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/* -*- buffer-read-only: t -*- vi: set ro: */
/* DO NOT EDIT! GENERATED AUTOMATICALLY! */
/* getopt_long and getopt_long_only entry points for GNU getopt.
   Copyright (C) 1987-1994, 1996-1998, 2004, 2006, 2009-2014 Free Software
   Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */

#ifdef _LIBC
# include <getopt.h>
#else
# include <config.h>
# include "getopt.h"
#endif
#include "getopt_int.h"

#include <stdio.h>

/* This needs to come after some library #include
   to get __GNU_LIBRARY__ defined.  */
#ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif

#ifndef NULL
#define NULL 0
#endif

int
getopt_long (int argc, char *__getopt_argv_const *argv, const char *options,
             const struct option *long_options, int *opt_index)
{
  return _getopt_internal (argc, (char **) argv, options, long_options,
                           opt_index, 0, 0);
}

int
_getopt_long_r (int argc, char **argv, const char *options,
                const struct option *long_options, int *opt_index,
                struct _getopt_data *d)
{
  return _getopt_internal_r (argc, argv, options, long_options, opt_index,
                             0, d, 0);
}

/* Like getopt_long, but '-' as well as '--' can indicate a long option.
   If an option that starts with '-' (not '--') doesn't match a long option,
   but does match a short option, it is parsed as a short option
   instead.  */

int
getopt_long_only (int argc, char *__getopt_argv_const *argv,
                  const char *options,
                  const struct option *long_options, int *opt_index)
{
  return _getopt_internal (argc, (char **) argv, options, long_options,
                           opt_index, 1, 0);
}

int
_getopt_long_only_r (int argc, char **argv, const char *options,
                     const struct option *long_options, int *opt_index,
                     struct _getopt_data *d)
{
  return _getopt_internal_r (argc, argv, options, long_options, opt_index,
                             1, d, 0);
}

#ifdef TEST

#include <stdio.h>

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  int c;
  int digit_optind = 0;

  while (1)
    {
      int this_option_optind = optind ? optind : 1;
      int option_index = 0;
      static const struct option long_options[] =
      {
        {"add", 1, 0, 0},
        {"append", 0, 0, 0},
        {"delete", 1, 0, 0},
        {"verbose", 0, 0, 0},
        {"create", 0, 0, 0},
        {"file", 1, 0, 0},
        {0, 0, 0, 0}
      };

      c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "abc:d:0123456789",
                       long_options, &option_index);
      if (c == -1)
        break;

      switch (c)
        {
        case 0:
          printf ("option %s", long_options[option_index].name);
          if (optarg)
            printf (" with arg %s", optarg);
          printf ("\n");
          break;

        case '0':
        case '1':
        case '2':
        case '3':
        case '4':
        case '5':
        case '6':
        case '7':
        case '8':
        case '9':
          if (digit_optind != 0 && digit_optind != this_option_optind)
            printf ("digits occur in two different argv-elements.\n");
          digit_optind = this_option_optind;
          printf ("option %c\n", c);
          break;

        case 'a':
          printf ("option a\n");
          break;

        case 'b':
          printf ("option b\n");
          break;

        case 'c':
          printf ("option c with value '%s'\n", optarg);
          break;

        case 'd':
          printf ("option d with value '%s'\n", optarg);
          break;

        case '?':
          break;

        default:
          printf ("?? getopt returned character code 0%o ??\n", c);
        }
    }

  if (optind < argc)
    {
      printf ("non-option ARGV-elements: ");
      while (optind < argc)
        printf ("%s ", argv[optind++]);
      printf ("\n");
    }

  exit (0);
}

#endif /* TEST */


It can seem at times that news that is most important to our daily life is about conflict — conflict between political forces within the country, conflict with other nations' interests, conflict between peace and order and crime and chaos, and conflict between ourselves and forces of nature that threaten our safety and livelihoods.
There are rare times, however, when we are reminded that for all our differences, mankind is capable of amazing displays of transcendent cooperation and astonishing achievement. Such a reminder came earlier this week when an international team of scientists revealed the first-ever photograph of a black hole.
Until now, a black hole was an idea, an object predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity more than a century ago, and a staple of science fiction stories. A black hole, according to Einstein, is a massive star that has collapsed so completely that it has become a "singularity" – an infinitely small point where the entire enormous mass of the star is concentrated, which creates gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.
The reason why the idea of a "black hole" is important to our everyday lives is that it makes our current knowledge of the universe and how it works possible. Without Einstein's theory, we would not understand how gravity works, and might not have been able to develop things we now take for granted, such as artificial satellites.
Scientists have long been confident that the theory is correct, but as long as it remained a theory, proved by mathematics and not real-life observation, there was always the chance of discovering that what we thought we knew was not correct at all. Actually seeing a black hole, however, seemed nearly impossible: From our tiny planet, how can we find what would appear to us to be a small black spot of nothingness in the vastness of space?
By stretching the limits of human ingenuity in a global team effort that ignores borders and political differences, that's how. Using something called the Event Horizon Telescope and more computing power that has ever been assembled for a single purpose, a coordinated team of scientists from around the world — including scientists from our Asean neighbors Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia — photographed the enormous black hole that lies at the center of the M87 galaxy, 55 million light years from Earth.
To do this, they had to create a "camera" almost the size of our whole planet; the Event Horizon is actually eight massive radio telescope arrays located in Hawaii, Mexico, Arizona, Spain, Chile and Antarctica, all working together. If the Event Horizon Telescope was an actual camera, one would be able to use it to read a newspaper in New York from a sidewalk in Paris.
The lesson in all this is that when we, as people, set aside our differences and find a common goal, we can achieve incredible things. On Monday, our knowledge of the universe, of what we consider "reality," was based on theory; by Tuesday afternoon, it was based on fact, and whole new realms of study and ways to improve our knowledge and our lives were opened to us.
In a world that so often seems at odds with itself, it is a message of encouragement that we need, and should all take a moment to appreciate.


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From a Distant Country
A short story about a few Native American objects
By Skokloster Castle
Map of America (1670/1690) by Frederick de WitteSkokloster Castle
"They don't trust us in any way, and we don't trust them", wrote Johan Printz, Governor of the colony New Sweden in present-day Delaware. He was describing the relationship between the settlers and the natives.
A Pleated Band (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
Johan Printz had been appointed Governor in 1642. His expressed orders were to maintain a good relationship with the natives and other settlers to further the trade in the region.
A Decorative Object (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
New Sweden encompassed parts of the territories of two native tribes, the Lenape and the Susquehannock. Most of the region was controlled by the English and the Dutch, however. The Dutch were considered the foremost enemy by the Swedes – rightly, as it turned out.
A Necklace (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
The colony expanded rapidly under the rule of Governor Printz. But Printz' offensive type of leadership caused increasing opposition within the community. Any form of rebellion was punished hard, however, and Printz at least once had a citizen executed for treason.
Per Brahe the Younger (c. 1650) by David BeckSkokloster Castle
The peaceful approach to the other inhabitants was not Governor Printz' own idea. He wanted to annihilate the natives and fight the English and the Dutch. But Lord High Steward Per Brahe had more experience in the matter, being Governor General of Finland, and a mind for business. Luckily for the Lenape and the Susquehannock, Brahe had superiority over Printz.
Two War Clubs (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
Governor Printz by force, coercion or trade obtained a number of native objects. It is noted that he had "Indian curiosities" in his own armoury. But what about the objects at Skokloster?
A Quiver (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
There would have been several Native American objects in Sweden by the late 1600's. After all, people like to send home souvenirs and it was important to send home "proofs" of a distant and exotic tribe.
Field Marshal Wrangel (1662) by Matthaeus MerianSkokloster Castle
The owner of Skokloster, Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel, belonged to the limited group of Governors of the Realm and might have been a recipient of such a gift.
An Indian Head Dress (1643/1654) by unknownSkokloster Castle
No Indian artefacts are noted in Wrangel's armoury, however. The objects at Skokloster were not likely included in Wrangel's collection of ethnographic curiosities originally.
The Wrangel Armoury (2011) by Erik LernestålSkokloster Castle
But after Printz' death in 1663 some "Indian antiques" were sent to Per Brahe. When Per Brahe died in 1680 all his possessions were inherited by his nephew Nils Brahe, who was Carl Gustaf Wrangel's son-in-law.
Count Brahe (1696) by David RichterSkokloster Castle
And eventually, in 1701, Nils Brahe's son Abraham inherited Skokloster and started an inventory of the house. The Skokloster armoury inventory of 1710 describes Indian artefacts for the first time.
The Castle from the Lake (2014) by Jens MohrSkokloster Castle
The "Indian antiques" are still there toady, some 300 years later.
Text: G. Sandell, SHM
Skokloster Castle
Stories from Skokloster Castle
Yes, Wonderful Things!
A Face of Fruit Composed
What Would Have Been
The Death of a Friend
Cardboard Fortresses
To Napoleon and Back
Big House, Short Beds
A Hellish Device

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text:
namespace CGAL {
namespace OTR_2 {

/// The Reconstruction_vertex_base_2 class is the default
/// vertex class of the Reconstruction_triangulation_2 class.
///
/// - Each vertex stores a Sample as well as the corresponding relocated point.
///
/// @param Traits_  Geometric traits class
/// @param Vb       Vertex base class, model of TriangulationVertexBase_2.
template < class Traits_, class Vb = Triangulation_vertex_base_2<Traits_> >
class Reconstruction_vertex_base_2 : public Vb
{

  /// \cond SKIP_IN_MANUAL

public:
  typedef Vb Base;
  typedef typename Traits_::FT        FT;
  typedef OTR_2::Sample<Traits_>       Sample_;
  typedef typename Traits_::Point_2   Point;
  typedef typename Base::Face_handle  Face_handle;

  template < typename TDS2 >
  struct Rebind_TDS {
    typedef typename Base::template Rebind_TDS<TDS2>::Other Vb2;
    typedef Reconstruction_vertex_base_2<Traits_,Vb2> Other;
  };

private:
  int       m_id;
  bool      m_pinned;
  Sample_*  m_sample;
  Point     m_relocated;
  FT        m_relevance;

public:
  Reconstruction_vertex_base_2()
  : Base(),
    m_id(-1),
    m_pinned(false),
    m_sample(NULL),
    m_relevance(0)
{
}

  Reconstruction_vertex_base_2(const Point & p)
  : Base(p),
    m_id(-1),
    m_pinned(false),
    m_sample(NULL),
    m_relevance(0)
  {
  }

  Reconstruction_vertex_base_2(Face_handle f)
  : Base(f),
    m_id(-1),
    m_pinned(false),
    m_sample(NULL),
    m_relevance(0)
  {
  }

  Reconstruction_vertex_base_2(const Point & p, Face_handle f)
  : Base(p, f),
    m_id(-1),
    m_pinned(false),
    m_sample(NULL),
    m_relevance(0)
  {
  }

  ~Reconstruction_vertex_base_2() { }

  int  id() const { return m_id; }
  int& id() { return m_id; }

  bool  pinned() const { return m_pinned; }
  bool& pinned() { return m_pinned; }

  FT relevance() const { return m_relevance; }
  void set_relevance(FT relevance) { m_relevance = relevance; }

  Sample_* sample() const { return m_sample; }
  void set_sample(Sample_* sample) { m_sample = sample; }

  const Point& relocated() const { return m_relocated; }
  Point& relocated() { return m_relocated; }

  bool  has_sample_assigned() const { return sample() != NULL; }
};
//---------------STRUCT LESS VERTEX_HANDLE---------------------
template <class T>
struct less_Vertex_handle
{
  bool operator() (const T& a, const T& b) const
  {
    return (a->id() < b->id());
  }
};

/// \endcond

} } //end namespaces

#endif // CGAL_RECONSTRUCTION_VERTEX_BASE_2_H_

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As an international student, the challenge of adjusting to living, studying and job searching in a new country can be significant. You may be on your own for the first time, without family and a support system. Americans pride themselves on having an independent, can-do attitude but this can leave international students feeling unwelcome and unsupported in the United States. Through the Video Tutorial Library, we offer sympathetic, practical advice and strategies that address acculturation success, which are particularly useful for students planning to live and work in the U.S. Understanding American culture and its expectations, as well as learning practical strategies for living, studying and job searching, can help students create a positive life-changing experience.
Click on the links for detailed information and videos on these topics. They represent a small sample of the wide variety of programs that Dreambridge Learning has to offer.


Scientists for the longest time believed that your genetics were determined at birth, and nothing you could do could change them. In the 1990's scientists began to find that there are factors above and beyond genes that determined how genes are expressed and even passed on to children. This goes back to the whole Nature vs. Nurture argument and trying to determine which is more important. The genes you are born with are your nature, but how they are read, interpreted and expressed would be considered your nurture.
Is it possible to change the ways your genes are expressed so that you can be more healthy? Can you actually ward off such life-threatening diseases as cancer? Is this some wild, crazy fringe scientific theory or does it hold some truth? And if it is true, why aren't people hearing more about it?
How can epigenetics be used to improve my health?
That's the real question behind all of this. It's great that scientist have found that gene expression can be modified, and in some cases passed along to future generations. But how can this be done in a way to benefit my health now?
One promise that epigenetics holds is that through lifestyle changes such as better nutrition and exercise, that genetically influenced diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be improved or even reversed. The current reality is that scientists have found evidence of being able to alter gene expression chemically, and that some of those modifications can be passed along to offspring.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease associated with increasing age and there is strong evidence that the risk of CRC can be modified by lifestyle and environmental factors. It has been demonstrated that diet may account for or prevent as much as 80% of CRC incidence. Diet may affect gut mucosa either directly from the luminal side or indirectly through whole-body metabolism. Food-derived compounds that are constantly present in the intestine, or the blood content of nutrients, hormones and growth factors, may shift cellular balance toward harmful outcomes, such as increased susceptibility for genetic and epigenetic changes in a genome.
This blog post just gives you a taste of what is going on in the field of epigenetics. It is just taking off, and it offers some amazing possibilities to improve our lives and those of our future generations.
But the bottom line is, we already knew that eating right and exercising leads to better health. The solution for a morbidly obese person who has diabetes isn't insulin shots for the rest of his life. It is to get him active, moving and eating better and voila the condition gets better. It may not always happen that way, but we all know that being healthy is its own reward.


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Acest articol abordează materialismul în sensul economic al cuvântului. Pentru informații privind sensurile filosofice și științifice, vezi materialism.

Materialismul este o atitudine personală care acordă importanță dobândirii și consumului de bunuri materiale. Termenul "materialist", folosit pentru a descrie personalitatea unui individ sau a unei societăți, tinde să aibă o conotație negativă sau peiorativă. Denumit și lăcomie, termenul este deseori asociat cu un sistem de valori ce presupune ca statutul social să fie determinat de bunăstare (vezi și consumul ostentativ). În acest sistem de valori se încadrează și ideea că bunurile pot oferi fericirea. Ecologismul poate fi considerat o orientare concurentă materialismului.

Materialismul poate fi văzut drept o formă pragmatică de  care se bazează pe o înțelegere temeinică a caracterului economiei orientate spre piață și societate. Cu toate acestea, studiile au constatat că materialismul este, de asemenea, asociat cu comportamentul autodistructiv și cu depresia.

Definiție
De obicei, studiile efectuate asupra consumatorilor privesc materialismul în două moduri: pe de o parte, ca pe o colecție de trăsături de personalitate, iar pe de altă parte, ca pe un principiu sau o convingere fermă.

Materialismul ca trăsătură de personalitate
În concepția lui , materialismul include trei trăsături de personalitate originale.

 Avariția – refuzul de a oferi sau de a împărți bunurile personale cu ceilalți.
 Invidia – dorința de a deține bunurile altor persoane.
 Posesivitatea – preocuparea față de pierderea bunurilor și dorința de a avea un control sporit asupra proprietății.

Materialismul ca valoare
Achiziționarea de bunuri materiale este pusă în prim-plan în momentul în care dobândirea lor reprezintă un scop principal în viață cu convingerea că acestea sunt cheia spre fericire și că succesul poate fi măsurat în funcție de bogăția materială a unei persoane și de calitatea și prețul bunurilor materiale pe care le poate cumpăra.

Cultivarea materialismului în lumea occidentală
În lumea occidentală, tendința de sporire a materialismului ca urmare a nemulțumirilor cu privire la starea materială este în creștere. Cercetările efectuate în Statele Unite arată că ultimele generații se axează mai mult ca oricând pe bani, imagine și faimă, mai ales de la apariția generațiilor Boomer și Generația X (copiii născuți în perioada de după cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial sunt cunoscuți drept "baby boomers").

În urma unui sondaj, 7% dintre americani au afirmat că ar ucide pentru suma de 3 milioane de dolari și 65% dintre respondenți că ar petrece un an pe o insulă pustie pentru suma de 1 milion de dolari.

Un studiu realizat de Universitatea din California și de  pe 250,000 de studenți boboci a arătat că principalul motiv pentru care aceștia au decis să meargă la facultate a fost obținerea bunăstării materiale. Din anii '70 până la sfârșitul anilor '90, procentul de studenți care au declarat că principalul lor motiv pentru a merge la facultate a fost să își dezvolte o filozofie de viață însemnată a scăzut de la peste 80% la aproximativ 40%, în timp ce procentul cu privire la scopul obținerii câștigului financiar a crescut de la aproximativ 40% până la mai mult de 75%.

Materialismul și fericirea
Mai multe studii au descoperit existența unei legături între materialism și nefericire. Studiile efectuate în Statele Unite au constatat că bunăstarea și fericirea cetățenilor unei țări au fost influențate într-o foarte mică măsură sau chiar deloc de creșterea bogăției materiale și a cantității de bunuri. a numit acest lucru economia "lipsită de bucurie", în care oamenii urmăresc la nesfârșit confortul în detrimentul plăcerilor.

În urma a două măsurări ale gradului de bunăstare subiectivă, un studiu a constatat că materialismul afectează în mod negativ fericirea, în sensul că oamenii care sunt materialiști tind a fi, de asemenea, mai nefericiți. Atunci când cumpărăturile le generează oamenilor o plăcere imensă și dobândirea de bunuri materiale este considerată un obiectiv important, aceștia tind să aibă rate mai scăzute ale . De asemenea, materialismul are un efect pozitiv asupra afecțiunilor psihologice mai grave, cum ar fi depresia, narcisismul și paranoia.

Cu toate acestea, relația dintre materialism și fericire este una mai complexă. Direcția acesteia poate merge în ambele sensuri. Materialismul individual poate cauza diminuarea bunăstării, iar un nivel mai scăzut al bunăstării poate determina oamenii să fie mai interesați de aspectele materiale într-un efort de a obține satisfacții externe.

În schimb, cercetările arată că achizițiile făcute cu intenția de a dobândi experiențe de viață, cum ar fi o vacanță de familie, fac oamenii mai fericiți decât achizițiile făcute pentru a obține bunuri materiale, cum ar fi o mașină. Până și simplul gând la achiziționarea unor experiențe îi face pe oameni să fie mai fericiți decât să se gândească la lucruri materiale.

Vezi și

 Consumerism

 Capitalism
 Lăcomie

 Feminism material

Referințe

Materialism

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Home ARCHIVES Canadian Army headed into Niagara
Canadian Army headed into Niagara
Niagara will soon look like a scene out of the 1984 classic 'Red Dawn' as the Canadian military begin their domestic operation.
Almost 2,000 troops will be taking part in the training exercise from Aug. 17-23, where a fictional army have invading Eastern Canada and are closing in on capturing the Welland Canal.
"Every exercise needs a scenario and this one here is really fictional," Major Tim van Mourik of the 31 Canadian Brigade Group told Pelham Council last Tuesday night.
While it may look like a Soviet invasion, van Mourik say they mean peace. Soldiers will be walking around in full military gear and will be using land and air support to halt the fictional enemy.
The majority of the soldiers will be staying on private property, the Welland fair ground, and some along the Welland Canal.
He told council it will be a "neat" experience for the public to view the military operations in their own backyard. None of the soldiers will not be stationed inside Pelham but they plan on doing an air drop at the Central Airport, if the weather cooperates.
Despite all the military personal in Niagara, van Mourik says the operation will be relatively quiet. Soldiers will be shooting blanks, but no explosives or smoke will be used.
They plan on providing a public demonstration, which will be announced closer to the training exercise.
"We're hoping the community will be supportive in our realistic training," van Mourik said. "It's exciting and in your own backyard."
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Oklahoma lawmakers have voted to cut the state's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by more than 70 percent, hitting 200,000 low-income working households, many of whom will lose the credit altogether. The cut will raise just $29 million to help close a gaping $1.3 billion shortfall — which was largely caused by years of income tax rate cuts that mainly benefit high-income households and tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, followed by a steep decline in energy prices.
If Oklahoma wants to build a stronger, more prosperous economy that works for everyone, cutting taxes for the wealthy and paying for it by slashing help for working families isn't the way to do it.
The EITC cut would limit the credit to what state income taxes a household owed rather than allowing the household to receive the full value of the credit it earned, even if that exceeds their tax liability. Most state EITCs are refundable to help offset other taxes that working families pay and let those families keep more of what they earn. Indeed, EITC-eligible families in Oklahoma pay 9-10 percent of their income in state and local taxes, mostly sales taxes.
Despite the giant budget shortfall, lawmakers didn't reverse the state's most recent cut in income tax rates, which took effect this year, or reconsider the tax breaks to oil and gas firms that cost $400 million in 2015 alone. Instead, while sharply cutting the EITC, they're considering cutting Medicaid and other services for struggling families.
As we've explained, building broadly shared prosperity means helping struggling families participate more fully in the economy, not less.


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Category Archives: Academics
The Cat Telephone
Posted on April 26, 2017 by April C. Armstrong
By Arthur Kim '18
What do a cat and a telephone have in common? They were the same thing in an experiment conducted in 1929 by Professor Ernest Glen Wever and his research assistant Charles William Bray here at Princeton University. Wever and Bray took an unconscious, but alive, cat and transformed it into a working telephone to test how sound is perceived by the auditory nerve.
Charles W. Bray '25 and E. Glenn Weaver. Undergraduate Alumni Records (AC199).
To do so, they first sedated the cat and opened its skull to better access the auditory nerve. A telephone wire was attached to the nerve and the other end of the wire was connected to a telephone receiver. Bray would speak in the cat's ears, while Wever would listen through the receiver 50 feet away in a soundproof room. The common notion during this time was that the frequency of the response of a sensory nerve is correlated to the intensity of the stimulus. In the case of the auditory nerve, as a sound becomes louder, the frequency or pitch of the sound received by the ear should be higher. When Bray made a sound with a certain frequency, Wever heard the sound from the receiver at the same frequency. As Bray increased the pitch of the sound, the frequency of the sound Wever heard also increased. This experiment proved that the frequency of the response in the auditory nerve is correlated to the frequency of the sound. To further validate their experiment, Wever and Bray performed more trials with varying conditions. When they placed the wire on other tissues and nerves away from the auditory nerve, the telephone receiver did not produce any sound. In one experiment, they restricted the blood circulation to the cat's head, which also ceased the transmission of sound from the receiver. From their findings through these experiments, Wever and Bray were awarded the first Howard Crosby Warren Medal of Society by the Society of Experimental Psychologists in 1936.
Soon after, Bray became an Associate Professor at Princeton University and later became the Associate Research Director of the U.S. Air Force Human Resources Research. During World War II, he served as one of the leading scientists of the civilian psychological research for both the National Defense Research Council and the Navy. As for Wever, he became the head of the department of psychology at Princeton and worked with Dr. Julius Lempert of the Lempert Institute of Otology to research on otosclerosis, an abnormal bone growth in the ear that leads to hearing impairment due to the ear's inability to amplify sound. During World War II, Wever was a consultant to the National Research Council on anti-submarine warfare. He found that men with musical abilities were the best sonar operators, regardless of what instrument they played.
Surprisingly, Wever and Bray were not particularly interested in the practical use of their discovery. Instead they cared more about the protocol and methodology to run these tests. The techniques they developed for the experiment were highly renowned by physicians who used them to study the human hearing. Their research laid a foundation for cochlear implants, devices that convert sound vibrations into electrical signals to the brain.
Alumni and Faculty Offprint Collection (AC121)
Faculty and Professional Staff Files (AC107)
Graduate Alumni Records (AC105)
Undergraduate Academic Records 1921-2015 (AC198)
Undergraduate Alumni Records 1921-2015 (AC199)
Wever, Ernest Glen and Charles W. Bray. "Action Currents in the Auditory Nerve in Response to Acoustical Stimulation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 16 (1930): 344-350.
Arthur Kim is a junior in the chemical and biological engineering department at Princeton University.
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Margaret Niemann Rost '85 on Softball and the Senior Thesis
By Cailin Hong '17
With the women's softball season underway, Mudd reflects on the team's not-so-humble origins with a retrospective on Margaret Niemann Rost '85, former co-captain and one of the team's first members after the fledgling sport was promoted to varsity status. Rost was a religion major from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who played on both the varsity women's basketball and softball teams before choosing to focus on softball her senior year. Rost played second base and during her time at Princeton led the team to incredible success, scoring wins against some of the top teams in the NCAA at Temple and University of Massachusetts, despite being a relatively new team and limited in practice dates by Ivy League regulations. As a multi-sport athlete on Princeton's need-based scholarship, Rost was an example of the University's commitment to supporting the nation's brightest minds while promoting "education through athletics". When asked about the challenges of being a varsity athlete and completing the academic capstone of the Princeton undergraduate experience, the senior thesis, Rost shrugged, "my roommate and I, who's co-captain of the team, finished it [a 124-page analysis of the writings of Jewish author Chaim Potok] six weeks early so we could fully commit to enjoying the season."
This recently digitized video highlights Rost's timeless reflections on the challenges of senior year, balancing "going Independent" with a campus job, and the uncertainty of post-graduation plans. It was filmed just after Rost led the team to their third consecutive Ivy League Championship.
Broadcast Center Recordings (AC362)
Daily Princetonian
Niemann, Margaret Ruth. "Varieties of Identities in the Writing of Chaim Potok." 1985. Senior Thesis Collection (AC102).
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Halle Berry on "Women, Race, and Film" (2000)
Posted on February 22, 2017 by April C. Armstrong
Fifteen years ago, Halle Berry made history as the first African American woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. A year and a half before her Oscar win, Halle Berry was the keynote speaker for a two-day conference at Princeton, "Imitating Life: Women, Race, and Film, 1932-2000." We've recently digitized the video of her address.
Halle Berry, "Women, Race, and Film," McCosh Hall, Princeton University, September 2000. Office of Communications Records (AC168), Box 203.
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Integrating Princeton University: Robert Joseph Rivers '53
Posted on February 8, 2017 by April C. Armstrong
As we have previously pointed out, Princeton's first African American undergraduates were not purposefully admitted: they were instead brought as part of a Navy training program during World War II. In 1945, Trustee Laurence G. Payson wrote to fellow member of the Class of 1916 John McFerran Barr to explain the presence of black students in response to apparent objections. "When the personnel [for the Navy unit] arrived its members included, unbeknownst to us in advance, four negroes." Meanwhile, a law requiring tax-exempt institutions not to discriminate on the basis of race had recently passed in New Jersey. "If Princeton were to stand against the negroes who were admitted under the Navy War-time ROTC the Trustees would be in a very difficult spot." He explained that future African American applications for admission would be evaluated by administrators at Nassau Hall (i.e., the Office of the President) rather than by the Office of Admission, then headed by Dean Radcliffe Heermance. (Heermance had revoked one black student's offer of admission in the 1930s when he showed up to register for classes and his race became apparent.) In spite of Princeton's wariness of challenge to its traditions, one young local African American resident found the presence of black students at the prestigious university inspirational in its seeming promise of new possibilities.
James Everett Ward '47 and Arthur Jewell Wilson '47 outside Laughlin Hall, 1946. Historical Photograph Collection, Campus Life Series (AC112), Box MP215, Image No. 5644.
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Grading at Princeton University
We sometimes get questions about what people see in alumni files. One of the more challenging things about reading academic records is dealing with unfamiliar grading rubrics. For example, we shared F. Scott Fitzgerald's grade card with you a while ago. Though a dropped semester and repeated classes would indicate he did not do so well academically, the actual grades he received—mostly a series of 4s and 5s—are bewildering to modern eyes.
Click to enlarge this table.
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"Climates of the Past"
These days, most Americans think of PBS when they think of educational television, but in the 1950s, viewers expected commercial networks to offer this sort of programming. In 1952, New York's WNBT (NBC) offered Princeton University a grant for faculty to develop a variety of shows in their areas of expertise suitable for a mass audience. Yale, Brown, Rutgers, Columbia, NYU, and Georgetown were all already involved in similar endeavors. By 1954, 84 colleges and universities were involved in creating educational television. Some even offered college credit to viewers.
Princeton was ready to go on the air in 1954. The series, Princeton '54, was only shown in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region, but the program was successful enough that NBC decided to show its successor, Princeton '55, throughout the eastern United States, in a covetable Sunday afternoon time slot. The series was meant to appeal to diverse interests, opening with "Communists, and Who They Are" with Prof. Gabriel A. Almond (Woodrow Wilson School) on January 2, 1955, and drawing upon faculty in English, music, the Creative Arts Program, and geology, among others for its 13-episdode season.
Erling Dorf, ca. 1950s. Photo by Orren Jack Turner. Historical Photograph Collection, Faculty Photographs Series (AC059), Box FAC28.
Today, we're sharing the program that aired sixty years ago today, on February 6, 1955. Geology professor Erling Dorf presented "Climates of the Past," asserting that the Earth was going through a period of warming within an epoch of cooling.
Princeton followed up with a third and final season, Princeton '56, the following year.
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History of Women at Princeton University
Posted on November 5, 2014 by April C. Armstrong
Written by Vanessa Snowden
For much of its history, Princeton University had the reputation of being an "old-boys' school." Starting in the fall of 1969, Princeton became co-educational, and nine women transferred into the Class of 1970, with slightly greater numbers in the two subsequent classes. Women who matriculated as freshmen in 1969 graduated in the Class of 1973, the first undergraduate class that included women for all four undergraduate years. However, the first steps towards co-education came as early as 1887, with the founding of Evelyn College. From its inception, this women's institution was associated with Princeton University, and it was hoped that the link would be similar to the Radcliffe and Harvard University relationship. Unfortunately, Evelyn College closed in 1897, due to financial problems and a lack of support from Princeton.
For the next half-century, women instead made their presence known in unofficial positions. Wives and daughters of Princeton faculty and administrators succeeded in exerting significant influence on campus life as advocates for students as well as assistants in research. Isabella Guthrie McCosh, wife of James McCosh, the 11th president of Princeton, was deeply involved in protecting the health and welfare of Princeton students. As a result of her unflagging dedication, the campus infirmary was built and named in her honor.
"Reminiscences of Mrs. McCosh," June 1935. Auxiliary to the Isabella McCosh Infirmary Records (AC175), Box 2.
Women were also important forces in the academic world. Margaret Farrand Thorp, wife of English professor, Willard Thorp, often assisted with her husband's research while simultaneously producing her own independent work. Fittingly, she wrote a book entitled Female Persuasion: Six Strong-Minded Women, which was published in 1949. Speaking of her lot as a female at Princeton, Thorp once quipped, "We who practice the pleasant profession of faculty wife are often amused by Princeton University's apparent hostility to the feminine sex. Hostility is probably too strong a word. The situation is, rather, that for the University, the feminine sex does not exist." (See William K. Selden, Women of Princeton, p. 33.)
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"Princeton: A Search for Answers," 1973
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Helene van Rossum
During a morning session of the President's Conference in the early 1970s, a member of the student panel told the assembled alumni that she had come to Princeton "not to find a way of making a living, but instead to find a way of making a life." Filmmakers Julian Krainin and DeWitt Sage used this statement in their proposal in 1972 for a new recruitment film for Princeton University. "It seems that it should be the responsibility of a great university not so much to answer the question of how to "make a life," but to present the student with at least the tools and courage with which he or she might discover the answer."
The resulting film Princeton: A Search for Answers won an Oscar in 1974 for Documentary Short Subject. Film producer and director Joshua Logan '31, who had started his stage writing and directing career in Princeton's Triangle Club, was one of the first to see it. "I not only believe that it is a moving, funny, and stimulating account of a University I once knew but had almost forgotten," he wrote to his fellow members of the Academy. "It tells about the gleam that flits across the human mind and gives us all something to hope for, to live for. It makes the human race quite a bit more respectable then (sic) we have recently thought it to be." The film which has recently been remastered (2013) is featured here.
In order to write the film treatment and script, Dewitt Sage spent several months on campus, attending classes and seminars, and talking with students, faculty and staff. Once the film treatment was approved, Julian Krainin took over to supervise the actual camera work. During 1972 and early 1973 fourteen and a half hours of 16mm color footage was shot for the thirty minute film. The outtakes are kept in the University Archives. To accompany the film, the Office of Communications produced a handsome brochure with quotes and information about the faculty featured (see SearchForAnswers.pdf).
As already suggested by the title, the film's main emphasis is on education, scholarship, and student-instructor relations. The film includes footage of tutorials and lectures by physics professor and Dean of the Faculty Aaron Lemonick (1:50, 9:11), and professors Edward Cone (Music, 3:01, 29:48), John Wheeler (Physics 7:05), Daniel Seltzer (English, 12:39), and Ann Douglas Wood (English, 25:02). Wheeler is filmed during a lecture about the implications of black holes (he is credited with coining the phrase in 1967), while Dan Seltzer teaches a Shakespeare acting class and lectures about Henry IV (Part 2). Additional footage features Princeton president William Bowen during a question and answer session with alumni and undergraduates (9:55, 26:11, 27:49) and the work of two graduate students: Niall O'Murchadha (Physics, 5:10, 26:51) and Maury Wolfe (Architecture, 16:11).
Produced only a few years after the introduction of co-education in 1969, at a time when diversification of the student body was a priority for Princeton, women and African American students feature prominently in campus scenes (9:40, 20:56, 24:36) and in the class rooms. There is little emphasis in the film on extracurricular activities. In addition to footage of the Glee Club singing Bach in Alexander Hall (directed by Professor of Music Walter Nollner, 17:47), sport scenes are limited to marathon running and rowing (23:25). Additional footage includes students sharing their views of Princeton in a pub (19:45, the legal drinking age was still eighteen!) Some historical photographs and footage is shown at 22:27, including a fragment of a chemistry lecture by the famous Hubert Alyea (previously featured) and the Triangle Club.
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James Baker at Princeton before and after the Cold War
Posted on March 14, 2011 by Mudd Manuscript Library
Baker at Princeton
In 1949, as the United States and its western allies established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to "contain" Soviet expansion into Europe, James A. Baker III was a freshman at Princeton. He was, in his words, "focused more on making grades, playing tennis and rugby, and chasing girls — not necessarily in that order — than on U.S. foreign policy" (Baker p. 287).
In his memoir, Baker provides a good-natured account of his early years here. "I became a member of both Princeton's Right Wing Club — so named because we spent much of our time using our right arms to hoist spirituous beverages — and the 21 Club, another social organization with a similar mission" (Baker p. 9). But by the time he left Princeton, Baker had produced serious work; he found his interest in history and classics and had written his senior thesis about parliamentary politics in Britain in the two preceding decades.
The Cold War would soon find him, however. Baker graduated in 1952 and immediately entered the U.S. Marine Corps' officer training program while the Korean War was still ongoing. The Cold War would continue to shape Baker's career, by which he was both a witness to and agent of the fall of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1991, Baker had served as Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff and Treasury Secretary and as Secretary of State for George H. W. Bush.
Return to Princeton
This video, documenting a talk by Baker co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and the Class of 1993, was delivered on December 12, 1991 in Alexander Hall. Baker was then serving as Secretary of State.
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"Princeton University: Conversations that matter," 1991
After the 1960 and 1961 "Princeton newsreels" featured last week, which marked a new stage in Princeton's public relations efforts, it is interesting to make a 30-year leap to view a film that was produced for the Admissions Office by Andrew Greenspan: "Princeton University: Conversations that Matter" (1991). Focusing on the academic climate and intellectual exchanges, the film uses a markedly different format than the Orange Key Society film of 1962, which was also aimed at prospective students.
This film uses footage of discussion groups, lectures and seminars, and individual meetings between students and faculty, touching upon a wide range of subjects within the sciences and humanities. Professors featured include, among others, Cornel West (African American Studies, 1.13 and following), Peter Brown (History, 4:31), Robert Fagles (reading from his translation of the Iliad 6:57), Toni Morrison (English, 8:27 and following), John Fleming (English and Comparative Literature, 9:05), John Conway (Mathematics, 12:36), Steve Mackey (Music, 18:24 and following), and Michael Littman (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 19:19). In addition, the film addresses individual students' research and creative writing projects. The footage includes an acting class by playwright David Rabe (16:02) and training sessions with basketball coach Pete Carril (2:50 and following).
The film won a Gold Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
This VHS video is part of the University Archives' Historical Audiovisual Collection (item no. 1293).
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Note from CM: Now here is an eye-opening post. I guarantee you that the thoughts Pete Enns shares here will not have crossed the minds of many evangelical Christians or to Christians of other brands who emphasize strict observance and piety. In my view it serves as is yet another example of how separated the religious can be from the realities of ordinary life and how little most of us understand about the people in the Bible and what their actual experience was.
His words also confirm to me what I see every day now as I work in the community rather than within the walls of a church. Generally speaking, many of the people I meet who don't call themselves religious may have more faith and spiritual sense than those who do. And those in the church are often just as bound by superstitious and "worldly" thinking as their neighbors are.
It's commercialized nonsense, a vehicle for reaching quarterly profit margins. Christmas means malls, Lexus "December to Remember" commercials, and some very dumb Christmas specials.
Israelites worshiped other deities, in the form of images, in the home. The very opposite of the biblical injunctions.
And the mandatory rant section was delightfully short – I am possibly even more exhausted by materialist-christmas rants than I am by dirty-Halloween rants. Just go have a good time already.
I am not sure where I fit into the whole Christmas rah rah.
I have had my grandchildren visit last Saturday, so presents and cake then.
This Thursday, the Nursing Home are having a Family Lunch for Residents and Relatives and then a quiet Christmas Day Lunch for close family members whose loved ones are not fit or well enough to go home.
As my husband can no longer walk that will be where I will be.
Consequently my main celebration will be with my Church members and its quiet celebration of our Messiah's birth.
We are a small country church but we are close knit and recognise the importance of our church family.
A Carol Service and Eucharist.
Our Priest is visiting my husband and taking him the Sacrament on Christmas Eve.
I could not wish for a better Christmas.
Christ's birth will be centre of my celebrations.
Thank you, Susan, for the reality and sanity of your words.
That's a Both/And, not an Either/Or. The average Israelite was indeed detached from covenant religion. But the command to keep that covenant WAS clearly given, at Sinai. The leaders of Israel were supposed to (in tge absence of mass literacy and private ownership of the Torah) teach the people that. And they failed miserably in their duty. Which is also a major running theme in the Prophets.
> The leaders of Israel … failed miserably in their duty.
Again, so very much not unlike today.
For all the very many failings of the Evangelical church I encountered as a young adult – what she has become today is nearly unrecognizable. A crisis of leadership indeed.
On the other hand I genuinely do not believe US-Xmas is as ravenously materialistic as the nabobs insist. I do not find it difficult to find expressions of genuine good will and neighborliness – just not wrapped in highfalutin Theological word salad. Yesterday an elderly neighbor posted that someone had stolen her snow shovel off her front porch [where everyone leaves their snow shovels]. Only moments later a neighbor responded that he had a spare shovel and would take care of it. … and the beat goes on.
I don't actually see that in my many decaded experience as a conservative Evangelical.
Services held on Sunday and possibly another day of the week.
The congregation sings in worship.
The pastor exposits from Scripture.
The meeting and greeting of friends continues before and after the service.
Sunday School remains a staple in all the churches I have attended.
There's really no change in my experience though we no longer sing from hymnals and the turning of pages from a physical Bible have been replaced by Tablets, Kindles, and cell phones.
No image of The Trump being given all praise and adoration?
Because that's what "Conservative Evangelical" is coming to mean.
You don't get it, man. Headless is one the Anointed. He can do no wrong. No thread can be hijacked by him. It's only the Most Evil and Cunning Yours Truly who is worthy of having his comments deleted for taking a thread off topic.
One standard for me, another for thee. Stacking the deck.
john, Ben, I think it's relevant to ask given what I experienced post-2000 election and 9/11 with Bush while still being in high school. I started seeing his picture and vistage in nearly every fundamentalist church I visited in the Midwest. I don't remember seeing Clinton's photo anywhere, and I was too young for Reagan and Bush Sr.
It's not a hijack, it's a highlight, and one worth pointing out, just as part of the discussion. HUG is iMonk's footnotes, they need to be there for additional reading and context.
StuartB Thanks for info, certainly do not mind the divergence into other areas if that is where the traffic is going. In my entire life attending churches ranging from very fundamentalist to moderate to whatever some are now I have never seen a picture of any President or for that matter any elected official. Do not doubt what your say but I have lived and traveled in the southern Bible belt states where is they were to put a picture of a President up after 1745 to 1960 it would probably be FDR as he made the South a Democrat stronghold and was revered . Did not know the Midwest had such reverence for the incompetent President GW Bush, interesting that the support was so strong. So commenters do have strong and diverse opinions and I am all for that so thanks for sharing. Not clear about HUG being IMonks footnotes but I am sure I will catch on. I thought I saw a headless unicorn but it turned out just to be a headless horse, I think, I know it was one or the other, I betting on horse.
make that year 1945 even though FDR was President a long time not that long.
do you think that Roy Moore will replace DT as the poster boy for fundamentalist/evangelical moral crusader? The stench is overwhelming as it is.
I am so over 'we hold our noses and vote because we oppose abortion' when the present Repub Party has put CHIPS up on the bargaining table in exchange for approval of monies to the wealthiest among us.
I mean I get it they don't want the unborn to be harmed, but the CHIPS program is necessary to the lives of many children with extremely severe health concerns . . . . . without those funds, they will die.
Where's the thinking on this?
I can't begin to understand how badly people of good will have been played by politicians.
do you think that Roy Moore will replace DT as the poster boy for fundamentalist/evangelical moral crusader?
Stranger things have happened, but I'm leaning more towards "loyal sidekick".
Either way, we'll see it on South Park before long.
Too RL weird for Parker & Stone to pass up.
Well, Moore lost but the circus continues.
And Moore is screaming for a recount and claiming Conspiracy. A lot like that scene from Citizen Kane with the two newspaper headlines — "KANE WINS" and "VOTE FRAUD!" — depending on which way the election went. Except Citizen Kane presented this as a NEGATIVE thing, wheras nowadays IRL it's presented in all Righteousness.
And in the meantime, Republican congresspeople continued to try to undermine Robert Mueller today, during testimony of acting AG Rosenstein, even as the acting AG himself defended Mueller's integrity and competence, and said that there was no reason to fire him. We are on the cusp of becoming a banana republic.
I don't think the argument was ever over whether these programs were a benefit to their targeted demographic or not, but whether this represents a legitimate concern of government. As far as the rich benefiting from the tax cuts, I don't think the ideal was ever that we should keep only that amount of money that no one somewhere didn't have a better use for.
When you are dealing with health care, the most obvious thing about the whole debate is that is necessary for the well and able to pay for the weak and the sick, among whose number they will inevitably find themselves as well. Actuarial science is based on this. That is why single-payer state-based health care is inevitable and it will be poorly administered. When you eviscerate or enervate every other institution that could possibly care for the poor and the sick (Church, family, labor union, fraternal organization), it will fall upon the ever increasing state to take up the slack.
Those institutions eviscerated themselves. They've been run by predators, and under light of social examination, their apparent virtues have been revealed to hide disgusting vices, and large dollops of downright evil. For instance, remember that the location of most child sexual abuse is in families, not elsewhere. The same is true of all kinds of other abuse of the weak by the powerful. Since the beginning of time this kind of crime has hidden itself in the cloak of social institutions; we now see the truth. Don't ask us to resume lying to ourselves about it.
Ideals aside, we need to balance the books a little more socialistically. We are rapidly approaching dangerous levels of income inequality, and historically speaking that leads to guillotines and firing squads if not rectified peacefully.
Single-payer (a la Canada & France) does have its problems.
But our current system has even bigger problems.
I am much younger than you, but when I was a kid evangelicals did not vote for Nazis. Now they worship them.
What does your comment have to do with the post Soto? I agree with John . If you want to jab at politics there are better places to go.
Why do you want to silence people? Evangelicals are in this up to their necks by supporting Trump by 81%. I think they may have done it for different reasons, but they did it. And now they want everyone to get REALLY QUIET as the damage unfolds????
My goodness. The Church should be screaming.
One wonders why it is that before the worst sorts of leadership befall a nation that everyone is urged to 'keep silent'. It's 'don't listen to the media'. It's 'don't pay attention to the whistle-blowers'. It's 'look at this distraction instead of taking a closer look at the current tax plans'.
and you wonder why everyone was 'silent' while democracy died and 'both sides' were praised by a white supremacist as having 'good people'????
We should be screaming. The louder the better. And maybe, just maybe we might be heard above the deafening silence.
No silence here. There IS 'something to see'. There was interference with our government by a hostile foreign power. Our system of government is under attack by white supremacists on many levels.
If evangelicals care at all about Christian witness, they cannot now remain silent, no.
Christiane, I am not trying to silence anyone. My only complaint is that your comments have nothing to do with with the topic. Unless I am wrong it is not an open mic topic day. You seem to read Trump into everything that's talked about. Sometimes a topic does not lend well to constant politicizing.
A main appeal of Trump's campaign and now presidency is his vocal support of the "Merry Christmas" talking point. It's very relevant to today's topic.
Come to think of it, when the National Socialists had to worry about winning elections (before their 1933 coup-from-within), didn't they present themselves as Protectors of Traditional German Family Values against Weimar moral decadence? Even their "Blood and Soil" slogan was copped from the name of popular nostalgia fiction for a simpler agrarian time.
What is most alarming is that there are now many Republicans in Congress who have set out on a deliberate campaign to delegitimize Robert Mueller and his investigation so that, no matter what evidence he finally presents, they may ignore the findings and claim that it is biased and tainted. They have accepted the use of alternative facts to protect their political position. These same Republicans less than a year ago were lauding Mueller's character and probity; now they are ready to throw him under the bus to protect their political boss, and retain power themselves. And there's nothing that can be done about it, unless they are beaten at the ballot box in the midterms next year. I completely agree with you: the time for silence is over, if ever there was such a time. Our democracy is being rapidly undermined and betrayed by the party in power. Things are a hundred times worse now than they were even 3 weeks ago.
It's very telling that you are complaining at me instead of at Seneca's deliberately disingenuous post above.
Yes, that illo is an NSPAP (National Socialist Pony Art Piece).
An Earth Pony stallion version of old Adolf.
I LITERALLY CANNOT MAKE UP SKUBALON LIKE THIS!
It was known that Trump was supported by white supremacists (aka Nazis) before he was elected and evangelicals voted for him anyway. Trump appointed white supremacists (aka Nazis) to be his advisors and failed to disavow their support and evangelicals supported him anyway. The alt right (aka Nazis–we need to stop calling them something else, they are freaking Nazis) arose in support of Trump and evangelicals continue to support him anyway. It is no longer relevant why someone voted for the man anymore; to support him is to support Nazis and that means that if you support him, you are a bad person. I really should not have to spell this out for you and it is a mark of how bad things are that I am doing it.
Your comments beg so many questions that if they were panhandlers at a freeway exit, they'd snarl traffic.
That said, I'm OK with being a bad person, but it is kind of scary watching the Ukrainians and the Hungarians teaching Anti-Semitism 101 to naive Americans on 4-chan.
It was basically an insult and an unrelated observation.
SottoVoce, Who is it "known" by that the almost 63 million people who voted for Trump were white supremacists? You? by virtue of what facts or research. The rhetoric is just over the top. Spencer coined the term alt right to give his small following legitimacy and now it means nothing as a term like your use of Nazi. Why is it no long relevant to understand why people voted for Trump? or supported Clinton? All the people who voted for Clinton were Socialist. and anti Christian. Planned Parenthood and Democrats are baby killers of humans in the womb and if you support them you are a bad person. These are not reasoned arguments .
KYLE'S DAD: No it isn't, son. Because we don't call it Fascism. Do you understand?
Problem is, Naziism is so associated with Germans in everyone's mind that as long as the next Nazi-like Mass Movement isn't ethnic German and doesn't salute from the shoulder or hoist the Hakenkreuz, they'll be able to slip in under the radar. Some of the most Nazi-like racist attitudes I've come across were in an individual with the accompanying attitude that "All Germans are Nazis"; as long as the attitude didn't express itself with the trappings of German Fascism, it wasn't Fascist.
Headless Unicorn Guy, I am awaiting the definitive study of Nazism by Eric Cartman with forward by Timmy!!!! Gerald Broflovski may not understand facism but he knows it when he sees it . Is Eric a Nazi? Will Kyle disavow Eric and state simply Never Again? I am sure the answer is somewhere in that fount of knowledge South Park. Poor Chef, attacked for his religion.
And we all know where THAT ended up. ?
The Bronze-Age Semitic Tribal equivalent of Global Thermonuclear War?
It ended up with the Babylonians using the Temple as kindling. With God's full seal of approval.
Assuming of course a standard chronological historical reading of the Old Testament. Sinai as a concept or command given place might have been a long time after the Exile and certainly the Judges.
…come to think of it, what proof do we even have of the Judges individually existing? Did they exist and happen? Or were they a series of stories about tribal leaders or object lessons from the clergy towards the royalty/laity?
I really need to read more.
We can argue historicity until the bovines return to the domicile, but it seems undeniable that the centrality of the Sinai covenant is definitely how the OT is structured narratively.
There is no doubt some truth to what Peter is saying here, but then I think about myself, and how many things I fail to do in following Christ, and it has nothing to do with being detached or not knowing better, it is simply giving in to the flesh. I know I shouldn't curse at the person who cuts me off in traffic, I know I should take the time to help people more, I know I shouldn't be envious for what other people have or be greedy and ungrateful, but I often fail in these things. Not always, but too often for sure. And I believe it was probably the same for Israel, and for most Christians today, even cultural ones. We know the good we ought to do, but for whatever excuses we can come up with, we just don't do it.
Well said. I think that justifies, for many people anyway, the need for "feasts" and a liturgical calendar. Regular reminders are helpful. We are often such wandering sheep.
Oh you absolutely should. How else are they going to learn?
Yesterday, on a four laned road with a divider I was sitting at a red light behind a gorgeous, top-o-the line Beemer [ Horsepower 500 plus ]. Light turns green, Beemer slowly, very slowly accelerates to 41 miles an hour in a 45 mile-an-hour speed limit letting every 4 banger on that road surge by while I'm caught behind the Beemer who is driving like a 90 year old lady. Holy Crap.
I was soooo irritated. Here you have a $150,000 sports car and you can't even do the speed limit? [ he was on his phone – holding it in his hand though I'm quite sure the Beemer has a hands free phone option.] sigh.
I finally passed him but wanted to yell – "Why the hell are you under-performing in your 500 horsepower Beemer.
I have a friend whose dad vacationed hauling a trailer in the mountains of British Columbia. He used to have to go fast to make it up the next grade, and people would be driving too slow.
I enjoy watching people gun it to get to the speed limit. I am sitting happily in my bike lane, the light turns green, the car peels out across the intersection .. . . I mosey on my leisurely way … and pull up next to that car at the next light. Almost invariably they are having an animated conversation on their mobile phone. And within a few blocks I will be several cars ahead of them. Because geometry cannot be defeated.
Motordom does not bring out the best in humanity.
And whatever writings were floating around in the days of Israel's kings (roughly 1000-600 BCE) were the stuff of trained scribes, not Shlomo and Miriam Israelite farmers and sheepherders. People weren't running around "reading their Bibles" as we think of it today.
Not even in Kynge Jaymes Englyshe?
No, watch STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL.
And sing Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby".
Why do the cheeze only halfway?
There was no Star Wars Holiday Special. Fake News.
I do appreciate Pete Enns. I don't get on board with everything he says, or the people he interviews on his podcast, but he definitely helps me think about things from a perspective I may not have previously considered.
otro gallo, mismo cantar Different rooster, same song – patriarchy, hierarchy, heterosexuality, clearly defined ethics bad; feminism, anarchy, sexual self-definition, and ethical laissez-faire, except for redistributive taxation policies, good.
My Calvinist great-grandfather threw his ideological forebears out of the denominational seminary in 'ought-six, but these guys just keep coming back like a bad penny.
I agree that I can find much that is specious in many of the interviews. However, I'm convinced that Megan DeFranza, on the Intersex podcast, made as effective use of scripture in arguing her case as most of the ministers that I have sat under. Whether that speaks to her education and skill, or to the poverty of my affiliations, may be another matter.
Checked DeFranza's bonafides. She may be worth listening to. She appears to take traditional beliefs seriously, although her paycheck appears to depend on her ability to get traditional Christians to modify those beliefs.
Back to Enns. I have no doubt that as a scholar of the Old Testament he is more aware of the messy process which resulted in the Old Testament we are familiar with today. When I read the Old Testament, however, in the same way as when I enjoy sausage, I tend to overlook the details of its production and concentrate on the benefits of the finished product.
Thanks for checking up on DeFranza. I have to do some work; I'm done for today.
In some places it's more like scrapple than sausage. Ugh!!
I tried scrapple once in Pennsylvania. Not that bad, but I felt sick and queasy for most of the day afterwards. Not sure how much of that was heatsickness (it was high summer in Gettysburg).
And in other places it's more like blood sausage than scrapple. Yikes!
Funny how Jesus and Paul often got accused quite often of advocating the things you imply are bad. Patriarchy? Jesus treated women with a dignity way outside patriarchal norms. Hierarchy? "The first will be last and the last will be first." Heterosexuality? Jesus never married, and Paul liked the idea of universal celibacy. Redistributive tax policies? What is the consistent OT and NT testimony regarding riches and poverty?
Clearly defined ethics? The Law kills.
One thing that rings true from this post is how folk religion can gain credence from a tangential relationship to what would be considered traditional faith. I am familiar with numerous persons who think I am a heretic because I don't accept the notion that I can 'speak' prosperity and health into fact. Verbal postive confession, not just a hopeful attitude of faith that God's purposes will prevail, is the key. I can make it happen, if I just would; it's all up to me. I'm satisfied with my lot; I really have it good and I'm not interested in flagrant excess of wealth and fame to prove anything to anyone. But the notion that a true believer has to triumph over every imagined 'attack of the devil' and encroachment of 'godless education and science' wearies me. These people make noise and raise dust; the disturbance profits no one.
It's amazing to me that Chaplain Mike and Peter Enns are both so vain that they assume that the unwashed masses of evangelicals haven't thought these thoughts before. Nothing Enns wrote was a revelation for me…it's honestly pretty obvious. And so what's the point?
The Israelites didn't grasp the deep religious significance of their holy days because many of them were probably illiterate and depended upon their priest to explain it to them. As we know, priests can be good or bad at explaining the Word.
In the same way, lots of "cultural evangelicals" (people who only go to church once a year or hardly at all, you know, like Chaplain Mike recommends doing) celebrate Christmas without realizing what it really means. But at the same time, the cultural practice contains remnants of a deeper Christian truth. This is Christian truth working its way through a real society in time and space. It's messy.
Those of us more committed to Christian faith have a responsibility to help others see the way more perfectly. But of course, that would be preaching, and Chaplain Mike abominates preaching, so I'm not sure what the point of all this is. What are we exactly supposed to do here? Because the minute a Christian stands up in the public square and preaches Christ, Chaplain Mike and all the other commenters will shout that man down for being judgmental and hateful. So I guess we'll just let people do their Christmas shopping in peace, while we cultivate our Gnostic Jesus-shaped religion here in our private blog-ghetto.
Asserting that Chaplain Mike advocates going to church infrequently or 'once a year' is a deliberate and flagrant misrepresentation of the facts. You know full well that he is a regular minister at his congregation. Your pretense of integrity of belief is demonstrably nothing more than malicious vindictiveness. If you want to be confident that you have accomplished something in this life, you can be assured that you have persuaded me to never be what you are.
Ben just likes a fight.
Ben just likes to insult.
Actually, he reminds me of another Ben in my internet past. A small-press cartoonist whose pen name was "Ben Bruin". Guy was a PK from West Virginia, a good storyteller with a simple sketchy style, and at one time was maintaining four or five online webcomics on a regular schedule — "Under the Lemon Tree" (slice of life), "Malarkey County" (country humor), "Tales of the Questor" (heroic fantasy raccoons), and probably twice that number of intermittent minor strips. Very prolific, very creative artist. Then I ran into him on a Yahoogroup called "God's Creatures".
And he ended up killing the group by constant Defending the Faith against Godless Evolution. We called the continuous flamewar "Celebrity Deathmatch: Ben Bruin vs Charles Darwin and All Comers". Wouldn't change the subject, just double down and attack louder; the constant fighting and runaway flameing ended up driving away all the others on the group.
My guess is, though, that he won't be visiting much longer. As with your internet group, the non-stop dump of his stuff has already turned most of us off, so his audience is shrinking and shrinking. I'm sure he'll move onto the next place, soon, where he'll find some captive listeners for a bit, then drive them nuts.
Years ago, my writing partner told me of a psychology test given the first group of American Astronauts in the early Sixties. The test was 100 lines of self-description, each one starting with a pre-printed "I am…". Answers could not repeat. The test was to see how many lines they could fill out before they pooped out, and the order of their answers.
1) Most people pooped out between 30 and 50.
2) One pattern for self-identified homosexuals was pooping out between 20 and 30, with EVERY answer having to do with their sexual orientation, but that struck me more like a nymphomaniac defining themselves entirely by their sexual activity rather than a gay/straight pattern per se.
3) But the SCARIEST were those who could only fill out ONE line and no more.
And Mister End Time Prophet sounds like he could fill out only ONE line.
P.S. End Time Prophecy messed me up BAD in the Seventies. End TIme Prophecy messed up my writing partner. When the world ends Any Minute Now and It's All Gonna Burn, why bother?
Small world, HUG – I used to read those webcomics, and even posted on their forums for a while. The author always struck me as a very talented guy with a boulder-sized chip on his shoulder.
There may be some truth in this. I don't comment much anymore because it isn't worth it.
I recognize that when we come out of our fundamentalist past we need somewhere to process it. And at it's best that's what iMonk offers.
The problem is that it is easy to just remain there – bitter and skeptical. So the one who even moderately tries to give another perspective is a lightening rod. I have seen a dog pile on those evangelicals who are edgy, acerbic or dogmatic. Fair enough.
But I have seen a dog pile on those who are more irenic and thoughtful. And it's distasteful.
I am fearing that iMonk is just becoming another outpost of America's culture wars (albeit gentler), and as an international Christian I can't go there. IMHO America seems intent on destroying itself from within. Respect is gone and meaningful conversation has been replaced with lobbing hand grenades.
Huh? What post did you read? It wasn't this one.
It is a pretty fair synopsis of CM's intro. I am not Evangelical, so I can't say how accurate that intro is. As an amateur historian, I learned decades ago that if you see repeated admonitions against something, that is a pretty good sign that people were doing that. And it is pretty common for people reading to admonitions to get it backwards. An example of baseball history is the admonitions against arguing with the umpire. There is a hobby of playing baseball under obsolete rules. I have seem people within this hobby restate the admonition as "They didn't argue with the umpire back then." Yeah, right. Read more game accounts. So turning back to the essay, on the one hand I thought it was stating something pretty readily apparent, but on the other hand I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people came to the wrong conclusion.
Ben, now you're just embarrassing yourself.
I hope those "cultural evangelicals" are the 81%. Then there's some hope.
Sorry to bother, but wrong link on the NYT article article by Peter Werner.
Thanks I'll fix it when I get home.
No doubt that a religious holiday has become a secular holiday. Seeing as how the Christians lifted their holiday from the pagans no fair whining about that. But it's interesting how the core imagery and concepts are retained through each appropriation.
In the depths of darkness and the cold we celebrate the light and warmth. Faith that the darkness and the cold is not the end of the story. As elemental and non-doctrinal as that.
Jeepers, lighten up! Even my neighbor's tasteless string of lights is a thing of joy.
A lot of the comments here today remind me of the end of last Sunday's Seahawks/Jaguars game: Ugly.
Which is interesting, as by that rule set, it doesn't negate Asherah or co-gods. It just says that, within the Temple, only Yahweh is to be worshipped.
lol maybe, maybe not, but strictly speaking, it's right there.
Temple for one god, home and hills for another.
But offerings are expensive and Yahweh's priests don't like competition and the lesser cut of mutton.
The actual term for that is "Henotheism"; other gods exist, but this God is on an exclusive-contract basis. No divided loyalty..
Can we all admit that being a staunch Evangelical on this blog is a minority position.
But of course, since the early days of iMonk, we have always advertised ourselves as "Post-evangelical," so whatever you mean by it, why would you be surprised?
And "Someone who Agrees Completely With ME" doesn't count.
That's been a de facto definition way too often.
what does the word 'staunch' mean to you, senecagriggs?
Really? Or is this just anotheir reading into the text of Western cultural norms ?
Maybe the Israelites were cohesive like the Japanese are in their culture (more so in the past).
Chaplin Mike, Christiane, Staunch is an adjective that defines as loyal, and committed in attitude , the synonyms are stalwart, loyal, faithful committed, I of course did not pull that out of my head I looked it up in the dictionary. I think this site does show a great tolerance for diversity of opinion. As the kids say , it is what it is. It is clearly post evangelical as noted and that is made clear. I do think some here stereotype paint evangelicals with a broad brush at times but that is part of the internet . I would say that I agree with senecagriggs that an evangelical is in the minority here but to me that is a good thing. Christiane , I would label you as a staunch Catholic and mean it in a very good sense, you are a loyal, committed Catholic So senecagriggs asked a good fair question and got two good fair honest answers, pretty good reflection on this site and the commenters..
Thank you. Which is why it's always so baffling when we have people show up to just throw pot shots. It goes against everything this site and community is.
Signed, a staunch heartbroken idealist Baptist.
i'm sure Enns is right, but it raises some difficult ethical questions about the god of the OT.


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RIP Ian Holm (1931-2020)
English actor Sir Ian Holm, best known for his role of Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings, sadly passed away on Friday.
The actor, who was 88 years old, died peacefully in hospital with his family and his caregiver by his side. It was confirmed that Holm's death was linked to his lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease.
Holm appeared in over 75 movies, and worked on a number of television and theatre productions, winning the Olivier Award in 1998 for his West End performance in King Lear.
Holm's career spanned over 6 decades, and his movie credits range from Chariots Of Fire (a role for which he was nominated an Academy Award) to Ratatouille. His first film role to have a major impact was that of the android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's Alien. He also appeared in The Fifth Element, The Sweet Hereafter, Time Bandits, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Madness Of King George.
In 2001, he appeared as Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, having previously played Bilbo's nephew Frodo Baggins in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of The Lord Of The Rings. For his performance in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003), Holm shared the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Holm recently missed out on a Lord Of The Rings Zoom reunion just earlier this month, writing to fans –
"I am sorry to not see you in person, I miss you all and hope your adventures have taken you to many places, I am in lockdown in my hobbit home, or holm."
Here's a small tribute video dedicated to the great man, thanks to Blair for putting it together.
Holm was knighted in 1998 for his services to drama.
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Impact of volumetric modulated arc therapy technique on treatment with partial breast irradiation.
PURPOSE: To investigate the technical feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy (V-MAT) in the delivery of partial breast irradiation (PBI). METHODS AND MATERIALS: V-MAT and the standard, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), were compared retrospectively in 8 patients previously treated with PBI. These patients' plans were replanned with a single partial arc using V-MAT that included partial blocking to minimize normal tissue dose. Dosimetric parameters were calculated to evaluate plan quality. Quality assurance studies included verifying both the point and the multiple planar doses. Total monitor units and delivery time were also evaluated, and collision clearance was analyzed. RESULTS: Volumes of ipsilateral lung irradiated to 10 Gy (V10) and 20 Gy (V20) by V-MAT were significantly less than those of 3D-CRT (p = 0.03 for V10 and p = 0.025 for V20). The volume of ipsilateral breast irradiated to 5 Gy was significantly less by using V-MAT than with 3D-CRT (p = 0.02), with a ratio of integrated dose of <1.00. The total mean monitor units (489 +/- 38) for V-MAT were significantly less than those for 3D-CRT (634 +/- 123) (p = 0.017), with a 23% reduction. The average machine delivery time was 1.21 +/- 0.10 min for the V-MAT plans and 6.28 +/- 1.40 min for the 3D-CRT plans, resulting in a reduction factor of 80.1%. The conformity indexes were 1.3 in the V-MAT plans and 1.5 in the 3D-CRT plans (p = 0.102). CONCLUSIONS: V-MAT technology is feasible for PBI patients. Compared to a conventional 3D-CRT technique, it is more efficient, offers equivalent or better dose conformity, delivers lower doses to the ipsilateral lung and breast, and may potentially reduce intrafractional motion.


I was 12 when I started judo. They were running a club at my secondary school and me and a couple of friends thought it would be fun to go along.
I get bored quite easily with regular sports, the ones that are "hands-offs", but this one really allowed me to get in there and do what I wanted to do.
It was a bit more physical and I wasn't going to get hurt if I did it properly. There were loads of little aspects to it, like learning the different words. I just found it gave me something to do and something to focus on.
My first club was Plymouth Judo Club and they were good for helping me develop as a child in competition because that's what I wanted to focus on. I progressed really quickly, I got my brown belt within four years.
Five years ago, when I started coming out, I came out to everyone in judo. Just to give them a heads up and if there were any issues, we'd know about it in advance.
While my new club has been very welcoming, my old club was a bit weird about it. There were some people that weren't happy about it and treated me differently and didn't want to fight me and stuff.
But then there were others on the mat that didn't care, and they just dragged me to their side instead so that I avoided the people that didn't like me.
I did ask those people who had an issue with me about why that was and partly it was because they'd never met a gay person and didn't know how to react, and it was also because I was seen as a rival within judo.
So, it was a split between being gay and being a rival that they didn't like me, but it became more obvious that they didn't like me when I came out.
It kind of sucked because it was one of the very few female judoka in my club that I could train with who was acting weird.
That upset me a bit but the guys in the club dealt with it very well and helped me deal with the fact that she didn't like me.
Most of the older men and women in my old club were fine with me being gay. They were either married or had kids, so they didn't really care too much. They saw me and thought "I wouldn't want my kids treated this way".
They treated me the way they would want their kids to be treated.
The younger men didn't really care because they were my age and they were brought up in that generation.
At my new club (Drake Judo Club) they welcomed me instantly and I never had any issues. Everyone I know has been very welcoming about who I am, and they haven't been bothered by it.
They haven't treated me differently, they've treated me like everyone else, which is great!
I found it a lot easier to come out because I knew I had that support in place outside my family.
If I did have any issues, I could go to them. I knew some of them would be welcoming because I'd already hinted at it before and they'd helped me out and given me advice.
Having that support and that community, especially in a sport that's very traditional and old school, really helped me.
Because sport can be outside of everything else it gives you that completely separate support base and makes it easier to do anything.
You've got people you can go talk to that aren't going to talk to your parents about it and it's actually really important having something that you can go to and it's just yours.
You can make new friends and almost have a bit of an escape. Even if you're not out, it's somewhere you can go where you can be yourself and not have to worry about everything because you're focusing on something else.
Judo, in how traditional it is, helps with that because it's a matter of respect on the mat, no matter who you are or where you come from, you treat them the same as you would anyone else.
As soon as you step on the mat, all your issues get left off. So, any issues you have with the players are meant to be left off the mat.
Being gay on the mat just doesn't become an issue because nobody thinks about it.
Everyone is just training as equals.


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Biden, President Barack Obama and other administration officials will travel to more than two dozen Recovery Act project sites in coming weeks. On Friday, the president will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to mark the groundbreaking of the 10,000th Recovery Act road project to get under way. The administration says the road improvement project in downtown Columbus is expected to create over 300 construction jobs, and will contribute to a broader economic development effort in the area around Nationwide Children's Hospital.
On Monday, Biden will travel to Midland, Mich., for the groundbreaking of the new Dow Kokam advanced battery manufacturing facility – a project made possible by a $161 million Recovery Act advanced battery grant awarded last year. In addition to creating 1,000 construction jobs, Dow says the project will eventually employ 800 permanent manufacturing workers.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), responded: "The president's trillion-dollar 'stimulus' has failed to meet his most basic promises on job creation, and Axelrod knows that. We've lost 3 million jobs since the 'stimulus' was enacted. Yet another desperate sales pitch about the virtues of massive government spending and piling up more debt on our kids and grandkids isn't going to fool anyone."
" Transportation: There will be six times as many highway projects underway in July 2010 as in July 2009 – projects will surge from 1,750 last summer to over 10,000 this summer. And while last summer we improved about 9,000 miles of highway, this summer we'll improve over 30,000 miles – that's the equivalent of ten cross-country road trips on improved highways.
" Clean and Drinking Water: This summer over 3,000 clean and drinking water projects will have started versus just over 100 last summer – that's nearly 30 times as many.


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Well done to all who ran in the third race of the Corporate Challenge, ideal conditions.
A close finish between Chris (15th) and Craig (16th) with yet another PB for Craig. Amy continues to improve, finishing in under 17 mins and there were PBs from Joe (14s), Amber (36s) and Jodie (38s), Malcolm finished 129th in the A race improving on his previous time.
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Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Transworld, I have a copy of Steven Erikson's eagerly anticipated Fall of Light up for grabs! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.
The officers and leaders of Urusander's Legion, led by the ruthless Hunn Raal, want the Consort, Draconus, cast aside and their commander to marry Mother Dark and take his place at the side of the Living Goddess. But this union will be far more than simply political. A sorcerous power has claimed those opposing Mother Dark: given form by the exiled High Priestess Syntara, the Cult of Light rises in answer to Mother Dark and her Children.
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At my Granny Elma's house, there was a front porch and a back porch, each with a specific purpose. The front porch was for watching the sunrise while drinking coffee or sipping sweet tea on a hot afternoon. The back porch was grand central station for all the "real work" that was happening. My granny, on her way to milk the cows or tend to the chickens, would traverse through the back porch.
Where would you find the milk buckets? Back porch. Need a flat to pick beans? Back porch. Extra jars for canning? Back porch. Now, if you made the mistake of taking a moment to visit, throw a football, or tie your shoe in the general vicinity of the back porch, Granny would give you that look that said either get those idle hands working or take them to the front porch. There is work to be done here!
In this issue, we are taking a moment to review all the diverse and important work that has been accomplished this past year, including celebrating our 80th anniversary. You'll read about the breadth of conservation efforts accomplished or underway, the partners helping us make it happen, and an overview of the financial resources necessary to get the work done.
This reflection of work is important to ensure Missourians are informed about the work their Department of Conservation, with the help of many great partners, is accomplishing for them. We also look forward to 2018 and the wonderful opportunities ahead. We're reinvigorated and ready. There is work to be done here!


The Burlington Fire Department battled a blaze at 307 N. Fisher Street on Thursday night.
The fire department, Burlington Police and Alamance County EMS responded to the fire around 9 p.m. Thursday. Flames appeared to be coming from the second story and roof of the home, which police said was vacant at the time of the fire.
No further details were available Thursday night.


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Zane is getting annoyed at Will 's natural connection with the girls which is getting to Zane and Sophie too, when Zane finds Will's potential to be a free diving champion he sees the opportunity to put Will in his place. He indicates his interest for sponsoring Will and demands a demonstration of Will's natural abilities, setting up a challenge where he tricks Will by cheating. Will responses to the challenge and undertakes a dive without preparation. When Will doesn't resurface Zane realizes he has created a serious error and urgently calls Rikki to save Will's life, creating a special bond between both Will and Rikki. Lying dormant inside of it they discover a rare strange dark blue crystal which surprisingly matches the one Bella wears around her neck, which she found at the bottom of a natural pool in Ireland, where she became mermaid. All three girls are determined to find the connection between the two identical dark blue crystals as they come from opposite sides of the world. Sign In Don't have an account?
Network: Network Ten. When Cleo, Emma and Rikki stumble upon a pool inside the dreaded Mako Island, a full moon transforms them and the next day they start turning into super powered mermaids! With the help of friend Lewis, the girls manage to control their powers and hide their secrets. But it becomes difficult with maddening full moons, nosey scientists and local bad boy Zane going on a quest to find them! But when the full moon comes back, all three girls have a dramatic power change! Without Lewis, they could destroy themselves.
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The following is an episode list for the Australian television show H 2 O: Just Add Water , which first aired on Network Ten in Australia and has since been broadcast in more than countries worldwide. Series one premiered in Australia on 7 July and series two began there on 28 September The third series premiered in the United Kingdom on 26 October while its Australian premiere occurred on 22 May When they enter an underground pool of water that leads to the ocean they find themselves bathed in the glow of moonlight from overhead. After being rescued the girls return to their normal lives but soon discover they have changed: seconds after contact with water they transform into mermaids. After further experimentation, they discover they also have unique supernatural powers over water.
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Gypsywort is a native perennial that will grow in a wide range of wet soils. It is found growing on the banks of rivers, streams, lakes and ditches and in fens. It readily colonizes exposed mud and once established from seed spreads by means of rhizomes.


The new caliber offering in our R-15 family is the 450 Bushmaster. New for 2010 Remington will also offer the 4 shot magazine as an aftermarket accessory. When out shooting no one wants to take the time to reload the magazine time after time. If you have multiple magazines already loaded you will get to spend more time shooting and less time reloading your magazine. Our single stack magazine is offered as an aftermarket accessory and can be purchased through your favorite Dealer. As with all Remington Genuine Factory Gun Parts they are factory tested and approved.


Maple large wood cutting board with handle and juice groove -From standing to Sizzling- Great gift for that special someone. If you would like this saying on any other type of cutting board, please select the cutting board of your choice and type in "From Standing to Sizzling" in the add notes box at checkout.
Approximate Size: 101/2" x 16" x 3/4"