Although our curiosity concerning the origins of the universe might not be practical, it's uniquely human.
Last week's announcement of the results of the BICEP2 experiment was an unusual candidate for a headline-grabbing science story. Sure, it had plenty of drama: a prediction made by an equation-wielding young physicist three decades before is finally confirmed at a remote South Pole observatory. The result reveals the "Big Bang's smoking gun" and "let's us see to the beginning of time." But this result, the "detection of B-mode polarization at degree angular scales,"will almost certainly never have any practical impact on our lives. Unlike a cure for cancer, a solution to global warming, or a method to build better batteries, the BICEP2 experiment mainly satisfies our curiosity. And yet curiosity is clearly a powerful motivator. Why are we so curious?
Curiosity isn't limited to humans. Richard Byrne, who studies animal cognition at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, argues that many animals—from rats to monkeys to elephants—are curious: "they explore objects they haven't seen before, they play around with all sorts of apparently 'useless' things." Curiosity is particularly valuable to species that are generalists, able to colonize many different habitats. These animals "need to respond rapidly to changing environments, so it pays to explore the world and build up a mental model of what is where and how to get there."
Research into the neural basis of curiosity is just beginning, but it's clear that our drive to explore unanswered questions is one of a set of important traits that we use to fill what some researchers call the cognitive niche.
Humans, though, take curiosity to an extreme. Our species' unusually long period of childhood is specifically devoted to exploration and learning, activities that are integral to proper brain development. In other words, curiosity is an important part of the biology of our brains. University of California-Berkeley psychologist Alison Gopnik and her colleagues argue that the emergence of an extended childhood in our evolutionary history, where others take care of our immediate survival needs, created a "context for the application of more powerful learning mechanisms." Among these learning mechanisms are a "newly sophisticated and general ability and motivation to learn about causation" and create powerful mental models of our social and physical environments.
To build these powerful mental models, Gopnik says, we have to make a trade-off between a goal-directed, practical learning to obtain actionable information about our world and a curiosity-driven exploration of the world. "Extended immaturity helps resolve that trade-off—a protected period of exploration as children allows us to exploit as adults." By balancing goal-directed learning and exploration, humans learn to extend their reasoning about cause-and-effect to situations they've never encountered before.
Curiosity is a strong driver of exploration. Neuroscientists are discovering that we feel curiosity so intensely because it acts through brain regions that come into play when we experience other strong feelings—regions associated with conflict, arousal, and reward. A group of researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands tested the idea that "curiosity evoked by ambiguous, complex, or conflicting stimuli is an aversive condition associated with increased levels of arousal," and that relief of this arousal "is rewarding and promotes learning." The researchers studied volunteers' brain responses by piquing their curiosity with a blurry picture, and then either satisfied that curiosity by showing them a clear version of the same picture, or left the subjects hanging with a clear but obviously different picture. Their results were consistent with their theory: blurred pictures activated brain regions associated with "aversive emotional experiences," while showing the correct clear picture afterward activated brain regions associated with "reward processing." Another study, conducted by researchers at Caltech, using questions instead of pictures to stimulate their subjects' curiosity, found that curiosity increased activity in areas of the brain associated with memory. They suggested that curiosity about unexpected new information improves our memory of that information.
Research into the neural basis of curiosity is just beginning, but it's clear that our drive to explore unanswered questions is one of a set of important traits that we use to fill what some researchers call the cognitive niche. As a species we have traits that, as Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker puts it, "deploy information and inference, rather than particular features of physics and chemistry, to extract resources from other organisms in opposition to their adaptations to protect those resources." With sophisticated mental models of the world, and by using language, metaphor, and an innate capacity to make abstractions and extrapolations, we reason out our survival strategy. These abilities also open up the boundaries of our curiosity, let us turn our inquiries inward, and make it possible to pursue questions about the origins of ourselves and the universe.
So perhaps our excitement over last week's news about an esoteric confirmation of a very abstract theory with no practical application shouldn't be too puzzling. As a society, we pay people to understand what happened 10-35 seconds after the Big Bang, we send people on expensive expeditions to the South Pole to collect data, and we're moved by the results they come up with, because curiosity is deeply embedded in our biology.


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Also, bone broths from pastured meat. Epsom salt baths provide magnesium and sulfate, which help with detoxification. Natural Calm or magnesium citrate or magnesium glycinate are the most bio-available supplement forms.
Excellent sources of magnesium include Swiss chard and spinach.
Very good sources of magnesium include mustard greens, blackstrap molasses, halibut, turnip greens, pumpkin seeds, sea vegetables, green beans and collard greens.
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Jennette Arnold OBE AM
London assembly member for North East London — fighting your corner at City Hall
I urge residents in Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest to take your chance to contribute to the consultation on the Mayor of London's proposal to close all the capital's tube ticket offices. If implemented the decision would not only mean the loss of every one of London's tube ticket offices, but it would see 900 staff axed.
Boris Johnson is proposing that all ticket offices across Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest will close and hundreds of staff axed – despite the fact that, during his election campaign in 2008, Johnson pledged not to close any front counters, promising that there will always be "a manned ticket office at every station"; and despite the fact that last year almost 40% of ticket sales were conducted by staffed station counters(1).
Opponents of the cuts argue that, even without ticket offices, staff should be retained to keep travellers safe, particularly at night; to deal with more complex queries, such as refunds; and to help people unfamiliar with the tube network and those less comfortable with using ticket machines, such as London's elders and tourists visiting the city.
The consultation, which launched on Friday 15 August, runs for 6 weeks and is co-ordinated by London TravelWatch. It can be completed at: http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/tubeconsultation.
Not only has Boris Johnson gone back on his manifesto promise to keep ticket offices open, but he wants to get rid of 900 staff, putting their livelihoods at risk. There is nothing wrong with modernising transport services using new technology, but it is so important for people living in and visiting my constituency that they have staffed ticket offices to help them feel safe, particularly at night; and to assist those who prefer dealing with a person and not a computer, such as elders and people with disabilities. There can be no compromise when it comes to safety and accessibility.
It also breaks my heart that people will lose their jobs and livelihoods as a result of the Mayor's proposals.
People in Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest need a full staff team on hand to keep them safe and to help them deal with their queries and concerns as they arise. Getting rid of 900 staff members in a city with an ever-increasing population is just ludicrous. Boris's cuts must be stopped.
I have made my feelings about the proposed closures quite clear in correspondence with the Mayor, and I now urge people across Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest to have their say using the survey, to tell Boris Johnson what they think about his broken manifesto promise to keep ticket offices open.
(1) The latest figures from TFL, revealed through Freedom of Information requests, showed that 39.15% of ticket sales in 2013/14 were bought in ticket offices.
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October 24, 2009 .Reading time 3 minutes.
More book signings and demos at the AQS booth and also at Petersen-Arne (a large quilting supplies distributor). Again, lots of excited quilt shop owners and managers took home free copies of Inchie Quilts, and placed orders for the book and the InchieSee & InchieDo Viewer Tool & Ruler Set, so don't be surprised if you see Inchie Quilts at a local quilt shop near you very soon!
October 22, 2009 .Reading time 4 minutes.
After I managed to get through the Schoolhouse presentation and the vidcasting on Friday, Saturday was a bit easier. 🙂 On Saturday morning, I was scheduled for a demo and book signing at the AQS booth, and AQS very generously provided many copies of Inchie Quilts for me to sign and give away to shop owners attending Quilt Market. I visited with a number of excited shop owners and managers and introduced them to Inchie Quilts, so you can look forward to seeing Inchie Quilts and the InchieSee & InchieDo Viewer Tool & Ruler Set at a shop near you!
October 14, 2009 .Reading time 5 minutes.
I'm a bad, bad blogger. I'd hoped to be a better communicator during my time in Houston, but so far I've been so busy (and thus so tired!) that despite the fact that there is much news to report and all of it pretty awesome, I can't seem to find the time or energy to post about it! I'm sorry…and I promise you the whole story, but it's only going to come in bits, and without as many pictures as I would like since not only am I a bad blogger, I'm a slacker with the camera as well!
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October 5, 2009 .Reading time 2 minutes.
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Lickety Grip: One of the challenges when free motion machine quilting is getting (and keeping) a firm grip on the quilt. I used to use gloves with gripper dots on them, but had to take them off every time I needed to start or end a line of quilting, because I couldn't manipulate the thread and everything else with the bulky gloves on. Then I started using a very tacky (not tacky, as in "without good taste", but tacky as in sticky-ish) lotion, Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream, a tip I picked up from Diane Gaudynski.
We all like to try new things once in a while though, and I thought maybe this Lickety Grip stuff might turn out to be even better than the lotion trick. Lickety Grip says it provides "Better Grip For Better Control," and maybe it does, but the first problem is that it comes in a little box and you rub your fingertips across the top of it, instead of squeezing it out into your hand. I can see that after using it for a while, it will be hard for me to get the remaining product out of the box because of my nails (yes, I realize that this is a personal problem, but I'm probably not the only person to have it). The other problem: it claims to have no perfumes, but the stuff smells like exceedingly strong soap (and not in a good way, really) when it's on your hands, despite being virtually odorless in the box. Eeeewww. In actual usage tests, I found it to be a poor replacement for the Neutrogena lotion. Verdict: Bin It.
WonderFil Rayon thread: I use rayon thread an awful lot these days, so I thought I'd see if there was something better out there than Sulky (that comes on spools that are not ginormous). Not that Sulky is bad, not at all, but you never know when you might run across something better. I bought two assortments of ten colors each of this WonderFil thread at the Quilt Market Sample Stampede. I think I'm sorry I'm stuck with this much of it now.
From beginning to end, it's totally frustrating. I couldn't easily remove the plastic wrappers without sticking very sharp embroidery scissors under the wrapper to cut it, and catching the thread on the spool in the process. When I did finally get the wrapper snipped and started to peel it off, it only partly came off, and then I had to repeat the process with the embroidery scissors to remove the rest. When I put the spool on the machine to use it, instead of a hole getting poked in the paper label on the end of the spool, the entire end of the spool fell off in my hand. After using the thread, I tried to anchor the thread at the end of the spool, but the thread anchoring system on these spools is completely worthless. The thread broke more often than not while I was trying to get it to go under the little knobs, and when I could get it to go under the knobs at all without breaking, it wouldn't stay.
Rayon thread being the slippery stuff that it is, what I'll shortly have is a giant mess because none of the thread ends are anchored on the spools when not in use. Qualilty-wise, the thread itself is fine and comparable to Sulky so that's not an issue, but it's just such a pain to use because of the way it's packaged that I know I'll have to be desperate for a color match that I can't get with 300 spools of Sulky to bother even looking toward the WonderFil. The WonderFil spools are just total junk IMO. Verdict: Bin It. Not worth the trouble.
Clover Embroidery Threader: I knew I would love this threader, and I hunted high and low through two quilt shows to get it. I was right, and it is a gem. The packaging says it all and doesn't lie: "Unique design", "Flat tip for easy threading", and "Smooth threading even with thick threads". I've been using quite a bit of embroidery floss and thicker specialty fibers lately for embellishments, and a regular needle threader just doesn't cut it. Rather than just a slender (and easily breakable) wire threader, this threader is a folded piece of thin metal which slides through the needle eye vertically.
The instructions in the package are well written and worth saving as there is a needle chart showing different types and sizes of recommended needles as well as tips and tricks in case of difficulties with certain needles or threads. The threader itself is well made and the cover attaches firmly. It's cool to look at with it's elegant design in limey green, and even has a hole on the end to attach it to a cord or chatelaine to keep it handy. Verdict: Keep It. Definitely.
Note: In all honesty, "Bin It" is probably not an entirely accurate representation of what will happen to these failure products. I generally don't throw anything away, and you never know when you might need some sticky stuff in a box for some odd job or other (though it's too light to be a paper weight), and maybe I can think of something creative to do with the tangled mess of rayon thread that won't stay on the spools. They probably should go in the bin, but I'm way too much of a pack rat for that!
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In business and outsourcing relationships, governance frameworks are built into relational contracts that foster long-term collaboration and innovation. A board of governors is often the governing body of a public institution, while a board of directors typically serves as the governing body of a corporation or other company larger or more complex than a partnership. Many professional sports have a sports governing body that serves as their regulating authority.
Governing bodies can vary widely in size, which is "important not only for acquiring the necessary range of skills to oversee the entity, but also in promoting cohesion, flexibility, and effective participation of the members to achieve their governance objectives". A governing body is only one component of a system of governance, which also requires a written framework under which the body must operate, and governance mechanisms to both carry out directives of the governing body, and to report information back to the governing body.
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Below is the image of keyboard ideas, the mouse is most likely not be used for my scenery as the monitor I have picked is able to interact.
First idea – A Curve Keyboard, similar to standard Keyboard layout; it is not futuristic after I have drawn it out.
Second idea – the Keyboard is attached to the chair and has a thin size with no keys involve; it is very similar design from 'No-Key Keyboard'.
Third idea – As far as it goes, its is futuristic keyboard. it has a sensor control at the corner, which release a 'special object' to allow the user to touch on the keyboard, enable to change the layout of the keyboard (such as changing the keys into colour palette program; reference from Optimus Tactus ) and also the user get the feel of actually touching the keyboard surface rather than touching the air.
Third idea is also my ideal keyboard for my scene object.
Another images of objects for reference for my project; mouse and keyboard.
The first mouse is "Arc Mouse" from Microsoft which will be made in the future, its an wireless mouse and can be folded; I think it was made to be folded for specific reason – making sure the lower part of the mouse is not easily detached from the upper mouse.
The next image is by far the most complex mouse I have ever seen, "Axsotic 3D Spheric mouse". Except it programmed to be a mouse but more of an device.
This image looks a lot of a mice from its appearance, which been named as "Mouse for Men". Its concept seems to come with touchscreen and pressure sensitivity of how it would work. Although, I am not very sure how it can be use at all.
Lastly, this image is Logitech MX Air Mouse. As the title says, Air Mouse is where you can move your mouse cursor while holding it at mid air. This mouse can be used as normal mouse or move around the mouse in the air.
First image for keyboard is "No-Key Keyboard". It's an glass printed with keyboard layout that is attached with a motion capture camera hidden inside the large metal clip, so when typing onto this keyboard; you are actually tapping on the glass as the camera records the tap location and show the letter in the monitor.
Next image is Optimus Tactus; its a unique keyboard that allows to change shapes from the keys as there is no restrictions on its shape and size, it could play video, show pictures and others. It seems this keyboard is capable to do almost everything that we daily uses.
It is able to expand to certain length assuring to reduce wrist stress, it aim to make an healthier computing.
As the title says its flexible and moreover it is rustproof and water resistance. Except I wouldn't find this kind of keyboard useful, its too bright.


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Alfresco Community Edition deployment introduces a number of concepts.
Download the latest version of Bitnami Alfresco Community for Mac - An open-source Enterprise Content Management. Read 0 user reviews of Bitnami Alfresco Community on MacUpdate. Alfresco Enterprise Edition vs. Community Edition Alfresco Community Edition is intended for developers and technical enthusiasts who want to experience the latest Alfresco features in non-critical environments. It also serves as the research vehicle for new features and as the platform for community-driven development and contributions. Download the latest version of Alfresco Content Services Community. An open source platform for community-driven development and contributions. Deploy the free & open source edition of ACS. New Version 201911 GA (6.2) - Released: 28 Nov, 2019. The open source community edition of Alfresco Content Services. Activiti is a separate open source product that is the community edition of Alfresco Process Services. Enterprise content management for documents, web, records, images, videos.
The way you deploy and run Alfresco Community Edition has changed significantly since version 6.0. Traditionally, you'd download an installer that installed Java, Tomcat, Database, WARs, tools, etc. and everything was configured to work together out-of-the-box. Then you'd use a script to start things off. That's no longer the case and there are no installers available. We'll be working with Docker containers instead.
You can start Alfresco Community Edition from a number of Docker images. These images are available in the Docker Hub and Quay repositories. However, starting individual Docker containers based on these images, and configuring them to work together might not be the most productive way to get up and running. To make things easier, and achieve a single-step deploy and run solution, a Docker Compose file is available to quickly start Alfresco Community Edition when you need to test something or work on a proof-of-concept (PoC).
There are also Helm charts available to deploy Alfresco Community Edition in a Kubernetes cluster, for example, on Amazon Web Services (AWS). These charts are a deployment template which can be used as the basis for your specific deployment needs. The Helm charts are undergoing continual development and improvement and should not be used 'as-is' for a production deployment, but should help you save time and effort deploying Alfresco Community Edition for your organization.
The following is a list of concepts and technologies that you'll need to understand as part of deploying and using Alfresco Community Edition. If you know all about Docker, then you can skip this part.
Virtual Machine Monitor (Hypervisor)
A Hypervisor is used to run other OS instances on your local host machine. Typically it's used to run a different OS on your machine, such as Windows on a Mac. When you run another OS on your host it is called a guest OS, and it runs in a Virtual Machine (VM).
An image is a number of layers that can be used to instantiate a container. This could be, for example, Java and Apache Tomcat. You can find all kinds of Docker images on the public repository Docker Hub. There are also private image repositories (for things like commercial enterprise images), such as the one Alfresco uses called Quay.
An instance of an image is called a container. If you start this image, you have a running container of this image. You can have many running containers of the same image.
Docker is one of the most popular container platforms. Docker provides functionality for deploying and running applications in containers based on images.
When you have many containers making up your solution, such as with Alfresco Community Edition, and you need to configure each individual container so that they all work well together, then you need a tool for this. Docker Compose is such a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications locally. With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application's services. Then, with a single command, you create and start all the services from your configuration.
A Dockerfile is a script containing a successive series of instructions, directions, and commands which are run to form a new Docker image. Each command translates to a new layer in the image, forming the end product. The Dockerfile replaces the process of doing everything manually and repeatedly. When a Dockerfile finishes building, the end result is a new image, which you can use to start a new Docker container.
Difference between containers and virtual machines
It's important to understand the difference between using containers and using VMs. Here's a picture from What is a Container Docker:
The main difference is that when you run a container, you are not starting a complete new OS instance. This makes containers much more lightweight and quicker to start. A container also takes up much less space on your hard-disk as it doesn't have to ship the whole OS.
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When asked about when he's planning to pop the question to girlfriend Jessy Mendiola, TV host Luis Manzano said everyone's going to have to wait a while. "Antay-antay lang," he said. This is despite Jessy saying she's ready any time Luis wants to propose.
He was quick to clarify, though, that he didn't propose during his birthday celebration at Solaire Resort and Casino on April 22.
While the couple has been together for a few years, Luis admitted that everyone asking them about taking that next step is killing the vibe. "Ayaw na nga naming pagusapan," said Luis. "Kasi parang nawawala na yung magic sa amin."
He does, however, understand the public interest. "We're thankful na gusto nilang makita kung paano mag-unfold yung love story namin," said Luis, but they want to keep some of the magic by not talking about it constantly. "If we talk all the time, parang madi-desensitize ka sa gan'un."


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Every fourth day of the sixth month in the Bhutanese calendar is observed as the First Sermon of Lord Buddha, formally known as Drukpa Tshe Zhi. This is a National Holiday in Bhutan to observe this holy occasion.
The International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is a yearly opportunity to highlight and reflect on the status, challenges and opportunities of the cooperatives. This year, the day fell on July 7 and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) had adopted "Sustainable Consumption and Production of Goods and Services" as a theme for this year.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests is observing the International Day of Co-operatives (IDC) today at Gelephu with farmers and other relevant stakeholders.
There will be an airing of a panel discussion today i.e. 6 July 2018 on the International Day of Cooperatives at 8.30 pm (BBS1).


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And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. The cut down "Christmas" tree thus symbolized Nimrod being killed and the decorations on the tree symbolized Tammuz being born as the "resurrection" of Nimrod. The New Testament, which is based on the Old Testament, would be the light to guide the church through the totally different conditions of the seven church ages. Reformers were trying to move the church back closer to the Bible beliefs of the first church age of the apostles. ... and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Most scholars agree that the seven candlesticks carry a meaning beyond those seven Asiatic churches in John's day, representing in some way the entire church of Jesus Christ. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. This clash of spirits occurred within church circles and will continue to the end. The reformers formed the first blades and shoots. Then he became Pope when he accepted the title of Pontifex Maximus (Pontif) as High Priest of the Babylonian mysteries which gave him great authority over the pagan tribes that invaded and destroyed the Roman empire. The New Testament church is the model church that we should be restored back to. Martin Luther in Germany restored salvation by faith. Christmas on a made up date of 25 December that copied the birthday of the Roman sun god, was declared around AD 350 to be a church festival by Julius, the bishop of Rome. Ishtar became Easter. reveal a deeper meaning, a definite pattern in God's plan. "Good Friday" is a Roman Catholic invention, not found in Scripture. (Especially since there are 45000 different types of churches today, headed by tens of thousands of pastors with different beliefs. Why did he dress the women in bunny outfits? For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Though Scripture shows that there are several elders in each church, some began (Ignatius [from Antioch] among them) to teach that the idea of a bishop was one of preeminence or authority and control over the elders. The Council of Nicaea in AD 325 put the official church under the domination of a ruthless political tyrant, the emperor Constantine. God wanted to push His church through seven very different sets of circumstances. Bride – The spouse of Christ, the Church, the New Jerusalem. The opening of its seals is the revelation of future history. REVELATION 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. The fourth sign is Michael who is symbolic of the angel Michael (Revelation 12:7-17). He had stopped persecuting the Christians in AD 312 and the grateful Christians now accepted this murderous semi-pagan politician as the head of the church. Then Christians became complacently asleep in a spiritual sense and error crept in because they did not insist on being strictly Scriptural. That is why they claimed the wise men followed the star to the stable. Rome introduced the laws of the Christmas festival as well as the Ishtar eggs and Ishtar bunnies for the spring festival or sex orgy in March-April. The important issue is not the thousands that were fed but rather how many baskets of rejected scraps were picked up by the disciples. The church has come a long way from the Dark Age but is still not back to the beliefs of the original apostles. Then God turns back to the Jews during the final three and a half years of the Tribulation. This was an outright denial of Scripture. It is as if the church of the New Testament was "good seed" of Bible truth that was planted by the original apostles. Paul could have had a great time listing Nero's faults but Paul just said that we must pray for the leaders. Bridegroom – Jesus Christ. These names refer back to periods in Jewish history when false leaders raised up to oppose God's men of those time periods, who were Moses and Elijah, respectively. :30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. What should we learn from the letters to the seven churches in Revelation? They are happy to restore the Spirit of God but not the Truth of revealed Scripture. Candlestick charts display the high, low, open, and closing prices of a security for a specific period. Their argument is: "If Trinity is unscriptural and it is the truth, then any other unscriptural word like Christmas (for example) must also be the truth". THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS. The seed of Truth was buried in the Dark Age of Europe's history and then germinated back to life in the Reformation of Martin Luther. This section of Revelation frequently ignored despite a serious warning that Christ Himself sometimes … Standing before the Lord of the earth - Always waiting on God, without the help of man, and asserting his right over the earth and all things therein. God did not just want a restoration of the Holy Spirit power, He also wanted a full restoration of the Bible truth. Political power, church laws, and human greed dominated the church. These 12 loaves symbolize the 144000 from the 12 tribes of Israel, at the end of the 7 church ages (at the end of the 7-day week), who have to be back in their Promised Land (symbolized by the Holy Place) to meet Messiah. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks - These were the "first" things that met his eye. God commended this church age. Thus the church listened to him, not the Bible. Jesus referred to these two numbers from two of His greatest miracles. The church was on track to being restored to the beliefs of the apostolic church of the New Testament. It opens with an incredible encounter between Jesus and the apostle. The Bible never asked us to remember the birth of Jesus. This was supplied by the candlestick, which, however, served also as a symbol of the church or people of God, who are "the light of the world." Thus mid winter had to be the time of the birth of Jesus to keep the pagans happy. In Revelation 2 Revelation 2:1 Meaning " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen , and repent , and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly , and will remove thy candlestick out of his place , except thou repent ." Again Rome dragged us into the orbit of her wrong dates. He turns around and sees a vision of the Lord Jesus in His glory. Jesus is the Head of the church and saved people form His spiritual Body. The Waldenses started in the city of Lyons but had to hide from the murderous Catholic armies in the mountains of the Alps that formed a protective wilderness for them. The Church is called a candlestick, in allusion to the candlestick in the ancient sanctuary-in allusion also to the exposition of the symbol given by the prophet (Zechariah 4:2-6); and on account of her own celestial light — she receives, resembles, embodies, and dispenses the light, glory, and gladness of heaven (Isaiah 60:1). A discussion of the candlesticks of the book of Revelation. . The New Testament is the way God wants the church to be. But also referring to future events. The Roman bishop invented Christmas. Constantine showered political authority, money, and buildings on the church. He did not want to use good works as the key to salvation to move further away from the New Testament Scriptures. (Revelation 1:12). REVELATION 13:2 ... and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. :11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Church ages 5 to 7 reveal a movement back to Scripture, on the left, that will only end when the last church is just like the first church. This third church age saw the spirit of paganism infiltrate the church, using Bible words for pagan practices. This extended the authority of the Pope over church festivals. They did not know it was a planet in those days. The concept of the "Candle Stick being Removed" comes from the letters to the seven churches in Revelations. So the lampstands (or "candlesticks" in some translations) represent seven churches. People were often killed just for owning a Bible or for disagreeing with the Roman Catholic church. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? You cannot find one name for three People. The first three Chapters of Revelation involve seven candlesticks. A bad mistake. The apostles never got involved in politics. Human leaders in this second church age were starting to mislead the churches and, sadly, the truth was shrinking. Church Age 1 began in AD 33 on the day of Pentecost. What does the Bible say about the mission of the church. The apostle Paul pens a similar greeting in II Corinthians 13:14, in which he writes of "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit," meaning that God's Spirit is the means by which Christians can have a relationship with God. Elders had ruled the early church that were usually small local groups. This was the source or inspiration of our hot cross buns. This is how the seventh church should look as it seeks to be restored in both Spirit and Truth, to the New Testament church. The Pentecostal outpouring in Wales in 1904 and at the unknown downtown 312 Azusa street building in Los Angeles in 1906, restored the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. What does this tell us about the source of Easter bunnies? The meaning is, that the church gave light in Ephesus; and that what he would do in regard to that place would be like … because--Translate, "I have against thee (this) that," &c. It is not a mere somewhat"; it … Then It formed the backbone of the golden missionary age. Denomination is an unscriptural word that was taking over the church world. The first sign is a woman who represents the nation of Israel (Revelation 12:1-2). The stage is being prepared for the return of Messiah to Jerusalem. Their testimony would prove the falseness of those people who would claim that their circumstances were too tough for them to survive as Christians, which is why they abandoned the faith. There will be no trace left of all our technological and scientific "marvels" that did great things but also caused much damage and produced huge imbalances. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. We cannot improve on the teachings of Paul and the apostles. Now the truth of the matter is the word 'elder' signifies who the person is, while the word 'bishop' signifies the office of the same man. But church-goers prefer church-loyalty to Bible truth. Copyright 2011-2020 Got Questions Ministries - All Rights Reserved. This mixture of good and bad makes the church lukewarm. The Passover lamb was publically chosen on the 10th day and taken to the person's house and killed on the 14th day. Nine months after mid April, babies would be born in mid December, Yule time or the time of the child. Thus they have no Absolute to focus their attention on. As we get further away from the central lampstand, we are getting further away from the apostolic truth and into the Dark Ages. Eternity must be built on a much better foundation, which is Jesus Christ. When the Reformation started, Luther stood out like a solitary light in the darkness. Paul always boosted Christ as the fullness of the Godhead. So the fourth church age is known as the middle age or dark age, when the church ruled Europe. To be buried for three nights means that Jesus died on Thursday afternoon. So in the last church age of Laodicea (people's rights) the church has lost direction. They represent the first four church ages. The tabernacle was a tent without windows, and thus artificial light was needed. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. And the two candlesticks - Burning and shining lights. The early church never had a bishop of a city. What are the seven lampstands / candlesticks of Revelation? The bishop of Rome was given vast wealth and the beautiful Lateran palace by the emperor to make sure he obeyed the emperor. There are no special days for annual festivals. And will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent - On the meaning of the word "candlestick" see the notes on Revelation 1:12. But sadly by 1917 Pentecost was denominating into factions just like the other churches had done. Jesus had warned, "Take heed that no man deceive you" in Matthew 24:4, but people preferred human wisdom instead of Scripture. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But then the church proceeds to lose direction, starting with the water baptism, in a money-driven age of competitive Christianity that has many unscriptural traditions and doctrines (which is bad). ACTS 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. The book of Revelation describes a vision given to the apostle John. Revelation 2:5, KJV: "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent." Rome changed the calendar by which we measure time. The church looked like it was still shining bright but some of that light was just human wisdom caused by human leaders thinking up their own ideas. Thus the third church age looked like the above candlestick, in terms of truth. Chapter 1: A Letter From the LORD of the Candlesticks "1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John:" The Greek word apokalupsis is translated as "revelation" or disclosure of the truth of things previously unknown. The meaning is, that the church gave light in Ephesus; and that what he would do in regard to that place would be like removing a lamp, and leaving a place in darkness. Thus shepherds could not be in the fields at night as winter is far too cold outside. Significantly, they are also the names of the two witnesses who will return to Israel in the Tribulation (Revelation Chapter 11) to turn the 144000 to Messiah. The church age of Sardis, the escaped ones. This was the golden church age of Philadelphia, brotherly love. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and. The church was married to paganism, worldliness, wealth, and politics. So the second church age looked like this, in terms of truth, as the flame of Bible truth was shrinking. Today's church world can get people saved (which is very good) and teach them many good truths about the Holy Spirit and how to live a good life. The Reformation made a new start from the other side of the candlestick. There were no denominations while the apostles lived. Thus they were reflecting events that will occur in the New Testament when the seven church ages unfold over 2000 years. Human traditions and church doctrines had moved away from the Bible truths of the New Testament. People's Bible Notes for Revelation 11:4. :10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. This must have been in "vision," of course, and the meaning is, that there "seemed" to be there seven such lamps or candelabras. The third sign is a child who is symbolic of Christ or the Messiah (Revelation 12:5-6). . But in terms of Bible truth, this is how the fourth church age looked: Chapter 2 of the Book of Revelation lists four churches. Saved by faith alone. He wanted to restore the apostolic doctrine of salvation in Christ alone. The first church age was built on the New Testament and the doctrines of the apostles. The truth had steadily declined from the apostolic age to the brutal and superstitious dark age of churchianity which had effectively replaced Christianity. That's right, yes, sir, the sovereignty of the local church, each church in itself. This part of Revelation comprises the "what is now" section of Revelation (see Revelation 1:19). The previous verse had mentioned seven congregations located in Asia Minor. Jesus had a three and a half year ministry to the Jews. Such a concept was neither Scriptural nor historical, yet even a man of the stature of Polycarp leaned toward such organization. Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the … Here's a probable analysis of how the Hebrew Alphabet works with the Menorah the 7 branched candlestick. PERGAMOS. The official Roman church dominated Europe and truth died before the onslaught of unscriptural church traditions and doctrines. The church slowly struggled to get back closer to the original New Testament beliefs of the apostles. A cut-down and decorated tree and a star on the top of it were standard pagan mid-winter symbols. The number of baskets of rejected scraps of bread and meat were 12 and 7. :4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. It was together with the table of shewbread that held 12 loaves. :26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the. As such they are keen to reject the end-time revelations of Scripture. Listen to church preachers tell you about the mistakes, contradictions, myths, and faulty translations in the King James Version of the Bible. True believers had to flee to wilderness areas. 57-0908 HEBREWS CHAPTER FIVE AND SIX.1. Unscriptural words like Trinity, Christmas, and Pope became the focus of the church. This was a High Day or special Sabbath. But the pagan star was part of the mid winter festivals in December. 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Israel's Jewish Home party had planned to leave the coalition in protest against the ceasefire in Gaza, only to be beaten to its announcement by Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
The party had decided to pull out of the government on Tuesday evening, but Lieberman's shock resignation on Wednesday forced Jewish Home MKs to reconsider. "Following the developments, the Jewish Home decided to stay in the government in order to demand that faction head Naftali Bennett succeed Lieberman as defence minister," Arutz Sheva reported citing Israel's public broadcaster Kan.
Bennett conveyed his demands to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just hours after Lieberman's announcement, threatening to pull out of the coalition if they were not met. Jewish Home officials stated that: "It's either the Defence Ministry or we are out […] this is our ultimatum to stay in the government," a move which threatens to topple the coalition and spark early elections.
Yesterday Netanyahu met with Bennett to discuss these demands, indicating the gravity of the situation. Netanyahu also met with the heads of the ruling coalition factions to decide how to proceed, as key cabinet officials quickly splintered into camps in support of either Netanyahu or Bennett.
Key Likud MKs including Ze'ev Elkin – the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs – and Yehuda Glick criticised Bennett and Lieberman, while Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon expressed his dissatisfaction with Bennett's demand and called for elections to be held. Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel – a Jewish Home MK and ardent advocate of the Israeli right-wing – supported Bennett's demand, saying if Bennett were appointed defence minister those in favour of a forceful approach towards Gaza would be satisfied.
The question of Israeli policy vis-à-vis Gaza lies at the heart of the crisis, after it emerged that Netanyahu had pushed for a ceasefire in the besieged enclave against the wishes of Lieberman and Bennett, both of whom have previously advocated for a hawkish escalation of violence in the Strip. This week saw the highest level of Israeli destruction in the Gaza Strip since the 2014 war, after a botched Israeli intelligence gathering operation led to the killing of seven Palestinians and the destruction of media organisations and infrastructure.


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"Isle of Dogs" Dazzles and Confuses
April 23, 2018 August 23, 2018 Zach Meisel11670
The newest film from Wes Anderson shows him treading new ground while continuing many of the same trends that we have come to expect from the director. Isle of Dogs is a strange and heartfelt film that deals with as much absurdity as it does a cheerful love of dogs.
The movie is set in Japan in the somewhat near future where an epidemic of dog flu and snout fever has ravaged the island and threatens to cross species into humans. The dictatorial Mayor Kobayashi decrees the transport of all dogs to Trash Island which lies just off the coast of Japan. The first dog transferred to the island belongs to Atari, the orphaned nephew and ward of the mayor. Atari flies to Trash Island to find and rescue his dog while meeting plenty of new canine friends along the way.
Many interesting decisions came together to make this film feel unique. The first is that the film is made with stop-motion which always amazes with its sheer scope. Moving and crafting the tiny character models and the amount of detail given to background items are just some of the things that can intrigue an onlooker.
Another interesting and tone setting choice was for actors to only speak their native language with little to no subtitles. So, all the Japanese spoken is either translated within the context of the film by a news reporter, or other characters recapped what was happening. This made for less reading and more interpreting.
A wide cast of well-known actors were placed in the roles of the main dogs. Big names such as Bryan Cranston as Chief, Bill Murray as Boss, Jeff Goldblum as Duke and Scarlett Johansson as Nutmeg. Each dog felt like they were made with the actor in mind and each performance feels perfect for how the character is being portrayed.
Despite all of the interesting aspects of the film, they don't change the fact that it is completely strange. The dystopian world and slow pace mixed with a strange plot will leave most of the average moviegoers confused. Those used to Anderson's style will find plenty of details to love, while those uninitiated may be left scratching their heads.
Through all the craziness the film displays why dogs are man's best friend and how one person can make a difference. There is plenty to enjoy about the Isle of Dogs if all the absurdness can be overlooked.
Zach Meisel
Zach Meisel is a third year computer science major who enjoys writing movie reviews for arts and entertainment. Zach spends most of his time going to the movies with his friends and playing video games. When he isn't stressing about Linear Algebra, or life in general, he can be found at the CETA building where most of his classes are located.
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Mission Hills Historic District Expands by 99 Homes
Barry Hager | August 17, 2014	| 0 Comments
Mission Hills is recognized for one of the city's largest, most intact collection of vintage homes from the early 20th century.
The efforts of a group of Mission Hills residents recently paid off when the City of San Diego added 99 homes to the Mission Hills Historic District. The homes are all within the original Mission Hills subdivision, recorded by George W. Marston and others in 1908.
"It was a complex process, frustrating at times, but rewarding in the end," said Debbie Quillin, who lives in the expansion area and headed up the effort. The expansion area boundaries are Sunset Boulevard on the south, Witherby Street on the west, Hickory Street (both sides) on the north, and St. James on the east (see map).
Mission Hills is recognized for one of the city's largest, most intact collection of vintage homes from the early 20th century. The expansion area includes homes designed by many recognized master architects and builders, including William Sterling Hebberd, Nathan Ridgon, Morris Irvin, Frank P. Allen, Jr., Fred Jarboe, and Alexander Schrieber. Architectural styles found in the area include Craftsman, Prairie and Spanish Eclectic. Residents have recognized the need to protect the area and its architectural gems for the benefit of present and future generations.
In 2007, the City approved the first portion of the Mission Hills Historic District, which covers 75 homes, and the Fort Stockton Line Historic District, which covers 109 homes. Only part of the original Mission Hills subdivision was covered by these districts. Shortly after their approval, thoughts turned toward expanding the Mission Hills District. With encouragement from Mission Hills Heritage, Debbie Quillin, Jill Limber and other neighbors began work in 2008 on the expansion area. Aiding in the project were Pat Olafson, Mary Dilligan, Rosemary Watson, Margaret Kazmer and others.
Work included researching records at the County Recorder's office, the city's water and sewer department and the archives of the San Diego History Center. The team also photographed and prepared a detailed architectural description of each home and documented known alterations. A form was prepared for each home which summarized the information. Ronald V. May and Kiley Wallace of Legacy 106, Inc. provided professional expertise and reviewed the residents' work. Residents raised funds to support the project by holding holiday home tours in December 2088 and 2009. Mission Hills Heritage also provided financial support with a matching fund.
A completed nomination report was submitted to the city's Planning Department in September 2011. From then, it took over two years for city staff to begin processing the report. Processing included polling residents within the expansion area, holding a public workshop in May 2014, and culminated with two hearings before the City's Historical Resources Board (HRB).
At the final hearing on June 26, 2014, the HRB voted unanimously to amend the Mission Hills Historic District boundaries to include the expansion area. Of the 99 homes, the board voted to designate 68 as "contributing resources," meaning that these homes will be treated as if separately historically designated and can apply for a Mills Act contract with possible property tax benefits. The entire area will benefit from the protection of its community character and property values.
Other areas of the original Mission Hills Subdivision remain to be added to the Mission Hills Historic District, include the Sierra Vista/Valle Vista area to the north. Efforts are also under way for to create a separate historic district for Inspiration Heights, with its iconic entry pillars on Sunset Boulevard.
Barry Hager is a board member of Mission Hills Heritage and has lived with his family in Mission Hills for over fifteen years.
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Blogs on publicity events and snippets from recent coverage of Sue and her books.
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Aberfan disaster (see previous post) and my book about the tragedy with TV partner Steve Humphries and life partner Bevan Jones was published by Grosvenor House a few weeks ago. Steve's wonderfully moving documentary, Surviving Aberfan was shown on BBC4 the previous evening and can be viewed on iPlayer here.
Former Mayor of Merthyr and Aberfan survivor Jeff Edwards, the last child to be pulled out of the slurry and rubble alive, was kind enough to write our Foreword. But he amazed us this week by telling us that he would be presenting a copy to Prince Charles on his formal Royal visit to Aberfan yesterday to mark the anniversary. Photos of the occasion have been promised!
Jeff – who has met both the Prince and the Queen on several occasions – had already sent a copy to the Queen, who has always shown a special interest in the people of Aberfan.
So we can now claim two firsts for our humble self-published book: the BBC logo on the front and knowing copies are now gracing royal bookshelves at Clarence House and Buckingham Palace. Let's hope they don't notice the egregious typsetting error on Page 1 of the Acknowledgements.
In fact that was one of few hiccoughs with Grosvenor House. In general they pulled out all the stops for us to get the books in shops and on Amazon in good time for the anniversary and all the media attention we knew it would have. Their admin people Tamsin, Ruth and Jackie worked hard for us and so we can recommend GHP with confidence. Not cheap, but so long as your instructions are clear they deliver.
I'm shocked and appalled to discover that it's been five months since the last post – but I have the best of excuses. I've been writing. This one crept up on me and then it took over… but it has been a unique privilege and one I wouldn't have missed.
50 years ago a coal waste tip fell on a school in the Welsh mining village of Aberfan, killing 116 children.
This is Aberfan. In October 1966 thousands of tonnes of coal waste and rubble fell down a mountainside onto a primary school in the Welsh mining village of Aberfan. 144 people were killed – 116 of them children. Most of them died in the school. It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Britain in living memory. As a 15 year-old I remember seeing those terrible black and white TV pictures live from the scene and those images have stayed with me.
But what about those directly involved? The stories of the handful of children pulled from the rubble, the rescue teams and the parents who lost children are harrowing and heart-breaking enough, but how they survived the years that followed is instructive and often inspirational.
When a book to mark the 50th anniversary of the disaster was first mooted – again in collaboration with a Testimony Films BBC commission – I was enthusiastic but it seemed a long-shot. Potential interviewees for the documentary were initially reluctant to come forward, and for entirely understandable reasons. Retrieving painful memories of a tragic time – and for the cameras – is a big ask. The project stalled and at one point seemed doomed. Only painstaking work by the production team and vital mediation by an influential community leader broke the deadlock. Suddenly the TV documentary – and the book – were back on.
Just one logistical challenge: to meet the anniversary date 27 long audio interviews had to be transcribed and turned into a 50+k book in a matter of two months. Needless to say, it is done. The story of how it happened and how it will eventually get published will appear in due course elsewhere on this site, but suffice to say as I write that the manuscript is delivered, photos have been captioned and the cover designed.
Sweat and logistics aside, I've been privileged to live in a world of Welsh voices telling their stories – both sad and uplifting – for the past 6 weeks. I have never met these people yet I feel I know them. If I'm lucky, I might yet get to meet some of them. In the meantime I hope – with my co-authors Steve and Bevan – to have done them and their experiences justice. I know Steve's documentary has. Now the book needs to do the same.
Surviving Aberfan: the People's Story published by Grosvenor House. Surviving Aberfan BBC One in Wales, BBC Four in the rest of the UK. Tx tba.
Launch sellout at Pitshanger Bookshop!
Last night I Heard My Country Calling was officially launched at my lovely local bookshop in Pitshanger Lane, Ealing.
This was an open event, not a luvvie publishing party – and all the better for it. Only about half of the 40 or so people there (it's a small space so it felt packed to the gunwhales) were friends, neighbours and people I'd press-ganged to come. The rest, miraculously, came of their own accord on a dark, damp November evening.
Pitshanger Bookshop owner Fiona Kennedy gave me such an enthusiastic introduction – she'd read the book and seemed genuinely to have loved it – that I launched on my little talk and readings on a high. I don't get much chance these days (or, frankly, for the past 40-odd years) to make use of my Drama training, but I gave the readings welly and did my best to bring print to life. Not so difficult as Elaine and her story leap off the page unaided.
When I'd run out of voice there were informed and appreciative comments and questions from the audience. And – as often happens at these events – a sprinkling of people with intimate knowledge of the subject through family or other contacts. One chap made a bee-line for me afterwards to tell me all about his mother – an agent with F Section, sent into France – and show me her memorabilia. He omitted to tell me her name – just her codename!
Then a long queue of people with books to sign. Fiona was thrilled that she sold every single copy in stock – even the one on display in the window. This, apparently, is unprecedented!
So, pretty much a triumph all round. Thank you Fiona for your tremendous support for us local authors, and thank you to everyone who came, especially my dear Sis who made the trip from the Isle of Wight specially to be there. Madden relatives in Australia and Canada who'd helped me so much in my research were, I know, there in spirit.
Appropriately enough for October 31st, I spent much of the day talking about spooks and secrets at a special lunch in central London for people interested in or connected to the secret services – especially those active during WW2.
We met at a discreet hotel a stone's throw from 64 Baker Street – original home of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). These days an anonymous office block, a green plaque betrays its wartime past as the hub of planned sabotage and subversion in Nazi-occupied Europe between 1940 and 1945.
Then back to the hotel for lunch and some serious networking. A fascinating range of people were in attendance: a sprinkling of elderly SOE survivors, relatives, experts, academics, writers and knowledgeable amateurs fascinated by this secret world hidden from the public for so many decades.
Here I was able to talk about 'my' agent, Elaine Madden to a very receptive audience and make influential new contacts. A great day. I came away buzzing and with a new biography of top woman spook, Daphne Park. My thanks to Jedburgh expert Clive Bassett for introducing me to people – and for taking the photos!
From the giddy heights of Radio 4 to… well, the very local. This week I'm being interviewed by the Hounslow Chronicle and Get West London. Though this seems like sweating the small stuff, I know I shouldn't turn my nose up at local media. Any attention is welcome in a world stuffed with shouty people clamouring for print and online space. If it results in a single sale it's worth my while.
Perhaps more important to me than (even) sales at the moment is the response I've just had from some of Elaine Madden's living relatives in far-flung parts. Cousins in Australia and Canada who have followed the progress of the book with interest and helped me with photos and family information have at last had the chance to read it and let me know what they think.
This is always a tricky moment. We all have our own idea of how a certain character in our lives should be portrayed. Does a biography enhance or destroy that image? Luckily, they loved it, all of them saying unprompted that they felt they learned so much more about her and the times she lived in. And they also said something else that surprised me: that they didn't realise before reading it what Londoners (and indeed ordinary people in the UK and Europe generally) went through during the worst of the Blitz and WW2. We take it as read; but it's new to so many others.
To be interviewed on BBC R4's (I want to say 'iconic' here, but it's such a cliche) Woman's Hour is both an honour and an ordeal. You feel so much more exposed on radio than telly somehow… and a live interview first thing on a Monday morning gives you the whole weekend to worry about whether you'll fluff it. I'd done one before, on The Children Who Fought Hitler, but that was pre-recorded so any fluffy bits could be edited out before broadcast.
This was The Real Thing.
But there's something about entering the portals of Broadcasting House – the original entrance under the Eric Gill sculpture of Propspero and Ariel, not the flashy new bit round the corner – that inspires pride. It is our BBC after all (take note John Whittingdale and those who would diminish the Corporation through malice or neglect). From there I and my fellow-interviewees (on vaginal sprays, as it happens) were taken into the competent and comfortable embrace of the WH team where, in the Green Room we were greeted by presenter Jane Garvey and told the running order. Vaginal sprays were on first. I was on last, so I had another 40 minutes or so to listen to a packed edition and admire Ms Garvey's skill and professionalism in handling so many disparate items with humour and an enviable light touch.
Radio Times Festival – we were there!
Venerable listings mag Radio Times launched its very first TV/Radio/Book festival this year 24-27 September in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace – and we were there!
… but on the programme!
The line-up was starry. Everything from the stars and writers ofWolf Hall to Doctor Who and Call the Midwife. David Attenborough, Peter Capaldi, Brucie, Andrew Marr, Jon Snow, Thomas the Tank Engine, Simon Schama, Phillipa Gregory… The best-known names in British telly and publishing in fact. And Steve and me, talking about Britain's Greatest Generation and how we rose to the challenge of getting 90 and 100-year olds to tell their stories for the series and the book.
But these are quibbles. It was a privilege to be part of such a buzzy and well-organised event. Afterwards we went to sessions with Russell T Davies (writer of Dr Who, Bob & Rose, and the amazing and under-rated Second Coming) and Peter Kosminsky – a hero of mine who directed Wolf Hall and who has been making brilliantly controversial drama-docs for more than 30 years –The Government Inspector, The Promise, Britz, Shoot to Kill among them.
Worryingly, both speakers were pessimistic about the future of the BBC and seemed convinced that the Tories are intent on dismantling it out of spite, revenge or pure ideology. We've been here before and the Beeb has survived political onslaughts from governments of all stripes. But it is Britain's most precious cultural asset and events like this that round up so many BBC gems and talents remind us just what we've got to lose. I predict a Luvvie – and a public – fight-back.
This was the first RTFest – let's hope it becomes an annual fixture. Popular culture deserves no less.
'Not Guilty' launched at London's iconic gay bookshop – TV to follow!


"I can't do Yoga Teacher Training; I can't do a headstand, and I'm too old." Three months ago I postulated these reservations as I considered signing up for the upcoming training at Sacred Space yoga studio. A recent Registered Yoga Teacher graduate, older than I am, assured me that yoga is much more than standing on my head, age doesn't matter, and that I could indeed do yoga teacher training.
Trust the process. Yeah, right. Then I remembered my own days of teaching school, and I knew from experience she was right. After fifteen years of seeing the progress my fourth graders made, nine years of missionary kids at all ages, and eleven years of multi-aged English language learners, all progressed as expected. I always loved seeing how my students arrived as beginners, then grew proficient as they learned so much during the school year, right on schedule, and just as my years of experience told me they would. It does work. Trust the process.
This morning I was thinking about the process, and remembered the first student I taught to read. I say "taught" as maybe the wrong word, since "educate" means a leading out of what is already inside the student. I no more taught Jonathan how to read than we have anything to do with a flower growing and blooming from a tiny seed we plant. The blueprint is already there, in the seed, in our brains and cells, a blueprint for the growing stages, for the full-grown manifestation of completion. Maybe we guide the process, but we certainly don't control it.
Jonathan's mother brought him to my little one-room school in the basement that first day in Kenya. At 5 years old, he was an adorable, sweet spirited, shy and gentle tiny little boy with eager big brown eyes. "He knows some of his ABCs, but he can't read," his mom offered. My throat closed. "He can't READ??!!" I kept my thoughts to myself. I had only taught 4th graders in Mt. Airy, and they all could read, write in cursive, and had memorized their multiplication facts when they first came to my class. I had never taught anyone to read from scratch, and didn't know if I could. I had to pray about that one, and the answer God gave me was, "use your gut instincts." So we started with learning the alphabet, consonant and vowel sounds, and word families with simple three-letter words. Day after day I read to Jonathan, just for the pure pleasure of reading, but also to demonstrate letter and word sounds. We just kept working on words, sounds, reading.
One day I pulled a book from the shelf, opened it, and we sat side by side to read. Curious, I asked him to read some of the words aloud to me, eager to see how much he could do. To my surprise, he read a whole sentence, then another and another! I reached for his wiry arms. "Jonathan! You're reading! Who taught you to read?" I thought maybe he had been getting some extra tutoring at home or somewhere. I'll never forget the loving way he turned his head and eyes up, looked at me, and matter-of-factly replied, "YOU did!" I honestly did not know when it had happened. "When?" When did I teach him to read? Trust the process.


Burtch highlights the phenomenological aspects of Kolisnyk's work. Biographical notes.
Exhibition dates: 10 Sept. - 4 Oct. 1981, Glendon Gallery (Toronto) ; 16 Oct. - 22 Nov. 1981, The Gallery/Stratford ; 16 June - 14 July 1982, The MacIntosh Gallery (University of Western Ontario, London).


Students from Theobald Baerwart secondary school spent three days with Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel's exhibition Mammalian Fantasies (18.1.-14.4.2019). Based on their encounters with the artworks and supported by the poet Claudia Gabler and art education team, they developed poems. On Thursday 24.1.2019, they presented them at Kunsthalle Basel as the kickoff event of 16. Internationales Lyrikfestival Basel.
A cooperation with 16. Internationales Lyrikfestival Basel, lyrix – Deutscher Bundeswettbewerb für junge Lyrik, and Theobald Baerwart secondary school.


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Syllabary Keypad Developed for Cherokee Language
Published On - March 3, 2010
To help people communicate in Cherokee, the Cherokee Nation has developed a new Cherokee-specific computer keypad. The keypad was developed by two members of the Cherokee Nation's Cultural Resources Department, Roy Boney, Jr. and Joseph Erb. The device makes it much easier for people to use computers to communicate in Cherokee. Previously, typing in the Cherokee syllabary was a royal pain, requiring users to memorize a variety of different keystrokes to get the computer to produce Cherokee letters instead of the Latin alphabet.
With the keypad, which fits over a normal computer keyboard, for the first time students and others will be able to type directly in the Cherokee syllabary, which uses its own unique set of 85 characters. The new keypads will make life easier for the students at the Cherokee Nation Immersion School, where children do their lessons completely in Cherokee. It will also make it easier for people to use Cherokee outside of school, in their daily lives, and will make it easier for Cherokee living outside of Cherokee Nation territory to use their ancestral language to communicate.
The Native American Times quotes Dr. Neil Morton, Group Leader for Education Services for the Cherokee Nation, who described the potential impact the invention could have on the Cherokee language:
"The creation of this keypad has helped us leap forward in the teaching of Cherokee. Before we were only able to utilise the print media, but now our students have computers for homework, messages and more where they can actually type and text in the Cherokee language…The role of the keypad allows us to actually move the language initiative program away from the tribal complex and out into every community of the Nation and throughout the world. It also plays an important role in getting people to actually use the language in their everyday lives."
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2 thoughts on "Syllabary Keypad Developed for Cherokee Language"
jennifer howard says:
how do u say "good luck" in cherokee?
Caroline Mikolajczyk says:
I have to admit that i have no idea but i will have a look for you 😛


Patches are already merged, can anybody mark this bp as DONE?
Toni, can you update your architecture diagram?
1. Is the hardware agent going to just be like another agent similar to central agent consisting of pollsters?
- Yes, it is very similar to the compute agent.
2. where you are going to store the data? as metrics ? or as meters?
- The data is stored similar to the compute agent and is in the same db as well.
<lsmola> lifeless, so does it make sense that the Undercloud Ceilometer central agent will talk directly to snmpd?
<lifeless> This gives an implicit distribution of load which is good for scaling.
<lifeless> Any 'central X' is suspect from a scaling perspective.
<lifeless> So I guess I'd like to understand how it scales; what the options are.
<lifeless> but the abstraction point would be the hypervisor, which is Ironic in future, and nova-bm today.
<lsmola> lifeless, ok so it make sense that the Ironic as a hypervisor, would collect data both from SNMP and IPMI and send them to message bus, where the Ceilometer Collector will process them?
So most concerns are about how the Central Agent will scale?
btw. I have tested obtaining of Cpu and Memory stats, in Undercloud, on bm_poseur nodes. And it works great.
I've rebased following patches onto bp support-resource-pipeline-item and moved them into central agent.


A Gloucester-based design architect are in the running to create a stunning landmark to rival the Angel of the North.
The monument which will be in a prominent roadside location will feature one million bricks, each representing a story of answered prayer.
Quattro, who are based in Matthews Warehouse at Gloucester Quays are now waiting to hear if they have won the public vote against three other contenders.
In their design statement to the RIBA competition they outlined their circular arch design.
It said: "Quattro's aim was to develop a soaring wall and a defined space, without creating a physical barrier.
"Perceived as an ellipse or a circle, dependent on the angle of view, each one of these aspects lends themselves to being appreciated as an allegory responding to the visitor's personal per-spective.
"As a circle, the shape can be perceived as the offering of a prayer, with the return of a sup-plied answer."
The public vote will assist the final judging panel and closes at midday on Tuesday, April 16.
Punchline says, it would be incredible for a Gloucester-based company to win the competition and create what is sure to be a national landmark.
We would urge all Gloucestershire folk to vote for a design created by talented locals.
The voting process has now closed.