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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Have You Bankrupted Atari Today?
What a tough time these guys have been having lately, not that it's ever been easy for Atari, the once-innovative computer company that put video entertainment next to pinball machines and later on top of our Zeniths. Last year the brand celebrated its 40th anniversary and the tech, geek and gamer worlds (which often overlap) simultaneously wet their virtual pants. Yet here we are not even a month into the new year and Atari has already filled for bankruptcy. As it turns out, it's not "the end" as we've all feared, but rather a convoluted attempt to save the brand we all know and love for rotting our brains faster than even the CW could ever hope. Here's a nice breakdown from trueachievements.com:
"Atari was bought out in 2008 by Infogrames, a successful French developer. The problem with this merger has been a difference of philosophy between the U.S. branch of Atari and Infogrames, now known as Atari S.A. Atari S.A., as the parent company, wanted a continued focus on retail titles but Atari's U.S. branch wanted to focus on mobile and digital games which have been a tremondous source of profit over the past two years. Why then, you are likely wondering, would a company turning a healthy profit decide to file for bankruptcy?
This Chapter 11 filing is an aggressive means for the U.S. branch of Atari and the affiliated subsidiaries to take back control of their own destiny. Under Atari S.A., the U.S. branch of Atari is unable to secure their own funding, which means that at the moment they move too slowly to be truly competitive in the world of mobile and digital download titles. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is commonly used by businesses with heavy debt to restructure themselves for future profitability."
While this move will hopefully free Atari up to come back even stronger than before, let's not forget that this particular "Atari" is only a ghost of the original company started by video pioneer, Nolan Buschnell, in 1972. In fact, it's barely related to the company that put Atari machines under everyone's Christmas trees in the 70s and 80s. Gametrailers.com tries to clear it up:
So what happened to the other company that split off to form Atari Games? Do they still even exist?
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1. Atari Games as a name was phased out by Midway in the late 90s, when it was renamed Midway Games West. Then in 2003, Midway Games West was shut down completely.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
New Version of Footprints
FOOTPRINTS...A New Version
Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling, His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends! This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps. Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one. This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger. Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints. They have become one. This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints. You are amazed and shocked. Your dream ends.
Now you pray: "Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You." "That is correct." "And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely." "Very good.. You have understood everything so far." When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like You in every way." "Precisely." "So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first." There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice. "You didn't know? It was then that we danced!"
It's not WHAT you have in your life, but Who you have in your life that counts... Think about that.
I asked for a flower,
He gave me a garden.
I asked for a tree,
He gave me a forest.
I asked for a river
He gave me an ocean.
I asked for a friend,
He gave me "YOU."
carl said...
I like the twist at the end. Being reminded of the seasons that God ordains for us never fails to get me thinking. A kind of thinking that leads me to praise & thank Jesus.
A-Typical Sociologist said...
I appreciate your comment. This new version touched me.
millie said...
"New Version of Footprints"
I love this Carlos-could I have permission to put a copy of it in our Church magazine, with your name attached.
Mildred Burns
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Why is fast food bad for you
Why you should not eat fast food?
Fast food contains high levels of fat, which are called saturated fatty acids. These fats can raise the blood cholesterol levels and lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Due to additives present in such food , cancer becomes another risk for the person consuming this food .
Why junk food is bad for you?
What are the harmful effects of fast food?
How bad is McDonald’s for your health?
Can I eat fast food once a week?
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Is Subway really healthy?
What’s the worst food you can eat?
Here are 20 foods that are generally unhealthy — although most people can eat them in moderation on special occasions without any permanent damage to their health. Sugary drinks. Most pizzas. White bread . Most fruit juices. Sweetened breakfast cereals . Fried, grilled, or broiled food. Pastries, cookies, and cakes.
What does fast food do to your brain?
Junk food can get you high When we eat junk foods the reward circuits within our brains activate and release the chemical dopamine. Our brains can become overwhelmed by the pleasure from these rewarding foods and in response, the brain adapts and makes more receptors for dopamine.
Is pasta a junk food?
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Why is fast food addictive?
Why do we eat junk food?
These so-called junk foods hit us right where our taste buds live and also satisfy a love of sugar that we ‘re born with. But the burgeoning, and in some cases, chronic, consumption of junk is driven by peer pressure and marketing—not physiological need—say nutrition experts.
What is the healthiest fast food?
With these guidelines in mind, here are some of the healthier options on fast-food menus: Grilled nuggetsat Chik-fil-A . Grilled chicken wrapat Wendy’s . Grilled steak soft tacoat Taco Bell. Tuna salad subat Subway . Steak burrito bowlat Chipotle. Protein Style burger at In-N-Out. MorningStar Veggie Burger at Burger King.
What’s the worst thing to eat at McDonald’s?
The 10 Least Healthy Items You Can Get At McDonald’s Big Breakfast With Hotcakes (1,150 calories). McFlurry With M&M’s, 16 oz cup (930 calories). McCafe Shakes, 22 oz cup (830-850 calories). Cheeseburger Happy Meal (840 calories). Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese (750 calories). Frappe Mocha, Large (680 calories).
What is the most ordered item at McDonald’s?
#1: French fries They’ve been a staple of McDonald’s since its very first menu, and people have been asking for fries with that — or just fries — ever since. And yes, there is a secret ingredient that makes McDonald’s fries so addictive.
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Why Sustainability is the Major Mantra for Textile Industry
As the world teeters on the edge of the climate change precipice, the textile sector must curb its carbon trail. Brands adopting sustainable means stand to benefit in many ways.
Why Sustainability is the Major Mantra for Textile Industry
Worldwide, various industries are being urged to embrace sustainable operations to curb their carbon trails. Among them are the fashion and textile sectors that are major contributors to rising CO₂ levels.
For those questioning why this is necessary, the UN Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow has some stark revelations. It is common knowledge that if global temperatures cross 1.5-degrees Celsius, climate change may become irreversible. Unfortunately, the present NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) of nations across the globe fall far short of meeting the 2050 net-zero goal.
Carbon Trail and our Common Cause
Therefore, it’s clear that all individuals and institutions, not only nations, need to contribute their mite in meeting climate change objectives to save our planet. It is in this context that the fashion and textile industries can set an example for skeptics to comprehend the gravity of global warming.
Globally, the textile sector generates massive volumes of toxic chemicals and other effluents, leading to high air, soil, and water pollution. Besides, major quantities of water, energy, and land are required for its operations. In India, clothing and textile manufacturers annually junk 1.2 billion tons of cotton fiber. A form of pre-consumer waste, this exacerbates the landfill burden while increasing the creation of chemical leachate – a potential contaminator of groundwater reserves.
In regions where regulations remain absent, chlorine, formaldehyde, and other chemicals plus heavy metals such as mercury and lead are being dumped without treatment into water bodies. The situation is more alarming because the textile sector uses 25 percent of all chemicals produced universally.
Furthermore, 2,700 liters of water are needed to grow cotton enough to produce just one cotton T-shirt. Worse, pesticides used on textile crops, including cotton, end up polluting the land, harming flora and fauna as well as negatively impacting human health.
Every person on Earth wears garments and makes use of other textiles daily. The tremendous scale of usage creates immense problems of pollution together with higher demand and wastage of natural resources. Conversely, this presents an excellent opportunity for fashion and textile players to address these issues by adopting eco-friendly, sustainable operations.
Of course, numerous fashion and textile enterprises across geographies are already deploying sustainable manufacturing practices. These include recycling fibers, rejecting the use of agrochemicals or other toxins, producing recycled yarns of high quality, and limiting the use of energy and natural resources.
For instance, a Philippines clothing firm makes bags and shoes from scrap material. A Brazilian fashion house repurposes used clothes into new ones and avoids plastic packaging, ensuring zero waste. There are myriad examples throughout the globe of firms avoiding environmentally-unsound practices by moving from fast fashion to the slow version.
Circular, Sustainable, and Beneficial
But industry analysts believe the need of the hour is for the entire fashion and textile segment to be part of the circular economy, avoiding waste by recycling, reusing, and repurposing clothes. The demand for fast fashion in the form of cheap, trendy clothes is cited as a significant trigger for climate change. Going to some reports, the textile industry is responsible for around 8 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This isn’t surprising since it takes enormous amounts of freshwater and more than half a kilogram of chemicals to produce just one kg of textiles.
This scenario can be redressed, however, through large-scale innovations that promote sustainable operations and help reduce the environmental impact. For example, the pandemic has nudged almost all enterprises across the economy to move towards a digital or hybrid model of operation that exerts a lower environmental impact.
Sustainability and circularity are also economically sound for businesses. Since smart product designs aid in eliminating or curbing waste in production and minimizing pollution during processing, it helps companies save money. Circularity will also augment climate change efforts. As per some estimates, circular business models such as fashion rentals, re-commerce, refurbishment, and repair can help eliminate 143 million tonnes of GHG emissions by 2030.
A recent UNEP study noted that stronger governance of the industry, greater financing of eco-friendly innovations, and a determined drive to change consumers’ consumption habits are imperative for the fashion sector to become more sustainable.
Pegged at $1,000 billion in 2020, the global textile market is slated to grow at a CAGR of 4.4 percent between 2021 and 2028. The rapid rise of e-commerce platforms and the fashion sector’s burgeoning demand for apparel are expected to push the market’s growth in the years ahead.
Against this backdrop, one must remember that the textile domain is linked to five of the UN’s 17 SDGs (sustainable development goals) – Climate Action, Clean Water & Sanitation, Responsible Consumption & Production, Decent Work & Economic Growth, and Gender Equality. If these goals are to be met by the target year of 2030, textile companies across continents must actively join the campaign for eliminating practices that exacerbate emissions and global warming.
Meanwhile, as investors, shareholders, and other stakeholders become conscious of ESG-compliant brands, it is in the interests of fashion and textile firms to adopt sustainable practices. Besides green sourcing of raw materials and energy, it includes introducing innovative sustainability practices, processes, and policies that safeguard both human and environmental health.
Considering the mounting focus on ESG issues, textile companies that adhere to eco-friendly policies and production practices will gain an unquestionable edge over other brands. In an increasingly hyper-competitive market, this could mark the big difference between successful brands and also-rans.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Tim Tebow Divides Denver Broncos Fans, But He's Their Only Hope This Year
Even after today's game in which Tim Tebow almost brought the Broncos back to defeat the San Diego Charger, you'd be mistaken if you thought that the entire city of Denver is pro-Tim Tebow. Many of the fans who pay to watch on Sunday in person seem to be Tebow fans, but until the last week they were the minority.
As a Denver resident, I listen on/off to local Denver Sports radio to hear what the general feelings are regarding the quarterback situation for the Broncos. I also talk to a lot of Broncos fans around town and have asked them throughout this year their opinion on Tebow. I also spend my football Sundays at a popular sports bar to watch the games, and can get the general feel of how they feel about the guy.
I've come to three conclusions:
1) The fans that love him ignore his faults, and generally blame everyone else when something he tries doesn't succeed. They think he's the next John Elway.
2) The fans that hate him give all the credit to the rest of the team when he succeeds, and blame him if he's not perfect. They think he will never be a quarterback, and the team should have already cut him.
3) There are not a lot of people in between #1 and #2.
Before the season even started, it was amazing to hear (after the Tebow love at the end of last season) the Tebow-hate that spewed forth on the local talk radio. Certainly the station can control who it actually lets on the air, but it really seemed like the vast majority were anti-Tebow. That, and the local radio hosts (which do include Mark Schlereth, former Bronco and current NFL analyst for ESPN) were so much on the Orton bandwagon that you'd thought they were driving it.
Maybe they were? However, maybe that was also coming from Broncos management. Now that John Elway is running things for the team, is it really that inconceivable that he could influence the opinions of the local hosts in whatever way he wants? Possibly even telling them to dramatically lower the expectations people had of Tebow at the beginning of the year to buy some time and give Orton a shot?
Today, on my way to watch the Broncos game at the sports bar, Schlereth and crew on the radio were discussing the likelihood that Tebow would probably take over for Kyle Orton soon. Orton had been very ineffective all season, but it seemed like it took a 1-3 start to get it through their heads that the Broncos were going to be bad this season regardless.
Interesting how that was the first time I had heard them being reasonable and fair in regards to Tebow's talent, and then later that very day Tebow started the second half.
I'll get more into Tebow's play a little later, but for now know that the very presence of Tebow is polarizing in Denver. It's too bad, because Tebow hasn't done much to support the idea that he is the next John Elway or that he's the worst quarterback ever. It does look like he will be given a chance to start now, and his play this season will honestly determine his future as a quarterback.
I say give the kid a shot. Expect a post from me later in the week about the state of the Broncos going forward.
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N Scale - Roundhouse - 82905 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, FMC, 5077 - Seattle & North Coast - 1199 The image shown is the same body type though not necessarily the same road name or road number.
Stock Number 82905
Brand Roundhouse
Manufacturer MDC Roundhouse
Body Style MDC Boxcar 50 Foot FMC Double Door (Centered)
Prototype Vehicle Boxcar, 50 Foot, FMC, 5077 (Details)
Road or Company Name Seattle & North Coast (Details)
Reporting Marks SNCT
Road or Reporting Number 1199
Paint Color(s) Brown
Print Color(s) White
Coupler Type Rapido Hook
Coupler Mount Truck-Mount
Wheel Type Injection Molded Plastic
Wheel Profile Small Flange (Low Profile)
Item Category Rolling Stock (Freight)
Model Type Boxcar
Model Subtype 50 Foot
Model Variety FMC Double Door
Prototype Region North America
Prototype Era Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Scale 1/160
Model Information: Boxcar, 50 Foot, Double Sliding Door, Rib Side, Without Roofwalk, FMC. This body style was acquired by Athearn from MDC Roundhouse in June of 2004.
Prototype History:
In the 1970's with the growth of the Per Diem business model, FMC produced a series of 50 foot box cars in different configurations. The single-sliding-door configuration is one of the best known and used widely by many different railroads. These cars were produced using the Gunderson metal works which FMC had acquired in 1965. In late 1975, FMC began producing a 5,077-cubic-foot Plate B box car for IPD and Railbox service. FMC's 5077s have seven panels to either side of the 10-foot door, an X-panel roof, and non-terminating ends that are slightly different from those used on FMC's earlier cars. Note how the sidesill is notched all the way back to the bolsters, a key feature of FMC's mature design.
The main difference between the 5077 cu. ft cars built by FMC vs the 5277-5347 cu. ft cars built by the same manufacturers is the overall height of the car, the smaller 5077 cars were Plate B while the larger 5277-5347 cars were Plate C. Over 4,300 cars were produced from 1975-1979 by FMC's Portland, Oregon plant. The cars were delivered in numerous colorful shortline paint schemes, as well as the nationwide car pool fleet of Railbox. Many secondhand cars were later seen in Class 1 railroads and large leasing company fleets under additional shortline reporting marks.
Road Name History:
The Seattle and North Coast Railroad (SNCT) was a short-line railroad that operated on the northern part of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State from Port Angeles to Port Townsend. The line was unique in that it was a "rail island" with no outside rail connection to a mainline railroad. Instead, rail equipment was brought in via barges that traveled between Port Townsend and Seattle.
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MDC Roundhouse was founded in California in 1938 and relocated in 1993 to Carson City, Nevada due to statewide restrictions on painting. MDC Roundhouse was a producer of both RTR (Ready-to-Run) and kit versions of N Scale rolling stock as well as RTR locomotives. They entered the N scale market in 1979 with a Thrall Hi-Side Gondola and a Hi-Cube Single Door Box Car. MDC Roundhouse was purchased by Horizon Hobbies in June of 2004, when its owner since 1938 C. H. Menteer retired, and merged into their Athearn line.
Unlike many of their contemporaries which contracted with European firms to produce their products, MDC made their own toolings. They made several popular body styles and produced them for road names that many other vendors (even Micro-Trains) wouldn't touch. This made them popular with modelers. Also, their un-assembled "kits" permitted a lower price point so they were popular with "runners" as well as "modelers".
Of particular interest was the attention given to modern 50 foot steel boxcars. They made some attempt to accurately mold the differences into distinct models to represent each of the major prototype manufacturers products. They have distinct toolings not only for the different products from FMC, BFF and PS, but also multiple models for each of these manufacturers including "standard" vs "Youngstown" doors and "waffle" vs. "rib" sides. In total they produced 13 different versions of the 50 foot steel boxcar.
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Exercise and the Brain
April 25th, 2014
Physical exercise influences the brain in many ways, increasing neurotransmitter levels, improving oxygen, and enhancing nutrient delivery. Physical activity affects both how we think and how we feel, with people who exercise likely to experience a number of cognitive and psychological benefits. Whether its memory, brain function, or protection from the negative effects of anxiety and depression, studies are increasingly finding positive links between exercise and brain function.
Exercise increases a number of neurotransmitters in the brain, including dopamine which plays a major role in reward-motivated behaviour. Serotonin levels are also elevated following physical exercise, with aerobic activity such as running or cycling particularly good at elevating the serotonin synthesis necessary for learning and memory. Glutamate, the most common brain neurotransmitter, also increases following physical exercise and may have links to the formation of new memories.
According to a 2011 study by McMorris et al. in Physiology and Behaviour, 30 minutes of exercise are enough to enhance working memory and speed up the brain. While the study found a decrease in cognitive accuracy following exercise, this was insignificant compared to the increase in brain speed observed. While somewhat controversial, other studies have also linked exercise with enhanced long-term memory, including a recent 2013 study by Schmidt-Kassow et al. in PLoS One.
Exercise geneticist Frank Booth, Ph.D., of the University of Missouri, is part of a research group looking into the long term effects of exercise on the brain. "What we're finding is that physical activity is linked to the maturing of neural networks in the brain," said Booth to The Huffington Post, with other studies also highlighting how exercise stimulates new neuronal connections over time.
Brain plasticity is the ability of the brain to form new neuronal connections, with exercise found to increase the factors necessary for the survival, differentiation, and plasticity of neurons over time. Neuroimaging studies have revealed a correlation between physical activity and an increase in grey matter volume associated with memory and encoding processes. Not only will your brain work better just after you exercise, you are also likely to benefit in the years and decades ahead.
It's not all about memory and cognition, however, with exercise also found to influence our psychological state of mind. Physical exercise may serve to reduce short term stress levels, by relaxing muscles, promoting happiness, and reducing feelings of frustration. A number of studies have also found links between exercise and reduced anxiety and depression levels. In a 2013 review of 39 different studies by the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group, exercise was found to help fight depression.
Other studies have linked regular exercise with improved self control, increased executive functioning, and better sleep patterns among other benefits. If you still need an excuse, exercise offers a natural high to those who make the effort, with endorphins released by the pituitary gland often promoting feelings of elation and joy. Whether you enjoy visiting the gym, running on the beach, or cycling to work, the benefits of exercise are impossible to ignore.
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Vyaasa, The Greatest School of Critique
Criticizing and being criticized are part of our daily life. We are surrounded by it all the times and it forms a significant part of who we are and how we function.
Criticism could be seen as a threat or a very essential part of one’s growth depending on how it is being received. Objections are raised whenever there is evidence or experience contrary to that of what has been proposed or believed. We all perform differently on different things at different times. The ‘actual’ part of a person generally oscillates between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’. And a genuine criticism is always aimed to bring that balance.
We are generally criticized by those to whom we matter in someway or the other, either in a personal, social, or political sense. It is in that spirit that I would broadly categorize criticisms in 2 types.
Non-Constructive Criticism – This type of criticism aims to show disapproval or disagreement with something just to insult or malign. It could be driven out of envy, hate or various other reasons and has no positive intention behind it. This criticism aims to destroy the target of criticism.
Constructive criticism – A constructive criticism could be that which is aimed to highlight something that is being ignored, disregarded or overlooked. It has good intentions and good clarity and is driven out of sympathy or empathy due to a sense of relationship. It may have positive or negative aspects but both are ultimately aimed for betterment.
Our conditional experiences limit our observation of others. We either hate or hail them. We seldom experience people as they are and for what they believe. This failure to see the actual aspect of individuals becomes a matter of great concern especially when one is in a leadership position. Influential leaders have the power to highjack favorable and popular opinions from people and claim as their own and simultaneously subdue any negative views on them with the help of their stooges. Many times this ugly reality gets buried in a deep pit of a ‘covered’ past. Hence begins a fake history – the so-called ‘good’ is disproportionately magnified and the ‘bad’ is seldom spoken about.
This is where we need critics. We need someone to highlight the bad in an appropriate proportion to the good so that it creates a better sense of history for the next generation. Otherwise there is no meaning to experience, wisdom and history without its essential quality – the truth.
Unfortunately this aspect of life is degrading badly. If ever the bad is publicized, there are dire consequences for those who speak up, nowadays labeled as the ‘whistleblowers’. Some cultures and nations even make it a legal offence to speak against leaders, creating a false sense of ‘infallibility’ of these leaders. How sad and ironic is that masses are made to follow and idolize someone who is so far from reality and so far from what is right!
The Dharmic epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, invite us to experience the character’s ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘actual’. Rarely there is an individual whose limitations are not presented by Vyaasa, the author of Vedic literatures; be it Bhisma, Yudhisthira, Kunti or Gandhari who are some of the highly revered personalities. Concurrently, Vyaasa does not hide their good side as well. He brings out all of the different shades of people in a real way. He does not aim to slander or flatter any one personality. He questions everyone, and raises our level of understanding.
In the Mahabharat just few days before the war, Bhishma is criticized by Krishna as being the fulcrum of the war at Kurukshetra due to his inability to speak up to stand for the truth while silently ignoring the play of the evil Duryodhan. Krishna warns of severe karmic consequences. Vyaasa does not hide this fact. Vyaasa describes in great detail of the entire conversation. Yet after the war, Bhishma is well-treated and even given the position of Mahajan (one who understands Dharma) in the Srimad Bhagwatam. This is why Vyaasa highlights the actual facts for the greater benefit for all.
When arjuna expressed his dilemma and was hesitant to kill Bhisma, the Lord said, ” How could you deny your vow of killing Bhishma? Kill the valiant warrior who has falsely reasoned to fight. You wont be victorious unless you kill Bhishma. It is your duty to eliminate him.”(Bhisma parva Chp.107 shloka 96-97)
When Gandhari cursed Shri Krishna, He told her categorically that it was only because of her offense that the Kaurvas that they have been killed. “Your son was evil and envious but you allowed this to happen by keeping him in front. Are you now wanting to shove his mistakes upon me?” (Mahabharat, Stri parva chapter 26, Shloka 2-3)
Human beings have always had an urge to build up artificial justification around their actions. This urge is generally greater than the need to actually experiencing the truth. Good and bad that spring from one’s prejudices and sermons to control masses are extremely destructive and must naturally meet an unfavorable consequence. How then do we keep a subtle check on ourselves, an individual or a group? That is why the 17th century saint from Maharashtra, Sant Tukaram said, “One must always have some critic in the neighborhood.” (Original in Marathi –‘Nindakaache ghar asaave shejaari’). Its even more interesting that Tukaram said this at a time when he was personally going through tormenting situations at the hands of the religious sultans and the dogmas they used to control the society.
Dharma alone is real. Dharma alone gives us the real satisfaction; everything else is fabricated and superficial. Don’t simply be the 3 monkeys without discrimination. See no evil but open your eyes to reality. Speak no evil but speak out for the truth. Hear no evil but listen to the ‘whistleblowers’. Let our prejudices be defeated in the face of the truth!
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Taranand Naik is a community leader practicing monastic discipline in International Society for Krishna Consciousness since 30 years. He travels extensively worldwide engaging in thoughtful discussions on Vedic literatures.
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Pakistan: Gay Sex Is Everywhere, But Are Relationships Impossible?
BBC News is providing an in-depth look into homosexuality in Pakistan.
Reporter Mobeen Azhar spoke with a man in his fifties, "Danyaal," who says, "These days there are smartphone apps that use GPS to tell you how close you are to another gay person with an online profile. There are thousands of gay men online in Pakistan at any one time."
And that appears to be the rub. While sex is accessible, relationships between men are still unlawful in the country.
The expectation that individuals will marry people of the opposite sex, leads to "a culture of dishonesty and double lives" according to researcher Qasim Iqbal.
Iqbal says, "Gay men will make every effort to stop any investment in a same-sex relationship because they know that one day they will have to get married to a woman."
These double lives include sex between men in public places, including the city of Karachi's busiest shrine.
According to BBC, "Families go to the Abdullah Shah-Ghazi shrine to honor the holy man buried there and to ask for God's blessings, but it is also Karachi's biggest cruising ground.
Every Thursday evening, as the sun sets, men from across the city gather there. A tightly packed circle is formed and those in the center of the circle are groped by those on the periphery.
To outsiders it looks like a writhing mass of men huddling around one another. Some even describe it as a 'mysterious religious ceremony.' For participants, it's anonymous group sex."
Still, while same-sex sexual relations are unlawful, it's not as if Pakastan society is unaware that they're occurring.
Head to BBC for Mobeen Azhar's fascinating full account.
Image Source (H/T: The Atlantic)
I can't help but feel sorry for these guys that their secret cruising grounds hangout at the shrine is now exposed. Secrets should stay secret, especially since I don't imagine they have many hangouts in the first place, and that repercussions for getting caught can be, what? Prison? Death??
What a party pooper (BBC), exposing them like this. For what? A titillating article for us to enjoy but won't help these Pakistani gay guys in any way, will it. Leave them alone! Life is already so tough for gay guys there!
I think it impossible to comment unless you have been in such a situation
@Mark P: In fact your country is more overpopulated than Pakistan. The concept of overpopulation is deeply rooted in sustainability. Do you really think Pakistanis consume as much as USA citizens? I would be very VERY surprised if each Pakistani consumed even a fifth as much (food, oil, raw materials etc) as an American. Therefore your country is far more overpopulated than Pakistan and not only that; YOUR overpopulation has a knock-on effect. Your mass consumerism is causing mass pollution around the world and using up all of the world's resources to the detriment of everyone on this entire globe. I disagree that these guys should have to hide their identities to be themselves (that is wrong in any country or culture) but the idea of an American saying Pakistan is overpopulated is laughable.
One last thing: The singular of 'women' is 'woman'. There are over 60 languages spoken in Pakistan. The least you could do is learn your own.
Greetings from Pakistan :)
So, let me get this 'straight' (no pun intended)! Every man needs to marry a women so, that they can produce more offspring in a country that is 'slightly' larger than the state of Texas in the U.S., but has more that half the population of the ENTIRE country of the U.S.?
Perhaps if you let the gay men be themselves and stop faking it in these dishonest marriages your 'overpopulation' would start to balance out and then you could put more resources into your healthcare and reduce your mortality rates.
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OMI’s Classic “Cheerleader” Hit A Billion Views On YouTube
OMI has joined the billionaire’s club, at least on YouTube. The video, released in 2015, has reached a significant milestone, and that’s not all. The song is also featured on Shazam’s “Most Searched-for Songs Of All Time” list. That’s a big deal for the artist because well over 200 million use the music app monthly to identify songs that they only know lyrics to and not the name.
That means that his song is one of the most researched in the world right now. The song that took the world by storm in 2014 is ranked number 19 on Shazam’s list of most searched songs.
OMI got his start after being discovered by Clifton Dillon. He was then signed to Oufah, an independent Jamaican label.
The song “Cheerleader” was actually recorded in 2008 but wasn’t released until 2012. The original version of the song did relatively well in Jamaica, Hawaii, and Dubai until it was remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn and blew up globally.
OMI, whose real name is Omar Samuel Pasley, is currently signed to Ultra Music, a part of Sony Music, and hasn’t released an album since his debut album Me 4 U on October 16, 2015. In 2014, Patrick Moxey, the president of Ultra Music, heard the song and offered to have it remixed as a dance track. At first, the song gained traction in Sweden, where it became a huge hit and was eventually certified five-times platinum.
The song continued to grow in popularity and eventually became well known in France, Italy, and Germany. It also topped the charts in several European countries and in Australia. He created history in the UK in 2015 when his hit became the longest consecutive period any Jamaican artist held the number one position on the chart.
OMI continues to produce music and last week released “Rollercoaster.” On his Instagram, he thanked his fans for their continued support. He said: “Thanks to all my fans for always supporting my music and I hope my records continue to inspire and lift your spirits during these times… I love you all thanks again ??????.”
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Mackenzie Phillips, in an episode of Oprah airing later today, claims that she and her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, had a "consensual" sexual relationship while she was a teen. Is that even possible?
John Phillips's behavior is disgusting no matter what you call it. Mackenzie says he gave her drugs as a child, and then,
She was 19. When she tried to talk her father (who is now dead, and who also fathered daughters Bijou and Chynna) about "when you raped me," he said, "You mean when we made love?" It's hard to imagine a worse response. But although Mackenzie uses the word rape, she also says that by 1980, when she and her father went to rehab together, their sexual relationship was "consensual." Is there such a thing as consensual sex between father and daughter?
In the late 90s, writer/novelist Kathryn Harrison documented her own sexual relationship with her father in The Kiss, and it's clear from that book that the ties of love, obligation, and power that bind a father and daughter change the whole concept of "consent." Harrison didn't grow up with her father, and their incest began when she was an adult — like Phillips, her story is not the (relatively) familiar one of child molestation. But it does call into question whether even an adult daughter really has free choice in having sex with her father. And even if she does, it's hard not to see his role in the act as a very serious form of abuse.
This is especially true given the fallout from Phillips's experience. She says, "I was a fragment of a person, and my secret isolated me." She has battled drug addiction, spent time hiding in her house compulsively shopping on TV, and was arrested in 2008 for cocaine possession. Certainly a consensual relationship gone bad could contribute to these problems, but a father taking advantage of his daughter's love seems more damaging than any normal affair, in part because of the isolation Phillips describes: a father's sexual abuse, even in adulthood, could lead a daughter to question whether anybody really cares about her without wanting to have sex with her.
Phillips says,
Father-daughter incest does not appear to be accepted in Fiji. It shouldn't be accepted anywhere.
Mackenzie Phillips: I Was Raped By Papa John [E!Online]
Mackenzie Phillips: I Slept With My Own Father [People]
Mackenzie Phillips: I Had Sex With Musician Dad John Phillips [CNN]
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While we pride ourselves on taking advantage of the best available technologies for any particular project, there are several in which we have expert experience:
Python is an extremely powerful cross-platform, dynamic scripting language. Its clean syntax leads to greatly more maintainable code and the vast array of libraries available provide the base functionality required to solve just about any problem.
Principal consultant, Chris Withers, is a core python developer and is currently the main maintainer of the Python Job Board.
The Pylons Project
The Pylons Project is a collection of libraries centered around the Pyramid web application framework. Pyramid is a third-generation Python web framework that is fully documented and tested. It provides a lightweight platform for quickly developing powerful web applications and services.
Chris is a contributing developer to the Deform and Venusian libraries
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The xlrd, xlwt and xlutils libraries provide excellent support for parsing, filtering and producing Excel files in Python. We have used them to perform complex projects involving both harvesting data from Excel files and producing Excel files from varied data sources.
Chris is the maintainer of, the developer of xlutils and a maintainer of both xlrd and xlwt.
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Chris is a contributing author.
Django is an excellent Python web application framework, provided you stay within the realms that it best serves. We use Django for small applications where quick development and deployment are essential but where there aren't tricky data storage or query requirements.
Reportlab produce a wide range of tools for generating dynamic, content-rich PDF from any data source as part of any application. We have worked with Reportlab in the past to provide innovative PDF manipulation and generation solutions.
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Zope as a community has waned in recent years and while the Plone community has flourished, we feel their software is overly complicated resulting in difficulties both in building and scaling solutions.
However, we have plenty of experience with the Zope 2 application server, Plone and the Zope Toolkit and component architecture enabling us to solve thorny problems such as those encountered when migrating to other frameworks.
Chris remains a member of the Zope Foundation and Plone Foundation.
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What the Hands and Feet of Jesus Look Like
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Why do you practice frugality? It's such a hot topic these days, how to save money and do more with less. We read about it, talk to our friends about it, put great amounts of effort into living it. What's less common, though, is to examine exactly why we do it. Perhaps it's because money is tight, especially as a single-income family in a dual-income world, and we want to make staying at home with our children a priority. Or maybe it's because of the […]
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Cruise ship captain captures UFO sighting
Cruise ship captain captures UFO sighting
Captain recorded UFO sightings on camera while being on board the mega cruise ship Celebrity Edge. Two UFO videos and a testimony from the captain herself about her UFO encounter.
A captain recorded two UFO sightings on camera while being on board her cruise ship. We have two UFO videos and a testimony, the captain talks about her UFO encounter.
The UFO videos appeared on Kate McCue’s Instagram account, she was born in San Francisco in 1978 and is in a relationship with someone who also works on a ship, Chief Engineer Nikola Petrovic. A seasick-proof relationship.
Kate is the captain of Celebrity Edge, making her the first American woman named captain of a mega cruise ship. We begin with her statement about her UFO encounter.
Then the second video, in which you see a very bright flying object. The internet has mixed feelings. Some think she’s brave and some think it’s not very special. Why is the question?
The two videos show nothing extraordinary. The objects make no remarkable movements. Basically, One object goes down and the other changes color a bit and flies in one direction. The videos have no context because the videos are way too short.
Video 1, something is slowly going down. She has confirmed in her statement that she has not taken any action a fact we need to take in consideration. Not taking action is a red flag.
Video number 2, drone photographer Pieter de Boer is tagged in her Instagram post. Why? What is his role with this video? Another red flag.
Both videos are of poor quality. Some people believe that this is a publicity stunt for her ship, employer Celebrity Cruises, and her Tiktok account because there is simply little logic to this UFO case.
Yet, Kate’s statement contradicts people’s claims.
Here’s her statement about the first UFO video on Instagram: “Stranger things… . Bizarro World this evening because it’s me & the drone… but we’re not alone. At sunset, I was checking the conditions to fly & when I looked up there was a large dark figure floating past the ship’s stack. It made no sound & it was too big to be a drone. The winds were only around 5 knots & we’re 12 miles offshore. The nearest ship is over 1 mile away, so not too much action around. It sailed right down the centerline of the ship and then it began to lose altitude. It was still visible with the naked eye a good 400 meters off our stern until & then it disappeared on the horizon. Any ideas what it could be, keeping in mind we’re in the middle of nowhere with light winds? Let me know your thoughts in my IG Story. Best guess wins a free cruise… brochure. Disclaimer: shaky amateur video & commentary because I had my phone connected in the drone controls & forgot that I was recording.”
Video 1 could possibly be a balloon or something attached to a parachute. The second video could possibly be a professional drone because the drone photographer is tagged. Reflectors can be ruled out because the shot is taken during sunset, but powerful lighting for drones do exists. The flying object also changes color which is typical for a drone.
We will never find out exactly what the objects are. At the end of the recording you see the object is slowing down.
Heathcliff Spencer Peters, born and raised in the Netherlands, has worked with Dutch and American artists as creative artist for over 10 years. From 2000 - 2001 he was the main character in a popular Dutch television docu-soap-travel program. He has also worked as a cameraman and video producer for over 11 years. In addition to his work experience, he has been practicing journalism and fact-checking since 2007 for Lions Ground, nowadays known as Astral Citizens.
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What If We Can't Find an Acceptable Solution?
This is one of the most frequent fears of parents. While it is justifiable in some cases, surprisingly few no-lose conflict-resolution sessions fail to come up with an acceptable solution. When a family encounters such a stalemate or deadlock, it is usually because parents and children are still in a win-lose, power-struggle frame of mind.
Our advice to parents is: try everything you can think of in such cases. For instance:
1. Keep talking.
2. Go back to Step 2 and generate more solutions.
3. Hold over the conflict until a second session tomorrow.
4. make strong appeals, such as, "Come on, there must be a way to resolve this," "Let's really try hard to find an acceptable solution," "Have we explored all of the possible solutions?" "Let's try harder."
5. Bring the difficulty out in the open and try to find out whether some underlying problem or "hidden agenda" is obstructing progress. You might say, "I wonder what's going on here that prevents us from finding a solution," "Are there other things bugging us that we haven't brought out?"
Usually, one or several of these approaches works and problem-solving gets started again.
*Excerpt from Dr. Thomas Gordon's P.E.T. book
1. I'd appreciate a bit of feedback here on some confusions I have. I am a PET teacher - but have rarely used problem solving in the sense it's described in the books. I've been chatting to an ex PET teacher today and she says that she feels PET misses out on some of the authority that parents need to use with children. I find that too - that sometimes I avoid making simple requests and try to use I-messages - but simple requests seem to work better - eg for household chores. Does anyone have any comments on this? (It's my first attempt to join in this debate so forgive me if this is not the correct place!) This person also mentioned something called Authority J - she can't remember where she read this - can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks very much. love Rachel
2. Hello Rachel,
Thank you for your comment and participating in our blog. I would like to try to answer your comment and explain problem solving and the word “authority” (and explain what Authority J is).
There are different kinds of authority, specifically four kinds. The authority that I believe you are referring to is “Authority P”, which the “P” stands for “Power”; the power one person has over another.
I believe parents continue to use power because they haven’t had the experience of others using non-power methods to influence and perhaps don’t quite understand what it is like to not use power. There could be a fear that exists because of their personal experiences and/or upbringing.
The kind of authority that Dr. Gordon is referring to that is okay to use, is “Authority E” (E standing for Expertise)— suggestions and advice are clearly methods of influencing others by sharing one's experience, wisdom and knowledge, which is different from controlling others with Authority P.
As Dr. Thomas Gordon states in his P.E.T. book, “each and every time they force a child to do something by using their power or authority, they deny that child a chance to learn self-discipline and self responsibility.”
In the specific example you use regarding household chores, are you finding asking your children to do the household chores is a problem? Assuming so, I would ask yourself this question: Where does it fall in my Behavior Window? If it falls in the “we have a problem” then I can see where Method III (problem solving) would need to be introduced. If it falls in the “I Own the Problem” area, then a Confrontive I-Message would be needed. Does this help? Please let me know.
P.S. I have a great article as well-- “The Four Kinds of Authority”. I will re-post it here. This article explains in more depth what Authority J is.
Thanks for commenting! - P.E.T.
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Bathilda Bagshot
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Years before 1881[1]
Sometime before 24 December, 1997
Godric's Hollow[2]
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"Batty" Bagshot[4]
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Muriel: "Quite gaga these days, I've heard."
Harry Potter, Elphias Doge, and Muriel in 1997[src]
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The Dumbledores
—Bathilda Bagshot relays her reminiscences about the Dumbledores to Rita Skeeter.[src]
Professor Bagshot in 1947, at the time of publishing of A History of Magic.
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In the 1890s, Bagshot already lived as an adult in her house in Godric's Hollow, when Kendra Dumbledore moved there from Mould-on-the-Wold along with her young children Albus, Aberforth and Ariana, after her husband Percival's well-publicised arrest and imprisonment in Azkaban. Bathilda tried to befriend Kendra after they arrived, but she was rebuffed.[1]
A History of Magic, Professor Bagshot's magnum opus.
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—Excerpt from a letter from Lily Evans to Sirius Black, on Bathilda Bagshot and her son's first birthday.[src]
Bathilda Bagshot with other academics at Hogwarts Castle.
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Rita Skeeter's note to Bathilda.[src]
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Rita Skeeter's note for Bathilda Bagshot.
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In 1997, after the death of Albus Dumbledore, Bathilda was interviewed by Rita Skeeter through Veritaserum, who used the material for her only semi-true biography The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.[4] It is implied that Skeeter took advantage of Bathilda's poor mental state to twist her material to be more sensationalist.
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Lee Jordan (code name "River"), during a Potterwatch broadcast in March, 1998.[src]
Nagini as Bathilda Bagshot speaking to Harry in Parseltongue.
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Sometime afterwards, Bathilda was murdered through the Dark Arts[14] and her body was animated by Lord Voldemort using his snake, Nagini. He left Nagini there as a trap, thinking that Harry Potter may visit Godric's Hollow to see his parents' grave and their home. On the following Christmas Eve, Hermione Granger and Harry did so, thinking that perhaps Dumbledore had left Godric Gryffindor's Sword there for them to be able to destroy the horcruxes they were hunting. The pair met the possessed woman and were almost captured when "Bathilda" lured them into her home. After determining Harry's identity, Nagini leapt from Bathilda's body to attack him, leaving the old woman for good. The plan, however, failed and Harry and Hermione escaped.[2]
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Hermione discovers blood on the roof of Bathilda's house.
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"She smelled bad, or perhaps it was her house: Harry wrinkled his nose as they sidled past her and pulled off the Cloak. Now that he was beside her, [Harry] realised how tiny she was; bowed down with age, she came barely level with his chest. She closed the door behind them, her knuckles blue and mottled against the peeling paint [...] Her eyes were thick with cataracts and sunken into folds of transparent skin, and her whole face was dotted with broken veins and liver spots [...] The odour of old age, of dust, of unwashed clothes and stale food intensified as she unwound a moth-eaten black shawl, revealing a head of scant white hair through which the scalp showed clearly."
Professor Bagshot was a tiny woman (her head at the level of seventeen-year-old Harry Potter's chest). At the time that Harry Potter met her, she was stooped, her eyes were thick with cataracts, and her hair was scant and white, with her scalp clearly visible. Her face had some liver spots and broken veins.[2]
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Rita Skeeter, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.[src]
Little is known of Bathilda's personality. One can presume she was friendly and amiable, having tried to befriend Kendra Dumbledore in the 1890s with a batch of homemade Cauldron Cakes,[1] regarded Albus Dumbledore as something like a protégé,[4] and was friendly with Lily Potter in the early 1980s.[8] She was a brilliant witch and historian in her youth, but during her later years she was quite possibly becoming senile.[4]
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• Bathilda is a German name that means "heroine".
• Bagshot is the name of a town in Surrey, England. The name is thought to be derived from a tribe (bacca) and the Anglo-saxon word for "The place of" (sheatte) meaning "the place of Bacca's tribe" though Bag could also mean badger, "the place of the Badger", creating a reference to Hufflepuff.
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1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 11 (The Bribe)
2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 17 (Bathilda's Secret)
3. As Bathilda was not imprisoned in Azkaban by the Muggle-born Registration Commission in 1997, it is possible that she was not Muggle-born. She is also related to at least one other wizard.
4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 18 (The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore)
5. 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 16 (Godric's Hollow)
6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 10 (Kreacher's Tale)
9. 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 8 (The Wedding)
10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
13. Quidditch Through the Ages - Praise for Quidditch Through the Ages'
14. 14.0 14.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 22 (The Deathly Hallows)
15. See this image.
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Oslo and Other Shootings: The Debate on Mental health
Auburn, Washington State. A lone gunman opens fire in a local casino, wounding 7.
Grand Prairie, Texas. One man draws a gun at a children’s birthday party at a roller rink. 6 dead, 4 wounded.
Oslo, Norway. After setting off several car bombs near the Prime Minister’s office, a solo perpetrator makes his way to a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island with an assault rifle. 76 people dead, 96 wounded.
It’s the same story that’s been repeated for years. A lone X attacks Y armed with a Z. A dead and B wounded. Solve for X. We just had three of them in the space of a week, and it wasn’t even a full moon. The aftermath is usually the same. The candlelight vigils, the scholarships and charities set up in the victims’ names, not to mention the filing away at civil liberties to prevent future attacks. There might be some debate over the death penalty, if the attacker didn’t have the courtesy to end his own life. For all the anguish that these attacks cause, very little is done to tackle their only common thread. I’m talking, of course, about Mental Health.
These shooters are crazy. It’s not really a debate. They act alone or in small groups. They are often described as quiet and isolated. There are sometimes manifestos, blog posts, and youtube videos discovered after the fact showing just how bad their mental health was.
Why can’t we stop them at this stage, before they take out scores of people with them?
The short answer is the Law. If we could just call up the men in the white coats on someone, it would infringe on a host of civil liberties that make a modern society possible.
However, there is a lot more that we could do for our collective mental health that doesn’t involve Nurse Ratched or lobotomies. We could be checking up on people, making sure they have a connection with the community. We can identify problems and either speak to the person or contact someone who could help. Even perfectly mentally healthy people could get checked up once a year to establish a mental health baseline.
The problem with this is that there is no polite way to do it. You can talk to Miss Manners, Ann Landers, or Dan Savage, if we want to try to get people any kind of mental health, you committing the ultimate dinner party faux pax. It’s not even as simple as a stigma against the mentally ill. No one looks twice if you go to a physician, but If you see a therapist, you are immediately sick until proven healthy! Even if you swallow your pride and decide to bring a fruit basket to the overgrown house down the street, how can you keep from embarrassing yourself? How do THEY keep from embarrassing themselves?
These random acts of violence are becoming a standard hazard in industrialized nations. We’ve focused so much on promoting individuality over society that we have no tools to keep people from shooting up a mall if they really want to. Mental health is still a poorly understood field, but we can’t just cower in fear waiting for the next attack. We have to make our understanding a priority and establish a new social framework. New manners will be chartered and polite boundaries will be redrawn. I’m not sure what form this new society will take, but the debate has to start now.
Think Like a Stakeholder
The Bloc may have been Orange Crushed, the Green Party may finally have a seat, and the Liberals may be sitting in a corner thinking about what they did, but I get the sense that most of my friends are angry about last night’s election of a Conservative Majority.
It might have been the low voter turnout, it might have been the Liberal Party Platform of “Hey, what are you going to do, vote conservative?”, but Conservative Majority is a reality, and no amount of calling Harper a robot or “Bush Jr.” is going to change that. Calls for electoral reform only dissuade us from the real problem, which is that my generation does not understand the Conservative mindset.
I really think that we have this image of the CPC that’s made of more ideology than reality. We talk about Conservatives like they are an irrational race of hairy barbarians who enjoy beating anything smaller than themselves with hockey sticks. They want to divide up the country among the rich and powerful, destroy the environment, and execute mentally handicapped criminals. Any intellectuals, poor people and minorities who have a problem with that can suck it.
We take this view at face value and yet we ignore anything that conflicts with it. Why would they be popular with low-income voters if they only serve the rich? Could it be because they keep trying to lower taxes and make home ownership more affordable?
The Liberals and the NDP have been praised for offering us “Freedom from” policies. Like freedom from poverty, health care, or child care costs. While the Conservatives are determined to take away those policies, they want to instead offer ownership stakes. The idea is that if you own your own piece of Canada, you’ll work harder to make it a better place. Is this a better offer? Can the other parties match it?
Until we can fully appreciate what goes through the heads of the politicians and voters that have made up this government, we will be cut out of the national decision making process. Public health care, education and the environment will be subject to the whims of the Conservatives. While they have shown themselves to be capable, by no means do they have a complete picture of how to run this country.
May 2nd is Election Day
I thought Monday was going to be surreal, I had no idea to what degree. There was Harper showing up in Abbotsford of all places for an election rally. The Pollyanna in me wants to believe that he was keeping a former stronghold riding from turning into a battleground, but I know this is where he could count on the most supporters to show up. Then there was this business about Jack Layton getting a massage from an establishment that was under investigation for giving out happy endings. The Harper fans that trotted this out must either be stupid, desperate, or both. This can only mean that they think the NDP, of all the other parties, is actually a threat to their government status.
And then they catch Osama freakin’ Bin-Laden.
It sounds like something you’d slip in to conversation if you think the other person’s not listening. My wife does it sometimes. On the one hand, I’m glad they got him, I’m glad he’s dead so we don’t have to deal with a long and embarrassing trial, but DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!
I don’t care if they all seem like the same party, I don’t care if one vote doesn’t matter, and I don’t care if you’re in a stronghold riding like mine. Get out there and show them that you are present. Non-voting is the result of a martyr complex of the worst sort. So your situation, or the country’s, is so bad that no political party could possibly help. By not voting, you are protesting the whole idea of governments and political parties! Your snowflake political opinions are too complex, too nuanced to be summed up in a mere ballot! You might think you’re Che Guevara right there, but no one actually cares if you disengage from the political process. Low voter turnouts only embolden the worst of us to run for office. You can blame the government for not caring about you, but it’s not like you’ve been caring about the government. Your MP probably didn’t even get a stern phone call from you. History is not just written by the winners. It’s written by those who choose to participate in it. Be present this May 2nd and Vote.
Craigslist Vancouver: Deadbeat Police Scanner?!
Try this if you want to see something interesting. Go to the Vancouver Craigslist page, and go to the search page. Enter “Re:” in the search bar, select “search in post only” and select the “jobs” option. What you’ll find, among a few Remax ads, are vitriolic, profanity laden replies to some of the Help Wanted ads. I’ve subscribed to the search via RSS, and it’s like I’m getting the Weekly World news of the BC business world. There are stories of employers paying sub-standard wages or not paying at all, treating employees poorly, or bilking customers out of their money. All the dirt that’s fit to print.
I thought that this was just the usual grousing that came out of any big city. This is not so. I tried the same search in New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles, and they did not have nearly the volume of complaints that Vancouver did. Toronto and Montreal were more like Vancouver, but Calgary and Edmonton were curiously silent. It wasn’t an exhaustive survey by any means, but this raises some fascinating questions about Canada and its economy. Does this mean there are more poor and disgruntled people in Canada? Are employers cheaper on average here? Do we just have a better grip on how to use a computer? Is this a cultural thing?
Whatever the answer is, this trend is a mystery too big to ignore. Does anyone out there know what this means?
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Eilidh McCabe is a fiction writer and freelance copywriter based in Glasgow. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. She is the short fiction editor of the Glasgow Review of Books and is currently working on her first novel.
My grandmother lived to ninety-two. By this point she rarely recognised her family. When she swallowed, her food went into her lungs instead of into her stomach. Two choices were presented, not to her but to my mother: stop feeding her and let her die from malnutrition, or feed her and let her die from the infection it would cause. She was handed a pot of yoghurt. She ate it all.
She left behind paper. A lot of it. There were books of poems and songs, both her own compositions and those she’d liked enough to copy down. There were letters dating back to her childhood in the 1920s, and scrapbooks packed with such almost implausibly wonderful artefacts as a newspaper article headlined “BLIND PROPHET PREDICTS THERE WILL BE NO WAR”, dated Sunday April 23rd, 1939. Also, there were diaries, decades of them. The first complete diary opens with an entry written on June 3rd, 1949. She was then twenty-nine, as I am now.
My mother sat on the floor in the midst of the paper sea, diligently checking and labelling each item. Letter from Lizbeth, on getting all her top teeth out aged twenty. It took weeks. I dipped in and out of the diaries, looking for something specific while having no inkling what that was. These paper versions of my grandmother obscured as much as they revealed. Her slang-spiked speech patterns were flattened into standard English. She also noted that she censored herself for fear of my grandfather reading what she’d written. But all the same, I was seeing something she had never shown me.
Two weeks ago I went up to my parents’ attic and brought the papers downstairs. Bag after bag, trip after trip; at last the overflowing carrier bags were crowded on the living room floor. I sat down beside them, leaning my back against the sofa, and tipped one of them out. I wanted to read my grandmother properly this time, from the beginning: 1949.
That year and the next were contained within an A5 notebook with a faux leather cover. It opened with a description of a troupe of Indian dancers and musicians. The performance had made a great impression on her; “alienating”, she approvingly called it. I looked for some mention of where it had been held. Maybe I could go there, play at being her. But there was nothing.
Over the following pages, my grandmother confided her great desire to learn Greek; her despair at my grandfather’s rudeness in the cinema during The Thief of Baghdad; her hope of reaching her dead mother with the assistance of Mrs Helen Hughes, a “famous spiritualist” who had recently moved to Nithsdale Road. She wrote about the intense sickness brought about by her pregnancy, and her conviction that she would miscarry, as she had done before. And then, a thought important enough to warrant a paragraph of its own:
I loved that line. It demonstrated so perfectly my grandmother’s fascination with the small things, even when the bigger picture was askew.
Her bigger picture certainly was askew. And yet, her references to her unhappiness were always oblique and nonspecific. It was these omissions that carried me along. What had fallen between the lines?
The exact nature of the “bonds” she refers to was never revealed; nor was the worst of my grandfather’s selfishness. But her disappointment was always in the background, colouring every word; her resentment of marriage and how it had joined her forever to a partner she considered arbitrary. She mentioned, later, that she had read a book on marriage by Isabel T. Hutton. It had awakened in her a longing for a successful union like the one Hutton wrote about, and left her “rather despairing.” The diary was littered with fragments like the following, never elaborated on:
I sent my boyfriend a text message: “It’s so incredibly sad that my grandmother never experienced what a wonderful thing a good relationship can be.” As I tapped send, I realised the smug condescension carried in my words. I might as well have written, “what a waste my poor grandmother’s life was, what a waste most women’s lives throughout history have been, not to have been like mine.”
The evening was drawing in now and the living room was becoming gloomy, but the disruption of getting up to put the light on would be too great to seriously consider. I held the diary close to my face and squinted to look at it. The screen of my phone lit up with a message but I ignored it; I was back in the diary.
My grandmother read, sang, practised her German. She went to the Highlands and saw bats, swifts, a “plague of snails”. She was alert to the presence of animals everywhere, even in Bridgeton, where she lived. She gave birth. She did three washes a day and hung them up to dry. She argued about Communism with my grandfather. She walked up and down Dalmarnock Road pushing a pram. She collected sticklebacks from a local pond. They never seemed to fare well.
And then she declared herself a feminist, a word I was surprised to find in her lexicon. She observed with concern her own negativity towards men, and checked herself for it. It had never been overtly stated, but it was something that had always been evident to me in little things: her distrust of my father, her subtle preference for me over my brother. Her opinion that a mother’s love was the strongest power in the world. A mother’s love for her daughter.
I felt a sense of shame, that, in a time and place where it was so much easier to do so, I had not considered what being a feminist might really mean until quite recently. But at twenty-nine, in 1949, this shy lady had already been wearing that dangerous label “for some years now.”
I marked the page with a sticky note, then marked another – the one which read:
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Illegal Immigration
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Once you get out of your hometown and into a more urban setting, such as Nogales, things become easier. You can either pay someone to arrange your illegal crossing or hike by yourself or with family/friends.
Mexican citizens who plan on illegally crossing the border say goodbye to family and friends before they leave. They pack bring survival supplies such as food, water and matches. Usually, job plans are prepared and they plan to meet someone in the US. They also bring as much money as possible, in case they need to pay someone to arrange their illegal crossing.
In the desert, thousands die each year due to the deadly heat along the Mexican - American Border. Many die from thirst, starvation, hunger, or heat stroke. Also, during that time Border Patrol can capture and arrest you.
While nearing the Mexican border, The US Border Patrol borders Texas and Arizona, and will arrest you if you are caught. Usually, a Border Patrol Officer will arrest you and take you to a holding center, like seen in the video. There they will question criminal activity, get fingerprints and retinal scans, and come up with a plan. 99% of the time deported back to Mexico, most go back and try again, even if they are sent back to their hometown. The consequences are different if you had been living in the states for a longer time.
Living in the United States as an illegal immigrant is very difficlut for many reasons. Manily because most immigrants have nochoice but to take low paying jobs other wise they risk people finding out they are illegal immigrants. Another is traviling, if you have a family with chilidren you would have to drop them off at school then drop others off and then go to your work. After that you would have to pick them up too. To live in the United States as an illegal immigrant is a very difficult and stressful thing to do.
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BlackBoard 9 uses a JavaScript framework that has a compatibility issue with the JavaScript framework used by the Qwidget. To resolve this issue, you will need to do the following when embedding the Qwidget into BlackBoard:
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If you encounter an issue embedding the Qwidget into Drupal, please be sure to note the name of the theme when contacting support.
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The violent protest on March 11, 2016 in Chicago at the onset of a Donald Trump rally is a very ominous but not entirely unexpected outcome. The country has been boiling for several years now and instead of the President (Obama) stepping up to calm things down and show character and leadership he has postured again and again albeit indirectly. His remarks have mostly left people with an “option” to act out if they wanted to. And they have. Free speech is not free rioting. But try and explain that to a "black lives matter" rioting law breaker.
Donald Trump has stepped up as a presidential candidate and tapped into the same anger only from the other side. This is a common human mistake originating in the soul of men and too often circumvents rational thought, wisdom and common sense. It’s the kind of thinking that can get people killed. Is that not what we’ve seen at these violent BLM protests? It is antithetical and as un-American as it gets.
Character is what Ted Cruz has demonstrated again and again throughout is political career and candidacy.
The protests at Trump’s rally, among other things, are the protestors competing with what they believe Trump stands for. His incendiary remarks for months and months now have convinced many people he threatens them. Many on the other side seem to agree and that’s why they’re supporting him. Everyone is angry. If anger is used without self-control it lights a wild fire. Many of Trump’s points I happen to agree with, however the way he communicates deprecates rational thought and instead taps a rage that can be void of wisdom and common sense and most importantly self-control. We can accomplish the goals we need to without being so inflammatory. Out of the abundance of a man’s words the contents of his heart are revealed.
I frequently interview people in my business. I am looking for qualifications when I do. As a job candidate for president Donald Trump is not the best available choice for the reasons I’m outlining here.
Donald Trump has taken this “low-road” because that’s who he is and because it’s easier to do. It’s his personality and his talent gift set. This might be fine for a CEO but not for a president. That requires a different gift set. America has been primed for generations to believe that talent is the beginning and ending of success. Yet, how often do we see talented people destroying themselves with their own talent. Sometimes, when you add unbridled ambition they take others down with them.
It’s instinctive to violently react if a person feels or believes they’re being attacked. There is nothing wrong with defending yourself. Revenge however is a game for losers and in the end destroys the perpetrator. To allow a so called leader to ascend that believes and practices this is a recipe for chaos.
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WHEN STUDENTS AND FACULTY at Calvin College in Grand Rapids protested the invitation of President George W. Bush to speak at commencement in 2005, it made national news. This wasn’t Harvard or Columbia, but an evangelical institition supported by the Christian Reformed Church—the president’s supposed home turf, at least spiritually speaking. After all, weren’t evangelicals the shock troops of the Radical Right?
The evangelical movement has never been a political monolith. In the early nineteenth century, evangelicals were most likely to be found on the radical left. From the archives Indeed, evangelical religion helped lay the groundwork for modern liberalism. Its contribution can most clearly be seen in the spiritualized politics of the abolitionist movement in the years before the Civil War.
Although Quakers always played an important role in abolitionism, they were soon joined by large numbers of both white and black Methodists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists. The evangelical message of individual redemption through political action resonated deeply with Americans in a deeply pious era when Judgment Day was an event as real as the annual spring planting and autumn harvest, and the secularist passions of the Revolutionary generation had grown stale. (more…)
John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way
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JOHN BROWN believed that God himself had ordained him to bring an end to slavery. Achieving his goal hinged on a radical and deeply secret scheme: the establishment of an “Underground Pass-Way” that would extend the Underground Railroad more than a thousand miles southward through the Appalachian Mountains into the heart of the Deep South. This highway to freedom would drain the South of slaves, Brown believed; they would travel north to the free states protected by strongholds manned by armed abolitionists and freed slaves. Few abolitionists knew what Brown really had in mind. Brown’s dreams ended in the debacle at Harper’s Ferry.
What was John Brown’s Subterranean Pass-Way? As Brown envisioned it, it would be an underground highway that would reach 2,000 miles all the way down through the Appalachian Mountains through Virginia and Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and into the Deep South, as far as Georgia. From the archives It was the vision that Brown had in mind when he marched into Harper’s Ferry in 1859. This was the UGRR on an epic scale. Had it succeeded, today we’d all be talking about how the entire underground as we know it was just the lead-up to John Brown’s monumental plan.
What did Brown really have in mind? How would the Subterranean Pass-Way have worked? Was it was just a pipe dream, or something that could really have happened? (more…)
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It’s time to talk a little more in-depth about my buddy contrast.
Yup, we’re going to have a whole section on contrast. It might seem a little boring, but pay attention: everything else in this tutorial series is going to hinge off of the concept that I present to you here. I say that I want to get you to think in terms of color and contrast—what does that mean?
When you’re creating a sprite, you have a limited amount of colors to work with (these days, you might not have a limit on a technical level, but for the sake of consistency you want to conserve colors where you can. this is why people create palettes, which I’ll be covering soon). You also have limited space—extremely limited. The entire purpose of pixel art is to create small images (typically sprites and tiles for games with tiny resolutions). Small enough that each and every pixel—that means each and every color—will affect the look of the piece. The goal of a great pixel artist is to get the most out of each individual pixel. This is achieved by using the right color on the right pixel—that’s easy enough to grasp.
But more importantly, every pixel needs to work for the image as a whole. When you’re working on a sprite, you want to zoom out constantly (or, if your art program of choice allows, have a little preview window that shows what the sprite looks like at 100% or 200%). Keep the big picture in mind—and a great trick to making sure it all works together is to look at the invisible space between the pixels.
When two colors are directly next to each other, the human eye naturally builds a bridge between them: it creates an invisible color that isn’t seen or even processed consciously. That’s how contrast exists in the first place; in fact I would argue that contrast itself is an invisible color. And that’s the key to this section, and the big idea for you to take away from this section: contrast itself is an extra color.
Here’s a visual: imagine that each pixel is a brick. The lines between them are visible, but are formed by the contrast between the pixels.
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The idea of representing the colors between pixels—when applied to animation—is a pretty advanced technique known as subpixeling. But for the time being put that our of your mind: this is about getting the most out of your colors by using contrast.
The yellow on the end has two functions: it’s the brightest red as well as the brightest green. The only reason that this works is because of the contrast with the color that it’s next to. The contrast between the yellow and the mid-red is very close to the contrast between the yellow and the mid-green.
When the yellow is placed next to the green, the eye creates a bridge between the two colors that allows the yellow to function as a green itself (in other words, the yellow takes on an invisible green hue). Likewise, it becomes red when next to the other reds.
Let’s take a look at how this works in practice. Here are a couple of sprites.
Aren’t they adorable? The same yellow is used on both of them, but on the boy it functions as the brightest color in the skin tone. On the frog, it completes the green as a highlight and also works as a light color for the belly.
Now to drive the point home, we need to take it further. Look what happens when we put that same yellow right up against the red or green without the middle tone as a buffer.
The contrast between the yellow and the other colors is much greater than it was when the yellow brushed up against the middle color. The eyes don’t have an easy time making a natural bridge between the colors, and as a result the colors stand on their own.
The contrast between Link’s hair and his hat is much sharper without the lighter green color as a buffer—notice that the green is still used as a highlight on the top of his head but isn’t touching the yellow.
So what’s the lesson of this section? I’ve got to repeat it again: the contrast between colors becomes a color itself. I know that I haven’t gotten much into implementing the idea yet: like I said before, the purpose of this was to get you thinking and seeing your pixels as more than the bricks, but the stuff between them too.
While we’re at it, notice that the skin of his face is the same color as the middle tome that we used above between blend the red and yellow. But because it’s used in a big flat area, the contrast between it and the yellow is sharper than it was before—an idea that leads very nicely into the next section.
Next: Using and Choosing Colors
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License to learn: Ice follies
What to do when you suspect carb ice
March 1, 2013
Rod Machado
If you closed your eyes, held out a cup, and asked someone to gently pour water in it, how much liquid would need to be added before you noticed a change in weight? One drop? Probably not. One ounce? Maybe. The answer is called the “discrimination threshold” for detecting weight differences. Interestingly enough, it depends on how heavy the cup is. By the way, don’t try this experiment in a public place or the change you notice will be the coins at the bottom of your cup—and you could get arrested for panhandling.
Ernst Weber (an eighteenth-century German physician considered one of the founders of experimental psychology) discovered that there is a relationship between the degree of stimulation you’re receiving and the amount it must change before you can recognize the difference. For instance, the discrimination threshold for sensing a change in pressure on the skin is approximately 16 percent (discrimination thresholds vary for different senses). Vary the pressure by 10 percent and people will not reliably notice the change. This finding has some interesting cockpit applications.
Let’s assume that you’ve just entered a climb from straight-and-level flight. After establishing the nose-up pitch attitude, you find yourself holding so much elevator back-pressure that you look over at your passenger and say, “Hey, spot me!” Being an astute student, you immediately spin the trim wheel with the enthusiasm of a Wheel of Fortune contestant, hopefully not while yelling, “Come on, one thousand!” Suddenly, a great deal of hand-yoke pressure disappears, which is easily recognized because the change exceeded the discrimination threshold of 16 percent.
But what happens if you trim away less than 16 percent of the yoke pressure you’re holding? You might not notice the pressure change. This is precisely what happens to timid trimmers. They trim a little bit, but not enough to notice any real difference in yoke-hand pressure. They then release the controls, only to notice a deviation in airplane attitude. Unfortunately, they repeat this process several times, wasting a lot of valuable time in the process.
When you watch experienced pilots trim their airplanes, you’ll often see them make several large twists of the trim wheel (come on, ten thousand!) so they can easily feel the sudden decrease in control yoke pressure. With the airplane near its trimmed condition, they’ll maintain very light hand contact with the yoke (that’s right, they don’t let go), then trim to keep the nose attitude and/or the VSI needle indication stabilized. Attempting to make the final trim adjustment using only the sense of touch can be difficult since the pressure change needed often does not exceed the minimum threshold for pressure detection.
Discrimination thresholds apply to other areas of flight. For instance, the discrimination threshold for sound is about 10 percent. Our ability to detect a change in pitch, however, is about 33 times more sensitive, with a discrimination threshold of 0.3 percent. Holy bat talk! That’s sensitive. Now you know why singing off key drives people away, unless it’s karaoke night, which brings them together.
This is one reason a pilot might not notice the sound of decreasing engine power, which could result from an accumulation of induction-system icing or from an aft-sliding throttle. However, he might more easily notice a pitch change resulting from an increase in propeller speed (perhaps caused by a loss of oil pressure in an airplane with a constant speed propeller).
The discrimination threshold for determining differences in the perceived length of a line is approximately 1 percent, meaning that we’re quite sensitive to detecting such visual changes. This is one reason we can effectively use our perception of length difference between the near and far end of the runway as a means of detecting a deviation from a previously stabilized glidepath. As you climb above or descend below a previously stabilized glidepath, the distance between the near and far end of the runway increases or decreases, respectively.
There are many variables that alter or affect Weber’s law. One of them is time. If a stimulus changes slowly, you might not notice the change. This helps explain how a pilot can get into an accelerated stall when turning from base to final with an excessive bank, yet not notice the increase in pressure on his derriere (i.e., increasing G force).
Here are discrimination thresholds for a few sensory stimuli in order of our decreasing sensitivity to them: pitch 0.3 percent; length 1 percent, brightness of lights 1.6 percent; odor 5 percent; loudness 10 percent; pressure on skin 16 percent; and saltiness of food 20 percent.
Of course, we don’t usually use our sense of taste to fly. This is fortunate for two reasons. One, we aren’t very sensitive to a change in it. Two, no one can ever tell you that your landings taste a bit “pancake like.”
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Monday, November 8, 2010
The Grinning Man
I have a story to tell you, but I beg you not to read it. Please, don't. I know it sound stupid, but by the time you understand why, it will be too late. I know this will not deter many of you, but without this simple warning to ease my conscience, I may not be able to go through with this. And I desperately need to go through with this. Let me start at the beginning.
I have an old friend, Joe, who I've known since grade school. I'm in my late twenties - so is he - and he's been my friend for at least half of that time. I'd say that we knew each other pretty well after all of that time. This may seem irrelevant and uninteresting, but I have to stress this; I know him, and I know him well. What he did was nothing he ever could have done without some outside influence.
On the night of Friday, January 23, I was driving to his apartment to pick him and his roommate up; we made plans to go out, hit a couple of bars, and generally have a good start to the weekend. when I arrived, there was a number of police cars and ambulances outside the complex. I was, of course, curious, as I, like many people, rarely see such sights. As I got closer, I noticed a body covered in a bag in the street, surrounded by glass and no more than a few feet from a badly dented car.
I'm rather horrified, coming to the conclusion that someone was hit by a car and killed right outside the complex. As I finished gawking, I made my way inside and up the stairs to the third floor. That's where my friend's apartment is, and that's where I found it wasn't a simple accident.
The police were upstairs as well, talking to residents and taping off one of the apartments. My friend's apartment. Panicked, I asked one of the officers what happened, why my friend's apartment was taped off. I told him I was supposed to be meeting them for drinks, and asked if they were okay. The officer told me that it appeared that Joe had butchered his roommate with a kitchen knife and thrown himself through the plate glass sliding door into the street below.
I was a ghost, shaken so badly I could barely answer the simple questions the officer asked me upon finding that I knew the victims. My mind couldn't process it. I knew him. He'd never do such an atrocity. It didn't make sense.
I made my way back to my car in silence and drove home as though on autopilot. I couldn't get the shock of it all out of my head. My wife asked me what happened and I explained it to her. She was shocked, as well, but...she didn't know him like I did. I told her I needed a bit of time and went to my room. She let me be. Lost,I found myself at my computer. I'm not really sure why I did it, but I found myself checking his email.
I know the passwords he commonly sued, so it was hardly an issue to find the right one. I thought perhaps he had friends online who I needed to tell, or maybe I thought I'd find a window into what caused this. I really don't know. If I knew then what I know now, I would've never done what I did.
I scrolled through his inbox, looking for familiar names. Joe, myself, and several friends kept in touch online, and I instantly recognized several of those names in the last few days. The most recent opened email was what looked like a spam email with an attachment and no other information. Curiosity got the better of me and I opened it. The file itself was a picture, named nothing but a seemingly random string of numbers. It was simply a man, seemingly normal at a glance, but the longer I stared at it, the more disturbed I became.
He stood, staring, with a grin, sinister and unsettling, with eyes that were both vacant and focused at the same time. That terrible grin seemed to widen the longer I stared, and for minutes I was fixated at that horrible face, eyes burning as they stared back at me with equal intensity. Finally, I tore my gaze away to find the only other thing in the email: a single word. A word I can't repeat. Not yet. I need to tell my story.
I couldn't take the sight of it anymore. I had to close it. The face was still looking at me; I swear I could still feel his grinning stare. As I went to log out of his email and put that horrid thing out of my mind, I noticed the time it arrived: January 23, 5:35pm. We were supposed to meet at six. He likely saw this less than a half hour before he died.
For the next several days, I tried to get it out of my mind. I attended my friend's funeral. I tried to go on with my life, but I kept feeling uneasy. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt like someone was watching me. At night, I started to have unsettling nightmares. I couldn't remember much of them when I awoke, but they all had the same elements: that horrible grinning man, blood, violence, and death. I couldn't get a good night's sleep. I was struggling at work. I kept feeling tense and on edge. I needed to know what was going on.
It was hard to really know what to look for at first; all I had to go on was that image and the single word that accompanied it. "Grinning man" is hardly a descriptive search and "haunted grinning man" or "cursed grinning man" wasn't really any better. Still, I did what I could with my limited resources.
I actually found a reference to it, or what I thought was it, on a website dedicated to conspiracies and paranormal things and other things I'd normally dismiss as utter bullshit. Still, this wasn't natural, and I was willing to try to open my mind to any explanation, since this seemed to defy anything conventional.
What I uncovered about this "grinning man" was that it was an image that seemed to circulate among image boards and forums a few years back. The article said the picture was harmless, if not a bit creepy (though I strongly disagree on the term "a bit"), but it seemed that something about it, when coupled with a key word that was unknown, could trigger extreme psychotic bouts, irritability, nightmares, and hallucinations.
It seemed so utterly stupid - simple text and pixels causing such harm - and yet I was sitting there, realizing that I was experiencing those same nightmares, irritability, and hallucinations. Joe obviously experienced the psychosis, evidenced by his sudden murder-suicide.
I was stunned; I thought it had to be a joke, some kind of bizarre hoax, but I knew there was more two it than that. I knew what I was feeling and I knew my friend. That picture and that had to be the keyword. What triggers everything. Oh, God, was this going to happen to me, too? Was I going to kill my wife and then myself?
I started to panic, but my rational mind won over. If it was just paranoia and hallucinations...those couldn't hurt me, right? They only had power if I gave them power. I decided that I would end this, put it out of my mind, rationalize it away each time I felt it. That would be the end of it all.
As much as my rational brain helped me through the day, it couldn't protect me at night. My dreams continued to degrade, ending in me waking in the middle of the night, cold sweats and heart pointing. I started taking sleeping pills, though I refused to tell my wife - I didn't want her to worry, after all, though I knew she could tell something was wrong with me. The pills did nothing, though; in fact, they seemed to make my dreams more vivid. I could remember everything when I awoke. Every horrible, bloody detail. That grinning, inhuman face. I found I started sleepwalking. The first night I woke curled in the bathtub. Then in the kitchen. Three days later, with a knife in my hand and the bloodied remains of our black Lab at my feet.
I can't even remember the next things that happened after that. I know I cleaned up our dog, hid him in a trash bag, and said he rain off in the night and got lost. I was terrified. I had no idea what to do. I tried to medicate myself heavily. I locked up all the knives in the house. My wife knew there was something terribly wrong, but I refused to say anything.
I don't even know if I could at the time. The only thing I can still remember clearly was the dreams. I was irate and easily spooked at the littlest of things. I thought it had to just be my nerves from all of this and lack of sleep, but...I remembered my friend. The website. I knew I was getting worse.
The thing I remember most about the dreams, aside from that horrible grinning man, is the emotions. I felt each death that was inflicted in the dream like it was real. Like it was my own hand disemboweling my friends, my family, and random strangers against my own will.
Like each death, each vision of terror he showed me, was not just a vision but my own work. Each horrible death in the dream made him grin a little wider. He wanted me to snap. He wanted me to become exactly what he was showing me. He wanted me to become him.
So, I come here to tell you this because I'm desperate. I need help. You see...I can't bear the thought of harming my wife, the woman I love most in this world. Yet, I know it's inevitable. He's always there, watching and grinning, knowing I'm close to breaking, and nudging me ever closer to the edge. I know what he wants. I can't let him have that. I don't know any other way out.
I'm reaching out to you in hopes that he'll leave me alone. Maybe if you, the careless reader who I warned away, will give him what he wants, he'll let me be. I have to try. I don't know what else to do. I'm so sorry. I hope you can forgive a man for acting in desperation.
2. I just thought this was funny to be honest . . . maybe I'll be eating my words with nightmares about him tonight . . .
3. Requiem Ad InfernumNovember 8, 2010 at 9:52 PM
*Epic facepalm 3000*
5. You have to admit, that grin is absolutely terrifying. Possibly more terrifying than Sheldon's.
1. Nothing is more terrifying than Sheldon's Grin
6. Lame, I mean, it would have been a LOT scarier if it was a close up of the face.
7. I was expecting some sort of guy in a suit; not grinning as insanely as Cockmongler here, but baring his teeth and looking at the camera menacingly, like smiledog.
8. Is this even true? I mean really... That is the funniest picture I have seen this year. I shat brix alright...
From laughing my ass off.
Who could kill someone over THIS? There must've been something wrong with him from the start. This is just a wierd photo. Wierd as in funny/hilarious, not creepy.
9. I thought this was going to end with this picture:
10. The T-Rex shirt is what kills me. Well, that and my dad's been making an identical face for years and no one's killed anyone over it... yet...
11. Whoever posted the link for the Trololol face, THANK YOU XD That is my FAVORITE face... EVEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! XD EPIC WIN!!! FTW!!!! :D
12. I lol'd. Geez, I can't believe like half of the commenters don't understand a joke!
13. Wow
>Make a creepypasta
>Cockmongler pic
14. That's the way I found this.
Oh, and if you read.. It's not the picture by itself, it's with a keyword, too.
15. But the keyword was grinman wasnt it?
16. The spelling errors ruined this for me.
17. I anticipated it from the third paragraph
18. The t-rex t-shirt kinda ruined it.
19. I think I need to kill my fiance now. brb.
20. What is the keyword?
21. cockmongler's suppose to be the keyword? What kind of keyword is that? It sounds like a makeshift obscenity like fucktard. Even the slenderman's facepalming from this. >.>;
22. Replies
1. i felt really sad after reading that bit R.I.P Dog
23. okay, whatever you guys. But I was honestly not expecting that pic, and it scared the shit outta me. I was just gonna comment on the fact that this guy should take into account that spellcheck doesn't catch everything...but damn.
24. That picture is fucking hilarious oh my god I am dying.
25. I laughed my ass off because this doesn't scare me. Probably because my friend Corbin makes that exact face often. Like every day-often.
26. Lol T-rex.
I guess I'll go kill my loved ones now.
27. >ITT; a bunch of people don't realize this is God Tier nightmare retardant and was most likely supposed to be.
28. The picture does look funny in this light but I know that if I ever woke up in the dark to his face I would probably shit all over my pajamas.
29. i gave it a 1/5 because it told me not to read it.
so i didn't
30. LOL.
I was like
>pic on imageboards
>grinning man
And then cockmongler was the killer.
I know why joe killed the guy. He read this, was all stoked, then saw the pic and was all "OH GOD DAMMIT!"
31. Oh, btw, cockmongler is also referred to as "Grinman" by n00bs who don't know who he is. And trolls. That may be the reason it drives people to kill "IT'S COCKMONGLER! NOT GRINMAN! AAARRRGGG!"
In fact, disregard the last theory, Joe was a /b/tard and got pissed.
32. A holy church, rings, a bouquet, a 3-floor wedding cake, lace wedding dress
lace wedding gowns
33. The Grinning man drowned me....
34. Oh come on man, you did that on purpose didn't you? Putting that photo up like that when you probably could have made one on photoshop that was actually terrifying. Or at least more appropriate. That's someone you hate isn't it? You're trolling aren't you? I'd be more understanding if that were the case. Well, just a little. But it's better than nothing.
35. ^ Not really, this is an old story.
36. What? Wait. His friend Joe was haunted after only seeing the picture for 30 mins and then this guy lasts for days? WTF, man? Get your timelines straight! XD
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The Strike (2001)
Our friend Donald Farmer made movies in an interesting array of styles, after his early, low-budget horror. There’s sexy thrillers (“Compelling Evidence”), sexy horror (“An Erotic Vampire In Paris”), historical (“Blood and Honor”), child-friendly (“Space Kid”), comedy (“Bollywood and Vine”, which I think remains unreleased) and revenge thriller (“Body Shop”), among more horror.
Also, in 2002, he made a martial arts movie! Well, I imagine his friend Andre Buckner, who’d appeared in several Farmer movies to this point, came to him with the script and asked him to direct (Buckner would go on to direct a couple of his own movies in the years to come), so add another string to the bow of one of the more individual genre directors of the last forty years.
I’ve seen a lot of martial arts movies, and you can get a fairly good sense of where things are going quite quickly, but “The Strike” mocks such easy attempts at categorisation! The Typical Martial Arts Movie Plot, which this is definitely set up to follow, goes as follows: the star’s big brother is killed in a different country, taking part in a tournament or because he won a tournament. The star must go to the country and take revenge for his brother, either by winning the tournament or killing his brother’s killers, or both. It’s typical that he gets some ancient wisdom or learns a new technique along the way (and, surprisingly often, shacks up with his brother’s girlfriend).
There are two brothers, one of whom is a champion pro kickboxer, the other a hotheaded amateur who wants to compete in the big leagues. But at every point where you expect it to get going with some action, it just doesn’t – not that all fighting movies should fit this template, but they should at least offer us a decent reason to keep watching.
Right from the beginning, it feels curious, as we see a scene of older brother Damon (Buckner) training a class of kids. Compare this to, say, “Kickboxer 5: Redemption”, where an identical scene at an identical point lasts 15 seconds. Here, it goes on for two minutes, which doesn’t seem like a lot but when it’s kids who have zero to do with the rest of the movie, really begins to drag. Anyway, he’s a good guy ex-cop who helps kids, and his younger brother Joe (Tony Luke) is…also a pretty good guy, honestly, even though Damon tells anyone who’ll listen what a dog Joe is with the ladies.
Joe’s girlfriend Rachel (Stephanie Sinclair) has some character quirks, like wearing a Juliana Hatfield t-shirt and lecturing him about the wonders of female indie singer-songwriters; also, she has a large, square free-standing poster of Andy Garcia in the corner of her bedroom. I’m genuinely fascinated about the sort of person who would spend money on such an item, and would have that and only that next to their bed!
Damon and his girlfriend talk about Joe a lot, like, way too much, while they’re in the apartment and while they’re on a random walk round the city. About 20 minutes in, they’re strolling round when Damon sees a couple of guys attempt to abduct / rape a woman in an alleyway. I need to break this scene down, a little. One of the two guys is holding the woman from behind with a pipe across her throat, but I’m going to take a wild guess and say he’d only had the concept of acting explained to him thirty seconds before Farmer called “action”, as he starts off by looking right at the camera, and throughout his too-brief time in the spotlight looks nervous and away from the action, as if he’s looking to someone behind the camera for advice. It’s amazing and is almost worth the cost of admission on its own.
Joe wants to get involved in the real fight league, but because he’s dumb as a box of rocks and his friend is a sleazy asshole, he goes to see Mr Ramsey (Farmer regular Danny Fendley). Apparently, if he fights for Ramsey, there’ll be all sorts of influential people there who can help him move up the ladder. Unfortunately, the actual fight is in a large warehouse, where there are maybe 5 people there to watch. Did he at no point smell a rat? Also, the fights are to the death, and as I’ve said before, running a fighting organisation where all the losers are killed just seems like a very poor business model.
There’s a brief appearance by B-movie legend George Stover (who has his name spelled wrong in the credits) as the producer of “American Expose”, the tabloid TV show that links a number of Farmer movies together and has given me the idea for the script I’m writing set in the Farmer-verse; their film crew films one of the fights and then disappears from the movie. What? Also, there are two very similar-looking redheads (Jenny Wallace, as Ramsey’s secretary; and the host of the TV report on the fight league) which lends an air of confusion to a movie which doesn’t need any more confusion.
I’m getting way too bogged down in the minutiae of “The Strike”, but I feel that’s because it seems determined to confuse and disappoint. The camera cuts just as sex scenes are starting, on several occasions (we still see a few naked women though), which is, sources close to the production tell me, were filmed but removed on the insistence of an actor’s wife. But I need to break down one more scene!
To keep him fighting for them, Momota, one of the other criminals involved in the fight league (who may or may not be in league with Ramsey, it’s almost impossible to tell) kidnaps Rachel. But, he’s also got a bunch of other attractive white women enslaved in another corner of what I presume is the same warehouse, and wants this young lady drugged up and turned into a prostitute. The four women aren’t on beds, they’re just on what look like long painting tables, two to a plank, and aren’t in a room, just a corner of a massive warehouse. Who does this? Could no-one have sprung for just one extra room to film in?
The best way to describe this is “unsatisfying”. The plot is poor, the acting poor, and the stakes are rather low. The direction is fine, but I’m going to guess (again) that Farmer didn’t have a lot to work with, either in terms of budget or available talent. It starts off nowhere and goes nowhere, unable to decide which of the two brothers is supposed to be the star. It ends nowhere too, with there being no real crescendo to the action, and although both brothers appear able to fight, the fight scenes are slow and sort of boring.
Because its structure is so odd, I’m going to take a wild guess and say it was quite personal for Buckner. Maybe he has a brother who helped him out at a tough time in his life, or he read a story when he was younger that really affected him. Or maybe it was just written by a guy who’d never done a script before and had no real idea how to structure them? Who knows?
An intriguing curio from one of our favourite directors, but perhaps not worth spending too much money tracking down.
Rating: thumbs down
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Extroverts and Introverts
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Extroverts and Introverts
In psychology two fundamentally different types of personality exist: extroverts and introverts.
Extrovert is a type of personality (or behavior) that is oriented outside, for surroundings.
Introvert is a type of personality (or behavior) that is oriented inside or to oneself.
For extroverts such behavior is typical when a person:
• tends to communicate with people,
• needs attention from people surrounding him/her,
• tends to take part in public speeches, different activities, entertainments and parties.
Extrovert can be perfect masters of ceremonies, organizers (often as a volunteers), officials, managers or artists.
For introverts the other behavior is typical. They prefer comfortable loneliness, inner speculations and absorbing into personal thoughts, creative work or observation of the process. Introvert can be a perfect scientist, researcher, observer, writer or individual entrepreneur. An extrovert feels more comfortable in presence of other people while an introvert feels more comfortable working alone.
What is such an existence of different types of personality connected with? We know that a human being is more complex than its anatomic system. And the energy aspect is a part of this complex mechanism. Maybe all the processes, occurring in us, are connected with the energy consumption and that is why the way of energy refill is an important element of life and behavior of every person. Usually a man receives energy into the ethereal body by breathing, eating and sleep. During the sleep a human biofield restores, as the consumption of ethereal energy for other thin bodies is minimized (the physical body almost does not produce movements during sleep, the mental body slightly reviews thoughts and ideas that a person had during the day and the consumptions of the astral body are minimal), and the produced and stored during the sleep energy potential gives a man the possibility to live productively the following day. That is why after sleep we feel refreshed and full of energy. But this energy refill does not happen to all people at the same extent. It turned out that for extroverts the energy that they got after sleep is not enough. And they need to seek additional energy in surrounding world (society) for their full-value life. And they are doing this successfully by getting in this or that form the energy from other people. In fact, this makes extroverts to seek for the company of other people, to attract other people’s attention, be in public, be in the focus of attention.
Introverts can perfectly refill their energy reserve during the sleep and than live the whole day basically due to this energy. This allows them to do their work or to create something alone. They do not have this critical need in communication with other people, they feel comfortable alone.
The well-known term “energy vampire”, about which it was mentioned in the article about “energy vampires”, simply means that this is a person of an extrovert type who needs additional energy and receives this energy from people and does this not in a constructive way. So, the “energy vampire” is an extrovert who receives energy by making harm to other people (by critics, baseless charges, offence, fears etc.). But luckily, there are extroverts (and there are majority of them) who receive energy being good to people and doing good deeds.
How to identify introvert from extrovert? For this purpose one needs to pay attention to a person’s behavior. As the essence of each of us is 99.9% reflected by our behavior. You might encounter such a situation. An old lady gets into the tram. A young guy quickly starts to read a newspaper or nods but a serious man asks him in a loud voice to give his place to the woman who has just entered. The young guy unwillingly gives his place to a satisfied old lady. If we analyze this situation in details we can see that a young guy is an introvert absorbed only into his personal problems and interests. A serious man is an extrovert who took care of an old woman and saved his energy. As he did not give his place but got the energy of discontent from the young guy, the energy of gratitude from the old lady, the energy from those passengers who worried about their seats and from those who supported that serious man that in the idea of teaching youth to give their place to the adults. If at work during the break you drop in a smoking-room and see a man who tells with pleasure a joke and the colleagues are all ears, you can be sure that the speaker is an extrovert who gives pleasure to other people for their attention.
In any kind of business both types of personality can be met. Each of these types has its own advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of each type should be 100% used and disadvantages should be transformed into advantages.
So, advantages of introverts in the job of manager are:
• Comfortable for the client communication style (it is terrible for an introvert to make angry his interlocutor);
• Ability to work individually (no need to be always in team)
Advantages of extrovert:
• They are easy going (they can get in touch easy with unknown person and do not have a fear of a possible negative reaction)
• They feel comfortable at public speeches (the more people, the more attention and energy).
Disadvantages of introverts:
• Difficulties with communication (fear to provoke negative reaction);
• Unwillingness to take the floor (no need to attract attention to oneself).
Disadvantages of extroverts:
• Do not care of a client’s comfortable feeling (even negative reaction, on an energy level, satisfies them);
• Sometimes they can turn a public speech into a show like a buffoonery.
How to help oneself to reach the perfection with the existing potential? First of all you should define what type of personality you are. There are a lot of tests for defining a type of personality. Analyze your behavior:
• Do you feel comfortable working alone?
• Is it easy for you to get in touch with new people?
• Do you have a desire to take the floor in public?
• Do you prefer to talk or to keep silent in train? Etc.
When you define your type we can recommend the following. Introverts should be able to communicate with people getting only positive reaction from a listener or an interlocutor. For this purpose one should respect an interlocutor and put his interests on the first place. Most likely, introverts should be able to provoke positive reaction from the first word.
Extroverts should be able to manage communication process and finish it when it causes interlocutor’s negative reaction. We all understand that client’s negative reaction will not make benefits to an extrovert’s astral body. That’s why extrovert should be able to respect an interlocutor and put his interests on the first place and personal energy comfort on the second one.
Even the lectures of introvert and extrovert differ. Introvert starts it calmly, gradually increasing its emotional side, reaching the culmination by the end of speech. Extroverts have vice versa inordinary beginning (a new joke, suggestion to stand up and make some movements, unusual or too long rhetorical question).
Potentially we all can act both as extroverts and introverts and even as altruist – we need only to develop some necessary skills.
If a person can manage his/her introversion or extroversion, then both variants of behavior are available to him/her. Basically, successful people can be by nature extroverts and introverts. But it is necessary for all types to master alternative skills. Gradually a person who has the features of both types becomes an altruist – a person who can respect his interests and take into account the interests of others (clients, colleagues) and as a result succeed in business.
Extroverts, introverts and chakras (energy centers of the body)
If the division of people into extroverts and introverts is so easy and distinct than why extroverts (or introverts) differ from each other so greatly? The secret is in the fact that each energy center – charka, in our body can be extrovertive or intorvertive independently from other charkas. There are very few 100% pure extroverts or introverts by all charkas but there are more “mixed” ones when a person has extrovertive or introvertive charkas at the same time.
So, let’s analyze in more detail way how extroverts will act taking into consideration each charka separately.
1. Supposing, we analyze a man who is introvert by all the chakras except muladhara – tailbone zone. He is an extrovert only as to muladhara. How will he behave to receive the energy of other people for the tailbone zone but not manipura or vishudha? There are such qualities on muladhara as thoroughness, scrupulousness, patience, ability to finish an assignment to the end. There are also such capabilities as survivability, adaptability, vitality in this zone. So, extrovert by muladhara will arise admiration, he will demonstrate his assiduous long-term tolerantly made, finished to the end tasks and work (compiled by him 2x3 meters puzzles, huge palaces made from matches, exact copies of ships, planes, ideally kept vegetable gardens or flower beds etc.). They often display demonstrative care by their own initiative.
2. Now let’s analyze a case when a person has extroversive svadhistana – center of groin. In this case person’s behavior will be directed to getting the energy of sexual attractiveness, cheerfulness, spontaneity, artistry. For this purpose one should demonstrate his/her sexuality, women can do this properly with the help of cloths (mini skirts, tops, gauzy blouses, high heels), attractive make-up etc. Men usually get this energy telling funny indecent anecdotes and jokes; they share their successful sexual experience often exaggerating it. We can also refer here flirting with casual touches to women. And one more well-spread among men and women way to refill with energy zone of groin is a loud laughter that attracts everybody’s attention.
3. The next case is extrovert by manipura – the zone of press. We remember that this charka gives such qualities as decisiveness, activity. Also this charka gives the energy of power and money. So, to get the energy of these qualities, extrovert with well developed press zone usually demonstrates his/her power by making other people do something demonstrating his power (muscles, weapons) or wealth (gold jewelry, big purse stuffed with money, expensive car or house).
4. Extrovert by anahata – the zone of heart, needs to get the energy of attention, care and love. Such people usually say that they have been taken care of others not thinking about themselves. They can give a present and then ask “how do you like it?” They can ask something like “Do you really love me?” Often they get energy through compassion and feeling of guilt.
5. In case when a person is an extrovert by vishudha – zone of throat, this person needs to get energy of the following qualities: originality, delicacy, sociability. Usually such people attract attention with the help of cloths (original, exquisite, extraordinary), gaudy hair style, interesting unusual speech or over talkativeness.
6. Qualities of ajna – zone of head, are intellectuality, astuteness, awareness. Extroverts by head zone either surprise by his knowledge or demonstrate his keenness of observation and astuteness, or criticizes flaws of others.
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New Zealand
by carlee vogel
new zealand
new zealand is a good place to go with your family...
National Anthem New Zealand - God Defend New Zealand
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new zealand capital
the new zealand capital is wellington
terrain of new zealand
it is mostly mountainous and some coastal plains
climate of new zealand
New Zealand has a temperate climate with moderately alot of rainfall and alot of hours of sunshine. While the north has subtropical weather during summer and inland alpine areas of the South Island can be as cold as 14°F in winter most of the country lies close to the coast, which means mild temperatures.
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population of new zealand
th population gose up every year by alot of people
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ethnic group of new zealand
they have 1% middle eastern, latin american, and african people
they have 8% asian peoples
they have 6% pacific peoples
they have 13% maori
they have 10% new zealanders
they have 62% new zealand european
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there ar lots of languages spoken in new zealand
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they farm and have cattle.
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major religions
they have 7 major religions
two historical facts
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there used to be indians thet lived there
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this is new zealand's old flag
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The role of the Prime Minister is not formally defined, being based on constitutional convention rather than specific legislation. According to these conventions, the Prime Minister is leader of Cabinet (itself a body existing by convention), and takes a co-ordinating role.
The Prime Minister is regarded by convention as "first among equals". He or she does indeed hold the most senior post in the administration, but is also required to adhere to any decisions taken by Cabinet. The actual ability of a Prime Minister to give direct orders is surprisingly limited; most of the position's power comes about through other means, such as:
• The ability to set the Cabinet agenda, thereby controlling what issues will be discussed.
• The ability to appoint and dismiss ministers. The extent to which this power can be exercised varies between different parties; the Labour Party, for example, places most of this responsibility in the hands of the Caucus, leaving the Prime Minister only with the power to choose which portfolios a minister is given. Furthermore, the MMP electoral system has complicated this, as the Prime Minister may have to consult with another party leader.
• The influence a Prime Minister is likely to have as leader of the dominant party. These powers may give him or her more direct control over subordinates than is attached to the Prime Minister's role itself.
• The power gained simply from being central to most significant decision-making, and from being able to comment on and criticise any decisions taken by other ministers.
colors of new zealands flag
its colors are red white and blue just like usa
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symbolism of new zealands flag
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famous artist from nz
famous paintings
three cities that are not in wellington
Wellington (pron.: /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. It is home to 395,600 residents.
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As a backpacker in New Zealand your experiences will be diverse, mixing nature and the outdoors with a splash of adventure, in a rich and pure environment.
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Whale watching
You can spot whales in the North Island, but it's Kaikoura in the South that is the main centre for whale watching in New Zealand.
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Emma Watson's Brother Alex Becomes Sought-After Male Model (PHOTOS)
07/01/2010 03:37 pm ET | Updated May 25, 2011
Watch out, Emma Watson! It's her 17-year-old brother Alex who is turning heads in the fashion world. He's one of the industry's hottest male models, thanks to his famous sister. He told Vogue UK:
"I was actually shopping for a suit in Burberry to wear at one of Emma's Harry Potter premiere's when someone from the brand approached and said 'I think you should meet with Christopher [Bailey]. It was such a shock but it was a pretty good gig. Emma's been really great - we get on very well but it's good to have her there to give me tips. Her main one is to relax and don't be scared. Easier said than done though. She's just so efficient!"
So far, the younger Watson seems to have his pretty head on straight, explaining, "Castings are a bit tense. Everyone's eyeing each other up and down--it's horrible. I never worry about food or how I look though. All beauty is subjective."
Check out some images of Alex and Emma from their Burberry campaign:
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A 46.8% positive introduction to Sentiment Analysis
Few Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools are touted as “blatantly useful” as often as sentiment analysis. Companies want to know why their products are bad, and they want to know it automatically.
Some of the first automatic sentiment classification experiments used film reviews as data. You have the actual text, and you have the rating the person that wrote the review gave the film. You find that there is a correlation. Pang et al reports accuracies around 80% for the task of classifying reviews as positive (2.5 stars or more out of 5) or negative (less than 2.5 stars out of 5).
The most basic technique they used comes down to giving each word in the dictionary a score (negative if the word is “negative”, and positive if the word is “positive”). You add all the scores of all the words in a review. If it adds up to a positive number you guess the review is favourable.
To make this technique work better you can also make a list of all pairs of words and give the pairs scores (For example: “not” can have a score of -0.3, and “excellent” can have a score of 2.0, but “not excellent” can have a score of -3.3). In practice, for the film review data, using this trick increases the accuracy from 78.7% to 80.6%. (72.8% to 82.7% if you use a SVM as your classifier)
Another early task, called opinion classification, was classifying text as subjective or objective. An early dataset for this task consisted of film reviews that were all assumed to be subjective, and film synopses taken from imdb that are assumed to be objective. The basic logistic regression classifier described above gets around 99% for this task. I found this problem for this dataset to be uninteresting.
Much of the subsequent work in sentiment classification involves more sophisticated ways of distinguishing a “good” labelling from a “as good as Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing” labelling. These include adding syntactical information such as part of speech tags or actually building parse trees before classification.
Knowing whether a text is positive or negative can only get you so far. You might also be interested in whether the speaker is angry, or sarcastic (which is very difficult, even for humans). You also want a more fine grained classification. Take the opinion piece:
“The apple was shiny and pretty, but it left a bitter taste in my mouth”. *
You don’t want the analyser to just tell you “+0.1 positive”. You want: “if object is apple and aspect is appearance then score=+2.0, if object is apple and aspect is taste then score=-1.5”. Various degrees of unsatisfactory results are presented for these tasks.
Everyone knows that the best place to get raw text is from social media. This is why we have:
If you want to know more, go read a few papers.
This post was put through uClassify, an online sentiment analyser and it was found to be:
negative: 53.2
positive: 46.8
happy: 53.9
upset: 46.1
corporate: 93.0
personal: 7.0
* Also see
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Katie Paine on Thursday 24 May, 10:01 AM #
What you neglect to warn people about is ensuring the integrity of the data. Even if you get sentiment 90% correct, you are assuing that the data is valid. However, we find in our research that about 30% of social media data is from spam bots, content farms and/or has no human component at all,
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Dirko on Tuesday 29 May, 10:00 AM #
That is good point Katie.
In the experiments Barent and I did, however, almost all the tweets were valid. We looked at tweets containing the search term “democracy”. But I can think that for different terms and problems one would get vastly different results.
Spam detection and relevancy detection are whole research fields on their own, and as you point out they should actually be closely tied to sentiment analysis and always part of a social media sentiment analyzer (maybe a subject of future research)
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25 Yr old Dwarf Japanese Maples
Discussion in 'Landscape Maintenance' started by jbt79, Oct 5, 2010.
1. jbt79
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My uncle has about 10-12 25 yr old Dwarf Japanese Maples he wants to remove and sell. Anyone know about what these trees are worth? I know the Dwarfs are worth a good bit more than the regular ones. Also, when is the best time of year to transplant them. Trees were planted when the house was built 17 yrs ago and were 7 -8 yrs old. He says they were very expensive then. Any help determining the value of these would be very much appreciated. Also if any of you are interested, or have a customer that may be send me a pm. I'm west of Atlanta, GA
All are about the same size: 5-6 ft tall, 6-8 ft spread, 4-5 in trunk Caliper
The ones along the walkway are 4ft tall, 4 ft spread 3-4 in caliper
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2. jbt79
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Here are a few more pics
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3. jbt79
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Heres the last few pics
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4. OSU 09
OSU 09 LawnSite Senior Member
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As far as pricing goes, i have seen them priced anywhere from $50 to $500. i would check with local nurseries and suppliers to see what they are selling them for. Yours would sell for less since they are "used". (used trees, who knew? lol) Best time to transplant them is when they are dormant. Dig a large root ball then move them balled and burlapped.
5. P.Services
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not even worth messing with, im sure he thinks hes sitting on his retirement fund but any of those can be bought for 300 or less from a nursery. So after you pay to dig them and by supplies to ball and bag them and replace them when they die you might make 50 bucks a tree if that.
6. P.Services
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now find me one 15' tall with a 10" trunk and i will give you 10 grand for it.
7. jbt79
jbt79 LawnSite Member
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Thanks guys for the input. Yeah, thats alot less than we thought. These are the dwarf variety, and are supposed to be rare. P. Services, yeah a 15' tall one would be nice looking, but this variety will never reach that size. These dwarfs are more like a large bonsai. Seen these particular ones used in Japanese gardens before. One hotel here in Atlanta has a couple exactly like these that they paid $10,000 for. These dwarfs are rare, and not the typical Japanese Maples you see, that can get 15 or so feet tall, and are worth a good bit more. Cant find any this age at any nursery to compare them to. Little small ones and grafts are running a few hundred. If anyone else has any input of suggestions, I would appreciate it very much.
8. starry night
starry night LawnSite Silver Member
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I don't see how you think they are "rare" unless there is something about them you are not mentioning other than that they are dwarf. If they are merely
Acer Palmatum Dissectum, then they are fairly common. Still worth some bucks but probably not as much as you are thinking. My immediate thought looking at the photos was that it was too bad someone has not been training them with pruning. They can be much more artistic than just mounds of leaves as these are.
9. White Gardens
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You'd be tearing up the landscaping pretty badly too just to get those suckers out with a good root ball.
A tree spade on a skid would be the best bet, and there goes any profit.
10. bradseabridge
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I have a customer with one twice that size and actually trimmed to look very good. They got offered $5k for it from someone about a year ago. But this thing is very large and in very good shape, I take care if it very well to keep is looking good.
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Yeah, That Was Stupid
Two weeks removed from the most poorly conceived Money in the Bank cash-in of all time, one thing is clear.
No one misses Vince McMahon more than Austin Theory.
Seventeen years of MITB (Money in the Bank) winners found the opportune moment to vie for the world championship. Win or lose, wrestlers endured a brutal ladder match for a guaranteed title shot exclusively on their terms. Well, Paul Levesque tried adding a new wrinkle to the MITB concept.
On Raw, Austin Theory cashed in the MITB briefcase for the U.S. Title instead of the World Heavyweight Title and lost. It’s a narrative stroke that has never been done before and will likely never happen again. Also, Theory cashed in during Seth Rollin’s open challenge, where he didn’t have to use the briefcase, painting him in a stupid light.
Social media was littered with staunch criticism of the creative decision to have Theory forgo the gold medal for silver. “Let it play out,” everyone said. Don’t crap on it until the whole story is told. That sentiment is equivalent to the boy who cried wolf under the Vince McMahon regime.
However, Triple H is running things now. His creative direction has injected new life into the company since he took over. The perception is he wouldn’t book something like this unless he has a brilliant master plan. Triple H has earned the benefit of the doubt. Let’s wait and see what unfolds.
The following week on Raw, Austin Theory explained his actions. The former youngest-ever MITB winner cited the immense difficulty he’s had to try to cash in on the WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Unexpected barriers consisting of The Bloodline, Tyson Fury, and Brock Lesnar thwarted Theory’s every attempt.
Between all the hurdles and Reigns being on a legendary and unstoppable run, Theory felt it couldn’t be done and went after a smaller fish that he still couldn’t beat. Theory’s reason is sound and makes logical sense…Until you realize he had eight more months before the MITB contract expired.
Even the commentary team didn’t pretend they were seeing something special and criticized Theory’s decision as it was happening.
Theory threw in the towel four months in and still lost. What did WWE do to build him back as a serious threat? Theory purposely got himself disqualified in a match against Dolph Ziggler. He decimated the veteran superstar to signal that he is no longer one to be trifled with.
But when was the last time anyone took Ziggler seriously? No please, tell me. Don’t worry. I’ll wait.
How would such a lousy storyline make it on WWE television in the Paul Levesque/Triple H era? After all, he’s been killing it since he became the head of creative. I have the answer. No booker is perfect, no matter how often they find success. However, there is one creative mistake that everyone who has ever booked a wrestling show has made.
Sometimes, when a booker is excited and gets behind an idea, they need to remember to ensure the audience is as invested in it. The idea is so ingrained in their mind that the physical machinations to turn fable into fact falls by the wayside. Levesque officially became the head of creative on 7/25.
On the 8/1 episode of Raw, a video package aired highlighting the history of the united states championship. Images of past champions, such as Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, and John Cena, along with patriotic symbolism and JBL’s passionate voiceover, pronounced the title’s legacy.
It’s a well-done video that seemingly came out of nowhere. However, it conveyed that WWE plans to elevate the mid-card championships. A welcomed announcement, which harkens back to the days of old when the mid-card titles carried prestige and augmented the title holder’s standing. Also, with Roman Reigns’ dominion over both world titles primarily on SmackDown, the U.S. Title is essentially the top championship on Monday Night Raw.
Besides a Seth Rollins promo, WWE has yet to come right out and say that. Instead, they show video packages and book a U.S. Title main event here and there, hoping fans will eventually get the hint. It’s a ‘slow and steady wins the race’ strategy designed to reprogram over ten years of Vince McMahon’s yo-yo booking of mid-card titles. One minute they meant something, and the next, they didn’t for long periods of time.
Levesque’s plan is sound; however, pushing the U.S. Title for three months is not enough time to establish its importance, which is when Austin Theory’s cash-in occurred. The confusion of an unannounced rule change and the U.S. Title’s increasing but lack of stature made what was supposed to be a shocking moment damned with faint praise. One could argue that a MITB cash-in for the U.S. Title would increase its stature, but it didn’t. Three months in, it was never going to work.
How did Levesque not know that idea was doomed before it began…Here is what happened.
As a creative, sometimes you’re so into an idea that you overestimate it. You overestimate it so much that you fall in love with it before the audience you’re booking for has a chance to catch up and love it too. Because you like the idea and are working hard to get it over with the audience, you believe it’s over when it is not yet.
Every booker has made this mistake on more than one occasion. If they deny it, they’re lying. I believe this is what occurred with the cash-in. Austin Theory was booked as a prominent part of WWE television by Vince McMahon, but not so much once Levesque took over the book.
Triple H is from a time when mid-card titles were essential to one’s career. Two runs with the Intercontinental Championship helped increase “The Game’s” stature to main event status. Triple H dethroning The Rock at SummerSlam 1998 in a ladder match for the IC Title was a defining moment of his legacy.
The U.S. Title is important to Paul Levesque; therefore, it’s automatically important, but the audience doesn’t know that. Either Levesque will learn from this and chalk it up to experience, or his ego won’t allow him to admit defeat and believe and blame the audience for simply not getting it. I’m betting on the latter since there have been more pros than cons, thus far, with the Paul Levesque era in WWE.
But yeah that was stupid.
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A little color never hurt a story, man, it just helps to visualize. Like how this pen I'm holding is green.
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Davis is reportedly playing a member of a traveling theater troupe in Braavos that stages a play called “The Bloody Hand” — a version of all the King’s Landing intrigue that’s gone down on the show since the series began (apparently, even in the wild continent of Essos, the Lannisters’ antics are considered pretty dramatic stuff). During this play-within-the-show, Davis portrays Cersei Lannister.
Sorry, bro. Apparently not to play Catelyn, if this is who you were thinking of.
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For the second point, I'm just going off personal experience. Bad kids seem to think they're above everything.
As for the first part, yeah, there's a chance he's a bad kid. But there's a chance any kid in any costume is a bad kid. The school can't assume this kids is bad kid just because he's wearing a hitler costume and then suspend him for that assumption alone. That's just silly.
The suspension wasn't about the kid being good or bad. It was about the costume and the fact that some people might've gotten offended. Which to me seems silly, but what're you gonna do.
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Psychopaths, bullies, and murderers, lol! As if Ted Bundy dressed up as hitler for halloween as a kid. That sounds like an Onion news article.
This kid probably walked around doing the salute and over-the-top german accent, probably got a lot of laughs from his friends, and then he got suspended. For the sake of political correctness. Not because he's a bad kid.
You know what real bad teenagers (these kids look like they're in middle school) do on Halloween? Nothing. They're "too cool" for it.
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I don't know. They could've just been behind the set to hide Tom. Stephen could have just ran behind the wall that's behind his desk. And they could've edited out some of the transition in post. Who knows? I don't see Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks sitting on an empty set counting to fifteen in their heads so an audience that's not really there has enough time to cheer, but that's just me.
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But... it has to be done on stage, in the moment. You can see them timing their jokes with the audience. When Tom is first seen, the crowd goes nuts, and he has to wait until they stop cheering. You can't really time that pre-recorded.
I'm pretty sure they're looking at cue cards and reading the jokes. But their deliveries are still spot-on.
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When in doubt, he could just do the hoky-poky and turn himself around because that's really what it's all about.
[S2E8][Spoilers] I did some reddit detective and found this comment in the season 1 finale thread. Bold indeed. by supergordo in TrueDetective
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Thanks for that link! That was actually hugely informative. I'd never thought about noir quite like that before.
I do still think making characters die on television is kind of "in vogue" right now, though. And, by the way, even if noir classically ends badly for the characters... you know... a new artist could just "create" a new thing called neo-noir, or whatever. Like, when Frank in the show had that last chat with his wife in the cathedral, or whatever, it was so plainly obvious that he was probably not going to see her again. Yet, I was praying he would, not because I actually cared, but because that would be surprising.
Although... as it turned out, I actually really enjoyed watching his character die the way he did. Brutal, to be left in the dessert like that. Ouch. I always imagined how horrible it would probably be, dying like that, and there it was, delivered on screen. So that was cool and fun to watch, especially with the reveal of his body, "back there." But still...
Put it this way: In Scooby-Doo, every time Velma told the gang exactly what they were going to do to catch the ghost, you knew that when they actually tried to do it, something was going to go wrong. Likewise, in every episode where their plans would in the end turn out right, Velma would say, "All right gang, here's what we're going to do!" -- and then the camera (or whatever) would cut away.
What if for once it actually went according to plan? What if Vince Vaughn actually met up with his girl in the end? Would that make for a "boring" story? Boring because they'd just be telling us exactly what was going to happen, and then simply executing it, with no twist at all to speak of?
Kind of like... oh, idk... like how everybody knew Vince Vaughn was going to die, and then he died? Like that amazing twist?
I just... I just don't know anymore. I think... I think I might watch too much T.V.
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Is it? I feel like people have been saying that since texting began.
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The bus on the left kind of looks like an NES controller.
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Ugh, that's the worst. It's like dude, I don't think you realize how much you are playing with my emotions right now.
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It's one thing to say, "no matter what your stance, there will be people who disagree with you."
It's another to add: "...And those who disagree with you will have then proven your point!"
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I've never heard of Jack'd. Is it basically like Grindr?
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Like when Vince Vaughn is talking about whether or not he's dreaming, if something's trying to tell him it's all paper mache, if he's still in that basement. That was a long speech.
Last season, Rust's whole daughter speech was in the second episode of the series as well. That was a long speech too, and it came back big-time.
Hmmm... not sure what I'm calling, but I'm calling it now.
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There has been a rumor saying that Tekken 6 will be more "interactive". It could mean that each character a few alternative story paths. I was hoping for a sort of "Devil Within" thing, running from one stage to another, with some dialogues in the beginning and in the end of each (or at least some) of the battles.
I just hope they don't make the Tekken 5 blunder anymore. I find it disturbing that Yoshimitsu speaks Japanese, Bryan supposingly understands and replies in English. I bet 9 against 1 that Bryan does not understand Japanese. He should've replied "Right, whatever..." or something to Yoshi. Or even better, make Yoshi speak English in some nice, Japanese accent. :)
By the way, after seeing some stage previews from the video clips around the net, I somehow get an idea that you can use the stage even more to create strategies. There seemed to be this stage, looking like a 2-story building, with stairs connecting the stories - could it be that you could go upstairs and downstairs during the fight? I hope they bring back the destroyable objects from Tekken 4. I liked smashing the phone booths in Shinjuku. :D
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Norman L. “John” Folsom
Born: 6/13/1922
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Norman L. “John” Folsom, 81, of Stigler, Oklahoma, passed away June 9, 2004, in Stigler. He was born June 13, 1922, in Kanima, Oklahoma, to George Dewey and Linnie Dore (Gilstrap) Folsom.
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John met Louise Cook in New Orleans, Louisiana, while serving in the Coast Guard during World War II. They were married on May 17, 1943, and recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. John was a deacon of the Calvary Baptist Church in Stigler and was instrumental in the founding of the Main Street Baptist Church in Stigler. He later moved to Tamaha where he was a founding member and deacon of the First Southern Baptist Church of Tamaha. John also founded and coached a very successful American Legion Baseball Team in Stigler from 1966 to the 1970s.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Lou Ella Lambert, and three brothers, Morris Folsom, Robert Bob Folsom and Franklin Frank Folsom.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Folsom; daughter, Anna Garcia of San Angelo, Texas; son, Jim Folsom and wife, Judy, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; sisters, Edith Roye of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Maxine Stancampiano of Oklahoma City, Carolyn Ward and husband, Bob, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Alice Cross of Stigler; brothers, Willis Kee Folsom of Oklahoma City, Walter Folsom of Stigler and George Folsom of Pocola, Oklahoma; two grandchildren, Christine Smith and husband, John, of Coweta, Oklahoma, and Melanie Miller and husband, Scott, of Weatherford, Oklahoma; two great-granddaughters, Sydney Smith and Hannah Miller, and one great-grandson, Folsom Smith.
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Enabling System-Controlling Utilities in Mavericks
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Peter N Lewis 2013-10-27 18:28
Mavericks doesn't add the applications to the list until they try to use accessibility services which can be a bit frustrating for users who know they need to add accessibility permissions - launch the app, and then its still not listed.
Keyboard Maestro 6.2, as well as changing the wording of the warning to refer to the new location of the preference in Mavericks, adds some code to specifically provoke the system's accessibility permission system to request permission and add Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine to the list.
I have also had some reports of this preference system being somewhat flaky, perhaps if you have more than one version of an application installed.
Adam Engst An apple icon for a TidBITS Staffer 2013-10-28 08:30
Thanks for the details, Peter! It sounds like people could get these permission requests at random times then, rather than just on first-launch. I still don't know why Skype, for instance, is in the list, and it has never prompted me to give it permission.
Larry Rosenstein An apple icon for a Friend of TidBITS 2013-11-04 08:26
You can also drag and drop applications into the list. I had to do this with iTerm.
Colleen Thompson An apple icon for a TidBITS Contributor 2013-11-05 11:07
Maybe it's for the camera?
Michael E. Cohen An apple icon for a TidBITS Staffer 2013-10-27 22:42
Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders, as well as Twitter and Facebook, which also show up on the list, don't require authentication by an administrator because they only affect the current user account; the others affect the entire system, and so require authentication.
However, you are absolutely correct: it IS "an example of atrocious interface on Apple's part."
Adam Engst An apple icon for a TidBITS Staffer 2013-10-28 08:29
Ah, that makes at least some sense, thanks! I'll update the article.
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Instructions on Making Biltong
From: (Aris Stathakis) Subject: FAQ: How to make Biltong Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 06:43:52 GMT Message-ID: <>
How To Make Real South African Biltong
Ingredients needed:
Beef (Preferably Silverside/London Broil) Rock Salt Coarse Ground Black Pepper Coarse Ground Coriander Vinegar (preferably Apple-Cider vinegar)
Get some half-inch thick strips of beef (silverside - called London Broil in the US). Make sure it's cut _with_ the grain. The pieces should be about 6 inches long. Liberally sprinkle rock-salt on each side of the pieces of meat and let them stand for an hour. The longer you let it stand the saltier it will become.
After the hour, scrape off all the excess salt with a knife (don't soak it in water!). Then get some vinegar - preferably apple-cider vinegar, but any vinegar will do. Put some vinegar in a bowl and dip the strips of meat in the vinegar for a second or so - just so that the meat is covered in the vinegar. Hold the biltong up so that the excess vinegar drips off.
Then sprinkle ground pepper and ground coriander over the meat on all sides.
Once you have done this, the meat is ready to dry. There are several methods of drying. One is to hang it up on a line in a cool place and have a fan blow on it. This method is a bit difficult because if the air is humid the meat can spoil. The method I use is a home-made 'Biltong Box'. This is basically a sealed wooden box (you can use cardboard if you like) with holes in it and a 60w lightbulb inside. Just hang the meat at the top of the box, and leave the lightbulb on at the bottom. The heat from the lightbulb helps dry the meat (even in humid weather) in about 3-4 days. Remember, the box must be closed on all 6 sides except for a few holes (as per the diagram below). The whole theory behind this method is that hot dry air rises thus drying the biltong. The holes are quite important as they promote good air circulation in the box.
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Variations include the above recipe, but add flavours like Worcestershire sauce, BBQ sauce, tabasco sauce, soy sauce, etc.. Just brush these sauces on after applying the vinegar using a basting brush.
Have fun with this recipe, and please mail me any success stories.
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Harry Mobley, chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School, provides this answer.
In order to be useful in treating human infections, antibiotics must selectively target bacteria for eradication and not the cells of its human host. Indeed, modern antibiotics act either on processes that are unique to bacteria--such as the synthesis of cell walls or folic acid--or on bacterium-specific targets within processes that are common to both bacterium and human cells, including protein or DNA replication. Following are some examples.
Most bacteria produce a cell wall that is composed partly of a macromolecule called peptidoglycan, itself made up of amino sugars and short peptides. Human cells do not make or need peptidoglycan. Penicillin, one of the first antibiotics to be used widely, prevents the final cross-linking step, or transpeptidation, in assembly of this macromolecule. The result is a very fragile cell wall that bursts, killing the bacterium. No harm comes to the human host because penicillin does not inhibit any biochemical process that goes on within us.
Bacteria can also be selectively eradicated by targeting their metabolic pathways. Sulfonamides, such as sulfamethoxazole, are similar in structure to para-aminobenzoic acid, a compound critical for synthesis of folic acid. All cells require folic acid and it can diffuse easily into human cells. But the vitamin cannot enter bacterial cells and thus bacteria must make their own. The sulfa drugs such as sulfonamides inhibit a critical enzyme--dihydropteroate synthase--in this process. Once the process is stopped, the bacteria can no longer grow.
Another kind of antibiotic--tetracycline--also inhibits bacterial growth by stopping protein synthesis. Both bacteria and humans carry out protein synthesis on structures called ribosomes. Tetracycline can cross the membranes of bacteria and accumulate in high concentrations in the cytoplasm. Tetracycline then binds to a single site on the ribosome--the 30S (smaller) ribosomal subunit--and blocks a key RNA interaction, which shuts off the lengthening protein chain. In human cells, however, tetracycline does not accumulate in sufficient concentrations to stop protein synthesis.
Similarly, DNA replication must occur in both bacteria and human cells. The process is sufficiently different in each that antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin--a fluoroquinolone notable for its activity against the anthrax bacillus--can specifically target an enzyme called DNA gyrase in bacteria. This enzyme relaxes tightly wound chromosomal DNA, thereby allowing DNA replication to proceed. But this antibiotic does not affect the DNA gyrases of humans and thus, again, bacteria die while the host remains unharmed.
Many other compounds can kill both bacterial and human cells. It is the selective action of antibiotics against bacteria that make them useful in the treatment of infections while at the same time allowing the host to live another day.
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CVS2 working on Execution
I guess this really applies to all fighters. I would like to know some “tactics” that ppl on SRK use to practice execution. Or do u just hammer it out by doin the motion repetively.
I would also like some CC execution advice, such as. When finishing the nako CC trip HPX2 reverse 180 then 360 P. well thats how someone told me to do it and it workz great. since for some reasome I would always mess up on the double reverse 180…
But what do u all do to get better execution???
Instead of doing c.RH, c.FPx2, super…during the last DF+FP, do DF, D, DB+RH, B, HCB+P…Nakoruru will trip the character and after you do the HCB+P, the super comes out, and you’ll dance.
4 me…i jus practice multiple time in training…the combos i actually would use in game.
Especially the a-groove one since there are no room 4 mess ups while playing with your CC.
But try finding shortcuts 2 do some combos…
great idea. Anyone have any suggestions on execution practicing???
uh… chose ryu sagat and chun li, c-groove
ryu and sagat - practice deep shoryukens
chun li practice her into super - learn her cancels via the chun li thread
if u can do those two things your execution will become very good
oh yea with sagat do into superfireball or superkick into uppercut.
i try to make the most of the negative edge such as hold onto a button, do the motion of the super,and then letting go of the button. Comboing into a super is so much easier with the negative edge…
If it’s doing crouching attacks -> super, do what I do: like with Ryu: do c.MK, 450+P…a 450 being a 360+90…so do a 360, then QCF+P
IMO, it’s faster than doing QCFx2…since you’re basically flicking your wrist really fast.
This is something I’ve had trouble on myself…I’ve never actually thought of that solution, doing a 450…I’m gonna try that out!
i have trouble wit this. i still do! so i don’t use many snk characters! maybe a arcade stick makes it easier, it made it for me.
hrm, little trick for the snk motions. say you’re iori, you land a c.short, and want to end in a super. go like this:
c.short x2, qcf+short, hcb+punch. boom, super comes out after the standing short and combos.
for iori’s combo into super, just pretend your doing two fireball motions…qcf+k and qcb+p…that works for me.
that wont work, it has to be hcb+p.
i know its hcb…but try it out yourself, see if it works…if it doesnt work for you, then too bad
try taking breaks from the game… like I always say “practice makes predictable”… once you’re random enough and roll cancel more than 75% of the time the enemy has to assume that the other 25% are invincible too and negatively adjust their gameplay…
warning: training like fecalpenance may not result in victories
what about for geeses super (not the level 3 combo). I love using geese, but find it insanely hard to pull of that super. any suggestions?
his super goes through fireballs, and has good range… but is only good when the other guy is on the ground. I usually do a 360 from the forward position going back… and is easy to do when you jump, roll, jd, or parry…
i think he was talking about the raging storm. the only “shortcut” ive heard of is doing two hcb x 2 then press df and a punch. even the short cut is pretty hard. anybody else have ideas?
For that super, it’s easyer to learn how to do the pretzel if you ask me :bluu:
When you’re first learning it you won’t be able to do it on command. The best way is the pretzel way because you can do it in a single fast motion instead of the short(which are really long) cuts that people do. Try doing this; hold DB and then do a counter from this position. If you get the counter to come out consistently all you have to do is add DF after the HCB for the raging storm. When I first learned the super I favoured the right side of the screen over the left side; it just seemed easier… Hope that helps a bit:D
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How Fiber Optics Were Invented
The History of Fiber Optics from Bell's Photophone to Corning Researchers
What Is Fiber Optics?
Who Invented Fiber Optics?
Fiber optic communication methods and materials invented by Robert Maurer, Donald Keck and Peter Schultz opened the door to the commercialization of fiber optics. From long-distance telephone service to the Internet and medical devices such as the endoscope, fiber optics are now a major part of modern life.
Timeline of the Invention of Fiber Optics
• In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell invented his "Photophone," which transmitted a voice signal on a beam of light. Bell focused sunlight with a mirror and then talked into a mechanism that vibrated the mirror. At the receiving end, a detector picked up the vibrating beam and decoded it back into a voice the same way a phone did with electrical signals. However, many things -- a cloudy day for instance -- could interfere with the Photophone, causing Bell to stop any further research with this invention.
• In 1964, a critical (and theoretical) specification was identified by Dr. C.K. Kao for long-range communication devices. The specification was 10 or 20 decibels of light loss per kilometer, which established the standard. Kao also illustrated the need for a purer form of glass to help reduce light loss.
• In 1970, one team of researchers began experimenting with fused silica, a material capable of extreme purity with a high melting point and a low refractive index. Corning Glass researchers Robert Maurer, Donald Keck and Peter Schultz invented fiber optic wire or "Optical Waveguide Fibers" (patent #3,711,262) capable of carrying 65,000 times more information than copper wire. This wire allowed for information carried by a pattern of light waves to be decoded at a destination even a thousand miles away. The team had solved the problems presented by Dr. Kao.
• In 1975, the United States government decided to link the computers at the NORAD headquarters at Cheyenne Mountain using fiber optics to reduce interference.
• In 1977, the first optical telephone communication system was installed about 1.5 miles under downtown Chicago. Each optical fiber carried the equivalent of 672 voice channels.
• By the end of the century, more than 80 percent of the world's long-distance traffic was carried over optical fiber cables and 25 million kilometers of the cable. Maurer, Keck and Schultz-designed cabled have been installed worldwide.
The Inventors of Glass Fiber Optics at the US Army Signal Corp
In 1958, at the US Army Signal Corps Labs in Fort Monmouth New Jersey, the manager of Copper Cable and Wire hated the signal transmission problems caused by lightning and water. He encouraged Manager of Materials Research Sam DiVita to find a replacement for copper wire. Sam thought glass, fiber and light signals might work, but the engineers who worked for Sam told him a glass fiber would break.
In September 1959, Sam DiVita asked 2nd Lt. Richard Sturzebecher if he knew how to write the formula for a glass fiber capable of transmitting light signals. DiVita had learned that Sturzebecher, who was attending the Signal School, had melted three triaxial glass systems using SiO2 for his 1958 senior thesis at Alfred University.
Sturzebecher knew the answer. While using a microscope to measure the index-of-refraction on SiO2 glasses, Richard developed a severe headache. The 60 percent and 70 percent SiO2 glass powders under the microscope allowed higher and higher amounts of brilliant white light to pass through the microscope slide and into his eyes. Remembering the headache and the brilliant white light from high SiO2 glass, Sturzebecher knew that the formula would be ultra pure SiO2. Sturzebecher also knew that Corning made high purity SiO2 powder by oxidizing pure SiCl4 into SiO2.
He suggested that DiVita use his power to award a federal contract to Corning to develop the fiber.
DiVita had already worked with Corning research people. But he had to make the idea public because all research laboratories had a right to bid on a federal contract. So in 1961 and 1962, the idea of using high purity SiO2 for a glass fiber to transmit light was made public information in a bid solicitation to all research laboratories. As expected, DiVita awarded the contract to Corning Glass Works in Corning, New York in 1962. Federal funding for glass fiber optics at Corning was about $1,000,000 between 1963 and 1970. Signal Corps Federal funding of many research programs on fiber optics continued until 1985, thereby seeding this industry and making today's multibillion dollar industry that eliminates copper wire in communications a reality.
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The Biting Pear of Salamanca
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A popular tourist attraction of the region, the biting pear lives off low-flying birds, hand-outs, and the occasional unwary sightseer.
Don't look at me. I was reading up on pop surrealism before bed, and this is the sort of thing that happens. Even for me, that's a little disturbing.
Also, I may have an unhealthy obsession with pears. This is particularly odd because I haven't eaten a pear in years.
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You can buy prints of the Pear at Topatoco!
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That’s the roblox copy that almost cost them a lawsuit lol
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(And now to start 2021 with another remarkably original comment...)
lol wut does this pear have teeth for? omg!
This should be considered classical art at this point.
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I hope the pear enjoys his 15 year anniversary coming up!
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April Fools Day
What about The Biting Orange of Salamanca
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Emoticon - Tiny cute pear roblox took a master peice.
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I didn't know that the original LOL WUT came from here of all places!
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Why am I suddenly craving pears?
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or are pears suddenly craving you?
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this needs to be hung in an art gallery.
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Slow and Steady Wins the Race!
Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?
This is What's Trending Today…
Who wants to be a billionaire?
For a $2 ticket, people have a chance to win the Mega Millions record-breaking lottery jackpot of $1.6 billion. The drawing is on Tuesday night in the United States.
Players also have a chance at winning the Powerball jackpot, which is now up to $620 million. That drawing will be on Wednesday night.
Mega Millions is a lottery game played in 44 American states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The winning ticket must match six numbers, from 1 to 70. Several states permit online ticket purchases. Out-of-state or overseas purchases are not permitted.
The first Mega Millions drawing was on May 17, 2002. That winner received a jackpot of $28 million – a small amount compared to this week's jackpot.
The most recent Mega Millions drawing on October 19 was for a jackpot of $1 billion dollars. But no one won. It was the 25th drawing in a row that did not result in a winner.
About 280 million tickets were sold for the October 19 drawing. Those tickets covered 60 percent of all possible number combinations.
A woman (R) purchases Mega Millions lottery tickets on Oct. 19, 2018 in New York City
So, what are your chances of winning the $1.6-billion jackpot this time?
Very, very small.
The financial website The Motley Fool says the chance of someone winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350. The chance is a little better with the Powerball. It is 1 in 292,201,338.
You are more likely to get struck by lightning than win the jackpot, at least in the United States. The National Weather Service says a person has about a 1 in a million chance of getting hit.
You are much more likely to get accepted to Harvard University. The Ivy League school accepted 5 percent of its 39,000 applicants for its 2021 class. That is a 1 in 20 chance.
Americans even have a better chance at becoming president than they do at winning this week's jackpot. The U.S. population is about 326 million. There are about 10 presidents in an average lifetime. So, a person's chances at becoming president are 1 in 32.6 million. However, the U.S. Constitution requires that a person be at least 35 years old and a "natural born citizen" to be elected president.
And that's What's Trending Today.
I'm Ashley Thompson.
Hai Do wrote this story for Learning English. Ashley Thompson was the editor.
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lottery - n. a way of raising money for a government, charity, etc., in which many tickets are sold and a few of the tickets are chosen by chance to win prizes
jackpot - n. a usually large amount of money won in a game of chance
applicant - n. someone who formally asks for something (such as a job or admission to a college)
in a row - phrase. following one after another
average - n. ordinary or usual
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Written by Alice Fleetwood
Workplace Bullying: Truth Will Out
To mark Anti-Bullying Week, Alice Fleetwood, explores the often devastating impact of workplace bullying and offers advice on how to deal with it.
Workplace bullying is emotional abuse. It isn’t banter or teasing. Bullying in the workplace is a serious, sometimes sackable offence and yet, despite awareness training and national campaigns, organisations are rarely equipped to deal with it properly.
“Each morning, something different had been hidden or moved from my desk and I started to become confused.”
Annabel*, now in her 60s, worked for a local authority. Her (male) boss took against her: she can’t remember when or how it started but she began to notice that things had been moved around on her desk, or her in-tray contents had been moved to her drawer. Her umbrella would go missing and turn up a week later and her coat would be hanging up in another office. Eventually, things started to disappear completely. She started to become confused and was already stressed because her son had been diagnosed as mentally ill. Her manager encouraged her to confide in him.
“He would make me read a book every evening and test me the next morning,” she says. “By that point, I didn’t realise it wasn’t normal or reasonable behaviour.”
Many people don’t realise that they’re being bullied because it is not obvious aggression or just one type of behaviour. Instead, it is a campaign of many incidents that separately are not worth mentioning, but as a list of incidents, a pattern emerges. Bullying can include: someone taking credit for your work or playing endless pranks on you; laughing at or belittling your ideas; critical remarks passed off as banter; threats about losing your job; your boss overworking you or blocking you from promotion; withholding information so that you look incompetent; saying unpleasant things only within your earshot; apologising to others about you; derogatory comments on social media (you don’t have to be named, there will be clues).
Bullies target those whom they perceive as either weak or in a weak position such as short-term, part-time or zero-hour contract workers. As these are more likely to be women, statistically more women are bullied than men.
“Two of us were on short-term contracts but my boss put all her effort into finding my male colleague a job within the company,” says 35 year-old Kate*, a further education project worker. “She knew there was a good business case for keeping me on, but she was only interested in making sure her ‘work husband’ was kept on. In a 1-2-1 with me, she told me I was incompetent. I asked for evidence but she just repeated that I was incompetent and she shouldn’t have to apologise to people about my work. She told me I was no good at even basic admin. I asked for some support and she shouted, ‘I don’t need to stand for this!’ This was not recorded in the 1-2-1 notes, so I made an appointment with HR. She denied calling me incompetent but I stuck with it, calmly insisting that she said what she had said. After many denials, she ended up saying, ‘I did it to protect you’ thereby effectively admitting it.”
Don’t try to make sense of bullying by focusing on your weaknesses: bullying works precisely because most of us have that inner critic. Do not accept that this is “just them being them” or that it is “a style of management”.
“My boss would make me read a book every evening and test me the next morning.”
Some steps you can take:
If you’re accused of being incompetent, familiarise yourself with the performance management policy. People are rarely sacked for not performing, so don’t be afraid to ask for evidence, not opinion. Ask how they can help you improve. Often, they will have no solutions because it is not actually about your performance.
If you are the subject of targeted “banter”, repeat what he or she has said; explain to them that it is not acceptable and that there is a policy to deal with this sort of behaviour (usually a Code of Conduct or Dignity at Work policy).
Only deal with facts: don’t tell the bully how he or she makes you feel (how you feel is up to you) but make them accountable for what they do or say. Ask, “Why do you say/do that?” It’s even better to send and receive responses by email; they are good sources of evidence.
In an organisation that takes bullying seriously, procedures will be transparent and accessible to all. Staff will be trained to support the whole process. One HR officer told me that proof, or at least evidence, is crucial. Proof can be in the form of emails or witness testimonies and evidence can be a detailed record of events (dates are important). She stressed how easy it is to tell when people are lying.
“People who tell the truth are able to recount events without any difficulty whereas people who lie tend to change their story.”
Bullying is bad for business. It destroys loyalty, it pushes out good staff members and it leads to high instances of long-term sickness. Bullying and bullies are hard to tackle, but the important thing to remember is that if you speak the truth, people will eventually hear it; the truth has a unique weight that no denial or argument can shift.
*names have been changed
www.bullying.co.uk/ (useful for younger people affected by bullying)
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Written by Alice Fleetwood
@Aliceliverpool is a football-loving, vegetarian, birdwatching leftie but not a social worker as you might presume.
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Tinnitus-Cannabis gives relief
Published by Jan
(Ringing in the Ears and Other Ear Noise)
For research purposes, the more elaborate Tinnitus Handicap Inventory is often used. Persistent tinnitus may cause irritability, fatigue, and on occasions, clinical depression, and musical hallucinations.
As with all diagnostics, other potential sources of the sounds normally associated with tinnitus should be ruled out. For instance, two recognized sources of very high-pitched sounds might be electromagnetic fields common in modern wiring and various sound signal transmissions. A common and often misdiagnosed condition that mimics tinnitus is Radio Frequency (RF) Hearing, in which subjects have been tested and found to hear high-pitched transmission frequencies that sound similar to tinnitus.
Subjective tinnitus is also a side effect of some medications, such as aspirin, and may result from an abnormally low level of serotonin activity. It is also a classical side effect of quinidine, a Class IA anti-arrhythmic. Over 260 medications have been reported to cause tinnitus as a side effect. In many cases, however, no underlying physical cause can be identified.
Tinnitus can also occur due to the discontinuation of therapeutic doses of benzodiazepines as part of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. It can sometimes be a protracted symptom from benzodiazepine withdrawal and persist for many months.
Causes of subjective tinnitus include:
Otologic problems and hearing loss:
Conductive hearing loss
external ear infection
acoustic shock
loud noise or music
cerumen (earwax) impaction
middle ear effusion
superior canal dehiscence
sensor neural hearing loss
excessive or loud noise
presbycusis (age-associated hearing loss)
Ménière's disease
acoustic neuroma
mercury or lead poisoning
ototoxic medications
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
aminoglycosides, e.g., gentamicin
doxycycline (Vibramycin)
Objective tinnitus, however, is quite uncommon. Often patients with pulsatile tumors will report other coexistent sounds, distinct from the pulsatile noise that will persist even after their tumor has been removed. This is generally subjective tinnitus, which, unlike the objective form, cannot be tested by comparative methods.
What causes tinnitus?
Tinnitus can arise in any of the following areas: the outer ear, the middle ear, the inner ear, or by abnormalities in the brain. Some tinnitus or head noise is normal. I f one goes into a soundproof booth and normal outside noise is diminished, one becomes aware of these normal sounds. We are usually not aware of these normal body sounds, because outside noise masks them. Anything, such as earwax or a foreign body in the external ear, that blocks these background sounds will cause us to be more aware of our own head sounds. Fluid, infection, or disease of the middle ear bones or eardrum (tympanic membrane) can also cause tinnitus.
Tinnitus Causes
Tinnitus caused by ear trauma is usually noticed in both ears, because both ears are usually exposed to the same noises, drugs, and other influences
Other causes of tinnitus include drugs such as aspirin (if overused), amino glycoside antibiotics (a powerful form of infection-fighting drug), and quinine.
A rare cause of subjective tinnitus includes a certain type of tumor known as an acoustic neuroma. The tumors grow on the nerve that supplies hearing and can cause tinnitus. This type of tinnitus is usually only noticed in one ear, unlike the more common sort caused by hearing loss usually seen in both ears.
Causes of objective tinnitus are usually easier to find.
Clicking types of objective tinnitus can be caused by jaw joint misalignment (TMJ) problems or muscles of the ear or throat "twitching”.
Medical Treatment
Treatment for tinnitus depends on the underlying cause of the problem.
Avoiding caffeine is advised, as it may worsen symptoms.
Biofeedback may help or diminish tinnitus in some patients.
Avoid aspirin or aspirin products in large quantities
Tinnitus medications
In many cases, there is no specific treatment for tinnitus. It may simply go away on its own, or it may be a permanent disability that the patient will have to "live with.” Some otolaryngologists (ear specialists) have recommended niacin to treat tinnitus. However, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that niacin helps reduce tinnitus, and it may cause problems with skin flushing.
Objective tinnitus:
Gamma knife radiosurgery (glomus jugulare)
Shielding of cochlea by teflon implant
Botulinum toxin (palatal tremor)
Clearing ear canal (in the case of earwax plug)
Using a neurostimulator
Subjective tinnitus:
Drugs and nutrients
Older benzodiazepines, e.g. diazepam, are sometimes used for tinnitus; however, there are significant risks associated with the long-term use of benzodiazepines.
Tricyclics (amitriptyline, nortriptyline) in small doses
Avoidance of caffeine, nicotine, or salt can reduce symptoms,
however, tinnitus can also be induced by reducing caffeine and/or quitting smoking.
Zinc supplementation (where serum zinc deficiency is present)
Etidronate or sodium fluoride (otosclerosis)
Lignocaine or anticonvulsants (usually in patients responsive to white noise masking)
Melatonin (especially for those with sleep disturbance)
Vitamin combinations (lipoflavonoid)
What Are Some Effective Treatments and Relief Remedies for Tinnitus?
• Tinnitus does not have a cure yet, but treatments that help many people cope better with the condition are available. Most doctors will offer a combination of the treatments below; depending on the severity of your tinnitus and the areas of your life, it affects the most.
• Counseling
• Acoustic neural stimulation is a relatively new technique for people whose tinnitus is very loud or will not go away. It uses a palm-sized device and headphones to deliver a broadband acoustic signal embedded in music.
• Your doctor to improve your mood and help you sleep might prescribe antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs.
• Other medications may be available at drugstores and on the Internet, as an alternative remedy for tinnitus, but none of these preparations has been proved effective in clinical trials.
Do not place objects in your ear such as cotton swabs (Q-tips) to clean your ear. This can cause a wax impaction against your eardrum that can cause tinnitus. Take blood pressure medicines and other prescribed medications as your doctor orders them.
Protect your hearing at work. Your work place should follow Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. Wear earplugs or earmuffs and follow hearing conservation guidelines set by your employer.
Even everyday noises, such as blow drying your hair or using a lawnmower, can require protection. Keep earplugs or earmuffs handy for these activities.
Prolonged exposure to sound or noise levels as low as 70 dB can result in damage to hearing. For musicians and DJs, special musicians' earplugs play an important role in preventing tinnitus; they can lower the volume of the music without distorting the sound and can prevent tinnitus from developing in later years. For anyone using loud electrical appliances, such as hair dryers or vacuum cleaners, or who work in noisy environments such as building sites, where earmuffs are impractical, earplugs are also helpful in reducing noise exposure. This is also the case while riding motorcycles, mopeds etc. While operating lawn mowers, hammer drills, grinders, and similar, earmuffs may be more appropriate for hearing protection.
It is also important to check medications for potential ototoxicity. Ototoxicity of multiple medicines can have a cumulative effect, and can greatly increase the damage done by noise. If ototoxic medications must be administered, close attention by the physician to prescription details, such as dose and dosage interval, can reduce the damage done.
Cannabis helps Tinnitus
One of the main theories of tinnitus is that it is a form of sensory epilepsy, sometimes arising from neuronal hyperactivity in the brainstem cochlear nucleus.
Antiepileptic drugs have therefore been explored as one potential treatment option.
Increasing evidence suggests that cannabinoid drugs can also have antiepileptic effects.
Recently, it has been reported that cannabinoid CB1, CB2 receptors, and the endogenous cannabinoid, 2-arachidonylglycerol (2-AG), are expressed in the cochlear nucleus.
CB1 receptors appear to negatively regulate the release of glutamate, and it is possible that their down-regulation during the development of tinnitus is responsible for the neuronal hyperactivity associated with the condition.
cannabinoid drugs might be useful in the treatment of tinnitus.
Previous studies in animals and humans have shown that, in some cases at least, anti-epileptic drugs can reduce the severity of tinnitus. Given that cannabinoid receptor agonists have been shown to exert anti-epileptic effects in some circumstances, we investigated whether two synthetic CB(1)/CB(2) receptor agonists, WIN55,212-2, and CP55,940, could inhibit the behavioral manifestations of salicylate-induced tinnitus in rats in a conditioned suppression task. We found that neither WIN55, 212-2 (3.0 mg/kg s.c) nor CP55, 940 (0.1 or 0.3 mg/kg s.c), significantly reduced conditioned behavior associated with tinnitus. However, both 3 mg/kg WIN55, 212-2 and 0.3 mg/kg CP55, 940 did significantly increase tinnitus-related behavior compared to the vehicle control groups. These results suggest that cannabinoid receptor agonists may not be useful in the treatment of salicylate-induced tinnitus and that at certain doses; they could actually exacerbate the condition.
Cannabinoid CB1 receptors have not been systematically investigated in the brainstem cochlear nucleus, nor have they been investigated in relation to tinnitus. Using immunohistochemistry and cell counting, we showed that a large number of neurons in the rat cochlear nucleus possess cannabinoid CB1 receptors. Following salicylate injections that induced the behavioral manifestations of tinnitus, the number of principal neurons in the ventral cochlear nucleus expressing CB1 receptors significantly decreased, while the number of CB1-positive principal neurons in the dorsal cochlear nucleus did not change significantly. These results suggest that CB1 receptors in the cochlear nucleus may be important for auditory function and that a down-regulation of CB1 receptors in the ventral cochlear nucleus may be related to the development of tinnitus.
One of the most important uses of cannabis is as a substitute for other, more dangerous or costly pharmaceutical drugs.
Many patients report substantial reductions in use of narcotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, anti-depressants, tranquilizers, sleeping pills and other drugs once they started using cannabis medicine.
CBD is an anticonvulsant.
Cannabis is powerful medicine for mixed syndromes.
Use Indica’s with high CBD levels.
Use Indica dominant hybrid with high CBD levels.
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3. Shulman A. Clinical Types of Tinnitus. In A Shulman, JM Aran, H Feldmann, et al. (eds), Tinnitus Diagnosis/Treatment. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1991;323-341.
4. Shulman A, Aran, JM, Feldmann H, et al. Tinnitus Diagnosis/Treatment. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1991.
5. Shulman A, Strashun AM, Goldstein B, Afriyie MO. NeuroSPECT cerebral blood flow studies in patients with a central type tinnitusa preliminary study. Tinnitus 91:211-215, 1992. Kugler Public, Amsterdam.
Zheng Y, Baek JH, Smith PF, Darlington CL.
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Ephraim Blakeslee facts for kids
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Ephraim Blakeslee was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Blakeslee was born on May 12, 1838 in Fenner, New York. During the American Civil War, he served with the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, achieving the rank of captain. He died in February 1911.
Assembly career
Blakeslee was a member of the Assembly during the 1880 and 1881 session. He was a Republican.
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• Standardized mobile phone charger now a worldwide phenomenon. Nokia leads the way.
• Palm kills homemade apps. Why?
• Sony thinking about PSP phone. Sounds like nGage to me.
• Intel working seriously on SSD.
• Germans not interested in the Kindle.
• Google voice getting a lot of ink.
• Adam Savage gets free phone service.
• MSFT fiddling around with Win 7 marketing. Will they ever learn?
• Kid humiliated by Walkman.
• Wikipedia in on blackout of certain news.
• HD-DVD still beating Blu-ray according to the NYT.
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1. Yseraboy says:
I’m sure Palm killed homemade apps for the same reason Apple never allowed them = If you could “sideload” apps – or, God forbid, firmware – by sending yourself formatted-code via E-mail, then there would likely be a never-ending series of malware emails in circulation, hoping to get people to load the malicious code.
When I first saw the headline about HD DVD player numbers increasing, I thought it was due to all the ignorant people buying the close-out models are firesale prices… and/or that erroneous comparison of “standalone” players sold for the two formats. But after reading the article, I am amazed to see this is based on a Harris on-line poll of about 2400 people???
HD DVD penetration into US households has increased to 11% because of the answers you got from 2400 people? puhleaze!
2. deowll says:
Walmart had a Magnavox blue ray player on sell for less that $130 dollars the last time I looked. That is within my price range. I’m not sure why I didn’t buy one other than the cost of that first movie and the fact that I just don’t seem to be willing to watch a movie.
3. qb says:
OK, the kid using the Walkman didn’t know anything about cassettes and different types of tapes. That what happens when middle aged white people try to be funny. It was kind of pathetic.
This is what happens when middle aged white rich people try to be funny and hip.
4. Zybch says:
I still prefer HD DVD. the menus come up immediately, picture quality is the same, discs can be double sided (HD on one, regular DVD the other), 1 standard format; none of this early bluray players not playing recent disk bullshit, no region coding etc etc.
If Sony hadn’t spent $7+billion on bribes to the movie studios to drop HD we’d all be using it and bluray would be stillborn.
5. Get real please says:
The regular comments that there is no Silicon Valley was kinda cute for a while, as yes it’s not on a map, but people say it all the time. Today you mentioned that the reason you keep mentioning it is that one listener doesn’t like that term. Actually there is a Silicon Valley, or maybe it’s not capitalized, but it’s there. It’s not a designated place on the map but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. When people say Silicon Valley they know where you are generally talking about. Just because their boundary lines are not drawn doesn’t mean they are not real places. It’s like the Rust Belt, and the Dust Bowl, and the Southwest, they are generalizations and ARE real places.
6. nadrew says:
sony bribes. so they did that part right, but they didn’t include all of the features at first and they kept the price to high for too long. finally, now the cost comes down. way to go sony. ride that curve down. also, the movies cost too much. i don’t want to pay more for hd. why should i? doesn’t cost them any more to produce, does it? as a format, blueray may not ever become mainstream. yes, it is the best quality now due to bandwidth constraints. but, if sony was real about this format, they would lower the cost of movies to the same as current dvd’s or lower. they have pricing power because of their large catalog of content.
if they lowered prices, then wouldn’t the other studios have to follow? maybe this format will never become standard. good enough is good enough. sony is becoming increasingly irrelevant. what a shame. they had good tech.
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Last night I caught up with my good friend, recruiter Michelle Fish, a new friend Chocko Valiappa and a couple of other people.
As we sat down and enjoyed a bite to eat and a glass of wine, I began to talk to Chocko about Ashrams in India. I have been wanting to go for some time and wanted his insight into which ones were the best to investigate.
Chocko is a spirital man - and although he didn't say as much, I could tell. I gravitated to him and before long we talked about different aspects of spiritality. He then mentioned that he read handwriting. Within seconds I was writing on a napkin hoping that he would pass on some wisdom about myself that would enlighten me.
He said:
"I am level headed and connect well between my head and my heart"
"I need to celebrate my highs more"
"I have discovered myself, but not other people"
Are you ambitious enough?
"I need to have more ambition and more ego"
"I am a little regal"
The first three points made sense to me. I feel reasonably level headed and I don't make rash decisions. I am led by my heart but my head always levels things out. I never celebrate my highs in life. I have never celebrated a business achievement or a personal achievement - namely because I am not sure if it is an achievement or just something that happens in life if you work hard.
I believe that I know myself well - but he was spot on with the fact that I haven't figured out others and this is a constant struggle.
But the point that stopped me in my tracks was "that I need to have more ambition and ego". I honestly do not feel like I have to be better than anyone else and certainly, I don't feel as though I need to "beat" anyone but I do have goals. If I don't achieve them, it won't be the end of the world - but they do exist and I have a plan in place to achieve them - so am I not ambitious enough?
It's not the first time I have been told this. In fact, it pops its ugly head every now and again.
Which had me thinking to myself... am I ambitious enough? Do I want "things" enough? Do I care enough when something steps in my way of me reaching my goals?
Being ambitious means "having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed".
One of my favorite books was written by an entrepreneur, John McGrath. It isn't the best written book - by far, but in it John shares his determination to be successful and to achieve goals and what he does every single day to stay on track. Everything from having his goals plastered on the shower wall, through to his routine and how he goes about life. I have read this book many times because he reminds me that you have to make sacrifices and work incredibly hard to really achieve your goals. You can't just think about it and believe it will happen. You have to put in place everything in your life to make sure that everything is geared towards the result you are looking for.
But there are some realities about being ambitious:
"Ambitious people are unhappier and they don't live as long."
It's bad news for people whose goal in life is to get ahead. If an ambitious person keeps raising his or her goals after every success, then it's a bit like Sisyphus in Greek mythology: He rolls the boulder up the hill, only to have it roll down the hill so as to push it back up again.
Ambition is important, but so are other things and I think deep down I realize that more then most. It is also in the eye of the beholder. What one person considers are being an important ambitious goal, may not seem the same to another. Some people focus ambition on money, yet for others money means little. It is more about quality of life, health and love.
Studies show that most ambitious people have common traits: They had parents with occupational prestige, and their personalities were organized, disciplined and goal-seeking.
Being ambitious is not just something that you are born with. You can become ambitious at anytime- you must have a goal or find a dream that causes you to take action and you will see the ambition rise within yourself.
Rather than procrastinate, like I have been known to do from time to time:
• Strive towards a goal
• Work through setbacks
• Always set another goal
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Origin: mucosus, from mucus; MUCUS
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What is the value of 'Earth Day'?
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Some say that Earth Day hour without electricity is a waste of time. They say it doesn't really save electricity at all, but others say it's symbolic and makes us pause and think of the value of electricity and our dependence upon technology and how we need to say, Slow down. Here in our house I lit a candle inside an old chipped mug and turned off four lights but our house guest needed to shower before going on night shift as Security (where there would be tons of flashing lights in a bar and poker machines) so he turned on one light. Peceli was out on an errand and when he came home he said, 'Hey, what's with the darkness?' I said, 'Even the pyramids in Egypt and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are dark for Earth Hour.' 'I didn't notice any difference in the streets,' he replied. I started to sing, 'Hello darkness my old friend...' the old Simon and Garfunkel song. Then Peceli sang a bit of a song about 'Vula'!
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Fiji led Earth Hour by ‘switching off’Sunday, March 30, 2008Fiji Takia Club paddlers out on Suva foreshore releasing candles to mark earth hour Taken from / By: Courtesy of WWF.Fiji led the world in the fight against climate change by ‘switching off’ for Earth Hour with more than 370 cities, councils and towns around the world participating. At approximately 8pm last night hundreds of businesses and individuals ‘switched off’ showing the world that Fiji is ready and willing to take action on climate change.
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So I just noticed that Aspiring Champions for Chaos have vanguard. They are the only Chaos unit to have it with the exception of the 3 skirmish cavalry options that Chaos have available to them.
Has anyone found any good uses of it? I quite like the idea of a behind the lines deployment of an artillery killing force but find that Aspiring Champions are a bit too flimsy (only 12 models) to be able to effectively engage alone
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(ARC) Book Review: Real by Katy Evans
Real (Real, Raw & Ripped #1)
by Katy Evans
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Published: April 8th 2013
Format Acquired: ARC from publisher via NetGalley (thank you!)
Purchase: Amazon
A fallen boxer.
A woman with a broken dream.
A competition…
He even makes me forget my name. One night was all it took, and I forgot everything and anything except the sexy fighter in the ring who sets my mind ablaze and my body on fire with wanting…
Remington Tate is the strongest, most confusing man I’ve ever met in my life.
He’s the star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit, and I’m drawn to him as I’ve never been drawn to anything in my life. I forget who I am, what I want, with just one look from him. When he’s near, I need to remind myself that I am strong–but he is stronger. And now it’s my job to keep his body working like a perfect machine, his taut muscles primed and ready to break the bones of his next opponents . . .
But the one he’s most threatening to, now, is me.
I want him. I want him without fear. Without reservations.
If only I knew for sure what it is that he wants from me?
DISCLAIMER: A lot of ranting. Some spoilers. You have been warned.
I really don't get it. Real? Real would be the last word I would use to describe Brooke and Remy's relationship. It would be the last word I'd use to describe the entire story. The beginning was too fast, the middle was frustrating and the what the hell was going on with that ending?! I was really excited to read this book because everyone seems to love Remy. I don't. I don't find anything about this book convincing. Okay maybe a couple of things were pretty nice but I still don't like the book as a whole.
My main problem? The romance. So Brooke sees Remy for the first time and she immediately feels this urgent need to jump his bones. Oooookay. Page after page, Brooke graphically describes how she feels upon seeing Remy. He's a hot piece of ass, I get that, but can we get a move on here? The book isn't even 5% in and you're already salivating. That's got to be a record for a new adult contemporary romance. And of course he spots her in a sea of crazy fans screaming his name, cheering him on. Of course he does. He goes down from the ring, approaches her and... kisses her?! That is creepy. And sick. No, no, no. Not romantic. Well okay maybe he wasn't going for romantic. Hot? Somewhat. Fine, it was. But still creepy! I knew right then I wouldn't like the book. So why did I bother continuing? I was curious how broken or what broke Remy. I mean, that's how it usually goes right? Someone's got to be broken and in this case it was without a doubt, Remy.
So yeah, I kept reading and I actually liked Remy's backstory. It was unexpected in comparison to other similar novels. I liked that there was this sensible explanation to how or why Remy acts the way he does. It wasn't unnecessary drama. And I would've appreciated it more if the author pushed that storyline more. I just felt that it was touched on lightly considering how big it was. Maybe it'll make more sense in the sequels. Hopefully.
Even with the backstory I still wasn't convinced. I simply didn't feel the authenticity of Brooke and Remy's feelings for each other. Most of the book was about Brooke feeling so sexually frustrated and the parts that should've mattered weren't maximized. And what is up with them sharing songs with each other all the time? I know Remy needed a way to communicate but can you just imagine what it would be like reading this book a few years from now and seeing all those song titles? The whole song sharing could be romantic but it was so overused, almost cheesy, I grew tired of it. Speaking of cheese, a lot of the lines Brooke and Remy said were really cheesy. At one point Brooke said, "I've fallen head over heels, irrevocably in love with him." OH PLEASE. Barf. I've read/heard that many times before. Are you for real right now? I just didn't see that spark, that illogical but totally believable explanation of why they feel the way they do. In romances I want to see and even feel how crazy they are for each other - no matter how unrealistic it is. I didn't get it here. I didn't see what made their feelings real.
The part about Brooke's sister was so unreal. The way she was integrated in the story was so bad and it was ridiculous how she recovered in the end. I mean, how can a former druggie just go back to the way she was, as if nothing ever happened, after a couple of months in rehab? I understand that there had to be some sort of side story to enable Remy's "sacrifice" but everything about it was off. No. Just, no.
Real is definitely not for me. This book is crazy... and not in a good way. I'm all for new adult contemporary romances and all but this is. I don't know what this is. And I still don't freaking get it.
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1. I'm surprised there isn't any hate mail for you. :P
BTW, great review, Isabel. :) Breath and relax. Does the book have any redeeming quality for the book(like good writing or descriptions) besides the HOT guy or is it another overhyped (50 shades) book? Seems like a waste with such a great book cover.
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GVN Editorial: Overrated Games - ChronoTrigger
WARNING - This article will contain spoilers about plot elements in Chronotrigger. Read at your own discretion.
It's time to start my long overdue series of articles and this one is a doozy. While I have in several podcasts stated from time to time that I find Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to be one of the most overrated games in existence( I will save this for a future article), I am choosing the much beloved SquareSoft RPG that defined the Super Nintendo for millions of young gamers in the 1990's.
Unfortunately, I was not one of those few that felt it deserved all the over saturation of attention with game of the year awards aplenty from every known gaming publication in existence. Japanese role playing games were finally taking off in North America with such heavy hitters like 7th Saga, Final Fantasy 2 and 3, Phantasy Star, Shinning series, Breathe of Fire, Dragon Warrior, etc. These main staples have allowed the rpg market in the US to flourish just before the Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn entered the console fray.
Chronotrigger came out near the end of the Super Nintendo's run, but released before what I consider one of the best and most overlooked Snes RPG's ever, Super Mario RPG. Don't get me wrong, Chronotrigger is a great game but it lacks a few things I felt made it came up short in a couple of key areas and allowed other games surpassed it and in other areas, it's all a matter of preference.
I will tackle the things that I like about Chronotrigger first so you can get a sense that I am not here to bash the game. First off, I really love the soundtrack. Composers Mitsuda and Uematsu have really outdone themselves and created some amazing tracks that are beyond memorable. The combat music is popping and fast paced, the over world themes for each represented timeline are very indicative of the themes and for elements of the story can really strike a cord.
Second, I really love the graphics and animation. The multiple timelines look beautiful in their own ways and are quite possibly some of the best looking environments on the Snes save for arguably Seiken Densetsu 3 and Final Fantasy 6. The characters are designed by legendary Dragon Ball artist Akira Toriyama. Each enemy, NPC and main character look great, are wonderfully animated and can show off quite an array of emotions that most 16bit and even some 32bit RPG couldn't do. On top of that the sprites of our heroes are significantly larger and more detailed than the chibi-sprites in the SNES final fantasy games.
There were also some pretty big gameplay elements that have influenced rpg's for years to come as well. The first is the element of the New Game+ which allows players to restart the game with everything from their prior save. This goes hand in hand with the next big gameplay element, multiple endings. You can achieve tons of different endings by activating numerous triggers as you play the game keeping the experience fresh and exciting every time and extending the game's life span significantly. To that I tip my hat to Square for the innovative systems they created.
Now to the elements that I feel keep the game from being the greatest RPG on the planet. For starters one of the gameplay elements I wasn't a fan of was the combat. The combat felt slow and stilted and seemed to only exist to show off the games intense graphical effects and interesting combat systems like the combo attacks. The combo attacks in themselves are decent enough but hardly revolutionary as everyone claims. Phantasy Star 4 beat Chrono Trigger by 2 years (Japanese release was 1993) and introduced the concept of combo attacks. Various party members in the game had the ability to combine powers for devastating results and I felt had more impact than the attacks in Chronotrigger.
I also didn't like how closed in and claustrophobic the fights felt once you ran into an enemy. The fight immediately just breaks out right there on the spot regardless of what the level layout looked like. At times it just didn't feel right watching characters bounce around on the screen that had obvious multi tier layers. It wasn't until you got to the boss fights that you actually felt like the arena was open.
I'm also not particularly fond of how slow the combat is. Granted this is the same real active time battle system that has been present in other Square RPGs, but it feels a lot slower here. I'm also not going to hide the fact that I am more of a fan of the classic turn based combat system. It's just my particular preference which I like more than the real time system.
The big issue to me that keeps Chronotrigger from being the greatest RPG is simply most of the game's cast and story development surrounding them. Story is above and beyond the single most important element when it comes to epic RPG's. It doesn't matter if the game has a beautiful soundtrack or even if the combat engine is beyond fun. If the characters aren't that great at engaging me in telling the story, I am going to have a hard time staying focused on the game. Frog, Luca and Marle are practically untouchable due to how well they develop throughout the game. However the other half of the cast is riddled with issues that prevent me from connecting with them.
Robo is nothing more than just a machine that has grown beyond his programming and become a fully sentient machine and looking for a place inn his world. Honestly this is not a novel or original concept as tons of sci-fi novels and movies are built around this concept. His only purpose is to force compassion as we see him encounter other robots of his make and model only to be rejected and attacked. We are also suppose to feel something as his bond with Lucca grows over the game but I honestly didn't care him.
Ayla is just there with a quickly thrown together back story about how her tribe is fighting off a race of Lizardmen intent on making mankind extinct. She doesn't really do anything except show off that she is stubborn, strong willed and super strong to a fault. She also seems to have the wonderful coincidence of being an ancient relative of Marle along with several other characters you encounter throughout the game. That's also an element of the story that seems to bother me a little as well. As you travel through time, it seems that in most era's you conveniently encounter an ancestor from Marle's family lineage.
Now my biggest issue with character connections is Crono himself. Crono is a silent protagonist and in my opinion that is the biggest sin you can commit in an epic rpg. I understand the idea of the silent protaganists in numerous games, but it doesn't work here at all. Now I am aware of other rpg's have silent heros but they aren't even considered great games. The Dragon Quest franchise has always had a silent lead hero but the problem was that the story was being told around them and the lead just felt like he was just there. The same can be said about Crono, who just happens to be along for the ride and never really felt like he was the one the story focused on. Even when he meets his unfortunate death midway through the game, I felt no connection to him so I couldn't get upset or even felt sad.
Now the argument to be made is that Crono is suppose to be a shell character that you insert yourself into. I couldn't disagree more with this concept. In a game like the Legend of Zelda, it works with Link being the silent hero. From "A Link to the Past" and on, the story didn't revolve around him, the characters directly correlate with you as the story progresses instead of just happening around you. Even if you have inserted yourself into Link, occasionally he would still express some strong emotions for certain situations. It's hard to buy into a slowly blossoming romance with Marle when you don't exactly see any kind of reciprocation from our empty shell of a character.
So there you pretty much have it. This is my opinion of why I feel Chrono Trigger is one of the most overrated games out there. I feel that too many people have clung onto the novel and innovative aspects of the game and have completely overlooked how much this game comes up short in terms of its character development and story progression. The combat to be honest is all about a matter of taste and I definitely prefer the traditional turn based combat system. I can't argue against the graphics or the beautiful score of the game. I would just be crazy to even think that. Overall, I feel Chrono Trigger is a great game, but calling it the greatest RPG is really pushing it.
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MasterSteve said...
Good article. I have the same feelings towards FFVII. C. Trigger is my favorite video game, that will never change. But I agree with your thoughts on Crono.
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The Paradox of Speed and Control
Have you ever noticed a paradox with riding street motorcycles and racing, from the lowest to the highest level like MotoGP?!
Did it come to your attention that the front runners of all MotoGP categories leave the crashing to the riders in the backfield most of the time? That’s happening even though the race leaders are faster and have a dog-fight for the victory. Hm… right?!
I remember when I was a professional racer and I had only eyes for my riding performances. I remember there were many crashes behind me at Assen TT Circuit/NL, and I couldn’t understand why and how some slower racers were crashing, while I was marking every entry and exit with black lines to take a trophy home. Hm… right?!
There are beginner riders struggling with low speed maneuvers and don’t know why. Maybe because they are going so slow that their wheels lose any gyroscopic rotational force, and therefore stability. Hm… right?!
A less experienced rider recalls more likely what I call a ”protective reaction”. This is decision making, mostly wrong, triggered by pace. A feeling of “too fast” ends up in the dirt for actually no good reason most of the time.
Let’s consider another example. Here is track day rider Joe who is riding C group level and gets pulled by an instructor to a pace he’s never ridden at before. Those instructors are often short on teaching skills, so Joe goes back out again with a sloppy pointer that his body positioning sucks and with the muscle memorized pace. BUT… with the instructor is also the matching line for the higher pace gone, and Joe is- or could get in trouble.
Or let’s say you don’t know what counter steering is. Never learned it properly because you read it in a book and decided that you got this. You become faster and faster, but you can’t hold the lines like others and you are massively in danger all the time. It might be because the way you use to steer the bike can’t keep up with your mid-turn pace anymore.
So the two elements ‘speed and control’ found each other paradoxically at a certain rider level, correct? Also, it’s not always the most obvious reason to point out, isn’t it?!
This is not at all an invitation to just go faster! We need to understand that a certain momentum is needed to create stability in a beginner rider, even though it sounds paradoxical. We need to take time to let our eyes and brain get used to higher paces, so that we know what to do before doing a track day. We need the knowledge, skill, and experience to master our bikes first- and only then to reach out to the stars :-)
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Ego and Emotions – Our worse enemy?
Everyone has an ego- some more some less. A healthy ego can be a moving substance for personal achievements in all parts of life, so it’s not totally negative if you ask me. Actually I believe that a goal orientated healthy ego even made lots of things possible on this planet. Also it is the driving motor for some in regard competitiveness in sports, especially on professional levels.
Nothing is wrong with ego as long it is well channeled. It’s human nature and part of every Alpha, which ain’t bad either, if well dosed to really make a good leader. When looking around in your world, you might find lots of negative things based on ego driven decisions or actions- and maybe even a few positives. You might want to share them in comments below.
In my world- it’s the sport I’ve channeled my ego with. A highly competitive and actually violent environment like professional motorsports. I’m not saying that this is the way for everyone, but for me it was because I’ve had learn to control my ‘big as the Rockies’ ego. I had to because it protected me and sometimes others! Why?… that’s because an unleashed ego caused me to over shooting turns or even to crash and to get unreasonably hurt. That means I can’t do what I got paid for- to race. When an ego based, mostly bad decision leads to another f’up, then it just pushes you into anger and emotions.
If you are driven by these feelings, then you probably are what I call a ‘out of the belly’ racer. Out of my own experience dealing with myself and many professional racers I can say that you might look good here and there and that you might have fans on your side, but you probably never gonna win titles on a bigger scale. Channel and dose wisely, and you’ll get the ‘Quan’.
I have an extremely sensitive sensor for ego-driven riders/students because I’ve been there- I know. So their problem is my zero-tolerance for them, because I know they WONT to take anything, neither from me or someone else- but they came because they actually KNOW that they have skill issues and lack of knowledge. See the conflict?! But if they try, they would never admit that they’ve learned something and in the end I don’t get any credit because they ‘knew it all’ actually.
But there are others I’ve worked with and who had that kind of ego. Those who were willing to hold back and to listen. To forget arguments like ‘this is just a small track’ and ‘I’m to fast for you anyway’. They were biting on their lips and let me decide what to learn next based on what I’ve seen what they need. Guess what… wonderful things happened to them. They became safer, faster, and gentleman riders who stopped crashing at any occasion.
I still didn’t get the credit from them though. Hurts my ego :-) :-) :-)
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Body Positioning Class Rescheduled
Sorry, but due to the announced heavy rain for Sunday 3/3/2019, I’ll have to pull the plug and to reschedule the Body Positioning Class to 3/31/2019.
Yep, I know it sucks but when you consider that this procedure is hard to find anywhere else- that an entire track class just changes date for the good, then it might eases the pain. Nobody loses spot or admission fees.
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Lover or Prostitute? The Question That Changed My Life
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A young woman asks her Bible college professor a question that changed his life. This question should challenge everyone. (Flickr | RevXanatos)
Some of the students were only 18 or 19 years old—barely out of diapers—and I wanted them to understand and appreciate the import of the last line, so I clarified it by adding, "An enterprise. That's a business." After a few moments Martha, the youngest student in the class, raised her hand. I could not imagine what her question might be. I thought the little vignette was self-explanatory, and that I had performed it brilliantly. Nevertheless, I acknowledged Martha's raised hand, "Yes, Martha." She asked such a simple question, "A business? But isn't it supposed to be a body?" I could not envision where this line of questioning was going, and the only response I could think of was, "Yes." She continued, "But when a body becomes a business, isn't that a prostitute?"
The room went dead silent. For several seconds no one moved or spoke. We were stunned, afraid to make a sound because the presence of God had flooded into the room, and we knew we were on holy ground. All I could think in those sacred moments was, "Wow, I wish I'd thought of that." I didn't dare express that thought aloud. God had taken over the class.
Martha's question changed my life. For six months, I thought about her question at least once every day. "When a body becomes a business, isn't that a prostitute?" There is only one answer to her question. The answer is "Yes." The American Church, tragically, is heavily populated by people who do not love God. How can we love Him? We don't even know Him; and I mean really know Him.
What do I mean when I say "really know Him?" Our understanding of knowing and knowledge stems from our Western culture (which is based in ancient Greek philosophical thought). We believe we have knowledge (and, by extension, wisdom) when we have collected information. A collection of information is not the same thing as knowledge, especially in the culture of the Bible (which is an eastern, non-Greek, culture). In the eastern culture, all knowledge is experiential. In western/Greek culture, we argue from premise to conclusion without regard for experience—or so we think.
An example might be helpful here. Let us suppose a question based upon the following two premises: First, that wheat does not grow in a cold climate and second, that England has a cold climate. The question: Does wheat grow in England? The vast majority of people from the Western/Greek culture would answer, "No. If wheat does not grow in a cold climate and if England has a cold climate, then it follows that wheat does not grow in England." In the eastern culture, the answer to the same question, based on the same premises, most likely would be, "I don't know. I've never been to England." We laugh at this thinking, but when I posed the same question to my friends from England, their answer was, "Yes, of course wheat grows in England. We're from there, and we know wheat grows there." They overcame their cultural way of thinking because of their life experience. Experience trumps information when it comes to knowledge.
A similar problem exists with our concept of belief. We say we believe something (or someone) apart from personal experience. This definition of belief is not extended to our stockbroker, however. Again, allow me to explain. Suppose my stockbroker phones me and says, "I have a hot tip on a stock that is going to triple in price within the next week. I want your permission to transfer $10,000 from your cash account and buy this stock." That's a lot of money for me, so I ask, "Do you really believe this stock will triple in price, and so quickly?" He/she answers, I sure do." I say, "That sounds great! How exciting! So how much of your own money have you invested in this stock?" He/she answers, "None."
Does my stockbroker believe? Truly believe? I don't think so, and suddenly I don't believe, either. How can we be so discerning in the things of this world, especially when they involve money, and so indiscriminate when it comes to spiritual things? The fact is, we do not know or believe apart from experience. The Bible was written to people who would not understand the concepts of knowledge, belief, and faith apart from experience. I suspect God thinks this way also.
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i have one excel with 3 cloumns, where i have to get one column data eg A1- A20 and paste into web
Hello @saikumar,
1. Use read range activity and mention the range of cells you want to read ex: A1:A20
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This will help. If possible , please provide me the excel (or screenshot) and the website (screenshot) where you are trying to paste.
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Santa Cruz Bicycles Hightower Carbon CC 27.5+ XX1 Eagle Complete Mountain Bike - 2017
Take flight.
With a long, low, aggressive geometry and a unique flip chip shock mount that lets you easily swap between 29-inch and 27.5+ tires, Santa Cruz's 2017 Hightower Carbon CC 27.5+ XX1 Eagle Complete Mountain Bike is built to get rowdy. Boost axles give it the stiffness to climb like a trail bike and blast burly terrain like an all-mountain tank. While the flip chip does add the versatility for 29er conversion with minimal impact to geometry, the 27.5+ build's combination of plush, grippy 2.8in tires, Boost axles, stubby chainstays, a long reach, and a decidedly slack head tube constitutes a versatile platform that you may never be tempted to change.
This build sits firmly in the eye-catching dream bike category with SRAM's groundbreaking, top-tier XX1 Eagle one-by 12-speed drivetrain, lightweight yet powerful Guide Ultimate hydraulic brakes, and Race Face ARC rims laced to Industry Nine's venerable Torch hubs.
As with the ability to swap wheel sizes, the Hightower's mid-range, 5.3in travel belies its true nature. Though its travel and wheel clearance may initially inspire comparisons with the more moderate 5010 or the Tallboy LT, Santa Cruz instead encourages us to "think of it as the Bronson's taller brother." Yep, that Bronson. The 27.5+ Hightower's 66.8-degree head tube angle, generous tire clearance, and reworked Virtual Pivot Point suspension all mean that it's capable of cleaning lines that would make the steep-angled Tallboy stop in its tracks.
Santa Cruz is so intent on proving the Hightower's outsized merit over rock gardens that it bypassed the Bronson and went straight to the 6.5in Nomad for suspension inspiration. Besides the obvious big-hit benefits, one result of this is that the link stays out of the way, which may be why the Hightower can accommodate both a bottle cage and a piggyback shock—yet another indication that it thrives on XC hardpack and enduro shuttle loops.
The Hightower's two triangles are joined by the latest generation of VPP suspension. Santa Cruz refers to it in-house as third generation VPP, but it's essentially the same VPP we know and love with the Nomad-inspired updates mentioned above. A repositioned lower link now shelters above the bottom bracket, increasing ground clearance to decrease the chance of rock strikes while indulging the Hightower's desire to masticate scree fields and dice through the rooty, rocky, techy stuff. The upper link has also wandered up and forward, which makes for a more accommodating standover height for smaller riders wanting a huge ride, and it also stiffens the back end.
The latest VPP's changes aren't limited to wandering links, though; the system's tuning has also been tweaked. Where the old suspension curve described a deep "U," the new VPP's curve resembles a flattened check mark, with less dramatic ramping on either end of the arc. The results are that, during the initial and mid stroke, it boasts increased bump compliance to keep the tires glued to the trail for more traction across lumpy trails and root latticed climbs. It also maintains its predecessor's firm feel during accelerations while jockeying for position in a mass start or a finishing sprint. The RockShox Monarch's ramp-up arc doesn't dramatically alter as the shock compresses, so the pedaling platform stays consistent across travel, with less wallowing, bob, and bottom-outs — even while the Boost axle's path turns rearward to absorb big hits deep in its travel.
The Hightower features the same Carbon CC frame construction that's ruined our taste by giving us unrealistic expectations for how carbon should feel. For the top-tier CC frame, Santa Cruz engineers use a higher modulus carbon than the Carbon C model, so less material is required to hit the same strength and stiffness numbers. Less material equates to less weight, and climbing and pure speed both benefit when there's less mass for your engine to propel.
The frame's two carbon triangles are built as whole pieces rather than glued together from disparate bits, a method that saves weight and increases structural integrity by allowing Santa Cruz to wrap carbon continuously through and around key junctures. This process reinforces the frame with less material while eliminating the artificial stress points that result from bonded construction methods. Finally, the carbon is also compacted from the inside and the outside for a more even finish that avoids any structural defects, excess material build-up, and resin pooling for even more weight savings.
Finally—and despite the appeal of 27.5+—the little flip chip niblet that sits in the upper link and allows the shock mount to migrate is pretty damn cool and definitely warrants some attention. Being able to reposition the shock attachment point effectively accounts for the 9mm difference in total wheel/tire radii between 27.5+ and 29in setups, keeping the geometry as static as possible across wheel sizes. There's definitely a trend in the industry towards slacked-out, four-inch 29ers, but the Hightower's optional 29er incarnation pushes that trend into the proper all-mountain realm.
• Santa Cruz's ultimate 27.5+ trail bike
• Responsive pedaling platform with 5.3in of VPP travel
• Spacious geometry for sending bigger lines
• Flip chip allows compatibility with both 27.5+ and 29in wheels
• Carbon CC construction reduces weight and increases stiffness
• Santa Cruz Bicycles continues to lead the industry with innovative design
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• Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Let me just preface this, by saying this bike rips.
As I'm sure you know, this bike can be run with 27.5+ tires or 29 inch wagon wheels, and having run it with both, ill give you my impressions with both.
In both wheel configurations, this bike is fast. Going both up and down, it will surprise you. Like pretty much every nice bicycle on the market, it pedals really well. Like pretty much every nice bike, it also descends admirably. Here are a few things that make this bike different, and how it stacks up to a few other bikes.
This thing plows. Its travel is definitely not indicative of its trail manners on rowdy descents. Its definitely not as playful as the Bronson interestingly enough, but its fast and confidence inspiring, but going slow isn't that fun, and this bike isn't slow.
Its incredibly versatile. Apart from its ability to change wheels (which I haven't done that often, actually) you can spend all day on an epic single track adventure, and be perfectly happy, and after go charge a rowdy downhill, and be perfectly fine.
This bike feels more like a bike you would point at a descent and hold on, and requires less input than the bronson, but it does not pop off of things as easily. It reminds me of a bulldozer.
29 VS 27.5+?
27.5+ has been pushed hard in the industry, and here is my take. They are super fun, but in order to optimize them, you have a very small range of air pressures that will work compared to a lower volume tire, and I attribute this to a tire acting like an un-dampened air spring. Even so, if you are a beginner or intermediate rider, the wider tires will give you more confidence than the 29 inch wheels, regardless of pressure, and will definitely make you a better rider. If you are intermediate-advanced, are comfortable cornering, and want to charge, I would go with 29 inch wheels. The Hightower was definitely funner in that configuration for me, and I felt like it really woke up with the larger wheels. Which is for you? If you ride more technical, choppy, and aggressive, I would go with the 29s. if your riding is usually smoother and looser, I would tend towards the plus tires.
This bike is great for all of the alpine riding around the Salt Lake/Park City area, and will shred in places like Moab on their techiest trails as well. Its not as forgiving as its longer travel brethren like the Nomad and Bronson, but the large majority of us don't ride stuff that requires that big of a bike anyways.
If you have any questions about this or any other mountain bikes or gear, shoot me an email at or call me at 801-746-7608 (EXT 4589)
Plowability Plus + Crushability
• Familiarity: I've used it several times
There is so much to consider when buying a new mountain bike but 2017 is the year of Plus + tires. Out here in Utah, plus tires make a lot of sense considering the variety of our terrain between Moab, Park City, St. George and beyond. After demoing a lot of different bikes I landed on the Hightower 27.5+. My pup Jasper (pic below) and I could not be happier with the choice.
Instead of the XX1 Eagle drivetrain and Race Face ARC 40 Wheels highlighted on this build, I went with the X01 Eagle components and ENVE M60 forty carbon wheels. I love the balance of the super stiff ENVE M60's and the low air pressure (~18 PSI) in the 27.5+ Maxxis tires. I feel like I can plow over anything and still have precise control around corners and berms. I will probably end up adding a Maxxis DHF on the front for the larger knobs on the outside of the tread. I have been working on a modified rating system for all the bikes I have tested and here is my breakdown for the Hightower:
Plowability - 9.5
Climbability - 8.5
Maneuverability - 8
Wheelie Rating - 8
Closest Competitors: Yeti SB5.5, Niner RIP 9
Feel free to contact me directly with any questions on the Hightower or any other Santa Cruz bikes. I would be glad to help you build your next dream bike from the frame up. Also check out my article on "How to Choose a Mountain Bike" for additional info.
See you out on the dirt.
Kyle L. - Expert Gearhead - 801-736-4337
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As a parent, what wouldn't you give for a personal instruction manual for your children? Parenting is a special responsibility that requires love, a clear understanding of appropriate boundaries, and a dedication to discipline … especially when it's hard. When parents shrink from this important responsibility in order to be liked, everyone suffers.
States are literally the parents of the national government, not the other way around. "All of us need to be reminded," President Reagan famously said, "that the federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government."
From the beginning, the framers defined clear boundaries for the "more perfect Union" of states, explaining:
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite… The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State" (Federalist 45).
By all accounts, Washington is broken. It blatantly defies constitutional boundaries. It is no more likely that a disobedient national government will discipline itself than a disobedient teenager would voluntarily discipline himself.
Leading a "separate and independent sovereign" state (NFIB v. Sebelius, 2012) is a special responsibility. When a governor shrinks from the constitutional responsibility to maintain and defend constitutional boundaries in order to be liked, everyone suffers — the nation, the states, and the people.
For seven years now, Gov. Gary Herbert has, at best, stood idly by as federal control over our state metastasizes. For example, Gov. Herbert has:
• embraced the national Common Core and SAGE testing, undermining local control over the education of our children;
• aggressively pushed for the enslaving control of Obamacare Medicaid expansion,; and
• advocated for permanent federal control over even more of our lands through new national monuments and federal wilderness as a go-along-to-get-along "compromise," despite a recent landmark legal analysis revealing that the federal government has zero authority to retain 66 percent of our lands.
No wonder late Speaker Becky Lockhart famously dubbed Herbert the "inaction figure" of our state.
It's time for a leader who understands what the Supreme Court recently reiterated: "the independent power of the States also serves as a check on the arbitrary power" of the federal government. (NFIB v. Sebelius, 2012). Gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Johnson clerked for the Utah Supreme Court and has a working knowledge of these constitutional boundaries.
It's time for a leader who is unafraid to stand for what's right, even if that means standing alone and not being liked by those inside the D.C. beltway. Jonathan Johnson successfully took on — and beat — the biggest of the big on Wall Street who were engaged in an illegal practice that hurt jobs and average citizens, even when he came under severe attack and the pundits didn't believe it could be done.
It's time for a leader who understands land is the essence of liberty, a leader who will not settle for anything less than our full statehood equality. Jonathan Johnson knows that Utah will never be anything more than a colony of D.C., deprived of our full ability to fund education and care for our lands, unless we compel the federal government to relinquish our lands on terms of equality and fairness with all states east of the Rockies.
As you consider your important vote for Utah's next governor, ask yourself: Is Gary Herbert the governor who will stand up to an increasingly overbearing federal government? Or, is he merely a nice man who will go along to get along while everyone suffers?
It's time for a governor who loves this state and this country enough to maintain and defend the constitutional boundaries, even against a petulant national government, for the protection of our individual liberty, our right and control of property, and the right to determine our own destiny. It's time to elect Jonathan Johnson as Utah's next governor.
Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, has served in the Utah House of Representatives since being elected in 2010. He educates nationwide on the principles of federalism and state sovereignty.
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Nursery rhymes as easy as 1, 2, 3, can really help you, and me!
Do you know that Incy Wincy Spider can be a toddler’s (and parent’s) best friend? And other nursery rhymes like 10 Little Indians can also be your friends too! Music such as nursery rhymes can help benefit a child’s learning and development; what’s more, nursery rhymes tend to stick with us even as we grow older – people can usually remember common ones like Incy Wincy Spider and Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars, or at least remember bits of Jack and Jill.
Benefits of Nursery Rhymes
Studies have shown that children who learn nursery rhymes and songs can reap numerous language, learning and social benefits!
Here are some ways nursery rhymes can benefit brain development, and fun ideas to learn them.
Repetition of rhyme and rhythm can help children to…
#1 Develop language and literacy skills
Nursery rhymes are a child’s first experience with words.
#2 Develop communication skills
Helps them learn new vocabulary or numeracy.
#3 Enhances physical development
When actions are linked to words in the nursery rhyme, it helps boost motor skills and improves rhythm and movement.
#4 Helps develop cognitive skills
Improves memory, concentration, spatial intelligence, and thinking skills.
#5 Enhances individual development
Music helps develop kids with better self-control, higher self-esteem and confidence, such as when learning the nursery rhyme through activities with peers
Related Read: Signs of Low Self-Esteem in Children
In addition, as the early years of childhood is a period of rapid development, researchers believe that the earlier a child is exposed to music, the more the brain responds to different music tones.
#6 The earlier a child studies music, the more rhythmic integration, movement and learning can strengthen the brain
#7 Music aptitude can be influenced in the early years, and music training (through playing and listening to music) before the age of seven has a significant effect on parts of the brain related to planning and motor skills.
Nursery rhymes are fun – but they can be made more exciting too.
Kinderland Music Program
Music is important in contributing to well-rounded early childhood education. Recognising this, music has been at the heart of the Kinderland curriculum since it started in Singapore 35 years ago. Kinderland’s Twinkleland and Music Gems, conducted once a week for Nursery level children compasses listening, singing, rhythm training, music and movement, music with story and ensemble performance. These courses help children to improve their concentration, boost self-confidence, enhance their speech, express themselves better, and further develop sensory-motor abilities, amongst others.
Related Read: 6 Powerful Impacts Of Music In Young Children
It involves you too parents!
Parental involvement is always a good way to cultivate an interest in music or any subject. It provides necessary stimulation through music experiences, contributing to environmental factors in music development.
Kinderland Music Programme
Here are 8 ways parents can help their children learn nursery rhymes:
1. Identify and keep singing your child’s favourite nursery rhymes. Children love repetition, which can help them learn better too.
3. Use items around the home to make music and sing along to nursery rhymes to increase the fun element.
4. Use actions to accompany words. Linking hand gestures and other actions with your body not only helps the child to visualise the words, it is also easier for the child to learn the nursery rhyme.
7. Introduce new rhymes periodically to children. This helps to constantly engage their interest in learning.
8. Select rhymes that teach concepts like numbers, colours, shapes, weather etc to increase children’s love for learning.
By Dr Carol Loy, Curriculum Director of Kinderland.
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So apparently today is "National Spouses Day". It's one of those little known holidays... kinda like "National Peanut Butter Day" and "Stuffed Mushroom Day" etc. Well we might as well acknowledge National Spouses Day to some extent, right? I mean, I acknowledge and participate in "National Pie Day" every year :)
So in honor of this holiday... what about your spouse annoys you the most? My wife Emily and I have been married for over 10 years now. So as I type this, I'm trying to think of something that she does that annoys me. If it was 11 years ago, I would have said "her constantly bugging me about having a baby". I never really wanted kids. Now we have two. I guess I'm lucky that not a massive amount things come to mind when I'm thinking of what she does to annoy me. The only thing I can really think of right now is when she is just endlessly scrolling her Facebook timeline when we're watching TV together. That's it. At least for right now lol.
So I did find a survey of the things that annoy us the most about our spouses.
1. Selective listening, 40%.
2. Snoring, 39%.
3. Being a control freak, 26%.
4. Not financially responsible, 20%.
5. Gross habits like nose picking, flatulence, and burping, 19%.
Of course the list that I can come up with that I APPRECIATE about her is a heck of a lot longer. #1 on that list... she puts up with my sh!t. I think most guys in that boat LOL.
Now go celebrate National Spouses Day!
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Legal Status of EPT in Kansas
potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable.
I. Statutes/regs on health care providers’ authority to prescribe for STDs to a patient’s partner(s) w/out prior evaluation (Explanation)
II. Specific judicial decisions concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation)
III. Specific administrative opinions by the Attorney General or medical or pharmacy boards concerning EPT (or like practices) (Explanation) plus sign There is no statutory requirement that patients be examined by a physician prior to being given a prescription at a non-profit clinic. However, the need for a physical examination depends on the facts and standards of competent medical practice. XVI Kan. Op. Att’y Gen. 60, No. 82-162 (1982).
IV. Laws that incorporate via reference guidelines as acceptable practices (including EPT) (Explanation)
V. Prescription requirements (Explanation) minus symbol A dispensing physician shall clearly label each drug dispensed. The label shall be typed or machine printed and shall include the following: (b) The full name of the patient. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-21-2
minus symbol Except for specified statutory exceptions, the sale or transfer (actual, constructive or attempted) of a drug from one person to another must occur within a registered pharmacy by a registered pharmacist or by a person acting under the pharmacist’s supervision. One exception pertains to the transfer of a drug by "dispensing" the drug. "Dispense" means "to deliver prescription medication to the ultimate user . . . by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner." Kan. Stat Ann. § 65-1626(k)
VI. Assessment of EPT’s legal status with brief comments (Explanation) potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable.
Although physicians may prescribe drugs without conducting a physical exam, a pharmacist may only dispense drugs to an ultimate user (which may not include partners of patients).
Status as of August 16, 2006
plus sign supports the use of EPT
minus symbol negatively affects the use of EPT
permissible EPT is permissible
potentially allowable EPT is potentially allowable
prohibited EPT is prohibited
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American Empire: the Feature Film
Discussing the nature of the US Empire and how it got to where it is today with most US residents is always a challenge. Recommending books explaining it is equally so. This is especially true when one considers that most people who live in the United States have little or no concept of what an empire is and, when explained to them, are reluctant to believe that their nation is such a thing. I have often thought that someone should make a film that might accomplish this educational goal. After all, film is simultaneously informative and entertaining, especially when it is well made. That is the case with radical documentarian Scott Noble’s (Rise Like Lions, Psywar, Lifting the Veil) latest effort, The Power Principle.
Made in three parts, with each one totaling about an hour and fifteen minutes, The Power Principle is a history of the United States and the building of its empire. The emphasis is on the last seventy years of that history. It includes original footage from film and television news broadcasts, lectures and commentary from champions of the empire and its critics, and a pastiche of other images culled from cultural, technical and propaganda efforts representative of the time and subject covered. The result is a remarkably detailed, clearheaded, and engrossing study of how the United States power elites created the mess we find ourselves in. Furthermore, this film makes it clear that in the eyes of the elites, everyday citizens are little more than pawns to be manipulated in the elites’ drive to control the world.
There is a lot of history to be covered when discussing a topic as broad as the growth of the US Empire. Even a film four hours long can only begin to explore that history. To his credit, Noble does a great job picking important moments of US history to describe and analyze. By doing so, those historical moments bring forth more than the moments themselves; they exhume their motivations and effects, thereby a historical timeline that provides the viewer with a clear sense of how history is shaped by humans and how humans shape history. Noble’s highlighting of particular documents and individuals furthers that understanding.
Key to the hypothesis presented in The Power Principle is the relationship between the US war industry, Wall Street, the US military and the government in Washington. The interlocking relationships between corporations like Lockheed and presidential appointees like Warren Christopher point to the connections between war and Wall Street in a very personal way. So do more personal relationships such as the marriage of Dwight Eisenhower’s personal secretary to an executive of the United Fruit Company. Other graphic reminders of how few families and corporations run the United States are also discussed: Kermit Roosevelt’s role in overthrowing the popular Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran; the friendly relations between US bankers like Prescott Bush and the German Nazi regime; the hiring of certain Nazis after World War Two by the United States; the reinstallation of fascists into government in Italy after the war to prevent the rise of the communists; and so on.
The middle segment of the film is titled Propaganda. It is an interesting and unnerving look at how everyday people are manipulated by the powers that be. One of the key statements in this section is one from Senator Andenberg, a Republican from Michigan whose career prior to politics was in journalism. It was his resolution of June 1948 that is considered the foundation of NATO. Andenberg always understood that NATO’s purpose was to maintain and expand the growing US empire. He also understood that the people of the United States were reluctant to become the world’s policeman, especially so soon after the carnage of World War Two. With this in mind, he told colleagues that the only way to convince US citizens to expand their military and become an imperial nation was “to scare the hell out of” them. That has been the essence of Washington’s line to its own citizens ever since.
The third segment provides a discussion of the US Empire in the post-Soviet age. Key to this discussion are two things: nothing changed as far as the military-industrial complex was concerned and the agreement between the two political parties over empire is stronger than ever before. In other words, there is no difference in the way US foreign policy is conducted no matter which major party’s candidate wins the White House. Additionally, the presence of the US military in civilian life has never been greater. A brief interview with left editor and thinker Michael Albert concludes the film. He presents the possibility of a different world where the Empire is dissolved and the military-industrial complex is transformed into building things that benefit mankind. Unfortunately, the overriding conclusion of The Power Principle is that such a scenario is both necessary if we are to survive as a speices and unlikely unless the current system is removed.
If I were a high school or postsecondary teacher hoping to get my students to consider US history in a different light, I would show this film. Not only does it rearrange the common understanding of Washington’s role in the world, it also forces the viewer to reconsider how their understanding of that role is manipulated and misused. Certain to provoke reactions both positive and negative, Scott Noble’s most recent film is meant to disturb the general complacency of the body politic. Help spread the word.
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Alireza and Carter are NCSU Graduates
The CCHT celebrated the graduations of Alireza Gharagozlou and Carter Howe!
Alireza is now a coastal engineer with Taylor Engineering, Inc., and Carter will start his MS studies at Oregon State University. We also celebrated the graduation of Vega Sproul, who was an intern at the Coastal Studies Institute and then an undergraduate researcher with Dr. Beth Sciaudone. We are extremely proud of them!
From left to right: Alireza Gharagozlou, Casey Dietrich, Carter Howe, and Vega Sproul celebrate graduation.
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Virtual Conference: 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Formation of a Barrier Island Breach and Its Contributions to Lagoonal Circulation
Barrier islands are a primary coastal defense and often experience erosion during storms. When they fail due to storm-induced breaching, there can be significant changes to the small- and large-scale hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of the region. In this study, we explore the formation of a breach on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, during Isabel (2003) and the subsequent flooding into Pamlico Sound. Two-way coupling of high-fidelity, high-resolution numerical models for coastal erosion and flooding enables a better understanding of the formation of the breach, as well as scenarios of the breach’s effects on the circulation in the region. The breach connecting the ocean to the sound formed during the day of landfall. It is shown that, during the storm, overwash and inundation from the ocean led to deterioration of the beach and dunes, and then after the storm, the creation of channels through the island was sensitive to elevated water levels in the lagoon. Then flooding scenarios are considered in which the ground surface of the hydrodynamic model was (a) static, updated with the (b) pre- and post-storm observations, and updated dynamically with (c) erosion model predictions and (d) erosion model predictions with elevated lagoon-side water levels. The model results show that the breach has region-scale effects on flooding that extend 10 to 13 km into the lagoon, increasing the local water levels by as much as 1.5 m. These results have implications for similar island-lagoon systems threatened by storms.
A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, TC Massey, DL Anderson, JF Gorski, MF Overton (2021). “Formation of a barrier island breach and its contributions to lagoonal circulation.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 262, 107593, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107593.
Coupling of Deterministic and Probabilistic Models for Prediction of Storm-Driven Erosion on Barrier Islands
Coastal areas are subjected to storms and subsequent erosion and flooding. Waves and storm surge can cause damage to infrastructure and short- and long-term changes to coastal morphology. These morphodynamic changes can range from mild beach erosion to severe dune removal, overwash, and breaching. In this dissertation, a combination of models are used to explore the storm-driven hydro- and morphodynamic processes on different scales and their interactions over time. Additionally, their application is extended for prediction of beach response to sea-storms by coupling deterministic and probabilistic models.
In this dissertation, first a morphodynamic model is used to explore the effects of Isabel (2003) on the NC Outer Banks, with the focus on a large domain that covers 30 km of the barrier island from Rodanthe to Avon. It is hypothesized that the model can be coarsened and expanded to a large domain while preserving accuracy. Model predictions for dune erosion and overwash are in good agreement with post-storm observations. Sensitivity studies show that the model accuracy is less sensitive to the alongshore resolution of the mesh. Then, the topographic elevation changes are upscaled to a region-scale flooding model to allow overwash and inundation behind the dunes. The loose coupling of these process-based models improves the flooding predictions in region-scale model significantly.
Then, a more complex case of beaching and its impacts on larger-scale circulations are explored. Isabel (2003) breached the barrier island near the town of Hatteras and formed three channels connecting the ocean to the sound. Two-way coupling of high-resolution numerical models for coastal erosion and flooding is implemented to study the temporal and spatial evolution of the breach and its contribution to the hydrodynamics in the sound. It is hypothesized that the channels were formed due to the combined effects of ocean-side dune erosion and lagoon-side elevated water levels. The model shows that the flow from the sound to the ocean has an important role in deepening the breached channels. The morphodynamic model can predict the initiation and approximate location of the breach. However, it failed to accurately capture the channels’ depths. Several flooding scenarios are considered to implement the ground surface changes in the flooding model. The evolving breach can affect the timing and extent of flow into the lagoon. The model results show that the breach has region-scale effects on flooding that extend about 10 km into the lagoon.
Finally, the erosion of nourished beaches subjected to multiple storms is investigated. Beach nourishment provides a buffer during extreme events in the short-termbut has a finite lifespan as the beach responds to subsequent storms. Numerical models are widely used to predict the beach morphodynamics, however, they are computationally expensive. In this research, a surrogate model is developed by coupling deterministic and probabilistic models to improve the computational efficiency and to include the randomness of possible future scenarios. A large data set of storm data and beach profiles is used to create a library of thousands of hypothetical scenarios to train the surrogate model. It is hypothesized that adding the beach profile variability in the analysis can improve the model in the sense that it can be applied to any beach state. The results show that predicted erosion volume by the surrogate model is very close to the numerical model predictions. The model produced the results in a few seconds which shows a significant improvement in computational time compared to numerical models.
This research has the potential to improve the prediction of storm-driven erosion, overwash, inundation and breaching. The loose coupling of hydro- and morphodynamic models allows for better predictions of storm-driven flooding into previously protected areas, such as coastal communities and back-barrier regions. The use of observed beach profiles in the development of a surrogate model can improve its predictions of nourishment response to single and successive storms. These better predictions can enable better planning and design for mitigation of future hazards.
A Gharagozlou (2021). “Coupling of Deterministic and Probabilistic Models for Prediction of Storm-Driven Erosion on Barrier Islands,” North Carolina State University.
Alireza Gharagozlou defends PhD Dissertation
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Smartphone Market in the World
by admin on / Gadget
Smartphone Market If you want to succeed, do not just sit and prey on, get up and fight, it’s called a true businessman. Success cannot be achieved by one or two days, is not it? We can learn from the success of some products such as mobile phones with various brands in smart phone market.
What makes the smart phone continue to conduct our own market while Hp but still we want to buy it? Even if we see it, one person can have two to four smart phones with different brands. Mobile phone sales strategies on multiple products smart phone actually almost the same, but they can still compete for consumers in a fantastic amount.
Is the mobile phone sale strategy was to use magic or supernatural powers so that consumers still want to buy it even already has Hp? Where there today selling a product in a way unseen, which surely-surely be more effective, is not it? If you look at some counter smart phone, maybe we cannot calculate the Hp brand is sold there anything. Buyers sometimes confused also choose smart phone to be purchased, all models are fine and the price is competitive.
Basically smart phone or this phone function is as a communication tool one person to another quickly and easily. Hp can be used for telephony, SMS, MMS, Face book, Yahoo, and several other applications. Almost all smart phones equipped with applications such as the above. This is the mobile sales strategy that makes buyers get confused when going to buy it.
And now we know also that smart phone will be defeated by BB. If we buy smart phone, we would feel ashamed if we did not buy the BB. Though both of these communication tools are both used for telephone and other applications.
Smart phone did not want to lose, innovation and some improvements then made to compete with products that can beat a cell phone. If you have money you can only buy Hp and BB, but if mediocre money how you want to buy BB? And this is the strategy of mobile phone sales, they make products that match the other better products but at an affordable price. I once miscast, we guess it turns out that BB is the latest output Hp its application or equal to BB.
How can a cell phone at an affordable price but have a great functionality and design? This is the cell phone sales strategy.
Model, price and application are equated with a better product. Now we’ll see brand Hp Sony Ericson, how many models Hp issued and now even release products that match the BB. Wow, incredible, we can buy these products at low prices but with the same quality, expensive product.
Bottom line phone indeed provide convenience to consumers, but offered a very affordable price. This is why we and you will continue to want to buy the latest model smart phone with smart phone though we have more than three.
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PPP: Charlie Crist trouncing Rick Scott by 12 points
Scott continues to trail Charlie Crist by double digits in a hypothetical match up, 52/40. That's just a slight improvement for him from January when he was down 53/39. Crist, who still has a 28% favorability rating with Republicans, wins over 29% of the Republican vote and also has a narrow lead with independents at 47/41. Crist still isn't as popular as he used to be- a 46/43 favorability rating- but that's good enough against the backdrop of Scott's unpopularity to give him a pretty substantial early advantage.
Scott does poorly against some other potential Democratic candidates too. He trails Pam Iorio 44/37 and Alex Sink 45/40. He does at least lead Nan Rich 42/36.
Democrats though pretty much seem to be on board with Crist. He has a 66/24 favorability rating with Democratic primary voters, and 50% of them would like for him to be their candidate next year compared to 21% for Sink, 9% for Iorio, and just 3% for Rich. 16% aren't sure who they'd like their standard bearer to be next year.
Scott might actually have more trouble winning his party's nomination than Crist has with his. Only 42% of Republican primary voters say they want Scott to be their candidate again next year to 43% who say they would prefer someone else. It's moderate Republicans who really want to dump Scott (34/55) while ones identifying as 'somewhat' (43/38) or 'very' (46/42) conservative tepidly support him. Scott does at least lead named potential primary challengers at this point- it's 46/27 over Pam Bondi, 48/24 over Adam Putnam, and 54/13 over Ted Yoho.
2014 is obviously a long way off, and Scott did a good job of coming from behind in both the primary and general elections in 2010. But for now his path to reelection continues to look incredibly precarious.
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‘Lets reclaim our roads from corrupt cops’
‘Lets reclaim our roads from corrupt cops’
Police-Traffic-CorruptPlease keep me as anonymous
It is next to impossible to drive in Lusaka today without being harassed by traffic police officers. Everywhere you drive, there is a cop ready to pounce. The only objective of these cops is to line their pockets and dupe unsuspecting motorists of their hard earned money.
Part of the problem is that RTSA and other responsible bodies have failed to publish a list of traffic fines. Taking advantage of this, these officers threaten motorists with a charge of “dangerous driving” for very minor offences. They scare the motorist into thinking that his/her car will impounded or he/she will be locked up. Or they quote inflated fines for minor offences. Upon hearing this, the motorist panicks and ends up paying the cop a bribe. Many a times, the cop asks the motorist for his driving licence. Once he gets hold of the motorist’s license, he is at the officers mercy. The officer will claim any minor offence and force the motorist to bribe him or else he will not get his license back. The officers never have charge sheets or reciept books with them. They are known to carry one crumbled up charge sheet in their pockets or hats to threaten motorists into paying bribes. The worst are the lady officers who are greedy and stubborn. This is the normal way these cops operate.
It is high time that we as motorists reclaim our roads and fight for our rights. Below we have listed a few tips in this regard:
*An officer has no right to forcefully enter your vehicle and tell you to drive to the police station. You have every right to refuse. If you have committed an offence, then tell him/her that you will meet them at the police station. Do not open the door for them.
* Don’t ever make the mistake of handing your driving license over to them. If you do then they will have an upper hand over you. Remember that it is against the law for a traffic officer to confiscate your license.
Below we have listed a few places where these scoundrals tend to hide in ambush. Be especially vigilent when driving in these areas:
1. When turning from Church Rd. on to Kabelenga Rd. (Near Levy Mall)
2. Lumumba Rd. (City Market Robots). You’ll find then hiding behind the traffic lights.
3. When travelling on Kafue Rd. towards Kafue Roundabout at the Carousel Shopping centre robots
4. Burma Rd. Robots near the big mosque
5. At the Manda Hill robots (near Manda Hill police station)
6. Church Rd. and Makishi Rd. Junction at the Fire Brigade
(These are just some common places where they like to hang around. Please add on other places and forward)
One way of teaching these cops a lesson if they harass you is to take their photo (secretly) and thereafter post the photo with your story on social media or, better still, send the photo with your story to the Zambian Watchdog. The only way these cops will stop harassing us is if we start exposing their corrupt activities.
Please forward this message to every motorist you know. Remember to add tips and other common spots where these cops hang out.
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Help with HAUSMAN ancestry #galicia
David Ellis
I'm looking for assistance with a brick wall in Galicia. My g-gf David
HAUSMAN (1866-1945) was said to have come >from Stryy, but I
find no records for him before the birth in Rozdol in 1892 of his first
child, my gm Etel. Nor can I find any records for David's father
I did find the 1886 death record for a Nuchim HAUSMAN, son of
Hersz and Nechuma, stating that he was 90 years old. My theory is
that my gg-gf Hersh was a son of Nuchim, named after Nuchim's
father, but I have no evidence to support the theory.
There are other HAUSMAN families >from the area, descended >from
at least five documented children of Nuchim and his wife Czarna.
One of these children is a different David HAUSMAN (1857-1929),
presumably named after the same ancestor as my g-gf. I've
exchanged info with living descendants of this David's brothers
Leib and Aron but can't connect my family tree to theirs, at least
not yet.
Help will be very much appreciated! Please respond privately to the
e-mail address below.
David J Ellis
Natick, MA 01760
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Doing Digital Research
One of the benefits of twenty-first century technology is the availability of texts online in digital format. For printed government records or antiquarian books long out of print or copyright, one of the best repositories is the Internet Archive, "a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software,
music, websites, and more." The site is very user-friendly, and there are literally billions of resources available, from the materials I'm looking for -- .pdf scans of eighteenth century Acts and Resolves of the Rhode Island General Assembly and John Russell Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations -- to an extensive audio library of thousands of Grateful Dead concerts, 2.3 million book titles from dozens and dozens of American Libraries, and over 491 billion web pages in an Internet "Wayback Machine," curating an important component of recent history that would otherwise be lost in cyberspace.
Of course with all that cool stuff just one click away, one must be disciplined and not begin exploring all the rabbit holes at the Internet Archive...
Google Books is another online resource for digital documents but it is, in my humble opinion, less useful than the Internet Archive. Their downloadable scans are image scans rather than OCR scans, so they are not keyword searchable (more on OCR later). And since the last time I have done any serious digital research (I have purposefully taken the last two summers off from pursuing any new research projects to work on other things), Google appears to have taken a lot of documents that were previously downloadable and put them into a viewer system that I find cumbersome and difficult to navigate. While these are keyword searchable, in my experience serendipity plays a larger role than one might suspect -- I like to see the entire page rather than just the narrow slice of text in the viewer. One never knows what is right before or after the text that comes up in a keyword search -- often it is of little interest, but enough times it happens that the rest of the page turns out to be more important than the search term... Of course, all of this -- the unsearchable document scans, the snippets in the viewer, are due to Google being sued in Authors Guild v. Google and the resulting decision that found in favor of Google in large part because of their "snippets" policy.
Interestingly, while the Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine have, like Google, been targeted by lawsuits contending copyright infringement, the Internet Archive as a member of the Open Book Alliance, was one of "the most outspoken critics of the Google Book Settlement" and (unsuccessfully) challenged the court ruling that allowed Google Books to continue.
Then comes researching the texts of the .pdf files I have downloaded from the Internet. For this phase, my weapon of choice is the PDF-XChange Viewer. Unlike Adobe, which costs boku bucks and is constantly spamming unfortunate users with its the latest "security update," PDF X-Change is free and doesn't relentlessly bug users to update it, In fact, it has never bothered me to do anything ever after I installed it, though there is an commercial upgrade, the PDF-XChange Editor. It has some very useful functionality and, at $43, it is far less cheddar than Adobe's cheapest .pdf-editing program, which starts at $119. (Disclaimer: I bought a copy of it for the WRICHS Archive PC, and it has been a great tool for us that didn't break the bank.)
Now that I have downloaded my sources and opened them in the .pdf editing program, the next step is to use the editor's OCR (optical character recognition) to "rasterize" the document. This is a CPU intensive task and fairly time-consuming, even on a relatively new computer. For instance, as I type this I am having PDF-XChange OCR Volume IV of John Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, usually abbreviated as RICR. At 636 pages and taking 15-20 seconds per page, it will be 15 to 20 minutes before the file is rendered searchable (longer if I opt to use my computer while it rasterizes in the background -- such as writing this blog entry about digital research). When the OCR is done, I will be able to enter a search term and find all the instances where it appears.
In this case, the term I will be looking for in RICR Volume IV is pox, for an article I am writing about smallpox in 17th and 18th century Rhode Island. Once the .pdf has been rasterized, I'll type the term "pox" into the search window, and if it is anywhere in the text, it will take me to each page that "pox" appears in the text, starting with the first instance. Then I can screenshot the page using Irfan View (another great free program useful for quickly editing images like screenshots) and I have a Word .doc open where I then paste the screenshot. When I am finished, I will have a repository with all the references to smallpox from Bartlett in one place. If I decide I would like to quote from the original .pdf, I can manually transpose it or I can use the copy function in PDF-XChange to highlight, ctrl-c and ctrl-v the text right into the draft of my article. Note that the idiosyncrasies of eighteenth-century typeface don't always translate 100% with ye old "cut and paste" from a rasterized source.
So far, my searches have identified no references to smallpox in Bartlett earlier than 1690, when a serious outbreak struck Rhode Island that crippled the the colony's legislature and court system and left several town and colony officials dead. Thereafter, references to smallpox become more frequent. The colony eventually addressed the problem by passing strict quarantine laws for both towns and ships in the first quarter of the eighteenth century.
One question that emerges -- why are there no references to smallpox in Bartlett's RICR before 1690? Certainly, smallpox did not appear in Rhode Island for the first time in 1690. Several possible answers come to mind. First, colonists did not travel much in the early years of the colony. Rhode Island utterly lacked what would be considered passable roads, relying on "Indian paths" until the King's Highway was surveyed and and built after 1703. Also, since Rhode Islanders were regarded as religious and social pariahs by the Puritans in neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut, few Englishmen from neighboring colonies desired to travel through the colony. In any event it was far easier to travel around Rhode Island by water than through it by land in the 1600s, which limited the colony's disease vector vis-à-vis travelers introducing the infection. Likewise, Newport's mercantile economy did not emerge until the 1690s, so opportunities for smallpox to enter the colony through trade was far less in the seventeenth century than they would become once Newport and later Providence became centers of Atlantic commerce.
Second, the majority of people living in Rhode Island before 1675 were not Englishmen but rather the Narragansett. It is unlikely that the laconic English records would have noted outbreaks of smallpox
among the Indian population, even if they were quite severe. Perhaps the worst outbreak of smallpox among the native population in southern New England occurred from 1632-1634; the Narragansett experienced an epidemic in 1633 and another in 1635 that killed hundreds of tribal members, ending before Roger Williams founded Rhode Island in 1636.
In the wake of the mass movement of both Natives and English during King Phillip's War, a smallpox epidemic struck southern New England, as noted in Boston records. But given that nearly every building on the mainland in Rhode Island had been damaged or destroyed during the war, it is not surprising that an outbreak of smallpox was overlooked (or records of it lost) at a time when so many inhabitants were homeless and the colony nearly destroyed. It is important to note that Rhode Island's seventeenth-century records are spotty even in times of health and prosperity. This pattern continued well into the eighteenth century; for instance it did not occur to Rhode Island's government to bind all its laws into a single manuscript until 1705, and the laws remained unprinted and inaccessible to the public until 1719.
Finally, the RICR are themselves notoriously incomplete -- if Bartlett did not consider a particular fact "important" enough in the original hand-written records he was working from, he did not transcribe and include it. Historians have noted such discrepancies between his printed transcriptions and the original handwritten manuscripts (referred to as Colony Records) in the Rhode Island State Archive. However, this issue is more common the later (and more voluminous) the original manuscripts were. Rhode Island also began having the General Assembly's hand-written records transcribed and professionally printed circa 1750. For the years where the there are printed Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly (also all scanned and available on the Internet Archive) it is useful to supplement Bartlett with those sources.
Another notable problem is the weak indexing of colonial-era government records and other antiquarian sources. A word to the wise -- do not rely on the index to find information! Each volume of Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations has an index, but most of the references to a particular term in the text are not found there. In fact, a keyword may not appear in the index at all despite appearing repeatedly in the text. For example, the index in RICR Volume VI has a single listing for smallpox -- that the General Assembly passed a smallpox inoculation act (see below; note the highlighting of the keyword in the text by the OCR). However, a digital keyword search for pox in Volume VI turned up five discrete instances of the use of the term, including a lengthy obituary for former Rhode Island governor Samuel Ward, who died of smallpox in Philadelphia in March 1776 while representing the state in the Continental Congress, a 1772 resolution allowing a lottery to fund the rebuilding of Newport's smallpox hospital on Coaster's Harbor Island, and another resolution during the Revolutionary War ordering eleven towns across the state to designate smallpox inoculation hospitals.
In any event, working from home beats driving to Providence and pulling these same sources off the shelf or loading them into a microfilm viewer (though the Rhode Island State Archives ARE air-conditioned, unlike my house...) Ultimately, keyword searches are far more efficient than reading through literally thousands pages of irrelevant (and often distracting) text to find (or just as likely, miss) that first reference to smallpox in 1690, 54 years into the records. Software simply cannot make the errors that human beings may, with the result being that digital research is more thorough than would be otherwise humanly possible.
Somewhere near obsession...
Somewhere near obsession...
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Disinfo: German politicians no longer require Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine
Unlike in previous years, Germany does not demand the return of Crimea to Ukraine. “We honour the memory of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars on May 18, 1944. It is sad that after 76 years they can’t live in freedom and self-determination in their homeland,” reported a message from the Embassy of Germany in Kyiv.
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the annexation of Crimea. The statement from the German embassy has been distorted through partial reporting. It goes on to say, "Since the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia in violation of international law, the situation of the Crimean Tatars has deteriorated dramatically." Germany has repeatedly stated on other occasions that it will not recognise the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and supports Ukraine's national and territorial sovereignty. The country's view has not changed over recent years. For example, on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea in February 2020, the Embassy of Germany made one more statement related to the Crimea: “Six years later our position is clear: we do not recognise the annexation of Crimea.” The European Union likewise does not recognise Crimea's annexation and continues to condemn it as a violation of international law. EU sanctions continue to be in place against Russia as a consequence for the annexation. For similar cases, see here.
• Reported in: Issue 198
• DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19/05/2020
• Outlet language(s) Russian
• Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Germany, Ukraine
• Keywords: Ukraine, illegal annexation, Crimean Tatars, Crimea
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US and IMF define and control political appointments in Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is frankly helpless in economic decisions and appointments (these issues in Ukraine are controlled by the US Embassy and the IMF). As a matter of fact, the president-actor gave up the key government functions in the field of humanitarian policy to “sorosiata” [followers of George Soros] and nationalists. As a result, the policy of state Russophobia under the new regime has not been curtailed, it continues to be officially supported.
Recurrent disinformation narrative claiming that Ukraine became a puppet of the US, the EU or the West because they fomented a coup, mixed with a narrative about Russophobia in Ukraine. Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state with a democratically-elected President and parliament. Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected by almost the whole world. The relations between the US and Ukraine are bilateral relations between two independent countries. The US recognised Ukraine as an independent state on 25 December 1991. The US policy is centred on realising and strengthening a stable, democratic, prosperous, and free Ukraine more closely integrated into Europe and Euro-Atlantic structures. Ukraine has been a member of the IMF and World Bank since 3 September 1992. The relations between Ukraine and the IMF are based on agreements that support the economic development of Ukraine and the improvement of the free market conditions. Likewise, Ukraine is not a Russophobic country as is often claimed by the Kremlin media. It had to react to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the act of aggression by the Russian armed forces in Donbas. It did not ban the Russian language, as is often claimed by the Kremlin, nor did it ban contact between Ukrainians and Russians. Read more disinformation cases about Ukraine being under foreign control here.
A hunger riot broke out near Odessa
In Ukraine riots break out because people are hungry and lash out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people, which is the definition of riots.
Recurrent narrative undermining Ukraine, specifically about hunger riots. In reality the port of Chernomorsk, near Odessa experiences economic difficulties and some employees of "Europian Agro Investment Ukraine", which rent the second terminal since 2018, haven't been paid since last October. About 100 people demonstrated peacefully, with protective masks and respecting social distancing. They blocked a street near the bus stop "railroad station" with signs expressing their will to receive their salaries and their company to be nationalised by the Ukrainian state. They warned that next time they could block a road with more traffic to make their demand more audible. The reportage of the media Dumskaya documents the event and shows that no violence was used.
Switzerland banned all vaccinations for 5 years and considered them harmful
The Federal Assembly passed a law on a moratorium on vaccinations for 5 years. The documents explain that vaccines against measles, chicken pox and all other infections cause harm and are dangerous for human health.
Recurring conspiracy theory on vaccines which are being amplified in the context of the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign around the coronavirus. The claim is false and was originally invented by Russian satirical website panorama.pub. Vaccinations in Switzerland are not compulsory but vaccines against various infections are recommended. Switzerland nonetheless has high vaccination rates. For example, in 2018, among 16 years olds in Switzerland, 97% had been vaccinated for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Tenanus. Vaccinations for other diseases such as Tick-borne encephalitis (47%) are lower – however, at the beginning of 2019, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) confirmed that vaccination against tick borne encephalitis is now covered by basic Swiss health insurance. See here for more examples by Myth Detector on how satire is spread as real news to affect public opinion.
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How Osman Osman and Shaaista Khan Osman have become key players in Dubai’s lifestyle and entertainment industry
Osman Osman and Shaaista Khan Osman are two of the entertainment industry’s strong forces who have come together to create an empire in their company, ‘Blu Blood’.
When two powerhouses come together, it gives rise to an exceptional outcome which is out of this world. This dynamic married couple have carefully used their skills and crafted their careers to make it one of the leading ones in the entertainment realm. Their 35 years’ of combined experience have built a strong foundation in the form of their lifestyle and management brand, which has conquered a major space in South Africa and Dubai and is set to achieve more victories in the near future.
Osman Osman is a Diploma holder in International Management Marketing and is on his way to complete his law degree shortly. Osman strongly believes that life is a better teacher and guide than any formal university education, as learning from his local surroundings has given him much better knowledge and in-depth understanding of knowing things in a better way. “Learning from others mistakes and experiences can play a big role in your own success,” says Osman. Having worked in multiple sectors which includes business and entertainment, he has learnt the workings of distinct industries to its best. One of his careers highlights is the hit movie titled ‘Material’ of which he has been an integral part.
His partner and better half Shaaista also started out with a humble upbringing as the youngest of six children, struggling hard to reach the position where she stands today. She has completed her studies in Naturopathy and Naturology and has also dabbled in Law, Psychology and Theology to some extent. Shaaista also holds a Diploma in Project Management and Labour Law from the University of Cape Town. She established ‘Blu Blood’ in 2008 and has steadily grown it to astounding heights till date, now even more after Osman joining in. “One should not step backwards from seizing every opportunity that comes their way, and should make sure to get hold of it at the right time to excel in their lives,” says Shaaista.
This dynamic duo met by chance and their relationship culminated into marriage, eventually joining forces to give the most successful brand ever known in the entertainment business – ‘Blu Blood’.
Derek Robins
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Was just walking down the hall (super faded, obvz) making robot noises and obliterated my hand on Jordan’s doorknob, fell to the ground, and made what I assume were robot-pain noises.
"BEEEP BLOOP BLERP" through gritted teeth.
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2. jdulayftw said: This is attractive to me.
3. pussyriot said: Let’s get gay married
4. hammerito posted this
Monday, 10th December
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Sailor intentionally sink boat to kill his wife – Daily Parrots Nigeria
After sinking his yacht and escaping, Lewis Bennett made no attempt to find his wife. Picture: Facebook
A British sailor deliberately sank a boat so as to kill his wife, while they were on honeymoon, just three months after their wedding. Though Lewis Bennett denied being responsible for his wife Isabella Hellmann’s death back in 2018, new photos have emerged showing how he killed her.
He tried to cover up her death then claimed that she had gone missing at sea in the Caribbean in April 2017, just three months after they got married. But Bennett’s wife’s family didn’t believe his story and accused him of killing her. New photos released show how Bennett sabotaged the ship to make his wife’s death look like a tragic accident, according to prosecutors.
37-foot catamaran, Surf into Summer, partially sunk in the Florida Straits. The US Coastguard rescued Lewis Bennett but his wife Isabella has not been found. Picture: US Coastguard
Bennett is accused of intentionally sinking the 37-foot catamaran on May 15, 2017, by opening escape hatches and damaging its twin hulls. The FBI believe Bennett also opened the ship’s portholes below the waterline and damaged the vessel from the inside. In one photo released by the US Coast Guard, a giant hole can be seen in the ship’s side, where water would have poured in.
Photos show the extent to which Lewis Bennett sabotaged his own catamaran as part of a plot to kill his wife and take her inheritance. Picture: US Coastguard
Prosecutors allege Bennett, from Poole, Dorset, killed Hellmann so he could get out of a strained marriage and inherit her home and money. The authorities think it may have happened after she discovered her husband was in possession of gold and silver coins stolen from his former employer in St Maarten.
Prosecutors allege that Lews Bennett sabotaged his catamaran to kill his wife for her inheritance. Picture: US Coast Guard/PA Wire
Bennett was jailed for seven months after admitting transporting the coins and is currently serving a seven-month jail sentence. He now faces an additional eight-year prison term when he is jailed for manslaughter, and prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence. The FBI says an inspection of the catamaran before it sank showed portholes below the waterline had been opened. Damage to the twin hulls appeared to have been caused from the inside, meaning the boat may have been intentionally scuttled. Prosecutors believe the pair had an ‘intense argument’ before the incident.
Lewis Bennett, 41, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after his wife disappeared from their sunken catamaran in the Florida Straits. Picture: Broward Sheriffâs Office/PA Wire
Within 24 hours of her disappearance, Bennett asked for a ‘letter of presumed death’ so he could settle his wife’s estate. Hellmann’s body has not been found and she is presumed dead. In court documents, police allege Bennett, from Poole in Dorset, killed his wife to end “marital strife” between the couple. And Hellmann’s text messages have revealed that she felt Bennett did not “respect her any more” and that she “found an angry person” when she came home.
This story first appeared in The Sun and is republished with permission.
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Tuesday, 6 July 2010
I am on vacation until the 12th. Perhaps I'll have a tale or two to tell....because something always happens. And the fact I'm traveling by plane....simply doubles that chance.
States and Finance
If you have five minutes today...go to "FT" and read a fascinating article over regional financial spirals.
What they are suggesting....is that states are spiraling out of control over finance and revenue. California, New York and Illinois are all about to become the same story as Greece.
States like Texas, Mississippi, and Montana will be the "Germanys" of the US....which avoided huge cost overruns. Toss in Bama as well.
Who will rescue those in need? That will become a major question in 2011 as the trend continues.
Be Happy Its Not Your Job
It is an odd statement.
Over the weekend....Charles Bolden....the top NASA Administrator spoke and said in an interview that his biggest mission (or one of the top three things that the President told him to do)....was to improve Muslim relations in the world.
I sat there for a good three minutes....trying to contemplate how this would be in the top one hundred priorities of NASA. Finding alien life would be high. Filling in the holes for black hole explanations would be high. Developing a system to warn of impending hits by meteors would be high. I could probably think of forty of these in an hour.
Muslim relations? It'd be a long list of five hundred items before I came to that...in relationship to NASA.
So, what is NASA now? A public relations vehicle for the Islamic world? If you suggested that to any astronaut of the past forty years...they'd be laughing.
There's this great end to a Peter Sellers movie...Being There...where this guy has become President and the honest truth is that he doesn't really know much about anything but recites these cute phrases which everyone gets all charged up about. For some reason, I can see Peter Sellers standing in the White House now...and speaking to some NASA guru...and talking about our role in Islamic relations...and this poor NASA administrator is standing there...trying to imagine how this topic ever came up in the first place.
So you can imagine your evaluation form at the end of the year...and your highlight? You brought better Muslim relations to NASA? That's the end-all big quote which gets you a top-notch step up on pay? It's pretty sad, if you asked me.
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Angelite faceted and twisted olive beads. These blue beauties measure 20 x 14mm. Known for it's lovely lilac blue color, Angelite is a relatively new discovery, it was discovered in Peru in 1987. Angelite represents peace and brotherhood. It's known to help one connect with their higher self.
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Devil’s Mountain
Speer’s Ruins under Teufelsberg
Jean-Yves Jouannais
Teufelsberg, Devil’s Mountain, is an 80-meter hill in what was West Berlin. It is an artificial mound, built in accordance with post-World War ii Allied directives on Berlin debris during the city’s 20-year reconstruction. The amount of rubble piled up there is estimated at 12 million cubic meters, the equivalent of some 400,000 buildings. There is nothing unique about Teufelsberg; numerous mounds of the kind exist in Germany and in other European cities devastated by the war. What’s special here is what’s buried underneath: a Nazi university conceived by Albert Speer...
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Picabo Angler
Thank You Grandpa!
Thank You
Each person who loves fishing has had that other person that took them fishing when they were young. Whether it was an uncle, grandpa, father, cousin, family friend, or even maybe a coach. Someone took you fishing and made you fall in love with it. For me, that person was my grandpa.
Growing up I would spend a lot of time at my grandparent’s house in Olympia, WA since they only lived 40 minutes away from me. Whenever my mom and dad were busy they brought my sister and I down to spend a couple of days with the grandparents. To keep us entertained my grandpa would take us to museums, zoos, and other things like that. He also took us fishing. I remember one time it was just him and I, and I said I wanted to go fishing. So he got all the gear together and packed it into the drift boat and we went to a local lake. We got into the lake and he rowed us out to the middle. We fished for about hour maybe an hour and a half at most. Being 7 or 8 I had a very short attention span.
So, I said I was bored and wanted to be done. After all of that work he had put in, all he said was okay. He rowed all the way back and we packed up and left. He would always take my cousin and I out on the little pond he had in the neighborhood and we would fish for hours. He wouldn’t fish, but he would watch us do it, and be just as happy as if he would have fished. Those times fishing with my grandpa and cousin fishing on the little boat “Queen Jane” are some of my fondest childhood memories that I’ll hold onto forever. That is my grandpa for you, he is a completely self-less man that just loves being out watching his family have fun. He would do anything for his family with no complaints. So thank you Grandpa for taking me fishing and passing on that love and appreciation for fishing.
When you’re a child you don’t always remember to say thank you and truly appreciate what someone is doing for you. So please take some time today to thank whoever took you fishing because they did not have to, but they did anyway. I know that not only did those times mean something to you but they meant something to that person as well. A little thank you could mean the world, and remember to be that person for someone else. Take a child fishing and show them just how amazing trying to catch a little trout can be, or in my case sunfish hanging out by the lilies. Thank you again grandpa, have a great birthday today!
Nathan Nelson
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Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky was Krusty the Clown's Jewish father. He died of old age.[1]
Hyman Krustofsky became a respected Rabbi in Springfield's Lower East Side. He had a son, Herschel Krustofsky, who wanted to become a clown instead of a Rabbi, against his father's wishes. Hyman abandoned Herschel after he saw him perform as a clown on stage.
Krustofsky was later visited by Homer Simpson who requested $50,000 (as he needed the money for a quadruple bypass), causing him to react with shock and implied refusal (although he did give Homer a dreidle instead).[3]
Together again
Hyman with His son Krusty
Behind the Laughter
Jackie Mason voices the character in "Like Father, Like Clown," "Today, I Am a Clown", "Once Upon a Time in Springfield and Clown in the Dumps." All other appearances are voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
Inside joke: Jackie Mason is the son of a line of Rabbis, and he broke with tradition and became an entertainer rather than a Rabbi.
Rabbi Krustofsky
my honest opinion of you, you've always been.. eh.".
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We the People’s Republic of China
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by Chieh-Ting Yeh
Some years ago, it seemed like every tourist visiting China was on the lookout for the same souvenir: the canvas bag emblazoned with the words wei renmin fuwu, “Serve the People,” in none other than Chairman Mao’s own handwriting. Was it the nonconformist symbolism of the Chinese Communist propaganda style that caught the foreigners’ eyes? Or was it the historical significance of Chairman Mao’s words that resonated? Who knows, and no one really cares. Not to the Chinese, anyway, as long as money is to be made.
Except the Chinese do care about what the word renmin means. There is China’s formal name, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (中華人民共和國, “The People’s Republic of China”); Renmin Univeristy (人民大學); China’s legislative venue the Renmin Dahuitang (人民大會堂, “The Great Hall of the People”); China’s high court the Zuigao Renmin Fayuan (最高人民法院, “The Supreme People’s Court”), and on and on. Renmin translates into “people,” here used liberally to denote the members of the classless society established after the proletariat revolution, as if the people need some sort of constant reminder that the government belongs to them (nominally, anyway). Point being, the concept of the renmin goes back deep into the origins of China.
Renmin is made up of two more basic parts, ren and min. Just to confuse our non-Chinese readers, ren, min, and renmin can all be translated as “people.” Good people, bad people, tall people, short people, French people, indigenous people, etc. However, the connotations between ren and min are distinct. Ren denotes individual persons, describing a person as just him or herself, closer to the concept of a “human being” in English. A good person is a haoren; a benefactor is a guiren, a beauty is a meiren, and so forth. Hanren, is the Han ethnicity. Zangren, Tibetans. Ribenren, Japanese. Min, on the other hand, refers to a group of people under political rule. The Chinese word zimin literally means a prince’s people, or the English word “subject”; nanmin means people in crisis, or “refugee”; gongmin means people in public, or “citizen.” The people denoted by min is more like “We the People” with the capital P.
Perhaps, then, we can say, the Chinese language differentiates between “people” as simply a group of persons with distinct identities and characteristics, and “people” as one collective body subject to a common political fate. In other words, the people comprising a “nation” and the people under a “state.”
This offers some clues as to how China thinks of herself as a nation, a state, and a nation-state. The Chinese usually like to think of themselves as one nation and one state since the beginning of time. When a Chinese person talks about his heritage, it’s not uncommon to mention China’s “5,000 year history” and all Chinese being “heirs of the dragon.” However, beginning with the Qin Dynasty and much more so in the Han Dynasty in 206 BC, China was already an empire encompassing all sorts of ren—a variety of nations under one state. The state came first through war and continued to preside over a mixture of ethnicities and tribal clans.
To rule over all these different ren, the state must turn them into min. The Han rulers established a system of imperial examinations, through which social advancement was based on mastery of Confucian thought. This effectively established one philosophical and political system of thought for the entire populace, not just by brute cultural assimilation (though there was certainly no shortage of that) but, more importantly, by political indoctrination. Throughout China’s history, the imperial examination system had been one hallmark of all of the dynasties that ruled China. This includes the proud cosmopolitan dynasties like the Tang, the Song and the Ming (partially anyway), but also the non-ethnic-Han dynasties of the Yuan and the Qing. We may not be sure whether the people living in southeastern coastal areas felt a cultural connection with those living near the northern deserts, but they were all hoping to secure a seat in government and a mansion in the capital by taking the test. In this way, the succession of empires in China conducted nation-building within their borders, but I would argue that up until the end of the Qing in 1911, China was not a nation-state. It was much bigger than a nation-state.
Certainly, during the turn of the 20th Century, when ancient Asian empires clashed with modern European nation-states, China had to avoid the fates suffered by the Ottoman Empire (which shattered into many pieces) and India (which became a colony under a European power). Through violent revolutions, China guzzled up Western ideologies and tried to masquerade itself as a singular nation-state. Sun Yat-sen himself envisioned a purely ethnic Han nation-state in the beginning and only later acquiesced to “Hans, Manchus, Mongols, Uighurs and Tibetans” as part of the “Chinese nation.” Thus, in an utterly hasty fashion, a new nation-building and a new state-building project began in the ruins of the old Qing Empire. The process was anything but civilized (just ask the Tibetans), but the means justified the ultimate end: to create an united front in order to vindicate the humiliation suffered at the hands of 19th Century imperialists.
In 2013, after every Western ideology has run its course in China, all that is left of this messy and bloody modern China project is a nation-state with long dilapidated foundations. Its government’s legitimacy to rule still exclusively comes from saving and modernizing China from the threats of imperialism. China’s rabid nationalists still rationalize their behavior as a defense against the wrongs by European and Japanese aggressors perpetrated more a hundred years ago. Border disputes get placed into this context of national affront. Sure, all this reactionary energy had propelled China back onto the world stage, but we are well on our way into the 21st Century already. Are long-gone grudges really sufficient to justify the contours of China’s current nation-state, especially when China has historically been more than a nation-state?
And if the old imperial rulers of China had already figured out something bigger than nation-states, then why constrain what it means to be Chinese to a singular culture represented by cheap pagodas, dragons and scallion pancakes, when the various Chinese empires had already come to encompass a dazzling array of cultures and languages? Why restrict China within political borders to one geographic area on the globe, when China itself has morphed and shifted its shape over time? Why clench onto the notion of China to be nothing but one singular state under one government, when the ren of China has coexisted as the min of many states?
In China, from the dichotomy between ren and min, the Chinese ancestors had already figured out that nations and states need not be exclusively mapped to one another, and have conducted themselves accordingly. It’s time for China to be more than its nation-state Band-Aid. The people who had the foresight to know that people exist both as an end to themselves and as parts of a greater vision, the people who established multinational empires through coercion and violence but also through philosophy and trade, the people who brought to the world artistic, religious, and technological advancements, the people who hold themselves to be the heirs of one of the oldest civilizations on the planet, can be much more than a reactionary and defensive nation-state stuck in the past. Then maybe it wouldn’t have to constantly remind itself that its state really does belong to the renmin.
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