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Sunday, 9 January 2011
Storyboard Panel
I don't think I will put up all of the storyboards as they will bore you, so I might just put the animatic up later so you can watch it. Then you wont have to waste time with reading things :p
Vampire's Room
Vampires house
Morris dancer and vampire together
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November 9, 2010
The Hollywood Hills And The Boulevard
We rolled down the windows and rode across Mulholland Drive as though we had the top down. The wind keeping the hair from our faces, and the sun pouring in with the rush of a southern California lifestyle that Hollywood made famous. We drove the curvy rode as anyone would a famous California road, in a red convertible, with the top down, on a sunny day. I rode shotgun next to her ipod, and we danced *shake it like a Polaroid picture* so fiercely that we forgot we were driving a rented Kia that fell closer to pea green than candy apple red.
The sky turned an even more glorious shade of blue as we turned into the church parking lot, and I almost suggested that we skip Easter mass and keep driving. Curiosity for the new and cravings for the old parked the Kia next to the row of Jaguars, Escalades, and Bentleys. She spotted an actor in the parking lot that I couldn’t identify by name or face. Months earlier we would have (did) squeal at celebratory sightings, but parts of L.A. had lost their luster. Now proximity to a famous actor (or not so famous, because I had no idea who he was) held the same thrill as spotting a crush at the college bar. Challenging but attainable. I actually uttered, “We can find him after mass,” and dragged her to the door. I didn’t want to be late. I wanted something normal, old, comforting. The fact that I was seeking this at a Sunday Easter mass seemed absurd to me, but I thought it was worth a shot.
We were steps from the door when I spotted “Kelly Taylor’s” mother, “Jackie”, walking in our direction. Despite the hours of 90210 I watched in middle school and my soul crushing love for Brian Austin Green, I couldn’t place her face at first. When she sat down a few rows in front of us and turned around to look for someone, I finally remembered her as “Jackie Taylor”. “Kelly’s” mother. A “familiar” face from my past. I don’t remember a word from the mass, or the details of the inside of the church, but I do know that my homesickness melted away for that hour. Three hours ahead, my friends and family sat down to Easter dinner, or Sunday afternoon homework, or a midday trip to the campus cafe.
We spent Easter the year before with his family. He grandparents drove the three hours, and we fell asleep in the backseat to the Broadway tunes of Mama Mia. His mom cooked a Saturday dinner, and I inhaled it and asked for seconds. A delicious preview of meals to come, but I collapsed that night into a bed I had already spent nights in and fell asleep between his sister’s stuffed animals.
We were everything and nothing. So I didn’t tell him that I wasn’t going home for Easter until the day before, while I traced the carvings in the table with my finger. In dim lighting I wanted to cup his face in my hand, but we sat with the table between us. So I only looked down and told him seven hours was too far to travel for two days at home. When he asked me to come home with him, I told him that it wasn’t enough notice for his parents. He said that they wouldn’t care. Five weeks before, we showed up at their doorstep at 4am, without notice, after driving all night. We stayed for three days. I knew they wouldn’t mind. Easter morning the Easter Bunny delivered a decorated bag of candy for me. His mom sent me back with left-overs in one hand and her son’s hand in my other.
When the mass ended we filed out of the church into the bright Bel Air sunshine, and I decided not to say anything about “Jackie Taylor” or this Easter or that Easter. She missed also, I knew that. I convinced her that we would never find the actor-I-couldn’t-identify in the crowd, and we climbed back into the Kia. Windows down. Music soft. Until we turned down a canyon drive, and forgot again that we weren’t in a red convertible and how much we missed.
The L.A. sun causes amnesia. I know, because we both already had exchanged plane tickets to fly home early, but on that Sunday morning we forgot every reason that prompted us to end our semester days earlier than planned. She turned up the volume for Outkast and we danced *heeeeyy yyyaaaa* boldly enough to make a red convertible proud.
We turned onto Sunset in our sea foam green Kia, with our windows down and a rhythm to our front-seat dancing. A rhythm to our L.A. life. When I faced the sun and closed my eyes, I could taste the Easter dinner my mom prepared at home, see the faces of friends at school, and feel his hand on the curve of my back, the L.A. sun on my face. For a moment, sitting in that car, the sun healed wounds of time and place. I could be in all places for a solitary moment.
She turned the bass up, and we looked for parking outside Mel’s Diner with the radio blaring *go shawty, it's your birthday* too loudly for 11am on a Sunday morning. Too loudly for Easter brunch. But we were in L.A.! I saw my smile in the side-view mirror and the familiar sight of Mel’s Diner ahead of us. I cranked down my window as far as it could go and thanked the sun. For the next few hours, I stopped wanting to be in all places, and drank up the experience of being in L.A. on an Easter Sunday morning. Sunny and lovely and thrilling.
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December 10, 2011
A Beginning (of Sorts)
He and I sat facing the sun. Squinting at the last game of box ball before the June evening sent us all home. The last few kids laughing and screaming in outdoor voices; our voices quiet, quiet, silent. After the screeching and the chasing and dodging balls and snatching afternoon snacks and teasing and tackling - ours, not the fifth graders - we finally knew how to be quiet with one another. I would leave shortly. Cross the stage with diploma in hand and flash a smile for the camera on the way down the stairs - all of it faster than I expected. All of it coming to an end. Across the blacktop the newly reunited, on-again-off-again, wanna-be class couple, his best and my whoknows went home for the evening.
"I am going to be single for the rest of my life." I could have been reading the dictionary out loud, it came out so dry and factual.
He was 16. I was 17. I said a lot of ridiculous things that year. He ridiculed the majority of it, left some of it alone, and every once in a while, let me know everything would be alright. He took me to prom and danced with me like it wasn't awkward that he was over a foot taller than I or that I spit out justasfriends following the yes. He let me slide under his arm and fall asleep on his shoulder during the ride home.
"Emily." He said it quietly. I knew he was waiting for me to look at him. I took my time. He waited. He just watched my face for a moment. Let my eyes fall comfortably on his. "You won't be."
It was calm and quiet and assuring. But it had an undercurrent of sadness. It moved between us and had an energy stronger than my dry delivery. His eyes fell to the pavement before mine and I realized the weight of my words. He stood up and walked inside. I turned back to the sun and the kids. Their screeching and the bounce of the ball not enough to lift the weight.
I held this belief for so long that I did not realize how heavy it became. How often I refused to let anyone take it from me, take it from me and throw it away. Haphazardly, I tossed it in his direction but refused to let him throw it anywhere other than safely back into my hands. I felt safe with it in my hands. But in that moment, when he held that belief and my eyes, I finally realized its weight.
Somewhere along the Atlantic coastline that summer - the summer that gifted days of neither past nor future, but spilled over with hours of just and only and evermore this moment - I moved that boulder, that weight, those words off my shoulders and cast it into the ocean. Somewhere along the Pacific coastline that summer, I learned how false that belief was - my hands were empty; he slipped his hand into mine.
I might have carelessly tossed that phrase around in the years since. But it was airy and light, joking and teasing. I didn't believe it. It held no weight. If I strung those words together during times when I didn't have another's hand in mine, whomever I tossed them at bat them away, effortlessly.
I wrote an email howevermany weeks ago under the influence of disappointment, sadness, and exasperation. I threw that phrase onto the screen with the intention of making it stick: "I am going to be single for the rest of my life." It did.
I read her response on the edge of the platform waiting for the metro ride home. "Tough love," she began. My declaration had weight again, I realized. I believed it. She knew I believed it.
She continued with everything I needed to hear. That I have to put myself out there. That I have to take risks. That it is going to suck. That it is going to be awesome. That she'll be there no matter what. That "everything great in life from love to friends to jobs to EVERYTHING- these great things come with great risks."
I let her email sit. It, too, had weight.
"Why aren't you dating?" he asked me later that week. I stumbled through an answer, citing lack of energy, lack of time, uncertainties in my life, not the right time. I tripped over every word. "It's not that I wouldn't if I happened to meet someone; I just haven't..." I tried for a strong coherent honest finish. I failed. And flailed.
"So he asked me why you were single," she narrated the next day, "and I told him you have high standards." I interjected quickly with a series of half-words that amounted to a partial, unbaked thought. Surprised I had to wrestle with this topic for the third time that week and surprised she thought I had high standards, I could not put together a complete sentence. Mostly, I was surprised that I didn't have any answers.
I still don't have any real answers. But here is what I do know, for what it is worth:
I won't sign up again.
I know I have to throw away that weighty belief that I will spend the rest of my life single. It has gotten too heavy, again. I know it is the only way I'll ever have the room in my hand to hold to hold someone else's. And for now, that's enough. It's a place to begin.
And I am beginning.
I am beginning.
1 comment:
1. I love your writing so much Em. So so so much. almost as much as I love you.
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Letras de músicas - letra de música - letra da música - letras e cifras - letras traduzidas - letra traduzida - lyrics - paroles - lyric - canciones - THROW IT UP (FEAT. GANGSTA BOO) - EMINEM - música e letra
Utilize o abecedário abaixo para abrir as páginas de letras dos artistas
Throw It Up (feat. Gangsta Boo) letra
I see you bitches talking loud but you aint saying shit
Get the f-ck from round here, you don't rep my shit
You aint from my city, you don't know about this
You don't want that drama you aint ready for it bitch
Now throw it up, (yeah hoe) throw it up (yeah hoe)
Throw it up (yeah hoe) throw it up
You aint ready for it bitch, throw it up
(yeah hoe) throw it up
You aint ready for it bitch
I already got 2 cars on the yard that don't run
So why would i wanna break shit down for you
Better be confused with the punchlines and bars that i launch
Here the king of archery come, with a cracker dick
The f-ck you and that p-ssy carpet you munch
If i'm not hardly the one, you must be barely the one
Baby really, you kidding, bitch i'm the prodigal son
And i'm stuntin like my daddy
Drinking like my momma
Country like my uncles, stuttering like a cd in a ? bump bump bump
And i'm in a blue chevy, running over muthafuckas in first
I aint even shift gears yet, i aint even here yet
I'm outta this earth, right (yeah hoe)
But i just hit the surface
Where the keys?
Bitch you better check your purse
Suckering suckatash, yeah suck a dick bitch
Bitch please you don't wanna step up to this misses
G-a-n-g-s-t-a boo, make a nigga hear his?
I'm up in the building, preaching to my children
I don't be taking no shit from you haters
You make me hurt one of your feelings
Hahahahaha, na-nani-nah-nah
Pick ya face up off the floor, i got you feeling sad now
You be on that ? is bullshit
Run into this gangsta have ya preacher at the pulpit
Bitch, i was born on the mississippi river
Take no shit from a bitch or a nigga
So so crazy got a f-cked up temper
Bi-polar, not nicki i'm worser
I'll hurt ya
I got a crazy ass mind game
My nigga, i'm a lion untamed
Hunt ya ass down in my jungle
I do this, i tell them hoes
You aint ready for it bitch
Me an' yelawolf tear the roof off this muthaf-cka
You aint got the umph, you're a hoof, to the foot of an elephant
Hello tuts you look so eloquent, it's what i tell a cunt
They say i act like an asshole
When i pull up at the white castle
And i ask for an appli-cation, throw it back in her face an'
Tell the bitch i'm a rapper, then i wack her in the head with a whopper
That i bought from bk, you expect me to be proper?
Bitch you better pop in a cd of me immediately, slut, ho
Skidda di da da. prada? nada chance
I was thinkin' about buying you some clothes
But target was closed so i decided to mosey on over to k-mart
But the doors was, was locked, what about some shoes i thought
Great i suppose, so i go to payless but what'dya know
They don't carry a size 8 in hoes! oh!
This is ugly boy swag, puttin' toe tags on you mutherf-ckin' hoe bags
What a trailer trash pioneer?
I am here, that's why i'm here
I don't got a rhyme book it's more like a mutherf-ckin' diary of diarrhea!
Middle fingers aimed at you so we don't gotta scream at you!
Oww! i just bit my bottom lip, it was an accident
I went to go tell 'em all to go get bucked
But i'm not gonna bite my tongue, little bitch throw it up
Eminem - Letras
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Malapropisms, Mondegreens & Spoonerisms
Let’s have some fun with English. This post will deal with three types of English mistakes which can be humorous.
Malapropisms are, in my opinion, the funniest. They occur when the speaker substitutes a similar sounding word for the one intended, sometimes resulting in quite a different meaning. The word malapropos means “inappropriate”. The term malapropism comes from an 18th century English play in which a character named Mrs. Malaprop frequently, and hilariously, used words that weren’t quite what she meant. Shakespeare made good use of malapropisms both to inject humor and to show a character’s ignorance. Archie Bunker in the TV show “All in the Family” was famous for his malapropisms like “a woman doctor is only good for women’s problems, like your groinocology”. Most of us have an acquaintance that practices malapropisms frequently; we have to stifle our snickers and then secretly write them down before we forget them.
Malapropisms commonly occur when the speaker is using a figurative expression that they don’t quite understand, and think that any word will do that sounds similar. An example I heard recently was “chopping at the bit”. If you have ever worked with horses, riding or driving, you will know that when a horse is anxious to get going he will chew energetically at the bit in his mouth, thus “chomping at the bit”. My daughter-in-law was telling someone a year or two ago that her daughter was starting to develop a bad habit, but she “nicked it in the butt”. She’s not a gardener.
Technical terms, especially medical, that people are unfamiliar with are often substituted with similar sounding words that sound more familiar. In my health food store I frequently have elderly gentlemen confide in me that they need something to help with their prostrate. I recently heard someone talk about his digestive track. If he had a case of diarrhea I suppose his food might speed through his digestive tract as if it was a racetrack.
Often, though, it is plain carelessness that causes the substitution. I overheard a mother of two young children telling a friend that her kids went to “vocation bible school” last week. While she might wish them to eventually go into the ministry, age 6 or 8 is a bit young for serious training in a profession. For any unfamiliar with the concept, what she meant was “Vacation Bible School” which some churches hold for a week during the summer holidays to entertain young children and teach them biblical principles.
There is a subset of malapropisms, called Eggcorns (named for the example of egg corns for acorns), where the substituted word makes sense, even if the meaning is changed, while malapropisms do not have to make sense. Most of the examples given above could fit in the eggcorn category.
Mondegreens are similar to malapropisms. They result from the mishearing (rather than misremembering or misunderstanding) of a word or phrase from a song or poem. The name comes from a line in an old Scottish poem which an American writer, Sylvia Wright, misheard as a child:
Ye highlands and ye Lowlands, Oh, where hae ye been?
What she heard in the last line was “…and Lady Mondegreen”.
Mondegreens commonly occur with phrases whose language is antiquated or of a foreign dialect, as in the founding example. Two great sources are the King James translation of the bible and old hymns. These have the advantage (for Mondegreen genesis that is) of having difficult concepts expressed with unfamiliar words but readily accessible to young children.
My aunt, who had two older sisters named Eva and Frances, thought the line of a hymn “Jesus loves even me” was “Jesus loves Eva and me”. (I’m not sure what she thought Jesus had against Frances). My older brother once thought the last line of Psalm 23 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” meant that he would be stalked by Shirley and two other girls that he didn’t know. A classic example quoted in the Wikipedia article is a line from a Fanny Crosby hymn “Gladly the cross I’ll bear” misheard as “Gladly, the cross-eyed bear”.
Children can create mondegreens even from familiar songs and words. A good example is Olive, the mean reindeer in the song “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”. You know, the one who “used to laugh and call him names”. [I don’t know who first originated this mondegreen but it's been made into a book (1997) and an animated movie (1999)].
The third type of amusing English error, Spoonerisms, is quite different from the first two. It occurs when parts of words are interchanged, sort of a verbal dyslexia. Its name comes from Rev. William Archibald Spooner of New College, Oxford, who was famous for these slips of the tongue. Apparently students would flock to his lectures hoping to experience one of these first-hand. One attributed to Spooner that is often quoted today is the question “Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?”
Spoonerisms are not as common as malapropisms or mondegreens. The only one I know of personally (and it’s second hand) was related to my plant ecology class by Dr. Stan Rowe at U of Saskatchewan. A colleague had shared with Dr Rowe his excitement at discovering a group of large stones known in geomorphology as erratic blocks (erratic because they had been transported by glaciers far from their origin, and block because of their large size). The way it came out was “…we came over a hill and there before our eyes was a whole field of erotic blacks.”
Please share examples of any of these that you have heard, either as a comment below or directly to me in an email to
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GHz DPI Fixture
To investigate the conducted immunity of SOIC8-packaged ICs at centimeter wavelengths, we developed a universal test PCB. One can press any IC on it, and have access to all 8 pins by SMA connectors. To perform a Direct Power Injection (DPI), bias tees or blocking capacitors can be connected external to the board. The connector and coplanar traces have an insertion loss better than 1.9 dB at 20 GHz. [1]
SOIC8 DPI fixture
GHz DPI fixture with an LM7805 voltage regulator pressed onto it. Input and output pins are connectorised, all other pins are shorted to the ground.
Generated Layout
The PCB and the corresponding calibration kit were not entered manually into a CAD tool, but generated by a Python script. This way, stitching vias could be placed consistently along curved traces. Furthermore, this guaranteed that the layout was the same for all traces. Finally, it promotes ‘playing around’ with the layout by avoiding tedious and error-prone manual steps.
You are invited to reproduce, falsify and improve upon our research. The Python script, as well as the Gerber files and Eurocircuits order details can be downloaded as zip archive. You only need Python 2.7 to run the script:
Stroke font provided courtesy Altium Ltd.
Creating output directory Y:\Python\centimeterlayout\output
You can now view the Gerber and Excellon files in the output directory, for example with the free Pentalogix ViewMate. In ViewMate:
1. Choose ‘File→Import→Gerber…’, select all *.gbr files by holding down the shift key, and click ‘Import’
2. Select an empty layer and choose ‘File→Import→Drill & Rout…’, select both *.drl files by holding down the shift key, and click ‘Import’
You should now see something like this:
ViewMate preview of the GHz DPI fixture
If you send this order to Eurocircuits with the order details and panelisation instructions found in the order_information directory, you should get something like this:
The next step is to solder Johnson Emerson 142-0771-831 connectors on the calibration kit, following the manufacturers instructions, using the 140-0000-973 soldering tool. The load standard should be fitted with an Vishay CH0402-50RGF 50 Ohm resistor. The [latex]S_{21}[/latex] parameter of the thru standard should measure something like this (between both SMA reference planes):
Thru standard S21 parameter
Measured insertion loss of the thru standard between both SMA reference planes (curve). The different markers are simulated results.
To clamp an IC onto the SOIC8 fixture, one needs a spring: we used an old-fashioned, stainless steel ruler. Two 3 mm holes then must be drilled: one to fix the spring to the board, one for a nylon bolt that presses upon the IC under test (see photo above). To short pads to the ground, we used a CircuitWorks 2200MTP conductive coating dispenser.
Please let us know if you have any problems reproducing above results. Questions, remarks and insults are welcomed at
Electromagnetic Compatibility
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Unlucky Star
by Jennifer Donnell
“If I ever do… kill myself…” Rosalie began, placing a dirty plate into the soapy water filling the stainless steel sink of her kitchen, moving her head with a twitch to get her dyed brown hair out of her eyes… eyes wrinkled, but not half as much as most women her age.
I smoothed my own wavy blonde hair, my face unmade for the day, having just awoken. My calmness at her revelation was evidence that I'd heard this since the age of ten, the first time she expressed wanting to die. I remember knowing, then, that the mind can be like a prison. I remember being thankful that I seemed to have a key to mine and be mostly free.
“I don't want you, not even for one minute,” she continued, tone empowered, “... to blame yourself. If anything, you're the only one who has ever given a damn…” she thought more, then added, “…besides Jeremy.”
Jeremy is my brother. He travels, for work, and often lives abroad, but always makes time to call her. Sometimes he calls from Africa, other times London or Rome.
“You can't do that, ever.” I retorted strictly, fighting fire with her simmering sadness. I spoke commandingly, taking on the authoritative tone of her parent, trumping genetics. “If you do that, no one will ever recover and you'll make it where Camden is more likely to kill himself. Having a relative do that puts teenagers at risk, especially ones who already struggle. Then it would be your fault he killed himself.”
She snorted, annoyed, then spoke up in philosophical defense, “Suicide is the ultimate act of selfishness, so when someone does it they don't worry about others, only themselves!” her British accent came out. It had been years since she lived in Britain, but the accent lingered as much as her childhood wounds and abusive first husband.
The conversation began with my trying to reassure her. I reminded her that however she was feeling right now, today, it wouldn't feel like this forever. It was just a hard day for her, a hard moment. I told her I was sorry she was feeling so "down" and booked appointments for her with a therapist and a psychiatrist.
She fought against the thought of either, saying they wouldn't do any good. She fretted about the copay, but when I mentioned that she could go to the hospital for more immediate help, she shrieked and told me to know when to shut up.
“Well, you can't go on like this!” I demanded, “Besides, the therapist has a ton of credentials in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She helps with mindfulness and stress relief, both of which could help with your sleep..”
“I'm fine.” she insisted, “I'm fine now.” she insisted, then changed her mind, the alcohol that helped her sleep even a few hours still polluting her system. I could smell it in the air, like fragrance. She walked out of the room saying that she's worse when others are around to listen.
I sat down on the couch and she walked in again, restless in her upset.
It had been years since she was able to sleep properly. That's another jail cell, the inability to sleep. She tried sleeping pills, but most didn't work, left her addicted, and the ones that did began to affect her hearing.
I considered joking that it was better to be, “Deaf and happy, than sleepless and miserable.” but this seemed uncouth.
“I only feel like dying because…” and she began to list reasons, a laundry lists of current concerns, some she considered my fault, others financial or personal. “Mostly it's because I'm old now. You don't know what it's like to be old! There's nothing to look forward to!”
She looked glum. Even sad, she was beautiful for her age.
“But that's not true.” I told her, honestly, “You felt like this when I was small and…”
“Only when you were a teenager, because YOU kept me up all night from worry when you stayed out late.” she interrupted, again blameful.
“No, even when I was ten. We went skiing and…” I remembered her lying in bed, comatose, feeling it was her husband's fault, back then. She used to say she'd been born under an unlucky star.
“Oh, be quiet!” she raged back at the memory, “I don't need to be reminded how I felt 20 years ago.”
And she walked outside, into the garden she tends to with immaculate care. The spring flowers were blooming and the pink matched her cardigan. She picked up the rake and moved some fallen leaves, then went to the hose and sprayed the plants clean.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Natural Hair Update.....
Allllllllrighty, so my natural hair journey has been all over the place. Starting from last October, that's when all the hair drama came about. Let's do a quick recap. So I began my transition to natural hair on August 23, 2009. I transitioned for 26 months, cutting my hair on November 11, 2011.
............. Fast forward to October. It was October 27, 2012. That was the day that I decided to make the devastating decision to go to the Dominican hair salon to get a dominican blowout. Worst decision ever. The name of the salon was Martha's Palace. The "stylists" at this salon are horrible. They don't know how to do natural hair or relaxed hair for that matter. I won't go through the trouble of going on and on about how they damaged my hair and how I got tons of heat damage. I won't bother you by making you read about how they disrespect their customers and hurt people's hair. You don't have to read about the mess that they caused. You can simply just watch my video and it will give you a clear idea on the mess I went through.
This video will give you a clear idea of the suffering that I went through. I will never go to another Dominican hair salon. What's the point?! Anyways, I'm just gonna upload a few pics of me before and after my trip to the torture chamber.
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1. They hurt! You are SOOO funny! I missed you and your videos!
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Listen to some Blair
So my slogan is cover songs, my fav bands, and whatever the hell I feel like. This would fall in the latter category though definitely has the potential of moving into the territory of my fav bands. I was recently sent an EP of a female singer/songwriter named Blair (see adorable photo above). While you might be bracing in your chairs for my latest sell job, I wouldn't be recommending this if I didn't think it was definitely worth a listen. One track in particular, Mona Lisa is simply beautiful. Its folky, gentle twang has got me hooked. She's drawn comparisons to the likes of Jenny Lewis and Cat Power (whom she's incidentally opened for before), though that'd be unfair for me to make that call since I'm haven't really listened to a lot of either of those artists. When I first heard Mona Lisa, the first things that came to mind were Hawksley Workman's When These Mountains Were The Seashore and The Shins' Gone for Good, both great songs. I would say Blair's vocal qualities are not unlike Sarah McLachlan. I think when you come across a new artist, it's inevitable to immediately relate and compare them to familiar artists in order for your brain to process the music. Even her own website describes her music as Dolly Parton meets Radiohead. That's probably why I often latch on to new artists via cover songs and though I'm loathe to admit it, have a hard time listening intently to unfamiliar bands. That's also why you should stop reading my incoherent ramblings and listen to Blair's music for yourself.
Blair - Mona Lisa
The 4-song EP itself is titled Pluto, a reference to the fact that last year Pluto lost its planet status, an irrevocable shift in perspective that serves as a metaphor for the life-altering changes experienced after Hurricane Katrina hit Blair's hometown of New Orleans. This was also the subject of an amusing Threadless shirt design (Pluto, not Katrina) that I got someone as a X-Mas gift last year. But the more I think about it, I'm kinda bummed that there are now only 8 planets in our solar system. A childhood factoid retroactively wiped out. Future generations of children will look at our 80's science textbooks/posters and laugh "I can't believe they used to think Pluto was planet, ha!" just like we used to mock 1950's duck and cover educational films. When I think of Pluto I'm also reminded of one of the great paradoxes in life: Goofy and Pluto, both dogs... think about it. Pluto (the dog) debuted in 1930, the same year they discovered Pluto (the ex-planet), hence his name. Both were named after the Roman God of the Underworld Pluto, who is known in Greek circles as Hades, later Disneyfied and voiced with panache by James Woods in 1997's Hercules. OK, I've digressed a bit here.
Definitely give the Pluto (the EP) a listen on Blair's myspace site. It can also be purchased from CDBaby for $5. An impressive debut EP and I can't wait to hear what the future has in store. In fact, I've made a Blair label for this post in anticipation of a future listening experiences that require posting about.
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Monday, April 08, 2013
Installment 5 of F. Scott Sinclair's Novel "The Walls Have Ears: A Novel of America"
Warning: If you are easily shocked with regard to contrary
points of view, conspiracy theories, offensive language,
political correctness, sex, or anything else that may offend
minor (but by no means limited to the aforementioned),
please do not read this novel, short story, fictional blog, or
anything else F. Scott Sinclair writes about. It's not for you...
are imaginary: the settings, events and characters are
fictitious, and/or are the product of the author's imagination
or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual events
Installment 5 of "The Walls Have Ears: A Novel of America"
General Ortega
I found myself on the floor of a mud hut. The stench of
my own blood and bodily fluids made my eyes open like a
cork popping off of a champagne bottle. I nearly gagged.
The back of my head and ribs felt like a sledge hammer
had pulverized them senseless. As I internally searched
for any broken bones, I attempted to move my arms.
As I did so, I felt the unbearable pain of a weight crushing
my forearm. Was I paralyzed…?! If I were paralyzed,
there wouldn’t be any pain, I thought.
“Good morning, General Ortega,” an unfamiliar
voice spoke out of nowhere.
I tried to move my right arm once more, perhaps
I was experiencing hallucinations. It wouldn’t budge…
As I tried to focus my bloodshot eyes through my
puffy eyelids, I saw the outline of a black boot that
had immobilized my forearm, and said, “Morning. It’s
a bit difficult to shake your hand from where I am.
Please excuse me…”
Stepping down harder, I winced in pain…but tried
to be brave under the circumstances.
“Now, is that anyway to treat a guest in your
country?” the stranger asked.
Tasting the blood from my facial wounds, I choked
and coughed, then said best I could, “If you’d remove
your boot from my arm, I think I could manage to greet
you as you’ve suggested.”
As the stranger removed the sole of his jungle boot,
he said, “Is that better?”
With a mocking tone, and the stranger said, “That
being the case, let’s start over from scratch. How’s
that sound?”
I raised myself to my knees, and then collapsed.
Seconds later, I awoke to a startling chill. He’d thrown
ice water in my face to revive me.
“As I was saying, General Ortega, I’d like to clear
a few matters up. Sergeant, place our friend
here in the hot seat.”
With drooping eyelids and bloody saliva running
off the corner of my mouth, I said, “I didn’t catch
your name. Care to repeat it?”
Standing with a cane stick in his hand, the stranger
said, “My name is not important. But let’s skip the
formalities and get to the bottom line. Whose side
are you on, General?”
Gasping for air, I said, “Yours, of course…!”
“That’s not what our informants are telling us.
You’re behind the propaganda scheme to defy
American interests, isn’t that correct?”
God, I hope the troops I had deployed get here soon.
“Answer me…!”
As he pounced on my right foot with the heel
of his jungle boot, I shouted, “For Christ’s sake, I
don’t know what the hell you’re talking about!”
“Are you the one who has been behind your
President’s speeches?!”
I cried, “No…!”
The tall stranger in fatigues with his cane in
hand, smacked me across the face, and said,
“That’s bullshit, and you know it. You’d better
come clean, General Ortega…or else. You’ve
received a lot of money under the table, yet
we’re losing the propaganda war. And it’s
because of you, right?!”
I was speechless… My tongue was so swollen,
I couldn’t utter a word.
“Have it your way, General Ortega. But if
there’s a next time, you’d better tell your boss
that if one oil well is blown to smithereens, his
Boy Scout militia of the loyal poor will be annihilated.
Completely…! We’ll, defoliate the forests and
mountains so thoroughly, our satellites will be
able to photograph anyone taking a shit anywhere
in the countryside. Is that understood?”
My head fell forward as I slumped over in
the chair. A dose of smelling salts startled my
senses. His huge fists slapped my face into
submission, but only on the surface. I wasn’t
going to agree to anything, or sign anything.
I’d die before I betrayed our President.
Hearing the frustration of a harsh exhale from
the interrogator, I sensed my doom.
“One last question: Did you instruct your
revered leader to destroy the damn oil fields
if America attacks your country?”
His face neared mine. Our eyeballs were
locked on like a couple of SAM missiles on
radar. “No, damn it!” as I spit in his face.
As he wiped the blood soaked saliva from
his face, he crushed me with a blow of his cane
to my back. I screamed, but the world wasn’t
listening. For god’s sake, I pray my troops
haven’t abandoned me. Were they employed
by the CIA also? Have they betrayed me?
“That’s it…!” the stranger said to a fellow
interrogator who was sitting in the corner
of the hut being amused. “Get a stick of
dynamite and a long fuse…and some petroleum
jelly. We’re doing this by the book, yah hear?”
The other short and stocky interrogator in
the room pulled the toothpick from his lips,
casting it aside, and says, “Real approved torture?”
Gazing at his partner, the main man says,
“Yeah. Just like the president said at the signing
of the anti-torture bill.”
“You’re referring to the lit fuse scenario?”
“Now, you’re coming around. Anyway, get
with the program. I need the stuff now!”
“Gotcha covered, partner.”
It wasn’t more than a couple of minutes before
he returned with the explosive hardware,
and a surprise.
“What did you bring her here for…!”
His aide just shook his shoulders, placing the
requested stuff in the vacated chair, and
then departed.
His boss, my so-called no name CIA case
officer, appeared out of the shadows, and says,
“Let’s talk this over. Okay?”
“There’s nothing to talk over, dear. Got
it sweets? He’s history. Period…!”
She appeared to be a midget next to my
torturer, but she had spunk, and says, “He’s
my asset, not yours. You’ll do this thing my
way. Water boarding is authorized, but not
this. And I don’t give a damn about the
President’s misguided signing. Is that understood?”
The Army Special Forces sergeant looked
on as the verbal battle escalated.
“Sergeant, take our lady friend here to
her quarters where she’ll remain until
extraction from this miserable place.”
Standing her ground, my case officer says,
“You’ll regret this, mister!”
“Take her away. Get her out of my sight.”
“Yes sir,” the sergeant said as he hauled
her away. She struggled, but the sergeant put
a hand over her mouth to hush her up.
Oh, my god, it was Showtime for me…
“General Ortega, I’m sorry you had to
hear all this, but I think you get the picture.
You’ll either give us the itinerary of your
fearless leader for the next month, his
defense plans, et cetera, and confess to
us your part in this propaganda scheme—or
it’s adieus time! Are you ready to meet your
maker? Do you have the humor and the
courage of an Art Buchwald?!”
I lifted my head proudly, and smiled
the best Art Buchwald smile I could manage,
and said, “You bet… I’m ready, if you are?”
Pissed, he grabbed the fuse and lubricated
it with petroleum jelly and crammed it up my ass.
“Jesus H. Christ…!”
He just smiled with contempt, and says,
“Just think how it would feel without petroleum jelly?”
I felt and got the picture at the same time.
Not comforting thoughts, as I watched him
attached the short fuse to the inside of the
stick of dynamite, and joined the other longer
fuse together with the short one.
He wiggled the shitty end of the fuse so
I’d remember that I was attached to the
forthcoming explosion, and says curtly,
“Here’s to you, General Ortega. I’ll be outside
if you change your mind. Just say the word,
and we’ll dowse the fuse. But if you’re bluffing,
you won’t be for long…”
I just nodded my head, and said, “Get it over with…!”
Shaking his head, the interrogator lit the
fuse and summarily walked out of the hut.
My ass was in his hands: figuratively and literally.
I could feel the shaft of his middle finger
scratching my hemorrhoids. I closed my eyes,
viewing the last slideshow I'd ever see in this life.
As my life passed before my eyes, I saw my
beloved family waving as though they knew that
this was my last day on earth. I trembled like
a condemned prisoner before the gas pellets
were ignited in the gas chamber. I saw the fuse
burning as it roared towards my ass...! I
turned my head away as the flame approached
the dynamite, taking my last breath...
F. Scott latest published novel. I hope you enjoy it as much
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Windows Phone is just not right
I was a great believer in the Windows Phone. The Windows Phone 7 came out, it did not interest me at all but WP 8 got this rush going through my veins that I loved. I was excited to look at Windows Phone. It had fresh new design, new functionality. It was something very different from iOS and Android. I was obsessed with Nokia Lumia 820 and 920. I look how amazing Nokia had made their new smartphones. And now, I totally detest them.
It had all the jazz smartphones need, but it did not have apps. Around this time Windows platform was struggling to get any actual apps going for WP 8. They got Instagram last year and Flipboard this week in October 2014. Their native and organic apps are crazy and now I feel the look is actually dull. Okay the new update did give them the wallpaper on the live tiles but that was it. Cortana might be amazing but it still is not what Google Now or Siri can already do. Yes Cortana does have some additional functionality but it is not selling WP is it?
There are so many games, so many utility apps that I would want on Windows Phone that I already use on my iPhone and Nexus devices but it is just not there! You do not get the power of choice. What Microsoft is still selling are the cameras and to be fair now the Android Phones have equal or better cameras in almost every category.
Windows Phone surely has to change this. Developers have to show interest in WP otherwise I do not see the feature of Windows Phone heading anywhere. If you have even AI in your phone but don’t have apps, you are not going to sell them anyway. When anyone, ANYONE talks about the best smartphone in the world, there is no Windows Phone named in the top 10. None. That HAS TO change.
Author: Sinha
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Inside the Money Machine by Minnie Bruce Pratt
(Carolina Wren Press, Durham, NC, 2011)
It doesn't take the Great Recession to make Minnie Bruce Pratt's Inside the Money Machine a necessary read. But economic times do heighten the necessity of being reminded of the human lives behind unemployment and other economic statistics. Inside the Money Machine presents versified stories of, to cite the press release, "those who work for a living, out of the house or at home, from the laundromat to the classroom, from blue-collar construction sites to white-collar desk jobs...the people who survive and resist inside 'the money machine' of 21st-century capitalism." For example, from "Picketing the Bargain Store":
They say: We do not lack imagination. They watch
the boss try to harness them with word, threat, and trick.
They know he is out front getting photographed under
the red-white-and-blue Grand Opening banner, there
to remind shoppers of a national holiday, a victor's war.
They know we are inside fourteen hours a day, seven
days a week, once three days straight, no break,
one pizza a day to eat. Inside, they bend, grasp, lift
up onto the shelves the stuff for someone else's house,
bottles of bleach, welcome mats, thin pastel towels,
the green-and-gold peacock porcelain clocks,
each crowned head arched back to look at how well
it carries time in its belly. They make $2.74 an hour,
no benefits, no overtime. At night they sleep on the floor
of someone else's 99 Cent Dream Bargain Store.
They are here today to say: !Basta! Not us, not any more.
The book reminds me of Barbara Ehrenreich's two books on the working class, Nickel and Dimed and Bait & Switched. One depressing effect I gleaned from this book was how expensive for many would be the cost of a typical poetry book. $15, $16...? These are real monies to many of the people whose stories/personas are offered. Anyway, it's appropriate to raise Ehrenreich's analyses because a comparison reveals the validity of Inside the Money Machine--that is, if one wanted to present a discourse on a topic, an actual study based on good journalism often would be a more effective form than poems. But it is Pratt's poetic mastery--specifically lyricism--that makes Inside the Money Machine warrant its pages. For example, here's one poem in its entirety:
Opening the Mail
She used to work down in the copy center, and,
don't get her wrong, she liked it, she did. The big
xerox engines purred, paper rolled out like money
and shot into slots like a casino payoff. But this job,
there's something new every day, the letters come in,
hundreds, thousands, from all over the place, and she
gets to open every one. The message in a bottle, the note
when she walked out the door, the handkerchief dropped
behind him during the game at recess. She slices each
open with her knife, logs it and routes it to the other girls.
But her dream is to get a camper and follow the NASCAR
races. Six days travel and on Sunday stand inside the final
circuit of sound, inside that belly. It's not the same as on TV
where it seems like they are just going round and round. Not
the same at all, she says. Every moment counts, and the air
smells like burning oil. Any minute it could burst into flames.
The leap between the first two stanzas' narratives bespeaking the persona's secret desire of following NASCAR races (a passion I happen to witness locally every year when trailers converge from all over the country onto an open field across a car racing stadium) as well as the energetic ending "Every moment counts, and the air / smells like burning oil. Any minute it could burst into flames." is a creation possible specifically through poetry. It's a transformation also made manifested in the following resonant poem:
A Temporary Job
Leaving again. If I didn't care, I wouldn't be
grieving. the particulars of place lodged in me,
like this room I lived in for eleven days,
how I learned the way the sun laid its palm
over the side window in the morning, heavy
light, how I'll never be held in that hand again.
The structure of the book also evoked a French movie I saw last century, entitled I think "The Secret Lives of Angels," which presented the doomed life of a factory worker who fell in love with a rich young man who'd come to toss her aside. She was friends with another girl who was a poor artist also working at the factory to make money. By "structure," I mean that Pratt occasionally inserted references to poem-making, reminding how the artistic practice might well be the most impoverished work path, from a purely financial standpoint. One difference between the betrayed lover in the movie who'd come to commit suicide and her friend was that her friend had her art--does this suffice in a world where rent and food requires a mad scramble? In a poem like the following, Pratt wisely avoids saying art is a guaranteed redemption and, instead, that Poetry just is--
Writing Poetry in a Rented Kitchen
Late at night silence settles down around me,
then comes the big tick of the electric clock,
then a whispered click like a syncopated
second hand, insistent phrase that stops,
starts, repeats again, finger tap I follow,
broken thread of sound, to the window.
A thumb-sized green lace-winged creature
staggers back and forth on the wire mesh,
marching with its flick and tiny flam of noise,
what I'll hear as I lie down in my strange bed,
a little bic pen in a nervous hand clicking
and writing down words I'll read in my sleep.
--even though the persona obviously feels some benefit from making poems.
While the frequent bleakness throughout many poems is logical, it's still sad that there aren't much occasions of redemption or burden-lightening, but maybe that just makes this a more accurate portrait, more authentic. In this sense, the book did not fail by the standards of its epigraph:
"The only danger is not going far enough"
--Muriel Rukeyser
Thus, the logic of the last poem:
If We Jump Up
Let new words leap out of our mouths.
Let our hands be astonished at what we have made, and glad.
Let us follow ourselves into a present not ruled by the past.
If we jump up now, our far will be near.
That's all that can be said. The possibly only alternative Happy Ending to the book that's based on capitalism is that one worked hard and became a multimillionaire. It can happen, sure, but the field is not -- has never been -- level: insider trading, anyone? legacy acceptances, anyone, for those applying to great schools? social, political, cultural, racial etc biases, anyone? But the poem does exhort, "jump up"! People should speak up, protest, act and not simply take abuse.
Ultimately, In the Money Machine is masterful for not delivering its politics through the elevated rant, logical though rants may surface. When Pratt says the following in "The Street of Broken Dreams", it comes off most effectively as a statement of fact:
This insistence on dignity and respect is delivered almost matter-of-factly (even if, paradoxically, lyrically) and, in such non-hyped insistence, most powerfully. Pratt deserves kudos for the deftness with which she allows for nuances to communicate quite clearly.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
What are you waiting for?
Yeshua taught:
Jewish tradition says that at Yom Kippur, God only forgives sins we've commited against Him. The sins we've committed against other people, we have to go and ask forgiveness for. Yeshua taught the same thing, and he was pretty serious about it:
It takes a lot of courage to go to someone and apologize, or even to ask, "Is there anything I've done over the year which I should apologize for?" But it sends a message to your loved ones that their friendship is important to you, and it sends a message to God that you truly love Him by loving your neighbor.
So what are you waiting for?
May all of the readers at Gathering Sparks have an easy and meaningful fast.
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah--the Sabbath of Return. There are two special haftorah readings* for this week which have to do with repentance. Some excerpts:
Hosea 14:1-2
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God.
Your sins have been your downfall!
Take words with you and return to the LORD.
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin
and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
On Shabbat Shuvah, Micah reminds us of something crucial during this season of repentance: Where is God in all of this? Delighting to show mercy.
Yeshua told a famous parable about return: the story of the prodigal son. The point of the parable is that God's response to us when we make to welcome us back to Him.
To read more about Yeshua's parable, I invite you to check out my first contribution to The Set Table--a commentary on Yeshua's parable of the prodigal son.
May you find shalom as you make your way back to God on this Shabbat Shuvah.
*Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tashlich now we've probably devoted a significant amount of time putting into practice all the things we've been talking about: examining ourselves before God, going to other people to apologize for things we've done wrong over the year, repenting for sin, and making resolutions for a better new year...
If that describes you, Baruch Hashem!* If not--well, you're in good company.
Let's face it: our lives are busy. Once we get done at work, there's tons to do at home. And if you're student, well...
Our tradition has a solution for this. It's called tashlich. Haven't heard of it? It's simple: take some bread** (and a few friends if you want) and go to a stream or river. As you throw the pieces of bread into the water, think over the past year--about the things that have come between you and God, or you and other people. Then remember God's promise:
"That's it?" you ask leadingly. "That's it," I reply. There's no special blessings, no particularly prescribed way to do it.
In a season filled with many beautiful prayers aimed to assist us in voicing our heartfelt repentance to God, tashlich stands out as an action so basic that the simplest child can do it, even without fully understanding its meaning.
So if you're feeling like you haven't had enough time this season, I want to encourage you: try doing tashlich before Erev Yom Kippur on Sunday night.
*Bless God.
** You can also do tashlich with pebbles or stones if you feel that using bread is wasteful.
A Simple New Years Resolution
One of my favorite blogs is A Simple Jew. Here's a great example of why:
אתה. I have resolved that this one word, comprised of just three letters, is going to be the focus of my avodas Hashem for 5770. I have rushed over the word אתה so many times... Beginning with the new year, I have made it a practice to slow down anytime I encounter this word... It is my sincere hope that by doing this that my kavana [intent] and deveykus [devotion] will increase significantly over the course of the next year; allowing me to come even just a small step closer to shleimus hatefilla (perfected prayer).
What simple resolutions can you make during these days to help you come closer to God?
(A word of advice: if you make a resolution to do something better this year, tell a friend! I've done this several times over the past few years, and it's made all the difference. Special thanks to those friends--you know who you are!)
Friday, September 18, 2009
L'shana tova!
As we enter into Rosh Hashanah tonight and begin the coming year, may we be strengthened in the message of Yeshua (thanks to Derek Leman for these verses):
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the good news. (Mark 1:1)
And also in his universal message of repentance and forgiveness.
L'shana tova!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The 13 Midot
A major component of selichot prayers is the 13 Midot, the list of the 13 attributes of God, from Exodus 34:6-7. After the children of Israel sin with the golden calf, Moses is interceding with them before God. When it seems Moses has said all he can say, then God passes before Moses and makes this proclamation about Himself. Jewish tradition says that God wrapped Himself in a tallis when He passed before Moses, and that the Holy One was demonstrating to Moses how to intercede to Him. (If the idea of God wearing a tallis is weird to you, ask yourself, "Why?" It would probably make for a great discussion...)
I have read that the Torah is the basis for how man should behave, but the sages said that to be truly Godly means to emulate these 13 Midot. I believe that Yeshua was not only perfectly adherent to the Torah, but that he revealed through his life
Hashem, Hashem, God, Compassionate and Gracious,
Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness and Truth,
Preserver of Kindness for thousands of generations,
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
God be merciful to me, a sinner!
The week before Rosh Hashanah, it is custom to say special selichot, or penitential prayers, as part of preparing our hearts for the holidays. At certain points during these prayers, it is customary to strike one's chest with one's fist as a symbol of remorse.
This reminds me of the parable told by Yeshua about the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14):
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Yom Kippur, or "Don't Judge Me, Man!"
No one likes being judged. "She's so judgmental," is probably one of the most condemning ways you could describe a person. And judgmental religious folk are the worst--don't they know the saying "Judge not, lest ye be judged?"
If we let judgmental people hijack our understanding of God as judge, we're the ones who end up losing out. The ancient Israelites had a different view of judgment--they longed for it. When they were oppressed by foreign nations, they cried out to God: "Rise up, judge of the earth, give the arrogant their deserts!" (Psalm 94:2)
"Give the arrogant their deserts." How many times have you wished for that to happen? How many times have you had something unfair happen to you, or to a friend, and wished that someone with authority to fix it would step in? How much do the injustices in the world make you wish for justice? If you can't relate, ask around; I guarantee you know someone who's been treated unfairly and can tell you about the very real feelings that come when you feel like you're being treated unjustly.
"God will judge." This is ultimately a message of hope, especially for the poor, for the defenseless, for those who have no one to defend them.
But before we're ready to wholeheartedly call for God's judgment, we have to ask ourselves some honest questions. Have I done wrong by my neighbor? Am I a loving person? Have I been a part of the solution, or a part of the problem? As the Psalmist wrote:
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24
When we're honest with ourselves, I think almost everyone is conscious of ways in which we don't live up to what we know to be right. Fortunately, there is an even better message of hope than "God will judge"--and that is that "God loves mercy." Again, the Psalmist wrote:
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
Psalm 51:16-17
This is the theme of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement--that the God who created the world, who loves justice and hates wickedness, also loves mercy. As one of Yeshua's talmidim wrote:
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Learning to Dance, Learning to Pray
Have you ever wanted to take dance lessons?
I'm not talking about the electric slide. I mean the kind of dancing when you're at a wedding and an old standard comes on, and somebody's aunt and uncle go over to the dance floor, and they start doing a foxtrot. Or swing dancing. Both partners are moving together, they know the right moves to make, and it just looks...beautiful.
I've always liked dancing, but when a song requires a specific step, more often than not I choose to sit and watch. Not because I don't want to join in, but because I don't know the steps.
So how is praying like dancing?
When it comes to prayer, many of us are the same way. We're great at freeform or spontaneous prayer, but when it comes to liturgical prayer, we'd just as soon sit it out. Perhaps you've even wondered: why would anyone want to pray a prayer that's already been written down?
The answer is: for the same reason that couples learn the steps in order to be able to waltz, tango, or foxtrot. The same reason that playwrights write down lines and actors learn them. The same reason that jazz musicians learn standards.
Improvisation, freedom, and spontaneity...
...all three are key ingredients in all three of these activities (dancing, acting, and music). But without the form (steps, scripts, standards), all the spontaneity in the world can still end up feeling rote and tired.
Jewish prayer is rich with liturgy. To really understand it, you must try to think of the siddur (the Jewish prayerbook) as the steps to a dance. It's merely the outline, to show you where to place your feet. But you're the one and God.
And there's more: by supplying you with words to pray, the siddur doesn't just give voice to things you want to say to God. It also teaches you new (old) ways to talk to God--not only individually, but as part of a people who have had an ongoing relationship with the God who first called them into peoplehood.
Prayer and the High Holy Days
The high holy day services have their own special prayers. All of these prayers have important meanings, and without understanding the meanings behind the prayers, we may find ourselves feeling unmoved...or bored. However, if we take the time to learn the meanings behind the traditions, we may discover a wealth of meaning...which will help our own relationship with God.
To learn more about Jewish prayer as "dancing through history," and how the siddur facilitates our "participation in a sacred drama," I recommend reading Rabbi Joshua Brumbach's two part series on rethinking Jewish prayer at the Yinon blog.
As you read Rabbi Joshua's articles, you can think about these questions:
• What is prayer?
• What are some of the obstacles that hinder us from praying? In what ways can the siddur help us to surmount these obstacles?
• In what ways can liturgical prayers enable us to pray together with one voice as a community?
• How does praying the traditional prayers of the Jewish people allow us to connect with Jewish history?
The Shofar 2, or 10 Reasons Why We Blow the Shofar
Why is this night different from all other nights? Why are we commanded to blow the shofar? Why do we eat kosher? Why, why, why?
If the Jewish tradition were like an annoying older brother, he would probably say "Sheket!"* to all your questions, and then go back to working on his blog whatever he was trying to say about how the spiral of the ram's horn resembles the intricacies of life's entanglements and blah blah blah blah bla...
Luckily for all of us, Jewish tradition isn't like a know-it-all older brother.
It's more like a zeyde...a twinkly-eyed Jewish family patriarch who loves to scoop you onto his lap and tell you stories about the time when Uncle Moshe led the entire family across the scalding hot sand, and how the manna tasted like borscht on Tuesdays and matzah brie every second Friday. Just like a zeyde, sometimes the tradition can tell stories that get kinda long, or go over your head, or even seem a bit gruff. But the older you get the more you realize that just as your bubbe or zeyde was an authentic link to the Jewish past, so the tradition is. And that without that link to the past, your Jewish present and future will be...well, let's just say more boring than a stage adaptation of Leviticus.
Jewish tradition is all about "Why?"
The midrash is all the "Why?"s asked by the great sages of Jewish history about the stories in the Torah. The Talmud is the "Why?s" asked by the sages about halakha (how we "walk out" the commandments in Torah). Why does the youngest child learn to sing "Ma Nishtana?" (the four questions) at the Passover seder? So she will be taught to ask "Why?"!
So why are you telling me this?
I'm glad you asked. On Rosh Hashanah we blow the shofar--great! But why? Why did God command us to blow the ram's horn on this day once a year?
The Saadia Gaon (9th century Jewish sage) suggested not just one, but 10 reasons. You could say that this is part of a long tradition of "top ten" lists that goes back to Moshe Rabbenu and the Ten Commandments. I was going to write out the list myself, but Derek Leman beat me to the punch.
So go ahead, check out Derek's article on the Saadia Gaon's ten reasons why we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. Top that, Dave!
When you're finished, ask yourself:
• Are the Saadia Gaon's reasons for blowing the shofar relevant to me today?
• Which reason most resonates with me? What does that tell me about myself?
• Which reason least resonates with me? Why? Does it point to an area in my beliefs where I could stand to learn more, or grow a bit?
• How can I make sure to remember these reasons when we sound the shofar this Rosh Hashanah?
*Hebrew for "Quiet!"
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Food Preservation - Principle 3
Control of Pest Activities {Principle 3 }
Principle 3 of food preservation tells that food can be saved from spoilage damage caused by pest (these are also insects but they compete with Human for food). Insects, rodents and birds have attained pest status in most countries. These cause heavy damage to food stuff. these are a constant threat to man's survival. These must be controlled to avoid food spoilage.
Control of Insects
Insects destroy almost 50 percent of the annual cereal grain crops in some developing countries. Traditionally, food industry has controlled insect pests in grains and some dried food by fumigation (process in which fumes of chemicals are used to kill insets). Such chemicals are used which give maximum insect control and minimum health hazard(damage).These food are further protected from insects by packaging in insect proof containers.
Control of Rodents
Complete removal of rodents is almost impossible. The situation is worse in developing countries. Systematic control of rat and mice is practiced in most of the industrial units of developed countries. A typical systematic control includes the use of poison baits, rat-traps and biological method ( use of Cats ) to kill rat and mice.
Control of Birds
Birds consume grains in the field before crop is harvested. This loss by birds has traditionally been reduced by installing noise-making dummies ( shaped like humans or animals ) at different points in the farm. Birds also contaminate(add impurities) food and water. To prevent this, bird screens can be used over grain or water storage.
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Monday, January 9, 2017
LP Review: "Reach For The Sky" by Solitude
Reach For The Sky
Driving home last night, I was listening to the Stuff You Missed In History Class Podcast.
The ever affable hosts were discussing The Piltdown Man. As an avid student of Antrhopology and Human Evolution ever since first seeing the chart of human evolution in National Geographic, this particular episode was of great interest to me.
This was the first time mine ears had heard the phrase, Piltdown Man.
It was a transitional hominid species discovered in Europe with a simian like mandible and human like brain case. Long has the idea of the transitional species fossils been a sticking point for science deniers.
It's as if they are saying, humanity has found every single fossil and species that has ever to have walked the earth, therefore as we don't have these transitional species today, they do not exist.
No one knows quite for sure why, but the Piltdown Man was a total fraud.
The Piltdown Man was a missing link to something that never existed.
Though the furthest thing from fraud, Solitude is kind of like The Piltdown Man.
Originally formed in 1996, they have a strong NWOBHM, Thrash, and Traditional Heavy Metal influence.
It's as if we've finally found the band that's the link between Iron Maiden and Metallica!
Of course, as this album came out in 2016 (in the States), that's obviously not the case. But in music and the arts, unlike science, you can always go backwards to find inspiration.
Solitude has a thick vocal style. There's little of the NWOBHM or Traditional Metal influence there. Vocalist, Akira Sugiuchi, straddles the line between early James Hetfield and current Paul Speckmann.
The guitarist, Shingo Ida, plays a wide variety of styles. Between Iron Maiden arpeggio runs, Metallica's crushing riffs, and Black Sabbath's ringing chords, Ida covers all the bases. That's just his rhythm work.
Ida's leads are unbelievable. It would be nice had he a friend for more harmonies, but that's certainly to take nothing away from his work!
All of the songs are titled, written, and sung in English, taking away from the idea that the Japanese school system isn't teaching their children English very well. This album has already been out in Japan, but now those of us in the west get to hear their take on Western Metal.
If you're looking for another Babymetal...keep looking. This is harsh stuff.
Release: 11/25/16
Genre: Metal
Label: Test Your Metal Records
Formats: CD/Digital
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
dirty joke o' the day
Q. Why was Frosty the Snowman smiling?
A. Because he heard the snowblower was coming.
Bonus joke!
Q. What is the best part of sex education?
A. Boning up for the finals!
1 comment:
BBC said...
Good ones, you may like my hike into the hot springs today, if you don't mind looking at naked old men.
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Gongstriker was founded in 2015 by Jimmy Wagner a former Elite Cyclist and certified trainer.
Jimmy Wagner (spinning class)
The name Gongstriker has its origins in the famous chinese Dragon Boat Races.
The Gongstriker was the heartbeat of each dragon boat, leading the crew throughout a race with the rhythmic beating of a drum or gong to indicate the timing and frequency of the paddling strokes.
The Gongstriker issued commands to the crew about cadence and pacing in order to perform at their peak.
Dragon Boat racing (source: internet)
Training with Power
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Sunday, August 5, 2007
I've had it.
When the Democratic congress was elected I had some hope that they would restore sanity to the police state this country is becoming. I was wrong. Those bunch of worthless assholes have just signed away the 4th amendment to the constitution. The Bush administration can now, with the blessing of the congress, wiretap American communications into and out of the country without a warrant.
From the ACLU:
“That a Democratically-controlled Senate would be strong-armed by the Bush administration is astonishing. This Congress may prove to be as spineless in standing up to the Bush Administration as the one that enacted the Patriot Act or the Military Commissions Act.”
Every Senator from California, if they voted for it, just lost my support. In fact, I'll donate money to whoever runs against them next time they're up for election. Of would help if they would tell us who the hell voted for it.
While the House of Representatives' website gives details of how each member voted, the Senate website just displays the message "Results of roll call votes are published here approximately an hour after they have been announced." even though the vote took place more than two days ago.
This is un-fucking-believable. Write your senators and representatives. Ask them why the Constitution isn't important anymore.....
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How Long Does a Hair Live?
Hairs do not live forever. In fact, they hardly live at all. The base of a hair is called the root, and nestles inside a tiny pit in the skin called a hair follicle. Cells in the follicle multiply and add to the root. They fill with hard keratin, glue themselves together into a rod shape, and rapidly die. The rest of the hair, called the shaft, is gradually pushed upwards in the process. A single scalp hair grows like this for about three years. Then it falls out and the follicle rests for up to six months, before sprouting a new hair. Luckily, this natural replacement happens at different times all over the scalp, rather than all at once. About 100 old hairs are lost daily and 100 new ones appear.
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Kimberly Flanagan
Indudlge without Too Much Guilt
Strawberries in season?! This is a MUST try! No added sugar and strawberry heaven!
This is one of our favorites! Soooo quick & easy and very satisfying! Pair it with your favorite ice cream for more decadence!
Pancakes with toppings that aren't for the faint of heart! Enjoy these decadent sweet cakes!
This combo of "nicecream" is so refreshing and satisfying! Feel free to jazz it up with some additional toppings!
Sometimes even if we make our own baked goods they can still pack a lot of unhealthy ingredients! But in this version of banana bread this is made without oil & sugar!
KID APPROVED!! Who doesn't love PB&J!? This is an incredible tasty recipe! This could even double as breakfast if you ask me!
Coffee Cake
Matcha is EVERYTHING! The flavored Chocolate Matcha is a whole other level! This may be in dessert but this is a meal anytime!!
Summertime Sadness?! NOT ANYMORE!! This is a must have on a hot day!!
Late Night Craving?! Here's your answer!
A healthier homemade version of a classic candy we all love! This time instead of peanut butter it's all about Almond Butter!!
I have to admit.... Raw.... Vegan Cheesecake?? How good can this really be?! .... Basically, it's AMAZING!!
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[physfs] win32 updates.
Gregory S. Read zeph at clutteredmind.org
Mon May 6 15:48:58 EDT 2002
> I added
> at the beginning of physfs.h, but now it doesn't link:
> Linking...
> Creating library physfs___Win32_Release_Singlethreaded_DLL/physfs.lib and object physfs___Win32
> _Release_Singlethreaded_DLL/physfs.exp
> win32.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _GetUserProfileDirectoryA at 12
> physfs___Win32_Release_Singlethreaded_DLL/physfs.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Are you surprised? I already said you would get linker errors because
you don't have the platform SDK (even though you're compiler was only complaining
about that one #define). This is why I added the DISABLE_NT_SUPPORT
flag...so that the platform SDK wouldn't be required for users only
targetting Win9x.
> Are there any CVS programs for windows?
> I repeat it... can you distibute the BINARIES? Why the hell should we have Vi$ual C++, Core $DK, etc- when
> maybe we want to use the DLL with borland or some other compiler????
Yes there are...
Read the section on CVS. There's a link for a win32 version there.
need to be fixed.
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A public domain single header file module for inspecting and modifying data functionally. C++11 or newer required.
Example: set & get an inspectable value
Plain and simple, create an inspectable value set to 10, and retrieve it. Set it to 11 (and foce an update of the cached value) and get that updated value.
Inspectable<float> m_PlayerSpeed(10.0f);
// Output: Player speed is 10
std::cout << "Player speed is " << m_PlayerSpeed.GetValue() << std::endl;
m_PlayerSpeed.SetIdentity(11.0f, true); // second param forces an update
// Output: Player speed is 11
Example: force update & get an inspectable value
This example isn't too exciting, it sets a value to 10 and gets it twice. Presume some interesting code has executed prior to the cout calls and we aren't sure that the cached value returned by GetValue is still unchanged.
Inspectable<float> m_PlayerSpeed(10.0f);
// ... some time later, we aren't sure if m_PlayerSpeed has had some transformations added to it.
// use the `andUpdate` parameter to GetValue to force it to update, so we can be sure it's valid.
std::cout << "Player speed is " << m_PlayerSpeed.GetValue(true) << std::endl;
// ... OR: we can manually update before getting the value.
Example: scoped transformations with priority.
In this example we create a m_PlayerSpeed inspectable with a base value of 10. We watch this value for changes usingwatchSpeedChanged. So long as it is in scope we will call the attached OnSpeedChanged function on every change.
Inspectable types do not update every time a transformation is added by default, but for the simplicity of this example we've set the andUpdate boolean parameter to true on every InspectableScopedTransformation constructor call. This forces the Inspectable object to update its resulting value and notify watchers (like watchSpeedChanged) of any value changes if there are one.
This example adds a few transformations to the m_PlayerSpeed value, and you will notice that they are removed automatically when the InspectableScopedTransformation goes out of scope. This can be seen on the final output afterm_MudTrap leaves scope.
Inspectable<float> m_PlayerSpeed(10.0f);
InspectableScopedValueChangedFunc<float> watchSpeedChanged(&m_PlayerSpeed, OnSpeedChanged);
InspectableScopedTransformation<float> m_PowerPill(&m_PlayerSpeed, [](float& val) {
val *= 2.0f;
}, 0, true, true); // output: speed value was 10 and is now 20
InspectableScopedTransformation<float> m_EpicKillStreek(&m_PlayerSpeed, [](float& val) {
val += 2.0f;
}, 0, true, true); // output: speed value was 20 and is now 22
// Note: the priority value is 1, so it will execute before the other transformations rather than the order it was added.
InspectableScopedTransformation<float> m_MudTrap(&m_PlayerSpeed, [](float& val) {
val -= 5.0f;
}, 1, true, true, true); // output: speed value was 22 and is now 12
// when m_MudTrap goes out of scope, the transformation is destroyed. The last param 'true' will force an update on destroy.
} // output: speed value was 12 and is now 22
Just a helper function for printing the changes.
void OnSpeedChanged(Inspectable<float>* inspectable, const float& previousSpeed, const float& newSpeed) {
std::cout << "speed value was " << previousSpeed << " and is now " << newSpeed << std::endl;
Todo 1.0:
• I would like to refactor to include an optional xo namespace
• Refactor the boolean parameters to use a single bitflag. Most bool parameters are common throughought the file, and readability is poor having three bools in a row. What the hell does true, false, true indicate versus true, true, false. Not very readable!
• Along with the bitflags we could improve andUpdate to have a variation where it updates only if there's a dirty flag set which would happen any time transforms are added/removed/enabled/disabled. The use case is not being sure if transforms have been added, while still being certain that all transforms are purely functional.
• Improve naming conventions so you don't have huge names for common types likeInspectableScopedValueChanged<type>.
• locally unnamed namespace helper function(s)
• Spend some time trying out the customization features with overriding list/array. Consider usage with some other list types by third parties.
• Test on various compilers.
• Publish test cases.
• Write more examples including more supported variations and at least one inspectable of a custom type.
0.1 (july 2016): Initial commit.
Street Cred
An inspired implementation of Twisted Oaks Lens
Also inspired by Sean Barrett's stb.
This software is dual-licensed to the public domain and under the following license:
You are granted a perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, modify, publish, and distribute this file as you see fit.
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Jewish World Review April 23, 2004 / 2 Iyar, 5764
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Libs are learning the wrong lessons | In 1993, in an interview with The Washington Post, the newly elected Bill Clinton joked that he missed the Cold War. Clinton explained to the Post that, "We had an intellectually coherent thing. The American people knew what the rules were."
Of course, when the pressures of the Cold War actually pinched Bill Clinton, he took a different tack. As a young man of draft age, Clinton wrote that Vietnam was "a war I opposed and despised with a depth of feeling I have reserved solely for racism in America."
Meanwhile, a young John Kerry nobly volunteered for military service.
So, going by the actions of the last Democratic president and the man who hopes to be the next one, maybe the Cold War wasn't really this "intellectually coherent thing" where everyone knew what to do.
Charles Krauthammer, who in a 1993 Time magazine essay decried "The Greatest Cold War Myth of All," first identified this pernicious tendency toward historical revisionism. Despite its recent denials, during the last 20 years of the Cold War, the Democratic Party was on the wrong side of the argument and it was only after the Berlin Wall came down that most Democrats claimed to have been Cold Warriors all along.
Obviously, there were countless honorable exceptions from the liberal anti-Communist senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, to Georgia's Sen. Sam Nunn to the 1980s version of Al Gore. But, in the broad scope of things, the liberals learned all the wrong lessons from Vietnam. John Kerry, who left for war presumably thinking the exact opposite of Bill Clinton, returned even more of a dove than Clinton, believing the U.S. military to be a bunch of war criminals and that American troops should only be dispersed under United Nations supervision.
For the next 30 years, Kerry was a tenacious dove on national security. In 1982, in his race for lieutenant governor, Kerry came out in favor of the nuclear freeze - not that anyone cared much then. But, two years later, when Kerry moved to the United States Senate, he kept to his principles battling Sam Nunn and Ronald Reagan over everything from arms control to "Reagan's illegal war in Central America" to missile defense. He called the war in Grenada a "bully's show of force." And, in 1991, he opposed the use of force in Iraq because it would constitute a violation of "the theory of deterrence" - even Saddam was not theoretically in Kuwait.
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The point of this worrisome litany isn't so much to rehash the extent of Kerry's post-Vietnam dovishness, though that's certainly a worthwhile task during a wartime election year. No, what I want to point out is that even the most obvious good vs. evil conflicts don't seem that obvious to lots of people when they're in the middle of them. I have no doubt that when Americans look back on what we are now calling the "War on Terror" the morality and necessity of it will seem every bit as obvious as the morality and necessity of the Cold War seems to most of us, including Bill Clinton.
It's far from clear why George W. Bush's poll numbers have been rising while he's facing the worst barrage of criticism of his "war presidency," but I can't help but think that it's partly because he calls himself a war president at a time when Americans realize they need one. John Kerry may be qualified in all sorts of ways, but it's clear that, since he returned from Vietnam, the one thing he hasn't prepared for is to be "war president."
The same went for Bill Clinton, of course. But he was lucky enough to run for president when we lacked an "intellectually coherent thing."
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VMOMENT is the jVarfun module of jLab.
VMOMENT Central moment over non-NaN elements along a specfied dimension.
Y=VMOMENT(X,N,DIM) finds the Nth central moment of all non-NaN elements
of X along dimension DIM.
[Y,NUM]=VMOMENT(X,N,DIM) also outputs the number of non-NaN data points
NUM, which has the same dimension as X.
[Y1,Y2,...YN]=VMOMENT(X1,X2,...XN,N,DIM) also works.
VMOMENT(X1,X2,...XN,N,DIM); with no output arguments overwrites the
original input variables.
(C) 2001--2015 J.M. Lilly --- type 'help jlab_license' for details
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Did you ever fall for someone you know you shouldn't?
Try hard to fight your feelings, but you just couldn't?
You fall deeper with each passing day,
But try to hide it in every possible way.
He's only a friend, and nothing else--
That's the lie you keeping telling yourself.
You keep on saying he's just a bud,
But deep inside, you're falling in love.
You get so giddy when you meet his eyes,
But keep reminding yourself it isn't right.
A simple glance turns into a stare,
But you pretned that you don't care.
It's "not right" for you two to be.
Is that why you hide it so no one can see?
But how long will you pretend?
Keep lying that he's just a friend?
Perhaps your feelings you can never show.
Perhaps it's "wrong" for him to know.
Your friendship can't be risked over this,
So being his girl is an impossible wish...
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Currently obsessed with these Forever21 white espadrilles and neutral Summer vibes. The best thing? They cost a whopping $20 bucks, no joke. Proof that you don't have to spend a fortune to be stylin'. I have no problem shopping at Target, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, etc. along with ZARA, JCREW, Madewell, Aritzia, GAP, Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters, Free People, TopShop, etc. Style is about taking something and giving it your own twist. SO, don't be afraid to mix it up, splurge on that one handbag you LOVE (or those COCKTAILS you have been waiting to have with your girlfriends since MONDAY) or whatever you are obsessed with, and save where you can! xo
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Dwayne Kennedy: Hard Working Mexicans
Mexicans work hard, brother. They work harder than everybody. Mexican's have the strongest work ethic on earth. If Mexicans had been slaves, slavery would've been over real quick because they'd have done 300 hours of work in about nine hours and still have time for a soccer game.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Candidate, Artificial (Derived) Primary Key, Unique Primary Key
Integrity Constraint
An integrity constraint is a declarative way to define a business rule for a column of a table. An integrity constraint is a statement about a table's data that is always true and that follows these rules:
Candidate key:
A relation (table) may contain more than one key. In this case, one of the keys is selected as the primary key and the remaining keys are called candidate keys. The candidate key constraint indicates that the table cannot contain two different rows with the same values under candidate key columns.
Artificial (Derived) Primary Key
UNIQUE Constraints
FOREIGN KEY Constraints
PRIMARY KEY Constraints
A table usually has a column or combination of columns whose values uniquely identify each row in the table. This column (or columns) is called the primary key of the table and enforces the entity integrity of the table. A table can have only one PRIMARY KEY constraint, and a column that participates in the PRIMARY KEY constraint cannot accept null values.
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RELNOTES:MachPanel 4.2 BUILD 30 Release Notes (Nov 10, 2011)
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RELNOTES:MachPanel 4.2 BUILD 30 Release Notes (Nov 10, 2011)
Release Date: November 10, 2011
1. Important Prerequisites
2. Upgrade Instructions
3. New Features/Improvements
4. Resolved Issues
5. Known Issues
Important Pre-requisites
1. MachPanel Control Server v.4.2.29
2. MachPanel Remote Server v.4.2.29
Upgrade Instructions
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Revive Gun
The Medic's Reviving Device is a medical tool, manufactured by Visari Corporation, that will replace your firearm on screen when equipped. Aim at a downed ally and press the shoot button to fire a beam of light to flow into them, jolting them back to life. They will be revived with a full 100 Heath Points and be invulnerable to enemy fire for 3 seconds while being revived. The beam functions up to 20 meters from a friendly target; any further and nothing will happen when you press the shoot button. Once you have revived a player, there will be a 25-second cool-down period before the Revive Tool can be used again.
Note: The player being revived will experience a short period of animation before regaining control of their character. The direction they face after this animation depends on how their character was lying when they were killed. The game's physics decide this direction, so the Medic and the revived player have no control over it.
Spawn Shield Duration 3 seconds
Health After Reviving 100
Attack Type Beam Weapon
Range 20 meters
Cool-Down Time 25 seconds
Also in the Killzone 2 Multiplayer, the reviving tool can be used as a weapon, aiming at an opponent and holding down the fire button, it fires at a rapid rate without needing to cool down, 4 hits from the weapon is enough to kill a full health opponent.
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Sunday, December 10, 2017
Darren Aronofsky, part III: Hoodoo horseshit
You'd think it would be way easier to set a horror movie on a submarine than the results of Below seem to indicate.
Directed by David Twohy
Written by Lucas Sussman, Darren Aronofsky, and David Twohy
With Matthew Davis (Ens. Douglas Odell), Olivia Williams (Claire Page), Zach Galifianakis (Wally), Jason Flemyng (Stumbo), Scott Foley (Lt. (j.g.) Stephen Coors), Holt McCallany (Lt. Paul Loomis), and Bruce Greenwood (Lt. Brice)
Spoiler alert: moderate
As is so often the case in these retrospectives, completism drives us beyond the canon, and so do we arrive at Below, one of the movies Darren Aronofsky abandoned, perhaps because he was warned by a premonition. The story I've heard goes like this: in the afterglow of the critical feting Aronofsky received for Pi back in 1998, the fresh young thing was picked up by noted sexual predator sibling Bob Weinstein, whoas was the Weinsteins' wont at the timedumped a barrel of cash on Aronofsky's head (fully ten times Pi's budget, just for the script!) to come up with something he could make for the two brothers, by way of Miramax and Dimension Films. Taking his assignment extremely seriously, Aronofsky and screenwriting partner Lucas Sussman delivered a ghost story set in World War II aboard an American submarine, and then, possibly because he didn't give a shit, Aronofsky stepped away from the project except as a producer, directing Requiem For a Dream instead.
And that put him at the very top of the indie director heapwhich gave Aronofsky the clout to get a real budget for his first go at The Fountain, while in the meantime he tried and failed to make an adaptation of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One. And I think we're all full of conflicting emotions on that count: because on the one hand, there's almost no way on earth that the movie Year One eventually became, Batman Begins, was even close to as good as the one in Aronofsky's head, and it goes without saying that any Aronofsky superhero film would be a tantalizing thing; on the other hand, the Year One debacle proved that Aronofsky was never going to be a studio jobber, and for all that he's tried to be one (for did the exact same thing not happen when he was trying to get ahold of The Wolverine?), that life simply wasn't in Aronofsky's stars. Which is why Chris Nolan gets to be Chris Nolan, and Aronofsky still has to be Aronofsky, I guess. But plenty of worse things have happened in Hollywood, and the alternate timeline where we all had to grit our teeth while we read about Joss Whedon being appointed to "help" finish up Darren Aronofsky's Justice League is frankly easier to imagine than the world where Aronofsky routinely got Dunkirk budgets for Dunkirk projects. And regardless of our auteur's slight qualitative slide over the past decade, I still think we're all glad that we don't actually live in that first universe.
As for Below itself, that was handed off to David "Pitch Black" Twohy, apparently because when you think "the burgeoning arthouse superstar who directed Pi and Requiem For a Dream," your very next logical thought would be "the guy who made that Aliens knock-off that people kind-of liked." Well, Twohy, an accomplished screenwriter, for a certain value of accomplished (i.e., The Fugitive, and hardly anything else I could list that wouldn't seem like I was making fun of him), penned a new draft of Aronofsky and Sussman's script, presumably to add extra crassness; and, by dint of his empirically bigger box-office draw, he secured 40 million Weinsteinbucks' worth of funding, some fraction of which you even get to see on screen.
And so it was made, it was released, and it returned just a hair over $600,000.
No, that really is the right number of zeroes.
In fact, I'd never even heard of it until I started doing research for this retrospective, and Below is something of a perfect case study for a studio dumping a movie it had absolutely no faith in. Much of the problem evidently arose from Twohy's contract, which gave him the right to release the film with the R rating it got (and which, oddly enough, it doesn't even come close to fulfilling outside of a bit too much swearing). Bob Weinstein wanted to cut it down to a PG-13, but in the face of Twohy's contract, couldn't. In retaliation, he childishly tossed the movie into the marketplace with effectively zero support. The question I'd ask, were I a businessman, isn't so much whether this particular movie deserved better, as to how it even got to that point in the first place.
But, as a crappy film blogger, my job is to ask that first question, and the answer is "sort of." I mean, there are very few movies that deserve to make barely 1% of their production budget back, but once we go down that road, we have to start talking about the nature of desserts generally, and whether any commercial enterprise "deserves" anything, let alone customers. Let's be a little more precise, then, and simply say that Below sure as hell didn't earn any better than it ultimately got.
So! Let's hark back to 1943, when the Battle of the Atlantic was still raging, and apparently a few American submarines had been siphoned off from the campaign against Japanese commerce in the Pacific in order to hunt down the eight or nine surface vessels the Kriegsmarine was still fielding against the Allies. But perhaps it was easier for CinCPAC to compromise than you'd think, since he only had to let go of his fictional submarines, like Below's subject, the USS Tiger Shark (clearly named after the sub from either The Atomic Submarine or Submarine Command, but, yeah, probably Submarine Command). We arrive upon the Tiger Shark and her command crewacting captain Lt. Brice, Lt. Loomis, Lt. (j.g.) Coors, and Ens. Odellas they receive orders to effect the rescue of a lifeboat carrying the only three survivors of a sunken British hospital ship. Much to the crew's prurient fascination, one of these Britons is Claire Page. You know, a g-g-g-girl.
The rescue pans out, but complications arise when one of the "Brits" turns out to be a wounded German, and Brice winds up shooting him, not totally without justification, and confining the other two to quarters for their part in the deception, though in practice their confinement mostly relies upon the honor system. Still, it's enough to make Page mistrust the skipperand when she learns that he's only the skipper now because the old one died in an "accident" just days earlier, she isn't inclined to trust him morebut as bad as this is, it's not nearly as bad as their repeated confrontations with the DKM destroyer (seriously?) chasing them, which have a terrible tendency to come in tandem with even more "accidents," all of which are very hard to explain without pointing to some kind of malign supernatural agency behind them. Soon enough, the boat's smashed nearly to pieces, and its dead hulk is set upon an unalterable course, right back to the site of a confrontation with a German submarine tender they sent to the bottom not long agowhich, perhaps coincidentally, was the place the Tiger Shark's old commander died.
It's basically The Tell-Tale Heart in the Thirty-Fathom Grave, then, and while that could have been a spoiler, one of the biggest structural mistakes Below ever makes is just how quickly it gives up its game; it leaves Bruce Greenwood, the sole actor here called upon to give any kind of performance beyond a stereotype (e.g., the Young Noble Ensign, the Blithely Dickheaded Executive Officer, the Fiery Woman In a Masculine Space Nevertheless Unbowed, etc.), completely unable to a fashion any actual character out of Lt. Brice, or even able to plausibly span the gap between what we think he is and what he actually is. (By the same token, though, it's worth mentioning that Holt McCallany's BDed XO is, in fact, pretty good.)
Everything else wrong with Below is mostly detail, but there's plenty of it, like the way that those British survivors seem totally superfluous to the plot, until you realize they're here to provide a human face to Below's twist ending (whereupon you shrug and concede, yes, you probably should've seen it coming). Of course, they also exist so a woman can get on board, a curious (and, as it turns out, spurious) addition to this WW2 submarine movie, Page quite possibly being included solely to justify the long game of pseudo-telephone which serves as a less-than-satisfactory introduction to the mostly-anonymous Tiger Shark crew, and which starts off, "Three Brits, and one's a woman!," becomes something like "Three Limeys, and one's a skirt!", and only doesn't end "The survivors are three natives of Great Britain, and one of them has a warm and tight vagina" because the actual dialogue is grosser. Vintage Twohy.
It's not really ever terrible (at least it certainly never becomes more terrible than this "bleeder" "gag"), but it is often incoherent and dull; it's just frightfully inconsistent. It has a tossed-off sub-Twilight Zone quality, naturallythere is nothing in the screenplay that even remotely suggests what Aronofsky might've once found interesting about itbut it is hard to fuck up a submarine movie, and if I were to guess at Aronofsky's initial inspiration, it probably had more to do with the visual and emotional possibilities that always inhere to the submarine thriller, all the cramped claustrophobia and nerve-jangling suspense that are pretty much baked right into the genre, no matter how low the implementation.
And Twohy gets a lot of that right, anyway, though his flair for the material is definitely intermittent. (The first flourish, after all, is that long tracking shot through the ship as we meet the crew and their vaguely-period-specific brand of misogyny, and it actually sort of makes me like this kind of long, geography-establishing tracking shot less, since Twohy never bothers with another one even when it would benefit the mood and help his storytelling, and so it comes off as the worst kind of showing offyou know, one minute and spent. You see it a lot from directors with recognizable skill but limited stamina: consider Life, for a more recent example.) But I said Twohy gets plenty right, and he does, especially a drawn-out, legitimately great depth charge sequence that does everything a submarine movie ought to do.
And it's flashes of brilliance like that one that make you wish Below could be brilliant, or even competent, all the time. Below has an awful tendency to reach beyond its grasp, particularly in almost every last one of its effects shotsit relies on a brand of eye-wateringly not-ready-for-prime-time CGI, which turns most of this film's action scenes into beta screenshots from a poorly-researched WW2 video game. (Seriously, when the natural audience for Below is people with an interest in military history, it really doesn't benefit from containing this many jarring anachronisms, especially an anachronism as outright weird as a WW2 destroyer using giant metal hooks to try to sink a submarine in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.)
Of course, the overarching problem with Below is that it's a horror movie, or at least wants to be, that never actually commits to being one. And so we have Graeme Revell and Tim Simonic's score, which is almost amusing in its misapplication of typical actioner tropes to what amounts to a Gothic shocker under the sea; and so, also, we have those crummy CGI phantoms and those belabored guilt-induced freakouts, none of which amount to a hill of beans. Below manages to get spooky maybe twice in its whole runtime (it is never scary, though this is clearly demanding too much), with a Benny Goodman record redeployed as creepy mood-setting, along with one honestly-cool shot of a mirror that doesn't do what a mirror should. But there's so much else going on, and with Twohy's grasp even upon the main drama proving so slippery, Below's indulgence in horror for its own sake comes up terribly short. So even when it's set inside a cramped metal tube, buried beneath the sea and literally full of poisonous air, this ghost story still hardly ever develops even the very littlest bit of atmosphere.
Score: 5/10
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PySDL2: Playing a sound from a WAV file
Reading time ~6 minutes
For the last couple of weeks I have been playing around with PySDL2 to learn a bit of game programming. Figuring that prototyping in Python was a good place to start learning, I originally planned to use Pygame which is a popular wrapper and extension of SDL. Now it seems that SDL (and Pygame) has been discontinued and PySDL2 looks to be the successor.
So far, using PySDL2 has been both easy and fun to create graphics and move them around, especially when using the extensions methods in sdl2.ext. But when adding sound to the mix, I hit upon a bit of trouble. For playing sounds it is necessary to use the SDL2 library functions. I decided to use a WAVE file (.wav) for my sound testing which meant using SDL_LoadWav to load the file. PySDL2 uses a ctypes wrapper around the SDL2 library so that you can use the methods in almost the exact same way as from C code. This is both good and bad. The bad, at least for me, was that I had very little experience with ctypes and spent a lot of time figuring out how to declare the variables and types to use in the function calls. PySDL2 offer very little documentation on how to do it, and the SDL2 documentation doesn’t have too much example code on using SDL_LoadWav with SDL_OpenAudio. After a lot of trying and failing I finally figured out a way that worked.
I also hit on a bug in the PySDL2 wrapper: SDL_LoadWav is a macro that calls SDL_LoadWav_RW wrapping the RWOPS part. What I found was that the PySDL2 macro uses wrong encoding of the mode string in the SDL_RWFromFile call which makes SDL_LoadWav fail. To make it work I had to call SDL_LoadWav_RW and SDL_RWFromFile myself as you see below. Also note the use of the compatibility method byteify() to convert the file name string to the encoding that SDL_RWFromFile expects.
Here is the code:
from ctypes import *
from sdl2 import *
from sdl2.ext import Resources
from sdl2.ext.compat import byteify
except ImportError:
import traceback
RESOURCES = Resources(__file__, "assets")
class WavSound(object):
def __init__(self, file):
super(WavSound, self).__init__()
self._buf = POINTER(Uint8)()
self._length = Uint32()
self._bufpos = 0
self.spec = SDL_AudioSpec(0, 0, 0, 0)
self.spec.callback = SDL_AudioCallback(self._play_next)
self.done = False
def __del__(self):
def _load_file(self, file):
rw = SDL_RWFromFile(byteify(file, "utf-8"), b"rb")
sp = SDL_LoadWAV_RW(rw, 1, byref(self.spec), byref(self._buf), byref(self._length))
if sp is None:
raise RuntimeError("Could not open audio file: {}".format(SDL_GetError()))
def _play_next(self, notused, stream, len):
length = self._length.value
numbytes = min(len, length - self._bufpos)
for i in range(0, numbytes):
stream[i] = self._buf[self._bufpos + i]
self._bufpos += numbytes
# If not enough bytes in buffer, add silence
rest = min(0, len - numbytes)
for i in range(0, rest):
stream[i] = 0
# Are we done playing sound?
if self._bufpos == length:
self.done = True
def main():
if SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) != 0:
raise RuntimeError("Cannot initialize audio system: {}".format(SDL_GetError()))
sound_file = RESOURCES.get_path("tada.wav")
sound = WavSound(sound_file)
devid = SDL_OpenAudioDevice(None, 0, sound.spec, None, 0)
if devid == 0:
raise RuntimeError("Unable to open audio device: {}".format(SDL_GetError()))
SDL_PauseAudioDevice(devid, 0)
while not sound.done:
if __name__ == '__main__':
I realize that I could have used SDL2_mixer for probably an easier way to do this, but I found this an interesting learning experience and worth sharing.
Update: I tried SDL2_mixer and it was much easier.
PySDL2: Playing a sound from a WAV file take two - using SDL2_mixer
Yesterday I wrote about [playing a WAVE sound using basic PySDL2](/2014/pysdl2-playing-a-sound-from-a-wav-file.html). I also mentioned th...… Continue reading
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IDS3040 Global Justice - Spring 2018 - Rossow
This is the primary course assignment for IDS 3040. Think of this assignment as a major research essay (8-10 pages) that is broken into smaller parts. Each assignment will build on the previous one(s) to create a whole by the end of the term.
A summary of the research essay assignments is as follows:
• Topic Selection (~1/2 page) identifies the injustice to be researched and explains why it was chosen.
• Annotated Bibliography (~three/four pages) summarizes 8-10 scholarly sources for use in later essays.
• Essay #1 (~three/four pages) introduces/explains the injustice, and addresses the “so what?” aspect of the issue by explaining who is impacted by the injustice, why people should care, and who is obligated to respond to the issue. (Questions 1, 2, & 4 from above)
• Essay #2 (~three/four pages) addresses the solution(s) to the injustice, including an examination of which theory of justice articulated by Sandel is the most useful in framing the solution(s).
The overall assignment should explain, not just assert, how the chosen topic illustrates something about globalization, global citizenship or global justice. Each essay should use correct MLA format and must incorporate scholarly sources.
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Sending Mail
by Brent Welch
This section describes how to start a mail message. The messages are created as templates in your drafts folder and then your editor is opened on the draft. The Sections The Built-in Editor and Mail Formatting describe how to actually compose the message when using the built-in editor or an external editor.
Sending a New Message
Use the Send message button to create a new draft message. This runs the MH comp command to set up the template for the draft. So, it is affected by the components and your comp: profile entry, if any.
Replying to a Message
The Reply... menu has two entries: Reply to sender and Reply all. These operations use the MH repl command, so they are affected by the replcomps file and your repl: profile entry, if any. Reply to sender uses the repl option -nocc to -nocc cc so that the reply just goes to the sender. Reply all uses -cc to -cc cc so that the reply goes to everyone in the To: and Cc: fields of the original message. (See the Section Selective Replies with -nocc and -cc.) Another entry displays instructions for adding more entries to the Reply... menu. The X resources used to do this are described in more detail in the Section Resources for Buttons.
Forwarding a Message
To forward the current message or messages, click the Forward button or press f. Forward uses the MH forw command to set up the message, so it is affected by the forwcomps file and your forw: profile entry, if any.
Using an Existing Message as a Template
To use an existing message as a template for a new message, select the Use message as draft menu entry under the message More... menu. In this case the message is copied into the draft folder first. This menu entry also lets you continue work on a message left in your drafts folder.
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(The ever-shifting) To-Do List
Just writing notes to myself:
1) Simplicity 4727 (1943) bolero. Let's get this done before July 4, 2014, shall we?
2) Petticoats. Need 3: 2 plain and 1 with flounces for dresses with bigger skirts.
3) Purple sunbonnet
4) Pajamas. Mine are indecent, even for clothing that nobody but the cat and I will ever see.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Doctor Who: The World Must Know
It has often been said that the television show Torchwood is the Darker Version of Doctor Who.
But this episode touched on two ideas that Torchwood has previously explored - in greater depth and subtlety I think.
Towards the beginning, Liz 10 says, "There's a darkness in the heart of this space ship - it threatens every one of us."
Oh ho, says the viewer. Evil Monster Defeating Time with the doctor's mega brains. But no!
Because the darkness isn't "the beast below" as is implied by both the language and the dialogue, but it's the people. All the people in their little voting booths blithely pushing the forget button when they have to confront their darker history. It's like what we've been talking about in mythology, the shadow self, the beast in the center of the space ship labyrinth.
And, what's worse than the mind wipe ("democracy in action" as the Doctor called it) is that people don't talk about it. They don't question. They're not curious. And Amy calls them on it.
"And because you're not supposed to [talk about it] you don't?"
In this episode, we have people exploiting, torturing, and inflicting pain on sentient aliens for their own purpose or survival. The few who did protest or who were "citizens of limited value" were thrown into the belly of the whale. That's pretty dark in my book. But, I think even more than those two horrible things, is the idea that people would choose to forget, silent collaborators in a vicious atrocity. The idea that people would just automatically resort to exploitation.
The emotions on the Doctor's face were so overpowering and so - alien, even while being human. I loved Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, but he was too human. Matt Smith was...amazing. He was human and he was alien and he was terrifying.
"Nobody talk to me, nobody human has anything to say to me today!"
Shivers. Chills.
I love it.
Remarkable Moments.
I really love the lullaby theme they composed for Amy. It's adultish and childish - and just so...Amy. I love how flippant she is with the Doctor, so different from the other companions. Even though Donna called him out more than the other two (probably because she didn't want to get into his lovely pin striped trousers), Amy has a different vibe than Donna. Very child-like without being immature. Whereas Donna, of course, was middle aged.
The Doctor: "sorry, checking all the water in this area. There's an escaped fish." [taps nose]
The Doctor: [on what he is going to do] Stay out of trouble. Badly
Mischief managed, anybody?
Amy: "Is this how it works, Doctor? You never interfere in the affairs of peoples or planets...unless there's children crying."
Dawww. When this idea was revisted at the end of the episode, my soul got a little weepy. I admit it.
Amy: "Oh don't mind me! Never could resist a keep out sign."
I LOVE AMY POND! Look at this girl go! She's so curious - and she saves the day!
Amy: [on her upcoming wedding] "A long time ago tomorrow morning."
That language is so so beautiful.
Doctor: "The computer won't accept me as human."
Amy: Why not? You look human."
Doctor: No. You look timelord. We came first."
Amy: So there are other timelords?
Doctor: No, there were, but there aren't...just me now. Long was a bad day, bad stuff happened.
There was a similar scene when the 10th Doctor explained it to Martha. This, to me, hits me more deeply in the heart. The simplicity of it reveals the tragedy of it. Heartbreaking.
Doctor: "Hold tight. We're bringing down the government" [slams the protest button]
I'm sensing lots of social commentary here. And I love it.
Amy: "It came because it couldn't stand to watch your children cry. If you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind, you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry."
The Doctor's face while Amy saves the day and explains - oh gods. Especially when juxtaposed to all of the humans and adults who just did nothing but ignore the tears, ignore everything but their own survival, no matter the cost.
Doctor: You could have killed everyone on this ship.
Amy: You could have killed a starwhale.
I just...I just...want to hug them both, and then they hug each other, and it's so sweet, and you can tell the Doctor's is just...overwhelmed with emotion, it's almost exhausting to watch because you can feel it too.
And a little lullaby:
In bed above where deep asleep
while greater love lies further deep
this dream must end, this world must know
we all depend upon the beast below.
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Your number’s up
Here’s the thing. Back in early March, we went on a skiing holiday. Well, Eadred and the girls skied, whilst I wept at the top of the slopes. Anyway, we were à la montagne, and I provided enough of a sideshow to ensure that Eadred was frequently distracted and, during one such lapse, dropped his wallet somewhere in the vast expanse of neige. Neige being neige, by the time we realised what had happened, the wallet was forever lost. It’s not the first time that I have proved to be an expensive hobby for Eadred.
Mislaying your wallet is a tedious occurrence wherever in the world it happens. In the UK, however, a combination of native pragmatism and (relatively) straightforward administrative practices mean that the contents of the wallet can be fairly readily cancelled and replaced. No, I wouldn’t lose my wallet on purpose in the UK, but neither would its loss make it into my top ten worst moments of the year.
Eadred, on the other hand, lives in la belle France. Here in the land of cheese-munchers, losing your wallet is about as cataclysmic as it gets. Whereas in the UK you might consider leaving the house with just a cash card, a few stamps and a tenner in your purse, here your portefeuille is expected to contain ze kitchen sink at all times so that, when an armed policeman asks for your car insurance papers at a randomised roadblock, or when a florist demands to see your carte d’identité before you can collect a parcel containing name labels for your children, you are able to oblige.
In other words, we live in a system under which not only do you kiss goodbye to ze kitchen sink when you lose your wallet, you also face being fined by gendarmes at will, or confronting the wrath of your child’s maîtresse when the contents of your child’s three compulsory school pencil cases remain unnamed. Zut alors.
By far the worst aspect of Eadred’s buried portefeuille was the missing permis de conduire. When a person first moves to France, they attack the administrative process with energy. “It can’t possibly be that bad,” they say to themselves during the honeymoon period when their stiff upper lip is still intact. After six months of waiting for their carte vitale to come through, however; after having signed a 30-page bail on a rented property; had three meetings just to open one bank account; and spent four hours queueing in the préfecture to register the ownership of one’s bagnol, even the most enthusiastic new arrival loses their will to live. And so it came to pass that Eadred gave up before he had exchanged his UK (EU) driving licence for a French (EU) one as he was supposed to have done. Oups.
Ordinarily, if you lose your permis de conduire, you apply to the relevant authority for a replacement. The trouble for Eadred was that the relevant authority in his case was still the DVLA in the UK. But without a valid UK residential address, the DVLA is unable to issue a replacement licence. Which left Eadred with only one option: applying to the préfecture for a French replacement. The problem was that, however stoically Eadred tackled the mountains of paper required to achieve anything official in France, he had no physical UK permis to exchange for a French one as the relevant protocol required. It was in his portefeuille, which was in the neige.
Cue an appointment at the préfecture to beg. Several months and one police stop fine later (fonctionnaires, apparently, do not use the téléphone and only answer e-mails when it takes their fancy to do so), he had a timed appointment and had compiled his dossier (with everything on the exhaustive list of things they ask for and many things they do not, as is traditional).
Eadred in rare selfie with the ticket announcement board in the préfecture
The great day arrived, Eadred turned up, and was issued with a ticket number. The time for his appointment came and went. After an hour, he went up and politely enquired whether that it was normal that a timed appointment should be running an hour late. His ticket and credentials were inspected. Oui, his name was on the list. Oui, madame had known that he was in the waiting room, at the allotted time. But non, the ticket number that they had issued him with was incorrect, so non, he would just have to go away and make anuzzer rendez-vous, presumably some months in the future.
Fortunately, if three and a half years in France teach you anything, it is that non is just an opening gambit. On no account should you succumb to your British instincts of taking no for an answer. Instead, Eadred took the sensible step of digging his heels in and, eventually, madame grudgingly conceded that she might be able to spare a second of her time for him.
The happy and most astonishing part of this tale is that the préfecture does in fact have a protocol for dealing with the replacement of lost European driving licences. If Eadred had thought that this would be straightforward, however, he was much mistaken. Madame at the préfecture told him that he needed to go to the commissariat de police to make a declaration of loss of the old licence before he could be furnished with a replacement. The commissariat, however, told him that, non, it was the gendarmerie he needed. The gendarmerie, however, told him that, non, it was the préfecture that issued such declarations. We think that it is indeed the préfecture that does it but that, in order to do it, he first needs to produce a preliminary piece of papier from the commissariat. This is all deduction, mind. None of the aforementioned officials have yet furnished him with any such explanation.
And of course then it is not at all clear whether, even if his deductions are correct, and even if he manages to elicit the required papier from the commissariat, the same single person at the préfecture will be able to issue both the declaration and the licence, or whether two separate people will have to do it at two separate appointments, each of which will require months of forward planning, hours of waiting and the correct ticket.
I shall keep you posted on whether Eadred successfully obtains a new licence before Brexit kicks in…
To read blog posts on France less cynical than these ones, or to book a slice of French Riviera heaven, you can do no better than the monthly linky on the Lou Messsugo blog called #AllAboutFrance
To read blog posts about all sorts of things try the #PoCoLo Friday linky.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
"Lining-up Progress"
Continuing to look around in 2008 Japan and compare it to 1984-1992 Japan, another issue that comes to mind is standing in lines. When I arrived, I was shocked and dismayed to discover that at banks and fast-food places, there were several parallel lines, rather than one central line that fed to the next open teller or order taker. So you'd go to the bank in a hurry and pick a short line, and if you were lucky, you'd get out before people who had been waiting longer. If you were unlucky, you'd get in a line and - noticing that it wasn't moving - you'd take a closer look up the line and there would be a time-machine visitor from the deep dark ages who didn't know how to interact with machines, or someone who brought in a stack of bank books to update (for colleagues?), or some such thing, and you'd be standing there in frustration watching people who had come in after you, smoothly gliding up to another machine, completing their banking, and leaving while you stood there.
What to do... getting out of line at that stage would mean getting in the back of a line twice as long, which might contain its own glacially slow biped... etc. etc. So I imagine that you can imagine my happiness spike when they finally got around to setting it up so there was only one line, and people at the front of the line just went to whichever machine was open first.
Same thing with escalators - they would immediately jam up and they were good only for the effort saved in not walking. If you were in any kind of a hurry, the only way to zoom ahead was to use the stairs. Don't believe me that people jammed them up? Have a look at this video from 1991:
And um... yeah, that's it. I need to get some sleep now!
Sore dewa, mata,
Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
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When Test Questions Fail
Following last week's discussion, this note continues with examples of "potential" errors is on standardized tests. By potential, I suggest that either more than one of the given responses could be a possible answer (in a multiple choice format!) or an incorrect response is used as the answer.
For example, consider these questions taken from sample tests in review manuals for the SAT, CBEST, ACT, Miller Analogies Test, and a Firefighter's Exam:
[Question #1] Which of the following expressions is equal to x/[x+(1/x)]?
(A) x/(x+1) ... (B) 1+x2 ... (C) 1/(1+x2) ... (D) x2/(x2+1) ... (E) None of the above.
[Question #2] 1 : 1/4 :: 8 : __________
(A) 4 ... (B) 32 ... (C) 2 ... (D) 1/2 ... (E) 16
[Question #3] TRIANGLE : EQUILATERAL :: ___________ : quadrilateral
(A) Square ... (B) Rectangle ... (C) Isosceles ... (D) Circle ... (E) Right Triangle
[Question #4] James is arranging a display of coffee tins on a table 40 inches wide and 42 inches long. How many tins, each six inches in diameter, can be placed on the surface of the table without stacking the tins?
(A) 42 ... (B) 46 ... (C) 47 ... (D) 182 ... (E) 186
[Question #5] Suppose that the number of fires occurring in a particular type of dwelling decreased C percent in July, as compared to June, but then increased C percent in August, as compared to July. Then the number of fires occurring in that type of dwelling during August, as compared to June, is...
(A) Decreased by the percent equal to C squared divided by 100
(B) Unchanged
(C) Increased by percent equal to fraction whose numerator is 100 100 minus C and denominator is 100
(D) Decreased by the percent equal to the fraction C over 100
[Question #6] Suppose that 8 inches of snow contribute as much water to the reservoir system of N.Y.C. as one inch of rain. If, during a snowstorm, an average of 12 inches of snow fell during a six-hour period, with drifts as high as three feet, the addition to the water supply as a result of this snowfall ultimately will be the equivalent of...
(A) 1 1/2" rain ... (B) 3" rain ... (C) 4 1/2" rain ... (D) An amount of rain cannot be determined
I suggest that these questions are poor, in that they can mislead the test-taker. Can you see why? Also, what do you think are the "correct" answers...according to the given resource texts?
Hint: Compare your answers and thoughts with others...
Solution Commentary: According to the associated resource texts, the given "correct" answers are:
[#1] D....but why is this incorrect? (i.e. consider domains)
[#2] C...but why could 8/4 (I know this is 2 as well!) or 8/32 be just as correct?...in fact, I could build a case for the correctness of any of the answers given!
[#3] A...but I have no idea why. That is, the analogy seems to be misconstrued....and it is unfortunate that three of the given options relate to triangles. What if a rhombus was a given choice as well?
[#4] The "given" answer is 42, but many things are wrong here. For example, the assumed answer mimics the fact that the tins are placed in rows, ignorant of the idea of circle packing. Also, what about the legal extension of a tin over the edge of the table? And, for many people, what is a coffee tin even?
[#5] A is the given answer, but I claim none of the answers are correct. For example, suppose there were 100 fires in June and C = 50. The how many fires in July? August? I rest my case!
[#6] Somehow, B is the given answer...am I missing something?
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31 August 2006
a letter I wrote with the Fundamentalist radioshow host response
Below you will Find the letter I wrote to radio-host and fundementalist Christian Scott Thomas. He was upset with a certain video conversion made by two fox news reporters who had been released by their insurgent captors. He wasn't angry with them, that would be too strong a word. He was disappointed that they made a conversion to Islam-even if it was false, and made only to ensure their release. He suggested that he wouldn't do it. He eventually put the question to callers: "Would you deny your faith under the same circumstances?" He suggested he wouldn't do it. Later in the program, he had a woman on who had started up "Day of Truth." This is an answer to the gay and lesbian movement's "Day of Silence."
Make sure your coffee is warm, it's long!
And so my letter begins.....
Scott I listened to your show today with some considerable interest.
Your first topic involved the release of two Fox News reporters from captivity. This was of course good news, but it was quite obvious you were annoyed by the fact they made video conversions to Islam.
Of course we can't know if those were the only ways in which their release from captivity could be effected, or whether they derived some other benefit. What was clear was you think you wouldn't have denied your faith. You eventually came out and said it. I think, we in the listening audience all knew you were going to say something like that. That you wanted to say it.
Lets say that by not acquiessing to the demands of these thugs you were killed by them. My question to you is what good would that have done? What have you proved? That your God is powerful enough to keep you from denying Him, yet not powerful enough or at least not interested enough, to save you from what I am guessing would a rather unpleasant end. And in so proving this what would have been the cost? You mentioned your family. What would your refusal to deny you faith-to preserve your life- cost them?
You mentioned the thousands of Chinese martyrs for the faith? And I guess I wonder how all this useless, sensless bloodshed glorifies God? Or does it betray a callous disregard for his followers, and the people he created in his own image. I contend that all this marytrdom only fuels wave after wave vendetta, because no matter how many people foolishly die for their religion, it never seems to spur anyone's Gods to action.
It seems an extrodinary waste. And don't the Gods themselves seem painfully indifferent to the very real plights of those who follow them? Lets face it, the God of Abraham, who is at the heart of all three major monotheistic religions, has totally been asleep at the wheel. Ask the Muslims in Bosnia, or Palestine, or survivors of the Holocaust (jews have historically gotten the short end of the stick where God's inattentivness is concerned), or yes the Christians in China. And let us not forget all the useless martyrdom that has occured thorought human history.
Your next guest-whose name I couldn't find on your web-site was quite miffed by the gay and lesbian community's "Day of Silence." I must say right off the bat that I fully support the Chrisian response to the "Day of Silence." I am on board with the notion of equal and fair access to school facilities, with out discrimination based on race, class, religion or sexual orientation. I would also like say I appreciate the reserve applied by the "Day of Truth" crowd by having their "Day" after, and not simultaneously with, the GLBTQ protest. Such a move would have been terribly confrontational.
What I really took issue with in this segment was the anger you both seemed feel that the "Day of Silence" kids were silent all day. "..they recieve no consequences for this," was what you said, not hiding your incredulity. I do wonder if you have any proof for such a claim, or if you just said it, secure in the knowledge that no one in your listening audience would question it. Moreover, you would have children whose parent's unquestioning belief in the literal truth of Bronze Age myths demanded it, leave class rooms where modern science is being taught simply because it doesn't square with said myths. I will presume that as you think this is a religious objection, and such education is a violation of religious conviction you would expect no consequences to befall such students. This is, in its own way, just as disruptive as any other political statement any student might make. So how is possible to deny other kids their political statements? Both the Creationist movement, and the GLBTQ have adult groups responsible for compiling and disseminating information to interested parties. Both have sections on their various websites for youth. So, tactically, the groups you support are no different from those of the GLBTQ community. In high schools both are started by youth-not adults-who, burdened by some social passion, be it to increase the franchisement of all our citizens or to deny that franchisment, and marginalize people, feel they must act.
I thank you for your candor,
Good Day.
Max Driffill
"We are all athiests about most of the Gods of human history, some of us just go one god farther."
--Richard Dawkins
The response....
Hi Max.
Thank you for an enjoyable and challenging email. Although I don't always hear only from the choir, it is blood pumping to hear from those in absolute diametric opposition. I appreciate you listening and writing. And, while, as I will point out, your presumptions are, in many cases, erroneous, I also appreciate your tone.
Your questions regarding me not denying my faith indicate you presume I have something to prove. Taking a stand for faith has nothing to do with proving whose God is most powerful. There is only one God, and His power is incomparable to that of gods, demons, spirits, magicians, idols, myths or witch doctors.
My stance, should I make it, would simply be in line with my faith...a faith in the God who created everything, including me...a faith that my human brain cannot possibly comprehend everything that's going on around me, around the world, around the universe, for now, from then, or for eternity. If, in the scope of omnipotence, God allowed me to die while refusing to deny my faith, that faith allows me to easily believe that He knows best and, in His way, will provide for my family. (Romans 8:28)
I guess my question for you, in this matter, would be, "What would making a phony conversion prove?" One thing it might prove, especially to those who deny God, is that faith isn't worth spit. For me, faith is worth everything, because God has given me everything. The martyrs of the Bible weren't trying to prove anything. The martyrs of China aren't trying to prove anything. It is those who kill believers who are the ones trying to prove something. And, each time one dies for their faith, many new believers rise up. Where is the Christian church growing most quickly...China!
You accuse God of being "asleep at the wheel", as if the only evidence for God would be for Him to run the universe in the same way you would. If you were God, you'd quell the tsunami. If you were God, Katrina would have simply been a thunder storm.
I can't tell you why God allows some disasters and prevents others. But, again, in faith, I trust He knows why. Actually, I can tell you why these things occur, but if you deny God to begin with, you'll certainly deny His word. To the unbeliever, God's Word is foolishness.
And, I cannot prove the negative. I cannot prove that God prevents disaster...simply because the disaster never happened. I can, however, observe that the conditions for disaster exist virtually everywhere, every day, yet disasters are relatively few. If you believe that God allows some, integrity demands that you believe that prevents the others.
You describe what we view as premature, or non-understandable, death as a "waste" and "foolish". How could God see it in any other way? Again, this is what happens when we try to define the limitless God with our limited understanding. As a Christian, I view life as a precious gift, one I choose (to the best of my ability) to live in service to the One who gave me my life. Having lived this life to His purposes, I see no death of a believer as either a "waste" or "foolish". In the scope of eternity, there is very little difference between 20 years and 80 years.
That said, I do view many deaths as tragic...tragic from a human standpoint for those who love and care for those who died. And, I view the death of a non-Christian as tragic because there is no redemption for them. That's the waste.
Regarding the "Day of Silence", I have no objection to political commentary, silent or not. I'm sure I made that point clear. But, it seems to me, if you have the conviction to make a political statement by remaining silent, even during class, even whey you're called upon, even if you're scheduled to give a presentation, then you need to take your lumps...if, in fact, there are lumps to be taken.
If, in class, you are expected to participate, orally, and you choose not to, then you should expect there to be ramifications. According to my guest, and previous guests on this issue, there were no cases of any scholastic ramifications of people choosing to participate in the Day of Silence. It is entirely possible that none of those participants were expected to say anthing out loud that day. But, it also is, at least, possible that some refused to participate when expected and chose not to.
My "miff" is not with the Day of Silence, per se. I am miffed at the almost Pavlovian response of support for anything and everything that advances the GLBT agenda. I don't blame the GLBT community for trying to advance that agenda. But, I do object to the virtually blind acceptance of that agenda as good and valuable.
Finally, Max, I make absolutely no assumptions that "no one in your listening audience would question it." I fully understand that this 50,000 watt signal, plus Internet delivery, reaches thousands of people who do not walk lockstep with me. The differences are legion...political, ideological, theological. When it comes to presumptions, I presume virtually everything I say will encounter question and disagreement from somebody.
Monday, it was you.
I thank you for listening. I thank you for writing. I pray (in fact, right now) that God would remove the scales from your eyes and you would see and know Him personally and that He would bless you abundantly.
His Peace.
More fun photos from me.
Here are some old Brazilian Jiu-jitsu photos of me. Cool Eh?
I will be putting training photos up of me and my training partners as I get ready for upcoming competitions, The Arnold Classic in March, and what ever other Submission Grappling/BJJ tournament I can enter inbetween. I figure I have about 10 years or so of hard competition left, and I want to revisit those competition days by looking at medals when I am older. On that front by the way. I rolled with some serious dudes, at a serious school and my ankle held up just freakin' fine. No pain the next day, no stiffness. Also after having spent all my training time last year at a less than challenging place, I was pretty pleased with my performance. All is well in what I will call competition training Day 1.
28 August 2006
If I called you from the Coconino this is where I was, and this was the view I told you about. It was always windy up on the Ridge. It took twenty or so minutes to drive out there, or an hour to walk. It was a great place to see elk and mule deer at sunset, as well as Nighthawks.
Arizona is easily one of the most geologically interesting of the continental US.
Life on the road
Can you tell I drove across the country by myself?
That dust that covers my car came from the dry roads that led up to camp. I am still trying to get it out of my car.
Arizona Pictures
This was my home for close to three months in Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Sweet eh?
Christian Talk Radio, or blah, contradictory blah
As many of my friends will tell you I spend alot of time listening to various brands of conservative talk radio. I used to be able to listen to Rush Limbaugh, but by his third blantant falshood, maybe his fourth I generally have to turn him off. Everything about his show and the Golden Microphone really sickens me. As impossible as it may seem, I can actually listen to Sean Hannity the whole way through. Not because he is more honest, he may, in fact be worse, but in his favor, he does have a better delivery. And he never called Chelsea Clinton the White House dog. But still a total prick. Bill O'Reilly, at least twice as bad on his radio show, as he is on T.V. I'll click him off pretty quick. Michael Savage. This is one guy I think I might actually flatten should I ever meet him in the street. I tend to really pride myself on my debating skills, but his vitriol is so acidic and hateful I just don't think he would keep to the form of debate, so neither would I.
Pat Buchannan, and G.Gordon Liddy. Shockingly, I like these two guys. I don't aggree with anything either of them have to say. Not one damn thing, but they tend to be more jovial with guests of opposing view points, less inclined to give GOP packaged answers, and are typically kind of witty. I think Buckley Jr, falls into this catergory too. So of all the folks I just mentioned the last three would be the only three I would have over for coffee and spirited debate.
Now the other conservative talk radio is that of the fundementalist stripe. This is the arena of such giants, as Pat Robertson, Chuck Swindol, Focus on the Family, Michael Medved, just to name a few. Most of these stations tend to fill time between the big Christian shows with local personalities. For some reason I find it all fascinating, and a bit scary.
Okay alot scary.
One of the things I find so fascinating is the enthusiastic, errors of internal consistancy many of these spokespersons for Christ-their version-make.
Take today forinstance, I was listening to the local crazy-christian station, AM 1160, to the Scott Thomas Show. He had a guest, whose name I can't find on his web-site, who was the one of the creators of the evangelical tool, "Day of Truth." For those of you who don't know what the day of truth is, it is essentially the Christian fundementalist answer to GLTBQ community's "Day of Silence." So the gimic, is that the day following a "Day of Silence" Christian school groups will put on this "Day of Truth." They wear T-shirts that say- what else- "Day of Truth." So it is quite the affair. They will talk to people between classes about how nobody is born with sexual predilictions but learn them. And they will bring out people who have been "cured" of the desire. This of course flys in the face of quite a bit of biological and psychological research to the contrary. Furthermore interviews with these people who have been, allegedly relieved of desire for some same sex action prove to in fact still harbor said feelings, they are just utilizing will power to not act on them. Okay that is all I am going to say by way of rebuttal to that.
In fact I have no problem with a christian group making somekind of statement like this, and am in fact quite impressed that they chose to do it on the day following the "day of silence." This is really non-combative. If I had to hazard a guess as to why, it would be that the issue divides america fairly evenly. Maybe there are even more on the side of gay rights than not. This country gets fairly bizarre where the fundemental privacy of our sex lives is concerned. All I know is that, when polled, the majority of americans favor, civil unions, if not out right marriage and that is an encouraging sign.
So that wasn't my problem with what Scott Thomas and his guest were saying. What did bother me was that they were so incensed that the "day of Silence" was taken into the classrooms and this silence earned no consequence for those who remained silent. The woman, who runs a Christian Parents Watchdog outfit policing schools for any thing that might offend them or interfere with their childrens strict adherence to Bronze Age myths, was quite upset. Allow me to paraphrase
This is going on during classes! These kids aren't speaking! She said.
And they aren't recieving consequences. Scott added.
I know. She added.
Much shaking of heads.
Okay i can't know if they were shaking their heads.
To me though, there is really no difference in what these GLBTQ kids do, from what Fundementalist christians do when they demand their children be allowed to leave any biology class where evolution is being discussed, or any health class where-god forbid- some one mentions that penises sometimes go into vaginas and that many things of consequence can follow said action. Isn't this as disruptive? Should fundementalist kids be penalized for leaving, and making a statement by such an action. It is a political/religious statement. Scott and his guest were terribly rattled by the notion that their kids had to be exposed to something that is often referred to as the "homosexual agenda." Yet they are only too happy to push their particular Christian vision on others.
So I guess the position they were taking seemed awfully hypocritical.
What do you think? Am I off base?
Just found this cool blog you should check out.
I was puttering around on youtube.com watching a Richard Dawkins documentary when I stumbled, rather happily, on the following blog. The blog is called Midnight Therapy with Crystal. Go to:
I imagine that strict adherence to that address is important so you don't go sauntering off to some porn site. So type carefully. Its hard to put my finger on what is so great about the blog, all I know is that it is a good bit of fun. She slams fundies (fundementalists for you uncultured folks), george bush and in general, she just cracks me up. She is also a fellow windy city bloke, or so her bio says at youtube.com
Definately check her out.
My first blog endorsement!
I'm on such a roll, I will endorse yet another blog.
This blog is run by a friend of mine who like me is concerned with the role science plays in understanding human behavior and psychology along with a great many other things. Fun stuff, though occasionally abrasive. That isn't a knock, read it as warning.
11 August 2006
I'm back
Hey all,
I have been in Arizona for the past few months, or otherwise internetless. I just wanted to drop a quick blog and let you all know of my return. I have tons to tell you about an exciting field season.
Talk to you soon.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Why blogs are still more important than Twitter, Facebook and all that noise-making machines
In a post about how blog search engines died, giving Google blogsearch an easily-won monopoly, Doc Searls writes about howThe Near-Death of Blog Search
I hope they keep it (Google Blogsearch) going, because it's an essential resource for finding the kind of news that's syndicated live, still curates itself, and isn't just about pushing or riding whatever happens to be buzzing at the moment.
And how Twitter and Facebook have changed news (for the worse)
(Twitter and Facebook)'ve buried real news — stuff worth keeping around — under a mountain of buzz, all of which melts away after minutes, weeks or, at the most, months.
Related: Why Blogging still rules and reports about its demise are incorrect
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We are all in showbiz, we are all selling, we are Generation Sell
Probably the best description of a society in the age of social media marketing (Twitter, Facebook), search engine optimization (Google), where our likes, shares, tweets, et all, have to mean something, have to sell something. Read it in full here.
Best part #1 (sorry for over-aggregation, but can't help it)
And, the best part #2:
What Success Really Looks Like
Success is rarely a straight line thing. Very few people see life as they script it. But, Success is a skill. You must do all you can.
How long before we make our own phones and tablets?
How long before we make our own phones and tablets, using material easily available in the market? How long before we go to places like Nehru Place (Delhi) and order our phones or Tablets? In India, we get people to assemble our PCs. We pick all materials a-la-carte from the shelf . We haven't yet reached the point where everyone opts for Ubuntu. Windows XP does just fine.
Like branded PCs, Branded phones come with crap of all variety - from expensive Walled Garden (Apple), and pre-loaded crap that you can't easily uninstall (battery-draining Android-based machines from Samsung etc.), to unnecessarily expensive Windows phones on Nokia (we just need someone to make an easily installable version of Windows for DIY phones).
Recent market developments may be pointing towards such possibilities - witness, for example, the glut of Tablet PCs in the market, so much so that the literature on these machines (online) shows us where each part inside was made and how much did each cost - LCD, touchscreen, the basic board, memory cards, Android 4.0...All you need is some opportunistic wholesale buyer to flood the market with these. This will give more jobs to those kids passing out from mobile repair schools.
But, will the governments aid such a move, which threatens the cause of big business? For example, how will we deal with the necessity of authorized IMEI numbers?
Will the US Mobile Industry please open up?
Notes on the ideal cellphone
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Mario Bros. vs. Goomba
I've had it on my mind to do a piece dedicated to the Super Mario Bros. -- two pop culture characters who were very much a part of my childhood. Maybe it's because I've had the Mario theme stuck in my head for the past two weeks...or the past 20 years. Once again, cut paper on illustration board with some colored pencil.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Nesting Ball
For Christmas I received a nesting ball from my in laws that was filled with alpaca fur. Is that correct? Fur? Wool? Not sure...
My sister in law made me a nesting ball for a gift. From the look of the yarns, it seems to have generated some interest from the birds. I am watching for a local nest sporting some vividly colored yarns now.
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If you've ever been to a wedding, formal party, dance, etc....you know that before 9 p.m., almost every woman is barefoot. This may shock you men, but high heels? Not exactly comfy.
And now we know EXACTLY how long it takes before high heels start to hurt your feet...to the point at which you throw fashion to the wind and favor comfort:
One hour, six minutes, and 48 seconds.
Why is this info helpful? Because heretofore, I will not leave my home for a formal occasion until exactly 7:54 p.m., so by 9 p.m., I'm right in line with the rest of the shoeless crowd.
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Jean-Michel Kajdan
Also known as J-M. Kajdan, J. M. Kajdan, J. Michel Kadjan, J.-M. Kajdan, J.-Michel Kajdan, J.M. Kadjan, J.M. Kajdan, Jean Michel Kajdan, Jean-Michel "The Spy" Kajdan, Jean-Michel Kadjan, Kajdan
This performer (group) in the Internet: http://www.myspace.com/jeanmichelkajdan, http://kajdan.free.fr/
Discography of Jean-Michel Kajdan:
# Release title Total tracks Type of release is Imprint date Label
1 Mummy! 8 Audio 1984 BS
2 Mummy! 8 Audio 1982 JMS Records
French guitarist and producer
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The 2016 U.S. presidential election offered the citizenry a feast for both the eyes and ears with its memorable musical sound bites, which included Martin O’Malley’s guitar playing on the stump, Donald Trump’s theatrical entrance to “We Are the Champions” at the RNC, and Hillary Clinton’s Nae Nae on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. While analyses of official playlists and moments of musicking on the trail offer insight into how the candidates used music as a medium for political communication and identity formation, an investigation of user-generated music posted on YouTube shows how the public engaged with candidates and the political process through their own musical acts.
The classroom exercise that follows offers strategies for introducing students in introductory-level college courses to campaign-themed music [End Page 524] parodies. While this exercise is primarily intended for students in music appreciation or music history courses, it can also be tailored for use in sociology, media studies, and American studies courses.
Classroom Exercise
Parody, “an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect,” takes on many different forms, including but not limited to poetry, literature, plays, comedy, and music.1 The term “parody” also has a unique meaning in specifically musical contexts. A musical parody graphs a new text onto a preexisting tune.2 Such treatment of music has a long history in electoral politics. In the nineteenth century, amateur poets would pen new texts about a candidate and circulate these lyrics in small songbooks called “songsters,” which would include the titles of the popular tunes to be used with each text.3 The crowd likely knew tunes such as “Auld Lang Syne,” “Yankee Doodle,” and “Rosin the Bow,” so it was easy to sing along in support of the presidential hopeful. Since the advent of YouTube (2005) and the development of accessible and affordable video and audio editing tools, campaign-themed music parodies have experienced a resurgence online. Many twenty-first-century campaign parodies include visuals, which typically feature remixed video footage or images of the candidates, music video–style narratives, or cartoon-like characters.
Lesson Objectives
1. 1. Define parody and investigate how it operates within campaign contexts.
2. 2. Analyze the text and images (where applicable) in parodies and discuss how such cultural artifacts work to construct the images of presidential candidates.
3. 3. Compare the original tune (and its target audience) to its parodied version (and its target audience) in order to consider questions of meaning and context.
4. 4. Compare the communicative strategies of different parodies.
Selected List of Parodies Available on YouTube4
1. 1. “Hillary Clinton 2016 Election Parody Song: Emails, Benghazi and Bill” (set to the tunes of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse,” Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” and Naughty by Nature’s “O.P.P.”) [End Page 525]
2. 2. “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump” (set to the tune of Thurl Ravencroft’s “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”)
3. 3. “Chelsea’s Mom” (set to the tune of Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom”)
4. 4. “Oh, That Donald!” (set to the tune of Stephen Foster’s “Oh, Susanna!”)
5. 5. “Delete It!” (set to the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”)
6. 6. “HAMILTRUMP” (set to the tune of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Alexander Hamilton” from Hamilton)
7. 7. “Do You Wanna Build a Wall?” (set to the tune of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez’s “Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?” from Frozen)
8. 8. “Trump-Pence” (set to the tune of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman’s “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins)
9. 9. “The Official Donald Trump Jam” or “Freedom’s Call” (set to the tune of George M. Cohan’s “Over There”)
10. 10. Untitled parody of “The Official Donald Trump Jam” (performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
11. 11. “Anything You Can Do” (set to the tune of Irving Berlin’s “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun)
12. 12. “Country Songs!” (set to the tune of Garth Brooks’s “Friends in Low Places”)
13. 13. “We Will Bern...
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Error Correction And Detection In Networking
Parity Checks Parity Bit (PB) One additional bit per character Even parity Odd Parity 9. J. SlideShare Explore Search You Upload Login Signup Home Technology Education More Topics For Uploaders Get Started Tips & Tricks Tools Error Detection And Correction Upcoming SlideShare Loading in …5 × 1 Furthermore, under appropriate assumptions, a burst of length greater than r+1 bits is detected with probability 1 - 0.5r. http://napkc.com/error-correction/error-correction-networking.php
Strayer, B. Now, the receiver performs the same operation, and checks the checksum. One simple checksumming method is to simply sum these k-bit integers and use the resulting sum as the error detection bits. Explore the IDG Network descend CIO Computerworld CSO Greenbot IDC IDG IDG Answers IDG Connect IDG Knowledge Hub IDG TechNetwork IDG.TV IDG Ventures Infoworld IT News ITwhitepapers ITworld JavaWorld LinuxWorld Macworld my company
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This strict upper limit is expressed in terms of the channel capacity. The parity bit is an example of a single-error-detecting code. However, if this twelve-bit pattern was received as "1010 1011 1011" – where the first block is unlike the other two – it can be determined that an error has occurred.
Contents 1 Definitions 2 History 3 Introduction 4 Implementation 5 Error detection schemes 5.1 Repetition codes 5.2 Parity bits 5.3 Checksums 5.4 Cyclic redundancy checks (CRCs) 5.5 Cryptographic hash functions 5.6 Rutvi Shah 13 14. If it's two, then changing one bit results in an invalid string, and can be detected as an error. Error Detection And Correction In Data Link Layer k is the length of the message we want to send, i.e., the number of information bits.
Actual data bits plus the remainder is called a codeword. Error Correction And Detection Techniques In Computer Network Transmission Media Transmission Modes - What are the different Transmission Modes? This is because Shannon's proof was only of existential nature, and did not show how to construct codes which are both optimal and have efficient encoding and decoding algorithms. Moulton ^ "Using StrongArm SA-1110 in the On-Board Computer of Nanosatellite".
The receiver need only count the number of 1's in the received d+1 bits. Error Detection And Correction In Computer Networks Forouzan Ppt In general, the reconstructed data is what is deemed the "most likely" original data. In a system that uses a non-systematic code, the original message is transformed into an encoded message that has at least as many bits as the original message. An example is the Linux kernel's EDAC subsystem (previously known as bluesmoke), which collects the data from error-checking-enabled components inside a computer system; beside collecting and reporting back the events related
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The key idea behind CRC codes is shown in Figure 5.2-4. http://ecomputernotes.com/computernetworkingnotes/communication-networks/what-is-error-correction-and-detection Turbo codes and low-density parity-check codes (LDPC) are relatively new constructions that can provide almost optimal efficiency. Error Correction And Detection In Computer Network Ppt The advantage of repetition codes is that they are extremely simple, and are in fact used in some transmissions of numbers stations.[4][5] Parity bits[edit] Main article: Parity bit A parity bit Error Correction And Detection Pdf Figure 5.2-2 illustrates an even parity scheme, with the single parity bit being stored in a separate field.
Shown in fig. (b). http://napkc.com/error-correction/error-correction-detection-capability.php Checksum schemes include parity bits, check digits, and longitudinal redundancy checks. ACM Sigcomm Conference, (Baltimore, MD 1992), pp. 248-257. [Byers 1998] J. Error Detection The receiver can detect a change in the original codeword. Error Correction And Detection Codes
The scheme however is extremely simple, and is in fact used in some transmissions of numbers stations. The sender while creating a frame counts the number of 1s in it. Create a clipboard You just clipped your first slide! http://napkc.com/error-correction/error-correction-detection-pdf.php The IPv4 header contains a checksum protecting the contents of the header.
As in regular binary arithmetic, multiplication by 2k left shifts a bit pattern by k places. Error Correction And Detection In English It should not be divisible by x.4. Retrieved 12 March 2012. ^ Gary Cutlack (25 August 2010). "Mysterious Russian 'Numbers Station' Changes Broadcast After 20 Years".
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McAuley, Reliable Broadband Communication Using a Burst Erasure Correcting Code, ACM SIGCOMM, 1990. ^ Ben-Gal I.; Herer Y.; Raz T. (2003). "Self-correcting inspection procedure under inspection errors" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-08-12. ^ "Documentation/edac.txt". Copyright 1999-2000 Keith W. Difference Between Error Detection And Error Correction The sender performs a division operation on the bits being sent and calculates the remainder.
This strict upper limit is expressed in terms of the channel capacity. Divisor The divisor is determined according to the algebraic polynomial. Perhaps its best-known use is in special ECC RAM for servers, in which extra bits are designed directly into the dynamic RAM chips. http://napkc.com/error-correction/error-correction-and-detection-pdf.php This technique is called Redundancy because the extra bit are redundant to the information.
To detect and correct the errors, additional bits are added to the data bits at the time of transmission. For example, if we want to send "1011", we may repeat this block three times each. What is Ethernet? 100VG-Any LAN What is transmission Baseband? Unfortunately, changing just one more bit can result in another valid string, which means we can't detect which bit was wrong; so we can detect an error but not correct it.
Given a stream of data to be transmitted, the data are divided into blocks of bits. minimum distance, covering radius) of linear error-correcting codes. The latter approach is particularly attractive on an erasure channel when using a rateless erasure code. ERROR DETECTION VERTICAL REDUNDUNCY CHECK LONGITUDINAL REDUNDANCY CHECK CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK Rutvi Shah 9 10.
Error correction is the detection of errors and reconstruction of the original, error-free data. kernel.org. 2014-06-16. If an error is detected, then the receiver will ignore the received byte and request for retransmission of the same byte to the transmitter. Embed Size (px) Start on Show related SlideShares at end WordPress Shortcode Link Error detection and correction 13,806 views Share Like Download Siddique Ibrahim, Assistant Professor Follow 0 0 0
What is a Digital Signal? Stop & Wait Protocol What is an Analog Signal? Flooding – What is flooding? Frames received with incorrect checksums are discarded by the receiver hardware.
The first one, Backward Error Correction, is simple and can only be efficiently used where retransmitting is not expensive. With this two-dimensional parity scheme, the parity of both the column and the row containing the flipped bit will be in error. What is Parity bit? See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details.
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ANNOUNCING: Little Tails in the Savannah!
Chipper and Squizzo are back with another fun adventure in the wild! This time, the adventurous duo head to the African Savannah, where they’ll see Lions, Giraffes, and all sorts of wild animals!
This third volume in the educational wildlife series from Frederic Brremaud and Federico Bertolucci, the creator of the award-winning LOVE books, will be in stores this March!
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Shiori is a Flirty, Vibe-Loving Japanese Babe!
Shiori was just chilling at home for the weekend... not a care in the world. Nothing amuzing to do that the evening, she decided to send you a text message. Were you too caught up with things to swing on by and see her? Heck no! As soon as you buzzed the front door, Shiori realized that wasn all that was making a "curious" sound. Were you happy to see her or was that a vibrator in your pocket? Both! So what will you do now? Will you pass the day diddling around indoors, or will you whisk Shiori-chan off for an afternoon of fun? I know what I?d do.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Jason and 2 Timothy 2:18,19
Jason wrote:
"A related point is illustrated in 2 Timothy 2:18,19, "Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his."
Now, it is apparent that if a mediated, intellectual gospel belief is equated with faith, which is obtained and necessary in regeneration, it would of necessity persist as the basis of the vital union between Christ and the regenerate."
Jason's first error in interpretation is evident in his interpretation of what Paul meant when he spoke of "the faith." There is no question but that Paul equates "the faith" with "the truth." Thus, "the faith" does not refer to belief, or to the action of believing, but to the object of faith, to the gospel doctrine. I don't think Jason will deny that "the faith," in scripture, often refers to the doctrinal system of Christian beliefs. When Jude said that we ought to "earnestly contend for the faith" (Jude 3), he is referring to the Christian religion. When people ask - "what faith are you?" - they are asking "what is your religion?" Paul is said to "preach the faith which once he destroyed" (Gal. 1: 23). That is, he preached the gospel.
So, when Paul spoke of some having "the faith" of their profession "overthrown," he is talking about them having their set of beliefs overthrown, their religion, what they own as being "the (religious or theological) truth." The Greek word for "truth" denotes what is "real," or "reality," of what is genuine, what is not a falsehood or non-reality.
Jason argues that those professing Christians, such as Hymenaeus and Philetus, of whom Paul speaks, and who had "erred" in the foundational truth of the Christian religion about the doctrine of the resurrection, and who's "faith" was "overthrown," were nevertheless clearly regenerated. But, where does he get his proof that they were genuinely regenerated? Or, genuine believers of the gospel? Does Jason not merely assume it and then base his whole line of reasoning on that assumption? Is there anything in the context that would suggest that these were viewed as having been certainly regenerated? Further, if Jason cannot first prove that they were definitely regenerated, then all his reasoning upon his premise is to be rejected.
So, from what I have already said, Jason must prove two things. He must prove that "the faith" is not equated with "the truth," but refers to the action or state of believing. Second, he must show that these men were certainly believed by Paul to have been truly regenerated. If he cannot prove these things, then all his deductions based upon this unproven premise cannot be accepted.
As a side note, let me say that it is strange for me to have to be demonstrating to Jason, one who believes in the eternal security of all the elect and called, that the "errorists" that Paul references were not genuine born again children of God. Jason's view that they are in fact genuinely saved is the view of the Campbellites and Arminians with whom I have debated. They too argued that these errorists were genuine born again Christians and they say that this verse proves that you can lose your salvation. Jason agrees with this reasoning, but would say that these errorists only lost a "time salvation," but not their eternal salvation. But, the truth is, both the Campbellites and the Hardshells are wrong, for these errorists proved by their departure from "the faith" and "the truth" that they were never truly Christians. Wrote John:
Hymenaeus and Philetus were not really "of us," for "had they been" truly "of us," then "they no doubt would have continued with us." But, their departure and apostasy was evidence of their status as impostors, as hypocrites, as empty professors.
My brother Jason ought always to read Dr. Gill on such passages. Dr. Gill wrote:
Ver. 19. Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure,...
Gill believed what the apostle John believed. Apostasy from the Christian faith and gospel is evidence of a lack of genuine regeneration and conversion.
Paul wrote:
"In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached..." (Col. 1: 22, 23)
The apostle John also said the same:
It is clear that failure to continue in the fundamental doctrines of the gospel is proof of a lost condition, of a professing Christian who has not been truly regenerated and converted.
Gill said that "true faith cannot be overthrown." Thus, the errorists Paul mentions did not have true faith, were not genuinely saved. The "faith of God's elect" (Titus 1: 1) is such a faith. John said that faith is the Christian victory, and that all God-begotten faith would "overcome," that is, not be "overthrown." (I John 5: 4)
The scriptures speak of "the faith" of demons. (James 2) There is a "faith" that "stands in the wisdom of men," but another that "stands in the power of God." (I Cor. 2: 5) There is hypocritical and pretended faith, a "vain faith." (I Cor. 15: 14) In the latter passage, interestingly, Paul equates "the faith" of those who denied the resurrection with such a "vain" faith. There is a "faith" that men have "dominion" over, and there is a "faith" that only the Lord rules over. (II Cor. 1: 24) There is "unfeigned faith" (I Tim. 1: 5; II Tim. 1: 5) and there is a feigned faith.
So, what about those who "err from the faith," who apostatize from Christ and the gospel?
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows...O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen." (I Tim. 6: 10, 20, 21)
What did the apostle John say of those who don't abide in the doctrine of Christ? What does he say about those who "went out from us" Christians? What did Paul say about those who do not "continue in the faith grounded and settled" and who "move away from the hope of the gospel"? Further, about those who depart or err from "the faith," Paul wrote:
What is the state of "infidels"? What is the state of those who do not have faith in the faith of the gospel (infidels)? "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth..." (II Thess. 2: 12)
Surely then, to be "worse than an infidel" is to be a lost unregenerate man. Those who deny the faith of the gospel, the faith of God and Christ, are doomed. Such apostates show, by their departure, that they are "reprobate concerning the faith." (II Tim. 3: 8)
Jason speaks about "a mediated, intellectual gospel belief is equated with faith." But, where has he ever proven that there is, in scripture, a non-mediated, non-cognitive, non-intellectual faith? Does not Paul say that "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God"? Does he not ask - "how can they believe in (have faith in) him of whom they have not heard?" And, "how shall they hear without a preacher" of the gospel? It is adding to the words of Paul, and twisting their clear meaning, to assert that Paul did not mean that any and all "faith" came in that manner, or that he denied that there was such a thing as a faith that is not mediated, intellectual, and cognitive. Paul did not say "this kind of faith" or "this kind of believing" is non-cognitive.
Jason denies that faith is "obtained and necessary in regeneration." He believes a man can have a false faith, a false religion, and yet be "regenerated." But, such a notion is foreign to anything taught in the new testament. The notion! A man without faith in Christ nevertheless having Christ living and reigning in such a man!
Jason refers to a "straw man" when he suggests that I believe that faith in Christ is "the basis of the vital union between Christ and the regenerate." I have never affirmed such a belief and neither did the old Baptists who wrote the oldest confessions. On this I agree with Dr. Gill. Only the blood and sacrifice of Christ is "the basis of" all aspects of salvation. But, faith and repentance are means of salvation, the very substance of it. Jason and the Hardshells do not believe that faith and repentance are inseparable from salvation, and affirm that those without faith and repentance may be saved nonetheless!
Jason wrote:
"Here, in this chapter of 2 Timothy 2, the inconsistency of this view is manifest, for the text proves that it is possible that the regenerate are in a vital union with Christ, though their intellectual gospel belief has been overthrown."
But, where has this been first proven? "The text proves" no such thing! Here is a good example of faulty hermeneutics. First of all, Jason has not proven from the text, or context, that the apostates Paul refers to, were "the regenerate," or that they were "in a vital union with Christ." He only assumes it, without warrant, and expects us to accept it! Further, as I have shown, their apostasy proved their unregenerated and unconverted state! The scriptures I cited prove it. Consider also the fact that Jason himself seems to agree that Paul's distinction, in the context, of "vessels" that are God's vessels, vessels of "honor," or "vessels of mercy," with those "vessels" that are vessels of "dishonor." These descriptions are descriptions of elect versus non-elect! (See Romans nine) Surely the apostates that Paul speaks about, in II Tim. 2, and in all other passages in his epistles, are identified with being "vessels of wrath," while those who "continue" in the faith of Christ are identified with being "vessels of mercy."
Faith that is overcome or overthrown is not that faith that itself overcomes! (I John 5: 4)
Jason wrote:
"This would prove that it is incorrect to equate faith with mediated gospel knowledge. It surely cannot be advocated that those who deny the resurrection of Christ could be said to believe the gospel, but you have here in this chapter the possibility in the mind of Paul that some regenerate children of God have been led astray by false teachers into heresy."
Jason does not equate knowledge of God and Christ with faith. He believes that "faith" is ignorant of God and Christ. His "faith" has no understanding or knowledge of God or Christ! Where is his authority, from scripture, for such a redefinition of things? Does he not realize the seriousness of his changing the meaning of words and concepts given in the scriptures? He believes that "faith" does not come by hearing! He does not agree with Paul that no one can believe in Christ apart from intellectually and cognitively "hearing" the story of Jesus!
But, I never said that "those who deny the resurrection of Christ" had ever truly "believed the gospel"! Why is Jason putting words in my mouth and arguing with them? And, what is Jason's view? One can reject the announcement of the resurrection of Christ, the core of the Christian faith, and still be one who has "faith" and is "regenerated"! Hardshells teach that a man can even be "anti" Christ and still be one who has a non-cognitive and sub-conscious, yet, saving "faith"! Heathens, who worship false gods and goddesses, "born of the Spirit"! Heresy! "Damnable doctrine"!
No, Jason, you and the Campbellites are both wrong to think that these apostates were genuine Christians! Jason said - "but you have here in this chapter the possibility in the mind of Paul that some regenerate children of God have been led astray by false teachers into heresy."
But, that is a baseless assumption, "read into" the passage by Jason. I have disproven his false inference.
Jason wrote:
"It is necessary to recognize that Paul is admonishing Timothy in his ministry to children of God that may be in error."
That is not actually correct. Timothy's ministry embraced all men. Paul told him to "do the work of an evangelist," which meant that he should preach the gospel to the lost, to those who knew not Christ. Further, Paul and Timothy knew that not all those who were members of the visible church, and who publicly professed faith in Christ, were not really saved, but were hypocrites and false professors. His ministry was to all the "children of God," to all who "name the name of Christ." (I Tim. 2: 19) Does Jason believe that all those who "name the name of Christ" are genuine? Does Jason deny that he has a ministry to the lost? That he does not have anything to say to them?
Does Jason mean "regenerated ones who may be in error" when he speaks of the "children of God who may be in error"? What kind of "error"? Can they be in error about there being only one God? Can they be in error about God being the God and Father of Abraham? Of Christ? Can they be in error about the work and person of Christ? Can they be in error as to whom they trust in for salvation? To affirm that the biblical description of "children of God" includes those who are heathens and pagans, and who believe not in the one true and living God, and in his Son Jesus, is the kind of serious "error" that Paul is talking about! Ironic! A "regeneration" that teaches a man nothing about God!
Jason wrote:
"I call the reader's attention to several places in this chapter (2 Timothy 2) to show that Paul is not pronouncing finally on the eternal destiny of those that have been carried away into Gnosticism."
Well, Dr. Gill disagrees. So do I. Did he not associate them with dishonorable vessels in the passage's context? So, Jason believes that a man can believe gnostic heresies and yet be owned by Christ in the day of judgment! What a heresy is Hardshellism! One can well understand my calling it a "cult," and for my bitter opposition to it! Is gnosticism an evidence of regeneration or degeneration?
Jason wrote:
"Verse 12 and 13 indicate this in that Paul shows in context of enduring all things for the elect's sake, "if we deny him, he also will deny us", right next to, "if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself." Verse 19 places the certainty of the knowledge of the identity of the regenerate in the mind of God, not in the mind of Paul, as the LORD knoweth them that are his. Verse 21 shows that Paul's exhortation is for the young Timothy to purge himself from the influence of false teachers that are vessels of dishonor in the church of God in verse 20, like Hymenaeus and Philetus, not that those overthrown in their faith are certainly vessels of dishonor."
Jason's error, as I have shown, consists in his not recognizing that the embracing of fundamental error, pertaining to Christ and his salvation, by a person, is proof that "the faith" and the "regeneration" of that person was not genuine.
In this passage Paul gives four "if" statements meant to identify a class, or a certain character, a description of a specific individual. 1) "If we died with Christ" 2) "If we suffer with Christ" 3) "If we deny Christ" 4) "If we believe not." (II Tim. 2: 12, 13) "If" statements have a protasis and an apodosis. It is the "if, then" logical formula. "If this, then that." It deals with logical consequences, to express the dependency of one thing upon another thing.
Part of helping us to properly interpret this passage is to ascertain what class of people is referred to by the pronoun "we" in the passage. Paul is either referring to 1) all we professing Christians or 2) all we human beings. The latter is clearly the "we" of Paul. His intent is to put men into classes or groups based upon certain adjectival qualities. So, let us examine Paul's four distinct classes of people.
First, there is that class who have "died with Christ." I don't think that there is any question that this is a description of one who has been either chosen or called. Second, there is that class who "suffer" for and with Christ. Again, there can be no question but this is a description of genuinely saved people. Thus, so far, there are two classes mentioned by Paul and they are both descriptive of saved people. Those who have "died with" and "suffered with" Christ are saved. But, the question is, do the next two classes that Paul mentions also describe saved people?
The third class is of those who "deny" the Lord Jesus. Can we say that Paul is now describing the same class as he had described by the first two adjectival descriptions? Or, a different class? Jason will take the former position, while I will take the latter. The fourth class is of those who "believe not," that is, they believe not in Christ, or in his word.
Clearly, just as the first two classes described denoted truly saved souls, so the last two classes denote truly lost souls.
Jason's position is that these four descriptions are of the same class! But, there is no such class of saved people, who have died and suffered with Christ, and who are, at the same time, members of the class that deny and reject Christ! That is Hardshellism! It is to be bitterly opposed!
Jason affirms that those who "deny" Christ and who have "no faith" in him, are nevertheless saved! He also thinks that the result of denying Christ and rejecting him as Lord and Savior, is not eternal condemnation! But, let us try this assertion. First, is not eternal salvation under consideration when Paul says "we shall also live with him," in the case of those who have died with Christ? Is eternal salvation not under consideration when Paul says "we shall reign with him"? Clearly it is. Well, why would we think that eternal destiny and eternal damnation are not referred to when Paul speaks of being "denied by Christ" in the future? And what about Paul's mentioning of God "abiding faithful," in response to a person not believing God and the record he has given of his Son?
Jason and the Hardshells would argue that Paul is saying - "if we believe not in Christ he will still be faithful to save us anyway"! What a twisted and dangerous interpretation! One to be opposed!
On verses 12 and 13 Dr. Gill wrote:
Jason cannot claim to be taking an old Baptist view of the passage! Dr. Gill's is such, however. Gill saw the denial of Christ as bringing eternal death and condemnation. Gill does not see the elect and called under consideration in this class of people who "deny" Christ! What are they denied, by Christ, if it is not final salvation? Hardshells affirm that Christ will not finally deny salvation to those who deny him!
Jason wrote;
"Lastly, verse 25 and 26 make it obvious that those overthrown in their faith are possibly regenerate children of God, as Paul states that it is possible that they will repent and acknowledge the truth of the gospel. The children of God can be taken captive of the devil from the intellectual truth of gospel faith, as Peter was nearly sifted like wheat, but can possibly recover themselves, as those that are converted from the error of their ways (James 5:19,20)."
Jason is incorrect in thinking that "giving them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth" is not a description of being regenerated or converted. He thinks that it is a giving of repentance and faith to those who are already regenerated and saved, apart from repentance and faith.
I deny that "children of God can be taken captive of the devil"! Jesus said that none would be able to snatch any from his hand! To think of such a thing is horrible! Satan attacking the possession of Christ and making slaves of his people! God's people are saved from being slaves to Satan and to assert that they can once again become his slaves, after having been liberated, and after having been made the slaves of Christ, is unthinkable! Heresy of the worst sort!
People still in the snare and captivity of the Devil are yet the slaves of Christ! Saved but still not liberated from Satan's bondage! Christ frees us from Satan's bondage, but not once for all! Saved but not restored by new birth! Not "recovered"! Not "converted" from damnable errors!
On these verses Dr. Gill wrote:
Dr. Gill interprets "he abides faithful" as meaning that "he will abide faithful to his word of threatening," not to his "word of salvation" to such characters as do not believe in Jesus!
Jason wrote:
"If gospel knowledge is equated to faith, Garrett is forced in one of two directions in this chapter: (1) those with an overthrown faith were of a certainty never truly born again, or (2) it is possible that regenerate children of God can lose their actual faith and become unregenerate. (2) is manifestly denied by his adherence to Calvinism. (1) is denied because 2:13 shows those with an overthrown faith to be in vital union with Christ, and 2:25 refers to repentance to orthodoxy, which establishes the possibility that those with an overthrown faith were regenerate children of God. While it is a possibility in the mind of Paul, but not a certainty, that these with an overthrown faith were never truly born again, it is clearly possible to him that they were deceived and may repent."
How does 2: 13 prove that those whose faith is overthrown had true saving faith or were truly regenerate? Jason says it does say it, but he did not demonstrate how it does. Dr. Gill disagrees with Jason on his assumption. Gill said - "This may be understood, either of such who are altogether destitute of faith, who do not believe in Christ at all." But, Jason thinks that it can only be language applicable to those with genuine faith!
Jason said:
But, I have shown that this statement is false.
Jason wrote:
"This establishes that an intellectual, gospel faith is not the fundamental basis of the vital union of the regenerate with Christ, and if it be not the fundamental basis after regeneration, neither can it be the fundamental basis in regeneration in the first instance."
No, Jason did not "establish" anything correct about the passage!
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Monday, 10 January 2011
It's cold outside but it's warm in here
Yes yes yes - Grit your teeth cheurbs - Frustratingly payday is still only a distant glint on the horizon. So a diet of one pot dishes and soup is currently stretching out in front of us as far as the eye can see. Thankfully there's some right, massive tunes popping out all over the place to stick the collective snout in. Get the beak round these...
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Elizabeth Remembers
Inspired by:
The Gospel According to Luke, Chapter 1
What a time it was! What days those were! When I think back on them now, I am amazed at how natural and normal it all felt and yet how grace-filled and sacred.
But let me start from the beginning. My dear husband, Zechariah was a fine husband. I did not know him well when we got married but he was a priest of Abijah and was a very good and holy man. I grew to love him and he would often sit next to me by the fire and put his hand on mine and say, “Elizabeth, we will fill our house with children!” and we would laugh and talk of names for the children we would have. I often said we must have a young Zechariah running in the house, one who will like my olive bread and lamb as much as his father. Whenever I said that, my husband would smile with great joy. Our second son, he would then declare, would be named after my own mother's father, Aaron!
In those early years, we waited each month, knowing that soon we would begin our family. But it was not meant to be. As my sisters and my kinswomen had more and more children, Zechariah and I waited with hope. And then we stopped waiting.
It was not that we no longer had hope, but the pain was too great. We knew that with each passing year, I brought on my family the shame of being barren. Many believed that it was a punishment for something we had done, but Zechariah and I could not feel that in our hearts. My family and friends were gentle with me and I helped them often in their time of confinement and loved their children.
As the years went by, Zechariah and I deepened our love and found great joy in each other. We shared the pain of being childless but it brought us closer together in many ways. We were together much of the time, and I missed him terribly twice a year when he spent a week in Jerusalem to serve his priestly duty in the Temple.
It was in one of those weeks at the Temple that the wonder began. Zechariah was chosen by lot, as was tradition, to enter the sanctuary alone. As the assembly prayed outside the tabernacle, Zechariah went in alone to pray and to burn incense. As he stood there with his arms raised in prayer, he suddenly knew there was someone with him — an angel! Zechariah was getting along in years and he shook his head, wondering if this was a dream. His old knees began to tremble with fear.
But the angel began to speak in a voice that somehow sounded like a harp, with beauty and warmth. He said his name was Gabriel. As he spoke, Zechariah did not think he was hearing correctly. Did the angel tell Zechariah that his wife would have a child? At the time when most of our friends were grandparents, he could not understand this. He shook his head to clear his ears, but the musical voice of Gabriel continued. We would have a son and name him John.
He shook his head again and tried to concentrate. What was Gabriel saying? It was impossible! He steadied himself on the altar and stammered out his question: How could this be? We are both so old!
The loving music of Gabriel's voice filled the small room again. Zechariah had asked for a sign and so would be given one: he would have no voice until these things were fulfilled. Then he vanished.
Later, after he had come out of the sanctuary to a puzzled crowd, after he had made the silent journey home, he tried to explain what had happened. He could not speak but our years together had made us able to communicate and I understood the story he told, but really - who could believe it? A baby at my age?
Yet ... I knew something had happened to Zechariah, something sacred, and in his quiet he had a peace about him that was unfamiliar. Sometimes as I laid the wet laundry on the roof to dry in the sun I would stop and wonder: what if it was real? Could it be? But, no. I had work to do and no time for day-dreaming this stuff of my younger years. I shrugged it off and continued with my work.
It wasn't for many months - mid-summer - that I finally began to believe. I felt different and I knew from so many years of helping my kinswomen that these feelings were signs of a new life. I knew, as much in my heart as in my womb: I would have a baby! “Nothing is impossible with God!” I said laughing to Zechariah and he simply smiled and nodded whenever I would talk about it. We held each other and I prayed out loud in gratitude, as was long our custom. Now it was my voice alone, but it seemed that we both were praising God with loud voices!
One day I stood by the water jars in our house. I was now too large to hide my condition to the public and needed to ask a family member to go to the well for me. A commotion outside drew me to the doorway and there was my dear young cousin, Mary! Mary was Joachim and Ann's daughter and had always been dear to me. I was so happy to see her and called for Zechariah within the house. Mary was here!
As we embraced, something happened. I looked deeply into Mary's young face, I could see that she, too was pregnant. I had looked into many young faces and seen pregnancy - sometimes before the mother was even aware. But then, I was given a great gift. From deep in my womb, the baby moved. The baby had often moved in recent weeks but this was different. I felt our young one swirl inside happily and it echoed my own feeling. It was as if the baby was dancing joyfully inside me and telling me what I suddenly knew in my heart: Mary carried the Messiah! I stared and tried to breathe but could only look at Mary and hold her close again.
"You, Mary?" I asked her. "You are with child?" She nodded and smiled again. In the warm sun we sat by the water jars as with great wonder, she told me her story. She smiled and place her hand on my belly. "And you, dear Elizabeth, you are with child! I had to come when I heard."
She paused and dropped her voice. "And I had to come because, well... Joseph. He is angry and I can say no more than the truth to him. It is so difficult."
Zechariah had been praying in the corner as Mary and I spoke but now he rose and came to us. He held his hands over Mary and prayed in his powerful silence. After a few moments, he dropped his hands to her shoulders and smiled down into her eyes. We both understood his wordless message. It is all as it should be. Mary’s trust in the Lord and in the message he had given her make the difference. “Nothing is impossible with God,” she murmured.
Then Mary leaned back, lifted her face and began to sing in prayer as Hannah had done so long ago: "My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord, my mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation!"
Zechariah took my hand and the baby inside of me kicked and danced with joy.
All of that was a few years ago and so much has happened. Mary stayed with me in my confinement and then returned home in time begin her own confinement and to talk with Joseph. He told her he now understood and he, too, had been visited by an angel.
The census drew them to Bethlehem and Mary had her baby away from her own town, but the three of them have returned home. Now Mary has returned to visit and we sit in the courtyard, watching our boys play in the dust. We laugh at their antics and the games they seem to invent with stones and sticks on the ground.
As neighbor children came to join them in the sand, John proudly introduced his young cousin to everyone. “This is Jesus! He has come from Nazareth to be with me! Come and meet him!”
We laughed and watched our boys and wondered, as all mothers do, what their futures would be. Would John be a priest and Jesus a carpenter? Whatever happened to them, we knew they would cherish each other as long as they lived.
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Production Spark Plug Modified to Accept
Optrand Miniature Cylinder Pressure Sensor
The PSIplug is a user-selected, modified production spark plug that accepts Optrand miniature M3.5 or M4.5 sensor. A detachable sensor is mounted in a spark plug collar and senses combustion pressure through a passage linking the sensor diaphragm to the cylinder chamber. Since no modifications to the electrodes are required, the modified spark plug retains the original electrical and thermal characteristics. The PSIplug/Sensor assemblies are particularly useful for engine knock studies.
Modified Spark Plug Collar Diameter:
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Sensor Pressure Ranges:
Min. 22mm with M3.5 sensor,
25mm with M4.5 sensor
M3.5x0.6 or M4.5x0.5
M3.5 sensor: 0-100 bar (~1,500 psi)
M4.5 sensor: 0-70 bar (~1,000 psi) or 0-200 bar (~3,000 psi)
PSIplug combines the miniature 2.8mm or 3.8mm diaphragm sensor with a modified production spark plug. The assembly offers uncompromising spark plug performance and pressure reading accuracy of a head-mounted sensor.
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A United Methodist Pastor's Theological Reflections
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Upcoming Sunday Scripture Commentary - April 19
Sermon (April 19) - "Use Your Words"
Acts 3:12-19
The reason that Peter and John were able to heal a man wasn't because of them but because of Christ's healing power working through them!
V. 13 - Why does Peter refer to God as the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? This comes from the story of Moses and God in Exodus chapter 3. Peter is saying that just as God used Moses to free their people from slavery centuries earlier, God is rescuing his people in the present as well!
Peter also lists some important aspects about who Jesus is in this passage:
1. Jesus is an innocent servant. He was put to death for our sake even though he was innocent.
2. Jesus is the Holy One. This title is used throughout Acts. See 4:27, 30; 7:52; & 22:14. Jesus was totally God-centered throughout his ministry.
3. Jesus is the Prince of Life. The word "prince" means "initiator." Jesus is the one who initiates life and this was most evident through his victory over sin and death on the cross.
Peter emphasizes that new life is possible through the name of Jesus. Jesus makes it possible for us to be made whole.
Luke 24:36b-48
This is a passage to help us know the mission of the church. We are to share the good news of Jesus' resurrection with the world.
What does this mean? Repentance & forgiveness - This is what leads to wholeness and love. This is what can literally change the world! This doesn't just happen at an individual level but at a larger level like in the area of race relations and other national and global injustices.
V. 48 - We are witnesses. Being a witness means sharing our faith. How has God been active in your life? Where has God provided forgiveness, healing, and wholeness? Share these holy encounters with others.
V. 53 - Notice that the Gospel of Luke begins (1:8) and ends in the Temple! Creative!
[Note: The resources used for these scripture reading commentaries are based on the Everyone series by NT Wright, Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, The Wesley Study Bible, and the “Montreal-Anglican”lectionary commentaries.]
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Unique Design
“Let there be light.” These are the first words recorded in scripture. The first recorded words of God. The very first creation, and the beginning of the story of the world we live in. From that moment, everything that exists was created, and set into motion everything that was meant to be. Consider this, however. [...]
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Tupac Shakur: "Only God can Judge me"
I took the liberty and edited it as to only include Tupac's parts.
"Only God can Judge Me"
Only God can judge me, is that right?
[synth voice] Only God can judge me now
Only God baby, nobody else, nobody else
All you other motherfuckers get out my business
[Verse One: 2Pac]
Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back
I couldn't trust my own homies just a bunch a dirty rats
Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed
And hocus pocus try to focus but I can't see
And in my mind I'ma blind man doin time
Look to my future cause my past, is all behind me
Everybody's dyin tell me what's the use of tryin
I've been Trapped since birth, cautious, cause I'm cursed
And fantasies of my family, in a hearse
And they say it's the white man I should fear
But, it's my own kind doin all the killin here
I can't lie, ain't no love for the other side
Jealousy inside, make em wish I died
Oh my Lord, tell me what I'm livin for
Everybody's droppin got me knockin on heaven's door
And all my memories, of seein brothers bleed
And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees
Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix
Cause the media is full of dirty tricks
Only God can judge me
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
I hear the doctor standing over me
screamin I can make it
Got a body full of bullet holes layin here naked
Still I, can't breathe, somethings evil in my IV
Cause everytime I breathe, I think they killin me
I'm having nightmares, homicidal fantansies
I wake up stranglin, danglin my bed sheets
I call the nurse cause it hurts, to reminisce
How did it come to this? I wish they didn't miss
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here
Cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
Try to remember, but it hurts
I'm walkin through the cemetary talkin to the, dirt
I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward
There's a ghetto up in Heaven and it's ours, Black Power
is what we scream as we dream in a paranoid state
And our fate, is a lifetime of hate
Dear Mama, can you save me? And fuck peace
Cause the streets got our babies, we gotta eat
No more hesitation each and every black male's trapped
And they wonder why we suicidal runnin round strapped
Mista, Po-lice, please try to see that it's
a million motherfuckers stressin just like me
Only God can judge me
[Interlude: 2Pac]
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger
(That's for real)
and I don't see why everybody feel as though
that they gotta tell me how to live my life
(You know?)
Let me live baby, let me live
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axiomatizable class
Let L be a first order language and T a theory in L. Recall that a model M is an L-structureMathworldPlanetmath such that M satisfies every sentenceMathworldPlanetmath in T. We say that the structure M is a model of T. Let us write Mod(T) the class of all L-structures that are models of T.
Definition. A class K of L-structures is said to be axiomatizable if there is a theory T such that K=Mod(T). Furthermore, K is a finitely axiomatizablePlanetmathPlanetmath or elemenary class if T is finite.
For example, the class of groups is elementary (and hence axiomatizable), because the set of group axioms is finite. However, the class of infinite groups is axiomatizable but not elementary. Similarly, the class of R-modules is elementary iff R is finite. The class of locally finite groups is an example of a non-axiomatizable class.
• K is an elementary class iff there is a sentence φ such that K=Mod({φ}), for sentences φ1,,φn can be combined to form φ1φn, which is also a sentence since it has no free variablesMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath.
• A class is axiomatizable iff it is an intersectionMathworldPlanetmath of elementary classes. As such elementary class is sometimes abbreviated EC, and axiomatizable class ECΔ, where Δ means is another symbol for intersection.
• A caution to the reader: some authors call an elementary class an axiomatizable class that is defined here.
Title axiomatizable class
Canonical name AxiomatizableClass
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Synonym axiomatisable class
Synonym finitely axiomatizable
Synonym finitely axiomatisable
Synonym EC
Synonym ECΔ
Related topic Supercategories3
Related topic AxiomaticAndCategoricalFoundationsOfMathematicsII2
Defines elementary class
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axiom of dependent choices
The axiom of dependent choices (DC), or the principle of dependent choices, is the following statement:
given a set A and a binary relationMathworldPlanetmath R on A such that ran(R)dom(R), then there is a sequence (an)n in A such that anRan+1.
Here, is the set of all natural numbersMathworldPlanetmath.
The relation between DC, AC (axiom of choiceMathworldPlanetmath), and CC (axiom of countable choice) are the following:
Proposition 1.
ZF+AC implies ZF+DC.
We prove this by using one of the equivalentsMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath of AC: Zorn’s lemma. For this proof, we define seg(n):={mmn}, the initial segment of with the greatest element n. Before starting the proof, we need a fact about initial segments:
Lemma 1.
The union of initial segments of N is either N or an initial segment.
Let S be a set of initial segments of . If s:=S, then B:=-S, so B has a least element r. As a result, none of iseg(r-1) is in B, and seg(r-1)s. If some mr is in s, then there is an initial segment seg(n)S with mseg(n), so that rseg(m)seg(n)s, contradicting rB. ∎
Remark. The fact that B in the proof above has a least element is a direct result of ZF, so the well-ordering principle (and hence AC) is not needed.
We are now ready for the proof of propositionPlanetmathPlanetmath 1.
Let R be a non-empty binary relation on a set A (of course non-empty). We want to find a function f:dom(R) such that f(n)Rf(n+1).
Let P be the set of all partial functionsMathworldPlanetmath f:dom(R) such that dom(f) is either an initial segment of , or itself, such that f(n)Rf(n+1), whenever n,n+1dom(f). Since R, some (a,b)R. Additionally, bran(R)dom(R). Define function g:{1,2}dom(R) by g(1)=a and g(2)=b. Then g(1)Rg(2), so that gP, or P is non-empty.
Partial orderMathworldPlanetmath P by inclusion so it is a poset. Let C be a chain in P, then h:=C is a partial function from to A. Since dom(h) is the union of initial segments or , dom(h) itself is either an initial segment or by Lemma 1.
Now, suppose m,m+1dom(h), then m+1dom(s) for some sC, so mdom(s) as well. Therefore s(m)Rs(m+1). Since h(i)=s(i) for any idom(s), we see that h(m)Rh(m+1). This shows that hP, or that C has an upper bound in P.
By Zorn’s lemma, P has a maximal element f. We claim that f is a total function. If not, then dom(f)={1,,n} for some n. Since f(n)dom(R), there is some dran(R) such that f(n)Rd. Define a partial function g:dom(R) such that dom(g)={1,,n+1}, and g(i)=f(i) for all i=1,,n, and g(n+1)=b. So gf extends f, contradicting the maximality of f. Hence, f is a total function, and we are done. ∎
Proposition 2.
ZF+DC implies ZF+CC.
Let C be a countable set of non-empty sets. We assume that C is countably infiniteMathworldPlanetmath, for the finite case can be proved using ZF alone, and is left for the reader.
Since there is a bijection ϕ:C, index each element in C by its image in , so that C={Aii}. Let A:=C. We want to find a function f:CA such that f(Ai)Ai for every i.
Define a binary relation R on A as follows: aRb iff there is an i such that aAi and bAi+1. Since each Ai, R. Furthermore, if bran(R), then bAi+1 for some i. Pick any cAi+2 (since Ai+2), so that bRc, and therefore bdom(R). This shows that ran(R)dom(R).
By DC, there is a function g:dom(R) such that g(i)Rg(i+1) for every i. Now, g(1)Aj for some j. Define a function h:A as follows, for each iseg(j-1), pick aiAi and set h(i):=ai (this can be done by inductionMathworldPlanetmath), and for ij, set h(i):=g(j-i+1) (arithmetic of finite cardinals is possible in ZF). Then h(i)Ai for all i.
Finally, define f:CA as follows: for each AiC, set f(Ai):=h(i). Then f has the desired property f(Ai)Ai, and the proof is completePlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath. ∎
However, the conversesMathworldPlanetmath of both of these implicationsMathworldPlanetmath are false. Jensen proved the independence of DC from ZF+CC, and Mostowski and Jech proved the independence of AC from ZF+DC. In fact, it was shown that the weaker version of AC, which states that every set with cardinality at most 1 has a choice function, is independent from ZF+DC.
Remark. DC is related to Baire spacesPlanetmathPlanetmath in point-set topology. It can be shown that DC is equivalent to each of the following statements in ZF:
• 1 T. Jech, Interdependence of weakened forms of the axiom of choice, Comment. Math. Univ. Carolinae 7, pp. 359-371, (1966).
• 2 R. B. Jensen Independence of the axiom of dependent choices from the countable axiom of choice (abstract), Jour. Symbolic Logic 31, 294, (1966).
• 3 A. Levy, Basic Set Theory, Dover Publications Inc., (2002).
• 4 A. Mostowski On the principle of dependent choices, Fund. Math. 35, pp 127-130 (1948).
Title axiom of dependent choices
Canonical name AxiomOfDependentChoices
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Q: After multiple visits to my doctor because of weakness and fatigue, they finally figured out that my symptoms were due to high calcium levels. What can you tell me about this condition?
A: Over 99 percent of the calcium in the human body is stored in the bones and teeth, contributing to their strength (hence why low calcium may contribute to osteoporosis). Over 40 percent of the small amount of the body’s total calcium which is in the blood is bound to proteins (mainly albumen); the free (unbound) serum ionized calcium is what interacts with cells (muscle, heart and other cells).
Altered bone reabsorption (bone is constantly being remodeled, that is reabsorbed and remodeled), calcium excretion from the kidneys, absorption of calcium from the gastrointestinal tract, and/or other irregularities can lead to abnormal blood calcium levels. Parathyroid hormone (PTH, produced by the four small parathyroid glands in the neck just behind the thyroid gland) and vitamin D (vitamin D is produced in the skin when it is exposed to sunlight, and is also absorbed when it is eaten in a food or as a vitamin supplement) levels closely regulate these processes to keep blood calcium levels within normal limits.
The most common cause of high calcium levels (hypercalcemia) is abnormally high levels of PTH (called primary hyperthyroidism) due to an adenoma (over 90 percent of cases) or glandular hyperplasia of the parathyroid gland. Certain cancers can cause hypercalcemia either by directly invading bone (so causing calcium in the bone to be released into the blood) or by stimulating certain hormones that cause bone calcium to spill into the blood. Primary hyperthyroidism and cancers cause over 90 percent of all cases of hypercalcemia. Other causes include kidney conditions (since calcium is excreted by the kidneys, renal disease can impact calcium levels), reactions to some medications, certain bone conditions (for example Paget’s disease and even skeletal reactions to prolonged bed rest), high thyroid levels, sarcoidosis, uncommon inherited conditions, and rarely ingestion of too much vitamin D and/or calcium (for example from excessive ingestion of calcium carbonate, dairy products or others).
High calcium levels are present in over 100 per 100,000 Americans. Most of these patients have only mildly elevated calcium levels and have no symptoms; their hypercalcemia is identified from a blood test typically done for other reasons.
Hypercalcemia may cause digestive symptoms (such as nausea, poor appetite and/or constipation), kidney problems (ranging from kidney stones to compromised kidney function), weakness (muscle weakness and/or general fatigue), bone pain, psychosocial issues (such as depression, anxiety or difficulty concentrating) and/or other symptoms. It may also cause complications such as inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis), kidney problems, bone conditions (including osteoporosis) and/or other issues.
If hypercalcemia is suspected, bloods test to measure the calcium level (and the albumin protein level, since calcium binds to albumin the overall calcium level must be “corrected” if the albumin level is low), the PTH level (since inappropriately high levels of PTH are the most common cause of hypercalcemia) and the vitamin D level (since this is the other major regulator of calcium levels) will be done. Other tests may be indicated to further evaluate the condition, and to look for other possible causes (for example certain imaging tests to look for a parathyroid adenoma, blood tests to evaluate thyroid function, tests to look for certain cancers and/or other evaluations).
Very high calcium levels, or levels that are causing symptoms, will likely require treatment. Immediate treatment may include intravenous fluids (to "dilute" the calcium level a bit), and possibly medications to push more of the blood calcium into the bones (such as medications used for people with osteoporosis and/or other medications).
Treatments for the specific underlying cause may be indicated, such as surgery for a parathyroid adenoma (successfully treating this condition in up to 95 percent of cases), dialysis for kidney problems, treatments for cancer (if that is causing the high calcium level) and/or other treatments.
Patients with mildly elevated calcium levels and those with primary hyperparathyroidism usually do quite well. Patients with certain underlying conditions causing their hypercalcemia, such as cancers or sarcoidosis, have their prognosis linked to the prognosis of the causative disease.
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Ok, now I give you Harry Choates, who's band comes in at the right time and in on the key of "C". If you want to learn "Allons a Lafayette" let the master fiddler "give you the song" as it should be! If you've never experienced a fiddler "giving you the song" as you try to mimic his fiddle sounds on your accordion, then you haven't yet begun to live!
Also pay close attention to the singing. He is singing the A-part of "Allons a Lafayette". At no point in time does he sing the B-part or the turn. As a side note, the guitar chord progression for Allons a Lafayette is as follows: C,G,D,G and repeat for the whole song for both the melody and the turn. The song ends with one last short A-part, and ends with the "G" guitar chord. So we have a song that starts in "C" but ends in "G" according to the guitar. Oh, there's more to come! Believe that like you believe in Jesus! Its about to get twisted as a bag of dislexic pretzels. You might want to go pour yourself a stiff drink.
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Greezy you're overthinking things.
I'm pretty sure Allons à Lafayette as played by Cleoma and Joe Falcon is in the key of G, played in second position on a C box.
As you noticed, Cleoma f**** up the chords, especially at the start of the tune. The melody calls for a IV chord at the beginning (C chord) but she stays on the I chord (G) and chills on it... which gives the song its color!
Of course the record is not true to A440 pitch so it may complicate things a bit if one wanna play along.
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Ohhhhh, now I get why this seems to confuse some people.
The melody starts on a C chord but it's not a C tune. The tune is in G. As you pointed out, there's also a D chord in the mix... G, C and D = I IV and V for the key of G = G tune.
There's quite a few tunes starting on the IV chord. Grand Texas comes to mind.
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Oh but wait Boudreaux, there's more to come. Sometimes it pays to "overtink" tings. You'll see. It will be for the good of all. That is mission priority.
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Let us go forward in time and visit Dennis McGee in 1929-1930. The time when he recorded the music you can listen to on YouTube provided in link #2 or below in the video. A fiddle man with a repertoire of possibly over 500 Cajun songs as mentioned by Barry Ancelet and currently part of the archives. Especially, give a listen to the song named "Jeune Genes de la Campagne" @0:37:47. Now, you have to consider the fiddle came first before the accordion. And Dennis McGee would probably have a pretty good handle on these old fiddle tunes and their correct names!
Read the following quote which you can view for yourself provided in Link #1.
And I quote, "Cajun Music was first recorded on April 27, 1928 when Joe Falcon recorded "Allons a Lafayette", a spin-off of the older traditional tune "Jeunes Gens de la Campagne" (Young gents from the country). This piece was later recorded by Iry LeJeune as "Jeunes Filles de la Campagne" (Don't get married) - worded three different ways but basically the same tune."
Below is Dennis. Click on the "show more" button on the actual Youtube video to be able to negociate to the songs you want to hear. Remember 0:37:47.
And then Iry comes along years later in 1954 and records "Don't Get Married" which was eventually accepted by Cajuns by the name "Jeune Filles de la Campagne" by the wording in his lyrics. Notice the change of the word "Genes" to "Filles". Very slick of him don't you think? Ok, I'm spent for the day. It's just too much! More to come tomorrow evening or possibly the next morning early.
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Greezy, I can't wait to read the reports of your musings. And sorry if I disrupted your train of thought.
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Mr Greezy this is all good stuff, so thanks.
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That's ok Boudreaux, I was just trying to be funny with the "retain yall got dam comments" thing. Your **edit** actually helped me out with the answer to all this mess. And thanks Mr Guy for the encouragement too. Didn't mean for it to be taken literally. But certain comments from some folks challenging what I am trying to do could have steered this post in a whole new direction and possibly away from a solution. As I am finding out, "Allons a Lafayette" is a difficult matter in itself! It was the first recorded Cajun song. How many times has this song been worked over and changed or made better or worse, or made easy or more difficult than its original recording? And then, that "original recording" turns out to be "NOT SO ORIGINAL". It was a knock off of "Jeune Genes de la Campagne". Why the Falcons didn't do it in its original name and form we may never know the exact reason. Maybe the words "Allons a Lafayette" made it more relatable to the listening audience both Cajun and non Cajun. But ever since..this song has been twisted and turned every which way but loose. Even Harry Choates fiddle was tuned odd! Starting with the big string down to the smallest string the tuning he used was GDGD which was a cross tuning that allowed him to play the high and the low parts with one fiddle. He was the only fiddler in the band, but it sounds like there might be two. He veered away from the Cajun fiddle down tuning of FCGD which probably confused things even more.
Now, getting back to the accordion. Which key is Allons a Lafayette being played in? It is definitely being played in the key of "G"! How do I know for sure. Because I took my "D" accordion and played along with Jesse Lege's band which is using a "C" accordion. I played that "D" accordion in the 3rd position and I was able to follow along with a sound match for most all of the song. And when you play a "D" accordion in the 3rd position....wait for it......YOUR PLAYING IN THE KEY OF "g".!!!!!! But there is still more. It aint over yet. So, by now, WE SHOULD NOT feel guilty at all for not knowing what the heck is going on with "Allons a Lafayette" or not being sure. This song is twisted in an unusual way, with time and circumstance playing a part in helping to twist it. There is still a factor I haven't talked about yet. It is a recording of Marc Savoy playing "Jeune Genes de la Campagne" on a "D" accordion. I'll get into that on the next post, but for now, here is a video of Jesse Lege and Mack Manuel's version for you to play along with. But just to twist it up even more, (WHY DON'T YOU TRY PLAYING THE B-PART WHEN JESSE IS PLAYING THE A-PART AND PLAY THE A-PART WHEN JESSE IS PLAYING THE B-PART. You'll find it matches up either way!
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A non standard standard! That wouldn't have occurred to me 3 years ago.
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Well, the story comes to an end. Forgive me for being too chatty. My mind is like a steel trap when I lock onto something and I can scarcely control it or shut it down. With that said, I submit my final exhibit and call on a witness to talk about it. Here to explain the following recording of "Jeune Genes de la Campagne", AKA "Allons a Lafayette" done by Marc Savoy, Ann, and Michael "pretty sun" Doucet, is a man that is very close to me. I give you the 33rd Degree Master Musician.
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Eh umm. Hello everyone. I was asked to come here and share my point of view concerning Cajun slide of hand and trickery and how it applies to the songs known as "Jeune Genes de la Campagne" "Allons a Lafayette" and "Jeunes Filles de la Campagne" All three are pretty much the same song but different in a small and subtle way. "Allons a Lafayette" was created by playing the singing part of "Jeunes Genes/Fille de la Campagne" on accordion at the start of the song which contains that tricky "C" chord, followed by the turn or B-part which is very much in the key of "G". The B-Part of "Allons a Lafayette" is actually the A-part and only part of "Jeune Genes and Filles de la Campagne". It does not have a turn. It's turn is the singing melody of "Allons a Lafayette". I hope I did not lose you with all the back and forth. Below are the recordings of the "Royal Families" of Balfa Toujour and The Savoy-Doucet Band playing "Jeunes Filles and Jeunes Genes" respectfully. Two very good versions.
I have come to this discussion board before and commented on a few things. I exposed something about the Savoy-Doucet Band's cover picture for the Live at the Dance CD which you see above. You should open the actual YouTube video and expand it to full screen and really look close at all three of their instruments. Now this is my specialty! Subconscious Symbolism! LOL, Greezy is learning it well too. Look really close at those instruments. Fiddle in his right hand instead of in the correct left hand, his accordion turned completely upside down on the wrong knee, and her guitar not only on her left knee, but turned over upside down also. (This was not by accident!!) In fact, all this talk of the different accordion positions 1-3 was first introduced by the woman in this photo by way of a book she authored. If you don't think these people are capable of taking an old song and turning it backwards, confusing the living hell out of you, and calling it their own, then I have some ocean front property in Lafayette I'd like to sell you. But Ann acted honorably and listed all of the original artist of the songs they performed on the CD sleeve. She even included a few song lyrics and the translation. If they hadn't done that, they would have felt my deepest and most sincere RATH! Good to see all of you again, I hope I've been helpful. At this time, I will call the final witness. "The Keeper of the Blue Max" AKA "THE BLUE MAX". He is the chosen one! He and he alone will be the one to present the world with (The Blue Max Master's Riff). And with that, he will become the most honored accordion teacher of all time. If he ever completes that dam riff! Take it Blue!
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Hey everyone. This story comes to an end at a fitting time. Coinciding with the end of our Observations of Lent. I gave up smoking and drinking the hard liquor for Lent, and I can't wait till tomorrow so I can fill my lung with smoke and my belly and mind with Gentleman Jack! I've suffered profusely for giving up the things which I love the most in honor of the suffering of ole JC. The time is coming for me to make up for all that suffering. Haha. I am not a man of many words so I will leave you with my thoughts on "allons a Lafayette". The beginning of the song is pretty confusing. It can easily be mistaken for being a "C" song just due to the way the play progression feels on the accordion. The bellows don't get too extended for the a-part or melody of the song which is usually the case when you play in the 1st position on any accordion. In this case, the "C" accordion. It is very easy to play allons a Lafayette incorrectly for the a-part which is done dominately on the top half of the accordion key board. The turn is done from the middle on down. Best bet is to really take the time to listen to Joe Falcon do his thing and try to copy it exactly over and over again until you get it solid. I also recommend the recording by Harry Choates. It will help you to iron out any difficulties you may have not yet gotten. And on that note, I will leave you with a link that talks about the great Harry Choates and his final days on this Earth. Let it remind you that you should not beat your head against the wall about songs like "Allons a Lafayette". Just do your best and know that you are not alone in your struggles. There are many brothers out here that are having or have had the same exact problem.
The link to the tragic story of Harry Choates is right down there. See it?
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Greezy, marci bocoo for the good story.
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Did he also get some lessons of Don Montoucet ?
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Hey doodz.
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Hey Greezy,
That point of view of yours is very interesting.
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Some of you may already know about this native windows command, but I didn’t… so here it is if anyone is interested
forfiles -pc:\act -m*.zip -d-7 -c”CMD /C del @FILE”
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I was tasked with verify host connectivity after some server patches were pushed out. So instead of manually pinging each one, and I already had a text file with all the affected hostnames, I decided to put together a little script that would read from the text file and print out whether the host was up or down.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
The Cult-TV Faces of: Alfred Ryder
1. Well, no one has bitten on this one and I didn't want to jump in if someone had a greater knowledge of Alfred Ryder's work.
It just so happens I was watching Star Trek the other day for my own site and Image 2 is extracted from Star Trek: TOS Episode 1, The Man Trap [1966] featuring the salt creature where he plays archaeologist Robert Crater and is essentially doing his damndest to protect the creature from extinction.
I would guess Image 1 is quite possibly Irwin Allen's Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea [1964]. After that- ?
Beyond that, I leave the rest to you John.
2. Hey Sci-Fi Fanatic,
Yep, looks like I picked a toughie this week (either that, or Alfred Ryder simply doesn't have the name recognition of, say, Roddy McDowall, Jonathan Harris, Joan Collins or Darren McGavin).
But you are right about image 2, it's from the first Star Trek ever aired on network television, the salt-vampire episode "The Man Trap."
Image 1 is not Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, but that's a great guest and Alfred Ryder did appear on that series!
Any other takers?!
3. dave starry12:34 PM
Alright John, it looks like you stumped us on this one. Any hints?
4. Hey Dave!
Some hints yes.
Frame # 1: There was a Control Voice on this series.
Frame # 3: Roy Thinnes starred on this series.
Frame # 4: Lee Grant guest-starred in this episode with Ryder.
Frame # 5: Bidi-bidi-bidi.
How's that?
5. dave starry12:39 PM
Yeah, well, that pretty much gives it up ;-)
Thanks John!
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Holding the fort
This is how Z described it while she's on Granny duties. In truth it's more a cross between baby-sitting and crowd control.
I've been tasked with looking after the chickens and the tots (Anastasia and Natasha - Russian Tortoises).
While the tots are content with basking in the glow of their heat lamp, eating copious amounts of lambs lettuce and swilling vodka doing their traditional Russian dancing, the chickens are another matter completely.
They lulled me into a false sense of security. Sunday evening they milled about the chicken pen innocently, pecking at the ground; they ate their dinner and went to bed without any bother. Yesterday morning however, they put their plans into action. I greeted them as normal, "Morning ladies." They ignored me and huddled together. I opened the door and a little black hen made a break for it.
Okay, I thought. I'll deal with you in a bit. I've looked after small children, I know how to prioritise my battles. The others mere…
Showing Up
This has not been the best weeks I've ever had. The euphoria of being free to pursue my creative and caring impulses has died down to be replaced with: Oh My Gods - what was I thinking? Closely followed by: I Can't Do This; and the ever-helpful: I Am Not Worthy of my Dreams. The job stacking shelves at Tesco when I'm 80, because I don't have a pension, has been calling me and 2, 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning. I won't lie, I think I cried my way through half a box of tissues yesterday.
I picked up the Big Girl Pants and put them away. I gave myself permission to be scared, fearful, doubtful and terrified. I sat with them and then when the time came, I went out and got good nails and fabulous eyebrows. Because if I'm going to fall apart, then at least let me have two bloody eyebrows!
Today, hasn't happened very quickly. It's taken me all morning to do my workout, get clean and dressed. I've cleaned my hearth, hauled my wood and coal and built my fi…
Hello February
When January began, I had everything all planned out. I wrote in my diary the time table for getting fit. I planned out my first novel and wrote down when it would be completed. I was waiting eagerly for the start of my Introduction to Counselling course. I was exceptionally nervous and full of doubts, but ready to go for it.
And then I went back to work at the office.
I've been at Insight for over 4 years. It is the longest I've ever worked anywhere. Ever. It's been absolutely brilliant. No two days have ever been the same and the people are brilliant (if slightly bonkers, which is probably why I got on there so well).
After the first couple of weeks and the start of my counselling course, I realised it was time. Those two weeks I was distracted and grumpy and tired because my heart wasn't in my work. Neither was my head. The counselling was course was everything I'd hoped it would be and more.
I took stock of everything I want to do this year and where I want to be a…
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Rogue Phoenix Press Presents: Bulletproof
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Kiera tried to calm her jitters with a series of slow, deep exhales. "Well, you did it," she said. "You've turned the kid into another human nuke. What are we going to do once your brother gets his hands on him again?"
"See, if you hadn't been getting all hot and bothered over dissecting him, maybe you would have thought up an answer to that," said Isabella. "Fortunately, I did. We're going to need to install a failsafe that we can detonate from the outside at the first sign of treachery."
"You mean like a bomb within the bomb?"
"Actually, I was thinking a poison sac that would release its contents into his bloodstream at our command, but if you can build a bomb in the boy, go for it!" The Queen grinned evilly.
Suppressing a yawn, as it was getting quite late, Kiera dug through some drawers. "I'm sure I can improvise a bomb out of something in here…what's this tubing for?" She held up a length of soft plastic tubing about the width of the tooth of a comb.
"I can tell you five things it's not for."
Rolling her eyes, Kiera looked through a few more cabinets, eventually collecting three vials and pouring all of their contents into the tubing so that they mixed. "These three combined are explosive when lit. Cham taught me," she said. Her jittery scalpel hand carved deep incisions down each of Colin's limbs and she wound the tubes around and around his bones. With a touch and a thought, she sealed up the cuts as quickly as she'd made them. As a finishing touch, she built a primitive switch and implanted it where the tubes came together, under Colin's heart and over the slit nerve. "One spark, and then…kaboom!"
"Now all we need is a detonator," said Isabella.
"Can I build it in the morning?" Kiera pleaded. "If I have to concentrate for one more second, I think I'll explode."
"Of course. It's late. Of to bed with you."
As they left the lab and began to retreat to their separate bedrooms, Kiera looked over her shoulder. "Is?"
"What is it, Kiera?"
"How long are you going to keep messing with my head like this?"
Isabella grinned darkly. "Only until you start messing back."
~ * ~
Colin awoke naked in a strange room. He felt stiff, as if he'd gotten some new ligaments installed and hadn't had the time to break them in. On the table next to him was a note:
Dear William,
The injuries you sustained in your car accident required treatment via invasive surgery, so I took the liberty of saving your life. You may feel a little sore. It's nothing to worry about. Take the two pills on the console to your left if the pain becomes too bothersome.
Hoping you are well,
Isabella Sordeno, M.D. (In case you were worried)
Colin plucked the pills off of a small metal tray and swallowed them without water. They knocked him out in a heartbeat.
~ * ~
Kiera awoke with her cheek pressed against the bathroom floor, facing the toilet. She felt stiff, as if she'd been sleeping in her current tangled position all night. On top of the toilet tank was a note:
Esteemed colleague,
Well, I hope you're happy. I told you to quit knocking yourself out with Tongue of the Reaper, but you just don't listen to the doctor's orders, do you? I do hope you haven't killed yourself this time, and if you are alive, you should be ashamed of yourself. You think this is any better than the alcohol problem you had a few years back? Well, it isn't.
I suppose I owe you an apology for having a laugh at your expense last night. So I'm sorry. But think about it. Your fascination with bodily mutilation truly is funny, and how do you suppose you'll live with it if you can't have a laugh at yourself once in a while?
You're probably not too happy about my forcing you to perform a surgery you were underqualified for, either. I can see why you might have needed to search for solace after that, but trust me, you won't find it in the afterlife. I know. I was there once, remember?
All that said, if you aren't dead yet, please get to work building that detonator for Colin's bomb. You might feel a little nauseous, which is why I moved you next to the crapper. If you need to vomit, go on and vomit, but after that, get to work.
All my grudging respect,
Relieved to find she wasn't nauseous, Kiera pulled herself off the floor and headed to the lab.
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So you can read my books
Monday, March 1, 2010
I just read an article entitled "Rules That Warren Buffet Lives By." No, not the guy who sings "Margaritaville." Though I suspect Jimmy has more fun than Warren despite Warren being one of the wealthiest men in the world.
There was obvious merit to them. He didn't get the wealth he has by chasing the wind. But the phrase "lives by" bothered me. As King Solomon wrote : "Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter. The advantage to wisdom is that it also remains when all else is gone."
And in thinking about that quote, the time came to mind when my home had burned to the ground. My dog, my cat, my possessions {the most dear being the Bible my mother had given me with her thoughts, doubts, and funny one-liners scribbled in the margins} were gone. My savings had been wiped out by trying to pay my mother's medical bills from her fatal struggle with cancer. My face and hands were badly burned from crawling back into my house in a vain effort to save my cat. I was living in the back of a massage school, courtesy of a good friend.
I remember sitting on the corner of the bed, after having talked to my best friend, Sandra Thrasher. She and I had our stores next to one another for years in the Mall. After she had moved out of the Mall, we remained close friends. She helped save my sanity in that black time. And another thing saved it : remembering something Viktor Frankl had learned in a Nazi concentration camp :
I also remembered reading in that day's newspaper that the TV show EIGHT SIMPLE RULES had just gone into pre-production. And it puzzled me what I would say were my EIGHT SIMPLE RULES to live by. I took out the only scrap of paper I had to my name, a Hallmark store envelope from the "Thank You" card I had bought for Sandra. And I thought for a good bit, then I wrote them down.
Upon reading the Warren Buffet article, I searched through my apartment until I found the carefully folded envelope, kept safe in a drawer. I sat down and re-read them. I felt like a butterfly reading notes written by the caterpiller it once had been. But the words were true. And I still live by them. I thought you might be interested in what they were. So here they are.
1) Since everyone is having a harder time than they appear, be as kind as you can to each person you meet. You'd feel really lousy if you had made a bad day worse for someone who had been through the wringer, wouldn't you?
2) When faced with two paths, the more uncomfortable one is usually the right one to take. And try not to hurry so down whatever path you take. If you're heading in the wrong direction, going faster won't get you where you want to go any sooner.
3) When faced with a major decision, take overnight to decide. If pressed by someone to make an immediate one, always say "No." If they don't want you to have time to think it over, guess to whose benefit that is?
4) No battle goes as planned. Especially the Battle called Life. Expect things to go wrong. That way if they go right, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Commit yourself to staying flexible. Bouncing is better than breaking. And as no battle goes as fast as you'd want, learn to be patient or you'll become one.
5) If you treat people as extensions of yourself, you will always be lonely, for you will become the way you look at life -- alone in the sandbox of life with unfeeling toys called people.
6) Don't get mad at the sun for being hot. People will always be true to their natures. It's not their fault you mistook their iron for steel. So don't get mad at the rust in the lives of others. Don't blame the rain for being wet. Just get an umbrella and get on with it already.
7) Always keep your walk in sync with your talk. Divorce your ways from from your words, and the alimony payments will be bitter indeed.
8) Always stand up to a bully. Always deny him what he demands. Yes, you will get beat up more times than you want. But physical bruises heal. Some emotional ones never do. If you let them, bullies steal that which is difficult to replace : self-respect, pride, affection for yourself {and in turn, for others - one stems from the other}, and inner peace.
*) What did Susan Sontag say? Oh, yes. "I envy paranoids. They actually feel people are paying attention to them." Hope someone is paying attention to this list and gets some use out of it. If only to laugh.
Right now, I'm listening to "Fly Me Away" by Annie Little, which began by being a commercial for Amazon's Kindle. It's an inspiration that shows good things can come from small beginnings since she received a chance to do a mini-CD of three of her songs from Amazon. Here it is if you'd like to see it :
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Sep 08, 2017
Hunt Middle School will once again hold a Flu Shot clinic in it's cafeteria on Wednesday, September 27th. The clinic is open to all students and their families from 4:30-5:30pm. All attendees must preregister in order for the company to have enough product on hand. You may click here to preregister.
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Manipulation central to the play as a whole? It is reasonable to suggest that Shakespeare’s play The Tempest is all about manipulation
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It is reasonable to suggest that Shakespeare’s play The Tempest is all about manipulation. To its original audience, and particularly to King James I, who it is considered the play was written for, this theme would have been something quite enjoyed. However, by adopting a post-colonial view on the presence of manipulation in the play, it appears instead to be an abominable and omni-present force. Regardless of how the audience perceives it, manipulation is central to the play as a whole.
Examples of manipulation in The Tempest are vast. Prospero’s Dukedom is usurped by the manipulative and insidious actions of his brother Antonio; an injustice that certainly riles the exiled Duke enormously, ‘that a brother should be so perfidious!’ Twelve years has passed and now Prospero is set upon revenge. This past wrong is made right when Prospero manipulates the elements to bring to him that villainous brother and his companions including the King of Naples Alonso.
With his magical servant Ariel, Prospero disrupts their safe sailing home from Tunis, engaging a mighty Tempest to destroy their ship. The company are torn apart and cast upon the same shore that Prospero and his daughter Miranda landed upon twelve years previous. Manipulation is used to scare the men, to punish them and finally to lead them to his cell where he was able to show his humble and forgiving nature. ‘For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth, I do forgive thy rankest fault – all of them.” At the conclusion he is reinstated to his Dukedom and order is gained from chaos. Without manipulation this would not have been achieved.
Interestingly, the place of manipulation in the play does not end there. Prospero manipulates the fortunes of his daughter by placing her before the Prince of Naples Ferdinand. He punishes Ferdinand cruelly and treats him as a slave to illustrate to his daughter Ferdinand’s noble character. When Miranda suggests she help him, he says, ‘No, precious creature. I had rather crack my sinews, break my back, than you should such dishonour undergo.’ We feel certain that it’s not just love at first sight that drives them on, rather the challenge that Prospero has set before their love that makes them win the other’s affection. Again, manipulation is ever-present. This idea is echoed at the conclusion of the play where we see Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess. The game is used as a metaphor for the control and order Prospero has gained from manipulating the other characters like mere pawns.
Prospero even manipulates his favourite servant Ariel. When Ariel asks of his own freedom from service, Prospero cruelly reminds him of the pain from which Prospero freed him as a means to manipulate Ariel into sustained and silent servitude: “If thou more murmur’st, I will rend an oak, and peg thee in his knotty entrails, till thou hast howled away twelve winters.’ Likewise, the savage and earthy character Caliban is manipulated by Prospero. When first Prospero and Miranda came to the island, Caliban moans that ‘Thou strok’st me, and made much of me, wouldst give me water with berries in’t’ but then, once he had foolishly showed them the qualities of the island Prospero then kept Caliban as a slave; ‘here you sty me in this hard rock, whiles you keep me from the rest o’th’island.’ And indeed Prospero continued to manipulate Caliban by cruel and calculating tactics. ‘I’ll rack thee with old cramps, fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar.’
To a seventeenth century audience the presence of manipulation would have been very well received. Prospero is a learned man, whose study of books and magic is what led to his being exiled. It is only through his mastery of magic gained from his learning that he was able to manipulate the other characters on the island with such skill. It was thought that Prospero was a representation of King James I. King James himself was a learned man and had an interest in magic also. To see on stage how that magic and learning can control others and restore balance in power is something James would have liked.
However, to a modern, post-colonial audience, it is difficult to get past the ruthless and brutal ways Prospero manipulates others. He has both the tender spirit Ariel and Caliban as his unwilling slaves. Countries the world around; Africa and the Carribbean, Australia and even New Zealand, are still reeling from the oppressive colonial control of their past and now those ‘natives’ represented by Caliban and Ariel are often dislocated from their roots, disenfranchised, removed from their land, and still made to worship and adhere to a foreign power. Our sympathies are evoked by the savage Caliban whose name is anagrammatic to cannibal, when he speaks of the island in the most poetic and tender way, illustrating that it is, by birth, his own; “the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.” To take advantage of these lesser beings through manipulative measures is to many an abominable action. A modern audience may feel regret that Prospero’s plans are indeed so successful.
Despite this, however, manipulation is the driving force in this narrative. It is through Prospero’s convoluted and well-orchestrated manipulation that order is gained from chaos and rights are made of wrongs.
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51A-6A-11.1. Public trust companies to maintain office and perform trust administration in South Dakota. A public trust company shall:
(1) Maintain office space in South Dakota for trust company business and for the storage of, and access to, trust company records required by § 51A-6A-30;
(2) Hold no less than two quarterly governing board meetings with a majority physically present in South Dakota each calendar year;
(3) Employ, engage, or contract with at least one trust officer or key employee to provide services for the trust company in South Dakota related to the powers of the company in § 51A-6A-29 and to facilitate the examinations required by § 51A-6A-31; and
(4) Perform trust administration in South Dakota.
The commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish additional guidelines regarding what constitutes trust administration in South Dakota for purposes of this section.
Source: SL 2010, ch 232, § 18; SL 2012, ch 233, § 2; SL 2015, ch 240, § 3; SL 2016, ch 231, § 4.
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Something in the Air
Okay, so the meeting went well. Really well.
There was me, the very picture of nonchalance as I wandered into the famous BBC Television Centre, probably looking like someone who's spent too long in the countryside and might actually have arrived by tractor. And it turns out that they've moved the drama department. We used to be across the road, behind the bike sheds. Now we have something called 'The Drama Building'. And before long, we'll be moving again.
Hey - dig that "we"!
Anyway, a great chat, most encouraging. And oddly enough, there's a guy working a door or two away on Lark Rise to Candleford. He was script editor on the last series I worked on with the producer I was meeting (she's now an executive producer, two steps down from God). I haven't seen this script editor chap in fourteen years. Only yesterday, though, he was asking after me.
Now, all this is just a wee bit weird. But I've been having a strange sense of a return to business-as-usual after something like ten or twelve years. Let me explain.
One of my very first writing jobs in British TV was developing an idea by Paul Theroux into a potential TV drama series. This was for a firm called Euston Films, a company for which I had, and still have, almost unqualified admiration.
The project stalled rather suddenly when the parent company, Thames Television, lost its licence to broadcast. It lost its licence because it had annoyed a certain Margaret Hilda Thatcher. See, Mrs Thatcher had unleashed a death squad to assassinate a group of Irish people in broad daylight on the streets of Gibraltar. Thames TV made a documentary about it. By doing so, they signed their own death warrant, so to speak. Their broadcast licence was effectively revoked, and my series with Euston Films withered on the vine, basically because Euston Films no longer knew if it had a future.
I got my revenge, up to a point, by restaging the shooting of the Irish Republicans for another TV drama series (we did it on Brighton sea-front, though, rather than in Gibraltar). But it was a hollow victory. I had in fact lost one of my very first jobs because of a politician who went ape whenever somebody questioned the terrible things that happened while she was in power.
But it was a golden period for me, following on from Thatcher's own political demise, because her party remained in government for another seven years. Great news for hard-hitting drama and political thrillers. Why? Simple:
Because we expect Conservatives to misbehave. We know that they're up to no good. We can devote all our energies, 24/7, to uncovering their multitudinous peccadilloes, their evil little schemes, their shady deals, their assaults on civil liberties ...
Thirteen years under a centre-left government just weren't the same. Okay, so the Labour leadership might mess things up a bit. They might annoy us somewhat. They might even lead us into illegal wars. But they're not hideous, twisted, self-serving swindlers, bigots and cheats. Right-wing conspiracy theorists will go out of their way to invent strange stories about Labour but they're unlikely to be true.
The last thirteen years have not been very good for drama in the UK. But no sooner have the forked-tongued chinless wonders of the right got back into power and, hey, the BBC beckons me to The Drama Building. Former colleagues are enquiring about me after all this time. Looks like we might be back in business. TV Drama is about to be reborn out of fear and loathing, the anguish and the outrage which it is only sensible and proper to feel in the face of this dreadful coalition government.
Something in the air, my friends. Something in the air ...
(Oh, and BTW - hi, Shayne!- a really good friend who works in arts documentaries has suggested that the BBC might be interested in a documentary or two about Shakespeare, or rather about the revelations I can offer. So that's something else I'll be looking into very closely, while publishing's very, very quiet just now.)
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1. Oh! I'll permit myself cautious excitement regarding your last paragraph.
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Sunday, 20 July 2014
28mm Napolenoic "French" Elf Hussar
Several years ago I got some Alternative Armies Flintloque fantasy Napoleonic 28mm figures. The game is a skirmish system based in an alternate reality where the French are Elves, the British are Orcs, the various Germans are Dwarves, the Austrians dogs and the Russian undead. Some of their early figures are really nice, particularly from the boxed scenario sets. I painted a few but did not get round to the rest but now I quite fancy doing some more as you don't need a lot for a game. Here is the first one I did, Colonel Etienne Gerard of the 10th Crown Hussars.
A twirl in still photos to see all round the figure:
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1. Without doubt one of the best ever Flintloque miniatures and you have done a great job in painting him.
Well done.
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iPhone leaving POP3 lock on mail server until powered off
Setting up SMTP AUTH under RedHat 7.3 (Linux)
I recently had to configure a Linux machine to require SMTP AUTH so that we could test a new product at Codonics. So I wanted to provide a little guidance and some insight that I gained while working on this task.
The requirement was “basic” SMTP AUTH… so PLAIN/LOGIN functionality, no need for TLS, and use the existing user accounts on the linux machine. Local email needs to still function (mail from cmd line) but anything from a “remote” user would require a username/password to be verified before allowing the machine to send the email.
1) need to allow sendmail to talk to more than just localhost (allow network connections)
– firewall (open ports, or disable for testing)
– “dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=, Name=MTA’)” line in the sendmail.mc instead of “DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=, Name=MTA’)” …. adding the dnl in front of the command basically comments it out.
2) need to install from source (for our RedHat 7.3 machine, I used these versions):
– cyrus-sasl (v1.5.24)
– sendmail (8.11.6)
* these versions were selected because they matched the rpms/version that were already installed on machine. I needed to be rebuild to provide support for PLAIN and LOGIN AUTH methods… which I understand are not typically available via RPMs.
3) Important lines in the sendmail.mc:
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS’, `A’)dnl
make sure that none of these have a dnl in front of them… that would cause them to be ignored (considered comments).
4) There needs to be a file: /usr/lib/sasl/Sendmail.conf (note the upper-case S in filename) with the following line (only line):
– “pwcheck_method: PAM”
5) Not sure if this is actually required, but during my travels, I found that I need the file /etc/sasldb to exist and it can only be read/writeable by root so:
– touch /etc/sasldb (to create it if necessary)
– chown root:root /etc/sasldb (to change it to owner/group root)
– chmod 600 /etc/sasldb (to ensure that only root user can read/write file)
6) I did confirm that these changes will only require AUTH on connections from external mail clients (doesn’t affect mail cmd-line on the host).
7) If you want to test via “telnet host 25” the sequence of events would be:
-> EHLO hostname (doesn’t matter what you use as hostname)
<- 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 -> anNueWRlcg== (Base64 encoded username, ie: jsnyder thru the base64 encoder)
<- 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 -> dGVzdGluZw== (Base64 encoded password for username above)
<- 235 2.0.0 OK Authenticated (this is a good sign... no need to continue) -> QUIT
Useful commands:
– m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf (converts the sendmail.mc file into the necessary sendmail.cf for sendmail to use)
– sendmail -d0.1 -bv root (shows if SASL support is available in sendmail in the list of “Compiled with:” items)
– sendmail -d0.20 -bv (shows location it is expecting sendmail.cf … “Def Conf file:” line).
– sendmail -O LogLevel=33 -bs (runs a quick instance of sendmail with logging turned up to level 33, and then you can enter “ehlo localhost” and it should give you back the options for the server… should include the line: “250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN” when everything is configured correctly).
Helpful Links:
Sendmail downloads: ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/past-releases/
Base64 Encode/Decoder: http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp
Content of my “sendmail.mc” file for comparison:
dnl This is the sendmail macro config file. If you make changes to this file,
dnl you need the sendmail-cf rpm installed and then have to generate a
dnl new /etc/sendmail.cf by running the following command:
dnl m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
VERSIONID(`linux setup for Red Hat Linux')dnl
dnl Uncomment and edit the following line if your mail needs to be sent out
dnl through an external mail server:
dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider')
define(`LOCAL_RELAY', `mail2.n1.codonics.com')
define(`MAIL_HUB', `mail2.n1.codonics.com.')
define(`SMART_HOST', `mail2.n1.codonics.com')
define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl
define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl
dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5d')dnl
dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `12')dnl
dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `18')dnl
dnl FEATURE(delay_checks)dnl
dnl The '-t' option will retry delivery if e.g. the user runs over his quota.
FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl
dnl This changes sendmail to only listen on the loopback device
dnl and not on any other network devices. Comment this out if you want
dnl to accept email over the network.
dnl NOTE: binding both IPv4 and IPv6 daemon to the same port requires
dnl a kernel patch
dnl We strongly recommend to comment this one out if you want to protect
dnl yourself from spam. However, the laptop and users on computers that do
dnl not have 24x7 DNS do need this.
dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl
Netscape 7.2 Email Client and Internet Explorer Browser
Adding the following lines:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "iexplore.exe");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "iexplore.exe");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.http", false);
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.https", false);
Removing a couple of nuisance icons from “My computer”
This command worked for me:
This command worked for me:
Remove Snapz Pro X’s splash screen
Can I get rid of the Splash Screen?
defaults write com.ambrosiasw.snapz SkipSplashScreen true
Custom Folder Icons in MacOSX
6. Save this file to your computer
7. Download Icns2Rsrc
Disable Content Preparation Progress Dialog in Adobe Acrobat
Content Preparation Progress Dialog
Winmail.dat Viewers (Mac and Windows)
Winmail Opener
TNEF’s Enough:
SyncServer Unexpectedly Quit (resolved)
I believe that I have finally resolved the problem on my MacBook when starting Mail.app that it would display this error message “SyncServer has unexpectedly quit” with a relaunch button.
2) Reboot
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• I have never before worn a swim cap in my life. Having just bought one I think I will call it my hair condom going forward. #
• Dear furrballs…why will you only eat trader joes food? This place makes me bonkers and is a day ruiner #
• there are a lot of videos involving pop rocks and babies and cats on youtube….seems mildly abusive #
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I will always remember you. Lent 1, 26/02/2012
When I was young, I had a model of Noah’s Ark. It was made of wood, and there were models of Mr Noah and Mrs Noah made of lead, and some of the animals two by two. I remember lions and tigers and bears, giraffes and elephants, sheep and chickens. That was about all.
And when my own children were little we bought them a Noah’s Ark. This one was made of plastic and Mr and Mrs Noah and the animals were made of plastic so children could chew them without getting lead poisoning.
And children play with the ark, marching the animals in and out two by two. It’s great fun, but it tells a terrible story.
The world was so wicked that God decided to start again. He could only find eight good people on the earth, Noah and his three sons and their wives so God sent those eight and two of each kind of all the animals into the ark. The rest of the animals and the humans were all destroyed, drowned in the flood because of the wickedness of the world.
However you think about it, it was a dreadful punishment. An untold number of people, men women and children were killed by God because of the wickedness of the world, and only eight spared. In the story of the ark it says that the world was filled with violence, so God decided to destroy all living things. Well, our world is filled with violence, so should we expect God to destroy all flesh again? Should all men, women and children be killed because of the world’s violence? Should we die because other people are vicious killers?
These are the questions which the story of the flood raises.
But today’s story tells us more about God and more about the way God works in the world. After the flood, God said to Noah and his sons with him, ‘As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.’
God is saying that this dreadful punishment will never happen again. Never again will all people die because of the world’s wickedness and violence. Somehow, after this experience, God has changed. God repents of the destruction of the earth and promises to Noah and his sons and his descendents that it won’t happen again.
And as a sign, God places his bow in the clouds. A bow, of course is a weapon of battle, used to shoot arrows of God’s wrath at sinners. But now God puts it in the clouds as much as to say, I will not use violence against my people again. This is God’s promise, God’s covenant of mercy. Never again will there be a flood to destroy all flesh.
The rainbow is a sign of God’s mercy to us. When we see the rainbow in the sky we remember that God has promised never to destroy all flesh. So when some crazy preacher says that the Victorian bushfires are God’s punishment for abortion, we can say, that is not true. It is not God’s desire to kill innocent people. God does not bring floods or fires or tsunamis or cyclones to destroy people because of the wickedness of the world. The rainbow is the sign of God’s promise of mercy. “When I see my bow in the clouds, says the Lord, I will remember my covenant.” God will remember. When there is evil, God will remember his people and all creation. When there is wickedness, God will remember the people he has made in his own image, God will remember the animals and the plants, the earth and the sky and all God has created by the words of his mouth. The rainbow tells us that our God remembers us; we are never out of God’s sight or knowledge or love.
In the first letter of Peter we are reminded that there is a connection between the story of Noah and the story of our baptism. Both are signs of God’s remembrance. Many people say that just as the flood washed away the wickedness of the world, so our baptism washes away our sin.
I would say that baptism is, among other things, a sign that God remembers us. We baptize babies to say that God knows us and loves us and remembers us from the day of our birth. We use the words, “I sign you with the sign of the cross to show that you belong to Christ for ever.”
And when we come to the Eucharist we remember Jesus’ words, do this in remembrance of me. Baptism and the Eucharist are reminders that we are not forgotten, we are not abandoned to die because of the violence in the world. Instead, we are remembered so that we can be rescued and saved.
In the gospel we have six little verses which tell us that God remembers. In those days, Jesus came down from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. In Mark’s gospel there is no Christmas story or wise men or angels or shepherds. He plunges straight into what is important. In those days, in the days of turmoil among the nations, corruption in the temple ministry, spiritual questioning. It might be another time for a flood. But no, instead Jesus comes down to be baptized and to begin his work of salvation. God has not forgotten his people, but sent a saviour, striding over the hills from Galilee down into the deep valley of the Jordan River. Somewhere I have the idea of Jesus walking in a straight line from Nazareth to John, his eyes fixed on his goal, while John the Baptist waits in the river, his eyes turned to where Jesus will appear. Mark fills the story with drama and directness. It’s all happening in six verses.
Jesus is blessed by God, it is not the rainbow which appears but a dove, like the dove Noah sent out of the ark. And a voice comes from heaven, “I have remembered, you are my Son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” And immediately Jesus went into the wild places of the world, places where there are devils and temptations and wild beasts. God has chosen not to destroy all these wild and awful things by flood fire or plague. Instead God remembers his beloved in the wilderness, and sends angels to wait upon him.
And this is why Jesus, when he returns to Galilee, after the terrible news of John’s arrest, Jesus declares the good news. The bad news is that John has been arrested, the good news is that God has remembered his people, the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near.
And we can tell the good news too. As we think of our baptism, as we come to the Eucharist, we can say, there may be bad news, but the good news is that God remembers me.
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StoryADay is all about creativity.
May 18, 2016
In this episode I talk about the many, many ways we are wrong when we tell ourselves we simply can't write!
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What is Drug Withdrawal?
Drug withdrawal is the adverse physical and psychological effects of reducing or ceasing use of drugs once the person has become dependent on them. Dependency can occur without addiction for those who are prescribed drugs for a legitimate medical or psychiatric condition and although these individuals will also experience drug withdrawals when they stop or reduce use of the drugs, they lack the uncontrollable compulsions to use them beyond the prescribed therapeutic purposes.
Adverse Effects of Drug Withdrawal
Many of the effects of drug withdrawal are opposite the effects of intoxication. Someone who has become dependent on the calming, tranquilizing, or sedative effects of drugs like opiates, alcohol, or benzodiazepines are likely to experience increased agitation, anxiety, and autonomic hyperactivity as the cravings and physical symptoms of withdrawals become much more intense. According to the Institute of Medicine (US) “For individuals with a history of self-medication of opiates and alcohol, physical dependence is an important factor in motivating individuals to seek out and self-administer opiates and alcohol.”
For someone who has become dependent on stimulants such as cocaine, meth, and amphetamines, the extreme highs turn to extreme lows. The depressing symptoms of withdrawals often leave stimulant users despondent with the need to sleep followed by an overwhelming surge of psychological and emotional upheavals which are common with these types of drugs.
Additionally, there is an unpredictable amount of neural toxicity that damages organs and systems when drugs contain unknown variant chemicals such as those used in the productions of methamphetamine and synthetic drugs or those left behind in the processes of heroin and cocaine. Because many of these drugs are used via rapid delivery methods and the body is often unable to dispel the toxins, the adverse effects of withdrawals may be multiplied.
Role of Dopamine in Desires to Use and Dependence
Drugs work in different ways and some have more psychoactive properties than others which increase their abuse potentials. Drugs like alcohol, opiates, cocaine, meth, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, and hallucinogens are all able to increase dopamine release to make the person feel good. Dopamine is a naturally occurring chemical our brains produce allowing us to feel good and enjoy pleasures in life while also reinforcing those experiences that bear repeating.
These drugs, however, are able to increase dopamine levels to abnormally high amounts causing euphoria and making them more desirable than many other drugs, while changing the way the brain functions. Some drugs like heroin, cocaine, and meth do this more quickly and some drugs do it longer; or the effects may be intensified by snorting, smoking or inhaling the drugs which allows the chemicals to reach the brain more rapidly.
As the brain tries to compensate for the over-stimulation of the reward system, it actually loses its ability to produce dopamine without use of the drugs. This is why people feel confused, anxious, disinterested, fatigued, depressed, and generally, dope sick, with intense cravings for more drugs when the levels of the drug are reduced in their systems.
Different Drugs – Different Drug Withdrawals
Withdrawal symptoms
Withdrawal symptoms depend on which drug has been used.
Withdrawals will be different for everyone based on their health and biological factors, environmental influences, drug use histories, and of course the neuronal adaptations that have occurred within their brain and bodily systems. According to the Institute of Medicine (US), “drugs can interact at many different functional levels including the molecular, cellular, and systems levels.”
Stimulant drugs like cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamines have been known to change brain structures as well as functions which may account for the increased severity of psychological and emotional withdrawals during the acute withdrawal phase. Psychiatric problems including paranoia and schizophrenic-like behaviors have been linked to chronic stimulant abusers because of the extreme neurological impact these drugs have on cognitive and nervous systems.
Opiates, on the other hand, closely interact with midbrain dopamine and endogenous opioid peptide systems causing more extreme physical withdrawals of intense pain and cravings, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, stress, and overall impaired functioning capabilities. Opiates are more in tune with natural endogenous chemicals and are able to unlock the many opioid receptors found throughout the reward circuits in the brain and central nervous system making them appear salient to survival. When a person goes through opiate withdrawal, they feel like they are never going to survive unless they get another dose of opioids.
Alcohol desensitizes and damages nerve cells throughout the brain and central nervous system. A person going through alcohol withdrawals can experience life-threatening seizures, delirium tremens, or schizophrenia as a result of autonomic hyperactivity and the neurological damages that alcohol causes.
Benzodiazepines are tranquilizing drugs that depress the central nervous system. Withdrawals can be dangerous unless the dose is gradually tapered off because once the sedative effects wear off, horrible rebound effects occur. Long term benzodiazepine abusers commonly present some serious psychological and emotional problems during drug withdrawal including panic attacks, hallucinations, and severe suicidal or violent tendencies. They are also prone to paradoxical effects that compound their emotional instabilities during withdrawal.
Cravings can be the most problematic drug withdrawal symptoms outside of any health complications. While they tend to diminish for most individuals over a few weeks or months, cravings for drugs like heroin and other opioids can last a life-time. Normally, dopamine is well regulated within brain functioning systems and only reaches high enough levels to cause euphoria when an unusually pleasing event occurs. The more often a drug is enjoyed and the higher the euphoria, the more associations the brain alerts to and the more important it becomes.
Conditioned cravings are a primary cause of relapse during protracted withdrawals. Even when the person has no conscious desire to use the drugs, the internal adaptations that have taken place can “trigger” cravings as a conditioned response to prior drug use associations.
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because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;
because, according to [their] power, I testify, and above [their] power, they were willing of themselves,
with much entreaty calling on us to receive the favour and the fellowship of the ministration to the saints,
and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,
so that we exhorted Titus, that, according as he did begin before, so also he may finish to you also this favour,
but even as in every thing ye do abound, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, that also in this grace ye may abound;
not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,
for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poorbeing rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you [is] expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before — a year ago,
and now also finish doing [it], that even as [there is] the readiness of the will, so also the finishing, out of that which ye have,
for not that for others release, and ye pressured, [do I speak,]
but by equality, at the present time your abundance — for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,
according as it hath been written, `He who [did gather] much, had nothing over;
and he who [did gather] little, had no lack.'
because indeed the exhortation he accepted, and being more diligent, of his own accord he went forth unto you,
and we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the good news [is] through all the assemblies,
and not only so, but who was also appointed by vote by the assemblies, our fellow-traveller, with this favour that is ministered by us, unto the glory of the same Lord, and your willing mind;
providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;
and we sent with them our brother, whom we proved in many things many times being diligent, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,
whetherabout Titus — my partner and towards you fellow-worker, whether — our brethren, apostles of assembliesglory of Christ;
the shewing therefore of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf, to them shew ye, even in the face of the assemblies.
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Assassin is Chronicle - Chapter 406: Final Battle - Wuxiaworld
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Chapter 406: Final Battle
Chapter 406: Final Battle
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Blavi waved his hand and sent a large fireball towards the phantom dragon. The mages around him followed suit, summoning and launching hundreds of fireballs towards the dragon. An attack like this was no different than a high level spell, like the meteor spell.
The ghost dragon flapped its wings and dove down, flying through the fire. The dragon roared and was blown into pieces. A few fireballs flew past the dragon and towards the necromancers behind it. Unfortunately, the attack was blocked by the bone shields.
The scroll that enabled the necromancers to summon ghost dragons was very rare and usually reserved for use against a difficult opponent. Using it on some mages was a waste, but the necromancers did not have time to regret their decision. "Hurry," one of the necromancers called. "Let’s go!"
"Who said you can go?" Anfey said sharply. He jumped up and lunged at the necromancers, gripping his fire sword in one hand. He pulled out his other sword, gripping it in his other hand.
More lightning appeared in the sky. The lightning flew towards the necromancers like hundreds of relentless whips.
Jacob had not given Anfey and Suzanna any important weapons for their wedding because he knew that Anfey would get too many gifts that day. After the war began, he made several powerful weapons to protect those he deemed worthy. One of those weapons was the magic sword in Anfey’s hand.
The magic sword could release serial lightning and had taken a long time and lots of materials to forge. Jacob never mentioned it because he did not forge it for money. Otherwise he wouldn’t have given it to Anfey.
The necromancers summoned some magic shields, but the shields all shattered under the relentless attacks of the lightning. Lightning summoned by a normal mage could numb its target but could not kill anyone. Serial lightening released by Jacob’s sword, however, was very powerful. Not only could it numb its target, it was powerful enough to cause serious injuries and even death.
Lightning bolts were still hitting them, and the necromancers were already falling to the ground. Even if they were still conscious, they couldn’t do anything in defense.
Anfey dove after them, holding out his fire sword and returning the magic sword to its sheath. He swung the sword, slicing through the necromancers. The necromancers’ robes caught fire as they crashed into the zombies.
"Protect Warner!" Anfey called to the mages, then dashed off to find Suzanna.
On another battlefield, Fernando felt frustrated as he watched the sea of zombies. He had no problem supporting Anfey with a third of his men, but now that he stood on the battlefield of the final battle, he knew that he should have kept some of those men.
Fifty miles to the east of the main battlefield, a legion of two hundred thousand soldiers was waiting. At the head of this army was a young woman. She stood watching the battlefield with a deep frown.
A few specks appeared in the air. The griffin knights landed near the army and hurried up to the young woman. They whispered something to her, and she nodded. The griffin knights hurried away. She turned to her army and waved her hand.
"Raise your flags," she called to her men.
Anfey could not pay any attention to what was happening in the surrounding area. All he wanted to do was to break through this army of zombies. He had been trying to search for other necromancers, because he thought that the necromancers wouldn’t let him get away that easily.
However, no new necromancers arrived. Even those Knights of Death broke away as if they were opening a path.
After making sure that there were no more zombies around, Warner closed the Book of Life around dawn. He still had a lot of magic power, but he was exhausted. The mercenaries did not have time celebrate their victory. They did not even have time to set up camp. Instead of tents, they all sat down on the ground and slept huddling together. This was still a dangerous location, and they must be on their way soon.
The mercenaries were resting, but Anfey, Suzanna, and the other leaders could not. Along with the other mercenary leaders, they needed to calculate their losses.
Anfey had around 4,000 mercenaries under his command when he first arrived at Zagreen City. Now, he had around 2,600 men. They lost about 1,500 men while guarding the city for seven days.
Everyone knew that this was bad, but this was the way of war. The mercenaries that had survived were all powerful enough to survive, and the weak were eliminated. Most were senior swordsmen who were very close to leveling up to swordsmasters.
Country of Mercenaries had many powerful men and women who had not been discovered. If all these mercenaries teamed up against Ellisen Empire, Ellisen army would not stand a chance against them.
Even the smallest mercenary group had powerful members, or else it would be impossible to survive in the harsh environment of the Country of Mercenaries. These mercenaries were forced to work together because they were trapped in the same city by the zombies. Those that could survive were usually the strongest. Mercenaries believed in survival of the fittest, and strength was the most important thing in a world at war. When facing thousands of zombies, brilliance was secondary. The most important thing was raw power.
Guarding Zagreen City was an audition in a way. Shinbella’s legion lost only a hundred men, while Ozzic’s lost almost half. Thompson’s legion was formed from several different mercenary groups. He did not even know everyone’s names, yet he only lost fifty. This was because all the mercenaries Thompson recruited were strong and experienced fighters. After Thompson joined the alliance, there were four legions and each legion contained around seven hundred men.
No one was following them as they were heading into the mountains. If anything happened, the mountains would be a natural defense. Anfey and the mercenary leaders decided that they would stop for a day or two and regroup the mercenaries.
Shinbella did not appear shaken by the loss of her men. She was a senior swordsmaster and wasn’t worried about her reputation. Her men were very loyal and could easily take in any new members. Ozzic wasn’t worried, either. Anfey trusted him, and he had Ye to help him.
Thompson was very relaxed. He was the last to join and was popular among the mercenaries who had jumped over to the alliance. His legion did not lose a lot of men and did not require a lot of new members.
Orsie was the only one that was worried. He did not lose as many people as Ozzic, but he still lost a considerable amount. Two of his intermediate swordsmasters lost all of their men. He was worried what they might say about this situation. He wasn’t as powerful as Shinbella and had no assistants. He had to deal with everything alone.
After a day of rest, the mercenaries began marching to the northeast and towards where Band of Brothers mercenary group had settled. South of Zagreen City, a battle that could determine the fate of Country of Mercenaries was unfolding, and the necromancers were at a disadvantage. If they could not win the battle at night, there was no promise that the necromancers and their zombies could make it through the day.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Volume Two (one month later, no communication in between)
G: Porksche
G: Bacon-M-W
G: Yamaham
G: Cow-asaki
curator's note: This was in a several minute bust. Was he saving them up? Did he see a bunch of meat on a car?
J: Anti-lock steaks
J: Hamry
G: 20 inch ribs
J: 4 veal drive
G: Rack and pork loin steering
G: Porking brake
J: That's also a good name for a cockblocker
G: "Yeah but her roommate was a total porking brake!!"
G: I'm naming the band "Anti-lock steaks"
G: The ugly reality of harvesting illicit grains takes a turn for the worse on this week's episode of "Barley Legal"
G: A renegade farmer uses breakthrough techniques to battle a drought on "Wheatever it Takes"
curator's note: this is all happening on one day
G: One man stands alone against German agro-terrorists in "Rye Hard"
curator's note: laughing about that one
G: Tonight's band line up:
1) German Agro-Terrorists
2) Greg and Associates
3) Anti Lock Steaks
G: An epidemic breaks out in central Indiana....Stephen King's "Corn-tagion"
G: Gotham City's staple grain is restored in "The Dark Knight Rices"
G: A mentally challenged boy has an enormous penis. Burt Reynolds guest stars in "the longest tard"
J: Just read those to Slater. He laughed.
G: Oh Pirate!!!
Friday, October 3, 2014
Volume One
G: And tell that Asian wife of yours to shut up!!!
G: I now pronounce you Mayhugh and wife, you may jam the bride
J: With this onion ring, I thee wed
G: In sickness and in health, in Action and in Jackson
J: And these vows will bind you in holy mayhughmony
G: Who would you rather nail: Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner
G: Fred!
G: Hulk is also pretty ridiculous
G: Louis Brasi sleeps with the fishes
G: (picture)
G: No Jerry reall why would you not get sauced and get Mr Hero and be hot action
G: I just had 4 espressos grande and 8 Millers Lite. Lets go to Belmar and hoot at chicks
J: The espresso....she is bad
J: The cure for cancer is discovered in a difficult to find spore, creating a lucrative stampede to harvest it in its natural habitats of caves and river beds. Hugh Jackman and Jeremy Renner star in MOLD RUSH
G: (picture)
G: An outlaw origami gang from the streets of Tokyo threatens the Yakuza structure. Lucy Liu and Ken Watanabe star in FOLD RUSH
G: A mysterious playboy dog fights crime in Gotham City. Seth Green and Serena Altschul (as herself) star in THE BARK KNIGHT RISES
J: A civil war officer returns home after years in the field. His bitch wife has left, but his beloved home remains as damp, dingy, and musky as ever. Jude Law stars in MOLD MOUNTAIN
G: Mold in Manhattan?
J: After years in a loveless marriage, a former beauty queen finds love in the damp corner of the basement of an abandoned warehouse. Jennifer Love Hewitt stars in THE MOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
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Pandora’s box has been opened and with it, we’ve received this guest post to follow. I recommend you read at your own risk as the content is a little graphic at times, but in all honesty, is something I know men and women discuss. Our guest author mentioned interest in anonymity, considering the fact he openly admits to his knowledge of “Sex and the City”, so we can just say, welcome and with that, sit back, relax, and enjoy:
“It’s my week between waxes and this asshole thinks I’m George of the Jungle!” moaned Samantha in Season IV (that’s 2001), when her paramour-du-jour demanded a trim job. At that time, prevailing ideas about body hair had begun to shift- but Samantha’s frustration (and Carrie’s sympathy) indicated that a failure to groom could at least be understood, if not condoned. Seven years later, savvy theatergoers noticed that her attitude had changed: “I could be on death row and not have that problem,” remarked the same Samantha in 2008.
Genital hair seemed natural at age 10 as we furtively pawed through Playboys stolen from an uncle or older sibling’s sock drawer. As the ‘90s drew to a close, however, the aggressively hairy mons pubae that epitomized pre-worldwide web pornography began to disappear. Moreover, attitudes changed: “unshaven” became synonymous with “poorly groomed.” Demand trended upward. Supply followed.
I’ve often heard women complain that men’s expectations, particularly in this case, are set by pornography. That’s only half true, because a curiosity only becomes an expectation when it’s regularly satisfied: most women balk at other deviances that, in the realm of pornography, can be considered more or less ubiquitous. Left un-catered to, such acts are relegated to the realm of birthday presents and bets, and never reach normalcy.
While I don’t consider vaginal landscaping an absolute necessity, it is awfully practical. Spiky stubble is pretty abrasive on your lips and face. Long hairs get stuck on your tongue and obscures your view of arguably the most scintillating aspect of the female anatomy. Furthermore, it’s as if the girl’s giving you a present- a sexy surprise on the same level as hot lingerie- just like finding $20 in the pocket of an old pair of jeans… but way better. Completely bare? Pragmatic. Landing strip? Hot. Little patch? Tastefully adult. I’m a firm advocate. Pun intended.
Note from Ms. Betwixter: If you’re feeling shocked or otherwise overwhelmed, I warned you! Ladies, you know this has been a topic of conversation amongst friends (or significant others), and guys, I also know you talk about it (because you joke with me about it, too). Great commentary anonymous guest! Let the feedback commence!
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Lyrical LD
Music and lyrics are funny things. Some people love the lyrics, and they don't even hear the music - perhaps Indigo Girls fans or poets. Then there are those who are all about the music, and lyrics are nothing but white noise - these are likely the ecstasy using trance lovers. The best though, are the folks who maybe like both but just can't seem to get the lyrics right. This is what I refer to as a "Lyrical LD".
LD is the professional term for those unfortunate individuals with a learning disability...I know I'm harsh - an asshole, actually. But, I rationalize my use of the term Lyrical LD by pointing out that I fully meet criteria for this degenerate group of musical enthusiasts. To substantiate my attempt at rationalization, I'll provide a few noteworthy examples. Consider Elvis. I mean, he's an iconic enough guy, right? With popular enough songs and simple enough lyrics? Whereas you might provide an emphatic "yes" to the previous questions, I (with my Lyrical LD), and those of my kind would suggest that this is not the case. In fact, quite the contrary.
Case in point… "All Shook Up" is one of those popular enough songs with simple enough lyrics by an iconic enough guy. Ask people on the street to sing the chorus and they'll likely chime in with, "I'm all shook up" followed by a string of "Mmmm"s and "Yay’s.” It will sound horrific but will be accurate. If you're unlucky enough to encourage participation from someone with a Lyrical LD, however, you will get a far different response. To give an Example Lyrical LD response, I'll provide my personal rendition of the chorus when singing "All Shook Up" with an 8-year-old Elvis fan.
It went something like this..."Uh Bon Shikah Eh Eh Eh."
That's when the little smarty quizzically inquired, "Um, what did you just say?" At this point, the interaction continued in a stereotypical fashion…
The gifted 8-year old says, "Um, that's not how it goes," and the LD kid says, "Yeah it is!"
Then the gifted kid thinks, "Oh, LDs are like PDs...lack of insight."
PDs are personality disorders for those of you non-psych people out there. I say “out there” as if people are actually reading this. I should really just say names instead of “out there.” Like, “Talia…PD stands for personality disorder, and individuals with PDs often have little insight regarding the pathological characteristics of their personality.”
Moving on, I’ll set the stage for the next Lyrical LD example. It was 2002, the year of Fat Joe’s release of “What’s Luv” featuring Ashanti. Yes, I just looked that up. “What’s Luv” became a popular song during 2002, I became a Fat Joe groupie, and I started singing along to the lyrics. I guess Rosa Parks was stuck in my head from Outkast’s recent #1 hit, and I assumed Fat Joe was following along with the Civil Rights pop music theme…my mistake. I remember singing the song in the Furman basketball locker room one day, “Bus Liiiiiiine, got to do, got to do with it, bus liiiiiiine, it’s about us it’s about trust, babe….bus liiiiiine…”
Not okay. Not okay at all. Clearly the Lyrical LD also disables one’s ability to detect context clues…not only did I misunderstand that Ashanti was saying “What’s Love” and not “Bus Line,” I also failed to realize that bus lines being about us and trust doesn’t really make a lot of sense. So, once again, the LD kid gets picked on, but I will maintain that after enduring the pain and ridicule of these experiences, I’m a stronger person for it. By stronger, I mean that I’ve learned to live with my Lyrical LD. Here are some of the recommendations I have for others suffering from my condition:
(1) Only sing in the presence of close others, whom you know you can blackmail and therefore swear to secrecy.
(2) If somebody asks, “What did you say?” while you are singing a song, just start acting crazy (e.g., headbanging, making weird faces) and they will quickly forget the thought they had that you may have messed up the lyrics
(3) Avoid singing rap songs…these lyrics are notorious (shout out to Biggie…what what) for being difficult
(4) When performing Karaoke, utilize the screens. They were made for Lyrical LDs.
(5) If you forgot to follow the rule about only singing in the presence of close others and you are caught by someone, simply say, “Oh, I make up my own words…” and then give them the Alanis Morisette Ironic example where you have added “…who’s hotter” following “…it’s like meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife…” If you’re lucky, they will laugh at your creativity and realize that their assumption of a lyrical mishap was, in actuality, a smart and charming twist on the characteristically mundane lyrics used by today’s artists.
If none of these work, you may need additional testing.
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--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Friday, August 31, 2012
Doug Wead Explains the Romney Threat of Atomic PR War on RP
Giving us the inside baseball on what happened now that the convention is all over.
Also included is why Ron Paul didn't attack Romney as hard as some though he should.
I love what he said about it's not left and right anymore: they've become about the same thing.
It's not about up or down: rich or poor.
What it is about: in or out: Either you're an insider or an outsider. There are rich outsiders who are fixing to get a lot poorer. There are outsider poor folks fixing to get a lot more trapped. The insiders are locking down everything for themselves using a complex Tholian Web of regulation and fiduciary devices.
1. I pray that the ill treatment that Ron Paul and his supporters have received at the hands of the RNC criminals will be the match that lights the fuse of the freedom movement. Of course they will now say we need to all come together and be unified for the sake of the party. I am not willing to sell my soul for the sake of unity. They view us as enemies of the state and the party. So let's get it on!
1. Fear is a motivator, but it always moves you in the wrong direction. (Unless you're being chased by a lion; however, your best bet there is to stand your ground and look threatening.)
Jesus Christ said that perfect love casts out fear, and to "fear not".
This country became great because there were enough people here that wouldn't be intimidated. Some people need to remember the "Do Right" song.
Do right till the stars fall, do right till the last call, do right even when no one will stand by you.
2. What the Republican National Committee did to Paul delegates was a stupid mistake. Their desire to show unity at the convention did exactly the opposit.
1. I agree, but I'm not so sure it was a mistake but a psychopathc, neurotic reaction to loosing their iron grip on the process.
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As the saying goes, Blondes have more fun, and these pornstars are doing nothing to disprove this. Though many of the hottest adult film stars are blonde, these are the sexiest blonde porn stars currently working in the business.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Global Warming Politics 
I very much like David Aaronovitch, especially since he became an opinion writer for The Times. I don’t always agree with him, but David is unquestionably his own man, and he can turn a devastating phrase, as is brilliantly exemplified today [‘Eventually, we will all hate Obama too’, The Times, July 22; paper version, p. 22]:
“George W. Bush, of course, represents a particular kind of offence to European sensibilities. He blew out Kyoto, instead of pretending to care about it and then not implementing it, which is what our hypocrisies require.”
Absolutely. This is something I have been noting, if less pithily and less succinctly, for over ten years. What really got up European snobberies was not the fact that the Bush administration wasn’t doing anything about ‘global warming’ (actually, the US has often done far more practically-speaking than Europe), but a deep irritation that the Toxic Texan resolutely refused to play the European hypocritical game of hand-wringing and talking-the-talk, while doing pretty well zilch of note. Indeed, I have often suggested in public that, politically-speaking, Bush should perhaps have simply played ‘the game’, and then not implemented anything, just like the majority of the countries which did ratify. It is well to recall that the word, ‘hypocrisy’, derives from the Greek, ὑπόκρισις (hypokrisis), which means ‘play-acting’, ‘acting out’, or ‘feigning/dissembling’.
Emissions worldwide increased 18.0%;
Emissions from countries that ratified the protocol increased 21.1%;
Emissions from non-ratifiers of the protocol increased 10.0%;
Emissions from the US increased less than 75% of ratifying countries.
With respect to the last point, the following are the percentage rises in emissions for a list of selected countries which have ratified the protocol (or which were exempted from targets): Maldives, 252%; China, 55%; Luxembourg, 43%; Iran, 39%; Norway, 24%; Russia, 16%; Italy, 16%; Finland, 15%; Mexico, 11%; Japan, 11%; Canada, 8.8%.
Here is unequivocal factual evidence in support of David’s scathing observation. ‘Global warming’ has become the ultimate faith without works. All that matters is the public confession of sin and belief, which must now also include, again as David points out in his article, the vilification of the US.
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
The dimwitted Miss M on global warming: "I know in my heart, the truth...if people knew simple physics, they would understand it as well"
Katie Halper: Bette Midler Defies Hurricane, Fights Climate Change
When I asked Midler, dressed as the corpse of CoCo Chanel to go with the evening's French theme, whether "super" hurricanes like Sandy will change the minds of climate change deniers, she said: "I have no idea. But I know, I know in my heart, the truth. And I will not be swayed. And you know what, if people knew simple physics, they would understand it as well." [This surprises me--I would have thought that climate rebel Freeman Dyson *does* understand simple physics at least as well as Bette does.]
Bette Midler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but left after three semesters
Anonymous said...
What simple physics this useless old hag is talking about? Why don't you stick to your Hollywood nonsense and leave science to people who know?
TIM Weston said...
Yeah, all scientific thesis begin with the words; 'I know in my heart...'
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I don't know about you but I love to hit two birds (or more) with one stone. Here's a list of bookstores and gift shops which carry (or have carried) one or another of my four titles in the last few months. I intend to create one page for each shop, with description and tips on a few other places that might interest you while you're there. Bookstores are my favourite go-to destinations when I need to buy a gift. Love the sight, love the smell. May they continue to add to the pleasure of urban walks. Note that any bookstore can order a book for you if you provide them with the title and name of the author.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Weekend Notes
Saturday morning bike ride.
Saturday afternoon nap.
My Dad ran a 5K this morning.
164 out of 219 overall (male) and 5th out of 8 in the 65+.
My Dad is 84. And, my hero.
Pea soup for dinner. Yes, yes, it was REALLY foggy out this morning (and I LOVE foggy mornings; I should move to London Town...), so maybe that was the impetus?
The Grad student graduate Gillian has a museum job!
Venturing out to the cutting garden for roses this evening, so that we can be welcomed to our morning.
Full moon! Cool air! Coyotes yipping...
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Up-to-Date on Sermons
Just did a big overhaul on the system for posting sermon audio. I'd fallen behind on posting sermons, but now we should be caught up. There are still older sermons missing, of course, and a few that failed to record, but you can expect to find almost everything we've recorded in the last five years (and more).
Check out the new sermons page here!
Future updates should be easier, and I hope to add features like flagging bad audio, as well as a choice between listening or downloading. As always, let me know if something doesn't work or bogs down or whatever.
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From: Alex David Groce <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Horn "Help"
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:15:23
>>Yes, indeedy-doody. The four gospeleers of the NT come to mind instantly,
>>writing decades, and dubiously, after the death of their biographee. If you
>>throw Thomas in, five gospeleers.
>Alga! Talk about slime! ;)
> Each of us has her/his own view of the origination of the gospels.
> What matters here is what Wolfe's view is, and it's not what you describe.
Since BLS and OBW are highly theological novels, its important to assess what
> the author had in mind....
> Unless one is a deconstructionist, I guess. Algae is kind of
> amorphous, so maybe.... ;)
Ah, but as someone actually going through the conversion process right now,
I think formal Catholic position is "sure the gospels were written later, under
difficult circumstances, etc." but that, of course, they overcame this by aid
of the Holy Spirit. So Wolfe could be giving us an analogous process here--
with "mainframe possession" or something secularly explicable doing the
Outsider's work--which is a favorite Wolfe tactic. The Dr. Crane hypothesis
COULD hold, but a kind of narrative Occam's Razor makes it seem ridiculous--
if the explanation is just a brain tumor, it's very odd that Silk walks in the
pattern of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
From Father Henry Wansborough, general editor of the New Jerusalem Bible, in
Oxford a few years back I found out that very orthodox Catholics are much more
comfortable saying John was written in 70+ AD than many similarly orthodox
Protestants. The historical approach to the Gospels and the Theological
approach aren't necessarily opposed, because Christianity is quite concerned
with historical events--the claim of the Incarnation is a historical as well
as metaphysical claim. So, perhaps zapping "dubiosly," what Alga said might
match Wolfe's views. In fact, that the canon had to develop and the Gospels
didn't just instantly appear after the resurrection is part of the Church's
fundamental argument about the Magesterium and Sacred Tradition.
Alex David Groce ([email protected])
Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department
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