very much present throughout.
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Emily says:
I am sorry to be one of the voices to speak against this article, as I see that your intentions are true to love others and show grace to all. I appreciate your commitment to living others and pursuing relationships rather than judge. As you stated, “love the sinner, hate the sin”, I completely agree! Because that is God’s heart for all. However, Christians are followers of Jesus and believers of His word. If one claims to live as a Christian, than they are asked to believe the Bible and speak its truth, that means ALL OF ITS TRUTHS. There are several scriptures that are clear about homosexual behavior (Lev 18:22, Lev 20:13, Deut. 22:5, 1 Cor 6:9-11 and in Matthew 19:4-6, Jesus himself describes marriage as created by God. No where did he describe marriage as between a man and man or woman and woman.) Christians live by ALL OF GODS WORD, Which means there is no such thing as “gay Christians”. Homosexuality is not another type of person, it is sin. Sin that is deceiving people whom God loves. Gay Christians are believing the lie that God condones and approves their lifestyle, but He does not. Just like he does not like me speaking lies or cheating others. This article is saying to love, but it is also deceiving those we love by saying what they are doing is right by God, and that is sad to me. I am not judging, just wish to speak Gods words of truth about this matter in love, and pray that God continues to use loving people like you Kathy to reach out to others by speaking his truth and not condoning or accepting behavior that He hates. Notice I say “behavior” not “people”. Yes God loves all people, but He does not accept all behavior. and if we believe in the power Jesus Christ, than yes we can believe that He can set others free from the deception of sinful behavior, such as, homosexuality.
Kathy | Canyonwalker Reply:
First, thank you for the kind tone in your post.
We disagree at the core of this issue and that is what causes the difference in approach. I do not believe the Bible speaks at all about same sex loving relationships. And, in absence of that, do what we know to do—view same sex relationships the same as opposite sex ones.
Of course, marriage in a legal sense is not YET available, so commitment before God and community to one another can serve as marriage for now.
We will catch up with this LGBT people.I would encourage you STRONGLY Emily to go and be with LGBT believers and let God talk to you. I was SHOCKED and shifted when I put myself in this situation.
You type “behavior” but HOW can WHO someone IS be unravelled from who they indeed are? This may sound lovely and loving, but it is not reality. Homosexuality is a NORMAL variation of human sexuality. I would also encourage you to read on this issue. Meeting people who are indeed gay and Christian may stretch you. I know hundreds of Christ-honoring, Spirit filled LGBT Christians. So , again, at the very core of this issue, we part ways and come to different conclusions. And yet, we can still live in honor, mutual respect and unity as we struggle for His truth.
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Screenwriting as a career: tips from top names in the industry
From Julian Fellowes to Abi Morgan, five leading screenwriters share their essential careers advice
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes
A first script is like an audition that opens doors for screenwriters, says Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey. Photograph: Eamonn Mccabe for the Guardian
Bafta and the British Film Institute recently hosted lectures on screenwriting. In extracts from their lectures, top writers Abi Morgan, Brian Helgeland, Julian Fellowes, Peter Straughan and Scott Frank offer advice for career hopefuls.
Abi Morgan (The Hour, Shame, The Iron Lady)
Openings are important to me. My first play took me two years to write. I think it was because I wrote and re-wrote the first page maybe 100 times. I now think of that play as my apprenticeship. It was the mental warm-up, the place where I was starting to piece together all the other moments. It's where I bring form to the chaos. Most of the writing journey is a process of this – finding form to chaos.
The ability to change is key in writing drama. That doesn't mean one has to concede on every point. Having written several screenplays, I want to stay in the state where I think I know something and then discover I know nothing again. It drives me, it motivates me. And it also makes me realise that the process of drafting, re-drafting and throwing away material is never for nothing.
Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential, Mystic River)
The first thing to do is to is pick something worth writing about, which seems fairly obvious. You want to make it compelling and commercial. The thing about a commercial movie is all it has to do is make more money than it cost. So if your movie cost $10 to make and it makes $20, it's commercial.
You only have around 120 pages so it has to be structured. It has to drive forward. If you write a scene that is lateral, cut it out or make it do something. Make it drive you to the next moment because there's no time to mess around. Novelists can write 900 pages if they want. For a film, you can write between 100 and 140 pages, but there's not a lot of difference there. When you start writing a script, you're an architect and there's nothing creative about it – that's a slight exaggeration, but it's true.
Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park)
I think you always have to remember when you're writing a script, that it isn't necessarily going to be that script that gets made, but what it acts as is an audition that opens the door for you.
I never had any training at all in screenwriting and, like almost everything else in my life, it all came about completely by accident. People often say to me, "Wouldn't you rather this had all happened when you were 30?". Well, the short answer to that is yes, but the long answer is that by the time you're 50 you've made a fool of yourself so many times that the thought that you might make a fool of yourself is no longer a deterrent. So you just cheerfully take it on board and have a crack.
Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, The Men Who Stare at Goats)
Pretty much all the work you get offered as a writer comes in the form of some kind of source material. People often say that there are so many adaptations now because the film industry wants to minimise risk by picking stories that have been proven to work with a large audience.
Obviously that's sometimes true. It's true of something like Fifty Shades of Grey, I suppose. But I don't think it's true of Paul Thomas Anderson when he adapted Upton Sinclair's little-known novel Oil into There Will Be Blood. And I don't think Kubrick was relying on the box office power of Thackeray when he did Barry Lyndon.
Original screenplays are harder to write, not surprisingly; you have to come up with all the raw material yourself. But the interesting thing is that the process of writing both originals and adaptations is much more similar than you'd think because, even when you're adapting someone else's work, you still haven't decided what you're going to say with it.
Scott Frank (Minority Report, Marley & Me, Out of Sight)
I'm not a big believer in writing tips, because when you get down to it, it's all so personal, and whenever someone gives me a tip, it just makes me feel like I've been doing it all wrong.
We spend far too much time agonising over the why. We are told to write only this kind of movie or that kind of movie and, stupidly, we believe these people. We are told to write only things that are emotionally honest or true or have some socio-political content or something with depth or whatever. What if we have no depth? What if we just like robot movies?
I guess the answer would be to write a robot movie that's emotionally honest. You could try to write a really good one. But who sets out to write a bad movie? Let me tell you something – I say this from experience – the bad movies are just as hard to write as the good ones. So please go ahead and write your robot movie. Or the superhero movie. Or whatever movie you want to. Just don't write it because you think I or anyone else is waiting for you to do it.
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