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Friday, June 10, 2011
General Hospital Today: Shortie
How can you tell Siobhan and Lucky are in Florida?
Colorful pillows
Tropical pictures on wall
Linen suits
How can you tell Ethina are in the Dominican Republic?
Palm Plant
Banana Daiquiri mention
HAHAHAHAHA! I do love Sexis... they can have decent conversations together...Alexis "Can you believe your brother was WORSE than you"?? LOL!! And she says "You don't have that many friends"!! Says Sonny might be a GRANDPA! They are so refreshing...
RUBY MENTION, BOBBIE MENTION!! Chili mention??!! NO, but it could be comin' soon!
Lulu and Maxie are in UBER bright dresses from Forever 21. Goodness, you'd think we were in Florida in August!
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Did you like GH today?? It was fun acutally (not counting Dante and Jason) lol
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Hey today's show was pretty good. :) It was great actually! :)ReplyDelete
Ethan and Krissy: Oh man I want her do something that will make Ethan tell her that she needs to grow up! :) Back in the day, Frisco said that to Felicia, and Luke told that to Laura! :) So yeah I want Ethan to say it!!!
Alexis and Sonny: Oh boy this was a great scene!!!! :) She had a lot of great one liners!! She gets the lines of the day! :) I love when she said you better get this thing going or you will be a grandfather! ROFL!
Maxie and Denial Spencer: I love how Maxie is so worried about her!!! Uh Lulu? Are you going to the beach?
Denial Spencer and Jason: Oh dear Lulu!!! Get out of your denial quick!!! I thought you were going to the beach!!! :) If not, change clothes!
Dante and Jason: Zzzzzzzzzzz.
Dante and Maxie: Maxie is just so sweet!!!! :)
Dante and Lulu: Oh come on Lulu!!! This is your chance to go to France with Dante! :) Is your mother still there? You can visit her too!!! :)
Maxie and Jason: :( So sad. :(
Florida: LUKE SLEPT WITH A HOOKER AT A BROTHEL!!!!! ROFLMAOPMP! Time for a divorce Tracy!!!! :) Great history lesson from Lucky!!!! Damn too bad Bobbie isn't there. :( Damn it Guza!!!
Dominican republic: Krissy is acting shocked that she saw her parents! ROFL! Did you really expect your mother (who is a lawyer) and your father (who is a mobster) NOT to find out where you are? :) DUH Krissy! :)
Brenda and Robin: Awww they are in a scene together. :) But oh oh Brenda is paranoid!
I loved Sexis today! :D We need more of them!<3 Love their banter! "You better get this plane moving before you become a grandpa" heh. xDReplyDelete
When they mentioned Bobbie and Ruby I was like :O I hope with the new writer we will see Bobbie again!<3
I loved seeing the girls in brighter colors. I luuuuved Maxie's dress. So fresh. Hated the way they styled her hair.
- AubreyJune 10, 2011 at 6:16 PM
Andrea I thought the same thing with the Ruby/Bobbie mention... here is hoping!ReplyDelete
Nancy and Maurice have the best non sexual chemistry of anyone on daytime in my opinion, they are so much fun!
- AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 7:20 PM
I loved Alexis and Sonny, Ethan and Kristina and Maxie. Great show today, IMO.ReplyDelete
- FriscoJune 10, 2011 at 8:50 PM
And a Georgie mention as well!!!ReplyDelete
That Bobbie is not on the show now is just beyond stupid.
NLG is the sexiest woman on GH. She is also one of the most talented of the entire cast.
Please, please Brenda, go away now!!!!
Maxie is awesome. I really wanted Jason to break down in front of her. I can see her becoming the "Lila" type character in 50 years...if only GH survives that long.
- AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 10:22 PM
In Wolf's interview, he mentioned Monica and Bobbie. Bringing back the Quartermains and rebuilding the Spencers. I was tickled to hear that. Got my fingers crossed. Now if we could just talk him into getting the Scorpio family back together. :)ReplyDelete
GH IS IN LAST PLACE. 6th overall in ratings! When will they wake up and scrap the Guza storylines!? You don't need to wait until the end of July! GH lost 196 000 viewers!!No offence to the actors but these storylines and characters that are front and center are not what people want to see. All I can say is that they want the show to fail.ReplyDelete
New writers had better wake up!!
As much as I liked the cute scene between Alexis and sonny , I could care less about ethan and krissy. In age 12-17 GH is last. NEW LOW in 18-49, Last with men 9 mob storyline is not drawing them ).
Karen, what is going on? Any word on whether they will scrap some of Guza's storylines?
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 12:03 PM
That week was aweful: Carly and jax arguing (don't care), Lulu and Lucky arguing ( don't care ) , Jason and michael arguing (don't care ), sonny and brenda arguing ( really don't care ) , Jasam baby arguing/talk ( I'm in a coma with how much I don't care ).ReplyDelete
Give us characters we can care about. I've stopped being interested in these characters outcomes because they are so annoying.
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 12:04 PM
GH ratings deserved. Foolish. OLTL did well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Lexi Ainsworth (Kristina) was asked and has said there is no indication the new writers are ditching the Ethan/Kristina thing, so....but I haven't heard about any other characters or storylines. I'll be interested to see what the new writer(s) comes up with. Hopefully, there will be more balance in general and more well thought out stories that follow through and give the actors the opportunity to "stretch their legs" more.ReplyDelete
- Mrs. BJune 11, 2011 at 1:53 PM
I loved Friday's eppy. Not exactly a Friday cliffhanger, but more than 50% of it was enjoyable. I really like Kristina with Ethan, but I like the actress with anyone. she's a doll and really lights up the screen no matter who she's in a scene with. Yes Ethan is older/taller etc but their pkayfulness is refreshing for a change. Used to love CarJax and now Carly is making me scream again. I did laugh at the Sonny & Alexis scenes but wondereed outload where the heck is Diane?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 2:48 PM
i liked the episode yesterday especially ethan and krissy. seeing sam with someone other than jason is always welcome even tho i despise abby and it's always welcome to see jason with someone other than that sam, spin, carly, sonny, or lucky. anyone else think jax should have had shawn arrested when he punched him? hell aj would have ; )ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 5:57 PM
yesterday was not the best,but not the worst.. I enjoyed Sexis,not sure about them as couple but as parents working together on their girl yeas!!!ReplyDelete
The luke/Jake saga feels its been dragging too long..
But I did enjoy the maxie&Jason scene I wish he would have open up to her more but It was great..because I felt she did care for him and he knew that.. I always love Maxie/Jason scenes..
- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 2:44 AM
Could careless about Ethina glad there is a backlash. I hope this show is canned funny how quick the anti-Kristina posts are removed. This site let Maya bash stay up forever and attacks against Annie! Kristina looks ten!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 10:02 AM
anyone know where Kristina's white dress was from?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I don't know, but it was gorgeous! Love the back, especially.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this post, really worthwhile info.ReplyDelete


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The Doctor Is In: Stimulus package takes much of the bite out of COBRA
If you've lost your job, or are about to, good news: The cost of your health coverage may have just dropped by two-thirds. The massive price break comes courtesy of President Obama's economic stimulus package and a clause applying to workers who qualify for COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act), the 1986 law which allows terminated employees to continue on their previous employer's health plan for 18 months after their departure.
For years, COBRA provided a reliable and relatively inexpensive safety net for workers in between jobs. As long as your workplace employed at least 20 people, you had the option of continuing your health coverage -- provided you picked up 100% (or in some cases 102%) of the cost -- at group rates. The problem is, the cost of monthly health insurance premiums -- for everyone -- has skyrocketed. Last year alone, according to the National Coalition on Health Care, employer health insurance premiums increased 5 percent, or two times the rate of inflation. The annual health insurance premiums for a family of four now average nearly $12,700, and for singles more than $4,700 -- and that takes into account people whose employers are still picking up a portion of the biill. COBRA recipients, in other words, were getting hammered.
But the new stimulus provision allows laid-off workers to pay just 35 percent of the usual cost of their employer's health plan, with the government paying the rest. The only requirements are that you must have lost your job after September 1, 2008, and your household income must be less than $250,000 (or $125,000 for an individual). The subsidy lasts for nine months. And best of all -- the changes are effective immediately.
As an article in the New York Times points out, the policy also offers the newly riffed more flexibility. Let's say your previous employer offered three different insurance plans and yours was the most expensive -- now you can switch to a less expensive plan and pay just 35 percent of the premiums. Another option: Maybe even 35 percent of the cost of the plan at your previous workplace is still more expensive than some private plans, but you have a preexisting condition that would make you ineligible for a new policy. You can opt for an individual plan for yourself with your old employer and put the rest of your family on the cheaper private alternative.
Some family members may even qualify for government-sponsored insurance. The stimulus package provided $87 billion to bolster state Medicaid programs, and children may be covered through the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as S-Chip, which was also expanded to cover dependents of the newly jobless as part of the bill. Each of these changes means real savings for millions of Americans, who at least now won't have to add the additional worry of not being able to afford health insurance to not being able to find a job.
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A new poll shows that a majority of Americans believe LGBT protections should cover all employers:
SDGLN reports:
Twenty years after its introduction, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is still being debated in Congress and across the United States. While most Americans continue to give the bill strong support, a new national survey shows that most Americans simply don't believe that employer exemptions are justified when it comes to basic workplace safeguards for LGBT Americans. Slightly over half (55%) of all adults don't believe that any employers should be exempt if federal law were expanded to include protection from job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. When asked specifically, some Americans do agree with certain exemptions. The latest survey shows 35% of all adults believe churches or other houses of worship should be exempt, and 30% believe privately held businesses with owners citing religious beliefs should be exempt. Also, 21% of adults believe publicly held businesses citing religious beliefs should be exempt, and 19% believe small businesses generally should be exempt.
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The moves Worry Seed, Entrainment, and Simple Beam will not work on Pokémon with this Ability. (Truant)
The moves Worry Seed, Entrainment, and Simple Beam will not work on Pokémon with this Ability. (Truant)
I kept seeing in different posts on this site that these moves can void Truant's effect, but apparently, that is not true
I would definately want a Slaking, but it's ability is just horrendous.
So, besides Gastro Acid, how else can you get rid of Truant's effect?? Please give a source & no "i think maybe..." answers.
Similar to Saz's answer, but this one can be used in Single Battle.
1) Be sure to take off Wi-Fi battle option if you're battling on PO, to keep the surprise effect.
2) Take a Yamask holding an Eject Button if you're playing in RU and under. Take a Cofagrigus with Eject Button if playing UU and higher.
3) Use a no-Truant abusing set for Slaking, but you must have Pursuit on him. Also, be sure to put Leftovers on him. Never use Life Orb, as he already has gargantuan Attack.
4) When you sense a Physical move incoming, switch into Yamask / Cofagrigus. The opponent's Pokemon will gain Mummy, and Eject Button will activate.
5) With Eject Button, switch in Slaking, who can use Pursuit to gain Mummy and therefore lose Truant.
6) Have fun sweeping.
Have a Cofagrigus and a Slaking. Have Slaking use a weak move on Cofagrigus, and it has the Ability Mummy. Also, it spreads to all other Pokemon, which can be very helpful.
Have a pokemon use skill swap, so slaking switched abilties
Have slaking attack a pokemon with the ability mummy or vise versa
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Without addressing whether or not it considers Ebonics a true language, the DEA acknowledges that the phenomenon is crippling its ability to understand some of its own secret recordings.There have been two basic reactions, titters
Yes, it was as wonderfully train wreck-esque as you'd imagine two well-educated, grown men describing what "frontin'" means would be.and sneers
Ebonics, depending on who you ask, is either a real or a completely imagined thing. Proponents argued that some black people were speaking a whole different language independent of English. Other's argued that augmented or "bastardized" English is not a whole other language. For example, I don't always understand what British people are saying because I don't understand most British slang, but I still agree that British people obviously speak English and I would be able to communicate with a British native without too much difficulty. Slang is slang. Colloquialisms are colloquialisms. But it's all still in English, just with a different accent, different idioms, sayings and affects.What you notice about both of these is the subtle snobbery – it's ludicrous to have an academic discussion of the language of the uneducated, and slang, unlike real languages, is unworthy of translation. Black Snob's disdain even extends as far as anyone even capable of understanding it – more like gangsters than translators
they need you, slang bangers, to tell them what these so-called "Ebonics" spouting linguists are saying.Motivated Grammar gets it right though:
Believing that a language isn't really a language doesn't make it magically comprehensible to you, nor incomprehensible to its users. We could argue whether AAVE is a language or a dialect, whether it should be treated as a second language for instructional purposes, or how exactly one proves proficiency in AAVE. But it is an indisputable fact that AAVE exists, and that it must be converted to SAE for judges, juries, and investigators to understand it.Nonetheless, some comment-monkeys still think, because Ebonics is the language of simpletons, it is simple, and therefore any idiot can translate it with the help of Urban Dictionary:
I remember learning about ebonics in my English class it sounds like tons of coded slang but if you take the time you can surely translate it outOddly enough, just as I'd been reading about this, Tracy-Ann Oberman, on The Wright Stuff (Channel Five's showcase for tedious, ill-informed waffle), used 'Ebonics' to refer to the entirely new linguistic phenomenon of words changing. There seems to be this idea at the centre that Ebonics = trendy black slang.
There's way more to it than that though. It's got a whole different set of grammar, which isn't unheard of with English dialects: Americans use the past simple with 'yet' where British people could only get away with present perfect, and with different regional dialects the verb 'to be' conjugates differently. AAVE grammar's a bit more drastic though, test yourself:
Try putting the following sentences in order from earliest to most recent:Yay grammar!
(1a) I been seen him.
(1b) She do see me.
(1c) The dog done seen her.
(1d) We did see the dog.
The correct order is been seen (pre-recent), done seen (recent), did see (pre-present), do see (past inceptive). There is a similar structure to the future, with a-see indicating seeing in the immediate future, a-gonna see indicating seeing in the near future, and gonna see indicating seeing in a far future.
So here's your language-geek speculation titbit: the whole Kanye West "Imma let you finish but..." thing, I reckon is probably politer to AAVE speakers than it is to non-speakers. Standard English organises the future by strength of intention, and doesn't really have this way of conveying "this won't take long" through grammar. Doesn't make Kanye any less of a helmet, but still.
By the way, did anyone mention that scene in Airplane!?


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My students start each class with a music journal entry. It's a consistent way to start class – everyone knows the routine and it allows for me to take attendance and get everyone settled. My students keep a folder in our classroom, so they have one journal paper for the week.
Sometimes the journal entries relate to what we're doing in class – as an introduction to the day's material or a review of the previous day. Other times, I use it to cover topics that we might not otherwise get to. We do a week of related journal prompts and by the end they have an introduction to something new.
The following are journal prompts that cover Careers In Music. The journal page and rubric I use are available at the end of the post for download. I hope they work for you!
Topic: Careers in Music
Monday: Make a list of careers that relate to music.
Tuesday: What does a music producer do? (Watch http://youtu.be/IJjxwGAzDAI or a similar video)
Wednesday: What kind of jobs can people have that involve music technology aside from a music producer? What types of skills and experience do they need? (Watch http://youtu.be/M7woVKKjLhc or a similar video)
Thursday: What is music therapy? What does a music therapist do? (Watch http://youtu.be/hYLlfUTxOOk or a similar video)
Friday: Is it necessary to be an accomplished performer to have a career in music? Why or why not?


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Ohio Lawmakers Choose Expediency Over Consumers' Rights
Earlier this week, the Governor of Ohio signed into law new legislation that gives businesses accused of cheating customers a new option for resolving lawsuits while taking away rights from consumers who sue.
The law is intended to expedite resolution on these legal matters by giving sued businesses the "right to cure" by offering to repay the cash along with legal fees capped at $2,500.
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports that while the law does not require plaintiffs to accept the offer, it does make it a riskier proposition should they continue with the lawsuit:
If a jury later awards him even a dollar less than the cheater offered, the wronged consumer loses the right to ask for triple damages, an enhanced penalty that courts can apply precisely to discourage misconduct.
Additionally, the consumer forfeits the right to ask that the offender pick up his court costs and attorneys' fees, a penalty judges can impose if they find a company's behavior egregious,,.
A consumer who goes to court can lose, even if he wins.
Businesses that conduct themselves honorably are put at a disadvantage. Competitors who engage in bait-and-switch and other unfair tactics no longer face an economic penalty for cheating.
While the bill was making its way through the state legislature, the National Consumer Law Center said it would make Ohio's consumer protection laws some of the weakest in the country.
Kasich signs HB 275 – Ohio's consumer law now among nation's worst: Plain Dealing [Cleveland.com]
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Three locals win CIC wrestling titles
Chugiak's Garrett Morrison and Eagle River's Dominic Taus each earned their second consecutive Cook Inlet Conference wrestling titles on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Chugiak High. The two seniors were joined at the top of the podium by Chugiak sophomore Richard Burroughs, who claimed a narrow 8-7 finals win over Service's Derek Zorea at 220 pounds for his first CIC title.
Chugiak finished fourth in the team standings. Eagle River was sixth.
The Mustangs will send 13 wrestlers to next weekend's state tournament, which will be held Feb. 3-4 at Bartlett High. Seven Eagle River athletes earned state tourney berths.
Morrison pinned Eagle River's Ed Hall early in the second round of their finals clash at 189 pounds, while Taus earned a hard-fought victory with a 3-1 win over East's Cesar Guzman at 145.
Morrison won the CIC's 215-pound class last season, Taus won at 135. Both lost in the state finals at their respective weights.
Five Mustangs earned third place finishes this weekend, including sophomore Robert Huffer (152); juniors Chase Jury (126) and Alex Medeiros (195); and seniors Jake Wenzl (132) and Kody Trombley (285).
For Eagle River, sophomore Nate Gorski (160), junior Zack Luff (120) and senior Logan Sheets (170) all finished third.
Other state qualifiers for Chugiak include freshman Colten Jury (5th at 138) and Jesse Peterson (6th at 120); sophomores Karson Forbush (4th at 160), Elijah McKenzie (6th, 106) and Ron Wagoner (6th at 113); and junior Tyler Wintersteen (5th at 126).
Other Eagle River qualifiers include junior Jachi Madubuko (4th at 195) and senior Dylan Simmons (6th at 160).


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What's hot: The best 911 ever (until the next one), more power, and an even more outrageously lovely noise
What's not: The price - $268,700 in Australia, blipping downchanges on manual (which seems a little impure for a purist car)
X-FACTOR: Having a 911 is pretty cool, but having "the best one" adds some extra glister to the gold.
Vehicle style: Super-sports coupe, or cabriolet.
Price: $268,700 for the Carrera 2 manual basic one, or a lot more if you want a PDK gearbox, a Cabriolet or the Carrera 4 version, or all three in one for $312,690.
Engine/trans: Flat-six 3.8-litre naturally aspirated engine; 316kW/440Nm; 7spd manual or double-clutch automatic PDK transmission.
It's hard to imagine that anyone else could get away with the Porsche business model, particularly as it is applied to the revered, legendary, 911.
The last all-new one, designated 991, was launched in 2011.
In just three years, Porsche has now unveiled what will be the 19th variant of that car: the GTS - those three letters signifying the best of all road-going, non-turbo, traditional Porsches.
Imagine Apple launching 19 iPhone variants in three years, and what that would do to its brand perception. (That might not be the best analogy… some idiots would actually buy 19 different iPhones.)
Essentially, though, if you buy a new 911 as soon as it comes out, you know the company is going to scoop you in pretty damn quick-time.
Clever buyers, of course, would have seen how good the last GTS was; a startling car - the best of the 997 range - the last 911 ever to be fitted with proper, hydraulic steering, and waited for this one to come along before shelling out the bucks.
Porsche's engineers save all their best tricks for the GTS.
This one comes with a completely redesigned intake manifold that unlocks more torque down lower and even more peaky power up near redline, as well as boosting the kilowatts up to 316, a rise of 22kW over the now slightly-outdated Carrera S.
GTS versions also cop the wider body from the Carrera 4, with its sexier flared guards, and this allows them to widen the rear track enough to provide even more staggering levels of lateral grip.
This feels like a better handling, better planted car than any of the many 991s we've seen over the past few years.
And just to top it off, they also rework the exhaust to provide a unique "GTS sound", which just happens to be, you guessed it, the best ever as well.
This, then, is the 911 enthusiasts have been waiting for, the version that somehow manages to improve, in a number of small but significant ways that all add up to a greater whole, what is really a brilliant sports car.
It might not be quite as sexy as sister company Audi's efforts in here - although you can bet the next 911 will have a digital floating cockpit of some kind, just to catch up - but it's still pretty damn classy.
The Alcantara wheel is fabulous; a racy touch that makes the whole steering experience feel better, and more track focused.
The carbon-fibre bits of trim are not slathered on too thick, they're just right, adding a touch of class without being overly showy, as they can be in some high-end sports cars (and some cheaper ones, like the Alfa 4C).
Aside from a few other little tweaks, it's pretty much the usual story in here - perfect seats providing the perfect position for the driver; pedals that are set-up just right for heel and toeing, and a feeling of classic style and ergonomic effortlessness.
Everything in its right place, basically.
- 3.8-litre naturally aspirated flat-six
- 316kW/440Nm
- Seven-speed manual or PDK double-clutch automatic
- 0 - 100km/h: 4.0 seconds
Yes, "five stars", because after a day of thrashing it up and down a spectacular mountain pass just outside Los Angeles and also pasting it around an unfeasibly quick and challenging race track, the 911 GTS never missed a beat, but our hearts most certainly did.
Yes, it could be faster - and you can buy a more track-focused GT2 or a mildly insane, and super-car priced, 911 Turbo S if that's your desire - but never at any stage did we wish it was.
This thing has 316kW, which is more than ample and almost as many as the previous generation GT2 (320kW) could boast.
It is quick, almost alarmingly so, and stretching it through the gears is enough of a wild ride to make any enthusiast gasp.
On a public road, like the beautiful and challenging Angeles Crest Highway, it is more than fast enough to make your licence evaporate, yet it makes going fast feel so easy, and safe.
The ride and suspension are so good that not even a huge mid-corner bump under your inside wheel can upset proceedings.
And yes, it does feel better than the Carrera S version it slots in above; just that little bit more planted, more capable, more cutting edge.
Incredibly, even the steering feels better, and no stage did we pine for the hydraulic system of yore, because this power-assisted one just feels so good, so telepathic, almost.
Porsche has fettled the seven-speed manual gearbox to make it even slicker, lighter and swifter to change, and this is the version any true enthusiast should buy, because it is pretty clearly the best car on Earth still fitted with an actual clutch pedal (GT2 and Turbo are PDK only).
It may also be the last GTS ever to feature such an option, with manual 911 sales falling to between 10 and 15 percent worldwide.
On the track at Willow Springs Raceway, surely one of the fastest and most fearsome circuits on earth, with long, balls-out corners and no run off except fields of rocks, you'll be wanting the PDK, of course.
Changing gears is not something you have time for when your body is rigid with fear.
The level of grip that the wider, lower (by 10mm) GTS displayed in these bends was simply superlative and, after a few goes, you could almost even enjoy the experience.
It's a car capable of applying such G-forces your shoulders feel like they're going to pop, but it never misbehaves, unless you actively want it to wag its tail.
Its acceleration, in any and every gear, is just fabulous.
And that noise, the sound of tin cans with fireworks going off inside them on the overrun, the various forms of snarl on the way up the range, peaking in the mid revs where it takes on a real sonorous soul.
If James Brown was a car, this would be it.
As a driver's car, the 911 GTS is simply flawless.
HOW IT COMPARES | Rivals To Consider
It's interesting to compare the GTS range, which creeps over $300,000 pretty quickly if you choose Carrera 4 or Cabriolet versions, with a supposed supercar like BMW's $299,000 i8, because the Porsche is not only faster, it's far superior to drive.
Sadly it merely looks like a nice Porsche, however, rather than an eyeball-grabbing vision of the future.
The more realistic BMW competitor is the M4, which could just about keep up with the GTS along a twisty bit of road, although its driver arguably wouldn't be having quite as much fun.
The 911 GTS is so good, in fact, that you'd have to put it up against something like the V8 version of Audi's awesome R8 to find a realistic competitor, but even here the Porsche would probably win out for sheer driver involvement.
The competitor that's new in the arena is the one with the best chance of matching the Porsche, and that's the clearly 911-shaped Mercedes-AMG GT.
Designed from day one as Benz's Porsche beater, this stunning-looking new car will blast the GTS off the line, at least, hitting 100km/h in 3.8 seconds.
Whether it can beat it around a set of corners is yet to be seen, but we can't wait to find out.
If you've got the money to own a Porsche 911 you really should buy one because the joy of driving one is not like any other car experience.
Porsche makes the best sports cars because it over-engineers every single part by 300 percent, and because it understands the importance of beautifully talkative steering in making the driving experience come alive.
In every range of 911s, however, there is one car that shines out above the rest, and that is the GTS.
The perfectionist, slightly nerdy types who work in the 911 department in Stuttgart, which is very much seen as the career goal for anyone in the company, are allowed to have their heads when it comes to this car, and they set out to make it simply the ultimate version of their ultimate car.
Yes, you can go quicker in a Turbo, or harder and faster in a hard-edged, track-focused GT racing model, but the GTS is a car for the road - and one that you can take on a circuit and love too, should you so desire - and a perfectly balanced, over-adequately powered and sonically perfected one.
In Australia, as always, the only black mark against it is price, and the Luxury Car Tax is only partly to blame for that. Porsche charges a lot of money here - from $268,700 for the base model - because it knows customers will line up to pay it.
Moneyed customers will throw down big cash for the flashier Carrera 4 Cabriolet models, but the good news is that anyone who wants this car purely for driving rather than posing should go for the base model, with its excellent manual gearbox.
It could well be the last, and the best, of its kind.
PRICING (excludes on-road costs)
911 Carrera GTS
- Coupe manual - $268,700
- Coupe PDK - $276,090
- Cabriolet manual - $289,700
- Cabriolet PDK - $297,090
911 Carrera 4 GTS
- Coupe manual - $284,100
- Coupe PDK - $291,490
- Cabriolet manual - $305,300
- Cabriolet PDK - $312,690
Note: Prices shown are for manual model. PDK adds $7390.
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Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd, And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd, By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound. What then am I? Am I more senseless grown Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe! 'Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs. Anselmo sleeps, and is at Peace; last Night The silent Tomb receiv'd the good Old King; He and his Sorrows now are safely lodg'd Within its cold, but hospitable Bosom. Why am not I at Peace?
William Congreve
"The Mourning Bride", 1697
I don't know about you, but I just love to sing. Now when I was younger, I could carry a passably pleasing tune. Today, not so much, which is just fine because most of my singing is limited to times when I am around my family whose capacity to carry a tune rivals my own! And besides, probably 50% of my musical repertoire comes from the children's television programming and movies geared to the under 5 age group, and since Landon is generally singing (or giving singing a good try) right along with me, in his eyes, I am a Memaw Diva! Music hath such charms, and to reinforce this point, EVERY single time some of his favorite shows come on, even if he is in another room, Landon comes bounding into the living room and starts rocking and grooving to the beat of these amazingly stimulating theme songs. And when I see the joy and happiness in his eyes, I am returned to the time when I could comfortably hold him for hours at a time in my arms and stop his tiny tears and lull him to sleep by softly singing songs to him…..which I did…..often and unashamedly!
Think about something for a moment. Have you ever been able to feel anger or hatred or remorse or any of the dozen negative emotions that sometimes can hang around our necks like millstones, when you raise your voice up in song? Not even a negative word can be uttered when we are joyfully and whole heartedly raising our voices up as we listen to our favorite recording.
Did you know that music's charms are indeed healing? A pilot study is currently being undertaken based on an unusual phenomenon relating to Parkinson's Disease. The study began when reports emerged that a man with severe Parkinson's disease suddenly stopped having tremors when listening to the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra's concerts! Music Therapy is being used more and more in treating Psychiatric disorders and music is incorporated into Holistic Therapies, as well!
The learned authors who penned the Books of the Bible certainly recognized the importance that music plays both in the lives of man as well as in the worship and praising of our Lord and Savior. Did you know that there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1150 verses in the Bible that reference music in some way? Not all talk about singing per se.
Some refer to the instruments used to make music such as the lyre, harp, trumpet and horn while others do, in fact, refer to hymns, songs, music, melodies and psalms that is the essence of music itself. And of course, as I am wont to do, I wonder that if those seeking to share to good news about God made so many references to just this fact, why is it that we, as a collective group, don't spend much more of our time singing our hearts out? Perhaps if we did, don't you think we would find a little less time to hate one another and a little more time to love our neighbor?
Worried about whether you can carry a tune? Don't be! God doesn't care if the music we share is up to the standards of Placido Domingo. Just like Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) said in "Steel Magnolias", "God don't care which church you go to as long as you show up", I have to think he thinks the same way about our singing His praises! Which is why I am sharing some of the wonderful bible verses that talk about music and singing!
1 Chronicles 16:8-9
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles 16:23
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
Psalms 9:11
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Psalms 30:4
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 33:2-3
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 47:6-7
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Psalms 66:1
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms 67:4
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms 68:32-33
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Psalms 92:1-3
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms 95:1 -2
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Psalms 96:1-2
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Psalms 98:1
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Psalms 98:4-5
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Psalms 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Psalms 105:1-2
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Psalms 135:3
Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
Psalms 147:1
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Psalms 149:1
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 149:5
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Isaiah 12:5
Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Isaiah 42:10-11
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Jeremiah 20:13
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:10
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
Ephesians 5:18-21
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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Fathom's Dominican Republic STEM Voyage Underscores its Commitment to Student Education Around the World
Fathom, the pioneer in social impact travel and Carnival Corporation's 10th and newest brand, is finalizing preparations for its July 17 Dominican Republic voyage representing the first ever cruise to the Caribbean focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programming. The 7-day cruise will feature specialized STEM-focused workshops for educators that Fathom developed in close collaboration with the Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL). Fathom also will play host to the fifth annual Clean Tech Competition, a unique research and design challenge for pre-college youth. Additionally, advertising students from the Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma's (OU) student-run advertising and public relations agency Lindsey + Asp will join the sailing as part of their partnership with Fathom to promote this first-ever STEM-focused cruise to the Caribbean.
"Since our founding, Fathom has considered experiential education a central element of the experience we are bringing to travelers and communities," said Tara Russell, president of Fathom and global impact lead for Carnival Corporation. "By hosting the first-ever STEM cruise to the Caribbean, we are demonstrating our commitment to education in a creative and innovative way by engaging as partners, educators and students who are actively working to advance our collective understanding and application of STEM while at the same time working to further build young leaders."
Russell has a personal reason for wanting to create this community. "Both Tyson (10) and Lucy (8) love complicated math. I want to do all I can to encourage their continuing passion. We need to make math and science and business cool and exciting for kids -– so they embrace their interests and don't feel like outsiders for studying what they love."
According to Russell, Fathom's partnership with the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College student-run advertising and public relations agency is yet another way the company is furthering its commitment to education. "The students created an incredible project during their capstone class on behalf of Fathom, which led to an ongoing partnership between Fathom and Lindsey + Asp. Through this partnership, they have applied their classroom learning to a 'real-world' marketing opportunity – to build awareness and drive sales for Fathom," she said. "With this cruise, we have created a 'living lab' for them to put their skills to work as they promote Fathom while seeing for themselves the truly unique impact experience we provide enhanced this week by the STEM theme."
For educator programming, Fathom worked alongside Ray Ann Havasy, Ph.D., director of the CSTL, to design progressive and engaging professional development workshops to help educators continue promoting student learning of critical STEM concepts. Fathom workshops will provide specialized training and information on STEM-related teaching resources, collaborative STEM program support, and technical career development opportunities. The featured onboard programing will emphasize the following areas:
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- Hands-on science activity ideas and demonstrations
- Dinosaurs
- Weather
- STEM questioning techniques
- Earth science
- Endangered species
As host of the Clean Tech Competition, Fathom will welcome onboard talented 15- to 18-year old students from around the world to showcase their creative solutions to "Make an Impact" by offsetting humans' negative effects on the planet. The competition is designed to foster a deeper understanding of STEM-related concepts, recognize outstanding talent, and prepare the next generation of globally competitive innovators. The winning team will receive an award of $10,000, as well as the opportunity to develop an ongoing relationship with a professor who will serve as a long-time mentor and assist them in furthering their work and education.
Fathom's Partnership with the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College
An additional element of the Fathom's July 17 cruise will be the participation of University of Oklahoma (OU) advertising students on the sailing. Members of the University's student-run advertising and public relations agency Lindsey + Asp will travel aboard the STEM-focused sailing to film Fathom's impact activities and share its commitment to student education globally. Participating in the sailing is just another step in what began as a semester-long capstone project, which led to the agency's full-time partnership with Fathom to apply four years of coursework and academic study in a "real-world" engagement designed to promote the new brand.
As a part of the students' semester-long project, they worked closely with Fathom to strengthen Fathom's brand awareness and educate the consumer marketplace about the new impact travel category. The students conducted focus groups on to design their campaign for the company then implemented a robust program throughout the year.
STEM Activities Augmented by Social Impact Experiences
Travelers sailing aboard the STEM voyage will participate in the range of social impact activities in the Dominican Republic for which Fathom has become known, including educational programs benefitting school-aged children and adult students alike. For STEM educators on the July 17 cruise, Fathom has organized additional, special exchanges between U.S. and Dominican teachers to discuss how to further integrate STEM content into the Dominican school curriculum.
In addition to the education programs, Fathom offers a broad range of authentic impact activities focusing on the environment and economic development. The company has developed close partnerships with organizations with deep roots in the Dominican Republic. The activities travelers participate in will have an immediate and lasting impact, tailored specifically to what each community needs most. Example impact activities include building water filters for Dominican homes; helping a women's cooperative produce artisan chocolates; improving homes and common areas in impoverished communities; assisting arts and crafts entrepreneurs; participating in community English-language retention activities; and supporting reforestation efforts.
Fathom's STEM sailing is a first of its kind in which educators can learn, share and motivate each other while continuing their own professional development and supporting talented pre-college youth from around the world. They may do all this while collectively impacting the lives of thousands of Dominicans through organized social impact activities. Prices for the seven-day STEM trip to the Dominican Republic start at $499 per person, excluding taxes, fees and port expenses and including all meals on the ship, onboard social impact immersion experiences, three on-shore social impact activities and related supplies. To reserve a spot on this and future Fathom sailings, travelers may call 1-855-932-8466 or work with a travel professional. Learn more at www.Fathom.org.


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Kristen Hatton is the author of Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World for teen girls and the teen devotional Get Your Story Straight. A third book, The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus for Students, is coming this summer. Kristen is also a blogger, Bible study teacher and speaker for groups of parents, women, and teens. In addition to her own blog, she contributes frequently to the Rooted Ministry blog and enCourage women's blog. She resides in Edmond, Oklahoma, with her pastor husband, and they have three teenagers. What we chat about: Kristen's idea to start a Bible study with her daughter and her friends Walking through the season of her daughter's eating disorder How to have a friend and be a friend Understanding teens and empathizing with them Talking with teens about idolatry Teens and technology Laying a foundation for the teen years Links mentioned: Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World DIY bath bombs Connect with Kristen: website // facebook // instagram // twitter // pinterest Episode Sponsors: RX Bar: get 25% off your first order using the promo code MSW Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!


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Discipline: Economics
Occupation segregation refers to an uneven distribution of male, female, ethnic, racial and religious groups in the labor force.
The most common example is the heavy concentration of women in nursing, retailing, and low-paid office employment.
Also see: crowding hypothesis, dual labor market theory, insider-outsider wage determination, labor market discrimination, non-competing groups, search theory, segmented labor market theory,
J A Jacobs, The Sex Segregation of Occupations and the Career Patterns of Women (Ann Arbor, 1983)


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Mount Olive, N.C. --- The University of Mount Olive baseball team dropped a slugfest to preseason nationally 6th-ranked USC Aiken, 9-6, on Sunday afternoon in Mount Olive, N.C.
Score: USC Aiken 9, Mount Olive 6
Records: Mount Olive (6-3), USC Aiken (8-2)
Location: Scarborough Field, Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
- USC Aiken got going offensively early on as the Pacers loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the first before Trojan pitcher Brighton Hudson struck out a Pacer to strand the bases loaded.
- The Pacers jumped on top of Mount Olive in the top of the second as a pair of home runs gave USC Aiken a 4-0 lead.
- Junior Drew Ellis sliced the Pacers' lead in half with a two-run blast to right field that pushed UMO within a pair of runs at 4-2 in the bottom of the second.
- The Trojans continued to find success with the long ball as senior Zach Mozingo crushed a three-run homer over the right field fence to give the Trojans a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the third.
- In the top of the fifth, USC Aiken tied the ballgame at five on a solo home run.
- The Pacers pushed ahead in the seventh as a sacrifice fly RBI gave USC Aiken the 6-5 lead.
- Breaking it open in the eighth, USC Aiken scored three more runs on an RBI base hit and a two-run home run to right field that gave the Pacers a 9-5 advantage.
- The Trojans got a run back on a solo shot by Ellis in the eighth, but UMO could draw no closer as USC Aiken shut down the Trojans in the ninth in the Pacers' 9-6 win.
- Hudson pitched 4.2 innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits, while striking out half-a-dozen and receiving a no-decision.
- Junior Ethan Horne (0-1) was credited with the loss, pitching 1.1 innings and allowing an earned run on three hits.
- Ellis and Mozingo each finished with three RBIs to lead the Trojans, with Ellis picking up a pair of homers to Mozingo's single home run.
Up Next
Mount Olive returns to action on Tuesday at Scarborough Field as the Trojans will take on St. Augustine's University in a non-conference matchup at 2 p.m. in Mount Olive, N.C.


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: missing win32 file
From: Greg Haerr (greg_at_censoft.com)
Date: 2002-06-11
> Hmm... Well.. The 1.0 code does not work for the player, but the current
I'm building the v1.0 code using only a command-line shell
There's two bugs in the v1.0 code required to build for
1. in firmware/common/dir.h, "intptr_t handle" is not
2. Create a uisimulator/win32/uisw32.rc with two lines:
(the checked-in version includes "afxres.h" and requires VC,
> What are those "fixups" you are talking about? Actually I have not found
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Special thanks to a reader who recently introduced me to the work of Peter Kingsley, with whom I had previously been unfamiliar.
I have now read one of Dr. Kingsley's four books, In the Dark Places of Wisdom (1999), which can accurately be described as "momentous in its implications" (in the words one prominent author has used to describe Dr. Kingsley's work).
The momentousness of the implications comes from Dr. Kingsley's discovery that something has been stolen from the culture that we today know as "the West" -- something so essential, that it is in fact the very thing which we each long for in our lives, and which we can wear ourselves out in pursuing and never reaching.
In the Dark Places of Wisdom describes the problem:
And here's a great secret: we all have that vast missingness deep inside us [. . .] the more we feel that nothingness inside us, the more we feel the need to fill the void. So we try to substitute this and that, but nothing lasts. We keep wanting something else, needing some other need to keep us going [. . .]. 34-35.
Because of what has been stolen in antiquity, he argues, western culture has become "a past master at the art of substitution," but "It offers and never delivers because it can't. It has lost the power even to know what needs to be delivered, so it offers substitutes instead" (35).
What we are seeking is described by Dr. Kingsley at one point as "the peace of utter stillness" (36), and of course we can never find this by rushing after it, searching for it everywhere -- but ironically there is a way in which it is accessible to every one of us, at all times.
According to his thesis, the knowledge of how to access "the peace of utter stillness" still exists in places outside of western culture, and because of this many moderns have assumed that such knowledge "never took root in the West" (115). "But," he says, "that's not the case." In fact, this knowledge was once at the heart of western culture -- and may indeed lie at the heart of its greatest ancient achievements. It's just that it has been covered over by what may be described as "a conspiracy of silence" (230).
He implies that the blame lies with the invention of a new definition of philosophy, in Athens, under Plato. Plato, the book argues, could almost be seen as a "parricide," who inherited the great ancient wisdom and then betrayed it -- metaphorically speaking, killing his own father.
And the "father" that Platonic philosophy killed, Kingsley argues, was represented by an actual historical figure, one whose name has survived to this day: Parmenides of Elea.
Based upon new archaeological discoveries of marbles and inscriptions which had lain forgotten at the site of ancient Elea (or Velia, as it was also known and as it is spelled throughout In the Dark Places of Wisdom), along with the body of what had already been known about Parmenides (including the surviving fragments of his own writings), Peter Kingsley shows the reader that Parmenides came from an ancient line of wisdom-lovers who practiced the technique of achieving that "utter stillness" through the entry of a state of consciousness "described as neither sleep nor waking," in which they made contact with "another level of awareness and another level of being" (80).
In other words, Peter Kingsley has found yet another incredibly important line of evidence which demonstrates that what we today describe as "shamanic" (a word which he uses in the book) is in fact the shared inheritance of all humanity -- not least of all that portion which would later come to be known as "the West" -- but that in western culture this inheritance has somehow been lost, or stolen.
The details are amazing and fascinating, and deserve to be read in their entirety in the book itself. Below are just a few noteworthy quotations, many of which appear to resonate very strongly with material that has been presented in this blog and in my 2014 book The Undying Stars, where similar conclusions have been reached based upon other sources of evidence -- which is just what we might expect to find, if in fact something like the loss posited in In the Dark Places of Wisdom has indeed taken place in western culture (due to font limitations, some diacritical markings over vowels, present in the original quotations, are not included here):
- "Always we want to learn from outside, from absorbing other people's knowledge. It's safer that way. The trouble is that it's always other people's knowledge. We already have everything we need to know, in the darkness inside ourselves. The longing is what turns us inside out until we find the sun and the moon and the stars inside" (67).
- "And the fact is that Parmenides never describes himself as traveling out of darkness into the light. When you follow what he says you see he was going in exactly the opposite direction" (51).
- "The underworld isn't just a place of darkness and death. It only seems like that from a distance. In reality it's the supreme place of paradox where all the opposites meet. Right at the roots of western as well as eastern mythology there's the idea that the sun comes out of the underworld and goes back to the underworld every night. It belongs in the underworld. That's where it has its home; where its children come from. The source of light is at home in the darkness" (68).
- "There used to be experts at incubation -- masters at the art of going into another state of consciousness or allowing themselves to go if they were drawn there. Sometimes they did this for the sake of healing others, but the point of incubation wasn't really the healing at all. That's simply how it seemed. What was most important was the fact that the healing comes from another level of being, from somewhere else. For these were people who were able to enter another world, make contact with the divine receive knowledge directly from the gods" (101-102).
- "The purpose was to free people's attention from distractions, to turn it in another direction so their awareness could start operating in an entirely different way. The stillness had a point to it, and that was to create an opening into a world unlike anything we're used to: a world that can only be entered 'in deep meditation, ecstasies and dreams'" (181).
- "Ancient Greek accounts of incubation repeatedly mention certain signs that mark the point of entry into another world: into another state of awareness that's neither waking nor sleep. One of the sings is that you become aware of a rapid spinning movement. Another is that you hear the powerful vibration produced by a piping, whistling hissing sound." In India exactly the same signs are described as the prelude to entering samadhi, the state beyond sleep and waking. And they're directly related to the process known as the awakening of kundalini -- of the 'serpent power' that's the basic energy in all creation but that's almost completely asleep in human beings. When it starts waking up it makes a hissing sound" (128).
- "The recipe is strictly esoteric, only for transmission from a spiritual 'father' to his adopted 'son'" (129).
- "For us a song and a road are very different things. But in the language of ancient Greek epic poetry the word for 'road' and the word for 'song,' oimos and oime, are almost identical. They're linked, have the same origin. Originally the poet's song was quite simply a journey into another world: a world where the past and future are as accessible and real as the present. And his journey was his song. Those were the times when the poet was a magician, a shaman. [. . .] The words shamans use as they enter the state of ecstasy evoke the things they speak about. The poems they sing don't only describe their journeys; they're what makes the journeys happen. And shamans have always used repetition as a matter of course to invoke a consciousness quite different from our ordinary awareness: a consciousness where something else starts to take over. The repetition is what draws them into another world, away from all the things we know" (122 - 123).
Each of these quotations deserves careful and deep consideration. As does the entire book, and the message it is trying to tell us.
It is fascinating to note that in this ancient tradition of which Parmenides (or Parmeneides) was part, the entry into the condition of being "beyond sleep and waking" was understood to be essential for the "fields" of both healing and of properly ordering society and human activity. This same connection is also found in shamanic cultures around the world, and we have also seen that it appears to have been a central feature of the Therapeutae of the ancient world, discussed in this previous post.
Regarding the thesis that it was Plato (and the mindset of Athens in general) who is responsible for the loss of this ancient wisdom, I would say that it is very clear that Plato himself gives hints that his writing (and especially his "story-form" writing) is not meant to be understood literally -- that Plato's writing is itself esoteric in nature -- and Peter Kingsley acknowledges that in this book.
Indeed, he provides many quotations from Plato which indicate that Plato as well believed that the rules for ordering society had to come from the realm of the gods (and specifically from Apollo, who is not only the god of the sun but also of music, of healing, and of laws for the proper ordering of society and one's own life), which seems to undermine the argument that Plato or the Platonic school turned philosophy into an exercise in dead and dry "ratiocination" (to use a 19th-century term) rather than one of ecstatic travel into non-ordinary reality.
And, as I have explored previously, there is an important exchange in the dialogue known as the Phaedrus in which Plato has Socrates point to the temple at Delphi -- the most important oracle in the ancient world, and the place in which the priestess (the Pythia) would "cross over" into that same realm "beyond sleep and waking" in order to receive information directly from the divine (in this case, of course, from Apollo, whose importance is powerfully and insightfully explored throughout In the Dark Places of Wisdom).
And so I am not so sure that Plato was actually the culprit.
I personally believe that there is strong evidence to support the conclusion that the actual forces that sought to destroy the esoteric and "shamanic" elements at the heart of what would come to be called "western culture" were not the Platonists but rather the creators of literalist Christianity, who spent the years that we (and they) designate as the second and third centuries AD vehemently opposing esoteric interpretations of the scriptures that they held sacred, and especially the various different schools and groups known as the Gnostics, and who eventually maneuvered into the capitol of the Roman Empire itself -- whereupon, during the reign of the emperor Theodosius, they extinguished both the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Oracle at Delphi.
Nevertheless, I am in complete agreement with Dr. Kingsley regarding the answer to the "vast missingness deep inside us," and the fact that we are all designed for and capable of "the peace of utter stillness," and that in fact we are in contact with this infinite stillness of the divine realm at all times, and we can access it through a nearly infinite variety of different techniques of ecstasy.
I am also in agreement that this ability to journey to the hidden realm is part of the ancient heritage of all humanity -- of the "western" part as well -- but that in the West it has been stolen, and suppressed, for well over a thousand years and nearly for two thousand.
This knowledge cannot be hidden forever. It is right there, in each of us, ready to be found.
Many thanks to Peter Kingsley for his work in revealing an incredibly important part of this story, and to Mr. J____ for pointing me to it.
a few additional previous posts with some resonance to the subjects discussed above include:
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(Review) Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Publication Date: May 2, 2017
Pages: 336 (hardcover)
Genre: Young Adult
My Goodreads Rating: 5 Stars
Goodreads Synopsis:
Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad's finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot's coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding.
But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father's wedding, she can't ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean's the one who'll be graduating high school and leaving for college and leaving her family—and possibly the boy she loves—behind.
When your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?
My Review:
It's always so exciting to find a series that just makes you smile gives you hope. I've loved reading the story of Lara Jean and Peter and how they manged to overcome everything in the first two books, so this one was no different.
As Lara Jean and Peter are preparing for graduation Lara Jean receives bad news: she didn't get into the same school as Peter. As the two of them work through that, Peter is also dealing with things on his own. He's got to train to keep his scholarship and is absent father is back in the picture.
Watching these two learn these new emotions is sad and a little scary. They are both so used to living in their little dream world that when these new things happen to them...it's hard.
In lieu of all of that, Lara Jean's dad has proposed to their neighbor/his girlfriend, so the Song girls have a lot going on.
I love how the family comes together to celebrate their dad and help each other through the process of him getting married. There were definitely a few moments that got me a little teary, but it was worth it.
Peter's mom was kind of the worst, but I'm glad it all worked out the way it did.


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I've written a web-application to run on Windows (XP,7,2008, etc), not using MS tools (python/django/nginx, though it should not matter). To run the app I've created a Windows Service which installs and runs fine.
However, the application will run in an environment where security is important. By default the service installs itself running under the
Local System account, which I understand has full control of the computer. Doesn't sound like a good idea.
I've also seen
Network Service used but descriptions tend to talk about domains and such. This app uses the network and is running on Windows, but doesn't talk "Windows" much if at all. It is self contained and keeps its data in the "common app data folder" aka
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Samsung's Ice Cream Sandwich packing Galaxy Nexus to hit the UK on November 17th
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus has enjoyed its fair share of publicity lately, but a release date has been one of the best kept secrets of the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich/Android 4.0 device. But, leaked details are always the best and today we have the leaked release date via an Amazon product page and then confirmed by Samsung today.
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is set to arrive on UK retailers' shelves on November 17, just over three weeks from now. If you want to get your lips wet with some of that Ice Cream Sandwich goodness, you can sign-up for a subsidized handset on Vodafone, O2 and 3UK, its intended HSPA+ carrier homes. If you'd like to get some of that pre-order, contract free goodness, you can always purchase it outright through Amazon.
My HTC Desire's LCD panel cracked (thanks to my gorgeous daughter biting it) and now I know its just three weeks until I can try my luck importing one of these. Hopefully I get one and they're not sold out.
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When Paul O'Neil was still with the Cincinnati Reds he was not yet the player who led the New York Yankees during their 90's Dynasty Years. Instead he was pressured by then manager Lou Piniella to pull the ball as often as possible in hopes that he would hit more homeruns. The results were mediocre. When the Yankees traded Roberto Kelly (my favorite player at the time) for O'Neil, I was quite mad about it. I would have bet anything at Sportsbetting.ag that the Yankees had just set back their re-building project by several years. I soon learned that Paul O'Neil was a much better player than I realized. The Yankees freed O'Neil to return to an all fields approach. Now Paul O'Neil is a treasured Yankee and is remembered as a great player.
I do not mean to suggest that Drew Stubbs will magically transform into the modern day Paul O'Neil (Ryan Braun?) now that he is in Cleveland. However, I do think he is a better player than the one the Reds basically threw away. The Reds tossed the Indians a player that was nearly without value at the plate in 2012. Stubbs batted just .213/.277/.333 last season. He walked less and struck out more. He hit more groundballs and infield flies and his lowest line drive rate ever. It was the worst season of a young player's career.
Stubbs has a long swing that causes him to struggle to hit breaking pitches but especially the curveball and the changeup. He swings at fewer pitches out of the zone than most players but he also makes worse contact when he does. He also swings at fewer pitches than most players both in and out of the zone and makes worse contact.
Stubbs was drafted in 2006 out of the University of Texas. He was drafted just after players like Evan Longoria and Clayton Kershaw and before Tim Lincecum. According to Baseball America he was considered the best athlete, best defensive player, second-fastest base runner, and third-best power hitter among collegians. With a little tweaking and some hard work the Reds might have made Stubbs a better player before graduating him to the majors. Apparently the Reds were happy with Stubbs as he was and rushed him through the system in just over two seasons. He was placed into the hands of a manager who seemed to have little patience with young players.
Since his call-up, Stubbs has displayed an excellent glove in center field, homerun power and a bunch of stolen bases. He has never hit for average in the majors (and did not do it much in the minors either) but his decent walk rates made his on-base percentage acceptable when combined with his other skills. Fantasy owners had no problem with his .250-.260 batting average because usually it came with around 15 homers and 30 stolen bases. But just like the Reds, fantasy owners abandoned him in droves when his average fell to .213 during the 2012 season.
As a player with both power and speed Stubbs can be expected to have a slightly higher than average BABIP and his career .323 BABIP fits. In 2012 his BABIP was just .290 which may be around average for most players but not for Stubbs. If nothing changes but his BABIP returns to the .330 level, Stubbs should have stats that resemble his 2010 and 2011 seasons. Hopefully is walk rate will rise back to its former level. His linedrives return and and he reduces those infield fly balls. The Indians would probably be happy with that. But if the Indians actually put some time in with Stubbs and worked on shortening his swing and improving his approach at the plate he could be even more than he was with the Reds. He could be the Cleveland version of Paul O'Neil.
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