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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46399 | The Blogs and Podcasts of Brice Finnegan Jones III
Mon June 2nd 04:34
Boredom reigns, procrastination flourishes.
Caffeine pills, 3, 4, 5; I no longer know. And coffee, coffee. Black. Guatemalan Antigua, Sharp flavour with smoky acidity and full bodied with a chocolate hint apparently. Tastes like coffee to me. Why bother with all these fancy beans? Note to self, stop being pretentious with coffee choices. Noodles consumed. Endless hours online. Screen glare burning the eyes. Boredom reigns, procrastination flourishes.
Need a story. Not just a story, but the story. Each journalist needs it, the one to get them going. Question is where, when, what, why and who? Questions that won't be answered by just sitting here. Or will they?
The internet, an interesting entity. Boundaries of language and geography shrunk. People of the world can express themselves in all manner of ways. I can sit here, adding extra definition to the ass crevasse in my chair, and explore the world: the people in it. Chat to a surf chick in Australia who wonders why I'm still awake at such an hour, check the spread of H5N1 across the globe, everyone else seems to have forgotten. Not me. Update my Google toolbar to give me a "mood ring" (apparently I'm stressed, tired, working too hard) whilst it tells me my search history (effects of caffeine on the body (1,780,000 results) effects of drugs on the body (22,600,000 results) sex (251,000,000 results) least they have their priorities sorted. Wish I hadn't had that last pill. Feeling a bit strange, is this what they feel like in Guatemala? Feel better in knowledge that people taking drugs are doing more damage to their body than my digestion system being affected with 'relaxed muscles') all this whilst searching how many single girls live within 5 miles of my post code. Procrastination flourishes, boredom reigns.
Now to link such online actions with actual work. Spend enough time stumbling across the never ending intrigue of the net and eventual one should stumble upon the story of a lifetime. That's the theory, that's what I'll tell myself when I write another article for some generic online web magazine to tide the old bank balance over. Eventually, it'll all come good. Now for some online poker whilst I ponder how I'll avoid a pandemic of human to human H5N1: nomadic hermit lifestyle best plan so far.
Wed June 11th 2007 23:58
TV blaring in the background. Noise. It's been on so long I don't even know wh...no wait... Text to meet girls in your area?
Those girls look hot. There is no way those kind of girls live near me let alone sit home at night waiting to reply to text messages. Who texts these kind of numbers anyway. Seriously?
Thurs June 12th 00:05
Meet girls in your area - NOW
I'm one of the people who text those numbers.
Tues 8th July 15:23
*sound of crowds in background, coffee machine noises, clatter of mugs and saucers*
Cough, right then. Podcasts. Everyone seems to be doing them now. Not being one to follow the crowd, I haven't. Till now of course.
*sound of sipping from a mug*
So the other night I had a brilliant idea. We've all seen those pretentious writer types who come into coffee shops with their laptops and note pads. Spend hours on one cup of coffee and write. As if to say to the world "hey look at me, I'm a writer, that's my job, how cool am I? Aren't I cool? Are you jealous? Yes you are. And yes, yes that is a Macbook Air. And oh! Oh wait! Yes - yes that is my iPhone I have strategically placed on the table next to my Mac-book-aiiiiir.
So yeah. We all know them. Well I thought I'd take it to the next level and actually podcast from a coffee shop! I've already got a few looks. One, unsurprisingly, from a man typing on his Macbook air who has an iPhone.
*sound of sipping from a mug*
*sound of eating a brownie*
(With mouth half full) Mmm that's good brownie.
*sound of swallowing*
*sound of sipping from a mug*
Right then. Where do people go with these things? See the thing is, I only thought as far as actually getting here to do one cause I thought it would amuse me. Which it is. But now what? The coffee is good.
*sound of big gulp of coffee*
Well I saw the new Indiana Jones film the other night. Fridge?...That's all I'm saying. Never mind all that other stuff. I mean it's just slightly less believable than intelligent design. It's easier for people to believe that some intelligent designer came up with all the blueprints for every organism on this planet, don't even begin to think about the rest of the universe, then this designer went a built these organisms like some crazy air-fix model building builder? It's easier to believe that than organisms developing tiny little changes through generations, some help, some hinder. Only the strongest and most adept survive. That is harder to believe than just having some magic composer and conductor doing it all for us? Come on!
Also. Actually no. Wait. I sound like a miserable bastard complaining all the time on this podcast. I do like things to. No. No. Wait again. I have to complain. I don't like the word podcast either. Why podcast? I can play this on any mp3 player, why does it specifically have to relate to the iPod? Don't get me wrong, I don't hate apple but please! Not everything revolves around them. With that in mind, this is the end of my "podcast."
Tues 8th July 15:25
Hello and welcome to my Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 cast. Or Mp3-cast for short.
Right then, things I like. I like coke. The drink. And coffee. Coffee is good. Also, as I said before, I like evolution. It's such a nice idea. And really, if you sit down and think about it, how much precious and amazing does life seem if it's all just some cosmic accident. Serendipity.
That is to say I like evolution to a point. Cause once the fish start evolving again and moving onto land, then we're in for it. Fish are bastards.
I like food too. Like to try new things. I don't however, like Rosemary. Rosemary fills me with dread. July 2nd, 1989, the day I saw Rosemary, and cried.
*sound of big gulp of coffee*
But anyway, yes, on with the pod, I mean, Mp3-cast.
Well then, I know. What do you think I should do with these Mp3-casts? Send in some emails and we'll see it we can make this a regular thing. Although maybe not from coffee shops. I am getting quite a few odd looks now. I feel more uncomfortable than a Jew sitting in an uncomfortable position. Ah! You thought I was going to make a Jew joke! Push the comedic boundaries. How's that for an old switcharoo? Plus I don't feel particularly safe making such jokes with all these people watching me. It could be misconstrued.
So we'll leave it at that. The first ever Brice Finnegan Jones the third Mp3-cast. I understand it has been a mix of ramblings but hopefully with a bit more structure and your input they can become something quite beautiful. Message me with thoughts and ideas and I am sure hilarity will ensue.
Wed 9th July 11:02
Well it seems a few people have downloaded my first and last Podcast as well as my first mp3 cast. And one of you has even taken the time to send me an email as to what I should do with future mp3-casts with helpful advice;
Don't bother
Thanks Max. Assuming your name is Max. Thank you for your supportive email and I shall take it into consideration. |
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The Construction and Uses of the Confucian Tradition
According to his biography in the Book of the Early Han (Hanshu, 44.2145) Liu An, the king of Huainan (in modern Anhui province) and uncle of Han Emperor Wu, gathered a large number of scholars and practitioners of esoteric techniques to Huainan in the period 160-140 B.C.E., and supported them in the creation of written works synthesizing their views. The Masters of Huainan (Huainanzi) was a product of this interchange of ideas.
It is a work focused on educating a ruler on the tasks before him. In the text we find a theory of the fall of humanity from an original harmony in the state of nature to human government and politics with its attendant disorder and violence. Instead of government resulting from agreement between persons for whom there is no law, where the powerful can enforce their will over the weak, the text takes the reverse approach. The primal state is presented as a natural, spontaneous, and peaceful existence. Government is then the source of humanity’s problems, not a solution.
Chapter nine of the Masters of Huainan (HZ) is entitled “The Ruler’s Techniques,” and its focus is on the methods that a ruler should use to create a humane and orderly government. The first, and certainly the most important technique, for a ruler is to act in wuwei. This does not mean the ruler should do absolutely nothing. It means that when he acts, nothing comes from him personally (HZ 9.23); that is, his policies are neither biased by his private preferences (HZ 9.25), nor are they restricted by the limits of his own vision for the state (HZ 9.9-9.11). Instead, his actions implement the movement of the Way (Dao) of Heaven (HZ 9.2).
The best form of government, the text suggests, is one where the ruler devotes himself to wuwei. Ideal rulers of the distant past such as Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) are described as being its adherents (HZ 6.7). By following their spontaneous natures and aligning themselves with profound wuwei, the world naturally became harmonious (HZ 8.5).
g. Zhu Xi on Law as the Enforcement of Morals
Zhu Xi shared Confucius’s distrust for the ability of law alone to bring order in society and to cultivate the people. He recognized that government and law were necessary, but considered them insufficient to bring about social order; virtue and ritual were still important. Virtue, law, rites, and punishments should complement each other. Zhu made an important contribution to Chinese political theory by insisting that governing by virtue and ritual was compatible with a system of laws and punishments, and he argued that Confucius’s protest against reliance on law was motivated by the context in which he lived, when some rulers made no use of virtue or the rites (li) at all.
In fact, Zhu Xi supported the use of law to assist in the moral education of the populace. The purpose of law was not merely to protect those in the society from harm or injury. It was also to shape the character of the society and its people. Accordingly, government not only had the right but also the obligation to engineer the morality of society and control what the people could do morally.
Nevertheless, Zhu Xi was aware of the long history of abuse of the power to make law, grant amnesties, and remit punishment practiced by Song dynastic rulers. He argued that laws must be clear and the enforcement of them must be just. He challenged directly the practice of amnesty (dashe) as frequently degenerating into a form of favoritism and injustice. By insisting on the enforcement of law and punishment of offenders, Zhu is often misunderstood as being akin to the worst abusers of law as found in the Legalist tradition. However, he was not advocating severity of punishment as a value in itself, but rather recommending the just administration of law as the active enforcement of morals, using politics as a means of moral cultivation.
h. Yan Fu (1854-1921): China Not Ready for Democracy
After the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China entered into the period that one might call Modern Chinese Philosophy where there was an influx of texts and ideas from the Western world. Yan Fu became the most influential translator of Western works in China. In fact, Yan was not only the greatest authority on Western philosophy in China at the beginning of the 20th century, but also he was the first scholar to systematically introduce Western philosophy by translating a significant number of works: Thomas Henry Huxley’s Evolution and Ethics (1893), published in Chinese in 1898; Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776), published in Chinese in 1902; Herbert Spencer’s The Study of Sociology (1872) and John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty (1859), both translations published in Chinese in 1904; Charles de la Secondat de Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws (1748), John Stuart Mill’s A System of Logic (1843), translated in 1905, and William Stanley Jevon’s The Theory of Political Economy (1878), translated in 1909. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46440 | Saturday, January 14, 2012
Wal-Mart, Valentine's Day, & A Happy Marriage
Matt and I were in Wal-Mart the other day, picking up food for our furbabies, when I noticed that they're already stocking Valentine's Day treats. For us, Christmas is barely a memory--in fact, our Christmas tree is still up--and the big box stores are already stocking up for the next big money holiday. It's almost whiplash inducing the way they skate from one holiday right into another without so much as taking a moment to breathe. It's insane!
Still, I love Valentine's Day so I can't help feeling a little giddy at seeing all the treats on the shelves, even if it is still January. Since I've sworn off sugar, Valentine's Day is a little less fun for me, but the fact that we celebrate our anniversary on Valentine's Day compensates. The holiday will always have a special place in my heart for this very reason, that it's our anniversary, even though I've gotten a whole host of varied responses to that little bit of knowledge; everything from "That's so corny" to "Aww, how romantic." The most annoying responses are the vitriolic insults from people who feel perpetually disappointed by the holiday, who shout that it's a consumerist holiday and proudly proclaim that they hate Valentine's Day. Okay, so ignore it and don't take away my happy anniversary because you're miserable. Good.
This year, when the happy day comes, exactly a month from today, in fact, Matt and I will celebrate 12 year of happy marriage. It's always easy to remember how long we've been married because it's in the year (we got married in 2000). In May, we've been together for 13 years. That absolutely blows my mind. I cannot believe we've been married and happy for so long. Ups and downs aside, we've got a fantastic marriage that I'm pretty sure no one expected to last--him an avid believer that marriage was a mistake, me recently divorced. When we got together, we said we'd never get married, it was just something we wouldn't do. We'd live in sin forever (heh!), forsaking all others because we wanted to and not because the law forced us. After just six months together, much in love, we knew that wasn't a possibility. So, we went to the court house, got married, and have been that way ever since.
It's funny actually, because though we both knew we wanted to get married, neither of us mentioned it to the other. We just let it ride, not wanting to screw up a good thing. Then, one day, we got into a discussion about marriage and the truth came out. We couldn't quite decide if we'd get married on leap day or Valentine's Day, but we knew it would be one of them. After much discussion, we settled on Valentine's Day and I don't know about him, but I'm happy with that decision. Every year I look forward to Valentine's Day with much enthusiasm, knowing it's our special day, and he likes to joke that it's the day the whole world celebrates our love.
So, the next time you're in Wal-Mart, lamenting the already marketed Valentine's Day holiday, think about us. I always do, it's what makes everything okay for me. Come hell or high water, Matt and I have one another, while the rest of the world has chocolate hearts and red roses. That's more than good enough for me!
Image via Mommy Brain Reports
1. The most annoying responses are the vitriolic insults from people who feel perpetually disappointed by the holiday, who shout that it’s a consumerist holiday and proudly proclaim that they hate Valentine’s Day. Okay, so ignore it and don’t take away my happy anniversary because you’re miserable. Good.
That's exactly how I felt about all the Bah Humbug-ers last month about Christmas! Ug! Admittedly, I wish Christmas wasn't such a greedfest and an excuse for christians to endlessly complain about how PERSECUTED they are, but find SOME joy in the holiday and stop being such wet blankets, I say!! :-)
I was at Goodwill today and they had a whole bunch of (non candy) Valentine's Day items for cheap. I got a big, soft, nearly-new, fluffy heart shaped pillow that says "Be Mine" on it for $4! I love cheap stuff!
Happy Almost-Anniversary!
2. I get pretty annoyed by the Bah Humbug-ers, too. I like the winter holidays, I just don't like that they come in the winter... I hate being cold. ~.^ |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46443 | Forced Life and its Discontents: An Interview with Sister Y
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of Hoover Hog interviews.
There are limits. If you want to stockpile AK-47s or burn Old Glory or fuck for cash or snuff your fetus, your appeal will be met with rehearsed huzzahs from the wings. A constituency is waiting. The polemics are signed and delivered, neatly punctuated with practiced elocution. Live and let live, young rebel. This is your heritage. Our ethos. Nobody's business if you do.
But how quickly those huzzahs fade when the subject turns to suicide. The confident rights rhetoric, so loudly trumpeted at every familiar turn, is traded for a different set of chords. The responsive default becomes concern. Becomes discomfiture. Becomes bristling incredulity. You peer into the maw of nonexistence, only to be assured, emphatically and from all sides, that what you are contemplating is wrong. Your death wish is an expression of acute turmoil; it is the illness wanting, not you. Applied to your pathologically confused desire, pop-libertarian slogans always read as perverse. There is no vocal constituency for suicide rights. There is no audible discourse over "choice" in this peculiar context. There is only removed compassion and anger, and a hotline.
Because everyone knows. Suicide is a cry for help. Suicide is an
act of cowardice. Or hostility. Or strange mettle. Suicide is the easy
way out. A permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is not
chosen; it is the failure of choice. Cosmically irrational. Properly
understood, suicide is foremost a public health issue. You have your whole life ahead
of you. You can
get through this. Think of how your friends and family will feel and
tomorrow is another day and there are coping strategies and there are
people who've been there who can help and you are suffering from a
mental illness and there are treatment options and there is medicine
and there
is always hope. You're not thinking clearly.
This isn't you. It simply can't be. Do you have a plan?
Even in academic circles, the study of suicide is aswarm with muddled premise-rigged thinking. Dubious statistics and theories are regurgitated with credulous deference. Emboldened by a deeply entrenched public health paradigm, scholars bow to the the coolly disinterested vantage of epidemiology to promote measures meant to thwart the scourge of self-destruction. This is for the good, they insist. Just look at the graphs.
When a choice is predefined as sick, it always circles back like this. And if you disagree, help is on the way.
Of course, there is another point of view. A heterodox suicidology, relegated to the fringe. This is the view under which the reasons of the would-be suicide can be considered in good faith. This is the view that sees suicidal ideation not as the symptom of some lazily presumed brainsick malaise, but as a rationally founded confirmation that the burden of existence is, at least for some, intolerable. This is the view that turns conventional assumptions on their head, by asking not whether self destruction is morally wrong, but whether a ubiquitous culture of "forced life" has blinded us to a far greater harm.
As Sister Y would have it, this is The View from Hell.
The moral issue of suicide has usually been stated in terms of whether suicide is morally permissible, under any circumstances. . . . This formulation assumes a major premise: that it is the suicidal
person who must justify his refusal to live, rather than the community
being required to justify the action of forcing him to live. These
notes will focus on the moral reprehensibility of forced life, rather
than attempt to justify suicide from a defensive perspective.
Known to her readers as "Curator" (possibly a nod to the Miller Williams poem), Sister Y stands virtually alone, asking questions that are disallowed by the prevailing life-biased consensus. When she isn't working through the vicissitudes of "Forced Life and its Ethical Alternatives," she enjoys hiking, M. Night Shyamalan movies, square-dancing, and Vietnamese cuisine. She is a triathlete in training. And yes, Sister Y wants to die.
You can take or leave it if you please.
HOOVER HOG: You describe yourself as a "currently non-practicing" suicide. What does this mean?
SISTER Y: I am very much in favor of my own death, and I've actively pursued
death in the past, but I'm not actively pursuing death right now. I
think "suicide" connotes someone who either has killed herself, or is
actively trying to kill herself. A "non-practicing suicide" would be
someone with the mental status of a suicide (a stable, long-standing
desire for death that is not the product of a delusion) but not
currently taking action to achieve death. I'm not acting on it because
(a) I find the methods currently available to me to be unacceptable,
and (b) I am still working through the morality of suicide in general
and in my case in particular, especially regarding my family and social
I've found that many people — usually those who have never
seriously contemplated suicide — scoff at the notion that self
destruction might be especially difficult, either for psychological or
practical reasons. Has this been your experience? And how do you
I don't think I recognized the difficulty of suicide until I made a
serious attempt. Just because someone is rationally set on suicide does
not mean that one's hard-wired self-preservation instincts disappear.
Most methods of suicide that are fairly reliable call for the suicide
to do something extremely unnatural and difficult (shoot oneself in the
head, cut an artery). Other methods have a high likelihood of failure,
and many are also likely to result in sequelae. The only comfortable,
reliable method of committing suicide is to take an overdose of
barbiturates, which are now extremely controlled and almost impossible
to acquire, even on the black market. Almost no other drug will
reliably produce death, and certainly not without substantial pain. I
graduated from one of the top engineering schools in the country, and
spent nearly two years researching suicide methods, and came up pretty
much empty-handed. I encourage anyone who thinks suicide is easy to
spend some time on the various pro-choice suicide boards on the
Internet. These people are desperate to die, but come up against
problems with the available methods. It's even worse in countries
outside the United States, where guns are restricted or illegal, but
even in the United States, those with previous mental hospitalizations
may not buy or own guns, limiting the method's utility.
In most western cultures, individual choice is highly valued. People
have come to be relatively tolerant of conduct that they may view as
being morally wrong or even harmful, provided that the harm is
self-inflicted and contained. But those who advocate greater personal
freedom to use drugs or engage in risky sexual activity seem less
enthusiastic when the topic turns to suicide. There may be some
allowance for end-of-life scenarios, but a more general "right to
suicide" has never emerged as a mainstream libertarian issue. What do
you think accounts for this difference in attitude?
There are so many reasons for this. A major one is the pathologization
of suicide. An important piece of received knowledge in our culture is
that suicide is, by definition, always the product of mental illness, a
premise that is more axiomatic than it is supported by real data. The
more people are aware of the variety of human experience, the more even
compassionate people tend to favor the right of consenting adults to do
whatever they please, so long as they do not harm others. But this
logic doesn't tend to include suicide, because to the degree that
suicide is seen as somehow the product of mental illness, it's not seen
as a free choice, and therefore it's not seen as compassionate to
support a right to suicide. (The attempt to medicalize, and
pathologize, various actions- from alcoholism to drug addiction to "sex
addiction" – might be, among other things, an attempt to subvert our
societal tolerance of individual choice in each of these areas by
making them appear to be less than free choices.)
Another problem is that suicide does, of course, emotionally harm
people other than the suicide, to the extent that the suicide has
family or friends. I think people get confused when evaluating the pain
caused by a suicide. They tend to compare it to murder – where a person
takes the life of another – rather than to truly analogous situations,
such as ending a relationship or quitting a job. Suicides are not seen
as having the right to inflict emotional harm on others, even though we don't generally posit
a right to other people's company or association, and this is exactly
the type of harm that a suicide inflicts (denying others his company).
People have strong emotional reactions to the idea of suicide
which, I think, prevent them from analyzing the morality of suicide in
a fair way. The above reasons partially explain this. But there is
another reason: people have so much invested in life being generally
good, and the idea of rational suicide threatens that belief. If
someone can rationally choose to stop living, especially when he or she
isn't facing impending intolerable pain and loss of bodily and mental
function, that must mean it's not an undeniable fact that life is, on balance, good. Jim Crawford of calls this "souring the milk of foundational meaning that everybody's sucking down."
But doesn't research show that the majority of
people who attempt suicide and fail will never make a second attempt?
And don't failed suicides frequently come to express profound regret
over their prior actions? Why shouldn't such observations lend
support to the view that suicidal thinking is the product of a deeper
mental pathology that should be treated therapeutically rather than
There are studies that show that few people who attempt suicide go on
to kill themselves within a short period of time afterward. I'm aware
of one study, though, that found that between 13% and 19% of people who
attempt suicide by self-poisoning go on to successfully kill themselves
during their lifetimes – and that the rate of suicide doesn't decrease
with time after the original attempt. A suicide attempt remains the
single best predictor of future death by suicide (though I've been
seeing the statistic tossed around recently that bipolar disorder comes
close, with 10-15% of people with the diagnosis ending up as suicides).
Still, that leaves us with 75% or so of suicide attempters
"deciding" to stay alive. Indeed, many express regret and say they are
glad to be saved from their suicide attempts. But, given the suicide
in our society and the general hostility toward suicide, I
don't think it's fair to say that this means that most people who
attempt suicide don't really want to die. Many people simply cannot
manage suicide for practical reasons. Others may be reabsorbed into the
anti-suicide position of mainstream society.
An analogy might be to members of an authoritarian religion in a
country dominated by that religion. It might be true that few leave the
religion, and many eventually "come back into the fold" if they do try
to leave, but it's not fair to use that as evidence that leaving the
religion is pathological and the product of a diseased mind.
But hasn't it been established that over
90% of suicides have a pre-existing mental illness? And if this is true,
doesn't it complicate the notion that most suicidal individuals can
rationally desire death?
The statistic that 90% of suicides have a mental illness is often
tossed around. Check the sources, though, and it becomes very
The source for the statistic cited on the National Institutes of Mental Health website, for instance, is a completely uncontrolled study
using the questionable "psychiatric autopsy" technique. Let me
emphasize again: it's a study with no control group. It's a myth, but
it's cited as if it were scripture. There have been some attempts at
controlled studies demonstrating this, again using that "psychiatric
autopsy" business. One of the larger controlled studies indeed seemed
to demonstrate the accepted 90% statistic – but that study also found
that 37% of its control group had a mental illness! Are we willing to
believe that 37% of people walking around are so mentally ill as to
justify interfering with their actions?
The other problem I have with this statistic is what is held to
constitute a mental illness. The DSM-IV criteria for depression (Major
Depressive Disorder), in particular, are so vague as to be nearly
meaningless. By its definition, almost anyone could be diagnosed with
depression at any time. The idea of suicide being a product of a mental
illness is more definitional than descriptive. (Interestingly, the
study about the Chinese women found that very few of
them had any mental illness.)
Though the 90% statistic is, in my analysis, a myth, it is true
that many suicidal people have a mental illness (bipolar disorder is
particularly likely to lead to suicide). But it's still a leap to
suggest that people with a mental illness should not have the right to
commit suicide. A mentally ill person may still make a will or sign a
contract or be held liable for a crime, for instance, so long as he was
capable of understanding his actions at the time. Mentally ill people
are still, in many cases, capable of forming rational desires. It seems
presumptuous to say that, as long as you're mentally ill, you couldn't
possibly rationally desire to kill yourself – although you might
rationally desire other things. In fact, the unrelenting suffering
ensured by many mental illnesses makes suicide, if anything, more rational for some people with mental illness than for those without mental illness.
People want to protect others. People are compassionate. But I
think there is an important failure of compassion when it comes to
suicides: people want to "protect" others from death, not from
suffering, even when suffering is preferable to death. I do not think
it is compassionate at all to substitute one's own judgment for that of
the person enduring the suffering.
You make reference to Jim Crawford's antinatalism site. You would describe yourself as an antinatalist, correct?
Do your views on the ethics of suicide entail philosophical
opposition to having children? The fact that you characterize the
central problem as one of "forced life" seems to suggest a connection.
There is a connection, but I don't think that the one entails the other
(suicide rights –> antinatalism – antinatalism may entail a right
to suicide, though). I think it is wrong to force people to stay alive,
and I think that bringing people into existence is a similar, though
not identical, wrong. But there are many people who, I think logically and
coherently, support a right to suicide but do not subscribe to antinatalism. In the general population, support for a moral (and
legal) right to suicide seems rare, but it is the norm among
professional philosophers. However, antinatalism is still a position
held by few.
Suicides are the ones in the best position to understand that they
have been wronged by being brought into existence. Of course,
antinatalism has very little to do with suicide, and Benatar's
antinatalism implies that everyone is wronged by being brought into
existence, suicide or not. I worry that my intertwined support for both
suicide rights and antinatalism will increase the confusion between the
two, which seems rampant among non-philosophers.
You've devoted a fair portion of your project to exploring
antinatalist ethics and have specifically defended philanthropic
antinatalism against attacks, yet you express
misgivings about the the pain/pleasure asymmetry emphasized by
David Benatar in his book,
Better Never to Have Been. What do
you see as being the central weakness of Benatar's core argument? Is
there a better approach?
I don't think the argument is weak, but it is built on intuition, as is
almost all interesting philosophy. This gives people the option of
claiming not to share the intuition underlying Benatar's claim when
they come up against its uncomfortable consequences. I think this move
is usually dishonest – people claim not to see the asymmetry, but they
really do. But it's possible for people to either genuinely not share
the intuitions underlying the asymmetry, or to have such a radically
different conception of value that the asymmetry (and the interests of
those brought into existence) is not dispositive of the question of the
morality of procreation. Some people think it's so important that
humanity go on that any amount of suffering is acceptable. I'm not sure
there can be much of a response to this position. But this kind of honest objection
to antinatalism is rare; I've much more often encountered dishonest and
somewhat muddle-headed objections. But the idea is new in philosophy
time; serious philosophical challenges have yet to appear, and I await
them with interest.
Early on in your web project, The View from Hell, you observe that
ethicists tend to treat suicide as an option that demands careful moral
justification. You question the foundation of this default view by
asking why the burden should not rest on others to justify laws and
customs aimed at preventing suicide. Why do you think that scholars so
often approach the morality of suicide in these terms while seldom
considering the morality of "forced life," as you put it?
I don't know why this should be. I haven't come up with any
explanations for this that I find compelling. Perhaps it's the
psychological salience of the act of suicide, or the ubiquity and
ancientness of the prohibition, although philosophy is usually able to
get behind such things. To some degree, I wonder if the lack of
self-advocacy by suicides allows people to assume that the suicide
prohibition does no particular harm. This is part of the justification
for my project.
You emphasize that you are not "pro-suicide" and have argued that suicide is immoral in cases where would-be self-destroyers voluntarily
have children, thereby incurring positive obligations toward
those they bring — or force – to life. Having made this exception
to a general moral right to suicide (I don't gather that you are
arguing that voluntary procreation should nullify a
legal right
to suicide, but feel free to address this), you open the door to the
possibility that other voluntarily assumed trusts and obligations may
also be weighted against a presumptive right to suicide. In this
context, you specifically mention the formation of close
relationships, tentatively suggesting that suicidal individuals may be
morally compelled to avoid or terminate interpersonal bonds.
But most lives are filled with voluntarily assumed obligations and
relationships, from the trivial to the profound. Assuming that an
unpaid sewer bill is assigned less countermanding weight on a
continuum where a marriage or close friendship may be injunctive, how
do you address the seemingly inevitable clash between positive
obligations and suicide rights?
I think that one of the factors that weighs in favor of a right to
suicide is the lack of having taken any action to come into being. But
it's not the only moral consideration. Voluntary action is not all – I
am in favor of a moral right to bankruptcy and abortion on demand, both
cases where the consequences of voluntary action are so harsh as to
require an "out."
Many voluntarily assumed obligations, from friendships to
contracts, are relatively minor compared to the pain of existence for a
suicidal person. Procreation is one case that seems to weigh heavily in
the other direction – voluntarily creating a new person seems
qualitatively different from making friends with someone. Children seem
to have a claim on their parents that other relationships do not
entail. It seems fine for a person to sell all his possessions and move
to Vietnam, "abandoning" his friends and even siblings and parents, but
it does not seem fine to do so if it entails "abandoning" his children.
I am circumspect about other obligations trumping a right to
suicide. One distinction I have been examining is that between
exclusive and non-exclusive relationships. By becoming friends with a
person, one does not limit their capacity to make other friends (though
one does hurt them by committing suicide). But by having a child, or
entering an exclusive romantic relationship with someone, one limits
the partner's capacity to acquire a substitute and "hedge" against
one's suicide. A similar principle operates when we impose liability on
a rescuer for doing a crappy job rescuing someone, because by
undertaking a rescue, the person deprived the endangered person of the
possibility of being rescued by a competent person.
As you imply, I don't think any of this should affect a legal right
to suicide. Mostly, I think, by procreating, one gives up one's moral
right to suicide.
Can you explain your concept of "mismatch and meaning," particularly as it might relate to the problem of forced life?
I have tried to make a list of some of what I conceive to be serious
limitations on human happiness. One of these is the idea of the absurd
as conceived by Camus – that, while there is no objective meaning to
life, humans naturally desire for life to be meaningful. One of the possible results of accepting that life is not inherently
meaningful, but that one will always desire for it to be so, is a
rational wish to end one's life. I have focused on the limitations on
happiness in order to show that "rational suicide" is not such a crazy
My understanding is that women attempt suicide about twice as often as men,
yet something like 75% of suicides in the U.S. are actually committed by
men because they employ more lethal methods — primarily firearms. This
disparity is often interpreted to mean that for many women, attempted
suicide may be more of a desperate means of communication — the
cliched "cry for help" — than a sincerely intended act of self
destruction, while male suicides mean business. You have questioned
this interpretation. Why?
Lack of suicidal intent on the part of females is the usual explanation
for the disparity in success rates for women versus men. It's
unquestioningly, universally accepted. But I've almost never seen any
actual evidence for this claim.
One piece of evidence the "cry for help" explanation does not
explain is that female physicians commit suicide much more frequently
than females in the general population, that is, at approximately the same
rate as men. (The suicide rate for male physicians is elevated above
men in the general population, but not nearly as dramatically as that
of females.) Those who have investigated this phenomenon (which is
mirrored in the veterinary and chemistry professions, though not in,
say, finance) chalk it up to the hardship of gender discrimination
affecting female doctors. There's no evidence for this, though, and to
me, the obvious explanation is that female doctors, as opposed to
general population females, have access to acceptable and lethal means of suicide, and hence kill themselves more often.
Most male suicides are gun suicides. Many more men than women own,
and are familiar with the operation of, guns. In every measure of
violence, men far outperform women. Both in a practical and in a
psychological sense, gunshot is not a method that is available to
women, while self-poisoning is. Their failure to successfully commit
suicide is a function of the lack of lethal drugs in the United States,
as demonstrated by the high suicide rates of female physicians and of
females in countries where lethal pesticides are commonly available,
such as China (a February 2008 study in Current Psychiatry Reports revealed that female suicides actually outnumber male suicides in China by a 3:1 ratio).
It is access to lethal means that are psychologically acceptable,
and not lethal intent, that separates women from men in terms of
suicide success, in my analysis. However, the idea that the success
disparity demonstrates that women want to be "rescued" from suicide
attempts is often used to justify coercive suicide prevention tactics.
You also challenge the prevailing view of suicide contagion, the
so-called "Werther Effect" (referring to the spike in suicides said to
have followed the publication of Goethe's
The Sorrows of Young Werther).
In the first instance, you argue that the purported relationship
between highly publicized suicides and imitative events may result from
a kind of selective pattern recognition or apophenia. But perhaps more
intriguingly, you are critical of the public health assumption that
impulsive suicides justify preventive or interventionist policies since
they constitute a departure from some theoretical (and arguably
acceptable) baseline. Your view seems to be that this view is biased by
the failure of experts to apprehend the nature and trajectory of
suicidal thinking, which may, at least for some people, necessitate a
trigger event. Can you describe your current thinking on the empirical
basis for suicide contagion and on the conceptual issues that may bias
researchers to read impulsive or "excess" suicides as special grounds
for preventive public policy?
I start from the position that preventing suicide for its own sake is
not a valid policy goal. In other words, suicide is not, in and of
itself, wrong or bad. Suffering so serious that it leads to suicide is
bad, and policies to remedy that suffering are well justified, but
policies designed to staunch the suicide rate, but do nothing about the
suffering behind it, are merely cruel.
Preventing a suicide may be either good or bad, depending on the
individual situation. It is not automatically good. Preventing a
suicide is bad when it amounts to trapping a miserable, but rational,
person with a long-standing, clear wish to die in a miserable, unwanted
existence. Existing barriers to suicide, such as the drug prohibition and
the pervasive anti-suicide message ubiquitous in our culture, function
to prevent such suicides all the time. It is not good that they do so.
What might be considered an "impulsive" suicide by an outside
observer – a suicide triggered by a crisis, for instance – could very
well be the suicide of a person trapped into a miserable existence by
the unfair, immoral coercive anti-suicide practices of our society. A
person who clearly, unambiguously wishes to die may not be willing to
shoot himself in the head under normal circumstances, but in the middle
of a crisis, he may become willing to do so. This may appear to be an
impulsive suicide, but is really a genuinely desired suicide that was
unfairly prevented by arbitrary barriers.
In The View From Hell, you frequently wrestle with the
ideas of such thinkers as David Benatar, J. David Vellemen, John
Robert Nozick, Thomas Nagel, and Seana Shiffrin — thinkers who
tend to address moral problems in the language of what might broadly
be considered contemporary normative ethics. Readers enticed to your
site as a philosophical forum on suicide may be surprised by the
paucity of flirtation with Continental-branded celebrity philosophers
more commonly associated with the subject. I'm thinking of guys like
Kierkegaard, Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Batailles, Schopenhauer,
Amery, etc. (Even your obligatory discussion of Camus is appended with
a note in which you begrudge his vaguely mystical free-floating style
and approach.) Why has your focus centered around these more analytical
currents in philosophy? I mean, if you're a suicide, doesn't that mean
that you wear black, listen to Godspeed You Black Emperor and carry
around a dogeared copy of Being and Nothingness?
I find continental philosophy aesthetically irritating, but honestly I
don't know enough about it to trash it. Heidegger has his moments, but
I see the continentals as involved in a different project from the one
I'm interested in. I'm not doing deep epistemology. The
American/English-diaspora analytic style seems more suited to applied
ethics. And the continental stuff seems weirdly groundless. Camus, for
throughout all of Sisyphus, doesn't seem to be making a single
recognizable argument.
for myself, I wear pale blue and ride a bright red bicycle and listen
to Erykah Badu. I would never make fun of the goth kids, though.
They're fine by me.
In your discussion of Oregon's Death With Dignity Act (which allows
terminally ill patients under approved circumstances to be prescribed
— but not administered — a lethal dose of barbiturates), you argue
that this amounts to merely a narrow liberalization of existing drug
prohibition and cannot seriously be viewed as a form of "assisted"
suicide. But in the Netherlands the law permits more clear-cut forms
of assisted suicide and even allows euthanasia at the discretion of
physicians. The Dutch law has been criticized by the suicide rights
advocate, Thomas Szasz, who contends that by entrusting too much power
in doctors, the law circumvents individual autonomy and leads to abuse.
Szasz argues that suicide rights are best ensured by lifting current
suicide laws and through a wholesale repeal of existing drug laws. Do
you think there is a danger that suicide rights advocacy could give way
to more paternalistic "pro-death" policies that may prove harmful? And
what specific policy reforms would you propose to redress the problem
of forced life?
The Oregon law is a step in the right direction. My main criticism of
that law is that it limits access to comfortable suicide to those
judged to have terminal illnesses. I don't see a good reason for this
But another problem with the Oregon law is that it limits physician
assistance to offering a prescription, not helping to administer the
drug (e.g. intravenously). This does no good to a person who rationally
wishes to die but whose physical functioning is limited. I cannot see
what difference it makes how the means of death is administered, so
long as it is at the request of the person who wishes to die, and the
wish to die is long-standing, clear, and not the product of a delusion
or of coercion by others.
The main problem others claim to have with the Dutch or the Swiss
situation is the possibility that lethal drugs will be administered
without the full consent of the person who is to die. But cutting off
access to lethal drugs is not the answer to this problem. Cutting off all access
to lethal drugs ensures that many people are forced to remain alive
against their will, which is a horror that few are willing to address.
Why is it ethical to remove the freedom of those who wish to die, to
prevent a theoretical risk to those who might not wish to? The harm of
being forced to remain alive is real. Most advocates of forced life
treat the harm of being forced to remain alive as a non-issue. But
wouldn't it be more rational to have safeguards in place such as Oregon
has? Oregon has strict requirements for mental competence and
witnessing to ensure that the decision to die is not the product of
coercion. The purported fear of people being put to death against their
will has not materialized there.
If we're concerned about coercion and consent, we can prevent that without prohibiting comfortable, reliable suicide altogether.
are many reforms that would allow society to stop forcing people to
remain alive while still respecting life. One is the ability to legally
opt-out of being forcibly "rescued" from a suicide attempt, perhaps
after demonstrating one's sound mind and a clear, long-standing wish to
die that is not the product of a delusion. Another is to allow doctors
to write a prescription for a lethal dose of barbiturates to anyone
under the same condition. (Recognizing a diagnosis like "unwanted
life," similar to "unwanted fertility," could provide a medical model.)
You often refer to your online writing as a "project," but projects
tend to have a conclusion. Do you foresee a point when The View From
Hell is complete? A synthesis?
I suppose you're right about projects usually having conclusions. I
can't say that my projects usually do, though. This interview is
forcing me to do a bit of synthesis. But I suppose the goal is to have
all the arguments written down in one place, where all the moving parts
can link together.
This may be a dangerous area, but suppose someone is reading this who
is considering suicide. Let's say this person is rational, has resolved
the ethical problems to his or her own satisfaction, and remains
determined. Do you have any moral or practical advice to impart to such
a person?
It is legally dangerous, because in most states "assisting" a suicide
is a crime, which could, theoretically, include advice about methods.
(A Vail, Colorado, man was recently charged with manslaughter for giving his friend a shotgun after they had spoken of suicide.)
But I am not in a legal bind at all, because I don't have any
practical advice about suicide. Suicide remains extremely difficult and
risky as a practical matter. There is no easy, comfortable, sure, and
widely accessible method available – no Peaceful Pill. I argue that
this is a moral horror.
As for moral advice – I think people need to make the decision free
from pre-packaged, demeaning judgments like "cowardly," "selfish,"
"stupid," and "crazy." I think the decision to commit suicide or to
remain alive requires a wide, balanced, and nuanced approach. That is
currently not happening in our society – only various flavors of
anti-suicide messages are tolerated. Like anti-drug messages, these
become unreliable to those considering suicide. I think a balanced
approach, respecting a right to suicide and realizing that suicide may
sometimes be morally acceptable, is more likely to help people
understand what their true moral duties and desires are, and to act
maturely on this reflection.
Thank you for your time.
29 thoughts on “Forced Life and its Discontents: An Interview with Sister Y
1. What I think most people fail to understand is the ingredient of desperation inherent in the motivations behind, as well as in the contemplation of suicide. At least in my case, as well as others I’ve spoken to. Suicide was almost always at the forefront of my mind for a decade or so, and the most exasperating thing was that I knew I’d never be able to perform the act, precisely because of the hurt I’d cause to the people I love. And yet, I wanted to kill myself with all my being! I felt like a fly caught in the amber of my circumstances. You have no idea how many hours I spent, daily, working through scenario after scenario, trying to find that perfect method that would allow me to slip through the veil without ripping holes in other lives. I never found what I was looking for, and eventually I guess I just accepted the futility of trying.
I know I am not a unique case, and I suppose most of the motivation behind my antinatalism efforts comes from my understanding of what deep pain is, both the mental and physical sorts, and my wish that others not be given the ‘opportunity’ to suffer these things. I have to admit, I don’t have much patience with peoples’ blithe dismissals and pollyannish counter-assertions. Although, I suppose I am at the same time grateful that they’ve managed to find a happiness which, for the most part, has eluded me. I think about my daughters, and I certainly don’t want them to learn the hard lessons I have. But, I also don’t want them to breed, and I’ve tried to explain the risks involved in creating new lifeforms, and to question the foundation of assumptions and prejudices that keeps this passion play from winding down.
I salute you, Sister Y, for engaging this subject in such an open and challenging way. Thank you.
2. I have two questions. First: Sister Y says that many unsuccessful suicides ” may be reabsorbed into the anti-suicide position of mainstream society.” Isn’t that another way of saying “They decide to keep living?” Given that the “anti-suicide position of mainstream society” is based on a will to live? If the formerly suicidal person is convinced to choose life instead of death, is that somehow a bad thing? Do you see it as a form of brainwashing? Isn’t that unfairly judgmental of the ‘mainstream’ will to keep on living?
Second: Is there an age limit beneath which suicide might be considered a premature and uninformed decision? Is 21 old enough to soberly make this irrevocable choice?
Okay, those are my questions. I hope that you, Chip, and Sister Y will accept my sincerest hope that both of you stick around, as genuine and based on my appreciation of your big brains and generous hearts.
3. Thanks for your comments, Jim.
Sister Wolf, the problem I have is not with people genuinely choosing to live because they want to – I think that’s unambiguously great. The problem I have is this: there is only one acceptable point of view that may ever be expressed in our culture, and that is the anti-suicide point of view. I feel it is religious in nature. I don’t think there’s any evidence for the reality of brainwashing, even in religious cults, but we don’t need to posit brainwashing. A background of only one socially acceptable choice available, especially one backed up by coercive tools to restrain those who disagree, is enough so that we should at least look critically at the purported “decisions” of suicide attempters to continue to live – just as we should look critically on the “decisions” of those who participate in female genital mutilation. (No real brainwashing there, either.)
Which is a long-winded way of saying that I don’t think a low suicide rate of one-time suicide attempters (if 13-19% is really low) is good evidence that people all just stop wanting to die.
That line-drawing question is an interesting one – why sick old people but not me? Why me but not a 20-year-old?
4. Interesting interview. I differ fundamentally with Sister Y (and presumably with Chip) on the notion of the moral permissibility of suicide, and for this very reason have no proclivity to challenge her on this point. Debates, I have found, are only fruitful when one agrees on first principles with one’s opponent.
It so happens that I just finished reading THE SAVAGE GOD, a book by Alfred Alvarez, which is both a firsthand account of the author’s own suicidal tendencies and a sort of literary-cultural examination of suicide, how it has been viewed throughout Western civilization. Although I find the book not wholly satisfying (Alvarez too easily conflates the thirst for martyrdom among early Christians with suicide, for one thing), I do recommend it on the whole. It is thoughtfully written has the aesthetic benefit of being unsentimental, which is rare when the subject is anything relating to death.
5. By the way, I’m a Shyamalan fan too. I thought “The Happening” was one of the best films of the year so far. I found it amazing the brutalization it took from critics. And interestingly (related to the theme of this post), it’s about an airborne toxin that causes a sudden massive outbreak of suicides.
6. TGGP, pretty cool video. In so many of these mythical, good vs. evil face-offs, the antagonist offers a ‘truth’, but one which is either partial, or twisted- at least, according to the apprehension of truth from the protaganist’s perspective. The serpent in the Garden of Eden offered knowledge; but a knowledge which was against the rules to obtain. Of course, the reason for the taboo is usually left out, or at best, murky. Thus it is with life: it MUST go on! Why? Well, because…THAT’s why! It’s ‘sacred’, or a ‘gift’, or, ‘life sucks now, but some day!’
My mom called me the last week. After living 73 years as a more-or-less nominal Christian, she finds herself believing (or not believing, as the case may be) along atheistic lines. In her words, ‘faith is nothing more than hope in the face of the horrible alternative’. That alternative, of course, is that life ultimately comes to nothing. That all the suffering of the world is NOT somehow intrinsically valuable, and that it would have been better off if it hadn’t gotten started in the first place. I never thought I’d hear the words “I’m suddenly beginning to think like you” from her. Funny, though; I just can’t bring myself to feel good about that.
7. TGGP – good question. I’m not sure which is dominant. If I actually had a bottle of Nembutal, the answer would be clearer to me. Sometimes I wonder if my purported altruistic concern for the feelings of people who love me is just a form of “sour grapes” for the fact that I lack the much-desired Peaceful Pill.
In my own case, I’m fairly certain that I have a moral right to commit suicide – that my own suicide would not be morally wrong. However, it would be unkind to several people. And it’s important to me to be kind.
I think there are ways to minimize the unkindness. I have studied the reaction to many suicides reported in the press. The ones where family and friends seem most okay with it are cases where the suicide had previously pretty clearly tried everything – had made an enormous effort to stay alive, if only for the sake of others. That long, arduous struggle, trying everything, where close friends and family see the person suffering miserably for years – that seems to help the survivors to understand, to hurt less, and to be less angry with the suicide. So I guess that’s my project for now.
Ideas like “suicide is always preventable,” “depression is always curable,” etc. interfere with the effectiveness of this sort of harm-minimization project, though. I think survivors and suicides would both be better off if people were more realistic, and less sentimental, about suicide.
8. Jim,
I think it’s important to keep in mind that, while it might be frustrating to hear someone argue that statement “X” is true (in this case, X meaning “suicide is wrong”) “just because,” in fact all moral propositions ultimately come down to first principles, which can neither be proved or disproved. Christians and other believers in transcendent, supernatural truth have first principles, as do materialists and atheists.
I agree, though, that too many people blithely dismiss a point of view and call it absurd or ridiculous just because it is unfamiliar to them, and I think antinatalists and those who argue in favor of suicide are among those who often get the brunt of such unearned dismissiveness.
9. Andy: I think you’re right, IF one buys into the deontological authority of certain axioms. However, I’d assert that morality develops from the bottom up, solely based upon human desires and predilections. Of course, some of those predilections wind up embodied as universal cultural maxims, due to the commonality of certain traits within the species. These work as stabilizing agents within the community, are recognized as such, and are thus granted the status as ‘moral truths’ (I’m sure there’s also a genetic component to all this; but again, I’d argue that such predispositions are the result of evolutionary processes, and not givens from on high).
This is why I believe all efforts to discover what’s truly ‘right’ are ultimately misled, and futile. It’s also my problem with the term ‘intuition’ when used as a claim- or at least, as some sort of fuzzy, mystical 6th sense- in seeking moral truth, or guidance. Morality isn’t something ‘out there’ to unearth; it’s simply the cultural byproduct of people living together, coming to terms with their own sensibilities, both individually and in the aggregate, along with the psychological internalization of rules of behavior, and maybe of feeling. At least, that’s my take on it.
10. Jim– But it seems to me that your belief about the origin of morality is also a first principle. You have your reasons for believing it, and perhaps you have what you take to be compelling evidence for its truth, but ultimately (like all first principles) it can’t be proved or disproved. You subscribe to it or you don’t. Bringing us back to square one.
11. Andy- Reason is a tricky subject. In a sense, it’s the overaching principle against which all these other conversations are subtexts. And while it’s true that reason can’t be ‘proven’ in the sense that we can’t stand outside of it so as to either ultimately confirm or falsify it, neither can it validly be questioned, since any question already presupposes reason’s validity. In other words, any coherent challenge to reason is forced to play by reason’s rules, thus immediately becoming self-stultifying. Now, you might try shaking your fist at it, and uttering a sentence like “Barbeque spaceship immediately bong-bong,” but you wouldn’t be communicating anything. So, we’re pretty much forced to accept reason if we’re to have any meaningful conversation. But reason is no arbitrary axiom we’ve pulled out of thin air. It’s the essence of thoughtful, meaningful discourse. It’s the tool with which we explore the world. Unlike philosophical theories like morality, ethics, and the like, which all require reasoning to even exist, reason itself is the backdrop against which all these conversations take place.
Recently, I debated this a bit on another website with a theist, who argued that everything is ultimately based on faith, including reason. I begged to differ, pointing out that all faith is based on some object, some priciple or historical claim, or whatever, and that faith is ALWAYS approached from the standpoint of reasoning (whether good or bad reasoning is beside the point here). In a nutshell, faith is simply a personal assurance of one’s own reasoning; thus, reason maintains its preeminence, with faith being a subsidiary byproduct.
I fear we’ve gotten a bit off topic here, but if you’d like to follow the thread of my similar conversation, you’ll find it at . Take care, Andy…jim
12. Andy seems to make the interesting point that religious folks and evolutionary biology reductionists are in the same boat.
Along the lines of Socrates, we should ask:
(religious folk): is it right because God loves it, or does God love it because it is right?
(evolutionary biology reductionists): is it right because we evolved to think it’s right, or does our rationality, the product of evolution, give us the ability to do a higher criticism of morality?
13. Concerning the former, I find myself rather uncomfortably on T. Aquinas’ side, concurring that Euthyphro’s dilemma is a false one. God’s nature is consistent with his moral stance, and our ‘moral intuitions’ are the trickle down effect of His will. So morality becomes ultimate in the sense that it reflects the Ultimate Maker’s wishes; although, personally I’d still consider that a relativistic sort of morality, but since it’s relative to the guy with the biggest stick, any disagreements of our own ultimately mean squat.
As to the latter, I’d have to say…hmmm…both? Although ‘right’ in this case lacks the sort of intrinsic, free-floating value of the former. It becomes more of a ‘according to tests, sample A tastes better than sample B most of the time, to most people’. Maybe Chip’s next publication should be along the lines of ‘The Myth of Underived Moral Principles’…or, sumpin’ like dat. Hehehe!
14. Sister Y, I thought about you the other day and here’s why:
A troubled young woman who I formed a bond with, died from an overdose, and was ultimately located by her family in the morgue.
It’s so hard for me to process the fact that she’s gone from the world. She was indeed miserable and self-destrictive. But she was magnetic in her own way, and very affectionate.
My feeling re suicidal thinking such as yours, Sister Y, is: Since one day you will be dead, and dead forever, why not stick around until then? You are secure in the knowledge that death awaits you and it is eternal. So, why the hurry? You are still capable of enjoying human connections, presumably you still enjoy food and sunshine. Life is all too short, as most old people will testify.
I am not questioning the morality of suicide or your right to end your life. Just asking, why not see what else life may offer before throwing it away?
15. Sister Wolf, I am sorry about your young friend. I read about it earlier but I wasn’t sure what to say. It sounds like you made her life better and showed her some love.
It’s true that there are interesting things in the world. The world is bursting with fun and with interest. I am actually a big fan of a large number of people, and of the human species in general. But, to me, the fun and interest in the world do not do a bit to make up for pain. This is a feature of my psychology, and has nothing to do with the much-debated Benatar asymmetry – but it’s true, neither emotional joy nor physical pleasure nor intellectual epiphany take the slightest sting away from pain and suffering. Suffering is psychologically salient, to me, and memories of pain, and expectation of pain, are psychologically available to me in a way that pleasurable memories or expectations can never be. The one simply does not weigh against the other (psychologically, and also in the wider sense of value). I don’t write about this, because I don’t think it’s interesting and I’m not sure this idiosyncrasy of my psychology is widely shared. The non-suicidal people I know, at least, do not share this experience. But it is the core of mine. No psychiatric drug has ever changed this for me.
So, since the fleeting joys of life can never make up for the suffering life entails, and since there’s certainly no objective reason to live or meaning to life, the only reason for someone like me to live is for the benefit of others. At best, life might become bearable, but never meaningful or desirable for its own sake.
16. Okay, Sister Y. I hear you.
Now I have another question, damn me. That’s how I am, but again, my aim is true, to quote Elvis C.
If there were a drug that could alter your prespective, and effectively remove the propensity to experience psychic pain, and remove the black cloud that colors you life…..would you be willing to take it?
Or, do you believe that you would cease to be the “real” you, if this change came about?
(I personally resisted antidepressants for YEARS, arguing passionately against losing my “core self.” Now I see how wrong I was. I am still me, just without the crippling depression.)
xo Sister Wolf
17. I would totally take it! I’ve been on probably two dozen psych meds of many, many kinds, including tons of antidepressants, in various combinations, under the direction of more than half a dozen doctors. I have no problem with them, except for the fact that they didn’t work. (Also, I don’t think they should be forced on anybody – not least because, in many cases, their clinical effectiveness is overstated. But also, people should have a right to be depressed/crazy if they want to. I don’t want to.) I was even open to ECT but wasn’t a candidate for it. I can’t die, so I am very much interested in making life bearable! Biking 100 miles and running 20 miles a week helps a bit, but nothing has ever, ever put me into “I’m glad I didn’t succeed in committing suicide” mode.
I am in favor of effective treatments for misery of all kinds, including depression. I just don’t think they exist, in the deep sense.
See also, Happiness is a Stochastic Phenomenon,
18. Sister Y, I’m so glad to hear you like my Sarah Palin tirades. I find great pleasure in the camaraderie among those who leave comments.
Look at the miracle of forming bonds in cyberspace! It’s not an argument against suicide…but it is cause for a moment of gratitude, I think.
I’m glad I came across Chip, and you, Sister Y. You know where to find me if you want company and/or atheist blessings!
19. You state that, “There is no easy, comfortable, sure, and widely accessible method available – no Peaceful Pill. I argue that this is a moral horror.”
You also inform that you are an engineer?
C’mon Sis, you can do better than that.
Non-practicing suicide?
Very clever but you’re not fooling me.
You’re waiting for……????
20. That’s the first person who’s ever said anything like that to me. You’d think I’d get it all the time.
I’m not an engineer, though. It is just that my undergraduate school is known for engineering – giving me “smart layperson” cred at least, as in, if I can’t figure it out, how do we expect suffering, sick 80-year-olds to figure it out?
21. I started writing instructions out for you and then caught myself asking, “Geez, what am I doing?”
I need people that are prepared to die. I wish I could catch everyone jumping off a bridge or pressing the pistols to their temples or sucking on the tailpipe exhaust in their cars. I need that army of people pushed to their private despair.
People willing to commit suicide are powerful. A crowd of such people united and focused on a single goal could transform the world.
22. I tried to commit suicide at age 15 and failed for the reasons listed by Sister Y.
40 years later I look back and realise I have one 40 year long consistent regret.
That I failed when I was 15.
When you murder someone it’s a crime.
But when life is worse than death, isn’t it a greater crime to keep them alive?
23. Do you mind if an unintellectual Christian chimes in? How can you say that life is just despair? Haven’t you seen life outside of yourself? It is true that life can be full of suffering, but there is also peace and joy in life. Have you really tried to obtain this? I know you said you were atheists, but what if you are wrong about God? What if Jesus really is the Christ? The Bible, which you seem to be familiar with on other pages, says that God sent His son Jesus to the earth, and He died for our sins. Do you know what that means? If this is true, and I believe it is, then there is a way to overcome sin and the results of it that we face. If you are into philosophy, have you honestly given Kierkegaard a chance? I don’t think you are asking the right questions; or do you want to be where you are?
24. Rebekah,
Thanks for chiming in.
Speaking for myself, I would never say that life is “just despair.” But despair is part of life for most people. And for some people, at some times, it can be unbearable.
On matters of religion, we simply — and profoundly — disagree. I think I have a genuine sense of what Christians mean when they speak of the Christ and His message of salvation for all mankind. I just don’t believe it. I don’t even believe (with certainty) that Jesus Christ was a real person.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46447 | Document Type: Research Paper
1 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
2 University of Szeged, Hungary
Given the increasing pace of dissemination of cultural content across global borders, subtitling as a cost-effective solution for rendering audiovisual programs is gaining more popularity, even in societies, which have been traditionally using dubbing as the dominant modality for foreign films and television series. Likewise, various types of subtitling practices have developed and are used in Iran both at official and non-official outlets. While official dubbing has failed in some aspect in addressing the growing interest of Iranian viewers of foreign content, a variety of non-professional subtitling has been filling the gap, and subtitling appears to be dominating the audiovisual media market. Despite such developments, the necessities of professional practice of subtitling, including standardized guidelines, codes of ethics and practice, and training, have never been realized in Iran. In the absence of a professional subtitling tradition, this article presents the status quo of non-professional subtitling into Persian and introduces the specific typology of this practice in the Iranian mediascape. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46448 | Saturday, April 14, 2012
A Treeful of Monkeys
Let me tell you about that time Emily decided to make a tree.
It was Palm Sunday, and she was inspired to make palm leaves.
She cut pieces of green construction paper to shape, and made slits all over.
Then she glued on strips of corrugated cardboard for stalks so they could be slotted into the tree trunk, in which she had me cut slits.
Then she taped tubes together and rammed them into an amazon box, and had herself a tree with detachable palm leaves.
And that tree stood in our playroom for a long time, after which it became infested with monkeys (but no, this is not our playroom; this is the siding of our house).
All kinds of monkeys -
Most of them were happy monkeys, but occasionally, some were very sad. Like that brown one, whose heartbreaking story is (if I remember correctly), "the boy monkey is crying because he was making a bracelet for the girl monkey and he was going to give it to her but she snatched it and that was very mean, so he cried."
Yesterday morning Jenna asked if they could make monkeys. I said okay because I couldn't think of a reason why we shouldn't (I also couldn't think of a reason for why we should, either, but it seemed harmless and I wasn't about to suggest a more exciting alternative). So we cut out monkey shapes in construction paper and the girls decorated them.
"You can hang from each other, too," Jenna told me. "Because of their curly hands and legs and tails".
So I see.
This is what happens when the kids direct the crafting in our house. Thought you might like a window into their minds. I like it. I just watch, and step in when there are blades involved, and then step out again.
Interestingly, a site that featured my projects said that many of the crafts here are advanced. Hmm. Really? Even the stuff my kids make? I've never thought of them in levels of difficulty, only relative levels of insanity and funniness. I suppose we all use different units of measurement. Like Mess. The bigger the mess, the more fun the craft usually is. Or Time. Or Laundry Baskets. Or Nutella:
5 Nutella sandwiches = That was a very involved dress.
1 Nutella sandwich = I serged all around the edges of a fat quarter and called it a handkerchief.
What units of measurement do you use for your crafts?
1. I love the monkeys and their tree! Child-directed crafting is my favorite - which is probably why most of the crafts on my blog (and in my house) would be classified as very simple :)
2. I measure my crafts in nap-times. Hehe!
3. I think that tree full of monkeys is probably beyond ME -- but it sure is adorable! :-)
I don't measure difficulty of projects, just whether or not I can work on it while the kids are awake and yelling at the tops of their lungs.
4. Sometimes, you post something, and while there are several little snippets I could say, I can pretty much sum it up with "I love you."
5. Oh la la! Good idea, my son loves monkeys. I should do this with hin. Thanks for sharing
6. Yeah, I think of your crafts as advanced. My kids are so entertained with a dirt hole in the backyard (no joke). However, the kid in me gets insanely excited by your crafts, so I love looking at what you do.
I measure my projects more on how much I have to pay attention. That's why I like to have some complicated and some simple projects on tap depending on how sleep-deprived or tired I am.
7. A Nutella scoring system - LOL! Talking of which, have you tried the Nutella cocktail ever? Found it here -
8. "infested" with monkeys;I like that. I have some of those red plastic monkeys that came from the game (I stole them from a friend's ki) a they hang in my houseplants in odd places. hmmmm...maybe they need some paper friends.
9. My kids are a bit older than yours, I use easy and more difficult crafts interchangeably (this month I plan to introduce them, and myself, to the power miter saw, welding and sewing pockets).
I measure my projects by mess: "hey, we finished and got everything put away... can't wait to show Dad" to, "gosh, this is taking longer than we thought, but I think we can push everything into a corner until we work on it again" to the most used, "Oh My! We've barely even started and look at this place!! Dad will be here any minute, how are we going to hide this mess?!?"
10. how cute...
saw this today and thought of you and your cardboard-mance :0
11. I absolutely think you should start ranking your projects according to Nutella sandwiches. Priceless.
I am also continually amazed by the boundless creativity of your girls, and I think you should feel very satisfied with the way you've taught them to think unconventionally. The build-your-own-tree-complete-with-removable-dangly-monkeys is NOT something most kids would have the creative resources to do. I tip my hat to you (all). Or maybe you'd prefer a couple of Nutella sandwiches? ;)
12. I am often flummoxed by internet people saying they can't do this and they can't possibly learn how. The idea of a tutorial on how to lower your sewing machine pressure foot sends me to the psych ward in my mind.
I then thank my lucky stars to have had parents who made things work out, who taught me how to find out how to make things work out and the ability to teach my own kids never to say, "never". Or the dreaded words said in a whine, "I can't".
Instead, I taught my kids how to whine properly so they could laugh at themselves.
For measuring purposes, I am always involved in at least three projects at one time - from difficult - will take weeks/months to complete (re-upholstering that chair) to simpler - (obtaining the first book of the Hunger Games w/o paying for it).
Congratulations on being asked to do the Family Fun thing.
13. Hello! This is great! I love the simplicity of the tree and the fun elements--monkeys!!
I made this tree ( with my students, and through the project, I got to meet many good people. One of my good friend ( thought of me after seeing your tree, and gave me your link.
Thank you so much for sharing great ideas!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46449 | What are you looking for?
6 March 2015
healthy habits | trying the exante diet
ok, ok. we all know i'm a freeeeak for the fad meal-replacement diets. first i tried herbalife on the consultation of a friend - where i subbed food for smoothies twice a day, and chucked a couple of tablets in me to keep the hunger pangs at bay. did it work? who could say. it was blody expensive, and i still have tons of the junk laying around (handy on the odd weekend when i forget to buy food, but that's not the point). then there was the ilumi diet that i managed to stick to almost a whole month (bar weekends when all i wanted was bacon, and eggs, and carbs, oh my!); the food there was all pre-prepared and totally processed, and claimed to be dairy and gluten free, and rather than take stuff out of my diet that actually wasn't really doing any harm, it put a shit ton of bad stuff into me (preservatives) that i wasn't used to eating, and so was ill for most of that month. but hey, at least i did lose some weight on that one.
so, when i heard folks twittering on about the exante diet, i had to see what the big deal was. in fact, melanie tells me that her long suffering dave lost an entire human being doing this diet - but then did go on to clarify that he has no palette (and, to be fair, did have an entire human to lose if an 11 stone loss is anything to go by), so found it a lot easier than she did. i was intrigued, to say the least, so when the lovely tezza came calling with exante wares for sampling, i was quick to wave virtually and frantically in her 'face', until she sent me some to try. those such samples arrived, and... well, apple crumble and custard powder that you just whip up and cook quickly then eat? thai chicken cup-a-soup what just required hot water and a blender? deliciously different shake-and-go bottles that only require water and your own personal man power? sounded simple.
on my way out of the house on saturday, i grabbed the velvety chocolate shake-and-go to keep me going until i made my way to costa for the coffee i'd so earned after a billion hours of sleep the day/night before. i read the instructions to "add 200/250ml of cold water and shake well", and my first thought was - "how much is 200ml of water?" as there was no line on the bottle to advise just how much to fill it up to, and - being that i was on-the-go, didn't have time to find a measuring jug to do all the thinking for me. i ran the cold tap, filled it up to a point i thought would be sufficient, screwed the lid back on, shooooook it like a polaroid picture (side note: you shouldn't actually shake polaroid pictures, it makes the ink run), and then assessed for taste.
you guys. it was so damn lumpy still - despite me shaking it so much that i gave myself tennis elbow, there was still powder un-mixed and evident at the bottom of the bottle. i gave it a couple of hard bashes against fences and walls as i walked, trying to dislodge the unmixed powder, but it was no good. i tried to take a mouthful of the drink, and instead got this unpleasant, multi-textural, liquid offence in my mouth. i couldn't swallow it, so spat it back into the bottle, and promptly threw it away. take note: a blender is most definitely required for the powder samples - no question about it. the flavour was on point; chocolatey goodness, but there was nothing velvety about it.
on sunday, after i came back from my mini-adventure around the local parks and rec department (omg not really, i've just basically watched the entire series this weekend and it's on my mind)(a lot), i thought i'd try one of the soup options. again, all powdered and ready to go with water, this time i knew better and prepared the blender for action. i measured out 200ml of boiling water, and added the thai chicken soup powder to the blender, and whizzed that for a couple of minutes until i was suuuure there were noooo lummmmps lefffft, then moved to a mug. it was frothy, and smelt pretty tasty, but did not even make up half a mug of soup... so i made some toast for the side. hahaha. because that's what you do when you're on a meal-replacement diet, you add carbs as a side dish.
in all honesty... i ate the toast and poured the soup down the drain. this diet plan is just not for me, ok. the soup was really creamy and full of flavour, but not in a very tasty way, if that makes any sense (it doesn't to me either, don't worry). it was really fluffy and creamy like a hot drink should be, but tasted like chicken, which is weird for a hot drink. plus. it was suuuuper salty, and just wasn't really what i wanted to be (not) eating, and so...
i have a lot of hope riding on the apple crumble and the lentil daal pots, so keep your eyes peeled on part two of the review over the next week or so... have you tried the exante diet? tell me your woes!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46455 | Game For Cat
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46457 | Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Let's enjoy Japanese: Avoiding bad habits
When studying a foreign language, it is important to practice as much as possible. One of the best ways to practice, of course, is by speaking. Living in Japan, it's fairly easy to practice speaking Japanese - there are plenty of opportunities at work, with friends, with your native significant other, or just out and about. If you're living here, your excuse should never be a lack of opportunity. More often it's a lack of confidence, and I myself am guilty of this sometimes. For example, when buying shinkansen tickets I usually balk at going to the window when I can just buy them from an automatic vendor. If I went to the window I would be on the spot. What if I didn't understand some keigo (honorific language) or train vocabulary? I'd have to stop and figure it out with a line of people behind me. Last week I was forced to buy my tickets at the window, however, as the ticket machine wouldn't sell me round-trip for some reason. You know what? It was completely fine.
Because I often feel more confident in my reading ability, I tend to prefer to use vending machines or the internet when doing business in Japan. Hotels are another example - I always book online because I prefer not to speak on the phone. This is a habit I need to break out of.
Shifting gears a little, but still remaining on the topic of "bad habits," I have recently noticed that I am starting to (I think) overuse certain words. Now this isn't necessarily all that bad - it's better to be speaking and sounding a little weird than to not be speaking at all, and I am a subscriber to the school of thought that mistakes are completely fine and a natural and even useful part of the learning process. We must be careful, however, not to make a mistake into a bad habit. For a non-native speaker, it's all too easy to pick up an incorrect grammatical device or improper word usage somewhere and file it away for use. It's also easy to become comfortable with a particular word or expression and to start using it willy-nilly. These are traps to be wary of.
For me, I have noticed three words that I have recently begun to use extremely often. In my mind, probably too often. These are: なんか, かな, and まあ. Now these words are used quite frequently in Japanese, so that's not the problem. The problem is I want to sound somewhat natural and intelligent.
When I am trying to think of a word or formulate a sentence, I often start with "なんか・・・" Sometimes I'll just say it when I don't know what to say. It's become my "Um" word. I keep, like, thinking of, like, English speakers who can't help but using "like" like 5 times in, like, every sentence.
I also seem to be sticking かな onto the end of my utterances a lot more often. かな is used in this way to denote uncertainty or reflection. Sometimes it's used to ask questions a little more indirectly, and sometimes it's used rhetorically. For example, 「これは大丈夫かな」。If you're speaking to yourself, this could be "I wonder if this is okay..." Asking someone else, though, it could be "Is this all right?" This one is a little more difficult for me to judge. Am I overusing it, or am I just expressing myself differently in Japanese than I do in English? Because I know in English I have never been so uncertain as to wonder aloud all the time.
Lastly, there's まあ. This one has a variety of uses, such as "Oh well" or "Kind of" or "Maybe". It can also be kind of reflective. Actually, I think it's quite difficult to pin down the exact meaning in English. Example: 「ﾎﾟｰﾙ、明日何したいの？」「まあね。何でもいいよ。」 ("What do you want to do tomorrow, Paul?" "Ahh, well...anything's fine.") Anyway, まあ is another one that I seem to be using quite liberally these days.
I think it's important to keep in mind that if your goal is to become as close to fluent as possible, you need to not only assimilate as much grammar and vocabulary as possible, but be mindful of how you're using it.
1. Very interesting post. I also am falling into these traps. Honestly, I'm terrified of the phone. I don't know why really. Maybe I just always heavily rely on gestures to guess meanings. Either way, keep that phone away from me. Here's a brief story:
I was having an issue with my Mac so I went online and booked an appointment with the Mac store in Osaka so they could take a look at it. Soon after that I figured it out on my own and went back online to cancel my appointment. Which, of course, was not an option. Oh no! I have to call! That, or be a jerk who doesn't show up. Keeping my pride intact I called them up. After the employee answered the phone with the normal spiel, I immediately asked if he spoke English. I got a "No". But he asked me in Japanese what the problem was. I explained the situation, he asked me a couple questions about name, time, and date, which I understood and answered. He then said my #1 favorite thing to hear in Japanese :かしこまりました! I guess it translates as a polite "Certainly!" but to me I like to think of it as a "Congratulations! You communicated!" I feel like I should get a high-five whenever someone says it. In conclusion it wasn't bad at all. We all need to just get out of our comfort zones. That's hard motivation though.
2. Haha...yeah, I hear you, Joe. And "かしこまりました" should come with a prize. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46458 | Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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Today I was notified that has featured my video "Freak The Funk" from my project Nostalgia RED on their website! That's a nice look! I appreciate IHH for posting my work on their incredible site. Gracias! To see the video on IHH click here!
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1. Hey man was hoping to grab a copy of your album. Noticed your stuff after a comment on my blog. You showed some respect and I'd be more than happy to do the same with your music.
2. Byneford: What's up family? I appreciate you reaching out! If you copy and paste this link you can download my project Nostalgia RED for free (no strings attached). Thanks for listening man...I don't take it for granted!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46459 | Bomberman II (USA)
Nintendo NES 1993 Hudson Soft
Bomberman II is a video game developed and published by Hudson Soft and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. The game was titled Dynablaster in Europe.
The game follows the classic Bomberman formula: you are in a room full of blocks and enemies and Bomberman must plant bombs to destroy the blocks and enemies. Several blocks contain power-ups (such as blast radius increasers or fuse shorteners), and one in each level contains a door, which takes Bomberman to the next level.
Passwords are given after game over, recording the level, number of bombs, and strength of bombs. These passwords can be entered when the game starts allowing the player to continue where he left off.
New to the series are the multi-player modes. Vs Mode is a two-player mode, while Battle Mode is a three-player mode. The objective is to kill the opposing Bomberman by planting bombs. An NES Four Score is required to play the three-player mode.
Bomberman II (USA)
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• maincpu N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
• N2A03 (@ 1 Mhz)
• Orientation Yoko
• Résolution 255 x 240
• Fréquence 60.098 Hz
• Nombre de joueurs 4
• Nombre de boutons 2
• Type de contrôle
1. triplejoy (8 ways)
2. triplejoy (8 ways)
3. triplejoy (8 ways)
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A Bomberman named White Bomberman is framed for terrible crimes by Black Bomberman. After being accused of robbing a bank, White Bomberman is thrown in jail. Bomberman's mission is to escape his prison cell and bring Black Bomberman to justice.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46464 | What’s Wrong with this Picture?: Feb. 8th
We had several interviews today which have confirmed my suspicion that I am living on another planet.
One person came in and gave 20-minute answers to questions. After repeated, but gentle attempts to stop him, we finally got his attention. I asked him slowly, and with a sly smile, "So how good are your listening skills?" His instant response was "I have excellent reasoning skills, let me tell you about....".
Another eager candidate said he had written a spreadsheet, and a drawing product. A natural fit! The first sets of interview questions were about his spreadsheet. He had no clue how a spreadsheet updated, and ended up admitting that he was a member of a team of people, and that he had done the bar-chart routines. His understanding of "his" drawing product proved even more of a blank. We hastily thanked him for his time. As he walked to the front door, he thought a second, and turned around with his one and only question, "Excuse me sir, what company is this that I am interviewing for?" |
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How to Replace a Floorpan in a 1969 Camaro
THis video covers replacing the floorpan in a 1969 Camaro. 60's GM F Body cars are very similar, so this video is informative to anyone with a 60's GM F Body.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46485 | 10 Things You Didn’t Know…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mumbles Pier:
1. The Big Apple was originally built by a cider company to promote their drink. There were several placed around the country during the campaign – the Mumbles Big Apple is the only survivor.
The Big Apple
1. The Lighthouse is over 200 years old. The mechanical fog horn was installed during the reign of lighthouse keeper Jasper Williams in 1902. The fog horn was affectionately named by locals as “Jasper’s Baby”, the cries of which can still be heard today, warning of the perils below.
1. The Mumbles Pier was not originally intended to be a pleasure Pier, but was intended to help alleviate congestion at Swansea Docks. However, the completion was not welcomed by the Docks, and shortly after opening the Pier became used solely for recreational use – this is shown in the absence of many of the ornate entertainment buildings seen on other period Piers of the time.
Mumbles Pier
1. The Pier is 835ft long. This is the equivalent of the length of 26 double decker buses, or over 100 horses.
The Pier is 835ft long
1. Beaches and Cream, the sweetshop at the Pier, sells over 30 different flavours of rock – including Fish and Chip flavour, Pizza flavour and Gin and Tonic flavour!
Beaches and Cream
1. The Beach Hut Café was originally called the Pavilion Café until the refurbishment in 2016 when a number of Beach Huts were brought in for décor!
The Beach Hut Café
1. The Amusements Arcade goes through over 10,000,000 tickets a year – that’s an awful lot of prizes!!!!!
The Amusements Arcade
1. You should never have to pay for parking!!!! The Mumbles Pier carpark offers a full refund when purchasing something in the Café or Shops of up to two hours!
Mumbles Pier
1. Nansi the Gorilla on Mumbles Pier was originally born as Norman until the great Gorilla robbery of the 90’s!
Nansi the Gorilla
1. Mumbles Pier has a secret beach perfect for rock pooling, sun bathing and sand castle building.
Secret beach
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46490 | Freestyle 110 - Design for SDN Part 1 - SDN Overview
Title: Freestyle 110 - Design for SDN Part 1 - SDN Overview
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Published: 7th October 2019
Hosts: Malcolm BoodenDaren Fulwell
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Whether it's your WAN, LAN or DC that is software-defined, most SDNs use similar architectural constructs to deliver their programmable virtual goodness. In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Malcolm and Daren look at how SDN deployments are typically structured. Then in Part 2, they dive deeper into the design constraints and requirements for deploying those SDN environments.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46500 | Bitcoin symbol – Necessary things you ought to know
If this year was different folks did not see it for a long time as a tool that may be suitable for the real – It was thing and something virtual, held for geeks. So until the stage the stage once the stage when there have been only a few online stores which provided an installation optional by means of bitcoin emblem – This is history by which bitcoin following the way Emblem took. The measure of online stores which perceive raises daily and probably it will not take long the stage if Bitcoin will be a system to cover in the store at your own corner. A progress for bitcoin emblem Inside This season has been made by Amazon – Another way you can use Bitcoin for that can be much of the Moreover intriguing nowadays –
Purchasing bitcoins
As you might have heard its incentive improved at the most recent year over 900 percent through bitcoin emblem – Bitcoin is a game-plan of hope, much exactly like every other currency. The notice on mind, paying note Euro or whatever else, is basically justified paying little respect to the amount on it provided that you and every other person accept that is this respect. The inspiration why its esteem raises fast driving is a result of the manner by that the confidence in this currency and its own frame increased in the previous moment.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46520 | Finding a Legitimate Online Pharmacy
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46525 | This is RayLand Baxter
The Best New Music 2013
Someone You Should Know
In a few hours one of the best EPs of 2013 will be released online (available on iTunes and Amazon - later this fall on vinyl). RayLand Baxter has earned a somewhat rabid following in his local Nashville scene but recently those doors have been flung wide, and rightfully so. This guy is on to something and it's amazing. He offered up an absolutely brilliant performance at this year's Newport Folk Festival that many fans went home talking about. He has a fun, down to earth outlook I had the great pleasure of hanging with RayLand. We shared some drinks and caught a couple sets in Newport.
The New Album: Out Tomorrow!
Named after the town in Israel where Baxter spent a pivotal time of his life, ashkeLon was recorded live in one day, at East Nashville’s Casino studio. Of the title, Baxter comments, “ashkeLon is where I started writing songs and where I have returned numerous times. For me, that was where this all began. I thought it very fitting to name this group of songs ashkeLon for that reason. It’s a very special place. It’s my little green garden in the desert.”
RayLand Baxter with violinists Odessa Jorgensenn and Kristin Weber at Newport Folk
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RayLand's a likable guy with a sharp wit and a contagious smile. That easy-going side of him helps to hide the truly ethereal performances he offers up... There are key moments in each arresting performance in which you practically feel Baxter grab the audience and everything else melts away. His songs have an emotional intelligence that shines in his lyrics and his delivery. It's going to be easy to lose yourself in these songs. And feeling will never hurt so bad or feel so good.
September 10 // Los Angeles, CA // Hotel Café
September 11 // Los Angeles, CA // Royce Hall*
September 14 // Riverside, CA // Fox Performing Arts Center*
September 15 // Temecula, CA // Thorton Winery*
September 18-22 // Nashville, TN // Americana Music Festival
September 19 // Charlotte, NC // Stage Door Theater
September 20 & 21 // Bristol, TN // Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion
September 22 // Austin, TX // The Parish†
September 23 // Dallas, TX // House of Blues†
September 24 // Oklahoma City, OK // The Blue Door†
September 26 // Boulder, CO // Fox Theatre†
October 2 // Stockholm, Sweden // Nalen‡
October 3 // Oslo, Norway // John Dee‡
October 6 // Berlin, Germany // Postbahnhof‡
October 7 // Amsterdam, Netherlands // Paradiso‡
October 9 // Glasgow, U.K. // Oran Mor‡
October 10 // Manchester, U.K. // Academy 2‡
October 11 // Dublin, Ireland // Whelan’s‡
October 13 // London, U.K. // O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire‡
October 17 // Birmingham, AL // Workplay Theatre#
October 19 // Ozark, AR // Harvest Festival
October 20 // Northport, AL // Kentuck Festival
*supporting Boz Scaggs
†supporting Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
‡supporting Kacey Musgraves
#supporting Holly Williams
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Maxshh + Lrrr "Thank You Lrrr, You're Welcome Welcome Maxshh" SAD048
A split record between long time best pals Maxshh (Max Goldstein; Tundrastomper, Vishnu Basement) and Skyler Lloyd (Tundrastomper) addresses what it means to love your best friend, and how that can best be expressed sonically. A powerful set of 8 songs (4 by each artist), clocks in at 13.5minutes total, and is filled with a vast range of sounds and feelings. This is that warm and fuzzy shit, but its also really loud and good.
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Review: Titans, Season One, Netflix/WBTV Original Series *Minor Spoilers*
When I saw the first trailers for the Netflix/WBTV original series Titans my expectations were set extremely low. Granted my point of reference was the recent Teen Titans Go animated series (and movie), which I've seen a few episodes, and don't like at all. To be fair though, that show is definitely not targeted at me.
Anyhow the Titan trailer didn't do enough to hook me in and Robin's 'F*ck Batman' quote toward the end had my eyes rolling with 'here we go again with a whiney, entitled Robin like the Chris O'donnell version in the 1990's movies.
However, from the very first episode I was pleasantly surprised with the story and ideas presented, and was hooked, to the point of binge watching several episodes in a row if I had time.
We learn Dick Grayson is trying to retire from being Robin and has moved to Detroit, where he's working as a detective for the Detroit PD.
Full disclosure, I've been wanting to see a new take on a live action Robin/Dick Grayson for years. I like the character, particularly the Dick Grayson incarnation, and I believe Batman is a much better hero when he works with Robin as a team (as opposed to the Robins that are constantly rebelling/working against Batman, like Jason Todd and Damian Wayne).
You don't usually think too much about what Robin does when he's not being Robin, so seeing Dick Grayson as a detective kind of intrigued me.
Not being a comic reader (though, thanks to listening to various comic book movie based podcasts I have some knowledge of characters and story arcs) the rest of the Titan characters weren't really familiar to me. Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, Hawkman and Dove seem to be the main line up but in this first season they're more together by circumstance than any notion of forming a team.
Seems quite a few people are after Raven (who is never called Raven, she is known as Rachael) who has some seriously destructive but also advantageous mystical powers that she doesn't really know how to utilize.
She somehow seeks out Dick Grayson who she sees in a vision and things kick off from there.
The show itself is going for a gritty realism that I think Zack Snyder was going for with Batman V Superman but doesn't shy away from any of the more supernatural/fantastical elements of superheroes with special powers.
What I really like is the timeline of the show. It starts where Dick Grayson has been retired from being Robin for about a year, but he hasn't yet made any kind of transition into Nightwing (as he becomes in the comics).
This means that we get a version of the DC universe is already lived in. There are quite a few references to characters that exist in this timeline. For example, the Justice League is mentioned in one episode, in a way that suggests it's a team up that's been and gone in this universe. It also means we get unexpected cameos from characters you never thought you'd see, and in some cases have moved on from their superhero roles.
I really enjoy how well cast the show is. Specifically Brenton Thwaites, who looks young enough to still be Robin without the weirdness of him being too young to be put in harm's way by a man who's supposed to be his responsible guardian. It was a little hard to take Brenton as a 'loner' detective, he looks like he should be more rookie cop, but that was only a minor issue for me.
One thing that bugs me a little is the graphic violence of the show. Definitely don't let young children watch this.
I have nothing against the violence as such, but it does remind me a little of the Batman in Batman V Superman, in that, in this DC Universe, Batman is once again heading down a killing spree rabbit hole, and Dick Grayson isn't really sure he wants to follow. It's a strong reason for Dick to make the break from being a sidekick but I'd just like to see a less murderous Batman in his prime for once.
Overall I found the first season to be compelling to the point where I wish DC's recent films had taken this kind of approach to bring that universe to the big screen. It's been engaging to watch the series, starting with Dick Grayson, and as the story expands, we get glimpses into the wider world of DC superheroes, with hints at stories that have already happened, and characters we don't see but learn already exist.
Titans has become my favourite of the current DC on TV series that I've seen (previously I'd give Arrow the edge, with Supergirl and Flash very close equal seconds). Though it's closely linked to the Teen Titans group of superheroes it has the potential to explore stories and characters from a wider DC universe without feeling like the show isn't about it's core team.
Whilst it may not be the Batman and Robin TV series, that I wish DC would just do already, if you're interested in Robin as a character and want to see a fresh take, this show is definitely one to at least check out since the first season is heavily anchored in his story alongside Raven/Rachael's.
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Legally Watch 'The Dark Knight' for Free (Or Almost Free) [HowTo]
The Dark Knight - The Joker (Heath Ledger) burning money
"Where can I watch The Dark Knight for free?" This is a common question on Twitter. Many people are trying to catch up on the Batman movies. This is usually followed by someone pointing the person to a torrent site or someplace else. What if you want to watch it without paying a dime or breaking the law?
The legality of watching movies for free can be debated, but I've almost gotten viruses from trying to watch a torrent or streaming movie. I'd rather stay away from them.
Here's how you can watch Christopher Nolan's masterpieces Batman Begins and The Dark Knight without breaking the bank. From borrowing from friends to free Amazon coupons, I've sorted them from easiest to hardest.
1. Borrow the DVD From a Friend
Do you know someone with a good movie library? Just hit them up for the movie or go watch it at their house. This is an easy way to get it free. If you don't know anyone with the movie, or no one wants to share, then go to the next option.
2. Borrow the Movie From the Library
Many libraries carry recent new releases. Just get a library card and check it out. While you're there you can pick up a "making of" book from the film or the novelizations. Libraries are free and easy ways to get a movie. Just watch out for the overdue charges. The other downside is it might already be checked out. Here's where it gets trickier.
3. Get A Trial Of "Netflix"
Netflix carries many movies including Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. If you've never signed up before you can get a free 30 day membership. If you like it, do nothing and your membership will automatically continue at the monthly subscription rate for the plan you selected. If you're just in it for the movie then cancel. Remember to get the DVD mail option, since neither video is available via online streaming right now. This is another easy way to watch it for free, but the timing needs to be right.
4. Get a Trial of "Blockbuster Total Access"
Another free and easy option is to sign up for a trial of Blockbuster Total Access. It has the same restrictions and limitations as Netflix, but they also have the option of picking the video up in the store. Plus, you're less likely to have a membership with Blockbuster. It's not very popular. There are a couple more options though.
5. Get a Free RedBox Rental
The big red Redbox kiosks are available everywhere. If you can't find one, click on the link to search for a Redbox location. Currently, they don't have Batman Begins or The Dark Knight, but they often re-release movies and it could show up. If they do show up there are lots of ways to get a free Redbox rental code. The easiest way is to text REDBOX to 72727. Every month they send out a promo code for a free rental. There are also sites like InsideRedBox that list some common free codes like REDBOX, DVDONME or BREAKROOM. This option is free, but the timing has to be right.
6. Get A Free Blockbuster Express Rental
Blockbuster Express is a newer option. Again, they don't have the movies as of this writing, but if they do you can do a search for free rental codes. It's harder to find a rental code for Blockbuster than finding a RedBox code though. Try Hunt 4 Freebies or CouponDad.
7. Amazon Gift Codes
Amazon has Batman Begins and The Dark Knight available for online viewing. You can rent it for $1.99 or buy the video for $9.99. That's almost free, but lookout for promo codes. A while back they had a promotion that if you Tweet you can get a $3 credit. This is another free and easy way to watch the films.
Of course, if you're willing to spend a little money you can get either movie pretty cheap. There are some used copies of Batman Begins (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) and The Dark Knight (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) at Amazon for less than two bucks. Skip the shipping by going to a used bookstore or thrift store.
Now you know how to watch these Batman films, or any films really, legally and free.
About Batman Begins
Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine also star.
About The Dark Knight
What about you? Have you used any of these options to get a free movie? Is there another legal way to watch a movie for free you'd recommend?
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1. You make it sound so easy!
NetFlix is how I watch a lot of movies and shows these days.
2. I have both on DVD plus my old laptop has The Dark Knight digital copy on it. I usually watch the latter when I'm on vacation. Anyway, I have Netflix streaming and Blockbuster by mail. Though the latter has been annoying me lately. They've become so slooooow to ship movies. When I complained they said well it takes 1-2 business days. Except they really only ship Monday-Thursday. Yeah, guys, that's going to keep you in business. The problem with Netflix though is that Hollywood is so greedy they want to charge exorbitant sums to stream it on Netflix, so now Netflix is turning to mostly TV shows, making their movie selection fairly weak. As for Redbox they have new stuff (like I got the Hunger Games the day it came out and it only cost $1.27) but old stuff is pretty spotty. So really none of those services is that great. If Hollywood weren't so greedy it would be much easier to just have one site where you could download any movie. But I guess that's what illegal sites are for, not that I'm recommending that. I'm just saying Hollywood should learn from the music industry which found that if you don't competitively price content, people will find a way to take things into their own hands.
3. Netflix sounds good. Star Trek here I come, oh darn! I've got them all on dvd.... still it'll more fun when you think its live.
4. Netflix is great. Since I've suffered from pirating, I just can't ever bring myself to illegally watch a movie. Our economy can't take much more of that kind of stuff.
5. Agreed Ciara we all suffer from piracy. What happened to you?
6. It is Spacerguy, maybe you can splice some commercials in too.
7. You said it Pat. The industry is trying to kill what could be a very lucrative partnership. Years ago no one would have thought a legal digital music model could work. Then along came iTunes. If only they would realize most people don't want to take anything away from the film industry. We just want freedom and choice.
8. Netflix has a lot of choices Alex. I'm watching Star Trek the animated series now. I could never have done that years ago.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46556 | by by Erin Schikowski
illustration by by Zoe Brooks
So you've woken up 'in bits,' as they say, and it's just not one of those hangovers you can pretend to cure with a cold shower, a carb-castle stack of pancakes from Louis, or a cup of the strongest coffee around.
Author of The Electric-Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe once described the feeling of a hangover thus: "The membranous sac was his head, and the right side of his head was on the pillow, and the yolk was as heavy as mercury.... If he tried to get up to answer the telephone, the yolk, the mercury, the poisoned mass, would shift and roll and rupture the sac, and his brains would fall out." Classy, huh? Tom Wolfe, yes, but membranous brain-sack hangovers? Definitely not.
For such an unpleasant and common ailment, it is surprising that there is still no effective cure. But hangovers are more than just temporary annoyances in the lives of college students and chronic alcoholics. Reuters reports that hangover symptoms--headache, fatigue, dehydration, sensitivity to light and noise--result in an annual loss of $158 million, due to employee absenteeism in the workplace.
The Texas red-beer 'Slurp and Burp'
Medical experts do not agree on what exactly happens in the body to cause a hangover after a night of excessive drinking. There are several factors known to be at least partly responsible, though. Physiologically, hangovers are significantly worse if the person does not stay well hydrated while drinking and, more importantly, after drinking as he or she is beginning to sober up.
According to Columbia University's Health Q&A Internet Service, an adult's liver can process about one drink per hour (meaning 12oz of beer, about half a cup of wine, or a 1.5oz shot of hard liquor). When the body first starts to process alcohol, the pituitary gland in the brain releases a chemical that halts the creation of vasopressin, a hormone responsible for regulating the body's ability to retain water. Without vasopressin, the kidney directs water straight to the bladder instead of sending it back into other various body tissues. According to the layman's medical section of the website, "drinking about 250 milliliters of an alcoholic beverage causes the body to expel 800 to 1,000 milliliters of water; that's four times as much liquid lost as gained." Hence the ominous dehydration known to exacerbate the next morning's raging headache and general exhaustion.
But dehydration is just one of the (medical) reasons why you might wake up rgretting your throbbing head. Congeners are natural toxins which are produced as byproducts of the fermentation process of alcohol and are also thought to be causally linked to hangovers. Darker alcohols like red wine, whiskey and tequila contain more congeners than lighter alcohols like vodka or rum. Excessive drinking also causes blood vessels in the brain to become dilated, which contributes to the hangover headache.
Gatorade and other drinks containing electrolytes and sugar can be helpful after a night of heavy drinking because they speed up the process of rehydration. Coffee, by contrast, is a diuretic and though it increases mental acuity, it does not help with rehydration. If coffee does seem to abate hangover side effects, it is only because the hangoveree a) decides to chase her coffee with twice as much water or b) because the caffeine constricts the enlarged and thumping blood vessels in the brain. Some also swear vitamin B12 helps ameliorate a hangover because the body uses B12 in the process of breaking down ethanol. Note, however, that we still do not have an instant cure.
Highest creative props go to remedies such as the Texas red-beer 'Slurp and Burp' cure. Red beer is made by combining equal parts beer and tomato juice with a dash of lime and is thought to help with a nasty hangover when sipped on the morning after. Kombucha is another fabled cure; a mix of tea and solid bits of microorganisms, including the yeast species Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Candida stellatas, this drink is available at health food stores like Whole Foods and can also be cultured at home by the adventurous.
While all of these strategies may be noble and some innovative, none works perfectly. That's why there's been so much hype about the development of a potential hangover cure called Bridion--although this is not what the drug was developed for. Made by the US-based drug company Schering-Plough, Bridion (generic name Sugammadex) is the latest hope for a proven, medical hangover cure.
Putting all our yolks into one basket
While there is evidence from a number of studies that certain chemicals can help reduce an alcoholic's craving to drink, there have been far fewer studies specifically devoted to finding a medical cure for hangovers. It seems fitting that this potential hangover cure was picked up only through studies meant to serve other medical purposes.
Bridion is marketed primarily as a drug to help patients transition from a state of anesthesia-induced 'sleep' to a state of consciousness. It does this by easing the removal of muscle-relaxant chemicals from the body once a surgical procedure has been completed and the patient no longer needs anesthesia. According to the Schering-Plough website on Bridion, the drug functions like a chemical ring which "encapsulates and inactivates rocuronium or vecuronium," two active chemicals involved in neuromuscular blockade, or muscle relaxation.
The amazing thing about Bridion is the speed with which it does this. It takes four minutes or less to reverse the effects of a deep neuromuscular blockade and three minutes or less for a patient under moderate neuromuscular blockade. It works by attaching itself to specific toxins in the liver and then whisking them away within a number of minutes; three minutes is the time it takes blood to circulate once around a person's body. Although Schering-Plough is an American company, the research team that developed Bridion come from Newhouse, Lanarkshire.
In a January 4 article from The Telegraph's web edition, Alastair Jamieson explains that Bridion "could also be used as an antidote for poisons and toxins, such as snakebites and spider and insect bites, which can cause death and major illness." Another recent article from Scotland on Sunday confirms the fact that Bridion has potential for clearing other unwanted or dangerous chemicals from the liver.
Head of pharmacology at Schering-Plough Dr. David Hill told The Telegraph that "The side-effects [of Bridion] are virtually nil, you just have this fantastic reversal of the paralysis." It is unclear whether a Bridion-like drug meant to abate hangovers would be taken just after the imbiber realizes he has overdone it or hours later, once he has a full-blown hangover; given the fact that Bridion works by whisking away unwanted toxins from the liver, though, it seems like this would have to be more of a preventative hangover cure that one would take at the end of the night after having had too much to drink. Right now, a miracle hangover cure is only just at the beginning stages of speculation. Until research pronounces the hangover dead, we may all sit back and cross our fingers for those who go on to investigate Bridion's hangover potential.
We are, understandably, eager for a quick-fix solution to hangovers, but sometimes patience and common sense are the best remedies. For now, when those hangovers strike, take an Advil, drink a glass of water, and go back to bed. The evidence still suggests the best cure for a hangover is simply time and rehydration.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46560 | Activity for Children – Keeping Kids Busy and Parents Sane
Children tend to have short attention spans and get bored easily. So activity for children that is appropriate and which will sustain interest can be challenging to find. We look at some pointers and tips to use when figuring out how to keep kids busy so you can keep your sanity:
Activity for Children
1. Activity for children should include unstructured play
It is all very well for you to schedule activities for your child, but it is also very important for kidsto have unstructured playtime. Let your child figure out their own means of entertainment – make believe and pretend are some of activities that let a child’s imagination and creativity have free reign.
2. Interaction with other kids is very valuable
If you have more than one child or have many other kids in the neighborhood, you may be fortunate and setting up play dates may be easier. Even if you have to make a lot of effort to set up play dates, do so.Children learn a lot of each other and also develop better social skills. Also group play and activity for children is so much better than having them watch TV, play video games and so on.
3. Concentrate on outdoor/physical activities
If you have yard or garden, so much the better; otherwise try and schedule some park time or other outdoor activities such as cycling, walking to the store, going for a ramble etc. Try setting up a tree house, a portable pool, a swing or a jungle gym apparatus to keep kids active and engaged.
Want to keep your child fit and active from the comfort of your own home? These wooden climbing frames for children are perfect for any garden and will keep your little ones entertained for hours at a time.
4. Get kids involved in a project
If there is a holiday coming up, get your child involved in the decorations. If there is a birthday coming up, get the child involved in organizing the party, making gifts and so on. Projects of this sort get kids excited and keep them interested.
5. Try to figure out what the child enjoys or has an aptitude for
If the child enjoys drawing, encourage this by getting the equipment and getting more information from the net. Similarly, if it’s a sport that your child seems interested in, get them some coaching and let them find out more about it from friends and neighbors.
6. Don’t push
You may think that a particular activity for children is suitable but don’t push your child into it. For instance if you keep asking your child to read, because you think it is suitable it may just put off your child.
7. Play as a family
Whether its board games, or having a picnic, tossing a Frisbee in the yard, getting together and playing as a family is great. It gives a child enjoyable physical activity and does the same for you and helps you bond as a family.
8. Take help of the internet
There are so many ideas and projects available online when it comes to activity for children. Crafts,educational games, jigsaws, other puzzles and animated stories are just some of the activities.
9. Consider a hobby class
Start your child off on a hobby that is interesting and age appropriate. In an informal class structure, children make friends and enjoy themselves too.
10. Let the child get plenty of sleep
While this is not an activity for children per se, the longer kids sleep the better it is for their development. Make sure that your child gets the requisite amount of sleep as per their age.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46562 | Feb 14, 2013
Blog Tour: Persistence of Vision {Guest Post}
Happy Valentine's Day Bookworms!
To celebrate this lovely day, I have a special guest post from author Liesel K. Hill to share with you! This post is part of the Persistence of Vision Blog Tour-- you can see the rest of the stops here!
Romantic Elements of Persistence of Vision
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone! Since today is official pink heart day, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the elements of romance in my story.
When I conceived the idea, I knew it would be based largely around a romance that the main character couldn’t remember. I knew this would cause awkwardness and angst (the best kind of story) but it could also be very romantic. Besides, what woman hasn’t fantasized about a ridiculously hot guy, with superpowers, who just happens to be in love with her?
Do you ever notice how romance tends to be at the center of nearly every story? Of course there are exceptions, but romance is one of the central drives of the human condition. Love of family, freedom, and religion are the only things most people are willing to both die and kill for. The best books and movies have at least some romance, and many of the most popular ones are only about it.
Actually executing the romance in my book was tricky, though. If someone you didn’t remember meeting just started spouting things he already knew about you, it would be overwhelming and creepy (even if he was hot) and Marcus understands that, so he keeps his distance, letting Maggie come to him.
Meanwhile, I had to make the romance prevalent enough to be compelling. Because of that, it’s very slow-moving at first, but picks up near the end.
Did I base it on my own romantic fantasies? Maybe a little, but I also tried to find the perfect balance for the characters and the world they come from. Only my readers can determine whether they like the romance or not.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone! May your romance not be unrequited or angst-filled, and may you get the happy ending that dystopian characters have to fight tooth-and-nail for, and so often still don’t find. XOXO.
A big thank-you to Liesel for writing this awesome guest post! Have you read Persistence of Vision? What's your favourite romance novel to read on Valentine's Day?! Be sure to let me know in the comments below! Keep Reading!
Your Y.A. Bookworm,
Caitlin <3
1. Thanks so much for this, Caitlin! The post looks great! :D
1. Thank YOU for writing this awesome post-- Loved being able to feature it here on my blog :D
2. A slow build is good. That's how I handled it. (Kept me from having to write too many kissing scenes.)
1. Typically I love reading a slow build too-- but sometimes, in particular books, I actually don't mind the speedy progress! :)
3. Wonderful! I think Liesel got it just right too! I really enjoyed Persistence of Vision...and the romance between Maggie and Marcus. Thanks for sharing! And Happy Valentine's Day! <3
1. Happy "Post" Valentine's Day ! :P Glad to hear you really liked Persistence of Vision :D
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[00:03.76]Don't forget about me. 别忘了我
[00:09.16]Never. 永远不会
[00:27.32]Good morning. 早安
[00:35.64]- Help! Help! - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Lucy. -救命！ -哎，哎，哎，露西
[00:36.00]Oh, shit! 靠！
[00:38.96]Lucy! Lucy! Hey, hey, hey. 露西！等等
[00:41.96]I know this is hard for you to understand... 我知道你现在很难明白...
[00:45.60]...but we are actually seeing each other. 但我们其实是一对
[00:46.60]We have been for a while now. 我们交往好一阵子了
[00:48.60]Oh! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! 露西！...
[00:51.76]If I was lying, how would I know this? 我若说谎，怎会知道...
[00:52.08]You're an art teacher and you go to the Hukilau every Sunday... 你是美术老师 你每周日都会去阿苏小吃店...
[00:56.44]...and you make waffle houses and you like Casablanca lilies. 你会盖松饼屋，还喜欢百合花
[00:59.36]- Stalker! - No, don't you remember me a little? -跟踪狂！ -你一点都不记得我了？
[01:11.96]I may not be able to kick your ass1, but my sister can. 也许我没办法开扁你 不过我老姐倒可以
[01:14.32]Little Sammy Sosa's a bit shook up, but she'll be okay. 格斗天女抓狂了，她没事的
[01:14.56]Thanks, buddy2. 谢了
[01:17.04]She's watching the tape as we speak. 她现在正在看带子
[01:19.04]How's my temporal lobe3 looking there, doc? 医生，我的颞叶还好吧？
[01:22.12]Don't worry. You're not gonna suffer any short-term memory loss. 别担心，你不会丧失记忆的
[01:24.40]But was your head shaped like an egg before she hit you? 你的头原来就长的像咸蛋吗？
[01:27.84]Don't make fun of Henry. It's not his fault it's shaped like that. 别闹了，像咸蛋又不是他的错
[01:32.84]Note the intense overreaction. That's the "roids" talking. 反应过度也是类固醇的副作用
[01:35.64]- Doug, once again, off the juice. - It 's not juice. -再说一次，别再吃禁药了 -不是禁药
[01:39.12]It's a protein shake. 是高蛋白
[01:41.80]Henry, the boys tell me you're setting sail for Alaska to study walruses4. 他们说你要开船去阿拉斯加研究海象
[01:45.84]- When does that adventure begin? - That actually began... -这是何时开始的？ -10年前...
[01:48.72]...ten years ago. That's when I started planning and building my boat. 我从那时开始存钱造船
[01:53.52]All I know is, out of all mammals, they have the second-largest penis. 我只知道海象 他们有世上第二大的鸡鸡
[01:57.80]I have the first. 第一大的是我
[02:02.96]Did you tell Lucy about this trip? 你跟露西提过这个旅行了？
[02:07.24]Well... 这个嘛...
[02:07.80]...actually, there's nothing to tell because I decided5 not to go. 其实没什么好说的 因为我决定不去了
[02:11.92]I mean, Lucy needs me here. 露西需要我
[02:13.80]I'm just worried about going away for a year... 我担心离开一年之后...
[02:18.28]...and ruining all the progress she's made. 会摧毁她一切的进展
[02:19.16]I know you think I' m crazy... 我知道你认为我疯了...
[02:22.84]...but I think deep down inside... 但我觉得，在内心深处...
[02:24.60]...she's starting to remember me. - No, Henry. -她已经开始记得我了 -不
[02:27.28]That's what you want to believe. It's what we all want to believe. 那是你自己想相信的 那也是我们都想相信的
[02:31.56]But it's never gonna happen. 但是那不可能
[02:37.44]Okay. I gotta go to work. 我得去上班了
[02:38.84]Will you tell her I' II be back later to pick her up? 告诉她我会来接她
[02:43.92]See you, guys. Don't tell anyone your sister beat me up. 回头见，别跟你姐说她扁了我
[02:47.68]He could go to the moon and back and Lucy would never even know he left. 那小子就算去一趟月球 露西也不会知道他离开过
[02:51.28]Sometimes I wish my wife had Goldfield Syndrome6. 真希望我老婆得了金氏症候群
[02:54.12]That way she wouldn't remember when I called her mother... 那样她就不记得我说过她老妈...
[02:57.64]...a loud, obnoxious7 drunk with a face like J. Edgar Hoover's ass. 长得像得过天花加嘛疯的如花
[03:03.48]All right. There's your medicine, little fellow. 好，这是你的药，小家伙
[03:06.44]Ula! Get back to cleaning the pool 芭乐！回去清理池子！
[03:11.92]If that's one of your special brownies, don't let any of the dolphins eat that. 你的特制巧克力蛋糕 可别让海豚吞下胜
[03:14.12]How do you think I get them to double flip8 and play with white kids? 你以为我怎么训练海豚跳高 还教他们陪小鬼玩？
[03:21.80]Okay, Willie, that's it. 好了，小威，就这样
[03:24.84]This time try to stay clean for more than a day. 这回试着保持干净吧
[03:26.88]I made you a nice anchovy9 sundae. 我帮你准备了鳀鱼圣代
[03:27.36]Okay, enjoy that. 好好享受
[03:30.04]Henry? 亨利？
[03:33.00]- Hey! - How's your head? -你好！ -你的头没事吧？
[03:36.60]- Oh, it's fine. Don't worry. - Good. -没事，别担心 -很好
[03:37.96]What brings your royal cuteness out here? 怎么有空大驾光临？
[03:40.76]I needed to see you. 我要见你
[03:42.36]Okay. What you got there? 好吧，你手上拿着什么？
[03:44.92]It's my journal I write in it every night. 我的日记，我每晚都写
[03:47.24]- Oh, you don't like the video? - No, I love it. -你不喜欢录影带？ -我喜欢
[03:56.16]...from someone else. And when I read this... 而当我读这本日记...
[03:57.68]...it's like I' m telling myself. 则像是我自己告诉我自己
[04:00.32]When did you start this up? 你何时开始写的？
[04:02.32]Right after you gave me the video. 就在你给我带子之后
[04:05.40]- Really? - I was so nervous to come here... -真的？ -我心里很紧张...
[04:06.40]...and meet the guy that makes me fall in love with him every day. 要见让我每天爱上他的男人
[04:12.08]Well, you probably thought I couldn't live up to the hype. 你也许以为我会受不了这一切
[04:13.04]No. I was nervous because... 不，我之所以紧张...
[04:21.12]Because I came here to break up with you. 是为我是来跟你分手的
[04:23.92]You had plans and a life... 在认识我之前...
[04:28.76]...before you met me and now all you have time for... 你原本有个计划、人生...
[04:31.36]...is to make me fall in love with you. 现在你却成天设法让我爱上你
[04:32.52]That's not all I do. I gave a penguin10 a bath today. 不只啦，我今天还帮企鹅洗澡
[04:38.40]Which I' II have to do again tomorrow. 我明天还要帮他洗一次
[04:40.80]Ilook at my dad and my brother's lives and I won't do that to you. 我看着我爸和我弟的生活 我不想让你也那样
[04:45.00]What do you want me to do? Be some chapter in your scrapbook and go? 你要我在你生命里 留下痕迹之后，翩然离去？
[04:51.16]No. 不是
[04:52.44]My plan is to erase11 you completely, so it's as if you never existed. 我打算将你完全抹去 就当你从未出现过
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2 buddy 3xGz0E
• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！
3 lobe r8azn
• Tiny electrical sensors are placed on your scalp and on each ear lobe.小电器传感器放置在您的头皮和对每个耳垂。
• The frontal lobe of the brain is responsible for controlling movement.大脑前叶的功能是控制行动。
4 walruses 617292179d7a1988bfff06ba7b4f606b
n.海象( walrus的名词复数 )
• Walruses have enormous appetites and hunt for food almost constantly. 海象食欲极大，几乎一直在猎取食物。 来自互联网
• Two Atlantic walruses snuggle on an ice floe near Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. 加拿大努勒维特伊格卢利克附近，两头大西洋海象在浮冰上相互偎依。 来自互联网
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6 syndrome uqBwu
7 obnoxious t5dzG
• These fires produce really obnoxious fumes and smoke.这些火炉冒出来的烟气确实很难闻。
• He is the most obnoxious man I know.他是我认识的最可憎的人。
8 flip Vjwx6
• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
9 anchovy wznzJe
• Waters off the Peruvian coast become unusually warm,destroying the local anchovy fishing industry.由于异常的高温，秘鲁海岸的海水温度变化异常，影响了当地的凤尾鱼捕捞业。
• Anchovy together with sweet-peppergarlic,milk,chicken stock,and add cheese toasted.奶油状的搅打鸡蛋，放在涂有凤尾鱼糊的吐司面包上。
10 penguin W3jzf
• The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。
11 erase woMxN
• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46570 | Apostasy Don Pietro Leone #2
1. The Suppression of the Natural Truth about GodTynemouth_Priory
1. Atheism in General
We noted above that St. Paul’s words concerning the ‘Suppression of Truth’ refer not only to supernatural, but also to natural, truth. This is clear from verses 19-20 where the Apostle proceeds to speak of the knowledge of God which may be obtained by contemplating the creation: ‘…Because that which is known of God is manifest of them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. His eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.’
The suppression of the natural truth about God is atheism: the denial that God exists (‘positive atheism’) or the denial that His existence may be proved (‘negative atheism’ or ‘agnosticism’). If we look at man’s passage across the centuries we witness a tendency on his part to emancipate himself from God, his Master. Under the Old Dispensation we observe the infidelities of the people of Israel culminating in the crucifixion of the Messiah; under the New Dispensation a turning away initially from the God of the Faith and then from the God of reason as well.
The roots of modern atheism may be sought as early as the Middle Ages in the anthropocentrism of the Rhineland Mystics. We see its face more clearly in the humanism of the Renaissance and later in the figure of Martin Luther, whom the renowned 16th century Dominican, Fr. Tommaso Campanella in his work Atheismus Triumphatus, identifies as one of its principal causes.
The principal root of atheism in the last 500 years is certainly that of subjectivism: first the theological subjectivism of Martin Luther, then the philosophical subjectivism of René Descartes and the modern philosophers. Within this philosophical trend we may specify two particular theories which colour modern atheism: Materialism and Idealism. Materialism favours positive atheism: the thesis that God does not exist; Idealism favours negative atheism(- agnosticism): the thesis that we cannot know whether God exists.
Atheism has of course always been a position of individual persons or philosophical schools or élites, but in the present day it has taken on a well-nigh universal dimension, and become what one might call a mass product. It is of course an attitude typical of the World, but in recent years it has entered the Church as well, that is to say within the current of Modernism, as an immanent, pantheist system of thought (cf. St. Pius X’s Encyclical Pascendi § 39). It follows that the suppression of the truth about God within the contemporary Church is a suppression of the truth not only about the God of the Faith but also about the God of reason.
1. The Irrationality of Atheism
Verses 19-20 of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans quoted above constitute one of the principal scriptural sources for the Catholic dogma of the natural knowledge of God. In accordance with this text, the First Vatican Council declares infallibly that God may be known ‘with certainty by the natural light of human reason’, and the Anti-modernist Oath, repeating and amplifying this declaration, adds that the existence of God may ‘…thus also be proved’.
As the latter document states, the proof proceeds from the created world to the existence of the Creator by means of the principle of causality. This proof, which has five distinct modes, is set forth formally by St. Thomas Aquinas in his ‘Five Ways’- the Five Ways which are notable for their depth and subtlety, as also for the concision and the clarity of their expression.
Since the existence of God may conclusively be proved, atheism is not a logically tenable position. It follows that, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as theoretical Atheism, but only practical Atheism. In other words, one may live as though God does not exist, but there are no logical grounds for so doing.
1. The Immorality of Atheism
In becoming a mass product, atheism has gained a certain acceptance and respect in the common consciousness. Indeed the title ‘atheist’ has become well-nigh self-justifying: it is enough to present oneself as atheist, and usually no questions will be asked.
This does not however correspond to the vision of the Church. Father Tomas Tyn O.P. says: “Some-one will tell me ‘he is an atheist, but very nice’. I reply: ‘He may be very nice, but not as an atheist.’” Indeed since God’s existence, in the words of St. Paul, is ‘manifest’ and ‘clearly seen’, the atheist is not only irrational but also ‘inexcusable’.
The reason for atheism is sin. ‘The fool said in his heart: There is no God.’ Such is the unequivocal first verse of both Psalm 13 and Psalm 52. The word ‘fool’ in the original Hebrew signifies coarseness, both intellectual and moral, and implies that the fool denies God in order to justify himself in his sin. Our Blessed Lord Himself speaks of those who rejected Him because they preferred darkness to light: so that their sin should not become manifest; and St. Augustine in the same vein says that the atheist always has good reasons for being an atheist. In scholastic terms, we are talking about ignorantia affectata, the ignorance which does not diminish, but rather increases, the culpability of the agent. It is the ignorance of those responsible for the death of Our Lord, who were possessed of an ill will.
Because atheism is both a palliative and a mass phenomenon it may accurately be described it as ‘The Opium of the People.’
One Reply to “Apostasy Don Pietro Leone #2”
1. I wonder how an atheist could explain the incorrupt bodies of our saints like Padre Pio. I wonder if an atheist would tremble in fear after reading the diary of St. Faustina – but, also find HOPE in the Divine Mercy of our Lord. God Bless.
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Ah Succelah a Kleina Yiddish I heard this song on JM in the AM: Norman Laster played two versions on his Friday morning program 9/28. It is in their recording archive as follows: Go to the "listen to archives" link, choose the September 28, 2001 streaming audio file, and then move the slider to the time: 1:27:29 to find the begining of the song. Here is my attempt at the lyrics. I don't know too much Yiddush so I was just sounding out the words. Perhaps you can clean them up. Thanks for your web page! Category is Holidays, Succos
Di Yontevdike Teg (The Festival Days) Warshavsky, Mark M. (1840-1907) Warshavsky, Mark M. (1840-1907) Yiddish
Ele, Bele Z. Berdichever Z. Berdichever Yiddish
Hava Nagilah traditional Abraham Zevi Idelsohn and Moshe Nathanson English In grade school my music teacher provided an English translation containing the following lyrics: Over the valley, voices are singing, bells are a'ringing! Dance, everyone, dance! Come to the valley, run through the clover. Harvest is over! Dance, everyone, dance! Dance where the corn grows high, under a golden sky. Dance where the wine was born. Dance, everyone dance. Whirl and turn about, lift up your arms and shout, join hands and kick along. Dance, everyone dance. Turn left, turn right, hold tight. Lift your feet, the heart will follow. Lift your voice, fill the hollow. Spread your wings, like the swallow. Spread your wings, like the swallow. Fly away... greet the day! Dance, dance, everybody dance! The song that everyone has danced to at least 100 times at weddings, bat m
Hej, klesmorim Mordechaj Gebirtig Mordechaj Gebirtig Yiddish I just found it in a Gebirtig song book.
I'm writing a letter to Mama Yiddish garage sale record bought in Montreal in 1960's....Have record so I could transcribe details...
In rod arajn
It's a Tree of Life (Etz Chaim) Richard Silverman Hebrew Song is in Manginot - composer Richard Silverman. It is written as a round, simple words, just a little tricky rhythm.
Khag Li (My Holiday) Hebrew A simple song of a child rejoicing in a holiday. <p>Clip here from album
Khanukeh iz a yom-tev shein. -- -- -- -- Yiddish
Lo Yisa Goy Shalom Altman Isaiah 2:4 Hebrew clip here from recording <a href=" bin/Sof |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46595 | All 12 boys and Soccer Coach Have Been Rescued From Thai Cave!!
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All 12 members && the coach of the boys' soccer team who became trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand last month are now free!!
CNN reports that the last four boys and the coach were extracted from the cave on Tuesday, with 19 divers assisting in the third phase of the rescue operation. Four of the boys had been rescued on Sunday and an additional four were removed from the cave on Monday after they all became trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave.
Apparently the strongest boys were reportedly taken out first because they had the best chance of surviving the escape route.
Authorities are saying they are in "good health," but will be quarantined for a week for observation. Before the final rescue attempt, it was unknown whether the four remaining boys and their coach would make it out on Tuesday amid forecasts of heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, Thai authorities are asking people to "send their support" to the four Navy SEAL divers who have yet to emerge from the cave after Tuesday's rescue.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46671 | Quick Answer: Which Finger Is Best For Glucose Testing?
Why is it important to wipe the first drop of blood?
The first drop of blood can be used after gently squeezing the finger.
Use of the second drop of blood leads to reliable values when the finger is wiped by a tissue in between obtaining the two drops..
How often should you replace your glucose meter?
It may be time to replace or upgrade your meter to a newer model if it’s older than five years and you can get one with a lower monthly cost, increased accuracy, and with features such as a smartphone app. Keep in mind, however, that using your meter—old or new—is more important than the brand or model you own.
Can blood sugar change in minutes?
Understanding Blood Sugar Fluctuations “It’s helpful to understand that blood sugar changes minute by minute,” says certified diabetes educator Karen A.
What is a normal blood sugar level for a woman?
How does squeezing finger affect blood sugar?
Anywhere from 5 to 13 percent of study participants had a significantly different blood sugar result (versus no squeezing), depending on how much pressure they put on the finger. On average, blood sugar readings were lower when people put pressure on the finger.
What is a normal finger stick blood sugar level?
One important goal of diabetes treatment is to keep the blood glucose levels near the normal range of 70 to 120 mg/dl before meals and under 140 mg/dl at two hours after eating. Home blood sugar (glucose) testing is an important part of controlling blood sugar.
Why is it important to wipe away the first drop of blood?
Wipe away the first drop of blood using gauze to remove tissue fluid contamination.
What should I eat if my sugar is high?
How soon after waking up should I test my blood sugar?
Why is it not advisable to squeeze the finger after pricking?
Avoid squeezing the finger or heel too tightly because this dilutes the specimen with tissue fluid (plasma) and increases the probability of haemolysis (60). When the blood collection procedure is complete, apply firm pressure to the site to stop the bleeding.
What is the best time to check your blood sugar?
When to test blood sugarBefore each meal.1 or 2 hours after a meal.Before a bedtime snack.In the middle of the night.Before physical activity, to see if you need a snack.During and after physical activity.If you think your blood sugar might be too high, too low or falling.When you’re sick or under stress.
Is 135 blood sugar high in the morning?
Does alcohol swab affect blood glucose?
Whether you wash your hands or use an alcohol swab before testing, be sure to dry thoroughly. Excess water and rubbing alcohol can dilute your blood sample, affecting your reading.
Why do you get different blood sugar readings on different fingers?
Contamination of the fingers is a common culprit in blood sugar reading variability. That’s because it only takes a little bit of food residue on your hands to impact blood glucose levels. For example, just touching a banana or cutting a piece of fruit can send your numbers sky high.
Can drinking a lot of water lower your blood sugar?
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46703 | Veiled Lady
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Veiled Lady
Alias The Veiled Lady
Culture Braavosi
Book(s) A Feast for Crows (mentioned)
A Dance with Dragons (appendix)
The Veiled Lady is a courtesan in Braavos. She is beautiful though none but her lovers see her face.[1] She has her own barge and servants to pole her to trysts.[1]
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46705 | Azure Sphere’s customized Linux-based OS
Posted on August 20, 2019
Partner Director of Engineering, Azure Sphere
The Azure Sphere OS begins with a long-term support (LTS) Linux kernel. Then the Azure Sphere development team customizes the kernel to add additional security features, as well as some code targeted at slimming down resource utilization to fit within the limited resources available on an Azure Sphere chip. In addition, applications, including basic OS services, run isolated for security. Each application must opt in to use the peripherals or network resources it requires. The result is an OS purpose-built for Internet of Things (IoT) and security, which creates a trustworthy platform for IoT experiences.
At the 2018 Linux Security Summit, Ryan Fairfax, an Azure Sphere engineering lead, presented a deep dive into the Azure Sphere OS and the process of fitting Linux security in 4 MiB of RAM. In this talk, Ryan covers the security components of the system, including a custom Linux Security Module, modifications and extensions to existing kernel components, and user space components that form the security backbone of the OS. He also discusses the challenges of taking modern security techniques and fitting them in resource-constrained devices. I hope that you enjoy this presentation!
Watch the video to learn more about the development of Azure Sphere’s secure, Linux-based OS. You can also look forward to Ryan’s upcoming talk on Using Yocto to Build an IoT OS Targeting a Crossover SoC at the Embedded Linux Conference in San Diego on August 22.
Visit our website for documentation and more information on how to get started with Azure Sphere. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46725 | Bottom-line | Definition of Bottom-line by Merriam-Webster - Heres the bottom line
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Lucas 24
1 In the and first of the weeks, of morning very early, came to the tomb, bringing what they prepared aromatics; and some with them.
2 They found and the stone having been rolled from the tomb.
3 And having entered not they found the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it happened in the to be perplexed them about this, and lo, men two stood by them in clothing shining.
5 Afraid and having become of them, and bowing the face to the earth, they said to them: Why seek you the living among the deadones?
6 Not he is here, but has been raised. Remember you how he spoke to you, while being in the Galilee,
7 saying: That it behooves the son of the man to be delivered into hands of men of sinners, and to be crucified, and the third day to stand up.
8 And they remembered the words of him;
9 and having returned from the tomb, they related these all to the eleven and to all the others.
10 Were and the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the others with them, who spoke to the apostles these.
11 And appeared in presence of them as an idle tale the words of them, and they believed not them.
12 The and Peter arising ran to the tomb, and having stooped down he sees the linen bands lying alone; and he departed by himself, wondering that having occurred.
13 And lo, two of them were going in this the day into a village being distant furlongs sixty from Jerusalem, to which a name Emmaus.
14 And they were talking to each other about all of the having happened of these.
15 And it occurred in the to talk them and to reason, even he the Jesus having come near went with them.
16 The but eyes of them were held, the not to know him.
17 He said and to them: What the words these, which you throw to one another walking, and are sad?
18 Answering and the one, to whom a name Cleopas, said to him: Thou alone sojournest Jerusalem, and not thou knowest the things having been done in her in the days these?
19 And he said to them: What things? They and said to him: The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man a prophet, powerful in work and word in presence of the God and all the people.
20 How and delivered up him the highpriests and the chiefs of us to a sentence of death, and crucified him.
21 We but hoped, that he it is the being about to redeem the Israel; but besides all these third this day goes away today, from of which these occurred;
22 but also women some of us astonished us, having been early at the tomb;
23 and not having found the body of him, came, saying also a vision of messengers to have seen, who say him to be alive.
24 And went some of those with us to the tomb, and found thus even as also the women said; him but not they saw.
25 And he said to them: O thoughtless and slow with the heart of the to believe in all, which spoke the prophets.
26 Not these it was binding to have suffered the Anointed, and to enter into the glory of himself?
27 And beginning from Moses and from all of the prophets, he explained to them in all the writings the things about himself.
28 And they drew near to the village, where they were going; and he seemed intending further to go.
29 But they pressed him, saying: Abide with us, for towards evening it is, and has declined the day. And he went in the to abide with them.
30 And it happened in the to recline him with them, having taken the loaf, be blessed, and having broken he gave to them.
31 Of them and were opened the eyes, and they knew him; and he disappeared from them.
32 And they said to each other: Not the heart of us burning was, in us, as he was talking to us in the way, and as he was opening to us the writings?
33 And rising up in this the hour, they returned to Jerusalem; and found having been assembled the eleven and those with them,
34 saying: That has been raised the Lord indeed, and has appeared to Simon.
35 And they related the things in the way, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the loaf.
36 These and of them speaking, he stood in midst of them, and says to them: Peace to you.
37 Being terrified but and affrighted having become they thought a spirit to see.
38 And he said to them: Why having been agitated are you? and why reasonings rise in the hearts of you?
39 See you the hands of me and the feet of me, that he I am; handle you me and see you; for a spirit flesh and bones not has, as me you perceive having.
40 And this saying, he showed to them the hands and the feet.
41 While and not believing of them from the joy, and were wondering, he said to them: Have you anything eatable here?
42 They and gave to him of a fish broiled a piece, and from a honey comb.
43 And having taken, in presence of them he eat.
44 He said and to them: These the words, which I spoke to you, while being with you, that must to be fulfilled all the things having been written in the law of Moses, and prophets, and psalms concerning me.
45 Then he opened of them the mind, of the to understand the writings;
46 and he said to them: That thus it is written, and thus it behooved to have suffered the Anointed, and to stand up out of dead ones in the third day,
47 and to be proclaimed in the name of him reformation and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You and are witnesses of these.
49 And lo, I send forth the promise of the Father of me on you; you but remain you in the city, till you may be clothed power from on high.
50 He led and them out even to Bethany; and having lifted up the hands of himself, be blessed them.
51 And it happened in the to bless him them, he stood apart from them, and was carried up into the heaven.
52 And they having prostrated to him, returned to Jerusalem with joy great;
53 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing the God.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46762 | An exceptional hi-fi installation combining McIntosh electronics and B&W speakers
Son-Vidé is proud to have recently fulfilled the dream of a seasoned music lover by designing a hi-fi system built with exceptional components, including a pair of McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock solid state amplifiers, a McIntosh C2700 preamplifier, a McIntosh MCT500 digital transport and a pair of B&W 800 D3 speakers. In our article, discover this high-end installation and interviews with Alexandre, a Son-Vidé call center consultant, and our in-house trainer Karim, both of whom contributed to the selection and installation of these components.
This exceptional hi-fi system includes a pair of McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock solid state amplifiers, a McIntosh C2700 preamplifier, a McIntosh MCT500 digital transport and a pair of B&W 800 D3 speakers.
A high-end installation
This high-end installation is entirely comprised of McIntosh electronics. The main source is the McIntosh MCT500 CD and SACD transport which uses a perfectly silent drive mechanism paired with a chassis designed to eliminate any vibration and therefore ensure that the integrated components function optimally. These components are entirely developed and manufactured by McIntosh in the United States.
The McIntosh MCT500 is a CD and SACD transport equipped with a perfectly silent drive mechanism paired with an anti-vibration chassis.
The McIntosh transport is designed to work in perfect harmony with the American manufacturer’s external DACs and amplifiers with integrated DACs. Therefore, it was paired with the McIntosh C2700 preamplifier in this installation. The C2700 is an audiophile vacuum tube model that uses six electronic tubes (five 12AX7a tubes and one 12A7) designed and manufactured by McIntosh. They provide high-precision preamplification with a maximum distortion rate of only 0.08%. The McIntosh MCT500 transport is connected to the digital section of the preamplifier. The latter uses a high-performance 32-bit 8 channel DAC in Quad Balanced mode, meaning that it operates in stereo balanced mode with 4 channels for the left side and 4 channels for the right side. It supports DSD up to DSD 512 and PCM streams up to 32-bit/384kHz.
The McIntosh C2700 preamplifier uses five 12AX7a tubes and one 12A7 tube for high-precision preamplification. It is equipped with a 32-bit 8 channel DAC in Quad Balanced mode, ensuring that all the information extracted by the CD/SACD transport is decoded.
The McIntosh C2700 preamplifier is connected to two McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock solid state amplifiers via the XLR connection. Inspired by the revered McIntosh MC1.2KW, this is the American manufacturer’s most powerful model with a colossal 1200 watts of pure power in a single channel and an almost imperceptible total harmonic distortion of 0.0005%. To achieve this, it relies on a Quad Balanced design using not one, but two amplification circuits. In this installation, the monoblocks are placed on marble slabs to decouple them from the floor and reduce unwanted vibrations.
The amplification is handled by two McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock solid state amplifiers, models capable of delivering up to 1200 watts of pure power in a single channel and an almost imperceptible total harmonic distortion of 0.0005%.
Connected to the McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock amplifiers’ output are the sumptuous B&W 800 D3 speakers. This speaker is the British brand’s flagship model and is part of the Bowers & Wilkins Diamond 800 range, which also includes the B&W Diamond 802 D3, B&W Diamond 803 D3 and B&W Diamond 804 D3 floorstanding speakers, the B&W Diamond 805 D3 compact speakers, and the B&W Diamond HTM1 D3 and B&W Diamond HTM2 D3 center speakers. As their name suggests, these speakers use diamond in their design, notably for the domes of each Nautilus tweeter. Known for its extreme hardness, diamond offers an excellent transient response, minimal distortion and spectacular highs. This tweeter is combined with a 6” midrange driver with a Continuum cone, a technology that was developed over eight years by the British brand. The 10” woofer’s Aerofoil cone is of variable thickness to optimize its performance. Thicker in circumference, this cone provides better structured lows that can go as low as 17Hz.
The B&W 800 D3 speakers are equipped with a carbon dome Nautilus tweeter that is decoupled from the cabinet to minimize distortion.
The interview
How did you help this enthusiast choose their equipment?
When choosing the components, the goal was to make this music lover and McIntosh fan’s childhood dream come true. At first, they wanted information about the McIntosh MA8900 amplifier. Then, after several discussions we were able to put together a dream project by opting for the McIntosh MCT500 digital transport. We then decided to look at the more premium McIntosh MA9000 amplifier before focusing on adding high-end speakers to the project. B&W was the perfect brand as its speakers combine balance and musicality. We decided to choose the iconic B&W 800 D3 speaker from the 800 range. The main challenge was figuring out the power supply for these speakers which, even with a high sensitivity rating, have a negative feedback that is difficult to handle. That is why we suggested combining a preamplifier and a power amplifier in double mono mode to achieve a system that was perfect in every way.
What precautions were taken when inboxing and installing these luxury items?
The weight of the components has to be taken into consideration. In our case, it was 75kg per amplifier and 100kg per speaker. However, as the packaging was very well made there weren’t any significant risks. The amplifiers were packed in a cardboard box that opened up like the petals of a flower. We were therefore able to slide each amplifier off the box without necessarily lifting them. That said, we did have to lift them at one point to slide the marble slabs we used as a support underneath.
Each McIntosh MC1.25kw monoblock amplifier is placed on a marble slab to decouple it from the floor and reduce unwanted vibrations.
B&W goes the extra mile when it comes to its speakers. There’s a panel that serves as a slanted support to remove the speakers using the wheels, so it was very easy to take them out of the box and slide them into their listening position.
Is this type of high-end system more difficult to set up than other hi-fi systems?
As with any system, it is important to leave space around the speakers and to try and make sure that the distance between the walls and the speakers are the same. If one of the speakers is set too far back, the sound may be affected. It can change the very linear curve of this type of speaker. For the amplifiers, we simply plugged them in and waited a few minutes for them to reach their ideal operating temperature.
The amplifiers are easy to set up. You have to plug them in and wait a few minutes for them to reach the ideal operating temperature before sending the signal.
What was your approach when choosing the connectors?
We are actually still in the testing phase regarding the cables. There are Audioquest, Atohm and Viard Audio cables on loan until this sophisticated listener finds his heart’s desire. We quickly tried the various cables to check that their sound signatures were clearly identifiable and that the characteristics of the different brands were perceptible. We’ll wait a few weeks to get the listener’s opinion. All of the elements in the system are new, so a running-in period is necessary.
What were your first listening impressions?
You can’t go wrong with these components. The speakers provide an incredibly neutral sound. By listening to one track after another, we were able to hear the mixing differences from one era to another, but also the differences between various musical genres. No single frequency overshadowed the rest. Concerning the amplification, the pure strength of the McIntosh machines was definitely present. The sound filled the listening room from 1W. The higher the volume, the more impact we felt.
The speakers were incredibly neutral. By listening to one track after another, we were able to hear the mixing differences from one era to another, but also the differences between various musical genres.
Is it possible to optimize this hi-fi system even more?
Yes, of course. In regards to the room’s acoustics for example. Some active or passive acoustic treatment needs to be added. If the listening room resonates too much, the sound will be unbalanced and the result won’t be good. It would be a shame to deprive oneself of the impressive qualities of the electronics and speakers because of an inadequate room. We returned to this installation with a TRINNOV technician to try out one of their acoustic correctors and observe how this type of equipment interacts. We connected the corrector via XLR to the McIntosh double mono amplifiers and preamplifier. The correction process was then carried out in four steps.
Located in front of the McIntosh preamplifier in this photo, the TRINNOV box was connected via XLR to the McIntosh amplifiers and preamplifier. A microphone was then placed at the user’s usual listening position to take measurements.
The first step involved connecting a measurement microphone that was positioned where the listener will most often be sitting, on the couch in front of the speakers. Then, we began to play pink noise and the software detected that the microphone wasn’t properly centered, so we moved it a little to the right to correct it. We didn’t move the speakers because their position wasn’t important right away.
Secondly, we looked at the curves generated by the software. Not surprisingly, we noticed that the lows were unbalanced (one speaker was above the ideal flat curve and the other was below). This confirmed that the room was generating sound reflection. In the upper midrange there were several incidences of significant shifts at certain frequencies. These first measurements confirmed that we needed to correct the problems we heard during our listening session. The curves definitely illustrated what we heard, which made it easier to carry out the analysis and subsequent modifications.
During the third step, we corrected the curves and applied those appropriate for these speakers, which are usually installed in the best possible conditions. We could hear the corrections and, more importantly, we could move around the room without noticing too many phase effects or missing soundwaves. It was as if we had been able to eliminate the initial reflections. The sound became clearer and deeper overall, the dynamics were evident and the instruments neatly materialized one after the other.
For the fourth step, we wanted to modify the curves to get as close as possible to the sound that this music lover wanted to hear, namely by adding a little more bass (around 60Hz) and deepening the upper-mids at 4kHz, which is a very critical frequency range. Right away, we were able to tap our foot along to the music, and enjoy the rhythm of the track and the sparkling sound of the saxophone. The results of the Trinnov acoustic correction proved to be essential and, above all, didn’t change the timbres of the dynamics of the music.
Thanks to the measurements carried out by the Trinnov, the sound was more natural and detailed. The results proved to be essential and, above all, didn’t change the timbres of the dynamics of the music.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46774 | Leaving for the moment the phase of physical magnetism, or nerve-force, and entering into a consideration of the other phase, namely, that of mental magnetism or thought-force, let us first take a general glance at the report of the most advanced science of the day, upon the subject of the phenomena of mental radiation.
It will be well for you to feel fully convinced of the reality of this phenomenon, before you undertake to manifest the power. This not only to maintain consistency and mental honesty on your own part, but also that you may rid yourself of any doubt or unbelief in the matter, the result of such doubt or unbelief being to interpose a barrier or brake upon the will, as we have stated in a preceding chapter.
Listen to the following words from the pen of one of eh world's great scientists, Professor Ochorowicz, who has created such a wonderful stir here in Paris by his demonstrations of practical psychology, mental photography, etc. Professor Ochorowicz says: "Every living being is a dynamic focus."
"A dynamic focus tends ever to propagate the motion that is proper to it. Propagated motion becomes transformed according to the medium it traverses. Motion tends always to propagate itself."
"Therefore, when we see work of any kind - mechanical, electrical, nerve, or psychic - disappear without visible effect, then, of two things, one happens, either a transmission or a transformation. Where does the first end, and where does the second begin?"
"In an identical medium there is only transmission. In a different medium there is transmission. You send an electric current through a thick wire. You have the current, but you do not perceive any other force. But cut that thick wire and connect the ends by means of a fine wire; the fine wire will grow hot; there will be a transformation of a part of the current into heat."
"Take a pretty strong current and interpose a wire still more resistant, or a very thin carbon rod, and the carbon will emit light."
"A part of the current, then, is transformed into heat and light. This light acts in every direction around about, first visibly as light, then invisibly as heat and electric current." "Hold a magnet near it. If the magnet is weak and movable, in the form of a magnetic needle, the beam of light will cause it to deviate; if it is strong and immovable, it will in turn cause the beam of light to deviate."
"And all this from a distance, without contact, without special conductors."
"A process that is at once chemical, physical and psychical goes on in a brain. A complex action of this king is propagated through the gray matter, as waves are propagated in water. Regarded on its physiological side, an idea is only a vibration, a vibration that is propagated, yet which does not pass out of a medium in which it can exist as such. It is propagates as far as other vibrations allow. It is propagated more widely if it assumes the character, which subjectively we call emotive. But it cannot go beyond without being transformed.
Nevertheless, like force in general, it cannot remain in isolation, it escapes in disguise."
"Thought stays at home, as the chemical action of a battery remains in the battery, it is represented by its dynamic correlate, called in the case of the battery a current, and in the case of the brain -1 know not what; but whatever its name may be, it is the dynamic correlate of thought. I have chosen the term 'dynamic correlate.' There is something more than that; the universe is neither dead nor void."
"A force that is transmitted meets other forces, and if it is transformed only little by little it usually limits itself to modifying another force at its own cost, though without suffering perceptibly thereby. This is the case particularly with forces that are persistent, concentrated, well seconded by their medium. It is the case with the physiological equilibrium, nerve force, psychic force, ideas, emotions, and tendencies. These modify environing forces, without themselves disappearing. They are imperceptibly transformed, and, if the next man is of a nature exceptionally well adapted to them, they gain in inductive action."
Various other eminent scientists have testified to the general resemblance of the brain to an electrical or magnetic battery or cell group. Professor Bain has said: "The structure of the nervous substances, and the experiments made upon the nerves and nerve centers, establish beyond doubt certain peculiarities as belonging to the force that is exercised by the brain. This force is of a current nature; that is to say, a power generated at one part of the structure is conveyed along an intervening substance and discharged at some other part. The different forms of electricity and magnetism have made us familiar with this kind of action."
Professor Draper tells us that: "I find the cerebrum is absolutely analogous in construction to any other nervous arc. It is composed of centripetal and centrifugal fibers, having also registering ganglia. If in other nervous arcs the structure is merely automatic, and can display no phenomena of itself, but requires the influence of an external agent - the optical apparatus inert save under the influence of light, the auditory save under the impression of sound - the cerebrum, being precisely analogous in its elementary structure, pre-supposes the existence of some agent to act through it."
Dr. haddock says, in connection with his consideration of the idea that thought maybe communicated though ether -vibrations: "The ether is accepted by science as a reality, and as a medium for light, heat electricity, magnetism, etc. The nervous system is certainly comparable to an electric battery with connecting wires. Communication of thought and feeling without the mediation of sense perception as commonly understood, is now established.
Inanimate objects exert, now and then, 'strange influences.' People certainly carry with them a personal atmosphere. The representation of the condition of these facts by a psychic field, compared to the magnetic or electric field, becomes, therefore, if not plausible, at least convenient. As such a 'field' exists surrounding the sun, so may a 'field' be assumed as surrounding each human individual. 'We have already strong grounds for believing that we live in a medium which conveys to-and-fro movements to us from the sun, and that these movements are electro-magnetic, and that all the transformation of light and heat, and indeed the phenomena of life, are due to the electrical energy which comes to us across the vacuum which exists between us and the sun - a vacuum which is pervaded by the ether, which is a fit medium for the transmission of electro-magnetic wares.' By means, then, of a similar theory applied to mind and brain and body, we may find reasonable explanations of many otherwise insoluble mysteries of life, and, which is of more importance, deduce certain suggestions for the practical regulation of life in the greatest individual interest." |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46779 | Problem 117
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(Sullivan) Show that $|\lambda| = 1$ for $f: M \to M$, where $f$ is $C^1$ and distal and $\lambda $ is an eigenvalue of $f_\ast$. Is $f \sim g$ for some Morse Smale $g$?
I edited this a bit.
The question of what maps on homology can be realized by Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms is addressed in [1].
MS implies eigen value statements
the question is: up to isotopy does the converse hold in the distal case.
remark: for what its worth
in my paper " infinitesimal computations in topology" it is shown that up to isotopy not every diffeo is a composition of morse smale.[uses algebraic group theory] but this is true for surfaces.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46781 | Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth
Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth Luke 4:16-32
The angry mob tries to push Jesus over a cliff.
A SAD DAYhad come for Nazareth, the city where Jesus had lived since his babyhood years. And this sad day had come on the Sabbath. The Jews from different parts of the city were gathering in their house of worship, the synagog. Among their number was Jesus; for he had returned from his visit in Cana. Always while he lived in Nazareth he went every Sabbath-day to the services at the Synagog, where he heard God’s words read from the books of the law and of the prophets.
Now, Jesus was no longer just an ordinary person among the other Jews of Nazareth, for they had heard about his teachings in other cities and they wished to hear for themselves what this son of the carpenter Joseph would say. So when the time came for the services to begin, Jesus stood up to read to the people, and the minister of the synagog brought to him the book that the prophet Isaiah had written long years before.
Jesus found where Isaiah wrote the prophecy concerning the Messiah, and he read Isaiah’s prophecy to the people. These are some of the words he read:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, To preach deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind To set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
After reading these words, Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the minister, and sat down. Then every one in the synagog looked at him, expecting to hear him speak; for the speaker in the synagog always stood up to read God’s words and sat down to explain the meaning of what he had read.
Among those who listened to Jesus that day were his neighbors who had known him nearly all his lifetime. Proud men they were, unwilling that the carpenter’s son should teach them new truths. They had heard of the miracles that Jesus performed in Cana and in Capernaum, the city by the seashore. But they did not believe that Jesus was the promised King of the Jews. They knew he was only a poor man, and they did not respect him for being great and good.
But those proud men were surprised when they heard Jesus’ words. They did not know he could speak so well; they did not know that he was the greatest teacher who had ever spoken to men. For a while they listened very carefully; then Jesus told them that Isaiah’s words were fulfilled by his coming to preach the gospel to the poor and to do other wonderful things that Isaiah had promised.
“How can this be true?” they asked of each other; “for it not this Joseph’s son?”
Jesus knew they would not receive his words and believe them. He told them that no prophet was honored by his own people. And he reminded them of the time when Elijah, the prophet, ran away from Israel to hide in the home of a poor widow who lived in a heathen land.
Because this poor widow cared for God’s prophet, God took care of her. He also told them about the heathen leper, Naaman, who was healed by God’s power when he obeyed Elisha’s words, although many Israelites had leprosy and were never healed.
The proud men of Nazareth quickly objected to these words of Jesus, although they were true happenings among the Jews long before. They believed that Jesus was trying to show them how God cared for other people besides the Jews, and they did not like to hear such words.
So they refused to listen longer to his teachings, and the service at the synagog broke up in great disorder. The leading men ran to Jesus and took hold of him roughly and drew him outside their synagog. Then a mob of angry people followed, wishing to see Jesus punished because he had spoken the truth to them.
This mob led Jesus to the top of the high hill upon which Nazareth was built, intending to throw him down upon the sharp rocks in the canon below. But the time had not yet come when Jesus should die for the sins of the people, and therefore they could not carry out their wicked intention.
He simply walked quietly through the midst of the excited throng. No one seized hold of him again, and he left them and went away to live in Capernaum, the city by the Sea of Galilee.
The men of Nazareth did not know what a terrible deed they had tried to do that day; they did not know that their foolish pride had caused them to drive right out of their midst the gift which God had sent from heaven to earth. And because they refused to believe in Jesus as the one of whom Isaiah had written, they never received the gift of salvation, which Jesus brought to men.
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Nien Nunb was a pilot for the Rebel Alliance and fought in the Battle of Endor space battle. He only appears in LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga. He piloted the Millennium Falcon with Lando Calrissian.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46787 | Bright Side
10 Vicious Circles We’ve All Got Stuck in at Least Once
People tend to make promises that they can't keep. All these New Year resolutions and 'I'm starting on Monday' vows almost never work. We keep just on breaking our words over and over again. No matter what kind of resolution you make, be it something along the lines of 'Okay, I'm gonna lose some weight' or 'I should really start a healthy lifestyle', you will most probably find yourself stuck in this endless cycle.
We've been closely observing our friends and colleagues, and most importantly, ourselves and came up with the idea to turn these oh-so-familiar situations into fun pictures. Have you've already found 'yours'? |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46810 | Bitcoin SV (BSV) network completes historic Genesis hard fork
On February 4, 2020, the Bitcoin SV (BSV) network successfully completed its historic “Genesis” hard fork to bring back Bitcoin’s original design. The update is code-named “Genesis” because it returns the Bitcoin protocol as closely as possible to the original released in 2009 by Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto (aka Dr. Craig S. Wright). Block 620538 was the first block mined after Genesis activated; however, it was block 620539 (mined by TAAL Distributed Information Technologies, Inc.) which confirmed that Genesis rules are valid and pre-Genesis rules are no longer valid on the BSV network. TAAL mined the historic block, as well as others before and after the Genesis activation, “on behalf of Satoshi Nakamoto” to honor the father of Bitcoin.bitcoin-sv-bsv-network-completes-historic-genesis-hard-fork
How does Genesis help massive scaling of the BSV network?
The Genesis hard fork removed any arbitrary cap on Bitcoin’s block size and allows the blockchain to grow unbounded for enterprise usage. BSV already consistently has more transactions than the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network, and now can massively scale to levels of the VISA payment network and beyond. Market forces, rather than an arbitrary group of protocol developers, will determine how big BSV scales.
How does Genesis enable developers and businesses to build more?
Along Bitcoin’s journey, protocol developers on the BTC chain deviated from Satoshi Nakamoto’s original design and restricted many technical capabilities of Bitcoin to act as more than just a payment system. On BSV, the Genesis hard fork restores many technical functions of the original Bitcoin protocol – such as removing artificial limits on the size and capabilities of transactions, and restoring the full original functionality of Bitcoin Script (the programming language used within the Bitcoin protocol). With these restorations, the BSV blockchain can be more easily used for more than just payment transactions; it also supports a vast array of data, token, smart contract, content delivery, enterprise application, Internet of Things, and other uses. This advances Bitcoin SV’s grand vision to become the world’s data ledger that can power “on-chain” data transactions and digital activity of all types, just like the Internet enabled a world where anything can operate online.
Why is it important to keep the Bitcoin protocol “set in stone”?
A stable rule set ensures that a monetary or data transaction performed on the blockchain today will be valid in 2, 5 and 100 years from now. Furthermore, enterprises and developers want a locked protocol before they commit time and resources to build technology applications on top of it, rather than having to constantly change their development process if the base protocol is repeatedly changing. While it may experience software improvements, the Bitcoin SV ecosystem is committed to keeping its basic technical “rule set” now set in stone, as Satoshi Nakamoto always envisioned.
Development growth in the BSV ecosystem has been rapid. There are already 400 known companies, services, developer resources and protocol projects built on or for BSV. Now after the Genesis hard fork, expect that number to rapidly rise as developers and businesses can now build more complex applications on Bitcoin SV, without needing to use other attempted blockchain projects such as Ethereum, EOS or Hyperledger.
Eleven years after its birth, Bitcoin is finally back to what it was always designed to be: a massively scalable and immutable ledger to serve as peer-to-peer electronic cash and the world’s enterprise data ledger. In short, BSV is BitCoin.
Visit to learn more about BSV. If you want a more detailed technical summary of the Genesis hard fork, please deep dive here.
To hear directly from global Bitcoin SV industry leaders, come to the CoinGeek London conference on February 20-21, 2020 at the historic Old Billingsgate venue in London. |
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Author Topic: The Bitch starring Kathie Lee Gifford (Read 1576 times)
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The Bitch starring Kathie Lee Gifford
« on: February 12, 2019, 08:00:35 AM »
It is a Friday afternoon, and my flight from LA lands at JFK airport in NYC shortly after 5 PM. Everything goes pretty smoothly, I grab my bag and catch a cab. I had been fortunate to have some friends in town that I can stay with over the weekend. The cab driver is asking me which house I should stop at and I point at one particular house. "That one." as I show him the address. He stops in front of the mailbox at one particular residence. On the mailbox there is just one name: "Gifford"
I pay the driver, go to the front door and ring the bell. The door opens and Kathie Lee Gifford is standing in the doorway. "Brad, how are you? It has been a while and it is good to see you." Kathie Lee gives me a hug and invites me in. "Set your bag down over there, you're just in time, we're just starting dinner."
I put down my bag in the living room and go into the dining room. Frank, Kathie Lee and I are having dinner and having a very nice conversation. I notice things are a little tense from time to time as Kathie Lee and Frank would have a few uncomfortable moments. With the problems they've had recently with Frank's affair, it is understandable. I'm surprised they're getting along as well as they are. As the things get later, we adjourn to the living room, drinking wine and continuing our chat. It is late and we should all get to bed. I take my bag up to my room and get ready for bed. Before I put my pajamas on however, I reach into my bag and take it out: the November 1997 issue of Playboy magazine. There she is on the cover: Suzen Johnson. Man, I can see why Frank did it with her. For an older woman, she is so sexy.
I get comfortable on the bed and take out my travel bottle of KY and my travel Kleenex. I get completely naked and neatly fold my clothes and place them on the counter. I get my right palm all lubed up and wrap my right hand around my erect seven inch. Ohhhh it feels good and Suzen looks so good. I bet she knew that men would be jerking themselves off to her pictures when she posed for them. I get into a good rhythm with my masturbation as I get lost in my fantasy. All of a sudden.....
"Brad, here are some towels for.......OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" While absorbed in my fantasy, I wasn't paying attention and Kathie Lee walked into my room to catch me pleasuring myself to the woman that Frank cheated with. "YOU FUCKING PERVERT!" She grabs the magazine and continues berating me. "HOW DARE YOU BRING THIS SMUT INTO OUR HOME! IS THIS HOW YOU REPAY OUR HOSPITALITY?" Kathie Lee throws the magazine in the trash.
Kathie Lee pauses with a piercing stare that would kill, then all of a sudden she gives me this evil smirk. "Do you think Suzen is hot?"
"Uhhh, no...I"
"Don't lie. Why else would you be jerking off to her magazine."
"I wasn't. I was looking at the Playmate Inga Drozdova."
"Bullshit. I saw the magazine open to Suzen's pictures."
I blush and look down.
"So....do you think Suzen is hot?"
I look up. "Yes"
"Do you jerk off to her?"
Kathie Lee looks at me again with that evil smirk as she starts unbuttoning her blouse. "Why don't you jerk off to this Brad?" Kathie Lee completely unbuttons her blouse and exposes her breasts. She cups them in her hand and says. "You want these wrapped around your dick, don't you?" I nod. "Uh huh"
"Keep jerking it, I don't know if I'd want you doing that to me. That's it. Be a man and stroke that dick for me. Be my Masturbation Superstar. You want me don't you?"
"Say it, Brad."
"I want you Kathie Lee. I want you so badly."
"I know you do. I know you've always wanted me." Kathie Lee continues to play with her breasts with her left hand as her right hand starts to loosen up and remove her pants. They drop to the floor as she puts her right hand inside her panties. "Mmmmmmmmmmm" Kathie Lee moans. "Move to the edge of the bed Brad."
I move from my position back to the wall, legs spread to sitting at the edge of the bed as my feet touch the ground. I'm sitting upright stroking off as Kathie Lee kneels in front of me. Kathie Lee leans her head down as she starts to go down on me but....no.....she stops. "You'd want me to suck this, don't you?"
"Yes, Kathie Lee."
Kathie Lee spits on the head of my cock. "That's the only way you'll get any of my juices on that. Keep jerking it." I pick up the pace as Kathie Lee, on her knees in front of me, pleasures herself, roaming one hand all over her body as she uses the other to finger herself.
"Oh God, Kathie Lee, I'm gonna cum."
"Not yet, I'm not ready yet. Don't you fucking cum yet."
I slow down and hold off for a few minutes while Kathie Lee continues her masturbation. Kathie Lee starts to moan as her breathing picks up. "Oh fuck Brad, I'm about to cum." I pick up the pace as Kathie Lee makes her proclamation. "I'm cumming Brad. CUM WITH ME! CUM ON ME! CUM ALL OVER MY FACE!!!" With that, I let go and start ejaculating.
"OH KATHIE LEE....YESSSSSS" I shoot thick long streams of cum which hit her on her face and her chest. As we orgasm in unison, Frank walks in wondering what's going on. Frank says something that neither of us hear over our moans and scream. "BAPTIZE ME BRAD!! BAPTIZE ME WITH YOUR SPERM!!!"
Our orgasm subside as Frank stands there staring at us in utter shock and disbelief. Once Kathie Lee notices that Frank has caught us, she stands up, walks over to the trash, takes out the magazine and hands it to Frank. "Here, you'll need this tonight. I'll be busy." Kathie Lee wipes my cum off her face and tits and licks it off her hands. When she's done she gets on the bed on all fours and assumes the position.
"This is what we'll be doing tonight while you're jerking off to that magazine. Now get over here Brad and fuck me like a real man." I go over to the bed and place my hands on her hips. Still hard, I enter her from behind and start fucking Kathie Lee doggie style as Frank walks out of the room with the magazine.
"You are going to fuck me all night Brad. Can you keep up with me and can you do for me what Frank can't?"
"Absolutely Kathie Lee. Absolutely."
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2019, 09:25:30 AM »
Cool story and cheers for that reference to Suzen Johnson. That brings back some memories of old Playboy.
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2019, 06:32:05 AM »
Best way for a woman to beg for a facial. ;D
"All that glitters is cold."
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2019, 11:58:16 AM »
This definitely deserves to be continued. Plus Kathie Lee has pretty nice tits @@
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46839 | How valuable are the rarest one pound coins? From the London City to the Edinburgh designs – The Sun
NEED a little extra cash? You could be sitting on a fortune – if you've got a rare £1 coins is hiding in your wallet.
With some of the most unusual coins fetching up to £45 on eBay, you could earn yourself a pretty penny.
Here are the coins you need to keep an eye out for if you want to be quids in…
What are the rarest £1 coins?
Here are the ten rarest £1 coins still in circulation as well as what they are currently selling for on eBay.
2011 Edinburgh £1
According to the blog ChangeChecker, the rarest one pound coin currently in circulation is the Edinburgh £1.
The coin was part of a series depicting the four capital cities of the UK and is the only £1 coin with a mintage below one million.
ChangeChecker's calculations suggest there are probably somewhere between 600,000 – 800,000 Edinburgh City coins still in circulation but this number is decreasing rapidly.
On eBay, the highest recent price we could find for an Edinburgh £1 was £45,
Other Edinburgh coins in less good condition sell on the auction site for a far more modest price of £5.
2011 Wales Cardiff City £1
This coin was also part of the capital cities series, but it is slightly less rare, with an estimated circulation of 1,615,000.
Designed by Stuart Devlin, goldsmith and jeweller to the Queen, this coin depicts the circular Coat of Arms of Cardiff as the principal focus to represent Wales.
The highest price we could find on eBay for the coin was £10.50.
2010 London City £1
A third coin released as part of the capital cities of the UK series was the London £1.
The coin shows the portrait of the Queen and on the reverse side shows the four official badges of the capital cities of the UK, with a magnified image of the badge of London.
ChangeChecker estimates there are 2,635,000 coins left in circulation.
Even though the London £1 coin is more scarce than the Cardiff one, it's currently selling for more.
We found good condition examples selling for up to £36, but most sell for less than £5.
2014 Thistle and Bluebell £1
In 2014, the Royal Mint launched two new £1 coins – one for Northern Ireland and one for Scotland.
This Scottish coin design features the thistle and bluebell, and is the fourth rarest coin in the UK.
There are an estimated 5,185,000 still in circulation.
Coins boxed and in excellent condition can fetch up to £14.74 on eBay.
1988 Crowned Shield £1
This coin depicts one of the UK's heraldic emblems – the royal arms of the queen, topped by the crown of St Edward.
There are 7.11 million in circulation making it the fifth rarest pound coin there is.
There are some special commemorative versions on eBay that have never been in circulation and sell for up to £12.55.
In good condition, a coin that has been in circulation can sell for up to £10.
2013 Rose and Oak £1
The rose and oak coin was part of a floral set along that launched in 2013.
It's still fairly unusual with around 5,270,000 still in circulation.
Unfortunately, they're not selling for much at the moment, the highest recent price we could see was £2.99 on eBay.
2014 Flax and Shamrock £1
The 2014 flax coin was released alongside the thistle coin, to complete the series of four coins that began in 2013.
It continues the tradition of honouring the home nations of Britain by featuring familiar floral emblems.
However in this series, the emblems are paired together with other less well-known floral symbols.
This design features the shamrock and flax for Northern Ireland.
It will fetch up to ££5.99 on eBay if the coin is in mint condition.
Others sell for around £2.
2013 Daffodil and Leek £1
This daffodil pound coin was released in 2013 as a floral set alongside a rose pound coin.
The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, while the leek is also a national emblem of Wales.
The pair of coins marked the first release of a commemorative £1 since 2011.
Mint condition coins will fetch up to £6.57 on eBay.
Others have sold recently for as little as £1.50.
2010 Belfast £1
There are more than 6.2 million 2010 Belfast coins in circulation, meaning it is the ninth rarest £1 coin in the UK.
The design is part of the 'City Series' collection, and uncirculated versions can sell for up to £18.35 on eBay.
Versions that have been in circulation tend to go for a lot less, but if the condition is great you can still get up to £7.
1986 Scotland Lion Rampant £1
This design is the tenth most rare pound with approximately 29,752,525 still in circulation.
It features a Lion Rampant which is used to represent Scotland.
The term 'rampant' refers to the position of the lion standing upright with forelegs raised and claws unsheathed.
This symbol was first used to represent the Scottish kingdom by King Alexander II in the 13th century.
A mint version can fetch up to £24.99 on eBay.
How can you check the value of a coin?
If you think you’ve got a coin that could fetch a few bob then it’s worth getting it verified.
The Royal Mint can tell if your coin is legit and not counterfeit, but doesn’t do valuations.
Although, a spokesperson for The Royal Mint told the Sun Online that it is considering offering a valuation service in the future due to growing interest from customers.
In the meantime, if you want a coin valued you could contact Sovereign rarities – a team of coin specialists, collectively with over one hundred years of experience.
Stanley Gibbons, which specialises in stamp collections, also offers a free valuation service through its rare coin division, called Baldwin’s.
For more common coins you could try selling them online, via a website like eBay.
Here are the most valuable 50p coins in circulation that could bring home £3,000 if flogged together.
Beatrix Potter 50ps, Suffragettes and Battle of Hastings designs are also considered rare and could fetch you a bit of cash.
Think you’ve got a rare coin? Here’s our guide to find out if it’s worth a mint and cash in.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46854 | How to Write a Paper on Your Best Qualities
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A common writing prompt for students involves self-describing their best qualities. When the college application process begins, describing your strengths or personality appears quite often. As a result, students need to reflect on their character traits and be able to articulate their personal strengths through writing. Students do not want to appear arrogant, so they must craft their essay carefully and deliberately. There are several basic steps that will help students write this type of personal narrative.
1 Make a list
Make a list of your best qualities. Do not just think, jot down as many as you can. Look over the list and then number them from most to least exhibited. Cross out qualities that are superficial in nature such as "beautiful." Stick with qualities that describe your overall personality.
2 Look at the list
Look at the list and come up with an example for each. Cross out the quality if you cannot come up with an example for the attribute. Whittle down the list to two or three qualities, at the most, that you feel truly represent you. Come up with a story that you feel encapsulates all of these defining characteristics.
3 Paint a picture for the reader
Paint a picture for the reader. Do not begin by describing yourself. Describe the setting for your story and how you felt. Draw the reader in by being creative. The first paragraph should be descriptive writing. If perseverance is your quality, you might begin with an anecdote that reflects this strength of character. Describing swimming in the ocean, for example, might be an ideal way to begin.
4 Use the next paragraph
Use the next paragraph to formally describe yourself. Point out the quality or qualities you will describe in the essay. Include the factors that contributed to this personality trait. Did your family, or perhaps a personal hardship, help create this quality in you? Be sure to consider what influenced you to develop these qualities.
5 Give examples of your best qualities
Give examples of your best qualities in the paragraphs that follow. Use the influences noted in the previous paragraph and explain them. Do not list, but rather describe and develop the emergence of these traits in your personality. Make sure there are logical transitions between the paragraphs. "When did this quality first surface?" "Was there a major event that sparked the emergence of this trait?" "Was this quality ever tested?" Use the paragraphs to answer these type of questions and develop your essay.
6 Come back to your anecdote
Come back to your anecdote in the conclusion paragraph. Connecting the introduction to the conclusion will give the paper a logical sense of progression. End the essay with something creative as it gives a lasting impression to the reader.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46874 | [E-learning in Healthcare] Monthly Discussion May 2012
Welcome to the monthly E-Learning in Healthcare discussion!
Congratulations to the Articulate team on the launch of Storyline! The websites, forums, tweets and blogs have been bustling with activity!
THIS MONTH'S QUESTION: Have you and/or organization started using or testing Storyline? If so are you using the feature to publish to multiple formats?
If you have any Healthcare related courses you are able to share with the community that would be great!
Have any ideas for future monthly discussion topics? Please send a private message to us (Doug Mattson & Nita Venter). Thank you for those who have sent through ideas, we will definitely share these with the community in the coming months.
Take Care -
Here are the links for the previous monthly discussions:
[E-learning in Healthcare Monthly Discussion Feb 2012: Healthcare Images
[E-learning in Healthcare Monthly Discussion March 2012: Background Designs and Templates
[E-learning in Healthcare Monthly Discussion April 2012: Mandatory Corporate Responsibility
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Nita Venter
Awesome Phil, many thanks. Likewise, we are in the throes of completing a module on Mental Health and Mental illness in Older Adults at the end of June that I will publish and post the link to the community.
Do you use a LMS and do you have any best practices or are you publishing the separate links for the learners to select from?
Take care
Nita Venter
Phil Mayor said:
We are working on an acute oncology course for the ED. We are publishing to HTML5 and iPad as well. The course is designed around windows metro so looks strange but cool on the iPad. Will post a link wjhen we have completed it
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46877 | 1 Reply Latest reply on Sep 10, 2014 3:29 AM by manuk_96
CYUSB202x's GPIO
According to the datasheet, CYUSB202x's GPIO is connected to USB Endpoints directly. Is it GPIF? or is it same as other FX3 parts for USB Endpoints access externally? I want to use external FPGA to access USB Endpoints through CYUSB202x's GPIO.
• 1. Re: CYUSB202x's GPIO
No, the GPIOs are not connected directly to the endpoints. The actual architecture is similar to FX3 which you can read about in Chapter 3 of the FX3 Programmer's Manual.
If you want to do transfers, then using GPIOs is not recommended. It will be very very slow and will involve a lot of code. You can instead use GPIF (for which you need FX3S). Otherwise, you can use SPI, I2C, UART or one of the SD ports. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46878 | 5 Replies Latest reply on Oct 15, 2012 12:37 AM by userc_42486
PrISM_Example Project
Hi to all,
can we blink 2 LEDs with a frequency of 500 hz , can anybody suggest with the modifications to run at that frequency.
• 1. Re: PrISM_Example Project
The PrISM can control 2 LEDs aready.
What do you mean by 500hz? if you wan tto use 500 hz clock, you just change the 20khz clock to 500hz, but I think the result would not be good as you would see flicking.
• 2. Re: PrISM_Example Project
If your task is to turn two leds on and off at a 500 Hz rate, and no other features needed, like dimming,
then simply use a timer configured for 500 Hz and drive the leds via two digital pins.
Is that a description of what you want to accomplish ?
Regards, Dana.
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• 3. Re: PrISM_Example Project
yes i want that only Sir
Thank u sir
• 4. Re: PrISM_Example Project
Simplist woukld be -
1) Place a clock onto schematic, double click it, select "new", set freq to 500 Hz, source to "auto"
2) Place 1 or two digital output pins onto schematic, wire them to clock.
3) Double click each pin, set to "strong", slew rate to "slow", Current to "4 mA source, 25 mA sink"
You are done. If you want to save a pin, and are using 5V as Vdd, you could connect both pins to Vdd
in series, and a series resistor, to limit current. R = Vledonmax/25 mA. If you are using 3.3 Vdd LED
threshold max probably too high so that means 1 led/pin.
Note LEDs are driven from low side, so pin set to 0 turns them on.
Regards, Dana.
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• 5. Re: PrISM_Example Project
Are you sure you want to drive LED with a 500hz? You can see the signal with a CRO but may not see it blink as it is too fast for you eye.
I think you want to use 500hz to drive the PrISM, but again this would make the switching speed to slow (dvided by 256 with the counter inside the PrIsm) Best to read the spec. of PrISM again.
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• 6. Re: PrISM_Example Project
i got it.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46901 | How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran
Exclusive: The CIA’s “Operation Merlin,” which involved providing Iran with a flawed design for a nuclear weapon and resulted in an alleged whistleblower going to prison, was the perfect example of creating intelligence in order to justify operations, reports Gareth Porter.
By Gareth Porter
Jeffrey Sterling, the case officer for the CIA’s covert “Operation Merlin,” who was convicted in May 2015 for allegedly revealing details of that operation to James Risen of the New York Times, was released from prison in January after serving more than two years of a 42-month sentence. He had been tried and convicted on the premise that the revelation of the operation had harmed U.S. security.
Pavitt Plans Operation Merlin
The story of Operation Merlin and the suppression of crucial intelligence on Iran’s nuclear intentions cannot be understood apart from the close friendship between Pavitt and CIA Director George Tenet. Pavitt’s rise in the Operations Directorate had been so closely linked to his friendship with Tenet that the day after Tenet announced his retirement from the CIA on June 3, 2004, Pavitt announced his own retirement.
Soon after he was assigned to the CIA’s Non-Proliferation Center (NPC) in 1993, Pavitt got the idea of creating a new component within the Directorate of Operations to work solely on proliferation, as former CIA officials recounted for Valerie Plame Wilson’s memoir, Fair Game. Pavitt proposed that the new proliferation division would have the authority not only to collect intelligence but also to carry out covert operations related to proliferation, using its own clandestine case officers working under non-official cover.
A January 1997 declassified cable described a plan for using a Russian émigré, former Soviet nuclear weapons engineer recruited in 1996 to gain “operational access” to an Iranian “target.” The cable suggested that it would be for the purpose of intelligence on the Iranian nuclear program, in light of the fact that the agency had not issued a finding that Iran was working on nuclear weapons.
Pavitt obtained the letter from the national laboratory in mid-1999, a few weeks after it was announced he would be named Deputy Director of the CIA for Operations.
Pavitt Suppresses Unwelcome Iran Nuclear Intelligence
That is exactly what happened in 2001. One especially valuable CPD operative, who was fluent in both Farsi and Arabic, had begun recruiting agents to provide intelligence on both Iran and Iraq since 1995. His talents had been recognized by the CPD and by higher levels of the Operations Directorate: by 2001 he had been promised an intelligence medal and a promotion to GS-14 – the second highest pay grade level in the civil service.
That led to a series of estimates that assumed Iran had a nuclear weapons program.
43 comments for “How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran
1. March 11, 2018 at 15:56
This is the first report I’ve come across about Jeffrey Sterling’s release from prison. I could have kept track of the time myself, I suppose, but I can’t even remember my own doctor’s appointments these days. I find it odd that alt media that I look at didn’t mention it. Maybe it was reported and I didn’t see it. And I find it odd that, although I was getting regular email updates about Jeffrey Stirling, nothing from that source came to my inbox. But I’m pleased that he’s out.
2. March 6, 2018 at 22:24
Keep up the good work that Parry started. The world relies on you chaps to maintain a true record of events now the MSM have chosen to prefer propaganda and opinion. Slowly but definitely the reading public is turning towards your reports until quite soon their will be no MSM left
• Gareth Porter
March 8, 2018 at 00:22
Thanks for your kind comment, which I appreciate very much. I hope you are right that the reading public is turning, however slowly, toward alternative media trying to reflect reality. It is the only way forward, I am firmly convinced.
3. Mild-ly - Facetious
March 6, 2018 at 19:16
Cyrus the Great —
Cyrus the Great is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures in history. His success in creating and maintaining the Achaemenid Persian Empire [KNOWN TODAY as IRAN] was the result of an intelligent blending of diplomatic and military skills and his rule was tempered with wisdom and tact. He respected the culture, language and religion of subdued nations and did not assimilate nations in similar methods. He considered all nations equal in terms of their rights. Cyrus was relatively liberal and he was the first king who put an end to slavery and dictatorial oppression. While he himself ruled according to Zoroastrian beliefs, he made no attempt to impose Zoroastrianism on the people of his subject territories. He was a very down to earth person. The Persians called him father, the Greeks saw him as A worthy ruler and lawgiver and the Jews regarded him as The Lord’s anointed. His ideals were high, as he laid down that no man was fit to rule unless, he was more capable than all of his subjects. As an administrator Cyrus’ insight was great, and he showed himself both intelligent and reasonable. His humanity was equaled by his freedom from pride, which induced him to meet people on the same level, instead of affecting the remoteness and aloofness, which characterized the great monarchs who preceded and followed him.
History has further labeled him as a genius, diplomat, manager, and leader of men, the first great propagandist and able strategist. Cyrus was indeed worthy of the title Great.
This Cyrus freed the Jews out of their Babylonian Captivity and financed the rebuilding of their capital, Jerusalem.
Because of Cyrus, the Persian King (Iranian) the Jews were returned to their homeland and provided defensive funds by Cyrus to protect during the re-establishment of a National Israel.
That was Then — as they say — but TODAY, Israel’s Netanyahu campaigns for the annihilation of (Persia)/Iran AND THE DESTRUCTION and SUBJUGATION OF THE Beautiful Iranian People as if Those Peoples and their Government represent some diabolical/legitimate Threat to Netanyahu’s diabolically weaponized/militarized (Nuclear Armed) State of Israel. !!!
When will the BULL-SPIT end around this omnipresent/frivolous existential threat to ISRAEL from a nation that lives, serially, UNDER THREAT of encroachment/annihilation (look at Yemen) by an hostile neighbor government in search of Regional Domination?
Today’s Iran is Yesterday’s Persia —Cyrus The Great and Human Rights proponent.
Today’s Israel, Netanyahu and Trump’s American Embassy in Jerusalem is the foreboding presage to apocalypse…?
Does the thawing of Arctic Ice add to the rhetoric of Nordic Superiority? or of Israel’s claim to be the Children of God who’re therefor now (with Real Americans) the “righteous”, “blessed”, ‘sanctioned’/’privileged’, God endorsed/protected humans in this world-age???
Does God, for example, endorse death by bombs and explosions of cholera in Yemen? Or the destruction of ENTIRE CITIES in Iraq and Syria?– all in the name of and for the sake of multibillionaire Zionist ISRAEL????
Ignorance of History, even ancient history, does lead to the continuing repeat of history –
– and as the Word exclaims ”Death opens wide it’s mouth to the fallen, and the ignorant and unbelieving walk straight into it”… .
• March 6, 2018 at 20:02
M-F…thanks for the historical tribute…it prompted me to do some research
4. Lucifer Christ
March 5, 2018 at 19:23
“Operation Merlin”? Haaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaa!!!
Should have been called “”Operation Imbecile” or “Operation Dumb Dumb”. Is this the best that the CIA can think of? Where do they get these people? From Clown College?
This is what you get when you hire a bunch of Ivy League twits in the CIA. They are a bunch of non-thinking people that can take tests and regurgitate information but can’t think and rationalize information because they have minimal real-world experience in complex situations and in dealing with actual people and reading their motivations. Not all of the CIA but, based on this, I think its the majority. Reminds me of Will Smith in the Men in Black – “Best of the Best of the Best! Sir. With honors!
Marvel comic books have better ideas. Maybe some of these CIA operatives should take a trip to the local comic book store before they do any “planning”.
We are so screwed if this is the best our “intelligence” community can do. My side hurts from laughing but its really not funny – its tragic!
• Dural Lexan
March 6, 2018 at 03:28
I doubt Marvel comics have such fun and ridiculous plots. Much older comics maybe and also many plots in the Bible started the trend to total crazyness and wars based on this kind of foolishnes.
5. Brendan
March 5, 2018 at 14:23
My own theory is that the CIA deliberately tried to encourage Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, and not sabotage it as has been reported in the media.
In a word, it was entrapment.
The idea behind that plan would be that, first, Iranian nuclear scientists would spot the flaw in the design. The Iranian leadership would then be unable to resist the temptation to develop a functioning nuclear bomb. The CIA would then “discover” the advanced nuke program that it itself helped to set up, and use it as an excuse for regime change in Tehran.
However, the Iranians did not fall into that trap, probably because they had no interest in making nukes anyway.
As I said, that’s just a theory, but it seems much more plausible than the version that leaked out – that the Iranians were not supposed to find and correct a simple design flaw. A plan like that seems too hair-brained even for the CIA.
• Dural Lexan
March 6, 2018 at 03:15
Clearly you mean total destruction of Iran was the ultimate goal and an excuse had to be fabricated for the UN, public opinion etc. How this would play now that Putin has shownn that Russia will enter the fray if such attack would materialize is worrysome.
6. Christian Chuba
March 5, 2018 at 09:37
There is no mention that any Iranian official, employee, or someone working for Iran actually solicited for this information or even agreed to take this information after being notified of its existence. This sentence makes it look like it was anonymously dropped off into Iran’s ‘inbox’. If this is accurate this puts Iran in a tight spot, what are they supposed to do, notify the U.S. or the U.N. Security Council? Sure, nothing but goodness would come after that.
This operation doesn’t even make sense.
1. If Iran had a weapons program, Iran would discover that this was a flawed device pretty soon since they would test it.
2. If this was a fishing expedition to test to see if Iran had a nuclear weapons program, the way the info was given to Iran certainly did not indict them.
This story is kind of insane, is our CIA really that stupid?
• Dural Lexan
March 6, 2018 at 03:06
Reminds me of the fine movie “OUR MAN IN HAVANA ” staring Alec Guiness and Ernie Kovac in addition to a hot blonde…
7. R Davis
March 4, 2018 at 18:46
I cannot believe this ….
“Hey guys , we ave a plan. we are going to give over to Iran a fake plane for nuclear weapons,”
“Ha, ha, ha, he, he, he,”
“They are such chumps, they will believe it’s real,”
Because the United States of America believes that it & only it is capable of making nuclear weapons …. right.
Oh please,
Oh please.
8. nonsense factory
March 4, 2018 at 16:33
Very fascinating story, the Pavitt connection to the Scowcroft Group really reveals what the game was – economic control of the region, period. If you look at the Scowcroft Group members you can see it is a neocolonial operation more than anything else:
Incidentally, all people with technical knowledge of nuclear weapons knew that Iran had no nuclear weapons program to speak of, since it had no nuclear reactor under its control to breed plutonium. All nuclear weapons programs rely on plutonium production from reactors tuned to maximize plutonium production, be it Israel’s Dimona reactor and North Korea Yongbyon reactor, or India and Pakistan, or the five originals, the US, Russia, Britain, France and China.
You might be able to make a few uranium-only bombs (like the Hiroshima bomb) at great expense, but everyone also knows that a ‘credible nuclear deterrent’ generally means having about 100 nuclear weapons, as Israel, India and Pakistan have, and that’s probably what North Korea is aiming for too. That absolutely requires a reactor-based plutonium production program. Since Iran had no nuclear reactors under its sole control, it had no possible route to producing a ‘credible nuclear deterrent’.
As far as why the false claim was made? Iran c. 2005, like Iraq c. 2001, was ditching the petrodollar and selling oil and gas in euros, outside the US neocolonial imperial system. It was also building a pipeline to Pakistan and India, the IPI, and planned economic cooperation with Russia and China and France, but not the USA or Britain (the same story was taking place in Iraq, recall the Cheney Energy Task Force documents listing Iraqi oilfields and Iraqi oil contracts?). The whole goal was to get an international sanctions package in place to block these economic developments, and it was all based on lies about a non-existent Iranian nuclear weapons program.
All evidence points to Iran enriching uranium so that it could sell reactor fuel on the global market to countries like France, which needed it for their domestic electricity program.
• Zachary Smith
March 5, 2018 at 01:29
Though I don’t dare “google” the matter, in my personal opinion this is nonsense. The magnetic separation and diffusion methods for separating out the U235 are indeed slow and expensive, but that’s not the case for the centrifuges.
• nonsense factory
March 5, 2018 at 03:05
U-235 is only 0.7% of natural uranium ore. To work as fuel in nuclear reactors it is enriched to 3-5% or so; for a nuclear weapon it has to be enriched to around 90%.
It is true that:
“Moreover, a single typical large commercial nuclear power plant may have ten times more separative work than is needed to produce one uranium bomb per year, so even a modest commercial enrichment facility has a significant nuclear weapons production capability.” – Federation of American Scientists
However, the yield of uranium weapons is fairly low on the scale of nuclear weapons, Hiroshima was only 16kT. I don’t believe that can be increased very much. This is another reason that every existing nuclear weapons program is built around plutonium production; this is also how you can reduce the size of the nuclear weapon such that it fits on a ballistic missile, by filling the hollow core of the plutonium shell with deuterium and tritium, so the weapon’s yield is gets up above 100 kilotons.
South Africa apparently made some uranium-only weapons, however, so you may be partially right.
9. Mike P.
March 4, 2018 at 14:51
The self-fulfilling prophecy at work! If it were not for budget and “scope” considerations, much (not all) of this jockeyed disinformation would lose its luster for bureaucrats. That being said, lust for power, and winning position, within these competitive murderous organs of the state is based on income only to the degree that the businesses and organizations who place and control such bureaucrats can be roped and watched (I would like eliminated) to cut them off from influencing decisions. That, and rules regarding public and oppositional input into any decisions made, all in public view and published comment from citizens. Hope does spring…
10. jack spade
March 4, 2018 at 14:11
This is great reporting from a great reporter. What amazes me is that the patriot goes to jail and the traitor goes to Scrowcroft group and posts his picture as an expert and receives a $$$/y salary:
Lots of people died and lots of wealth was destroyed in operations facilitated by these men and then they constantly go on TV and still make statements about how to run the world!
There should be a traitor list and the top names on the list should be:
Dick Cheney
George W Bush
Don Rumsfield
Paul Wolfowitz
C. Rice
John Bolton
11. john wilson
March 4, 2018 at 05:54
The only surprise to come out of this story is that there was an MSM reporter prepared to put his neck on the line and tell the story. If MSM was full of reporters like Sterling the deep state and the gangsters who run America wouldn’t find it so easy to carry out their sinister operations.
• Sam F
March 4, 2018 at 08:28
Very true that US mass media is prevented from doing its job by the dictatorship of the rich who control US mass media and elections (referring to the NYT reporter Risen who reported the story of CIA officer Sterling).
12. Zachary Smith
March 4, 2018 at 02:08
The stupidity of “Operation Merlin” still boggles my mind.
• Dural Lexan
March 6, 2018 at 02:39
It was a great attempt to induce Iran into providing info related to their nuclear weapons program if they had one, as the tricky part is to have a reliable detonator. Having the plans for a detonator and by their follow up questions you could infer their extent of advance and expertise in such weapons if the Iranians would be fooled by the CIA trojan horse like trick.
13. bane
March 4, 2018 at 01:13
What has been the goal of a nuclear deal with Iran (The JCPOA), Since Putin warned that any use of nuclear arms against Iran would meet an “immediate response”?
14. D Lang
March 3, 2018 at 23:37
Third to last paragraph: “…German Foreign Official Karsten Voigt later revealed to this writer that the whole story was a fabrication, because the documents had been given those documents by the Mujahedin-E Khalq…” The use of the word ‘documents’ twice appears to be a typo. What is the sentence supposed to say?
• David G
March 4, 2018 at 02:18
Looks like Gareth Porter just got tangled between active and passive voice. Has to just mean German intelligence (or an intermediary) got the phony documents from MEK.
• Gareth Porter
March 8, 2018 at 00:25
You are correct, of course. I did a lot of revisions from a much longer manuscript and sent it without taking sufficient time to edit/proofread the revised text. Ouch!
15. March 3, 2018 at 23:34
what does it all mean? sounds like a bunch of nonsense.
thermite is in all world trade center dust. american people need to stand up.
16. Jeff
March 3, 2018 at 15:01
This, of course, isn’t the first such example of either US regime chicanery or making a bunch of stuff up because they felt like it. And just one of the reasons I label “Russia-gate” bullshit.
• mike k
March 3, 2018 at 16:03
Just about the entire American society has revealed itself to be swimming in bullshit.
17. David G
March 3, 2018 at 14:15
Great thanks to Gareth Porter and CN for this fascinating account.
I think it might have been useful to include a little epilogue explaining how things got from Pavitt-land to the 2007 NIE that finally backed off from the fraudulent narrative of Iranian nukes (albeit without admitting the earlier estimates to the contrary were b.s.).
• Gareth Porter
March 8, 2018 at 00:31
Many thanks for your comment. And yes, of course, it is important to understand how the 2007 NIE came about and also how it failed to deal adequately with the distorted NIEs of 2001 and 2005. I have covered that in great detail in my boo Manufactured Crisis, and also in this article in Middle East Policy:
• David G
March 10, 2018 at 09:30
Just seeing this now. I appreciate the reply and the further reading.
18. David G
March 3, 2018 at 14:03
This story illustrates why keeping the “operations” side of the CIA separate from the intelligence gathering and analysis is such a good idea, not to be bypassed by an ad hoc outfit like CPD: the dirty tricks people, when given the chance, will just treat the rest of the CIA itself as a target for subversion and manipulation.
Ideally, of course, the CIA would never have gotten into the whole euphemistically labeled “operations” business at all. At this point it seems to be the tumor that has devoured the rest of the body.
• Sam F
March 4, 2018 at 08:13
Yes, Operations is primarily used for unconstitutional secret wars that serve only the dictatorship of the rich, and should be sharply reduced and heavily monitored. But of course the monitors in Congress are owned by the oligarchy that demands the secret wars. So that improvement requires the destruction of the oligarchy of money that controls US elections and mass media. And restoration to the people of those tools of democracy cannot be done by democratic means, precisely because oligarchy controls those tools.
A typo in the article: “Iran just have” should be “Iran must have”
• March 4, 2018 at 11:36
Sam F, David G: I’m just catching up with the reading here but I find it curious that all these “operations” that inevitably end in fiascos can be traced back to Operation Mockingbird which explains the lack of accountability for all the operations that followed.
• Sam F
March 4, 2018 at 14:50
The wrongful CIA operations including Mockingbird appear to have a common origin in post-WWII McCarthyism. It is amazing that the US was led to ignore the obvious, that the wave of anti-colonial revolutions had the same cause as the American Revolution. No doubt this was due to the anti-socialist fears in the oligarchy that came to control US mass media and elections 1870-1930. They cannot allow the People of the United States to govern themselves and their economy, for that would be “mob rule” meaning liberty and justice for all. All hail the oligarchy.
• March 4, 2018 at 17:22
SamF: Actually Operation Mockingbird(1948) started before the McCarthy Hearings(1954), but you are correct as you state McCarthyism had its roots in anti-Soviet propaganda after WWII. This valuable link was originally provided by Bob VanNoy and there are many interesting links to the personalities involved contained in the same article. My point was simply that once the media became subordinate to the operations agenda all accountability was lost and subsequent operations could ram through all the red lights without being seriously challenged
• Gareth Porter
March 8, 2018 at 00:33
Glad you picked up that key lesson of the real story of “Operation Merlin”. I wish there were some way to build pressure for such reforms. But I’m afraid will take some bludgeoning that is much less precise than that to make changes in U.S. intelligence.
• Gareth Porter
March 8, 2018 at 00:35
Sorry wrote a response that should have gone here a few comments below and realized it only after I had sent. But nevertheless I am glad you picked up that key lesson of the real story of “Operation Merlin”. I wish there were some way to build pressure for such reforms. But I’m afraid will take some bludgeoning that is much less precise than that to make changes in U.S. intelligence.
19. Michael Kenny
March 3, 2018 at 12:54
So what? If Iran was actually seeking to develop nuclear weapons, sending them a device that wouldn’t work is a great idea inasmuch as it would have slowed the Iranians down and, once they realised that the device had been sabotaged, they would have realised that the US was on to them. If Iran wasn’t seeking to develop nuclear weapons, no harm whatsoever was done by sending such a device. Revealing the operation does no harm to the CIA, since everybody assumes that intelligence agencies do things like that all the time. I suspect that the author’s real intention was to discredit Russiagate but in fact, he strengthens the case against Putin. If the CIA plants false information why wouldn’t their Russian opposite numbers do the same thing, for example, to influence or manipulate elections and referenda in the US and the EU?
20. mike k
March 3, 2018 at 11:07
This affair shows how an underlying assumption of perpetual no holds barred war with other “competitor” nations leads to undermining any constructive efforts towards peace in the world. Without leadership in the leading nations that abjures this flawed assumption, an ultimate war of total mutual destruction is only a matter of time in coming……..
• mike k
March 3, 2018 at 11:08
Capitalism is the war of each against each, and all against all.
• March 11, 2018 at 16:06
Which is why that can’t be expressed that way in major media. If it was, people would opt for socialism, or should I say socialism for all, since much of what is called capitalism is just socialism for the rich and powerful and austerity, or worse, for the rest of the society where it operates.
21. david
March 3, 2018 at 07:51
see operation Susannah
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46908 | TESOL – Cross-linguistic Influences
I have chosen to focus on a project I am currently involved with. The target group are Somali refugees. The project is an English Language group, for English learners who are undergoing an intense, fulltime course of English language study.
Cross-linguistic influences are important in this project especially in the field of Interlanguage Pragmatics (IP). This branch of SLA deals, amongst other things, with different perceptions and interpretations of appropriateness and politeness (Wannaruk 2008).
Cross-linguistic influences seemed particularly relevant for this paper, as I had discussed with colleagues the needs of the language group. One of the main issues that arose was the misunderstandings between the Somalis and the wider community, particularly in every day conversation, including making refusals.
In this respect, the reading of Wannaruk (2008) seemed to be specifically applicable. The refugees, in their compulsory government funded English classes, learn basic English, and little else. The way they use the English is often based on the use of corresponding terms in their native language.
Wannaruk (2008) talks about communication breakdowns occurring during cross-cultural communication due to different perceptions and interpretations. Specifically, Wannaruk (2008) describes pragmatic transfer as applying rules from the first language (L1) to a second or target language (TL). From past experience, this is one of the main problems I feel many immigrants are subjected to, which are not addressed by many language programs for migrants, particularly refugees.
To understand how such errors can be approached, it is helpful to understand the past models of language learning. To some extent, these past models, with their inadequacies, may still be practiced today, though the extent is uncertain.
Mitchell & Myles (2004) describe the historical theories of second language learning (SLL). The theorists have gone through various stages, and now, as in the past, are generally of the view that cross-linguistic influences play an important role in SLL.
Brown (2000) goes into more detail about the historical theories. The behaviourist and structuralist approaches produced the Critical Analysis Hypothesis (CAH), which claimed that the principal barrier to second language (L2) learning is the interference of the L1 system with the L2 system.
CAH employs a grammatical hierarchy, whereby six levels of difficulty are identified, when transferring from L1 to L2 (Brown 2000).
Colleagues advising on this program have expressed concerns that some of the language programs being delivered today still use CAH as a foundation, and we would be interested in doing further research to see of this is the case. CAH had many limitations, including that it didn’t account for all linguistic problems, and there was unreliability verifying the difficulty levels (Brown 2000).
A weaker version of CAH, allowing teachers to apply their knowledge of L1 and L2 to identify errors, exists today under the label cross-linguistic influence (CLI) (Brown 2000). CLI allows that syntactical, lexical and semantic interference show far more variation among learners than pronunciation interference.
Eckman (1977) proposed the Markedness Differential Hypothesis to account for degrees of principles of Chomsky’s Universal Grammar. It allowed that marked items in a language will be more difficult to acquire than unmarked (neutral) items, and that the degree of markedness will correspond to the degree of difficulty.
Lightbown & Spada (2006) identified interlanguage as the system of language that a learner develops when applying characteristics of the L1 to the L2. They held that the most obvious way to analyse interlanguage is to study the speech and writing of learners. From this and other writings, there is enough evidence to indicate that error analysis is a useful tool when considering CLI.
Human learning is basically a process that involves making mistakes, and language learning is no different (Brown 2000). At this stage, it is important to differentiate between errors and mistakes. Mistakes are random errors or guesses that fail to utilise the known language system correctly, and are made by both native speakers and learners (Brown 2000). Errors are noticeable deviations from the correct grammar that are incorporated into the interlanguage (Brown 2000).
Error analysis is the study of the learner’s errors, and is different from CAH in that it examines errors from all possible sources, not just in terms of negative transfer from L1 to L2. (Brown 2000). However, teachers should not become so anxious about noticing errors that they fail to give credit for correct usage of the language.
Corder’s (1967) model identifies errors in a second language. It distinguishes overt errors as being ungrammatical errors at a sentence level, distinct from covert errors which are grammatically well formed, but not according to the context of the communication in progress. Covert errors could be seen to include the types of errors that are described by Wannaruk (2008) in the writing about pragmatic transfer with Thai English learners.
To address this, we are developing a series of questionnaires, based on Wannaruk’s (2008) article. The first one will be about making refusals. It will be given to the group as individuals, written in Arabic and Somali, to find how they would make refusals in their native language. We will then suggest that, in the Australian community, refusals are made in a different way, where applicable.
Brown (2000) also identified that the context of learning is another major source of error, which overlaps interlingual and intralingual transfer. Intralingual transfer, also referred to as overgeneralisation, occurs when L2 rules are used inappropriately.
Context refers to the situation in which the second language is learned, such as in the classroom. It is suspected that the fast-paced, 30 hour per-week English language training is creating errors, and, through consultation with the training provider, we hope to be able to identify these errors, and address them in the language group.
Additionally, we would like to develop a method of testing at which of Corder’s (1967) four stages of learner language development the learners are at. From anecdotal evidence, it would appear that most of the learners are at stage 1, with some at stage 2. It is during stage 2 that learners backslide or regress to a previous stage.
Within the language group, we also intend to identify instances of contextual variability or unexplained variations (Brown 2000), as well as fossilisation, which are erroneous features that persist despite otherwise correct usage. This can often be a result of classroom teaching giving “green lights” instead of “red lights” when errors are made (Vigil & Oller 1976 in Brown 2000).
We feel that Vigil & Oller’s model (Brown 2000), to apply affective and cognitive feedback to treat errors, is possibly the best model to apply for the language group, due to the informality of the group, and to decrease interference with the intensive compulsory language training classes.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46922 | Turmeric is an amazing anti-inflammatory herb. Plus, you probably already have it in your kitchen cupboard. If not, you should.
Turmeric, also known as yellow ginger, has been used to decrease inflammation and pain for all sorts of health conditions. In traditional Chinese medicine, turmeric is used to move stagnant blood and Qi, which can contribute to joint pain and menstrual cramps. In India where turmeric originates from, it has over 50 names and hundreds of medicinal uses. Clinical research on turmeric is ongoing for conditions as varied as menstrual cramps, arthritis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, endometriosis, fibroids, high cholesterol, and cancer.
Golden milk is a traditional Ayurvedic preparation for using turmeric medicinally.
Here is my recipe:
2 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
2 tbsp water or melted virgin coconut oil
1 cup (250 ml) any kind of milk (cow, almond, rice, soy, or other)
Mix herbs with water or melted coconut oil to make a paste. Add paste and milk together in a small pot, blending well. Heat over low heat until warmed through. Enjoy! |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46931 | I am using SVM with linear kernel for one of my multiclass text classification problem and getting accuracy of 0.78. I also tried Random Forest but the best accuracy I could get was 0.72. This set me thinking what if I could simulate Random Forest but with a SVM classifier and not decision tree. I am not sure whether it will result in improved accuracy or not. I wanted to have something in favor before I implemented this and a quick google search didn't help either.
Any thoughts on this?
• $\begingroup$ Why do the accuracies of those two models set you thinking of a simulating? $\endgroup$ – Jekaterina Kokatjuhha Jun 10 '17 at 19:52
• $\begingroup$ @JekaterinaKokatjuhha because when I used Decision Tree the best I could get was 0.67, and RF gave 0.72. So, I thought if randomization can help DT, then why not SVM. $\endgroup$ – ac-lap Jun 11 '17 at 3:32
• $\begingroup$ Ensembles of different types of algorithms or the same type of algorithm with different training in some respect are seen commonly in Kaggle comps, for example. So to answer the essential question here, yes, ensembles of models of all types often lead to better results to the extent the underlying models correct each others bias. However, there seems to be an unstated question of 'is there an off the shelf "Random Vectors" algorithm, or similar?' - less certain about that one. $\endgroup$ – Robert de Graaf Jun 13 '17 at 3:26
The notion of ensembles of models leading to better outcomes is widespread in the Data Science and Machine Learning communities. For example, the widely read text 'The Elements of Statistical Learning' by Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman, devotes space to the general notion of model averaging (section 8.7-8.8) with further discussion of boosting in relation to trees (e.g. chapter 10). Hence, it is common to see examples of ensembled models in the wild, using any conceivable algorithm as the base, even to the point of effectively seeing ensembles of ensembles.
Specifically with respect to Support Vector Machines, there are at least a few attempts at improving SVM performance by using ensembles. A recent example is EnsemblesSVM (Claesen,De Smet, Suykens, De Moor - see homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~claesenm/ensemblesvm/). The authors promise that this algorithm will lead to better training times by ensembling lightly trained SVMs, and distribute a free implementation via the website above.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46949 | The benefits of adjusting your Google Analytics data with the Measurement Protocol
July 13, 2020
Google Analytics is a powerful analytics platform that is optimized for tracking and reporting on website activity. Occasionally, there are instances where an organization wants to track information via Google Analytics cannot be easily tracked by either the standard Google Analytics tracking code or customized Google Tag Manager implementations (e.g. tracking behavior outside of a user’s browser, thereby not allowing Google Analytics or Google Tag Managers JavaScript to run client-side). In these cases, the Measurement Protocol may be appropriate.
The Measurement Protocol allows you to send arbitrary Google Analytics data to a specific Google Analytics property through Post messages. This provides a great degree of flexibility on how the Measurement Protocol can be implemented with everything from single or batched cURL commands through more complex scripting using a programming language of your choice (e.g. PHP, Python, etc.).
In the article, Danny Mawani Holmgaard outlines several potential use cases for adjusting Google Analytics data using the Measurement Protocol (and includes workflows and examples for each):
1. Correct missing eCommerce transactions
2. Adjust duplicate eCommerce purchases, if you are using Google Analytics to report revenue
3. Send eCommerce refund data to Google Analytics
4. Update user status from your CRM
The article also notes several important caveats and considerations for implementing the Measurement Protocol:
• As Measurement Protocol inputs do not have access to Google Analytics user cookie information, it is recommended to either set up a new property for this data or use custom events and filtering to get the data into the correct view
• Make sure you uncheck bot filtering, as this can block Measurement Protocol hits from being sent to a property
• Keep data privacy in mind with your Measurement Protocol implementation, both from a data security perspective and a reporting perspective to make sure you remain in compliance for GDPR and any other relevant regulations
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46958 | TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-Wide Association Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Indians Identifies a New Susceptibility Locus at 2q21 JF - Diabetes JO - Diabetes SP - 977 LP - 986 DO - 10.2337/db12-0406 VL - 62 IS - 3 AU - Tabassum, Rubina AU - Chauhan, Ganesh AU - Dwivedi, Om Prakash AU - Mahajan, Anubha AU - Jaiswal, Alok AU - Kaur, Ismeet AU - Bandesh, Khushdeep AU - Singh, Tejbir AU - Mathai, Benan John AU - Pandey, Yogesh AU - Chidambaram, Manickam AU - Sharma, Amitabh AU - Chavali, Sreenivas AU - Sengupta, Shantanu AU - Ramakrishnan, Lakshmi AU - Venkatesh, Pradeep AU - Aggarwal, Sanjay K. AU - Ghosh, Saurabh AU - Prabhakaran, Dorairaj AU - Srinath, Reddy K. AU - Saxena, Madhukar AU - Banerjee, Monisha AU - Mathur, Sandeep AU - Bhansali, Anil AU - Shah, Viral N. AU - Madhu, Sri Venkata AU - Marwaha, Raman K. AU - Basu, Analabha AU - Scaria, Vinod AU - McCarthy, Mark I. AU - , AU - , AU - Venkatesan, Radha AU - Mohan, Viswanathan AU - Tandon, Nikhil AU - Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan Y1 - 2013/03/01 UR - http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/62/3/977.abstract N2 - Indians undergoing socioeconomic and lifestyle transitions will be maximally affected by epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of T2D in 12,535 Indians, a less explored but high-risk group. We identified a new type 2 diabetes–associated locus at 2q21, with the lead signal being rs6723108 (odds ratio 1.31; P = 3.32 × 10−9). Imputation analysis refined the signal to rs998451 (odds ratio 1.56; P = 6.3 × 10−12) within TMEM163 that encodes a probable vesicular transporter in nerve terminals. TMEM163 variants also showed association with decreased fasting plasma insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, indicating a plausible effect through impaired insulin secretion. The 2q21 region also harbors RAB3GAP1 and ACMSD; those are involved in neurologic disorders. Forty-nine of 56 previously reported signals showed consistency in direction with similar effect sizes in Indians and previous studies, and 25 of them were also associated (P < 0.05). Known loci and the newly identified 2q21 locus altogether explained 7.65% variance in the risk of T2D in Indians. Our study suggests that common susceptibility variants for T2D are largely the same across populations, but also reveals a population-specific locus and provides further insights into genetic architecture and etiology of T2D. ER - |
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Moisture damage and fatigue cracking are the most common defects of Sulfur Extended Asphalts (SEAs). Moisture damage in asphaltic mixtures occurs due to the weak cohesion and adhesion that causes the creation of different forms of pavement defects. Various methods have been employed in order to enhance the asphalt mixture’s resistance to the moisture damage. One of the main methods is the addition of antistriping agents (ASAs) which reinforce the bonding between asphalt binder and aggregates. In this study, a series of laboratory testing has been performed to appraise the mechanical properties and moisture sensitivity of the SEA mixtures modified with ASA. In addition, Googas as a new generation of modified-sulfur-mix additive and ASA (nanotechnology Zycotherm) were employed to make warm-mix asphalt (WMA) specimens, through modification of neat asphalt (PG 64-22). Furthermore, four types of mixtures with different additive proportions, containing ASA and sulfur, were prepared, and the moisture susceptibility, resilient modulus, rutting resistance, and fatigue behavior were measured. Obtained results, demonstrated the improvement of mechanical characteristics due to the implementation of the modified sulfur, exclusively for rutting phenomenon. Moreover, nanotechnology Zycotherm (NZ) as an ASA enhanced the adhesion between aggregates and sulfur-extended asphalt; thus, the resistance of SEAs against moisture damage and fatigue cracking improved. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46969 | How to Test Your Low-Code Tools for Security Vulnerabilities
What you will learn
In this article, we'll provide a brief introduction to low-code development and the different tools and platforms available for low-code development. After discussing the trends, growth, and a few downsides of low-code platforms, we'll focus on the article's main agenda. With security concerns being the most cited issue amongst developers and critics of low-code, we'll focus on the security vulnerabilities that could occur, how to test them, and how to deal with them.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46970 | Hemp vs. Marijuana: What’s the Difference? – Healthline
It’s a common misconception that hemp and marijuana are two different species of plant.
In fact, they’re not distinct species at all. They’re just two different names for cannabis, a type of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family.
While science doesn’t differentiate between “hemp” and “marijuana,” the law does.
Legally, the key difference between the two is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content.
THC is one of many cannabinoids, or chemicals found in the cannabis plant. It’s the one that’s primarily responsible for the “high” associated with cannabis.
The term “hemp” is used to mean cannabis that contains 0.3 percent or less THC content by dry weight.
Why 0.3 percent? This definition was first proposed in 1979, in a book called “The Species Problem in Cannabis: Science & Semantics.”
In the book, author Ernest Small addresses the fact that it’s difficult to distinguish hemp and cannabis because there’s no actual taxonomical difference between the two.
Small proposed the 0.3 percent rule as a possible solution, but he himself acknowledged that it’s an arbitrary number.
This number was used in the legal definition of hemp, as specified in the Agricultural Act of 2018 and other laws in the United States.
Because the THC level in hemp is so low, it’s unlikely to get you high.
Legally, “marijuana” refers to cannabis that has more than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight. THC content can vary among cannabis plants. Some strains are bred to be higher in THC than others.
Cannabis plants have been designated as Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, or a hybrid. Each of these has its own purported characteristics and effects, although science has yet to verify this.
History and racism
The word “marijuana” is quite controversial due its racist roots.
In the early 20th century, many Mexicans immigrated to the United States due to the Mexican Revolution. This led to growing racist and anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. At this time, cannabis was a legal cross-border import.
The word “marijuana” hadn’t been used a lot before then. Instead, the word “cannabis” was the scientific name and far more commonly used. However, in the 1910s and 1920s, the word “marijuana” became associated with Mexicans, who were stereotyped as people who frequently used cannabis.
The U.S. government used the term “marijuana” in anti-cannabis propaganda to cement the association between cannabis and Mexican immigrants. This anti-cannabis propaganda spread a great deal of myths around cannabis while also perpetuating racist stereotypes.
In the 1930s, this propaganda persisted and heavily contributed to cannabis becoming illegal.
To this day, there’s a great deal of debate over what we should call “marijuana.”
Because it’s tied to racist and anti-cannabis propaganda, “marijuana” is a word that many people in the industry are no longer using, preferring to simply use the word “cannabis” instead.
This can be confusing, because the Cannabis species also includes hemp.
While cannabis seeds essentially contain no cannabinoids, cannabinoids are found in higher concentrations in cannabis flowers, leaves, and stalks.
Those looking to experience cannabis’s beneficial effects often turn to cannabis flower, which can be smoked or extracted into tinctures and edibles.
Cannabis strains high in THC may produce a high and may be used for medical purposes, like pain management. Strains low in THC but higher in other cannabinoids, like cannabidiol (CBD), may also produce beneficial effects but won’t get you high.
Hemp, or cannabis with less than 0.3 percent THC, can also be grown to create other kinds of products, including:
Because hemp grows faster than trees and other crops, it’s considered to be a more sustainable way of making products like paper and textiles.
Hemp seed is quite nutritious, as it’s a complete protein that’s also high in fiber.
Other than the THC content, there’s one other difference between hemp and marijuana: legality.
The 2018 Farm Bill made it legal to grow hemp, or cannabis containing less than 0.3 percent THC, throughout the United States. It also made hemp-derived CBD products federally legal.
Marijuana, or cannabis containing more than 0.3 percent THC, isn’t federally legal.
State laws vary. In some states, it’s allowed to be used medically and recreationally. In other states, it may only be used medically. And in some states, it’s still completely illegal.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a cannabinoid that’s become increasingly popular since hemp was federally legalized. Many people use CBD products because CBD is said to have numerous health benefits.
CBD is found in some amount in all cannabis plants. That means it can be derived from either hemp or marijuana.
However, CBD products are only federally legal if they’re derived from hemp and contain less than 0.3 percent THC.
Hemp plants and marijuana plants are both the same species.
Legally, hemp is defined as a cannabis plant that contains 0.3 percent or less THC, while marijuana is a cannabis plant that contains more than 0.3 percent THC.
CBD can be derived from both hemp and marijuana plants.
Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/hemp-vs-marijuana
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46973 | Part 6
Part overview
In this part, we're going to add a main menu and pause menu, add a respawn system for the player, and change/move the sound system so we can use it from any script.
This is the last part of the FPS tutorial; by the end of this, you will have a solid base to build amazing FPS games with Godot!
You are assumed to have finished Part 5 before moving on to this part of the tutorial. The finished project from Part 5 will be the starting project for part 6
Let's get started!
Adding the main menu
Firstly, open up Main_Menu.tscn and take a look at how the scene is set up.
The main menu is broken up into three different panels, each representing a different 'screen' of our main menu.
The Background_Animation node is just so the background of the menu is a bit more interesting than a solid color. It's a camera looking around the skybox, nothing fancy.
Feel free to expand all the nodes and see how they're set up. Remember to keep only Start_Menu visible when you're done, as that's the screen we want to show first when we enter the main menu.
Select Main_Menu (the root node) and create a new script called Add the following:
extends Control
var start_menu
var level_select_menu
var options_menu
export (String, FILE) var testing_area_scene
export (String, FILE) var space_level_scene
export (String, FILE) var ruins_level_scene
func _ready():
start_menu = $Start_Menu
level_select_menu = $Level_Select_Menu
options_menu = $Options_Menu
$Start_Menu/Button_Start.connect("pressed", self, "start_menu_button_pressed", ["start"])
$Start_Menu/Button_Open_Godot.connect("pressed", self, "start_menu_button_pressed", ["open_godot"])
$Start_Menu/Button_Options.connect("pressed", self, "start_menu_button_pressed", ["options"])
$Start_Menu/Button_Quit.connect("pressed", self, "start_menu_button_pressed", ["quit"])
$Level_Select_Menu/Button_Back.connect("pressed", self, "level_select_menu_button_pressed", ["back"])
$Level_Select_Menu/Button_Level_Testing_Area.connect("pressed", self, "level_select_menu_button_pressed", ["testing_scene"])
$Level_Select_Menu/Button_Level_Space.connect("pressed", self, "level_select_menu_button_pressed", ["space_level"])
$Level_Select_Menu/Button_Level_Ruins.connect("pressed", self, "level_select_menu_button_pressed", ["ruins_level"])
$Options_Menu/Button_Back.connect("pressed", self, "options_menu_button_pressed", ["back"])
$Options_Menu/Button_Fullscreen.connect("pressed", self, "options_menu_button_pressed", ["fullscreen"])
$Options_Menu/Check_Button_VSync.connect("pressed", self, "options_menu_button_pressed", ["vsync"])
$Options_Menu/Check_Button_Debug.connect("pressed", self, "options_menu_button_pressed", ["debug"])
var globals = get_node("/root/Globals")
$Options_Menu/HSlider_Mouse_Sensitivity.value = globals.mouse_sensitivity
$Options_Menu/HSlider_Joypad_Sensitivity.value = globals.joypad_sensitivity
func start_menu_button_pressed(button_name):
if button_name == "start":
level_select_menu.visible = true
start_menu.visible = false
elif button_name == "open_godot":
elif button_name == "options":
options_menu.visible = true
start_menu.visible = false
elif button_name == "quit":
func level_select_menu_button_pressed(button_name):
if button_name == "back":
start_menu.visible = true
level_select_menu.visible = false
elif button_name == "testing_scene":
elif button_name == "space_level":
elif button_name == "ruins_level":
func options_menu_button_pressed(button_name):
if button_name == "back":
start_menu.visible = true
options_menu.visible = false
elif button_name == "fullscreen":
OS.window_fullscreen = !OS.window_fullscreen
elif button_name == "vsync":
OS.vsync_enabled = $Options_Menu/Check_Button_VSync.pressed
elif button_name == "debug":
func set_mouse_and_joypad_sensitivity():
var globals = get_node("/root/Globals")
globals.mouse_sensitivity = $Options_Menu/HSlider_Mouse_Sensitivity.value
globals.joypad_sensitivity = $Options_Menu/HSlider_Joypad_Sensitivity.value
Most of the code here relates to making UIs, which is outside of the purpose of this tutorial series. We're only going to look at the UI related code briefly.
See Faça o design de uma tela de menu and the tutorials following for better ways to make GUIs and UIs!
Let's look at the class variables first.
• start_menu: A variable to hold the Start_Menu Panel.
• level_select_menu: A variable to hold the Level_Select_Menu Panel.
• options_menu: A variable to hold the Options_Menu Panel.
• testing_area_scene: The path to the Testing_Area.tscn file, so we can change to it from this scene.
• space_level_scene: The path to the Space_Level.tscn file, so we can change to it from this scene.
• ruins_level_scene: The path to the Ruins_Level.tscn file, so we can change to it from this scene.
You'll have to set the paths to the correct files in the editor before testing this script! Otherwise it will not work!
Now let's go over _ready
Firstly, we get all the Panel nodes and assign them to the proper variables.
Next, we connect all the buttons pressed signals to their respective [panel_name_here]_button_pressed functions.
We then set the mouse mode to MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE to ensure whenever the player returns to this scene, the mouse will be visible.
Then we get a singleton, called Globals. We then set the values for the HSlider nodes so their values line up with the mouse and joypad sensitivity in the singleton.
We have not made the Globals singleton yet, so don't worry! We're going to make it soon!
In start_menu_button_pressed, we check to see which button is pressed.
Based on the button pressed, we either change the currently visible panel, quit the application, or open the Godot website.
In level_select_menu_button_pressed, we check to see which button is pressed.
If the back button has been pressed, we change the currently visible panels to return to the main menu.
If one of the scene changing buttons is pressed, we fist call set_mouse_and_joypad_sensitivity so the singleton ( has the values from the HSlider nodes. Then, we tell the singleton to change nodes using its load_new_scene function, passing in the file path of the scene the player has selected.
Don't worry about the singleton, we'll get there soon!
In options_menu_button_pressed, we check to see which button is pressed.
If the fullscreen button is pressed, we toggle the OS's full screen mode by setting it to the flipped version of its current value.
If the vsync button is pressed, we set the OS's Vsync based on the state of the Vsync check button.
Finally, lets take a look at set_mouse_and_joypad_sensitivity.
Firstly, we get the Globals singleton and assign it to a local variable.
We then set the mouse_sensitivity and joypad_sensitivity variables to the values in their respective HSlider node counterparts.
Making the Globals singleton
Now, for all this to work, we need to create the Globals singleton. Make a new script in the Script tab and call it
To make the Globals singleton, go to the Script tab in the editor, then click New and a Create Script box will appear, leave everything unchanged except for the Path where you need to insert the script's name
Add the following to
extends Node
var mouse_sensitivity = 0.08
var joypad_sensitivity = 2
func _ready():
func load_new_scene(new_scene_path):
As you can see, it's quite small and simple. As this part progresses, we will keep adding more complex logic to, but for now, all it is doing is holding two class variables, and abstract defining how we change scenes.
• mouse_sensitivity: The current sensitivity for our mouse, so we can load it in
• joypad_sensitivity: The current sensitivity for our joypad, so we can load it in
Right now, all we will be using for is a way to carry variables across scenes. Because the sensitivities of our mouse and joypad are stored in, any changes we make in one scene (like in Options_Menu) will affect the sensitivity for the player.
All we're doing in load_new_scene is calling SceneTree's change_scene function, passing in the scene path given in load_new_scene.
That's all the code needed for right now! Before we can test the main menu, we first need to set as an autoload script.
Open up the Project Settings and click the AutoLoad tab.
Then select the path to in the Path field by clicking the button (..) beside it. Make sure the name in the Node Name field is Globals. If you have everything like in the picture above, then press Add!
This will make a singleton/autoload script, which will allow us to access it from any script, in any scene.
For more information on singleton/autoload scripts, see Singletons (Carregamento Automático).
Now that is a singleton/autoload script, you can test the main menu!
You may want to change the main scene from Testing_Area.tscn to Main_Menu.tscn so when we export the game the player will start at the main menu. You can do this through the Project Settings, under the General tab. Then in the Application category, click the Run subcategory and you can change the main scene by changing the value in Main Scene.
You'll have to set the paths to the correct files in Main_Menu in the editor before testing the main menu! Otherwise you will not be able to change scenes from the level select menu/screen.
Adding the debug menu
Now, let's add a simple debugging scene so we can track things like FPS (Frames Per Second) in-game. Open up Debug_Display.tscn.
You can see it's a Panel positioned in the top right corner of the screen. It has three Labels, one for displaying the FPS at which the game is running, one for showing on what OS the game is running, and a label for showing with which Godot version the game is running.
Let's add the code needed to fill these Labels. Select Debug_Display and create a new script called Add the following:
extends Control
func _ready():
$OS_Label.text = "OS: " + OS.get_name()
$Engine_Label.text = "Godot version: " + Engine.get_version_info()["string"]
func _process(delta):
$FPS_Label.text = "FPS: " + str(Engine.get_frames_per_second())
Let's go over what this script does.
In _ready, we set the OS_Label's text to the name provided by OS using the get_name function. This will return the name of the OS (or Operating System) for which Godot was compiled. For example, when you are running Windows, it will return Windows, while when you are running Linux, it will return X11.
Then, we set the Engine_Label's text to the version info provided by Engine.get_version_info. Engine.get_version_info returns a dictionary full of useful information about the version of Godot which is currently running. We only care about the string version, for this label at least, so we get the string and assign that as the text in Engine_Label. See Engine for more information on the values get_version_info returns.
In _process, we set the text of the FPS_Label to Engine.get_frames_per_second, but because get_frames_per_second returns an integer, we have to cast it to a string using str before we can add it to the Label.
Now let's jump back to and change the following in options_menu_button_pressed:
elif button_name == "debug":
to this instead:
elif button_name == "debug":
This will call a new function called set_debug_display in our singleton, so let's add that next!
Open up and add the following class variables:
# All the GUI/UI-related variables
var canvas_layer = null
const DEBUG_DISPLAY_SCENE = preload("res://Debug_Display.tscn")
var debug_display = null
• canvas_layer: A canvas layer so the GUI/UI created in is always drawn on top.
• DEBUG_DISPLAY: The debug display scene we worked on earlier.
• debug_display: A variable to hold the debug display when/if there is one.
Now that we have the class variables defined, we need to add a few lines to _ready so will have a canvas layer to use (which we will store in canvas_layer). Change _ready to the following:
func _ready():
canvas_layer =
Now in _ready, we create a new canvas layer, assign it to canvas_layer and add it as a child. Because is an autoload/singleton, Godot will make a Node when the game is launched, and it will have attached to it. Since Godot makes a Node, we can treat like any other node with regard to adding/removing children nodes.
The reason we're adding a CanvasLayer is so all our GUI and UI nodes we instance/spawn in are always drawn on top of everything else.
When adding nodes to a singleton/autoload, you have to be careful not to lose reference to any of the child nodes. This is because nodes will not be freed/destroyed when you change the active scene, meaning you can run into memory problems if you are instancing/spawning lots of nodes and you are not freeing them.
Now we need to add set_debug_display to
func set_debug_display(display_on):
if display_on == false:
if debug_display != null:
debug_display = null
if debug_display == null:
debug_display = DEBUG_DISPLAY_SCENE.instance()
Let's go over what's happening.
First we check to see if is trying to turn on the debug display, or turn it off.
If is turning off the display, we then check to see if debug_display is not equal to null. If debug_display is not equal to null, then must have a debug display currently active. If has a debug display active, we free it using queue_free and then assign debug_display to null.
If is turning on the display, we then check to make sure do not already have a debug display active. We do this by making sure debug_display is equal to null. If debug_display is null, we instance a new DEBUG_DISPLAY_SCENE, and add it as a child of canvas_layer.
With that done, we can now toggle the debug display on and off by switching the CheckButton in the Options_Menu panel. Go give it a try!
Notice how the debug display stays even when you change scenes from the Main_Menu.tscn to another scene (like Testing_Area.tscn). This is the beauty of instancing/spawning nodes in a singleton/autoload and adding them as children to the singleton/autoload. Any of the nodes added as children of the singleton/autoload will stay for as long as the game is running, without any additional work on our part!
Adding a pause menu
Let's add a pause menu so we can return to the main menu when we press the ui_cancel action.
Open up Pause_Popup.tscn.
Notice how the root node in Pause_Popup is a WindowDialog; WindowDialog inherits from Popup, which means WindowDialog can act like a popup.
Select Pause_Popup and scroll down all the way till you get to the Pause menu in the inspector. Notice how the pause mode is set to process instead of inherit like it is normally set by default. This makes it so it will continue to process even when the game is paused, which we need in order to interact with the UI elements.
Now that we've looked at how Pause_Popup.tscn is set up, let's write the code to make it work. Normally, we'd attach a script to the root node of the scene, Pause_Popup in this case, but since we'll need to receive a couple of signals in, we'll write all the code for the popup there.
Open up and add the following class variables:
const MAIN_MENU_PATH = "res://Main_Menu.tscn"
const POPUP_SCENE = preload("res://Pause_Popup.tscn")
var popup = null
• MAIN_MENU_PATH: The path to the main menu scene.
• POPUP_SCENE: The pop up scene we looked at earlier.
• popup: A variable to hold the pop up scene.
Now we need to add _process to so it can respond when the ui_cancel action is pressed. Add the following to _process:
func _process(delta):
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_cancel"):
if popup == null:
popup = POPUP_SCENE.instance()
popup.get_node("Button_quit").connect("pressed", self, "popup_quit")
popup.connect("popup_hide", self, "popup_closed")
popup.get_node("Button_resume").connect("pressed", self, "popup_closed")
get_tree().paused = true
Let's go over what's happening here.
Firstly, we check to see if the ui_cancel action is pressed. Then, we check to make sure does not already have a popup open by checking to see if popup is equal to null.
If do not have a pop-up open, we instance POPUP_SCENE and assign it to popup.
We then get the quit button and assign its pressed signal to popup_quit, which we will be adding shortly.
Next, we assign both the popup_hide signal from the WindowDialog and the pressed signal from the resume button to popup_closed, which we will be adding shortly.
Then, we add popup as a child of canvas_layer so it's drawn on top. We then tell popup to pop up at the center of the screen using popup_centered.
Next, we make sure the mouse mode is MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE so the player can interact with the pop-up. If we did not do this, the player would not be able to interact with the pop up in any scene where the mouse mode is MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED.
Finally, we pause the entire SceneTree.
For more information on pausing in Godot, see Pausing games
Now, we need to add the functions to which we've connected the signals. Let's add popup_closed first.
Add the following to
func popup_closed():
get_tree().paused = false
if popup != null:
popup = null
popup_closed will resume the game and destroy the pop-up if there is one.
popup_quit is similar, but we're also making sure the mouse is visible and changing scenes to the title screen.
Add the following to
func popup_quit():
get_tree().paused = false
if popup != null:
popup = null
popup_quit will resume the game, set the mouse mode to MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE to ensure the mouse is visible in the main menu, destroy the pop-up if there is one, and change scenes to the main menu.
Before we're ready to test the pop-up, we should change one thing in
Open up and in process_input, change the code for capturing/freeing the cursor to the following:
Instead of:
# Capturing/Freeing cursor
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_cancel"):
if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE:
You will leave only:
# Capturing/Freeing cursor
if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE:
Now, instead of capturing/freeing the mouse, we check whether the current mouse mode is MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE. If it is, we set it back to MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED.
Because the pop-up makes the mouse mode MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE whenever you pause, we no longer have to worry about freeing and capturing the cursor in
Now the pause menu pop-up is finished. You can now pause at any point in the game and return to the main menu!
Starting the respawn system
Since the player can lose all their health, it would be ideal if the player died and respawned too, so let's add that next!
Firstly, open up Player.tscn and expand HUD. Notice how there is a ColorRect called Death_Screen. When the player dies, we're going to make Death_Screen visible, and show them how long they have to wait before the player is able to respawn.
Open up and add the following class variables:
const RESPAWN_TIME = 4
var dead_time = 0
var is_dead = false
var globals
• RESPAWN_TIME: The amount of time (in seconds) it takes to respawn.
• dead_time: A variable to track how long the player has been dead.
• is_dead: A variable to track whether or not the player is currently dead.
• globals: A variable to hold the singleton.
We now need to add a couple lines to _ready, so we can use in Add the following to _ready:
globals = get_node("/root/Globals")
global_transform.origin = globals.get_respawn_position()
Now we're getting the singleton and assigning it to globals. We also set the player's global position by setting the origin in the player's global Transform to the position returned by globals.get_respawn_position.
Don't worry, we will be adding get_respawn_position further below!
Next, we need to make a few changes to _physics_process. Change _physics_process to the following:
func _physics_process(delta):
if !is_dead:
if (grabbed_object == null):
Now the player will not be processing input or movement input when the player is dead. We are also now calling process_respawn.
The if !is_dead: expression is equivalent and works in the same way as the expression if is_dead == false:. And by removing the ! sign from the expression we obtain the opposite expression if is_dead == true:. It is just a shorter way of writing the same code functionality.
We have not made process_respawn yet, so let's change that.
Let's add process_respawn. Add the following to
func process_respawn(delta):
# If we've just died
if health <= 0 and !is_dead:
$Body_CollisionShape.disabled = true
$Feet_CollisionShape.disabled = true
changing_weapon = true
changing_weapon_name = "UNARMED"
$HUD/Death_Screen.visible = true
$HUD/Panel.visible = false
$HUD/Crosshair.visible = false
dead_time = RESPAWN_TIME
is_dead = true
if grabbed_object != null:
grabbed_object.mode = RigidBody.MODE_RIGID
grabbed_object.apply_impulse(Vector3(0, 0, 0), -camera.global_transform.basis.z.normalized() * OBJECT_THROW_FORCE / 2)
grabbed_object.collision_layer = 1
grabbed_object.collision_mask = 1
grabbed_object = null
if is_dead:
dead_time -= delta
var dead_time_pretty = str(dead_time).left(3)
$HUD/Death_Screen/Label.text = "You died\n" + dead_time_pretty + " seconds till respawn"
if dead_time <= 0:
global_transform.origin = globals.get_respawn_position()
$Body_CollisionShape.disabled = false
$Feet_CollisionShape.disabled = false
$HUD/Death_Screen.visible = false
$HUD/Panel.visible = true
$HUD/Crosshair.visible = true
for weapon in weapons:
var weapon_node = weapons[weapon]
if weapon_node != null:
health = 100
grenade_amounts = {"Grenade":2, "Sticky Grenade":2}
current_grenade = "Grenade"
is_dead = false
Let's go through what this function is doing.
Firstly, we check whether the player has just died by checking if health is less than or equal to 0 and is_dead is false.
If the player has just died, we disable the collision shapes for the player. We do this to make sure the player is not blocking anything with their dead body.
Next, we set changing_weapon to true and set changing_weapon_name to UNARMED. This is so, if the player is using a weapon, it is put away when they dies.
We then make the Death_Screen ColorRect visible so the player gets a nice grey overlay over everything when they have died. We then make the rest of the UI, the Panel and Crosshair nodes, invisible.
Next, we set dead_time to RESPAWN_TIME so we can start counting down how long the player has been dead. We also set is_dead to true so we know the player has died.
If the player is holding an object when they died, we need to throw it. We first check whether the player is holding an object or not. If the player is holding a object, we throw it using the same code as the throwing code we added in Part 5.
The \n combination from the expression You have died\n is a command used to display the text following after it on a new line below. This is always useful when you want to nicely group displayed text in multiple lines so it looks better and is more readable by the players of your games.
Then we check whether the player is dead. If so, we then remove delta from dead_time.
We then make a new variable called dead_time_pretty, where we convert dead_time to a string, using only the first three characters starting from the left. This gives the player a nice looking string showing how much time the player has left to wait before the player can respawn.
We then change the Label in Death_Screen to show how much time the player has left.
Next we check to see if the player has waited long enough and can respawn. We do this by checking to see if dead_time is 0 or less.
If the player has waited long enough to respawn, we set the player's position to a new respawn position provided by get_respawn_position.
We then enable both of the player's collision shapes so the player can collide again with the environment.
Next, we make the Death_Screen invisible and make the rest of the UI, the Panel and Crosshair nodes, visible again.
We then go through each weapon and call its reset_weapon function, which we will add soon.
Then, we reset health to 100, grenade_amounts to its default values, and change current_grenade to Grenade. This effectively resets these variables to their default values.
Finally, we set is_dead to false.
Before we leave, we need to add one quick thing to _input. Add the following at the beginning of _input:
if is_dead:
Now, when the player is dead, they cannot look around with the mouse.
Finishing the respawn system
Firstly, let's open and add the reset_weapon function. Add the following:
func reset_weapon():
ammo_in_weapon = 10
spare_ammo = 20
Now, when we call reset_weapon, the ammo in the pistol and the ammo in the spares will be reset to their default values.
Now let's add reset_weapon in
func reset_weapon():
ammo_in_weapon = 50
spare_ammo = 100
And add the following to
func reset_weapon():
ammo_in_weapon = 1
spare_ammo = 1
Now all the weapons will reset when the player dies.
Now we need to add a few things to Firstly, add the following class variable:
var respawn_points = null
• respawn_points: A variable to hold all the respawn points in a level
Because we're getting a random spawn point each time, we need to randomize the number generator. Add the following to _ready:
randomize will get us a new random seed so we get a (relatively) random string of numbers when we use any of the random functions.
Now let's add get_respawn_position to
func get_respawn_position():
if respawn_points == null:
return Vector3(0, 0, 0)
var respawn_point = rand_range(0, respawn_points.size() - 1)
return respawn_points[respawn_point].global_transform.origin
Let's go over what this function does.
Firstly, we check if has any respawn_points by checking whether respawn_points is null or not.
If respawn_points is null, we return a position of empty Vector 3 with the position (0, 0, 0).
If respawn_points is not null, we then get a random number between 0 and the number of elements we have in respawn_points, minus 1 since most programming languages, including GDScript, start counting from 0 when you are accessing elements in a list.
We then return the position of the Spatial node at respawn_point position in respawn_points.
Before we are done with, we need to add the following to load_new_scene:
respawn_points = null
We set respawn_points to null so when/if the player gets to a level with no respawn points, we do not respawn the player at the respawn points that were in the level prior.
Now all we need is a way to set the respawn points. Open up Ruins_Level.tscn and select Spawn_Points. Add a new script called and attach it to Spawn_Points. Add the following to
extends Spatial
func _ready():
var globals = get_node("/root/Globals")
globals.respawn_points = get_children()
Now, when a node with has its _ready function called, all the children nodes of the node with, Spawn_Points in the case of Ruins_Level.tscn, will be added to respawn_points in
Any node with has to be above the player in the SceneTree so the respawn points are set before the player needs them in the player's _ready function.
Now, when the player dies, they will respawn after waiting 4 seconds!
No spawn points are already set up for any of the levels besides Ruins_Level.tscn! Adding spawn points to Space_Level.tscn is left as an exercise for the reader.
Writing a sound system we can use anywhere
Finally, let's make a sound system so we can play sounds from anywhere, without having to use the player.
Firstly, open up and change it to the following:
extends Spatial
var audio_node = null
var should_loop = false
var globals = null
func _ready():
audio_node = $Audio_Stream_Player
audio_node.connect("finished", self, "sound_finished")
globals = get_node("/root/Globals")
func play_sound(audio_stream, position=null):
if audio_stream == null:
print ("No audio stream passed; cannot play sound")
return = audio_stream
# If you are using an AudioStreamPlayer3D, then uncomment these lines to set the position.
#if audio_node is AudioStreamPlayer3D:
# if position != null:
# audio_node.global_transform.origin = position
func sound_finished():
if should_loop:
There are several changes from the old version, first and foremost being we are no longer storing the sound files in anymore. This is much better for performance since we're no longer loading each audio clip when we create a sound, but instead we are forcing an audio stream to be passed in to play_sound.
Another change is we have a new class variable called should_loop. Instead of just destroying the audio player every time it's finished, we instead want to check and see if the audio player is set to loop or not. This allows us to have audio like looping background music without having to spawn a new audio player with the music when the old one is finished.
Finally, instead of being instanced/spawned in, the audio player is instead going to be spawned in so we can create sounds from any scene. Now the audio player stores singleton so when the audio player is destroyed, we can also remove it from a list in
Let's go over the changes.
For the class variables, we removed all the audio_[insert name here] variables since we will instead have these passed in from
We also added two new class variables, should_loop and globals. We'll use should_loop to tell whether the audio player should loop when the sound has finished, and globals will hold the singleton.
The only change in _ready is now audio player is getting the singleton and assigning it to globals.
play_sound now expects an audio stream, named audio_stream, to be passed in, instead of sound_name. Instead of checking the sound name and setting the stream for the audio player, we instead check to make sure an audio stream was passed in. If an audio stream was not passed in, we print an error message, remove the audio player from a list in the singleton called created_audio, and then free the audio player.
Finally, in sound_finished we first check to see if the audio player is supposed to loop or not using should_loop. If the audio player is supposed to loop, we play the sound again from the start, at position 0.0. If the audio player is not supposed to loop, we remove the audio player from a list in the singleton called created_audio, and then free the audio player.
Now that we've finished our changes to, we now need to turn our attention to First, add the following class variables:
# All the audio files.
# You will need to provide your own sound files.
var audio_clips = {
"Pistol_shot": null, #preload("res://path_to_your_audio_here!")
"Rifle_shot": null, #preload("res://path_to_your_audio_here!")
"Gun_cock": null, #preload("res://path_to_your_audio_here!")
const SIMPLE_AUDIO_PLAYER_SCENE = preload("res://Simple_Audio_Player.tscn")
var created_audio = []
Let's go over these global variables.
• audio_clips: A dictionary holding all the audio clips can play.
• SIMPLE_AUDIO_PLAYER_SCENE: The simple audio player scene.
• created_audio: A list to hold all the simple audio players has created.
If you want to add additional audio, you need to add it to audio_clips. No audio files are provided in this tutorial, so you will have to provide your own.
One site I'd recommend is I'm using the Gamemaster audio gun sound pack included in the Sonniss' GDC Game Audio bundle for 2017. The tracks I've used (with some minor editing) are as follows:
• gun_revolver_pistol_shot_04,
• gun_semi_auto_rifle_cock_02,
• gun_submachine_auto_shot_00_automatic_preview_01
Now we need to add a new function called play_sound to
func play_sound(sound_name, loop_sound=false, sound_position=null):
if audio_clips.has(sound_name):
var new_audio = SIMPLE_AUDIO_PLAYER_SCENE.instance()
new_audio.should_loop = loop_sound
new_audio.play_sound(audio_clips[sound_name], sound_position)
print ("ERROR: cannot play sound that does not exist in audio_clips!")
Let's go over what this function does.
Firstly, we check whether has an audio clip with the name sound_name in audio_clips. If it does not, we print an error message.
If has an audio clip with the name sound_name, we then instance/spawn a new SIMPLE_AUDIO_PLAYER_SCENE and assign it to new_audio.
We then set should_loop, and add new_audio as a child of
Remember, we have to be careful adding nodes to a singleton, since these nodes will not be destroyed when changing scenes.
We add the new_audio into the created_audio list to hold all created audios.
We then call play_sound, passing in the audio clip associated with sound_name and the sound position.
Before we leave, we need to add a few lines of code to load_new_scene so when the player changes scenes, all the audio is destroyed.
Add the following to load_new_scene:
for sound in created_audio:
if (sound != null):
Now, before changes scenes, it goes through each simple audio player in created_sounds and frees/destroys them. Once has gone through all the sounds in created_audio, we clear created_audio so it no longer holds any references to any (now freed/destroyed) simple audio players.
Let's change create_sound in to use this new system. First, remove simple_audio_player from's class variables since we will no longer be directly instancing/spawning sounds in
Now, change create_sound to the following:
func create_sound(sound_name, position=null):
globals.play_sound(sound_name, false, position)
Now, whenever create_sound is called, we simply call play_sound in, passing in all the arguments received.
Now all the sounds in our FPS can be played from anywhere. All we have to do is get the singleton, and call play_sound, pass in the name of the sound we want to play, whether we want it to loop or not, and the position from which to play the sound.
For example, if you want to play an explosion sound when the grenade explodes you'd need to add a new sound to audio_clips in, get the singleton, and then you just need to add something like globals.play_sound("explosion", false, global_transform.origin) in the grenades _process function, right after the grenade damages all the bodies within its blast radius.
Final notes
Now you have a fully working single player FPS!
At this point, you have a good base to build more complicated FPS games.
You can download the finished project for the entire tutorial here:
The finished project source files contain the same code, just written in a different order. This is because the finished project source files are what the tutorial is based on.
The finished project code was written in the order that features were created, not necessarily in a order that is ideal for learning.
Other than that, the source is exactly the same, just with helpful comments explaining what each part does.
The finished project source is hosted on GitHub as well:
Please note that the code in GitHub may or may not be in sync with the tutorial in the documentation.
The code in the documentation is likely better managed and/or more up to date. If you are unsure of which to use, use the project(s) provided in the documentation, as they are maintained by the Godot community.
You can download all the .blend files used in this tutorial here:
All assets provided in the started assets (unless otherwise noted) were originally created by TwistedTwigleg, with changes/additions by the Godot community. All original assets provided for this tutorial are released under the MIT license.
Sinta-se à vontade para usá-los como quiser! Todos esses ativos originais pertencem à comunidade Godot, com os outros ativos pertencendo às pessoas listadas abaixo:
The skybox is created by StumpyStrust and can be found at . The skybox is licensed under the CC0 license.
A fonte usada é Titillium-Regular, licenciada sob a SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
The skybox was converted to a 360 equirectangular image using this tool:
While no sounds are provided, you can find many game ready sounds at
Aviso,, the creator(s) of Titillium-Regular, StumpyStrust, and are in no way involved in this tutorial. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46979 | Why “How” Matters MORE Than “What”!
The words I’m saying to you now are the words I wish my younger self would’ve been told. 🗣️
Sure, he was told at times to stop caring about what other people thought. He was told at times to stop people pleasing. 🛑
But he didn’t know how…😫
🗣️ “What do you mean ‘how’? You just do it, Donald! Simple as that!” 🗣️
I understand your perspective, and if it works for you I’m very happy it does. That’s great! But I’ll share with you another perspective I’ve also learned. 📖
Sometimes what people need the most is NOT hearing the solutions. In fact, these people have often heard the solutions MULTIPLE times! 😲
No, what they actually need is a compass to navigate themselves, their emotions and their intellect, towards the solutions. 🧭
In other words, they don’t need the answers to the “What?” They need the answers to the “How?” 🙌
In other words, telling someone to stop caring what others think is far easier said than done. The problem is you’re telling someone What to do, not How to do it. 👍
You can tell a person all you want to fish. But if they’ve never been taught how to fish, how do you expect them to know? 🤔
🌟 You can’t expect someone to know what they don’t know. 🌟
I wish I could’ve told my younger self the Hows of messages like the one above. I wish I could’ve shared with him this How, that inner happiness and fulfillment matters more than other people’s opinion of him. 💬
I’ll leave you with one statement, however blunt, that reminds me how silly it is to worry so much about what others think. Much love! ❤️
🤯 If you worry what other people think, you’re letting someone else’s imagination control your reality. 🤯
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/46999 | Check out these awesome online events during National Science Week 2020
Professional Development: Using SCINEMA in your classroom
In June, we hosted a virtual professional development session for STEM educators, to show how to use SCINEMA International Science Film Festival films and associated educational resources with your classes. During the session, we previewed a film from this years festival … Continued |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47005 | How to Make Basil Oil
This 2-ingredient Basil Oil is super easy to make and tastes like summer. Basil oil packs one of my favorite sun-kissed ingredients into a bottle! If you’re wondering how to make basil oil you’ll love this simple recipe.
What is Basil?
An incredibly fragrant herb that is part of the mint family, basil grows like a weed. In the mountain climate of Colorado, this herb is an annual that needs to be replanted each year. Basil is a nutrient dense plant used in both herbal medicine and numerous culinary traditions, including Italian and Asian cooking. Customarily used as the main ingredient in pesto, it’s also the perfect seasoning for meat, fish, pasta, and egg dishes.
What to do with Basil?
Sometimes my garden is overflowing with basil and I have more on hand than I can use. What to do with that bounty of basil? Take it to the neighbors? No, they have too much as well. The answer? Learn how to make basil oil.
How to Make Basil Oil
I tried making basil oil three ways –using whole, chopped, and minced basil leaves. The best outcome was with the leaves left in tact. Those that were cut began to degrade in the oil as they marinated. It makes sense if you think about it, like an apple that has been sliced, the flesh starts to oxidize and turn brown. You’ll notice that this recipes calls for more oil than it yields. That’s because you’ll lose some of the oil in the leaves while marinating.
How to Make Basil Oil
1 cup
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• 12 ounces olive oil
• 2 ounces basil, 1 packed cup
1. Remove basil leaves from stem
2. Place oil in a pint mason jar
3. Carefully stuff basil into mason jar
4. Close with lid
5. Store on a sunny windowsill for 1 day
6. Use a funnel to strain oil and a spoon to smash last bits of oil out of leaves
7. Discard basil leaves
8. Transfer oil to a decorative jar
9. Refrigerate for up to 1 week
Health Benefits of Basil
Basil is one of the healthiest herbs you’ll find. It contains iron, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C and vitamin K and is packed with robust antioxidants that reduce inflammation. The phytochemicals in this super food herb are cancer preventative. The antimicrobial and antibacterial properties likely explain the use of basil as a defacto preservative in the culinary traditions of warmer climates such as South East Asia. Basil is simply a wonder-food that you need to include in your diet because it tastes good and is good for you!
Healthy Basil Recipes
The word basil comes from the Greek basileus, meaning king. Some people consider basil the king of herbs. I love the stuff. Here are some of my easy basil recipes for you!
52 responses to “How to Make Basil Oil”
1. Hi! My basil oil has been in the fridge for a week now but it has some white things on the top part. What is it? What to do? Is it bad? Help!
2. I want to use some fresh basil from my garden to make oil I can use on my skin. Can you tell me how to do that?
3. Hi Elana, I made fresh basil infused oil 4 days ago but I didn’t put in sunny place. Now as soon as I saw the basil leaves started changing color to dark brownish, I strained the oil. Would the oil be OK to consume now or it has developed botulism? Thanks
4. A slightly different question: I forgot to wash the basil leaves from my home-grown plant before putting them in the processor with walnuts for a future pesto. It is now in the freezer but I worry about bacteria. Will sautéing it kill off any bacteria OR should I throw it out? PS: the fresh basil plant originally came from the supermarket. I had put it in my own, larger pot and it grew beautifully before I cut off the leaves. Thank you.
• Rose, thanks for checking in. I would not use that oil unless it is heated well above 300F for a minimum of 3 minutes :-)
5. Hi Elena! Just to confirm, the oil will only last for 1 week? I was thinking that I can make it, and then have it for a month or so. No? :( I guess this is because there are fresh herbs infused, right? I buy basil olive oil from an olive oil store, and it lasts forever. Does this mean that they don’t use fresh herbs?
6. Concerned about the comments on botulism, not real clear after reading how to best do the process and should I use ex virgin or regular oil?
Sorry, second question in a row…
• Paula, yes I use EVOO. If you click on the highlighted text in the ingredients portion of the recipe you will be taken to the exact type and brand of each ingredient I use :-)
7. Great idea!
Or you could puree basil with olive oil (or any oil really) and freeze in ice cube trays. I’ve done this with garlic cloves added too :)
I’ve also layered cilantro with sea salt and let it sit for days/weeks then taken out the leaves and the sea salt is flavored. Salt is a preservative so I don’t think there would be the same risk of botulism that there would be with oil and fresh leaves… but I’m not completely sure… if in doubt – puree and freeze :)
8. I take my garden basil, stems and all, place in a freezer sip lock bag and freeze. I just take some out when needed as it breaks off easily and then return bag to freezer. I used to put chopped basil in ice cube trays with water, freeze and then put cubes into a freezer zip lock bag.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47008 | Your Daughter
Oh, girl, let your hair down low
All over me, yeah,
I want you all over me. Climb on now, hard and fast
Just let me cram in as many sexual innuendos as I can,
Watch me
And they’ll play it on the radio
They’ll play it to little ones who I’ll mold into one of my very own
Say, who cares if this song don’t rhyme
I just wanna cash in on other girls’ insecurities
Most of them barely even hit puberty
Oh well, we say, this shit sells
Why make the world a little better when
You can make it look ugly?
We’ll make the little girls hate themselves and,
Yeah, we’ll think it’s funny
I know sex sells and
I’m so original for using it in my lyrics, who’d have thought that’s the way to make
I know it’s disgusting, so please go ahead
Go ahead and tell yourself you hate it
That you abhor it, that it’s wrong
But you’ll still watch it, buy it, and get it to the charts,
Buy it, Buy it, and let your daughter paste it all over her bedroom walls in sparkly little hearts
I may be an image, a brand, and a lie
But only I have the power to make your baby girl cry.
Cry my name and shout it, scream it, blast it through the walls
Go and buy her that cake with my face on it
For I’m the only thing she adores
She’ll find other boys soon to give her a big fat diamond ring
But for now I hold the key, the key, yes, the key
to screw with her own insignificant self worth
I’ll shape her own perception of herself,
And make her feel lost when she realises that she can never,
Ever be with the construct that defines itself as ‘me’.
What Would Your Patronus Be?
I stumbled across this photo when I was trundling along the internet earlier, and this made me chuckle, so I thought it best I shared it!
It has nothing to do with the fact that I would marry Arthur Weasley over and over again, given the chance.
It sparked an idea in my mind, and I thought I’d ask you guys too:
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47012 | Gisèle Gelbert
An Alphabet in Your Mind
Damien, 14, is illiterate. He cant read or write. He is incapable of recognising letters, and he cannot spell words or syllables. He does not know that there is a relation between what is said and what is written: it is not even that there is a poor relation, in his eyes there is no relation.
Zacharie is also illiterate. Among other things, he is sure that the French vowel é(pronounced Eh! meaning Hey!) cannot be written. For him, it is the vowel sound to call someone and so cannot be written down. And at the age of 14, Zacharie still cannot write.
Jérémie, 8, thinks that when the vowel changes, the consonant must change too. For him, the stability of the consonant depends on the vowels. Unable to break words down into syllables, he invariably produces meaningless sounds and cannot read.
For Damien, Zacharie, Jérémie and many others the acquisition of reading and writing skills is an impossible task because they do not possess an alphabet. In this sense, they are illiterate. The alphabet has not found its place in their linguistic development. And because it has not been correctly installed in their brains, they are incapable of proceeding from the oral to the written sphere or vice versa.
Based on the case histories of her young patients, Gisèle Gelbert shows that the alphabet may be at the root of aphasiac-type disorders. She also demonstrates, through numerous exercises and examples, how the alphabet can serve as an essential therapeutic tool to treat and cure difficulties in reading and writing.
Gisèle Gelbert is a neurologist specialising in aphasia. She is the author of Lire cest vivre; Lire cest aussi écrire and Le Cerveau des illettrés. |
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Romania offers benefits of a universal healthcare system. The state finances primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare. Public health campaigns are independently financed by the Government of Romania. The Ministry of Health of Romania is required to manage and supervise the public healthcare sector. For 2013, the budget allocated for the healthcare sector is US$2.6 billion (8.675.192.000 lei), or roughly 1.7% of the GDP.[1]
The access to healthcare is guaranteed by Article 34 in the Constitution of Romania, which specifies that the state is obliged "to guarantee the sheltering of healthcare".[2]
Every citizen of Romania is entitled to cost-free, unrestricted medical procedures, as established by a physician only if they present themselves with a health card as of 9th of September 2015, proving to have paid insurance. Citizens of the European Union, along with Romanian citizens without paid insurance have the right to free emergency medical assistance.
Universal healthcare in Romania[edit]
The concept of universal healthcare has been implemented[when?] in name only in Romania. However, the patients were still required to pay some medical costs, and in some cases, the fees were too high. In consequence, healthcare was virtually only available to the middle class and upwards. The working class were in the position of having to use free clinics or hospitals run by charities.[citation needed]
History of the Romanian health system[edit]
1910 logo of the Bucharest Ambulance Society
Headquarters of the National Red Cross Society, founded on 4 July 1876
The first concept of public healthcare appeared in 1700. At the time, it was a common practice for foreign doctors to be brought in to provide healthcare for the upper class. Philanthropists ran their own charity hospitals, and provided free healthcare for the peasants.[3]
The National Red Cross Society was founded on 4 July 1876. The first president of the Romanian Red Cross was Dimitrie Ghica, between 1876 and 1897.[4] The Romanian Red Cross is the only humanitarian organization with a functional network across the country. It has 47 subsidiaries, 1,996 under subsidiaries and 1,307 commissions.[5]
Hospitals in Romania[edit]
Vintage photo of Brâncovenesc Hospital. It was demolished in 1984 to make way for the construction of the Palace of the Parliament.[6]
Colțea Hospital
The hospitals listed below are the most historically relevant hospitals in Romania.
Colțea Hospital, in Bucharest, was built by Mihai Cantacuzino between 1701 and 1703; composed of many buildings, each with 12 to 30 beds, a church, three chapels, a school, and doctors' and teachers' houses. Colţea Hospital has been re-equipped after a €90 million investment in 2011 and is now one of the most modern hospitals in Bucharest and Romania.[7]
Pantelimon Hospital was raised in 1733 by Grigore II Ghica. The area of the Pantelimon Hospital land property was 400,000 m². The hospital had in its inventory a house for infectious diseases and a house for persons with disabilities. The hospital is still operational today.
St. Spiridon Hospital, in Iași, opened in 1755 and described in a document from 1757 as the largest in Moldavia and Wallachia, is nowadays the second largest in Romania.[8]
Filantropia Hospital had a capacity of 70 beds and was built in 1806–1812, during the Russian occupation. The hospital is still operational today.
The Brâncovenesc Hospital was inaugurated in October 1838. The hospital worked on the same principle as a free clinic, offering various vaccines and medical tests free of charge. However, the urban development led to the hospital building being demolished (and therefore its activity ceased) in 1984.
Vaccination has been done in Romania ever since the 17th century, when people used rudimentary methods of vaccination, such as dipping newborns into cow milk coming from cows with smallpox. However, due to the increasing number of doctors, more modern methods of vaccination have been introduced. As of 1800, the children were being administered a regular smallpox shot.
From the 19th century up until today, it has been compulsory that all children get vaccinated against hepatitis B, tuberculosis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, rubella and diphtheria. The vaccines are free of charge and can be done at any authorized pediatrics medic. Additional optional vaccines, such as the one against the flu, are also provided free of charge on a bi-yearly basis.
Organ transplantation[edit]
Romania is nowadays one of the nations with the highest success rate of organ transplantation surgeries.[9]
The first transplant in Romania was done in 1958. Doctor Agripa Ionescu performed a skin transplantation. The first experimental liver transplant was performed in the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest. But it was only an attempt.[10]
Only in the 1980, at the Fundeni Clinic Institute also in Bucharest, professor Eugeniu Proca succeeded in transplanting a kidney from mother to son. Every year, Romania has made progress both from a technical perspective but also by increasing the donors number.[10]
In 2013, the country joined the list of countries with the highest number of organ transplants performed.[10] Romania was the top leader with the highest number of transplants achieved at European level, with a record of 60 donors in the first 4 months of 2013, when 120 kidney transplants and 53 liver transplants have been performed.[10] According to Irinel Popescu MD, 2013 will probably be the best year in the Romanian transplants history[10] and according to Mediafax, another 32 hospitals have joined the Transplant Program, being involved in the identification of potential donors and maintaining suitable brain-dead candidates in a stable condition.[11]
Late 2000s private hospitals boom[edit]
Ever since 2007, when Romania joined the EU, the number of private hospitals has risen. At the moment, there are 130 private hospitals/clinics in Romania.[12]
The private hospitals have increased in popularity, especially since the 2011 proposal of privatization (see above) came into discussion. More and more Romanians are choosing to opt for a private insurance plan, which includes access to a private hospital.[13]
A reason for this sudden shift is the fact that private hospitals offer premium services. They tend to be more patient-friendly than the public hospitals, and they also have modern equipment.
However, criticism has been directed against private hospitals, because although most of them are equipped with state-of-art medical devices, if any serious medical emergency occurs (e.g. massive internal bleeding), the patient is transferred to a public hospital.[14] This is usually done because public hospitals have more specialists who might be more competent than the ones in the private hospitals.
Private provision[edit]
Mureș County Hospital
In November 2011, the Government proposed a completely new healthcare system. The main changes are: the privatization of all hospitals and public clinics, the replacement of the public NHCIS with private insurers and the mandatory contribution to a private healthcare contractor. As president Băsescu declared, "Hospitals must become Plcs or charity institutions, the management must be privatized." Furthermore, the changes also mention the fact that diseases should be treated with local, generic medicine rather than expensive treatments and that doctors will be able to negotiate their salary. The people who are not required to co-pay are teens under the age of 18, people with a monthly income of less than €150 or people without an income at all. The proposal was withdrawn in January 2012. It caused great controversy and received extensive media coverage. As a result of the proposal, Raed Arafat quit his job as a state secretary. This caused protests in Bucharest and other major cities in Romania. The protests ceased on 6 February, when the Government headed by Emil Boc resigned.
On 26 March 2012, the Health minister of Romania announced a similar proposal.[15] The project is similar to the one proposed in November,[16] although the project brings up a new initiative, namely the dissolution of the National Health Insurance Fund (Romanian: Casa Națională de Asigurări de Sănătate). Furthermore, the hospitals will remain public, unlike the previous proposition that suggested the hospitals would become private institutions.[17]
Until 2019 copayments were not permitted. From April 2019 people with health insurance are allowed to pay a "personal contribution to cover the difference between the tariffs for medical services charged by private providers and the fees charged from the budget of the National Social Health Insurance Fund settled by the health insurance houses." This is expected to boost the private health insurance market.[18]
Romanian doctors[edit]
During the early 18th century, the aristocracy would send their children away to Vienna or Paris to attend a medicine faculty there. Later, they would return to Romania to practice medicine. Eventually, this practice became so common that most Romanian doctors were schooled externally, and began sharing their knowledge with future medics.[19] The practice of sending future doctors abroad has ceased when the first medical school in Romania became operational.
In the early 1800s, Romania became heavily affected by an epidemic of cholera and so the demand of doctors has increased. However, many doctors have died while treating others of cholera.[20]
With the raise of Alexandru I.C., doctors were employed by the newly created state. Doctors used to receive little pay from the state, but in most cases, they charged patients with a fee.
In the dawn of the First World War, Romania did not have enough medics to power the Army. The situation has gotten so desperate, that the Queen of Romania, had become a nurse herself, and started working on the front lines, attending to injured people.
After the WW1 has ended, the situation stabilized. There were enough doctors to cover the population of the cities and provide limited support to the peasants. Being a doctor became a noble, well-rewarded profession.
In 1947, after the overthrow of the monarchy and the raise of the communists to power, the demand for doctors has once again increased. Young adults were encouraged by their parents to join the medicine school. Being a doctor used to give the person a higher rank in the state. Doctors were given priority housing and had easier access to benefits such as extra fuel, which from 1980 became rationalized. Furthermore, doctors used to receive a lot of "tips" consisting of chocolate, cigarettes and fine drinks, which were also rationalized goods. According to the survey conducted by the Euro health consumer index in 2015 Romania was still among the European countries in which unofficial payments to doctors were reported most commonly.[21]
Facilities and equipment[edit]
Ambulances in Bucharest
SMURD in action near Cluj-Napoca
As of 2013, there are 425 hospitals in Romania[22] (one hospital per 43,000 people).[23][24] Theoretically, each of the 425 hospitals should be equipped with a basic trauma room and an operating theatre. For each 1,000 people, there are 6.2 hospital beds available.[25] A classification of 461 hospitals in Romania conducted by the Health Ministry in 2011 shows that 58% of them fall into the weakest categories: four and five.[26] The partition of the health institutions was made considering five categories of competence, of which the first category represents the maximum of competence. Among the hospitals in Bucharest, only 19 were classified in the highest class of performance. These comprise 34 sections, with all specializations covered, emergency lines and outpatient cabinets for all sections, medical specialists for each section in part and top performance medical equipment. According to the same classification, the top performance hospitals outside the capital are in Cluj-Napoca (four), Iaşi and Timișoara (two each), Constanța and Târgu Mureș (one each).[27]
Romania makes use of about 2,600 ambulances, and by 2015, the government is planning on purchasing an additional 1,250 ambulances.[28] Romania also has a professional emergency response unit, SMURD, which operates at major emergencies. SMURD operates independently from the regular emergency response services, but it can be dialed and asked for by calling 112.
Altogether (including the fleet of the Internal Affairs and SMURD), Romania has a fleet of 32 aircraft equipped for medical emergencies.[29][30]
Quality of healthcare[edit]
In the major urban areas, medical facilities are generally well-equipped, with world-class private healthcare also available. In rural areas and small towns, healthcare is sub-standard, with patients often asked to buy basic supplies such as gloves and syringes.[31][32]
Drugs and prescription medicines[edit]
All citizens are entitled to receive financial aid for prescriptions, regardless of their financial status. The only required condition is that they are contributing to CNAS. Virtually any medicine (except from generic medicine) can be obtained with a discount. The discount is obtained by getting a prescription form from a doctor. The deduction is made right at the paying point, and pharmacies further obtain their money back from the Ministry of Health.[33]
Furthermore, there are drugs that are being given out for free. Medicine for diseases included in the National Health Programs are free for anyone, regardless of their financial status. The diseases that are usually covered are chronic diseases.[34]
Contraceptives are also handed out for free, for teenagers or people with a modest monthly income.[35]
From July 2012 and on, it will become mandatory for all prescriptions to be issued in a digital format only.[36]
Issues and challenges[edit]
Per capita, Romania has the lowest medical expenses inside the European Union (€358 per inhabitant in 2012).[37]
The medical system has been affected by a lack of medical staff. This is due to the low wages and the attractive working conditions in Western Europe. Many medics and nurses have decided to go and work in the medical system in Germany, UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Ireland and Italy.[38] It has the lowest proportion of nurses and midwives per head in Europe - 73 per 100,000 in 2015.[39]
Another issue is the high level of out-of-pocket spending. As a consequence of the bribery that has been "traditionally" practiced ever since the communist era, a sizable number of patients have reported that they have had to bribe the doctors and nurses in order to receive good treatment.[40] Furthermore, another issue is that, in some cases, the hospitals lacked basic supplies, such as tampons and therefore, although the equipment and medicine is there, certain procedures cannot be done until the patient provides the supplies by themselves.[41]
Medical universities and faculties[edit]
This is a list of accredited medicine (and pharmacy) universities.[42] The universities in italics are exclusively private.
Romania is the first country in Europe in terms of telemedicine.[43][44] The national telemedicine network includes two command centres, at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest and Clinical Emergency Hospital of Târgu Mureș and 56 hospitals in 19 counties. Thus, doctors at the two command centres provide medical support in real time to any of the hospitals in the country and pursue the patient's vital signs.[45]
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3. ^ Florin Puscas. "1.001 de premiere bănăţene… Primul spital orăşenesc din România". Ziua de Vest. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
4. ^ "Istoria SNCRR". Red Cross.
5. ^ "Filiale". Red Cross.
6. ^ Magda Manea (29 May 2014). "Spitalul construit de Brâncoveni, demolat de comunişti şi jelit de florărese". Ştirile TVR.
8. ^ St.Spiridon Hospital History Archived 12 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
9. ^ "Organ donation and transplantation" (PDF). European Commission. 9 October 2012.
10. ^ a b c d e "Romania joined the list of countries with the highest number of organ transplants". Antena 3. 15 May 2013.
11. ^ "Huge rise in organ transplants carried out in Romania this year". Romania-Insider. 3 May 2013.
12. ^ "The total count of new private hospitals in 2011".
13. ^ "More and more Romanians prefer private policies".
14. ^ "Arcadia nu face fata cazurilor grave". Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
15. ^ "Vom plati din buzunar serviciile medicale ieftine, medicii nu vor mai fi bugetari si ne vom asigura la Fonduri Mutuale de Sanatate". HotNewsRo.
16. ^ "Ce modificări aduce noul proiect de lege a sănătăţii, care va fi discutat azi în Guvern".
17. ^ "Ministrul Sănătăţii: Medicii NU vor mai fi bugetari". REALITATEA.NET. 3 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012.
18. ^ "Romania begins major health reform to boost private funding". Business Review. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
19. ^ ro:Carol Davila
22. ^ "În România sunt 18.300 de biserici şi doar 425 de spitale" [In Romania there are 18,300 churches and only 425 hospitals].
23. ^ "Minciuna are picioare scurte. În Suedia sunt 97 de spitale la 4.000 de biserici, în SUA sunt 350.000 de biserici la 5.500 de spitale. România are un spital la 43.000 de locuitori, SUA are 1 la 56.000. CIFRELE".
24. ^ "Activitatea unităţilor sanitare" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics.
25. ^ "Less hospital beds for sick Romanians".
26. ^ Cristina Bobe (15 June 2011). "Clasamentul spitalelor din Romania a fost finalizat. Vezi care sunt cele mai bune spitale din Romania". MedLife.
27. ^ "Clasificarea spitalelor" (PDF). Ministry of Health. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
28. ^ "New Ambulances for SMURD by the end of the year".
29. ^ "Six I.A. helicopters dispatched to rescue victims". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012.
30. ^ "The Army's modern equipment saves lives". Archived from the original on 4 April 2020.
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32. ^ "Healthcare in Romania - Expat Arrivals". Expat Arrivals. 2 November 2011.
33. ^ "Medicamente Compensate -".
34. ^ Bucharest Romania. "Humanitarian Association from Romania helping peoples and childrens, promote healthy life" (in Romanian). IMED Association. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
36. ^ "CNAS: Reteta electronica va fi functionala din iunie. Programul va deveni obligatoriu din iulie". HotNewsRo.
37. ^ "Healthcare statistics". Eurostat.
38. ^ "Our doctors are leaving".
39. ^ Ballas, Dimitris; Dorling, Danny; Hennig, Benjamin (2017). The Human Atlas of Europe. Bristol: Policy Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781447313540.
40. ^ "Bribing in hospital, a tradition".
41. ^ "Medics and patients bring everything from home for surgeries".
42. ^ " – Articole medicale -Lista completa de Facultati de Medicina".
43. ^ Aurelia Alexa (17 July 2014). "-România, prima ţară din Europa, dacă nu şi din lume, în ce priveşte telemedicina". Mediafax.
44. ^ Aurelia Alexa, Roxana Alexe (18 July 2014). "Este România prima ţară din lume în ceea ce priveşte telemedicina?". Descoperă.ro.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47016 | Multi-gigabit transceiver
A Multi-Gigabit Transceiver (MGT) is a SerDes capable of operating at serial bit rates above 1 Gigabit/second. MGTs are used increasingly for data communications because they can run over longer distances, use fewer wires, and thus have lower costs than parallel interfaces with equivalent data throughput.
Like other SerDes, the primary function of the MGT is to transmit parallel data as stream of serial bits, and convert the serial bits it receives to parallel data. The most basic performance metric of an MGT is its serial bit rate, or line rate, which is the number of serial bits it can transmit or receive in 1 second. Although there is no strict rule, MGTs can typically run at line rates of 1 Gigabit/second or more.
Beyond serialization and deserialization, MGTs must incorporate a number of additional technologies to allow them to operate at high line rates. Some of these are listed below:
Technology Function
Differential signaling MGTs use differential signaling to transmit and receive serial data. Differential signaling allows faster switching, because the change in signal level required to switch from 1 to 0 or 0 to 1 is halved. In addition, as long as the skew between the two lines of each differential pair is minimized, differential signals have increased immunity to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Crosstalk, and noise.
MOS Current Mode Logic (MCML) MCML refers to current mode logic implemented using MOSFET instead of Bipolar transistors. MCML uses differential amplifiers to drive and receive data at high speeds using low voltages
Emphasis At high line rates, the lines carrying serial data tend to behave like low-pass filters. This causes the high frequency components of the serial data to lose power more quickly than the low frequency components, distorting the signal and causing Intersymbol Interference (ISI). One way to counter this problem is to use Preemphasis or Deemphasis to shape the transmitted signal to compensate for the expected losses.
Receive Equalization An alternative to emphasis is Equalization, where the high frequency parts of a received signal's spectrum are amplified more than the low frequency parts, to compensate for the low-pass behavior of the line.
Termination Impedance Matching At high line rates, the wires used to carry serial data have many of the properties of Transmission lines. One important property is that signals on the line can be distorted if the impedance of the MGT at the transmitter and receiver does not match the impedance of the line. To counter this, MGTs are typically designed to match the impedance of the wires that connect them as closely as possible. A commonly used impedance value is 100Ω (differential, roughly equivalent to 50Ω single ended impedance for each wire).
Phase-locked loops (PLLs) To serialize data at high speeds, the serial clock rate must be an exact multiple of the clock for the parallel data. Most MGTs use a PLL to multiply a reference clock running at the desired parallel rate to the required serial rate.
Clock Data Recovery (CDR) When serial data are received, the MGT must use the same serial clock that serialized the data to deserialize it. At high line rates, providing the serial clock with a separate wire is very impractical because even the slightest difference in length between the data line and the clock line can cause significant clock skew. Instead, MGTs recover the clock signal from the data directly, using transitions in the data to adjust the rate of their local serial clock so it is locked to the rate used by the other MGT. Systems that use CDR can operate over much longer distances at higher speeds than their non-CDR counterparts.
Encoding/Decoding The pattern of data transmitted serially between MGTs can impact their performance.
• If the data has too few transitions, the receiving MGT will not be able to use CDR.
• If the data are too repetitive, at high rates the lines will create strong fields and cause EMI.
• If the data has too many more 1s than 0s or vice-versa, AC coupled MGTs will experience Data Dependent Jitter caused by the charging and discharging of capacitances on the line.
Most communication protocols for MGTs use a data encoding system to avoid these problems.
An additional advantage of encoding is that it allows control information to be transmitted along with data. This is important for functions such as error detection, alignment, clock correction, and channel bonding.
Some popular encodings are:
• 8B/10B: each octet of data is mapped to a 10 bit sequence
• 64B/66B: data are grouped into sets of 64 bits, scrambled, then prepended with a 2 bit header
• 64B/67B: like 64B/66B, but a 3 bit header is used instead. The extra bit indicates whether the 64 bits are inverted or not, to allow MGTs to ensure the number of 0s and 1s transmitted is roughly balanced
• SONET/SDH: not an encoding but a group of related standards that group data into fixed size blocks, scramble it, and add a frame which includes an alignment character
Error Detection Most systems require some form of error detection. The most common forms of error detection in MGTs are:
• Encoding-based error detection: most encodings define a set of legal characters and legal sequences of characters. MGTs can detect errors by looking for data that is illegal in the encoding used.
• Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC): To use CRC, data are broken up into frames (or packets), and a CRC function is applied to each frame. The result of the function is appended to the frame when it is transmitted - the receiver can recalculate the same function on the data it receives and compare it to the result from the transmitter to determine if the data in the frame (or the transmitter's CRC result) was corrupted during transmission.
Alignment When an MGT receives serial data, it needs to determine the byte boundaries of the data before it can present the data as parallel bits. This function is typically performed by an alignment block. The exact method used for alignment depends on the type of encoding used for the data:
• Comma alignment (8B/10B): The receiver searches the incoming serial stream for Commas (8B/10B Control characters that cannot be created by concatenating other characters). When it finds a Comma, lines up the comma boundary to its byte boundary, so that all the data that follows is aligned.
• Block Synchronization (64B/66B & 64B/67B): The receiver searches the incoming data stream for the 2-bit (or 3-bit, in the case of 64B/67B) header for each 64 bit block.
• A1/A2 alignment (SONET/SDH): SONET frames include a header and a scrambled payload. MGTs receiving SONET data look for repeated match to the alignment characters in the header (called A1 and A2) to determine byte boundaries.
Clock Correction There is always a small frequency difference (typically ~+/-100ppm) between reference clock sources, even if they are nominally the same frequency. As a result, in systems where each MGT uses its own reference clock, each MGT uses a slightly different frequency for it transmit (TX) datapath (TX), and its receive datapath (RX).
Many protocols simplify the clocking by using clock correction. In clock correction, each MGT includes an asynchronous FIFO. RX data are written to the FIFO using the parallel clock from the CDR, and read from the FIFO using the parallel clock from the rest of the system (the local clock), usually the same parallel clock as was used for TX.
Since the CDR clock and the local clock are not exactly the same, the FIFO will eventually overflow or underflow unless it is corrected. To allow correction, each MGT periodically transmits one or more special characters which the receiver is allowed to remove or replicate in the FIFO as necessary. By removing characters when the FIFO is too full, and replicating characters when the FIFO is too empty, the receiver can prevent overflow/underflow.
Channel Bonding Many protocols combine multiple MGT connections to create a single higher throughput channel (e.g. XAUI, PCI Express). Unless each of the serial connections is exactly the same length, skew between the lanes can cause data transmitted at the same time to arrive at different times.
Channel bonding allows the MGTs to compensate for skew between multiple connections. The MGTs all transmit a channel bonding character (or sequence of characters) simultaneously. When the sequence is received, the receiving MGTs can determine the skew between them, then adjust the latency of FIFOs in their receive datapaths to compensate.
Electrical Idle/Out-of-Band Signaling Some protocols use the absence of a differential voltage over a specified threshold value to send messages. For example, PCI Express uses Electrical Idle signals to indicate when endpoints should go in and out of low power modes. Similarly, Serial ATA uses COM signals for power management. To support these features, MGTs must include circuits capable of generating and detecting Electrical Idle/OOB signals on the serial lines.
Signal Integrity and Jitter
Signal Integrity is critical for MGTs due to their high line rates. The quality of a given high speed link is characterized by the Bit Error Ratio (BER) of the connection (the ratio of bits received in error to total bits received), and jitter.
BER and cars jitter are functions of the entire MGT connection, including the MGTs themselves, their serial lines, their reference clocks, their power supplies, and the digital systems that create and consume their parallel data. As a result, MGTs are often measured by how little jitter they transmit (Jitter Transfer/Jitter Generation), and how much jitter they can tolerate before their BER is too high (Jitter Tolerance). These measurements are commonly taken using a BERT, and analyzed using an Eye diagram.
Other considerations
Some other metrics for MGTs include:
• Maximum run length before loss of CDR lock
• Power Consumption
• Flexibility (e.g. multiple line rates, multiple encodings)
• Differential Swing (max differential signal the MGT can drive)
• Receiver sensitivity (min differential signal the MGT can detect)
• Common-mode rejection ratio
Protocols that use MGTs
MGTs are used in the implementation of the following serial protocols:
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47028 | Leveraging Peer Review in Moodle with the Workshop Activity
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Peer review is a powerful pedagogical strategy used by countless teachers both at the K12 level and in higher education, but what exactly is peer review and why is it so powerful? Peer review is a collaborative learning strategy in which students review and assess each other’s work. In many cases, students provide feedback on the quality of their peer’s work and how it may be improved.
This process enhances and personalizes the learning experience and can potentially increase a student’s engagement, motivation, and self-confidence. By leveraging peer review in the classroom, “students might be encouraged to learn more deeply” and build up their understanding, “rather than just their knowledge of the facts.”1 This activity also allows students to gain an insight into their own approach in comparison to their peers.1 For an instructor, this strategy can provide critical information about a student’s learning growth and development and can also help save time especially in large online classes.
Peer Review in Moodle: Workshop Activity
The Moodle LMS does a great job of leveraging this powerful learning strategy using the Workshop activity module, which is a core component of Moodle. This student-focused tool allows students to submit work and be assigned other students’ work for review and assessment based on a set of criteria provided by the teacher. They may also assess their own work if the teacher so chooses. Furthermore, the teacher can provide exemplars of sample submissions and then publish good or bad examples of student work at the end of the activity.
So how does this activity work? Read on for a more in-depth explanation of how to configure and manage the Workshop activity in Moodle.
Configure & Manage Workshop
To add a workshop activity to a Moodle course page, simply ‘Turn editing on’ and select ‘Add an activity or resource’ and choose ‘Workshop’ from the list of activities. After selecting the activity, one will see a brief description and a help link to the right, which will take you to‘s documentation for the activity. After clicking the ‘Add’ button you will be provided a page where you can configure options such as title, description, grade, submission, and assessment settings as well as feedback, example submissions, availability. You can also restrict access and choose activity completion criteria.
Workshop Settings
Let’s look at each of these options is more detail. Let’s start with the ‘Grading settings’. These settings allow the teacher to configure a grading strategy, such as accumulative grading, number of errors, or the use of a rubric, and then specify the maximum grade for submissions and the maximum grade for the quality of the students’ peer assessment skills.
‘Submission settings’ allows the teacher to provide instructions regarding the submission and specify the maximum number of submissions, the file type, size of the submission, and whether late submissions will be allowed after the deadline. Any type of file may be submitted, some of which include audio, image, document, presentation, spreadsheet, and video. Students may also submit text directly into a text box.
Next, for the ‘Assessment settings’, the teacher provides instructions regarding how the submission should be assessed which may include a rubric or other assessment criteria. By default, a maximum value of 80 points is assigned to the submission, and a maximum value of 20 points to the assessment. This is also where teachers can choose whether students may assess their own work. In ‘Example submissions’, the teacher can provide an exemplar for students to practice their assessment skills before they assess their own or their peer’s submissions.
Finally, the teacher can configure the tool’s availability which includes opening and closing dates for the submissions and assessment phases of the workshop. The teacher may also configure whether to use groups, restrict access based on certain criteria such as dates, grades of prior assignments, groups or groupings, and even fields of the user’s profile. Let’s now examine workflow.
Workshop Workflow
The workflow of the Workshop activity tool has five stages or phases. These phases include:
• Setup
• Submission
• Assessment
• Grading/Evaluation
• Closed
The progress of each of these phases can be visualized in the ‘Workshop Planner Tool’ which displays the different phases and the individual tasks that need to be completed for each phase. It also highlights the current phase.
Workshop Planner Tool
Workshop Planner Tool
Cooch, Mary. “Using Workshop.” Managing a Moodle site – MoodleDocs,, 17 Nov. 2015,
During the initial Setup phase, students are unable to do anything such as make submissions or perform assessments. This phase is solely used by the teacher or workshop facilitator to change the workshop’s settings such as grading options and assessment criteria. Teachers may switch into this phase at any time during the activity to prevent students from modifying their submissions or assessments.
In the Submission phase, students are allowed to make their submissions. This can include a file submission or text entered directly into a text box. The availability to make submissions can be controlled by setting the start date/time and end date/time when initially configuring the activity during the Setup phase of the workflow. After entering this phase, the ‘Workshop Submission Report’ will inform teachers about a student’s submission status.
Workshop Submission Report
Workshop Submission Report
Cooch, Mary. “Using Workshop.” Managing a Moodle site – MoodleDocs,, 2 Nov. 2015,
After students have completed the Submission phase, they enter the Assessment phase. This is the phase in which students will assess submissions assigned to them (either randomly or manually by the teacher) or assess their own submission. Instructions, assessment criteria, and even a rubric will be available depending on how this phase was initially configured. Students will provide a numeric grade in addition to written feedback. This is also where students will be allowed to practice assessing an exemplar if one was uploaded during setup.
Once the Assessment phase has been completed and students have reviewed, assessed, and graded their own or peer submissions, it’s time for the Grading Evaluation phase. It’s during this phase that a teacher will perform their own review of students’ submissions, provide their own feedback, and calculate the final grade for submissions and assessments. If necessary, teachers may also manually override the assessment grades students have assigned to themselves or their peers. During this phase, students are not allowed to make any further modifications to their submissions or their assessments. In addition, this is when teachers can select certain submissions to be published that represent poor or outstanding examples of student work. These selected submissions will become available during the Closed phase of the workshop activity.
The Closed phase is the final phase in the Workshop workflow. When switching into this phase, the final grades will be displayed and added to the grade book. Students may view their submissions, their submissions’ assessment, and the published examples of student work.
Workshop Final Grades
Workshop Final Grades
Cooch, Mary. “Using Workshop.” Managing a Moodle site – MoodleDocs,, 7 Dec. 2012,
As you can see, Moodle’s Workshop activity module is a very powerful and robust peer assessment exercise. It allows the teacher a large degree of choice regarding configuration and students an easy way to assess each other’s work.
You can find more information on using the Moodle Workshop activity here. For more on Workshop grading strategies, click here.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47049 | Can password entry for app not display entered keys at all please
Richard Hartley 8 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 8 years ago 1
Keys display on screen for a moment after you enter them displaying your password to anybody who can see your screen!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47085 | CO in the middle of a knitted project
I just finished the thumb gusset and placed the set number of stitches on a stitch holder. Now I am supposed to CO 1 st and finish the round.
I’m thinking this is different than M1, but that’s the only way I can think to do it right now :??
I use backward loop cast on when I have to cast on in the middle of a row.
ok, thank you. Now tell me where I put my darning needle… :doh:
Under the couch cushion. That’s where I keep mine! :rollseyes:
Didn’t find it, but good thing they come in packs of 2 :smiley: On the other hand, I did find a remote control, a toy phone and a dpn that I lost shortly after I had found it :happydance: |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47087 | Does the length of DPN matter?
i found two sets of DPNs on sale for an incredible price
one set is 6 inches long
the other set is 8 inches long…
are they better if they are longer or shorter?
I think it’s a personal preference, also a matter of what you’re making. I prefer shorter ones so they aren’t as unwieldy, but I only use dpns when whatever I’m making gets too small for a circ. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47091 | PA/LA: أنا ما عم بتقّل
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In a song called نصحانة خمسة كيلو preformed by the Palestinian/Lebanese singer أمل كعوش appeared the following line:
أنا والله ما عم بتقّل، عم باكل شوي شوي
How would you translate it? Especially the verb بتقّل. I'm guessing it means to overeat. Is it a verb more common in the Lebanese dialect?
By the way, are there rules when do I negate عم with ما and when with مش?
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You can negate 3am with either maa or mish. It's like رح in this respect.
تقّل means a lot of things - it's derived from تقيل and in this sort of context can be translated as 'overdoing it' or as you say 'overeating'. But متقل شوي بالسهرة امبارحة for example might be referring to alcohol, and تقّلتها can mean 'you went too far'. I think it's used in all Levantine dialects. There's already a thread on it here.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47095 | How to hide the source code in HTMLRenderer ?
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How to hide the source code in HTMLRenderer ?
Postby PGilbert on Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:11 pm
While using the HTMLRenderer we do not want the end-user of our program to be able to right-click and choose View Source on the chrome default contextual menu. At the suggestion of Dyalog we have added oncontextmenu="return false" in the HTML tag of our code and it is working, the contextual menu does not show up.
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<html lang="en" oncontextmenu="return false">
Also, the shortcut Ctrl+U used to see the source code is not working. Could Dyalog confirm that the shortcuts are disabled in HTMLRenderer and is there a way for the end-user to reactivate them?
Any other way that anyone could think of accessing the source code in HTMLRenderer once the default contextual menu and the shortcuts are disabled?
Also, how difficult it is for someone to start Chrome and access the debugger of HTMLRenderer? Is there currently a random security key to match before gaining access?
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Re: How to hide the source code in HTMLRenderer ?
Postby norbertjurkiewicz84 on Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:59 pm
Have you obfuscated the JS code being sent to HTMLRenderer?
What about checking for cef command line switches that set a remote debugger? These may be able to alter the htmlrendered behavior at runtime. Worth looking into.
4.2 CEF/Chromium Command Line Switches
There are very many command line switches that can be used with CEF to alter behavior, help
debugging or aid in experimenting. These switches need to be set using the -cef or -
cef_all options when Dyalog APL is started. If you're setting a single CEF command line
switch, you can use:
-cef –-command-line-switch
If you're setting more than one CEF command line switch, then you either need to prefix each
on with -cef or place them at the end the Dyalog command line preceded by -cef_all as
-cef –-command-line-switch1 -cef –-command-line-switch2
-cef_all --command-line-switch1 –-command-line-switch2
Note that the command line switches begin with a double dash (--).
One common command line switch is to enable a remote debugging port for CEF so that you
can attach a browser to CEF and open the Developer Tools Console.
-cef –-remote-debugging-port=12345
Then open a browser and navigate to the address of the computer where HTMLRenderer is
running and the port indicated by –-remote-debugging-port.
That's probably going to be your best bet. Other than that keep, the front-end for UI only, as much as possible...
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Posted by majestrate at Oct 18, 2017 3:57:51 PM
Re: Server future, Opt-out PvP, Neutral Crews (BIG WALL OF TEXT)
The classic PP system works well. You want to PvP with a chance of sinking? Declare war. When people take you up on the war, you get to do sinking PvP to your hearts' content with the people you're at war with... and can still PvP nearly everyone else, just with minimal consequences. Opt-in PvP is the only way that will never cost you players, because you never deal with people being unwilling victims suffering significant losses.
This thread is not about sinking vs not sinking PvP. It's about PvP period, even non-sinking PvP.
Though, admittedly, I've only skimmed the last however many posts have gone up since my last post in here, so maybe it reverted to just sinking vs not sinking PvP.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but PvP is capable at everywhere except the "newbie" Archipelagos (Orion Archipelago in Emerald) in the other oceans, correct? At any time, another player-run ship could engage you and effectively force a BNav fight, and (probable) Swordfighting duel. The only difference is that they can't sink you, and if you lose the Swordfighting, they take the same loot that an NPC would.
Is that correct, or am I misunderstanding something?
I'm not aware of any areas on any oceans being "PvP free". But, again, PvP not something I personally seek out, so it's entirely possible that I'm wrong.
To my knowledge the only time you can't attack another player is when that other player is on a navy vessel (aka a mission ["a mission from god"])
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1. It would be cool if they included SSB4 FE series amiibo support so you could download Marth, Ike, Robin, and Lucina as extra characters, kind of like Awakening's Spotpass characters. I doubt they would do that, but it would be pretty awesome
2. Wait a second. Is that a Dark Knight on the map? Since the characters only have 20-25 HP, they must be early in the game. Having a Dark Knight that early feels out of place. Also, you can see the commander and a Swordmaster cut off at the top.
3. That's probably a placeholder hairstyle. It looks like it was ripped right from Awakening.
4. It's too bad it didn't have a release date (or at least a more generic time, such as summer 2015 or something) like the other games shown, but then again, this was the first time it was revealed to the public.
5. Who knows... It's possible that it is a final boss of sorts, but it may be just a story element.
6. A Gaiden remake would be pretty cool, considering it would complete the line of remakes for the original 3 NES games (Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of The Emblem, and the mystery Gaiden remake). Also, 134 posts already lol.
7. These are primitive/early sprites as well, so some characters might get a bit of a redesign before the final version is released.
8. *crossing my fingers for a playable soldier class*
9. I absolutely can't get enough of this games graphical style. Especially the new "map-to-battle" transition. The game just looks loads better than the muddy-textured, low-poly Awakening.
10. Yep, I was aware of most of those. I wonder if there are any in the Wii U version...
11. So I was screwing around with a few trophies in SSB4 for 3DS and I found something...odd. Look at the "The Emperor" trophy from Warrior's Way. On the top parts of his crown (If you look at any other part of his body, it looks very stretched), look at the reflection. If you are able to get a good angle, you can make out some kind of gate. You can see it on his hair as well, but it's very faint. I'm really hoping somebody is willing to rip the texture.
12. Wow, I'm a huge idiot. I accidentally left some Project M data on the SD Card. After deleting that and doing what you said, it worked. Thank you!
13. I'm not exactly sure this is the right forum for this, but I really want to play this hack. I downloaded the hackless version of Brawl-, and I moved it to the root of the SD Card. It has the default Brawl menus (with the exception of it having the Brawl- character selection screen layout), but it freezes whenever I do pretty much anything. - I pressed Training. It froze. - I selected an alternate costume. It froze. - I tried two player and hovered over the Zero Suit Samus icon. It froze. - I tried a random, simple battle (Ike vs Random LV. 9 CPU). It froze after the 3, 2, 1, GO!. It seems as if it freezes everytime I access data exclusive to Brawl-. Anybody have any advice?
14. I got a shiny Zigzagoon in Ruby/Sapphire when I was younger. I got a shiny Ninetales from the Masuda method after exactly 30 eggs in B2/W2. I also got a shiny Golurk in Dragonspiral Tower, but it was traded to X/Y weeks before I sold said game. R.I.P shiny Golurk, 2013-2014. I've luckily never failed to catch a shiny.
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1. and I'll leave my ID here as well if people still have room in their friends list ;P Caro: 3456945129
2. I think the story is better than the story from awakening, but I agree with the rushed feel. and yes with the new RNG (which misses 99% hit attacks) the gameplay did get a lot more random >< the new pairup is much better, no more enemy reinforcements that kill you as soon as they appear. I think in general the characters also got better, especially for birthright (why is everyone in Nohr crazy?). Some of the parent-child supports are also really good, but that's always the fixed-parent-child supports the variable-parent child supports are incredibly generic (Velouria-Camilla supports: *hug**hug* leave and be safe *hug**hug**hug**hug*) and yes unbalanced teams, grinding helps a bit, but it is so hard to level dark mages >< if only they would ever hit something... (I finished birthright and am playing conquest right now, haven't had the time for revelations yet)
3. it was supposed to be between conquest and birthright in terms of difficulty
4. <sarcasm> Oh how glad I am that I didn't have enough free time yet to finish both birthright and conquest </sarcasm>
5. weirdest case of luck-bad luck yesterday enemy with 20-something hit chance and a crit chance below 10, so yeah enemy does crit. and my Hisame stays alive with 1 HP left XD. should I laugh or cry here
6. Hey you can't beat my RNG crew case XD I missed with a 99% hit chance and yesterday I tried shiro's map and kaze got critted by a followup attack from the boss T_T 3 enemies left and someone dies
7. never thought being dyslectic would prove an advantage ;P I don't even notice these things (but than again I can't even spell check my own reports)
8. I think they reworked the RNG. one of my guys missed with a 99% hit chance >< low numbers matter this time. And what's the best support you've found so far? I stumbled upon SaizoXMozu and that one's so cute ^^
9. camilla's outfit ;P the fact that there are children means someone had to (And I think it's more about other aspects tho) *looks at pegi thing* there is a strong language warning? so no more 'moldy onions'? XD
10. In that case, welcome to europe XD (ausi couldn't be further away from europe, but who cares ;P)
11. good thing the track&trace doesn't follow the delivery truck on GPS XD (my SE is in the delivery truck now ^^)
12. Nope, the days between the announcement and the pre-orders coming online were the most unproductive days ever ;P
13. I think that makes you the first. I get mine tomorrow (for nedgame, find your track&trace code in your order details on the website, its not in the email)
14. my friend had pre-ordered something from nedgame some time ago (the last super smash) and he could pick it up the day before the official release.
15. reminder for dutch FE fans https://www.facebook.com/Nedgame/photos/a.207164375985896.45776.182466418455692/1033450816690577/?type=3&theater
16. but when you order something you get an email with the conformation
17. *refresh email* yes, mine has been shipped as well ^^ (shame I have appointments at the university tomorrow ><) you have an conformation email (the one you get when ordering)? if so I think you're fine
18. has anyone already heard anything from nedgame? I have a conformation email from when I ordered but nothing on shipping yet
19. added: Soledge, Ozzie, Xtreme Swede and CherryDess. my friendcode: 5429-7443-3674
20. has anyone bothered to translate the cards online or is that also japanese only ?
21. I always read the post about cipher on the SF main page, the art looks so cool ^^ but that's also all I'm interested in about it right now XD
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Poetry needs help. Poets are out there, in their thousands, but we are not proactive enough. Politicians prance, pose and trillions(!) of dollars worth of resources are drained into a banking and credit system that sucks it all up.
This is a new phenomenon. We have never seen its like before – the wages, sweat, efforts and savings that we thought would be ours are being squandered. Not even that, but pulped, yes, before our blinded eyes. Pulped, mashed, swished away in a gigantic drain. Disappearing, never to be seen again (except by the same bankers who opened the sluices in the first place.)
Who is to blame? Mainly, the self-centred governments who allowed/encouraged fractional reserve banking in the first place (look it up, Google it, see how we got into this mess). Then, the consumer. Yep, you and me, our children, wives, husbands anyone who ever bought anything on credit, going back down the centuries, taking money off the lenders and paying it back, with interest, because we thought it would make our lives better.
That’s a lot of us, I would hazard almost everyone. Those who, to take one example, rubbed their hands while the price of property soared and their little domain swelled in value while they anticipated the death of elderly relatives to add to the pot of gold that they would use to buy the holidays and trinkets and luxuries that we deserve…
…and so on. We need to come back to poetry. For the soul. Eye of a needle and all that stuff – poetry means something in this life, Here, now, if you read it, if you understand it, tune in and see how relevant it can become. Poetry needs help, but not a lot of it. It is always there, always written, always read. We need to make it real, throw it in the mixer of solutions and drains and soggy banknotes and see what comes out of it, where it ends up, where it needs to be, along with all the best interpretations of our sorry state. On top. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47150 | Can You Drive While On Keppra?
Can you drive while taking levetiracetam?
You may feel sleepy, tired or dizzy when you first start taking levetiracetam or when the dose is increased.
If this happens to you, do not drive or ride a bike or operate machinery until you feel more alert.
It can also affect your vision..
Can you drive while taking anti seizure medication?
If your doctor has diagnosed you as having a seizure disorder, states will require that you are treated for that condition with medication designed to prevent seizures and that your seizures are under reliable control before the state will allow you to drive.
Does levetiracetam cause weight gain?
In 4 patients, there was a decreased dosage or cessation of a previous drug known to produce weight gain in some cases simultaneously to the introduction of levetiracetam, but in two of these patients these drugs had not produced any weight gain. Group 3 included only two patients (weight loss: 7 and 20 kg).
How fast does Keppra start working?
The tablets and liquid take the same amount of time to be absorbed. Taking levetiracetam with food may slow down the time it takes for the body to absorb the drug by about 1 hour. The highest blood levels are reached in 1 to 2 hours after taking a dose of this medicine.
What should I avoid while taking levetiracetam?
Levetiracetam may also cause aggression, anxiety, depression, and irritability. Levetiracetam may cause drowsiness and affect your ability to drive or operate machinery. Avoid alcohol. Talk to your doctor immediately if you develop a rash while taking levetiracetam.
How long does Levetiracetam stay in your system?
It can take about 44 hours for Keppra to be out of ones system. The elimination half-life of a medication is the time it takes for blood levels of the medication to be reduced by half. It takes approximately 5.5 x elimination half-life for a medicine to be out of your system.
What does Keppra do to your brain?
Precisely how Keppra works to prevent seizures is not fully understood, but it is thought to possibly “calm the brain” by preventing nerve cells from becoming hyperactive and to do so without affecting normal electrical impulses.
Can a EEG show past seizures?
The likelihood of recording a seizure during a routine EEG is small. The EEG generally records brain waves between seizures, called interictal brain waves. These waves may or may not show evidence of seizure activity.
Can I drive with non epileptic seizures?
Unfortunately, a person who makes this choice may continue to take antiepileptic medications, which will not stop PNES. … Many people with PNES have stopped driving because they were diagnosed with epilepsy. There is no law that regulates driving in people with PNES, and neurologists vary in what they recommend.
Does Keppra change your personality?
Luckily, my seizures are easily controlled by a drug called levetiracetam, also known as Keppra. Its side effects, according to the manufacturer’s Web site, include “psychotic symptoms, suicidal ideation, irritability, and aggressive behavior.”
What is the best time to take Keppra?
Keppra must be taken two times a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, at about the same time each day. Taking Keppra at the same time each day will have the best effect. It will also help you remember when to take the tablets/oral solution. It does not matter if you take Keppra before or after food.
How long can you not drive after having a seizure?
In most states, you must be seizure-free for anywhere from 6 months to a year before you’ll be allowed to drive. To reach that milestone, honestly discuss your seizures with your doctor and work with him to find the right treatment.
What is the safest seizure medication?
What are the long term side effects of Keppra?
Side effects of Keppra in adults include:drowsiness,weakness,infection,loss of appetite,stuffy nose,tiredness, and.dizziness.
Can cell phones trigger seizures?
Conclusion: Our data suggests that the continued and prolonged contact with the mobile phone radiation might increase the risk of seizure attacks and should be limited.
How do you know if a seizure is coming on?
Seizure signs and symptoms may include: Temporary confusion—often described as a “fuzzy” feeling. A staring spell. Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs.
Can you have one off seizure?
Anyone can have a one-off seizure, but epilepsy is a tendency to have seizures. So you probably wouldn’t be told you have epilepsy unless you have more than one seizure. When someone first says they think you have had a seizure, you might feel lots of different things.
How do you get clear to drive after a seizure?
Each state has its own system, but California offers these options: No action. Medical probation type II for drivers who have been seizure free for at least three months. Drivers must submit a doctor’s form on a regular basis.
Does Keppra make you angry?
As with other antiepileptics, Keppra may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior. Monitor for worsening depression or mood changes. Keppra may also cause behavioral problems such as aggression, anxiety, irritability, and nervousness; advise people taking Keppra to monitor their mood.
What foods can trigger seizures?
What happens if you stop taking levetiracetam?
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47153 | From 2c10a316d6e293cd02d416e48e809899dce4ad74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vladimir Mencl Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 09:21:41 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Use secure URLs when already using SSL Django constructs redirect URLs as https only if request.is_secure() is true. And that evaluates to true if either uwsgi sets wsgi.url_scheme to https, or if the request header contains a key + value configured as a tuple in settings.SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER As some parts might be accessed over plain http and some over https (if Apache exposes both ports), the easiest is to: * Use the conventional header: X-Forwarded-SSL: on * Set this header from Apache SSL VirtualHost * Configure Django to check for this header with: SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('X-Forwarded-SSL', 'on') As this is an essential security setting that shouldn't need additional tweaks, adding the setting to (and not Without this fix, the login form at /admin/ would upon successful login redirect to plain http, even when accessed over https. --- djnro/ | 2 ++ docs/installation/ | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/djnro/ b/djnro/ index bbfb640..2f4958e 100644 --- a/djnro/ +++ b/djnro/ @@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ KML_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'all.kml') EDUROAM_KML_URL = '' +# Check for headers indicating the request was received on a secure SSL connection +SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('X-Forwarded-SSL', 'on') TINYMCE_JS_URL = '/static/js/tinymce/tiny_mce.js' diff --git a/docs/installation/ b/docs/installation/ index 47a745a..e42e004 100644 --- a/docs/installation/ +++ b/docs/installation/ @@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ We suggest using Apache and mod_wsgi. Below is an example configuration:: SSLCertificateChainFile ... SSLCertificateKeyFile ... + # Tell Django the request was forwarded from a secure SSL connection + RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-SSL on + # Shibboleth SP configuration ShibConfig /etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml Alias /shibboleth-sp /usr/share/shibboleth -- GitLab |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47195 | How does the Placeholder Prompting Arrow work?
The Placeholder Prompting Arrow is a handy feature that guides signers through a document with placeholder fields, in a specific order. The arrow also prevents the possibility of leaving a document incomplete.
If a document is sent with no placeholders set, the Prompting Arrow will not appear.
When working from your 'Personal' and 'Team' account, by default the arrow is blue. It is possible to change the theme color of a 'team' account and the arrow will change to this color also. Create Custom Team account
When preparing documents, it is important to understand how the Prompting Arrow works.
The arrow navigates through the placeholders from Top to Bottom, Left to Right.
The prompting arrow directs the signer to all required fields and all checkbox fields. It does not direct the signer to optional 'text' and 'date' fields.
With 'optional' checkbox fields, the signer can choose to ignore the prompting arrow and only select the checkboxes that apply to them. This eliminates the signer having to select a checkbox that does not apply and selecting 'Skip'.
If you are experiencing that the arrow is pointing to placeholders on the right side of the page first, it is likely due to the placeholder on the right is slightly higher than the one on the left.
See screenshots for reference:
See how the arrow is pointing to the right placeholder first because it is higher up the page:
Now, see how the arrow is pointing to the left placeholder first because the two placeholders are level with each other:
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47208 | Database Connections
This document assumes you’ve installed hiraeth/bootstrap or hiraeth/dbal. If you haven’t your mileage may vary. See the installation docs for more information.
Hiraeth’s database access and datbase abstraction layer is powered by Doctrine’s DBAL library.
Connections are the starting point for database functionality, they enable you to execute queries (including prepared statements) as well as gain access to additional utilities for things like schema inflection, building queries, etc.
Each connection is defined by a JIN configuration file containing a [connection] section. For example config/connections/default.jin contains the settings for the connection named default:
; password = env(DATABASES_DEFAULT_PASS)
Uncomment the password, host, and port settings if you need to modify these. Or add additional configuration settings corresponding to doctrine’s DBAL configuration. Since we are using the env() function to get the actual values, we will also need to modify our .env to add the actual values:
TYPE = pdo_pgsql
NAME = database
USER = user
Hiraeth’s DBAL integration supports mulitple connections out of the box, so the preferred way to obtain your connection is to inject the Hiraeth\Dbal\ConnectionRegistry:
use Hiraeth\Dbal\ConnectionRegistry;
class MyService
public function __construct(ConnectionRegistry $registry)
$this->connection = $registry->getConnection('default');
Once you’ve obtained a connection, you should be able to use it in accordance with Doctrine’s documentation. In the above example, the name is optional, but if not provided will always attempt to return the connection named default.
Adding a Connection
Connections can be added by creating a new connection configuration in the config/dbal directory. The basename of the configuration (minus the .jin extension) will be the name of the connection.
The connection file itself is relatively straightforward. Let’s copy the default.jin called blog.jin and modify a few things. We’ll change our environment variable names to match our blog settings, and uncomment the password as we’ll need a password to access this database.
driver = env(DATABASES_BLOG_TYPE)
dbname = env(DATABASES_BLOG_NAME)
password = env(DATABASES_BLOG_PASS)
Now we can add our .env settings accordingly:
TYPE = pdo_mysql
NAME = blog
USER = bloguser
PASS = myS3cr3tP455werd
Finally, we can get our blog connection thusly:
use Hiraeth\Dbal\ConnectionRegistry;
class MyBlogService
public function __construct(ConnectionRegistry $registry)
$this->connection = $registry->getConnection('blog');
To enable the ORM, you’ll need to add hiraeth/doctrine and configure the entity manager.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47228 | Threading and Caret: Burning your CPU to improve model training speed
When I am doing a Machine Learning project with R it is crucial to save those precious seconds, minutes, hours in model training. To make sure you optimise your CPU and crank up the performance you will need to load in the parallel and doParallel libraries, alongside library(caret).
A wrapper function to help with this
I have created a wrapper function to help with this. I will stored this in a separate file, located on a shared directory, that I can call and use with my projects in R.
The bones of the function
The function has no parameters and can be called directly in the script:
amp_up_models <- function(){
no_cores <- parallel::detectCores() - 1
#Leave one core available for Operating system
cluster <- makePSOCKcluster(no_cores)
cat("Model amped and ready to go with:", no_cores, "cores. \n")
This function uses the parallel library to detect the number of cores in your system and then uses the maximum (minus 1 for OS requirements) to enable threading (performing more than one task concurrently). With random forests this would be the number of mtry for example.
The makePSOCKcluster then allocates the cluster space in the CPU for the current model you are running and the registerDoParallel registers the cluster on the CPU.
Finally, the cat statement prints a friendly message to the user indicating that the model is amped and ready to go with: x cores.
Using the function
To use the function it is a simple call to the function to set things in motion:
This then prints the message in the cat statement.
Storing the function separately
I will now save this function independently as an R script with the file name amp_up_models.R to my working directory.
Using the function with a new project
To import the function back into my environment I will use the following code:
source("C:/Users/GaryHutson/Desktop/Caret and Threading/Amp up models.R")
The source function allows you to call external R function files and use them with your current project. This will create the function and automatically.
Using our new function with CARET
CARET is an extensive machine learning library, developed by Max Kuhn, who has also worked on TidyModels, Parsnip and Recipes.
This is still my go to for ML algorithms, as there are many more to choose from. I know that Max and his team are working hard to add these algorithms to Parsnip, which supports the tidy way of doing things. See: for a cool blog on what Parsnip has to offer.
For a reference, check out the list of available algorithms in caret:
Anyway, to use our new function with CARET we need to use the option allowParallel = TRUE in the CARET options. See the below example of how to set this up in CARET:
caret_example <- train(Y ~ X1 + X2,
data = my_data,
method = "rf",
allowParallel = TRUE)
Here we create a train object native to caret and this consists of:
• Y – the dependent variable or variables I want to predict
• ~ meaning predict Y given anything to the right
• X1 + X2 are my predictor variables / independent variables
• Method equal to rf which is code for random forest
• The key parameter is to set the allowParallel switch equal to TRUE
Once this has been activated, you will notice that your computer jumps to life and will use up many more cores. Perhaps step away from the PC for a while, as this will cause other programs to slow down.
Mind you, with modern computers, we don’t need to feed the hamster too often.
Show me the source code
The source code is available from my GITHUB page:
Thanks and keep an eye out for my other posts.
Copyright Dilbert 2013
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1. Thanks Teru – I had added the stopCluster command to a subsequent update. Can you give me an example of why it should not be confined to the function?
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47247 | Novello's Octavo Anthems
typical cover ca.1900
This British series started in 1875, and reached No.700 by 1900 and 1200 by 1940.
Octavo refers to the paper size, which is 10 X 6.5 inches. This size is between modern ISO 216 sizes (adopted in Germany in 1922, in the rest of Europe and U.K. by 1970) B5 (9.84 X 6.93 inches) and A4 (11.27 X 8.27 inches). This is smaller than usual sheet music, which is 31 X 23cm. (12.20 X 9.05 inches). It was chosen by Novello for their cheap editions in the 1850s and has remained the standard for choral music to the present.
Many items were issued additionally in tonic sol-fa notation. A sample of Handel's Halleluja Chorus in this notation can be seen here (section 2.7.1)
Composers were chosen very widely:
Renaissance polyphony: Byrd and Gibbons;
18thc verse anthems: Purcell, Attwood, Greene, Boyce;
18th century oratorios: Bach and Handel;
Viennese Classics: Beethoven, Mozart Haydn;
Early Romantics: Mendelssohn, Spohr;
later Romantics: Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Brahms.
However, the majority of works were by contemporary British composers:
S.S.Wesley, Maunder, Stainer, Ousley, Parry, Stanford etc.
20th century Gardiner, Bairstow, Elgar and others.
Texts were always in English regardless of the original language, suggesting that the audience was mainly from the Anglican and Non-conformist traditions. The series attests to the dedication and high musical standards of the average amateur church choir between 1870 and 1970.
Arrangers and Editors
4.This is the Day which the Lord hath Made (Turle, James).
10. My God, my God, why, O why hast Thou forsaken me : Psalm XXII Mendelssohn.
15. Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley, Samuel Sebastian)
39. The Lord is Loving (Garrett, George Mursell)
42. O Give Thanks unto the Lord (Goss, John)
57. What are these that are arryed in white Robes (Stainer, John)
58. If Ye Then be Risen with Christ (Naylor, John)
60. O Give Thanks unto the Lord (Wesley, Samuel Sebastian)
69. With my whole Heart have I sought thee.[Elvey, George Job]
82. O Clap Your Hands (Stainer, John)
86. The Morning Stars Sang Together (Stainer, John)
89. Behold, I Bring You Good Tidings (Barnby, Joseph)
108. Make me a clean heart, o God : Joseph Barnby.
114. I was glad when they said unto me. Thomas Attwood
125. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem : Jeremiah Clark ;
133. O clap your hands : Dr. Greene.
145. Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z.49 (Purcell, Henry) -
148. In Thee, O Lord : anthem for four voices ... Psalm xxxi. 1-6 John Weldon ;
154. I Will Mention the Loving-Kindnesses (Sullivan, Arthur)
160. Unto Thee have I Cried (Elvey, George Job)
169. Sing praises to the Lord :Dr. Croft.
176. Out of the deep. Naylor, John.
212. Be Glad, O Ye Righteous (Smart, Henry Thomas)
225. O most merciful! : Ernest Bullock.
264. Who is Like unto Thee (Sullivan, Arthur)
286. Blessed Jesu, Fount of Mercy (Dvořák, Antonín)
296. Behold, I Bring You Good Tidings (Hall, Edward Vine)
307. Christ our Passover (Hall, Edward Vine)
316. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem (Hall, Edward Vine)
324. There were Shepherds (Vincent, Charles)
327. This is the Day which the Lord hath Made (Hall, Edward Vine)
334. Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Anthem (Hall, Edward Vine)
370. Christ the Lord is Risen To-day (Hall, Edward Vine)
399. At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Hall, Edward Vine)
422. The Lord is Risen (Garrett, George Mursell)
438. Let not your heart be troubled (Foster, Myles Birket)
448. The First Christmas (Barnby, Joseph)
455. Jesus Christ is Risen Today (King, Oliver)
456. At the Sepulchre (Wareing, Herbert Walter)
460. My Heart was Glad (Carnall, Arthur)
461. The Day of Resurrection (Hall, Edward Vine)
462. This is the Day (Marchant, Arthur William)
468. Why Seek Ye the Living among the Dead? (Foster, Myles Birket)
469. If Ye Then be Risen with Christ (Foster, Myles Birket)
471. Be ye therefore followers of God [Baker, Alfred S.]
472. The Blessing of the Lord. [Bridge, Frederick]
491. Break Forth into Joy (Steane, Bruce)
495. I will lay me down in peace. Edwards, A. C.
499. Hallelujah! Christ is Risen (Steane, Bruce) .
533. Christ is Risen from the Dead (Roberts, John Varley)
534. The First Day of the Week (Steane, Bruce)
538. When Christ, Who is Our Life, Shall Appear (Roberts, John Varley)
559. The Souls of the Righteous (Elvey, George Job)
569. O Come, Let Us Sing (Foster, Myles Birket)
575. I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (Steane, Bruce)
577. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem (Maunder, John Henry)
591. I Will Go unto the Altar of God (Harris, Cuthbert) -
589. Lead, Kindly Light (Evans, David Pughe)
593. The Glory of the God of Israel (Adams II, Thomas)
599. The Souls of the Righteous (Elvey, George Job)
603. Sing unto the Lord (Harris, Cuthbert)
607. The Night is Far Spent (Foster, Myles Birket)
612. Now is Come Salvation (Harris, Cuthbert).
620. Ten Thousand times Ten Thousand (Tozer, Ferris)
621. This is the Day (Lemare, Edwin Henry)
623. I am He that Liveth (Adams I, Thomas)
624. Praise the Lord, ye Servants (Steane, Bruce)
625. Far be Sorrow, Tears, and Sighing (Hall, Edward Vine)
643. As the Earth bringeth forth her Bud. [Brewer, A. Herbert ]
655. In Heavenly Love Abiding (Parker, Horatio)
660. When the Sabbath was Past (Foster, Myles Birket)
672. Far from the World, O Lord, I Flee (Parker, Horatio)
678. Thou art gone to the grave (Williams, Charles Lee)
684. The Angel Said unto Them, Fear Not (Brown, Arthur Henry)
685 There Shall Come a Star out of Jacob (Harris, Cuthbert)
695. Now Late on the Sabbath Day (Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel)
696. The Lord Liveth (Marchant, Arthur William)
707. He that dwelleth in the secret place. Booth, Josiah
713. Behold I Have Given You Every Herb (Harris, Cuthbert)
716. Sing and Rejoice, Op.13 No.1 (Harwood, Basil)
718. Now I know that the Lord (Foster, Myles Birket)
729. Alleluia! the Lord Liveth (Harris, Cuthbert)..
740. Save Us, O Lord (Bairstow, Edward Cuthbert)
743. I was glad when they said unto me C. Hubert H. Parry.
744. Be glad and rejoice (Foster, Myles Birket)
748. Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: [Booth, Josiah]
751. Angels, from the Realms of Glory (Hall, Edward Vine)
756. Blessed Be the Lord God of Israel (Barnby, Joseph)
760. I Will Magnify Thee, O Lord (Bell, William Henry)
761. Sing Ye to the Lord (Lloyd, Charles Harford)
762 The Promise which was Made unto the Fathers (Bairstow, Edward Cuthbert)
765. Morn's roseate hues,
773. Hearken unto me, ye holy children [Bell, W. H.]
779. Glory to God in the Highest (Lee, Ernest Markham)
781. I Will Magnify Thee, O God (Lee, Ernest Markham)
781. Sing, O Heavens (Steane, Bruce)
783. Christ the Lord is Risen Again (Hall, Edward Vine)
785. Worthy is the Lamb (Thorne, Edward H.).
788. Jesus Christ is Risen Today (Gaul, Alfred Robert)
789. If Ye then be Risen with Christ (Atkins, Ivor).
804. The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (Macpherson, Charles)
808. Ten Thousand times Ten Thousand (Hall, Edward Vine)
813. Great is the Lord (Sydenham, Edwin Augustus)
814. Christ is Risen from the Dead (Sydenham, Edwin Augustus)
819. If Christ be not Raised (Macpherson, Charles)
821. Withdraw not thou thy mercy (Thomas Attwood)
830. Lord, we leave thy servant sleeping Brahms (Begräbnisgesang).
835. Love Divine, All Love Excelling (Hall, Edward Vine)
867. How long wilt Thou forget me? : Jeremiah Clark ;
871. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (Willan, Healey)
873. The Lord Our Righteousness (Blair, Hugh)
876. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel (Hall, Edward Vine)
881. Come, Let us Join our Cheerful Songs (Hall, Edward Vine)
887. Do Not I Fill Heaven and Earth? (Blair, Hugh)
889. While All Things Were in Quiet Silence (Willan, Healey)
900. O Lord, Thou art My God (Wesley, Samuel Sebastian)
904. Jesu, word of God incarnate (Elgar, Edward)
907. Jesu, meek and lowly (Elgar, Edward)
910. While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Hall, Edward Vine)
921. Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Hall, Edward Vine)
922. Come, with High and Holy Gladness (Blair, Hugh)
923. Arise, Shine, Op.7b (Cobb, Gerard Francis)
935. A Song of Joy (West, John Ebenezer).
936. Sing, O Daughter of Zion (Wareing, Herbert Walter)
948. As Christ was Raised from the Dead (Wareing, Herbert Walter)
949. This is the Day which the Lord hath Made, Op.21 (Harwood, Basil)
971. Jesus Lives! (Foster, Myles Birket)
989. Be Glad Then, Ye Children of Zion (Hollins, Alfred)
991. Sing Ye to the Lord (Bairstow, Edward Cuthbert)
1008. Evening and Morning (Oakeley, Herbert Stanley)
1015. Hosanna to the Son of David (Gibbons, Orlando)
1053. Ring Out, Wild Bells (Fletcher, Percy Eastman)
1072. O God, who hast prepared. John Mudd
1079. O Lord my God. [Couldrey, Henry Robert.]
1080. I was glad when they said unto meetc. [Couldrey, Henry Robert.]
1089. And the Earth was reaped [Craston, Edward Sharp.]
1092. Saviour, who didst make Thy Dwellings [Adlam, Frank.]
1110. Out of the Deep, [By Bunnett, Edward .]
1113. Behold, I bring you good Tidings, [Bunnett, Edward]
1117. If we believe that Jesus died, Bunnett, Edward.
1120. Blessed be Thou, Lord God of Israel, [Bunnett, Edward ]
1127. Evening Hymn. [Gardiner, H. Balfour]
1148. O Christ, the heavens' eternal king Eric H. Thiman
1149. Now upon the first Day of the Week. [Monk, William Henry]
1154. O worship the King. Anthem
1155. And I saw a new heaven. Bainton, Edgar L.
1171. God, that madest Earth and Heaven.lbert.]
1192. O Christ who holds the open gate Martin Shaw ;
1200. The Strife is o'er, the Battle done. [Durrant, Frederick Thomas.]
1201. The Lord's Prayer [By Elgar, Edward]
1203. Lift up your heads, ye gates Adams, Thomas
1209. Light out of Darkness (Elgar, Edward)
1223. Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem. [Barnes, Archie Fairbairn.]
1229. All the Ends of the World . Edited by E. Bullock.
1238. Vespers.[Dyson, George]
1239. O be joyful in the Lord. [ Jones, Henry William Hawes.]
A Prayer for the King. [Anthem.] [Dyson, George]
1250. Abide with me. [Churchill, Norman.]
1254. Psalm 150 Organ Arrangement by H. A. Chambers.
1255. Zion hears her Watchmen's Voices: Chorale ... [Bach, arr. G. Sampson]
1256. My Song is Love unknown.[Maslen, Benjamin James.]
1257. Behold, I bring you good Tidings. Anthem, etc. / [By Churchill, Norman.]
1259. Now that the Sun . [Purcell, Henry arr H. A. Chambers.] :
1355. Children of Jerusalem: hymn Thiman, Eric H.
1356. Again the morn of gladness:Thiman, Eric H |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47261 | Planning vs Perceiving (IM 619)
Planning means sticking on the specific idea during execution. It means working from inside out. It means first, figuring out what to achieve and configuring how things unfold and finally sticking on the same plan.
On the other hand, perceiving means seeing and acknowledging things that is happening in the present then working to understand the cause and finally responding to it. It means working from outside in. Perceiving is basically adapting to the present situation or being formless to adapt any circumstances.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47266 | How To Avoid Knee Pain, Ouch!!
How To Avoid Knee Pain, Ouch!!
To Keep Knee from Hurting
Why Do Our Knee Hurt?
Patellar tendonitis arises when the tendon and the tissues that surround it, become inflamed and irritated. Usually caused by overuse, especially from jumping activities and is often called “Dancer Knee” or “jumper’s knee.” Patellar tendonitis usually causes pain directly over the base of the kneecap.
How to relieve knee pain
What Over The Counter Medicine Will Help Relieve Knee Pain?
The main over-the-counter drugs are acetaminophen (Tylenol and other brands) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (or NSAIDs), including aspirin (such as Bayer), ibuprofen (AdvilMotrin), and naproxen (Aleve). These can help with simple sprains or even arthritis
It’s always a good idea to take two of pills before going to a dance or a long walk.
How To Avoid Common Injuries From Exercising & Dancing:
1. Learn proper form and technique, which varies depending on the type of dance you choose. …
2. Wear proper dancing shoes distribute the load, absorb impact and support your feet.
3. Men can wear a knee brace and the lady’s can wear Sheer Support Knee High Pantyhose
4. Stretch before dancing. …
5. Avoid bending your knees for extended amounts of time.
6. Drink plenty of water before, during and after dancing, exercising or walking.
7. Wear layers of clothing that you can take off as your body warms up.
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The Wages of Decadence
Code Monkey Ramblings:
Society exists now entirely in the context of greatness, prosperity and liberty. The bondage of the past is in the mists of time. Those who came before and spiritually evolved to the point where society could become great, prosperous and liberal are dead and cannot act as teachers to those who now know those times only as "the past."
So very true.
Why did the Roman Empire fall apart? One important reason is that the people who built and forged the institution had long been dead by the end. Men like Scipio couldn't reach out and teach the later offspring about life and how to wage war.
Take a simple example at the micro level: At my high school, I once saw a kid sitting with his African parents. The kid wasn't doing well in his courses. The parents spoke perfect English, were sharply dressed and exuded class. This made an ugly contrast with the boy: shirt half-out, slumped in the chair on to his right side, mumbling on how he'll really do better this time.
His parents just couldn't understand. They had sacrificed so much for him. They both worked full-time. They understood how hard life is. They had provided him with so many comforts and opportunities. They had enrolled him in a school in the West. But what was the result? He regularly skipped classes, cheated on assignments and was failing two out of four courses.
Why! How! It didn't make sense. This kid was living a life of luxury better than what 99.99% of humanity could dream of. Why was he pissing over every chance he was given?
Upon learning history, the question answers itself.
Focusing on the Important Stuff
Pakistan says it is going to monitor Google for blasphemous material from here on out. Wow, that will be quite the undertaking don’t you think?
Yeah, and it'll be curious when anti-government websites just happen to get labeled as blasphemous.
Just checked and realized that even now when one searches for "Muhammed" in Google Images, a totally awesome blog comes up first. Iz Good!
Not Yet Finished
The Frisky:
The only thing worse than a cute, funny, smart, nice, emotionally stable and totally taken man is one who’s single and just wants to play the field. What. A. Waste.
Dr. Helen on the topic:
Perhaps if she spent a little more time asking "What the hell is in marriage for 30-something year old guys with self-indulgent types like me, she might come up with an answer for why so many guys in their thirties are single.
No, no, it's always the fault of men for refusing to see the oh-so-obvious angelic, and need I mention superior, nature of such women.
An Afridi Special
A new-look Pakistan, led by a new-look Shahid Afridi, bowed out of the Asia Cup with little to boast about but with their reputations enhanced, while Bangladesh ended their campaign by reaffirming the gulf between them and the top-flight teams. Afridi unleashed the kind of fury he is famous for to launch Pakistan to their highest ODI score, and subsequently their first victory in 2010.
This was utterly brutal. Bangladesh didn't even bother chasing the target. The match will be remembered for Afridi's assault. He now owns three of the six fastest ODI centuries. He takes too many risks but when they pay off it's damn fun to watch.
People See The Big Zero
Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur.
I'm shocked!
That's well put. Obama is simply ignorant about how to maintain peace. His philosophy of being soft to American enemies will backfire.
Link via Instapundit.
Saying No To The Matriarchy
Vox Popoli:
Despite being groomed for a career in "the office", I left that environment at 22 and never once looked back. But this makes me think that there is a seventh option that Roissy hasn't considered, which is more male self-employment and virtual offices. Self-employment will become increasingly important as female-dominated HR departments institute credentialism that will favor female hires and corporate regulations that men aren't willing to accept. And technology makes the virtual office not only possible, but more effective than the traditional office.
Yes! No need to wear a tie everyday.
It Has Only Begun
Code Monkey Ramblings:
Many American college students are finding themselves in the same situation. Steeped in debt, several years of exposure to the job market lost and all they got was a lousy degree that was no more difficult than a typical high school diploma to acquire.
I know quite a few people here in Canada who regret their college / university education. They've piled up debt with no employment in sight. Unfortunately, it'll get worse next year.
Understanding War II
Classical Liberal asks:
Out of curiosity, what do you see as JFK's foolishness (I don't necessarily disagree, I'm just curious).
JFK was 43 when he was elected president. His view towards the Soviet Union was to not piss them off.
When he came into office, plans were being made for the invasion of Cuba. Kennedy watered those down. For example, he refused air support during the Bay of Pigs. Such a move puzzled Eisenhower who later asked Kennedy for an explanation. He replied that he didn't want to give the Soviet Union a reason to assault Berlin.
When, in fact, the Soviets were pumped up to see the weak initiative of the Americans in taking on Cuba. The Soviets, upon learning of the Bay of Pigs, thought that it would take the Americans easily under a week to defeat that tiny, difficult-to-defend island. They were stunned when America lost in a few days. Kennedy had just showcased to everyone that the leader of the free world was an indecisive buffoon.
Later in the year, Kennedy had meetings with Krushchev where again he displayed weakness. He mentioned how his ambition was to secure peace. He, also, spectacularly admitted that the Soviets had little to fear from the US because US and Soviet-Chinese arsenals were at a parity. This statement was truly remarkable: It was false! The US was far more powerful but Krushchev didn't mind the silly, desperate president's commentary.
The correct strategy would have been to make the Soviets fear the US. The Soviets should have been afraid to piss off the US not the other way around. Kennedy with his actions had taken the edge off deterrence. Kennedy created conditions which made a conflict more, rather than less, likely.
Obama is making similar mistakes. Today, the thugs in the world don't fear the US as much. The US spends billions of dollars on high-tech weaponry. A great example is stealthy submarines which carry missiles with multiple nuclear warheads. Their purpose is to maintain peace -- not to annihilate civilizations. Their purpose is make the thugs think twice, thrice.... before messing with the US and her friends.
Obama thinks that weapons of this nature are obsolete. He thinks that thugs can be reasoned with and told that they have little to fear from America. This is precisely the opposite of a good strategy. It has been tried before multiple times. The payment in blood is always great.
Understanding War
Michael J. Totten:
I recently spoke with military historian and former classics professor Victor Davis Hanson in his office at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. He is the author of more than a dozen works of history, and his new book The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern was just released by Bloomsbury Press.
We discussed military history, Peace Studies programs, warfare in the ancient and modern Mediterranean, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iran's push for hegemony in the Middle East, and the Obama Administration's foreign policy.
The ignorance of Obama shines through in this interview. Simple peace requires a constant and precise effort; something that the American president doesn't seem to comprehend. He might think that his actions will result in lasting peace but in that regard he's as foolish and historically ignorant as JFK.
Read the whole thing.
Moderate Evil
Lawrence Auster:
One of the key features of the clueless Western discussion that goes on year after year is that Westerners refuse to take Muslims seriously, on their own terms. In the name of tolerance, we show a profound lack of respect for Muslims, because we are refusing to see their reality and we keep fitting it into a false scheme which would make Islam acceptable to us. This leads the Muslims to feel both indignant at us for our blindness to them and contemptuous of us for the same reason.
I see this a lot. The gender apartheid, Jew-hatred and wet dreams of global dominance that is at the core of Islam is wrongly thought of as part of the belief structure of extremist Muslims by Westerners. Yet, it is the majority, mainstream Muslims who passionately espouse this nonsense.
Crazy Cricket
The cricketing philosophy in Pakistan is condensed:
Just as taxation is theft, Pakistani cricketers see fielding for the good of the team at large as an unfair infringement on their individual rights. Just as it's the faceless monsters we call governments that send us to war to kill each other, Pakistani cricketers recognise the philosophical integrity of never following orders. The state has no right to tell us what to do; neither does Ijaz Butt. Or, for that matter, the team captain. Or even the batting partner at the other end screaming "Yes, yes, dammit, RUN. I said YES! RUN!" How dare he, the fascist.
Since Imran Khan retired in 1992, Pakistan have had 14 different Test captains, a clear case of power-sharing and true people power, as is only possible under our anarcho-syndicalist model. Australia, by comparison, have had just four Test captains since Allan Border retired in 1994. The power-hungry, undemocratic capitalist pigs.
The only time and context in history when Pakistan is judged to be more, er, democratic than Australia.
Indifference Alloyed With Stupidity
Hartford Police officials issued a press release on Tuesday announcing they had asked Vermont State Police to investigate whether their response to a 911 call of a “burglary in progress” last Saturday afternoon in Wilder was appropriate.
According to the one-paragraph statement, Hartford police found an “unknown male subject on the third floor” of a Stony Creek townhome who was taken into “temporary custody” before paramedics treated him for a known medical condition.
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Overlord -- 66 Years Later
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/47281 | Question: Does A Higher Ah Battery Give More Power?
Do batteries last longer in parallel or series?
When batteries are hooked up In series, the voltage is increased.
For example, two – 6 Volt batteries connected in series produce 12 Volts.
This means that the batteries would last longer..
How long does a 6.0 Ah battery last?
SpecificationsSystem20V MAX*NiCad / LithiumLithium IonAmp Hour6.0 AhCharge Time1.0 hrsBattery Package Count1.0
How long will a 200ah battery last?
Can a battery have too much CCA?
As long as it physically fits in the battery tray and hold-down, there will be no problem. Your new battery simply has more cranking capacity than your original. A good thing on cold mornings! as long as you didnt pay too much, no prob.
Is 5ah better than 4ah?
What is the difference between 4ah and 5ah? The only difference is in the amp hour capacity verified by the slight weight difference. … But if you wanted to save a little cash, or the 4ah was all that was available you could replace a 12V 5Ah battery with the 4 amp hour one.
What’s the difference between 3ah and 5ah battery?
On a like-for-like basis, the 5Ah will give you 66% more runtime than the 3Ah battery. Quite simply, for those jobs you do over and over again, you’ll be able to do even more without putting the battery anywhere near your charger.
How long will a 100ah battery run an appliance that requires 400w?
How long will a 100ah battery run an appliance that requires 400w? A 100ah battery should provide 1 amp for 100 hours, 2 amps for 50 hours, 3 amps for 33 hours etc.
How long will a 2 Ah battery last?
How long does a 2Ah battery last? Either One ampere for two hours; or, 2 amperes for one hour; or some combination of the two. It can even be half an ampere for 4 hours; or 4 amperes for half an hour.
How many Ah battery do I need?
The key is to use the watts you know to calculate the amps at the battery voltage . For example, say you want to run a 250 watt 110VAC light bulb from an inverter for 5 hours. Amp-hours (at 12 volts) = watt-hours / 12 volts = 1470 / 12 = 122.5 amp-hours.
Can you mix batteries with different ah?
No, you can’t connect batteries of different Ah in series with a good result. However you can connect batteries of different Ah in parallel using diodes. In parallel you should use diodes to connect the batteries to the UPS. The diodes prevents one battery from charging/discharging another battery.
How do you increase the AH of a battery?
Connecting batteries in series increases voltage, but does not increase overall amp-hour capacity. All batteries in a series bank must have the same amp-hour rating. Connecting batteries in parallel increases total current capacity by decreasing total resistance, and it also increases overall amp-hour capacity.
Can I use a 4ah battery instead of 2ah?
What is the difference between the 2ah and 4ah batteries? It would be equivalent to having a larger gas tank, you would get a longer run time before having to refill it, or in the case of the battery, recharge it. The 4Ah would give you approximately twice the run time as the 2Ah. 13 of 13 found this helpful.
Does a bigger car battery mean more power?
As several people have stated, no, a larger battery will not harm your alternator (or other electrical components), provided that it is putting out the correct voltage. … When you use a larger battery, your car’s electrical systems don’t automatically start pulling more current simply because it’s available.
How many 200ah battery can power a home?
Originally Answered: How many 200Ah batteries can power a home? A 200Ah, 12V battery in practice will give you about 12 x 200 x 0.5 = 1200Wh of power. (The 0.5 is used in the calculation as a Lead-acid can supply only about 50% of its capacity.
Is a higher Ah battery better?
The Ah, or ‘Amp hours’ rating of the battery, indicates the amount of charge that is stored in the battery. Basically, the higher the number, the more energy that is stored. Ah ratings affect the run time and performance of the tool.
How long does a 4.0 Ah battery last?
2 hoursE.g. Under ideal conditions, a cordless lawn mower that continuously draws 2.0 amperes (amps) of current will drain the total charge of a 2.0Ah battery in 1 hour. So by that logic, a 4.0Ah battery should last for 2 hours in the same electric mower.
What is the difference between 4.0 Ah and 5.0 Ah?
The higher the number, the more it can hold. But the spigot should be similar or even the same. In other words, a 4.0Ah battery pack should perform the same as a 5.0Ah battery pack, and vice versa. The 5.0Ah pack should in theory last 20% longer before needing to be recharged.
How many solar panels do I need to charge 200ah battery?
Key Takeaway: Estimate 200 watts of solar panels per 100 amp hours of useable battery capacity (100Ah Lithium or 200Ah AGM). BUT KNOW THIS: More solar panels are just going to charge your battery faster, or more adequately in low light conditions. If you have 400 watts of solar, you will charge twice as fast.
What happens if you use the wrong car battery?
Is it OK to use a bigger battery in your car?
As long as the battery will physically fit in the battery box, the cables connect and the hold down hardware can be made to fit you will be fine. Larger batteries have more reserve capacity. … Ensure the batteries are the same voltage.
What does 4.0 Ah mean on a battery?
A high-capacity battery pack, such as a 3.0Ah or 4.0Ah 18V pack, has double the number of battery cells as 1.5Ah and 2.0Ah packs. A 2.0Ah battery pack will have five 3.6V cells – each with 2.0Ah capacity – connected in series, and a 4.0Ah pack will have two sets of five batteries connected in parallel. |
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Direct interworking:
Interworking via ISDN:
Only synchronous interworking with the speeds 2 400, 4 800 and 9 600 shall be possible. Depending on the fact that it is impossible to flowcontrol the terminals connected to the CSPDN only transparent services in PLMN are used.
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Dream dating girl you like
In my dream, we were in her room and doing things that straight girls don’t do with each other and now I’m totally confused. Just because you’re dreaming about getting down and dirty with someone doesn’t mean you have to or that you secretly want to.
While some people remain convinced that dreams are a window into your subconscious or that they send you messages you should take seriously, I personally feel like dreams are just a collection of things you’ve been thinking about during the day (or the last few days) or random things you’re thinking about in your sleep.
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Amazon releases Amazon Fire Smartphone
Category: Linux,Showrooming — Published by goeszen on June 19, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Announced today and to-be-released on July 25th, 2014 in the US, the Amazon Fire Smartphone, officially "Amazon Fire Phone", can be pre-ordered now.
The quick facts: good camera: 13MP, a unique "Dynamic Perspective" mode that displays maps, for example, in a visually pleasing way, and - Firefly. Firefly is supposed to enable users to identify things (even with a special button for it!) and act or "instantly and take action on..." as it says on the box. Most probably it is meant to help you identify products while showrooming around, and you'd take action in the form of buying stuff from amazon. Would be interesting to hear how much artificial intelligence is in there, and/or how much mechanical turk...
The selling point for smartphones, with amazon's latest addition, would be summed up as this, according to Bloomberg TV today:
1. You are a creative/genius/interesting/world-embracing person, or all of the aforementioned at once, so you naturally buy an iPhone.
2. You don't need to show off or reveal yourself as being an Apple fangirl/fanboy, and in a pragmatic way save some bucks and buy a Samsung Galaxy.
3. You are a customer, living is shopping and shopping is life - so you buy an Amazon Fire with the one-click checkout hard-wired in.
Well, I think stating this would be the only selling-point for the Amazon Fire Phone is too negative. There are a number of good reasons to join the Smartphone market if you were amazon.
First, you can scratch your MEE-TOO itch. Why not? After all, any marketing stunt you do will end up in the news and beat the drum for amazon. Second, even if the Firefly button is 70% for driving additional buyers to amazon - it's still a new feature in the smartphone sector. Google Goggles, the other app that was meant to identify products/ search by picture/ lets people buy stuff by pointing their smartphone somehow disappeared - so it's good to see Amazon pick that up. And as it seems, they made it work! And if the other 30% of the functionality actually work just as well, for example dial by pointing your phone on a printed phone number, or identifying tracks by recording a bit from radio/tv/whatever - like with Shazam - great as well! And I hear it works as well with TV: Shazam for TV, not bad! Although identifying things on TV is probably more about finding short clips/ news segments/ people, and not so much about identifying a movie/episode/etc... As most people know what they currently watch on TV, or they fire up the EPG. That said, it might be interesting for keeping your "watch-log"/ your episode tracker up-to-date...
So if this new feature is another gamificationt of our everyday life: great. I'm in. And, Amazon, you say, is trying to squeeze some bucks out of their customers?, but for that, is giving away a great smartphone at a discounted price-point? Well, sounds fair!
After all, all of us need to generate some revenue from what we do (in case you didn't notice the referral links above.). And it's great to see a very capable smartphone with an alternative OS, fire OS that is, and new ideas. Only seeing Android and iOS grabbing market shares is no good (cheering for you, Firefox OS, here...).
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