Augustus Saint-Gaudens rose to fame as the great designer of the world's most valuable American coin ever.
In 1888, Augustus was born in Dublin, Ireland. When he was around six months old, his family moved to America. Born of a French father and an Irish mother and now, being raised in New York, Saint-Gaudens had a very rich and very diverse cultural background.
Being attracted to the world of the arts from an early age, Saint-Gaudens started taking art classes at the National Academy of Design and at the Cooper Union. At the same time, he also underwent apprenticeship to a cameo-cutter. He completed this apprenticeship at the tender age of 19. Wit his apprenticeship over, Saint-Gaudens looked for more ways to study art. He then moved to Paris and became a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, more specifically in Francois Jouffroy's atelier.
Later, around 1870, he left Paris and travel to another great European city, Rome. In Rome, he studied art and architecture. It was also in Rome where he received his first commission as an artist. It was also in Rome where he crossed paths with an American art student by the name of Augusta Homer. He fell in love with her and by 1877, they were married.
In 1876, Saint-Gaudens received his first big break as an artist. He was commissioned to create a monument for Civil War Admiral David Farragut. The monument was to be done in New York's famed Madison Square. Saint-Gaudens' friend, Stanford White did the architectural setting of the monument. When Saint-Gaudens unveiled his work to the public in 1881, he was met with tremendous praise and success. Many applauded the naturalism in his work as well as the sincerity and lack of any whiff of pompousness or pretentiousness in his creation. With his triumph in this creation, he was established as a great sculptor.
After the Farragut monument, a string of great monuments followed. Saint-Gaudens did the Standing Lincoln in Chicago, a work still deemed as United States' best portrait statue. Another famous work is the Robert Gold Shaw Memorial in Boston. This bronze bas-relief took Saint-Gaudens fourteen years to make. And even after the work was debuted to the public, Saint-Gaudens still performed minor revisions.
Aside from sculptures, Saint-Gaudens took great interest in using his relief portraits for medallions. Eventually, this lead Saint-Gaudens to the path of designing coinage. Personally chosen by Theodore Roosevelt to create a new design for American coinage, Saint-Gaudens set on to work on what is now considered the most beautiful American coin ever produced. Saint-Gaudens created a high-relief $20 gold coin. In order to make the coin design suitable for production, the US Mint adapted the design into a flattened-down version. The coin was so intricate that it took the US Mint eleven strikes to get all the details into the coin.
Dubbed as the Gold Double Eagle, Saint-Gaudens' coin had two version, one was the 'Saint-Gaudens Arabic Numerals'. The other one is the 'Saint-Gaudens High Relief Roman Numeral' for 1907. In a 2002 auction, the 1933 version of the coin sold for $ 7.5 million.


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Primetime midweek quiz with celebrities in a jungle-inspired set. We dimly recall Floella Benjamin being on it as a regular team captain, Jeremy Cherfas was the captain of the opposing team and, it being a mid-80s panel game, Liza Goddard was almost certainly involved too - possibly as a guest panellist, although certainly not as a regular. We also recall Dave Lee Travis and the late Cliff Morgan appearing as guests on at least one show each. There was some business about blocky computer-graphic monkeys appearing on the scoreboards - the teams could try to increase their scores by hitting a button and hoping that at least one monkey would appear on the board, fruit machine-style.
Otherwise, the quiz was wildlife-based - but what on earth possessed the programme-makers to pit Floella Benjamin, who was not a naturalist (or at least not famed as one), up against Jeremy Cherfas? Anyway, the show came across as pretty cheap and tacky, especially when the computer-graphic monkeys were used and the overly jovial nature of the show detracted from the subject matter. It could be argued that it's always difficult to know how to pitch a wildlife-based quiz - it can easily end up either too serious and highbrow (like, perhaps, another of Cherfas's series, What on Earth...?) and therefore not popular viewing, or too frivolous and OTT for the subject. Monkey Business definitely fell into the latter category. However, one good feature of the programme was that both teams had to complete an animal-based limerick by the end of every show - these could be amusing, even if little else was.
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Whether you're writing eBay listing titles, Amazon product descriptions, a blog article or copy for a landing page, choosing the right words to both promote conversions and appeal to search engines can pose a serious challenge. What makes users click? What motivates customers to sign up or buy? Answering these questions is key to writing good copy, but it requires dedication, preparation and planning to do it right. So before you break out your magic persuasion wand, consider these eleven key strategies presented by Barry Feldman from Feldman Creative during the 2016 Conversion Conference.
What makes users click? What motivates them to buy? How you answer is key to writing good copy.
Relate – Learn about your customers and your competitors to identify how to best relate to potential buyers. Once you've figured out your audience, write to them as if you were speaking to them. Avoid stiff, boring language and use words and phrases they can relate to.
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Amplify – What problem are you solving? How can you commiserate with the reader? Call attention to areas where your product is providing a real solution.
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Entertain – You can't bore people into buying, so why would you write that way? Use your sense of humor, tell stories and use analogies and metaphors in your descriptions.
Engage – Question and then connect with readers. Peak their curiosity, focus on "you" (e.g. Choose your…) or promote a cause.
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Detailing the physical features, habits, territorial reach and other identifying qualities of the Soldier Fly.
Solider Flies are brilliant mimics of wasps and bees, but they do not sting and are so tiny, they may be difficult to find.
This species of Soldier Fly can be found in woods, gardens, and parks, with populations of adults hovering or standing over rotting plant matter. They are very small in size. These Solider Flies are not pests and do not seem interested in humans or their buildings like House Flies. They have been seen on compost heaps, piles of grass clippings, and other decomposing vegetation. Females lay fertilized eggs on the plant matter, so they are also called Compost Flies. Maggots are also small and tan in color with ten segments to their worm-like bodies. The Solider Fly maggots eat the compost and their presence may deter other types of pesky flies from inhabiting the same area. Adults are believed to drink flower nectar.


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Wagah is a village situated in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan and serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India,[1] and lies on the old Grand Trunk Road between Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, and Amritsar, India. The border is located 24 kilometers (15 mi) from Lahore and 32 kilometers (20 mi) from Amritsar. It is also 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from the bordering village of Atari. Wagah, named Wagga in Pakistan, is a village near which the accepted Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India, was drawn.[2] The village lies 600 meters west of the border. At the time of independence in 1947, the migrants from the Indian parts of the subcontinent entered present-day Pakistan through this border crossing. The Wagah railway station lies 400 meters to the south and only 100 meters from the border. On the Indian side, the station is known as Atari.
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Marxism, Exploitation, and Oppression
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Oppression or economic inequality. Social justice or economic reform. Trump's tenure in the White House has thrown into sharp relief the scale of social and economic crises in US society. It has also engendered a sense of urgency in ordinary people to figure out the root causes of widespread immiseration, social violence, and despair, and to try and plot a way forward. The 2018 midterm elections are certain to constrain this debate as one between left populism a la Bernie Sanders, and the identity politic platitudes of the rest of the Democratic party. But there is yet another framework that originates from the genuine Marxist tradition: exploitation and oppression are part of a totality that ensures both capitalist production and the reproduction and maintenance of the capitalist system itself. The destruction of either exploitation or oppression depends on both the independent struggle of the oppressed and the united struggle of the working class to dismantle capitalism as a whole.
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Le  est situé à Kushiro, Hokkaidō au Japon. Il se trouve dans le parc national d'Akan et constitue un des sites Ramsar au Japon.

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L'activité volcanique a créé le lac il y a quelque  ans, quand un barrage s'est formé. Le lac avait une transparence de 8 à 9 mètres dans les années 1930, mais la pollution due aux stations thermales locales a réduit cette transparence à 3 ou 4 mètres.

Flore et faune

Le lac est connu pour le marimo (Aegagropila linnaei), algues qui s'agrègent en formes sphériques de 2 à 15 cm de diamètre. La flore suivante est aussi présente dans le lac.
Roseau commun
Nuphar sp.
Potamogeton crispus
Hydrilla verticillata
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Vallisneria gigantea
Melosira italica
Asterionella formosa
Synedra

Les saumons Kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) sont originaires du lac Akan.
Parmi la faune du lac, on trouve.
Zooplancton:
Daphnia longiremis
Bosmina coregoni
Eurytemora affinis
Fond:
Chironomus plumosus
Tubificidae
Poisson:
Cyprinus carpio
Carassius
Hypomesus olidus
Leuciscus hakonensis

Voir aussi

Sites Ramsar au Japon

Notes et références

Akan
Site Ramsar au Japon
Parc national d'Akan

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In the UK, around 55% of households' net worth is in housing. More than 70% of households in the UK own a house and holding such a large amount of undiversified real asset poses risk. It is not always that a house would appreciate in value, though a housing investment has been recognised as a good hedge against inflation. This paper assesses the risks associated with housing investment by performing following tasks: (i) analyse the association of return on individual housing with sub-market return, overall Aberdeen housing return and Scotland housing return, (ii) analyse the role of atypicality of individual properties and bargaining power of sellers on housing returns, (iii) estimate the probability of loss and (iv) the role of bargaining power of sellers and atypicaility of properties in determining probability of loss. The data used for the analysis is the Aberdeen Solicitor and Property Centre (ASPC) transaction data for the period 1984 to 2002.


Answers to questions related to general hunting can be found in WV DNR's Hunting FAQ page.
Where can I get the game check tags?
Will my West Virginia License print on waterproof/tear resistant paper like it does at Wal-Mart?
What if my printer fails when printing the license?
Is the WV ELS website secure for credit card transactions?
Does the WV ELS website offer resident and nonresident fishing/hunting/trapping licenses?
Can I purchase a specialty license (e.g. license for disabled person) online?
Do I need my Hunter's Education/Safety Certification card with me while I am hunting?
What do I do if I have completed the licensing transaction, printed my license and I realize I have made a mistake?
Why did my credit card get declined even if I entered everything correct and I have sufficient funds limit in my account?
What is the contact number for the licensing questions at WV DNR?
What is the address for WV DNR?
Yes. The license you print at your printer is a valid, official license and no other license will be mailed to you. You must carry the license whenever you go hunting/fishing/trapping. A valid government issued photo ID (Driver's License) of the licensee is also required when hunting/fishing/trapping on this license. You may also want to print out the transaction receipt for your records.
Check tags are available at authorized Hunting and Fishing License Agents.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required for you to be able to print the pdf file. If the program has not been installed in your computer, you can download it for free from here).
No. Your license will print on the paper that is loaded into your home printer.
After the computer/printer problem is fixed, you can perform reprints by logging in to ELS and go to 'Manage Licenses' and click the 'Print Annual License' link.
Please note that you are also able to print the license using another computer (i.e. a friend's computer or a public library computer, etc.) which is connected to the Internet and a printer. Simply log in to the ELS via a web browser and follow the instructions above.
Or you can go to an authorized Hunting and Fishing License Agent and request a reprint.
You can obtain a duplicate or replacement license which was purchased through the ELS by logging into the ELS and go to 'Manage Licenses' and click the 'Print Annual License' link.
Yes, when a user begins to purchase a license in our licensing module, the browser and our server enter a secure connection through SSL (Secure Socket Layer). Throughout the entire process, all entered data (not only the credit card information, but all the personal information, as well as items selected for purchasing (licenses, permits, stamps, etc.)) will be encrypted (40 or 128 bits, depending on the browser). In the browser's Location/Address bar, the user should see "https" instead of "http".
Yes. When enrolling or purchasing products within the ELS, the system will prompt you to verify your residency. If you qualify as a West Virginia resident, you will need to select the reason based on the list of residency criteria. Otherwise, click on the "Non-Resident" selection to continue.
Can I purchase or obtain a specialty license (e.g. license for disabled person) online?
No. All specialty licenses are issued from the WV DNR Charleston Office. Please contact the Hunting and Fishing License Unit at (304) 558-2758 for more information and assistance in obtaining a specialty license.
Yes, if you are born on or after 01/01/1975. West Virginia DNR Law Enforcement requires the presentation of a hunter certification card. If you were certified in West Virginia, you can contact the Law Enforcement section for information on replacing the card (304-558-2784). The fee for a replacement card is $10.00.
You can update most of your personal information by logging into the ELS selecting the links under "Customer Information" at any time. If you realize there is an error in your personal information after it has been printed, log into the ELS to correct and save any errors, then go to 'Manage Licenses' and click the 'Print Annual License' link.
Please note, Gender, Social Security Number, and Date of Birth information cannot be updated in the ELS System. You will need to visit a WV DNR location to provide proof of any changes in Gender, Social Security Number, or Date of Birth.
WV ELS can not exchange or refund the license after it was purchased online. Please make such requests directly to WV DNR.
If a license is purchased at an authorized Hunting and Fishing License Agent in the WV ELS, the agent can refund the license within the first 30 minutes after purchase was completed.
The ELS accepts credit card payments using Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
Why did my credit card get declined even if I entered everything correct and I have sufficient funds in my account?
If you have problems processing your credit card, check to see if all of your input information is correct and then try again. If you get the message saying your card is expired and it is not, check your system's clock and adjust it if it is not correct. If the situation is due to network traffic problem, you may get through when you try it later. Otherwise report the problem to your Credit Card Issuer.
Yes, a $2 Electronic Issuance Fee will be charged for each credit card transaction, regardless of the number of licenses or stamps purchased at one time. A license reprint is not considered a transaction, and you will not be charged for reprinting licenses that you purchased previously.


Mast rake will affect the helm balance to a large extent. Raking a mast aft usually increases weather helm and raking forward has the opposite effect. If it is slightly raked aft then I would take this out and see how the helm feels. It is very important to make sure that the mast stays "in chord" eg. Straight up and down. Sight up the sail track, to check this.
If this does not make a substantial difference then have a look at your mainsail set as it could well be that it is "too full" in 15 knots of wind. Correct this by increasing out haul tension and halyard tension, and pull down on your boom kicking tackle. (This runs between the base of the mast to a point 1/3 the way out the boom from the gooseneck and I am assuming you have one of these fitted.) This flattens the sail and moves the centre of effort forward.
If the mainsail is old is becoming "too full" it will induce more & more weather helm when hard on the wind. The solution is to have it recut.
The other point to note is that when you bear the bow off the wind and ease the sails you will find that this will also increase weather helm due to the centre of effort being moved out board. To correct this try easing out the mainsail by letting the boom move down to leeward on the mainsheet traveler or by easing the mainsheet.
I can balance our boat so that she sails herself however this can only be achieved after setting her up for the prevailing conditions.


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The process of bringing Desmond Trufant to Atlanta isn't very different from the journeys other previous first-rounders have taken to the Falcons in recent years under general manager Thomas Dimitroff. It's an involved scouting process, weighing the on- and off-field intangibles, but in the case of Trufant, the process goes back two years.
"We've had our sights set on the first-round pick this year for probably about two years right now," Dimitroff said. "We've monitored and followed closely Desmond's career and as we started to get closer and closer to being able to take the tag off him, we started to get more excited about the idea of having him on this football team."
The idea of Trufant met the acquisition of the former Washington cornerback Thursday night when the Falcons traded up from the No. 30 pick into the St. Louis Rams' 22nd pick to select Trufant, a player Dimitroff calls a "full-package player," meaning a player with the requisite on-field skills and off-the-field characteristics. Dimitroff has repeatedly pointed to Trufant's work ethic and the leadership he learned from his background as a team captain at Washington as traits that helped them sway their opinions toward Trufant.
Trufant's arrival in Atlanta Friday afternoon signals the completion of one process for the Falcons and Trufant, and now the rookie corner must take what he's learned from two older brothers with significant experience at the NFL level. His brother Marcus is 10 years older and Isaiah is eight years older, but Trufant said he's close with both of them and their guidance has helped him not only prepare for the draft experience but also get him ready to transition into a life of professional football.
Having arrived in Atlanta, Trufant knows it's now time to really get to work.
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"First of all I just want to thank Mr. Blank, Thomas Dimitroff and coach Smith for having me here and giving me this opportunity and all my family and friends who have supported me throughout this entire journey," Trufant said. "I'm so happy to be here. I'm humbled. I know it's just the beginning. I'm ready to work."
When the call came for Trufant Thursday night after the Falcons made their move, Trufant admitted to shedding a few tears, knowing the hard work he's put in paid off in landing him in the first round. He pointed to the guidance of his brothers once again, sharing how grateful he is to be the third brother to land in the NFL and his desire to make his family proud of the Trufant name.
Considered the best of the three Trufant boys, Desmond has a set of skills that Dimitroff described as "very intriguing", combining size, speed and athleticism with ball skills to get the interception or take away a pass completion with a knock down. Some have called him the best cover corner in the draft and that's the kind of thing Trufant said he loves to do on the field.
"I just love locking people down," Trufant said. "There's just something about locking somebody up. I just love that feeling. There's no other feeling (like it)."


What's a vector and why do we need one?
Every digital image falls into one of two categories: a vector image, and a raster image. A raster image is made up of tiny dots called pixels that from far away (or zoomed out) looks like something. Any digital photograph, for example, looks like the thing it's a photo of, but if you zoom in as far as possible, it is just a series of colored squares – kind of like a mosaic, or a Seurat painting, or an extremely coordinated crowd at a football game.
While a raster image is made up of individual pixels, a vector image is made up of lines. Vector images are made up of mathematically-defined geometric shapes: lines, filled areas, curves, etc. Each element of the vector has a mathematical set of rules, so when you scale it, the equation is merely recalculated at the current size. For this reason, vector images are flexible at any scale.
Notice that no quality is lost when we zoom into the image. This is because it's made up of shapes, not pixels. Check out the image below. With vector handles shown, you can see how the image is put together. Think of it as color and form draped over a scalable wireframe skeleton. Like an architectural blueprint, or a color by numbers, or some big, weird, wiry giant skeleton that is crushing buildings, but it only wants to be understand love.
That all depends on what you need to do. Raster images are better when things need to be photorealistic. Because every section is made up of hundreds of pixels, you get a greater level of detail. Rasters images also handle complicated photo effects better than vectors. On the other hand, a vector is infinitely scalable so you can use the same image on anything from a button to a billboard. Since a smaller amount of information is being saved (basically just the formula for how to create the image) vector file sizes are usually much smaller than their raster counterparts. Most importantly, it is very easy to turn a vector image into a raster image; but nearly impossible to turn a raster image into a vector.
Why we need a vector image?
If a designer has asked you for a vector image, it's probably because they need something scalable. Most often, they'll need your logo as a vector. Even if you have a large jpg of your logo, it's necessary to have a vector that can be scaled to any size. Print jobs are done at a minimum of 300 dpi, which means a 300 pixel wide jpg is only going to be an inch wide. Higher end print jobs are done at 450 or 600 dpi, meaning your 300 pixel jpg might only be half an inch wide, and if it's not a vector, scaling it larger will result in a pixelated image and an overall decrease in quality.
Worst case scenario, your designer can tell you. But if you want to be a sweetheart and help them out, here's a handy guide to file extensions.
Why are .eps, .ai and .cdr files only probably a vector? Well, 99% of the time a file saved as an eps or ai file is a vector. However, occasionally people will just paste a .jpg into Illustrator and save it as an eps or ai file. This helps no one. Most likely this was done by somebody who does not understand the difference between raster and vector images and was told their designer needed something that ended with one of those file extensions. Sending this type of file to your designer is a good way to make them write a politely worded email to you that disguises the fact they are tearing their hair out. Just kidding, we never tear our hair out over our clients.
What if I absolutely don't have a vector of my logo?
Chances are you do. If possible, get in touch with the person or company that originally designed your logo. Most likely a vector version exists and has been lost in the shuffle. If you're a big enough company, a vector of your logo might even be available to the public on BrandsOfTheWorld.com or similar sites. If not, your logo was either designed in the early 90s, or you were bamboozled. Worst case scenario, send the raster version of your logo over, and a good designer can recreate it as a vector. Even with a simple logo, however, this can be time consuming, so expect to pay a little extra.


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Nefertiti A. Walker is the Vice Chancellor for the Office of Equity and Inclusion at UMass Amherst, where she is also a tenured professor in the Isenberg School of Management. In addition to her role at UMass Amherst, Dr. Walker serves as Presidential Advisor for Equity and Inclusion, a role in which she advises UMass President Marty Meehan on university, state, and national issues; works with campuses to prepare system-wide annual updates to the Board of Trustees; convenes meetings of campus chief diversity officers; and develops strategic priorities for the President's Office aimed at achieving Board of Trustees goals.
Prior to joining the UMass Amherst administration, Walker served as associate dean for an inclusive organization in UMass Amherst's Isenberg School of Management. She is a tenured faculty member at Isenberg, teaching courses in leadership and organizational behavior, sport organizational development, and foundations of DEI in business. Her research examines organizational inclusion and exclusion, seeking to understand the experiences of people with marginalized identities, and using those insights to design more inclusive organizational cultures. Her work includes more than 90 international publications and presentations, and she has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Sport Management and the Journal of Business Research.
She is a research fellow with the North American Society for Sport Management. She has been awarded the 2017-18 Isenberg School of Management Teaching Excellence Award and the 2018-19 Isenberg School of Management Research Excellence Award. Most recently, she was awarded the 2022 NASSM Joy DeSensi Diversity Award for Inclusive Excellence. Walker routinely gives public and corporate keynote lectures, with her most recent appearances being at the World Economic Forum at Davos, SparkPost, SXSW, and the Boston Children's Hospital Female Athlete Conference. She has been published in the Washington Post and her work has been cited widely on espn.com, espnW.com, TIME Sports, and in other news outlets.
Dr. Walker has a robust list of service commitments. She serves as co-director of the Laboratory for Inclusion and Diversity in Sport (LIDS). She is an editorial board member for the Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Sport Finance, and Sport Management Review. Previous leadership roles include UMass Athletic Council member, co-chair of the Diversity Committee for the North American Society for Sport Management, faculty advisor for the Association of Diversity in Sport and the Advancement of Diversity in Business, member of the UMass Amherst Stonewall Center Advisory Board, and vice president for inclusion and social justice for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports.
Walker earned her Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She received her bachelor's and master's (MBA) degrees from Stetson University, where she was a Division I NCAA basketball player. She also lettered in basketball at Georgia Tech.


A web-based research and teaching platform called REALM (Research and Educational Activities in Laboratory Mechatronics) has been developed that is now being used for training engineering students to use robotic manipulators. The platform can be accessed anywhere using mobile or desktop devices.
The Realm Platform allows anyone to deploy a web-based application connected to their own robotic devices enabling secure remote access. It builds off of Realm's Device Control Module and objectof frameworks to allow you to easily integrate your own devices, and share access to them with others.


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siblings: Nicole Brown Simpson, Dominique Brown, Tanya Brown
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Official Launch: Curated Kits
by Anthony Hernandez
ABSTRAX Officially Launches Curated Kits Featuring Top Selling Native Series Terpene Blends
Botanically-Derived Terpene Curated Kits Give Brands the Power to Take Their Products to the Next Level with Unparalleled Consistency
IRVINE - October XX, 2020 - ABSTRAX, a leader in the study and production of botanically-derived and cannabis-inspired terpenes, announces the release of all-new curated kits featuring all of its top selling Native Series blends including SFV OG, King Louie XIII, Orange Soda, Ghost Train Haze, GG4, and London Pound Cake.
"This means that any product formulator has the power to become a cannabis formulation wizard using ultra-specific and consistent kits that bring some of the most sought after cannabis strains to life for use on vapes, beverages, food, and more," says Max Koby, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of ABSTRAX.
This comes after ABSTRAX scientists and product formulators worked tirelessly to apply the sharpest science in the company's Type 7 licensed research and manufacturing lab to identify and isolate highly specific aroma compounds that make the gassy, dank, and diesel magic that cannabis connoisseurs demand. Using three-dimensional technology, ABSTRAX scientists were able to identify more than 400 aromatic compounds responsible for the unique aroma and flavor that make up the world's most loved cannabis strains.
"We discovered the secret to using hundreds of botanically derived ingredients to develop exact replications of leading cannabis strains, and the industry has never been the same since," says Koby. "Our next step was to develop curated kits that any product developer can harness with ease."
The company then launched the "Native Series" in an effort to share world famous strains with brands seeking to develop botanically-derived (THC-free) blends that can be enjoyed around the globe without restriction.
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"In the coming months and years, the industry can expect numerous other ABSTRAX kits to hit the market," says Koby. "Our ultimate goal is to develop the most extensive collection of kits so that the art of formulation and the reproduction of strains can be as consistent and safe as possible.
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Leveraging its proven background in cannabis research, ABSTRAX is the leader in the research, development, and production of botanically-derived and cannabis-inspired terpenes that create unforgettable sensorial experiences. Headquartered in California, the company owns and operates a state-of-the-art type 7 licensed research and manufacturing lab where it's award-winning product developers and scientists leverage the most advanced strain analysis technology to extract and study aroma compounds via three-dimensional analysis, allowing for each and every compound within a plant to be named and studied. The company has partnered with many of the best cultivators in the industry to study their cannabis profiles and create the world's most advanced terpene formulations. As a result of its efforts, ABSTRAX offers the largest terpene catalogue of the most popular strains - botanically-derived terpene blends and isolates native to cannabis. These ingredients, also known as functional flavors and aromas, are used in vapes, concentrates, edibles, beer, essential oils, fragrances, cosmetics, topicals, tinctures, alcohol, food and beverage, personal care, and more. The company works with internationally recognized brands and provides unparalleled cannabis research, innovation, and custom formulations to create products that engage and thrill consumers. ABSTRAX also devotes significant resources to developing the highest terpene standards and best practices in the industry. The company has developed a robust quality management system including Gas Chromatography analysis and molecular distillation of natural ingredients to achieve highest purity standards. Investigating and ensuring that ingredients used in its own products, and products within its industry, are safe for consumption. The terpene industry is a rapidly growing segment of the global flavor and fragrance market, which is expected to grow to $35 billion by 2024. This market segment includes the cannabis, CBD, skincare, cosmetics, health and wellness, food and beverage industries. For more information, visit AbstraxTech.com.


Free agent left-hander J.P. Howell told Marc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times that there are "a handful" of teams interested in signing him. The Angels may be one of those teams, and the southpaw didn't have a timeframe for a decision.
Howell, 29, pitched to a 3.04 ERA with 7.5 K/9 and 3.9 BB/9 in 50.1 relief innings for the Rays this year. He had shoulder surgery in 2010 and held left-handed hitters to a .200/.306/.306 batting line this season. Howell did not rank as one of Tim Dierkes' Top 50 Free Agents.


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While most search engine companies try to keep their processes a secret, their criteria for high spots on SERPs isn't a complete mystery. Search engines are successful only if they provide a user links to the best Web sites related to the user's search terms. If your site is the best skydiving resource on the Web, it benefits search engines to list the site high up on their SERPs. You just have to find a way to show search engines that your site belongs at the top of the heap. That's where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in -- it's a collection of techniques a webmaster can use to improve his or her site's SERP position.
Testimonials. If case studies aren't a good fit for your business, having short testimonials around your website is a good alternative. For B2C brands, think of testimonials a little more loosely. If you're a clothing brand, these might take the form of photos of how other people styled a shirt or dress, pulled from a branded hashtag where people can contribute.
SEO may generate an adequate return on investment. However, search engines are not paid for organic search traffic, their algorithms change, and there are no guarantees of continued referrals. Due to this lack of guarantees and certainty, a business that relies heavily on search engine traffic can suffer major losses if the search engines stop sending visitors.[61] Search engines can change their algorithms, impacting a website's placement, possibly resulting in a serious loss of traffic. According to Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, in 2010, Google made over 500 algorithm changes – almost 1.5 per day.[62] It is considered a wise business practice for website operators to liberate themselves from dependence on search engine traffic.[63] In addition to accessibility in terms of web crawlers (addressed above), user web accessibility has become increasingly important for SEO.
In February 2011, Google announced the Panda update, which penalizes websites containing content duplicated from other websites and sources. Historically websites have copied content from one another and benefited in search engine rankings by engaging in this practice. However, Google implemented a new system which punishes sites whose content is not unique.[36] The 2012 Google Penguin attempted to penalize websites that used manipulative techniques to improve their rankings on the search engine.[37] Although Google Penguin has been presented as an algorithm aimed at fighting web spam, it really focuses on spammy links[38] by gauging the quality of the sites the links are coming from. The 2013 Google Hummingbird update featured an algorithm change designed to improve Google's natural language processing and semantic understanding of web pages. Hummingbird's language processing system falls under the newly recognized term of 'Conversational Search' where the system pays more attention to each word in the query in order to better match the pages to the meaning of the query rather than a few words [39]. With regards to the changes made to search engine optimization, for content publishers and writers, Hummingbird is intended to resolve issues by getting rid of irrelevant content and spam, allowing Google to produce high-quality content and rely on them to be 'trusted' authors.
Think about the words that a user might search for to find a piece of your content. Users who know a lot about the topic might use different keywords in their search queries than someone who is new to the topic. For example, a long-time football fan might search for [fifa], an acronym for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, while a new fan might use a more general query like [football playoffs]. Anticipating these differences in search behavior and accounting for them while writing your content (using a good mix of keyword phrases) could produce positive results. Google Ads provides a handy Keyword Planner34 that helps you discover new keyword variations and see the approximate search volume for each keyword. Also, Google Search Console provides you with the top search queries your site appears for and the ones that led the most users to your site in the Performance Report35.
Many brands are now heavily using this mobile app to boost their marketing strategy. Instagram can be used to gain the necessary momentum needed to capture the attention of the market segment that has an interest in the product offering or services.[54] As Instagram is supported by Apple and android system, it can be easily accessed by smartphone users. Moreover, it can be accessed by the Internet as well. Thus, the marketers see it as a potential platform to expand their brands exposure to the public, especially the younger target group. On top of this, marketers do not only use social media for traditional Internet advertising, but they also encourage users to create attention for a certain brand. This generally creates an opportunity for greater brand exposure.[55] Furthermore, marketers are also using the platform to drive social shopping and inspire people to collect and share pictures of their favorite products. Many big names have already jumped on board: Starbucks, MTV, Nike, Marc Jacobs, and Red Bull are a few examples of multinationals that adopted the mobile photo app early. Fashion blogger Danielle Bernstein, who goes by @weworewhat on Instagram, collaborated with Harper's Bazaar to do a piece on how brands are using Instagram to market their products, and how bloggers make money from it. Bernstein, who currently has one and a half million followers on Instagram, and whose "outfit of the day" photos on Snapchat get tens of thousands of screenshots, explained that for a lot of her sponsored posts, she must feature the brand in a certain number of posts, and often cannot wear a competitor's product in the same picture. According to Harper's Bazaar, industry estimates say that brands are spending more than $1 billion per year on consumer-generated advertising.[56] Founder of Instagram Kevin Systrom even went to Paris Fashion week, going to couture shows and meeting with designers to learn more about how style bloggers, editors, and designers are currently dominating much of the content on his application.[57]
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Research by Bloomberg NEF into the amount of CO2 created by electric cars charging up from the grid has shown that "carbon-dioxide emissions from battery-powered vehicles were about 40% lower than for internal combustion engines" during 2018.
The research included data taken from the US, UK, France, Germany, China and Japan. While the difference proved biggest in the UK, even in China (which is still heavily dependent on coal for its electricity), electric cars proved to be 40% more efficient in terms of their CO2 output per mile.
The predicted growth in renewable electricity production in the UK could see electric car CO2 output dropping by "as much as 90%" by 2040, according to Bloomberg NEF's forecast.
This news comes on the heels of the world's first Carbon Intensity forecast. Launched by the National Grid ESO, Oxford University, WWF and the Environmental Defence Fund Europe, the Carbon Intensity API offers a regional forecast up to 96 hours ahead, so that consumers in the UK can see the best and worst times to charge in terms of mains-power carbon efficiency in their area.
The UK currently generates around 43% of its electricity from gas-powered stations, while renewable sources – including solar, wind and hydro – account for around 27%. The rest comes from nuclear, biomass, coal and imported energy.


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This unique activity promotes understanding of the concept of power. Students are asked to measure their gain in gravitational potential energy as they climb a flight of stairs, then calculate the rate at which this potential energy is gained. This lesson is part of a workshop manual on Energy developed by the PTRA, Physics Teacher Resource Agents, and supported by the American Association of Physics Teachers. Includes assessment.
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The author of The Physics Classroom has tied together the concepts of work, power, and Conservation of Energy in this set of 6 interactive tutorials for high school students. It provides a good foundation for future understanding of the Work-Energy Theorem. This section is appropriate for Physics First, as well as high school physics courses.
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This set of 35 clicker questions (with answer key) was developed by PhET Gold Star teacher Trish Loeblein for use in the high school classroom with the Energy Skate Park simulation. You can download it as a pdf or as a Power Point file with answer key. It is designed to elicit student understanding of three key things: 1) Relationship of kinetic and potential energy in a mechanical system, 2) Conservation of energy conservation in a system both with and without friction (adding friction introduces the concept of thermal energy), and 3) Relationship of the skater's mass, speed, and track configuration.
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This student activity explores energy flow and conservation and was developed to help students make responsible choices in use of energy resources. It is part of a workshop manual on Energy by the PTRA, (Physics Teacher Resource Agents).
This multi-day project immerses students in the basics of passive and solar energy through hands-on labs. First, students explore photovoltaic cells and color absorption, then design and construct a small-scale "house" that implements solar panel technologies. The resource has robust instructional support built in: front-loaded vocabulary, pre-activity discussion questions, tips on structuring the cooperative learning groups, data tables to record multiple observations, problem sets that introduce mathematics, extension activity, scoring rubric, and answer key.
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Q: String matching techniques The following strings are considered equal. How can I match stuff like this?
"Hazard Const. Company"
"hazard construction company"

"PETERSON-CHASE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INC"
"peterson-chase general  engineering construction inc"

"TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES "
"traffic development services"

My environment is ruby, but I'm just wondering general principles to match strings. The above examples don't work w/ rudimentary "a"=="b" because of whitespace issues, and abbreviations. I can mitigate casing issues w/ regex case-ignore or downcase the strings...

A: The following sample compares all of your strings and computes the levensthtein difference (amount of keystrokes it takes to adapt one string to the other).
Based on a defined maximum difference and with a compensation for the lengts of the string it then puts the strings in a hash as a key with the number of occurences als value.
require 'levenshtein'

MAX_DISTANCE, COMPENSATION = 3, 5

strings = [
    "Hazard Const. Company",
    "hazard construction company",
    "PETERSON-CHASE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INC",
    "peterson-chase general  engineering construction inc",
    "TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ",
    "traffic development services"
]

result = {}
strings.each do |s|
    s.downcase!
  similar = result.keys.select { |key| Levenshtein.distance(key, s) < MAX_DISTANCE+(s.length/COMPENSATION) }
  if similar.any?
    result[similar.first] += 1
  else
    result.merge!({s => 1})
  end
end

puts result.inspect
# {"hazard const. company"=>2, "peterson-chase general engineering construction inc"=>2, "traffic development services "=>2}

A: String#squeeze
String#downcase
And for the first one, you'll have to calculate levenshtein distances or similar.

A: An interesting question that belongs to the subject of text mining and information retrieval. Usually you can achieve described matching using stemming (lemmatization) algorithms or even through a simpler heuristics.
1.) The latter case would be to process both strings to get the normalized versions of each and then do the comparison. We can replace larger whitespaces with one space and downcase all characters on both strings. Example of string normalization:
string.gsub(/\s+/, ' ').downcase

This wouldn't work on abbreviations tough.
2.) You can get better results if you use a stemmer to normalize each word token into common base form. Few examples of stemmings: words=>word, feet=>foot, construction=>construct, ... Once you get the word bases (also called lemas), you can join them into a string. And then make a comparison. Usually the stemmer will do the downcase for you so you can skip that step.
So both of those two strings:
"Hazard Const. Company"
"hazard construction company"

Get converted to:
"hazard construct company"

The code depends on the actual stemmer used. For example, you can look at this one: https://github.com/aurelian/ruby-stemmer
The actual output of stemmed words will also depend on the stemmer used. The way stemmers (lemmatizers) work is not just through some kind of trimming rules, but they also try to match words to internal library of word bases (lemas). Therefore a good lemmatizer will recognize Const. abbreviation and match it against construct lema.
Since not all abbreviations can be recognized (but for example just 90% of them), it is  better not to match the exact strings. But try calculating their similarity through distance calculation (as @7stud suggested) and tweaking a threshold of acceptable similarity based on the test data results. This is the usual approach in information retrieval. The more you can customize and specialize your text processing, the better results you will get. And other way around - the more you try to build generic processing, the harder it gets and the results will be worse.

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How about a category dedicated to using the Electribes in a live performance setting?
Call it, " Live Performance - Discuss how to use Electribes for live performance. Share techniques and setups."
ok two things about this. I was actually thinking about opening one but first of all I don't think a live performance section should be electribe based because most of the time electribes are not used alone. Second of all I'm moving this topic into the feedback forum.
Any thoughts? Do you think Live Performance should be under Electribes or other general forums?
I think 'Live Performance' would be great alongide 'General Discussion', 'Electribe Music' and 'Electribe Video' etc.. as a top level forum. You can always move it later if it doesn't seem to fit.
To be honest...I even think Music, Video and Live Performance could be all in one category...it's all mixed up anyway with all the YouTube and MySpace stuff nowadays.
the point is not to advertize myspace or youtube or soundclick or virb but to advertize single pieces within. A lot of people don't ever watch you tube videos and I could care less to hear people's songs through them because the quality is crap. I'd rather watch youtube to watch people's tutorials and such (but this is all a personal preference). Songs are a totally different realm.
Live performance has nothing to do with either. It's a discussion forum to discuss techniques and post and ask other information. Once again i don't see it fitting with either of the two categories UNLESS someone posts a live recording of a show or a video.... but once again that's not particularly the reason for the forums but is totally acceptable.
Ruso wrote: Live performance has nothing to do with either. It's a discussion forum to discuss techniques and post and ask other information.
True...I didn't think of that aspect when I posted, maybe because I expected most people to post some YouTube videos in there anyway.


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The CCM Tacks 4092 Grip Sticks showcase an Ultra AttackFrame blade core for the first time at this price point. This exciting blade construction was featured in last generation's premier Ultra Tacks stick. CCM built it with a very stiff outer rim and two support bridges that run heel to toe. This combination provides some of the best accuracy around because it does such a great job of preventing the blade face from opening up during the shooting process.
CCM didn't just stop with the blade either. Overall, they were able to reduce the weight of the 4092 by approximately 35 grams compared to last year's 4052. They were able to achieve this by using less fiberglass and more carbon, which also improves the stick's overall responsiveness and power too!


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A variety of collaborations and classic silhouettes make-up 2011's top releases from Vans.
Like many other footwear brands, 2011 brought us an amazing variety of impressive Vans releases. From the usual Supreme collabos to yet another quality drop from WTAPS, 2011 was nothing short of amazing for Vans. Let's take a look back at 2011's top releases from Vans, as we continue our review of yet another year in the world of sneakers.
For more on the best sneakers of 2011, be sure to download Sole Collector's January iPad issue.
DQM x VANS "The General First Issue"
Celebrating the opening of the Vans DQM General Store in SoHo, DQM and Vans brought to life The General First Issue pack. Consisting of the Vans Era, Chukka Decon and Mid Skool '77, each style was limited to 96 pairs and was released exclusively at the flagship shop this past Black Friday.
One of the many storied releases from Vans in 2011 included the first-ever re-issue of the Vans Mike Carroll. A pioneer in the skateboarding community, Mike Carroll's signature Vans silhouette from the early '90's returned in three impressive suede and mesh builds done up by Supreme New York.
Ludwig Van x VANS Vault "Deadstock Canvas Project."
2011 brought together the great Ludwig Van and Vans footwear for one of the most unique footwear collaborations of the year. A run of 288 pairs of the Vans Era was released via select Vans Vault accounts worldwide, each utilizing decade-old Vans Canvas prints for a variety of unique looks.
One of Vans Vault's most popular drops of 2011 was the Priz Laced LX in a number of clean looks. Some of the most notable colorways released included the "Two-Tone" pack, consisting of three premium leather builds. Look for the Priz Laced LX to continue it's run well into 2012, with a number of great looks expected.
Former professional skateboarder and now current owner of Oakland's 4Q Conditioning Motorcycle workshop Max Schaaf also teamed up with Vans in 2011, releasing his own take on the Vans Era and Sk8-Mid. Both looks incorporated a bike and chopper inspiration, constructed with a treated canvas and premium leathers.
Another Supreme x Vans collaboration making the cut is their latest take on the classic Chukka boot silhouette. The latest Supreme x Vans Chukka possessed a canvas-based monochromatic look, topped off with a checkerboard footbed and heeltab. Five colorways were released, making for another successful Supreme x Vans collaboration.
Supreme's "Flies" Pack also earns a well-deserved spot in our top ten, bringing us the Sk8-Hi and Era Low in an impressive selection of colorways. The "Flies" Pack was a re-creation of the classic Vans Madrid Skate Flies, which also featured a fly-pattern canvas upper.
When it comes to the timeless Vans Old Skool silhouette, Supreme never fails. Going to work with the Old Skool '92 for one of their many Vans releases in 2011, the New York City skateboarding kingpins hit us with six undeniably dope mesh and suede builds.
A.P.C's collection of Vans was also a huge hit in 2011, with the French ready to wear brand dressing the LX Low and Chukka mid for Vans Vault. Fans of the Chukka Boot were treated to a couple of suede builds, while the LX Low arrived in one of it's best looks of the year with a dark blue premium leather construction.
Japan's WTAPS closed out 2011 with by far the most anticipated and most successful release of the year from Vans Syndicate. Continuing their long-standing relationship, WTAPS and Vans Syndicate came together on the Era, Chukka 59 and the Sk8-Hi OG for a burgundy edition of their popular crossbones design.


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U.S. Stock ETFs Stabilize After Bannon's Dismissal
Max Chen August 18, 2017
U.S. equities and stock exchange traded funds pared early morning losses Friday, following reports that President Donald Trump removed the controversial chief strategist Steve Bannon.
The S&P 500 Index, along with related funds including the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: SPY), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: IVV) and Vanguard 500 Index (NYSEARCA: VOO), were 0.1% higher Friday.
"I think it was the rumor of Steve Bannon getting fired," Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions," told Reuters. "There's a lot of hopeful people thinking that, 'you know what, he has been a divisive figure in the White House … Getting rid of him might be a good deal for the president.'"
Bannon who is known as an economic nationalist and advocate of the so-called America First policies left his position Friday as the newly hired Chief of Staff John Kelly sought to bring stability to an administration rife with infighting, the Wall Street Journal reports.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Friday, "White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best."
Observers have grown wary of Bannon's position in the White House, especially as critics accused him of harboring anti-Semitic and white nationalist leanings.
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Paul Fenton Can't Hurt You Anymore, Minnesota
Barry Petchesky
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Photo: Bruce Bennett (Getty)
The good news is that the Minnesota Wild were not too stupid or too stubborn to cut their losses, firing Paul Fenton after just a single season as GM. The bad news is that in that limited time he managed to worsen the roster, shit up the front office, and make moves that will hamstring the team for years and years after he's gone!
The Athletic's Michael Russo broke the news that was only surprising because NHL teams don't usually admit their mistakes this quickly, but Fenton has been a disaster in every aspect. In the month before the deadline, the former Preds assistant GM traded Mikael Granlund for Kevin Fiala, Charlie Coyle for Ryan Donato, and Nino Niederreiter for Victor Rask, seemingly losing every trade, especially the Rask deal, and over that same month the Wild fell out of contention.
There's more. Fenton twice tried and failed to trade Jason Zucker, extended Eric Staal rather than trade him, and, upon the opening of free agency this summer, signed Mats Zuccarello to a five-year, $30 million deal that'll run through his age-36 season. A nice little anchor left behind for the next GM, and potentially even the GM after that!
There's whatever this is:
There's even more! "[S]ources said there were numerous accounts of unhappy employees throughout the organization and countless other turbulent incidents that made their way into [owner Craig] Leipold's office." Oh, and Fenton promoted his large adult son, with just three years of scouting experience, to run the Wild's draft.
Fenton, Jesus Christ.
The timing of this firing remains strange, because if the Wild really didn't trust Fenton, wouldn't it have been better to do this before the draft and before free agency? And if Fenton somehow surprised them with the results of both, well, that's just as much an indictment of ownership.
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Queen's University where I gave a presentation….17 years ago!
Here is the follow up email he sent to me.
Hello Bob: It was great to connect with you 17 years after the excellent presentation that you gave while I attended a 3-day conference at Queens University in 2001.
I was a Staff Sergeant with The Toronto Police Service from 12 Division Community Response Unit. There were a number of excellent speakers on various topics at that Police Service Conference.
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Beezone Library > 1 - main stack > The Evolution of Man and the Sacrifice of the World
The Evolution of Man and the Sacrifice of the World
Chapter 10: The Ultimate Passion of Man
an* is only a brief design in the numberless evolutionary stages of the World. And the individual human being is only a moment, a specimen, a partial realization of Man. The individual is not made for his own sake, but to be a sacrifice toward Man – so that Man may fulfill his evolutionary destiny. And Man is not made for his own sake, but to be a sacrifice toward the ultimate evolutionary process of the World. And the World is not made for its own sake, but to be a sacrifice to the unqualified and eternal Divine. If the design of Man is examined, he is revealed to be a composite of all previous creatures, environments, and experiences. His body below the brows is a machine of animals and elemental cycles. He is full-made of horses and crocodiles, honey bees and swans, sardines and earth forces, redwood and fruit palm, Amazon, Pacific, solar fire, Everest, weather of water and air, all the usual stars, and antique ocean mammals leaning away from Earth. He is not truly unique below the brows. He is, rather, a summation of all that came before him and everything that he already knows.
But Man is also a new stage in the event of time. His newness or uniqueness is hidden in the brain. His lower or vital brain, including his rudimentary speech and thought, is part of the summary and reflection of the past. But the middle range of his brain, beginning with the higher verbal or abstract mental functions, is the doorway to the future. And above the thinking and imaging function of the middle brain is the naked mass of yet unadapted purity, the higher brain, which Communes with Light. This higher brain is the structural cauldron of the present and future evolutionary changes of Man and what is beyond Man in the scheme of the World.
The individual is only a moment, and his structural adaptation of the whole body-mind to its potential above the brows is generally quite modest, if it occurs at all. Man, at any moment, is the summary of what has been. Therefore, the millions or billions of men and women who live and die in every generation may add a fraction of development to the destiny of Man. But the Teaching of Truth is also given to all, so that the principles of structural evolution may be grasped and fulfilled by at least a few in every generation. Thus, the realization of these few is also added to Man, and all future men and women may be raised up by such means.
The Spiritual Master is given the task of communicating the Laws of evolution and of sacrifice to his own generation, so that Man may be raised up in God. And the Spiritual Master himself advances the evolution of Man by a difficult process of personal psycho-physical transformation. But what he realizes cannot be added to Man until many representatives of mankind embrace the Way of Truth and submit to the process of transformation and sacrifice.
The individual is a sacrifice to God through Man. Man is a sacrifice to God through the World. The World is a sacrifice to God in every present moment. Therefore, all things and beings are a present, past, and future sacrifice toward a Condition that no one in time can appear to have Realized Perfectly-since everyone in the present summarizes the past, and a few, at best, demonstrate an Awakening to the future and ultimate Condition. But even the Spiritual Master generally appears to others in the bodily form of the present state of Man.
Even so, the radical Realization of the ultimate Destiny of the World is possible in the present and in the case of any individual who will give himself up to the Divine in Truth. This is also the Teaching and the Demonstration of the Spiritual Master. Most individuals are content to pursue an ordinary personal destiny, by exploiting what Man has already become. Such individuals live a basically subhuman life, and they add nothing new to Man. Others are not content unless they can exceed themselves. But unless they transcend the old creature and enter into the development of the higher brain, they do not exceed the present state of Man. Therefore, only a few individuals in every generation enter into the evolutionary module of the higher brain, through which the whole body is brightened in the universal Field of Light. Such individuals work changes in themselves by exploiting the potential of Man. But until what they do is also communicated and lived by greater numbers of individuals, even their experiment is not added to the Incarnation of Man.
Therefore, the Spiritual Master appears, to communicate the Way of the transcendence of self and the transcendence of the present stage of Man-so that mankind may more generally fulfill the higher trend of evolution, rather than fall back upon itself in regressive self-possession and exploitation of the elemental Man. However, the Spiritual Master is also full of Transcendental urgency. He also communicates to Man. He reminds Man that even Man is a moment, a process, grotesque when seen in himself. He reminds Man that his beauty and happiness are in his Ecstasy, his sacrifice toward what is yet to come and what is Perfect. He reminds Man that his true Destiny is not in his own evolutionary fulfillment, but in the fulfillment of the sacrifice of the whole World, which includes everything before and after Man, as well as Man himself.
Therefore, the Spiritual Master is most profoundly devoted to the Awakening of individuals and Man and the whole World to that Process of Sacrifice that transcends not only the past and present but also the future of all evolution of self, of Man, and of the World. His Teaching ultimately exceeds all evolutionary prescriptions. He moves his devotees through the structures of self, of Man, and of the World, until these devotees can be the Sacrifice of even the World itself. Therefore, his Teaching, his Demonstration, and the ultimate demonstration of his devotees is the one of Perfect Ecstasy, or the Sacrifice of self and Man and the World into the Condition that is Divine.
To such devotees, the Spiritual Master Communicates and Reveals himself in that Form which is beyond Man, and he also is Revealed to be the Sacrifice of even that Form, beyond all consolations and attainments. This is what moves us to Love. And we may be the Liberation of self and Man and the World, if we will abandon all withholding, fear, and doubt-and if we will turn out from all subhuman, human, and superhuman self-possession into the Ecstasy of Worldlessness.
*The word 'man' was originally gender neutral, meaning more or less the same as the modern day word "person". It wasn't until about a thousand years ago that the word "man" started to refer to a male and it wasn't until the late 20th century that it was almost exclusively used to refer to males.
Before "man" meant a male, the word "wer" or "wǣpmann" was commonly used to refer to "male human". This word almost completely died out around the 1300s, but survives somewhat in words like "werewolf", which literally means "man wolf".
Women at the time were referred to as "wif" or "wīfmann", meaning "female human". The latter "wifmann", eventually evolved into the word "woman", but retained its original meaning. The word "wif" itself eventually evolved into "wife", with its meaning obviously being changed slightly.
Interestingly, the word 'men', meaning "to think" or "to have a cognitive mind", was also gender neutral and connected to "man", which meant "the thinker". So we can see from that how "man" originally referred to all humans. – Davin Hiskey
Scientific Proof of the Existence of God Will Soon Be Announced by the White House!
Prophetic Wisdom about the Myths and Idols of mass culture and popular religious cultism, the new priesthood of scientific and political materialism, and the secrets of Enlightenment hidden in the body of Man.
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Discussion in 'Mayberry Lounge' started by louiscyphere, Mar 30, 2019.
Manlets on suicide watch lmao, now we just need weight verification for the women.
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now we just need weight verification for the women.
Will never happen, gotta keep the whales happy.
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Unless you're like munchkin short I don't think height really matters.
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How many more times am I going to have to watch these companies bow to the influence of the heteropatriarchy.
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Haha yup. 5'9" on a good day. Never cared at all. 2 of my 4 long term GF's would stand almost eye to eye with me.
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Does it come with weight vertification so I can screen out the landwhales?
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What about age verification? Income verification? STD verification?
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Now if they can only get a weight verification.
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How about bra cup size verification?
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This is typical. Their ideas and beliefs revolve around their comfort and feeling while disregarding others consideration. Should someone point out their hypocrisy they resort to shame tactics and personal attacks to divert attention from the topic.
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Don't need it. If they only have face photos, fatty verified.
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I will never understand why dudes would lie about their height, so much so that they need to add this.
Don't you think the farce you tell them will come to light when you finally meet them in person? Or is that what platform shoes are for.
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"It's come to our attention that most of you 5-foot-10ers out there are actually 5-foot-6. The charade must stop," the company said on their blog"
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Yup. Each of my exes have been taller than me.
My wife is in the same boat.