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Here's the first thing to come out of "Basenotes Labs". Well, I'm trying to make it sound exciting - but in reality, I was bored of answering emails and spend a few hours coding this evening. There's no lab. I don't even own a white coat.
One thing I've been wanting to finish off for ages it the Wardrobe Feature. It's usable, but not how I wanted it. A feature I wanted to add for ages was a 'Scent of the Day button'. The idea would be that you would press the Scent of the Day button, on the fragrances page - and it would record if for you. I know there are many of you that keep record of what they wear, and this would make it easier - plus give you the option to make graphs and charts etc.
That was the original idea I had a few years ago. Recently, for Plus Members, I implemented the first part - a Scent of the Day button. Now I'm rolling it out to all
All it does at the moment is record it and publish it to a 'live feed'.
So Questions....
How do I use it?
Find the fragrance you are wearing at the moment in the directory and hit the Post as My Scent of the Day button (it's the one below the post as my scent of the day to twitter/facebook links).
Where can I see everyone's scents of the day?
At the moment, you can go here: http://www.basenotes.net/bn_todaysscent.php
What's on the to do list?
Lots! This is very early days.
- Change the Post as My Scent of the Day button, to something else when a scent is chosen as a SOTD
Allow SOTDs to be deleted in case they were accidentally added
- Autopublish SOTDs to Twitter / Facebook et al
- Ability to add that Scent of the Day you forgot to add last Thursday
- Ability to make your SOTDs private or only viewable to logged in members or people on your friends list
- Add an image of the SOTD in the live feed
Easily view all your previous SOTDs
- Show your SOTD in the 'postbit' on the forums
Ability to add a comment to the SOTD (so you can say something about it) Paginate SOTDs on the feedpage (at the moment it will go on indefinitely- I've not paginated it, but just fixed it to show scents in the last 24 hours, which I think most people are interested in. Will add ability to look at historic stuff at a later date Show stats on the feed page - top fragrances this week etc
- integrate this into wardrobes and directory
- oh, lots more stuff i'm sure
Any ideas you have will be gratefully heard!
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Works nicely, Grant! (early adopter me, always.)
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Simply brilliant!
As for suggestions, I think it would be useful to see actual dates there if it's more than '3 days ago', especially when the list grows
Cool! I just posted mine. How do I navigate back to that SOTD page?
Has everyone checked out my Top 100 Blog??
tried to post my sotd as Creed REL but it didn't work. Just took me to the page and showed what I posted last time
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looks like I broke it. lets see...
fixed now!
Awesome! Thanks, Grant!
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Great feature, Grant! BTW, if I post an SotD not listed in my Tried list, would it be automatically added?
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1. Now shows default avatars where the user does not have one.
2. Now shows all fragrances worn in the last 24 hours (it was once showing the last 100)
Top fragrances this week
Top fragrance worn by you (if logged in)
Grant, what if we'd like to post an SotD not yet listed in the directory?
The most recent 6 sotds now feature on the front page
Nice! So easy to do and I get a reminder of the notes for the scent. Thanks.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift;
that's why they call it the present."
This is a great feature, thanks for creating it, Grant! Cheers!
"Wovon man nicht lesen kann, darüber muss man schreiben."
First: I love this feature!
There seems to be a bug in the "Your top five" list, nothing with a smaller number of wears than Acqua di Selva by Visconti di Modrone will show up in the list. so if AdS is my number two most worn, there will only be two items in the top five list. Is there anything special with the Acqua di Selva that could cause this strange behaviour of the list? The length of the name?
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I love cologne.
Will there ever be an "other" option, for when we are wearing one that isn't in the directory, or just oil or something?
One man's conspiracy is another man's business plan
I just want to say that I love this new feature, as well, thank you so much, Grant! The Popular With the Ladies/Men is fun; I can't wait to watch it develop!
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I'm having trouble staying logged in while I navigate the site. If I go to the directory or to my wardrobe, it says I need to sign in. When I sign in, it takes me back to the home page and then logs me out when I try to go to the directory or wardrobe again. It may be a problem with my phone (I use the internet browser on it), but it worked until a few days ago.
Where did it go?
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Found it!
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Chapter 11 – Gone to Ground
Vengeance has arrived home. While the crew is dealing with the fallout of Fido's defection, Corval is tasked with discovering the fate of a lost flight-training squadron on the surface of the planet he had hoped to never visit again: Earth. Producer's Comments: It has been a long and sometimes difficult journey, but Chapter 11 is finally complete! Substantial work went into the soundscapes for this extended episode, so grab some headphones and kick back. STARRING [stextbox id="custom" caption="CREDITS"][cacredits chapter=11][/stextbox]
Chapter 10-11 Interim 02 (Minisode 2) Released 10.03.10
Scott's gift has some unforseen consequences. Corval tries to get back on-track with his intelligence reports while trying to keep Fido from breaking everything within reach. [stextbox id="custom" caption="Log Addendum"] I'll have that lexicon attached, soon as I can get short-stuff to agree with me on some spelling standards for our new dictionary. Cpt. Corval, Kevin J. Nova Squadron commanding UDF Vengeance [/stextbox]
Chapter 10-11 Interim (Minisode 1) Released 07.04.10
Presenting the first installment of our new mini episodes! These "mini-sodes" cover minor events between chapters, and also serve as CMack's "podium" updates. Featured: The Leviathan Chronicles chapter 25 finale trailer! :)
Chapter 10-2 – Furious Consquences, Part 2
Vengeance meets up with its sister ship, the Furious, in an effort to get one another back in shape for the final leg of the journey home. The joining of the two massive ships is not without danger, however, as the crew of the Vengeance is about to discover... [LOG ENTRY] : "That's it. Soon as we get back home I'm putting in for a transfer. Better yet, maybe I'll just walk altogether. The other night the captain called the squadron together to meet with him during chow. He told us it would be a good chance to get to know ...
Chapter 10-1 – Furious Consquences, Part 1
Vengeance meets up with its sister ship, the Furious, in an effort to get one another back in shape for the final leg of the journey home. The joining of the two massive ships is not without danger, however, as the crew of the Vengeance is about to discover... [LOG ENTRY] : "That's it. Soon as we get back home I'm putting in for a transfer. Better yet, maybe I'll just walk altogether. The other night the captain called the squadron together to meet with him during chow. He told us it would be a good chance to get to know ...
Chapter 9 – Mindgame
New background music makes this show one of the most engaging, exciting episodes yet! Grab your headphones and crank up the bass boost. Some popcorn might be a good idea too, because this chapter ended up being much longer than usual! [LOG ENTRY] : "Just call me 'Freak Show Corval'. It still boggles my mind how it's even possible, but thanks to Fido's limited understanding of the nuances of our language, I've somehow ended up being taken under his wing while he guides me through some kind of rehabilitation procedure that his people use with those among them who have been ...
Chapter 8 – A New Clan
The new cast additions are proving to be worth their weight in gold, but what about the regulars? Well don't get all uptight and worried, because the whole gang will be back again in Chapter 9! Fun Facts: Fido's new computerized voice was much easier to deal with this time around, largely thanks to the particular voice I chose to use. It seemed to be well suited for the halting, simple speech needed for the part. Remember that everything you hear is from a particular character's perspective. If Corval is in the scene, it'll be from his perspective alone that you'll ...
Chapter 7 – Enemy, Part 2
Captain Corval struggles with exhaustion and his own prejudice to find a common ground with the Tarthet prisoner. New castmember Steve Riekeberg takes the reigns and the bull by the horns as he assumes the character of Captain Michael Hutsford. Salty veteran Jeff Schultz slides over and gives life to Chief Engineer Warren Gregory! Fun Facts: Fido's computerized voice presented a challenge, as the software used to create the voice was unable to produce the halting simple-talk of the alien. Creating the voice required manual editing of the sound to provide the proper gaps. More on how the voice was created will ...
Chapter 6 – Enemy, Part 1
The crew of the Vengeance realize they may have gotten more than they bargained for, as they attempt to establish communication with the captured Tarthet pilot. [LOG ENTRY] : "What a day! The Boss sent a commendation for me up to the Old Man for the cockpit shielding system! Not that I'm not appreciative or anything, but I hope he realizes that I was motivated to keep my butt in one piece a heck of a lot more than protecting everybody else. Ha! All kidding aside, I hope he doesn't start dishing out commendations every time I'm involved with some new system ...
Chapter 5 – The Killing Fields
Corval escapes certain death to lead Nova Squadron against a Tarthet strike force. [LOG ENTRY]: "Maybe I'm not seeing the bigger picture here, but what the hell was Kevin thinking? Did he honestly expect that I'd just leave Redline to drift off after she got hit? Screw that! We've already sent one of ours on his last flight, and I'll be damned if I let another one go down! Okay, so I'm attracted to her. So what? I'd bet next week's chow ration he feels the same way. That still doesn't have any influence over my refusal to let another member ...
Chapter 4 – Instigation
Vengeance gets underway for home. [LOG ENTRY] : "I wish the old man had warned me about the new wing commander. Corval seems to be about as cocky as they come, but it's a just a tad embarrassing for me to completely forget that on this boat he answers to me, not the other way around. Maybe it had something to do with the way he carries himself. He's definitely got the scruff for squadron leader, but there's something more in him that just seems right for his primarily role. He's got that balance that we watch for in a good officer; the ...
Chapter 3 – Conflict
Nova Squadron struggles with the Tarthet and the loss of one of its own. [ LOG ENTRY ] :"Finally got to meet my new wing commander in person, earlier today. I think I made the right choice bringing his squadron aboard, even though their arrival ruffled some feathers, particularly with Ender squad. Corval's record suggests he and his people will make excellent examples for Ender and their commander to follow, and if the imposing man I met today is even half of what his jacket makes him out to be, I'm sure to be seeing some drastic changes for the ...
Chapter 2 – Arrival
Corval is sent out on patrol with his squadron while Vengeance makes repairs to get back underway, but the arrival of unwelcome visitors throws a wrench into the works. [LOG ENTRY] : "The day we got our deployment orders was the very day we cleared Haven aboard our new post, the UDF Vengeance. In all the confusion there wasn't any time to meet our new CO. I took a few minutes to go over the published portions of his record, and I thought I had a good bead on the man after that. Boy was I wrong. He's certainly a lot ...
Chapter 1 – Exodus
Join the fight for survival! Captain Kevin Corval, master pilot of the Unified Defense Forces and Nova Squadron commander, takes you through Earth's history to his present time, nearly 500 years in our future. [LOG ENTRY]: "Our first major action deployment, and here I am stuck with a bunch of scared skinnies in the officer's mess. A fine start to my shiny new command post, I must say. I have to be honest though, we got suckered so thoroughly we might as well have been sitting around with our [censored] in our hands! The Tarthet aren't anywhere near the stupid creatures ...
Five hundred years after having been forced from the planet to escape annihilation, Terrans are thriving as they adapt to their new way of life, but an old threat looms once again.
Nearly forgotten with the long march of time, the Tarthet have returned to make their final desperate bid for our homeworld, Inexorably committed to taking a world they never expected to find inhabited in the first place, the xenophobic Tarthet are about to face the shock of their lives, for the Terrans are ready for the second encounter, and they will not be defeated so easily.
For both sides, it is a war they cannot lose, facing an enemy they cannot defeat, and for the Terrans, it is an encounter that will change their destiny forever.
Chapter 13 Script Released
The script for Chapter 13 : The Fall is now released for casting/voicing.
And so begins the effort to begin getting more episode content "in the can" farther in-advance of actual release.
Chapter 13's script is now live and ready for voicing!
Of course it goes without saying: HERE THAR BE SPOILERZ! (zomg)
Special note: The parts of Deana Sala and Kyr Ilnni are listed as "Open" because those parts have not been filled for Chapter 12 yet. If you're interested in taking on one of those characters in 13, it's necessary to audition for 12 first, please! (see the CastAgent LiveView in the sidebar to view the script auto-highlighted for an open part) :)
You can view Chapter 13's script through CastAgent, and as always you can follow the status of published upcoming chapters in the Coming Episodes section too.
Production Update – 06.11.12
Sneaky production is sneaky
"How sneaky is it," you ask? Sneaky enough that nothing updates or changes on the surface, even though tons of new content has actually been created behind the scenes. That kind of sneaky.
Okay, I'll quit beating around the proverbial bush now. Basically, audio production is moving along behind the scenes, even though the main episode processing hasn't yet started.
You see, Chapter 12 requires a lot of interesting new sounds that are intended to play directly off of one another, to invoke a sense of action and desperation that I've been actively straining to attain in previous episodes. I'm not going to be dropping any spoilers, but the sounds I'm talking about require a more organic means of creation. This means all the foley pans, buckles and other bits stay in the closet while I get myself accustomed to using my own vocal chords as sound sources instead.
It took a great deal of reading, and a not-insignificant amount of trial and error, but the process flow I was looking for slowly revealed itself, and the results are hair-raising, to say the least!
With that particular hurdle overcome, focus has moved to the production systems, and ensuring they're ready for the melee to come, which will also include capturing the production process as source material for the next episode of BackStage Pass as well.
Stand by, the real fun is just beginning! :)
Site Update
CastAgent interface updated
The automated audition system is proving to be more difficult to develop than I had thought, so while I'm busy bouncing off the proverbial brick walls of code, I made a small change to the CastAgent LiveView widget in the site's sidebar.
Instead of being presented with a (non-functional) audition button in unassigned character parts, you will now see a link in an open or auditioning character's bar, which will take you to the first occurrence of that character on the script page, with that character's parts pre-highlighted for ease of reading.
If nothing else, it should make navigating the system a bit easier for new volunteers. In the meantime, I'm still working on refining the rest of the system for the veterans as well.
Stay tuned! :)
NOTE: The code that targets a given character name in the script does not take into account vocal (non-speaking) sounds that the character might be making before their actual speaking part. If you click-through to the script from the LiveView widget, be sure to scroll up a few lines to make sure actions for the character aren't presented above the first speaking line.
EDIT: Clicking through the LiveView widget will take you to the script with that character's parts highlighted, and focused on the first instance of that character's part, even if it occurs as an action instead of a speaking part.
BSP Out-take 01 released
BackStage Pass Out-take 01 is up
BSP Out-takes are (non-video) articles that offer more details on the production process. They will post in order with BSP episodes, providing additional information and resources that relate to either the BSP episode just released, or the next one coming up. They can be found in-line with the regular BackStage Pass Show releases on BSP's show page.
Out-take 01 covers a general overview of the CotG production process, and the software involved.
BSP Show re-released
The BackStage Pass show has returned!
BSP previously had a couple of episodes released, but they were inadvertently-lost during a drive crash and subsequent site migration.
Finally, I've been able to get that rolling again as well.
In this first episode, I will cover the basics of what I'm using in the studio for audio production, and why.
Future episodes will be more in-depth regarding the production process itself, so if you were looking for some kind of walk-through on the process, don't despair: that's coming up very soon! :)

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2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
There are a number of interpretations of what St. Paul is referring to when he speaks of the Day of the Lord, the son of perdition, and other things. To do justice to presenting my own understanding would detract from the devotional nature of these meditations, and yet it is necessary in this passage to offer some background.
When reading the Bible, we must always remember to place any given text in its proper context, which includes the surrounding verses and chapter, the entire book (remembering that there were no chapter and verse divisions in the original books of the Bible), the entire Bible, and the literary, historical, and cultural situation in which the book of the Bible was written and received.
When we read Old Testament, we understand that we must work to apply it to ourselves because things have changed. But when reading the New Testament, too often we assume that things for us will be exactly like 1st century, without any effort to apply to our circumstances.
The first thing we should understand about 2 Thessalonians 2, then, is that Paul is writing to a specific church, the one in Thessalonica, in the first century, because they had questions about the Day of the Lord and related ideas. Paul expects the 1st century Thessalonians to understand what he is talking about and see how it applies to them.
In trying to understand it ourselves, we have a basic choice to make regarding what Paul meant. The Day of the Lord and the Man of Perdition could refer to things that were to happen shortly and that the Thessalonians could expect to understand and experience. For example, the son of perdition would sit as God in the temple of God, which stood only until A.D. 70. In this case, the immediate context that Paul is speaking about is now past, and we have to interpret what the passage means for us today.
On the other hand, the things Paul is speaking about could be things still future to even us who live 2000 years later, things that (since we've waited for them 2000 years) are also unlikely to be directly about our own generation.
In either case, the point for us is the same: that Paul is not specifically prophesying about events in the year 2013, any more than he was talking about events that were about to happen in 1970 when The Late Great Planet Earth was written (we are now 2 generations after that book.) In either case, however, we must find an application for today, for surely this passage speaks to us today, as does all of Scripture.
We can all affirm that like the Thessalonians, there is evil in our culture and generation. There are certainly antichrists in our culture, there are those who exalt themselves above God, and there is lawlessness. We have an increasing number of people who claim the divine is inside them (and they don't mean the Holy Spirit), and in American culture, there is little argument that as a whole we are more lawless than we used to be. Even among Christians there are those who proclaim that Jesus Christ can be our Savior without being our Lord and those who say that since we are under grace and not law it doesn't matter how we live (which is antinomianism or lawlessness.) In other words, we all intuitively understand that we are facing the same problems the 1st century Thessalonians faced.
We might even assert (well – I might assert it – I won't drag you into my intellectual adventures) a First Spiritual Law of Thermodynamics, which is that "The spiritual entropy of the universe tends to a maximum."
In other words, spiritually, things are running down and getting worse. And they have been for thousands of years. But if St. Paul thought so, and we think so then how come the end hasn't come? I don't think that when most of us look at the 1950s we think that things had gotten much, much worse than things were in the Roman Empire. In other words, the world can't be running down spiritually in a straight downward line. In fact, in some ways, we have to admit that they are spiritually getting better. Every time someone is made a Christian, the world has gotten better spiritually, and there are a lot more Christians around today than ever before, and over a larger part of the earth than ever before.
This means we have to assert a Second Spiritual Law of Thermodynamics which states: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and His Body, the Church, is always inhabited by the Holy Spirit and is always being regenerated, reformed, and revitalized, just like any living body.
This means that not only is the world getting worse whenever evil men and lawlessness prevail but also that it is getting better whenever the Kingdom of God is established by men who turn to Christ and live as faithful disciples.
The bottom line for the Christian is this: though the sons of perdition and the men of lawlessness may attempt to sit as God in the temple of God, the fact is that Jesus Christ is enthroned at the right hand of the Father in the true Temple not made with hands. This is our response to the evil around us: to remember and turn to God and resolve to lead holy lives in His kingdom.
That Jesus Christ, the King of kings, is on the throne and that Jesus Christ will come again for His saints are the ultimate realities for every creature. And they are our realities this very day, regardless of the sin and lawlessness of others.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I praise You because You sit at the right hand of the Father, enthroned in heaven. Look down upon me with mercy this day and calm whatever fears I have about the progress of evil men in Your world. Increase my faith and encourage me in all righteousness that through my life Your kingdom may be established here on earth as it is in heaven.
Points for Meditation:
1. What evils did the 1st century of St. Paul's letters and ours have in common? Meditate on how Paul counseled the churches to respond to the evil and trouble in their lives. Apply this counsel to your own life and times.
Resolution: I resolve to remember the eternal and heavenly reality today, that Jesus Christ is on the throne and that the Lord is in His holy Temple.
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According to a new TMZ story, Kim Richards, star of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was involved in an incident at the San Francisco International airport back in July.
This incident began when Kim reportedly kept bothering the airport staff about a flight delay, which let to them calling airport security to help control the situation . Ultimately, the security discovered Kim was in the wrong terminal all along.
TMZ states they "obtained footage of a boozy Kim slurring, stammering and popping pills at San Francisco International airport back in July."
While the 1 minute 47 seconds video footage, posted below, does not show Kim drinking at the airport, it does show her open up a prescription bottle to ingest some pills. The footage was shot by some men at the airport who seemed to recognize who Kim was. In part of the footage, Kim is aware the men are taping her and tells them to stop.
When Kim is speaking to the security men, they inform her "[the staff] is kind of concerned about your sobriety" and ask her is she has had anything to drink that day. Kim admits she has, stating she only had 1 cocktail.
Despite TMZ's claims that Kim was slurring and stammering at the airport, the footage doesn't seem to show any of that, as also noticed by some people in the comments section, but we'll let you be the judge of that. Perhaps TMZ left those parts out of the footage they posted.
According to TMZ, Kim was eventually escorted out of the airport without further incident. While family sources tell TMZ they've been dealing with Kim's "issues" for a long time. With family like this… The TMZ footage of Kim is below.
Meanwhile, following last week's dramatic finale episode, many magazines are covering Kim and her sister Kyle Richards. The latest cover of UsWeekly promises to reveal secrets TV didn't show though the actual article in the magazine is a very short piece that was nothing short of a Team Kyle article. It offered no secrets about Kyle at all, instead stating Kim was out of control, had been in rehab before, and is "not the shy waif she presents herself as on TV." Kim must be a great actress to fool Bravo through five months of filming.
The article also mentions "Kyle didn't want anything out there that would shame Kim." While Kim doesn't give any quotes to UsWeekly, Kyle, who might or might not be the new Jill Zarin, managed to tell the mag how much she loves her sister. And for those who don't' know how the media works, there's about a 99.99% chance the quotes in the article came directly from Kyle or someone very close to her. A real "source" would have dished secrets about both Kyle and Kim.
Life & Style also covered the fight story and even had some quotes from Kim, though in reading the article, I suspect the quotes from Kim might be from an older interview. Kim did not reveal much in the story other than, "It's the biggest conflict and drama I think we've ever had." Kim added, "I don't like conflict." Kim also states that despite the conflict, "I probably had the most fun with my sister since we were little girls."
Kyle once again reiterates to Life & Style magazine how much she truly loves Kim. Kyle has definitely been making the press rounds all week trying to repair her image explain her side of the story. Oddly enough, while Kyle has expressed regret over her actions, she has yet to apologize for them. Interesting.
And last night, right after the reunion aired, Kyle decided to tweet Kim. "@kimrichards11. Portia and I are singing the chicken song…"that's my chicken, that's my chicken…" is what she wrote. Not sure what the intent behind this was but Kim has yet to update her twitter page since Jan. 18.
Safe to assume this video, which was shot last July, would have never made it's way online had Kim's younger sister not outed her alcoholism on national television. By the way, most of the TMZ comments under the video post are in support of Kim.
My Thoughts – This video and report by TMZ is quite sad. In my opinion, it definitely proves Kim has a problem. The severity of that problem? I don't know. This footage was shot in July, the same month the finale episode was taped, though it is unknown whether it was before or after the fight with Kim. A part of me started to feel badly for Kyle during the week, but the more I thought about her actions, mainly outing Kim's alcoholism on national television, the more I realized just how vile that action was. Kim's alcoholism or issues rather is arguably her deepest darkest secret, one she has managed to keep away from the public, one she did not want on the show, and one she managed to keep off the show through 5 months of filming, that is until Kyle decided to reveal it during the last night of filming. What Kyle did to Kim is despicable, almost unforgivable and the ultimate betrayal. What breaks my heart about this is the fact that I truly believe Kyle had a hand in the UsWeekly article trashing Kim, even sadder is the fact that she decided to contribute to such an article by giving them a quote (good or bad). Kyle's actions doesn't seem to show that of someone that truly feels sorry for what she did, but more so someone who is working overtime to clean up her public image, at the expense of her own sister. This is just my opinion, please always feel free to disagree.


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Let $A = \{0, 1\}^8$. Define the relation $R$ on $A$ as
$R = \{ (u, v) \in A \times A | \text{u and v have the same number of entries equal to 0}\}$
How can I show that $R$ is an equivalence relation on $A$? I know that $R$ must be reflexive, symmetric, and transitive, but I'm a bit stuck on the actual proof.
For reflexivity, I believe the following work I have is true. $(u, u) \in A$ since $u$ and $u$ obviously have the same number of entries equal to 0. Is this sufficient to prove reflexivity?
I also think I've worked out the symmetry part. For $(u, v) \in R$, since $u$ and $v$ have the same number of entries equal to 0, then naturally $v$ and $u$ are the same case, and so $(v, u) \in R$. Correct?
I have no idea about the transitivity part yet.


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The US space shuttle Endeavour arrived at its retirement home at the California Science Center on Sunday after making its final journey through the streets of Los Angeles this weekend, towed along at a speed of up to two miles an hour.
The retired space shuttle Endeavour rolled into its retirement home at a museum early on Sunday, in the conclusion of a slow-motion parade through the narrow streets of Los Angeles.
Endeavour arrived at about 10:45 a.m. at Exposition Park, the site of the California Science Center where the shuttle will go on permanent display on Oct. 30 inside a pavilion
"I'm so glad to be living to see this," said Los Angeles native Shirley Green, 78, who was on hand, wearing an American flag scarf, to watch the shuttle arrive at its new home.
Endeavour nosed out of Los Angeles International Airport before dawn on Friday for the 12-mile (19-km) trip to its retirement home. Organizers had expected the shuttle to complete its journey by Saturday evening but it fell behind schedule as crews had to make late adjustments to clear room for it.
The shuttle, which prompted cheers and expressions of awe from spectators as it inched through the city's streets, will become a tourist attraction at the center. Endeavour was largely built in southern California and was a workhorse of the U.S. space program, flying 25 missions.
The trip was delayed in part due to maintenance needed for the massive, wheeled transporter that carried Endeavor and to trim some trees along the route, organizers said.
Endeavour flew from 1992 to 2011 and was built to replace the Challenger, which exploded seconds into a 1986 launch in a mishap that killed all seven crew members on board. Endeavour was taken out of service at the end of the shuttle program.
The shuttle is 122 feet (37 meters) long and 78 feet (24 meters) wide and stands 5 stories tall at the tail, which police said makes it the largest object ever to move through Los Angeles. Its combined weight with the transporter was 80 tons.
Organizers say only a few inches separated Endeavour's wings from structures along the route, and workers felled 400 trees along curbs to clear a path. The science center will plant more than 1,000 trees to make up for their loss.
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Some street lights, traffic signals, power poles and parking meters were temporarily removed.
The budget to move Endeavour was over $10 million, said Shell Amega, a science center spokeswoman. Charitable foundations and corporations have donated money and services for the move.
The delays and extra work added to the price tag of Endeavor's last journey, said William Harris, a senior vice president at the Science Center.
"This did cut into our costs," Harris said. "As we always said, safety and security are our main concern. It was very dark last night, there were times that we were literally inches of clearance, at times the thickness of a credit card."
Endeavour has hop-scotched across the country from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the back of a modified Boeing 747. It had been parked at the airport in Los Angeles since arriving on Sept. 21 after a ceremonial piggyback flight around California.
The shuttle will be displayed in a temporary hangar-style metal structure to protect it from the elements. In 2017, a 200-foot-tall (61-meter) structure will open in which Endeavour will stand vertically, said Ken Phillips, aerospace curator at the California Science Center.
The other remaining shuttles also have found homes.
The Smithsonian in Washington has Discovery at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center museum in Virginia. New York City has the prototype shuttle Enterprise at its Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. And the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral has Atlantis, which the center will move to an on-site visitors complex next month.


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Liz Kroll was impressed – and pleasantly surprised.
"Oh my gosh, I'm totally flabbergasted," said Kroll, coordinator of Sheboygan County Food Bank. "This is the biggest private donation we've had."
Kroll and three local volunteers visited Lakeland College on Monday to pick up a whopping 13,442 non-perishable food items for the Sheboygan County Food Bank. The cans and boxes of food, collected over the past month by Lakeland students, faculty and visitors to campus, were hauled to Sheboygan in a truck. The food will now be distributed to local families in need through 10 area food banks or pantries.
"We have 2,500 families in our county who regularly depend on us," said Kroll, adding that number is growing. "I think it's amazing how the Lakeland community rallied to help us. Our shelves are nearly empty, and this will help so much."
Lakeland's food drive is tied to the annual Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference's "Cans Across the Conference" initiative. Each year since 2006, Lakeland has participated in this event, and the number of items raised by the Muskies community has skyrocketed from year to year.
In the past four years alone, Lakeland's total of collected and donated items has risen from 1,225 (in 2010) to 3,703 (2011) to 7,732 last year to the impressive total of 13,442 this year.
"I'm just so excited about how much effort everyone in the Lakeland community put into this," said Lindsey Vande Hoef, Lakeland's women's basketball coach who spearheaded the drive. "To think about how many more people we will help, people right here in our own backyard, is humbling."
This year's drive featured everything from door-to-door trick-or-treating for food by members of Lakeland's sports teams, to a first-time "Canstruction" event in the campus fieldhouse.
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The "Canstruction" competition featured 14 teams comprised of athletes, student club members or Lakeland employees building creations of their choice with cans and boxes of food collected. The event, organized by Lakeland's Student Life department, was sponsored and judged by Sheboygan's A. Chappa Construction – which also donated money to the cause.
First place went to the men's volleyball team, which built a mini-volleyball court – complete with bleachers.
More than 5,000 non-perishable items were raised through the "Canstruction" event alone.
The women's softball team collected the most items, more than 2,000, and the men's volleyball team gathered more than 1,000.
On Monday, Dave Majerus, president of the Plymouth Food Bank, drove a truck he had borrowed from St. Vincent DePaul in Plymouth to Lakeland for the pickup. It was a team effort to load the thousands of items, with Plymouth Food Bank vice president Jerry Preder and Howards Grove's David Scharinger – Kroll's brother-in-law – lending a hand.
"This is a very surprising amount," said a smiling Majerus as he wheeled a dolly of boxes filled with food up a ramp and into the truck. "This is a lot."
Also helping pack the truck were Lakeland baseball coaches, members of the school's Student Life department and members of the Zeta Chi fraternity.
"It's nice that these young people are doing this," said Preder. "It's great to see."
After all the goods were loaded, Majerus pulled the truck's back door down and shut it. He then headed for the former Jo-Ann Fabrics store near the former Menards in Sheboygan, where the donated goods will be stored temporarily and then distributed to families in need.
"I'm just amazed by our students and everyone else here at Lakeland College who totally jumped on board, bought into this and did everything they could do to help," said Vande Hoef. "I'm just really proud."


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Drink up beautiful. I filled your cup with angst and a heart attack, 'cause I've got so much trapped and it's all because of you. So I figured you might like some back. But when I see her I'll tell her what's been on my mind all these sleepless night. She'll recite her excuses I'll put my tail between these legs of mine like I do all the time. I can't live my life knowing you'll be in his arms each time I blink my eyes. I know what goes on behind my back, every night I'm afraid I'll never leave, afraid I'll never know what's good for me. And now you say that, you say you love me. Well I may have your heart, but he has your body. And now you swear that you're being honest, but you're not honest, you never could be.


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The May 18, 2012 edition of the premiere scientific journal, Science, had a special section on human conflict. I am still reading it--very interesting. Of course, I immediately jumped to the paper on page 855 entitled, Religious and Sacred Imperatives in Human Conflict, by S. Atran and J. Ginges.
Their opening thesis states that people will kill and die for the "moral conception they form of themselves, of 'who we are'". Religion serves to galvanize peoples, especially during times of stress or pending death. They point out that the belief systems typically override logic or conflicting evidence.
According to their sources religion may have evolved to enable groups to survive in environments of intense competition for resources etc. Alternatively, religion may have arisen as a sort of byproduct of forces of natural selection, where a sort of angst (my word) is felt and responded to, even if not verifiable because it is "better safe than sorry."
Researchers now see that latter concept developing as part of cultural evolution rather than on a more individualistic level. They say that evidence suggests that early humans who existed in small clusters didn't develop all-powerful/all-seeing concepts of deities. Only when humans clustered in larger groups in response to competition did more sophisticated gods and rituals develop. And the intensity and degree of sacrifice to these gods were proportional to the outside factors threatening the breakup of these communities.
A particularly interesting finding--and contrary to what is commonly asserted by the "New-Atheists"--only a minority of recorded wars can be attributed to religion. They point out that religion has actually had a humanizing effect on human society. They point out specifically that Christianity rose to power in the Roman empire because of its sacrifice in caring for the pagans during the several plagues that besot the empire.
It is this last point--now confirmed by secularists--that I wish to briefly consider here. The early Christians clearly followed Jesus' mandate; they acted as the kingdom dwellers they were. One thing this article does not say about this is not only did those Christians die along side the diseased pagans they lovingly cared for, but they were also persecuted by the pagans who saw the plagues as punishment from the Roman gods because the Christians stubbornly resisted worshiping them. The Christians were not sacrificing themselves as a weapon against aggression or as a means of aggression against competitive forces (such as we see today with suicide bombers), but out of devotion to their risen Lord. This is quite different from the evolutionary motivations suggested in the article.
We should be no different than our early Christian ancestors; nothing has changed; we remain a part of God's kingdom if we truly profess Jesus the Christ as Lord and King. Yet, today, I see a neglect of the gospel by professing Christians. I propose this has happened because many have forgotten that they are dwellers of God's kingdom that came into being at the death and resurrection of Christ, and have replaced it with a self-serving Christianity. As a result they are turning to secular forces in the world to realize what they see as Christian goals. Taking this tack, they are turning Christianity into another religious force we see described in the above-mentioned article--that is, they are making Christianity a means of protecting their community from other competing communities, instead of wooing other communities through acts of mercy and justice to join the kingdom of God.
The primary difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of the world is the modus operandi of always responding to evil with good, rather than with evil--to love our enemies instead of hating them. The early Christians understood this and real justice (order) came to the unjust world because of their obedience to Jesus in this--at least for a time. We would do well to repent from our current trajectory and return to the gospel of the kingdom of God so that the world can clearly see that God truly had entered the world and dwelled among us and ushered in His kingdom.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Science on Human Conflict
The May 18, 2012 edition of the premiere scientific journal, Science, had a special section on human conflict. I am still reading it--very interesting. Of course, I immediately jumped to the paper on page 855 entitled, Religious and Sacred Imperatives in Human Conflict, by S. Atran and J. Ginges.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
In God We Trust
The phrase--vision statement?-- dedication?--vow?--I employed to title this week's post is found on our currency. Some in our society would like to see it go because they see religion as the opiate of human culture, and therefore a hindrance to any possible move towards true peace and human perfection. Others are fighting to keep it for the opposite reason that such homage will keep our country from straying and ultimately collapsing. I wonder, though, how many of us really believe that simple vow. I suspect if it were really fully embraced, the first group would be silenced--perhaps not convinced, but silenced--and the second group wouldn't fret about it because they would be too busy living what it claims, so its truth would be self-evident.
In the first letter bearing his name, the apostle John wrote a deceptively simple admonition (it's clear to me that John's writings were inspired by the Holy Spirit by virtue of the depth of truth to be discovered in its simple language):
"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If a person continues to love the world, the love of the Father is not in that person. Because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the obsessive longing of the eyes, and the self-confident pride of life, are not of the Father, but flow out of the world. And the world is passing away along with its desire, but the one doing the will of God remains forever." [I John 2:15-17] [my translation]
Many who have read these verses take them as a mandate to isolate themselves from this world; thus many have lapsed into various forms of asceticism, thinking that in order to love God we must deny the physical and embrace only the spiritual. This dualism of flesh=bad, spirit =good is pagan, or gnostic but definitely not Biblical, and definitely not John's intent; God is interested in the restoration of both the physical and spiritual worlds without the expense of one for the other; indeed, the restoration of one requires the restoration of the other--the physical and spiritual realms are inseparable in God's kingdom. No, John is not teaching dualism here, but the central need for humans to trust God.
This is a political year, and with all that's coming down both in America and beyond, the political debate has never been more fierce (hyperbole, of course). I cannot tell you how many people are putting their faith in the person who shall lead the nation, or that person's philosophical underpinnings--even those who profess the name of Christ--for the salvation of the country. We find, then, in this great political arena our first example of love of the world which John was teaching against.
Certainly, we should utilize our constitutional rights to try to keep a light shining on a dark world; but we delude ourselves if we really believe truth will prevail through one person or that person's party. Personally, I think it goes beyond delusion for most, and has degraded into a lethargy. We would much prefer going about our business while someone else carries the moral banner for us. This, too, is love of the world, because if we truly loved God, we would trust Him by tirelessly working for His kingdom in each of our spheres of influence--either small or large. What would society look like if every professing Christian lived 'In God We Trust'?
Lately, I have spent a lot of time reading other people's blogs--particularly those from the big names of the Christian world. Some of it has been enlightening and good food for faith; other parts have been down-right depressing. The need to answer every question thrown at them like the gauntlet of old consume many on these blog threads. Even though many of these folks would deny it, their peroccupation with these questions has caused them to drift away from the central truth of loving God first and has engaged them in an endless battle over words and minutia to the horrid yet expected outcome of not loving each other. The lie by which many operate is that we can convert the cynic by answering all of his intellectual complaints; but the cynic delights in keeping us prisoner to a never-ending treadmill of speculation; no matter how effectively we might answer a given question, another one is sure to come. As with all of us, the cynics need to meet Jesus; they need to trust Him, not their intellect. And the first place they will meet Him will be us who profess His name, which means we place the purposes of His kingdom before everthing else. If they see us putting our trust in reason, how can we expect them to do otherwise; for trusting in our own wisdom is to love the world.
Finally, trusting in our resources is also loving the world. Yes, we need to be good stewards of our possessions because God has given them to us in order to bear fruit for His kingdom; this is what we should understand whenever we complete a prayer--particularly of thanksgiving--with 'in your name we pray'. This should also inform us that our security is not in our wealth but in God alone. Consequently, we should never hold onto material possessions too tightly, but trust God to keep us even should we give it all up. Indeed, if every Christian trusted God in this way by distributing his/her wealth freely as the need arises, we would see less of a call from the world for a political system to force a socalism on society, and therefore risk all the pain of evil that inevitably comes at the heels of such centralized power because the latter doesn't trust God either.
Do not misunderstand me. One of the core consequences of the fall of humankind is poverty; consequently, the first fruit God calls us to bear for His kingdom--all through the Bible, both the OT and the NT--is to right the disorder of poverty. However, we will never bring order to poverty, or any other injustice wrought by the fall, through human institutions or philosophies--regardless--but only by acting from a pure trust in God alone.
When John tells us to not love the world, he means not to put our trust in the things of the world. Instead of trusting in our politicians and human institutions, instead of trusting in human intellect and wisdom, instead of trusting in wealth in all its embodiments, we need to trust God first and last. Otherwise, John tells us, the love of the Father is not in us--that is, we neither love God, nor is His love the state of our being: the power both guiding and motivating us. You see, my dear readers, we cannot say we love God first unless we trust Him above all else; because the only way we truly love God is by obeying Him.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
A Living Dead Tree
This post is a week late due to a family crisis.
Everyday this past week I took a long walk from the hospital to the downtown. And on each occasion I passed over a small stream. A large birch tree had been ripped from the ground and cast down over the slow moving water. The lower quarter of its long trunk lay partially submerged; the remainder of its height curved upward above the water. Remarkably, despite the fact the tree was as good as dead, its crown was luxuriant with green leaves. The incongruity of the situation haunted me with each passing until I finally realized why.
Life is like that tree. Life is fragile. Even in its strongest incarnations, life will succumb to death--either sooner or later--eventually. Yet life is also resilient. Life tenaciously clings to life. Like that odd tree, life often defies death, causing death to submit to life as the highest order. And, of course, this is perfectly so; God is the God of the living; God created a universe for living, not dying.
That defiant tree also revealed to me what we--the human race--the sole creatures created in the image of God--had become. We are a living dead, which perhaps explains our fascination with zombies and vampires. At the beginning we rebelled against our creator and cut ourselves off from the source of life and entered death, which became for us both a physical mortality and a permanent spiritual death. We think we are alive; but as with that felled tree, our current life is nothing but a caricature of the fulfilled life we were created for. We believe our life--as short and tenuous as it is--proves us capable of living independent of our creator. But all we are really experiencing is the afterglow of the incomprehensible power of creation--green leaves sprouting from branches long before blackened by death.
Then again, I found great hope in that paradoxical tree. As with Aaron's rod that budded, that tree promised resurrection. Despite the fact we all deserve death, God loves us and wants us to live--not for only a short time, but forever--not tenuously, but truly. God is telling us, "Look! I who breathed life into inanimate matter, will also breathe life into what is permanently dead." It is just as John taught us:
"In Him was life, and life was the light of Humankind. And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome the light." [John 1:4-5][my translation]
When John speaks of darkness, he doesn't mean the absence of physical light but the all encompassing effects of death: the fatal lie of our conceit and the sin it engenders--the ever-burgeoning disorder we cause through our stubborn free-fall away from the light.
But God is overcoming this darkness. Those green leaves of that dead tree promise that God will lift that tree up someday and plant it permanently in a ground that will nourish it forever. God will lift us up and plant us in Christ, so that in Him we will live--both physically and spiritually--and live to the fullest. Christ is the light that is shining in the darkness. God has intervened on our behalf through His one and only and unique Son, Jesus the Christ. All we need do is believe Him by accepting the life He is extending to us by grasping hold of Christ by trusting Him through obedient love:
"But all those who received Him [Jesus], He gave them authority to be children of God--to all those who are believing in His name." [John 1:12][my translation]
By taking on flesh and dwelling among us, God--consistent with His Love and Justice--both overcame death for us, and foreshadowed the intimate life we will have with Him forever in His kingdom. Think about it; we can become the children of God--not mere creatures, but members of His eternal family. And God has done this; God has accomplished what we could not accomplish for ourselves:
"[Children] not born on the basis of blood-lines, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but [children] who were born of God." [John 1:13][my translation]
Even though I felt the weight of death about me this past week, even though the transience of life saddened my soul, that living dead tree taught me that it is really death whose number is up; the God of the universe is the God of the living. And death will not overcome life; indeed, life has already overcome death. Today, kneel before the King Jesus and live.
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Despite the famous bluegrass song, Rocky Top, Tenn., has never actually been home sweet home to anyone.
Despite the famous bluegrass song, Rocky Top, Tenn., has never actually been home sweet home to anyone.
It's not a town at all, but a rocky outcropping in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, more than 5,400 feet high on the Appalachian Trail.
Now, an East Tennessee county commissioner and a group of silent partners want to do something about that. Reasoning that the name Rocky Top has cachet, they are promising an impoverished town of 1,700 big things if the residents would be willing to change the town's name from Lake City to that of the song.
As most college football fans in the Southeast know, "Rocky Top" is the fight song of the University of Tennessee Volunteers. The bluegrass standard is one of the state songs of Tennessee.
Country composers Boudleaux and Felice Bryant of Gatlinburg, Tenn., wrote the song in 10 minutes in 1967, inspired by tales about the spot on Thunderhead Mountain, about 50 miles from Lake City.
The song has since been recorded by dozens of performers, including Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, the Osborne Brothers and Lynn Anderson.
In Lake City, supporters hope a name change would have them tuning in newfound prosperity. Development plans include a Disney-style interactive, 3-D animated theater; a Branson, Mo.-style live music venue; an indoor-outdoor waterpark and a 500-seat paddleboat restaurant on an as yet-to-be-constructed artificial lake, according to Anderson County Commissioner Tim Isbel.
And that's just phase one.
Other ideas include a candy corn company — a very loose reference to the moonshine-soaked lyric, "Corn don't grow at all on Rocky Top, dirt's too rocky by far. That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get their corn from a jar."
And they even have an idea for a mascot: a skating duck named Streudel.
There are also plans down the road for an amusement park, and Isbel says he is not concerned that the hugely popular Dollywood theme park is only an hour away.
At city hall Thursday night, a standing-room-only crowd broke into loud applause after the council took the first step toward making the change, voting to ask the state legislature for authorization. State Rep. John Ragan was at the meeting and said he thought it would pass easily in Nashville.
One of those in attendance was Gordon Cox, a long-time Lake City resident whose grandfather served several terms as mayor. Cox said the city has lost so many businesses in recent years that it is in danger of becoming unincorporated and losing its police force.
"Only good can happen from this name change," he said.
Down the street, at an athletic field where a giant "Home of the Lakers" sign adorns the bleachers, Alisha Owens was watching a kids' football practice. She also favors a name change, saying she wouldn't care if they changed the town's name to "Easter Bunny" as long as it brought in development and prosperity.
Friend Heather Parks disagreed. She said that even if the tourist development is successful she is not convinced it will benefit most people in town. She's also worried it will bring higher taxes and more traffic. And she joked, "I just paid $50 for this darn hoodie that says 'Lakers.'"
Isbel won't reveal the names of everyone involved in the project, but he said two of his business partners are Knoxville residents Buddy Warren and Brad Coriell.
Isbel credits Warren with the idea for creating a real Rocky Top, Tenn., but Isbel said Warren is currently in the hospital and unable to be interviewed. A review of state records shows Warren has incorporated 18 businesses with the name Rocky Top since April of this year. They include Rocky Top Beer, Rocky Top Cola, Rocky Top Vodka and Rocky Top Orange, Power Drink.
At least one of those companies produces a product. Rocky Top Water comes in bottles with a logo suggestive of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey. Coriell, who knows Warren through church, said Warren previously worked installing water filters. Coriell is an artist, and he is the designer for the project.
Oddly enough, it wouldn't be the first time Lake City changed its name in the hopes of changing its fortunes.
The former coal mining town used to be called Coal Creek and was the site of a bloody labor uprising in the late 1800s. In the 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority built the Norris Dam nearby, forming Norris Lake. Town officials changed the name to capitalize on their proximity to Norris Lake. There is actually no lake within Lake City proper.
Then Interstate 75 came through, with Lake City on its west and Norris Lake on its east, putting the brakes on the town's aspirations.
Isbel says the town's proximity to the interstate is why the development ideas have a chance to succeed.
However, Lake City Mayor Tim Sharp on Thursday night warned of a possible complication. A company in the tourist mecca of Gatlinburg recently sent the town a letter saying it already owns the rights to multiple Rocky Top trademarks. The council promised to discuss the matter with the company before taking a final vote on the name change, likely in January.
And some historic preservationists think the name change is a big mistake. Barry Thacker is president of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation. His group recently sent out an email saying, "We believe that some things in life can't be bought, including a community's cultural heritage."


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Since we always do everything they tell us to, maybe a celebrity endorsing gay marriage will finally grant gay New Yorkers the right to marry? Commercials featuring famous citizens announcing to the world that marrying gay is A-OK have debuted.
Here is Julianne Moore's spot, which was produced by the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest gay civil rights organization.
Future ads will feature Kyra Sedgwick, Mayor Bloomberg, and Rev. Al Sharpton. The big question, though, is whether the state legislature will listen.
HRC is debuting the spots well in advance of the state legislature's next vote on gay marriage in hopes that this will amp up public support. The last time the issue came before the legislature it was voted down. The problem with this campaign is that it's geared toward voters, many of whom already support gay marriage and don't have any votes in the state legislature. Most voters don't even vote for the legislators who get to vote in the state legislature! That means this project amounts to little more than brand-building for HRC. But, hey, if it works, we'll take it all back.


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The New York Times had an article over the weekend about President Obama's emulation of so many Bush policies in the war on terror, including a great many policies that he once strongly criticized as unconstitutional abuses of executive authority. It included this quote from my former governor, Jennifer Granholm:
For four years, Mr. Obama has benefited at least in part from the reluctance of Mr. Bush's most virulent critics to criticize a Democratic president. Some liberals acknowledged in recent days that they were willing to accept policies they once would have deplored as long as they were in Mr. Obama's hands, not Mr. Bush's.
"We trust the president," former Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan said on Current TV. "And if this was Bush, I think that we would all be more up in arms because we wouldn't trust that he would strike in a very targeted way and try to minimize damage rather than contain collateral damage."
Oi vey. Really? And the idea that Obama isn't going to always be president doesn't figure into such reasoning at all? Even if you do trust Obama to exercise unilateral authority to decide who can and can't be killed, would you trust Mitt Romney? Or Marco Rubio? Or whatever Republican president we may have in the future? The precedent has been set, largely because the leadership of both parties is locked in a bipartisan consensus that as long as a president says they're doing it for national security, screw the constitution and our treaty obligations. So much for the idea of the rule of law.And I'd like to be able to accuse Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein and other Congressional Democrats of being hypocrites on this, but the truth is they're not. None of them ever lifted a finger to stop Bush from committing horrendous abuses of executive power. The Patriot Act passed overwhelmingly and has been reauthorized more than once, not only without any demand for reforms to protect privacy but with the explicit demand from Reid and Obama that it be passed without any such safeguards. The FISA reauthorizations passed easily, despite Obama's promise to filibuster the bill when he was in the Senate if it included telecom immunity (and it did, and he not only didn't filibuster, he voted for the bill). There have been no prosecutions for torture or illegal surveillance and Obama's use of the State Secrets Privilege has ensured that there will be no judicial oversight as well. So it's not really hypocrisy, it's a bipartisan consensus to say "screw the constitution."


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Yes , what can you just do with a Raspberry Pi? The answer is quite simple: If you are a HAM - a lot! :)
My second "Raspberry Pi " project is a
iGate and Digipeater which, in contrast to my first project (the EchoLink Gateway), is now running 24/7. It is intended to decode the data packets emitted by mobile APRS stations and to report them via the Internet to the APRS system.
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As iGate software I use "APRX" in version 2.07 on the Raspberry Pi.
After the first tests were successful, I have reinstalled the iGate after we moved to my new QTH. The following extensive testing ended with a bitter disappointment: The reception successes at my location were quite low, despite an antenna height of almost 12 meters.
On Easter Sunday 2014, i was able to relocate the iGate for a test operation to another site. Now, since Easter Monday, it is located in Sprakensehl near to the "Bundesstrasse 4" (comparable to a "highway") and completes the first trial runs. The technique was safe and well packed in a server chassis. I am using a Baofeng 2-way radio "UV-5R+" as receiver.
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Integration was the topic of discussion at an exclusive roundtable discussion of technology executives with AdvisorOne at FPA's annual conference in San Diego.
"That 'killer app' that everyone wanted and talked about 10 years ago is here," said Redtail CEO Brian McLaughlin. "And it's driven by integration."
In addition to McLaughlin, participants included Eric Clarke, president of Orion Advisor Services; Jon Patullo, director of technology product management with TD Ameritrade Institutional; Chris Valleley, a senior product manager with TD Ameritrade Institutional; and, Spenser Segal, CEO of ActiFi.
Valleley said advisors are more tech savvy, have higher expectations and are looking for simplification of process, largely due to the success of Apple's user interface.
"They want a one-stop-shop for everything," agreed Clarke. "And they can now have it. The client won't know what's happening behind the scenes, because it will all be private-labeled to the advisor. One change at the client interface level will result in the change being made across all the disparate systems that are talking to one another."
Clarke also noted it's no longer about the business conforming to technology, but technology conforming to the individual advisor's business. Clarke said he and the other roundtable participants are members of Your Silver Bullet, a collection of technology companies committed to talking, working an interfacing with one another for the advisor and client's benefit.
The organization's website states that it is not a platform, product, pre-packaged suite of applications or a consulting organization, but a "committed community."
"Portable, secure data aggregation that can be viewed and rebalanced in real time over mobile devices is here now," McLaughlin said.
Commenting on the outsourcing trend, Segal noted those who outsource typically have 40% more of their time available to spend with clients. But Clarke noted staff must be involved in any technology purchase or outsourcing decision.
"In order to make either successful you have to have the buy-in of employees," he said. "They will be the ones using the technology, and many feel if something is outsourced it will mean their job. The advisor had to tell them what they will be doing after the technology is purchased of the function is outsourced."
Once the technology is purchased, Clarke added that resources must be dedicated to training; not only monetary resources, but time as well.
"We have all sorts of training modules and interactive programs on our site, but advisors have to set time aside for employee training," he said. "That is the only way to ensure the technology is adopted and properly used."


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Hi everyone, Damo here, new to Java and new to Forums. Have been searching around the forums and chose this one so hopefully I'll get some advice here.
I am currently using any online sources I can find to learn Java one of which is Javanotes 6.0 -- Title Page
The main reason Im here is that in this tutorial when I got to System.out & System.in this programmer invented his own Class TextIO which he uses in the tutorial. This not being a Java class Im unsure if I should spend time learning it & all its output methods etc especially as it seems I need to use the original source code which was last modified in 2007 from what I can see.
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The fiscal cliff saga finally came to an end late last night, as the House passed the bill that the Senate voted on the night before. That bill, which now awaits President Obama's signature, technically fixes the tax part of the fiscal cliff equation. But if you think we're out of the woods yet, you've got another thing coming: the debt ceiling – an issue bound to cause more drama in Washington towards the end of February. In the meantime, here's how last night's deal will affect you:1. TaxesTax rates will not increase for couples making under $450,000 per year. Additionally, unemployment insurance has been extended for another year (this affects about 2 million people). President Obama said that 98% of individuals and 97% of small business owners won't see their taxes increase thanks to this deal.
For couples making over $450,000, income tax rates jump to 39.6%, dividend and capital gains tax jumps from 15% to 20%, while the estate tax increases from 35% to 40%.2. The Deal Doesn't Deal With Debt
While the tax issue of the fiscal cliff was dealt with, Congress delayed any decisions on the debt ceiling issue until two months from now. On December 31st, the United States met its debt ceiling limit, of $16.4 trillion, which means the country can't borrow any more money. In March, we're likely to see more drama on Capitol Hill on how to raise the debt ceiling or cut spending, which will be necessary in order for the U.S. to continue to pay its bills. The debt ceiling is how much the country can borrow – and if it isn't raised, we'll default on our debt and the government will ultimately shut down – pretty serious consequences!3. Milk Prices Won't Increase, For Now
In addition to the fiscal cliff, economists also made note of a "dairy cliff," where milk prices would jump to $7.50 per gallon if Congress did not renew a farm bill that expired over the summer. As part of this fiscal cliff deal, the farm bill, the Food Conservation & Energy Act of 2008, was extended for another year, thus averting the "dairy cliff – at least for now.4. Despite the Deal, Washington Is Broken: Even though a deal was put into place to prevent tax rates from increasing for most Americans, the Congress knew about the fiscal cliff crisis over 500 days ago in August 2011. Waiting until the 11th hour to put a deal into place shows the gridlock in Washington. There are no winners here. And you can see how Congress' idea of a solution is simply "extending the deadline," rather than actually solving the problem.
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anyone who knows me, knows that i love sparkly things. i also like sheer things, lacy things, old things, tattered things, embroidered things . . . oh, and chocolate . . . i like chocolate a lot.
these things inspired me today, while i was supposed to be putting stuff away. i ended up taking more stuff out. that happens a lot. poor andrew.
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- Ruta said...
i'm 100% in love with this post. I love lace, it's just so pretty, especially old lace.
i'm one of those people who will be walking through a mall and the moment i see something shiny i just stop and stare. lol.
- April 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- v a n e s s a said...
Your photos always inspire me. I love the beautiful details in your photos.
- April 16, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I'm with you on the chocolate too :)
- April 18, 2009 at 3:00 AM
- Mujer imperfecta said...
look what happens with lace curtains...
- April 18, 2009 at 3:32 AM
- Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas said...
Lovely images as always! Elegant and antique, with a fresh perspective.
- April 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- glam.spoon said...
i love those things too... you are not alone.
- April 19, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- jordo said...
you're an inspiration to so many people! your pictures, your words...your foodie blog...;)
thanks, jen. you don't know me, but i'm glad i stumbled upon your blog.
- April 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- Falguni said...
Love the lace and sparkles :) Your pics are awesome, thanks for sharing them with us! Best!
- April 22, 2009 at 6:41 AM
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Your iPod (or iPhone) works best with the latest or newest software installed. iTunes tells you whether your iPod or iPhone contains the newest software. Connect the iPod or iPhone to your computer and select it in the iTunes Source pane (in the Devices section). The iPod or iPhone summary page appears to the right of the Source pane, and the Version section of the page tells you whether your iPod or iPhone software is up to date and when iTunes will check for new software. (See the following figure.)
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Glitter nail polish. Eyelash extensions. Waterproof mascara. All fun to wear -- all a nightmare to take off. Here's how to remove makeup and other beauty treatments that are notoriously a pain in the you-know-where to remove
Step 1: Soak a cotton ball with acetone.
Step 2: Place the cotton on the nail and wrap each finger in aluminum foil, which will soften the gel lacquer. Leave on for 5 minutes. Alternatively, Fricke also loves CND Shellac Remover Wraps, $3.99, which are cotton pads that have adhesive tabs so that all you have to do is soak them in acetone and wrap them around your nails.
Step 3: Remove the cotton and foil, and scrape off softened gel with a birchwood stick.
Step 4: If the surface of your nail is rough, gently buff the nail.
Step 5: Apply a nail strengthener, then generously apply cuticle oil to the nails and cuticles. We recommend CND SolarOil, $7.99.
While Samira Asemanfar, founder of Bellacures, says this process can be drying, it's a far better option then peeling off the gel polish. "For the love of nails, do not peel them off!" she says. "While it seems like an easy way to remove the gel layer, without soaking them in acetone, you'll end up peeling off the first layer of your nail bed as well, which will severely weaken your nails."
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Interesting tips!
by robyne00 Friday, April 12, 2013 at 02:33PM Report as inappropriate
Is there anything vaseline can't remove?
by schien Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 03:11PM Report as inappropriate
Great tips! Waterproof mascara is such a pain! And I hate paying the fee just to get my Shellac removed in the salon. And I'm about to get eyelash extensions, so I'm glad I read this first!
by Erin4 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 11:20AM Report as inappropriate
cold cream rules
by LittleBunny Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 05:53PM Report as inappropriate
love love love love cold cream!
by rayshaviolet Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 04:31PM Report as inappropriate
cold cream, even from the dollar store, removes all eye makeup including WP, in a flash AND moisturizes. A winner.
by veryvanilla Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 08:56AM Report as inappropriate
Good tips
by EricaC123 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 06:32AM Report as inappropriate
I wish there was a tip to remove liquid foundation before cleansing the skin.
by springsblue Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 08:26AM Report as inappropriate
nice tips!
by teema Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 01:29AM Report as inappropriate
Ick, I hate cold cream! After using it, I needed to wash my face multiple times to get all of THAT stuff off. I haven't tried the glitter nail polish trick but I need to.
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Good Morning! If you frequent fun coffee places than you've probably seen some art in your coffee. The only ones I've seen myself are ferns and layered hearts. I don't get much opportunity to see art in my coffee since 95% of the time I make it myself or I just go to my trusty Dunkin' Donuts. (great coffee!) But I've discovered this great website (while on tumblr) that showcases coffee art.


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