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Having been mention three times on this blog in the last week, this song has officially reached the status of ‘zeitgeist’. Amanda Palmer’s version has caused a stir in blogville; Julien Dore won Nouvelle Star yesterday; and, friend of the blog and friend of the stars, Susan Tobacco pointed me in the direction of the above version by Lady Carol.
The trickiest part of the progression is the G – B move. If you’re having trouble with it you can substitute in this alternative version of the B7 chord which is just the G chord with every finger moved one string closer to your face:
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Alert Notice 627: Nova in Canis Major - N CMa 2018 = TCP J07134590-2112330
March 26, 2018
Event: Nova in Canis Major - Nova CMa 2018 = TCP J07134590-2112330
Discovered by: Yuji Nakamura (Kameyama, Mie, Japan) (reported to CBAT by M. Soma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
Discovery magnitude: CCD magnitude 12.0, using a 10-cm f/3 reflector
Discovery date: 2018 March 24.496 UT
Coordinates (2000.0): R.A. 07 13 45.84 Decl. -21 12 31.3 (from VSX)
Spectra: Spectroscopy indicating that TCP J07134590-2112330 is a young classical nova was obtained by J. Strader et al. (ATel #11475) with the 4-m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope at Cerro Pachon, Chile, on 2018 Mar. 25.1 UT.
Observing recommendations: Observations of all types (visual, CCD, DSLR, PEP, spectroscopy) and multiple bands as instrumentation permits are strongly encouraged as the nova evolves.
Observations reported to the AAVSO:
2018 March 17.511 UT, <15.4 (Y. Nakamura, Kameyama, Mie, Japan; CBET 4499);
23.153, 15.5 V (ASAS-SN Sky Patrol, as reported by Schmeer; contaminated by the light of a 15th-magnitude star 9" away; CBET 4499);
24.83056, 12.8 (P. Schmeer, Saarbruecken-Bischmisheim, Germany);
25.09593, 12.116 V +/-0.038 (B. Harris, New Smyrna Beach, FL);
25.09677, 13.099 B +/-0.021 (Harris);
25.143, 12.2 V (ASAS-SN Sky Patrol, as reported by Schmeer; CBET 4499);
25.411, 12.14 V (S. Kiyota, Kamagaya, Japan; CBET 4499);
25.411, 11.54 Rc (Kiyota; CBET 4499);
25.411, 11.01 Ic (Kiyota; CBET 4499);
26.04027, 10.820 I +/-0.013 (B. Vietje, South Ryegate, VT);
26.04076, 11.372 R +/-0.010 (Vietje);
26.04142, 12.735 B +/-0.010 (Vietje);
26.04306, 11.9 (L. Shotter, Uniontown, PA);
26.05426, 11.964 V +/-0.008 (Vietje);
26.15483, 11.8965 V +/-0.0092 (S. Shadick, Saskatoon, SK, Canada);
26.13567, 10.7542 I +/-0.0046 (Shadick);
Charts: Charts with a comparison star sequence for N CMa 2018 may be created using the AAVSO Variable Star Plotter (VSP).
Submit observations: Please submit observations to the AAVSO International Database using the name N CMA 2018. Once a GCVS name is announced in an IAU Circular or CBET, please use that name.
AAVSO Forums: N CMa 2018 is the topic of the AAVSO Time Sensitive Alerts forum thread and the AAVSO Novae forum thread
a. Designated TCP J07134590-2112330 when posted to the IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Transient Object Confirmation Page (TOCP). Unless otherwise noted and except for observations reported to the AAVSO, the information in this Alert Notice is taken from IAU CBET 4499.
b. P. Schmeer (Saarbruecken-Bischmisheim, Germany) writes that no previous outbursts or eruptions were recorded by the ASAS-SN Sky Patrol in Feb. 2012 and since Dec. 2014, and he adds that there is a faint (magnitude g = 21.6) Pan-STARRS1 source with position end figures 45.84s, 31.3".
c. J. Strader et al. (ATel #11475) report that they believe that the nova is identical to the Pan-STARRS1 object noted by Schmeer (Note b).
d. Position end units
- Y. Nakamura (2018 Mar. 24.496 UT, discovery): 45.9s, 33"
Congratulations to Yuji Nakamura on his latest discovery!
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Zipporah was one of seven Midianite sisters that mistook Moses for an Egyptian after he saved them from the men at the well (Exodus 2:16-19). Her father Jethro was the priest of Midian, and it was he that gave Zipporah to Moses to marry. While she is introduced early in Exodus, very little is said about her. In fact, she's only mentioned three times in scripture. Zipporah: meaning bird or little bird. The First Wife of Moses What isn't immediately obvious in scripture is that Moses had two wives and Zipporah was the first. This is actually a topic that is debated often, but scripture is clear that Moses married two different women from two different lineages. We can prove that by tracing their lineages in scripture. Zipporah was a descendant of Abraham's son...
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Displaying an unsettling abundance of useless knowledge
In barber shop Wednesday, with Red Dragon FM playing in the background:
Woman Cutting My Hair: This is tha' ... wha's 'er name? Lil Kim, innit? The one wha' died, i'n she?
Me: It's Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez. But you're right that she died. In a car crash.
WCMH: Tha's the one. Only, she died in a plane crash, though.
Me: No, it was a car crash. Aaliyah died in a plane crash.
WCMH: Oh, tha's right, love. You're good at this stuff. You should go on one 'em shows on the telly, like.
Me: A quiz show on the tragic deaths of celebrities. Not sure how that would go over.
WCMH: Ha, don' make me laugh, love. Got a razor in me han'.
Curly said...
I like this new trend for writing conversations in a Welsh accent. At least I assume it's a Welsh accent, you could have been having your hair cut by a pirate.
Nwdls said...
It's a Kaeeeerdiff accent, loik inni'.
this gives me fond memories of the barbers on Salisbury Road where the three brothers cut hair with their father, a lovely old Greek Cypriot who still couldn't speak English very well. the banter between the three was worth the price of a haircut (which was only about £4). I'd come out of there beaming, still laughing, blissfully unaware of the state that my hair was in...
Chris Cope said...
Curly -- It is supposed to be a Welsh accent, but I am perfectly happy with your interpreting it as pirate. Oh, how I wish I had a pirate barber.
And, in my defence, I've only written in the Welsh accent twice. Albeit in consecutive posts.
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A Medieval Festival in a Medieval Town
04 July, 2012
May-day Hike
The first of May is a national holiday in Germany. It is tradition to go for a hike on the first of May, a.k.a. eine Erster-Mai-Wanderung. This year the weather was perfect for a long hike: temperature in the lower 70s, sunny, and not too windy. I went on a hike with some folks from church. We drove about 15 minutes out of town to a spring called Breitenbachquelle. There, we grilled some bratwurst and then set out on a long hike around the countryside. At the half-way point we stopped at a beer garden for some refreshment of the liquid bread type and then returned to where we started and grilled the last of the bratwurst. All told, I think the hike was about 11 kilometers long. Here are the pictures I took along the way:
03 July, 2012
Fasnet in Rottenburg am Neckar and Rottweil
Earlier this year I went to two very different Fasnet parades in nearby towns. Fasnet is the equivalent of Carnival in Southern Germany. It is celebrated the week before the beginning of Lent and, as I learned during my visits to Rottenburg am Neckar and Rottweil, it can be celebrated in very different ways.
I'm no expert on Fasnet parades. For details, you'll have to do research on your own. According to the Wikipedia article on Fasnet, it is a symbol of driving the evil spirits of winter out of the town. These spirits can take many different forms. In Rottenburg a. N., there are scary-looking witches that dump straw on you or vice-versa (yes, they also dumped people in buckets of straw).
Witches in Rothenburg am Neckar
But, there are also nice wood fairies (Narren) that gave kids candy. And occasionally there was a band playing "Guggenmusik." The Fasnet parade in Rottenburg had a much different feel than any parades I had been to in the US. There was significantly more interaction between the paraders and the spectators, the straw being one example. At first, I thought of it as rude that a complete stranger dressed up as a witch would dump straw on my head, but after a while I realized that it was all quite friendly.
In Rottenburg, the parade is open to Vereine (clubs) from different towns. A Verein might be a pack of witches or a troupe of fairies or a marching band. Each one has their own signature costume. Membership to a Verein of this type is gained by invitation only. The fairy troupes also have sets of bells that they wear over their shoulders. Here's a picture of one such fairy troupe:
The atmosphere at the Fasnet parade in Rottweil was completely different. First of all, it was not open to clubs from different towns, so the variety of fairy characters was limited. There is a list with pictures and German descriptions of the seven types of costumes here on the Rottweil City website. Each Narr had its own personality and interacted with the crowd accordingly. For example, the Federahannes carried long wooden poles with cow tails attached to one end with which they caressed bystanders' cheeks. It was quite bizarre to be approached by such a gruesome visage only to be gently petted on the cheek.
Other notable characters of the Rottweiler Fasnet were the Rössle (horse) and drivers. There were nine sets of horse and drivers throughout the parade. Each "horse" having two drivers who used very loud bull whips in order to keep him in line. Here's a picture of one of the trios:
Horse and Drivers
...but a video would be much better in this case:
In the above video, you can also see one of the marching bands that was at the parade in Rottweil. There were maybe four different bands present and they all alternated playing the same song. I didn't get a chance to ask a local what the song was, but I'm guessing it's some sort of town anthem. You also may notice in the video, that they are brandishing those whips right under the spectators' noses; another thing that would probably be avoided in the USA. But these guys knew how to handle their whips and I didn't see a single stroke fall astray.
Rottweil is a charming town in its own regard with wide streets and close-packed, half-timber buildings. A beautiful backdrop for a unique cultural experience.
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16 December, 2011
Christmas Markets
I love being in Germany for the Christmas season. One of the highlights of this season is the proliferation of Christmas markets. Nearly every town has a market around the town-square. Sometimes they're only open for a week or one weekend, sometimes for the entire month of December until the day before Christmas Eve. Around here it's called a Weihnachtsmarkt, but to the East in Bavaria, they call them Christkindlmarkt or Christkindlesmarkt. At such a market, you'll usually see a number of booths selling assorted hand-made goods like candles, knitted winter-wear or soap.
Christmas markets are not just a place to get some Christmas shopping done. There are also grill-huts where you can get various types of Bratwurst or Schupfnudeln mit Sauerkraut, not to mention, Glühwein, which spiced red or white wine served hot. Interspersed among these booths are nut-roasting trailers. Those are my favorite because they always smell really good! They roast all kinds of nuts and coat them in a thick layer of pure sugar. They also usually sell ginger-bread hearts with little notes written in icing.
People will often make an evening of it: chat over a sausage and Glühwein then browse through the various stands and maybe even go for a round of ice skating.
There's also usually a nativity scene somewhere at the market. Reutlingen even has a couple of live sheep! Here's a short video I made at the Reutlingen market just last week. This band-stand is in the middle of the market. Before this group, there was a brass ensemble that played some traditional Christmas hymns.
I know there's a large Christmas market in Chicago, but I think in general, we're missing out on this in America. I think that's mostly because Germany (most of Europe, really) is a very pedestrian-friendly society. It's a lot easier to set up a walk-through, outdoor market when there's a large part of town dedicated to pedestrian traffic. This is the case in pretty much every German town I've been in. Towns around here that were founded in the middle ages (or earlier) are laid-out a lot differently than towns in the US that were first settled in the 1800s.
Browse online the rest of my pictures from Christmas markets here.
15 December, 2011
Little Differences - Part 2
Toilet flushing mechanisms
Toilet flush buttons
Traffic light cycles
Manual vs. Automatic transmission
Sorting the trash
From left to right: plastic, garbage, glass recepticles
Exit signs
A standard exit sign
How to write dates and syntax of mailing addresses
Reutlingen International Office
Alteburgstr. 150
72762 Reutlingen
Whereas the International Office at Valpo is:
Office of International Programs
1509 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383
First floor = Second floor
Button panel in the elevator in my dorm
Keys go spiky side down
The lock to my room
14 December, 2011
Little Differences - Part 1
Germany and The United States of America are similar on many levels. They are both developed, modern, western societies where the freedoms of speech and religion are highly valued. There are some differences in the way the two Governments are structured and how they function, but in the end, they are both democratic. I'd say quality of living is about the same, at least compared to what I'm accustomed to. However, there are lots of little things that remind me every day that I'm not in America. These little things are not life-changers, but they are peculiarities that I would like to bring to the attention of my American friends. Disclaimer: I've spent almost all of my time in Germany in the southern part of the country, so some things that I find normal may be specific to this region. I'm not claiming to be an expert on all of Germany.
I've decided to split this list into multiple parts because I keep thinking of things to include. I will do my best to accompany every item with a picture or a video even. The links below the pictures will take you to the respective picture on my PicasaWeb Album where you can zoom in and examine every last detail.
Light switches and Outlets
Light switch and outlet with Sharpie for scale
The light switches are all rocker switches. I find this very convenient because it's a rather large target and it's easy to simply give it a whack to turn it off. I'm not sure I entirely understand the outlets, however. I can't see any way to make a polarized plug with such an arrangement because the holes for the terminals are the same size. The recessed sockets are also hard to clean and tend to collect dust.
Hole punches
Hole-punch with Sharpie for scale
Now, this one is brilliant in so many ways! This is a picture of the most basic hole-punch that you might find in Germany. Some of them have sliding guides that help you align the sheet, but that's not really necessary. If you look closely right in the middle of the two punches and just above where the paper would slide in, there's a little mark in the plastic. The idea is, you crease one sheet of paper by folding it in half (hamburger style) and then you line the crease up with that mark. This way, if you always use the standard A4 sheets of paper, the holes will always line up with each other. Another perk of the two-hole design is that you can fit both holes on the edge of a half sheet of paper, so it's a lot easier to put smaller-format documents in a binder alongside full sheets. One less hole also means one less dimension that needs to be controlled while manufacturing the hole-punch, so there should be much less variability between hole-punches from various companies.
DIN A4 Binder - Exterior
The binders compliment the brilliance of the hole-punches well. Some key things to notice about the exterior of the binder are: metal protecting high-wear locations, hole on the spine to facilitate removal from shelf, slots on cover so that it can close all the way. Germans take their binders seriously.
DIN A4 Binder - Interior
The inside is also worth noting. The rings are not stupid and round, the locking mechanism is well-built, and that piece spanning the two ring-posts snaps down on top of the papers to keep everything from flopping around when the binder is closed. Binders are a very small part of life, but they are so completely different than ours in the US even though they serve the same basic purpose of holding documents together. Amazing, right?
Volumes written on drinking vessels
Volumes on drinking vessels
This is a difference that you might not notice at first. I'm pretty sure it's some sort of law that you have to have a marking of volume on any beverage you sell in Germany. The three vessels pictured have examples of these markings. Whenever I order a drink in America I felt like I was getting ripped off because there's no way to tell how much you've been given. If the mark is on the glass, at least you know when you're being swindled.
I know, right? Something so simple, so straight forward, you might ask: how can it be so different? You'd be surprised at how fundamentally different windows in Germany are as compared with those in the States. First of all, they don't use screens here. I don't know if it's because bugs aren't a problem or they think it's a waste of time to put in screens, whatever, I've never seen them here. Second, they put the blinds on the outside of the window. Crazy, right? I actually like it better that way because you drastically reduce the amount of surface area capable of holding dust in a room when you take out the blinds. Also, blinds on the outside can prevent a little bit of rain from getting in. Third, windows here don't follow the two-pane, slide-the-bottom-up model that we're used to. No, they do this crazy thing where the window can either tip into the room from the top:
Window - Tipped open
...or swing into the room like a door:
Window - Swung open
Both of these functions are controlled with the same single handle you can see on the left side of the window. (In these pictures you can also see my outside-the-window blinds.) This design has it's pros and cons. In the tipped position, rain can't get in unless it's accompanied by heavy wind. When you swing it open, you're opening the entire window, not just the bottom half like with US windows. However, either way, you need free space inside in order to open the window. With the sliding model, this is not an issue. Again, they're still windows, but they're just different enough to make an impact. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/942 | You call yourself names, insist
without proof that you're a murderer.
You know what that is, don't you?
A guilt complex that speaks for you.
A guilt fantasy that goes way back
to your childhood.
I think you're quite mad.
You're much crazier than I...
to do all this for a creature
without a name.
To run off with a pair of initials.
The police have not given your name
or case history to the papers...
That must mean that your name was
not in Dr. Edwardes' files...
You were in an accident.
Where was it?
What happened to your hand?
It was burned.
You had an operation
in the last 6 months.
A skin graft, 3rd degree burns.
Your hand was burned. Where?
-lt hurts.
-Try remembering.
-My hand hurts.
-Your hand is remembering...
open your mind
and the pain will leave.
-Where did it happen?
-I can't it hurts.
-What happened?
-My hand's burning.
Try to remember.
-My dear are you all right?
-I'm all right. What happened?
You re-lived an accident
you'd been in...
But the memory only touched
the part of your mind that feels...
It's beginning, it really is.
You'll feel better soon.
-Who could that be?
-I know.
I sent down for
the latest editions of the papers.
You ordered the afternoon papers?
They just came, I brought them up.
Just a minute.
-Here you are. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/958 | Sverigetopplistan update - April 5th 2013
This week in the Swedish official chart, Exit has finally climbed from position number 18 to number 13. En Apa Som Liknar Dig is the only song by Darin in the chart, stable at position number 46 for the second consecutive week.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/964 | Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Just In Case You're Interested . . .
Just in case you're interested, I am hosting a lecture and discussion at my house next Wednesday. Here's the info:
This lecture is the latest requirement for my master's degree in Gifted Education. I'd love to see you there.
1. Oh I wish I could come! And not coz I am tired of freezing under four blankets....but because this is an area I need to improve. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/976 | Sunday, July 15, 2018
Evil Genius: A Titled Review
I just finished watching the true crime documentary Evil Genius on Netflix and man, am I conflicted about my final opinion of it. It was both really good and disappointing at the same time.
On the one hand, it was a very well done look at the infamous "pizza bomber" case, where a delivery driver robbed an Erie, Penn., bank with a bomb locked around his neck. He was quickly caught by police, but the bomb exploded as he sat handcuffed in the middle of the street; he was killed instantly. (Warning: spoilers ahead.)
The four-part series lays out the bizarre crime and ensuing law enforcement investigation nicely. But if you’re looking for answers – like, say, who masterminded the plot and was the actual "evil genius" – you’ll be disappointed. I think this is the fault of the title more than anything else. It’s too definitive for what ultimately played out. The police investigation was unable to determine who came up with the idea to strap a bomb to a pizza delivery man and send him into a bank.
It could have been Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, a woman with a long history of mental illness who was already linked to several suspicious deaths. Or it could have been her former boyfriend, a man named Bill Rothstein. Diehl-Armstrong is the evil genius of the title, but there was nothing specific presented in the documentary that clearly proved it was her instead of Rothstein. Both were intelligent, grandiose personalities who existed on the fringes of society.
Rothstein presented himself better, which made it easier to label the prickly, erratic, anti-social Diehl-Armstrong as the instigator of the plot.I’ll add an aside here that Diehl-Armstrong did have well-known homicidal tendencies. She’d been previously charged with murder and acquitted, and was accused of killing the boyfriend she had during the time of the pizza bomb plot. So she wasn’t some brilliant person who never got caught, and she wasn’t a person who was able to present a different, false face to the world. Those talents appeared to belong to Rothstein.
So who was really the genius? The documentary does a lot of things well, but answering that question isn’t one of them.
Les Edgerton said...
I wrote a novel in 1995 with exactly this plot--a guy hooks a bomb to a guy and makes him rob his own bank. At the time, I titled it "A Perfect Crime." It ended up in an auction and eventually got down to Random House and St. Martin's. My agent at the time, Jimmy Vines, was shepherding it. At the end, St. Martin's offered a $50,000 advance and Random House offered $45,000. Jimmy told me it was my call and it was then I made the biggest mistake of my life and chose Random House, because they were... Random House. Shortly after our deal, Bertelsmann bought Random House and my novel got shitcanned. It later came out from a small indie as "The Perfect Crime" my original title (R.H. changed it to "Over Easy" a play on the setting, New Orleans, and they wanted a series based on it, with plays on The Big Easy on each one. Ann Godoff, then prez of R.H. told Jimmy that when it came out not only would it come out on the NY Times bestseller list, but would come out as No. 1, which they could guarantee as they planned the simultaneous launch of 50,000 copies in paperback from Ballantine and 5,000 copies in hardcover from Random House. And, then came Bertelsmann... As of now, it's available by the title of "Bomb" from another indie. When I wrote it in 1995, it was a crime I'd dreamed up and I was anxious to get it published before some real-life outlaw also thought it up and preempted me. It eventually happened, but not before my book got a contract. I'm still suffering from the financial aftershock this all caused. But, I can claim the idea of this robbery at least...
Claire Booth said...
Definitely a twisty, interesting idea, Les!
Alex Segura said...
I wanted to like this one a lot more than I did. Watched the first few episodes and just didn't get a sense that there was concrete momentum. Diversions took too long without an overall sense of where things were going. Was bummed because it was put together in an appealing way. |
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1066 | "High Plains Thunder" by Todd Mueller
The American bison or simply American Buffalo once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds! It's been said that to hear those massive herds running free on the open plains made an amazing sound, the sound of thunder!
View all of Todd Mueller's sculpture here. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1069 | 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' often soars, though not as much as it twists
True to its title, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" opens with that web-slinging wunderkind Peter Parker shivering in an arctic cave on a planet several light years from Earth. It is the year 2054, which may explain why Tom Holland has been replaced in the role of Peter by Tom Hollander. The decades haven't been kind to Spidey, who retreated into his icy exile not long after MJ ran off with Thor and Aunt May turned out to be a back-from-the-dead Thanos in disguise.
If I had you going for a moment there, my apologies. The studios have been so spoiler-sensitive lately that I have often wondered if it might be helpful to summarize a nonexistent plot rather than risk giving away the actual one. In any case, it seemed in keeping with this movie's relentless "gotcha!" spirit.
Your enjoyment of "Spider-Man: Far From Home" – and in this grim summer of blockbuster discontent, I found it all too easy to enjoy – may depend on your tolerance for whiplash-inducing narrative fake-outs, the kind that send you tumbling through one carefully rigged trapdoor after another.
This is a picture in which someone actually bothers to point out that "appearances can be deceiving." Deception has of course always been a crucial survival tactic for Peter Parker (Holland), a teenager from Queens and the blessed/cursed recipient of extraordinary arachnoid superpowers. He wears a mask to shield his identity and his loved ones, including his wise Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and his loyal best friend, Ned (Jacob Batalon), who are among the few who know his secret.
That deception will beget more deception. The plot of "Spider-Man: Far From Home," concerns a high school trip to Europe that is repeatedly interrupted and endangered by various crises that call Spider-Man into the line of duty, forcing him to make up all manner of lame excuses to keep his friends in the dark.
The amusingly low stakes and the abundance of teen melodramatics are part of the movie's stealthy charm. All Peter wants to do is take his beloved MJ (a tetchy, luminous Zendaya) to the top of the Eiffel Tower, give her some awesomely morbid jewelry and tell her how much he likes her before she falls for the class hunk (Remy Hii). Surely a vacation without having to bring along his Spidey suit, let alone save the planet, isn't too much to ask.
But the climactic events of the recent "Avengers: Endgame" – specifically the death of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, who mentored Peter over the years and left him one hell of a parting gift – cannot help but cast a bittersweet pall over the otherwise goofy proceedings. The world is still recovering from what has become known as "the blip," that terrible five-year period during which half the population suddenly vanished, only to be miraculously brought back. Under the circumstances, Peter's desire for some degree of normalcy is entirely, well, normal.
That comfort may elude Spider-Man, but "Far From Home" tries its best to provide the viewer with an equivalent level of reassurance. It doesn't have quite the freshness and buoyancy of 2017's "Spider-Man: Homecoming," a redundant but successful franchise reboot whose director, Jon Watts, returns for duty here. Nor can it hope to match the sheer ingenuity and artistry of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," an animated wonderment that exploded our concept of what a Spider-Man movie or indeed any superhero-themed fiction could be.
"Far From Home," for all its dazzle and speed, has simpler, humbler aspirations and fulfills them well enough. Among other things, it's an opportunity to spend more time with the excellent Holland, who, like his appealing predecessors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, reminds you that without Peter Parker's wide eyes and awkward stammer, Spider-Man is just a faceless acrobat swinging across a green-screen New York.
This latest adventure is a welcome blast of irreverent comic energy, an upbeat postscript to this now-concluded phase of the overarching Marvel saga.
After the apocalyptic the stakes in "Avengers: Endgame," the new threat here is curiously perfunctory. Enormous monsters called Elementals, constructed of earth, wind, water or fire, are wreaking havoc in major European cities. Agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) manages to intercept Peter in Venice, shortly before a water monster lays waste to the city's canals, and recruits him for a team that includes Fury's no-nonsense No. 2, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders), and Quentin Beck (a well-cast Jake Gyllenhaal) – a caped fighter who goes by the apt nom de plume of Mysterio.
What's going on here, and who's behind it? Devotees of the Spider-Man comic books will be a step or two ahead of the rest of us, and more's the pity, since being hoodwinked is part of the fun. I'll tread cautiously in describing the specifics, but also appreciatively. In its strangest, most arresting moments, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" doesn't just pull the rug out from under you; it tumbles down its own rabbit hole.
In other words, the movie becomes a clever commentary on the illusory power of the moving image. That doesn't really complicate what turns out to be – despite its precisely detonated twists and turns, and an unusually elaborate mid-credits coda – a fairly straightforward Marvel narrative of attack and rescue, punctuated by moments of chaotic and overblown spectacle.
What offsets all that damage isn't the novelty of seeing Spider-Man soar across the rooftops of Prague or weave webs around a London bridge. Nor is it the mild comic relief supplied by Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove and Jon Favreau, all of whom take turns chaperoning the young-adult cast. It's the movie's lingering sweetness, a depth of feeling that tugs gently but insistently at your heartstrings. You feel it when Peter finally comes to understand what Tony Stark always saw in him, and also when he and MJ steal an awkward, long-overdue moment together. These emotional moments sneak up on you, which doesn't mean they aren't telling you the truth. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1097 | Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Remote Debugging iOS using lldb...
As per previous post, I attended HITB 2013 Amsterdam in April. I decided to do the mobile hacking course run by Blake Turrentine from HotWan, @Pod2g & @P0sixninja.
One thing I picked up from the course was the remote debugging of user land applications using lldb. In order to do this you need to have the following:
• A mac with Xcode installed
• Jailbroken Device (iOS.6.1) running ssh
Step 1 - First you need to mount the DeveloperDiskImage.dmg for 6.1. In a terminal window type the following:
• hdiutil attach /Applications/\ \(10B141\)/DeveloperDiskImage.dmg
Step 2 - Create a temporary directory on your mac and copy the debugserver to it:
• mkdir debug
• cd debug
• cp /Volumes/DeveloperDiskImage/usr/bin/debugserver .
Step 3 - Next, you need to code sign the executable using an entitlements file. To make the entitlements file do the following:
• nano entitlements.plist
• copy and paste the text below into the terminal window
<plist version="1.0">
• press ctrl+x to quit, then Y to save and hit return to exit nano
• You should have something like below if you cat entitlements.plist
• If you don't want to make the entitlements file just download it from the link here
Step 4 - Now you need to sign the executable with the entitlements file you just created:
• codesign -s - --entitlements entitlements.plist -f debugserver
Step 5 - You can unmount the developer .dmg.
• hdiutil detach /Volumes/DeveloperDiskImage/
Step 6 - Copy the executable to the iPad (this assumes you have ssh running on the device, if you don't you need to do that first). I use usbmux to connect to my iPad via usb, but you could connect via WiFi using the IP address.
• Starting usbmuxd to forward local port 2222 on my mac to 22 on the remote device
• Use scp to copy to Device, when prompted enter the password for the root account on your Device (iPad / iPhone). You could use cyberduck or any file transfer application you have.
• scp -P 2222 debugserver root@localhost:/var/root
Step 7 - ssh onto the device, start the debugserver and select a port for the server to listen on:
• ./debugserver localhost:1234 --attach=<TheProcessNameYouWantToDebug>
If you get the error below:
dyld: Library not loaded: /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ARMDisassembler.framework/ARMDisassemblerReferenced from: /private/var/root/./debugserverReason: image not found
You need to start Xcode with the device connected via usb to your mac and navigate to Window > Organizer (or press cmd + shift + 2) then select the Devices and choose your device from the left hand side pane and ensure the device is configured for development (see apple developer documentation here)
If you are not enrolled in the Apple developer program and have no intention too then you can mount the "DeveloperDiskImage.dmg for 6.1" again (as per step 1) and copy the contents of /Volumes/DeveloperDiskImage/Library to the /Developer directory on the device. This worked for me before I realised you needed to enrol the device as a development device :)
Step 8 - If the debug server has started ok and is listening the terminal session will appear to hang as below:
Step 9 - If you are using usbmuxd you will need to ensure the port you just set the debug server to listen on is being forwarded from your mac over usb to the remote port (if you are using IP add to connect to the device you don't need to worry about this).
• sudo ./Tools/iPhone/usbmuxd/usbmuxd-1.0.8/python-client/ -t 1234:1234
Step 10 - On your mac you can now start lldb
• Type lldb at a command prompt
• Once lldb console has started type platform select remote-ios and hit enter.
Step 11 - Connect to the debugserver running on the device:
• process connect connect://localhost:1234
Step 12 - You are now attached to the process and can debug using lldb commands
• register read
• bt
The following link ( is a gdb to lldb comparison chart that might help if you know the gdb command you want but don't know the lldb command.
I need to do some more work with lldb as I have never really used it, I'm hoping this will be a useful way to look into some apps I have been wanting to reverse for a little while.
1. what can be done here ?
(lldb) platform select remote-ios
Platform: remote-ios
Connected: no
SDK Path: error: unable to locate SDK
1. Is the device configured for development in xcode organiser?
2. do you also go on ios kernel debug? I can't connect the kernel via lldb, always fail, any suggestion? |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1108 | Pinnacle Star: The Seven Failures of The Little Professor – Chapter 1
[Read the Prologue here]
In Solinus, the sky was always black as onyx. When the white sun rose, its crystal-clear light illuminated the Town and the Beach and the Hilltop and the Golden House brightly, but the sky was always black as the Sea of Stars. The migration of the stars would sometimes cast the town in shades of violet or indigo, green or gold, and sometimes even red, and celebrations were often held to enjoy these events. They were unpredictable, but such was life in the sleepy town that everyone was happy to accept what the new day gave them. The local tanner might wake up to find her bedroom swathed in a gilded glow and elect not to open her shop that day. Tutors might find their students distracted with the effulgent undulations of blue and purple at the window and decide to end the day’s lessons early. The Mayor would observe these habits and, depending on how many citizens had decided to take the day off, she would determine whether a celebration should be held that night. Sometimes the Queen would demand one, sometimes the citizens would, sometimes an astral coloration would coincide with the Mayor’s birthday. Whatever the reasons, and there were many, Solinus was a town given over to frequent celebrations and few historical accomplishments, and this was exactly how the townspeople liked it.
There were exceptions, of course, and two exceptions were assumed to be the Little Professor’s parents. This assumption was made the day they disappeared off their long-dead cabbage farm, leaving behind their twenty-seven dogs of various breeds and diverse degrees of pedigree. Miz Toonix suggested, and Mister Borgins confirmed, that the couple often complained of the frequent frivolities of the Town whilst heading to or from work the day after a celebration. The fact that they never attended these festivities meant that few others were aware of their opinions or indeed were aware of them at all. So little to no effect was achieved when the couple gathered up their belongings and left town, presumably in search a more serious home, where people invested more sincerely in their labor. Their child (not that anyone knew he was their child) was not aware of this development until a few days passed, and by and large no one was affected by the miniature exodus.
No one except the dogs, of course.
One late morning when they were still children, the Princess Miricet was receiving lessons on the second floor of the Lighthouse. It was a large but cluttered room, filled with chalkboards, notepads, various writing implements in various states of use and decay; beakers, gourds, bowls, jars; compasses of every kind, rulers, weights and measures; virtually anything you could desire or imagine to measure or record something could be found on the second floor of the Lighthouse, and it was there that the Princess was drawing upon a chalkboard the formula to determine the circumference of a circle. Though a remarkably enthusiastic student, her efforts were a bit muted this morning due to the unusual brightness of the sky filtering in through the windows.
“It’s incredible, isn’t it,” she remarked, “that every circle follows this formula? What is there to say that a circle must always cultivate a relationship between its radius and circumference? Yet every circle obliges us with this partnership.”
The Little Professor, who had now been tutoring children of various ages (and a handful of adults) for two years, seemed to be paying little attention. He had a large lens grasped in both hands, and was holding it before the window. Bright, clear, sharp beams of light seemed to dance around the room as he guided the lens about. “They have no choice in the matter,” he offered with a kind of mild condescension, poorly veiled but innocent and ineffective. “These are not laws or rules like societies have. We call them the laws of nature, but they’re really just observations. All circumferences are linked to radii, just as all light is refracted by glass.”
“Yes,” she acknowledged, either ignorant of his scorn or supremely indifferent to it, “but who says that must always be the way things are?”
“No one says it,” he answered, already growing bored and consequently terse, “it just is.”
Even though he wasn’t watching her, the Princess offered him a smirk. “That doesn’t sound very scientific to me.”
The argument, if it could be called thus, was interrupted by a single high-pitched bark. It was joined shortly by a canine cacophony of diverse volumes and keys, underscored by a handful of voluminous growls.
Both children had been distracted in their studies all morning. The sky was unusually bright, something that happened barely once a year, and there was no question that local businesses would all be closing in anticipation of an evening’s celebration. Indeed, the Professor himself suggested cancelling lessons when the Princess arrived that morning, but she would not hear of it. Now, however, they found themselves staring briefly at one another as the barks echoed around them.
A minute’s time found the two children outside. The Princess was running about, playing with the dogs, giggling maniacally, transported beyond elation. The Little Professor was slowly, subtly, and with seeming indifference dissuading the dogs away from a long silken rope that was lying on the beach. This rope was connected to a thick, strong post built of shaped meteorite, firmly planted several feet deep into the ground and standing just outside the first-floor window facing the shoreline. The rope led straight out into the Sea of Stars, presumably anchoring something beyond sight. Several dogs had been gnawing and worrying at the rope, and the Little Professor was casually strolling about, gently nudging the dogs away with his foot.
It was in this manner Weather learned of his parents’ departure and his subsequent inheritance of a long dead cabbage farm and twenty-seven dogs. He had little use for the farm, but even less use for the dogs, who a mere thirty seconds into their tenure had demonstrated their ability to distract thoroughly from his studies and exercises. The Princess played with them for several hours, wrestling and rolling and even occasionally entrancing them with her unusual ability to sedate with her eyes. Other children joined her shortly, and the beach was soon far more crowded than it had ever been during the afternoon. The Little Professor briefly tried to encourage the dogs elsewhere by tossing a leftover starlet or two, but quickly gave up and returned to the Lighthouse. On occasion he would reemerge to dissuade a random dog from worrying the silken rope, but otherwise he was engaged in his studies; or whatever it was he did in the lighthouse all day while the other children played.
Predictably, there was a festival that night. The Mayor called it the Silver Festival, as the bright sky became coated with shimmering gray halos as the sun set. There were donkey rides, dances, and the usual games that were thrown together when a festival was anticipated: hay-tosses, stick fights, sprints, and star-races; where two people would each choose a star in the sky in the hopes that it would traverse and wink out of sight first. The Princess invariably lost at star-racing, but she continued to play in furious hope that some night she would succeed.
On this night, the Silver Festival, the children were all distracted with talk of the dogs at the beach. They had all given them names, chosen favorites, and were endlessly and delightedly describing the day’s play to each other and their parents again and again. Many a star-race was declared a draw that night, as so few children could keep their heads craned up to watch the migration of the stars. They were continuously distracted with discussion of the dogs. Many had not even known the dogs existed before, having so rarely interacted with the now vanished prior owners. There was some idle speculation that the dogs signified an omen of good times to come, like a comet or a black cow or a pair of red nights, but nobody admitted to taking such talk seriously. Whatever their intent, however, every neighbor had something to say about these new animals.
Consequently, it should come as little surprise that a tense and anticipatory silence swept through the fairgrounds when the Little Professor appeared. To see the reclusive child was itself cause for surprise, but more alarming still was the large wooden skiff he was pulling behind him with a coarse manila rope as a leash. The skiff, which was painted a brilliant powder blue, had four wheels installed upon it, essentially transforming it into a large wagon. And sitting in that wagon, restless and bouncing, were twenty-seven dogs of various breeds and dispositions. The skiff-cart came to a stop near the center of the fairgrounds, and everyone stared.
A single dog, a mastiff, let out a tentative bark. Instantly, the fairgrounds exploded in squeals and cries of delight. The children charged in to free the dogs from the skiff, and the ecstatic atmosphere compelled many of the dogs to free themselves first. More play ensued, and even a number of the parents joined in. It was several long minutes before the Little Professor managed to achieve some level of quiet. He had an announcement for everyone.
It seemed that the Little Professor was not interested in owning twenty-seven dogs. He found them to be quite a distraction and was not sure he had the means to care for them. He had brought them to the festival in hopes that other families might take them. The crowd reacted poorly at first, booing and hissing that anyone could respond with such coldness to such adorable creatures. Slowly it dawned on each child, however, that they might own these dogs for themselves.
The children swarmed their parents. They begged. They howled. They promised such saintlike behavior that no parent would ever believe. In time, finally, Dobar the tailor (who was learning biology from the Little Professor) agreed to take a plump terrier called Wumpus for the sake of his daughters.
As Dobar took the little terrier up in his arms, however, he was approached by four other children, from four other families. Each one had hoped to bring Wumpus home with them. Dobar’s daughters explained that one dog could only have one owner, and after all their father had been the first parent to agree, so shouldn’t they get to bring Wumpus home? Nobody cried, but there were many wet eyes and tight lips, followed by a lot of uncomfortable shuffling of feet.
It was silent again. Everyone was looking around at the twenty-six other dogs. The air was thick as chowder, and twice as unpleasant. Tension was short-lived, however, as with a sudden twang everyone was racing after the remaining dogs. There was jostling, shouting, grabbing, and once or twice a little tripping. The normally peaceful town had become so unexpectedly tumultuous that the Mayor was at a complete loss what to do.
At last, another tense silence was produced. The Prince, whose name was Arafin, stood upon a small hillock holding a beagle and a bloodhound, causing everyone to point an accusatory finger at such greed. Once he had the town’s attention, though, he explained that he had no intention of taking either dog. Was it not a shame, he asked, that taking a dog home should deprive so many other children of such joy? Why should any one family take a dog, he said, and cause other families grief, when they could just as easily leave the dogs at the beach where they came from, so they all might enjoy them every day? Wouldn’t it be better, he wondered, if they stopped being so selfish, and just continued to share their happiness with each other? He then stepped off the hillock and placed the beagle and bloodhound gingerly back into the Little Professor’s blue skiff.
In five minutes’ time, the Little Professor was dragging his makeshift wagon away with twenty-seven dogs of various breeds. The children all congratulated Arafin on his ingenious observation, and the parents all complimented him on how mature and selfless he was. The Queen was not present at the festival that night, but she soon learned of her son’s altruistic actions and officially named him her heir.
The next morning, every child in town came to the beach to collect starlets, even those who felt they were getting too old for it. The dogs, however, were all sleeping, and were so adorable that no one wished to disturb them. So for the first time in years, the entire beach was picked clean of starlets as everyone waited for the dogs to awaken. Soon after, late morning romps at the beach became common for the children of Solinus, even those who felt they were getting too old for such things. These parties would often continue into the afternoon, and some could observe the Little Professor silently going to and from his Lighthouse. Miz Toonix, who collected stones from the meteorite quarry, reported to her neighbors that the boy had turned his parents’ dead cabbage farm into a rabbit farm, which he used to feed the twenty-seven dogs. Toonix found it a grizzly business, especially considering how the boy showed no real love for the dogs himself. But then, the boy had never asked for anyone’s love, nor their approval, and neither did he express any consternation when these things were denied him.
For Arafin the Prince, however, this was the beginning of his ascent to leadership. He learned that the greatest joy was in bringing happiness to everyone, and that if we all agreed to act just a little less selfishly, we can all find contentment in our lives.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1125 | Saturday, May 5, 2012
Fly Me To The Moon
(ha ha ha you don't get more random than a a picture with a giant Hershey's Chocolate Coin Bank from the It's Sugar store- I already posted this on Instagram -and since you guys told me about the "Kandee Imposter" pretending to be me- this is my ONLY instagram account- so glad you guys knew what that person was typing was not "kandee like" at all! MY ONLY AND REAL INSTAGRAM: kandeejohnson)
Here's my Saturday Random 5 Facts...being typed from New York City...
#1. My hair has gone lighter for summer - and coincidentally read that going lighter with your hair color shows signs of making people feel happier! ha ha ha if you missed my new video on how I did it CLICK RIGHT HEE-YAH
#2. I hate turbulence on planes. I try to pretend it doesn't bother me, but I still hang onto my armrest. That movie ALIVE about the soccer team scared me for life. If you've never seen it- DON'T! You will be terrified of flying after.
#3. I'd rather be cold than hot. (you can always put more clothes on when you're cold, but when you're hot- you can only take so much off- you can't take off your skin...and that would be gross anyway.)
#4. I usually sleep on my side. I slept in my stomach as a kid, but I can't do it anymore! They say stomach sleepers get the worst "sleep wrinkles", so I guess it's a good thing! ha ha ha
#5. I love macaroni and cheese and cornbread with honey butter A LOT! And if I could have the Butterscotch Pots De Creme from the Restaurants in Nordtroms in Santa Monica...I would be in tastebud heaven!!!
BONUS FACT: You'll see my name and a little tip of mine in the new issue of Cosmo- (page 98 to be exact, hee hee) I'll try to take a pic and post it!
I heart NYC and that is where I'm typing this from (insert a big YAY!!) - I'll be taking pictures and blogging em..yay!
big "carmel" apple hugs, kandee
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Oh my goodness i saw your name in.cosmo and the weirdest thing happened i smiled reeeaaallly huge(like this :D!!) bc i felt like i knew you and u were a famous friend of.mine. Lol i guess thats what.i get for reading both your blogs and watching your videos for years. Which totally isnt a bad thing! Well anyways hope u.were as excited as.i was seeing your name. Lol...u prly were tho! Have a grrrr-ate day!!! :)!!!
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Many people, over the course of Leftover Soup, have asked me what event or trauma or history caused Lily to be the way she is. As with Max, though, I didn't want Lily's childhood past to completely define her present or future. I think you'd be a tad miffed if someone attempted to explain your entire current personality as the result of a single event that occurred when you were five. You probably wouldn't buy it, if some biography of Gandhi presented his nonviolent philosophy as the result of a single bullying episode in his past, or Hitler's genocide as the result of being kicked out of art school.
But yeah, you guys wanted some insight into Lily's childhood? Here it is.
Oh, and just because I get asked this any time I draw a white dude with a shaved head, no, that isn't a self-cameo. My ears don't look like that, my nose doesn't look like that, I don't have a protruding Adam's apple, my eyes and eyebrows aren't that colour, I don't have an earring, et cetera, et cetera. That dude is, as the transcript says, an eavesdropping rando. I suppose I could have arranged a cameo from another webcomic, but I didn't really have time to set that up.
(Thursday evening, INT: bowling alley.)
LH: I never talk about my childhood with you guys, do I?
GU: You... were you a pageant kid?
LH: Literally started when I was an infant. That was childhood, to me.
LH: Do you know why I wear glasses? You know why I don't just get Lasik?
GU: Uh... because your-
LH: Because I already got Lasik. When I was six, and my corneas were still growing. Doctor said if I got it, I could never get it again. Mom and Dad traded me not wearing glasses for the rest of my life for me not wearing glasses for a few years in the circuit.
LH: They wouldn't let me quit, right up until I was thirteen. I just... I never wanted to be controlled like that again.
GU: ...and you learned that behaviour from them, that controlling others was an appropriate thing for adults to do.
LH: Oh Jesus, I never even considered that angle. Oh God, fuck me.
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LH: Told ya.
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The music we use in class includes traditional folk songs, lullabies and rhymes. You may be singing some at home already or your parents may have sung them to you. They all tell simple stories or describe experiences that can be related to by all.
What to do at Home
Part of the curriculum is a CD recording of the music used in class. Play the recording at home at different times of the day. Dance with your child letting them feel body movement and the beat. Small children love to be bounced, walked and wheeled around the room to music. Hum or sing them as you perform routine activities with your baby, such as changing or feeding to establish special listening times.
It is important that your child hears you sing the songs and the rhymes many times. They will eventually repeat them too. This experience will help lay the foundation for speaking and reading and the basis of pitch and rhythm. Repetition of the familiar is very important for the young child’s emotional and cognitive development. The repetition on the recording is intended to provide many opportunities for this development.
Children respond positively to repetition. Adults however, often become impatient. A child needs sufficient observation of a new activity to boldly try it for the first time. Cajoling, coercion, forcing and begging do not often produce good and lasting results.
Babies and toddlers develop many of the following skills through the use of this repertoire of lullabies, nursery rhymes and action songs. As you repeat them at home, you will begin to observe your baby trying to imitate your sound. They will watch the actions and gradually begin to do them. Enjoy this process and celebrate each new development, just as you do when the baby utters those first few words.
Listening and Sequencing Skills
Follows simple directions
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High, low, up, down
Fast, slow, left, right
Number Skills
Counts orally 1-10
Counts fingers
Knows finger numbers
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Walks, jumps, hops, runs, marches to music
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Passes ball to music
Finger plays (Eency, Weency Spider)
Social-Emotional Development
Meets teacher without shyness in weekly class
Can move away from parent comfortably
Maintains self control
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Lyrics Alanis Morissette
I wouldn't have compromised so much
So much of myself for fear of
Having you hating me
I would've sung so loudly
It would've cracked myself!
I became self-conscious
Of anything exuberant
I wouldn't have sold myself short
I wouldn't have kept my eyes
Glued to the ground
If I had've known my invisibility
Would not make a difference
I would've run around screaming proudly
At the top of my voice
I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck
I'm talking idealism here
I would not have been so self deprecating
I wouldn't have cowered
For fear of having my eyes scratched out!
I wouldn't have cut my comfort off
I wouldn't have feigned needlessness
I would not have discredited
Every one of their compliments
It was your approval I wanted
Your congratulations
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1184 | Tufts Know-how Majors pertaining to Dummies Hi there guys! With this post I decided it might be amazing
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Tufts Know-how Majors pertaining to Dummies Hi there guys! With this post I decided it might be amazing to take advantage of the fact that I live in a collection with almost 8 other technological know-how majors. Underneath I put together a small brief summary of quite a few different Stanford engineering premier.
Substance Engineering
Chemical Technological know-how is definitely one of several broadest technological know-how majors from Tufts. Think of it as applied biology, which can be particularly useful in relation to manufacturing along with industry, but probably to health research and many more applications. Inorganic engineers genuinely spread independently out throughout different business. With this type of degree, you can get directly into almost any type of production you intend to. However , you aren’t just on a the business world, as the plethora about ChemEs look into research subsequently after college, encouraging new items and gadgets for near future use.
Positive: It can like normal chemistry however you get to observe how it’s used in the off line world (synthesis of materials, electric battery construction, hydrogen fuel wireless cars, biotechology).
Detrimental: Like mechanised, lots of necessary classes, even though you don’t wish to consider them.
Classes nearly everybody should take: Man Tissue Know-how with Donald Kaplan, Mobile cultivation
Actual employment opportunities of Tufts graduates: Anheuser-Busch manufacturing, body testing with medical systems, hydrogen energy cell output
Foot orthotics Engineering
Mechanical architectural is definitely among the list of largest occupying engineering majors. While most people today think of aeroplanes and autos, MechEs additionally deal with furniture from wind turbines in order to sensors so that you can tiny items like bolts and even screws.www.writemypapers.guru Anytime people ask me the difference between electrical power and mechanical engineering It’s my job to just point out think of something covered inside your Physics: Repair class since mechanical and anything protected in Physics E and even M since electrical. A lot of my friends which are mechanical designers are obsessed on things like fruit juice mechanics, high temperature transfer, and… trebuchets (Jay Wright and Ray Bjorkman, two buddies of my verizon prepaid phone, built their valuable own).
Positive: Browsing machine search at Tufts (blades, soccer drills speed presses, as well as laser blades!! )
Negative: A number of intro types before you get to your cool things (but form of true on most of engineering)
Classes every MechE should take: Fluid Insides, Simple Robots with Joe Rodgers
Actual career of Stanford graduates: Doing work for a soaring car new venture company, setting up a self-stabilizing motorcycle
Computer Science
CompSci belongs to the only engineering majors from Tufts that you can do if you’re on the school connected with Arts as well as Sciences. The very premise regarding it is not basically CODE PROGRAM CODE CODE but will also the ideas and procedures with how a computer interacts with what it’s given. You will visit things would expect to find out like producing websites, systems, and compilers, but deal . dive towards more assumptive applications, that include program runtimes, algorithms, along with artificial learning ability.
One of the best things about personal computer science is the fact it’s unbelievably easy to discover on your own. Another engineering serious on this catalog will look at you and state: Oh, you know Calculus? See you eventually! ‘ however , computer scientific research deals with balms for which you shouldn’t need pretty as much academics preparation.
Positive: Rather collaborative, especially at Stanford
Groups everybody is going to take: Introduction to Laptop Science using Ben Hescott, Web Design utilizing Remco Chang
Real careers regarding Tufts students: Publishing and even Advertising on Google, Server side software within Microsoft
Computer along with Electrical Engineering
Coming back EE together with CompE, my major, woooo! If you think of compsci as being the software in technology, in that case think of EE/CompE as many of the hardware. The apple company and Roshan products, HORSEPOWER, Dell, Intel, Nvidia, and many more companies that can be at the core with the tech industry hire typically people with an electric or pc engineering stage. While EE compiles all of general energy technologies (everything from iPods to electrical and electrical power systems that will medical technology), CompE savings primarily using the transfer of information through gadgets (computers).
Positive: You will get to dive RIGHT into the main of the technological industry just after college together with go function in one of the a large number of up and coming industries in the world (aka Silicon Valley).
Harmful: Conceptually, it usually is one of the more hard engineering dominant.
Classes everybody should take: Music Know-how, Satellite Connection
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Architectural at Tufts is a exceptional kind of anatomist major, while it’s component to a brand new process. Although only 15 trainees can choose BME as their very first major, a vast amount will select it as their next major (if you choose to double). Biomedical know-how is a mix of chemical, inbreed, and electricity engineering, because this major’s research works with medical technological know-how. Robotic hands, synthetic physical materials, and also x-ray systems are all an integral part of biomedical architectural. However , all at once, many trainees will get their very own undergraduate amount in Electro-mechanical or Compound Engineering then transfer so that you can biomedical later on, generally simply because BME is usually a relatively specific field associated with study.
Positive: You obtain guaranteed homework for your entire time in the application at Stanford University
Negative: For the reason that it’s a combined many different fields of study, there are a somewhat large amount of guide classes to take. (However, this particular just makes the upper stage junior in addition to senior classes even more awesome! )
Classes everyone should take: Tissue Engineering (the biomedical version), drug stipulation and reduction
NOTE: Civilizado Engineering, Environment Engineering, Individual Factors Know-how, and a many other anatomist majors are certainly included on this subject list. Not to fear although! I just don’t want to make this post very long, they will be being released future sticks though! You can even feel free to try me a message at John. Carp@tufts. edu if you have almost any questions. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1187 | Memphis Reads – Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
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Melissa reviews THREE DARK CROWNS by Kendare Blake (HarperTeen, 2016)
What happens when the glorious war of sisterly rivalry becomes a matter of life or death? When the right to reign supreme is eclipsed by the ever-consuming desire to win at all costs? Kendare Blake answers both questions in this novel, by giving readers a glimpse into the minds and hearts of the eponymous crowns’ bearers.
The island of Fennbirn bears witness to the birth of a set of triplets every generation. Each sister, all of them queens, has a magical gift that marks her as a worthy candidate for the title of Queen Crowned. In Rolanth, the elemental temple, Mirabella appears to be the most promising candidate with her ability to summon lightning, fire and windstorms…but she cannot escape the persistent dreams of a long-forgotten childhood, nor can she ignore her own reluctance to kill her sisters. In the naturalist city of Wolf Spring, Arsinoe is shadowed by her feelings of inadequacy regarding her late-blooming powers–to the point that she is willing to resort to some less-favorable means to further her chance at victory. And lastly, there is the poisoner city of Indrid Down. Within it resides the powerful Arron family, responsible for grooming Katharine, who is the youngest of the triplets…and also the most physically and emotionally unstable due to her poisoner’s gift.
With the festival of Beltane rapidly approaching, all three sisters have nothing to lose and everything to gain from becoming the Queen Crowned. Will Mirabella find a way to overcome both her hesitance the visions plaguing her mind? Can Arsinoe, the underdog, unlock her true potential and become the dark horse of this battle? Fragile Katharine’s support from the Arrons can only go so far–but will it be enough to secure her victory?
As the tagline says, “When kingdom come, there will be one.”
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Drilling rigs and workboats operate at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday. The wellhead has been capped and BP is continuing to test the integrity of the well before resuming production.
updated 7/16/2010 6:52:16 PM ET 2010-07-16T22:52:16
'Could be months. Could be years'
Monitoring the leak
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WILLIAMS: Good evening.
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Reports from the Gulf of Mexico haven't really been optimistic in any way for going on three months, but tonight the prognosis is being described as muted optimism as the tests on that well have been going on now for more than 24 hours , and so far no leaks, no rupture, no new oil on top of the ton they're already dealing with. Just the sight of it turned off has a lot of folks in the region already worried that the media, the cameras, the concern will begin to go away. They know what a tough time they are in for. We begin with a progress report tonight from our own Anne Thompson in Venice , Louisiana , once again. Anne , good evening.
ANNE THOMPSON reporting: Good evening, Brian . The test will go on for at least a few more hours tonight, as engineers and scientists try to figure out what those pressure readings inside the ceiling cap really mean. You can see the difference on the surface above the damaged well. The flames of the Discoverer Enterprise and Q4000 are out. No ship is collecting oil because, for a second day, the crude is not flowing. But there are concerns.
Admiral THAD ALLEN, Retired (National Incident Commander): I think we're to a point where there's enough uncertainty regarding what the meaning of the pressure is that we're seeing that we need to have due diligence moving forward. We need -- we need to be careful not to do any harm.
THOMPSON: After 24 hours , the pressure level is 6,700 pounds per square inch , an inconclusive reading that could mean so much oil has already flowed out that the pressure is lower than expected, or there is a leak underground. President Obama today praised the containment, but warned it is not the ultimate fix.
THOMPSON: In Gulf Shores , Alabama , they aren't.
Mr. ROBERT CRAFT (Gulf Shores, Alabama Mayor): What is this? About the eighth time they've tried to do something out there? So I don't -- I don't think any of us are confident that this is going to hold.
THOMPSON: In Biloxi , Mississippi , it wasn't containment but compensation that had gulf fund administrator Ken Feinberg face to face with frustration.
Unidentified Man: I have my canceled trips. My bank went and pulled all my bank statements, my deposits, matched them up with check stubs.
Mr. KEN FEINBERG: Pay the man.
THOMPSON: This week Louisiana re-opened 86 percent of the state waters closed to sports fishermen, a huge relief to George Hayes .
Mr. GEORGE HAYES: There's no wait, basically. I just love it.
THOMPSON: Today's catch made Governor Bobby Jindal smile for the first time in months. Officials in Louisiana hope commercial waters will re-open soon, to pump money back into the state's economy and put Louisiana seafood on America 's dinner table once again. But that decision, like so much on the Gulf Coast , is on hold. Now, as the test goes on at the government's insistence, BP is going to step up its monitoring of the sea floor, which up to now, Admiral Allen says,
has shown no signs of trouble. Brian: Anne Thompson , again starting off our reporting at the end of this eventful week down in Louisiana . Anne , thanks.
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2. We believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God, given as the rule of faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16)
3. We believe that God created the world from nothing and is sovereign in its governing. God’s intention is for man to subdue this creation and to live for the glory of God. (Genesis 1)
4. We believe that all men are sinners deserving of eternal punishment.
(Romans 3:23 and 6:23)
5. We believe that God appointed His Son to suffer and die for sinful men, thereby receiving their punishment that He might be the only mediator of God’s elect. It is in believing in Him that man comes to receive eternal life and be made a new creation in Christ. (John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17)
6. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit who indwells all Christians, instructing and reminding them of Jesus’ teachings. (1 Corinthians 6:19, John 14:26)
7. The basic system of doctrine adhered to at New Covenant Christian School is that presented in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. |
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• Some of you are familiar with Blendtec's pithy "Will it Blend" series of Videos. This time, they actually "record" a live blending of a camcorder from inside the blender. Well, at least until the blender kills the feed. These are funny.
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Well it's been almost one week since the blizzard or as it was named, NEMO. What is up with the naming of winter storms? So,we had Manic Monday at Classroom Freebies and today it's Friday Freebies at Teaching Blog Addict! Yay! Enjoy this FREEBIE Plural Noun activity. You can click HERE or on the image to get it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store. And be sure to head over to Teaching Blog Addict and Classroom Freebies for all of the rest by clicking the button below!
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A word about the Schiavo case
Now that the guvmint boneheads have gotten it this far, I hope every family that's in this situation -- whether it's gone on as long Terri's or not -- implores Congress to afford them the exact same privilege over and over and over again so that they'll be soooooo tied up with this, they won't be able to focus on anything else ever again. Qu'est-ce que cela va dire, You reap what you sow!?!?
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Waking up at 43.
Waking up 43.
Because this is the love song of me.
Do I dare disturb the universe?
Yes. Yes, I fucking do.
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Saving The World [an excerpt]
posted on: February 24, 2015
in: Blog, Geek Love, Shanna's Writing
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My baby’s a superhero.
And Sweet Jesus, but she’s got her powers turned on tight tonight.
You’d think she was the only one up on that stage and not part of a five-man band, from the way she holds court, all but mouth-fucking the microphone. Girl’s got the biggest, plumpest lips you’ve ever seen, and tonight they’re the purple of just-ripe plums, of bruises, of that half-moon mark where teeth tighten together over skin.
If you can bear to take your eyes off her mouth, go down. Slow. Open neckline, dark blue curls falling against her olive skin. Hint of cleavage. Long vanilla scar down the top right of her breast. Black spandex that works her curves like no-man’s land, makes you just want to taste that shine with your tongue all over.
The band behind her, they’ve got capes over their jeans and t-shirts. But no cape for her. It gets caught in her heels, she says, but you know it’s really that it covers too much of her. She likes to show off those hot-damn hips, that fine-as-rain-ass, those missing legs that end in something different every show
Tonight they’re steel filigree from her knees down; leaves and flowers and a hundred tiny metal creatures tucked into the empty spaces. She’s got a thing for whimsy wrapped in an enigma tucked into a weapon. Her legs, her feet really, end in six-inch knifed heels that could kill a man. Probably have killed a man. I don’t ask most times, because I don’t need to know. Sometimes she tells me anyway. And that’s when I have to buy a bottle of fine-ass whiskey and walk away from her, go down to the strip where the boys play ball in corner pockets and they’re all-too-happy to wield a fist to a face, a paddle to a place where the ass meets the mind.
Up there, on that stage, she looks like she’s singing, but she’s not singing. What she’s doing is so far beyond singing there are no words. A place beyond thought and sound coming together. If I believed in God, I’d say she was making the world, one note at a time. She just opens her mouth and suddenly things are in the world that weren’t there before. You. Me. Love. The sound of your breath leaving you, never to find its way back. I guess you’d call that death.
She makes the sound that makes death and life and love and when she stops, the crowd becomes a room of silence. Waiting. Teetering. Here, she could utter one more thing and blow them all over, explode them apart. End of days and all these delicate bodies would go down smiling.
One of these nights, I expect her to do it.
Not tonight. She smiles. Takes a deep breath. Bows. Her legs shine fierce as roughcut diamonds, sharp as a hand of razor blades before the fist. Some fan in the front row reaches up to the stage and touches the very edge of her toes. The metal protects him from her, but not from himself. Coppery blood arches into the air, and he draws his hand back, clutching himself. Ask him in five years, after he’s forgotten what it was like to have a finger there, and he’ll say he’d do it all over again, just for a taste of her, just for a single life-bleeding touch.
Bloodspill raises the crowd one more notch, fists in the air, fists in each other’s faces. They’re chanting, “Val-tora! Val-tora! Val-tora!” Once in a while someone screams, “Woooonder Caaaaaapes!”
Valtora, that’s her.
The Wonders, that’s her superhero backup band.
They think she’s saving them.
No one’s cheering for me. They don’t know about me.
Valtora wasn’t always a superhero. She wasn’t even always Valtora. Life gives you letters and you make letternames. That’s the kind of stuff Valtora doesn’t say. She just does it. Survivors, we just do the things that other people mouth about.
First Valtora was Valentino. Italian mafia. Man of a hundred wives and a million hits. No one cut off any of his body parts.
Then she was Valerie. Beautiful girl with a beautiful mouth. High-class escort in the pretty city. Everyone liked her body parts. Even when they found out most of those parts weren’t original model material.
When the war blew into town, she became Val. You want a gender? Hers was tough-talk-no-takebacks and sly-in-the-night. Someone was slyer, though. Someone with a big blade and the desire to make her talk. You lose two legs at the knee, turns out the sounds that come out of your mouth aren’t words, aren’t song, aren’t nothing so much as a whole lot of fuck yous.
By the time I entered the big picture, she was already on her way to becoming Valtora. Bombshell. Vibrato. Superhero. Weapons of choice? Curves that’ll knock you sideways if you don’t look away quick enough, a voice that’ll devastate you right off a high cliff and a pair of legs that’d as soon fuck you up as run.
And me? I stand next to the stage and I get knocked on my ass by those goddamn curves. I open my veins and let that voice work its way inside me like a virus. I design those legs that’ll fuck you up. But mostly, well mostly, I save the world.
You want to know what she is, right? You’re thinking: Really a superhero? Some kind of immortal? Maybe that’s just a lie upon a lie upon a lie. Maybe she’s just a human who lost a pair of legs and a pair of balls in a suicide car over a bridge one starfucked night.
Or maybe the lie is the one you tell yourself, in those dark nights when worry and fear beats the skindrum of your ribcage and God’s on your side and there’s no such thing as devils or demons or even superheroes that can fuck you up with the slip of a tongue.
Those lies have no place in me anymore. Not with Valtora in my life.
[Excerpted from “Saving the World”, Geek Love: An Anthology of Full-Frontal Nerdity]. Read the rest of the story by picking up a copy of this beautiful book. It’s full of amazing stories of sexy, subversive geek boys and girls getting it on, all accompanied by art and comics. (As a point of trivia, the graphic design for Geek Love is by Bear Weiter, who is now the art director at Monte Cook Games. This was the first project he and I worked on together, way back when).
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1333 | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Solution to American Poverty
“The war on poverty has been a complete catastrophe because welfare discourages work and sabotages marriage,” Rector said. “And what you need to do is fix those problems.” - Robert Rector via BuzzFeed
Ten years ago, I was tapping these keys, combing data and writing reports that not many people read, but that could be distilled quickly and easily into a pithy sound-bite. "Think in sound-bites, Shannan." That's what my favorite boss used to tell me.
Back then, I sat in a cubicle in my Banana Republic separates and did my best to hide from the Scholars closing in around me. They were all so much smarter than I felt, far wiser and savvier, their shoes infinitely shinier.
In the afternoons, small groups of us would lunch in a tucked-away cafe on Capital Hill. Then we'd sit in meetings with Congressmen/women and government officials. We'd roll out the red carpets for them and feel so validated when they sipped our right-wing drinking water in their Brooks Brothers ties and seersucker suits.
We told them about the solutions to American poverty and the stats fell from our lips like air kisses. Marriage is the greatest key to reducing child poverty. Recipients of government assistance should be required to work.
Ten years later, I can't argue with any of that.
The problem is, I know a girl with long, brown hair. Her wariness of the world coupled with her deepest desires to create stability and cobble together a make-shift family cost her her children. I know right this minute, her mama is bundled up in a camper at the back of someone's lot. Her dad is long-gone. I know the roots of generational poverty coil up and around her family tree, taking on a positively viney appearance. She doesn't see the vines as a problem. She doesn't see them at all. They're simply part of the landscape, green-on-green, so all-encompassing and eternal as to be rendered invisible.
I know she sat in jail for half a year for a crime that wasn't hers and I know every time I saw her there, I felt the thrum of hopeful humanity reverberate from her to me through that tiny screen. I know she was too shy to ask for much, but when I pressed her, her request was a bra. I couldn't fathom she had already gone months without one.
She hooted and hollered when she walked out of that jail, shackled for 12 more months with an ankle bracelet but very sure life was taking a hard turn toward sun on her face and cloudless skies.
But I know she has lived in upheaval, chaos, and abuse since that day.
I know she has been hungry. I know she has almost given up.
Years ago, the solution was so simple - just find a job.
But my friend has no high school diploma (this wasn't valued in the fabric of her upbringing), a criminal record, and no transportation.
(Having walked a very similar road with my oldest son, I know applications say a felony conviction won't preclude you from employment, but I also know when pressed (as they were by my husband) they will admit they simply "throw those away".)
The light is peeking into the end of the tunnel for my sweet-smiling friend. In just over a month, the ankle bracelet comes off, but her children are a state away, and she can't get to them until she pays her home detention fees, to the tune of nearly $2,000.
There have been more moments than I can count in the past two years when Cory and I have been left fumbling with our heads hanging low, vicariously feeling the slow crush of a system that works against the poor. The most recent moment was when this friend of ours finally secured a job interview at McDonald's, only to be told 1) she needed a very specific interview uniform and 2) there was no guarantee of a job, given her criminal record.
This girl is beyond poor. She left jail without a single possession. She's been destitute and struggling since that day, leverage God-knows-what for a roof over her head, proud in a way we can't comprehend that "at least I'm not in a shelter".
After months of searching for a job within walking distance, this was it.
The "very specific uniform" was rounded up and I lost half a day inside my head, the minutes and hours blurring past as I begged God for a break and pleaded him to show her he's so much larger than all our crap and the mistakes we've made.
She got the job.
It'll be a couple weeks until she's paid and the food smells so good while she's working, but she doesn't have a penny to her name. Her walk to work is dark and cold, but she's smiling in her non-slip shoes and I promise you, you'd buzz through her drive-thru every single day if you knew it'd be her smile at the window.
We drop off gloves and the fleece scarf I bought 12 years back. We drop off granola bars, a loaf of bread, peanut butter, because she happens to live with oppressors, who view nothing as belonging to her and are quick to assure her she owes them the world.
Peanut butter isn't exactly a standard of excellence as far as gifts are concerned, but it feels particularly paltry right about now.
So we pray for God to turn her water into wine and remind ourselves that she is his prized lily of the field, the very singular reason his blood was spilled.
We thank him one hundred times a day for the grace of McDonald's.
All the while, political rhetoric rumbles, and sometimes the intentions are even good.
It doesn't matter. There's a reason both sides of our government will continue to bicker over the shortest road to a turn-around, there's a reason they'll both keep failing.
They do not know the names. Not really, and often, not at all.
If our hope dangles on a spindly thread of political best practices, it's time to shear it off.
If we find ourselves caught up in the puppet-string politics where society's easiest targets dance on demand, a jazzy chorus line to our real concerns, let's remember God's kingdom is theirs and the responsibility to right their wrongs was handed straight to us.
I could line a city block with potential husbands for this friend of mine, but her judgment in men proves faulty and all she knows of love is that it leaves, often taking the best of her with it.
I could dangle her fast-food job like a carrot in front of her so she keeps on trucking, but her kids will grow in inches and lose baby teeth while she works the fryer, their memories of her unfurling with its smoke.
A husband and a job - those quick-witted words, though perhaps technically true, are no more than marbles in my mouth now. They get in the way of real action and garble my American sensibilities.
God entrusted the poor to you and me. Not to a ballot or a platform or a piece of whip-smart legislation.
He gave them to us because we're actual humans with lives, families, problems and worldviews, in the unique position to learn their names, make them our own and love them straight into the arms of their fixer.
1. Oh Shannan.....this issue IS so complex! We have have fretted and debated up one side and down the other with no long term and broad solutions. So, for us, we try to care for the one that is put right in front of us...the Walmart cashier who now says "I love you" as she hugs me close.....the lady at the deli who beams with pride because I listen to her stories about her grandbaby.....the lady in the food line who smiles big and hugs me tight because I can understand Spanish and she tells me she has missed me.
I am not solving their poverty issue, but I pray I am giving them a bit of hope!
2. Karen: first Shannan had me crying and now your comment has me crying more. You look for people through out your day who you can encourage and bring a little hope to! Oh if we all did that?!?!? Blessings to you!!
Shannan: There are no words for how I feel about what you just wrote. It did something in my heart! Life is all about getting to know people and building relationships. First we love God and then we love others. Thank you for your words!!
3. well said. i learned this in a very small way and will judge no more.
4. Shannan, you have a gift! Thank you for your words, honesty, compassion, and love for ALL!
5. Shannan, your post today really touched me. As a small business owner, we employ 10-15 people as bartenders, waitresses, and cooks. They are relatively low-skilled jobs that would be perfect for those without high school diplomas. Yet somehow, most of our employees are college-educated, and this is their second job. I'd like to reach out to those less fortunate (and I know there are plenty in our rural community, many who are patrons), but sadly very few have even applied to work here....and the cycle continues...
6. You are whip smart. Sharing on FB. Thank you.
7. Will there be a follow-up post. I am so confused. What is the right thing to do in situations like this. How do you know if the seed sown is landing on fertile ground?
1. I don't think it's important for us to know if the ground is fertile. We just walk beside those around us and leave it to God, doing all we can to help and encourage but knowing we, on our own, won't ever solve anything.
Thanks for caring enough to ask! Would love to hear your thoughts on my answer.
2. Your answer to this question is just what I needed to hear... :o)
3. it is so good for us all to remember that the results aren't up to us, and we don't do the "right" thing because we're promised good results. Jesus' last command before he left was to love others. Period. The ground in their lives is HIS….
8. Oh, Shannon. Thank you for this. I learned not to trust in politics/government as a solution to poverty a long time ago but since that time, I've sat in Christian circles that at worst weekly congratulate ourselves for being aligned with the correct ideology and go home feeling self-satisfied or at best open-mindedly struggle with what the right solutions might be, rather than ever BEING Christ's hands and feet. I've been guilty of imagining that I first must figure out the "right thing" to do so that if I am ever confronted with poverty, I will know how to handle it.
I think it is important for me to see that you encountered this beautiful girl you now love and walk beside not in church or Bible study but by positioning yourself in a prison.
9. I love your heart, Shannan Martin. "God entrusted the poor to you and me...He gave them to us." Thank you.
10. "He gave them to us..." Such powerful words. It's easy to get swept up in our ever day lives with our blinders on. I'm completely guilty of this, yet part of me is overwhelmed at where would we start. Thank you for these words, for this food for thought! Can't wait to hear you during Hope Spoken!
11. Is there a way we, your readers can help her pay the home detention fees?
Our Nicole was blessed when she got out with one full time job (hired by a former addict who is all about 2nd chances) and another part time job helping out through tax season.
Encouragement means so much.
1. Friend. Your generosity is blinding me at the moment. :)
Cory and I have talked about how to help, though our "extra" cash is at a minimum right now. We thought about doing some type of a matching grant (smile) where we match a portion of what she pays each week? We want to be careful not to diminish the power and pride of her work, but we also know it will take many months of McNuggets before she can save that much, and her kids needed her a year ago. If this is something you're interested in helping with, shoot me an email! shannandmartin@gmail.com
Love you, Lady.
2. I'd love to do something too. We don't have a big budget, but even little bits in large numbers would help, right? I so respect what you mean when you say, "We want to be careful not to diminish the power and pride of her work". We'll follow your lead.
12. "The problem is, I know names now."
We went through this eye-opening experience during the adoption process. On paper, birth mom L looks like this:
Unmarried African-American woman, mid 30s
4 children, expecting her 5th
Receiving government assistance including Medicaid.
But that is not who L is. At least, it is not ALL she is.
L is a loving, caring mother that realized she could not emotionally or financially support another child. Her choice to put her child up for adoption was motivated entirely by love.
L goes to church every Sunday. She sings in the choir and I heard her tear it up on "How Great is our God"
L is has finished her schooling as a pharmacy tech and is looking for a job.
L is this, and so much more than this.
The few months of close contact we had with L changed my perceptions. I got to know her name, and once I did, her demographics were no longer what I defined her by.
Great post, Shannan. Keep on truckin'.
13. Yes. Oh, Shannan. Your words.
What Caleb said...and this:
You would love Seven: The Bible Study Experiment. The Final Wrap Up discusses this sameeee issue. WE HAVE TO do something. God told us to and he EXPECTS us to do it.
Why are we still sitting here?
14. Such a tearful story. So many times we don't put ourselves in situations like these and therefore forget about those that suffer. I know from raising an abused adopted child that many people choose not to believe this exists. If in some little way some of us could help her, please tell us how.
15. This is AMAZING! Great job.
I recently drove across the U.S. for the first time. While I had anticipated being enlightened by seeing the country for the first time I was surprised what really stood out. I stopped at a McDonald's in rural Texas to get lunch with my family. There was a "Hiring" sign with information about benefits. They provide transportation to and from work and employees eat for free until they receive their first pay check. I ached in the center of my being imagining a new employee, happy to have a job, hungry and surrounded by food. It made me reflect on the time I spent in Ethiopia. Nothing on my 4,000 mile trip across the U.S. made me so aware of the people around me across my country. I've never been so grateful for McDonald's.
1. I'm in love with this rural Texas McDonalds story!
Thanks for sharing.
16. McDonalds - service with a smile at the drive-thru, always. We just don't always know the story behind the smile. We live in the poorest county in our state and my heart has been searching for ways to help, ways that don't necessarily require money (since our own budget is tight) but may. Getting to know the people (and thus the truest of needs) is the first step isn't it? Thanks for the reminder - even if it comes with tears. Love your heart...
1. Meaning money is often easy to give compared with time - time to drive someone to an appointment. Time to watch their child etc. Just praying to be willing to meet the need.
17. There is such a cognitive disconnect for me, between the fact that most right wing conservatives proclaim themselves as the most religious, the most christian people in our country; but they are the ones saying they don't want to help the poor. The poor should just get a job. Etcetera, everything that you said. How is that possible??? How do christians not see the poor the way that christ saw them??? With love and an overwhelming desire to help, whether that help is person-to-person or government assistance, it's help they need! What would jesus do? Right?
1. Yes. The problem is, most of these people, if pressed, would say they totally believe they should help the poor, but that "it's not the job of the government". I agree with this statement to a point, but it all hinges on us - actual human Christians - picking up the slack. It requires all of us. And sadly, studies have shown that Christians as a whole are no more generous with their money as non-Christians. So it comes across to me as a tax-funded passing of the buck. Literally!
18. I want to help your friend get her babies back. Nearly all people who work minimum wage jobs, especially single, head-of-household individuals, don't earn enough to live on, and must rely on food stamps to fill the gap. Trying to get by AND save up the money to pay off that $2000 debt? I have a pit in my stomach thinking about it. Can I set up a fund? I can't let the sun set today without knowing there's a way to continue her positive momentum. It makes my heart sing that you and this young woman found each other. God is so good.
1. Girl, you aren't the first one to ask. I want to facilitate the generosity of you awesome people. Can you email me at shannandmartin@gmail.com?
Thanks, Love!
19. Shannan God bless you and the words you put out there for the rest of us to hear. This is both a huge problem and a small one. On a federal level it's so big, looks insurmountable, must figure out the programs that will help. And in my town, in my community the problem can be as small as helping one person. One woman who needs an outfit to wear to a job interview, one young man who needs a haircut to be able to start his new job.
In the last couple of years of my son's life he lived in some "interesting" places. Despite family members telling me I shouldn't I always visited him, always kept communication open, drove into "those neighborhoods" and hung out with him. He and I learned so much. Matt was a white kid from the suburbs and I was his mom. We had to stand out like, I don't know what. I could hear the song from Sesame St., "one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong". That was often us. The thing is though I met and got to know actual people, with names and families and stories and voices and senses of humor and problems. It's not so easy to just walk away from that and forget.
Even now with Matthew gone, I still know what's out there, who's out there just a few miles from my front door. I don't know what the big solutions are, what needs to be done at a federal level or even a state level. All I can do is pray that I am open to whatever part God would have me play. Right now, it means I tutor the women who are studying for the GED at a homeless shelter downtown. It's once a week and it's actually fun and kind of humbling. (I'm glad I don't have to take the test and I'm a college graduate!) I'm working towards a non-profit to help fund addiction treatment for those who want it and cannot afford it. I want, I need to do something to prevent another mother from having to endure what I have. It's not much but it's what I can do. Where would we be I wonder if we all did just what we could?
1. Mary Beth,
I don't know you, nor you me but I read your comments often here about your Matthew. I just wanted to let you know that I blessed to hear your stories and am inspired by what you have experienced and how you continue to reach out to your community. Thank you for sharing!
2. Mary Beth - I agree with Brenda, and so thankful for this community that loves each other as well as a bunch of cyber-friends possibly can.
Thank you for continuing to share more about Matthew. We all benefit from your openness. He's got a good Mama. Much love to you tonight!
3. Thank you Brenda and Shannan so much. Shannan, for some reason this has felt like a safe space to me. Your sharing bits of R's story in the blog inspired me to mention Matthew initially and now your graciousness and the kindness of other readers makes me feel ok to share a bit of my pain and joy. Losing Matthew to a drug overdose has been the worst experience of my life but I was blessed to be his mom for 27 years, 10 months and 19 days. I miss him, I miss trading books with him and sharing Netflix recommendations, I miss all things I would have continued to learn from being his mom. Mostly though I just miss being with him, hearing his voice on the phone, cooking for him, you know just being mom.
If I were to share anything that I've learned it would only be that life can change utterly in the space of a single breath. Love your family and friends and make sure they know you do. My son's last words to me are carved on his grave marker. We spoke briefly the night before he died. We laughed about something I can't even remember now and then I said, goodnight and I love you. And he said, "Bye Mom, love you too."
20. would you please email me her name...and the names of her babies.
i want our family to pray for them. by name.
shannan you have SUCH a gift. girl. thank you for sharing.
21. So very, very hard to read. I'm sure it's incredibly hard to see firsthand and I can't imagine living that life. How could I? You are doing good things Shanny even when I'm sure it feels to you like you are hardly doing anything. YOU ARE.
22. Your true Christian love is shinning through and what can make the difference in the long run. These people need jobs, and more than that they need Jesus.
23. Thank you Shannan. God led me to read your post today after too many days of being too busy to read anything. I needed to hear what your heart poured out. It's such a complicated thing for me to figure out and I actually have been grappling with the issue of poverty in America and where my responsibility to it lies. Anyway, thanks for sharing your heart. After I read your blog I always walk away either contemplating and important issue or admiring your beautiful life.
24. This post brings me to tears. We are walking with a family in similar circumstances. Their baby boy has been with us for 17 months now, but they are working so hard. Seventeen months ago, I was no where near the point of liking them. Today, I love them and care so deeply for them and the life they've had to walk. Poverty has quite a few names now. There is no turning back. Praise the Lord for breaking my heart and callousness.
25. I evaluate federally funded programs for people who are homeless, and I know there is such value in being able to use taxes to pay for housing and supportive services valued in the thousands per household. But people need so much more than a place to live and a caring case manager. Most of the clients of these programs are very much alone. Thank you for showing us what it looks like to love our neighbors. I cried through reading the post and comments because I know I need to do so much more.
26. I have known so many people like the woman described. But, like with so many social issues, a lot of people see the ones abusing the system and assume that they are in the majority. And Christians forget that our giving isn't actually about the integrity of the recipient, it's about offering up our good deeds to the Father. We forget that God forgets our past mistakes as we dismiss our responsibility to help because the one in need brought it on themselves. Perhaps casting a few pearls before swine is better than hording them until we deem someone as deserving.
Thank you for your thoughts. I pray that the notion goes viral!
1. "our giving isn't actually about the integrity of the recipient, it's about offering up our good deeds to the Father."
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! To all of it, actually. :)
27. Powerful. I have tears, and I know this is true, and there is no solution that is quick or easy. God bless you for your care and love of this girl with long, brown hair. Thank you for reminding me how blessed my own life is, and for making me want to find a girl with long, brown hair to whom I might show the Love of Christ.
28. I'm reading this, again. I've shared it on FB. To completely sound like a creeper, I feel like I know you personally, and yet I wish I could even partially live up to your example. Thank you for your willingness to be transparent with your life and insights. ~Shannon
29. So true. I realize more and more how the world between where I live now, and where my church sits, and where I grew up, is vastly different. (I live 2.5 miles from my church. Those miles change a lot!) I don't have answers. I have questions. I have love. I have no idea how to give the love away at times. So I offer smiles, and hugs, and words of encouragement to the young girls in my daughters school. I pray for the women on the corner because maybe they don't have a mother praying for them like I do. Maybe I can be that mother for a moment and make a difference in the heavenly battle that is playing out for their souls. I wonder what else God has for me to do while I try to use what he has put before me.
30. OMG! What a blessing you have with your writing. You open hearts and minds and are making a difference in this world! This is a very powerful post.
Love this blog.
31. Knowing their names does make all the difference. Working with those in poverty is a hard business and words alone won't solve the problem, just like handing out cash won't. I'm convinced that relationships are the way out of this mess we are in and a relationship with Jesus is the most important one of all. Keep doing what you are doing and sharing it with us. It is an encouragement to others to keep doing what they are doing to help. xoxo
32. Oh, yes. Just yes. You and I? We speak the same language...This brought tears to my eyes. Knowing my love of the broken is shared? Hope.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1378 | General Tacoma Discussion General Toyota Tacoma truck discussion Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:09:03 +0000 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:09:03 +0000 Tacoma Forum - Toyota Truck Fans What have you done to your Tacoma today? Sun, 18 Aug 2019 08:04:54 +0000 (ae111black) ae111black Changed out my horns to horns from a 95 4runner "beep beep" not the American honk.... Also had an alignment done yesterday, wow I was suprised how off things get while wheeling. Next:whistling2:]]> 4529 Android Auto Update Sun, 18 Aug 2019 03:29:43 +0000 (kp.taco) kp.taco View attachment 26892]]> 12 Floor Mats Sun, 18 Aug 2019 00:42:50 +0000 (lifewarrior) lifewarrior truck floor mats can you recommend? The one on my truck are Husky Liners.]]> 8 2000 sr5 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 23:24:08 +0000 (Jamey Ferguson) Jamey Ferguson Question about lifting 2015 Tacoma DBL Cab TRD Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:07:35 +0000 (Topgun99) Topgun99 I have a stock 2015 Tacoma, DBL cab TRD. I'd like to lift it but not have to change the shocks, if I went with a 3 inch lift would 31 or 33 inch tires fit?
Another question is regarding the rake, so since it comes stock with the front end lower already how would I go about lifting to level it, if I did a 3 inch lift would it really be 5in in the front and 3 in the back? I'm just a little confused and don't know anything about this...trying to learn...thanks guys]]>
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1399 | Biography and Ancestry of Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley (1534-1613)
Paternal Family Tree: Berkeley (Fitzharding)
6G Grandson Edward III King England
8G Grandson Philip "Bold" III King France
15G Grandson Edmund "Ironside" I King England
26 Nov 1534 born to Thomas Berkeley 6th Baron Berkeley 1505-1534 and Anne Savage 1516-1564
19 Sep 1534 [0] succeeded 7th Baron Berkeley (2C 1421)
Sep 1554 [20] married at Kenninghall Katherine Howard
09 Mar 1598 [64] married at St Giles-without-Cripplegate Jane Stanhope
26 Nov 1613 [79] died
a 26 Nov 1613 [79] was buried at Church of St Mary's
Mother: Katherine Howard (7G GD Edward III)
Thomas Berkeley 1575-1611 [Father: 40] [Mother: 37]
Ferdinando Berkeley
Jane Berkeley
Frances Berkeley 1564-1595 [Father: 29] [Mother: 26]
Mary Berkeley
Father: Thomas Berkeley 6th Baron Berkeley (5G GS Edward III)
GrandFather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (5G GS Edward I)
2G GrandFather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley (4G GS Edward I)
3G GrandFather: James Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley (3G GS Edward I)
4G GrandFather: James Berkeley (2G GS Edward I)
4G GrandMother: Elizabeth Bluet
3G GrandMother: Isabel Mowbray (3G GD Edward I)
4G GrandFather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke Norfolk (2G GS Edward I)
4G GrandMother: Elizabeth Fitzalan (2G GD Edward I)
2G GrandMother: Isabel Meade
GrandMother: Eleanor Constable (4G GD Edward III)
2G GrandFather: Marmaduke Constable (11G GS Henry I)
3G GrandFather: Robert Constable
4G GrandFather: Robert Constable
4G GrandMother: Agnes Gascoigne
3G GrandMother: Agnes Wentworth (10G GD Henry I)
4G GrandFather: Roger Wentworth
4G GrandMother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer (9G GD Henry I)
2G GrandMother: Margery Fitzhugh (3G GD Edward III)
3G GrandFather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh (7G GS Henry II)
4G GrandFather: William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh (6G GS Henry II)
4G GrandMother: Margery Willoughby (7G GD John I)
3G GrandMother: Alice Neville (2G GD Edward III)
4G GrandFather: Richard Neville 5th Earl Salisbury (1G GS Edward III)
4G GrandMother: Alice Montagu (3G GD Edward I)
Mother: Anne Savage
GrandFather: John Savage of Frodsham
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1403 | How to teach your kids about investing?
You’re never too young to learn about money, according to Kevin O’Leary. In particular, there is one lesson kids should learn as early as possible, the investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank” and personal finance author tells CNBC Make ItTeach them the power of compounding, or how to make money while you sleep. It’s something he taught his own children, Trevor and Savannah, both now in their 20s, when they were just 5 or 6 years old, he says.
“With my kids, I’d say to them, ‘Look, you’re going to get gifts from your friends and your grandparents and for your birthday, how about saving it? How about actually putting it aside with the idea that if you invest your money it will grow while you’re sleeping?'” O’Leary tells CNBC Make It. Indeed, with compounding, when you invest your money in something like an index fund, you see a return on that money each year, as the stocks in the fund increase in value. Then, the following year, the amount of money you earn compounds, meaning you’ll see a return on both your initial investment and the additional return it already brought in the prior year.
If you invested $1,000 into an index fund, for instance, and saw a 10 percent annual return, you would make $1,100 the first year. A 10 percent return on that amount the next year would turn your investment into $1,210. It’s like “being at the top of a very large hill with wet snow and starting with a snowball and getting it rolling downhill,” Warren Buffett once said, using the explanation favored by his right hand man, Charlie Munger.
Though there are no guarantees in the stock market, from 1928 through 2017, the S&P 500 index produced a 9.8 percent average annualized total return. To teach his own children about compounding, O’Leary bought a glass piggie bank (so they could see how much was inside) and added a few pennies each night while they slept. “The idea was that they would wake up and see there was more there,” O’Leary explains. “That was for them to understand the concept of compounded interest.” The point was to show that socking away money and putting it toward an investment that grows can have long term benefits — rather than only seeing the short term benefits of spending.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1419 | Favorite Games List - JVC X'Eye (Sega CD)
Been a while since I revisited my Favorite Games List segment so let's touch on that. For this installment, I'm talking about a system I had completely forgotten we owned until I reclaimed some of my old boxes of video game stuff from my sister's house a few months back.
JVC X'Eye (Sega CD)
When I first saw this thing at the bottom of one of these boxes, I thought, "that's weird? Did my parents accidentally put one of their old CD players in here?" Then I saw the Sega CD cases and it all started flooding back to me. Well, not really. It sparked a few memories that at least were enough to connect the dots between the two. Then I wondered why this thing didn't have the Sega brand on it. That's obviously not something I cared about as a kid: it played the Sega CD games, that's all that mattered. But as an adult looking back, I was confused. Then I remembered that this was during a time when a lot of electronics companies were partnering up to try and break into the industry. Here, we had Sega partnering with JVC but more famously, Nintendo partnered with Sony on the CD-i, but then instead switched to working with Phillips on the project. The Phillip CD-i wound up a bust, but Sony transitioned their investment into the original PlayStation, shaking up the console market for good.
In our collection, I found the following Sega CD games.
• Ecco the Dolphin
• ESPN Sunday Night NFL
• Links: The Challenge of Golf
• Microcosm
• Mortal Kombat
• NBA Jam
• WWF Rage Cage
Now Ecco the Dolphin was covered with the Genesis and Mortal Kombat in with the Game Gear. The only other ones I remember anything about at all were Links and NBA Jam
Links: The Challenge of Golf - Games like Links and Jack Nicklaus Golf on the Super Nintendo existed in out house for one reason: my father. I vividly remember playing with my dad's golf clubs growing up, swinging them around as if they were swords (probably much to his dismay). We had a driving range about a mile up the road that also had a mini-golf course. Occasionally, he'd take my sister and I up to the mini-golf course and we'd play putt-putt while he practiced his swing on a bucket of balls. When I was older, I joined him on the driving range once or twice but quickly decided the sport wasn't for me. That said, I would occasionally play games like Links with him, though my young mind couldn't really figure out how wind affected my game or what the difference between a slice or a hook meant (I actually still don't know the difference on those two come to think of it).
NBA Jam - NBA Jam was out during the phase of my life when I followed basketball fervidly. We had a Shaq adjustable basketball hoop in my driveway growing up (with a plastic backboard and was made to look like Shaquille O'Neal had shattered the glass). It was the kind you could pour cement in to weigh down the base but my parents only ever filled it up with water. So if my friends and I lowered the basket and used the trampoline to dunk on it, it often fell over and spilled water all over the driver before we'd fill it up and do it all over again. Anyway, that's just an anecdote that I think of when I remember the 2-v-2 games of NBA Jam. The tongue-in-cheek nature of the game was always a lot of fun, as were the various cheat codes to enable hidden players or always be "On fire!"
Any consoles you've ever completely forgot you owned? Let me know in the comments!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1432 | Get some guts.
I recently wrote a post for the Young Clergy Blog. I thought you might want to read it, but I should warn you - it's written to pastors. And I don't usually speak so harshly to regular church folk. :)
Aaaaand if you heard my sermon this weekend you'll notice it seems vaguely familiar.
1. Odd this all came from Micah because as I was reading my Bible Monday night, I ran across that name. For some reason it struck me. I have always heard the name- I decided I wanted to name my next son this but Matt doesn't care for it!
Oh the compromises of children's names. However, Micah is better than say pineapple or dog!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1446 | Something Is Issuing From An Asshole For Sure
If this question is for real, this mother and daughter pair are an interesting set.
According to this question written to a Dr. Paul Donohue, a woman says her daughter told her to stop farting because her farts were contributing to global warming! So, essentially, she was calling her mother a cow!
Two things: Was she serious? This sounds like a joke, and if she seriously thought this, she’s one messed up woman. She’d better come to terms with the fact that her own exhalations are contributing to greenhouse gases. Stop breathing, stop breathing right now!
And the mom believed this and honestly asked this question? Oh my my my. I worry about the mom. What else does she straight up believe?
Wow. I like the doctor’s response.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1447 | I want hot noodles!
I really hope the Hellboy movie is fun. It’s got Nazis! And, um, Selma Blair. Odd.
Spalding Gray, ya bastard. Drowning has never been on my list personally. But I can understand the why. Sorry to hear it. It is hard to reach out from the midst of a black cloud. How do you call someone up and say “It hurts so bad, but I have no good reason. I don’t think I can do it anymore.” Either that person will feel put upon to be burdened thusly, or they will ignore it because it’s uncomfortable, and babble about the shoes they bought on sale. People frequently self-flagellate in the aftermath of a suicide, wondering why the person didn’t just call them up to talk. Sometimes death is preferable to saying another word. It’s not you, it’s them, like any breakup. Or is it? Ugh.
The baby shower. I saved the most horrifying thing for last! At one point some of the guests started to fight about who had the best mini van. Someone shut them down by saying “Well, mine rides like a Cadillac.” How can you top that, I dare you.
Then someone asked me what kind of cheese was in the goat cheese, raspberry, and pecan salad. So I told her, and she bellowed into the other room, “SEE, DAWN! I TOLD YOU it was FETA CHEESE!”
The low-carb dieters munched on meat and mayonnaise roll-ups. Many sports-themed outfits were received. And the “gift basket” was in full effect…instead of purchasing something actually useful, the individual fills a laundry basket with random crap from the dollar store. Oh look, novelty giant diaper pins. Frequently the cost will amount to that of one larger, useful item, but some feel quantity makes a better showing.
The worst part was that the whole event was a tacky extravaganza, from the plastic Farmer Baby favor bags to the overly be-ribboned floral arrangements. Yet everyone loved it, and complimented me on my good taste, saying how it “really shone through.” I am a mean, nasty person, because that only made me feel worse. When it’s my turn to be knocked up, I’m going to “elope” for the duration. I’ll just show up one day, bundle in tow. “Oh, this? Yeah, I found it. Someone left it on my car next to a gym flyer.”
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1458 | Week 16 Menu
Hi everyone! Sorry that it is Tuesday and I still haven't posted my menu yet. I haven't really felt like cooking since Thanksgiving. I can't believe it is already December. Crazy!
Anyway...Here is my menu for this week. Notice that I'm not using up any leftover turkey, since we sent it all home with my in-laws! Dave doesn't really like turkey and I didn't really feel like eating it all by myself so we gave it away.
Monday: we had parmesan chicken and baked potatoes
Tuesday: Rich & Creamy Pasta Bake (my favorite freezer meal)
Wednesday: French Bread Pizza
Thursday: Chicken Stirfry and rice
Friday: Turkey Sloppy Joes and Rosemary Potatoes
Saturday: Tacos
Sunday: Baked Chicken & Rice
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1468 | Milky Way Bar
Milky Way
UK Milky Way
Product type Confectionery
Owner Mars, Incorporated
Introduced 1923
The Milky Way bar is a chocolate bar distributed by the Mars confectionery company. The American version of the Milky Way bar is made of chocolate-malt nougat topped with caramel and covered with milk chocolate and is very similar to the Mars bar sold in other countries. The non-US Milky Way bar, on the other hand, is not topped with caramel and is therefore similar to the American 3 Musketeers bar.
American version
Milky Way Bar (American version)
Nutritional value per serving
Serving size 2.05 oz., 58.12 g (1 bar)
Energy 450 kcal (1,900 kJ)
Carbohydrates 57 g
- Sugars 21 g
- Dietary fiber 1 g
Fat 11 g
- saturated 19 g
Protein 1 g
Percentages are roughly approximated
using USDA Nutrient Database
The Milky Way bar was created in 1923 by Frank C. Mars and originally manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The name and taste was taken from a famed malted milk drink (milkshake) of the day – not the Earth’s galaxy, as many contend.[1][2]
On March 10, 1925, the Milky Way trademark was registered in the U.S., claiming a first-use date of 1922.[3] In 1924, the Milky Way bar was introduced nationally and sold USD800,000 that year. The chocolate for the chocolate coating was supplied by Hershey's.[4]
By 1926 it had two flavors, chocolate and vanilla, each for a nickel. In June 1932, the Milky Way bar was sold as a two piece bar, but just four years later, in 1936, the chocolate and vanilla were separated. The vanilla variant was called "Forever Yours" and it was produced until 1979.[5] In 1989, Forever Yours was reintroduced and renamed "Milky Way Dark," and later "Milky Way Midnight.[6]
In 1935 the slogan was "The sweet you can eat between meals."[4] It was then changed to "At work, rest and play, you get three great tastes in a Milky Way." By 2006 the US slogan was "Comfort in every bar." and most recently became "Life's Better in the Milky Way."[7][8]
In 2010, the Milky Way Simply Caramel bar went on sale. This version has no nougat and is made of caramel covered in milk chocolate. In 2011, a fun size offering of the Simply Caramel bar was introduced.
In 2012, Milky Way Caramel Apple Minis went on sale as a limited time offering for the Halloween season.
The American Milky Way bar contains 260 Calories in each 58 gram bar, while the smaller Milky Way Midnight contains 220 Calories in each 50 gram bar and the Milky Way Simply Caramel bar contains 250 calories in each 54 gram bar.[9]
Worldwide version
The European version of the bar has no caramel topping, and consists of a nougat center that is considerably lighter than that of the Mars bar. Because of this low density (0.88 g/cm3), it floats when placed in milk. This rare attribute was used for an advertising campaign in Germany, France, Russia, Ireland, Poland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Originally available within Europe only in chocolate flavor, the center changed to vanilla flavor at around 1993, although the chocolate flavor still remains available in Australia. The bar is also available in banana, mango and strawberry flavors. In the UK, Mars introduced the Flyte bar which is identical to the old-style chocolate flavored Milky Way but only comes in twin packs. Also available in Europe are Milky Way Crispy Rolls, chocolate covered wafer rolls with a milk-cream filling.
A popular child-oriented derivative of the Milky Way bar known as 'Milky Way Magic Stars' is also sold in the UK and consists of small aerated chocolate star shapes. Originally, every star was engraved with a different smiley face, each representing one of the magic star characters portrayed on the packaging. The characters were: Pop Star, Jess Star, Bright Star, Super Star, Happy Star, Sport Star and Baby Star. Recently, however, the characters and their respective engravings have been discontinued, possibly to lower production costs.
Depending on the version consumed the calorie intake is different. For the British version this bar is 99 calories.
A long running advertising slogan for the product in the United Kingdom and Australia was, "The sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite".[10] In 1991, the Health Education Authority and anti-sugar lobbyists both complained, without success, to the ITC that such advertising encouraged children to eat sweets between meals. The ITC agreed with Mars that its advertisements in fact encouraged restrained eating.[11]
However, marketing for snack foods such as Milky Way has altered since the 1980s, with its focus now being the reverse of what it was. Instead of Milky Way and similar foods (e.g. the Cadbury Fudge) being snack foods that won't prevent one from eating normal meals, modern marketing positions these snacks as ones that will reduce hunger at mealtimes and curb the appetite in-between.[12] By 2003, sweet marketers such as Andrew Harrison of Nestlé were seeing a reduced social stigma attached to not consuming three square meals a day, and thus the falling out of favor of the old Milky Way slogan.[13]
In November 2012, a new print and digital advertising campaign was launched in the US called "Sorry, I was Eating a Milky Way". This campaign portrays the comical aftermath of what happens after someone (off camera) was distracted due to eating a Milky Way bar. This campaign originated from the insight that eating a Milky Way bar is a slow and involved process due to its caramel, chocolate and nougat.[14]
See also
External links
• Milky Way bar website (USA)
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As Open Source software continues to grow in importance, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the ongoing success of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) as it approaches its 20th anniversary. The Apache Way of community-driven development continues to gain momentum despite the compounding challenges of building software in the greater Open Source ecosystem.
This approach, The Apache Way, was defined over 24 years ago by the original Apache Group, prior to the establishment of the Foundation. It has led to our success as a foundation and we believe it has been fundamental to the triumph of Open Source as a whole.
While The Apache Way has been refined over the years, it remains true to the original goals of transparent, community-driven collaboration in a vendor-neutral environment that is accessible to all.
The Apache Way defines Open Source in terms of both a legal and a social framework for collaboration. It helps others understand what makes Open Source powerful and how participants are expected to behave. In this post we will examine The Apache Way in the context of the Foundation’s mission:
“The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities consisting of individuals who choose to participate in ASF activities.”
Let’s dissect this mission statement.
“Provide Software for the Public Good”
Key points in this section:
• We produce software that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous
• Use of the software in any context does not reduce its availability to others
• Users and contributors have no committed responsibility to the foundation, our projects or our communities
• Use of a license that conforms to the Open Source Definition is necessary but not sufficient to deliver on our mission
Investopedia defines a public good as “a product that one individual can consume without reducing its availability to another individual, and from which no one is excluded.” On the surface, this is a good definition for our use of the term. However, there is a nuance in our use. Our mission is not to produce “public goods” but to “provide software for the public good”.
To understand why this is important, one needs to think about what motivates the ASF to produce software that is a public good.
Open Source software can be digitally copied and reused in an unlimited number of ways. Every user can modify it for their specific needs. They can combine it with other software. They can design innovative new products and services using it and can make a living from the proceeds. This is all possible without impacting other people’s use of the software. As such, the ASF produces software that can be used for the public good in many different ways.
To allow us to deliver on this part of the mission, it is critical that we adopt a license that uses the law to protect the software curated here at the Foundation. For us that license is the Apache License, Version 2. In addition, we adopt an inbound licensing policy that defines which licenses are allowable on software reused within Apache projects. This policy can be summarized as:
• The license must meet the Open Source Definition (OSD).
• The license, as applied in practice, must not impose significant restrictions beyond those imposed by the Apache License 2.0.
This means that you can be assured that software curated by projects within The Apache Software Foundation is both a public good and for the public good. You can use Apache software for any purpose and you have no responsibility to the Foundation or the project to contribute back (though as addressed in the next section, it is often in your interests to do so).
It is important to recognize that there are software projects out there that adopt our license but do not adopt our inbound licensing policy. Such projects may bring restrictions that are not covered by our license; therefore, it is important to carefully examine the licensing policies of these projects. Using the Apache License alone may not provide you with the same options a Foundation project provides.
Apache projects are successful, in large part, because of our diligence with respect to clearly-defined licensing policies. Such diligence makes it much easier for downstream users to understand what they can and cannot do with Apache software. The Apache License is deliberately permissive to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to participate in Open Source within the ASF or elsewhere. Modifications of our license are allowed, but modified licenses are neither the Apache License nor affiliated with or endorsed by The Apache Software Foundation. No modified license can be represented as such. Modified licenses that use the Apache name are strictly disallowed, as they are both confusing to users and undermine the Apache brand.
While we recognize that there are many ways to license software, whether Open Source or otherwise, we assert that only projects that use both our license (unmodified) and our inbound licensing policy truly follow and adhere to The Apache Way.
While an OSD-approved license and associated policies are necessary for successful Open Source production, they are not sufficient. They provide a legal framework for the production of Open Source, but they do not provide a social framework, which brings us to the second sentence of our mission:
“The mission of the Apache Software Foundation is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities of individuals who choose to contribute to Apache projects.”
“Like-Minded Software Project Communities of Individuals”
Key points in this section:
• The Apache Way provides a governance model designed to create a social framework for collaboration
• The Apache Software Foundation develops communities, and those communities develop software
• ASF project communities develop and reuse software components that in turn may be reused in products
• Users of ASF software often build products and services using our software components
• Our model, and others like it, have produced some of the largest and longest-lived Open Source projects that have literally revolutionized the industry
There is a lot packed into these few words. It is an understanding of these words that makes the difference between software that is under an Open Source license and software that reaches sustainability through The Apache Way. These words underscore the fact that the Foundation does not directly produce software. That’s right, The Apache Software Foundation, with upwards of $8Bn of software code, does not directly produce software. Rather than focus on software, we focus on the creation of and support of collaborative communities; the software is an intentional by-product.
Our like-minded project communities come together because they share common problems that can be addressed in software. As the saying goes, “a problem shared is a problem halved”. By bringing together individuals with their unique ideas and skills, we break down barriers to collaboration.
The Apache Way is carefully crafted to create a social structure for collaboration, which complements the legal framework discussed above. Where the legal framework ensures an equal right to use the software, The Apache Way ensures an equal ability to contribute to the software. This is critically important to the long term sustainability of Open Source software projects. This social structure for collaboration is missing from many non-Apache projects, yet a robust social structure is invariably a key component in long-term successful projects outside of the ASF.
The Apache Way is fully inclusive, open, transparent and consensus-based. It promotes vendor neutrality to prevent undue influence (or control) from a single company. It ensures that any individual with a valuable contribution is empowered, and it seeks to assure that a project remains sustainable despite inevitable changes in community membership over time.
Apache projects typically produce software components that can be combined with other software (of any license) in different ways to solve different problems. This provides plenty of opportunity for participants to collaborate within a given software project independent of their relationship outside the Foundation. This is very different from the idea of licensing your product as a whole under an Open Source license. Our model offers more opportunities for reuse which, in turn, increase the pool of individuals likely to contribute to the project.
In addition, our merit-based system seeks to ensure that as people come and go, for whatever reason, there is always someone to take their place. As a result, some ubiquitous Apache projects have existed for over 20 years and helped commercialize the World Wide Web; while dozens of newer projects have defined industry segments such as Big Data and IoT (Internet of Things).
A core tenet of The Apache Way is “Community Over Code”, which encapsulates our deep belief that a healthy community is a far higher priority than good code. A strong community can always rectify a problem with the code, whereas an unhealthy community will likely struggle to maintain a codebase in a sustainable manner. Healthy communities ensure the Foundation has the stability to thrive for the next 20 years and beyond. Apache projects do not have the problem of scaling that others, who focus only on the legal frameworks of Open Source, suffer from. If you look around at projects that have grown up alongside the Apache projects, you will see a similar focus on scaling the governance model. This is no accident.
Why this is Important
Software is a critical part of any modern economy. It touches every part of every life in the developed world, and is increasingly transforming everyday life, from womb to grave, everywhere.
At The Apache Software Foundation, we believe that every developer has their personal motivations for building software. We celebrate their right to choose when and how they build their software, including their right to use a non-open license.
We will not dictate what is best for developers or for the software industry.
We care about the provision of software that enables our users, our contributors, and the general public to decide what is best for them.
We welcome you to use our software and contribute to our projects — or not. It’s up to you.
We ask that you leave commercial interests at the door.
Countless organizations are proving that their team members who collaborate in a vendor-neutral environment often apply Open Innovation processes (such as The Apache Way) to their work. This helps create internal efficiencies and lays the groundwork for new external opportunities that may provide additional added benefits.
Bringing only your intention of contributing what best serves the greater Apache community reinforces trust in the people and projects behind the Apache brand, and helps us realize our mission of providing software for the public good.
We learn together and work together to deliver the best software we can.
Apache software is available for all.
The freedom to choose is what makes the Foundation and Apache projects so strong.
The software industry has changed and continues to change. The ways software is delivered to end users have changed. Some of the leaders in our industry have retired and new leaders have emerged. But some things have not changed. Our model of collaborative software development, through a combination of a licensing and social framework, remains one of the most successful models of software production.
Increasing the number of users, even those who do not contribute to code, should be seen as a benefit, not a problem, in Open Source. More users present an opportunity. At Apache, more users means more success since they are our future contributors.
As a US 501(c)(3) public charitable organization, The Apache Software Foundation helps individuals and organizations understand how Open Source at scale works in a highly competitive market. For more than two decades our focus has not been on producing software, but rather mentoring communities who produce software. The Apache Way advances sustainable Open Source communities: everything we do is Open Source so all kinds of users can benefit from our experience. Apache is for everyone.
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It’s possible that the temperaments are part of who we are. We don’t suddenly become interested in contemplation after we start developing a relationship with God, it’s the way that we’re built to have that relationship.
I have many conversations with people about church and God and faith. In the course of conversation, it’s clear that some people have been taught that church attendance is God’s measurement of them. But when they talk about the struggle they have with one church or another, it’s clear to me that they are describing a spiritual personality difference.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1511 | Management as an Art
Art implies the application of knowledge & skill to trying about desired results. An art may be defined as a personalized application of general theoretical principles for achieving best possible results. Art has the following characters –
1. Practical Knowledge: Every art requires practical knowledge, therefore, learning of theory is not sufficient. It is very important to know practical application of theoretical principles. E.g. to become a good painter, the person may not only be knowing different color and brushes but different designs, dimensions, situations etc to use them appropriately. A manager can never be successful just by obtaining degree or diploma in management; he must have also know how to apply various principles in real situations by functioning in a capacity of manager.
2. Personal Skill: Although theoretical base may be same for every artist, each one has his own style and approach towards his job. That is why the level of success and quality of performance differs from one person to another. E.g. there are several qualified painters but M.F. Hussain is recognized for his style. Similarly, management as an art is also personalized. Every manager has his own way of managing things based on his knowledge, experience, and personality, that is why some managers are known as good managers (like Aditya Birla, Rahul Bajaj) whereas others as bad.
3. Creativity: Every artist has an element of creativity in line. That is why he aims at producing something that has never existed before which requires a combination of intelligence & imagination. Management is also creative in nature like any other art. It combines human and non-human resources in a useful way so as to achieve desired results. It tries to produce sweet music by combining chords in an efficient manner.
4. Perfection through practice: Practice makes a man perfect. Every artist becomes more and more proficient in constant practice. Similarly, managers learn through an art of trial and error initially but an application of management principles over the years makes them perfect for the job of managing.
5. Goal-Oriented: Every art is result oriented as it seeks to achieve concrete results. In the same manner, management is also directed towards the accomplishment of pre-determined goals. Managers use various resources like men, money, material, machinery & methods to promote the growth of an organization.
Thus, we can say that management is an art, therefore, it requires the application of certain principles rather it is an art of highest order because it deals with molding the attitude and behavior of people at work towards desired goals.
Management as both Science and Art
Management is both an art and a science. The above-mentioned points clearly reveal that management combines features of both sciences as well as art. It is considered as a science because it has an organized body of knowledge which contains certain universal truth. It is called an art because managing requires certain skills which are personal possessions of managers. Science provides the knowledge & art deals with the application of knowledge and skills.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1557 | [Python-modules-team] Bug#915856: sphinx: Failed cross building with Build-Depends on python3-sphinx
Dmitry Shachnev mitya57 at debian.org
Sun Jan 20 15:21:27 GMT 2019
Hi Helmut!
On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:12:09AM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> Thank you for contacting me about this issue. It is a very relevant one
> that I have neglected far too long, because I felt it was too difficult.
> That shouldn't stop us from working on it however and I'm really happy
> to help solve it. Beware that disruptive changes may be ahead though.
Thanks for responding quickly!
> > 2) After doing that, you can no longer use dh --with sphinxdoc, as dh will
> > not find sphinxdoc.pm. So you will need something like this instead:
> There actually is a way to use the addon.
> %:
> dh $@ $(DH_ADDONS)
> build binary %-indep: DH_ADDONS+=--with=sphinxdoc
The only thing sphinxdoc.pm does is calling dh_sphinxdoc after dh_installdocs,
so this is equivalent to my approach.
> > 3) Also maybe you will need to pass --binary-indep to pbuilder, as it does
> > not automatically add that option for cross builds.
> Since very recently, sbuild automatically adds --no-arch-all for cross
> builds. Not sure about the situation of pbuilder.
> > > So maybe we can say that architectures don't matter for sphinx by
> > > marking it Multi-Arch: foreign? Unfortunately, no. python-sphinx
> > > transitively depends on python-markupsafe (via python-jinja2) and thus
> > > exposes it. Since python-markupsafe is an architecture dependent Python
> > > extension, python-sphinx exposes the architecture. This is the gist of
> > > the multiarch interpreter problem.
> Please consider this just as one example. I looked through the
> dependency stack and this was the first example found. There is likely
> more underneath.
I think the rest of Sphinx dependency stack is pure Python (not counting
some compiled parts of Python standard library).
> I'm quite sure that by now marking python3-sphinx M-A:foreign is wrong
> for precisely the reason you give: You don't know ahead of time whether
> you'll have to import architecture-dependent code.
> These are two questions:
> * If a package is M-A:foreign, do all dependencies have to be
> M-A:foreign?
> No! I often use dependencies not being M-A:foreign as an argument,
> but that is only an approximation. What really counts is the
> "interface" of a package. Unfortunately, "interface" is pretty
> loosely defined in Debian so a conservative approach is to treat all
> dependencies as part of the "interface". So having all dependencies
> M-A:foreign is part of a sufficient, but not necessary argument.
> * Should there be a M-A:foreign sphinx package?
> Likely, that'd be a good idea. It must be done with care however. It
> must be made abundantly clear that combining sphinx (as opposed to
> python3-sphinx) with any sphinx extension is a serious bug. Using a
> sphinx with a sphinx extension is akin to a "missing dependency" and
> we usually call that an rc bug. (The missing dependency is
> python3-sphinx of course.) As a result, this approach is only useful
> for "simple" packages. It can be a partial solution and most cases
> can likely use either plain "sphinx" or split a -doc package.
Most Sphinx extensions are pure Python too. However, as I said, the autodoc
extension is pure Python itself but may import code from the source package
being built, which may be not pure Python.
Now there is no binary package named “sphinx”. The executable files are
provided in python-sphinx and python3-sphinx binary packages, and are
managed by alternatives system (Sphinx 2.0 will drop Python 2 support, so
only python3-sphinx will remain). Are you suggesting to split these files
into a separate binary package?
> A "weaker" alternative already employed by some other python extensions
> is "Multi-Arch: allowed". It's essentially the same thing just renaming
> "sphinx" to "python3-sphinx:any". It'll look more ugly in dependencies,
> but it crucially is the same thing.
Is it safe to add Multi-Arch: allowed to python-sphinx and python3-sphinx
right now (and Multi-Arch: foreign to sphinx-common)?
> The heart of the problem is the multiarch interpreter problem though.
> What you want to express here is that a number of dependencies must have
> a common architecture, but can differ from other packages. In a sense,
> we'd want group dependencies together and have the user select the
> architecture for each group. We discussed this extensively at least in
> Vaumarcus and concluded that the problem is too hard. Whenever you need
> such a thing, you have to create a "dependency package" depending on all
> packages in the group and making that dependency package Multi-Arch:
> foreign. Now creating such dependency packages for every subset of
> sphinx extensions is not gonna work obviously. I don't think this is
> entirely solvable. Therefore I propose concentrating on practical,
> individual, and relevant cases. Your suggestion to split -doc packages
> is a very good one in that respect.
If you need help with this (e.g. filing bugs/patches to split -doc packages),
please let me know.
Dmitry Shachnev
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Jesus had
stone water jars filled
with water
and turned the water
to wine
the master of the wedding banquet
noticed that it was the best wine
that had been served
and told the bridegroom
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1. From the title, I thought this post was going to be about an experience at a gas station…And yes, that image is something amazing with both the static and moving elements. Did that make sense? I am not an artist and I don't know the lingo…Blessings.
2. I'm chuckling. I never thought of it that way. Like someone asking what vineyard did the wine come from. Can't put a label on that one!The kaleidescope of color in the picture is exhilerating–love, love, love it! :)
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1569 | Category Archives: The Word
Understanding Paul
The apostle Peter wrote that the apostle Paul had written some things “hard to be understood” (2 Pt. 3:16). An old friend of mine once observed that he found in Peter’s epistles some things hard to be understood as well. I agree with my friend. And I agree with Peter, too. Paul has certainly written some things that are hard to understand. For example, have you ever wondered why Paul, after saying we are dead with Christ (Col. 2:20, 3:3), exhorts us to mortify (put to death) our members that are upon the earth? Why, if I am already dead with Christ… why do I need to put my members to death?
Let’s see if we can find out. Come with me for a ride in my new vehicle—a Heavenrod, Model BTS Traveller. (The BTS, I am told, stands for Beyond Time and Space, and I’m sorry I can’t tell you how it works; I never was much for understanding what goes on under a hood.) But anyway, please step inside. Wait a minute, first I need to see your ID. Okay, you’re a baptized believer. Now that we’re in with seat belts buckled and the doors shut, I just press this button, and… lo and behold, immediately we are in Heaven! Yes, I knew you’d find it amazing.
And what do we see now that we are here? Or rather, who do we see? Here is our Lord Jesus Christ seated on a great throne! And we see that, although He was once dead (He shows us His hands and His feet), raised from the dead He dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For, He died to the cause of death—sin—and now is alive forevermore unto God. How amazing is that. What is more (and this is even more amazing) we see that we too, having been baptized into Him, are as dead to sin and alive to God as He is. We see, in fact, that we are entirely new creatures over whom the law of sin and death no longer reigns, new creatures in whom eternal life now reigns—His own eternal life.
There is more. This throne we see Jesus seated in… we too are seated with Him, reigning with Him, even over all orders of angels whether dark or light.
You are awestruck, I know. So am I. Truly, He is a wonderful person, and this is truly a wonderful place!
But this is just a sneak preview; now we must go back to earth. No need to sigh, we don’t need to go back reluctantly. For—the most amazing thing of all—God has made provision for us to live on this sin-broken earth in the very reality of Christ and Heaven that we have just visited.
That provision is a facet of the Spirit of God called faith.
What does it mean to live by faith? It means walking in this earthly realm according to an invisible heavenly reality. It means knowing by faith that what Christ accomplished in Himself is our salvation. He died to sin? In Him we are dead to sin. He rose from the dead? In Him we too are risen. He is seated at the right hand of God in the heavenlies? We too are seated in the heavenlies. Although we do not see this yet (for, “we walk by faith, not by sight”) our walk of faith with the help of the Spirit here on earth is a walk of alignment with the heavenly reality that is in Christ. By faith we seek, and are enabled, to conform to what is true in Him, are enabled to live the very life of Christ here on earth. For, “The just shall live by faith.”
You mean living by faith is just a sort of “pretending” we do here on earth till some day in Heaven we enter into the reality? No, that misses the mark. Faith is an appropriation of the heavenly reality so that it is just as real here as there.
And since that is so, this reveals to us the nature of faith: to live by faith is to cease from our own strivings. By faith, the rest of faith, we abide in a heavenly reality that has already been accomplished in Christ rather than by working toward this reality. It is not by our own endeavours that we accomplish the death or the Life; it is by faith that we walk, God’s objective being to conform us fully to the image of His Son while here on earth so that as He is—dead to sin and alive to God, and therefore walking in love—so are we in this world.
And so, it is because we who have been baptized into Christ are dead to sin (Christ having died to sin) that we, by the Spirit, mortify our members which are upon the earth; it is because we are risen (Christ being risen) that we “seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.” It is by the operation of faith—the faith of the operation of God—that we who are yet on earth in mortal flesh align ourselves with the heavenly reality.
Again in Romans Six Paul states the eternal fact that since Christ died to sin, we too are to reckon (account) ourselves “dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:11). But then he goes on to say, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body…” Here again, why, if I am dead to sin, must I refuse to allow sin to reign in my mortal body? It is because, once again, God has made provision for the reality of what is in Christ at the right hand of God to be our experience while yet on earth in mortal flesh. The Christian, the one who has been baptized into Christ, is free from sin the moment he is baptized into Christ. For in Christ he is dead to sin. “Being then made free from sin…” (Rom. 6:18). And once having received the Spirit of the risen Christ, he is now enabled to obey a different Master—righteousness. It is by faith that this is accomplished. For, faith is an operation of the Spirit of God. “Buried with Him in (the) baptism wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation (working) of God who hath raised Him from the dead” (Col. 2:12).
See what Paul is saying? Faith is the divine enablement, the operation of God, to walk according to the invisible (or unseen) reality of Christ—His death and resurrection and ascension—while yet in mortal flesh. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7).
This is why Paul in another place said he pressed toward the mark, while yet in mortal flesh, if by any means he might attain to the resurrection from among the dead (Phil. 3:11). He knew the resurrection was coming. By faith he meant to appropriate it now.
“Not having my own righteousness, which is of the law,” says Paul in that same passage, “but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith…” It is a ceasing from one’s own works, and, by faith, aligning with the truth of Christ, the truth as it is in Jesus. The walk and warfare of faith in mortal flesh corresponds with the heavenly reality.
So this puts us in the place of needing to “work out our own salvation.” Not that we are not saved, on the contrary. We are saved; therefore let us walk in that salvation, work it out, here and now. It is the work of faith. Although our old man was crucified with Christ, it is necessary to walk in the Spirit by faith, and not in the flesh, in order to experience the fullness of that salvation. If we walk in the flesh we alienate ourselves from what is ours in Christ. We must walk in the Spirit, and not in the flesh, in order for the heavenly reality of His resurrection life to be our experience here in the earth.
…And the heavenly reality of His death as well. Job in his misery longed for death. “There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master” (Job 3.17-19). Beautiful release. But those in Christ need not wait for that day of release; baptized into the death of Christ they are already there; in the cross of Christ, who was crucified to the world, they too are dead to the world, and are at rest, and cannot be troubled by the wicked. As A.W. Tozer once said, “The Christian’s grave is behind him.”
In other words, the reality of the powerful death of Christ and the beautiful life of Christ… it’s so elusive, who shall descend into the deep to bring that death up? Or who shall ascend into Heaven to bring that life down? But that kind of travel is not necessary.
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart; that is, the word of faith that we proclaim…” (Rom. 10:8).
Paul is talking about the living word of the Gospel, which when it goes forth, enables the responsive ear to lay hold of what it hears and bring it nigh– right into the mouth and into the heart… where, since it is alive, it begins to grow, and grow, and grow. And the fruit of this living word of faith is that when Christ our life Himself appears, and we see Him as He is, we discover that our obedience to the word, the obedience of faith, has resulted in our being conformed to His image; we are just like Him. For we have received the end of our faith—the salvation of our souls.
It’s Automatic
Last time we talked of Jesus urging His disciples, “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.” It’s a warning. We are to take heed to our hearing. Whether or not the ground of our heart brings forth the fruit our Lord is looking for depends on the quality of our hearing. Do we take his word seriously—that shallow soil or weed-infested ground can hinder the seed from bearing fruit? If our hearing is good, we lay that to heart. We cooperate with the Divine Farmer, seeking His help to make sure our hearts are good ground with deep, fertile soil where nothing is growing but the Good Seed He planted. In this kind of ground the seed will surely bring forth… an hundredfold.
And, as we see in what Jesus says next, our work in done when we present to the Lord this kind of soil. The rest is up to Him—and to the Law of life in the seed He plants. After exhorting His disciples to make sure they are hearing what He is saying, Jesus continues with this:
And should sleep, and rise night and day,
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear (Mk. 4.26-28).
The emphasis in the original is, “How, he knoweth not.” There is a mysterious process of life at work in the seed—the same process we mentioned in an earlier blog.
In the natural creation, it’s life that causes the child in the womb to grow. It’s life that causes the seed to grow and bear fruit. These are the inner workings of a law of life God set to work in nature when He created all things.
And God created all these things with this in mind: their voice speaks to us of the wonder and beauty of the Kingdom of God. Jesus in His parables drawn from nature is speaking of the Kingdom of God. It is “the word of the Kingdom” that the sower sows, and, depending on the soil conditions, brings forth fruit. And so, as we said, we have a part to play there. He that hath an ear, let him hear. We can seek to be good deep soil, and keep out the weeds.
But once the conditions are right, our job is done. It’s no use the farmer standing anxiously over the ground as if so doing could help the seed along. “The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself.”
This word in the Greek is automate (pronounced automatay). Sound familiar? I’m not much of a Greek scholar, but even I could tell what that word likely meant. Here’s what a real Greek scholar (Kenneth Wuest) has to say about it.
The words of herself are the translation of automate which is made up of autos (self) and memaa (to desire eagerly). The word means in its totality, “self-moved, spontaneously, without external aid, and also beyond external control, with a way and a will, so to speak, of its own that must be respected and waited for.” We get our English word automatic from this Greek word automate. There is only one other example of its use in the New Testament, where the gate opens to Peter of its own accord (Acts 12.10). The earth, therefore, brings forth fruit automatically. The nature of the soil, the weather, and the cultivation of the plant, all enter in. But the secret of the growth is in the seed itself.
This is very encouraging to us, isn’t it. The farmer doesn’t stand anxiously over the seed he planted. He isn’t wringing his hands as to what will happen next. He doesn’t stay up all night worrying. He just goes about his daily routine, sleeping, rising, sleeping, rising… and… what’s this? The ground that received the seed is bringing forth now! The seed has yielded to a law of life that meant it first had to die… and now it is growing, growing, growing… “first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”
So with the Kingdom of God that is growing in the earth right now, and in due time will be openly manifested. There is a beautiful mystery at work that the hand of man has no part in—the mystery of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which is at work in those who believe. We need to respect that working, and wait patiently for the results. Something spontaneous–automatic– is happening while we wait, something that is working of its own accord as we rest in the Lord. Having kept out the weeds, we only need to yield to the seed that has been sown, trusting the Law of the Spirit of life to bring forth the seed that was planted in abundant fruitfulness… to the praise and glory of God.
How’s Your Hearing?
Jesus has entered a boat and is speaking to the multitudes on the shore. He speaks to them a parable about a sower who sows seed on various types of ground. It’s all the same seed, nevertheless the ground it is sown in brings forth different results.
Some seed falls by the roadside where the ground is packed so hard it can’t even get in, and immediately the birds come and peck it all up.
Some seed falls on thin soil with rock underneath, and although it springs up quickly, when the sun gets hot it just as quickly dies because it isn’t deeply rooted.
Some falls on ground that looks good but is infested with the seeds of thorns, and when the thorns grow up, the plants growing from the good seed are choked out.
And some of the seed falls on fertile ground that yields fruit (I like that word yield here) “some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred” (Mk. 4.8).
At the end of the parable Jesus says to the multitude, “He that hath ears let him hear” (Mk. 4.9).
Luke has this more dramatically, telling us that Jesus cried out this warning.
And when he had said these things He cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” (Lk. 8.8).
In other words, let no one underestimate the eternal importance of what He has been saying!
After speaking this and other parables to the multitude, Jesus goes aside with his disciples and explains the parable. He didn’t do this with the great multitude, at this point already realizing that most of them weren’t all that interested in what He had to say; they followed Him just for the signs and wonders and miracles. Others were openly against Him, and followed along looking only for an opportunity to find fault. But now he explains the parable to the disciples. He has been talking of hearing the word, likening the hearers of the word to various types of ground. We won’t enlarge on this here except to say that God intends the seed of the word in our lives—the word of the Kingdom of God—to bear abundant fruit, and depending on the condition of our heart this may or may not happen. Hardness of heart, persecution, the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches… all these and the lusts of other things can cause a crop failure. But the good and honest heart that endures to the end will bring forth the fruit God is looking for.
What we want to emphasize here is that the Lord rephrases to the disciples His earlier exhortation to the multitude. After He has explained the parable to His disciples He directs these words to them:
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear (Mk. 4.23).
This is phrased a little differently than the first exhortation, and the thought seems to be that Jesus recognizes that, unlike many of those who were stone deaf to what He had been saying, His disciples have ears to hear. The more accurate translation of this second exhortation is, “Since a person has ears to be hearing, let him be hearing” (Wuest Expanded Translation). You mean, Lord, your disciples actually have ears to hear, and you still admonish them?
It’s a profound warning for us, then. It’s possible to have ears—even to think we are hearing—and yet not be hearing very well.
Christ continues by saying:
Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Christian, let us guard against dullness of hearing. Hearing… yet not really hearing. Hearing… yet it doesn’t really register because we are going about our lives in this world, and, with all the things that cry for our attention, the ear that was once attentive is no longer hearing the way it used to.
Or, perhaps unknowingly we have become presumptuous, over-familiar with spiritual things. It’s something that can creep in so easily on the heart. We hear and presume these spiritual words to be ours because of some special group or move we have been involved in, or some great church we go to.
Or, apart from any group or church we are involved in, we have given the inherent pride of our own heart lots of water and sunshine, and we are now oblivious to our deep and continual need to walk in humility and “tremble at His word.” And so now the seed of the word falls on our ear… and we heard it as usual, but actually nothing happened. We have ears, but we are not really hearing. We have lost what young Samuel had when he responded trembling, “Speak, Lord, for your servant heareth.”
In other words, the Lord had Samuel’s full attention.
The Lord Jesus Christ says that with what measure we give our ears to hear Him, in this measure what He is saying shall be measured out to us. If we give our ears but a little, that’s what is given to us in return—little. If our hearing is dull, we won’t get much. If our ears are keen, are sensitive, we will hear more—in fact shall be given more than we anticipated.
…Unto you that hear shall more be given.
Is it possible then, that the Lord has spoken, and, although we heard the words, and got a little, there was more we could have heard? Apparently. The Lord says that it is to those who have ears and actually hear, that it shall be given.
For he that hath, to him shall be given.
And then the solemn final warning.
And he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
I don’t want to be in that category of the listener who the Lord says has ears but is actually going about his life not hearing what He is saying at all. And suddenly I discover that what I thought I had… actually I did not have it, and it is taken from me completely now.
God’s Answer For The Famine Of The Word
Jesus Christ is Himself the bread of life.
Staying Alive In The Famine Of The Word
Then in verse four I noticed why the psalmist was rejoicing.
Then he says this:
And will not find it.
Hearing The Living Words Of The Lord
Quaker apostle George Fox tells in his journal of the early years when he struggled continually with his sinful condition and could get no victory. He sought counsel from various Christians, but time and again came away disappointed and empty. Nothing they said could deal with his condition. Then came the day when he heard a voice speaking to him and saying, “There is one who can speak to thy condition—even Christ Jesus.” It was a life-changing word for Fox, for it was the kind of word that had quickening power in it. “And when I heard it my heart did leap for joy.” From this point on Fox walked in a realm of spiritual victory seldom seen in the church from that day to this.
Further back in church history is the story of Augustine who struggled to the point of despair over the lusts of the flesh. One day he was sitting out in the garden of a friend weeping bitterly when he heard a child next door repeating over and over, “Take up and read, take up and read…” It seemed strange to Augustine that a child at play would say such words. He got up and ran for the volume of the writings of Paul he had earlier been reading, and when he opened it his eyes fell on the words, “Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof” (Rom. 13.13,14). Immediately the shackles of his bondage fell from him. Augustine was familiar with these words; he had read them many times before. But this time they went forth in the power of life that liberated him.
This does not, of course, vindicate the later teachings of Augustine that became foundational Roman Catholic doctrine. But it certainly causes us to realize that there is a quality to the word of God that we simply cannot do without. There is more to the word of God than the letter of Scripture. In Hebrews we read that “the word of God is living, and powerful…”
The founder of the China Inland Mission Hudson Taylor spent many years trying to live the Christian life. His experience was one of struggle and defeat spliced with times of short-lived victory. He would begin his day with prayer, but the pressures and burdens and difficulties of life bore down on him. All too often he found himself irritable with hard thoughts in his mind and unkind words in his mouth. Taylor described this time in a letter to his sister.
To will was present with me, but how to perform I found not. Then came the question, is there no rescue? Must it be thus to the end—constant conflict, and too often defeat? …Instead of growing stronger I seemed to be getting weaker and to have less power against sin; and no wonder, for faith and hope were getting low. I hated myself, I hated my sin, yet gained no strength against it… Sometimes there were seasons not only of peace but of joy in the Lord; but they were transitory, and at best there was a sad lack of power.
Taylor was very weary of this kind of Christian walk, and not long after this he received a letter from a friend which contained a sentence that transformed his life. Here is his description of it.
When my agony of soul was at its height, a sentence in a letter… was used to remove the scales from my eyes, and the Spirit of God revealed to me the truth of our oneness with Jesus as I had never known it before. [He] wrote, ‘But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting in the faithful One.’
This was the beginning of a new walk for Hudson Taylor. He had received an empowering revelation of the exchanged life. It was no longer he who lived, but Christ who lived in Him. Now instead of striving he rested in Christ, trusting that Christ in Him could and would meet every situation he faced.
The thing is, I read the same words and discover they don’t quite do in me what they did in Hudson Taylor. What is the difference? Simply this. If it is a method or a formula we are seeking we seek in vain. We too must hear that same living word. The same God who spoke to Augustine and Fox and Hudson Taylor must speak to you and me. We must hear for ourselves Him who is seated at the right hand of God and who speaks from the Throne the kind of living word that has quickening authority in it. He bids us, “Abide in Me, and I in you.” How can it happen? Simply because He bids us, and the power of life in His word cements it to us.
I often think of Ezekiel’s experience. He had seen the magnificent vision of the glory of the Lord, and upon seeing Him fell on his face. Now he heard a voice of One speaking to him. “And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee” (Ezek. 2.1). Now notice the kind of word that the Lord spoke to Ezekiel. “And the Spirit entered into me when He spake unto me and set me upon my feet…” Oh to hear this kind of living word—the kind of word that has spiritual authority in it and stands us on our feet, the kind of word that ministers the Spirit into us.
That’s what the New Covenant is supposed to do—and does when it goes forth. Our need for this is very great in this hour. We have so much of “the word” available to us; here in western lands we have Bibles coming out our ears, and innumerable sermons are available to us in our churches and on the internet. But where is that living new-covenant word that is a ministration of the Spirit? In spite of all we have we are clearly in the days Amos prophesied of—the time of the famine of hearing the words of the Lord (Amos 8.11). We have so much of the word, but where is the kind of word that when it goes forth causes the Spirit to enter into us—and into others when we open our own mouths to speak—with quickening power?
The Sword In The Shadow
There is no more formidable weapon in the whole universe.
Very wondrous things, these, and fearsome.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1575 | Dude Wisdom: Friendship on the Rocks, With Salt
What in the heck is happening in the world today? There are wars, financial crises and all types of bad stuff going on. But that’s not what I’m talking about. The weather outside is amazing! The Dude gladly gives two manly thumbs up to 65-degree days and sunny skies. But let us not fool ourselves; winter isn’t quite over. There will be rain, and lots of it. But for now, we must take joy in the beauty of the outside. Now for an awkward transition: Speaking [not] of sunny days, one of The Dude’s readers is frustrated with his friend. What would you do?
My friend is being an idiot. He lost his job, which sucks, but now he just drinks a lot with his unemployment money, like an idiot, and his downer ways are bumming me out. He’s a good guy and smart, how do I get him to get his head straight? I want to slap him, but there’s probably a better answer …
I wonder how long your friend has been unemployed. From the sound of it, it’s been a little while. This is kind of a tough situation to be in – as The Dude knows firsthand. You have known your friend a long time, know he’s well intentioned, can do any job he sets his mind to. And you want to help him, so you throw a few leads his way, offer to help spruce up his resume, be the moral support you think he needs until he gets back on the horse. Then you find yourself some months later realizing what you knew all along – the only person that can help your friend is your friend. You can provide him some help when he’s ready to be helped, but investing too much of yourself in somebody else’s drama quickly eats away at your desire to be around that person. If you value your friendship, which it sounds like you do, tell him to pull his head out of … the clouds … or don’t bother wasting your time.
dude, my gf is hatin on me cuz i talked 2 her friend. it wuznt even n e thing u know just talkin but she thinks we hooked up. but i aint even like that. wus her deal?
(Go figure)
First of all, what? Second of all, either you’re much too busy a guy to take the additional two minutes to spell out words in their entirety (and who knows, maybe throw some punctuation in there, just for the hell of it), or, and this might be the more plausible reason, you don’t care. You don’t care about the rules of language — the same one with which you communicate every single day. Or maybe you don’t understand the rules. I guess that’s a possibility as well. But as a functional adult, and hopefully a productive member of society, if you don’t understand the rules of language, you should at least care enough to learn. Same with your relationship. If you don’t understand why she’s mad you’re talking to her friend, you should care enough to learn.
Dear Dude, my boyfriend is a mature guy, at least more mature than other guys his age. But a few of his friends came to town, and he acted differently than normal. He was out with them every night for the weekend, they hit each other and laugh about it, he came home drunk, made fart jokes. Who is this guy?
If I had a nickel … well, I couldn’t do much with a nickel, except snap it across the room. But I digress. We men are a mysterious bunch — riddled with a never-ending quest for adolescence, hostage of the adult world and its many strictures. And I don’t believe it too much a stretch to say that women converse more openly and regularly about emotions — be they good or bad — than their male counterparts. When men make friendships, they’re pretty much set in stone. Bonds like this are strong and weird. Years can pass between conversations, and pick up right where they left off. Your boyfriend isn’t a different person, but instead connecting with people of his past. It’s like a male version of a luncheon — but we can’t openly say that for fear of being considered weak. That said, the best feeling in the world is, at the end of the day, lying in bed next to the person with whom you’re in love. And I bet your boyfriend feels that, too.
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1. Avatar Joanne Lobeski-Snyde says:
Great article! Thank you for a great read. The second letter to you represents a new style of communication (texting) that is devoid of content because of the heavy reliance one the f* word, and inability to describe a situation. You were harsh with this guy, but harsh works with some guys. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1577 | Preventing Presidential autocracy: thoughts on reining in Executive power
Preventing Presidential autocracy: thoughts on reining in Executive power
Matt Yglesias posted a jarring tweet this past week when he wrote:
He elaborated by linking to a long-form article he wrote four years ago, explaining his position, where in relevant part, he wrote:
America’s constitutional democracy is going to collapse.
Yglesias — and Linz — saved me a lot of work. Because I had long ago heard that the US was the only Presidential democracy that hadn’t succumbed to autocratic rule. That was precisely Linz’s finding. At this point the only other democracies that I know of that come close are Costa Rica (since the last coup of 1948) and the Fourth and Fifth French Republics (since 1945).
Historically, the problem has been that, over time, in any Presidential system, the President accretes more and more power (vs. a corrupt, ineffective, and/or deadlocked Legislature) until the Legislature degenerates into a toothless rubber-stamp, or else is disbanded by a President turned autocrat.
The US has not been immune. The first six Presidents, through John Quincy Adams, saw themselves as “Chief Magistrates,” only vetoing laws they thought were unconstitutional, and at least approximating a meritocracy in their limited number of appointments. That began to change with Andrew Jackson, who vetoed any legislation that did not exactly conform to his wishes, and initiated the “spoils system” of appointing only political backers to government posts.
With the vast expansion of the bureaucracy during the 20th Century, Presidents obtained much more power via all of the appointments they were able to make. And following the Second World War, the large and permanent global military footprint enabled lots of chances for the Commander in Chief to flex his muscle.
Now we are getting very close to the final crossroads. Obama committed troops to Syria after the Congress completely gave up their war-making authority, preferring to sit on the sidelines and snipe. Trump’s declaration of an emergency simply because he could not get what he wanted out of Congress, if upheld by the Supreme Court, all but ensures that government by Executive Decree, that can only be overruled by a 2/3’s majority of both Houses of Congress, will probably quite soon become the norm.
In fact, Trump’s refusal of the GOP’s compromise proposal is almost certainly because, now that he has found this powerful new toy, he intends to use it more.
Once Presidential Emergency Edicts become more routine, unless this or any future President’s party fails to seat at least 1/3 + 1 in both Houses of Congress, why even bother convening?
The bottom line is, I agree with Yglesias. We are on the way to autocratic Presidential rule unless the power of the Presidency is definitively reined in.
So, how should the Executive be reined in? Obviously, this must be via Constitutional changes. Below are my considered opinions for how to do that.
The mixed Presidential-parliamentary system used, for example, in France, in which some Executive powers are vested in a “Premier” or “Prime Minister” who is a member of the Legislature seem to be the best remedy. In the US, there are seven Presidential powers that ought to be either limited, or devolved in whole or in part to the Congress or its Legislative head:
1. Appointment of rule-making authorities in the bureaucracy (vs. adjudicating authorities, whose appointments would remain with the President). For example, the SEC both makes rules for corporate governance, and enforces those rules. The President ought to be completely taken out of the former, Legislative, role. Those regulators should be appointed solely by Congress.
2. Aside from full declaration of war, or the need for an emergency response, devolution of the authority for taking of limited military action. Thus, for example, if the Congress were to refuse to declare war, then any commitment of troops to Syria would be the sole authority of the Legislative head. (This would make Congress far more responsive to popular skepticism of any such adventure). This is in accord with the manifest intention of the Consitution originally, in which *all* types of hostilities, including limited ones such as a “Writ of Reprisal” were vested in the Congress.
3. The 2/3’s majority requirement to overcome a veto gives the President too much Legislative power. The requirement, if not outright eliminated, ought to be reduced to something like 60%. And in any case, a sustained veto should only delay implementation of a law duly passed by Congress for two years, so that whether the law should go forward or not becomes a campaign issue in the next Congressional elections.
4. The Legislative head should be able to be removed in a no-confidence vote just as in Parliamentary systems, although a majority negative vote in both Houses of Congress might be required.
5. Unless specifically embodied in the language of Treaties, the President should not be able to single-handedly terminate them (just as the President cannot unilaterally terminate laws with which he disagrees).
6. The President should not be able to pardon any member of his own Administration for any acts committed before or during that person’s service during the Administration, nor for any acts undertaken in support of the President, or in conspiracy with the President.
7. No emergency declared by any President should be allowed to last longer than the time necessary for Congress to convene and debate the alleged emergency, e.g., 60 days.
I know I’m just typing some words on a keyboard for a few readers. But the bottom line is, government by Presidential Edict looks like it is looming in our near future. Parliamentary democracies are far less susceptible to such autocratic power grabs than Presidential systems have been. Two hundred years of such history ought to be enough to learn the lesson. The remedy must be a clear circumscribing of Presidential authority, with an effective counterweight in the Congress.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1578 | OpenCV Q&A Forum - RSS feed answersenCopyright <a href="">OpenCV foundation</a>, 2012-2018.Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:29:26 -0500I can not install ArUco globally 19.04. I have installed OpenCV 4.1.1 like this But, when I install ArUco via cmake, the following happens  Help!!!artyomuchchFri, 16 Aug 2019 14:29:26 -0500 ArUco marker size Can anyone refer me to the work that discusses the minimum marker size in pixels for detecting aruco markers please?MaksatThu, 01 Aug 2019 05:20:10 -0500 undistorted image, does the camera matrix change? I am trying to run solvePnP on a series of pre-mapped AruCo markers (stored as a `opencv::Aruco::Board`) with a fisheye camera, something I have done many times with other cameras. The intrinsics are from onboard the camera (a realsense t265), so they can be trusted. Using the images as fisheye, I get a terrible result, with a re-projection error in the thousands. Using the following to undistort: Mat camera_matrix = camera_intrinsics_map[sn]; Mat dist_coeffs = dist_coeffs_map[sn]; Mat identity = Mat::eye(3, 3, CV_64F); // Camera 1 Projection Matrix K[I|0] cv::Mat PP1(3, 4, cv::DataType<float>::type); camera_matrix.copyTo(PP1.rowRange(0, 3).colRange(0, 3)); //dist as 4 x 1 Mat distortionCoefficients = (Mat1d(4, 1) <<<double>(0,0),<double>(1, 0),<double>(2, 0),<double>(3, 0)); cv::Mat lmapx, lmapy, rmapx, rmapy; cv::fisheye::initUndistortRectifyMap(camera_matrix, distortionCoefficients, identity, PP1, Size(848, 800), CV_16SC2, lmapx, lmapy); cv::Mat undist_left; cv::remap(image, undist_left, lmapx, lmapy, cv::INTER_LINEAR); I detect the markers and run solvePnP again. cv::Mat rvec, tvec; //fake zero distortion mat because we are rectified Mat fake_dist = Mat::eye(4, 1, CV_64F); images[time_idx][sn] = undist_left; vector<int> ids; vector<vector<Point2f>> corners, rejected, undists; // detect markers aruco::detectMarkers(undist_left, dictionary2, corners, ids, detectorParams2); if (ids.size() == 0) continue; // estimate board pose int markersOfBoardDetected = 0; if (ids.size() > 0) { // get object and image points for the solvePnP function Mat objPoints, imgPoints; std::vector<cv::Point3f> p3d; std::vector<cv::Point2f> p2d; //gets the 3d / 2d correspondences. getBoardObjectAndImagePointsLocal(boardMap2, corners, ids, objPoints, imgPoints, p3d, p2d); if ( == 0) return; solvePnP(objPoints, imgPoints, camera_matrix, fake_dist, rvec, tvec, false, cv::SOLVEPNP_ITERATIVE); The result is better, but nowhere near perfect. I would expect a very good result, as the 3d points are right, the correspondences are perfect and the intrinsics are known. My question is, because I have undistorted the image, does the change the camera matrix values? Could this be the issue? Or am I missing something? antithingFri, 26 Jul 2019 12:41:35 -0500 to retrieve Object Points of CharUco Board, When detecting corners for a charuco board, I follow: ``` image = <IMAGE OF BOARD> dictionary = cv2.aruco.getPredefinedDictionary(cv2.aruco.DICT_5X5_1000) board = cv2.aruco.CharucoBoard_create( num_squares_x, num_squares_y, square_length, marker_length, dictionary) corners, ids, _ = cv2.aruco.detectMarkers(img, dictionary) if ids is not None and ids.size > 0: num_corners, charuco_corners, charuco_ids = cv2.aruco.interpolateCornersCharuco( corners, ids, img, board) ``` After getting a calibration, its easy to find corresponding `object_points` and `image_points` to pass into something like `solvePnP` when using the ArUco corners. I.e. ``` obj_pts, img_pts = cv2.aruco.getBoardObjectAndImagePoints( board, corners, ids ) ``` However I am having a hard time finding the corresponding `charuco_object_pts` that match with `charuco_corners`. There doesn't seem to be a function in `cv2.aruco` that recovers this for you. Is there a standard convention that specifies what `charuco_object_pts` are. I know for normal checkerboards such object points could be recovered like ``` obj_pattern = np.zeros((num_squares_y * num_squares_x, 3), np.float32) obj_pattern[:, :2] = np.mgrid[0:num_squares_y, 0:num_squares_x].T.reshape(-1, 2) ``` But this does not work for chaUrco Board from my experiments. Any help would be greatly appreciated!eskandarTue, 16 Jul 2019 00:15:30 -0500 orientation using the function aruco.estimatePoseSingleMarkers() everyone! I'm trying to program a python app that determine the position and orientation of an aruco marker. I calibrated the camera and everything and I used *aruco.estimatePoseSingleMarkers* that returns the translation and rotation vectors. The translation vector works fine but I don't understand how the rotation vector works. I took some picture to illustrate my problem with the "roll rotation": Here the rotation vector is approximately [in degree]: [180 0 0]  Here the rotation vector is approximately [in degree]: [123 -126 0]  And here the rotation vector is approximately [in degree]: [0 -180 0]  And I don't see the logic in these angles. I've tried the other two rotations (pitch and yaw) and there appear also "random". So if you have an explication I would be very happy :) lamaaTue, 09 Jul 2019 10:28:00 -0500 camera resolution affect pose estimation? Hi, what is effect of different camera resolution on pose estimation. is there any relevant article to read? thanks. opencvrThu, 04 Jul 2019 02:27:14 -0500 I use ArUco module of the Open Cv for commercial purpose?! I'm newbie of Open Cv. I have some questions about ArUco. 1.I heard that ArUco module of the Open Cv is under BSD License. Is that means I could use ArUco for commercial purpose? 2.Could I use printed ArUco Markers for commercial purpose? If there is anyone who knows, save me please. Thank you. grimdreamFri, 24 May 2019 01:38:23 -0500 robot, line following and Aruco detection. Android Java guys, firstly let me thank you for this fantastic library that I´m using on my final mechanical degree project. Basically I´m using a Lego EV3 Mindstorm robot to simulate a warehouse environment, he follows a black line, calculating the center of the line all the time and detecting Aruco markers on the floor. I´m working on a small Android app using Android Studio, I use my mobile phone camera as the robot "eyes", using OpenCV library to process every frame the camera takes, so if the camera doesn´t detect any Aruco marker the robot follows the black line, but if he detects a marker on the floor he turns right/left or goes ahead until next marker. I´ve implemented all of this java code inside onCameraFrame() method, and I´m trying to know if there is a way to detect lines and markers at the same time, using parallel threads, Asynctask... I´m not a programmer so I need some tips or guide through where the onCameraFrame method works detecting the center of the line and also detecting Aruco Markers and the same time. Right now the robot does this steps correlatively: 1) Search for Aruco marker on the floor 1.1) If an Aruco marker is detected: draw the marker, call SystemClock.sleep() (this freeze the camera), approach to the marker slowly and turns left or right depending on the ID of the marker 1.2) If there is no Aruco detected the robot follows the center of the black line The problem that I have is that the method drawDetectedMarkers() doesn´t makes its job, because Aruco marker is not drawed until the mRgba is returned at the end of the camera frame, so it will never be draw on the frame until onCameraFrame finish, the code works like this: public Mat onCameraFrame(CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewFrame inputFrame) { final Mat mRgba = inputFrame.rgba(); detectAndDrawMarkers(); if (corners.size() > 0) { //if the corners array is bigger than 0 then an Aruco marker has been detected drawDetectedMarker(mRgba); turnID(arucoIDs); //inside this method there is a SystemClock.sleep(), freezing the screen and waiting until the robot finish the movement } else { followLine(mRgba); } return mRgba; } So I need help with: 1) Some way to detect the black line and detect Aruco marker at the same time. 2) Draw the Aruco marker before the frame freeze. Here is a screenshoot of the frame, there are 2 roi, the green detects the black line center, and the blue one detects the aruco.  Thanks so much and best regards.AgusMon, 13 May 2019 07:35:10 -0500 it possible to make an Aruco dictionary containing 1 marker, by taking a marker out of a base dictionary. for example it detects marker 3 from dictionary 4X4_50 but not 0,1,2,4,5,....detection_tracking_etcThu, 02 May 2019 07:15:35 -0500"Where" is my camera when tracked e.g. via aruco there, I'm pretty new to the whole camera thing, so please bear with me: I have calibrated my camera and with some effort got a reprojection error of about 0,38. Now I'm tracking an aruco marker board and inversing its transformation to get the camera's pose in "world space". The marker is lying on the floor and is my "world origin". My question: *Where exactly* is this camera point in relation to e.g. my camera's sensor or its lens? My guess is it's the focal point, but even if it is I don't know how to calculate it. (For context: In the end what I'm trying to achieve is to use this process to calibrate two rotary sensors tracking the camera's orientation in two axes. Then I'll overlay the camera image with AR without relying on optical tracking.)c__pTue, 30 Apr 2019 07:57:11 -0500 someone incorporate gstreamer pipeline into opencv_contrib aruco sample, please? <stdio.h> #include <opencv2/opencv.hpp> using namespace cv; using namespace std; int main(int argc, char** argv) { VideoCapture cap("rtspsrc location=rtsp://192.168.0.?:8554/test latency=30 ! decodebin ! nvvidconv ! appsink"); if (!cap.isOpened()) { cout << "Failed to open camera." << endl; return -1; } for(;;) { Mat frame; cap >> frame; Mat bgr; cvtColor(frame, bgr, COLOR_YUV2BGR_NV12); imshow("original", bgr); waitKey(1); } cap.release(); } enter code hereAndrey_Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:01:35 -0500 java, trying to get marker IDs [solved] Hi all, first of all thanks for this amazing library. I´m working on my final degree project, using a Lego Mindstorm EV3 that uses my Android phone camera as its eyes. I´ve implemented an android app wich uses the Aruco module (openCVLibrary 3.4.0 dev), everything works perfectly, the app detects and draws all the Aruco markers, but I´m trying to get the IDs from the IDs Mat, how can I get those IDs stored in the Mat? public void drawDetectedMarkers(Mat mRgba) { Aruco.drawDetectedMarkers(mRgba, corners, arucoIDs, new Scalar(0, 255, 0)); Imgproc.putText(mRgba, "Aruco:"+ **arucoIDs.get(1,1)**, new Point(30, 30), 3, 1, new Scalar(255, 0, 0, 255), 1); } I´ve tried using arucoIDs.get() function, but it doesn´t give me the marker ID that I need, depending on the ID, the robot will move to the left or right side. Thanks so much and regardsAgusThu, 11 Apr 2019 17:23:47 -0500 module Aruco licensing Hi, I am confused whether the Aruco module comes under 3 clause BSD license or GPLv3 license. In github opencv-contrib repository, 3 clause BSD licese is mentioned in the codes inside [github](, also no specific license file is mentioned in there. Whereas, in the [aruco project website]( GPLv3 license is mentioned. I [downloaded]( the aruco library mentioned in their project website and codes are different than what is there in the github repository with GPL license. Thanks in advance ! Regards, Srinath srinath_damaSun, 07 Apr 2019 02:02:59 -0500 can I convert a camera coordinate to pixel coordinate?, I got camera coordinates of two aruco markers, and I used the geometric relationship to predict another camera coordinate. I already have camera matrix and distortion matrix, how can I use them to convert the third camera coordinate to pixel coordinate? So that I can marker the third coordinate on frame. Thanks for any help.czjczjczj1Tue, 02 Apr 2019 05:45:11 -0500 z axis not stable in drawaxis Hi, My ArUco marker is facing the camera, through 'drawaxis' it is clearly seen that the z axis is not stable and keeps flipping a lot through the time and minor movements. Output of eulers anlgles show one or two axis flip of 180 but that probably is a gimbal lock. would appreciate a detailed solution as I am new to coding. ThanksMaksatThu, 14 Mar 2019 13:32:48 -0500 on or off for cam calibration and ArUco pose estimation Hi, have a DSLR Camera with fixed lens I want to calibrate (camera matrix, distortion coefficients) using chessboard. question is do I have to set up the manual focus to infinity for the calibrtion or leave autofocus on? Same question when pose estimating of Aruco Markers. Appreciate your replies MaksatWed, 13 Mar 2019 07:51:13 -0500 markers rvec to quaternion and +-180 degrees flip am new to the OpenCV, C++, and general to coding. I somehow managed to get Euler's angles from rvec (with some major help). But I have a 180 degree flip in x (sometimes also z) axis. Also is it possible to get quaternion rotation from rvec or rotation matrix? would appreciate a detailed answer as I am very new to this.MaksatThu, 07 Mar 2019 14:47:20 -0600 I use autofocus during pose estimation? Hi to all, i am developing an iOS app (for iPad) using OpenCV for the ArUco markers detection and pose estimation. Doing the calibration process, i make the estimation of the camera calibration matrix (including the focal length). My question is: during the pose estimation process, do i need to disable the autofocus? I am in doubt because i know that if i change the focal length and then i capture an image, the pose is wrong because the image is taken with a different focal. But on the other hand the autofocus doesn't change really the focal length, isn't? (So it's different for example from the zoom). I am talking about the autofocus system on the iPad, so not a professional camera and i suppose that the autofocus system is software, i mean it make the lenses move backward and forward, but then the "adjustment" is software, am i wrong? Thanks.fabridiguaSun, 10 Feb 2019 14:55:27 -0600 Projection Points ArUco Marks, I am developed an application for calibrate 3 cameras, i'm using an Aruco board 3D. When i try to project points from 3D to 2D and then draw this, the ids markers is drawn randomly. I don't understand why this happens and is harder draw this markers exactly. I attach the image with the result  Below you can see the output of my calibration "number camera": { "dist_coeffs": [ 7.747757704467927e-20, 2.7128757910621084e-14, 2.0805976286646755e-22, 2.892724687955422e-22, -3.911300702468758e-20 ], "extrinsic_params": [ 0.9955066953788915, 0.07732327027806252, 0.0546583143657419, 126.33880396061808, 0.09469117766170831, -0.8128039484252789, -0.5747898070576021, 307.0727477049988, -0.0000181338734452, 0.5773827615176801, -0.8164736042110489, -74.26709128158872, 0, 0, 0, 1 ], "intrinsic_params": [ 1, 0, 2.2509091168656316e-28, 0, 1, 1.6229852483634223e-28, 0, 0, 1 ] } Please help! Best Regards,ArturoThu, 31 Jan 2019 13:07:41 -0600 and tvecs are NoneType? saw some python codes online for detecting aruco markers, and I combined them together. This is the code: I wanted to draw the x-, y-, z-axis too, but I got an error saying: for i in range(len(tvecs)): TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len() So why rvecs and tvecs are NoneType? How can I get two arrays?czjczjczj1Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:59:28 -0600 are the parameters in detector_params.yml for? Hello, could anyone explain the some of the parameters in detector_params.yml for me? I was required to pass this file when running detect_marker.exe for detecting aruco markers. Do I need to change any of these parameters? Thanks for any help. - nmarkers: 1024 - adaptiveThreshWinSizeMin: 3 - adaptiveThreshWinSizeMax: 23 - adaptiveThreshWinSizeStep: 10 - adaptiveThreshWinSize: 21 - adaptiveThreshConstant: 7 - minMarkerPerimeterRate: 0.03 - maxMarkerPerimeterRate: 4.0 - polygonalApproxAccuracyRate: 0.05 - minCornerDistance: 10.0 - minDistanceToBorder: 3 - minMarkerDistance: 10.0 - minMarkerDistanceRate: 0.05 - cornerRefinementMethod: 0 - cornerRefinementWinSize: 5 - cornerRefinementMaxIterations: 30 - cornerRefinementMinAccuracy: 0.1 - markerBorderBits: 1 - perspectiveRemovePixelPerCell: 8 - perspectiveRemoveIgnoredMarginPerCell: 0.13 - maxErroneousBitsInBorderRate: 0.04 - minOtsuStdDev: 5.0 - errorCorrectionRate: 0.6czjczjczj1Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:30:04 -0600 detection x-y axis values are extremely different My problem is that I am trying to detect aruco markers. I need coordinates aruco centered so I implemented [this part of the code]( to c++ and checked. Some of the output: frame: 110 A X: -0.804775 Y: 0.208516 Z: 1.2107 R X: -0.791306 Y: 0.218932 Z: 1.23775 frame: 111 A X: -0.796757 Y: 0.199679 Z: 1.21298 R X: -0.794136 Y: 0.180792 Z: 1.20928 frame: 112 A X: -0.783294 Y: 0.193594 Z: 1.22591 R X: -0.760558 Y: 0.178313 Z: 1.24112 frame: 113 A X: -0.783294 Y: 0.193594 Z: 1.22591 frame: 114 A X: -0.772219 Y: 0.19086 Z: 1.22949 R X: -0.742878 Y: 0.185402 Z: 1.22981 frame: 115 A X: -0.760471 Y: 0.200374 Z: 1.23279 R X: -0.744311 Y: 0.256989 Z: 1.25096 frame: 116 A X: -0.731878 Y: 0.198095 Z: 1.26505 R X: -0.679766 Y: 0.171675 Z: 1.33831 frame: 117 A X: -0.695487 Y: 0.210412 Z: 1.30437 R X: -0.614995 Y: 0.227583 Z: 1.39838 frame: 118 A X: -0.368503 Y: 0.0875881 Z: 1.35784 R X: 0.565061 Y: -0.305894 Z: 1.4437 frame: 119 A X: -0.368503 Y: 0.0875881 Z: 1.35784 frame: 120 A X: -0.341719 Y: 0.0898316 Z: 1.38558 R X: -0.637176 Y: 0.265963 Z: 1.36194 frame: 121 A X: -0.325253 Y: 0.119372 Z: 1.39677 R X: -0.613902 Y: 0.289834 Z: 1.38308 frame: 122 A X: -0.325253 Y: 0.119372 Z: 1.39677 frame: 123 A X: -0.327192 Y: 0.153936 Z: 1.36274 R X: -0.622752 Y: 0.36584 Z: 1.26225 frame: 124 A X: -0.633316 Y: 0.331566 Z: 1.29572 R X: -0.659435 Y: 0.404626 Z: 1.17562 frame: 125 A X: -0.333012 Y: 0.149866 Z: 1.25675 R X: 0.564042 Y: -0.460838 Z: 1.20607 When I check 2 consecutive frames, we can see that even though there are almost no difference in images we get 30 centimeters of difference:  I calibrated well enough and I am sure of it because Z axis is very good. Results for Z axis very fine( in terms of world coordinates) but X and Y axis values are changing very different. Has anyone got the same problem? What could be the problem ? Any idea is helpful. For the code you can check the permalink above. PS: Numbers in the image-> "Frame number: X Y" Edit: Frame 110 and 121 below. Dict name -> cv::aruco::DICT_6X6_100 And calibration matrix(copy pasting): <?xml version="1.0"?> <opencv_storage> <calibration_Time>"Çrş 28 Kas 2018 12:26:15 CET"</calibration_Time> <nrOfFrames>18</nrOfFrames> <image_Width>640</image_Width> <image_Height>480</image_Height> <board_Width>9</board_Width> <board_Height>6</board_Height> <square_Size>2.5000000372529030e-02</square_Size> <FixAspectRatio>1.</FixAspectRatio> <!-- flags: +fix_aspectRatio +fix_principal_point +zero_tangent_dist --> <flagValue>14</flagValue> <Camera_Matrix type_id="opencv-matrix"> <rows>3</rows> <cols>3</cols> <dt>d</dt> <data> 3.5605857107067891e+02 0. 320. 0. 3.5605857107067891e+02 240. 0. 0. 1.</data></Camera_Matrix> <Distortion_Coefficients type_id="opencv-matrix"> <rows>5</rows> <cols>1</cols> <dt>d</dt> <data> -3.6909717721129226e-01 1.8826472886300075e-01 0. 0. -5.3866147191806595e-02</data></Distortion_Coefficients> <Avg_Reprojection_Error>1.0509950499922032e+00</Avg_Reprojection_Error> <Per_View_Reprojection_Errors type_id="opencv-matrix"> <rows>18</rows> <cols>1</cols> <dt>f</dt> <data> 4.21753258e-01 4.32509392e-01 5.25688529e-01 1.05710530e+00 2.86682010e+00 3.88209701e-01 3.67245942e-01 3.48465264e-01 5.46378076e-01 5.44550776e-01 3.82966489e-01 7.16525733e-01 1.44962454e+00 3.42115909e-01 2.36480251e-01 3.18511754e-01 3.61394346e-01 2.39512825e+00</data></Per_View_Reprojection_Errors> <!-- a set of 6-tuples (rotation vector + translation vector) for each view --> <Extrinsic_Parameters type_id="opencv-matrix"> <rows>18</rows> <cols>6</cols> <dt>d</dt> <data> 2.3581028259579853e-01 3.4539730619057274e-01 1.5523727598471431e+00 6.9464469780005714e-02 -7.1694380841610492e-02 2.0463295376002996e-01 2.9418612466600841e-01 4.2676946569039953e-01 1.5364493644155324e+00 -4.6404770426430618e-02 -8.4565075422056782e-02 2.6070531698922517e-01 5.9691185609737846e-03 8.6559798484542996e-02 1.6962936517036924e+00 -2.6473938720402771e-02 -8.7766539473429439e-02 1.8687467346387215e-01 7.0130552689413717e-01 7.3882343349733670e-01 1.4088088052476528e+00 2.2876335404880907e-01 -3.9252476855882609e-02 4.3295500159094941e-01 3.6420169858140539e-01 5.5503239295526918e-01 1.3842808555868522e+00 3.8500024333253530e-02 3.8227889750786351e-02 4.6073001470197378e-01 4.9913440052463015e-01 6.4511698850380506e-01 1.4040472224346119e+00 1.5372913101538044e-01 -6.9727318344403169e-02 2.1026752095524409e-01 2.4867644100931541e-01 2.1155425331581862e-01 1.0833360018240219e+00 -8.9277884861856602e-02 -5.7505480153457744e-02 2.7636181076417121e-01 5.0049683625497488e-01 1.4667573142132226e-01 1.5479570605011996e+00 1.9542080280279706e-02 -1.6139684495309319e-02 3.0785585364881435e-01 3.4285133529340034e-01 1.8426958215181805e-01 1.6380107852799111e+00 7.2066994089945616e-02 -1.1623841164969324e-01 1.8225618963197235e-01 1.7346308279257647e-01 1.0306068457409524e-01 1.6988854236892463e+00 -3.8748602274881222e-02 -1.0505785959022078e-01 1.8296145373312206e-01 6.3259254790171082e-01 5.2242977054390771e-01 1.5509774010247288e+00 1.6159727649707073e-01 -1.2754641230786581e-01 1.9665889763934019e-01 1.9846684098363976e-01 3.8205315130670375e-01 1.5509453961009463e+00 -7.7036794049779450e-02 -7.6206066240487522e-02 2.5051726675420971e-01 6.8622350896385076e-01 2.3949573314491704e-01 1.4269589534584088e+00 1.5778180182133075e-02 -1.4989968578995053e-01 3.7309965747309826e-01 2.6573184511757264e-01 2.6615917692392121e-01 1.5512812261896871e+00 -1.8045034972342607e-02 -9.5223197452107777e-02 2.8197527003124989e-01 1.5068834884307616e-01 6.4139545186130353e-02 1.9685217727179372e+00 -6.9291829129256952e-02 -1.1772227236425828e-01 3.4473521602563412e-01 4.4730915438449298e-01 4.4432074273144823e-01 1.4585243030781976e+00 6.5735408278935939e-02 -8.5038756333707943e-02 2.9567322726385536e-01 6.7765344951514184e-01 4.2568754889520533e-01 8.2808184592947853e-01 4.5146101431694771e-02 -1.2967637962832648e-01 2.7086308987256902e-01 6.8202115853238410e-01 2.2932931237326193e-01 1.0637596715838866e+00 -2.7202954328139729e-02 -1.1480272501957763e-01 3.9745759535277375e-01</data></Extrinsic_Parameters>  yeserThu, 03 Jan 2019 08:35:33 -0600 can I draw the x,y, and z axis of a aruco marker and know the distance and the rotation relative to the camera?, I ran the marker_detection.exe and the aruco markers were successfully detected by passing arguments " marker_detection.exe --ci=1 -d=10". But what kind of arguments should I pass to draw the x,y, and z axis? How can I know the distance and the rotation of a marker relative to the camera? Thanks for any help. Basic marker detection Usage: test.exe [params] -c Camera intrinsic parameters. Needed for camera pose --ci (value:0) Camera id if input doesnt come from video (-v) -d dictionary: DICT_4X4_50=0, DICT_4X4_100=1, DICT_4X4_250=2,DICT_4X4_1000=3, DICT_5X5_50=4, DICT_5X5_100=5, DICT_5X5_250=6, DICT_5X5_1000=7, DICT_6X6_50=8, DICT_6X6_100=9, DICT_6X6_250=10, DICT_6X6_1000=11, DICT_7X7_50=12,DICT_7X7_100=13, DICT_7X7_250=14, DICT_7X7_1000=15, DICT_ARUCO_ORIGINAL = 16,DICT_APRILTAG_16h5=17, DICT_APRILTAG_25h9=18, DICT_APRILTAG_36h10=19, DICT_APRILTAG_36h11=20 --dp File of marker detector parameters -l (value:0.1) Marker side lenght (in meters). Needed for correct scale in camera pose -r show rejected candidates too --refine Corner refinement: CORNER_REFINE_NONE=0, CORNER_REFINE_SUBPIX=1,CORNER_REFINE_CONTOUR=2, CORNER_REFINE_APRILTAG=3 -v Input from video file, if ommited, input comes from cameraczjczjczj1Sun, 06 Jan 2019 14:54:07 -0600 externals errors occur when running detect_markers.cpp I ran detect_markers.cpp I got such errors, but it seemed that I have already included the **header file** for **opencv4**(the aruco header file were downloaded from this link, added the path of the **additional library directories**, and the **additional dependencies**(opencv_world400d.lib for the debug and opencv_world400.lib for the release). Did I miss anything? Thanks for any help. Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "struct cv::Ptr<class cv::aruco::Dictionary> __cdecl cv::aruco::getPredefinedDictionary(enum cv::aruco::PREDEFINED_DICTIONARY_NAME)" (?getPredefinedDictionary@aruco@cv@@YA?AU?$Ptr@VDictionary@aruco@cv@@@2@W4PREDEFINED_DICTIONARY_NAME@12@@Z) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "public: static struct cv::Ptr<struct cv::aruco::DetectorParameters> __cdecl cv::aruco::DetectorParameters::create(void)" (?create@DetectorParameters@aruco@cv@@SA?AU?$Ptr@UDetectorParameters@aruco@cv@@@3@XZ) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::aruco::detectMarkers(class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,struct cv::Ptr<class cv::aruco::Dictionary> const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &,struct cv::Ptr<struct cv::aruco::DetectorParameters> const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &)" (?detectMarkers@aruco@cv@@YAXAEBV_InputArray@debug_build_guard@2@AEBU?$Ptr@VDictionary@aruco@cv@@@2@AEBV_OutputArray@42@2AEBU?$Ptr@UDetectorParameters@aruco@cv@@@2@200@Z) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::aruco::estimatePoseSingleMarkers(class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,float,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_OutputArray const &)" (?estimatePoseSingleMarkers@aruco@cv@@YAXAEBV_InputArray@debug_build_guard@2@M00AEBV_OutputArray@42@11@Z) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::aruco::drawDetectedMarkers(class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputOutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::Scalar_<double>)" (?drawDetectedMarkers@aruco@cv@@YAXAEBV_InputOutputArray@debug_build_guard@2@AEBV_InputArray@42@1V?$Scalar_@N@2@@Z) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl cv::aruco::drawAxis(class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputOutputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,class cv::debug_build_guard::_InputArray const &,float)" (?drawAxis@aruco@cv@@YAXAEBV_InputOutputArray@debug_build_guard@2@AEBV_InputArray@42@111M@Z) referenced in function main Project2 E:\project\Project2\Project2\Source.obj 1 Error LNK1120 6 unresolved externals Project2 E:\project\Project2\x64\Debug\Project2.exe 1czjczjczj1Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:53:08 -0600 to find the id/index of aruco marker based on its relative position? is the image I want to capture with my camera(without the colourful box of course). . As of now, Im able to draw the axis(have correct camera calibration parameters). My development is in Java and I use Aruco from OpenCv contrib. try { Aruco.detectMarkers(image, markerDictionary, corners, ids, parameters, rejectedImgPoints); } catch (Exception ex) { Log.e(TAG, "detectMarkers Exception : " + ex.getMessage()); } if (corners.size() > 0) { try { Aruco.drawDetectedMarkers(image, corners, ids); } catch (Exception ex) { Log.e(TAG, "drawDetectedMarkers Exception : " + ex.getMessage()); } if (isCalibrationParametersAvailable) { try { Aruco.estimatePoseSingleMarkers(corners, markerLength, cameraMatrix, distCoeffs, rvecs, tvecs); } catch (Exception ex) { Log.e(TAG, "estimatePoseSingleMarkers Exception : " + ex.getMessage()); } try { for (int i = 0; i<ids.toArray().length; i++) { Aruco.drawAxis(image, cameraMatrix, distCoeffs, rvecs.row(i), tvecs.row(i), markerLength * 0.5f); } } catch (Exception ex) { Log.e(TAG, "drawAxis Exception : " + ex.getMessage()); } } // centerMarkerIndex is the ids index of marker in the red box // targetMarkerValue is the marker value in the green box // ids contains the list of detected markers int idTopIndex = GetIndexOfTop(centerMarkerIndex, targetMarkerValue, ids) } Thanks.syaifulnizamyahyaThu, 13 Dec 2018 03:55:07 -0600 to use Aruco in Android? Hi, I was not able to find the Aruco package documented here (v.3.4.1) in the SDK provided here Is there a way to use the Auroc package for Android? Thanks in advance :)SellmairTue, 10 Apr 2018 02:56:35 -0500 camera angle w/ aruco tracking have the Aruco tracking working and from cobbling together stuff from various code samples, ended up with the code below, where `final` is the view matrix passed to the camera. The problem is that the rotation of the camera isn't exactly what I need... not sure exactly which axis is wrong, but you can see in the following video that I want the base of the model to be sitting on the marker- but instead it's not oriented quite right. Any tips to get it right would be great! I'm open to re-orienting it in blender too if that's the right solution. Just not sure exactly _how_ it's wrong right now. Video example: Code: const inverse = cv.matFromArray(4,4, cv.CV_64F, [ 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, -1.0,-1.0,-1.0,-1.0, -1.0,-1.0,-1.0,-1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 ]); cv.estimatePoseSingleMarkers(markerCorners, 0.1, cameraMatrix, distCoeffs, rvecs, tvecs); cv.Rodrigues(rvecs, rout); const tmat = tvecs.data64F; const rmat = rout.data64F; const viewMatrix = cv.matFromArray(4,4,cv.CV_64F, [ rmat[0],rmat[1],rmat[2],tmat[0], rmat[3],rmat[4],rmat[5],tmat[1], rmat[6],rmat[7],rmat[8],tmat[2], 0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0 ]); const output = cv.Mat.zeros(4,4, cv.CV_64F); cv.multiply(inverse, viewMatrix, output); cv.transpose(output, output); const final = output.data64F; dakomFri, 23 Nov 2018 02:24:57 -0600 pose next to the the detetcted ArUco marker, I'm able to get pose of all the detected markers but i'm not able to display the pose of each marker respectively on the image. for i in range(0, self.ids.size): #print(self.tvecs[i][0][2]) cv_image=aruco.drawAxis(cv_image, camera_matrix, camera_distortion, self.rvecs[i], self.tvecs[i], 10) #str_position = "trans"%((self.tvecs[i][0])) str_position = "MARKER Position x=%4.0f y=%4.0f z=%4.0f"%(self.tvecs[i][0][0], self.tvecs[i][0][1], self.tvecs[i][0][2]) #cv2.putText(cv_image, str_position, (0, 100), font, 1, (0, 255, 0), 2, cv2.LINE_AA) cv2.putText(cv_image, "{:.2f}".format(str_position), (0,100), font, 4,(255,255,255), 2, cv2.LINE_AA) #print(i) cv2.imshow("Image window", cv_image) cv2.waitKey(1)  So, anybody knows how to get the respective (x,y) position of the detected markers and then use cv2.putText?ShrijanSat, 17 Nov 2018 02:42:38 -0600 detection using Real Sense D415 (stereo) Hi, I'm able to detect and get the pose of the marker using only the rgb camera of the stereo. I'm not sure using rgbd could give better results as well. Anybody has an idea about this how accurate it could get if using a rgbd camera instead of rgb and how to integrate depth information to detect markers?ShrijanThu, 15 Nov 2018 03:22:12 -0600 to gl-matrix via OpenCV.js's assume we get `rvecs` and `tvecs` via `cv.estimatePoseSingleMarkers()` Then going through each marker, we can get the 1x3 vectors like this (found in online samples): const rotation = [rvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[0], rvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[1], rvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[2]]; const translation = [tvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[0], tvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[1], tvecs.doublePtr(0, i)[2]]; How can this be converted so it's compatible with gl-matrix's [fromRotationTranslation]( Specifically - it seems gl-matrix expects the rotation in a quaternion... I see some sample C++ code to do that conversion [here](, but it assumes a Rodrigues function in OpenCV to get from the 1x3 vector to a 3x3 rotation matrix - I think? The Rodrigues function seems to be missing in OpenCV.js... and it's not clear to me what exactly `cv.estimatePoseSingleMarkers()` is returning in each `rvec` (is it euler radians? something else?)dakomWed, 14 Nov 2018 16:30:02 -0600 |
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1586 | How do you set an environment variable on startup so that it can be used in applications?
For example, ATOM_HOME is used by Atom.
• What method do you use to start atom? Which version for the app and which build / version for macOS. – bmike Aug 31 '18 at 21:21
• I start it from the application bundle, and use High Sierra. – 0az Sep 3 '18 at 23:12
The solution uses two files: environment.plist and environment.conf.
environment.plist should be placed in ~/Library/LaunchAgents for a per user solution (recommended), or in /Library/LaunchAgents for a global solution (not recommended – potential security loophole).
environment.conf can be placed almost anywhere. $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF can be relative, but only to the 'default' environment variables, or any that are defined in a EnvironmentVariables key. 1
<plist version="1.0">
<string>xargs -L 1 launchctl < $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF</string>
setenv ATOM_HOME $HOME/.config/atom
setenv SOME_VAR "Use quotes if spaces are necessary"
How it works
When a user logs in, the LaunchAgents in ~/Library/LaunchAgents are executed. In this case, sh -c xargs -L 1 launchctl < $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF is executed. launchctl manages daemons and agents. In this case, we are using it to set an environment variable accessible to all applications and the shell.
xargs -L 1 launchctl < $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF
xargs # xargs converts stdin to command line arguments
xargs -L 1 # Tells xargs to invoke launchctl for each line
launchctl # Run launchctl with the arguments
< # Since a plist is an xml document, angle brackets must be escaped.
< $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF
# This tells xargs to read input from the file at $PATH_TO_ENVIRONMENT_CONF
This solution can also be extended to other launchctl subcommands.
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Doesn't seem to work in High Sierra. – Justin Lardinois Aug 31 '18 at 20:43
• Still works for me. – 0az Sep 3 '18 at 23:11
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1587 | The bug:
All of a sudden, my 2013 rMBP often perceives a left-click on my Magic Mouse 2 as a right-click.
• "Often" ≈ every 30 seconds.
• I have 2 different mouses: an Apple Magic Mouse 1 and an Apple Magic Mouse 2. The problem persists when using either mouse. (Only one is switched on at a time.)
• The right-click still functions properly.
• The built-in trackpad does not have this issue. It still functions properly.
• I've read that the problem might be somehow related to Google Chrome. But, the problem persists (e.g., in Finder) even when Google Chrome is not running.
• I've terminated the keyboard-remapping software, "Karabiner." I do not have the purportedly-problematic apps, "BetterTouchTool" or "Magnet," installed.
• No peripherals are plugged into the computer.
• As soon as I notice that the left-clicks are right-clicks, I do not touch the mouse for about 5 seconds, and the mouse goes "back to normal"... until it happens again (and the process repeats).
• I plugged in a wired USB Dell mouse (model # 0CJ339). The wired mouse does not have the issue.
What I've tried:
• I've disconnected and deleted my wireless keyboard as a Bluetooth device (to ensure that no other Bluetooth device is connected to my rMBP other than my mouse).
• Turning Bluetooth on and off.
• shift + ⌥ option + left-clicking the Bluetooth menu bar icon → Debug"Reset the Bluetooth module" & "Factory reset all connected Apple devices" & "Remove all devices"
• Switching mouse on and off. Recharging mouse.
• System PreferencesMouse → toggling the "Secondary Click" checkbox and ensuring that "Click on right side" is selected
• I've discovered another bug that could be related: When "Secondary click" is set to "Click on left side" in System PreferencesMouse, the computer never perceives a right-click (no matter whether the mouse is left-clicked or right-clicked). It behaves as if the "Secondary click" checkbox is not even enabled.
• Deleting Apple Bluetooth and mouse preference files found in ~/Library/Preferences/
• Resetting PRAM & SMC
• Booting in Safe Mode. (The issue still manifests in Safe Mode.)
• Logging out of the administrator account and logging into the "Guest" user account (where the issue still manifested).
• Repeatedly pressing the ⌃ control key on the laptop keyboard to ensure that a small piece of foreign matter is not stuck underneath this key. (When I hold down the ⌃ control key and left-click, the rMBP perceives this as a right-click 100% of the time.) Also, opening "Keyboard Viewer" to ensure that my computer does not perceive any modifier keys as being pressed when the issue occurs.
• I do not have any other lingering Bluetooth devices in the vicinity that might interfere with the mouse.
Is there anything else that I can try, besides reinstalling the OS?
OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.
• This normally happens when your bluetooth mouse battery is about to die, this has happened with me and i recharged the mouse. – Charan Jul 4 '18 at 6:50
• @Charan I already tried recharging the Magic Mouse. Also, the issue arises with two different Magic Mice. – rubik's sphere Jul 4 '18 at 19:27
I randomly noticed that a three-finger-tap on the built-in trackpad would not pull up the dictionary entry for the selected word (like it used to).
I navigated to:
• System PreferencesTrackpadPoint & Click tab → and saw that the "Look up & data detectors" checkbox was not enabled.
This was very strange, because this feature has always been enabled, and I never disabled it. I enabled this checkbox, and the "look-up" feature now worked.
But, this immediately made my computer stop perceiving all right-clicks (i.e., right-clicks on my mouse were always perceived as left-clicks).
So, I navigated to:
• System PreferencesMousePoint & Click tab → and toggled the "Secondary click" checkbox off and back on.
After doing this, my computer has not perceived a left-click as a right-click again.
I still have no clue what caused the issue, or why doing the above solved it, especially considering that, for good measure, I had already previously deleted the com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist and com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist preference files.
Fixed!!! I discovered that my iMac showed my old Bluetooth keyboard as well as the new one that I got because I needed a number pad. I removed the batteries from the old keyboard and the mouse is back to normal!
• Hi, as mentioned in the original post, I had already ensured that there were no lingering Bluetooth devices in the vicinity. – rubik's sphere Feb 21 at 20:26
In my case, I had placed an external keyboard on the built-in trackpad. That was messing up the mouse clicks.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1594 | Nataraja – The Eternal Rhythm!
Nataraja, Lord Shiva as the Cosmic Dancer represents the source of all movement within the cosmos, represented by the arch of flames rhythmic movement of the entire cosmos. The symbolism of Siva Nataraja is religion, art and science merged as one.
Nataraja’s dance is not just a symbol. It is taking place within each of us, at the atomic level, this very moment. The Agamas proclaim, “The birth of the world, its maintenance, its destruction, the soul’s obscuration and liberation are the five acts of His dance.”
Saiva Philosophy
Nataraja is Shiva in the form of the Lord of the Dance. He represents the combined might of the dynamic universal energy and the awakened Soul. He is the source of all life, activity and vibration. His dance is the dance of creation. The circle of fire that surrounds Him is His primal energy that flows out of Him and again into Him. The being lying at His feet is the embodied or the deluded soul whom he shapes through a painful process of karma and suffering and liberates Him in the end from bondage. His dance is rhythmic, regular and perfect. It is the rhythm of divine perfection, which is hidden in the entire universe as an underlying current or subtle vibration. It manifests itself in many things, in the regularity of the seasons, the movement of the planets, the cyclical nature of creation, the physical, chemical and biological laws of our universe, the biorhythms of our bodies and the constitution of our cells, molecules and atoms.
The duality or multiplicity of objects in the image is for the beholder but in truth it is one complete image of the supreme Shiva. Whatever that may appear to us as separate parts of one image is but an illusion that arises because of our experience of duality. The energy or Shakti that manifests out of Him as a ring of fire is not separate from Him because it cannot hold itself or survive without Him. So is the apasmaramurthy under His feet. If you look carefully, the being is not separate from Shiva. It is connected with Him as well as with the rest of the creation. The idea that he is suffering being crushed by the feet of Siva is an illusion of our minds, a projection of our thought and an idea that exists in our minds because when we look at the image of Nataraja we, as limited beings, identify ourselves with the apasmaramurthy lying at His feet, but not with Shiva, the dancer. The circle of His energy starts from there and also ends there. There in lies the mystery. The whole of the image is an assurance to us that creation is not a chaotic and accidental phenomena but a guided and rhythmic movement under the mastery and control of the eternal self and that we too can become masters of our own movements and action by liberating ourselves from the limitations of smallness (ego) and delusion (apasmara).
The symbolism and meaning hidden in the Nataraja Idol: The upper right hand Shiva holds the a small drum shaped like an hourglass. It symbolizes the sound that originates creation and perpetuates the universe. The upper left hand contains fire, which signifies final destruction, the dissolution of form, out of which a new world will arise. The below right hand: The second right hand shows the Abhaya mudra (fearlessness gesture), giving freedom from fear and bestowing protection from both evil and ignorance. The below left hand: The second left hand points towards the raised foot which signifies upliftment and salvation. It also follows the form of an elephant trunk, alluding to wisdom.
The Dwarf on which Shiva Dances: The dwarf on which Nataraja dances is the demon Apasmara, symbolizing Shiva’s victory over ignorance, which can never be completely eliminated, but it can be overcome. The surrounding flames represent the manifest Universe. The snake swirling around his waist is kundalini, the Shakti or divine force thought to reside within everything. His dance is so vigorous that his hair, usually in matted locks piled on his head, becomes loose and flies about him. Seated within his hair is the diminutive figure of Mother Ganga, the river goddess, with her hands folded. When the river descended from heaven to earth, Shiva broke its fall with his hair, thereby keeping the earth from being crushed by its force. As he dances the world in and out of existence, Shiva maintains a stoic face, representing his neutrality of being in complete balance.
Ancient and modern shilpins are creative architects who give concrete expression to the cosmos. Pranava Veda outlines the very nature of Primal Existence then Vastu Shastra shows us how to mirror that primal existence in something called built space. We take various building materials and manifest a direct mirror of Nataraja in the material world. This is the essence of Mayonic Science and Technology. This form of Nataraja, seen in several places, in a visual representation, developed by Mayan to encode this Cosmic Dance. Every detail of the form is scientifically significant.
“Within this cubical atom there is a luminous thread, like a filament in a bulb and it is always dancing there…To this light thread…the tradition of Vastu science has given a significant name – Brahma Sutra! (the thread of light or consciousness) Vastu science has rendered another …name also to the luminous thread which is dancing rhythmically within the cubical atom. The name is ‘Luminous Nataraja’…the dance of Light… This luminous thread is the basic source of cosmic effulgence. The cubical effulgence of the atom is called ‘luminous atom’…know as ‘microbode’ (cubical cell). It is described as OM-light.”
Nataraja or Luminous thread is the Cosmic Dancer who dances or vibrates by its own volition as it arouses itself to manifest within itself. This vibration or frequency gives rise to the entire material world as individuated frequencies or wave forms.
A Scientific Metaphor
The Nataraja Statue at CERN, Geneva:
“The source of all movement, Shiva’s dance, Gives rhythm to the universe. He dances in evil places, In sacred, He creates and preserves, Destroys and releases. We are part of this dance. This eternal rhythm, And woe to us if, blinded By illusions, We detach ourselves From the dancing cosmos, This universal harmony…”
26 thoughts on “Nataraja – The Eternal Rhythm!
1. Thank you for this post. I have a statue of Nataraja in my room because in a dream I was asked a question: Who would you be if you could dance between the worlds? The answer was a cosmic dancer. That is when I learned about Nataraja. What is also interesting is that the concepts on which this is based are found in fundamental shamanism principles or “laws” also. The concept of life/death, creation/destruction, constant movement, universal unity, the limited ego/ignorance, atomic particles and movement are all fundamentals of indigenous shamanism. I see another comment alluding to Celtic philosophy as well. So much connects us metaphysically and spiritually – more than difference, it’s a matter of interpretations. Thank you for your post. It helped me understand better this powerful figure.
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• You are most welcome! It’s very true that this eternal rhythm has been expressed across the cultures with different interpretations. ‘Nataraja’ is the expression of Soul (god particle) in a form.It is also the ultimate symbol for the union of spirituality, science and religion. 🙂
2. Again fascinating! I have a question… I have often gone to the Indian art section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and I have often felt a light- headed, spacey but good feeling there surrounded by these objects of art. Does the art itself give off shakti energy that one can perceive?
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• Absolutely Ellen! I would like to answer with Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati quote “in the heart of the cave of the body there is inner space and in that inner-space there is a vibrant thread of consciousness. It is this thread of consciousness that functions as the musical string of the bodily instrument.
The structure of the Vaastu inspired building vibrates with cosmic energy and the bodily instruments resonates with this vibration to create and offer the house of supreme bliss, and to enable us to experience that supreme bliss here in this mundane house itself. These are the prime motives of Vaastu science.” The impact of applying these Vaastu principles to a structure (home, office, church, temple, apartment, village, statue, painting, piece of jewelry, etc.) is that structure, regardless of size, becomes a “ living structure.” 🙂
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1598 | A carbon sensitivity —
Once more with feeling: Climate models don’t exaggerate warming
An important correction to some lowball estimates of climate sensitivity.
Once more with feeling: Climate models don’t exaggerate warming
If you follow climate science news, you know that one of the hotter topics is “climate sensitivity”—the precise amount of warming you get for a given increase of greenhouse gases. A few years ago, a couple papers caused a stir by trying to estimate this sensitivity based on simple equations for the recent past, coming up with a lower warming sensitivity than numerous other studies based on climate models or paleoclimate records. The last IPCC report even widened its estimated range slightly to encompass these studies, which proved controversial.
Researchers have already found reasons to think those low sensitivity estimates were problematic, including the fact that the simplistic, global representations of warming and cooling factors missed some important spatial patterns that change things. A new study from the University of Washington’s Kyle Armour comes at the question from a different angle.
There are several different timeframes we can use to describe climate sensitivity. The one you most commonly hear about is called “equilibrium climate sensitivity." Technically, this is the amount of warming you’d get if you instantaneously doubled atmospheric CO2 and waited a couple centuries or so for the climate to adjust. But there is also something called the “transient climate response," defined as the warming you get at the time a gradually increasing level of CO2 reaches the doubling point. This is a smaller number, because the climate doesn’t have time to fully reach equilibrium.
Estimates based on the last century or so are actually calculating the shorter-term transient climate response. That number is then converted to the longer-term equilibrium climate sensitivity under the assumption that sensitivity is basically constant—that you can simply extrapolate the short-term response, in a sense.
However, Armour points out, a number of studies have actually shown that assumption to be a bad one. If you track the strength of the feedbacks that amplify or dampen the warming caused by added greenhouse gases in long-term climate model simulations, you find that the model sensitivity is greater in the latter part of the simulation. This seems to be due to the fact that the globe doesn’t warm uniformly over time. Some regions warm faster than others, and that pattern changes over time. The Southern Ocean, for example, takes a long time to start warming significantly because it takes a while for ocean circulation to deliver warmer water from other parts of the globe. Once that water starts arriving, the Southern Ocean’s warming trend picks up, enhancing feedbacks in the region that boost warming.
This subtle detail makes a significant difference if you try to extrapolate from the short-term transient climate response to the long-term equilibrium climate sensitivity. Armour shows this by analyzing the climate model simulations that were collected to inform the last IPCC report. By tracking the strength of the feedbacks over time, you can see how much a sensitivity estimate at any point would differ from the true sensitivity of that model.
Over the first hundred years of a gradually-increasing-CO2 simulation, the apparent sensitivity gets closer and closer to the true long-term sensitivity. But even around the end of that century, the true sensitivity is still (on average) around 25 percent greater than what you would calculate from the short-term response—a difference that can’t be ignored.
It’s actually even a little more complicated than that, because the number is higher for models with a higher longer-term sensitivity, which take a little longer to reach equilibrium. (Conversely, it’s lower for models with lower sensitivity.) This tells you something important: you can’t really truly calculate the long-term sensitivity from the short-term response alone.
But to demonstrate the approximate impact, Armour adjusts the recent low-sensitivity estimates using the 25 percent average of the models. The most prominent estimate came from a 2013 study led by Alexander Otto. Based on global temperatures through 2009, that study estimated an equilibrium climate sensitivity of 2.0 degrees Celsius for a doubling of CO2—well short of the general consensus of 3.0 degrees Celsius from other research. A 2016 study attempted to revise that low estimate by correcting for the fact that the temperature dataset was imperfect, and it brought the number up to 2.5 degrees Celsius, which is still a little low.
Adjusting for the difference between short-term estimates and long-term sensitivity, that 2.5 degrees Celsius becomes 2.9 degrees Celsius—right in the neighborhood of our best estimate. Since the sensitivity of climate models also averages around 3.0 degrees Celsius, this challenges any claims that the low estimates prove the models wrong.
If the climate sensitivity research run-around has your head spinning, the key thing to remember is that our estimates really haven’t changed much over time. The range of 1.5-4.5 degrees Celsius for a doubling of CO2 described as likely in the 5th IPCC report in 2013 is the same range given in the 1979 National Research Council report that coined the technical definition of equilibrium climate sensitivity (and put our best estimate at 3.0 degrees Celsius). Confidence has obviously increased with more research, and a radical re-write of this value, which is critical to the future of Earth’s climate, is pretty unlikely at this point.
Nature Climate Change, 2017. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE3278 (About DOIs).
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Jazz Collage
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1. We first looked at Romare Bearden’s brightly colored collages. You then drew 5 large musical instruments onto your white 12x18” white paper. Your instruments were drawn so that they were balanced and asymmetrical (instruments were turned and facing many different directions). You then drew a non-objective background using geometric and organic shapes
2. You neatly colored your background and instruments in with colored pencils, crayons, and/or markers. You left very little or no white space.
3. You folded a 12x18” colored piece of construction paper into thirds and drew 3 more instruments in each section. You then cut out the instruments and carefully outlined and/or colored them in with marker. You neatly pasted the 3 instruments onto your drawing, overlapping some of the drawn instruments. Your paper instruments were also placed so that they were turned and facing many different directions.
4. You drew 5 more instruments onto newspaper. You carefully cut these out and pasted these onto your paper; overlapping some other instruments and placing them so that they too faced many different directions.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1615 | Public Address Amplifier 60W 100V
The COM6 is a public address amplifier with a power up to 60 Watt. It contains 2 unbalanced stereo line level inputs, which are switchable between Line and Microphone level and one Microphone level Input. This way, a maximum of 3 balanced microphones can be connected.
The output level is selectable between high impedance 100V, 70V and 25V outputs, or 4 Ohm low impedance. It is equipped with an advanced protection circuit, which protects against DC short circuit, overheating, overload and limits the signal when necessary. All control functions such as individual channel volume controls, a 2 band tone control, the master volume control and indicators like a VU LED bar and clipping LED’s are located at the front of the amplifier.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1626 | It has happened, almost a year of living 3,000 miles away from my hometown in a state I knew nothing about. Lets go over things i've learned about the great state of Maine.
1. One area code for the state- This BLEW my mind, in San Diego County alone, there are 3: 760, 619, and 858, with talks of adding a 4th. The fact that Maine only needs one is crazy for me to think about.
2. Geography- Not only is Maine the closest state to Africa, it is also North of Toronto. Crazy to think about.
3. The heat is by far worse than the cold- Everyone and their mother warned me about the winter in Maine, well no one bothered to say "hey, the summer is humid and miserable too! But I survived, and ate too much ice cream.
4. New England is NOT a city in Massachusetts- I know, i know, I'm nuts, but I honestly believed that until I moved here.
5. Maine has a desert!- Did you know that? Probably, but I did not. That is actually very cool to me.
6. Portland, Oregon is actually named after Portland, Maine- In retrospect, this one should have been fairly obvious....
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1655 | What does the Bible say about abortion?
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The Bible tells us that God knows us before He formed us in the womb (Jeremiah 1:5). And in Psalm 139:13-16, David speaks of God’s role in our creation. In fact, the Lord, in Exodus 21:22-25, gives the same penalty—death—for someone who causes the death of a baby in the womb as for someone who commits murder. So, God considers a baby in the womb to be as human as an adult.
Abortion by definition is the deliberate termination of a human life while it is still in the womb. God’s moral law specifically stated: “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). And the Lord brought strong judgment upon nations who sacrificed their infants to false gods (2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 19:5; Ezekiel 20:31).
What about babies that are conceived as a result of rape or incest?
Although these are evil acts, the child is innocent and should not be punished for the father’s evil act. If the mother does not want the child, she can give him up for adoption to a Christian family.
What about if the mother’s life is at risk, should we abort the baby?
Couples that face such an issue should take the matter to the Lord in prayer for wisdom. And the Lord promised in James 1:5, that He will give wisdom to help all those that seek it. But the couple should also have faith that God can save both the mother and the baby from danger.
While only 5% of all abortions may be the reason of rape, incest or “mothers at risk”, the rest of the 95% of abortions are simply due to women that don’t want babies. Abortion to the Christian is not a matter of a woman’s right to choose but it is a matter of life or death of another human being made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26-27; 9:6).
Here is the good news for those that have been involved in abortion (directly or indirectly) and are seeking repentantly a new start, the Lord offers total forgiveness (John 3:16; Romans 8:1; Colossians 1:14).
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1658 | Preparation of Precisely Oriented Cryosections of Undistorted Drosophila Wing Imaginal Discs for High Resolution Confocal Imaging
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The combination of immunofluorescence and laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSM) is essential to high-resolution detection of molecular distribution in biological specimens. A frequent limitation is the need to image deep inside a tissue or in a specific plane, which may be inaccessible due to tissue size or shape. Recreating high-resolution 3D images is not possible because the point-spread function of light reduces the resolution in the Z-axis about 3-fold, compared to XY, and light scattering obscures signal deep in the tissue. However, the XY plane of interest can be chosen if embedded samples are precisely oriented and sectioned prior to imaging (Figure 1). Here we describe the preparation of frozen tissue sections of the Drosophila wing imaginal disc, which allows us to obtain high-resolution images throughout the depth of this folded epithelium.
Figure 1. The epithelial structure and undistorted folding pattern are revealed in its entire depth in this frozen section of developing Drosophila wing. A-D. Transverse dorsoventral sections through the wing pouch. A. Cryosection reveals nuclei (A, green) and subcellular distribution of α-catenin (A’, A”, magenta) with signal throughout the depth of the epithelium. The basal surface is clearly detectable (arrows). A” is digitally enhanced image of A’. B. A Z-stack of images collected in a top-down view displayed as XZ orthogonal view reveals nuclei (B) but little discernable detail for α-catenin (B’, B”) and even the digitally enhanced image (B”) fails to reveal the basal epithelial surface (arrow). C. Transverse dorsoventral section displaying the Distal-less (Dll, green) gradient in the wing pouch and subcellular localization of DE-Cadherin (magenta) throughout the epithelium. D. View of the wing pouch. Dorsal is to the left; apical is up. Scale bars are 1 µm in A, B, 11 µm in C, 5 µm in D.
Keywords: Cryosection, Frozen sections, Confocal microscopy, Wing imaginal disc, Drosophila
Third instar imaginal discs are flat pocket-like involutions of the epidermis (Cohen, 1993; McClure and Schubiger, 2005). One layer of this pocket, the ‘disc proper’, is a pseudostratified columnar epithelium that is heavily folded at the onset of metamorphosis. It is continuous with the ‘overlaying’ squamous epithelium, the peripodial membrane. The focus of our work is to understand how the Wnt morphogen patterns the dome-shaped wing pouch region of the wing disc. As imaginal discs are flat overall, conventional imaging has them mounted for top-down or upside-down observation, whereby cover-slips compress and distort the folded structure. The use of spacers prevents distortions, but imaging of the entire wing pouch using Z-stacks has proved unsatisfactory or impossible; as outlined above, the reduced resolution in the Z-axis typically prevents high-resolution reconstruction of the epithelium in the apical/basal direction. Therefore, only the apical half of the epithelium of the wing pouch is detected at high resolution. This problem is exacerbated if weak signals are to be detected. Thus, uniform imaging requires a ‘side-view’ that can be obtained in sections. We modified a cryosection protocol (Culbertson et al., 2011; Sui et al., 2012) to obtain transverse sections of wing discs at defined angles. This methodology was critical to our analysis of signaling gradients in the wing pouch.
Materials and Reagents
1. Pipette tips (USA Scientific, catalog numbers: 1111-1800 , 200 µl; 1111-2821 , 1,000 µl)
2. Glass 9-well plate (PYREXTM Spot Plate, Fisher Scientific, catalog number: 13-748B )
3. Razor blades (Single Edge Razor Blades, Stanley Black & Decker, catalog number: 28-510 )
4. Conical tipped plastic embedding capsules (Electron Microscopy Sciences, BEEM®, catalog number: 69913-01 )
5. Glass microscope slides (FisherfinestTM Premium Frosted, Fisher Scientific, catalog number: 12-544-2 )
6. Microscope cover glass (coverslips), 22 x 50-1 (Fisher Scientific, Fisherbrand, catalog number: 12-545E )
7. Plastic cling wrap
8. Late third instar Drosophila melanogaster larvae
9. Tissue Freezing Medium (TFMTM), clear (General Data, catalog number: TFM-C )
10. Fluoromount-G® (SouthernBiotech, catalog number: 0100-01 )
11. Clear Nail polish (i.e., Sally Hansen Hard As Nails)
12. Sodium chloride (NaCl) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: S271 )
13. Potassium chloride (KCl) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: P330 )
14. Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: S233 )
15. Calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl2·2H2O) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: C79 )
16. Sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous (Na2HPO4) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: S374 )
17. Potassium phosphate monobasic (KH2PO4) (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: P285 )
18. Triton X-100 (Sigma-Aldrich, catalog number: X100 )
19. Normal goat serum (Jackson ImmunoResearch, catalog number: 005-000-121 )
20. Gelatin from porcine skin (gel strength 300 Type A, Sigma-Aldrich, catalog number: G2500 )
21. D-Sucrose (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: BP220 )
22. Sodium azide (Fisher Scientific, catalog number: S2271 )
23. 16% paraformaldehyde (Ted Pella, catalog number: 18505 )
24. Ice
25. Dry ice
26. Ringer’s solution (see Recipes)
27. 4% formaldehyde fix (Solution A; see Recipes)
28. 10x phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) (see Recipes)
29. PBT (see Recipes)
30. 5% normal goat serum (Solution B; see Recipes)
31. 30% sucrose (Solution C; see Recipes)
32. 10% gelatin (Solution D; see Recipes)
1. Dissection microscope (Leica Biosystems, model: Leica MZ6 )
2. Fine forceps (Dumont Tweezers #5, World Precision Instruments, catalog number: 500085 )
3. Pipettes 20 µl, 200 µl, 1,000 µl (Gilson, model: Pipetman P20, catalog number: F123600 ; Gilson, model: Pipetman P200, catalog number: F123601 ; Gilson, model: Pipetman P1000, catalog number: F123602 )
4. Water bath, 50 °C (Fisher Scientific, model: IsotempTM 205 )
5. Cryostat (Leica Biosystems, model: Leica CM1850 , with anti-roll plate assembly, Leica Biosystems, catalog number: 14041933981 )
Note: The product “Leica CM1850” has been discontinued.
6. Sample holders for cryostat (Specimen disc, 25 mm, Leica, catalog number: 14041619275 )
7. Ultralow Temperature Freezer, -80 °C (Thermo Fisher Scientific, model: UXF60086A , catalog number: 315673H01)
8. Fluorescence/confocal microscope (laser scanning microscope, ZEISS, model: LSM 780 )
1. Dissection and staining of wing imaginal discs
Note: For a more detailed protocol, see Klein (2008).
1. Under the dissection microscope: In chilled Ringer’s solution (see Recipes), dissect 3rd instar larvae, turning them inside out while leaving wing imaginal discs attached to the carcass. Remove as much unwanted tissue as possible (fat body, intestine, salivary glands)
2. Fix in Solution A (made fresh; see Recipes) on ice for 20 min.
3. Wash 3 x with PBT (see Recipes) each for 10 min.
4. Block in Solution B (see Recipes) for 1 h at room temperature.
5. Perform immunostaining following the standard protocol (Klein, 2008).
6. Post-fix in Solution A for 1 h at room temperature.
7. Wash 3 x with PBT each for 10 min.
2. Embedding in gelatin
1. In a glass 9-well plate, add 300 µl of 50 °C of Solution D (gelatin, see Recipes) to each well. Ensure that the surface of the solution is level and free of bubbles
2. Place on ice for 30 min to allow the gel to solidify.
Note: Try to prevent condensation from forming on glass 9-well plate, as falling droplets might dilute the gelatin solution and interfere with gelation.
3. Under the dissection microscope: Gently remove the wing discs from carcasses in PBT.
4. Using a pipette, transfer the wing discs into a well of Solution C (sucrose, see Recipes) and incubate for about 60 min at room temperature.
5. Transfer a single wing disc by pipette (in about 20 µl of liquid) from the sucrose solution onto the solidified gelatin (Figure 2A).
Note: The disc should be placed directly into the middle of the well.
6. Remove as much excess liquid as possible, ensuring that the disc is lying flat on the gel (Figure 2B).
7. Apply an additional 300 µl of 50 °C Solution D (gelatin) on top of the wing disc (Figure 2C).
Figure 2. Schematic representation of the gelatin embedding process. A. Transfer a wing disc to the gelatin by pipette. B. Remove excess sucrose solution from around the disc. C. Add an addition 300 µl of gelatin on top of the disc.
8. Place on ice and allow the gel to solidify about 30 min.
9. Under a dissecting microscope, use a razor blade to cut the gelatin into a block around the sample.
Note: This should be done with regard to the desired orientation of the cryosection. For example, if cross-sections are desired across the wing pouch dorso-ventrally, one face of the gel block should be perpendicular to the dorsoventral boundary (Figures 3A and 3C).
Figure 3. Orientation of wing discs in cut gelatin cubes. Wing disc stained with DAB to visualize expression of Wingless & Patched, for illustration, in trimmed gelatin blocks. A. Top-down view of a wing disc in gelatin cube. The red line indicates the face of the cube which should be placed face-down into the embedding capsule to acquire a dorsoventrally aligned section. B. ‘edge-on’ view of the wing disc from the direction indicated by the arrow in A. C. An alternatively angled cube which would allow for sections aligned 45° to the dorsoventral boundary. The red line indicates face of the cube which should be placed downward.
10. Prepare a plastic embedding capsule by cutting off the conical tip with a razor (Figures 4A-4B).
11. Place the gel cube with the desired face down onto the lid of a plastic embedding capsule (Figures 3B and 4C).
Figure 4. Preparation of plastic embedding capsule. A. Plastic embedding capsule (Step B8 above). B. Cut the conical tip off from the capsule using a razor blade (the arrow indicates movement of the blade). Discard the conical tip. C. Place the sample with the desired cutting face downward onto the lid of the capsule (red cube, indicated by arrow). D. Close the capsule and fill from the top with tissue freezing medium (arrow indicates where to add medium).
12. Gently fill the capsule with tissue freezing medium, allowing large air bubbles to escape (Figure 4D).
13. Place capsule immediately into dry ice or a -80 °C freezer.
3. Cryosectioning
1. Remove the frozen sample from the plastic embedding capsule. This is achieved by first removing the lid, then cutting away the remainder of the plastic capsule with a razor blade.
2. Affix the sample to a cold (-80 °C) microtome sample holder using tissue freezing medium (Figures 5A-5B).
3. With the cryostat chamber set to -24 °C, place the holder in the microtome (Figure 5C).
4. Cut sections of 10-20 µm thickness. The anti-roll plate ensures a flat section comes off the knife (Video 1).
5. Pick up tissue sections by gently touching a glass microscope slide to them. Create a row of sections (Video 1).
6. Check under a fluorescence microscope for the presence of disc tissue in gelatin slices, and mark their location on the back of the slide.
7. Add Fluoromount-G® atop the samples.
8. Place a coverslip over the slide, seal with nail polish.
Figure 5. Preparing samples for cryosectioning. A. An empty microtome sample holder; B. Sample affixed to holder using TFM; C. Holder with sample in the cryostat chamber.
Video 1. Operation of the cryostat. The anti-roll plate, which is lowered at the beginning of the video, ensures the section remains flat. Note tissue sections will adhere to the microscope slide after gently coming in contact.
Data analysis
Laser scanning confocal microscopy can be used to examine tissue sections. For context on the morphology of tissue sections, see Note 1. For a comparison of cryosectioned wing discs and xz optical sectioning, see Figure 1.
1. Several criteria can be used to judge whether the angle of the tissue section is correctly perpendicular or slightly oblique. The disc proper is a pseudostratified columnar epithelium. Nuclei are tightly packed in the nuclear layer, which occupies the apical half of the epithelium. Cells reach apical and basal surfaces via tube-like extensions. For transverse sections through the center of the wing pouch in the dorsoventral direction (Figure 7):
1. The overall appearance of the wing pouch is symmetrical, with uniform height in the central part and relatively minor inward curvature near the ventral hinge region (Figure 7A).
2. Sections through the nuclear layer have it appear about four nuclei deep and largely confined to the apical part of the epithelium (Figure 7A). Oblique sections through the dome-shaped epithelium may increase both thickness and position of the nuclear layer (Figures 7B and 7C).
3. The epithelial height in the center of the wing pouch of the late third instar wing disc is approximately 35 µm (Figure 7). Oblique cuts are evident from a greater apparent height (Figure 7B).
4. Cell outlines should be parallel (Figure 7A). Oblique cuts through cells reveal primarily the rounded outlines around nuclei, and the tube-like extensions that reach the apical and basal surface are not visible (Figures 7B and 7C).
Figure 6. Tissue Section Examples. A. A near-perfect section through the wing pouch along the anteroposterior compartment boundary. The wing imaginal disc is a relatively flat sac, where the disc proper consists of a pseudostratified columnar epithelium; a simple cuboidal epithelium provides the transition to the simple squamous epithelium that makes up most of the (covering) peripodial membrane (PM). The wing pouch is dome-shaped and surrounded by folds of the future wing hinge (the ventral hinge region has a characteristic folding pattern in sections). The position of the dorsoventral compartment boundary is indicated (arrow, ‘D/V’); dorsal is to the left and ventral to the right. B. An oblique section through the wing pouch is evident from its uneven shape and nuclear layer, the epithelium is too high and of uneven height. C. Although largely in the dorsoventral direction, the section cuts slightly ‘diagonal’ across the disc. No clear parallel cell outlines are evident. The epithelium appears too high and of uneven height. Uneven depth and increased number of nuclei (> 4 nuclear profiles) identify an oblique cut. The sectioned wing pouch appears at an angle to the remainder of the disc, revealing a cut deviating from the dorsoventral axis. Scale bars are 15 µm in A, 9 µm in B, 12 µm in C.
2. In cutting gelatin with embedded tissue (Figure 3), it is important that the gelatin remain cold and rigid during the cutting process to facilitate precise cuts and proper angling.
3. For achieving correctly angled sections, the gelatin cutting and the cryosectioning steps are critical. During gelatin cutting, it is important to ensure the wing disc lies perfectly flat (Figure 3B). During cryosectioning, it is important to ensure the microtome blade is cutting evenly across the face of the sample.
4. If excessive background is present in the fluorescence micrograph, the following may help: ensure that the gelatin is fresh; ensure that no dye is present in tissue freezing medium (clear TFM is recommended); ensure that the sample was post-fixed properly. To alleviate further background, tissue sections on the slide may be carefully rinsed with PBT before mounting with Fluoromount-G® and coverslip.
5. Occasionally, holes or vacuoles may appear in the tissue. We believe these arise if mismatched ionic concentrations of solutions are used during the procedure.
1. Ringer’s solution
For 1.0 L solution:
6.5 g NaCl
0.14 g KCl
0.2 g NaHCO3
0.16 g CaCl2
0.01 g NaH2PO4
Make up to 1,000 ml with deionized H2O and sterile filter
2. 10x phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)
For 1.0 L solution:
80 g NaCl
2 g KCl
14.4 g Na2HPO4
2.4 g KH2PO4
Make up to 1,000 ml with deionized H2O and sterile filter
3. PBT
For 1.0 L solution:
100 ml 10x PBS
10 ml 10% Triton X-100
Make up to 1,000 ml with deionized H2O and sterile filter
4. Solution A: 4% formaldehyde in PBS
For 1.0 ml solution:
650 µl deionized H2O
100 µl 10x PBS
250 µl 16% paraformaldehyde
5. Solution B: 5% goat serum in PBT
For 1.0 ml solution:
50 µl normal goat serum
950 µl PBT
6. Solution C: 30% sucrose solution
For 50 ml solution
15 g sucrose
50 µl 10% sodium azide in H2O
Make up to 50 ml with 1x PBS
7. Solution D: 10% gelatin solution
For 50 ml solution:
5 g gelatin, gel strength 300, Type A
15 g sucrose
50 µl 10% sodium azide in H2O
Make up to 50 ml with 1x PBS
Place in 50 °C water bath to dissolve
Store at 50 °C for short term or freeze for long term storage
We are grateful for discussions and improvements to this methodology to K. Hanson, J.M. Laumann, A. Snyder, M. Boardman, S. Kaech-Petrie, A. Nechiporuk and, in particular, M. Deza-Culbertson. This work was supported by grants of NIH (R01GM67029 & R01GM103876), NSF (IOS-1021573 & IOS-1353799), and the Medical Research Foundation (OR) to M.W. Authors have no conflicts of interest or competing interests.
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2. Culbertson, M. D., Lewis, Z. R. and Nechiporuk, A. V. (2011). Chondrogenic and gliogenic subpopulations of neural crest play distinct roles during the assembly of epibranchial ganglia. PLoS One 6(9): e24443.
3. Klein, T. (2008). Immunolabeling of imaginal discs. In: Dahmann, C. (Ed.). Drosophila: Methods and Protocols. Methods Mol Biol 420: 253-263.
4. McClure, K. D. and Schubiger G. (2005). Developmental analysis and squamous morphogenesis of the peripodial epithelium in Drosophila imaginal discs. Development 132(22): 5033-5042.
5. Sui, L., Pflugfelder, G. O. and Shen, J. (2012). The Dorsocross T-box transcription factors promote tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc. Development 139(15): 2773-2782.
How to cite: Petshow, S. . and Wehrli, M. (2018). Preparation of Precisely Oriented Cryosections of Undistorted Drosophila Wing Imaginal Discs for High Resolution Confocal Imaging. Bio-protocol 8(3): e2725. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2725.
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Apply Values Format Code to Chart Series and Interrupt Formula Calculations in the Workbook using Aspose.Cells for .NET 17.10
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We are pleased to announce the release of Aspose.Cells for .NET v17.10. This release includes some useful features along with critical bug fixes that further improve the overall stability of the APIs. Please check the release notes in order to get an idea about what is new and what has been enhanced or fixed with this revision of Aspose.Cells for .NET. You can also install Aspose for .NET APIs directly from NuGet repository.
Set the Values Format Code of Chart Series
Aspose.Cells supports to set the values format code of chart series using the Series.ValuesFormatCode property. This property is useful for the series which are based on the range inside the worksheet, it also works well for the series created with array of values. The following sample code formats values with the formatting “$#,##0” using the Series.ValuesFormatCode property so the number, e.g “10000” will become “$10,000”.
//Load the source Excel file
Workbook wb = new Workbook("Book1.xlsx");
//Access first worksheet
Worksheet worksheet = wb.Worksheets[0];
//Access first chart
Chart ch = worksheet.Charts[0];
//Add series using an array of values
ch.NSeries.Add("{10000, 20000, 30000, 40000}", true);
//Access the series and set its values format code
Series srs = ch.NSeries[0];
srs.ValuesFormatCode = "$#,##0";
//Save the output Excel file
Please see the document/article with attachments and screenshots on how to set values format code of the chart series for your complete reference.
Utilize Sheet.SheetId property of OpenXml using Aspose.Cells
The property Sheet.SheetId is found inside the DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Spreadsheet namespace and is a part of OpenXml. Aspose.Cells provides the equivalent property named Worksheet.TabId. For more detail, please see this article.
Read and Write External Connection of XLSB file
Aspose.Cells already supports reading and writing external connections of an XLSX file format. We have added similar support for XLSB file format now. The code is same for both formats (XLSX and XLSB). For more detail, please see this article.
Interrupt or Cancel the Formula Calculation of Workbook
Aspose.Cells provides a mechanism to interrupt or cancel the formula calculation of workbook using the AbstractCalculationMonitor.Interrupt() method. This is useful when formula calculations in the workbook is taking too much time and you want to cancel its processing at certain point. For more detail, please see this article.
Specify how to cross string in output HTML using HtmlCrossType
When a cell contains text or string but it is larger than the width of the cell, then the string overflows if the next cell in next column is null or empty. When you save your Excel file into HTML, you can control this overflow for your needs by specifying the cross type using the HtmlCrossType enumeration. For more detail, please see this article.
Other Enhancements and Fixes
There are some other enhancements included in the new release for the users. A few of the worth mentioning features/enhancements are as follow.
• Sheet to Image rendering – Text alignment for Asian fonts improved.
• Handled/resolved “Input string was not in a correct format” – Exception on Pivot.CalculateData() method.
• Handled an exception when converting XLSM file back to XLS file format.
In Aspose.Cells 17.10 we fixed many critical bugs and other issues. For example, issues around reading/writing MS Excel file formats, data sorting, rendering shapes and drawing objects, rendering and manipulating charts, inserting/deleting rows/columns, rendering images from Excel worksheets, rendering images files from charts and exporting Excel workbooks to PDF format have been resolved. The Aspose.Cells formula calculation engine is improved too.
Changes to the Public API
• Added AbstractCalculationMonitor.Interrupt(string) method, it allows users to interrupt the progress of formula calculations.
• Added HtmlCrossType.MSExport enum, it displays the string like MS Excel exporting HTML.
• Added Worksheet.TabId property, it sets/gets the internal identifier for the sheet.
• Added Seris.ValuesFormatCode property, it represents number format code of series values.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1669 | “There are many interesting theoretical and practical issues surrounding the application of the lower of cost or market (LCM) procedure in the valuation of inventories. These issues include the mechanics of recording the reduction in inventory value and the presentation of the effect in the financial statements. The purpose of this paper is to explore these issues in greater depth than is typically done in most intermediate accounting textbooks. In addition, an Excel spreadsheet is provided which can be used to help the student understand the issues involved.
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What I am going to write about is the “ORA-00900 invalid SQL statement” error one might receive from these monitors. Some weeks ago I was at a costumer who wanted to monitor some Oracle databases and I configured the monitor without a query, which worked fine. I then put in the query and I got the following error:
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Depending on which program you use when executing a stored procedure you simply put ”exec” or ”execute” before the query, but both of these failed in SCOM.
I then starting investigating with the local Oracle guy and we found that you use BEGIN and END when executing the stored procedure;
In the query you cannot use line breaks, so you need to make the query a one-liner:
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The trusty trench coat has remained a spring classic for a reason. It's so practical in times of weather uncertainty and so timelessly chic that it's well worth investing in. The denim jacket is another classic making a come back and can be thrown over just about anything - go for relaxed fits, vintage worn denim or floral embroidery for a fresh SS17 update. Lastly, we had to mention the anorak comeback which we may be secretly pleased about. The classic nautical styles have popped up in abundance on the high street. For the fashion peacocks, go for 90's metallics, colour popping shades or bold prints.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/1693 | Comments on: New context menus experience in SAP Web IDE The Best Run Businesses Run SAP Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ev Shafrir Sun, 26 Aug 2018 15:27:15 +0000 Yes, the Paste command appears in the Edit menu for folders.
Yes, the Paste command did appear for in context menus for files.
Your feedback has been shared by others and the Edit submenu will most probably be dissovled and all edit commands appear (as they did before) included in the first level context menu. This change will happen together with other refinements to the new design. We’re continuing to collect feedback.
Thank you.
By: Daniel Huser Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:05:52 +0000 ahhhhhh, now I get it.
Paste is only available while selecting a Folder.
Hidden in the “Edit” Submenu.
But in any other IDE (IDEA, Eclipse, Atom, etc.) if I “paste” a file on a file, in will insert it into the parent folder of that file.
Pretty sure that worked at some point in the webIDE too. Otherwise I wouldn’t have noticed it not working anymore.
Thanks for the feedback/help.
By: Daniel Huser Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:27:28 +0000 Hi!
Thanks for the reply, but now I’m confused.
Why is there Copy/Cut on individual files, if there is no Paste possible (as you said)?
Also Copy/Pasting individual files like this was possible before (pretty sure about that)
By: Andrew Lunde Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:24:04 +0000 Indeed. I should have checked before leaping! -Andrew
By: Ev Shafrir Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:18:10 +0000 Hi Andrew,
Indeed we have the setting you are looking for. You have control to choose which editor opens each of the code file types. Click on Preferences and then find the Default Editors page.
Please refer to this help page: Setting User Preferences
Thanks, Ev
By: Ev Shafrir Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:04:21 +0000 Thank you for the attaching the screen caputre.
The menu context organization exposes commands that are with direct context to the selected item. So the Paste command appears for all folders, but not for individual files. (Strictly speaking, we cannot paste into a file.)
We’ll evaluate all feedback after an initial use period and refine the command context rules accordingly. Thank you again for this feedback.
By: Andrew Lunde Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:21:00 +0000 From above.
4. Single file context menu is quicker and shorter.
All available editors for that file type are visible…
Can you apply a little “most often used” logic to which editor is default for a specific file type?
I often open the mta.yaml file by double-clicking only to have to close then design view and re-open it in code view(which I prefer).
If I open a specific file type more often with one view or another, it should become my default view for that file type.
Or at least give me a setting so that I can tell which view to default for each file type.
Thanks, -Andrew
By: Daniel Huser Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:54:01 +0000 In the “Files” Explorer when you rightclick on a file, there is copy and cut, but no paste.
Also ctrl + v does not work. How should I be able to paste files I copied/cutted?
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Please help us with a screen capture so that we see the specific context this is occuring for you? (tool / project / folder).
Thank you.
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Copy/Cut are still there, but I can’t find “Paste”? (Development -> Files)
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Hi Eric-- You're not overlooking anything. The biggest factor in any sell decision (for me) is whether one thinks one can get better appreciation (through capital gains and dividends, if paid) elsewhere.
However, in your example, you are continuing to get a 4% yield on your original $50 investment, regardless of the current stock price. And the dividend could have gone or could go up, of course.
Last year I sold an HY Fund which was paying good dividends, but I thought it had topped out ("felt" is the better word). I reinvested the entire proceeds in FTR--primarily because of the yield, but also because I thought FTR's problems were overblown and possibilities underappreciated.
The yield on my purchase price was in excess of 10%! (and the dividends were qualified, instead of unqualified, to boot). As we speak, my purchase is up 57% and the yield is down to 6.6%. Still good, of course--but if the yield drops in half, I may care more about continuing to receive the amount which was initially 10%+, than worrying about selling FTR for a stock which promises more capital appreciation. Or not. (I have a lot of FTR, paying me a substantial quarterly dividend. As I think about it, perhaps the amount is more relevant than the percentage.)
There's no complete answer to your question, and no right or wrong answer. Yield on original price is just a factor which some like to consider, and others don't.
Having said all that, 2 non-MDP stocks (but TMF favorites)--MIDD & OLED dropped so much more today that I decided not to wait on selling HI. Sold my whole position and put it equally into those two.
What did Emerson say? 'Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.' Don't know the size of my mind, but I'm certainly not consistent!
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Rating: Adult
Word Count: 19,539
Author's Summary: The Tenth Doctor and Donna come to terms with what happened to him on Midnight.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/Donna
Warnings: Sex
Recced because: Am I boring because I'm reccing the same author twice in a week? Probably. Do I care? Nope! Because Petunia Bowl is awesome enough to be recced everyday, I just wish she wrote enough stories for me to do that.
And this is one of my favorite romances ever, any fandom. It's short and sweet, but packs so much into every sentence, from the things the Doctor doesn't tell Donna, to Donna's slightly unwilling realization that maybe she does love the Doctor, after all, to one of the sweetest, hottest and most in-character sex scenes I've read in this fandom. Writing good sex scenes is an art, and far from every writer can do it. To do it well involving two characters who aren't together in canon, and do it in a believable way, that takes true skill, which Petunia Bowl has.
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Of course she does. It’s practically impossible not to really, what with that whole time-travelling-universe-saving-dazzlingly-brilliant-yet-deepy-flawed-and-boyishly-charming thing he’s got going on.
She’s not in love with him though, because that would be spectacularly stupid. This is possibly the first relationship she’s ever had where she feels like she’s got her eyes wide open and she knows they’re something more than that to each other, that this is something that goes a lot deeper. And here’s the really surprising part — given the way she’s seen him looking at her sometimes, he seems to be rather fond of her, too; although she can’t for the life of her think why.
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