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Christa Rodriguez, 18, is your typical high school student. She likes pop music and is looking forward to her senior prom, graduation and college.
However, the past year has been a roller coaster for Rodriguez.
She was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2013 and told she was cancer free in December. Rodriguez received news that the cancer returned in March about the same time she and her identical twin sister Julia turned 18.
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"It takes a lot more chemo to get rid of it because it came back and it's much harder to get rid of. I'm now missing a lot of stuff with my senior year and I have to pull back from college," said Rodriguez.
Rodriguez planned to attend her idol Miley Cyrus' concert in Philadelphia on April 22.
Unfortunately, her treatment is scheduled to start that day and she will have to miss the concert. Her twin sister Julia started thinking and came up with the idea to start a Twitter campaign to ask Cyrus to come visit her sister in the hospital since she will already be in Philadelphia. The hashtag #MileyVisitChrista began trending Thursday morning in Philadelphia.
The Upper Merion High School community has rallied around Rodriguez working to grab the singer's attention on social media.
"It's surreal right now that people I don't even know are showing their support. It's a great feeling. It's very emotional. I feel like I have the best community in the world, especially in Upper Merion," said Rodriguez. "When you put your minds to something you can do it."
Members of the school's softball team adorned their bus windows with the hashtag.
In support of childhood cancer research, Upper Merion High School is hosting its second Mini-THON tonight. The proceeds will go to the Four Diamonds Fund.
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The Tribal House renovation is crawling towards completion. The structure itself looks like a near finished product, with foundation, wall and roof construction wrapping up weeks ago. Finishing the interior could take a couple more months, and some of the house's artwork, including the screen, still needs to be restored. The bear screen, which guards the entrance to the Historical Site, will be restored by Master Carver Steve Brown and a couple of the Tribal House's unsung heroes.
|Susie Kasinger - Greg Knight photo
"Nineteen boards left," exclaimed carver Susie Kasinger.
That was the good news the crew at the Carving Shed got back in late August, as Project Manager Todd White and the crew only need 25 more Cedar planks to finish the Tribal House roof. Counting the three lay finished in the corner of the facility, and the planks each member of the carving trio were adzing that day, there was finally a finish line in sight.
"It'll take us about a week to finish those last 19," said carver and Wrangell local Susie Kasinger. "Some boards can take a little longer, depending on how many knots you find and how the grain is treating you. It'll usually take about 8 hours to finish one, but Linda finished 3 ½ the other day."
The Linda she's referring to is another homegrown adzer, Linda Churchill. "I was just cruising that day, picking some really good pieces of wood," said Churchill, whose father was also a carver. "Picking the right piece takes a little luck. Sometimes a good looking piece of wood can take you twice as long, you don't find out until you get going a little bit."
Linda reached for her adze, a very traditional tool in every sense, except for the tennis racket grip tape on the handle. "Susie got us the tape from Amazon.com. I think my fingertips might be permanently square thanks to the adzing. I'm not sure how bad of shape they'd be in without the tape."
The trio made adzes of their own under the guidance of Master Carver Wayne Price at the beginning of the project. Each has picked up a couple other adzes along the way, whether it be a hand-me-down or something they found on eBay.
|Linda Churchill
Kasinger and Churchill, along with Justin Smith of Whitehorse in the Yukon, have had every piece of Cedar pass through their workshop, a temporary carving facility comprising of two shipping containers and an adjoining roof. While the local ladies say they couldn't have done it without Smith returning for a second round in the Carving Shed, the real story remains that these two women are fueling a project in positions that historically are rarely filled by females.
"Linda and I aren't really thinking about that," said Kasinger. "We're just relieved to see the light at the end of the tunnel and the building almost finished."
Not that they're excited to be done, but they think it'll be nice to carve without pressure of a schedule and hopefully carve without the Project Manager watching over their shoulder for a board that takes up to 8 hours to adze. The two are now getting to show their skills in other areas of the project. In addition to carving any finishing work, the pair has been re-painting lanterns and are counting down the days until the arrival of Steve Brown, who they will assist in restoring the screen.
|Justin Smith
Kasinger and Churchill continue to "man" the shed, while Smith said goodbye to Wrangell until the Re-dedication in May. If his plans held up, Smith could be finishing off a cross-continent run to Guatemala.
You read that right, running to Guatemala. He'll fly to meet his running partners, currently chugging across North America somewhere, then it's off to Central America to take part in some Aztec/Mayan 2012 celebrations. And this isn't Justin's first cross-continent rodeo. Before coming to Wrangell last year, he hoofed it from Whitehorse to Panama City for a similar indigenous peoples event.
"It wasn't so bad," said Smith of the run. "I got shin splints once, but that healed up after some rest. My knee started hurting pretty good at one point, but that just went away. Got to have good shoes. It's all about the shock absorbers."
For more than 6 months, Smith's group would crash in guest rooms, on couches, floors, or in tents on the voyage south. This trip won't last nearly as long, and Smith says he wouldn't miss the 2013 Re-dedication for anything.
"This Tribal House, working in the Carving Shed, has been just like its own marathon," added Smith. "I am very honored to have been a part of the Shakes Island project."
The temporary carving facility the trio called home is no more. It won't be long before ground is broken on a brand new 4,500 sq. ft. Carving Shed, on the same patch of land they carved on for months, but in the meantime they'll work from another temporary shed. Once again it's two shipping containers and a roof, but this time they have a view as the shed is across the bridge from Shakes Island.
The girls did have a little bit of a wish list for the new Carving Shed. Something to battle the heat would be nice, since the temporary facility is built like a greenhouse, letting sunlight in while trapping the heat inside. Panels were often removed and fans brought in just to get a breeze working. They would also love a kitchen and bathroom. They would like to not have to borrow fridge space and a spot to place a coffee pot from the neighbors. I'd say they've earned it.


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All SAT II World History Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : The Cold War In The Americas
The Truman Doctrine was designed to __________.
combat the spread of communism
ban all communist activity in the United States
improve funding for the American space program
ensure Truman's reelection
improve funding for the Manhattan Project
combat the spread of communism
The Truman Doctrine formed part of United States' foreign policy during the Cold War. It stated that the United States had a duty to provide economic or military support to any country threatened by the spread of communism or the expansion of the Soviet Union.
Example Question #672 : Sat Subject Test In World History
The Nicaraguan rebels known as the Contras were sponsored by which American president?
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
The Nicaraguan Contras were ostensibly democractic revolutionaries; however, many of the groups committed atrocities. This made it controversial when it was revealed that Ronald Reagan's American government was providing aid to the rebels. Congress banned such aid, but Reagan's adminstration continued to provide aid secretly, culminating in the Iran-Contra Affair.
Example Question #2 : The Cold War In The Americas
"Now in speaking like this, it doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression. And if the white man doesn't want us to be anti-him, let him stop oppressing and exploiting and degrading us."
"The Ballot or the Bullet" was a speech delivered by what famous civil rights advocate?
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta Scott King
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Malcolm X
The speech, "The Ballot or the Bullet" was delivered by Malcolm X in 1964. The intention of the speech was to separate himself from the Nation of Islam as well as encourage African-Americans to defend their rights to vote.
Example Question #1 : The Cold War In The Americas
The American opposite to the Brezhnev Doctrine is __________.
The Fair Deal
Manifest Destiny
the Domino Theory
The New Deal
Mutually Assured Destruction
the Domino Theory
The Brezhnev Doctrine states that all Communist states, in particular the Soviet Union, have a duty to aid the spread and ensure the continuation of Communism around the world. In this sense it can be seen as the opposite of the American foreign policy The Domino Theory. The Domino Theory states that if one country falls under the influence of Communism than the neighboring countries will likely fall also. Therefore, the American people must be willing to fight Communism wherever it appears.
Example Question #1 : The Cold War In The Americas
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established in 1945 to __________.
encourage gender equality and the empowerment of women in the workplace
prosecute those suspected of hate crimes against African-Americans
prevent the sale of nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
reinforce the internment of Japanese residents of the United States
monitor and prosecute suspected communists
monitor and prosecute suspected communists
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established in 1945 to monitor and prosecute suspected communists. Specifically, the committee believed its job was to protect the type of government specified under the Constitution—democratic, representative, capitalist, and providing equal economic opportunity—from potential subversion or sedition. The Committee was notable during the Red Scare period of American history.
Example Question #681 : Sat Subject Test In World History
In the Vietnam War, the American military fought on the side of __________.
Vietnam against the forces of communist China
Vietnam against the combined forces of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
the North Vietnamese against the South Vietnamese
Cambodia and Burma against Vietnam
the South Vietnamese against the North Vietnamese
the South Vietnamese against the North Vietnamese
In the Vietnam War, the Americans fought against the communist government of North Vietnam and on the side of the republican government of South Vietnam. The American goal in the war was to prevent the spread of communism to South Vietnam. Opposition to the Vietnam War was a major mobilizer for social change in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
Example Question #3 : The Cold War In The Americas
The National Security Act of 1947 created which of the following?
Only the CIA and the NSC
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
National Security Council
All of these answers
All of these answers
The National Security Act of 1947 created the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, and the Department of Defense. The National Security Act of 1947 was a major change and growth in the powers of the Federal government to provide for the defense of the nation in the wake of World War Two. The creation of the Central Intelligence Agency can be seen as an important early moment in the budding Cold War.
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'I believe strongly in continuing education - this industry is ever changing and to be the best you must be constantly changing with it.'
SIMA recently caught up with Travis Graham-Wilkes of Graham Landscape Limited in Innisfil, ON to ask about his experiences with the Advanced Snow Management program. Travis was the first person to officially earn the Core Principles certificate in Advanced Snow Management, and he is on his way to becoming a full Advanced Snow Manager.
How long have you been in snow management?
I have been in the landscape/snow industry since I was 13 years old. I got my first job working weekends, after school and holidays. I bought my first plow truck in the fall of the year I received my G2 license and have been moving snow ever since (approximately 10 years).
What is your favorite thing about the snow industry?
It's almost like an adrenaline rush: tracking an upcoming storm, watching it move closer and closer, calling in all appropriate operators and staff to work, and the feeling of accomplishment when it's all over.
What was interesting to you about the Advanced Snow Management program?
I believe strongly in continuing education - this industry is ever changing and to be the best you must be constantly changing with it. There are no better skills than the ones we learn in the field in a hands-on setting, but to reassure those skills and improve them through training is all the difference between being a " plow guy " and being a snow and ice management professional.
Have you found the training certificate courses valuable so far?
I have found the courses extremely valuable. There is so much we tend to do in the industry on the fly because we know it works, but not necessarily why it works. This course defines all those reasons and keeps trainees working at their fullest potential.
Why do you plan on achieving full Advanced Snow Manager status with SIMA?
Every day there is a new snow and ice company popping up. This market is so over-saturated that in order to stand out and make customers feel comfortable with you as their service provider, it is important to participate in any additional training available...putting ASM and or CSP next to your name is extremely important!
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Toowoomba, Darling Downs snubbed in ice action plan
TOOWOOMBA and the Darling Downs will not get the drug detoxification facilities it needs as part of the State Government's new action plan against methylamphetamines.
Despite consistent calls for detox services from health professionals, Labor's Action On Ice report featured nothing for Toowoomba.
People from the Darling Downs and south-west Queensland wanting to get clean from drugs and alcohol will still have to travel to Brisbane before they can be admitted to rehabilitation services like Sunrise Way.
The centre's CEO, Wendy Agar, who has been a vocal supporter for detox programs, said she hoped the Palaszczuk Government took the issue more seriously in the future.
"While there is nothing clearly outlined for our region directly, there certainly is potential for greater access to services through the general expansion of services and the Connecting Care to Recovery plan funding," she said.
"We were hoping that access to increased detoxification services would have been identified and addressed as a significant issue and look forward to continuing our conversation about what is needed here in Toowoomba and across the regions that we service."
The action plan, released on Saturday, outlines a three-pronged approach to curbing the effects of ice in Queensland.
This included reducing the supply and demand for the drug, as well as its harm on the community.
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GTribe Adds New Staff Members
GTribe, a global social network for tech savvy, announced that it has added three new members to its staff.
"As GTribe continues to grow, our needs also continue to expand," said Angel Munoz, Founder and President of GTribe. "We are proud to add three new members to our staff who can help us achieve our 2016 goals and bring powerful experiences to the members of our global community."
The three new staff members are:
Reuel Sarmiento Panduma, a former student Saint Columban College with a degree in Information Technology. He has 6 years of experience in graphic design, and as a DJ (Disc Jockey). He is currently associated with a local TV station in Pagadian City, Philippines, as Chief Editor & Technical Head of Multimedia, and he's also Vice President of PACE (The Pagadian Alliance of Computer Enthusiasts) a society of PC enthusiasts. He will be creating graphics for the GTribe promotions.
Diyan Harisusanto, a former Graphic Design student of Wearnes Education Center, Indonesia, has 13 years of experience in graphic design and printing. He spent four years as graphics designer, next four years as designer and pre-print director, and recently became CEO of small printing company in Lombok, Indonesia. He will be creating graphics for the GTribe promotions.
Sagar Agrawal, a former student of Nagpur University, India with a degree in Computer Application. He has 12 years of experience in PC maintenance, and sells custom build gaming and workstation PCs in India. Sagar also owns a business that specializes in commercial and promotional video advertisement. He will create dynamic videos for the GTribe global promotions.


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Plant Communication Workshop-hosted by The World Peace Prayer Society at The World Peace Sanctuary, Wassaic, NY – USA
In July and August-2016, Karine Gordineer offered an Introduction followed by a 2-day Workshop on Plant Communication at The World Peace Sanctuary.
Karine Gordineer is the Owner/Founder of Green Girl Herbs and Healing in Hopewell Junction, New York. Karine introduced her students to the concept of plants as "sentient beings" and sharing ways of how we can interact with plants on this level.
Scientific studies show plants can communicate with each other as well as with other species. The Plant Communication Workshop is designed to take people to ever deepening levels of connection to gain direct access to the consciousness and wisdom of the plants for life-changing personal and planetary healing & expansion.
This very experiential workshop offered:
- Developing sensory awareness of plants
- Accessing plant consciousness through the Shamanic Journey
- Communication through light, sound, and breath
- Entering the Daydream of the Plants
- Discovering Your Plant Ally
- Green Breath, transformational breath work created by Pam Montgomery
- Journeying with the Music of the Plants
Students journeyed with the "Music of Plants" utilizing the plants on The World Peace Sanctuary grounds. Melodic communication was offered by the ancient walnut trees located in the Sacred Grove with the use of an instrument/device that was designed and developed in Italy by the Damanhurians who have always been active in researching communication with the forces of nature.
The instrument is able to capture the electromagnetic variation of the surface of the leaves and roots, and turn them into sounds.
Take a listen, as we have offered it here for you and also a photograph of the instrument used.
The melody "sounds" will take your breath away!
At the end of a most extraordinary weekend, Karine shared her sentiments by saying, " It was so wonderful to share the expansive and heart-centered energy of plant consciousness. The World Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place to engage with spirits of the plants."
May Peace Prevail On Earth for All Life on Earth!
Ann Marie Robustelli
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Autumn Rademacher recently completed her third season at Arkansas State.
In her three seasons with the school, the Red Wolves have compiled 49 victories and had one of the league's most potent offenses, ranking near the top of many statistical categories over the span. During the 2016-17 season, she helped A-State finish as the league's top 3-point shooting team with a .339 percentage, the seventh best in school history.
The 2017-18 saw number of historic achievements for A-State, including a 70-69 over Florida in Gainesville, which marked just the sixth non-conference road win over a higher resource conference school (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC). It was also the 16th win over an SEC member school in program history.
Rademacher also helped coach Akasha Westbrook to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team after the junior finished with a 13.4 points per game average and a 48.1 percent field goal percentage, both of which were top-10 in the league.
In 2015-16, Rademacher helped A-State to a 27-6 overall record and a 19-1 mark in Sun Belt Conference play en route to a regular season conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the SBC Championship tournament. The Red Wolves set school records in wins (27), winning streak (18), consecutive home victories (25) and field goal percentage (45.0).
Arkansas State's run included a trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the 11th time in school history and recognition as one of the nation's top teams as the Red Wolves' received votes in both the AP and Coaches' polls throughout the season. In addition, A-State suffered just two losses by double-digits and won all but three of its games by double-digits.
Rademacher also helped Aundrea Gamble become the first player in Sun Belt Conference history to win the Student-Athlete of the Year award three times in a career and also helped her achieve Mid-Major All-American status from CollegeSportsMadness.com. Under Rademacher's tutelage, Gamble improved her 3-point field goal percentage and assists averages, while also grabbing a career-high in rebounds.
She also helped Khadija Brown-Haywood and Brittney Gill earn SBC All-Conference accolades as both players posted career-highs in scoring, field goal percentage and rebounds.
In addition to the success on the court, A-State was strong force in the classroom and won the SBC Team Academic award three times in four season, including most recently in 2015-16 with a team GPA of 3.17. The Red Wolves also placed eight student-athletes on the SBC Commissioner's List and SBC Academic Honor Rolls.
Rademacher, the 2010 Horizon League Coach of the Year, spent the previous seven seasons as head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy where she compiled 101 victories and helped the Titans reach the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) in 2012 and captured the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) title in 2013.
Rademacher is the school's all-time leader in victories for a women's basketball coach and had three 20-plus-win seasons during her tenure at Detroit. She had 17 players earn postseason accolades from the Horizon League, including First-Team All-Conference honorees, a Sixth Player of the Year award and All-Newcomer accolades.
The 2012-13 season proved to be a historic one for the Titans and Rademacher. Coming off a WNIT berth the season before, Detroit compiled a 21-13 record to claim back-to-back winning seasons for the first in over a decade. Not only did the Titans post back-to-back winnings season, but they also won 20 games in back-to-back years since the early 1980s. Detroit set a school record with 16 home victories, the second most in the country.
Radamacher guided the Titans to a 20-14 record in 2011-12 and helped her program reach a postseason (WNIT) for the first time since 1997. Detroit set a school record with 14 league victories and played in the Horizon League Title game for the sixth time in school history. She was named the 2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com Horizon League Coach of the Year and helped end Green Bay's perfect season a 70-58 victory over the school before the conference tournament.
Offensively, Detroit tallied 70 or more points 13 times, including a season-high 90 in a 30-point victory over IPFW. The Titans also broke a 15-year school record in that contest shooting 65.5% (38-of-58) as a team. Detroit outrebounded its opponent in 23 of its 34 games and owned a +4.9 rebounding margin on the season, second in the Horizon League. The Titan defense held an opponent to under 60 points 14 times on the year and under 50 points on five occasions.
Prior to becoming head coach at her alma mater, she was an assistant at Green Bay for four years, helping the squad to four Horizon League regular-season championships and two postseason titles (2005 and 2007). Before joining the Phoenix, Rademacher spent seven years as an assistant coach at Western Michigan, helping the Broncos advance to postseason play four times, including a berth in the 2003 NCAA Tournament following its MAC Tournament title.
Rademacher played for the Titans from 1993-97. She earned MCC First Team honors in 1996 and again in 1997, and was a Second-Team, as well as an All-Newcomer Team honoree as a freshman in 1994. She is the school's third all-time leading scorer with 1,686 points and ranks in the top-10 in multiple statistical categories after four seasons as a starter at UDM, including fourth in career assists (439) and second in career 3-point field goals (201). Rademacher helped lead the Titans to a Horizon League post-season championship and a berth in the 1997 NCAA Tournament as a senior season.
A native of Traverse City and a Third Team All-State selection at Traverse City High School, Rademacher graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1997 with a degree in criminal justice.


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We were on the topic of passion and I had promised to discuss these two questions ...here I go
How do you become passionate? How do you set yourself on fire and love for what you do?
Passion is, as I had already said a fierce emotion or an emotional force that sees you through the tough patches of life.
Developing passion for something is as easy as falling in love... I am sure that you didn't do too much to fall in love. I use this analogy here because passion and love go hand in hand. When you start liking someone you start asking questions, learning more about the person, trying to understand their likes and dislikes and slowly as your interest grows, you find your self falling hopelessly in love with the object of your interest. I am sure you have been there and I am not describing some unknown event...:)
When you are in love, you do so much to gather information and work so hard at it, without ever feeling the strain.
It does not feel like work at all, in fact you are willing to do more than called for.
All your energy is focussed on the object of your love.
Your thoughts and musing always seems to end there with the person... without you ever making an effort.. I hope you are getting an idea of what passion is.
You go all out to please the person and prove that you are worthy of the favor being returned.
You want at all costs to get the results that you're after.
You work tirelessly to make a success of your fantasy or idea of love... despite the obstacles that you face.
This is passion!! How do you translate this passion to the thing that you do for a living or to your marriage or to your studies or whatever you pursue?
It is very easy. There are three components to this.
Thought life...
Work life
Are you wondering what I am getting at?? Let me explain..
Your thought life has one focus, that is the object of your love, all your thoughts are fixed on this, no distractions allowed, even the life sustaining task of eating and drinking sometimes get side lined... or just barely tolerated.
Your waking and sleeping thoughts are all about this one thing in your life..you wake up and leap out of bed impelled by your thoughts even as your day starts.
The second part - your work life, here priorities are clear, the first thing that you think about when you leap out of bed in the morning is a plan to get things going, your mind is constantly scheming to work out different strategies, to somehow get the results that you are working towards, all other tasks that you have to do fall into a place with reference to your work life.
The emotional component is actually that part that propels the other two components to work forcefully.
Whatever you take up, whether it is you career, hobby, studies whatever it might be, you need to add the emotional component to it.
You need to spend a little while (let us start with a five to seven minutes everyday to fifteen minutes over a period of time) imagining about what you want to achieve.. and how it will enrich your life.
This is not some vague daydream that I am talking about ... Visualization is a technique that I am harping on here.
You need to see yourself in that place of accomplishment, sitting in that position that you dream of or that project completion or that kind of family life that you envisage or if you are a student then the grades that you dream of getting. Enjoy yourself, savor the dream, feel the pride, the exhilaration, the love.. when you do this everyday before you get out of bed in the morning when your mind is at its best level of absorption , you have just injected passion into your life and pursuits.
There you are, staring right into the face of success! Sounds easy - try it! But then you need to have some discipline and continue doing it over a period of time.
Happy visualization and Go get your dreams!!..


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|1st August 2014, 09:22 PM
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Simple High-Performance DAC
I'm systematically replacing the components in my audio chain with my own designs, and decided to start off with a simple little DAC board. The idea is to take the Coax S/PDIF output from my CD player and convert it to a balanced analogue signal to feed the next stage (pre-amp). I want to keep things simple without unnecessarily sacrificing performance.
The design is centered around the DIR9001 and PCM1794 from TI, and is based mostly on the designs of the evaluation modules of these ICs (on schematic level, at least - board layout will be significantly different).
As far as the physical implementation is concerned, it will be a two-layer PCB with mostly surface-mount components. I haven't started with the board layout yet.
I'm posting this to get some input on the design (PCB's are expensive, I want this thing to work well the first time), so please be critical (constructively, of course ).
Schematics attached...
|2nd August 2014, 10:16 AM
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Nice work! Some points:
- a lot of 47uF caps, may be better to use one larger cap at the regulator output. think of using 1u instead of 100n. This will supress HF noise better.
- The ferrite beads are only good for HF filtering. you have not mutch HF in your circuit.
- an SPDIF transformer would be good for common mode noise (and jitter) supression.
EMI without a transformer may be a problem..
- A differential line receiver can be used as SPDIF input too and has the benefit of common mode noise supression (less jitter)
|3rd August 2014, 11:35 AM
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Thanks for the input udok.
The ferrite beads are there to help keep the high frequency current loops as small as possible and local to the particular IC. They aren't really required on the analogue supply pins, but since I'm not using separate digital and analogue supplies everywhere I thought it won't hurt adding them to the analogue supply pins as well. The 47uF electrolytic caps on the IC side of the beads are there to help prevent the possible resonance that can occur between the bead and the ceramic decoupling cap and other parasitics. These caps can actually be a lot smaller though. Like 4.7-10uF or so. I'm using the 47uF's because I'm using them elsewhere in the design and I'm trying to use as few different component values as I can (because of higher costs due to supplier MOQs). I'll reconsider these cap values though.
I'll think about your suggestions for the S/PDIF input. It'll depend on how easily/cheaply I can obtain the required components. I'll do some searching, but do you have any recommendations for these components and their implementation (tried & tested or known to perform well)?
|3rd August 2014, 03:35 PM
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Finally, someone with good schematics drawing skills! Good schematics = good thinking.
Looks classic and promising just by the way you draw it.
You might add some fancy stuff later, such as fully differential I/V with some diff opamp a-la THS4130 (and others). Parallel rather than series connection of regulators, some extra R in series with Ls around DAC, resistors in line of power traces just before they go to bypass caps and opamp's Vcc/Vee pins, e.t.c.
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|3rd August 2014, 04:09 PM
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Hi better get rid of the noisy LM1117 regs. If it needs to be an LDO: there are way better LDO regs out today. We used MIC5205 with good results but LP5907 also might be a nice candidate with 250 mA max. current. For the analog stage 78xx and 79xx may do the trick as they have always done but TPS7A4901 and TPS7A3001 are better choices. They are also way smaller and deliver up to 150 mA which seems enough in this case, certainly if you use separate regs for the L and R channel. Good power supplies are half of the quality of your design.
I would opt for the WM8804 as usual but the DIR ain't bad either. The WM8804 won't limit your design to 24/96 which can be nice when trying to listen to high res material like 24/176.4 and 24/192 files from newer audio devices (one day soon you will step over to the dark side of solid state playback) and it will prolong useful life of your DAC by years. I doubt the input buffer will bring improvement (or the contrary). Good work on the beads and the 47 µF caps, they are both needed. Low DCR beads or coils could do good on the opamps too. Make that CLC filtering.
Please use the smallest available parts with the best dielectric for the PLL capacitors.
Including pads for rectifiers and filter capacitors will make your design more easy to wire and to try it out in the test phase. After that it is also easier to work with. Just 2 small transformers (or 1 with the right windings) and you are done.
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Thanks. Yes I'll be leaving the fancy stuff for a future version. I want to keep it simple for now. Once it's done and measured I'll have a reference and then I can start playing around. I'll definitely go fully differential on the output in a future version.
The LM1117's were selected mainly due to their low cost at the supplier I'm using. But considering the cost of the PCB and enclosure, using more expensive regulators will not have much of an effect on the overall cost. And if the LM1117's will compromise performance then they will have to go. I'll look into better options. They do have to be LDO though. I have a separate linear regulated supply board that gives me the required DC input voltages (+7V and +-15V). And I have enough bench supplies to test with if I didn't have the supply board available. So no need to place rectifiers and filter caps on the DAC board.
I actually considered the CS8416, which also runs up to 192kHz, as an alternative to the DIR9001. I ended up deciding on the DIR9001 because it was a lot easier and cheaper to obtain. I didn't know about the WM8804 then, but I really like what I see in the datasheet and will give it serious consideration. Thanks.
Regarding the input buffer, I've decided to not make it unnecessarily complicated and stick to with what I'm comfortable with, and hence leave it as it is (unless I'm switching to the WM8804, in which case the input is even simpler).
The PLL loop filter caps are 0805 and 1206 ceramics with C0G dielectric.
I'll think about all the input I've gotten so far and update the design as I see fit. Might be a while before another post though. Wish I had more time for this stuff...
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Update: Revised Schematics
Finally got around to make some changes. I replaced the DIR9001 with the WM8804, and replaced all the regulators with smaller low-noise ones. De-emphasis is now hard-wired to be disabled on the DAC (the WM8804 does not provide this info in HW mode like the DIR9001).
I had to add a bit of extra circuitry to mute the DAC and turn on a LED when the WM8804 indicates an error, while also making sure the pin is at a logic low level when the WM8804 is powered on. With the way it is now I know it will work as I want it to, but depending on the properties of the WM8804 output pin and the DAC input pin it could probably be done much simpler. The rest of the changes were cosmetic.
I'd appreciate it if someone can take a glance at this to see if there are any obvious mistakes in the design . See the attachment for the latest schematics.
|23rd August 2014, 06:04 PM
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A couple of thoughts, in my last dac design which is quite similar to what you are doing here I was criticized for using 100 ohm series terminating resistors on the I2S, it was suggested that much smaller values would work as well or better. I'd probably go with 22 or 33 ohms, and definitely place them within a cm or so of the WM8804 pins..
Doing mono-mode with the PCM1794A is easy and you can sum the outputs in the current domain before I/V conversion. This is good for 6dB improvement in SNR although it is clearly more than adequate. (It may have benefit wrt separation and other things)
The quality of the electrolytics on the analog supply pins seems to be important. I ended up with Black Gates which of course are no longer available.
Think very carefully about the grounding design in the board layout.
Note that in hardware mode the WM8804 does not support 176K sample rate so if possible make provision for later use of a pic controller or similar to run the thing in software mode if you have the programming chops or know someone who does.
Only major concern with I/V is output is unbalanced, but confusing due to VOUTL- /VOUTR- nomenclature - this is actually ground. My own experiments led me away from trans-impedance I/V conversion to passive resistor/transformer conversion.. There are several current conveyor and discrete designs here you might want to check out. I used LM4562 and THS4130 in various implementations and was not entirely satisfied with the end result..
Great project.
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|23rd August 2014, 11:30 PM
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Hi kevinkr. I've matched the series termination resistors to the track impedance. I will agree, I've not seen a design with such high series resistors (most designs use 33R). However I did check whether this would be a problem, and I don't think it will be. Theoretically I'm getting slightly more than 1GHz bandwidth through that trace (assuming 20mm track length, +-0.4mm track width on 1.6mm FR4), with optimal damping. Reducing the series resistor to 33R increases the bandwidth, but then damping is a lot less and I run the risk of getting some ringing on the I2S lines. In the end it's a trade-off between slew-rate and overshoot. I might reduce the resistor values depending on how the layout turns out. There is a possibility that I can get access to a AP2722 to do measurements, and I'd like to see if these resistor values have any significant effect.
I did consider going fully differential with x2 DACs in mono mode, but right now I don't see it being worth the extra cost.
Personally, I'm a bit skeptical about whether audiophile electrolytics in the supply will make any significant difference in sonic performance. But once the design is done and tested I will play around with it and start tweaking things such as this.
Thanks for the software mode suggestion. I have a spare Arduino board lying here and I might as well use it, so I added functionality to configure the WM8804 externally via I2C. Had to add level-shifting though. HW mode can still be selected by closing a jumper. I've attached the latest schematics.
Actually the output is balanced - with respect to impedance. The cold output terminals don't carry audio, but it's still balanced and has the advantages of a balanced interconnection. The only difference is that the effective output voltage level is 6dB less compared to using two signals of opposite polarity (hence the 6dB lower SNR compared to mono mode).
I definitely want to play around with passive output stages as well at a later time.
Thanks for the feedback!
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They think Republicans "always" want tax breaks. Guess what. It is not a tax break. People have a right to the fruit of their labors. As citizens, we want to pay a low, reasonable tax for basic services and armed forces, but after that, these politicians need to BACK OFF.
Let's call it a "spending break" instead of a tax break. That is the part the politicians don't implement. They spend, spend, spend no matter what the income is. To the point of insolvency.
Aaarrnold should have stuck to muscle movies. This statement betrays his lack of knowledge about what's really going on in the world. Still in all, maybe if he didn't talk this way his wife - you know, the one who drives while talking on her cell phone - might get mad at him.ReplyDelete
As usual, Arnold is wrong. The PEOPLE are upset at what the government IS DOING, not what it's NOT DOING.ReplyDelete
Amen to the reasons for the tea parities, and I think Arnold is about as Republican as one can be in California. Especially from the environment he came from.ReplyDelete
Your right. Its all comes down to policy differences. Can a person on welfare give a person a job? NO. Well, that's who the Democrats give additional benefits to, while the GOP gives benefits to a business man or a CEO who has the ability to give jobs to people. Both parties have been spending way too much money for years and now Obama is on a runaway freight train about to wreck the country. The Tea Party stands for fiscal responsibility and SCHWARZENEGGER, ALL Dems, and some other Republicans just don't get it.ReplyDelete
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Proposal to the 2008 NEH Summer Stipend program Professor John Palmer, Philosophy An English Translation of Diogene s Laertius's Lives of the Philosophers Project Narrative This past summer I was invited by the Commissioning Editor for Philosophy and Classics at Princeton University Press to undertake a new translation, with introducti ons and supporting material, of Diogenes Laertius's Lives of the Philosophers The project was officially approved by the press's editorial board earlier this month, and we are currently in the process of discussing contractual details and drawing up a con tract. The remainder of this project narrative will provide some idea of just how ambitious an undertaking this is, especially in light of the time consuming nature of the work of translation. We are accordingly contracting for delivery of the manuscript i n three years time. An NEH Summer Stipend during June and July 2008 would enable me to devote my full attention to the project at a critical early stage. My goal during this time will be to draft complete translations of Books II and III of the Lives alon g with the introductory and supporting material pertaining specifically to these books. Since the project will still be at a formative stage, the work undertaken during this coming summer should be particularly important in further defining the various com ponents of the whole work. Character, Content, and Importance of Diogenes' Lives Diogenes Laertius's Lives of the Philosophers is one of the most important sources for the history of ancient Greek philosophy. It is the only work surviving from antiquity that presents a comprehensive overview of philosophy from its earliest origins down through the development of the major Helleni stic schools. In an apt metaphor, Nietzsche described Diogenes as the porter guarding the gate of ancient philosophy's castle. Essentially a vast compilation drawing upon over two hundred authors and three hundred named works of philosophical historiograph y, and dated on internal criteria to the first part of the third century A.D., the Lives provides a wealth of biographical information, many fascinating and sometimes odd anecdotes, major excerpts from important epitomes of the teachings of many of the maj or thinkers and schools, and even some significant excerpts from their own writings. While Diogenes may have been more interested in the philosophers' characters than in their philosophies, he still managed to provide critical, if sometimes rather basic, o utlines of the views of the main philosophical schools. In Book I.13 16, Diogenes himself describes the principles he employed in organizing his presentation. After discussing the early "sages," he divides the history of philosophy into two major lines of derivation: the Ionian tradition, specified as originating with Anaximander, and the Italian tradition, specified as starting with Pythagoras. His presentation of the so called Ionian tradition occupies the greater part of the work, comprising Books II th rough VII. He traces a line of succession from Anaximander via Anaxagoras to Socrates and the Socratics (Book II), then two lines from Socrates: first via Plato (Book III) to the Old, Middle, and New Academies do w n to Clitomachus (Book IV), and second via the Cynics (Book VI) to the Stoics do w n to Chrysippus (Book VII). From Plato, Diogenes also traces a line of succession beginning with Aristotle and continuing with the members of the Peripatetic school (Book V). All these lines of succession comprise what Diogenes calls the Ionian tradition. The second major phase of his work, his exposition of the Italian tradition, begin s with the direct line of succession he traces from Pythagoras to other members of the Pythag o rean school (Book VIII). While at the end of Book VIII Diogenes refers to the figures treated in Book IX as the "scattered" philosophers ( !" #$!%&'() ), the Prologue indicates that he sees the Italian tradition as continuing via the Eleatics, Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno, through the atomists, Leukippus, Democritus, and their pupils, down to Epicurus, who receives extensive treatment in Book X. Because he organized his work to display lines of succession within and among the major philosophical schools, Diogenes has proved to be a particularly important source of information for many of the less familiar figures of Greek philosophy. For the more notable figures, he provides some extremely useful
Proposal to the 2008 NEH Summer Stipend program Professor John Palmer, Philosophy documentation, particularly in the lists of their works deriving from Hellenistic library catalogues, but also with dates, letters (though many of these are certainly spurious), and even last wills and testaments. Diogenes makes a particular point of furnishing a general survey of the views of each school, often in the course of the Life of its founder. W e thus have in Diogenes m ajor doxographies for the Cyrenaics (II.86 99), Academics (III.47 109), Peripatetics (V.28 34), Cynics (VI.103 5), Stoics (7.38 159), Pythagoreans (8.24 25), Skeptics (9.79 105), and Epicureans (10.29 154). For the Presocratics, wh o generally are not so easily grouped into "schools" with an official set of doctrines, Diogenes tends to provide individual summaries of their views. The lengthy Stoic doxography and what is in fact a survey of Pyrrhonian skepticism in the Skeptic doxogra phy are especially valuable, as is the Epicurean doxography, which actually preserves the three extant letters by Epicurus and the collection of his maxims known as the "Principal Doctrines" ( *+%,-, .!/-, ). In the case of Plato and Aristotle, whose works w e are fortunate to be able to read firsthand, and even Socrates, whom we know through better sources, Diogenes provides an invaluable window into how their philosophies came to be represented at a certain point in the later tradition. Prospectus for a n ew English translation There has been no English translation of Diogenes' Lives at all since that by R. D. Hicks in his 1925 Loeb Classical Library edition. (Also available, in a cheap reprint editi o n by Kessinger Publishing, is the wretched "literal tra nslation" by Charles Duke Yonge, originally published in the Bohn's Classical Library [London, 1853]; now in the public domain, this version has found its way onto the internet at a site called "Peitho's Web.") My overall aims are: (i) to produce a transla tion at once authoritative, readable, and more accurate and up to date than Hicks's Loeb version; (ii) to base the translation throughout on the best current textual scholarship; and (iii) to equip it with introductory and supporting materials that will ma ke Diogenes' work both accessib le to the general audience and serviceable to professional scholars. The accompanying appendix, whic h provides a sample translation of an excerpt from Diogenes' Life of Pythagoras in Book VIII, will hopefully be indicative of my ability to carry out the first of these aims. Here let me say something about the second and third. The new translation will in fact be the first English version based on a critical edition of the Greek text There was no such edition when Hicks made his translation: the text he used and printed was what he called an "eclec tic text" based primarily on Cobet's 1850 edition for the Parisian press of A. Firmin Didot. T here have since appeared not one but two major critical editions: the 1964 Oxford Class ical Text by H. S. Long and the 1999 Teubner Library text by M. Marcovich. Long's OCT has been much criticized, and it is certainly not one of the series' better editions. As for the Teubner text, while it is an improvement in some respects, Marcovich ackn owledges that deteriorating health prevented him from bringing hi s edition to the desired state of completion. Despite neither being ideal, the texts in Long' s OCT and Marcovich's Teubner are nevertheless both superior to the "eclectic text" Hicks prepared for his Loeb edition. By comparing the two critical editions, by also taking into account the good editions there have been of limited portions of the work, and by attending to Laertian scholarship more broadly, it will be possible to make informed decisi ons about the text in those places where it seems uncertain. These will be duly noted in an Appendix of Textual Notes explaining, where necessary, just what text is being translated and why. There is also some hope that Tiziano Dorandi will complete his lo ng awaited critical edition of Dio g enes Laertius for the Collection Bud, as this can certainly be expected to be a major contribution to the establishment of the text. It will be very important, furthermore, to provide the translation with a good introdu ction, both to the Lives as a whole and to each individual book, and to follow the translation with the kind of indices, glossaries, and other supporting material required to make it as user friendly as possible. Here the main objective will be to deal bri efly but effectively with the kind of questions anyone reading Diogenes is
Proposal to the 2008 NEH Summer Stipend program Professor John Palmer, Philosophy bound to have, especially those reading him for the first time. For example: What is this book? When was it written? Is it really a history of ancient Greek philosophy? Who was Dio g enes Laertius? What were his purposes and methods in writing the Lives ? Did he have any philosophical agenda of his own? Who are all these other authors Diogenes keeps quoting as sources? How reliable are his reports about the philosophers he discusses? Wh ere should I go to find out more about them? Does the work as a whole have any particular structure? Do the individual books, or even their individual Lives ? What are their internal organizing principles? If I'm interested primarily in a particular thinker school, or topic, where will I find this discussed? If the introductions give the reader an informed view on such basic questions as these, and if the material following the translation provides some more specific types of orientation, then the reader sh ould be able to read Diogenes' Lives more easily and profitably, with genuine understanding. In preparing these introductions and the supporting material, it will of course be crucial to take account of the scholarship of the past few decades both on Dio g e nes Laertius specifically and on ancient philosophical historiography more generally. Given that each of the works ten books raises problems of its own, it is particularly important that each book have its own introduction addressing questions not covere d in the general introduction. Questions, for example, regarding the reliability of Diogenes' information are best answered on an individual basis. In the Life of Pythagoras, for instance, Diogenes employs a particularly good source fo r the doxography in ¤ ¤ 25 33, the report of the Pythagorean hypomnemata in Alexander Polyhistor's Successions of the Philosophers ; for by going back to this 1st c. B.C. source, Diogenes provides a snapshot of Pythagorean teaching free from the influence of subse q uent Neopythag oreanism. Other questions regarding the structure and content of each Book will likewise best be treated in targeted introductions, where directions to other ancient sources as well as key modern scholarship can also be provided. Left for the general intro duction will be discussions of Diogenes' identity, what may be inferred regarding his own agenda and philosophical persuasion, the nature of his work and its relation to the broader tradition of ancient philosophical historiography, his methods of composit ion and the work's broader structure, and its importance and influence. The supplementary material at the back of the volume will include and Appendix of textual Notes, an Index of Philosophers and Topics, an Index and Glossary of Authors Employed by Dioge nes as Sources, with a Concordance of their Fragments keyed to modern editions, and an Index of Other Individuals. Conclusion While Diogenes' Lives is of foremost interest to historians of ancient philosophy, scholars working in other areas, in both phi losophy and classical studies, should also be interested in having a reliable and modern English translation of the work. Since the work has also had an important history of reception, the translation should also be of interest to those specializing in the subsequent history of European thought, particularly during the early modern period. Apart from being an important source for ancient philosophy as well as the major extant example of ancient philosophical historiography, Diogenes' Lives are also fascinat ing and intriguing in their own right and therefore should interest the curious and intelligent general reader. Witness the success of the 1999 re edition of the French translation as well as the num e rous reprintings and re editions of Marcello Gigante's I talian translation (Bari 1962 1 1972 2 1983 3 1987 4 r epr. Milan 1991, Rome/Bari 1998). It is almost scandalous that English readers are so poorly served by comparison. By providi ng an essential source for both scholars in a range of disciplines and laypersons interested in intellectual history and the history of philosophy in particular, I hope this project will further understanding of origins and early history of both philosophy and philosophical historiography. Perhaps more importantly, I hope it promote appreciation of how philosophy in antiquity was conceived of as inseparable from the life and character of its proponents, for this i s certainly one of the most important things Diogenes hoped to communicate.
Proposal to the 2008 NEH Summer Stipend program Professor John Palmer, Philosophy Project Bibliog r aphy Texts. For the text of Diogenes Laertius, I shall, as indicated, be relying principally upon M. Marcovich's edition in the Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana series (Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1999) and on H. S. Long's edition in the Oxford Classical Text series (Oxford, 1964). An edition of the text of Diogenes by T. Dorandi has long been projected to appear in the comparable French series, the Collection Bud, a nd I sincerely hope that it does appear during the course of my work given certain problems with these two present editions; but my editor, the project reviewers, and I agree that work on the project should not be delayed in the mean t ime. Translations The only English translation of note is that of R. D. Hicks in his Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio g enes Laertius (Cambridge, MA, and London, 1925). There is also the Italian translation by M. Gigante, Diogene Laerzio: Vite dei filosofi (Bari, 1962; augm ented 3rd edition, 1983), and the Frenc h translation by a team of scholars under the direction of M. O. Goulet Caz, Diogne Larce: Vies et doctrines des philosophes illustres (Paris, 1999 2 ), both of which are superior to Hicks English translation. There is also a less worthy German translation b y F. Jrss in Reclam's Universalbibliothek series (Stuttgart, 1998), which does no t surpass O. Apelt's Diogenes Laertius, Leben und Meinungen berhmter Philosophen (Leipzig, 1 9 21). Secondary Works. Here I merely li st a few of the more important works specifically pertaining to Dio g enes Laertius to be consulted in preparation of the general introduction as well as the introductions to each of the ten books. (It will also be necessary to work with relevant editions an d studies of the individual philosophers represented in Diogenes, but I shall not list such works here.) A monograph of fundamental importan c e is Jrgen Mejer's Diogenes Laertius and His Hellenistic Background (Wiesbaden, 1978). Also importa n t is Mejer's Diogenes Laertius and the transmission of Greek philosophy," the first of a series of very useful articles on Diogenes in Aufstieg und Niedergang der Rmischen Welt Band II, 36.5 and 36.6 (Berlin and New York, 1992), with the remaining articles focusing o n individual books wi t h G. Giannantoni on Socrates and the Socratics in Book II; L. Brisson on Plato in Book III; T. Dorandi on the Academics in Book IV; M. G. Sollenberger on Aristotle and the Peripatetics in Book V; M. O. Goulet Caz and again A. Branca cci on the Cynics in Book VI; D. E. Hahm on the Stoics in Book VII; B. Centrone on the Pythagoreans in Book VIII; F. Decleva Caizzi on the 'scattered' philosophers in Book IX; J. Barnes on the Pyrrhonists in Book IX; and M. Gigante on Epicurus and Epicurea nism in Book X. This series of usually lengthy articles will be an extremely useful point of departure for the set of introductions. Among more recent works of some scope ar e : R. Goulet, "Des sages parmi les philosophes: le premier livre des Vies des philo sophes de Diogne Larce," in M. O. Goulet Caz, G. Madec, and D. O'Brien (eds.), Sophis Maitores: hom mage Jean Ppin (Paris, 1992), 167 178; A. Chitwood, The Deaths of the Greek Philosophers d iss. The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, 1993); K. A. Algra, "Gassendi e le texte de Diogne Larce," Elenchos 15 (1994), 79 103; W. R Mann, "The life of Aristippus," Archiv fr Geschichte der Philosophie 78 (1996), 97 119; J. L. Calvo Martnez, "El 'bios' de Digenes el cnico en Digenes Laercio, in J. A Snchez Marn, J. L. Tuero, and C. Lpez Rodrguez (eds.), Historiografa y Biografa : Actas del Coloquio Internacional sobre Historiografa y Niografa (Madrid, 1997), 139 150; J. Bollanse, "Animadversiones in Diogenem Laertium," Rheinisches Museum 14 4 (2001), 64 10 6 ; M. Gigante, "Il bios laerziano di Epimenide," in E. Federico and A. Visconti (eds.), Epimenide cretese (Naples, 2001), 7 24.; and R. Goulet, tudes sur les vies de philosophes dans l'antiquit tardive: Diogne Larce, Porphyre de Tyr, Eun ape de Sardes (Paris: 2001). There are, in addition, notes and articles too numerous to list here on minor issues pertaining to the establishment of the text at particular points, minor h istorical and philsoophical questions, and so on.
Proposal to the 2008 NEH Summer Stipend program Professor John Palmer, Philosophy Sample Translation from Diogenes Laertius's Life Of Pythagoras (Bk. VIII, ¤¤22 5) (22) He is said to have advised his pupils as fol l ows. To say these things whenever one enters the house: "Where did I go wrong? What did I accomplish? What did I not do that I should have?" Not to permit offering sacrificial victims to the gods, but only to do obeisance at an altar unstained with blood. Not to swear by the gods for one should make oneself the kind of person who inspires confidence. To respect those who are older, keeping in mind that what comes first in time is more worthy of respect: as in the cosmos rising precedes setting, and in life the beginning precedes the end, in every living creature birth precedes death. (23) Also, to honor gods before protective deities, heroes be fore humans, and, among humans, to honor parents most of all. To deal with one another so as to turn enemies into friends, and not to make friends into enemies. To consider nothing one's own. To support law and to combat lawlessness. Neither to kill nor to injure a cultivated tree or even an a n imal that does no harm to humans. That modesty and prudence involve neither to giving way to laughter nor wearing a long face. To avoid too much meat. To vary one's pace on a journey. To train the memory. Neither to s ay nor to do anything in anger (24) To respect all divination. To employ hymns and songs on the lyre to show appropriate gratitude to gods and good men. To abstain from beans because their tendency to cause wind means they share especially in the vital fo rce; and, besides, not eating them tends to make the digestive tract more ord erly. For this reason, abstention also produces gentle and unagitated dreams. In The Successions of the Philosophers Alexander says that he found these points too in Pythagorean hypomnemata 1 (25) The monad is the source of all things. From the monad comes the indefinite dyad as matter for the monad, which is itself the causal principle. From the monad and the indefinite dyad come the numbers. From the numbers come points; from t hese come the lines, from which the plane figures come; and from the plane come the solid figures. From these come the perceptible bodies, of which there are four elements fire, water, earth, and air that intera ct and are entirely transformed. From these t here comes to be a cosmos that is animate, intelligent, and spherical. It embraces the earth at its center, whi c h is itself spherical and inhabited all around. There are indeed people on the other side, and what is down for us is up for them. (26) There a re equal portions of light and dark in the cosmos, and of heat and cold, and dry and wet. Summer occurs when heat predominates, and winter when cold. _____________________________________ 1 Although the t erm hypomnemata is variously translated in this context as "memoirs" or "commentaries," just what these works were remains unclear. See above, xx, for further discussion of the Pythagorean doxography that here follows. TEXTUAL NOTES {in appendix} ¤22: "To respect" Whi le the manuscripts are divided be t ween 0,1) and 0,1) '2) the former preserves the proper parallelism with ('' ))-, 32!4 at the beginning of the previous sentence, while '2) seems to have entered the text under the influence of 5#62) ... '2) ¤23: In the first sentence of this section, M. follows Cobet in adding '-7!)-4 '¢ 8%9:) from the parallel passage at Iambl. VP 37, but this extra clause appears in none of the Laertian manuscripts. "That modesty and prudence involve" is an attempt to transla te the manuscr i pts' -;' 6- 2<&=2,-) 2)-, The awkwardness of the construction has led to suspicions of corruption, but none of the proposed corrections -;'! 6- 2<-=2,> #+)2)-, (Menagius), 202)-, (Reiske), ¤)2), (M.) makes things much better. ¤2 4: "To abstain" The manuscripts variously give 5$¡?2#3-, 5$(@%2+2) 5$¡?2#3-, and 5$(@%2+2) ¦?2#3-, The first of these variants, also given in the Suda is accepted by L. and has been adopted here. M. prints 5$(@%2+2 @22#3-, this being his own conj ecture.


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