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The post-conceptual Figuration phenomenon encompasses a number of artists working for the renewal of the Spanish figurative painting from individual points of view. This trend emerged in the early 1970s has been presented in various exhibitions program, first under the name of New Madrileña Figuration and later as neo-metaphysics or Figurations.
Under the name of post-conceptual Figuration different artists developing work close to these aesthetic and conceptual keys are also included.
The term Figuration refers to a hybrid and heterodox pictorial image, defined as post-abstract and anti-realist.
The term post-conceptual shows the influence of the emergence in the early 1960s of the Conceptual art practiced in the recovery of the concept in the artwork.
Doctoral Thesis of the post-conceptual Figuration. Spanish Painting: from the New Madrileña Figuration to neo-metaphysics (1970-2010), defended by Paco de la Torre in 2012, offers a reading of continuity between these pictorial currents that are strong and plausible in the Spanish contemporary artistic phenomenon, close to postmodern thought.
The story of these forty years of history in its context —since its inception in the late 1960's in Spain, to its activity in the early twenty-first century — includes a systematic study of all the exhibitions program developed: 1980 (1979), Madrid D. F. (1980), Other figures (1981), The return of the prodigal son (1991-1992), Muelle de Levante (1994), Visions without center (1998-1999), Song of the figures (1999), Figuraciones (1999-2003 ) and The schizos of Madrid (2009).
From the study of the authors and their works are formulated key poetic aesthetic, these artists give a family resemblance that identifies them to other positions artistic contemporaries. Among those keys include its firm commitment to tackle pictorial image and the regeneration of traditional figurative painting, especially at a time coincident with the emergence and spread of Conceptual Art.
Despite maintaining an individualistic and independent, post-conceptual artists share Figuration each other interests such as recuperating the narrative and the poetic character of the painting, redefining figuration, the positioning of resistance to or advocacy media image of iconic latent semantics.
Our research includes a listing of the authors linked to this phenomenon, which gathers a variety of formal solutions and career of historical impact and / or critical diverse, they all developed in very different contexts. This listing is accompanied by a detailed chronology of exhibition activities undertaken. Doctoral Thesis also has an extensive "Appendix documentary" which includes the contribution of original and unpublished sources consist of a series of texts by the artists themselves, as well as interviews with the protagonists.
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St. Edward Lodge renovation to begin in July
The project to turn the old seminary building into a lodge will get underway this July.
by Aaron Kunkler
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 8:39am
Daniels Real Estate held another public meeting at the St. Edward Seminary where contractor Kevin Daniels provided information on the massive overhaul project that will turn the building into a lodge.
Some $50 million in renovations to the building are expected to begin in mid-July with construction on an underground parking garage slated to start in September. Work will continue for around 16 months and a grand opening for the community will follow, Daniels said. When construction begins, a fence will go up around the building and exterior improvements and earthquake stabilization will be at the top of Daniels' to-do list. The majority of the building, except the old nuns quarters, will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, meaning accessibility upgrades will be created such as wheelchair ramps.
The electrical wiring and utilities that serve the seminary are in good shape, Daniels said, meaning that the surrounding park will be largely undisturbed.
"We're not having to dig up very many trees, we're talking very few," he said.
The Lodge at St. Edward project will remodel the seminary and operate under a state-approved, 62-year lease. Daniels acquired the lease on the condition they acquire nearly 10 acres of land adjacent to the park and provide it to the state to add the park. The seminary closed in 1976 and was part of a larger compound which now houses the neighboring Bastyr University in the St. Edward State Park within Kenmore city limits.
The lodge will have meeting rooms, a lounge and bar, 80 bedrooms and will be able to facilitate conferences. Daniels has said he will maintain the historic feel of the building, which was built in 1931. The iconic bell tower and bells will be repaired.
Once it opens, the lobby, basement and second floor of the lodge will be open to the public while the park is open and closed to everyone other than guests after dark. The park is a popular attraction for Eastside residents and locals expressed concerns over parking. The lodge lease does not include a lower parking lot that will be retained by the park. Parking fees will be collected from lodge guests, which Daniels estimated will bring in around $200,000 for the state annually. During construction a temporary parking lot for patrons will be opened to the south of the lodge. The adjacent gymnasium is under lease with Advantage Basketball Camps until 2021. Daniels said they did not have plans to renovate it although it is included in Daniels' lease.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle constructed the building before closing it and selling the 326-acre property to the state of Washington in 1977. This later became the St. Edward State Park, which surrounds the 5.5 -acre lease area that houses the seminary building.
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Three are in the running in upcoming primary election.
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He allegedly touched a 10-year-old underneath the shirt and often brought up sexual development.
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Catherine Grace Young
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- Previously, Senior Director of Science Policy, Biden Cancer Initiative
- Previously, Senior Science and Innovation Policy Advisor and Head of the DC team, Foreign Commonwealth Office
- Science and Technology Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Postdoctoral training in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
- Doctorate degree in Biomedical Sciences
Awards & Recognitions - selected:
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- 2016 TED Fellow
- Alexandria 40 Under 40
- Top 100 Most Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs, Social Enablers
I am a rare cancer activist.
I received a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and completed my Postdoctoral training in Biomedical Engineering. I always knew however that as a scientist, I wanted to use my scientific skills and work outside the confines of a lab wall. My career journey to some may seem convoluted, but science has always been the thread to link the different stepping stones together.
Following my postdoctorate training I entered into the field of science policy, first working at the Department of Defense in the Division of Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Warfare, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Here I not only got to experience the intersection of science and policy first hand, but I got to experience it in action with the outbreak of Ebola in Western Africa. I witnessed how science was at the forefront of the policy decision-making process.
Next, I served as the Senior Science and Innovation Policy Advisor for the Foreign Commonwealth Office at the British Embassy where I learned here - the value of building strong partnerships which led to strong international collaborations between the US and the UK to advance scientific knowledge.
And following that I became the Senior Director of Science Policy at the Biden Cancer Initiative. Continuing the mission of the cancer moonshot led by Vice President Biden - following the transition of the administration - we focused on removing large systemic barriers to accelerate the development of treatments and on creating a healthcare system that prioritized placing the patient above all else.
It was following this experience that I took on the role as Executive Director of the SHEPHERD Foundation, an organization looking to build a momentum to revolutionize the rare cancer system. It is in this position that all my skills as a scientists and varying roles within science policy - have prepared me for.
It really is our responsibility as scientists to share our skillsets and knowledge with society.
I was selected as a TED Fellow, which as the program describes it - is one of the most competitive and highly selective fellowship programs in the world. It was a life changing experience and one that someones I still can't believe I was selected for.
It's a privilege to understand the scientific process and to be able to dissect problems, navigate complex scientific information, and draw out accurate conclusions, regardless of the scientific topic. This type of training is incredibly valuable for navigating our world, and because of this, it really is our responsibility as scientists to share our skillsets and knowledge with society. I love being able to advance scientific knowledge, whether its in my job, as an advocate for women in STEM or as a science communicator with the public.
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Trouble in Worker's Paradise – South American Edition
December 15, 2015 by Michael Hiteshew
Nicolas Maduro threatened Venezuelans before the recent elections. Asked how he would respond to an opposition victory in Parliament, he responded,
"Venezuela would go through the most shady and poignant times of its political history, and we would defend the revolution, we wouldn't surrender and the revolution would move into a new stage. Whoever has ears to hear, let them understand. Whoever has eyes to see, let them see the history clearly. The revolution will never surrender."
"You should start praying, oligarch from the right, because the revolution will win on Dec 6th. Start Praying from now. For peace and tranquility, so you have no responsibility. And if not, we will take to the streets, and in the streets we are very dangerous, ok? It's better if we stay here governing for the people. Everybody happy."
The first thing that strikes me about all this is how much his rhetoric, albeit a little more plainly stated, resembles the rhetoric and riots of the American left. Give us what we want or there will be violence.
As background, from Wiki:
On 14 April 2013, Maduro was elected President of Venezuela, narrowly defeating opposition candidate Henrique Capriles with just 1.5% of the vote separating the two candidates. Capriles immediately demanded a recount, refusing to recognize the outcome as valid. Maduro was later formally inaugurated as President on 19 April, after the election commission had promised a full audit of the election results. On 24 October 2013, he announced the creation of a new agency, the Vice Ministry of Supreme Happiness, to coordinate all the social programmes.
Rule by decree 19 November 2013 through 19 November 2014
In October 2013, Maduro requested an enabling law to rule by decree in order to fight corruption and to also fight what he called an "economic war".
Rule by decree 15 March 2015 through 31 December 2015
On 10 March 2015, Maduro asked to rule by decree for a second time following the sanctioning of seven Venezuelan officials by the United States, requesting the Enabling Law to be used to "confront" what Maduro called "the aggression of the most powerful country in the world, the United States".
In 2014, a series of protests, political demonstrations, and civil insurrection began in Venezuela due to the country's high levels of violence, inflation, and chronic shortages of basic goods attributed to economic policies such as strict price controls. Maduro's government saw the protests as an undemocratic coup d'etat attempt orchestrated by "fascist opposition leaders and the United States".
And this from The Independent Sentinel:
The United Social Party of Venezuela (PSUV) lost the latest congressional elections by a substantial margin. The opposition won 112 of 167 congressional seats to gain a two-thirds supermajority but it's only the first battle. The war has just begun.
Maybe the people want to have toilet paper, diapers and beer again after 16 years of Socialist rule and ruination.
The opposition will be able to pass laws, release political prisoners, and reverse appointments to senior legal positions made by the current government, the bbc reported. They could call for a new election as early as next April.
There was a 74.3%, voter participation rate and it's obvious a large portion of the population has had enough. The Socialists still control many municipalities, however. This comes two weeks after Argentina voted out the Socialist president.
Socialism has driven Venezuela into nightmarish poverty and with the help of people like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, George Soros, we can have their system imported here.
Their inflation rate is over 100%. The healthcare system is crumbling, drugs are scarce for the most serious illnesses and diseases exposing tens of thousands to disease. The people are using animal medications.
The value of their currency has plunged and store shelves are stripped bare. Their command and control financial system has led to severe shortages of all basics. That's Socialism's legacy.
Hungry people stampeded supermarkets with some regularity and they have to be guarded by police. Tampons are so scarce, one package eats up a third of Venezuelan's salaries. The government sets the "fair" prices. The cost went from 15 cents for a package to three dollars which is a lot on a Venezuelans paltry salary. Other personal hygiene products are priced out about the same by the government.
All companies in Venezuela are governed by onerous foreign exchange and price controls. No company manages or keeps their own assets. Oil used to pour the ground but now the socialists are in charge. They have gone from an oil-rich, average income country into a wasteland not even as productive as Ethiopia. The Socialists did it in only 16 years.
John Stossel, "…Leftists all over say this is gonna work. The Guardian newspaper, a leftist newspaper in Britain, "No one can explain why a rich country has no food."
PanAm Post editor Fergus Hodgson, "No can explain it? That's a crazy statement. There are economists all over the place explaining it!"
This is why history and economics are not taught in American secondary schools.
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There was a recent article on this in, I believe, The Economist. All they have to do now is recall Maduro.
They need Pinochet but probably won't get anything like him. A benign dictator who restored economic freedom and then went away.
We will have riots here if it looks like the GOP, and especially Trump, is going to win the election next November.
Joe Wooten
Mike, given the normal Latin American way, it will probably be a Somoza, not a Pinochet.
"it will probably be a Somoza, not a Pinochet."
Or a Peron with a whiff of grapeshot.
Can you hear it? That scratching sound of a pen on paper?
It is note-taking in the White House.
Here is some more wit and wisdom from Chairman Maduro.
"I wanted to build 500 thousand houses next year, but I'm not so sure anymore. Not because I'm not capable, because I am. But because I asked for your support and you didn't give it to me."
The irony here is that housing construction per capita per year during 16 years of Chavismo is about 60% of what it was during the last 20 years of the Fourth Republic [1979-1998.]
Are ChicagoBoyz readers aware that not only will cocaine traffic charges be unsealed against Néstor Reverol,head of Venezuela's National Guard, but that relatives of Venezuela's First Family were arrested last month in Haiti for cocaine trafficing?. From the NYT:
And in November, federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged two nephews of Cilia Flores, the wife of President Nicolás Maduro, with conspiring to transport 800 kilograms of cocaine to the United States.
They were arrested in Haiti.
The Chavista government budgeted everything assuming $100+ oil. With the price of oil falling to the neighborhood of $30, there won't be any money left to steal.Unfortunately,that will be small compensation for the people of Venezuela,because Chavismo has regulated free enterprise to death- including agriculture. Food will be scarce next year.
If the GOV would free price controls and the exchange rate,a lot could turn around. But this government doesn't have the sense that God gave geese. Or rather there are a lot of people who are profiting from the current set of regulations. A lot of insiders make out like a a bandit with access to the official exchange rate. They purchase dollars @ 6.3 Bolivares, and sell them @ the black market rate, which last I checked was 800 Bolivares/$. While it would appear insanity to sell gasoline at 10 cents US/gallon at the pump, when smugglers can sell it for ~$2.00/gallon in Colombia, a lot of Army and National Guard people make a pretty good living off the bribes involved in smuggling the gasoline to Colombia and to other countries.
As other commenters have noted, military governments in Latin America do not have a good record overall for good governance.
There is an interesting tale regarding Maduro's threat to unleash violence on the streets if Chavismo lost the December elections. By the end of polling, it was clear to Chavismo that they were headed for a loss. To turn that around, they tried an old trick: keep the polls open after the official end of polling, and bus in more voters. This was stopped by 1)Oppo poll watchers who raised a stink about keeping the polls open after closing time [some of whom got jailed for their troubles] and 2) the head of the Armed Forces told Maduro and Diosdado Cabello [translation: Godgiven Hair. Really!] to close the polls. The head of the Armed Forces also told Maduro and Cabello to keep their "motorizados" off the streets. The "motorizados" are Chavista goons on motorcycles who provide muscle against Oppo people. The "motorizados" would have unleashed violence on the streets had Maduro and Cabello so ordered. Fortunately, the streets were quiet after the election.
Many were surprised at this move by the head of the Armed Forces, who had up to then appeared to be a lapdog of Chavismo- there is a photo of him w Fidel. A lot of cocaine and smuggling money has ended up with the military. Guess the military can only be rented, not bought.
Michael Hiteshew
A bit more history from 2003:
16 U.S. congressmen voiced their approval for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Representatives Barney Frank, John Conyers, Chaka Fattah, Jan Schakowsky, Jose Serrano, and others complained in a letter to President Bush that the United States was not adequately protecting Chavez against a groundswell of internal opposition to his increasingly authoritarian rule–an upsurge that might lead to his ouster. Elected to power in 1998, Lt. Col. Chavez has hijacked democracy in Venezuela and is openly moving the country toward totalitarianism. Beyond Venezuela's borders, he celebrates, protects, and does business with terrorists.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/comandante-chavezs-friends/article/3606
I assume everyone is aware: Hugo Chávez daughter is the richest individual in Venezuela:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/08/10/hugo-chavez-daughter-is-richest-individual-in-venezuela-report-claims/
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.) praise Chavez after his death:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/03/05/congressman-praises-hugo-chavez-in-death/
Gringo, thanks for the article in Caracas Chronicles. It's good insight into how repression is carried out on the ground level. It also reads like a journal of practices of the Democratic Party. I don't know if they learned from each other or they both learned from the Bolsheviks or if thugs just think alike.
The American and European left are slier than that. They don't threaten to be violent, they just ominously note that perhaps _someone_ will. Then they work to excuse whatever violence those _someones_ commit.
Christopher B
To expand on AVI's point, if they don't like the perpatrator they won't provide excuses but will warn in ominous tones about continuing violence if their policies aren't enacted. Win-win.


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What is this triangular symbol?
While waiting for the subway to arrive, I noticed this mysterious symbol between "PRINCE" and "ST." This is not a mistake of any kind. All of the signs at the station had this little triangle, and whoever created these signs put a significant amount of effort in inserting it. (Just look at how it is tiled.) Obviously this was something important for the artist who created this mosaic sign. What could it mean? It could not be a dash. Firstly, a dash would be inappropriate for this context. Secondly, if it were meant as a dash, it would have been much easier to draw a straight line out of these square tiles (instead of a triangle).
(FYI: This is New York City.)
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Interesting. It has to be a separation character because it seems like it and it doesn't look like part of either word. I'll investigate on that.
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It's Pythagoras' triangle. In its most esoteric form, the base is the mother, the height is the father, and the hypotenuse is the son aka: the perfected man. Its place on the sign of Prince St doesn't surprise me as princes (as well as other nobles and the like) look to the allegory as a part of some masonic religious icon.
This is not a case of English diction gone awry, but rather Masonic imagery cleverly disguised in a sign. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a square and compass surrounding a "G" placed elsewhere in the station.
Nadir Sep-04-2007
Hi Nadir,
That would be very interesting if that were true, but I'm not sure about that. As you can see below, it's quite off from where the true Pythagorean triangle should be (3-4-5 ratio). If the artist truly believed in mathematical beauty, I think he/she would have been much more precise.
To me it resembles an "acute" symbol, like the one on top of the 'e' on "café". I have a feeling that there was a functional reason.
Dyske Sep-04-2007
It's a decorative element, not a grammatical one. Take it out and the two words seem to float apart.
Nan1 Sep-04-2007
Such separating characters were often used in Latin inscriptions, e.g. the Pantheon - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pantheon_rome_2005may.jpg
The separating characters helped clarify the text, which contained multiple abbreviations and the convention of spacing between words had not evolved.
Used here, however, it appears to be simply a decorative element.
Patrick1 Sep-12-2007
It's an interpunct!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpunct
John4 Sep-13-2007
Excellent post, John. I thought this one would never get solved.
porsche Sep-13-2007
It's probably a hyphen. My local newspaper hyphenates street names (e.g. High-street) and though I find it odd, it must've been a reasonably popular custom at one time.
dadge Oct-01-2007
To clearly indicate it's "Prince" AND "street" -- and not "princest" (especially from certain angles)..but I like Nadir's explanation better.
common_sense Oct-10-2007
Patrick´s explanation is the only correct one. See any Roman age inscription writen in stone. The triangular shape of a dot is determined by the technique of writing in stone - it is determined by the shape of the employed tool and by the character of the material - stone. The dots in Roman age stone-carved inscriptions are always triangular. This mosaic inscription only wants to look like a Roman age inscription written in stone.
Susan1 Oct-15-2007
Hold on, if Patrick's right then I'm right too. Interpunct is the name of the Latin separating dot.
John4 Oct-15-2007
Not only were you right "too", John. Your explanation was BETTER, much more specific.
porsche Oct-15-2007
It may be this or that, but it has to have a purpose.
The creator (author) wants to convey a specific meaning by "the writing on the wall".
In other words, that is to distinguish 'the writing' from other commonly and readily interpreted terms.
In this case other interpretation like princet or Prince's St or princest (sic) etc. are to be specifically kept at bay, by way of interjecting this symbol.
That's it; the communication, so what if it is in English.
xplusak Oct-31-2007
This sign is probably designed for people to read it from a distance and in a hurry. The mark can act like a visible space. Like serifs make reading text easier without the reader noticing them, this mark could be something a person doesn't consciously see from a distance but his brain picks up. This way he doesn't see Princest, but Prince St. (For that matter, maybe the designer wanted to avoid an offensive word that appears without the space and then had to put it on all the signs for consistency!)
Aunt_B Nov-16-2007
I'm pretty sure that it's an interpunct.
Dredsina1 Dec-13-2007
It seems even Persian to me !! sorry! :D
http://www.avesta.org/op/op.htm
Sassan Dec-16-2007
Oh! I Forgot to say that in the Old Persian scripts, the "" signs where barriers of the words; just like space in English.
i.e. http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/XPg.html
Shame on me !!! "were" not "where" J... Sorry!!!!
Lets go under the duvet
Melissa3 Dec-18-2007
It's just a freakin interpunct!!! The mosaic is roman, the romans wrote in Latin, and way back when, they didn't use spaces to separate words, so they used and interpunct. Mosaic=Roman=Latin=Interpunct!!
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Q: Loading Adult Dataset from file to Database I've created some basics aggregate, and I'd would like to test them out.
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I've created the table, that can contain the data, but I'm not able to upload it (the file is adult test).
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I've opened the file in notepad++, inserted quotes on the string type values, but there are 39K rows.
I can't type for 39K times INSERT INTO.
Any Help?

A: In Notepad++ with the file open, use regex replace to create the statement. Bear in mind it's much faster to do a single INSERT, rather than creating a new INSERT statement for every one of the 32k+ rows.
On adult.data, using the first 5 rows as example:
39, State-gov, 77516, Bachelors, 13, Never-married, Adm-clerical, Not-in-family, White, Male, 2174, 0, 40, United-States, <=50K
50, Self-emp-not-inc, 83311, Bachelors, 13, Married-civ-spouse, Exec-managerial, Husband, White, Male, 0, 0, 13, United-States, <=50K
38, Private, 215646, HS-grad, 9, Divorced, Handlers-cleaners, Not-in-family, White, Male, 0, 0, 40, United-States, <=50K
53, Private, 234721, 11th, 7, Married-civ-spouse, Handlers-cleaners, Husband, Black, Male, 0, 0, 40, United-States, <=50K
28, Private, 338409, Bachelors, 13, Married-civ-spouse, Prof-specialty, Wife, Black, Female, 0, 0, 40, Cuba, <=50K

Replace -> Search Mode: Regular Expression
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Replace with: \($1, '$2', $3, '$4', $5, '$6', '$7', '$8', '$9', '$10', $11, $12, $13, '$14', '$15'\),
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(50, 'Self-emp-not-inc', 83311, 'Bachelors', 13, 'Married-civ-spouse', 'Exec-managerial', 'Husband', 'White', 'Male', 0, 0, 13, 'United-States', '<=50K'),
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One day cutting school, renting a row boat and crossing the Long Island sound with 8 of us.
The boat was approximately 3 inches above the water.
We went to school the next day very sunburnt.
I wonder if any if our teachers thought we were really sick.
Diving with Whale sharks and manta rays for a living.
Whitefish, Montana (June), Yes June!!
Logans Pass, West Glacier (JUNE) also.
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In my office at the Georgia Aquarium.


Nigerian and Chadian officials are seeking $50 billion for a major water diversion project to replenish Lake Chad. This is nearly twice the annual GDP of Uganda. But it's understandable, the lake has shrunk by nearly 90% between 1963 and today.
The plan involves diverting water from the Oubangi River in Central Africa to replenish the lake. It is estimated that the feasibility study alone would cost nearly $15 million. The proposed project would also provide irrigation, energy, and transportation infrastructure aimed at stimulating economic development.
With the election of Chadian foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat as chairperson of the African Union Commission, the project and the larger security concerns will remain a priority for the organization as well as for diplomatic interactions with other regions of the world.
Lake Chad offers a grim cautionary tale of how lessons from chronic drought might inform our anticipation of the potential impact of climate change in many parts of Africa. It shows the close interconnections between ecological change, security, and development. But it also points to emerging technological opportunities for improving environmental monitoring and the need to act in time.
The lake straddles the borders of Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria. This is the same region that is ravaged by the excesses of Boko Haram. It provides water for nearly 30 million people in the semi-arid Sahel region. Its overall basin is the largest closed drainage basin in the world covering 2.5 million square km, or about 8% of the African continent.
The prolonged Sahel drought from the late 1960s to the early 1980s reduced water flow into the lake. The drought, combined with population growth, pushed people in the catchment areas to expand irrigation. This further undercut the flow of water into the lake.
In 1972, the lake split into two, and was separated by a 40 km barrier. The southern lake is shallower and therefore more susceptible to evaporation. To restore the lake level, enough water would need to flow into the southern lake to overflow the barrier and replenish the northern lake. But this has been compromised by drought and irrigation. Simulation studies have shown that the failure of Lake Chad to merge back into a single water body following wetter periods in the 1990s resulted from irrigation. Without irrigation the lake would have probably merged in 1999, and again in 2004.
The case of Lake Chad is too dramatic to contemplate. But other major water bodies such as Lake Victoria are vulnerable to similar, if not equivalent, impacts. Nearly 80% of the replenishment of Lake Victoria comes from rainfall, which feeds thousands of streams. The lake itself is relatively shallow, averaging 40 meters deep. A prolonged drought could affect large parts of the shoreline, destroying fish breeding areas and agriculture. This would put the lives of millions of people at risk.
Consequences of a receding shoreline due to prolonged drought is unknown. But it would be foolhardy to wait and see.
Some people would turn to irrigation, especially on the Kenyan side of the lake, which has the largest number of rivers flowing into it. This would reduce the inflow of water into the lake. Considerable water and land use conflicts would ensue, making them national security challenges. The ramifications would extend to East Africa's relations with the Nile basin countries, especially Egypt.
Little is known of the consequences of even modest receding of the shoreline due to prolonged drought. But it would be foolhardy to wait and see. The first step in addressing the problem is to conduct real time monitoring of ecological trends in the region. One of the most effective tools available today is satellite technology.
A drying riverbed below the Mau forest near Narok. This is one of the rivers that supply Lake Victoria.
African countries are only starting to explore the use of space technology. Climate change and regional ecological disruptions are already rendering historical maps and geographical data useless. Traditional knowledge is no longer an effective guide for environmental management in light of climate change. Policymakers need a fresh start using modern technologies.
Part of the slow adoption of satellite technology is the perception that space technology is too expensive. The popular and false image of the technology is derived from the last century, when the space programs were too expensive for emerging countries.
This perception has persisted despite dramatically falling costs of developing such programs. African countries can now establish viable space programs with about $300 million. The costs could be shared by neighboring countries. The East African Community, for example, could have one regional space program instead five separate ones.
More countries around the world are now focusing on small satellites, which are easier to build and launch in modular constellations. This is also making it possible for students in South Africa to participate in the design of small satellites and the accompanying scientific experiments.
The future of environmental monitoring is being transformed by the increased use emerging technologies such as civilian drones. Climate change offers Africa yet another reason to leverage the drones to complement satellite technology. Increasing the installation of weather stations across Africa would provide additional support for environmental monitoring. According to Gro Intelligence, the land mass of sub-Saharan Africa is 35 times that of Texas. Yet the two have nearly the same number of weather stations.
The long-term contribution of such efforts lies in building strong institutions of higher learning attached to major infrastructure projects. Such universities can then work with networks of technical institutes and high schools to broaden the base for competence in environmental management.
Investments in human resource development, especially in the engineering fields, will help African countries reduce the maintenance costs of infrastructure projects. Given the magnitude of the financial outlays needed for climate change abatement projects, the continent needs low-cost ways of providing evidence-based advice for the design, implementation and maintenance of infrastructure investments. Ways to do this include expanding the engineering divisions of African scientific academies as well as creating dedicated academies of engineering.
The specter of climate change will continue to haunt Africa. But it also offers new opportunities for tapping into emerging technologies for environmental monitoring to address improve development planning and identify emerging security challenges. Such anticipatory work might give the continent the knowledge needed to respond in time to ecological disasters.


This week we have had a theme of Superheroes in support of Children in Need. The children and staff have been dressed as a wonderful and colourful variety of their favourite superheroes or characters from books and films. We have been making superhero hats and masks from sugar paper and paint, glue and bits of shiny (superpower) foil.
The children have enjoyed making cakes each day to sell at the end of the sessions and have become very good at remembering which ingredients to put in next and how much they should each weigh.
The weather has made activities in the garden a bit more challenging as the water tends to pool and flood certain areas but at Squirrels we are excellent at rising to the challenge and finding fun things to do. An obstacle course can easily be adapted to be constructed around a small lake and of course superheroes are never put off by a bit of rain!
More outdoor fun has included pretending to be animals by trying to walk in a way that looks like a snake or bear or lion and making the noises to go with it.
The film Frozen continues to be a firm favourite although some of the staff who have not yet seen it are at a disadvantage. To get round this problem we asked a small group of children to re-tell us the story which was then written down in their own words on a large sheet of paper and placed on the door. It was a great exercise in seeing the children's perception of a plot, understanding of language and memory skills. We then acted out the story and the children enjoyed taking on the different roles and adding parts to the story as they remembered them.
The week ended on Children in Need's fund-raising day and we were delighted to welcome Jade, who has volunteered with us before, into the setting to make cakes with the children. The children enjoy having different people in to work and play with them, and they all had great fun making the most beautiful cakes. Parents have been exceptionally generous this year with their donations of cakes and money and we would like them to know how much we appreciate it.
We had some lovely entries to the colouring competition and the winning entries are displayed on this site and the face-book page.
So at the end of another busy week we look forward to the challenges of Road Safety week beginning on Monday.
Pretend to be different animals and get as imaginative as possible.


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BAZ LUHRMANN TOLD TO SHUT THE F*CK UP
HOLLYWOOD – The movie industry is in a state of shock as yesterday Baz Luhrmann was told to 'shut the f*ck up' by an exec (not this one) in a pre-production meeting.
Actor and sharp faced Aussie, Guy Pearce was in the meeting and spoke with the Studio Exec:
I'm still shaking, feel my arm. That's not acting mate; although I can do that easy. Have you seen my acting?
Yes, it's good. Good acting. So what happened with Baz?
Bazza was going through some pre-viz shots for his Citizen Kane remake, just a standard montage with 356 shots per second with a kick ass Pussy Cat Dolls album track and lots of zooms, like whoooooooosh and wheeeeeeee. And he starts talking about his vision for the movie when this guy just ups and says 'SHUT THE F*CK UP!'
I was confused at first. I looked like this [pulls confused face]. That's just me acting by the way, I'm not confused now. This is the kind of face I did sometimes in Memento, have you seen that?
Yes Guy, it's good. So what happened next?
I think I fainted, I'm not proud of it. I came up on the Australian soap circuit and I've heard my fair share of trash talk, but this was a whole new level. He told him to 'shut the f*ck up!'
What's the latest from the hospital, do they think Baz will pull through?
He's in some kind of coma. Far gone, and he looks like he's aged about 40 years! not unlike the character I played in Prometheus. Have you seen that?
Ye…no, no didn't catch that. I was out of the country at the time.
I have a copy right here! Look, [pulls DVD from inside pocket]. I was going to play it for Baz, you know, just in case he can hear it in whatever realm he's in. But we could watch it right here, right now!
Well I don't think I have the…
Done deal mate…sit back, relax. It's the extended edition too. Boy are you in for a treat.
Baz Luhrmann Guy Pearce neighbors romeo and juliet the great gatsby
PETER JACKSON'S WAR AND PEACE WILL BE 3 FILMSApr 2, 2014
THE EXPENDABLES 3 CAST LIST RELEASEDApr 3, 2014
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Chad Sternberger Aug 4, 2014
LINDSAY LOHAN RETIRES


Playing duo is not for the faint at heart; in the exposed nature of the format, there's nowhere to hide. Each musician needs to walk a near-constant tightrope between compelling dialogue and graceful accompaniment. Great examples include Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Stan Getz and Kenny Barron, and now on their transcendent new release, Conversations, David Roitstein and Larry Koonse.
Pianist, composer, and educator Roitstein has anchored the CalArts Jazz Program since 1983. In teaming up with guitarist Koonse (also a CalArts educator), Roitstein has found a suitable sparring partner. Take the pair's playful interplay on the album opener "Mamulengo," with each musician pushing the other into new harmonic and rhythmic depths. And on Thelonious Monk's "Think of One," Koonse's stride-like guitar comping proves the perfect bed for Roitstein's angular improv. The album's closer, Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Luiza," recalls the grace of Stanley Myers' theme from The Deer Hunter, "Cavatina," and is played with a reverence rarely heard on recordings nowadays. It's a fitting end to an album that surprises at every turn.


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Effectiveness of crystallization test in screening of potentially malignant oral disorders and oral cancer
Ratna Kumari V N Tarigoppula, BR Ahmed Mujib, Rashmi Naik
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India
Aim: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of crystallization test in screening of oral potentially malignant disorders (PMDs) and oral cancer. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients of oral PMD, 30 patients of oral cancer and 40 normal healthy people were selected. One drop of blood was collected and added to 1 cc of double-distilled water at room temperature to get a final dilution of 6% hemolyzed blood. 0.1–0.2 cc of this blood sample is added to 10 cc of 20% cupric chloride solution and further is subjected to crystallization test. Results: In the normal healthy group, the pattern was typical with an eccentrically placed center of gravity with needles arranged in radiating fashion. Whereas in oral PMD and cancer groups, there was "transverse form" formation. This test had sensitivity and specificity of about 83.33% and 86.84% for PMDs group and 96.30% and 86.84% for oral cancer group respectively. Conclusion: Crystallization test was found to be sensitive, reliable, economical and less-invasive procedure for screening of oral PMDs and oral cancer.
Keywords: Crystallization test, histopathological grading, oral cancer, oral potentially malignant disorder, oral squamous cell carcinoma
Tarigoppula RK, Ahmed Mujib B R, Naik R. Effectiveness of crystallization test in screening of potentially malignant oral disorders and oral cancer. Indian J Dent Res 2018;29:556-61
Tarigoppula RK, Ahmed Mujib B R, Naik R. Effectiveness of crystallization test in screening of potentially malignant oral disorders and oral cancer. Indian J Dent Res [serial online] 2018 [cited 2019 Jul 18];29:556-61. Available from: http://www.ijdr.in/text.asp?2018/29/5/556/244943
Oral cancer remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with an unaltered 5-year survival rate.[1] Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts to about 90% of all oral cancers and is often not diagnosed until advanced.[2] The survival rates can be improved if detected, diagnosed, and treated at an early stage. There has been growing demand in the recent years towards developing new noninvasive tools in the early detection of oral cancer.[1]
Most of the OSCCs develop from potentially malignant disorders (PMDs). The term PMD is preferred over precancer as not all of them terminate into malignancy. Instead, there is a series of morphological alterations with some exhibiting greater potential for malignant transformation. They are not only site-specific predictors as they also indicate the risk of future malignancy in clinically normal mucosa reflecting their wide anatomic distribution. Lack of awareness of the signs and symptoms of the PMDs among the general population attributes to the delay in diagnosis.[3],[4] Proper diagnosis and treatment of PMDs would prevent their further malignant transformation.
Although there are many methods available for early detection, the need of the hour is a method that is simple, economical, reliable, less time consuming and less invasive. Pfeiffer in 1938 introduced a new technique for detecting cancer by observing the crystallization pattern of cupric chloride on admixture with blood of cancer patient.[5] According to Kopaczewski (1933), the different patterns of crystallization produced by organic and inorganic salts on the addition of colloidal solutions were attributed to different rates and amplitudes of molecular movements involved in the process of evaporation. Gruner in 1940 emphasized the role of colloidal proteins in dilute form of blood contributing to different crystallization patterns.[6] Gulati et al. and Kuczkowski et al. performed this test in various head and neck malignancies and concluded its usage in mass screening programs.[7],[8]
The present study is an attempt to validate the efficacy of crystallization test in screening of oral PMDs and oral cancer.
The study was carried out in the Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology. Thirty cases of clinically diagnosed oral PMDs and thirty cases of clinically suspected oral cancer which were further subjected to confirmatory histopathological analysis were present. The cases did not receive any therapy before the study and were free of any systemic disease. Control group included forty healthy subjects matched for age and sex having no obvious oral lesions or systemic disease. Informed consent has been obtained after explaining the procedure. Ethical clearance has been obtained from the institutional review board.
All the individuals of the study were in the age range of 30–75 years. The most common anatomical sites for OSCC were buccal mucosa, vestibule, and tongue.
In the potentially malignant group, leukoplakia (12 cases), followed by oral submucous fibrosis (7 cases), was more common.
Crystallization test
The procedure involved collecting a drop of blood by pricking the ring finger under aseptic conditions. The blood drop was added to 1 cc of double-distilled water, a final dilution of 6% hemolyzed blood was achieved. 0.1–0.2 cc of blood sample was then added to 10 cc of 20% Cupric chloride solution. Immediately, the mixture was poured in the prewarmed Petri dish More Details of 10 cm size.
The Petri dish was placed in BOD incubator (temperature: 28°C–32°C and humidity of 35% to 55%) in an isolated room without any vibratory disturbances for about 18–19 h. Later, the crystallization patterns were carefully observed using magnifying lens against daylight. The presence of transverse form (TF) was considered as positive crystallization test. Further, the number of TFs was counted to correlate with the histological grades of OSCC.
Analysis was done using SPSS version 18. Entire values were expressed as percentages and mean ± standard deviation. Correlation between number of TFs and histopathological grades of oral cancer was observed using independent sample t-test. Chi-square test was applied and a P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results and Observations
The pattern of crystallization with cupric chloride solution alone included thick crystals with needles arranged randomly in a haphazard manner [Figure 1]. Such pattern was called as muddle formation by Sabarth and Williams.[9] The needles exhibited side branching with secondary and tertiary branches.
Figure 1: Crystallization test when only cupric chloride is used exhibits irregular muddle formation
The pattern of crystallization in the control group was that of an eccentrically placed center of gravity with orderly arranged needles radiating from centre towards periphery [Figure 2].
Figure 2: Crystallization test in a normal individual exhibiting a pattern of eccentric centre of gravity with radiating needles
Among the PMDs and cancer group, there was presence of "transverse bar" or "TF" which consisted of transverse needles with wing-like formation on either or both sides [Figure 3], [Figure 4], [Figure 5], [Figure 6], [Figure 7], [Figure 8]. The needles emerging from the center failed to pierce the TFs. These TFs did not exhibit any secondary or tertiary branching.
Figure 3: Crystallization test in an oral submucous fibrosis patient exhibiting transverse form
Figure 4: Crystallization test in an oral leukoplakia patient exhibiting transverse forms
Figure 5: Crystallization test in another leukoplakia patient exhibiting transverse forms
Figure 6: Crystallization test in a speckled leukoplakia patient exhibiting transverse forms
Figure 7: Crystallization test in an oral cancer patient exhibiting transverse forms
Figure 8: Crystallization test in another oral cancer patient exhibiting wider transverse forms
Among 30 PMDs, 25 were positive and 5 were negative for crystallization test. Sensitivity and specificity of crystallization test in screening PMDs were calculated. The positive and negative predictive values for oral potentially malignant group were found to be 83.33 and 86.84 respectively [Table 1].
Table 1: Positive/negative crystallization test with statistical analysis in all the three groups (potentially malignant disorders, normal and oral cancer)
TFs in various clinically diagnosed PMDs are shown in [Table 2].
Table 2: Expression of transverse forms in potentially malignant disorders with mean and standard deviations
Crystallization test for three of the oral cancer patients and two of the normal group exhibited irregular or ill-defined patterns and were excluded from statistical analysis.
The OSCC group consisted of 22 (73.3%) females and 8 (26.67%) males. Buccal mucosa (9 cases) was a more common site in oral cancer group [Table 3]. Out of 27 cases of oral cancer, 26 were positive, and 1 was negative. The positive and negative predictive values for oral cancer group were found to be 83.87 and 97.06, respectively [Table 1].
Table 3: Most common site in oral cancer group
Among the 38 normal cases, 33 were negative, and 5 were positive. Among the clinically suspected oral cancer patients, three were not operated as patients were unwilling. The Broder's grading was done for histologically proven cases of OSCC, among which 14 cases were well differentiated, and 8 were moderately differentiated. The number of TFs was counted and was expressed as TF frequency in both the potentially malignant and oral cancer groups. Expression of TFs was analyzed in PMDs in comparison to normal and OSCC in comparison to normal respectively. The Chi-square test was applied and "P" value was found to be <0.05. This indicates that crystallization test was statistically significant for the detection of oral PMDs and oral cancer [Table 1].
Further within OSCC group, TF frequency was correlated to various histopathological grades of oral cancer [Table 4]. There was no any correlation found between TF frequencies to various grades of oral cancer.
Table 4: Correlation between number of transverse forms and histopathological grades of oral cancer using independent sample t-test
Biochemical alterations occurring in malignancy can be detected in the blood as it serves as an excellent medium reflecting alterations in the body during malignancy.[10]
A specific method for cancer detection was employed by Pfeiffer (1938). According to this method, cupric chloride on admixture with the blood of a cancer patient exhibited specific pattern of crystallization. Pfeiffer's crystallization test is based on the principle that colloidal proteins existing in the dilute form of human blood behave as an impurity when mixed with cupric chloride solution and get transformed into an orderly pattern with radiating needle-like crystals.[6] These patterns were found to be distinctive in health and disease by Pfeiffer. In experimental animals, these patterns were found to be specific and characteristic for each disease.[6]
These biochemical changes occurring in blood have a molecular basis at grass root level. There are certain forces at the molecular level maintaining the integrity of molecular structure. In case of malignancy, biochemical alterations bring about change in these physical forces involved in maintaining cohesion of molecules in crystalline pattern. This in turn is responsible for the peculiar crystalline pattern forming tendency with chemical substances. It can, therefore, be expected that these physical forces get altered in any kind of malignancy causing disturbance in molecular integrity.[9],[11]
In malignancies, it has been noticed that there is increase in the levels of diamines and polyamines in blood which are intermediate products of protein metabolism.[12] These degraded products of protein metabolism might be responsible for the particular precancer and cancer-specific patterns in the crystallization test.
In the present study, crystallization patterns observed were quite similar to the previous studies. Certain variations in patterns mentioned by Sarode et al. like the presence of two or more centers of gravity with wing-like formations were present. In the present study, side branching arising from central radiating needles were differentiated from TFs by closer examination with magnifying lens similar to study by Sarode et al.[13]
In the present study, sensitivity and specificity of crystallization test for the oral potentially malignant group were 83.33 and 86.84%, respectively. In fact, this is the first study to evaluate the effectiveness of crystallization test in the group of oral PMDs. Crystallization test carried out on precancerous conditions of female genital tract had a sensitivity of 84.61% in a study by Shaikh et al.[5]
Sensitivity and specificity of the test for oral cancer group in the present study were 96.30 and 86.84%, respectively, whereas those obtained by Sarode et al. were, 96 and 96.66% respectively.[13] Sensitivity of the test carried out on oral cancer patients by Gulati et al. and Kuczkowski et al. were 88 and 71.5, respectively whereas in genital cancer carried out by Shaikh et al. was 94.7%.[5],[7],[8]
The mean TFs were further correlated with the histopathological grades of oral cancer. No statistically significant correlation was found. This went against the study by Sarode et al. where the correlation was found. Evaluation of this correlation further requires a larger sample performed under aseptic conditions.
In one of the cases, we performed crystallization test pre- and post-treatment and found a reduction in the number of TFs posttreatment. Role of crystallization test in assessing the remission of the lesion can further be analyzed in future studies.
Crystallization test in this study was also carried out on a long-term areca nut chewer, and a smoker without any clinical lesions and TFs were observed [Figure 9] and [Figure 10]. This however needs further validation by carrying over larger populations.
Figure 9: Crystallization test in an areca nut chewer for 20 years exhibiting transverse forms
Figure 10: Crystallization test in a smoker for 5 years exhibiting transverse forms
In the potentially malignant group, highest number of TFs was observed in leukoplakia and oral submucous fibrosis as they formed the majority of cases. Histopathological features such as epithelial dysplasia are most commonly used indicators for malignant transformation. Other parameters are needed for accurate assessment of malignant transformation apart from histopathological assessment.[14] In this regard, number of TFs in oral PMDs can be considered for risk assessment.
In the present study, 5 patients of oral PMDs group and 1 patient of oral cancer group exhibited false negative. On the other hand, 5 of the normal group people exhibited false-positive result. Further, the irregular or ill-defined patterns observed for few of the study could be due to the technical sensitivity. As this test is purely based on physical phenomenon and is technically highly sensitive, It should be carried out under strict physical conditions to avoid false positives and negatives as shortcomings.
Thus our study concludes crystallization test to be an effective, simple, less invasive, and less time-consuming screening method in detection of oral PMDs and oral cancer. This test can be used at community level in mass screening of high-risk individuals who are more prone to develop potentially malignant and malignant oral lesions. These high-risk individuals should be subjected to more confirmatory tests to evaluate their malignancy potential. However further studies are required on larger samples to validate the effectiveness of crystallization test in screening of oral PMDs and oral cancer.
We want to acknowledge the Efforts of laboratory technician - Sheri and attenders – Vijayamma and Neelappa of Oral Pathology department, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital for their support while carrying out study.
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Dr. Ratna Kumari V N Tarigoppula
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere - 577 004, Karnataka
DOI: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_535_16
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- Threshold Reiki Experience - This page is one of a series where I share a personal experience or anecdote related to my Reiki work. The pages are also intended to give you some "food for thought" and add to your overall Reiki knowledge base.
I must admit that there were times when I and Reiki Master friends of mine would seem to go to the limit to explore energy work, and it's effects on us.
One time in the spring of 2000 comes to mind. It was the year following Mr. Doi's visit to Vancouver during which my friends (Andy, Tom, Yukio and Yuko) and I held the first of several international conferences for Mr. Hiroshi Doi and others. During that weekend he told us about the original URR Gakkai attunement methods, what he called reiju, and while he was not permitted to share the current version, he did teach us one he had made up with some of his friends, what he liked to call Gendai Reiju.
That spring Tom Rigler was back in town to visit and staying at a B and B across teh street from my place. So I invited a couple of my other master students who had attended the URRI 1999 conference - Jaime and Warren - to come over and meet with Tom and I. The 4 of us decided we would practice Gendai Reiju on each other. We paired off with Tom and Jaime working together while Warren would work with me. Warren hadn't practiced this reiju very much so while I was sitting quietly with my eyes closed, I could hear Tom reminding Warren of the method for the reiju. Then everything was very quiet. Suddenly I felt an immense pressure above and around my head. I opened my eyes and found that the other 3 were each giving me the reiju at the same time, one on each side and one in front. So I smiled to myself and closed my eyes and just received.
However, when they were finished and the pressure was gone, I discovered that I could not move a muscle. I told them this and they were quite surprised. it took me a couple minutes before I finally could move. Afterwards the guys thought this was great fun so we had to do the same thing for each of us. It was just amazing to have so much energy being presented at one time. Each of us found we had little ability to move right after the reiju.
Then I though I would have some more fun with them and said to them "Watch this." I went into the kitchen and asked Nadya to join us. She agreed and so I told her what we wanted to do. She said was agreeable to this experiement. I had her sit in the chair, and then all 4 of us gave her Gendai Reiju at the same time, one on each side of her. Afterwards, Nadya opened her eyes, smiled, said that it had felt nice, then thanked us and got up and went back into the kitchen.
The other guys were just shocked at this. They couldn't believe their eyes, that she could easily handle so much energy and then get right up. So I explained to them how it was in 1995 when I used to channel for Nadya that I had first learned over her ability with energy. One day while doing this with her, another of my guides told me in my mind to reach around and feel Nadya's natural energy. I did so even as I channeled for her, and discovered she had huge natural earth energy with very strong grounding abilities. They said that Nadya was like a huge sponge when it came to acquiring and holding energies, and that at that time I was no where near being able to fill all that ability, although it would come later on. They then wanted me to reach around her and copy her grounding abilities to assist me in holding more energies.
And that day in 2000, Nadya innocently proved this to my 3 friends and I.


I thought I'd give a crack at something that was similar to SmokePing. It's not perfect, and please comment if you find any issues with it. Essentially it pings 20 times much like the original. I've made the packet loss show up as a vertical bar instead of just a section of a line. Please note that the ping-latency.pl perl script that should go in /var/www/html/cacti/scripts, takes advantage of a shorter interval time and this may or may not be supported on your platform. I am currently running this on RH EL AS3. Your mileage may vary.
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Of course, here are the .xml file and ping-latency.pl script. I had to add .txt to the script to get it to attach.
Thanks a million times over for posting this. I have been messing with the orig script posted here (smokeping 86c) to get it to look more like the orig. It worked, but when I upgraded to 86f and rrdtool1.2, it started failing. This works great for me. I modded it just a bit, added a new class of loss (1-2% and 3-5% now instead of just 1-5%) and am using fping with more pings so that you can actually get 1-2% loss. I.E. 19/20 pings returned = 5%loss 18/20 = 10% loss, etc. I upped to 40 pings and now able to get 39/40 = 2.5% loss, which matches the first instance. How hard would it be to change the loss return from % to actual ping loss? I.E. actually have 1 packet lost = 1st color, 2 packet lost = 2nd color, etc? It would be nice to reduce my pings back down to 20ish as the ping process takes a long time across many devices.... but I really need the low end loss stats.
Here is my ping-latency.pl -- CAUTION - only use if you know what you are doing, as this amount of pinging and pause time may overwhelm/ or effect the poller, etc in bad ways. CAUTION!
How hard would it be to change the loss return from % to actual ping loss? I.E. actually have 1 packet lost = 1st color, 2 packet lost = 2nd color, etc? It would be nice to reduce my pings back down to 20ish as the ping process takes a long time across many devices.... but I really need the low end loss stats.
Well, the simple math of it should dictate your granularity.
40 pkts gives at most a granularity of 2.5% etc.
Personally, for me, anything over 1% catches my eye, and when it gets over 15% you really have a problem, so it doesn't matter for me that its 60% or 80%..
If you have a look at the CDEF's they are really doing the calculations for pkt loss, it should be real easy to modify, infact it looks like you already have done this. I'm guessing people have different needs. I was mostly posting this as a "template" to give enough information for people to extend it for their own liking.
If you need help with a specific change, just PM me and I'll see what I can do.
Has anyone had issued importing either of these 2 templates?? I'm using cacti vs. d and I get Error: XML: Hash version does not exist when trying to import either 1.0 or 1.1 templates?? Any suggestions??
I have created a PHP Script Server version of fping using builtin Cacti modules and the specification in your perl script. This may be much faster than your current perl script. Give it a try. Your existing Data Sources should be 100% compatible.
Use the following link to ss_tping.php as a guide.
I am thinking of making this the Gold Standard. I would like comments from the Cacti community. Please provide feedback.
Also, if somebody could package the ss_fping.php into a complete "Data Input", "Data Template" and "Graph Template" package, I would appreciate it.
I have been working with this template and have found a flaw associated with it or Cacti that will make you unhappy (eventually) if you use it.
It saddens me to say this, because I really like it and cudo's to the author's.
However, there is a problem when this Graph Template is applied to create Graphs. When you do so, the Graphs, although they will function, are damaged internally. If they are edited, say by modifying the graph template, you will likely loose all of your graphs.
I have sent the Exported Graph Template to the Cacti author and major domo ("Ian Berry") in hopes that he can correct the problem.
Any more details around this? My graphs appear to be working ok. Perhaps I don't quite understand what part is broken.
indeed, sadly, look how my starting graph looks like, in the attachament.
I have received an updated template from the Cacti Author, but have not had time to modify for the ss_fping.php program and post to this site. Been I vacation and in the woods with the Boy Scouts, apparently hunting bears BTB, with the ss_fping.php Script Server add on, the performance does improve significantly depending on how many ping retries you select.


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Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have announced launching a virtual currency to help fund their campaign for independence and provide humanitarian aid.
The AmbaCoin, a bitcoin-like currency based on the blockchain software principle, is named after the co-called Republic of Ambazonia", a self-declared independent state in Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest Regions.
"The People of Ambazonia has created AmbaCoin, a tradeable digital token that can be used as a currency, a representation of an asset, a virtual share, a proof of patriotic citizenship," according to the currency's website.
According to a clock on the currency's website, the AmbaCoin became operational on Friday.
It said there had been more than 28,000 pre-orders for the currency, a figure that could not be verified independently.
Buying one "amba" for the "Ambazonian Crypto Bond" costs 25 US cents.
In October 2017, separatist anglophone leaders declared a "Republic of Ambazonia" in two regions that were incorporated into predominantly French-speaking Cameroon in 1961.
The central government in Yaounde launched a crackdown, deploying thousands of troops against the fighters.
More than 200 members of the security forces and at least 500 civilians have been killed, according to the International Crisis Group think-tank, while the UN estimates that more than 437,000 people have fled their homes.
The two English-speaking regions were previously ruled by Britain as the Southern Cameroons.
Resentment built into demands for a return to Cameroon's federal state, which then snowballed into a declaration of independence as the situation polarised.
The purported state – whose name is taken from Ambas Bay on the coast – also has a flag, a national anthem and a president, but has not been internationally recognised.


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'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' Is Being Sued by the Satanic Temple for Its Use of a Baphomet Statue
Who (or what) is Baphomet, you ask? Consult your local metal band to find out.
Michael Nordine
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Kiernan Shipka in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
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"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" has received largely positive reviews since premiering on Netflix last week, but one group is less than enthused: The Satanic Temple. The organization has announced that it is pursuing legal action against the streaming giant and Warner Brothers for the show's use of a statue that TST says violates its copyright. The statue in question is of Baphomet, a goat-like deity that has made its way into the iconography of various groups affiliated with Satanism and the occult dating back centuries.
Said figure is familiar to anyone who's ever seen a death metal album cover, but this particular variant is apparently unique to the Temple. "The show's creators did not utilize a generic Sabbatic goat that is commonly used in many occult circles, such as the image created by Eliphas Levi, but instead created an identical and easily identifiable replica of TST's statue," its statement claims. "Unlike most imagery associated with Satanism, the unique Baphomet statue designed and built for TST is copyrighted, which grants the creator exclusive rights to determine whether, and under what conditions, this original work may be used by others."
That Netflix and Warner Brothers allegedly did not seek permission is only part of the complaint: The Satanic Temple is also displeased that the statue is used to represent "Satanic Panic" tropes and thus paint the group and its beliefs in a negative light.
"Given the show's utilization of the Baphomet statue to represent an evil cannibalistic cult, a perception falsely associated with Satanism even in modern times, TST would have denied its use to the show creators," the statement continues. "Not only does it contradict what Baphomet represents, we owe it to those who identify with us to not allow this image, and by extension them, to be represented in this way."
The Church of Satan, meanwhile, has gone on the record in stating it has no part in any of this:
Has nothing to do with us.
— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) November 1, 2018
For further research, direct your attention to such all-timers as "Baphomet's Throne" by Samael, Behemoth's "Horns ov Baphomet," or even "Horns of Baphomet" by Akercocke; the latter two aren't versions of the same song but rather evidence of what a lasting impressions said horns have left on metal musicians.
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Disney officials said in a news release Thursday that the policy will be in place by mid-2019 and is part of the company's "long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship." The plan will eliminate more than 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers annually.
Earlier this month, a ban on plastic straws took effect in Seattle. Since then, Starbucks and Marriott announced plastic straws and stirrers would be removed from their businesses. San Francisco is in the process of enacting a ban on straws and other plastic items, which would begin next July 1.
Disney also announced it will transition to refillable in-room amenities in hotels and cruise ships over the next few years.


Importantly, Stephen believes conductor Elim Chan will balance this strong Russian orchestration with the Spanish themes of the work.
'It is an imitation of light, Spanish guitar singing music, even though there are full orchestral forces. But Elim can use a very large orchestra with incredibly fine detail, so I'm really looking forward to hearing her interpretation, all the dynamics, all of the contrast, all of the lightness, and all of the richness that will come. With her combination of strength and sensitivity, and sense of humour, I'm absolutely confident that she will control all those forces with real poise. That's the sort of conductor she is.


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PASSAGES: PAUL JACOB, SUPERVISOR JACOB'S HUSBAND, A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO IMPROVED FIRE SAFETY IN JAMUL (1937-2018)
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Paul Ernest Jacob
Paul Jacob
Dianne Jacob
Deerhorn Valley
Photo, left: Paul Jacob at YMCA Branding held at his ranch
September 30, 2018 (Jamul) – Paul Ernest Jacob, 80, a Jamul community leader, retired Naval aviator and husband of Supervisor Dianne Jacob, died September 23rd of Parkinson's disease. Dedicated to improving fire safety for his community, he provided his ranch for use as an emergency shelter and fire operations hub during wildfires.
He was also a founding member of the Jamul Dulzura Community Planning Group and was devoted to the East County YMCA. He helped organize "The Branding," a fundraising gala held at the Jacob ranch for 14 years, raising over $1.5 million for local Y programs.
Deerhorn Valley Antler editor Kim Hamilton says Paul Jacob was "beloved" by their neighbors, adding, "He and his wife, Dianne, were the backbone of the community we know and call home today."
She recalls that during a search for a fire station location 30 years ago, the Jacobs held community potlucks in a tool shed where an old fire rig was housed. "Paul attended all our community meetings—always that quiet voice of reason and steadiness," she recalls, adding that she often sought out his advice. "While his physical presence is sorely missed, his legacy is all around us, every day."
Paul was committed to keeping his wildfire-prone community safe. He made improvements to the ranch so it could served as a shelter and gathering spot during disasters, also expanding irrigation to provide firefighters easier access to water.
A hay field on the Jacob ranch housed hundreds of fire responders during the 2007 Harris Fire, serving as a hub for Cal Fire and other agencies. Jamul resident fleeing the massive 2007 Harris Fire found sanctuary on the ranch. In 1991, he donated a section of land for construction of a volunteer fire station.
Hamilton recalls. "Today, our Deerhorn Valley Fire Station stands on land that was once Jacob property," she adds. "The generosity of Paul and Dianne is without measure."
Born December 7, 1937, Paul Jacob was the first son of Bertha and Ernest Jacob. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and worked at South Hills Country Club, where his father was golf course superintendent. A natural leader at Carrick High School, he received a scholarship for excellence in track, varsity basketball and academics. He attended the University of Pittsburgh.
"His honesty and integrity were second to none," the family recalls in an obituary statement. "While in high school he was recognized for voluntarily returning a $10 bill he had found.
In 1958, he was accepted into the Naval Aviation Cadet program. He completed flight training, earned his Navy Wings of Gold, and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1960. Ordered to the Naval Air Station Miramar, then an isolated base north of dairy farms in Mission Valley, he developed a love for the San Diego region and never left.
He joined VFP-63 at NAS Miramar, flying the photo reconnaissance version of the F-8 Crusader. His navy tour was extended to support operations during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
While stationed at NAS Miramar, he met his future wife, a school teacher, Dianne Mueller, at Clairemont Bowling Alley. They were married in December 1961
After his naval service, he earned a bachelor's degree at San Diego State College. In 1965, he began his civilian aviation career with Trans World Airlines (TWA), flying Boeing 707 and Lockheed L-1011 aircraft. He was especially proud of qualifying as a TWA Captain in 1979. He retired from TWA in 1991 after 26 years with a spotless record, never missing a flight.
In 1972, the Jacobs moved to their ranch in Jamul's Deerhorn Valley, where they raised Black Angus cattle. Paul always enjoyed returning home to the ranch. In addition to his community volunteer work, he also enjoyed collecting and working on antique cars including a 1929 Model A.
The ranch is also where future farmers come to learn their trade. Thanks to Paul, agriculture students at El Capitan High School in Lakeside are allowed to grow hay on the property.
Paul Jacob was predeceased in November 2017 by his sister, Margaret. He is survived by his wife, County Supervisor Dianne Jacob his son Tom, and brother Glenn Jacob. The family thanks his HomeInStead caregivers, Erin, Shannon and Jonny for their helpm as well as Sharp Hospice.
A celebration of his life will be planned at a future date on the Jacob ranch in Jamul. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts to the McGrath Family YMCA, 12006 Campo Road, Spring Valley, CA 91978 and to Sharp Hospice.


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February 16, 2012 by James Jay Edwards
Synopsis: The urban legend known as 'The Father's Day Killer' began some years after the demise of serial rapist/murderer Chris Fuchman. Since the 1970s, the use of contraceptives has tripled in North America alone and a generation of fathers fell asleep with the covers pulled tight, buttocks clenched. The story has become a fire-side cautionary ritual on camping trips, often used by fathers to warn their sons of the dangers of unplanned pregnancy. That deep seeded fear of penetration, violation and eventually death waned as the murder and rape of fathers continued to decline all over the world. Unfortunately those numbers didn't remain low, and it would seem that the legend is not yet complete…
Ahab, a man obsessed with exacting a brutal, violent revenge on the man who murdered his dad, joins John, an eager priest and Twink, a hot-headed street hustler on an epic quest to find and defeat this mythical monster known as Chris Fuchman AKA The Father's Day Killer.
Release Date: February 24, 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre(s): Horror, Comedy
Troma Entertainment has done what is does again with Father's Day.
Father's Day is the story of the Father's Day Killer, a crazy homosexual cannibal named Chris Fuchman (played a little too convincingly by Mackenzie Murdock) who rapes, murders and eats fathers. When Fuchman (the 'h' is pronounced as a 'k') kills the father of a young male prostitute named Twink (Conor Sweeney), Twink's priest, Father John Sullivan (Matthew Kennedy) tracks down a one-eyed vigilante named Ahab (Adam Brooks) whose father was also killed by Fuchman to help them exact revenge. Joined by Ahab's sister, Chelsea (Amy Groening), who happens to also be a stripper friend of Twink's, the quartet comes up with a plan to take Fuchman down. However, the group has no idea that Fuchman is not just an average deranged lunatic, and they are in for more than they bargained for.
That's about as much of a plot synopsis that can be comprehended in Father's Day. Viewers pretty much have an idea what they're getting into when they go to see a Troma picture, and it's not a coherent and deep story. Troma has made a name for itself shocking people with its low-budget brand of girls-and-gore, and Father's Day fits the label perfectly. The story is that it's a response to Troma's classic 1980 film Mother's Day, written and directed by a group of Troma fans and filmmakers called Astron-6.
Astron-6 is a collective of filmmakers and artists based in Canada who, according to their own website, "share a fascination with the mechanics of fear and laughter." That description sounds a lot like Troma's mission statement. The group includes Sweeney, Kennedy and Brooks, along with graphic artist Jeremy Gillespie and special effects artist/animator Steven Kostanski. Their respective talents come together and make Father's Day a film, like most of Troma's catalog, which has to be seen to be believed.
More than anything else, Father's Day is a movie for people who love movies. The entire film looks like a tribute to the revenge films of Asian cinema. It has nods and winks to Aliens, the Kill Bill movies, Se7en and The Wizard of Oz, among others. It's got a commercial for a Star Wars rip off called Star Raiders right in the middle. And real Troma geeks will recognize founder Lloyd Kaufman playing God – literally, that's the character he plays, God. The guys in Astron-6 have done their homework, and the rest of the world gets to cheat off of them.
Father's Day gives the impression of an old grindhouse film, with its shoddy lighting and scratched film look. It's violent, bloody and fun. There's even a cool car chase scene where, it appears, that the Astron-6 guys do their own stunts. The lack of a clever plot does not detract from Father's Day; it's furiously paced, funny as hell and wildly entertaining. The film is over the top, but gets away with it because it is completely tongue-in-cheek. The actors overact, the blood and gore are grosser-than-gross and the sex, homosexual and heterosexual (even incest), is gratuitous. Father's Day is meant to shock and offend, but in the type of way that has the audience cracking up the whole time. Troma Entertainment at its best.
No one goes into a Troma movie expecting Lucas-style visuals. At best, the audience is rewarded with Tom Savini or Roger Corman style effects. Astron-6 is from the Savini/Corman school of schlock, and Father's Day is full of practical blood and guts effects. Fuchman's killings are a tribute to old school splatter flicks, with buckets of blood and latex prosthetics flying everywhere. The effects are obviously low-budget, and make no apologies about it.
Father's Day has much more than just simple gore. There's a load of stop-motion and creature effects, too, and all are par for the course, done so that they remind the viewer of the original Clash of the Titans or the old Sinbad movies – choppy and jerky, but effective and amazing. And the visuals in the commercial break trailer for Star Raiders look exactly like how the effects in a low-budget Star Wars rip off from the seventies would look. For as silly a movie as Father's Day is, Astron-6 has taken special care to make the visual effects look perfect, even if perfect means imperfect.
As much as Father's Day comes under the guise of a horror film, it's a straight up comedy; and it's hilarious. Nothing is accidental – even the low-budget effects play into the humorous side of the film. What keeps Father's Day from being just another unfunny over-the-top exploitation film is the silliness of it all. At one point, Father John preaches to his congregation, gets worked up and runs out the door to join Ahab and Twink. Frenetically, one of the parishioners stands up and yells "let's trash this place!" The rest of the worshippers just stare at him in silence, and it's a classic "awkward" moment. In another scene, Ahab tells Twink and Father John that "it ends tonight!" After a long pause, with all the characters looking around at each other, Twink says "we probably should have thought this out better…" The ability of the characters to make fun of themselves keeps the film from taking itself too seriously, and has the audience laughing with the film instead of at it.
Director(s): Astron-6
Producer(s): Michael HerzLloyd Kaufman
Screenwriter(s): Astron-6
Cast: Adam Brooks (Ahab)Machenzie Murdock (Chris Fuchman)Matthew Kennedy (Father John Sullivan) Conor Sweeney (Twink)
Editor(s): Adam Brooks
Cinematographer: Astron-6
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Music Score: Jeremy Gillespie
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Higher income ceilings, enhanced housing grant for HDB flat buyers
The income ceilings to qualify for the purchase of new Housing Board flats will be raised and first-time flat buyers will get more generous housing grants from Wednesday (Sep 11). Cheryl Lin reports.
By Cindy Co
10 Sep 2019 07:45PM (Updated: 11 Sep 2019 10:49AM )
SINGAPORE: The income ceilings to qualify for the purchase of new Housing Board flats will be raised and first-time flat buyers will get more generous housing grants from Wednesday (Sep 11).
The household income cap will go up from S$12,000 to S$14,000 for families looking to buy a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat. This increased cap will also apply to HDB housing loans.
Those looking to buy an Executive Condominium will also benefit from a higher income cap, up from S$14,000 to S$16,000. For singles aged 35 and above the new income ceiling will be S$7,000, up from S$6,000.
The income ceiling was last raised in 2015.
The changes will give more home buyers access to affordable housing options, National Development Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday at an event to recognise HDB projects for their excellence in design, construction and engineering.
NEW ENHANCED HOUSING GRANT
HDB will also make it easier for first-time home buyers to qualify for its housing grants.
The Enhanced CPF Housing Grant (EHG) will place no restrictions on flat buyers' choice of flat type or location, and can be used for new or resale flats.
It also has an income ceiling of S$9,000, higher than the two existing schemes it replaces - the Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG) and the Special CPF Housing Grant (SHG).
The income cap for AHG is S$5,000 while the SHG has a cap of S$8,500 and is restricted to purchases of four-room or smaller new flats in non-mature estates.
However, flat buyers can only get the full EHG grant if the flat lease can cover them and their spouses to the age of 95. Families who buy flats with shorter leases will have their grants pro-rated.
"This is to ensure that all Singaporeans will be able to live comfortably in a home that can last them for life," HDB said.
For example, a first-timer couple with a combined income of S$4,800 looking to buy a four-room BTO flat in a mature estate will receive an EHG of S$45,000. Under the current scheme, the couple will only enjoy a S$5,000 AHG.
Those buying resale flats can also qualify for the Proximity Housing Grant on top of the EHG, provided they fulfil the requirements. This is not unique to first-time buyers.
"The Enhanced Housing Grant is a major step forward in making HDB flats more affordable for all first-timers," said Mr Wong.
"Home buyers will have more options for larger BTO flats in mature estates, and also the wide variety of readily available flats in the resale market."
Those who want to live near their parents will now have many more affordable options, he added.
With these changes, HDB said that it expects demand for public housing to increase. It will likely increase the BTO supply in 2020, it added.
NEW HDB PORTAL
The Minister also announced plans for a new HDB portal which will give buyers information on both new flats offered by HDB and resale flats on one platform, said Mr Wong.
Sellers can also list and advertise their flats, and complete the resale application on the portal.
"All this is work in progress, and we intend to get the new portal ready by the end of next year," said Mr Wong.
With the increase in income ceiling, caps for HDB assistance schemes will also be raised from S$6,000 to S$7,000. These include the Fresh Start Housing Scheme and the Step-Up CPF Housing Grant.
Eligible seniors with household incomes of up to S$14,000 or less will also be eligible for the Lease Buyback Scheme, the Silver Housing Bonus, and to purchase a short lease two-room Flexi flat, up from the previous income cap of S$12,000.
Source: CNA/ec(hm)
Lawrence Wong


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Judgement day: Who is Harold Camping?
A US evangelical Christian has predicted the apocalypse will take place tomorrow – but who is Harold Camping?
The Telegraph reports:
For the last 50 years, the deep and sonorous voice of Harold Camping has reached millions of listeners of Christian gospel radio in the United States.
The 89-year-old is the president of Family Radio, a California-based religious network which broadcasts to more than 150 stations across America.
Born in Colorado, Mr Camping studied at Berkeley in the 1940s and became a member of the Christian Reformed Church, a Protestant denomination that has its roots in the Dutch Reformed churches and is theologically Calvinist.
In 1958, Mr Camping and some other members of the church jointly purchased an FM radio station in San Francisco and began broadcasting conservative Christian gospel. In the following decade, as the West coast of America embraced counter-culture and the hippy movement, Mr Camping's radio network expanded, adding another 13 stations.
One of Mr Camping's most popular shows was the Open Forum programme, a live weeknight call-in where listeners would ask Mr Camping about the meaning of certain Biblical passages.
In 1970, Mr Camping published the Biblical Calendar of History, in which he dated the creation of the world to 11,013BC and the flood which Noah survived to 4990BC. His timeframe was based on the idea that the word "begat" in the Old Testament does not necessarily imply an immediate father-son relationship, but could refer to a patriarch and a distant descendent.
He also argues that a calendar exists in the text of the Bible which details the imminent end of the church age, implying that churches are no longer used by God for salvation, and the Rapture, when Christians will gather to meet Christ, and finally the end of the world. The current date for the Rapture is May 21, 2011, and Mr Camping believes, according to Thessalonians 4:15-17, that this is when "the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord".
Five months later, on October 21, God will completely destory the earth, according to Mr Camping's prediction. He had previously predicted the Rapture would occur in September 1994.
The man's a fruitcake! Sorry… Someone has to say it.
This is the stuff cults are made of…
Wikipedia has more on the man here.
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irishanglican ~ Fr. Robert says:
To be precise, Camping says that May 21st begins a five month tribulation that ends on Oct.21st, and the Rapture or catching away of the Elect! So we got a few months to go… gee my birthday is Oct. 24th. Darn! 😉
I remember hearing this guy years back on the American radio, when I first came to the US to visit my younger brother, who was then in the American Marine Corps. Camping was much more sound in those days. And I must confess I liked Family Radio then, (and sure the sound of his voice) 🙂 But he has always been an independent sort. Myself, I would not call him a 'nutcake', as just an independent, and fed-up with the Church today, type Bible teacher. But certainly, the Church must be renewed in better eschatological teaching! And here, Modern Israel is central to my understanding. And we have seen that in the last generation (40 years) or so! So the Second Coming of Christ is getting closer! And maybe.. just maybe? I will see it in the next 20 years or so? If I live that long? 🙂
Until then, let us "Watch"! Certainly the "signs" are abounding!
PS..I guess I got that wrong, the "Rapture" (for the Elect) is on the 21'st of May, and then the 21'st of Oct. is the end of the world? I just talked to a follower of Camping on the phone, so I guess the Rapture is pre-trib? lol So no salvation after the 21'st of May I guess? Again, this simply error!
Maybe, when nobody is "Raptured" on Sat. Camping will then change it to Post-trib, and the 21st of Oct.? I am of course kidding! Since I am classic Pre-Mill/post-trib. 😉
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http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/17/harold-camping-prepares-for-judgment-day-may-21-2011/
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