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HomeSWEL Time Bank
Swel Timebank
NNN has joined forces with the SWEL Timebank. For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, a timebank is a reciprocity-based work trading system in which hours are the currency.
We are what’s known as an organizational member of the timebank. This means that individual members of SWEL can earn “timebank hours” for helping NNN become a reality. NNN has already received a donation of 100 timebank hours which are being used for this.
In the future, we hope to strengthen our connection by creating a joint SWEL/NNN membership.
With timebanking, a person with one skill set can “bank” and “exchange” “time” in another skill with every hour of every skill being equally valued regardless of the service(s) provided. Helping others in this way builds and strengthens community.
The Praxis Center (Michigan) found that TimeBanks value the contributions of senior citizens. In a society that assigns human value to a person’s ability to produce, older adults are burdened with a diminished perception of their worth. When this is internalized in combination with social isolation, and a decreased physical ability to perform household work, many elders succumb to depression and illness. In a TimeBank, the inherent value and wisdom of our elders can be received and valued while allowing them to access necessary services they can no longer physically perform themselves. For example, they can teach skills like knitting or reading in exchange for window washing, oven cleaning, or home repairs. It may even be possible to earn and save time credits as a way of preparing for retirement.
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A voice like the roar of many waters…
My interest in bubbles was reignited again today after watching a CBS Sunday Morning segment on bubbles. Did you know that bubbles and only bubbles are what give rushing waters their sounds?
The babbling of a brook, the rushing of a river, the breaking of waves and the roar of a waterfall come from the pulse of sound made every time a bubble is formed, therefore the more bubbles formed, the more sound pulses generated and the greater the sound.
Our sweet Lord’s voice was described in Revelation as being like “the roar of many waters”, but maybe it can be more accurately described as being the combination of sound pulses generated as many bubbles are formed – as if He was speaking at the surface or intersection of two different substances, John residing in one substance, and our Lord speaking to him from the other substance.
Revelation 14:2
And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters…
Maybe our universe is like a bubble?
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Mike Rosing on Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:39:38 +0100
Using libpari
I am trying to use libpari as a stand alone C program rather than creating useful functions for gp. I can do things easily with gp (well, not so easy the first time!) but when I try to do similar things in C I get a lot of errors.
What I would like to do is create GF(2^n) elements in "increasing" order:
t + 1 t^2
t^2 + 1
t^2 + t
t^2 + t + 1
I start my program, and things are fine:
#include <pari/pari.h>
int main()
GEN y, E, f, z, a1, a2;
pari_init(2*1024*1024, 5*1024*512);
z = ffinit(gen_2, 10, -1);
y = ffgen(z, -1);
pari_printf("%Ps %ld\n", type0(y), lg(y));
I can give a2 a constant value like gen_1, but I have no idea how to give it a value of y, let alone different t_FFELT values. I have read the users guide and the libpari manual, but the things I've tried which are similar to t_REAL or t_INT fail miserably.
I'm not really worried about efficiency, I'd just like to make it work.
Thanks for any help!
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Workshop: Make a Tamagotchi game!
When: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 from 7-9pm
Primary language: English (bilingual teacher)
Cost: free
Remember Tamagotchi? In this workshop, we’ll be making our very own virtual pet simulation game with Stencyl. You don’t need any previous experience, programming knowledge, or anything else. This is very beginner-friendly.
You’ll learn how to:
• Break down the game’s design into steps and features
• Make your tiny pet grow from an egg to an adult
• Import art assets and animation
• Manage stats & happiness
• Pet actions such as feeding, pooping, and patting
• If we have time: special events!
This workshop is open to everyone of all genders, ages, and experiences. Kids are welcome to participate but should be supervised by their parental guardian.
1. Download and install the latest version of Stencyl.
2. Get the assets (or optionally: bring your own 2D pet assets)
3. Enjoy the sun and have a glass of iced tea!
Workshop Leader: Rebecca Cohen-Palacios
Rebecca is the co-founder of Pixelles and UI developer at Ubisoft. She loves to teach workshops especially cute ones like this!
Publié dans Nouvelles, Ateliers
À propos
Nous sommes une initiative non-lucrative dédiée à aider plus de femmes à créer des jeux vidéo à Montréal. Courriel :
Twitter : @pixellesmtl
Facebook : Pixelles Group
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Monday, April 28, 2008
AjaxControlToolkit & ScriptResource.axd load balancer (web farm) related issue
It turns out that approaches that create resource url based onto methods that are in turn based on the AppRoot IIS metabase value can be actually very error prone.
One of such is the AjaxControlToolkit currently. Lets see how its ToolkitScriptManager creates script references:
protected override void OnResolveScriptReference(ScriptReferenceEventArgs e)
if (this._combinedScriptUrl == null)
this._combinedScriptUrl = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0}?{1}={2}&{3}={4}", new object[] { (null != this._combineScriptsHandlerUrl) ? this._combineScriptsHandlerUrl.ToString() : this.Page.Request.Path, "_TSM_HiddenField_", this.HiddenFieldName, "_TSM_CombinedScripts_", HttpUtility.UrlEncode(SerializeScriptEntries(this._scriptEntries, false)) });
It can be an idea to do some normalization of path, something like ToUpper() or ToLower would do. Can though imagine REST path based case sensitive scenarios ... But the stable part of a path should/may be definitely normalized anyway.
What is the issue that happens? .
During partial page updates (when you use update panels), script loads may be requested by the partial updates that are coming back from the server. For example by the elements inside the |id|ScriptPath| .....
ScriptManager is doing a smart job by trying to see if any of the scripts referred by this partial update response is not actually present in its previously loaded list of scripts:
Sys._ScriptLoader.isScriptLoaded = function Sys$_ScriptLoader$isScriptLoaded(scriptSrc) {
// For Firefox we need to resolve the script src attribute
// since the script elements already in the DOM are always
// resolved. To do this we create a dummy element to see
// what it would resolve to.
var dummyScript = document.createElement('script');
dummyScript.src = scriptSrc;
return Array.contains(Sys._ScriptLoader._getLoadedScripts(), dummyScript.src);
Check happens based on the url of the script resource. Now imagine script resource from one server to be "/YOURVIRTUALDIRNAME/ScriptResource.axd?bla" and from another one: "/YourVirtualDirName/ScriptResource.axd?bla" .
In this case ScriptManager downloads the script, and again doing a smart thing, validates if any of the types defined by it are not already present on the page.
This is how in case of AjaxControlToolkit it first hits the:
Microsoft JScript runtime error: Sys.InvalidOperationException: Type AjaxControlToolkit.BoxSide has already been registered. The type may be defined multiple times or the script file that defines it may have already been loaded. A possible cause is a change of settings during a partial update.
And then in the post script load handler:
Microsoft JScript runtime error: Sys.ScriptLoadFailedException: The script '/YOURVIRTUALDIRNAME/ScriptResource.axd?d=TmjKPE4RZ97qx5GW9RVSkqSX0rxZscPBsKSyhveagjALaOxgNSakbVbBWc9HKZhJiVrfl3LartocAklCD5-ciQ2&t=633425518675405868' failed to load. Check for:
Inaccessible path.
As again the idea of just using ToUpper() or ToLower() would not work for all of the cases (like REST), the best way out looks to be just to ensure that AppRoot of those virtual dirs is exactly the same on all servers in the farm.
You can use Metabase Editor utility coming with the IIS Resource kit for the convenient editing of this. As you update it please pay attention to the whole part starting Root to be the same on all servers and better be Root and not ROOT. I don't have enough time to play with it now, but it looks like some magic converts the virtual dir app root name to capital if ROOT is used! This happens as it seems when IIS is flushing in-memory metabase snapshot to the disk. To be confirmed and be more funded hopefully soon.
Your problems with scripts can be though absolutely unrelated to this as there is quite a broad range of other issues you can have:
Non-matching machineKey on your farm, faulty script compression on IIS6, and range of others - happy googling :)!
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Sheild Section
These Soldiers have trained together to hold the line in melee combat:
Fausto the Shield Captain
Drago the shield Vanguard
Francesco the shield Grog
Gervassio the shield Grog
Adriana the shield grog
Viviane the shield grog
Fighting as a group Drago is the vanguard, with a +27 to either attack or defense from leadership:
attk 18
def 17
dmg 8
rng 0
init 4
soak 10
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Many people wear a cross as a trinket, which sometimes is all that it is. But the story of the first Good Friday is rather more sombre than that. Probably, there was no such thing as a cross, but more like a tree to hang criminals on. But the symbol has become the most important symbol of Christian faith.
1. Behold the Cross displayed for all to see:
the one who saves the world is hanging there.
2. They executed the awkward squad in the ancient world:
we still believe in torture to show who's on top.
3. For the Cross of Christ was a gibbet and not a decoration:
an electric chair to deter not a trinket to attract!
4. The wise men came to know Christ by a star:
the Cross is where we look to follow him today.
5. Unless I am burned away with the fire of love:
consumed by the endless flames that cauterise me,
6. the only way I can learn to follow the Cross:
must needs be through pain and loss, to be purged with tears.
7. For it wasn't the nails that kept Christ on his Cross:
but the power of his love for us, that held him there.
8. So, Christ, print on my heart your love for me:
your Cross has painted love in lively colours.
9. Behold the Cross displayed for all to see:
hanging there is the one who saves the world.
10. On every one of my dyings shed your light:
prove your love on your Cross and press me forward.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
This is something i wrote a long time back... wanted to put it up somewhere. What better place than here...
On the debatable question of creation, the Old Testament says, “God said, Let There Be Light and there was Light”, science says that all that we see around us is the result of the biggest fireworks in the Encyclopedia Galactica. I have long longed to be in the shoes of Einstein, waiting to develop a unified theory of “The One” (not the Matrix ‘One’), a confluence of science and divinity. It is this desire that leads me to believe that it was God who gave the “Divine Spark” for the Big Bang saying, “Let There Be Light”.
Everything in nature is dual. Good and evil, birth and death, light and darkness. So why can’t God and Science be but two sides of the same coin. What or who is God? What is our purpose here? I attempted to delve into the depths of these questions knowing fully well that a great many have perished seeking this “Holy Grail” and spend a whole lifetime fruitlessly, tirelessly to find why we are here.
This dichotomous quality needs to be examined a bit more closely, first in scientific terms and then though the divine before arriving at harmony. Bible defines the body to be “from dust and unto dust”, so we are just big chunks of matter. But what separates us from the rock or the flowing water is the divine park of life. In scientific terms, the energy that runs through our arteries, pulsating through our heart. Thus we are but a confluence of matter and energy which leads us to the ultimate theory of E = mC2, thus making it a divine relation. Tracing it to its origin, life before the big bang was just one whole aggregate of energy and matter entwined in a plasma state, that wanted to be free, to dichotomize itself and turn into matter and energy, thus spawning the Big Bang, the scientific equivalent of Genesis…God.
Religions have a rather interesting way of defining creation, be it Genesis in the Old Testament or Amon Ra’s creation of the world by the Egyptians. A rather interesting perspective of this dichotomous approach is taken in the Indian Mythology in the texts called Puranas. It talks about God in a hermaphroditic from, a half-man, half-woman being as the one who initiates creation. Named Ardha-Nareeshwar in the scriptures, the being splits (much like an amoeba, the most basic form of life) into its male and female equivalents (the sacred masculine and the sacred feminine) called Shiv and Shakti, whose confluence thus spawns creation.
My unified theory thus defines God as “the ultimate sacramental form of energy”, that divine spark that exists in us. Thus God resides in each one of us providing us life and reason. We are all born with an inherent amount of this divine cosmic energy whose quantity is defined and controlled by our own karma. With every righteous deed, we escalate its amplitude and every act conceding to the seven sins diminishes its shine. It’s the expanse of this sacred spark in us that we call the soul that decides our fate after death. “From the divine we come and unto it we go”, as we die that reminiscent energy seeks its parentage, amalgamating into the One before its deeds are reckoned. If we cannot elevate our self unto the paths of nirvana, we fall into the infinite cycle of life and death, born each time with that spark that is left in us from our past life until we attain fulfillment in but a spiritual sense.
This duly explains why Jesus or Buddha is not born every now and then and why they are called "Son of God". We all are sons of God, but they are great souls who have uplifted themselves to nirvana and paved the paths for others to join them in the confluence with the dichotomous scientifically correct God….
Jo said...
Wonderful post Raghu. Really a food for thought.
Raghu said...
thanks jo... it is something that i really believe in...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tapestry warp: what would you choose?
I did a little experiment a few months ago and wanted to show you the results. I wove these four little samples on a Hokett loom. Speed of warping is a big advantage when you're making samples. Hokett looms are warped in a flash.
I wove these samples with the same weft at 8 ends per inch. The warp was different for each. All four warps were cotton seine twine made by Bockens. The sizes are woven into the samples. 12/15 is the fattest, 12/9, 12/6, and 20/6 is the thinnest. They also make a 12/12 warp which falls between the 12/15 and the 12/9. I didn't have any at the time.
I wove these because my normal weaving practice of 8 to 10 epi with a 12/6 warp doesn't fit the parameters often given for warp and weft sizes. I'd like to suggest that there is a much wider range of possibilities than has been taught in all the basic tapestry texts.
There are many guidelines for figuring out what warp to use. One such authority is Archie Brennan and THIS article on the American Tapestry Alliance website is used a lot.
Archie is certainly correct that the space between the warps is very important. My argument is that when you change that space, you get different effects in your weaving. Most tapestry weavers that I know work closer to the 12/15 side of things. You can see fairly clearly in my photo that the warp ribs in the 12/15 sample are very prominent. We'd expect this from a fat warp. The warp I use the most at this sett is the 12/6. The warp ribs are much less prominent and the surface of the tapestries is smoother. This is something that I like in my work. I also use a weft yarn that is slightly fuzzy and it gives the surface a bit of a bloom. Those bits of fiber further smooth the surface so the warp ribs are not visible unless you're looking very closely.
What warp you decide to use depends a great deal on the sort of image you want to make. A lot of the imagery in my work is created in a very horizontal direction. If you're trying to create crisp shapes that have a lot of verticality, then perhaps you do want to use a fatter warp. If we narrow that space between the warps as we do with a fatter warp, we can get a quicker change in color between two shapes.
I will, at some point, do this experiment again on a larger loom and shift the diameter of the weft used on each warp. There are many variables and if you use a thinner weft you have to weave a lot more, but you get subtler horizontal shapes.
What materials you use depends on what you want to create after all...
(you don't have to follow "the rules")
1. Very interesting to see those side by side!
2. Quite interesting. I would never have guessed, using the same weft, but changing the warp size, would be something that could even be done. Thank you for sharing this information.
3. Thanks Rebecca. Great info and thanks for sharing this. I have a couple of differently sized warps, nice to see what they do.
4. What is your warp set at in each sample ?
5. Such a great idea! Makes me want to do more samples before any given piece. What did you mean by "8 to 10 epi with a 12/6 warp doesn't fit the parameters often given for warp and weft sizes"?
1. Mostly I'm talking about the articles and books you read that say that the weft should fit between the warps when held the other direction... or the diameter of the weft is about equal to the space between the warps. I have found that this is a fairly restrictive guideline. My sett of 8 to 10 epi with a 12/6 warp does not fit this. The space between the warps is far wider than the size weft I use. Most people at this sett would use a 12/9 or a 12/12 cotton seine twine or similar sized warp... much fatter.
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ReddHub for Windows Phone!
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4. Slide left and right on titles to easily slide to the next one
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7. Support for many comment links in-line, RES style.
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Harry Potter and Rejecting Culture
Harry Potter celebrates its twentieth birthday today.
Not his birthday; everybody knows that The Boy Who Lived turns 37 at the end of this July. Everybody.
No, the series itself came out in the UK on the 26th of June, 1997. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was released in the UK first; it wouldn’t come to America until September, as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone because the publishers thought that the American people were dumb.
Dumb or not, the American people were certainly different. By the time I picked up the series three years later, the embers of the first book had ignited a forest fire in the American church like I had never seen before.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Boycott
Hot off a headline-grabbing but ultimately toothless boycott of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (for…somewhat unclear reasons) the year before Potter’s scarred forehead popped onto the screen, the American church had quite a platform from which to address popular culture. Of course, they were no strangers to decrying popular culture; music, comic books, violent films, sex in films, and more had all captivated the attention of the church from time to time. But Harry Potter gave them a new, thrilling target: witchcraft.
Of course, actual witchcraft is truly demonic. It’s a power that Satan uses to turn people from God. But the spells Harry uses aren’t real witchcraft. Heck, they’re not even real Latin!
Still, the boycott was begun, the die cast; and suddenly we saw books, tracts, thinkpieces, radio addresses, articles on the young internet, and even sermons about how the Harry Potter series was a gateway into true witchcraft and demonic possession.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Monomyth
Even as a fifteen-year-old, that didn’t ring true to me. The series didn’t feel like a handbook for witchcraft any more than The Hardy Boys was a handbook on how to be within 10 miles of a 150-page mystery every couple of weeks. It was clear that the books were a brew of fantasy lore crafted from equal parts mythology and original content; they had a familiar, perhaps even epic story to them, and the magic was simply the backdrop upon which that story played out. Dorothy had the wonderful world of Oz, Odysseus had his boat, and Harry Potter had a land of wands and magic.
Inevitable comparisons were made by Potter apologists to the work of Tolkien and Lewis, who also set their stories in worlds of magic and mysticism; Probably a fair comparison, I think. In all those cases, the magic serves the story, not the other way around. The magic is the thread on which a bead string story is strung.
More than just being harmless, the Harry Potter story actually has a lot of depth and resonance with The Story. Rightly seen, it won’t push us from God; but, perhaps surprisingly, draw us closer to Him.
Harry Potter and the Gospel Story of Fire
People who don’t read Harry Potter’s story won’t see the message of the power of friendship; a story which, much like David and Jonathan in the Bible, shows a loyal, sacrificial friendship between people who loved one another greatly.
People who avoid Harry Potter won’t see the message detailing the importance of standing up for what you believe in, even if you must stand against authority to do so.
People who turn away from Harry Potter won’t see the triumph of equality over pedigree. They won’t see the powerful symbol of the protection of love. They won’t understand the weight placed on seeking out the truth, whether it’s easy to find or not. And they won’t catch the beautiful parallels of a world beyond our own in which incredible things may happen.
But most of all, people who reject Harry Potter miss out on the powerful sacrifice in every book; where someone lays down their lives for friends, family, and an undeserving school.
All of this we love, because it reminds us of Christ. Because it echoes in our hearts, and we love to see stories like that.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Rejection
For a few years, it became vogue to boycott the series for its “evil” attempt to turn normal kids to witchcraft. But those who did stay out took themselves out of some very interesting conversations.
I’ve talked before about the trichotomy of Receiving culture (accepting it all into your mind and worldview indiscriminately), Rejecting culture (abandoning and ignoring popular culture without listening to anything). And, of course, Redeeming culture; looking critically to find the weight of God’s glory in everything we create and enjoy.
Now, some culture should rightly be rejected. Some of it is demonic, evil, anti-Christ. But more often, it should be avoided personally because of convictions or sin tendencies in our own hearts. We should be careful to investigate closely before we call others to boycott.
Boycotts are an intentional attempt to reject culture on a large scale, forcing our convictions on others; to turn inward as a community and try to ignore what the culture can tell us about who God is.
Harry Potter and the Narrative Hallows
God has written His story like a lightning-shaped scar on our hearts. And when He’s around, we can feel it.
So, in retrospect, a big part of what would eventually become Redeeming Culture began when I first picked up a Harry Potter book. I learned to not just reject things proudly; but also to not just let everything wash over you and fill you up without knowing what it is. I learned that Redeeming Culture meant to seek gold, to dive deep into a story and find God there also, smiling with joy that we found His story in our own hearts. And I learned that boycotts can make you miss out on some important Gospel truth.
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Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!
Thanks for reading Redeeming Culture. If you’d like to write for us about your favorite wand (or something even more important), drop us a line in the comments below or click here.
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[OPE-L:8715] Re: Re: a case against the war in Iraq
From: Ian Hunt ([email protected])
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 00:13:09 EST
Dear Jerry,
I use the term 'fascist' for an organised repressive dictatorship of
the bourgeoisie with strong elements of state organised capitalism.
Although I haven't made a detailed study of Iraq, the Ba'ath party
looks like a fascist party, with an organised repression of any
independent working class activity, elements of 'national socialism,
and imperial aspirations, as shown in its agression against Kuwait.
I am prepared to be surprised on this, though.
Other more 'theocratic' national capitalist dictatorships in the
region could usefully be compared with Falangist Spain, I suppose, or
treated as hybrids of feudal and capitalist elements.
As to being 'manifestly better off' there is a bit of a cheat in
this, since an element of that will be the lifting of sanctions,
which were imposed in kept in place by the US to topple Saddam. While
the US is hardly to be praised for producing this improvement, since
it would not be necessary without its intervention, it remains a
reason for welcoming a post-Saddam Iraq.
Independently of that, the case is probably more contentious, as you
suggest. If the US imposes its own repressive regime on Iraq, as
seems a prospect, then things may get worse for workers and peasants
in Iraq. But US political goals require at least a lifting of the
apparatus of oppression with which Saddam operated (assuming all of
this is not a 'big lie'). Dialectically, I was also conceding that
there is an amnesty based case for taking the passing of Saddam in
itself as a plus because I wanted to argue to a broad audience,
including people who believe that saddam's regime is brutally
repressive, that the war is unjust even conceding that. Removing a
brutal dictatorship by invasion can only be justified in very limited
circumstances, such as when the regime imposes a humanitarian crisis
on its own people, which Saddam had not.
>Re [8712]:
> > Iraq will manifestly be better off without Saddam's fascist regime.
>Hi Ian.
>1) On what basis can the current government in Iraq be said
>to be "fascist"?
>2) Why are you assuming that Iraq "will manifestly be better
>off" after Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party are removed
>from power? Is there any reason to believe that a new (puppet)
>government selected by the invading power will be any better
>for the workers and peasants of Iraq?
>A question on the preceding paragraph in your short essay
>which discussed "the real aims and the real consequences of
>the US led invasion of Iraq:
>* the aims and consequences that you state are entirely in
>reference to the *region*, the Middle East, but shouldn't those
>(and other) intended aims and expected consequences
>underlying US policy be put in a *global* context? I.e. don't
>you view US aims in the current conflict in terms of global US
>strategy rather than just Middle East policy?
>In solidarity, Jerry
Associate Professor Ian Hunt,
Director, Centre for Applied Philosophy,
Philosophy Dept, School of Humanities,
Flinders University of SA,
Humanities Building,
Bedford Park, SA, 5042,
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From: Rakesh Bhandari ([email protected])
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 12:07:44 EST
>So, for you there is no capital at a given point of
>time for Marx? When Marx writes C, V etc in his
>equations they are not capital?
As you know, I accept Carchedi's temporalist point that all
variables should be time subscripted. So if C and V are capital
at one point in time, SV and total value/price produced are forms
of capital at a later point of time. Even in simple
reproduction there are temporal lags; everything does not happen
at once. Hence, things can go wrong even in simple reproduction
>No! my point is not about what science should be at
>all. Science believs in cause-effect relationship.
>This is their fundamental belief. Scientists
>understand what they mean when they refer to cause as
>they have devised certain standards that justifies
>something to be a cause or not (statistical
>probability or passing the laboratory test or what
>ever)but those standards themselves have no grounds
>independent of the context of the scientific
Well put indeed. Then the question what is the meaning of
cause in the Sraffian theory?
>As religious or spiritual people understand
>what they mean when they talk about soul and God. But
>neither can be established through mathematical proofs
>or logical propositions.
>This whole debate has nothing to do with Michael L. It
>started off because you had raised the question of no
>causality in Sraffa's work. As far as the later
>Wittgenstein is concerned, I think he will accept that
>cause and effect has meaning within the context of
>scientific discourse but it will become nonsense once
>you drag it out of the scientific context and use it
>in philosophical ar mathematical discourse. Cheers,
>ajit sinha
So given that it has no room for causality Sraffa's theory is a
sub species of philosophical and mathematical
Still not quite getting the point, Rakesh
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
John Donne, the 1980 Census, and a Journalist whom I wouldst cite if I recalledest his name
I have a fond memory of reading either The Washington Post or the late lamented dead tree Newsweek back in the 1970s. The article discussed that fact, due to times which had been changing, the Bureau of the Census had added a new category "person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters". Kidz theez dayz won't believe that there had been no need to count live in boyfriends and girlfriends back in 1970. Evidently at the Census they immediately started using the acrony POSSLQ (pronounced posselqueue) This lead a journalist (whose genius exceeds my limited memory) to reflect on how the great poets could have benefited, if they had access to this linguistic innovation, & then to rewrite the first stanza of "The Bait" by John Donne as follows (and I fair use both geniuses)
Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
In short there isn't anything I wouldn't do
If you would be my POSSLQ
JimV said...
"This lead a journalist ..."
I think that should be "This led a journalist .."
(Sorry, I was raised by an English Major.)
Anonymous said...
Charles Osgood, My POSSLQ,
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Joshua ii.
3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were.
5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I wot not; pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
This book gives an account of the final entrance of the children of Israel into the Promised Land. Joshua was the successor of Moses, and performed the same miracle in parting the waters of the Jordan that Moses did to enable his people to pass through the Red Sea. He was seven years fighting his way into the land of Canaan, where he spent the closing years of his life in peace.
There is mention of two women only in this book, though a casual reference is again made to the daughters of Zelophehad, as described in a former chapter.
In saving the spies from their pursuers, Rahab made them promise that when Jericho fell into the hands of Joshua, they would save her and her kinsmen. From the text, it seems that Rahab fully understood the spirit of her time, and with keen insight and religious fervor, marked characteristics of women, she readily entered into the plans of the great general of Israel.
Rahab was supposed to have been a great sinner, her life in many respects questionable; but seeing that victory was with the Israelites, she cast her lot with them. From the text and what we know of humanity in general, it is difficult to decide Rahab's real motive, whether to serve the Lord by helping Joshua to take the land of Canaan, or to save her own life and that of her kinsmen. It is interesting to see mat in all national emergencies, leading men are quite willing to avail themselves of the craft and cunning of women, qualities uniformly condemned when used for their own advantage.
There is no more significance, as one of our critics says, in commentating on the myths of the Bible than on Aesop's fables. The difference, however, is this: that in the latter case we admit that they were written by a man; while in the former, they are claimed to have been inspired by God. Though at variance with all natural laws, it is claimed that our eternal salvation depends on believing in the plenary inspiration of the myths of the Scriptures; as the "higher criticisms," written by learned scholars and scientists, are not familiar to women, our comments in plain English may rid them of some of their superstitions.
Though the injustice to woman is the blackest page in sacred history, the distinguished Biblical writers take no note of it whatever. Even Hon. Andrew D. White, though he devotes several pages of his work to the statue of Lot's wife in salt, vouchsafes no criticism on the position of Lot's wife in the flesh, nor of Lot's outrageous treatment of his daughters. The wonder is that women themselves should either believe that such unholy proceedings were inspired by God, or make a fetich of the very book which is responsible for their civil and social degradation.
Joshua x.
13 And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the Sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
According to the sacred fabulist, Joshua surpassed Moses in the wonders which he performed. In taking the city of Jericho, as recorded in Chapter viii., he did not use the ordinary enginery of war, but told his soldiers to blow a simultaneous blast upon their trumpets, while all the people with united shouts should produce such a violent concussion of the air as to bring down the walls of the city. He not only subsidized the atmosphere to overpower his enemies, but he commanded the sun and the moon to stand still to lengthen the day and to lighten the night until this victory was complete.
It seems that the Lord was so well pleased with Joshua's refined military tactics that he suspended the laws of the vast solar system to vindicate the superior prowess of one small tribe on the small planet called the earth. The Lord also resorted to more material and forcible means, sending down tremendous hailstones from heaven, and thus with one fell blow destroyed more of his enemies than the children of Israel did with the sword.
There are no events recorded in secular history that strain the faith of the reader to such a degree as the feats of Joshua. Moses, with his manna and pillar of light in the wilderness and his dazzling pyrotechnics on Mount Sinai, fades into insignificance before these marvellous manifestations by Joshua, with the Canaanites, Jericho, and the sun and moon under his feet. Though teaching the people that all these fables are facts, still the Church condemns prestidigitators, soothsayers, fortune tellers, Spiritualists, witches, and the assumptions of Christian Scientists.
Joshua xv.
16 And Catch said, He that smiteth Kirjathesepher and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 And Othniel, the son of Kenez, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
In giving Achsah her inheritance it is evident that the judges of Israel had not forgotten the judgment of the Lord in the case of Zelophehad's daughters. He said to Moses, "When a father dies leaving no sons, the inheritance shall go to the daughters. Let this henceforth be an ordinance in Israel." Very good as far as it goes; but in case there were sons, justice demanded that daughters should have an equal share in the inheritance.
As the Lord has put it into the hearts of the women of this Republic to demand equal rights in everything and everywhere, and as He is said to be immutable and unchangeable, it is fair to infer that Moses did not fully comprehend the message, and in proclaiming it to the great assembly he gave his own interpretation, just as our judges do in this year of the Lord 1898.
Achsah's example is worthy the imitation of the women of this Republic. She did not humbly accept what was given her, but bravely asked for more. We should give to our rulers, our sires and sons no rest until all our rights—social, civil and political—are fully accorded. How are men to know what we want unless we tell them? They have no idea that our wants, material and spiritual, are the same as theirs; that we love justice, liberty and equality as well as they do; that we believe in the principles of self-government, in individual rights, individual conscience and judgment, the fundamental ideas of the Protestant religion and republican government.
E. C. S.
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Springtrap is a Human with psychotic mental visions. He was trapped inside an animatronic suit that resembled a rabbit. Other than that he is completely of unknown origins. He required close watch by security guards. He has a very big grudge against The Marionette and eventually ends up killing him. Springtrap contrls an army of animatronics called Nightmares. No one knows if they actually exist but they're real enough to slaughter others.
Springtrap by monopolymurder-d8qizzz
Personal Information
Full Name Springtrap
Also Known As Scrappy
Age Around 46 (Suit)
About 66 (Actual Body)
Status Escaped (Therefore assumed to be alive. Later found by sam as shown in FNAF NIGHTMARE Night 8. Suit was scrapped. The Human inhabiting the suit was most likely killed by Springlocks during this event. Therefore...
Enemy(ies) Samuel Gladiator
The Marionette The Mangle Rubert Donadl [Pancake Jin Nick Gizzy Gazza Ashley Mariee Taurtis (Joey)
Physical Description
Gender Presumed Male
Hair Color Unknown
Eye Color Olive Green
Height 8'4
Weight 462lbs
First Appearance Five Nights at Freddy's 2! Night 1 (Interactive Roleplaying) w/ Unstoppableluck (Minecraft)
Last Appearance Five Nights at Freddy's Nightmare - Night 8 (Minecraft Roleplay)
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My Scarab Collection
My Seal Collection
Scarab Gallery
Seal Gallery
Faked Or Authentic?
Fakes On Ebay
Fake Gallery
Contact / Links
Seals from international collections in chronological order
This calotte shaped seal can be dated around 3000 B.C. It depicts two horned animals in tete beche position. A Drill was used, characteristical for the Jemdet Nasr Period (ex Medusa Ancient Art)
This is a typical Jemdet Nasr cylinder seal of the "seated women" group, they frequently occur in the Diyala region, Iraq and are often made of red or pinkish limestone.(ex Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, now in the collection of P.M.)
Another seal of this group (ex PBJI)
This is an Early Dynastic Cylinder seal, it depicts a contest frieze and is made of shell.(ex Collector Antiquities)
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Dark Day
It looks like I’m not the only one at the Speculation game. The British Broadcasting Corporation, my favourite source of science, sporting and general news, is at it as well, encouraging speculation by its readers.
This article describes one of these bizarre events that cannot be explained, like hoof marks trailed across snowy Devon, or the abandoned Mary Celeste, and asks their readers to speculate on what happened.
To say these incidents can’t be explained is perhaps misleading, there is no shortage of explanations. When I was in primary (elementary) school, my class was once set the task of writing a story to explain the disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste, so it is a safe bet that there were several explanations right there. Mine was that the crew were abducted by a passing slave ship that disappeared below the horizon just as the Mary Celeste came into view from the Dei Gratia. But there is no way to select the correct explanation.
The problem with these events is their uniqueness. If they happened once a month, we could test our explanations against the facts and quickly reach a conclusion. But these events happen once, ever. And they typically happened some time ago, so whatever evidence there was, is now lost. So, unless they do repeat, we are without any verifiable explanation. Your explanation is as good as mine
But back to Dark Day. The BBC, having solicited explanations, published the best of them . Interesting, but mundane.
These explanations are what we would have expected, an assorted mixture of aliens, weather, and large objects hurtling through space and only just missing causing another mass extinction on Earth. These explanations are dull because they refer to standard mechanisms known from fiction, science or history. Each sounds like the plot of a novel we read just last year. What would be more interesting and, given the rarity of these events, quite likely, would be an explanation in terms of a mechanism completely unknown to us, a mechanism as rare as the outcome that was recorded. What is referred to in planning as ‘the unknown unknowns’. We can’t describe them because they’re unknown.
What would be more interesting than the explanations would be the events and lives that were changed by Dark Day. Perhaps a murder committed in the dark of day, or a murder avoided, an assignation missed, a child lost, a cow rescued, a lion escaped from a zoo, a sighting of Sasquatch, superstitions driving people to do things they would not have done on any other day. Did someone think it was the end of the world, did someone wake and think he had slept through the day, did someone meet an alien and think it was the devil?
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TY - JOUR T1 - Reply to the discussion by Tanner on ‘The Highland Boundary Fault and the Highland Border Complex’ Bluck (2010) <em>Scottish Journal of Geology</em>, <strong>46</strong>, 113–124 JF - Scottish Journal of Geology SP - 89 LP - 93 DO - 10.1144/0036-9276/01-432r VL - 47 IS - 1 AU - Bluck, B. J. Y1 - 2011/05/01 UR - http://sjg.lyellcollection.org/content/47/1/89.2.abstract N2 - B.J. Bluck replies: Many plates were shown in the paper by Bluck (2010, figs 2,3,4,5,7,) which illustrate quite clearly the stratigraphy and direction of younging of the rocks involved. These figures, not exhaustive, were taken from outcrops which span almost the entire length of the Highland Border Complex from Cowie, north of Stonehaven to Bute in the SW. As a sedimentologist I have disregarded ‘graded bedding’ in sheared quartzose sandstones of indeterminate origin and indifferently exposed, as a reliable way-up criterion (for example in the North Esk and elsewhere).The pattern of stratigraphical evidence is shown in photographs in Bluck (2010).This is presented in Bluck (2010) fig. 4 where clasts of the rocks to the SE, which are made of tuffs, pillow lavas and cherts, occur in a conglomerate immediately overlying them to the NW. Clasts of chert and lava are also found in the basal parts of the quartz-arenite sequence immediately to the NW.In the Prosen Water and Carity Burn clasts of serpentinite, many of which are rounded, occur immediately to the NW of a large outcrop of serpentinite to be followed by the Margie Series.At Aberfoyle Jehu & Campbell (1917, … ER -
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26 Apr 2004
The fields near the shore have been turned by the harrow the women are baking bread for tomorrow
Ashes of corpses and ashes of houses and blood on the land
Columns of smoke rise as emblems of despair the loudspeaker sputters out a final call to prayer
Broken horizons and hobbling horses and blood on the sand
Who am I to call myself son of the stars
Who am I to deny the claims of my heart
Who am I to call Carthage my own
The house holds its ruin within its own walls the foundation stones are the seeds of downfall
Salt in the wounds salt in the furrows the bend of the knees
The sons burning Carthage are sons born of Priam and daughters of Cain are the sisters of Zion
Elephants coming down out of the mountains and fear on the breeze
Here in this city where the talk shows are tragic where staying alive feels like studying magic
Where I am still looking for Truth in the circus and lies in the Times
Wander these streets ‘til the desert has made me numb ride on these rails like a disciple sick for home
Write down the memories of your wooden soldiers and write down your crimes
If you were Queen Dido and I was Aeneas how could I how would I have left this heavenly bliss
Does that make me the slave of passion or king of my fate
If I was destined for the founding of empire how could I conquer the walls of desire
Would I be captive to gods in the heavens or gods of my mind
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Blog Archives
There are Several Things to Contemplate Any time Using Private Detectives or Investigators As an alternative to finding an investigative analyst you can use easy-to-use software programs. What are you attempting to uncover? Are you questioning a specific scenario, or perhaps is there is merely a mystery in what you know about someone? Do you […]
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Studies consistently show that two to 3% of all children are the product of adultery You have a terrible feeling in the pit of your belly, something is not right but you can not rather find out exactly what that sensation is about. Your partner has ended up being far-off, he/she is burning the midnight […]
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Monthly Archives: February 2018
On Yemen and a forgotten tragedy
Up until recently, I knew nothing about Yemen. The discourse here in Norway (and in the West in general) focuses on areas that we are highly involved in. That (usually) means areas in which we have a vested interest (Oil. Oiloiloiloiloil).
We’ve have (for instance) attempted to solve several global conflicts and have been part of many peace-negotiations, but we’re not that great at it (If I may say so). We have made multiple attempts at solving the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
And as of now? Palestinians and Israelis clearly have nothing but love for one another, right?
We are clearly master-negotiators!
Yemen however, has never been on our radar. Our trade with Yemen is minimal. Of all the people I have (informally/sneakily/not to their knowledge) surveyed, there has not been a single individual who has any knowledge of Yemen. The same goes for me. I knew nothing about Yemen prior to the arrival of a super-smart, compassionate and clever young Yemenite in my Norwegian language class. This kid is wise beyond his years, super-nice, and he spends about 90% of his time helping others.
As my ignorance became increasingly more intolerable, I finally decided to attend a couple of talks on the subject of Yemen (So, now I consider myself an expert ;)). Prior to the talks (and because I am a super-curious (nosy?) person), I started investigating.
Here’s a bullet-point breakdown:
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From Check out the website, you'll find many spectacular photos of Yemen.
Check out the website, you’ll find many spectacular photos of Yemen.
Recently there has been a bit of reporting on the famine in Yemen, particularly so on social media, but we’re not getting much information about why people are starving.
So, what is the problem? Well, I am not sure I entirely understand, and my student told me that even most Yemenites are somewhat confused. As I wrote earlier, there are conflicts between several factions, and the last conflict started with the Arab Spring. To understand how Yemen has remained fairly unstable (but also out of the Western media) one has to know a little about former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He was the president of northern Yemen from 1978-1990, and the president of a united Northern and Southern Yemen from 1990-2012. Saleh was a strongman in the truest sense of the word. And, according to the lecture I attended last Saturday, he was also a master manipulator and a genius at both building and switching alliances. Saleh was killed in December 2017. It is claimed that Saleh was a behind-the-scenes leader of the Houthi take-over of Yemen. The Houthi/Ansar Allah is a religious, but also political grouping who were initially fighting Saleh, whose allies include Iran and Syria. Saleh managed to maintain a fairly unstable peace, but peace nonetheless. Now that he is gone, it’s anyones guess what will happen next.
There is another faction, Al Hirak, who in the 90’s sought decentralization and independence for the south. They have formed an alliance with the Saudis and have a running conflict with the Houthis. Further, there is Al Islah, whom previously were the enemies of Saudi, but who now are Saudi-backed. To muddle up the picture, there’s also a particularly aggressive fraction of Al-Qaeda active in the region..
Confused? So am I…
Now, in order to keep things (fairly simple), there are two major outside powers involved in the conflict. One being Saudi Arabia and the other being Iran. A third, lesser actor is the United Arab Emirates. Al Isla is a Saudi-backed grouping, and the Houthis are backed by Iran (for now). The Emirates and Saudi are not getting along, and as such, they support different sides in Yemen. Iran appears (again, according to the lectures I attended) to have provided the Houthis with SCUD-missiles. Some of these have been launched in to Saudi, and as retaliation, the Saudis have ensured a blockade on import of food and necessary goods to Yemen. This blockade is responsible for the starvation and suffering of millions of people. Not one of the outside actors are innocent in this scenario. Iran is to fault in supplying weapons, and Saudi is at fault for the blockade. And before one makes a stab at the “why can’t they grow their own produce?” argument, there this: inside Yemen, there’s been a problem with depleting ground water. Why? Khat. Khat is a mild stimulant. The leaves of the plant are chewed in Yemen, Somalia and other places in the region. The WHO does not consider the plant to be very harmful, but use can lead light psychological dependence (keep in mind, coffee-use can lead to actual physical dependence, so.. There’s that. Alcohol is also highly addictive, both physically and psychologically).
So, what we do know is that 3 million have fled the country. Very few have ended up in Europe; many more have ended up in Somalia. When I asked about why they flee to Somalia, I was told that it might be a combination of conservativism and finances/funds (it is prohibitively expensive to travel to Europe/America). We also know that 19 million more are in need of aid. Diphtheria and Cholera runs rampant, and people are dying from starvation and easily preventable diseases. Fortunately, Aid-organizations are able to access the Yemeni population.
It is not all that expensive to lend a helping hand either. It will set you back the equivalent of about 6 Starbucks coffees, a pair of jeans or a meal at a mid-priced restaurant (a cheap restaurant if we’re talking Norwegian prices).
Donate here! I promise it will be worth it :)
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Attacks from Reid to Koch brothers for Offenses Committed by Reid Donors.
Wow! What a hypocrite, read the story, goggle it.
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If all you're going to do is post a couple sentences and no link to the story, you're contributing nothing to the site and taking up valuable front page real estate.
Senator Harry Reid's speech against the Koch Brothers that ignited a Republican backlash.
Harry Reid Hit As 'Brain Dead,' 'Off His Meds' By Conservatives After Koch Criticisms
No link is necessary for Reid. The man is a pathological liar. He's lucky his position in the Senate gives him immunity from lawsuits.
Patience is a great virtue.
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Magnetic Interchange Lens System
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Team OcUK Collatz Conjecture Statistics
South Africa
Country Summary
Total credit: 9,814,289,854.39 cobblestones (ranked 28th)
Recent average credit: 15,390,926.84 cobblestones (ranked 26th)
Active participants: 7 (ranked 33rd)
Total participants: 115 (ranked 40th)
Hosts: 377 (ranked 38th)
Logical CPUs: 1,581 (ranked 37th)
Country includes: 0.182 % of all project participants
Country includes: 0.091 % of all hosts
Country's contribution: 0.497 % of project's work
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Another year in the amazing life that is mine. I love it.
As my brother told me last night, as we wound up a long brotherly talk shortly after midnight, “In another fifty years, we’ll be sittin’ around talking like this on your 78th birthday.” Yeah, that’s coming right up, bro.
This birthday is made significant by the fact that I now share it: my sister gave birth to her first child, a son, this morning. So I am an uncle now, with a little Gemini to spoil. A good start to a fine day.
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Fresh & frozen Fish and Shellfish storage
Oily fish are often best stored at -30/40C and Tuna even colder at -50/60C. ArcticStores operate as low as -40C and our Arctic Ultra Freezer will reach -60C. Low fan speed at chill temperatures reduces dehydration of the stored produce.
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Top Paris Rain Quotes
Browse top 30 famous quotes and sayings about Paris Rain by most favorite authors.
Favorite Paris Rain Quotes
1. "This feeling of power, it's happiness to sit in a cottage by the Danube among six women who think I'm semi-idiot, and to know that in Paris, the headquarters of intelligence, 500 people are sitting dead-quiet in the auditorium and are foolish enough to expose their brains to my powers of suggestion. Some revolt! But many will go away with my spores in their gray matter. They will go home pregnant with the seed of my soul, and they will breed my brood."
Author: August Strindberg
Author: Benjamin Millepied
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
4. "It's… You've been all over the world. Been in perilous places, taken risks that stop my breath. In comparison to all that, will what we might have…will I be enough?" "Sweetheart…" "You said my world, this world, is colorless, remember?" It almost made him laugh. "Honey-pie, when I'm with you, I think of a thousand colors. Your beautiful silvery eyes, your lemon-yellow swimsuit, your pink sunburn, your pumpkin shoes. You're…you're my rainbow." His darling, serious, wonderful, brave, spirited, beautiful, talented Jane. So, so lovable"
Author: Christie Ridgway
5. "Streets of Paris, pray for me; beaches in the sun, pray for me; ghosts of the lemurs, intercede for me; plane-tree and laurel-rose, shade me; summer rain on quays of Toulon, wash me away."
Author: Cyril Connolly
6. "Modern evangelicals like to compare holy things to soft drinks, designer clothes, [and other products in] our modern consumerist culture. The problem with this is not ... the comparison to a created thing. The problem is that it is ... bad poetry. The Bible compares God to very mundane things, but does so with poetic wonder. God "shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth."
Author: Douglas Wilson
Author: Ernest Hemingway
8. "BRETShe looked like a Parisian river..JEMAINEWhat, dirty?BRETShe looked like a chocolate eclair..JEMAINEThat's rare.BRETHer eyes were reflections of eyes..JEMAINEOhh, nice.BRETAnd the rainbows danced in her hair..JEMAINEOh yea.BRETShe reminded me of a winter's morning..JEMAINEWhat, frigid?BRETHer perfume was Eau De Toilette..JEMAINEWhat's that mean?BRETShe was comparable to Cleopatra..JEMAINEQuite old?BRETShe was like Shakespeare's Juliet..JEMAINEWhat? 13?"
Author: Flight Of The Conchords
9. "William: I just had the best idea ever. Let's give Maddox a ring.Paris: You mean propose to him? To grumpy ole Maddox? Willie, why didn't you tell us you're a masochist, who swung that way? You're so delicate, he'll rip you to shreds the moment you climb into his bed. Plus, he's hitched himself to Ashlyn. You try to lay a move on him, and that sweet thang will rearrange your face.William: I mean call him, you idiot. What's with you tonight? Permanent brain damage? We'll breath heavily and ask him what he's wearing. I bet no one's phone sexed him before."
Author: Gena Showalter
10. "Nhung h? s? không d? dàng thoát ra kh?i câu chuy?n c?a mình. Th?i gian l?i m?t l?n n?a làm vi?c thay cho h?. Nam h?c s? k?t thúc. Hoi nóng s? tr? nên d? ch?u. C? ngày Jérôme s? ? ngoài bãi bi?n và Sylvie h?t gi? d?y s? d?n d?y dón anh. Ðó s? là nh?ng bài t?p làm van cu?i cùng. H? s? âu s?u nh? Paris, nh? mùa xuân trên nh?ng b? sông Seine, nh? cái cây n? d?y hoa c?a h?, nh? d?i l? Champs-Elysées, nh? qu?ng tru?ng Vosges. H? s? c?m d?ng nh? l?i s? t? do yêu quí c?a mình, nh?ng bu?i sáng ng? nu?ng, nh?ng b?a an du?i ánh n?n. Và b?n bè s? d? ki?n cho h? nh?ng k? ngh?: m?t ngôi nhà l?n ? Touraine, m?t b?a an ngon, nh?ng cu?c di choi vùng d?ng quê:N?u nhu chúng ta tr? v?, ngu?i n? nói. T?t c? l?i có th? nhu xua, nguòi kia nói. H? s? d?n hành lý. H? s? x?p nh?ng cu?n sách, nh?ng tranh kh?c, nh?ng b?c ?nh b?n bè, s? v?t di vô s? gi?y t?, s? dem cho hàng xóm d? d?c, các t?m ván x? d?i, các viên g?ch 12 l?, s? g?i ruong hòm di. H? s? d?m t?ng ngày, t?ng gi?, t?ng phút."
Author: Georges Perec
11. "We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,--"blind as a bat," for instance. It would be safe to say that there cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families. Tempers strain and recover, hearts break and heal, strength falters, fails, and comes near to giving way altogether, every day, without being noted by the closest lookers-on."
Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
Author: Honoré De Balzac
13. "Paris had its sweetest smell, the smell of chestnut trees in bloom and of petrol with a few grains of dust that crack under your teeth like pepper. In the darknes the danger seemed to grow. You could smell the suffering in the air, in the silence. Everyone looked at their house and thought, "Tomorrow it will be in ruins, tomorrow I'l have nothing left."
Author: Irène Némirovsky
14. "There is no comparison between the training here and the training in Israel."
Author: Isaac Yeffet
15. "Whereas I think: I'm lying here in a haystack... The tiny space I occupy is so infinitesimal in comparison with the rest of space, which I don't occupy and which has no relation to me. And the period of time in which I'm fated to live is so insignificant beside the eternity in which I haven't existed and won't exist... And yet in this atom, this mathematical point, blood is circulating, a brain is working, desiring something... What chaos! What a farce!"
Author: Ivan Turgenev
16. "What I'm thinking is: here I am, lying under a haystack ... The tiny little place I occupy is so small in relation to the rest of space where I am not and where it's none of my business; and the amount of time which I'll succeed in living is so insignificant by comparison with the eternity where I haven't been and never will be ... And yet in this atom, in this mathematical point, the blood circulates, the brain works and even desires something as well .. What sheer ugliness! What sheer nonsense!"
Author: Ivan Turgenev
Author: Jeffrey A. White
18. "Think of my Pleasure in Solitude, in comparison of my commerce with the world - there I am a child - there they do not know me not even my most intimate acquaintance - I give into their feelings as though I were refraining from irritating a little child - Some think me middling, others silly, other foolish - every one thinks he sees my weak side against my will; when in thruth it is with my will - I am content to be thought all this because I have in my own breast so graet a resource. This is one great reason why they like me so; because they can all show to advantage in a room, and eclipese from a certain tact one who is reckoned to be a good Poet - I hope I am not here playing tricks 'to make the angels weep': I think not: for I have not the least contempt for my species; and though it may sound paradoxical: my greatest elevations of Soul leave me every time more humbled - Enough of this - though in your Love for me you will not think it enough."
Author: John Keats
19. "Every room I've lived in since I was given my own room at eleven was lined with, and usually overfull of, books. My employment in bookstores was always continuous with my private hours: shelving and alphabetizing, building shelves, and browsing-- in my collection and others-- in order to understand a small amount about the widest possible number of books. Such numbers of books are constantly acquired that constant culling is necessary; if I slouch in this discipline, the books erupt. I've also bricked myself in with music--vinyl records, then compact discs. My homes have been improbably information-dense, like capsules for survival of a nuclear war, or models of the interior of my own skull. That comparison--room as brain-- is one I've often reached for in describing the rooms of others, but it began with the suspicion that I'd externalized my own brain, for anyone who cared to look."
Author: Jonathan Lethem
20. "When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with."
Author: Josh Mandel
21. "That's how it is, Rocamadour: in Paris we're like fungus, we grow on the railings of staircases, in dark rooms with greasy smells, where people make love all the time and then fry some eggs and put on Vivaldi records, light cigarettes... and outside there are all sorts of things, the windows open onto the air and it all begins with a sparrow or a gutter, it rains a lot here, rocamadour, much more than in the country, and things get rusty... we don't have many clothes, we get along with so few, a good overcoat, some shoes to keep the rain out, we're very dirty, everybody is dirty and good-looking in Paris, Rocamadour, the beds smell of night and deep sleep, dust and books underneath."
Author: Julio Cortázar
22. "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vinesLived twelve little girls in two straight linesIn two straight lines they broke their breadAnd brushed their teeth and went to bed.They left the house at half past nineIn two straight lines in rain or shine-The smallest one was Madeline."
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
23. "I was thankful that nobody was there to meet me at the airport. We reached Paris just as the light was fading. It had been a soft, gray March day, with the smell of spring in the air. The wet tarmac glistened underfoot; over the airfield the sky looked very high, rinsed by the afternoon's rain to a pale clear blue. Little trails of soft cloud drifted in the wet wind, and a late sunbeam touched them with a fleeting underglow. Away beyond the airport buildings the telegraph wires swooped gleaming above the road where passing vehicles showed lights already."
Author: Mary Stewart
Author: P.C. Cast
Author: Robert M. Pirsig
26. "And though it would not be long before even the daft Mr. Collins would discover her condition, and be forced to behead her, she did not seem to ask for compassion. Her home and her housekeeping, her parish and her poultry, and her ever deepening lust for tender morsels of savory brains had not yet lost their charm."
Author: Seth Grahame Smith
27. "His father was an attorney in Paris. He met Sebastien's mother on a train to Amsterdam. There were no other seats. They were forced together and found they preferred it."
Author: Simon Van Booy
Author: Tim Winton
Author: Willa Cather
30. "And waking, once again, face smudged into Andrea's couch, the red quilt humped around her shoulders, smelling coffee, while Andrea hummed some Tokyo pop song to herself in the next room, dressing, in a gray morning of Paris rain."
Author: William Gibson
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Sarbacher's Hidden Message Or 'Learn Code'
From: Jason Gammon <boyinthemachine.nul>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 04:02:28 -0400 (EDT)
Archived: Fri, 31 May 2013 07:29:55 -0400
Subject: Sarbacher's Hidden Message Or 'Learn Code'
Dr. Sarbacher's Hidden Message Or 'How To Learn The Code'
There are people in the know who have information on the
government's knowledge of UFOs and who desperately want to
communicate this knowledge but for various reasons simply can't
openly state things. To get around they they speak and even
write in a sort of code. The ease of understanding the code is
probably indicative of the quality of the information. For
example, when Kevin Randle asked Edwin Easley if they were on
the right path (Roswell crash being extraterrestrial), Easley
replied that he wasn't on the wrong path. That's and easy code
to understand and so the information communicated is not that
To give an example of a harder code to understand I would
suggest we look at Dr. Sarbacher's 1983 letter
Now, the information that I find of interest is on page 2, where
Sarbacher discusses the "aliens". There are three things that
stand out to me. These three things may indicate that Sarbacher
was speaking a code in hopes of communicating information that
he was not able to openly state. Those three things are;
1.) Sarbacher uses the term "instruments" to refer to the
occupants of the crashed UFO.
2.) Sarbacher puts aliens in quotes, "aliens", as if to imply
special significance.
3.) Sarbacher uses the term "constructed" instead of other terms
such as born, evolved, possess, etc.
So if Sarbacher was writing in code the translation of this
information would be thus:
"The occupants are manufactured, artificial beings. They were
created by something else which we do not currently know."
Going further, Sarbacher says that in talks with people he came
to the conclusion that the beings were similar to insects.
Sarbacher is also communicating something here as well. Now this
can be tricky. If Sarbacher is referencing insects then perhaps
he is communicating that the beings have an exoskeleton.
However, unless these beings were the "insectoids" or "mantises"
then abductees and witnesses do not generally report the beings
having an exoskeleton. In fact, most abductees report the flesh
of the beings as being soft, sometimes even squishy like
marshmallows. So this is a stumper for sure. The only suggestion
I can make is perhaps Sarbacher is using the word insect because
he can't use a more proper word to describe the beings, such as
robots, machines, or of what we would call a cyborg. So perhaps
it's possible that Sarbacher wasn't able to use these terms
openly and picked another word instead. Or perhaps the beings
did have an exoskeleton.
Now some researchers are already aware of the code, even if they
didn't consciously acknowledge it before. For those researchers
for whom the code is something brand new, I do challenge you to
go back through transcripts of interviews and see if you can
find information that perhaps the person was trying to
communicate. I would suggest someone start with Dr. Eric Walker.
I don't have access to any transcripts of his conversations but
if Sarbacher is speaking in a code then there's a good chance
Walker did as well.
-Jason Gammon
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Via Winds of Change (can you tell I'm reading them right now?):
THIS, folks, is the United Nations at work. So sorry if you're one one of the millions killed or ensalved over the years by Sudan's Arab government - because "The Global Test" thinks capital punishment is just fine for BWB (Breathing While Black). At least, it's fine as long as it's carried out by approved regimes with a UN License to Kill® - which is to say, any Arab or Muslim nation, or anyone with the approved backing of Russia or China.
Yeah, these are the people the US should seek approval from for all war and peace decisions in its foreign policy.
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Arshi Khan said Pandit Ramesh Joshi sexually harassed her. while he alleged that she borrowed a sum of Rs 40,000 two years ago, but did not return. A priest has accused Bigg Boss 11 contestant Arshi Khan of duping him of Rs 40,000 and filed a police complaint against her.
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How to write a text file from a webserver to an Azure Fileshare?
We currently have a webpage that on submit of a form uses PHP and creates a text file onto a webserver. We want to write this text file to an Azure File Share (not a blob) so we can access it from a VM. How do we go about doing this, we have tried using HTTPS POST requests and have hit a wall with CORS and now we are lost.
function sendFile(){
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();"PUT","",false);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("Authentication", "SharedKey myaccount:[Key Here]");
xhttp.setRequestHeader("x-ms-type","text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
var response = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
You can set CORS rules for file storage service using the Azure portal.
Thanks for Gaurav’s reminding in the comment. As you are using Javascript, it’s better to use SAS (Shared Access Signature) to create a file. SAS is much easier and more secure to use than SharedKey in front-end. You can follow the steps below to do that.
1. Generate SAS from the Azure portal and copy the SAS token:
1. Call + SAS token using HTTPS PUT with x-ms-type and x-ms-content-length:
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Electronic Dice
Dice Banner
This was actually one of my assignments and it’s a pretty simple project with a couple of LEDs to make an electronic dice.
When turned on, all the LEDs will light up and the user have to press and hold on the button to roll the dice. Once the user lets go of the button, the rolling will stop and the dice pattern will be displayed. The LEDs will light up in the same pattern as a traditional dice for easy reading.
Here is how it’s connected :
And here’s the assembly code (for curious ones, I edited the asm file using Notepad++).
Before uploading it into the hardware, I was required to perform a software simulation first to show that the code is correct and functional.
Here is a video of the simulation :
And as expected, it works flawlessly, so here it is in the actual PIC16F84A :
Apparently rolling a dice is hard work, now we can just push a button 🙂
1. Guro: det er selvsagt lov å være uenig. Samtidig ser jeg at din situasjon er litt spesiell- jeg har desverre ikke satt meg inn ireglene rundt din situasjon.
2. Rusty Mathis04-26-2014
Awsome project ! I understand all of the asm code except the $-1, goto $-5, goto $-9 and the decfsz d3,d2.d1 commands. If you have time could you explain how they affect the program ? I am trying a dice project for my final in class and my code is very similiar.
• Rusty Mathis04-26-2014
… your code works … mine still needs work. Maybe the previously mentioned commands are the key ?
• Wai Hung04-27-2014
Hi. Those commands are for the delay function.
Goto $-5 means step backwards 5 steps. Decfsz is to decrease a pointer value if it’s not zero.
These commands combine to give a delay for the denouncing method.
Microcontrollers run very fast, too fast in fact for human interaction. Therefore delays are used to purposely slow down the MCU.
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Chepstow Castle
Guarding the Entrance to Wales
As the oldest stone Castle in the UK and with the oldest Castle Doors in Europe, Chepstow Castle knows a thing about longevity. You can feel the history in this fortress, which snakes its way along the cliffs of the River Wye, towering over the town.
From around 1067 through to 1690, the castle, almost chameleon-like, changed its appearance as fashions changed in military architecture. More a case of bright architects than bright colours however, and all of this is open for you to explore.
Access problems for visitors with mobility difficulties are also a thing of the past thanks to improvements leading to the main entrance and our resident mobility scooter.
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DNA is a genetic code that determines the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something. It contains the instructions needed for organisms to develop, survive and reproduce.
DNA is a metaphor for our age which conveys the powerful idea that our identity can be traced to a source that determines who we are and what we will become. In this series we are exploring our spiritual DNA to discover our identity as individuals and as a church.
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Zombies! And a birthday
This week one of the crew celebrate a big birthday! You'll have to read to end to find out who...(but no it's not me!) :)
So, since this Sunday was the closest gaming day to the birthday... it was pizza, beers and games with more pizza and beers to watch the cricket after (but we won't talk about that one...).
When I arrived Mark and Rob were playing a game of Bolt Action. 500pts each and just killing each other to make it simple. Japanese (Rob) vs. British (Mark). I wasn't really following the game to give it much narrative, but I did snap off a few pics. Having played around with some black & whites on Saturday, I decided to try the same thing here :)
I think the British won, but only just!
The end of the game saw the timely arrival of Lee, so it was time to break out the first beers and play something that all of us could join in on - Zombicide!!!
I would be El Cholo for this game. A board was set-up. We had to free a team mate and then escape the board.
I think we may have had too many zombie spawning points...
That is pretty much every zombie on the board. It's not looking good! But then Lee spots a gap and gets the rescued team mate out through the exit. Rob and I charge through a group of zombies and see the exit, so make good our escape....
... whilst waving goodbye to Lee, Phil and Mark's characters who were just too slow. And the zombies close in....
So much for teamwork. At least some of us survived though :)
Finally, rather than another game of Zombicide, Phil ran us through a game of the recent Kickstarter that he had received - Cthulu Wars
Models & board looked pretty good and who doesn't like the idea of Great Old One's stomping around fighting each other!?!
I got to be Nyarlathotep. I'll leave it to your imagination to decide what the model looks like. Mark loved it :)
As far as I could tell, the basic premise is to control areas by building gates on them. This increases your power allowing you to do more stuff and more gates gives you more doom (which is what I think you need to win the game). I'm sure there is more to it though.
Gameplay seemed relatively simple and each of the Old Ones has very different spells and abilities. Would take a bit of time to figure out how to use each of them in the best manner... although it was a little odd that the game owner had already claimed Cthulu as his choice of character. He had clearly studied Cthulu's dirty tricks!
Unfortunately, we ran out of time to finish the game and decided to have some more beers instead.
Happy 40th Mark! Have a good one :) Hope you enjoyed your day on Sunday.
Next week's post might be some what delayed. I expect I will have a few photos to work through as Lee, Rob Mark G and I will be at this over Easter -
Getting pretty excited now. Looks like its going to be a good show again. Fingers crossed all this scratchy crappy weather clears!
Stay tuned :)
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Root map can contain @default settings node, which is located to the left from the main node with the name. It allows to integrate the chatbot with various services, to process commands, that can be called out from any place on the map, to set up default answers, to gather metrics and things.
Default answer
Default answer is an easy-to-use tool, that is run every time, when the bot doesn’t understand the user’s answer. At least there is a way to admit that the bot has no idea what is going on.
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As a more complex decision @answer node is possible to use to process answers with the help of natural language processing (NLP), such as Dialogflow, Alterra, Amazon Lex Chatbot etc.
🐫 The latest user’s message is located in %sys.lastmessage variable.
Chatbot commands
It is possible to create a menu in the bot to solve any task from any place in the conversation. One should look at the latest user’s message %sys.lastmessage.
For example, the user cries for help:
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Messenger persistent menu
Persistent menu allows to direct a human to the required place from anywhere in the conversation flow. You can specify elements for Messenger persistent menu in the @default@menu node. The menu may include up to five buttons and three nested levels.
There is an option that allows to turn off a user input box in the settings menu by adding the @input off node. Typing will be disabled for the entire bot.
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Disclaimer: I'm just borrowing the boys from Bandai/Sotsu/Sunrise for a little while. I promise I'll dust them off properly and place them back on the shelf for other writers when I'm done playing with them.
Warnings: This is a 3x4 AU piece with mention of past 2xFC (hang on folks, the 1+2 is in the sequel okay?), some 3x4 exploration of the very mild lime-ish variety, and a brief NCS scene in the second chapter (it's not all that explicit, but I know some people are very sensitive on that point). Some occasional bad language surfaces from time to time as well. This is also my first attempt at writing 3x4, so I'll apologize in advance for anything that reads as OOC to regular readers of that pairing.
Notes: This fic nearly didn't happen. I constructed a fairly elaborate outline and extensive character notes to establish the pre-existing 3x4 relationship in another fic titled Daydreams. While I was working through the review and development process for that fic, I made the mistake of mentioning the existence of said outline to a couple of people who, well, begged rather shamelessly for me to write an expanded version of it. So, here 'tis. Again, if my memories of Cambridge, MA are a little fuzzy, it's because it's been more than fourteen years since I lived there.
Summary: Trowa works construction and odd jobs, Quatre is a grad student. This is yet another hurt/comfort type of get-together fic (that and working AU were my themes for the summer). This fic takes place about three years prior to the events in 'Daydreams.'
Chapter Six
by D.C. Logan
Trowa gently touched the edges of the cut while dabbing a thin coat of salve. He sat back and evaluated his work. "I think it's going to scar, at least a little."
Quatre shrugged, "It'll add character."
The sofa bedding had been neatly stacked on the chair by the time Trowa had made it out of the shower that morning. Quatre had set the pot on for tea and made coffee as well. When Trowa commented and gave his thanks, Quatre shrugged and confessed that he knew how to prepare little else.
"Duo has to work all day today. I was planning on stopping by to bring him lunch in a couple hours, you feel like walking around Cambridge a little?"
Now that he had the luxury of time alone with Trowa, he didn't know what to do or say. Okay, he knew what he wanted to do, but didn't want to risk his safe haven with a few questions on the aforementioned 'experimentation'. No matter how inordinately curious he was.
He'd already given a lot of thought to this. A mild interest had recently turned into a full-blown urge to test and explore what he had been missing. He'd read everything he could get his hands on, watched a few videos in the privacy of his bedroom at home, and had done, well, rather a lot of personal hands-on exploration. What he hadn't done was find anyone willing to tell him about what living the lifestyle was like, the risks, the joys... Or show him what that could be like with another person. He'd had sex with a woman once, and the experience had been so distasteful to him that he'd never felt the urge to repeat it. She'd worked for an exclusive escort service, and had been his present on the event of his sixteenth birthday. He hadn't thought of the mechanics of sex in a positive light until he'd encountered gay fiction in college. _That_ had interested him, but not enough to explore its real-life possibilities, at least not then.
He wasn't sure what impulse had made him reveal such a private desire in front of his roommate. Except that he was away from home, a home that had been feeling less and less like home lately. And that he'd finally found himself ready to take that risk. And try. It had felt like the right time.
He was encouraged by the start he'd made towards friendship with Trowa, and yes, now that Duo had pointed out the possible advantages of living with Trowa, and had put the idea in his head that Trowa was gay, available, and had been assigned as his keeper for as long as he desired... Well, he couldn't get the idea to budge from the forefront of his mind. He just hadn't a clue how to proceed from point A to point B, and now he wasn't sure he was willing to risk the foundation he'd established on the dream of something better.
"Yeesss?" Trowa pretended to sort the contents of his refrigerator as he listened for Quatre's question.
"You really don't mind if I camp out on your sofa while I... figure all of this out?"
Trowa didn't have to ask what 'all of this' meant, and he knew that Quatre would be safer on his living room couch than any other place in Cambridge. Besides, whether he realized it or not yet, the decision had already been taken out of his hands. Well, as long as Trowa had anything to say about it; or for as long as Duo felt like arranging their lives to his preference.
"No, I don't mind in the least. We'll have to negotiate all the little details though--like who showers first in the morning and how our schedules overlap."
"About that other thing that Duo asked you to do?"
"That one is non-negotiable." He shut the refrigerator door and leaned against it. "I'm not backing out of that responsibility... unless you've had a change of mind?"
Quatre chuckled, a darkly sensual sound that surprised even himself, "_I'm_ not going to let you to do that. You're stuck with me."
Trowa didn't respond aloud, but his thoughts were telling, even to himself. 'Oh Lord, I dearly hope so.'
Duo's bookstore occupied the basement of an apartment building about three blocks from the center of Cambridge. Trowa peered through the window into the store, waved for Quatre to wait for a moment, and eased the door open without ringing the bell. Quatre, puzzled by his odd behavior, looked on as Trowa crept low along line of windows, carefully stalking Duo, who was sitting behind the sales counter engrossed in a book. Apparently. Duo turned a page and casually spoke in a voice loud enough to carry through the glass, "Hello Trowa. Nice to see you too Quatre."
Trowa stood up in defeat before waving Quatre in. "Been trying to get the advantage of Duo for years now," he confessed.
"Eventually, I'd like to move to a location with better road traffic and more square footage, but this is a good place to start."
Duo accepted his ham and swiss no mustard and proceeded to unwrap it. There were no customers, but since Duo hadn't been in business long, he wasn't worried yet. The three of them sat comfortably in the assortment of second-hand chairs he'd found in a storage closet and passed around drinks and chips. Duo focused his comments on his store and his plans for it--the type of customers he hoped to see, the books he wanted to showcase. He showed Quatre his most prized book--a signed first edition of H.Y. Elwon's second espionage thriller, and gave Quatre a complimentary copy of the author's latest book to take with him. He also took the opportunity to study every interaction between Trowa and Quatre in minute detail.
Duo noticed that Quatre couldn't seem to figure out why a relative stranger like Duo was being so nice to him. Duo smiled to himself, he'd be sure to put the pieces together eventually. That is if Trowa had figured things out. Well, he was a bright lad, shouldn't take him too much longer... then again.
"Yes Duo?"
"Would you be so kind as to run down to Jasper's and fetch us coffee?"
"You have a coffee machine in the back." Trowa sounded puzzled.
"Then would you go buy some decent coffee to put in it?"
"You have that too."
Duo looked at Quatre with an 'I can't help it if he's dense' commiserating look before turning to Trowa. "Trowa, I want to talk to Quatre without you around, so if you're not going to cooperate with my manufactured excuses, could you please just leave for ten minutes?"
Trowa got serious. "What do you need to discuss with him that you can't say in front of me?" Duo felt mildly sorry for his friend, he actually sounded slighted and mildly indigent.
Trowa looked suspiciously from Quatre to Duo and back again before shrugging and walking towards the door. He did get in one parting remark aimed at Quatre though, "Don't believe anything he tells you." At Duo's broadening grin, he reiterated, "_Anything_."
Duo waited until Trowa was not only though the door, but also held his breath until the door latch closed with a click and the quiet chime of a bell. "Okay, ask."
"Ask what?"
"Whatever you want. Most people get to find out all the gory little details about someone they're interested in by word of mouth. You get me instead." Duo tilted his chair against the wall in anticipation. "I mean, you want to get around to fucking him eventually right? You should probably know a little more about him first, right?"
Quatre flushed bright red, but didn't back down. "Hey, I've been holding my own pretty well so far if I do say so myself." Quatre's blush faded a little once he'd confessed his interest and done nothing to deny Duo's statement. "For any other situation I'd already have a 12-step procedure in place and thoroughly tested, but Trowa..."
"Yeah, he snuck up on you." Hell, it was easy to see that the poor guy was dying to ask him questions, but good breeding and ingrained manners were holding him back--so much for being straightforward with him. Oh well, he'd give it another go. "Questions? C'mon, I know you've got them."
It was amazing, thought Duo, how such an innocent and open expression could adequately house such a devious and clever mind. If Quatre was given to thinking out loud he was sure he would have been treated to a dozen or more questions, as it was, it was easy to tell that he was sorting and grading all the possible questions he might ask, knowing that time was limited and the information important.
"What are his weak points?"
Aha! Good question. "He's horrendously ticklish, he loves animals of all varieties and rarely makes rational decisions where they're concerned, he will promise you outrageous things if you play with his ears, and, well, as of recently, his major weak point is anything to do with you." Duo watched him carefully, half expecting to see him pull out pad and paper to better record his thoughts.
"The tattoos? They seem kind of personal and I didn't know if I could ask."
"You won't get the same answer from him if you ask, and you should ask him. He didn't start his project until after we'd both left school. I think the reason he decided on tattoos is based on the fact that he is a chameleon--a good one, jack of all trades and master of any that he cares to be. All his life, according to what he's told me, he's drifted into whatever persona the people around him wanted him to be--musician, student, perfect son. When he started on his own, he needed something to ground him in the life he'd chosen, and the silver and the tats--well, they do that. They keep him from shifting. At least that's what I see."
"Why did he decide on tat..." but he was interrupted by Quatre, a little rushed with the thought that Trowa would walk back into the store at any moment.
"No, why are you doing this? Pushing us together?"
"Smart. I knew you were smart. You want the selfish reasons or the unselfish ones?"
"Both. Definitely both."
Duo rocked the chair back onto four legs before resuming. "Because I've been his friend for ten years now and I've seen him with any number of people, and I've yet to see him as floored as he is by you. Hell, the man can barely link two words together when you're in the room with him. If I didn't see that you return the same interest, I think I could easily hate you." There wasn't a hint of threat to the statement, it just stood under its own weight. "I don't know you personally, but I have heard of you through family and such. That, plus the way you look at him when he talks to you, is enough to validate your claim in my book. That's it for the unselfish ones. Other than that, he's been harassing me nonstop to find someone for myself. I figure if he's busy with you, he won't have as much free time to manage my life. Right?"
Quatre didn't answer, he was too busy replaying Duo's listing of Trowa's weaknesses in his head before stopping on one in particular, and he could feel his face grow serious as he asked, carefully, trying to balance the jealousy he felt rising in his chest, "Duo? How, _exactly_, did you find out about his ears?"
"So," Trowa asked conversationally, a little _too_ conversationally, "what did you and Duo talk about?"
"What I'm going to do in the near future mostly, where I'm going to live, stuff like that." He walked alongside Trowa, matching him stride for stride. Trowa slowed down a half step to see if Quatre would remain in sync; he did.
"Why couldn't he have asked while I was around?" Trowa sounded sincerely puzzled and Quatre gave in to the temptation to hint a little.
"Well, I think Duo is worried that you might take advantage of me. Wanted to warn me to be careful around you."
"He did, did he?" Trowa thought it might be time to have a chat with his 'friend'--take advantage of indeed. Ravish would be good. Living with afterward as well. Wait, had he told Duo that he was keeping this one? Surely he'd figured that out already.
They'd reached the stairs to Trowa's apartment before he thought to resume their discussion. "You're welcome to stay here you know. There's no time limit. I know that I'm still pretty much a complete stranger to you but, well, for what it's worth, Duo can vouch for me."
He sounded hopeful, and a little like a young child that had been told 'no' once too often. Quatre found it endearing on the man. "Where did you get the idea that I don't trust you? And yes, knowing a little about Duo and knowing that he's known you for a long time is a factor, but, I don't know, I just feel that we can trust each other, don't you?"
"You trusted that other guy well enough to get in a bad situation..."
"I wouldn't have gone out with him if I'd thought that would happen. And I wouldn't have gone at all if my roommate hadn't arranged it in advance. You never know, he could have been a decent sort of man instead of the idiot he turned out to be. Anyway, I'm thankful to him."
Trowa looked baffled. It was an odd sort of expression to see on such an intelligent face.
"Well, I wouldn't have found you without him, right?"
Trowa looked furious that Quatre was trying to make light of the situation that had brought them together. "I would have found you. I might have taken longer, but I would have found you." Trowa was getting uncomfortable with the direction the conversation had headed. Sure, he wanted to get there eventually, but he didn't want to rush things with Quatre. He had all the time in the world to wait. He wasn't going anywhere. Now, he had only to convince Quatre to stay, if not with him then with Duo. Though the thought of him living under Duo's corrupting influence was enough to make his stomach clench. Bad idea that.
Quatre walked into the living room and looked over the sofa. Home. Yeah, he could do this. It felt very adult and exciting, but under that and the anxiety associated with making a conscious decision that would likely affect the rest of his life, it felt _right_. Maybe his sisters had told him the truth and there _was_ a strong thread of intuition that ran in the family. Both of his sisters that had married had known within minutes of meeting them that they'd found their life partners. Why should it be any different for him? He could easily envision the two of them growing old together, sharing good and bad times. It was almost frightening how clear the mental image was.
Trowa interrupted his epiphany. "Sorry you'll have to make do with the sofa, I never thought to get a place with a second bedroom." He sounded hesitant, testing the ground, and Quatre realized that he hadn't told him that he was planning on staying.
"That's okay. As long as you don't mind, we can share the bed."
Trowa didn't respond to that remark, and Quatre looked at him questioningly.
Trowa resisted the urge to rap the side of his head. He didn't just hear that did he? Quatre was looking at him with that damned expectant expression on his face, so apparently so. "I know you didn't mean that, so we'll figure out the sleeping arrangements later okay?"
"Sharing doesn't have to imply sharing everything you know..." Quatre tried sounding thoughtful, considering, waiting to see how Trowa would respond. "I'm 28, I know what I'm interested in" (you, his mind supplied), "and I _do_ have some limited experience at this sort of thing."
Trowa looked at him patiently.
"Okay, _very_ limited." He waited a second before dropping the money statement. "Duo said that you'd teach me."
Trowa looked like someone had just granted him his fondest wish, either that or an elephant had kicked him in the groin. It was so hard to tell the difference between those two expressions when it was Trowa's face that was wearing them. Of course, most of that was still conjecture at this point, but with any luck and some careful planning, that wouldn't be the case for long.
"Remind me to kill Duo when the next convenient opportunity arises." Hell, Trowa might just owe his friend one hell of a favor if this went in the direction he was hoping for. Damn.
Trowa gave into temptation. "We'll work something out, okay?"
Quatre beamed. "Good." He looked around, estimating his belongings against the space available in Trowa's apartment. "Can you help me move my stuff from my room on campus then? We'll need the car." He thought ahead, his mind already ten steps in advance of his mouth--planning the packing and ordering of the contents of his room and how to fit them best into the car and then into Trowa's--no, their--apartment. Trowa hadn't figured it out yet, but he was planning on staying for a lot longer than a few weeks, and they would most certainly have to work something out. He planned on becoming a fixture in this man's life, whether Trowa was expecting it or not.
Trowa watched Quatre move around the apartment, pointing and asking questions, with growing affection. Hell, give the man a project and he was worse than Duo with all the strategy and planning. It had probably been a very bad idea to leave them in each other's company like that. Very bad. He made a mental note to stick around for any future discussions that involved him as the topic of choice.
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I want some slots!
So you have long wanted to have a slot machine of your own? Perhaps you are one of the fans of this gambling game that is not satisfied with playing at gambling houses that you must own one of those gambling machines.
But before you buy yourself a slot machine, know first that they cost a lot, especially the vintage ones. Also, do not forget to check if you are even allowed on your own. You must know that different states in America have different laws on the ownership of gambling machines.
Most states in America allow ownership of all type of gaming machines. However, there are also states that it does not allow ownership of any type of gaming machine. There are other states with unique specifications. There are some to which you only allow them own gaming machines that are already thirty years old, but there are more that allow a ownership of 25-year-old gaming machines. In some states, you are only legitimate to your gaming machines that were made before certain years as 1950, 1954, 1952, 1941, 1968. The reasons behind these specifications are not certain. There is even a state that only allows them to own, buy and sell the gaming machine if you are a certified dealer.
Once you have control of the legitimacy of owning the gaming machine in your state and have made sure that you are legitimate to buy one, then you can now choose whether to buy an ancient slot machine, or newer versions. The old slot machines are more expensive than the newer ones, but they pay attention in the stain of real antiques from fake. You do not want to buy an ancient supposedly slots machine for a high price only to know later that you had been cheated by the ancient merchants.
Where can you go to buy your slot machine? You can ask around, or you can go online to find a dealer of gambling machines. The most popular distributors of slot machines are ancient slots, Sugar Shack and UsedSlots.com. Other places where you can buy gambling machines are old time slots, Alison’s novelties and home slots.
If you want to learn more about gambling machines and their different designs, then you can go to visit slot machine museums. The most popular one is the famous Belle World Slot Collection of Liberty. Why is it worth taking a look? This museum is currently owned by the family who invented the slot machine himself – Charles Fay.
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Friday, January 27, 2017
The Burning Man of the Homesteading World
So when you're a homesteader, you start getting sucked into this whole world of people that you never would have known existed unless you started searching Google for things like "homesteading" and "permaculture" and "how to butcher a rabbit without traumatizing your kids and neighbors". This is something I can speak to as I actually did spend a fair amount of time googling rabbit processing* videos That's how I came across one of the best videos I've ever watched; it's how I discovered the Salatins.
More specifically, it's how I discovered the magic of Daniel Salatin. This is a guy that eloquently speaks to a crowd of onlookers about value adding as a way to create a sustainable income source, answers questions on the fly, and shares info on the statistics of running a farm, all while processing a batch of rabbits faster than anyone I've ever seen.
And, I can assure you that I've seen a lot of people process rabbits. When you know you have to do it yourself in the near future, you obsessively watch a lot of videos, trying to feel prepared. It's something you should first warn your family about though, otherwise, they start to get concerned when they keep catching you watching animal butchering videos on Youtube.
Anyway, that's how I discovered the Salatins. Joel, Daniel's dad, is the driving force behind Polyface Farms, which is essential my dream farm. This family knows what's up. They get that we are stewards of our land, and that by carefully managing, as opposed to stripping and dumping chemicals, our lands can sustain us indefinitely.
Fortunately for the Salatins, I don't live anywhere near them, otherwise I'd be trying to move onto their farm. I have to make due with just reading, watching, and following everything they do from a distance.
JOEL SALATIN is one of the headliners at what is essentially
the Burning Man of the Homesteading world!!!
You know what this means?
It means that if I can get to this conference, I can make a complete fool of myself over another celebrity! I wonder what idiotic things I might say?
"Oooo! I just looove watching you guys kill bunnies!" or "Oh, MYgosh, I'm watching you. All. The. Time..."
You know, normal things that people say to total strangers. If you have no impulse control.
Anyways, this conference is going to rock like a sustainably sourced, water retaining rock garden!
* And by processing, I mean butchering, Jaime.
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IPO Working Group Daniel Awduche Internet Draft Adrian Farrel Expiration Date: January 2003 Movaz Networks GMPLS Signaling Applicability Statement draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt 1. Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026, except that the right to produce derivative works is not granted. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as ``work in progress.'' The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. 2. Abstract This memo describes the applicability of GMPLS signaling to IP over Optical (IPO) networks. The underlying premise behind GMPLS signaling for IPO networks is discussed and pertinent limitations are highlighted. Throughout this discussion, GMPLS-RSVP (RSVP-TE with GMPLS extensions) will be used to exemplify the class of protocols under consideration. This memo also describes the subsets of GMPLS signaling message exchanges that are needed to support connection management between optical switches, and between IP/MPLS routers and optical switches in IP over Optical networks. 3. Summary for Sub-IP Area 3.1 Summary This document describes the applicability of GMPLS signaling to IP over Optical Networks. 3.2 Where does it fit in the Picture of the Sub-IP Work This work fits in the IPO Working Group. Awduche and Farrel [Page 1] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 3.3 Why is it Targeted at this WG This is one of the chartered deliverables of the IPO working group. 3.4 Justification The WG should consider this document because it describes how the existing GMPLS signaling protocols can be used in IP over Optical networks. This information is especially useful to the IETF community because it delineates the subset of GMPLS signaling functionality that are useful in IPO networks. 4. Introduction This memo describes the applicability of GMPLS signaling protocols to connection management in IP over Optical (IPO) networks. The basic function of the GMPLS signaling protocols is to setup, maintain, and teardown connection services in different types of transport networks. This memo relates only to the applicability of the GMPLS signaling capabilities in IPO networks. The applicability of GMPLS routing protocols to IPO networks are covered in a separate document. The term IP over Optical networks generally refers to optical transport networks that posses one or more of the following two main characteristics: (1) They are used to preponderantly transport IP traffic and (2) they employ IP (e.g. GMPLS) protocols in their control plane. An optical network utilizing GMPLS in its control plane may also transport other types of digital clients other than IP traffic. This memo is concerned specifically with optical networks that utilize GMPLS signaling protocols in their control plane, irrespective of the type of digital clients and payloads carried in their transport plane. The definition of IPO networks, for the purpose of this applicability statement, encompasses the OCh layer of the ITU-T Optical Transport Networks (OTN) described in [8], especially when such networks utilize GMPLS protocols in their control planes. The factors that motivate the application of IP-based control plane protocols (such as GMPLS) to optical networks were articulated in reference [5]. Awduche and Farrel [Page 2] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 5. Overview of GMPLS Signaling GMPLS signaling protocols are general purpose control plane protocols supporting signaling transactions in different types of switched transport networks with different switching technologies. The GMPLS signaling protocols are derived from the corresponding IETF MPLS signaling protocols, (e.g., RSVP-TE [4]) through a process of extension and generalization. The GMPLS signaling protocols employ the same protocol machinery as the underlying protocols from which they were derived, but include additional protocol features to support signaling capabilities in a multitude of switched transport networks. The main aspects of GMPLS signaling are documented in a number of IETF memos [1,2,3,6,7]. There are two broad classes of GMPLS signaling protocols that are being standardized by the IETF: (1) those based on RSVP-TE and (2) those based on CR-LDP. Both classes of protocols perform similar functions and either of the two can be used to fulfill the necessary signaling transactions in a particular context. However, recent surveys conducted within the IETF suggest that GMPLS signaling protocols derived from RSVP-TE are the most predominantly implemented in the industry (see e.g. reference [10]). It is significant to point out that the GMPLS architecture does not mandate either of the two classes of GMPLS signaling for a particular application. Therefore this applicability statement does not prevent an implementation from utilizing either of the two categories of protocols. 6. Applicability of GMPLS Signaling to IPO Networks GMPLS is an appropriate signaling mechanism for establishing end-to end connections in optical networks utilizing embedded software control planes. GMPLS signaling provides the ability to perform signaling transactions for connection setup and connection release operations in optical networks. GMPLS does not impose restrictions on the implementation of the data communication network (DCN) that is used for conveying signaling messages. This means that GMPLS can be employed in optical networks where the control channel is implemented (1) in-band, (2) out-of-band in-fiber, (3) or out of band and out-of-fiber. GMPLS signaling messages provide the flexibility to control the path traversed by a particular connection within an optical network and to manage the allocation of resources used by the connection along the path. Some of the major benefits derived from GMPLS signaling in optical networks include the following, which are consistent with the requirements stipulated in [12]: - Rapid Circuit provisioning - Flexibility - Enhanced survivability - Interoperability Awduche and Farrel [Page 3] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 6.1 Provisioning Capabilities One of the key benefits of GMPLS signaling in IPO networks is the automation and expediting of the provisioning of optical connections within the optical domain. With GMPLS signaling, it is possible to specify the route traversed by an optical connection (for example, using the Explicit Route Object in GMPLS-RSVP). It is also possible to specify the bandwidth for the optical connection. In an optical network, the labels exchanged by the GMPLS signaling protocol equate directly to an abstract representation of the optical resources to be used by the connection. Depending on the characteristics of the optical domain, the labels may represent individual wavelengths, wavebands or whole fibers. While whole fibers may be identified using numbered or unnumbered interfaces, the identification of ports, wavelengths and wavebands is a local matter for resolution between adjacent nodes in the network. In the case of wavelength routed optical networks, where the wavelength is the basic unit of resource allocation, it might be convenient to use a standardized convention for spectrum allocation such as the ITU grid. The conventional MPLS signaling protocols (e.g., the basic RSVP-TE protocol) are based on downstream-on-demand resource allocation and label binding. This means that in conventional MPLS signaling, label allocation proceeds from downstream nodes to upstream nodes. GMPLS signaling improves this scheme by supporting the concept of "suggested label" where an upstream node can suggest a label to a downstream. This concept is particularly useful in optical networks for the following reasons: (1) it can help to decrease provisioning latency by enabling anticipatory policies that allow optical network elements to reconfigure their switching elements during the forward pass of the signaling messages; and (2) in wavelength routed optical networks, it can permit wavelength assignment by upstream nodes. GMPLS signaling also suppports the concept of "label set" which is another improvement over conventional MPLS signaling. The significance of this concept in wavelength routed optical networks is that it allows upstream nodes to restrict the set of labels, hence wavelengths, that can be allocated by downstream nodes. In contexts in which network edge elements are capable of processing signals from many different devices, it may be necessary for them to indicate the bandwidth and encoding of the traffic associated with a particular connection, and perhaps the required switching behavior of the optical devices. GMPLS signaling includes extensions offering this capability. Awduche and Farrel [Page 4] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 The principles of traffic engineering (that is performance optimization of networks) are very important in optical networks. In optical networks, traffic engineering is applied almost exclusively through routing control. GMPLS signaling allows to explicitly specify the path traversed by an optical connection. The path itself may be computed online or offline using an appropriate path computation mechanism which is not part of GMPLS signaling. This facility allows to fully or partially constrain the routes traversed by an optical connection. This facility can also be used to resolve resource contention and blocking problems, thereby optimizing optical resource utilization. Constraints associated with optical resources may be taken into consideration by a path computation engine when selecting the explicit route to be traversed by an optical connection. In this case, the path computation engine will calculate a path subject to pertinent constraints -- together with attendant resources to allocate on each hop, and specify these attributes in the explicit route object that is embedded in the signaling messages. This capability may be enhanced on a hop-by-hop basis by having each network element provide resource availability information and suggestions for label allocation to its neighbor. Additionally, it may be important to constrain the choice of optical resources (wavelengths, wavebands, or fibers) along a path. This capability offers a number of advantages. For example, it can be used to allow more effective assignment of switching resources in optical networks consisting of a combination of electrical switching elements (requiring OEO conversion) and photonic switching elements (PXCs without OEO conversion). It can also substantially reduce wavelength contention and resolve wavelength conflicts in transparent sub-networks containing PXCs, where wavelength conversion cannot be performed at some or all nodes. Additionally, this capability can be used to reduce connection setup latency and signaling instability in networks containing some classes of PXCs, in which the underlying switching technology has a non-negligible finite reconfiguration delay and may require a finite stabilization time. The "suggested label" and "label set" features are some of the capabilities of GMPLS signaling that allow to constrain the choice of optical resources. 6.2 Advanced Provisioning 6.2.1 Bidirectional Light Paths Optical connections are often required to be bidirectional. This can be achieved by sequentially signaling two independent unidirectional optical connections, in opposite directions, one from each terminating endpoint. However, this approach is not very efficient in terms of signaling overhead and connection setup latency. This approach also makes it difficult to achieve route symmetry, so that both optical channel trails in opposite directions take the same physical path through the network. Awduche and Farrel [Page 5] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 GMPLS addresses the aforementioned issue by supporting the establishment of bidirectional optical connections using just one round-trip signaling message transaction. The approach adopted by GMPLS signaling has the added advantage that both directions of the optical connection can follow the same path, achieving the desired goal of route symmetry in optical networks. When establishing bi-directional optical connections, resources can be independently allocated to the two directions, and conceptually other types of constraints can be independently imposed as well. However, in an operational context, it is likely the two directions of a bi-directional optical connection will be assigned similar resources and satisfy similar constraints. The capability to establish bi-directional optical connections does not, however, preclude establishing uni-directional optical connections in contexts where uni-directionality is required in IPO networks. Clearly, this degree of flexibility is very advantageous as the requirements imposed on optical networks will evolve and change over time. 6.2.2 Signaling Setup Time Many optical devices have high stabilization times. GMPLS allows a node to pipeline signaling and device programming such that it can suggest to its adjacent nodes which optical resources should be used and proceed to program and reconfigure those resources before the signaling exchange with its neighbor has completed. In the worst case the node must provision new resources when the signaling completes, especially if the suggested resources to be allocated are declined by the downstream node. 6.2.3 Alarm-Free Setup and Teardown (Alarm Suppression) Many optical networks report alarms if a service is provisioned but no signal is present (such as loss of signal and loss of light alarms). For example, if an optical connection is provisioned, but a laser somewhere along the path is not turned on in a timely fashion, an alarm may be raised. This situation can also occur during connection reconfiguration, when the path traversed by an existing connection is altered. For a variety of reasons, it is often desirable to suppress alarms during optical connection setup, reconfiguration, and teardown. During these times it is reasonable to expect that lasers may be turned on or off sequentially, and it is not necessary to raise certain types of alarms, especially alarms suggesting failure within the network. Awduche and Farrel [Page 6] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 GMPLS offers a mechanism to indicate that a connection setup is in progress. When such an indication is present, an optical device may suppress certain types of alarms during the signaling transactions. Once the optical connection has been established, GMPLS can be used to signal that alarms should be enabled. Similarly, GMPLS can be used to indicate that connection teardown is in process so that optical devises can suppress pertinent alarms during the teardown process. 6.3 Survivability Features Survivability is a critical consideration in IPO networks. Within the optical domain, there is generally a requirement for flexibility in the manner in which resilience properties of optical connections are specified and implemented. There is also a general requirement to minimize service interruption following network outages for services that are intended to be survivable. The spectrum of protection/restoration capabilities that can be associated with a particular connection can be quite large including different protection levels (unprotected, 1+1, 1:1, 1:n, m:n), and different types of restoration (local restoration, end-to-end restoration, etc). In 1:1, 1:n, and m:n protection scenarios, it may also be desirable to route "extra traffic" (preemptable low priority traffic) over the protect resources to increase the efficiency of asset utilization. GMPLS signaling provides a range of capabilities to support different types of protection/restoration mechanisms and consequently to enable a variety of survivability options in optical networks. 6.3.1 Connection Specific Survivability A key requirement for the development of signaling protocols for the optical domain in IPO networks is the need for features to support intelligent fault management, as noted earlier. There are four major steps involved in fault management: (1) fault detection, (2) fault localization, (3) fault notification, and (4) fault recovery. Fault detection and fault localization in optical networks are not covered by GMPLS signaling. These aspects are the responsibility of the hardware, the transport plane, and link management protocols (such as LMP [11]). One of the major attributes of optical networks is that nodes downstream of faults are the ones most likely to detect the fault (such as loss of signal and loss of light problems). Therefore, there is a requirements to notify nodes upstream of the fault so they can initiate recovery actions. In the case of 1:1 and general m:n protection schemes, it is also important to coordinate the actions of the originating node and destination node for a connection so that they can both switch to the pre-established protect path. Awduche and Farrel [Page 7] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 GMPLS signaling protocols include fault notification mechanisms for reporting errors across the network, from the nodes that detect the faults to the endpoints (originating and destination nodes) of the connection. Furthermore, these fault notification mechanisms are defined to traverse the route of the connection, so that each node along the path will be informed of the anomaly and can take appropriate remedial action to rectify the problem or initiate recovery actions to restore affected traffic. The fault notification messages can also be targeted to specific nodes using an appropriate encapsulation. However, where the location of the repair points are predetermined and known, this method of propagating fault notifications can be slow. It is to be noted that GMPLS-RSVP specifically includes a method that allows repair points to advertise their existence during connection setup, or later when the connection is modified. This capability allows fault notifications to be sent directly to these repair points, expediting the process of notification and consequently reducing the time to recover from failures. Fault repair (hence service restoration) may be accomplished by signaling new optical connections after a fault notification message is received (in the case of restoration), or by switching traffic to pre-established protection paths (in the case of protection). Some solutions may require coordination with other nodes in the network during (or before and/or after) the recovery of affected traffic to alternate paths (e.g., some hardware solutions for 1+1 and 1:1 protection, bidirectional optical connections, removal of extra traffic, etc). GMPLS-RSVP (but not GMPLS-CR-LDP) allows such nodes to advertise their existence during optical connection setup or later during modification operations associated with connection reconfiguration, so that they can also be recipients of fault notification messages which are sent to them directly. 6.3.2 Decoupling of Control and Transport Planes In IPO networks, it is an important operational requirement on the part of carriers to decouple the Control plane from the Transport plane within the optical domain, so that faults occurring within the control plane will not affect existing services within the optical transport plane. In many optical networks there is no facility for in-band control signaling since that would require both GMPLS signal and bearer traffic termination at each node. Some implementations of optical networks may offer in-fiber but out-of-band solutions where a particular wavelength is dedicated to function as a control channel. Other alternatives include an out-of-fiber control channel that exists in parallel with the fiber carrying bearer traffic, and a control channel that is routed separately and independently through an external IP network. Awduche and Farrel [Page 8] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 There are two important implications of the scenarios mentioned above. One is the concept that failures in the control does not necessarily imply of the transport plane. Hence, unlike conventional IP/MPLS networks, failure of the transport plane cannot be inferred from failure of the control plane. The second important implication is that switching and reconfiguration activities in the transport plane should not be initiated by control plane failures. GMPLS addresses this important operational issue by decoupling the path of the GMPLS signaling message (i.e., the signaling data communications network) from that of the bearer traffic transported by the transport plane (unlike in conventional IP/MPLS networks where the two are closely coupled). This decoupling of the control and bearer channels implies that any of the in-band or out-of-band control channel solutions may be used for GMPLS based optical connection management. In particular, the use of IP encapsulation by GMPLS signaling allows control packets to be routed through distinct networks that may include other GMPLS-capable nodes that must not examine these control packets in order to propagate them appropriately. This decoupling allows the transport plane to be immune to control plane failures, whether these are hardware or software related, so that existing optical connections are not interrupted by failures occurring within the control plane. With the decoupling of the control plane and transport plane, failure detection associated with transport bearer services is no longer the responsibility of the control plane. Rather, fault detection and fault localization are the responsibility of the hardware and the link management protocols (such as LMP [11]) in the network. When such faults are detected using appropriate mechanisms within the transport plane or using LMP, they can be propagated to the control plane so that the control plane can initiate failure notification actions to pertinent nodes within the network. Because failures can occur within the control independent of the transport plane, it is now the responsibility of the control plane to recover its state (to match that of the transport plane) when control plane connectivity is recovered after a failure. GMPLS-RSVP includes a graceful restart procedure that allows network nodes to re-learn their state from neighbors on recovery. A similar process is being developed for CR-LDP and is likely to become available for GMPLS-CR-LDP. Awduche and Farrel [Page 9] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 6.3.3 Reliable Message Delivery Reliable message delivery is an important part of dependable and expeditious connection setup, reconfiguration, and teardown. GMPLS includes facilities to ensure prompt and reliable delivery of signaling messages. GMPLS-CR-LDP achieves this by using a reliable transport (TCP). GMPLS-RSVP achieves the same function by applying Message Ids to all control messages and retrying the messages until they are acknowledged. 6.4 Architectural Considerations The IPO framework document [9] specifies different architectural alternatives for deployment of IP over Optical networks. The architectural alternatives specifically concern the interconnection models between control entities on IP/MPLS routers and control entities on optical transport network elements, especially when the IP and optical domains both utilize GMPLS control plane protocols. GMPLS-RSVP can be used as a signaling protocol between a client (e.g. IP/MPLS router) and an optical transport network in an overlay interconnection model. GMPLS-RSVP can also be used as a signaling protocol between optical network elements across an interior NNI (I-NNI), and as a signaling protocol between subnetworks across an E-NNI (Exterior NNI) interface. 6.5 Deployment Considerations Several distinct deployment scenarios for GMPLS signaling in IPO networks can be identified. These include: - Deployment within an optical subnetwork with no signaling interactions with entities outside of the network. - Deployment within a subnetwork with signaling interactions with entities across the subnetwork where all subnetworks belong to the same administrative entity. - Deployment across networks where the networks belong to different administrative entities. In this case, special care should be given to security considerations. In the case of deployments supporting signaling transactions across networks or subnetworks, the network elements performing the signaling transactions may utilize similar switching technologies or different switching technologies. Awduche and Farrel [Page 10] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 6.5.1 Restrictions There are certain restrictions that may limit deployment of the existing class of GMPLS signaling protocols in some IPO operational contexts. In the following paragraph, we highlight some of the operational scenarios in which certain restrictions may apply. - Signaling protocol transactions across trust domains: When GMPLS signaling is required to traverse administrative domain boundaries it may be necessary to take security issues into considerations. These security implications across trust domains are not adequately covered by the existing protocol machinery. 7. Security Considerations The security considerations relating to the GMPLS signaling protocols are documented in the pertinent IETF protocol specific documents. This applicability statement does not introduce new security issues. It should be pointed out, however, that special precaution must be taken to ensure that unauthorized entities cannot successfully initiate or execute GMPLS signaling protocol transactions in IPO networks. 8. References 8.1 Normative References [1] L. Berger, et al, "Generalized MPLS - Signaling Functional Description," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [2] L. Berger, et al, "Generalized MPLS Signaling - RSVP-TE Extensions," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [3] P. Ashwood-Smith, et al, "Generalized MPLS Signaling - CR-LDP Extensions," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [4] D. Awduche, et al, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels", RFC 3209, December 2001. [5] D. Awduche and Y. Rekhter, "Multiprotocol Lambda Switching," IEEE Communications Magazine, June 2001. 8.2 Informative References [6] E. Mannie, et al, "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [7] D. Papadimitriou, "Generalized MPLS Signalling Extensions for G.709 Optical Transport Networks Control," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [8] ITU-T Recommendation G.821: "Optical Transport Network Architecture" Awduche and Farrel [Page 11] draft-awduche-ipo-gmpls-signaling-applicability-00.txt July 2002 [9] B. Rajagopalan, et al, "IP over Optical Networks: a Framework," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. [10] L. Berger and Y. Rekhter, "Generalized MPLS Signaling - Implementation Survey," Internet Draft, Work In Progress, 2002. [11] J. Lang, et al, "Link Management Protocol (LMP)," Internet Draft, Work In Progress, 2002. [12] Xue, et al, "Carrier Optical Services Requirements," Internet Draft, Work in Progress, 2002. 9. Author Address Daniel Awduche Movaz Networks One Technology Parkway South Norcross, GA 30092 Phone: 703-298-5291 Email: [email protected] Adrian Farrel Movaz Networks 7926 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 615 McLean VA, 22102 Phone: 703-847-1867 Email: [email protected] 11. Full Copyright Statement Copyright (c) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. 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Sunday, February 28, 2010
90 Days: Day 59
Finished Lamentations and read Ez 1-12.
Bible In 90 Days: Jeremiah
For 1- 609, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions" link below.
610. Jeremiah began his prophecies during Josiah's reign. Jeremiah spoke of death and exile while Israel was ruled by a good king.
611. When Israel is restored, it will no longer mourn for the "good old days" when it possessed the Ark.
612. Like in Isaiah, Israel's idolatry is likened to adultery.
613. God is not just concerned about Judah and Jerusalem; if they repent, all nations will be drawn to Him.
614. Judah's punishments a message for all nations.
615. Judah thought the Temple's presence would save Judah from destruction.
616. Jer. 8:8- "How can you say, 'We are wise because we have the Law of the Lord,' when your teachers twist it so badly?"
617. Boast in the Lord alone, who is just, loves forever and delights in these things.
618. The Lord will punish all who are circumsized in body, but not in heart.
619. The Lord will uproot all the nations surrounding Israel, but if they repent, they will be given a place among God's people.
620. Even Jeremiah's own family turned against him.
621. The Lord continually orders Jeremiah not to pray for Judah.
622. In the future, Israel will remember returning to the land after the exile more than being brought out of Egypt.
623. Only the Lord knows how wicked our hearts are.
624. The people mock Jeremiah because judgement has been delayed.
625. The Lord will judge Israel for doing business on the Sabbath, treating it just like any other day.
626. The people plotted against Jeremiah, even though he pleaded for them.
627. The Lord gave Judah a choice- death by war, plague or famine or captivity.
628. If Judah repented and justice prevailed, God would not have brought judgement.
629. The Lord would make sure the first exiles to Babylon would be treated well and return to the land and recognize that the Lord is God. Those in Israel during the second exile will face utter destruction. This was prophesied before the 1st exile.
630. Did the Lord Himself cause the Kings to drink from the cup of the Lord's anger?
631. King Jehoiakim is the only King of Judah or Israel to actually kill a prophet with his own hands- Uriah son of Shemiah.
632. Israel and all the surrounding kingdoms were ordered by God to submit to Babylon. Israel's later refusal to pay tribute to Babylon was rebellion against God.
633. The Lord promised the exiles in Babylon that they could find Him if they sought Him, but they must stay in Babylon 70 years.
634. Jer. 31:30- "All people will die for their own sins..." We are not punished for Adam's specific sin in the Garden.
635. Jer. 31:38- "And I will give them one heart and mind to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their decendents."
636. Jer. 31:40- "...I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me."
637. Jer. 33:17-18- There will always be a king on David's throne (Jesus). There will always be Levitical priests to offer sacrifices. Are these priests those who follow Jesus, the royal priesthood?
638. King Zedikiah freed the Hebrew slaves, but the people changed their mind and took them back.
639. The Recabites didn't drink because their ancestor, Jehonidab, forbad them. Yet the Lord repeatedly commanded Israel not to worship idols and Israel would not listen.
640. It took one year for Jeremiah to dictate the Lord's messages to him onto a scroll.
641. King Johoiakin and his officials showed no repentance when they heared the scroll read to them.
642. King Zedikiah wanted Jeremiah to tell him what the Lord said, but had no intention of obeying. He vowed not to kill Jeremiah, then told Jeremiah he would kill him if he told anyone the Lord told Zedikiah to surrender.
643. The Judeans who fled to Egypt failed to trust in the Lord by staying in Judah.
644. Jer 46:10- On the Lord's destruction of Egypt using the Babylonians- "...The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will receive a sacrifice today in the North country beside the Euphrates River."
645. The Philistines will finally be destroyed by Egypt.
646. Jer. 48:10- This is what the Lord says to those He uses to destoy Moab: "Cursed be those who refuse to do the work the Lord has given them, who hold back their swords from shedding blood!" Still the Lord says He will restore the fortunes of Moab and the Ammonites. The orphans and widows of Edom will be cared for by the Lord, even though Edom will be destroyed. Babylon, which destroyed the Lord's temple, will not be restored.
647. Written in Jerusalem by Jeremiah after the exile. Repentance for injustice, reliance on foreign allies. The priesthood is condemned. Laments the loss of Jerusalem's former glory.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
90 Days: Day 58
Finished Jeremiah and read the 1st chapter of Lamentations. Impresions for both books will appear together either today or tomorrow.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lesson Taught
Tonight I taught at the Grafton Road Church of God in Morgantown, WV. I taught on praying in the name of Jesus and reflecting the nature of Jesus. Perhaps I will post the lesson on my audio blog.
90 Days: Day 55
Read Jer. 11- 23.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
90 Days: Day 53
Finished Isaiah.
Bible In 90 Days: Isaiah
For 1-572, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions" link below.
573. The Lord wonders why Israel rebels after experiencing so much punishment.
574. The sins of Israel consisted of crimes against the innocent as well as idolatry.
575. Judgement will be felt first by the leadership and the women of Judah.
576. Israel and Judah are pictured as an unfruitful vineyard.
577. Isaiah was first cleansed and then ready for service.
578. The prophesy of Immanuel was made in response to Ahaz's unbelief.
579. Although the Lord uses Assyria for His purposes, He will destroy Assyria's army.
580. Chaper 11- Prophecy of Christ attracting the nations.
581. After Ethiopia experiences God's judgement, it will later worship in Jerusalem.
582. Egypt, Assyria and Israel will worship God together.
583. Tyre will be destroyed, then 70 years later, rebuilt, its wealth will provide fine food and clothing for the Lord's priests.
584. Is. 25: 7-8- "In that day he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth. He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears..."
585. Is. 26:3- "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you."
586. Is. 26:10- "Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. They keep doing wrong and take no notice of the Lord's majesty."
587. Is. 26:19- "Yet we have this assurance: those who belong to God will live, their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For God's light of life will fall like dew on his people in the place of the dead."
588. The kingdom of Israel is run by drunkards. It was angry that the Lord repeated His messages in simple terms, so now God will speak to them through the language of conquerors.
589. Is. 29:18- "Destruction is certain for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord." The wicked think God cannot see.
590. The Lord's anger burns against Israel because Israel relied on Egypt instead of on Him.
591. Is. 40: 27- Israel believes God does not hear of its troubles.
592. What is it to be blind? To see and understand what is right but refuse to act on it. What is it to be deaf? To hear but not really listen. Israel was deaf and blind to what the Lord required.
593. The Law was to show the world that God was righteous, but Israel disobeyed.
594. Idol makers never reflected that what they were making was a lie.
595. God says in Is. 45: 19-"...I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner so no one can understand what I mean..."
596. The Lord is the source of our salvation, our righteousness, our strength.
597. Even though Babylon was used to punish Israel, Babylon was punished for mistreating Israel. Babylon felt it was self sufficient and accountable to no one.
598. Isaiah prophesied of Cyrus to demonstrate that God is the only true God.
599. A day of final vindication for Israel is coming.
600. Is. 53- Prophecy of Christ as the suffering servant.
601. Come to the Lord while there is still time to receive His abundant pardon.
602. God will bless the Gentiles who keep His Sabbath.
603. Is. 57:8- Idolatry is adultery. Idolators search world wide for new gods to worship.
604. True fasting is treating workers and the weak rightly, not accusing them falsely and keeping the Sabbath.
605. Is. 58:13- "Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord's holy day."
606. Is. 59:20- The Redeemer will buy back those who turn from sin. The Lord's covenant is that His Spirit will never leave them.
607. All the world will honor Jerusalem.
608. Is. 61 read by Jesus in Lk. 4.
609. Is. 65- There will be a new creation.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
90 Days: Day 48
Finished Ecc. and read all of Song of Solomon.
Bible In 90 Days: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
I wrote nothing down for Song of Solomon.
For 1- 537, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions Link" below.
538. These proverbs give wisdom and discipline to all. They make the simple minded clever and give knowledge and purpose to young people.
539. Obedience to what parents teach is what allows grace to operate in your life and you receive honor.
540. Wisdom reaches out to all, but the wicked reach a point of no return.
541. Wisdom is to be actively sought after.
542. Wisdom protects us from evil people.
543. Trust in the Lord's wisdom, not your own.
544. Wisdom brings honor, wealth and health.
545. Do all the possible good to others that you can.
546. Pr. 4:23- "Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do."
547. Mark a straight path for your feet, stick to it, don't get sidetracked.
548. Stay true to your spouse.
549. Work hard to avoid debt.
550. The Lord hates haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who sows discord among brothers.
551. Pr. 8- The advantages of wisdom are for all to see.
552. Rebuking the unwise results in abuse, but the wise will love you for rebuking them. The wise are able to grow in wisdom, the righteous in righteousness.
553. Pr. 12:1- "To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction."
554. Pr. 16: 1-2- "We can gather our thoughts, but the Lord gives the right answers."
555. Pr. 16:33- "We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall."
556. Pr. 19:21- "You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail."
557. Pr. 20:11- "A simpleton can only learn by seeing mockers punished; a wise person learns from instruction."
558. Pr. 22:3- "A prudent person foresees the dangers ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
559. Pr. 24:11-12- "Rescue those who are unjustly sentanced to death; don't stand back and let them die. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it." This verse implies that there are those justly sentenced to death.
560. Pr. 24: 17-18- "Don't rejoice when your enemies fall into trouble. Don't be happy when they stumble. For the Lord will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them"
561. Pr. 25:20- "Singing cheerful songs to a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing one's jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in a wound."
562. Pr. 26:2- "Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an unfair curse will not fall on its intended victim."
563. Pr. 29:7- "The godly know the rights of the poor; the wicked don't care to know."
564. Pr. 29:25- "Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but to trust the Lord means safety."
565. Without God, no one is truly happy.
566. Ec. 5:19- "...To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life--that is indeed a gift from God."
567. Ec. 6:10- "Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there's no use arguing with God about your destiny."
568. Ec. 7:10- "Don't long for 'the good old days,' for you don't know whether they are any better than today."
569. Ec. 7:21- "Don't eavesdrop on others--you may hear your servant laughing at you. For you know how often you yourself have laughed at others."
570. Ec. 9:18- "A wise person overcomes weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good."
571. Ec. 11:4- "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done."
572. Ec. 12:1- "Don't let the excitment of youth cause you to forget your Creator..."
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
90 Days: Day 47
Finished Proverbs and read 1st 2 chapters of Ecclesiastes. Comments for Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon will appear together.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
90 Days: Day 45
Finished the Psalms and read the first six chapters of Proverbs.
Bible In 90 Days: Psalms
For 1-367, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions" link below. Reminder: these impressions are just a record that I am indeed reading the daily readings as others in my church do. Since Psalms is so voluminous and my time on the computer is limited, I will only leave a one or two sentance summary of each psalm.
368. Ps. 1- Abide in the Lord always, then one always spiritually prospers.
369. Ps. 2- God's Son is preeminent.
370. Ps. 3- God is our shield, His omniscience and omnipotence protects us always.
371. Ps. 4- Those who try to ruin our reputations should not make us consumed with anger.
372. Ps. 5- Only God's guidance protects us from our enemies traps.
373. Ps. 6- Forgiveness and restoration sought.
374. Ps. 7- The wicked fall into their own traps.
375. Ps. 8.- God is all glorious and has given us authority on earth.
376. Ps. 9.- v. 10.-"Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you." David prays that God would show the nations they are merely human.
377. Ps.10- The wicked oppress the weak because they think God does not see.
378. Ps.11- Why fear the wicked when we know God is a God of justice.
379. Ps.12- The Lord will protect the weak from lying tongues.
380. Ps.13.- How long must we suffer?
381. Ps.14.- Israel suffers oppression which will be judged by God.
382. Ps.15.- Only the holy can enter God's presence.
383. Ps.16.- v. 10-"...for you will not leave my soul among the dead, or allow your godly one to rot in the grave."
384. Ps.17.- David had been tested and not found wanting.
385. Ps.18.- David praises God for final delivery from Saul.
386. Ps. 19.- On the natural world revealing God's glory, the goodness of God's Laws and a plea for God's cleansing.
387. Ps. 20.- David prays for 3rd parties.
388. Ps. 21.- David praises God for giving him all he desired.
389. Ps. 22.- The psalm Christ quoted from the Cross.
390. Ps. 23.- The Lord our shepherd.
391. Ps. 24.- God is creator. Do not worship created things.
392. Ps. 25.- David asks God to forgive David of his past sins and show David the right way.
393. Ps. 26.- David does not keep company with sinners.
394. Ps. 27.- David rests in God's protection and prays he will enjoy God's presence forever.
395. Ps. 28.- David prays that he would not share the fate of the wicked.
396. Ps. 29.- David praises the awesome power of God.
397. Ps. 30.- When David sinned, the Lord turned away from him; when David repented, God forgave him.
398. Ps. 31.- David asks God to rescue him for God's name's sake.
399. Ps. 32.- The blessings of repentance.
400. Ps. 33.- Only God can save.
401. Ps. 34.- The Lord freed David from all his fears.
402. Ps. 35.- Those David showed kindness toward turned on him.
403. Ps. 36.- v.6- "Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice is like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike."
404. Ps. 37.- Don't fret over the transient good fortune of the ungodly.
405. Ps. 38 and 39- A prayer of repentance
406. Ps. 40- Praising God for past deliverences.
407. Ps. 41.- Those who are kind to the poor will be treated kindly by God.
408. Ps. 42.- Our only desire should be for God.
409. Ps. 43.- A prayer to God to lead us into His presence.
410. Ps. 44.- Concerning God's dealings with Israel.
411. Ps. 45.- In honor of God's annointed King.
412. Ps. 46.- God protects Israel as he causes other nations to crumble.
413. Ps. 47.- In praise of God.
414. Ps. 48.- God's city is Jerusalem.
415. Ps. 49.- The rich in this world will lose everything in death; God can snatch us from the power of death.
416. Ps. 50.- God doesn't want sacrifices but wants us to give thanks, trust Him in times of trouble and fulfill our vows to Him.
417. Ps. 51.- David's repentance for adultry and murder.
418. Ps. 52.- God will punish the unrighteous like Doeg the Edomite.
419. Ps. 53.- All have turned from God.
420. Ps. 54.- David cries out to God after he has been betrayed.
421. Ps. 55.- David fears the ungodly around him more than a foreign enemy.
422. Ps. 56.- David trusts God, so he will not fear.
423. Ps. 57.- David praises God for delivering him from his enemies.
424. Ps. 58.- A plea to God to judge injustice.
425. Ps. 59.- A plea from David to God to destroy those seeking to kill David.
426. Ps. 60.- David asks God to go with him as he goes out to war.
427. Ps. 61.- David asks God to protect him since he follows God's ways.
428. Ps. 62.- Trust in God, not in riches.
429. Ps. 63.- v. 11- "But the king will rejoice in God. All who trust in him will praise him, while liars will be silenced."
430. Ps. 64.- Liars are confident they will never be exposed.
431. Ps. 65.- God cares for all creation.
432. Ps. 66.- A call for all the earth to praise God.
433. Ps. 67.- A prayer for all the nations to praise God.
434. Ps. 68.- God enriches Israel and impovrishes Israel's enemies.
435. Ps. 69.- David prays that the godly would never be ashamed because of him.
436. Ps. 70.- Let those who trouble David be ashamed.
437. Ps. 71.- David had followed God all his life. He pleads to God not to abandon him in his old age.
438. Ps. 72.- A prayer to God from David that Solomon will flourish and rule with justice.
439. Ps. 73.- Thanks to God for keeping Asaph from going the way of the wicked.
440. Ps. 74.- A plea to God to avenge His enemies for oppressing His people.
441. Ps. 75.- God will ultimately judge the wicked.
442. Ps. 76.- Asaph praises God for defeating Israel's enemies.
443. Ps. 77.- Will Asaph experience past blessings again?
444. Ps. 78.- A history of Israel's sin and God's choosing of Judah and David.
445. Ps. 79.- A plea to God to forgive Israel's sins and defeat Israel's enemies that mock God.
446. Ps. 80.- Asaph asks God to allow Israel to return to Him.
447. Ps. 81.- God freed Israel from slavery, but Israel followed other gods. So God let Israel go its own way.
448. Ps. 82.- God judges those who are supposed to dispense justice.
449. Ps. 83.- Asaph asks God to destroy Israel's enemies as He had done in the past.
450. Ps. 84.- Desire to worship God in the Temple rather than waste time in rich houses.
451. Ps. 85.- The Lord will put away His anger at Israel.
452. Ps. 86.- No pagan god hears us like the God of Israel.
453. Ps. 87.- All those from other nations will become citizens of Jerusalem.
454. Ps. 88.- Don't let me die; can the dead praise the Lord?
455. Ps. 89.- v. 35- "I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie..."
456. Ps. 90.- v. 12- "Teach us to make most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom." Moses.
457. Ps. 91.- God will protect His own so they will not strike a foot upon a stone. Satan quoted this verse to Jesus when Satan tempted Him.
458. Ps. 92.- Those that abide in God's presence will always flourish, at any age.
459. Ps. 93.- God is eternal, greater than the power of the ocean and the nature of His reign is holiness.
460. Ps. 94.- Those who oppress Israel think God isn't watching.
461. Ps. 95.- Worship God our maker and creator of the universe.
462. Ps. 96.- All the nations are to worship the Lord.
463. Ps. 97.- All those who worship idols will be disgraced.
464. Ps. 98.- All nations seeing how God has dealt with Israel should worship the Lord.
465. Ps. 99.- Worship the Lord for He is holy and rules with justice. Moses, Aaron and Samuel called on Him and He heard them.
466. Ps. 100.- Worship God for He is faithful.
467. Ps. 101.- David pledges private integrity, association only with the Godly and to work to thwart sinners.
468. Ps. 102.- A prayer for both personal deliverence and for Jerusalem.
469. Ps. 103.- The Lord is gracious and does not deal with us as we deserve.
470. Ps. 104.- The work of God the creator.
471. Ps. 105.- A history of God fulfilling His covenant with Abraham.
472. Ps. 106.- A history of Israel's sin.
473. Ps. 107.- Encouragement to those delivered by God to praise Him.
474. Ps. 108.- David states that without God Israel could not defeat its foes.
475. Ps. 109.- Let the curses made by those who oppress others become the Lord's punishment for them.
476. Ps. 110.- David prophecies that Christ will reign over all His enemies.
477. Ps. 111.- Praise the Lord for what He has done for all His people.
478. Ps. 112.- Those who are generous to others will be blessed.
479. Ps. 113.- The Lord from on high protects the weak.
480. Ps. 114.- All creation trembles before the Lord.
481. Ps. 115.- Trust in the Lord, our helper and shield, not in idols.
482. Ps. 116.- The Lord rescues from death.
483. Ps. 117.- God's love endures forever.
484. Ps. 118.- v. 22- "The stone rejected by the builders has become the corner stone."
485. Ps. 119.- v. 1-8- I will obey your law. Please forgive my transgressions.
486. v. 9-16- The word is our best defense against sin.
487. v. 17-24- Only God can reveal the truths of His word.
488. v. 25-32- Know the law, then you will know thyself.
489. v. 33-40- God will change our desires as we read His word.
490. v. 41-48- Love the word and publicize its decress.
491. v. 49-56- Meditation on the law brings joy.
492. v. 57-64- The Law is stronger than the temptation to sin.
493. v. 65-72- The Lord disciplines us to bring us back to obedience.
494. v. 73-80- Let the righteous be pleased with me.
495. v. 81-88- Lord, when will your promises come true?
496. v. 89-96- The Lord's faithfulness is forever.
497. v. 97-104- Knowing and obeying the Law makes us smarter.
498. v. 105-112- Be determined to obey the Law at all times.
499. v. 113-120- Those who disobey God are evil.
500. v. 121-128- Pleading for deliverence from enemies.
501. v. 129-136- v. 30 "As your words are taught, they give light, even the simple understand them."
502. v. 137-144- God's promises have been tested and found true.
503. v. 145-152- David meditates on the Law all day.
504. v. 153-160- David pleads for rescue from the ungodly.
505. v. 161-168- v. 164 "I will praise you seven times a day because all your laws are just."
506. v. 169-176- Let the Law produce obedience and praise.
507. Ps. 120.- A prayer against liars and those not peaceful.
508. Ps. 121.- The Lord always watches over Jerusalem.
509. Ps. 122.- A prayer for Jerusalem.
510. Ps. 123.- God's own look to Him.
511. Ps. 124.- The Lord rescued Israel from its enemies.
512. Ps. 125.- The Lord protects Israel. A prayer to remove the wicked from Israel.
513. Ps. 126.- The restoration of Israel.
514. Ps. 127.- Look only to God for protection.
515. Ps. 128- A prayer for the the flourishing of the godly and Jerusalem.
516. Ps. 129- A prayer concerning individual oppression and oppression against Jerusalem.
517. Ps. 130- Hope in the Lord that He will free you from sin.
518. Ps. 131- David's soul is like that of a small child.
519. Ps. 132- The Lord made His home in Jerusalem.
520. Ps. 133- Live in harmony with each other.
521. Ps. 134- A call to priests serving in the Temple to bless the Lord.
522. Ps. 135- " "
523. Ps. 136- God's faithful love endures forever.
524. Ps. 137- Lamenting the exile from Jerusalem.
525. Ps. 138- v.6-"Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble, but keeps his distance from the proud.
526. Ps. 139- The Lord made us, knows everything about us and is with us everywhere.
527. Ps. 140- David prays for protection from the wicked and that the wickeds' traps for others would be a snare to them.
528. Ps. 141- The same as Ps. 140.
529. Ps. 142- David prays for deliverence so he can thank God.
530. Ps. 143- David again prays for deliverence from his enemies.
531. Ps. 144- Let God confuse the enemy and make Israel flourish.
532. Ps. 145- The Lord protects those who love Him.
533. Ps. 146- Trust and fear the Lord, not powerful people.
534. Ps. 147- Praise the Lord for His rule over creation.
535. Ps. 148- Let all creation praise the Lord.
536. Ps. 149- Worship the Lord and fight His enemies.
537. Ps. 150- Praise the Lord with instruments.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
90 Days: Day 39
Read Psalms 1-24.
Bible In 90 Days: Job
For 1-340, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions Link" below.
341. Satan can affect natural conditions, with God's permission.
342. Did Job's sacrifices on behalf of his children really atone for their sins?
343. Job's wife's comments sprang from her own bitterness over the losses.
344. Job's servants, no matter what their standing before God, died in Job's testing.
345. Job first falls into self-pity: "Cursed be the day of my birth..."
346. Eliaphaz's arguement: Bad things happen to bad people as punishment from God; good people and those that repent have only good things happen to them.
347. Eliaphaz said he heard a spirit tell him this; was this Satan himself speaking to him.
348. Job said in 6:26- "Do you think your words are convincing when you disregard my cry of desperation?"
349. Job knows nothing of Satan's involvement.
350. Bildad's arguement the same as Eliaphaz's.
351. Job 9- Job declares his innocence but labels God as cruel, unfeeling, not concerned with justice, not caring for the misery of humans. He wishes a mediator would come between him and God.
352. Zopher's arguement the same as Eliaphaz's and Bildad's.
353. Job 14:14- "If mortals die, they can live again. This thought would give me hope, and through my struggle I would eagerly wait for release."
354. Eliaphaz said the wicked never prosper and if they do, they will lose it all.
355. Job states that if the situation were reversed, he would ty to comfort his friends, not condemn them.
356. Job 16:21- "Oh, that someone would mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends."
357. Even when Job complained against God, he hoped God would vindicate him.
358. Job 19:25-26- "But as for me, I know my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God."
359. Job defends himself, but does not directly respond to what his companions say about the wicked until chapter 21. He refutes the notion that the wicked always suffer.
360. Job states that children should not suffer for their parents' wrongdoing. The wicked care nothing about what happens to their children after they are dead.
361. By chapter 23, Job seems to be wallowing less in self-pity and proclaims that God will find him innocent, but that now he is being tested, being refined by fire- v.10.
362. In chapter 24, Job states that while the wicked prosper, death and being forgotten are their punishment.
363. Job 28:28- "...The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is true understanding."
364. Job thought his goodness would lead to perpetual blessings and no trials.
365. Elihu's arguements along the same lines as the 3 others, but Elihu states that if people suffer, God will let them know why.
366. Elihu was more arrogant in manner and its was he whom finally brought God to respond.
367. The Lord did not demand Elihu sacrifice for the sins of his conduct and words, nor did God have Job pray over him. Why?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
90 Days: Day 38
Finished Job. Will post my impressions of Job tomorrow.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
90 Days: Day 36
Read all of Esther and the 1st 7 chapters of Job.
Bible In 90 Days: Ezra, Nehemiah And Esther
For 1-312, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions" link below.
313. God specifically stirred the hearts of the priests, Levites and leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to return to Judah to rebuild the Temple.
314. The Levites intended to worship God properly. If one claimed to be a Levite but could not prove it, they could not eat from the offered sacrifices.
315. At first, opposition to rebuilding the Temple was masked as friendly cooperation.
316. Royal decrees in Babylon could not be rescinded, so Cyrus' decree to rebuild the Temple had to be obeyed by subsequent Kings.
317. Ezra had to have access to Babylonian royal papers when Ezra wrote this book.
318. Even while Judah was in exile, some gave up their idol worship and worshipped God.
319. Even during the exile, the Law and the knowledge of it was preserved.
320. Many Levites were recluctant to return to Jerusalem.
321. Ezra and company traveled to Judah without royal protection to prove God would protect them.
322. Perhaps because Levites married foreign wives was the reason they were reluctant to return to Jerusalem.
323. Neh. 1:8-9- Does this verse indicate that God has promised land for the Jews that is still valid for this day?
324. People repaired Jerusalem's gate in the vicinity of their homes.
325. Israelite lenders were charging their fellow Jews interest. Nehemiah made them pay it back.
326. Nehemiah was Governor of Judah for 12 years.
327. Neh. 5:19- "Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it."
328. Nehemiah's enemies trembled with fear when they realized the Wall was built with God's help.
329. Ezra just did not read the Law, but had it explained. Later the leaders of Israel met with Ezra for further study.
330. The reading of the Law was to be a joyous event, not a sad one.
331. The Festival of Shelters had not been celebrated in such a way since Joshua.
332. Neh. 9- a historical explanation of Israel's disobediance and God's response.
333. Israel vowed not to intermarry with pagans and to keep the Sabaath, care for the Levites, support the maintenence of the Temple and make the proper sacrifices. Those that signed their name bound their descendants to that vow.
334. Nehemiah returned to the King who allowed Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem.
335. The people broke all the vows they made while Nehemiah was absent.
336. The writer of Esther had access to Babylonian Royal documents and officials. The author was probably Mordecai.
337. Xerxes took 4 years to find a new Queen.
338. Esther must have lived in total isolation not to have heard of the King's decree.
339. Was there a religious connotation to bowing to Haman that caused Mordecai not to bow to him?
340. Even Haman's wife and friends realized that God protected the Jewish people.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
90 Days: Day 34
Read Ezra. Impressions from Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther will be posted together.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Bible In 90 Days: I and IIChronicles
For 1-273, click the "Bible in 90 Days: Impressions" link below.
274. All the Cannanites were descended from Ham.
275. The tribe of Simeon didn't have large families. Was this punishment for Simeon's actions in Genesis?
276. Reuben's dishonoring of his father cost him the birthright as the eldest son. So, his family was not listed first in the geneology of Jacob's sons.
277. Mephibosheth is not listed in the geneology of Saul.
278. Even when Judah was in exhile, the Levites were able to pass down the proper worship of God.
279. Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord to the point of consulting a medium.
280. Joab was David's nephew.
281. Saul had neglected to bring the Ark back, as he was unspiritual.
282. David never did try to repeat what the Lord did in previous battles. He always asked God for fresh instructions.
283. Uzzah died not just for touching the Ark, but first because he was not a Levite and no one had purified themselves before moving the Ark.
284. Why was David allowed to wear the Linen Ephod?
285. IChron. 16:28-30- "O nations of the world, recognize the Lord, recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong. Give the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come to worship him. Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him. The world is firmly established and cannot be shaken." What God did for Israel was to be a witness to the nations so they would put away their gods and worship only the Lord.
286. In IChron. it says Satan caused David to conduct a census; in the earlier account God is said to have caused it to happen because He was angry at Israel and wanted to punish Israel.
287. It appears that David's wanting Solomon to succeed him on the throne was not just David's personal desire, but that the Lord told David Solomon would succeed him.
288. David told Solomon to ask God for wisdom. Perhaps this is the reason Solomon asked God for wisdom after he became King.
289. It was David who gave Solomon the instructions for building the Temple.
290. If David gathered materials for the Temple, why did Solomon need to gather more from other kingdoms?
291. Solomon bought horses and chariots from Egypt in violation of God's Law.
292. The sacrificing of thousands of animals at the dedication of the Temple was a celebration that proper worship of the Lord could take place in Jerusalem in the place the Lord had chosen.
293. IIChron. 7:7- "Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land." Does this promise apply to us today, or only to ancient Israel?
294. Jeroboam was present when the people of Israel asked Rehoboam to lighten their load.
295. The Levites sided with Rehoboam. Jeroboam kicked them out of Israel. All those who truly wanted to worship God fled Jeroboam and fled South to Judah.
296. Rehoboam consolodated his power and then abandoned the Lord. When God punished him, he repented. But he never truly followed the Lord.
297. Many moved to Judah during Asa's reign when they saw the Lord was with him.
298. When Asa quit relying on the Lord, he began to oppress some of his people.
299. Jehosaphat not only followed the Lord, he made sure the people were taught the Law.
300. Jehosaphat had some evil tendencies as he allowed his son to marry Ahab's daughter and he was enticed to fight the Arameans with Ahab. He did evil, but the Lord recognized some goodness in him . Yet again he allied himself with Israel. He never learned his lesson.
301. Even though Jehosaphat made sure the people were taught the Law, the people never fully committed themselves to following the Lord.
302. Apparently Joash could be hidden in the Temple because Athaliah and her retinue did not worship there.
303. Joash's entire devotion to God was dependent upon Jehiada the priest.
304. Many kings like Uzziah followed the Lord until they consolodated their power. Then they abandoned Him.
305. King Ahaz completely shut down the Temple.
306. When Hezikiah rededicated the Temple, the Levite people were more conscientious about purifying themselves than the priests. The people's celebration of the Passover, especially when the celebration was extended, caused the priests to be conscious stricken. So they purified themselves and celebrated the Passover.
307. The Passover was not celebrated according to the letter of the Law because there were not enough priests, probably because they did not purify themselves. Still, God looked at the intent of the peoples' hearts and blessed them anyway.
308. God withdrew from Hezikiah to test what was in his heart.
309. Manasseh repented of his sins and his name is in Christ's geneology.
310. When Josiah heard the Law, he repented.
311. Zedikiah took an oath in God's name to be subject to Babylon.
312. God continually sent prophets to Judah because of His compassion. But the people refused to hear them and they reached the point where God's judgement could no longer be delayed.
90 Days: Day 33
Finished IIChron.
Monday, February 1, 2010
90 Days: Day 32
Read IIChron. 7:11-Chapter 23.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Previously we discussed the word "omer", and I mentioned that one of the definitions is "sheaf". Someone wrote to me with the following request:
One suggestion: most English speakers, myself included, do not have a clue what the word "sheaf" really means--in English. A word or two explaining what on earth a "sheaf" is would be helpful!
Fair enough. So according to the American Heritage Dictionary, a sheaf is:
A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine.
This may actually would be even a better definition for aluma אלומה than for omer עומר. Why? Because as we discussed, the word omer may be related to "handful" or "armful". But the word aluma clearly is related to "bind/bundle", as we see in Yosef's description of his dream (Bereshit 37:7)
וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים, בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה
"There we were binding (me'almim) sheaves (alumim) in the field"
Onkelos translates both the noun and the verb with the root אסר, and the Targum Yerushalmi uses the root כרך (see Rashi on Bava Metzia 21a) - both of which mean "to bind".
There are a number of other words that have the root אלמ - and various authorities connect them. Let's look at a few:
• אלם - ilem: mute, silent. Klein writes that is usually explained as meaning "bound in one's speech".
• אלמוני - almoni: anonymous. It is always found in the Bible as part of the phrase פלוני אלמוני ploni almoni - "an uncertain man". Klein derives it from the root אלם - "to be silent" and says it literally means "one whose name is unknown". (The etymology of ploni is unclear.)
• אלים - alim: Originally meant "strong", in Modern Hebrew "violent". Eliahu Netanel, in his column in Shabbat B'Shabbato writes that the root אלם had different, but related, meanings in the various Semitic languages: in Arabic - pain, Aramaic - strength, Syriac - anger. He feels that binding is related to strength. This is also the opinion of both Jastrow and Steinberg, who both connect the root to an earlier two-letter root א-ל, meaning "strength". (We discussed that root in the post about ilan.) However, Klein feels that the Arabic and Syriac roots mentioned are not related to the Hebrew root meaning "to bind". He says the root אלם - "to be strong" is related to the root עלם - "to be mature".
• אלמנה - almana: widow. Jastrow says this is connected to our root by the associated meanings "to be tied up, excluded, lonely, mute". Steinberg points out the verse in Shmuel II 20:3 where it describes women who:
וַתִּהְיֶינָה צְרֻרוֹת עַד-יוֹם מֻתָן, אַלְמְנוּת חַיּוּת
"remained in seclusion (tzerurot) until the day they died, in living widowhood (almenut)"
The root צרר also means "to bind". The Ritva on Ketubot 10b writes that the almana is like someone who is mute, for no one defends her. (The gemara there has a drasha to prove a a halachic point.) This is also the opinion of many of the Medieval Hebrew grammarians.
However, many sources say that almana is not related to the root אלם. For example, Klein quotes Barth as saying that the base is רמל, related to the Arabic words murmil, armal, meaning "needy, helpless." He also quotes Noldeke and Ruzicka as connecting the word with the Arabic alima - "he felt pain" (which we've already seen that Klein does not connect to the meaning "to bind".)
• אולם - ulam: Jastrow says the word means "in front of, opposite", and from there "entrance, hall". He says it also derives from the root אלם, but doesn't explain how (perhaps he feels there's a connection between "in front of" and "surround / bound". In any case, no one else connects the terms, but I was surprised to see that the two meanings of ulam - "but, however" and "porch, vestibule, hall, parlor" are accepted by most as deriving from the Akkadian ellamu - "in front of, opposite."
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A mediator's introspection ....
One day it will be a blessing for you that you were able to bear up against temptations, that you took refuge in Me during every adversity and inner affliction and that you are once again allowed to test your will as to who should gain control over you .... I must allow all temptations to take place, for you only become victors by fighting, and every temptation is a test of your willpower to endorse that which you know to be the truth. Time and again deceptive lights will weaken your eyes, and time and again you will be thrown into inner doubts or questions, and then it will be up to you to whom you will turn in order to settle all doubts and to receive an answer to all questions, and blessed are you if you only ever turn to Me, your God and Father of eternity, Who is the Truth and wants to grant it to everyone who wants it. And time and again I have to tell you that the human being's free will is the explanation for everything. It is not prevented from digressing from the truth, and every person is influenced by the spiritual kingdom according to his frame of mind .... And thus, his thinking will more or less correspond to the truth as well, and on the foundation of his thoughts he will add further knowledge .... and he cannot be certain as to whether it originates from the Eternal Truth. And, again, every individual person's will is judged .... whether he wants to give something to his fellow human beings, whether he wants to help them and whether the reasons for his actions are good .... whether he is therefore kind-hearted and wants to please other people .... Accordingly, he will also think right .... He simply should not yet have created his own foundation on which he will subsequently build. It is therefore especially important to establish the origin of his thoughts, for the whole sum can end up wrong if a miscalculation had already slipped in at the very beginning .... This is why the pure truth is only ever guaranteed if it can pour into an empty vessel, if I Myself Am the source and let the flow of My strength of love pour into a vessel which has been completely emptied. Then I will be able to instruct a person from the beginning and misguided thoughts will be excluded, for they cannot exist alongside the pure truth from Me, they will be instantly recognised as wrong and will therefore not be accepted.
And every person has to subject himself to this introspection if he wants to work as a mediator between Me and the human race and convey the truth to them. The spiritual world has every possibility at its disposal of taking possession of a person, of subjugating his will and then of working through this person .... As to whether this happens in a positive or negative sense is determined by the person who hands himself over to spiritual forces so that they can speak through him .... And the degrees of maturity vary so much in the spiritual world that their messages, too, are entirely different .... You humans don't always possess the necessary gift of discernment to have the guarantee of knowing the truth .... Therefore the world of light will always advise you to shape yourselves such that it will enable the 'working of the spirit' within the person, so that I Myself .... the eternal Father-Spirit .... will be able to express Myself through the spiritual spark in you. In that case you can be certain that only pure truth will be imparted to you. And I Myself will always inform you about the characteristic of the 'divine working of the spirit', which will enlighten you about Jesus Christ and His act of Salvation .... For all you humans will live your earthly existence in vain if you don't find the path to Him, Who alone can release you from My adversary's power .... Who alone can redeem the original sin, which consisted of your past apostasy from Me, and Who alone can grant you the strength to liberate yourselves through His acquired blessings on the cross to strengthen your will ....
One caused your downfall .... One can and will redeem you and lift you up to Him again .... And this One needs to be recognised and acknowledged as Redeemer of the world, in Whom I embodied Myself and accomplished the act of Salvation for people. And if the knowledge of this is not clearly and unequivocally made accessible to you then you are not taught by Me Myself and continue to remain in spiritual darkness until you have found the light which emanates from Me directly and fills everyone who merely opens his heart and accepts what I either directly or indirectly aim to impart to him. But he must want to know the truth from the bottom of his heart, then he will receive it and also completely understand what is offered to him from the spiritual kingdom. I cannot do anything else but convey My Word to you directly, which is purest truth. Nevertheless, you are at liberty to accept it or to acquire different spiritual knowledge which can appeal to you as well but which will always remain a deceptive light that has no effect on your soul. But as soon as you turn to Me with the serious request to illuminate your spirit and to give you the correct discernment between right and wrong .... you will not appeal to Me in vain, for I protect everyone from error who sincerely desires the truth but neither will I hinder My adversary, who will do everything in his power to confuse your thinking by presenting you with spiritual knowledge which is contradictory to the truth .... For he will fight the truth until the end, but until the end I, too, will send you the light which will strengthen your faith and make you blissfully happy ....
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Decent speaker cables will deliver you with the maximum audio quality.
Deciding on how to link all your audio together may be a bigger issue than you think. Poorly cabled speakers can render your expensive high-end equipment defunct, and a bad wiring installation can also reduce the quality of your overall listening experience.
Sound quality aside, a proper installation will also ensure that you don't have mounds of cable running around your room, creating a major eyesore or a trip hazard.
Types of cable
Power cables connect system components to the mains power. Some aftermarket power cables are noticeably better than others, but in terms of the effect they have on sound quality, power cables are probably the least significant cables in an audio system.
Digital cables are most commonly used for linking a DVD player and an AV receiver. These are becoming obsolete now that HDMI cables can transfer audio and video information digitally from the source to the amplifier, and from the amplifier to a video device.
The most significant cables in an AV system, from a sound perspective, are speaker cables and interconnects.
Speaker cables connect the amplifier to the speakers, and interconnects are used for connecting electronic components within your audio system, such as a CD player to an amplifier.
The cost of speaker cables can vary from practically nothing, to many thousands of dollars. Beware of cheap or ‘free’ interconnect cables, as they may give an inferior sound. They are typically thin, bright and brash. The sound of a modest system can be dramatically improved by changing the interconnect cables between CD player and amplifier. The resulting sound can be much smoother, richer and more involving.
What affects the quality of speaker cables?
There are many different marketing claims around speaker cables, and without addressing each one, it's important to know that the length, the gauge and the shielding of the cable will make a difference above all else. A cable that's too long will degrade the sound quality due to excessive resistance - and the same issue is true with a cable that's too thin. The resistance of a cable affects what's known as its capacitive and inductive reactance - which in turn has a direct affect on a speaker cable's ability to faithfully transmit sounds of different frequencies.
How to find the right cable
One of the best ways to assess cables is to listen while they're plugged in, preferably on a system similar to yours. Alternatively, audio dealers can usually advise on the most suitable cables for your system. Simply looking at specifications or the cable configuration gives little indication of their sonic quality.
All else being equal, a cable made from high-purity copper should sound better than one made from a lower grade. High-purity silver may sound better again, particularly in the treble, though at a much higher price.
It is usually preferable to use high-quality copper cables than similarly priced, and therefore lower quality, silver cables.
Where to position speakers
Where to position speakers
Speaker systems, particularly those that use surround technologies, are designed to be positioned in very specific ways. Find out how to position your speakers for the best possible sound.
Types of speakers
All kinds of speakers are available for all kinds of purposes, and it's not always as simple as getting the biggest set available. Find out what separates subwoofers from the soundbars.
Music to test speakers with
Obviously everyone has different tastes, but the right sorts of music can make a significant difference to how objectively you're able to test your speakers. Find out how the experts evaluate and demonstrate their speakers.
How surround works
Home audio performance considerations
The quality of your home audio is affected by a number of variables - impair one, and you alter the rest. Find out more about the variables that affect home audio performance.
Home audio components
Learn about the various devices needed to set up the ultimate home audio experience, including AV receivers as well as media players and streamers.
What is home audio
What is home audio?
In the simplest terms, 'home audio' refers to the sound systems that you install in your home - but this can encompass a hell of a lot. See what's on offer...
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The founder of the website is now running a London events guide to what's on in London, regular articles about railways and history, and London geeks at IanVisits
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Galactosemia: A family's fight against this rare orphan disease
After their son Oliver was diagnosed with galactosemia, Jamie and Erin Siminoff decided they would devote their life to helping to cure this disease and many others like it.
Galactosemia is a disorder in which an individual is unable to metabolize the sugar galactose, found in milk. Not to be confused with lactose intolerance, galactosemia is a serious genetic disease that, even with treatment, can have lifelong effects. Without treatment, most affected newborns do not survive. Typically diagnosed in newborn screening tests, galactosemia can be treated only by entirely removing lactose and galactose from the diet. There is no cure yet.
A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 people, but there are nearly 7,000 rare diseases affecting about 30 million Americans, or one in ten.
Here at Boston Children's Hospital, the Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research was created to develop new methods for understanding, diagnosing and treating unusual diseases and to apply this knowledge to make fundamental scientific advances with broad implications for human health.
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Referral SPAM and how to Block It
referral spam
Why you’re getting visits from suspicious or even non-existent websites
This is almost surely referral spam. These are bots crawling your site leaving a false referrer. The idea here is to get you or whoever goes through your analytics to visit these sites, most likely to hit you with affiliate offers or ad impressions. It can be annoying, but they’ve got bills to pay too!
While this traffic may be minuscule for large, popular websites, it can really throw analytics reports off for small sites with little traffic, where this referral spam will account for a sizable portion and skew the results (especially “averages,” which you should avoid becoming too dependent on).
Dealing with referral spam
There are a few things you can do. You can block these requests now, and prevent them from showing up in the future. You can do this in Google Analytics as well as in your .htaccess file (my preferred method). Unfortunately this only blocks future requests, and the legacy requests are already baked into your reports, but you can filter those out of GA with the use of segments.
So let’s say for example we want to block these sites so they stop showing up in future reports:
Blocking referral spam in your .htaccess file
This is my preferred method since it blocks these requests from appearing in any traffic report (GA or otherwise). What’s more is your method for blocking them in GA will depend on which version you have installed (another reason to avoid doing this in GA and nip it in the bud at the htaccess). In this example, we would add this to our .htaccess file.
#block Spammy Traffic
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http?://([^.]+.)* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http?://([^.]+.)* [NC,OR] [NC,OR]
RewriteRule .* – [F]
Filtering out referral spam in Google Analytics
While adding the above snippet to your .htaccess will prevent these URLs from showing up moving forward, it won’t remove them retroactively. They will still show up in reports that select dates prior to your .htacess modification. Fortunately, Google’s Segmentation makes it possible to apply a retroactive filter (with the caveat that the segment has to be selected for the filter to take effect).
To create a Segment which filters out these referrers:
• Click + Add Segment
• Click New Segment
• Conditions
• Choose “Source” as your metric, switch to “Exclude” and “Matches Regex” and in this case, we’d enter the following:|||||
You can create this as its own and/or add it to an existing segment. This will allow you to view older reports without the effects of referral spam.
Rinse and Repeat
It should be noted that there are many of these bots/referrers out there. After blocking the current referral spam URLs, you’ll likely start receiving referral spam from new sets of URLs, in which case you’ll want to repeat the same steps above. Now go forth and filter.
2 thoughts on “Referral SPAM and how to Block It
1. Thanks Dave, I’ve updated the post to at least show http to avoid misleading anyone. So apparently the https referrers simply pass through as direct visits in GA (assuming the landing page is http).
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Top Choices of Poker
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Vol. 4, No. 24
See the Archive for back issues.
Contrabass-list Sun, 2 Nov 1997 Volume 1 : Number 24
In this issue:
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:35:41 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Sarrusophones
"ORSI was founded in 1836 by Professor Romeo Orsi as a clarinet manufacturer for European professional musicians. Since that date, Orsi established a global reputation for designing and building 'unique' musical instruments such as Sopranino Saxophones, Bass Saxophones, Contra- bass Saxophones, English Horns, Sarrusophones and Oboe D'Amore."
Since LA Sax is conecting with Orsi on making straight sopranino, bass and contrabass saxes, does that mean Orsi is still around making other instruments like sarrusophones?
End of contrabass-list V1 #24
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TDB-DSIR National Award
Our MD, Mr. R Ramachandran accepting the National Award for “Successful Commercialisation of Indigenous Technology” from esteemed President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for Rapid-I Vision Measuring Systems. Also present is esteemed Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan.
FIE Foundation Award
Mr R Ramachandran (left) receiving the FIE Foundation Award from Mr. Lokeshwara Rao, President, Indian Machine Tools Manufacturer’s Association (IMTMA) for innovative product development at IMTEX 2011, Bangalore, India.
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Scientists must not acquiesce to demands from Pluto Zealots
Photo Credit: Chelsea Purgahn | Daily Texan Staff
Do facts matter? Can they be objectively determined, or is truth ultimately subjective? In our fragmented society, can there be any such thing as a consensus?
These are all questions raised by the most contentious debate of our time — a debate that is often emotional and deeply personal for its participants, and one that will likely never be truly settled. I am talking, of course, about the debate over Pluto’s status as a planet.
Ostensibly, the scientific debate was settled in 2006, when the International Astronomical Union approved a new definition of the word “planet” that Pluto did not meet. But the decision was controversial, and if anything, it actually drew more attention to the Pluto debate than ever before. By demoting the former ninth planet from the sun, the IAU incubated the cult of Pluto enthusiasts and sympathizers to an extreme level. At the end of the year, the American Dialectical Society declared “plutoed,” which means demoted or devalued, the word of the year. Multiple state legislatures moved to voice their solidarity with a tiny frozen rock orbiting the sun at a distance of 3.67 billion miles and occasionally crossing Neptune’s orbit.
Since then, the debate has continued to flare up every few years. In 2014, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics held a debate on Pluto’s status and let the audience (which was not composed of experts) vote at the end. They made headlines by voting in favor of making Pluto a planet again.
And two weeks ago at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Kirby Runyon, a Johns Hopkins University earth and planetary sciences doctoral student, presented his case for a new definition of a planet that would include Pluto — as well as more than 100 other celestial objects. The five currently recognized dwarf planets would qualify as regular planets under this definition. So, as a matter of fact, would most moons, including Earth’s.
Which, come on. How much are we willing to sacrifice just to save Pluto? One of the best arguments against making Pluto a planet is that indeed, doing so would probably require a definition like this, accepting dozens of new objects into our solar system as planets. In fact, there are likely thousands of undiscovered Pluto-like rocks orbiting the sun in the distant Kuiper Belt. Should they all become planets?
As Runyon notes, “there is a psychological power to the word ‘planet’ that helps people realize it’s an important place in space.” But there’s also psychological power in the number of planets we choose to recognize. Imagine forcing schoolchildren to learn the names of dozens, potentially hundreds of planets. Imagine mnemonic devices that stretch for paragraphs and pages.
It wouldn’t work. The question of Pluto isn’t just a scientific one — it’s a linguistic one, and also a pedagogical one. There is, of course, no objective definition of a planet. But whatever definition we agree on should be one that makes space intellectually accessible to ordinary people. An informed public interest in space is worth the cost of a single former planet.
Groves is a government sophomore from Dallas. He is a Senior Columnist. Follow him on Twitter @samgroves
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Hello interweb family. Gonna be another short post today.
Jeneal Stanley
I have a meeting I need to be at soon and several more photo related tasks to finish before I head out. I’ve never understood why some photo-labs make you jump through so many hoops to become a customer of theirs. It makes zero sense. If you had to fill out hours of forms to buy a TV, would you?
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Help to stop popup windows
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The pop-ups from website are malicious and thus very dangerous. In all cases their occurrence in your browser is a result of the activity of some adware program currently installed and running in your PC. Both these pop-ups and the adware that is in charge of them are very dangerous for your system. This is why we’ve published this guide that is supposed to help our readers to get rid of this computer infection from their PCs. virus
The adware program installed on your PC that causes pop-ups most probably got into your system after you installed some other free application. There are many of such cost-free utilities today which by default offer you to install all sorts of extras. This is why you should be very careful not to allow any of such extra installations to be implemented. You must always carefully read the instructions of the setup wizards of such free programs, as well as their End User License Agreements. Always select the option of a custom installations, instead of the standard one, when dealing with such cost-free utilities. This is how you will eventually be able to deselect all unwanted installations from being implemented on your PC.
Don’t click these pop-ups. They’re very dangerous and may lead you to a lot of other websites that may install all kinds of other potentially unwanted applications into your computer. Remember that in order to get rid of pop-up windows from your browser you need to find the adware that causes them and to remove (uninstall) it from your system. The problem with pop-ups is the issue for browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The solution provided below is an automatic one and will help you to stop pop-ups and remove all related adware from your system. If you have problems with your PC of any kind, please let us know.
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I'm working on what controls agonism
in opioid receptors.
Click on the images for more information.
Supervised by Prof. Phil Biggin and Pfizer.
Opioid receptors
Words on opioid receptors. Image:
How do they work?
Explain, in brief, how opioid receptors work. Image: That one you made.
Some examples of drugs. Explain agonism vs antagonism. Image: Naltrindole in binding site.
In silico work
Brief on actual work. Image: DtOR in POPC membrane.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Amoxicillin: Informative Guide on the Perfectly Working Antibiotics
Amoxicillin is an antibiotic which kills bacteria by inhibiting the synthesis of cell wall mucopeptides (crystal lattice-like structures comprising amino acids). This weakens and destroys the bacterial cell wall.
Amoxicillin has a similar activity to ampicillin.
Amoxicillin belongs to the group of medications called penicillins.
You shouldn't use amoxicillin if you're allergic to any penicillin antibiotic, such as ampicillin, dicloxacillin, oxacillin, penicillin, or ticarcillin.
To ensure amoxicillin is secure for you, tell your Physician if you have:
· asthma;
· Liver or kidney disorder;
· Mononucleosis (also known as "mono");
· A history of nausea brought on by taking antibiotics.
· Food or medication allergies (especially to a cephalosporin antibiotic like Omnicef, Cefzil, Ceftin, Keflex, along with many others).
· If you're being treated for gonorrhea, your physician may also have you tested for syphilis, yet another sexually transmitted disease.
· Amoxicillin isn't expected to harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you're pregnant or intend to become pregnant during therapy.
· Amoxicillin can make birth control pills less effective. Consult your physician about using non hormonal birth control (condom, diaphragm with spermicide) to avoid pregnancy while taking this medication.
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Introduction to Computer Programming
Homework 5
The goal of this exercise is to build a better clock (at least better than the one from the previous exercise). Now your clock will update without having to reload the entire page each time, and it will have separate displays for the date and hours and minutes.
Your goal is to make a working clock which keeps accurate time without refershing the page. The clock will show the current date and time, and should look something like this:
To accomplish this goal your web page should have the following:
1. All the general structure of a web page that you've seen in previous assignments, using "HTML", "HEAD" and "BODY" tags (dont' forget to close them).
2. A tab title (using the "TITLE" tag) which says simply "Clock 2".
3. Arrange the overall layout of the clock using an HTML table, with one table cell for each element of the date and time.
4. Create a JavaScript function called refreshClock() which uses a JavaScript Date object to get the current date and time, and then uses the innerHTML property of each table cell to put the correct information in each cell.
5. Uses the JavaScript setTimeout() function to cause the refreshClock() function to be invoked one second in the future.
The visual display of your clock should match the example shown above as much as possible, though you do not need to reproduce the AM/PM indicator or the colon dots between the hours and minutes (those will be the subject of the next exercise).
Your clock should have the following properties:
1. The clock should be at least 80% the width of the page, and should be centered on the page. Going all the way across the page is fine.
2. The body (or "case") of the clock should be some shade of gray or silver, as in the example above.
3. The cells in which the date and time elements are displayed should have a black background.
4. The font used for the date and time elements should be as big as possible, and you should use capital letters.
5. The font used for the date and time elements should be bright green.
6. As in the example, each display element should have a lable above it, each with white letters on a red background using capital letters in a sans-serif font.
7. As in the example, the clock should have a label below the date and time which says "Present Time" in all capital letters in a white sans-serif font on a black background.
The name of the file for this web page should be your first name, followed by the initial letter of your last name, followed by the two digits "05". The file extension should be ".html". So, for example, a student by the name of Jean Bartik would create a file called "JeanB05.html".
To submit your assignment you should print a copy of the source code file, and print a copy of the resulting "output" (what it looks like in a browser). Staple the two together, with the ouput page on top, and put your name on the top of the first page.
You should also upload a copy of your file to
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ForeUI Blog
ForeUI V4.6: Dynamically Add/Remove ComboBox Item in Simulation
Add/Remove ComboBox Item on the Fly
Interactive Elements in Edit Mode
How to Get the New Version?
ForeUI V4.5: Set Starting Page for Simulation
Set Starting Page for Simulation
Quick Define “Manipulate Element…” Action
Support Undo/Redo for Table Editing
How to Get New Version
ForeUI 4.4: Significantly Improve Performance
Recently we made some important optimisations on performance, and the newly released V4.4 includes all those changes and gets much lower CPU usage and shorter response time. The difference is very significant, especially when editing bigger plot with a lot behaviors defined. Using newer version of Java Runtime could get even better performance, although we haven’t included the newer JRE into the installation bundle yet.
Since this version, the GroupFrame element becomes a container, which allows you to embed other elements into it. Although in the major of cases, GroupFrame doesn’t have to work as container and other elements can just float on it, it is still more intuitive to put those element into GroupFrame.
EmbedIntoGroupFrameWe also made some enhancements on opacity adjusting in either the tools panel and the behavior editor. In previous versions, you can input the opacity value as 0~255 integer, and when you define the action to change the opacity, you will input a percentage. It is not comfortable that they use different system, while they are actually setting the same thing. However we prefer to keep both systems as they are all useful. Adjusting number between 0 and 255 is more accurate, while displaying % is more intuitive. So we finally implement it like this:
The input box on the left allows you to input number between 0 to 255, while the one on the right allows you to input 0~100%. The slider between them allows you to adjust the value with drag and drop. They are all linked, so if you change one value, other two controls will reflect that quickly. You will find the same implementation in the behavior editor, when you try to change the opacity with action.
We also enhance the Button element a little bit, and now it will automatically use grey icon when it becomes disabled. This is very convenient and it is available in both editing mode and the simulation mode. As shown in the animation below:
EnableDisableButtonEnjoy :)
ForeUI V4.3: Dynamically Set Reference Target
ForeUI V4.3 is released today, and it has a new feature that allows you to dynamically set the target of Reference elements.
Dynamically Set Reference Target
The Reference element is available since ForeUI V3.0 and it is very useful to make a “copy” of existing element in your plot. After specifying the target element, the Reference element will behave exactly like the referred element. In previous versions, the target element has to be specify during the editing phase, and now it is possible to dynamically specify the reference target during the simulation. This makes Reference element very suitable for working as a placeholder, and you can dynamically specify its content. Below is an example that dynamically set the target of a Reference element to different existing elements (hidden Calendar, Table, Tree and PieChart).
You might wonder what does the button exactly do after you click it? Very simple, it just set the target of Reference_1 element to different element’s id. For example, when Button_1 is clicked, it sets the target of Reference_1 to {} (equals to “Calendar_1″). As a result, the Reference_1 becomes a reference of Calendar_1.
It is true that you can achieve the same effect by overlapping four hidden elements, and use buttons to control their visibilities. But setting target of Reference element is much more easier and will significantly simplify the behavior definition.
Highlight Current Selected Color
Now the color chooser will highlight the current selected color and mark it with a white frame. Now you can easily know what color is currently selected (mark with white frame), and what color will be selected (mark with black frame).
Improve Page Duplication
We improve the page duplication a little bit. Now the duplicated pages will have shorter default names, and they will be placed just under the page being duplicated.
How to Install the New Version?
If you haven’t installed ForeUI yet, you can download it here and then install it.
If you already installed ForeUI V4.x, you will receive a update notification and then you can update to newest version online.
ForeUI V4.2: Enhanced Menu and System Properties
ForeUI V4.2 is out today. The new version makes some important enhancements, which were strongly requested by our customers.
Disabling Specific Menu Items
Now you can disable one or more menu items. The disabled items will be grayed out and they become unselectable in the HTML5 simulation. This new feature is available on both Menu and Multilevel Menu elements. To disable a menu item, you just need to put a “#” at the beginning of its text. The example below disable the “Save” and “Word Document” items:
When you run the HTML5 simulation, these two items are not selectable any more.
If you really need to display a “#” character at the beginning of the menu item, you can still use a “\” to escape it.
New/Enhanced System Property
Since this new version, you can use the new {CURRENT_DAY_OF_WEEK} system property, which is an object type property and contains the current day of week in different display formats, as shown below:
What’s more, the existing {“CURRENT_MONTH”} system property gets changed to object type too, to include different display formats as well. The figure below shows the new content of this system property in the HTML5 simulation.
If you have used {“CURRENT_MONTH”} system property in your plot file, don’t worry and they will be automatically replaced by {“CURRENT_MONTH”}[“number”] once you load your plot file with the new version.
Gaussian Blur for Shadow
Shadow for element is fully supported since version 4.0. By default the shadow is blurred with box blur algorithm to get better rendering speed. Now you can choose Gaussian blur algorithm if your machine is fast enough. The new option is available in the settings window, under the “Display” tab:
This option only affects the plot rendering in editing mode, and has nothing to do with the HTML5 simulation (the shadow in HTML5 simulation is rendered by the web browser).
How much nicer will the Gaussian Blur be? The figure below can give you an example. It is the Window element in “Ubuntu” UI theme, and the shadow gets rendered with box blur (left) and Gaussian blur (right).
blur_modesIt is no doubt that Gaussian blur is nicer, but please notice that Gaussian blur algorithm is quite CPU consuming. If your machine is not fast enough and your plot has many elements that has shadow, you may feel the slowing down of rendering. So use it wisely :-)
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The Regime Ginned Up Occupy Wall Street as Counter to Tea Party
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The Regime Ginned Up Occupy Wall Street as Counter to Tea Party
October 05, 2011
RUSH: Jake in Tampa, Florida, welcome, sir, to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.
CALLER: Thank you very much, Rush. It's a great honor to speak with ya.
RUSH: Thank you very much, sir.
CALLER: Listen I was just thinking maybe we should stop calling this, you know, the new Obama jobs bill. Maybe start calling it the New New Deal, because that's essentially what it is.
RUSH: Yeah, that works. I like it's a tax bill. It really is. That's all it is. If you go through it, it's just tax increase here, tax increase there, and now they're adding even more taxes to it. But New New Deal, New Raw Deal.
CALLER: It's a Nation-Destroyer Deal is what it is.
RUSH: You could call us call it same old deal!
CALLER: I mean, I'm a 20-year-old "capitalist" like those kooks like to say and even I'm getting this stuff so, you know.
RUSH: You're only 20?
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: You are 20 year old capitolist?
CALLER: That I am.
RUSH: (laughing) That's how it's written on these kooks' website.
CALLER: And proud of it, too. (chuckles)
RUSH: What do you do for a living.
CALLER: I work in the warehouse, vending machine warehouse.
RUSH: You work in a warehouse, vending machine warehouse. Oh, cool. All right.
CALLER: I'm also trying to spread the diabetes.
RUSH: How is...? (laughing) Yeah. Right. I'm going to catch hell for saying that.
CALLER: (laughing)
RUSH: How is business? How is the vending machine business and the vending machine warehouse, because if you're in the warehouse you'll know.
CALLER: Actually believe it or not, it's doing well. We're growing a bit and doing okay.
RUSH: Well, I'm not surprised. People have to eat.
CALLER: That's true.
RUSH: And a vending machine's easier than cooking.
RUSH: And if you're dumb you don't know how to cook, can't read recipes, it's just cheaper to go to a vending machine or fast food place.
CALLER: (laughing) Michelle Obama might disagree with you there, but, you know.
RUSH: I'm sure she would, but what does she know?
CALLER: Yeah. (laughing)
RUSH: All right, well, good. Jake, thanks for the call. Appreciate it. This is John in Plantation, Florida. Hi. Welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you so much for allowing me on your show.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: My theory is about these demonstrators that just popped up in New York, is that there's some sort of conspiracy with the White House and the Democrats. They're looking for some group of people to confront the Tea Party next year; and the reason I believe this is because, first of all, when they are asked questions, they're there for no reason. They don't have any agenda.
RUSH: Oh, I know. You know, this a great point. In fact, I even saw something like that. I think you're really on to something here.
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: I saw earlier this week -- maybe late last week, whatever -- when some of the first stories on this group popped up (I think it was in The Politico or someplace) actually framed this as an answer to the Tea Party. I think you're exactly right. I think this is not spontaneous. I think this is structured and the way the media's reporting it, too. Like MSNBC's reporting on this like it's going viral, and like it's totally spontaneous, and like everybody's shocked, "But this is really big! This is really serious!" This bunch of lunatics is getting more respect than the Tea Party ever has in the Drive-By Media. I'm like you. I agree with you totally about that.
RUSH: I don't think there's any question, now that I think about it, that the White House is behind Occupy Wall Street. You have unions involved, you have involved. You have the Communist Party USA pushing this thing. There's no question. I think the idea that this is strategically centered and created to look as though there is an effervescent, spontaneous bubble-up response to the Tea Party is exactly what this is, and that's why... (interruption) No, it's not organic at all. It's manufactured, and that's why some in the State-Controlled Media are giving it legitimacy. 'Cause they hate the Tea Party. They hate the Tea Party for a number of reasons. One reason is that it is organic. They hate the Tea Party because there isn't a leader.
They hate the Tea Party because they can't tie it to the Republicans. They hate the Tea Party because they can't control it. They hate the Tea Party because the Tea Party is large and they had nothing to do with it, they hate it because it's independent, and they hate it because it's conservative. They've done everything they can to discredit it by insulting the people who are members of the Tea Party -- they're racists and sexist and all this kind of thing -- and it's not working. So this is the latest effort to make it look like the Tea Party's so hated and so despised that there is this organic, spontaneous combustion of a movement made up of people who just happen to love Barack Obama and want him to be reelected.
Now, the idea of Wall Street protests, this bunch -- the idea for doing the Occupy Wall Street protest -- was started by Canadians. It's the brainchild of a Canadian anti-consumerist magazine called Adbusters which registered the domain name back in June. Now, among other things this bunch, Adbusters, the "anti-consumerist" magazine, has a long histoire of anti-Semitism. So in their corrupt and perverted minds Jewish money traders, Jewish bankers on Wall Street, why, it's a natural target. So you have a group in Canada, largely steeped in anti-Semitism, providing the idea for this.
In general they're an anti-capitalist group. They have had previous protest, like they had a thing called "Buy Nothing Day." Of course it was a flop but they still had it. You remember when Buy Nothing Day was, but they couldn't convince anybody to buy nothing. Now these are the clowns out there. Who in the world knits sleeping bags? Who in the world even sews them? Well, these people are agonizing over it. But they're basically political tools. They are a laughable joke. But they are being given credence and credibility by a State-Controlled Media and administration that is hungry for an appearance of grassroots love and support for The One -- which, of course, there is none. It's all gone. It's vanished.
RUSH: This kind of Wall Street protest has been in the back of the Obama campaign's mind for years. You remember when Obama warned the Wall Street bankers that he was "the only thing standing between them and the people with pitchforks"? Who was it that arranged for protesters to go to the homes and the front lawns of AIG executives to protest their bonuses? Who is it that has websites that organize all of this? None other than The Messiah, The One, "Barack Hussein Obama! Mmm, mmm, mmm!" Who was it who promised all the joy, wonderment, and hope and change? Who promised no cost for anything that you want, including free health care and free education? Who was it made people think that's what was gonna happen when he became president? "Barack Hussein Obama! Mmm, mmm, mmm!"
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Brucella is a dangerous bacteria that affects animals and then can be transferred to humans to cause one of the most rare diseases called “Brucellosis” or “Malta Fever”. The ratio of bacterial transfer is 0.001 in people working in slaughterhouses or farms where they be in direct contact with sick animals.
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1- Avoiding diseases is very hard to achieve, but at least you should wash your hands regularly and immediately after touching the uncooked meat.
2- Keep your home clean if you have pets, and the house surrounding if you live in a farmhouse.
3- Bathe your animals regularly and use sanitizer for your hands, inside and around your barn; and check the food you use for your animals for it might contain the bacteria.
4- Better consuming the pasteurized milk instead of the raw milk, and never drink the raw milk without boiling.
Buy a good quality cheese and make sure of the cleanness of the products you consume.
5- For your kids, apply the same steps above and use extra sanitizing for the kids catch the infections faster.
6- If you have a barn, cattle or goats or even pigs, make sure to wear gloves when working with your animals; and during the labor try to call the veterinarian and use ultimate sanitizing for the place.
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Morrigi Internet Backup?
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Re: Morrigi Internet Backup?
Post by Ludovsky » Tue Sep 01, 2015 5:51 pm
Erinys wrote:There is plenty of ancient Morrigi technology still adrift in the universe. All I can presently say about it is that the things built in the height of the old empire no longer recognize the modern Morrigi as kin. ;)
Found myself reading these old threads again and this is suddenly makes me wonder if that means some of the current day morrigis might not be the descendant of a warring faction that actually splintered away from the empire, or if their physiology actually different from what their ancestors looked like.
Which, considerings how societies can changes over the millenias suddenly make me wonder if the ancient morrigis genders were as seregrated than the current modern morrigis with their spacebound males and planetbound females considering the physiological changes brought over milenias by the result of this split.
Considering male morrigis are more likely to encounter spaceborne morrigis relics... the later might make sense for them not to reconize modern morrigis if originally males weren't bound to space because if their forebears lived on planets then they might have looked closer to the modern female than the modern male I think?
(just an utterly random hypothesis, and possibly a wrong one but I was suddenly wondering about that even though this thread is close to one year old now)
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Re: Morrigi Internet Backup?
Post by Erinys » Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:13 am
The differences are more cultural and technological than genetic. The only conscious survivors of the ancient Morrigi empire would be their Loa, and those could be liberated at any time by encountering Via Damasco.
The same potential exists in any alien Artificial Intelligence, of course.
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If you’re into hiding your sin, the Bible says you’re either a horse or a mule, and neither one is meant as a compliment…
Psalm 32:9 – “Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
When it comes to sin, are you a horse or a mule? Let me explain…
Let’s start with the horses…
Horses love to run. That’s one thing they do very well. In fact, people bet a lot of money that their horse can outrun your horse in a race.
When it comes to sin, some people are like horses because they just want to run with it. They know it’s wrong, but it’s also fun, so they indulge. They’re the people Paul writes about in Ephesians who have lost all sensitivity and have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more (Eph 4:19). They’re having a blast with their sin, and since the consequences haven’t hit yet, there’s no need to stop now…that’s what they believe, anyway.
Now on to the mules…
Mules are known for 2 main things: 1) carrying big loads, and 2) being stubborn.
When it comes to sin, if you’re not a horse, you’re probably a mule. You’ve known your sin is wrong all along, and it’s not that you lead a flamboyantly sinful life, but you’re just too stubborn to admit that you were wrong. Plus, just like a mule, not only are you stubborn, but you’re carrying a big load – your guilt.
You can be a horse AND a mule.
The Bible talks about a few guys who were both. One guy who comes to mind is a guy who stole another man’s wife, got her pregnant, then had her husband killed to cover it all up. You know him as “the man after God’s own heart” and the author of Psalm 32: DAVID! The Bathsheba thing was his run as a horse, then he turned into a mule. The baby was born, the deed was done, and David moved on with life and his new wife. He was stubborn (and stupid) enough to think that he could get away with it. He was wrong. The prophet Nathan proved him wrong in 2 Samuel 12.
What horses and mules have in common.
Both animals, as wild and stubborn as they can be, must be trained and forced into submission. The day comes where the bit and bridle are introduced and the reins are pulled. That day came for David eventually, and it was extremely painful. In fact, he lost his child because of his sin.
However, his pain gave birth to Psalm 51 and Psalm 32 – 2 beautiful penitential Psalms where he weeps over his past lifestyle of unconfessed sin. He regrets those years and implores us not to follow his bad example.
Which one are you – horse or mule?
God is ready to forgive, regardless of what you’ve done. Confessing sin is never easy, but it’s ALWAYS worth it!
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Spicing Up An All Black Ensemble
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Raise your hand if you don't like wearing a lot of color! If your hand immediately shot up, hello my soul sister (or brother? I see some fellas on my demographics!). My high school uniform was a black sweater and black skort, so I spent three years wearing head-to-toe black out of necessity and never grew out of it. It became a part of who I was, the visible manifestation of my soul.
Kidding, kidding.
I'm a huge proponent of wearing black on black on black on black and so on and so forth. I also went through an emo phase in middle school, so take from that what you will. Now, I know what Anna Wintour says about wearing head to toe black, but it can look incredibly chic in my completely unprofessional opinion.
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If you break down this outfit, it's really simple. I mean, it's a black fitted turtleneck, a black maxi skirt, and black booties. Okay, and fine, the thick tights because it's winter for crying out loud. I mean, you could totally just sub out the maxi skirt if you really wanted to and pop on a pair of cigarette jeans or trousers. Trousers? Pants.
I'm partial to making things a little ~ edgier ~ so the ring detail on the boots is a fun little touch. I should clarify that this is probably the edgiest I'd ever get. I mean, I find my leather jacket uncomfortable to wear 95% of the time so you're never going to see me rolling around in that trying to intimidate people with it. Going to have to just stick with my RBF for the time being I guess!
I'm not going to lie here: I pulled my hair back into this bun because my hair was dirty and I was rushing so I didn't have time to style it. I pulled it back into a bun while I was finishing getting ready and actually kind of dug the way it complemented the outfit. A little sleek, very simple, and lets the lipstick and sunglasses do the talking. That's my kind of low-maintenance, lazy day hairstyle!
My patch bag from Zara will always be a favorite of mine to add a little spunk and a tiny hint of color to my looks. It's a simple style but the random comic-esque patches are a nice addition to add something quirky to the look.
Accessories are key when it comes to spicing up an all black look. Whether it's details on your boots or bag, a fun, bold lipstick, or even a pair of reflective sunglasses that contrast your outfit. Also, textures within your outfit! Sure, my turtleneck is really basic and the style of the skirt is, but the pleated just give it a little extra somethin'-somethin' and add some dimension and layers.
Sweater: Target
Skirt: Uniqlo (on sale!!!)
Boots: ASOS (on sale!!!)
Bag: Zara
Sunglasses: Quay
1. YES! Love a good all black look - this is a great combo!!
xx Rebecca // The Crystal Press
1. All black outfits are just a total staple, so simple yet so chic!
2. I am always down for an all black look! Love your booties! I think the ring and pearl detail is so chic! I need a pair like these!
xo, Chloe // https://funinthecloset.com/los-angeles-winter-popjulia-review/
1. Thank you! I love that they look so much like the Dorateymur boots without costing like $500!
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Everyone knows what acronyms are – they’re everywhere! Acronyms make up some of the most famous ‘words’ in the English language, and in Hebrew? Well, forget about it – it’s nearly impossible to string together a sentence in conversational Hebrew without throwing in an acronym or two. #tash
But have you ever heard of backronyms? Yes, that’s a real thing and it’s about to blow your mind.
Acronyms such as NASA or NATO are words that were created based on a pre-exiting phrase or title. We didn’t make up the word nasa and then create a space program with the same name. NASA is the egg, not the chicken. Or, wait… which one comes first?
Anyway… backronyms are acronyms that were created for a specific set of words or phrasing. For example, “GROSS” – which is of course already an English word, but when it came to Calvin and Hobbes, this word is a backronym of Get Rid Of Slimy girlS.
Now that you’re familiar with the term, let’s see a few more backronyms that we use all the time.
1. The USA PATRIOT Act. – “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act”
That’s right – even the USA in this Act is an acronym… Who knew?
1. SPECTRE – “Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion”
In honor of the newest James Bond film featuring major crime syndicate SPECTRE, we would like you to know that this too is a backronym.
1. SOS – “Save our Ship!” (or Souls)
It’s pretty simple when you think about it – to have an internationally known distress code be a straightforward cry for help. SOS also happens to be very quick when being sent in Morse code.
1. AMBER Alert – “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response”
Back in 1996, Amber Hagerman was kidnapped in Texas and this event spawned the creation of this backronym that is now widely used in kidnapping events or scares.
1. POSH – “Port Outbound, Starboard Home”
Sorry to all those who refer to others as posh, but the origin of this backronym is not that cool. It traces back (allegedly) to boat passengers traveling from England to India who wished to have the better cabins on the boat – which would be on the port side when they left and the starboard side on the way home.
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White Trash Volume Three
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White Trash Volume Three
White Trash Volume Three cover
Bootleg by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids
Released 1996
Genre Alternative metal, heavy metal
Format Compact disc
Label Hurricane
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A preview of this album is currently not available
Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids chronology
White Trash Volume Two
White Trash Volume Three
Gods of Fuck
"White Trash Volume Three" is a bootleg by Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids and Satan on Fire, released in 1996 by Hurricane Records. It contains songs from "The 100 Minute Demo".
Track lisitng[edit]
1. "Iron Man"
2. "Mellow Yellow"
3. "Respected But Rejected"
4. "In the Sink (Simple String)"
5. "The Telephone"
6. "Suffocation"
7. "Shop-Sha"
8. "Devil in My Lunchbox"
9. "Bone Job"
10. "Blood, Shit & Cum"
11. "Those Fuckin' Bitches"
12. "Mom's Vinyl Coat"
13. "Justify My Love"
14. "Dogma"
15. "Trouble in the Van"
• Almost all tracks are mislabeled. Here's the correct tracklist:
1. "Son of Man"
2. "Junk the Magic Dragon"
3. "Learning to Swim"
4. "I.V.-T.V."
5. "The Telephone"
6. "Meat for a Queen"
7. "She's Not My Girlfriend"
8. "Devil in My Lunchbox"
9. "Number Nine Part One"
10. "Number Nine Part Two"
11. "Number Nine Part Three"
12. "Cat in the Hat"
13. "Justify My Love"
14. "Strange Same Dogma"
15. "Let Your Ego Die"
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The comrades of the Marxist current El Militante in Spain and of the Socialist Current El Militante in Argentina have received an appeal for solidarity from the workers of Zanon. We appeal to all comrades, readers and supporters of In Defence of Marxism to take up this campaign and send protest and solidarity messages to the workers in the best traditions of the international working class movement – “An Injury to One is an Injury to All”.
On March 30, 1982, in response to Argentina's deepening economic crisis, and the repression of General Galtieri's military-police dictatorship, the workers had taken to the streets of Buenos Aires. The regime was staring overthrow in the face. It responded by starting a war, one of the principal aims of which was to distract the attention of the masses.
In the three articles that Luis Oviedo has written in answer to my article published on January 7 (Marxism versus Sectarianism - Reply to Luis Oviedo) a number of very important issues are raised. These questions deserve the most careful consideration by Marxists in Britain, Argentina and internationally. However, in order to clarify the issues raised and to educate the cadres (which ought to be the aim of every polemic) it is necessary to avoid heated language, distortions and personal attacks that only serve to divert attention away from the political questions. Such an approach will only confuse matters instead of clarifying them.
We continue this reply by taking up the question of the 1982 Malvinas/Falklands war, explaining what the real position of the British Marxists was at the time. In answer to Oviedo's blatant distortions Alan Woods explains that they opposed the war as an imperialist war on both sides, and adopted a genuine internationalist position. To be continued.
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ARMILLA, Armil or Armillary Sphere (from the Lat. armilla, a bracelet), an instrument used in astronomy. In its simplest form, consisting of a ring fixed in the plane of the equator, the armilla is one of the most ancient of astronomical instruments. Slightly developed, it was crossed by another ring fixed in the plane of the meridian. The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla. Shadows were used as indices of the sun's position, in combination with angular divisions. When several rings or circles were combined representing the great circles of the heavens, the instrument became an armillary Sphere. Armillae are said to have been in early use in China. Eratosthenes (276-196 B.C.) used most probably a solstitial armilla for measuring the obliquity of the ecliptic. Hipparchus (160-125 B.C.) probably used an armillary Sphere of four rings. Ptolemy (c.A.D. 107-161) describes his instrument in the Syntaxis (book v. chap, i.), and it is of great interest as an example of the armillary Sphere passing into the spherical astrolabe. It consisted of a graduated circle inside which another could slide, carrying two small tubes diametrically opposite, the instrument being kept vertical by a plumb-line.
From M. Blundeville's Treatise of the first principles of Cosmography and specially of the Spheare.
Armillary Sphere. A.D. 1636.
No material advance was made on Ptolemy's instrument until Tycho Brahe, whose elaborate armillary spheres passing into astrolabes are figured in his Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica. The armillary Sphere survives as useful for teaching, and may be described as a skeleton celestial globe, the series of rings representing the great circles of the heavens, and revolving on an axis within a horizon. With the earth as centre such a Sphere is known as Ptolemaic; with the Sun as centre, as Copernican.
The designer of the instrument shown no doubt thought that the north pole might suitably have the same ornament as was used to mark N. on the compass card, and so surmounted it with the fleur-de-lys, traditionally chosen for that purpose on the compass by Flavio Gioja in honour of Charles of Anjou, king of Sicily and Naples.
Armillary spheres occur in many old sculptures, paintings and engravings; and from these sources we know that they were made for suspension, for resting on the ground or on a table, for holding by a short handle, or either for holding or for resting on a stand.
Authorities. - Tycho Brahe, Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica; M. Blundeville, his Exercises; N. Bion, Traité des instrumens de mathématique; also L'Usage des globes célestes; Sédillot, Mémoire sur les instrumens; J.B. Delambre, Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne; R. Grant, History of Physical Astronomy.
(M. L. H.)
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Sheekha & Abbas- Echoes of Amangiri
Fashion and dessert modernism, my two most loved passions combined with my years-long model and muse, Sheekha was a dream lifestyle editorial shoot for me, allowing me to become one with - not only my camera's lens and my innate love for a natural and symmetrical canvas, but with Utah's exclusive Amangiri Resort's respite. Lemon Trees and swerving shoulders of curved rock that both partnered and cloaked with and against concrete geometric planes that somehow seemed perfectly set into place that also humbly gave way to Sheekha and Abbas was a privilege to partake and create. And upon the shooting of this fashion vignette and discussing these artful chemistries and philosophies what truly fit in was title and name of this resort, Amangiri, nestled so prettily into the secluded valley of sandstone when translated literally means "mountain of peace," and what most easily and ultimately became the heart, breadth and soul of this shoot.
Notes Behind the Scenes: I remember when were in the middle of the planning-the-shoot stages when I felt like I was working with not a bride, but a co-producer by my side; with nonstop texts coming from both our ends, it's the most involved I'd ever been with a bride-to-be, but it actually felt so good to discuss every fleeting thought that would come - to have someone that was always there to listen, analyze - and to care. At times, our minds felt like they were literally syncing from all of the things we were separately envisioning. In fact, in one case they actually did - as it turns out we even picked the exact same outfit on the exact same day while we were in a completely different city and place! (It was the red and green floral dress by D & G, by the way.) There was so much texting back and forth, so often (even while we were both driving) that we're lucky none of us got killed. I'm even pretty sure that if I were to tally all the texts that we sent and received, she's be the at the top of my carrier's list, easily. I've never had a bride so willing to be right there, right by my side, who would even stay up late with me to pack, organize and plan the shoot - we even stuck tape to the bottom of every pair of shoes we used so that they could be returned; this was the level of her involvement and commitment which I'll forever thank her for.
Behind the scenes: Amangiri Resort - Cameron Shaw / Make up by Emily 'Trantow' Oliver/ Couture by Sanjay Garg and Gaurav Gupta; Sourced by Nisha Kundnani Bridelan Mumbai/Couture Owned by Sheekha: Ali Xeeshan Theater Studio, Varun Shah Bahl, Dolce Gabbana, Balmain/Hair by Nico Doniele Scegiel/Aerials by Michael Cerderios, assisted by Jenny/Cinematography and Co-produced by Sid Ghosh/Art direction, Styling, Photography and Produced by Mili Ghosh/Featured Poetry: Nazm by Gulzar
Shoot Memoirs- A Look Behind The Scenes
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Millenium Apps - The Best Alarm Clock App For Android Millenium Apps: Timer & Stopwatch
Timer & Stopwatch
The Best Alarm Clock + Timer + Stopwatch App For Android
Get it on Google Play
Multi-Timer & Stopwatch
Multi Timer & Stopwatch offers :
✔️Unlimited Timers that can run simultaneously or sequentially.
✔️Drag & Drop to reorder Timers.
✔️Precise Stopwatch with accuracy of 1/100 of a second.
✔️Customizable Widgets: feature-rich Timer and Stopwatch widgets.
✔️Background support: when you close the app Timers and Stopwatch will continue to run.
✔️Control buttons on notifications.
✔️Battery efficient: uses the minimum battery power possible...
Timers :
✔️Can be restarted automatically for up to 1000 times or unlimited.
✔️Set an alarm or vibration for the end.
✔️Read Timer title at the end.
✔️Reorder by drag & drop.
✔️Can run simultaneous or sequential timers.
✔️Can run and be controlled on notification.
✔️Run for up to 100 hours...
Stopwatch :
✔️Accuracy of 1/100 of a second.
✔️Save results to Memory (or import them with long click on "Save" button).
✔️Share results via social media.
✔️Track lap's number, time and cumulative time.
✔️Can run and be controlled on notification...
Color it :
Support :
Here are some screenshots from phone and tablet :
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Red Poppies Quotes
Enjoy reading and share 12 famous quotes about Red Poppies with everyone.
Red Poppies Quotes
As often is the case after a powerful, destructive storm, it was an achingly beautiful day. Even so late in the summer, I could still hear the occasional skylark singing, and the fields were speckled with red poppies.
— Patrice Kindl —
Quantin crept closer to the knoll. A pungent smell passed through his nostrils up into his brain. Attracted by the poppies' scarlet smears, he was about to take another step when he felt a hand on his elbow. A man in a poppy-red jacket, his pupils dilated, smiled warningly.
"No strangers allowed. Go away."
"I don't understand ... "
"Understanding is strictly forbidden. Even dreams have the right to dream. Isn't that so? Now go away.
— Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Poppies in July
Little poppies, little hell flames,
Do you do no harm?
You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns.
And it exhausts me to watch you
A mouth just bloodied.
Little bloody skirts!
There are fumes that I cannot touch.
Where are your opiates, your nauseous capsules?
If I could bleed, or sleep!
If my mouth could marry a hurt like that!
Or your liquors seep to me, in this glass capsule,
Dulling and stilling.
But colorless. Colorless.
— Sylvia Plath
Only with kisses and red poppies can I love you,
with rain-soaked wreaths,
contemplating ashen horses and yellow dogs.
Only with waves at my back can I love you,
between dull explosions of brimstone and reflective waters,
swimming against cemeteries that circulate in certain rivers,
drowned pasture flooding the sad, chalky tombstones,
swimming across submerged hearts
and faded lists of unburied children.
— Pablo Neruda
— Thomas Hood
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Monday, December 22, 2008
I took Amelie to see the polar bears in Churchill Square yesterday...
I'm not sure what kind of gesture the seated one's supposed to be making, but I don't think it's suitable for children.
And talking of events not suitable for children, it was the annual Burning of the Clocks on Brighton seafront last night. Sadly it took place after Amelie's bedtime, so I had to go without her. Which was a shame, because she likes to watch Lisa in the kitchen, so she'd have felt at home with the smoke and flames.
Personally I chose to watch the spectacle from ground level at the edge of the beach in Madeira Drive (see the photo at the top of my blog), while the rest of Brighton lined up along the upper tiers. I have to say, it's a slightly chilling feeling to turn around and see a few thousand people staring at you from the shadows...
Ever feel like you're being watched?
It was like Dawn of the Dead, but with less sunshine.
Anyhoo, I'm due back at work in fifteen minutes, so there's no time to describe the event in detail, but to sum it up briefly:
A few people dressed as moths flapped around a two-berth tent with a lightbulb inside, while a load of people with illuminated cogs walked back and forth across the beach to the sound of some new age music, before setting fire to a piece of scaffolding shaped like Marble Arch, and letting off a few bangers.
Clocking Off
I'm hoping there won't be quite as many fireworks tonight - it's the pharmacy Christmas do at the local pub.
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190 Society Speech Topics [Persuasive, Informative, Argumentative]
List of Society Speech Topics
society speech topics
1. Why you should push people to try new things.
2. No child should be considered a “lost cause”.
3. We shouldn’t have to pay for internet access.
4. Celebrities should have more privacy rights.
5. Life is better now than it was 50 years ago.
6. Why stereotypes are harmful.
7. Why everyone should know about feminism.
8. Support the wounded warrior project.
9. Should companies market to children?
10. Prisoners should be allowed to vote.
11. Are we doing enough to end poverty?
12. Is Social Darwinism true?
13. The USA has too many prisoners.
14. Why we should have a three day weekend.
15. How to fix harmful gender roles.
16. Is trick or treating a bad thing?
17. Should retirement homes be free?
18. Public toilets should be cleaner.
19. Generic products are just as good.
20. How bullying changes who you are.
21. How bullying can lead to suicide.
22. Societal beauty demands are harmful.
23. The advantages of politeness.
24. Why you should not shop at Walmart.
25. Volunteering in your community.
26. The need for affordable housing.
27. Should we get longer holidays?
28. The danger of propaganda.
29. Too much money is a bad thing.
30. We need free bus rides for seniors.
31. We need better public transportation.
32. The importance of volunteering.
33. Homeless people deserve a home.
34. The importance of preventing cyber bullying.
35. Donate money to charity.
36. Raise the retirement age.
37. We need to stop censorship.
38. We need more foster parents.
39. Why everyone is equal.
40. Single parent families need help.
41. Mandatory sentencing weakened communities.
42. Corporate corruption weakens the country.
43. The pledge of allegiance should not be mandatory.
44. Shop at local stores.
45. Buy security alarms.
46. We need more prison alternatives.
47. Frivolous lawsuits hurt the country.
48. We need more affirmative action.
49. More resources should be devoted to fighting poverty.
50. Bar closing hours should be later.
51. Police corruption needs to be stopped.
52. Stay at home moms deserve more respect.
53. Women’s pay rates should be equal to men’s.
54. Cosmetic surgery should be highly regulated.
55. We need to care for our aging population.
56. Racial profiling needs to be stopped.
57. Privacy rights must be respected.
58. Women’s rights must be advanced.
59. Race relations need to be improved.
60. Columbus day should be eliminated.
61. Gun control saves lives.
62. Media bias is harming our country.
63. Beauty contests are harmful.
64. Privatize social security.
65. A more open immigration policy will cause economical disasters.
66. Action movies reflect the fall of good manners.
67. Activism on engaging social matters are on the rise.
68. African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are still discriminated against.
69. Alternative lifestyles influence art.
70. Art festivals should raise awareness on key social issues.
71. Arts are an invention of the elite.
72. Binge drinking has a lasting negative effect on social behavior.
73. Bisexuality is equal to heterosexuality in the western world.
74. Crime maps should be made public.
75. Cultural diversity is not a barrier for social unity.
76. Curfews reduce street violence.
77. Education, housing, and hiring must be equal for all citizens.
78. Elder abuse can be prevented.
79. Former prisoners need help to re-enter society.
80. Gay soap-opera characters must kiss each other.
81. Hip-Hop and R&B gangsta rap music influence our youth.
82. Homelessness figures are not exaggerated.
83. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes.
84. It is impossible for news media to devote equal attention to all people.
85. Let graffiti artists clean the walls they ruin themselves.
86. Media violence is damaging children.
87. Multinationals rule the world, not governments.
88. National lotteries must find a way to help gambling addicts.
89. Not enough money is available for international refugee programs.
90. Not enough public buildings have easier access for people with disabilities.
91. Not having a car means less choice in how to conduct your life.
92. Our liberties should be protected at all costs.
93. People could learn a lot about life from the Amish.
94. Permanent affordable supportive housing helps people live more stable lives.
95. Prohibit skateboards and hoverboards on sidewalks.
96. Public shame in TV reports is a perfect way for criminal retribution.
97. Ratings are not effective in curbing violence.
98. Rhetoric techniques pave the way to success in life.
99. Safety and security are what society needs most.
100. Sexist images of women should be banned.
101. Skinny models are setting a bad example for teenagers.
102. Social deprivation is the source of crime.
103. Spanish Americans have been at a disadvantage in society for decades.
104. Television soaps are responsible for the increasing number of breast implants today.
105. The dangers of gambling are not only short term.
107. The G8 leaders cause more poverty in developing nations.
108. The Patriot Act violates civil liberties.
109. The poor should be seen as consumers with special needs.
110. The private lives of celebrities should remain private.
111. The right to freedom is more important than security issues.
112. The social costs of legalized casino gambling outweigh the benefits.
113. There will always be homeless people.
114. There will never be an end to poverty.
115. To understand American society, you must first understand blues music.
116. We are better off today than we were five years ago.
117. We are lost our cultural identity.
118. We can stop girls from being maimed and abused.
119. Western nations must not impose their standards on developing countries.
120. Women are not fairly portrayed in the media.
121. Zero tolerance policies are not working.
122. There are ways to stop the continuous growth of Earths population.
124. China is right to have a one-child policy.
125. The world is nowhere near prepared for unexpected dooms and disasters.
126. There are ways to control the human population.
1. Why are dogs known as man’s best friend?
2. Is happiness a good measure of social progress?
3. The day to day duties of a police officer.
4. The benefits of teamwork.
5. Some inexpensive places to take your date.
6. The benefits of male paternity leave.
7. The importance of providing shelter to homeless veterans.
8. Aggression is a real presence in society.
9. What rights consumers have.
10. What is the correct tipping etiquette?
11. The different types of personalities.
12. How fashion ruins the kids of today.
13. Wealth is not measured with money.
14. The negative aspects of living in an era of apathy.
15. Silence against violence is harmful.
16. Feminism and its misconceptions.
17. The reasons shops should be closed on Sunday.
18. Is being good looking important?
19. How to make the U.S. a better country.
20. How LGBT youth are protected.
21. The state of the rich and the poor.
22. The history of hello kitty.
23. The most interesting world records.
24. The invention of pop rocks.
25. What life will be like in the future.
26. How to cope with natural disasters.
27. Celebrate diversity.
28. How we should respond to chemical and biological threats of violence.
29. Swimming programs for the elderly.
30. The history of aboriginals in Australia.
31. The history of global crime.
32. Typical social roles we expect from men and women in society.
33. Unemployment rates compared to a decade ago.
34. Indigenous people around the world.
35. The considerable shortage of women in Alaska
36. The development of the human sex ratio in our country.
37. What indigenous people should do to preserve their culture.
38. Why global population keeps growing.
1. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
2. How people are judged by their skin color.
3. How parents don’t understand our generation.
4. Hollywood has a negative impact on society.
5. The taboo on recreational drugs is unjustified.
6. The negative effects of racism.
7. Why do people believe in superstitions?
8. Privacy is not the most important right.
9. The negative effects of selfishness.
10. Are nursing homes necessary in our society?
11. Do we still live in a sexist society?
12. Does social status matter?
13. The Miss America pageant is sexist.
14. How to stop cyber bullying.
15. Is laziness a good thing?
16. Is life in the city preferable to live life in the country?
17. A little bribery is okay to get everything going your way.
18. Ban piercings in the face.
19. Computer nerds will always be unpopular.
20. Drivers must be retrained every 15 years
21. Everybody does not have the right to carry a gun.
22. Give immigrants the right to vote on Election Day.
23. Hispanic poverty is not only caused by racism.
24. One income tax rate for everyone regardless of level of income.
25. The American Way of Life does not exist anymore.
26. This country has failed to live up to its ideals.
Cite this article as: Jim Peterson, "190 Society Speech Topics [Persuasive, Informative, Argumentative]," in My Speech Class, October 4, 2018, http://www.myspeechclass.com/society-speech-topics.html.
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Reporting live from Neopia Circulation: 184,475,300 Issue: 467 | 29th day of Collecting, Y12
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Rainbow Fountain Woes
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Getting the Best of the Post
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Emetophobia, severeFear of Vomit
by Cole Manhattan
(Boston, Ma)
I have a severe fear of Vomit. When people cough I freak out thinking they might get sick or get me sick. WHen i see little kids i think they're going to throw up, It's insane I now have bad OCD and Anxiety attacks from this terrible phobia. You'd think The average Kid should be out on saturdays with they're friends, but no. Im 14 And i never leave my house. I live in a downtown region, and everyone here parties! except for me.
Every time i take the bus, i see kids i freak out and sit in the back alone. I count how many kids are they're and if they look ill at all. Same as teenagers at night. I do not go near intoxicated people. Thats the OCD part. That i count and if there is more then 20 kids i must get off, because i feel like it will be a cycle of vomit, one kid vomits then the next then the next. I also don't like it when people who are sick sit near the exit because, then I'll be trapped.
I went on a field trip with my school where kids started throwing up, i freaked out and had an anxiety attack. And all the teachers just laughed. And i don't blame them, its a stupid phobia, its a daily life cycle. But for me its my life. I can't even live my own dreams with it. I can't go to a regular university because of the campus. I have to live at home. Its sad how one phobia can lead to OCD that leads to anxiety attacks, and then leads to Trapped in your own home.
for anyone suffering this disease GET HELP. before its s late. It's too late for me.
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Spider in the bath...
I've soaked the bathroom, there was a spider in the shower, at first it was ok cos he was just sat there in the corner, but then he started moving.
Of course this was when I was all soapy and lathered up. He started walking above me but looked a bit wobbly, I was convinced he was going to fall on me. So I got out, I thought he'd carry on and make it to the other side, but no, he stayed still, yet still wobbly. I stood for a while but really needed to rinse off the bubbles. So I pulled the shower attachment down and tried rinsing there and then, with quick bursts(I was trying to limit the watery mess). Now of course the bathroom is a state! A wet state.
1. I have that video of spider in the bath somewhere.
The kids use to love it when they were little.
2. EWW I hate spiders.
I would have freaked if I saw one in the bath.
Brave and cute.
Check out our new blog :)
Love Wil xx
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Pythagorean Theorem - GMAT Math Study Guide
The Pythagorean Theorem
A right triangle has one angle that is 90° (i.e., a right angle). The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, often labeled c, while the other two sides of the triangle (legs) are often labeled a and b.
For a right triangle with legs a and b and hypotenuse c: a2 + b2 = c2
Note: Which leg is a or b is irrelevant in the use of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Note: The Pythagorean Theorem only works for right triangles.
Putting the formula into words, the square of the length of one leg plus the square of the length of the other leg equals the square of the long-side opposite the right angle.
Examples Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
Given any two sides of a right triangle, it is possible to calculate what the length of the third side must be. For example:
What is the length of side c?
Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2 = c2
a = 3, b = 4, c = ?
32 + 42 = c2
9 + 16 = c2
25 = c2
c = 5
Note: When taking the square root, normally one must take the positive and negative value (i.e., ±5). However, since a negative length has no meaning when solving for the length of a side, the negative value is ignored.
Consider the following additional example:
If DGFE is a square with a side of length 5, what is the length of DF?
Since DGFE is a square, angle DEF is a right angle. Consequently, triangle DEF is a right triangle and the Pythagorean theorem can be used to find DF:
(DE)2 + (EF)2 = (DF)2
DE and EF = 5 since DGFE is a square
52 + 52 = (DF)2
50 = (DF)2
DF = square root of 50
If a2 + b2 = c2, then the triangle is right
In other words, if a2 + b2 = c2, a triangle exists with sides a, b and c such that a right angle lies between the sides of length a and b
Consider the following example:
Is the triangle below a right triangle?
If the triangle is right, the length of its sides will fulfill the Pythagorean Theorem.
a2 + b2 =? c2
Plug in a = 5, b = 12, c = 13 and evaluate:
52 + (12)2 =? (13)2
25 + 144 =? 169
169 = 169
The triangle is a right triangle.
Pythagorean Triples
There are three common relations between the sides of a right triangle. Recognizing these common side lengths can save considerable calculation time. Rather than using the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the missing side length, the length of the side can be determined by noticing the pattern.
3-4-5 triangles: 32 + 42 = 52
6-8-10, 9-12-15, and 12-16-20 triangles are simply multiples of the 3-4-5 rule.
5-12-13 triangles: 5 2 + 12 2 = 13 2
10-24-26 is another common way for this ratio to appear.
8-15-17 triangles:82 + 15 2 = 172
Consider the following example:
If a right triangle has legs 10 and 24, what is the length of the third side?
Instead of performing the calculation to find the third side, recognize that this triangle is a multiple of 5-12-13, where each side of the triangle is double the 5-12-13 pattern. Consequently, the third side is 2(13) = 26.
Special Right Triangles
Isosceles Right Triangle: 45°-45°-90°
As the above diagram indicates, a triangle with angles 45°-45°-90° will have sides in the ratio of 1-1-21/2
Bisected Equilateral Triangle: 30°-60°-90°
As the above diagram indicates, a triangle with angles 30°-60°-90° will have sides in the ratio of 1-31/2-2
Types of GMAT Problems
1. Using Pythagorean Theorem in Complex Problems
Many GMAT questions will not simply give a right triangle with one missing side to calculate. Instead, a group of shapes will be given, with just enough information to eventually calculate a particular side, area, or angle. In these problems, it is best to look at what is being asked for. Next determine what is needed in order to calculate what is being asked for. Continue in this process until the given information is what is required. Then, from the given information, calculate through all of the various parts until the wanted quantity is found.
What is the area of the triangle BCD?
Figure 1
Correct Answer: E
1. In order to calculate the area of BCD, the length of the base and height must be known.
2. Any side can be chosen as the base, as long as the height is the line which goes through the angle opposite the base and is perpendicular to the base.
3. Chose CB to be the base, as it can be calculated by use of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Triangle ABC, which is a right triangle, has sides 6-?-10. This is a multiple of the 3-4-5 rule. Thus, BC is 8 (=4*2).
4. The height of triangle CDB will be the length of the line from D to BC. This height line is by definition perpendicular to BC. The height line will be the same length as BE since a square is formed with points D, E, B, and the intersection of a perpendicular line from D to line CB.
5. Calculate the length of BE using the Pythagorean Theorem.
5-?-13 is another common right triangle with lengths 5-12-13
Thus, BE is 12
By algebra:
52 + x2 = 132
25 + x2 = 169
x2 = 144
x = 12
6. With the base BC = 8 and the height BE = 12, calculate the area:
A = .5 * base * height
A = .5 * 8 * 12 = 48
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• After the informational interview: following up
April 16, 2010 | Blog FAQ | Dan
• International students always ask me how they can follow up with contacts they’ve made. I tell them that following up is actually more challenging than making the initial connection. Why? Because good follow up has to be meaningful, and there’s very little meaning in a follow up message that says “Hi, I just wanted to follow up.” A few messages like that, and your emails are likely to find their way to your contact’s auto-delete list. Where’s the value?
How to make following up work for you
So what do you say when following up? The key to good follow up is to pay attention during your initial meeting. What interests the person? What challenges are they facing that you might be able to help with? What things do you have in common. Students constantly say, “but I’m just a student. What could I possibly offer to someone who’s already established professionally?” The truth is, quite a bit. If your contact went to your school, you can keep him or her abreast of what’s going on on campus. Any cool events coming up? Any ways you can invite the person to come and speak to other students, perhaps for a club event? Pay attention to comments made during small talk. Has the contact just had a flooded basement, babysitter quit, computer problems or any of a million other common challenges happen? Do you know anyone who might be able to help with those things? Maybe your contact is looking to fill a position that you wouldn’t be a good fit for. Do you know anyone who might be?
Delivering value is the best way to be remembered when following up, and the best way to earn help for yourself. If you can’t think of a good way to deliver something specifically helpful in your follow up, use the “thinking about you because…” device. This is really easy. Just think of something that you and your contact spoke about, and send a note saying that something in your day made you recall that item in your conversation. For example, “In operations class today, we were talking about some of the challenges with multi-national supply chains. It made me think of our conversation on that subject. Hope you’re well. Dan.” And that’s it.
Don’t make your messages too long or your contact will stop reading them. Follow up should be short, meaningful and relatively infrequent. You want your contact to look forward to reading your messages, not deleting them upon arrival. Be creative, and have fun. If your messages are interesting and maybe a little unusual, they’ll be read and you’ll be remembered. Everybody likes something original, helpful or funny. Always deliver value!
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Preaching and Missions without a Debilitating Offer
Rev. Thomas Miersma, Home Missionary
It has sometimes been said by the advocates of the offer that as Protestant Reformed Churches we cannot do mission work or preach the gospel in evangelism. Not only is this false, but as I want to point out, in fact, the opposite is true. It is my contention that it is those who hold the offer who have truncated the gospel, subverted its power and the word of grace. It is they who cripple mission work and debilitate the preaching of the gospel. The so-called free or well-meant offer on the mission field makes the gospel weak, ineffective and anemic. Because of this, the preaching of the offer is not genuine mission work. In considering this thesis we should first consider what the preaching of the gospel, also on the mission field, really is.
I. What preaching is.
The authoritative declaration of God's wonder in Christ.
It is first of all the public and authoritative declaration of what God has done in Christ. It is the glorious wonder of Christ crucified and raised which is to be published and proclaimed to all who hear. The preacher comes as a herald and ambassador of Christ to say, "thus saith the Lord." In that preaching, Christ is displayed in all the fullness of His death and resurrection, as the wonder work of God's sovereign mercy, to save and effectually redeem His people from their sins. The gospel is the glad tidings of the God of our salvation, that God has fulfilled the promises which He spake to the fathers in the Old Testament in His Son Jesus Christ, and has accomplished atonement and reconciliation for the sins of His people. It involves the objective declaration of the facts of the gospel as the truth of God in Christ, together with the horrible reality of man's sin, depravity and corruption, and of his terrible guilt before a Holy God.
The good news of the gospel includes the whole counsel of God; it is not limited to the objective facts of the cross, to what is called in Dogmatics the locus of Christology. It includes the wonder of God's electing grace and mercy, His sovereign eternal good pleasure, His eternal purpose and glory in Christ and His church. and that as good news. It includes also the glad tidings that God in Christ saves to the uttermost. That Christ by the effectual working of the power of His death and resurrection, regenerates and quickens dead sinners to life, calls and converts men, works repentance and imparts saving faith unto men who were dead in themselves, and bound in sin. It includes all the loci of Dogmatics from Theology to Soteriology to Eschatology.
Its purpose is to preach the whole Word of God, to set before men their wretched and miserable state and condition in themselves and to proclaim the wonder and glory of God in Christ, Whose own arm has wrought salvation, and Who reaches down to save His people from their sin. It leads one to stand in the presence of the holiness of God and the glory and wonder of His grace, to worship Him out of a broken and contrite heart, and to earnestly seek to walk before Him in newness of life in true gratitude. That word of the gospel is as much present, in principle, when one preaches on the glory of God's institution of marriage, as it is when one preaches a sermon on Jesus' death. It is complete, full and uncompromising. It hides nothing in the closet of theology. It is that gospel which is the power of God unto salvation. It is a gospel which is proclaimed as propositional factual truth, as a gospel of certainty, of what is surely to be believed. It preaches Christ, as the apostle Paul says to the Galatians, "before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you," Gal. 3:1.
Command and promise
It is in the light of that glorious gospel that we also distinguish two aspects in the preaching, following the Canons of Dordt, that of command and promise. The gospel in its proclamation confronts men with the call to repent and believe. By the very reality of sin and the glory of God's work in Christ men are confronted with the command and duty to repent and believe. This command is not only explicit in the preaching but implicit in the very truth of man's sin and the glory and wonder of the gospel. That call is a serious one, for standing before a Holy God, wretched and miserable in themselves and standing before the glory of His wonder in Christ, men ought to repent and believe. That they cannot do so of themselves because they are fallen does not change the seriousness of this demand. Nor does the particularity of the gospel in any way mitigate the truth that what is good and acceptable in the sight of that Holy God of the wonder is that man should repent and that the called ought to come unto Him.
That command, however, in the good pleasure of God has a twofold effect upon them that hear. In the heart of the wicked and unbelieving it works a hardening of heart, stubbornness and rebellion. The glorious gospel of Christ is for them a savor of death unto death. Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, but willfully reject the gospel and put it a way from them. It is foolishness unto them. They do not obey the gospel.
In the heart of God's elect, however, God works by that demand of the gospel the obedience of faith, graciously calling forth faith and repentance by the power of His grace, and quickening in us the obedience of faith. This is wrought both by the grace of God through the objective call of the gospel and the internal efficacious working of the Spirit in the heart. It is one work of God by an efficacious irresistible call.
To that command God has joined the promises of the gospel, as the sure word of His grace to His people. By the promises He addresses His sheep by name and calls them, according to their spiritual characteristics, into the certain spiritual blessings which they have in Christ. By the promises of the gospel God comforts the broken-hearted and assures them of pardon for sin and life eternal. He speaks His word as Jesus did to the man sick of the palsy, "thy sins are forgiven thee," Luke 5:20. Those promises are unconditional and particular, and that exactly because they are personally addressed and intended, and grounded in the finished and accomplished work of Christ. They are God's sure word unto His people. The promises of the gospel therefore do not address God's people as merely offered to be accepted or rejected, nor as a check to be endorsed by our believing, but as a receipt stamped "paid in full" with our name on it. They address us as weary and laboring, as those who sorrow and mourn because of sin, as hungering and thirsting after righteousness, as saints who fear God. By them Christ calls His sheep by name, and we hear His voice and follow Him.
By that command and particular promise God leaves no one in doubt, neither the wicked nor His children, as to their own duty, spiritual state or the certainty of the truth of the gospel. It is in the light of this reality of the gospel, that we must evaluate the well-meant offer or the so-called free offer of the gospel.
II. The offer historically.
A semi-Arminian trend, hypothetical universalism
The theory of the offer belongs to a certain semi-Arminian trend which has been present in the Reformed and Presbyterian community since the time of the Synod of Dordt. It is an attempt to marry the conditional universalism of Arminanism to the truth of sovereign particular grace of Calvinism. Perhaps the best description of this error is to call it hypothetical universalism.
This synergism was first taught at the time of the Synod of Dordt by John Cameron in France and England and both then and later by his notable disciples Amyraud in France and Davenant the British delegate to the Synod of Dordt. In its original form it was an attempt to join the Reformed and Arminian doctrines of election by teaching two distinct decrees of election, one an Arminian decree that God decreed to save all and every man in Christ on condition of faith, and the second semi-Calvinistic decree, that God decreed to fulfill the conditions and give faith to only some. Briefly, this is the notion that God wants to save all but wills to save only some. It is a contradictory dualism, a two-track theology. Its universal election is conditional and Arminian, and in the light of the notion of a particular decree to save some, it is also only hypothetical. This view was resisted by the Synod of Dordt which teaches in the Canons, whenever God's intention, design and purpose is mentioned, only an intention and design to save the elect.
As Amyraud and his following continued to teach this notion after the Synod, his views were condemned under the leadership of Francis Turretin by the second Helvetic consensus as Arminian and inconsistent with Dordt. Similarly when the views of Davenant and his followers were promoted in England they were opposed by the Puritan John Owen in his book The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.
It is particularly in the area of the doctrine of the covenant both in connection with preaching and baptism that this Amyrauldian heresy continues to raise its head. This usually takes the form of a general conditional promise, the so-called Heynsian view. This view involves more than a general conditional promise, it involves a separation not only between the covenant and election but also in the work of Christ. In Reformed theology all of God's works are rooted in eternity, in His decrees. To teach that God's covenant is established with elect and reprobate, upon conditional promises, as an objective bequest to all who are baptized or brought under the preaching, is first of all to teach something about God's eternal decree of that covenant. All of God's works are eternal, their realization in time is the working out externally (Ad Extra), of that which He has purposed in Himself internally, (Ad Intra). Slogans, such as calling this principle "scholastic, rationalistic etc.," simply evade the issue.
Along with this separation of the covenant and election is to be found a dispensational like corruption of the doctrine of the Mediator. To maintain this separation those who hold it teach that Christ is the "Mediator of the covenant" but the "Head of the elect. " In doing this they do not mean to merely draw a fine distinction between the meaning of two terms Mediator and Head but to separate them This covenant of which Christ is the Mediator according to this view is established by promise, though conditionally, with elect and reprobate, all who are outwardly included in the church. Christ is the Mediator of God's covenant with Esau.
This involves a fundamental corruption of Christ's work as the Mediator. It is exactly as He is the legal representative Head of the elect, the Christ, that He in His mediatorial work establishes and confirms the new covenant in His blood, as the Lord our Righteousness. This is plain from the teaching of the Canons which explicitly joins Christ's mediatorial office and His headship and make it clear that He is the Mediator of the elect alone. Thus we read, "Election is the unchangeable purpose of God, whereby before the foundation of the world, He hath out of mere grace, according to His own will, chosen, from the whole human race, which had fallen through their own fault, from their primitive state of rectitude, into sin and destruction, a certain number of persons to redemption in Christ, whom He from eternity appointed the Mediator and Head of the elect, and the foundation of salvation," Canons I, Art. 7 (italics added). That Christ is the "Mediator and Head of the elect," could not be clearer. The same is true when we read," was the will of God, that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby He confirmed the new covenant, should effectually redeem out of every people, tribe, nation, and language, all those and those only, who were from eternity chosen to salvation, and given Him by the Father;..." (Canons II Art. 8) Again the Canons explicitly join the blood of the covenant and God's purpose in it to the Mediatorial work of Christ and election.
The original form of this error was an assault upon the doctrine of election. It developed into an assault upon the reformed doctrine of the atonement. Under the influence of its promoters in England and Scotland the focus was shifted to the idea that one could preach that Jesus was dead for all but had died for only some. That is, hypothetically, Jesus' death was not simply sufficient, considered, in itself, for all, but designed and intended to be available to all upon condition of faith and repentance. This was an attempt to marry the Reformed and Arminian doctrines of the atonement, to teach a provision for all men in the death of Christ but an efficacy for only some. This trend came together in the Marrow Controversy in the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. This dualist conception of the atonement was condemned by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland as Arminianism.
It has sometimes been contended that the Synod in Scotland was influenced by liberal or rationalistic Arminian thinking, that it condemned the Marrow theology because of its evangelicalism or out of narrow-mindedness. That there were in this complex controversy elements of this, as well as miscommunication in understanding one another's position is well possible. What concerns us however is the central doctrinal issue, whether one may teach that Christ's atoning death is universal in scope, and in some sense designed and intended for all or so as to be available for all. May we preach as the offer inherently does, that Christ is dead for all, though He died for only some. May we deduce from Christ's sufficiency, a universal scope to the atonement such that it may be offered to all, or presented as intended or available to all.
In connection with this we may look at our own Canons of Dordt. The Canons certainly teach that Christ's death is "...sufficient to expiate the sins of the whole world," in view of the fact that the Person of Son of God died in our flesh (Canons II, Art. 3). How could it be any less than this? The point is however that Christ died for certain persons, bought for them saving faith and the blessings of salvation through faith, and they are not all men, nor all who sit under the preaching, nor all the baptized. The Canons, and the Westminster Confession is essentially no different, find in this sufficiency of Christ, only that it leaves men without excuse in their unbelief, as there is nothing lacking in Christ or the gospel why they do not believe (Canons II, Art. 6). As to the intent and design of Christ's death, the Canons draw two conclusions, that it was intended for the elect alone and not universal, (Canons II, Art. 7,8) and that its infinite worth and value is for the benefit of "us," that is, God's elect redeemed believing people. Notice this in the language of the Canons, in explaining the source of this infinite worth and value, its bearing upon Christ's qualifications and its necessity. The Canons say, "which qualifications were necessary to constitute him a Savior for us; and because it was attended with a sense of the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin," (Canons II, Art. 4 - italics added). In discussing the blessed fruit of this infinitely valuable sacrifice of Christ the Canons find it of benefit strictly for certain persons, us. In the light of this to preach otherwise, a Christ for all or available for all, is to present not only that which is hypothetical, but hypocritical. The Canons do not find in the sufficiency of Christ a universal offer, but a profound comfort for a believer, whose sins are so great, that only a sacrifice of infinite worth and value is sufficient to take them all away. When the men who promote the offer take up this subject in the Canons, they engage in eisegesis, the reading into the Canons of their own speculative notions.
The well-meant offer, or free offer, also the notion of a general conditional promise, is really nothing more than an attempt to introduce this same semi-Arminian synergism and dualism into the whole doctrine of soteriology, the doctrine of the application of salvation, and into the doctrines of the means of grace, preaching and the sacraments. It is again an attempt to marry an Arminian doctrine of salvation and the means of grace, preaching or baptism, to the Reformed view. It involves teaching two kinds of grace, a general, common conditional and resistible grace to all under the preaching or in baptism, and a particular irresistible grace to only some. According to this theory of the offer, God does not simply call and command men to repent and believe under the preaching of the Word, but sincerely desires the salvation of all, well-meaningly offers Christ, His righteousness and eternal life to all, head for head. The preaching becomes a check which man must endorse by his faith, an objective bequest which man may accept or reject. Moreover if you object to this as Arminianism, you are told that since they also teach that God fulfills the conditions by grace in the elect, the charge of being Arminian is false.
While dressed in a new suit of clothes, this error is still the same error which was condemned by the Reformed and Presbyterian churches of the past. While the theology it is based on is rarely spelled out it is nothing more than that of Amyrauld. Its doctrine of the atonement is that of the Marrow. In order to make Christ's death and the preaching of it universal or an offer, they must separate from that death its efficacy and all the subjective blessings of salvation. If Christ is offered to all, then faith cannot be a benefit of the cross. You cannot very well offer faith as a blessing while requiring it as a condition. You cannot promise to all what is an entrance requirement to the promise. The offer introduces ambiguity into the doctrine of faith, conversion, repentance. Rather than being a work of grace in man, the wonder work of God in Christ and a gift of grace out of which a man himself actively repents and believes, the preaching of the offer becomes centered on the experiential moment, for faith is man's fulfilling of the condition. And yet, because they would be called Calvinists, they would also be seen as teaching that it is God's gift. The only way you can maintain this kind of dualism is to reduce faith and conversion to an experimental moment, a moment of revelation and response, of giving and yet taking and receiving. Grace becomes like a ball bouncing on a table, in the moment it touches the surface God is giving and man accepting, God is revealing and man responding. This is Barthian mysticism. It is dualism carried to its ultimate synergism.
III. The offer and preaching
The seriousness of this error must not be overlooked. It has practical consequences for preaching and mission work.
The offer a destruction of the gospel
This affects first of all the content of the preaching and exegesis. If God wants to save all but wills to save only some, if Christ is dead for all but died for only some, if God offers salvation to all but calls effectually only some, then truth, veracity and coherence have gone out the window. The double track theology of the offer makes coherent preaching of the truth impossible. God wants what He does not want, intends what He does not intend. Authoritative proclamation of the truth of the gospel can but cease. The unity of the truth is broken. By separating Christ as Mediator of the covenant and as Head of the elect, even Christ's mediatorial work is distorted, and obscured. You cannot genuinely compare Scripture with Scripture, for Scripture contradicts itself. The fundamental principle of reformed scriptural interpretation is broken. Scripture speaks out of two sides of its mouth. You must first carefully impose this Hermeneutical dualism on the text, much like dispensationalism does when it tries to separate Israel and the church. Does this passage speak of God's universal will or His particular will? Is this passage about Christ as Mediator or as Head?
This is plain from the effect and consequences of this dualistic hermeneutic round about us as it has worked through the life of the C.R.C. If God wants to save all but wills to save only some, He may also want only men to be ministers from a creation perspective but wills that women also hold office from an eschatological perspective. Who is to judge? "What is truth?"
It is not without reason that this leads to shoddy exegesis in which one sometimes takes an Arminian interpretation, and one sometimes, though quite arbitrarily, takes a Calvinistic interpretation. Sometimes one takes a conservative or orthodox approach, while at other times a liberal one. The truth in fact becomes relative to the interpreter and his opinion, and exegesis becomes eclectic. By this error the authority power and clarity of the gospel is overthrown. The herald or preacher sounds an uncertain note on the trumpet of the gospel. Because of it the offer is a debilitated cripple when it comes to mission work and a clear proclamation of the gospel.
Moreover as God wants to save all and offers Christ to all in the preaching, the gospel is reduced to a crippled truncated version of itself. You cannot under the offer preach the doctrine of election as good news for sinners that, " all that the Father giveth me shall come to me," John 6:37. This goes into the theological closet. Likewise, since faith, repentance and conversion are the conditions man must fulfill to receive the proffered salvation, they also can no more be preached as the glorious work of God, the effectual fruit of the atonement. They too must go into the theological closet. The gospel is reduced to a truncated word about the cross, without its efficacy, design, power and purpose. That by, "one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified," Heb. 10:14 belongs in the closet, it is too definite. Soteriology and the saving efficacy of the cross in Christology, likewise join God's sovereignty in the theological closet, especially on the mission field. Instead an unfruitful divine desire to save all men must be preached.
All of this robs the gospel not only of its power, authority and clarity, but also of the wonder of the THE WONDER of grace. It does not lead to reverence and fear, to worship and praise but to the notion of a spiritually impotent God Who wants what He cannot or does not perform. It robs God of the honor and glory due His name and demeans the name of Christ, the Lord of Glory. This is emphatically debilitating to the work of missions. It is exactly the unique power, glory and majesty of God in Christ which sets the Christian gospel apart from the inventions of human philosophy and pagan religion.
The offer destroys the authority, seriousness and power of the call of the gospel
The very need for a sovereign Savior of mere grace is destroyed, for God is said to offer that which was not purchased in the blood of Christ, to desire to impart to sinners that which Christ did not effect on the cross for them. It destroys the holiness, righteousness and truth of God. It sets God's mercy against His own justice by overthrowing the principles of atonement. Jesus no longer actually saves, but only wants to if we will accept Him. It is demeaning to Christ crucified.
As such the offer is incapable of proclaiming a serious call to repentance and faith. It is no more a divine summons which seriously addresses men with the will of the Holy God to turn from their wicked way. Rather it becomes a pleading invitation, something that God wants to be true for all. The gospel no more confronts men with an imperative, a command, but a wish, a pleading, a begging, with moral suasion and emotional appeals to accept the proffered salvation. Not only so, but the faith called for is not a powerful transformation that grace alone can give, but a work which man must perform and a condition he must fulfill on the basis of whose worthiness men are saved. Oh, to be sure if you press those who preach the offer, they maintain that God by His grace fulfills the conditions in man. They formally reject free-willism. Nevertheless it is my faith, my repentance, my acceptance upon which the salvation offered to me rests.
This is the doctrine of salvation upon the worthiness of my faith and repentance. It is Arminian. In fact it is the doctrine of justification because of faith and works, which is the doctrine of Rome. The offer is warmed-over Jesuit theology masquerading as Protestantism. However much free-willism is denied, the practical fruit of that error, a trusting in one's own works of believing, repenting, and coming is maintained and taught in practice, if not in theory.
Moreover the wicked are left with the principle that after all if God wants to save them so much and is trying so hard to offer salvation to them, there is really no urgency about the matter. If God wants to save them, would He now give up and judge? The fact is that the offer tempts men to despise God's very simpering impotence.
As if that were not enough, by making the promises general and conditional, the personal sure comfort of the gospel is lost. There is an irony here in calling the offer, the "free offer of the gospel." There is nothing free about promises with strings attached. Sovereign grace is free, genuinely free, rooted in the grace of election. The effect of the offer is to leave the hearer in doubt whether after all those promises are for them. Have I really repented? Do I really believe? Either I must boast in my own works of believing and acceptance of the gospel or I am left with the conclusion that after all my whole spiritual welfare is in doubt. The offer, rather than leading one out of oneself to Christ to be justified by faith as God's free gift, leads one inward to a seeking of signs of revealed grace, to a mystical spiritual "belly-button watching." It overthrows the tender conscience of those who know that they "have not perfect faith." On the mission field it leaves one who is broken by his sin and guilt, who cries out, "Men and brethren, what shall we do," (Acts 2:37) with neither a clear direction, "repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus," (Acts 2:38) nor with a sure promise, "thy sins are forgiven thee," (Luke 5:20). The offer leads to mysticism, and an unwholesome experientialism. It robs the sheep of that sure comfort which they have in Christ and ought to have.
In this connection I recall specifically a sermon on the resurrection of the body from the dead, out of the Catechism, by a prominent so-called conservative. The glory and beauty of that work of God was adequately set forth. But then he had to add the offer to it all. We had to attain unto it by our believing. The whole sermon was concluded with the hope that we would attain to the resurrection. This was his hope and he hoped (???!) it was true for the congregation. The wonder and glory were taken away and the congregation was left with only doubt, a comfortless question mark, an unsure hope that maybe it would be true for them. It was an abomination, which robbed the sheep that Sunday morning of the hope and comfort of the resurrection from the dead. What was done with the sermon was the same fear tactic that the church of Rome uses by holding purgatory over the heads of the people. The well-meant offer dangles the promises of God which are yea and amen in Christ before the people of God, holding them out of reach. Its professed love for sinners is false and cruel.
It is the offer which is crippled, debilitated and anemic in preaching the gospel. This is particularly true on the mission field, for it comes with neither clarity nor power, neither a clear command to repent and believe, nor a sure promise. It destroys a serious call to repentance rather than establishing one. It robs the sheep of their comfort. Abraham Kuyper put it well, when he spoke of the advocates of a "Christ for all." He said, "In reality, it is they who are in an increasingly painful and sad situation, for in spite of that "pro omnibus,"(for all), they are still not able to persuasively move the soul to believe," (Dat De Genade Particular is; Abraham Kuyper, Part 1, chapter 1, p. 3; - translation mine). It is the offer which cannot do genuine mission work for it does not faithfully serve the cause of Him Who said, "I will build my church."
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Hidden Symptoms of Depression: Anticipatory Flatness
This is part of a series of posts on some of the less-talked-about symptoms that tend to go along with depressed mood. As stated in earlier posts, however, it’s important to note that each of these “hidden symptoms” can also occur at other times in our lives. Don’t fret if you see yourself in these experiences.
Even indoor skydiving can seem foolish. Hard to believe.
Emotions in Three Times
When we think of any event - going to a movie, seeing a friend, working on one's taxes - we can identify the emotions that we might feel in three separate periods:
1. Anticipatory (or Pre). What do we feel when we consider doing the activity in the future? Is it tempting ("That chocolate cake looks good") or repulsive ("I'll never be able to figure out that financial report")?
2. Concurrent (or During). How do we feel while we are in the event or performing the activity? Are we enjoying the hike? Is the shopping trip bearable?
3. Retrospective (or Post). How do we feel afterwards? Are we glad we spent the evening playing that video game? Do we regret getting to the gym?
Why do we do the optional, or supposedly enjoyable, things in our lives? Generally, it is because we look forward to them. We think about doing them, and react with a positive emotion to that fantasy. "Oh yeah, that would be great." In order to get ourselves to take part, all we have to do is give in to the resulting temptation.
Of course, the system doesn't work perfectly. Many of the things we will actually enjoy doing hold limited anticipatory appeal. When you wake up early on a frigid morning, the prospect of going out in the cold and strapping on skis may seem dispiriting. But we generally learn which activities will be rewarding, despite their lack of temptation.
As well, even at the best of times, some things seem tempting but don't lead to a positive payoff. That third beer, the television remote, the game controller, the bag of chips in the cupboard, the internet for yet more aimless surfing - all of these can seem to call to us with their siren song. If we give in, we'll waste yet another evening, suffer yet another hangover, gain yet another pound. The mission is not to eliminate temptation, but to recognize which temptations cause us more trouble than joy.
The Influence of Depression
Depression affects emotions in all three times: Pre, during, and post. Anhedonia blunts the enjoyment of activities (during): things just don't seem as much fun as they usually do, and they take much more effort.
What about post? A negative cognitive filter makes savouring past activities difficult: we tend to see the flaws in what we have done more readily, and we have difficulty taking pride in our achievements.
But perhaps the greatest problem lies in the anticipatory period.
Formerly tempting activities (getting out of bed, going outside, calling up a friend to get together) lose all or almost all of their appeal. You can call up an image of riding your bicycle around the local park and it just seems like it would be a flat, stupid, boring waste of time. Indeed, if you got yourself to do get out the bike anyway it probably wouldn't be as much fun as usual. But eventually, with repetition, the enjoyment would return a bit at a time.
The result is that it becomes almost impossible to get oneself to do the things that normally make up a fulfilling life. We get depressed, lose our healthy anticipatory desires, then adopt a lifestyle that makes us even more depressed.
It doesn't stop there. Some of the less helpful temptations that we experience even when we are well ("Hey, let's sleep in, play computer solitaire, turn on the TV, eat that junk food, stay at home") get even stronger than usual. It seems as though there is a magnetic pull toward precisely those activities that will, in the long run, make us more depressed.
These shifts in anticipatory desire (decreased temptation for the positive, increased for the negative) are not just symptoms of depression. They represent some of the main reasons that depression worsens and becomes entrenched. "I'm depressed, I need to take care of myself" becomes, without noticing, a powerful force to make the depression stronger.
In effect, our motivations betray us, abandoning our side and taking the side of the depression.
What do we do about it?
There are several steps:
Recognition. We need to notice the shifts in anticipatory desire, and see them for what they are: normal symptoms of the problem.
Acceptance. We need to accept that these shifts are present, and will continue to be present while the depression is strong. In effect, we need to welcome the symptom rather than trying to kill it.
Relinquishment. We need to give up hope that our anticipatory desires will re-establish themselves on their own. They won't. So we can't wait to feel motivated or excited by things.
Identification. We need to identify the activities associated with feeling better. We can look at our own history for this. "When I feel better, what do I normally want to do?" "When I've been well, what are the things that I've been glad to have done, even if they weren't tempting at the time?" We can also look at the research on depression. "A lot of studies suggest that a regular exercise program is effective, so even though I've never had one, maybe I need to start."
Activation. We need to take those positive activities and reduce them to the point that we can actually achieve them. "Swimming three times a week would be a great idea, but first maybe I'll just buy a bathing suit." We won't revolutionize our behaviour, we'll just change it by increments.
Tolerance. Gradually we will increase the magnitude of goals as we gather successes, while tolerating the fact that concurrent enjoyment is also impaired. We will allow ourselves not to enjoy what we formerly enjoyed, and recognize that our old enjoyment is likely to creep back slowly.
By placing our behaviour in the hands of our knowledge rather than our temptations, we can begin shaping our lifestyle toward one that does not support the depression. As we do this, the depression typically begins to lift. This may not be the only thing we need to do, but it is one of the most powerful antidepressant strategies.
Next Tuesday: Let's take a break from the hidden symptoms of depression and return to other topics.
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Use of library versions
Names for libraries may include a version. An <import spec> may designate a set of acceptable versions that may be imported. Conversely, only one version of each library should be part of a program. This allows using the “name part” of a <library name> for different purposes than the <version>.
In particular, if several different variants of a library exists where it is feasible that they coexist in the same program, it is recommended that different names be used for the variants. In contrast, for compatible versions of a library where coexistence of several versions is unnecessary and undesirable, it is recommended that the same name and different versions be used. In particular, it is recommended that new versions of libraries that are conservative extensions of old ones differ only in the version, not in the name.
Correspondingly, it is recommended that <import spec>s do not constrain an import to a single version, but instead specify a wide range of acceptable versions of a library.
Implementations that allow two libraries of the same name with different versions to coexist in the same program should report when processing a program that actually makes use of this extension.
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He is a fellow of the British Academy, where he is chair of the East and Southeast Asia Panel. His publications include The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century (1998) and The Female as Subject: Women and the Book in Japan (co-edited, 2010) as well as a catalogue of collections of Japanese books in libraries in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.
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Electronic Signature Authentication Using Email & SMS
When email/SMS password authentication is turned on, Signority will send a randomly generated PIN to the recipient when they try to access your document. This helps with the electronic signature authentication process, further validating the signer and helps you determine that the signer’s identity is valid.
Setting up Multifactor Signature Authentication
To turn on a two-factor verification type for a recipient when you’re sending a document, you’ll go through the same process for creating electronic signature documents for othersUpload the document you want to use and then go to the Recipients page to add your signers.
1. Use the Add Recipients button to add the signers you want.
2. For the signers you wish to authenticate, click the lock icon to set up signature authentication.
Begin signature authentication on Recipients Page
1. Choose the verification type you’d like for the recipient. You have the option between Email Authentication and SMS Authentication. For SMS Authentication, you will need the signer’s cell phone number for them to receive the PIN code. (Note: please ensure the SMS number is correct, or the signer cannot access the document for signing.)
1. Multifactor signature authentication optionsOnce you have added the authentication settings, finish your signer list, set any Recipient Settings you need and edit your invitation email and go to the Editor page.
2. Complete the document preparation by adding Tags to your document. When you’re finished, use the Next button on the top right to send off the document.
Electronic Signature Authentication Process for Signers
For the signers, once they’ve clicked on the link from the invitation email, they will be shown this access page. The Email PIN code will be included in the invitation email and SMS PIN codes will be sent at the moment the signer clicks the Review Document button in the invitation email.
The signers will require either (or both) of these PIN codes to access the document before signing.
Signature Authentication PIN Codes required
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giovedì 16 novembre 2017
On a few ‘minor’ idiosyncrasies relating to her demise at 25
A propos de quelques mineures idiosyncrasies relatives à son décès à 25 ans
Qualche piccola idiosincrasia relativa al suo decesso a 25 anni
Pierre Assouline’s long and thorough biography Simenon devotes relatively few pages to the important subject of Marie-Jo’s early death. Notably, Deidre Barr in a review of the biography observesIf there is a fault in Assouline's otherwise impeccable reportage, it is his seeming discomfort at having to write about her sorry end -- she committed suicide at the age of 25.” Yet, the biographer does provide the basics surrounding and shrouding Marie-Jo’s tragic history, and a little research uncovers some additional interesting information:
The nickname Marie-Jo derived from Marie-Georges, and that derived from Simenon’s own nameNaming his daughter after himself seems eerily prophetic.
Marie-Jo was “cherished in particular” by Simenon. He “adored her because she was his only girl and she was the weakest and most vulnerable of his four [children].”
Marie-Jo shot herself with a gun she bought from the Parisian gun shop she learned about in her father’s Maigret and Monsieur Charles, which was written and published in 1972. It’s an example of why Simenon “felt guilty for the perverse influence that certain of his novels might have exerted on his daughter.”
Marie-Jo killed herself two months after her mother’s bookA Bird for the Cat, appeared. It “shocked” and “agitated” and “overwhelmed” her. Assouline refers to it as “not the cause of her suicide, but the detonator.”
Marie-Jo apparently attempted suicide several times before she finally succeeded—twice with pills and once by jumping out of a window.
Marie-Jo only went out with men “who reminded her of her father when she was living in Paris toward the end of her life.
Marie-Jo wrote letters about her intentions to her brothers before she killed herself, but she sent “annotated books, songs, poems, diaries, and tapes” to her father with the result that he was “the only one able to put together all the elements of the puzzle.”
Marie-Jo is “above all” recognizable as the protagonist Odile in Simenon’s 1971 novelThe Disappearance of Odile, which features characters with striking resemblances to Georges, Denise, and Johnny as well. Indeed, as the biographer puts it, Marie-Jo “could not have escaped recognizing herself.” It turns out that Odile is a teenager, who has “a father who thinks only about his books” and a mother who “acted toward her as if she did not exist” and an older bother “who loved her plenty.” According to Assouline, the “ghost of a successful suicide” lurks at the end of this “frightening portrait.
Marie-Jo lay dead for five years and at the same time her apartment remained “sealed” with blood-soaked sheets still on the bed, while the family wrangled over who should inherit it, and while Simenon wrote his Intimate Memoirs…” (These morbid details appeared in a 1989 article by Steve King around the time of Simenon’s own death).
A soon-to-follow piece on this blog site will pinpoint some more important factors contributing to Marie-Jo’s early demise.
David P Simmons
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the twelfth of october
July 12, 2014
i attended a writing workshop in houston this morning. for one of the exercises, we were to grab an object from a ziploc bag and write something about it. we weren't supposed to be too choosy. so i reached into the bag, turned my head so that i couldn't focus on the contents at all, and pulled out the first thing my fingers found.
a slip of paper. a ticket stub from a film festival. dated october twelfth.
my older brother's birthday.
for the previous assignment we were to choose from a handful of photos and write about the person pictured. for this assignment, we could use that same person or make up someone new. i'd arrived late, so i used the same person. and we were supposed to place the object on or inside a nightstand.
on the back of the picture i'd selected was a name (chandra), a date (10-31-86), and a number (16). so i subtracted sixteen from eighty-six and wrote the following:
she was twenty-seven then.
chandra slowly pulled out the drawer of her nightstand and withdrew a ticket stub. since the only other thing in the drawer was a ring, she didn't need to search for the ticket--a memento of the best day.
of the worst.
she missed him. especially on a day like this when they should've been together to see their daughter off. the daughter who looked like her father. who had his dark eyes and hair. his smile. his dimple in her left cheek.
there was a small bit of extra paper that had clung to the edge when the usher had torn it. chandra fingered it with her right hand, tempted to tear it so that the perforation was even, the edge clean, but she resisted.
the thirty-third chicago international film festival. the ice storm.
in october. on the twelfth.
his birthday.
his death day.
she ran a hand over the ticket and set it back in the drawer.
sixteen years ago.
she shoved the drawer shut. "coming."
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1. Oh goodness, this makes me want to cry!!!
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March 2007
Password for StateWORKS run-time systems (RTDB)
Today almost all computers are networked, including many of the computers running RTDB based applications. To increase the security we have introduced a password for accessing the RTDB.
The RTDB can be given a password. The password is stored in RTDB and used to check any RTDB client which tries to connect to the RTDB Tcp/ip server.
In any case the RTDB expects that the first message received from the client will be the password. If the password is correct the link to the client is enabled and the client can access RTDB objects, otherwise the link is disconnected. If the RTDB does not have a password the password sent is treated as a dummy value and the client connects without any checking.
The concept and implementation of the password in StateWORKS run-time system guarantees a security in cases where it is needed. In all situations where the password would be dispensable it can be just ignored on starting the application. For instance, SWLab does not have any precautions to guard it by password as there is no sense in complicating our life while testing the system.
Setting Password in RTDB (run-time system)
To set the password into RTDB the developer of the RTDB based application has to use the StartTCPIPCommunication() which has two parameters: the tcp/ip port number and the password. Thus, the dialog on start of the application may have the form as shown below:
Starting Configuration file = G:\StateWORKS\Projects\Test\TabTest\Conf\TabTest.swd
"Enter" for Yes, otherwise type a new Configuration file:
Application (MEDIUM) created with 9 objects
Enter a RTDB TCPIP port number (default 9091):
Password: Abc123
RTDB Server (port 9091) started
Exit program by pressing the key 'x' and Enter.
In this example (taken from the Standard run-time system) the operator defined a password "Abc123". Only clients which connect to RTDB with that password will get the access.
The RTDB does not have any limit on the Password string: any length and any writable characters will do. By programming the Application a programmer may define a limit on a string passed to the function StartTCPIPCommunication(). For instance the Standard Executor limits the length to 2048 characters.
Giving Password in RTDB clients (monitors, user interface)
The client which connects to RTDB must send the password as the first message. The password has to be send using the Poke() method of the tTcpipClient library with the following parameters:
Poke( "__Password", Password, Iatt_None)
where the second variable Password is a string representing password.
The implementation of the password request is left to the developer. For instance, in the new version of SWMon the TCP/IP address dialog window has received a new edit window Password (see Figure 1). A similar edit window has been added to the monitor SWQuick.
On connecting the monitor SWTerm to RTDB the set command with the password has to follow the connect one, i.e. something like this has to be used:
sw c
sw s __Password Abc123
The set password command should always follow the connect command on starting the SWTerm even if we know that the RTDB is not guarded by a password (in that case with a dummy password value). For the SWTerm the password characters are not replaced (hidden) by asterisk (*).
If the password is not used new RTDB based applications will work with old RTDB clients. For instance we may still connect the Turing machine model (SWTuring program) to the application which uses the new RTDB and runs the T_TwoComplement.swd configuration if the application does not use password. If using a password the old clients must not try to connect with such a RTDB based application: of cause the client will not be able to connect to RTDB but its behavior will be unpredictable. We must not try to connect new monitors to the old RTDB. Thus, do not connect:
- new monitors with old RTDB
- old monitors with new RTDB guarded with password
As there is no need to mix the old and new monitors and RTDB based applications we recommend to avoid such solutions.
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day 1
our room opened out to the pool. couldn't have asked for a better setup.
jessi's onesie had the raddest print of cigarettes and smoke.on our way to the shows.sweltering heat + walking around = almost too tired to eat dinner. almost.
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that ciggy print is fucking amazing!!
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