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Christopher Eisgruber lends his dual perspectives as Princeton's provost and a legal scholar to the discussion of universities' role in society in the freshmen seminar "In the Service of All Nations? Elite Universities, Public Policy and the Common Good."
Photos: Brian Wilson
Freshmen form bonds in seminars
Princeton's first-year students are learning about relationships and building their own through the Freshman Seminar Program.
Among the topics they are covering this fall are the links between the body and the brain, the influence of a global upbringing on issues of identity, the negotiation of differences within political movements and the ties between universities and the common good. They also are forging bonds with their classmates in an academic experience that students typically consider one of their best at Princeton.
Freshman seminars stress close interaction with faculty members in small-group settings, with an emphasis on inquiry that will set the course for the students' years at Princeton. Some 450 students are enrolled in 36 seminars this fall; another 41 seminars will be offered in the spring.
Each seminar is hosted by a residential college. Class discussions often continue in informal settings both on and off campus, through meals, guest lectures, field trips and other activities.
The Nov. 3 issue of the Princeton Weekly Bulletin includes stories on four of this fall's freshman seminars.
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Weighing universities' role in the 'common good'
Posted November 17, 2008; 03:02 p.m.
From the Nov. 3, 2008, Princeton Weekly Bulletin
A year ago, Princeton's current freshmen were entrenched in the college application process, seeking the best fit for their own aspirations. This semester, 15 of those students are continuing to scrutinize colleges and universities in a new freshman seminar that focuses on higher education's broader value to society.
"In the Service of All Nations? Elite Universities, Public Policy and the Common Good," led by Provost Christopher Eisgruber, covers the many benefits that colleges and universities offer in providing young people with a gateway to a successful future, producing critical scientific discoveries, addressing pressing social problems and promoting civic engagement.
In a recent session, the students debated the ethics of admission preferences for particular groups based on their reading of works by journalist Daniel Golden, public policy scholar David Kirp and economist Ronald Ehrenberg.
The course weighs this societal mission against the criticism that the country's most selective colleges and universities receive on issues such as admission policies, tuition costs and endowment size. In leading the students through public policy controversies related to these and other topics, Eisgruber lends his dual perspectives as the University's second-ranking official and a legal scholar. Class readings include works in law, moral and political theory, history and social science as well as policy briefs and university documents.
"These issues were really important to me during my college search," said freshman Danielle Cohen-Shohet. "I came into the seminar with some prior knowledge as to how certain aspects of admissions were believed to operate. But being in this seminar has put these issues into a different perspective, because I can now discuss them from a different frame of reference -- I am already in college and that stressful application process is over."
Her classmate John Monagle said, "A lot of students in the seminar, myself included, have their own opinions about the college process and preconceived beliefs about how universities run. ... We have international perspectives and perspectives from students from all different areas across the United States, and I think that's been really helpful."
In a recent session, the students debated the ethics of admission preferences for particular groups -- such as athletes, students of color, or children of alumni, faculty or potentially significant donors -- based on their reading of works by journalist Daniel Golden, public policy scholar David Kirp and economist Ronald Ehrenberg.
The topic struck a strong chord with the students, some of whom expressed discomfort about admission preferences while others defended the practice if admission officers are choosing from among equally qualified candidates to advance certain goals, such as promoting diversity.
"The discussions are incredibly thought-provoking. And I think it is the fact that these issues are particularly sensitive ones that make for a great discussion," said Cohen-Shohet. "I find that the success of this seminar's discussion depends on the students' willingness to step out of their comfort zone and voice their opinions while being open to those of others. And my fellow classmates are all contributing in this sense."
Class assignments include an exercise in which students are to imagine that Princeton has added $25 million to its annual operating budget and decide how the money should be allocated. The students will present their reports to members of the University administration and Board of Trustees. University officials also will visit class sessions later in the semester, including President Shirley M. Tilghman, who will discuss the Princeton student experience.
Eisgruber said teaching the freshman seminar gives him a chance to step back and think deeply about ethical and public policy issues. "… for the students -- as well as for me -- this is an opportunity to examine their own ethical responsibilities and to think about how to make the best of their education at the moment they begin their journey through Princeton," he said.
"For me, this seminar is an expression of the Socratic idea that 'the unexamined life is not worth living,'" said Eisgruber, who has been Princeton's provost since 2004 and also is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values. "In my day job, I am immersed in ethical and public policy issues about the responsibilities of an elite university, but I rarely have the opportunity to step back from those issues and consider them from a philosophical and theoretical standpoint. Working these issues through with the students gives me a chance to do that.
"I had two reasons for wanting to do this course with freshmen," he said. "The first is that Princeton freshmen are always very engaged; freshman seminars are a lot of fun to teach. The second is that for the students -- as well as for me -- this is an opportunity to examine their own ethical responsibilities and to think about how to make the best of their education at the moment they begin their journey through Princeton."


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WWS students, alumni of color to gather, Nov. 13-14
Posted November 3, 2004; 05:57 p.m.
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will host its annual Students and Alumni of Color Symposium Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13-14. The theme of this year's event will be "Rising Through Education: Forging Paths to Leadership, Scholarship and Community Engagement."
The symposium presents an opportunity for graduate students and alumni of the school to convene and discuss relevant issues and challenges in education, professional development and public policy. Sessions will run from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Robertson Hall.
More information is available online .
Contact: Tom Bartus (609) 258-3601

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Ha ha ha, all of them. I found Low-Light and Skydive at TRU, and got Destro and Duke from that wave at HTS. No Shadow Tracker or anything since.
The Ross here had two Deviant suits and the Joe version. I decided to hold off a day, and, rather unexpectedly, all three were gone. Oddly, though, I could army-build the Lava Pod.
BTW, if JT is reading this, it's not Deep Six with the Polar SHARC (though it does look like the character as he appeared out-of-armor in the Marvel run).


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Q: Congratulations on your sweet baby Carter! What is your favorite part about being a mother?
A: There are so many favorite parts about being a mom, but it's been really fun to watch him grow, change, learn and develop a personality. Every week it is something new - In fact just this week he has learned to give kisses. It's so cute, if you don't mind being slobbered on!
Q: What is the biggest surprise from Carter thus far?
A: Probably how much fun he is. I think I expected having a baby to bring so much work, but instead I mostly think about how much joy he brings into our lives.
Q: Do you see any baby collections in your future?
A: Funny you should ask - I'm doing a little boys line right now called "Here Fishy, Fishy". It comes out next summer!
Q: How has the design process changed since adding a little one to your family?
A: It's really hard to get time to focus on creative thinking without being interrupted. I realize now how much thinking time I used to have each day! I am going to have to learn to really focus during nap time, so I can get my designing done!
Q: Where did you find your original inspiration for this collection?
A: I like to make fabric lines that go with the decorating scheme in my house. The colors and prints from this line were inspired by my need for some summer quilts in my living room.
Q: What is your favorite print in the collection?
A: That's hard to say. If I have to pick, I will choose the large grey floral.
Q: Tell me about your sewing machines. What kinds do you have and how many.
A: I have three machines - My Bernina 1230, which I use for appliqué and projects which require a lot of accuracy. My Pfaff GrandQuilter, which I use for speed sewing. Lastly, my APQS Millennium, which I use to machine quilt all of my quilts.
Q: What is your favorite part of the fabric industry?
A: Probably the wonderful variety of fabrics that we have access to now. I just love fabric, with all their beautiful colors and designs. I never get tired of looking at pretty fabrics and trying to come up with a pattern to show them off.
Q: From what aspect of your life do you draw creativity?
A: Mostly from just observing the world around me. So often, I look around me and see quilt patterns or ideas for fabric designs. Just go to Spain or Italy, there are quilt designs all over! Some beautiful sidewalk designs in Spain inspired my "Spanish Tiles" quilt pattern.


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Me, Glen and Kyle trained yesterday with Mr. Jerry at the Day/Didier Farm.
We ran 2 land set ups and 2 blinds. On our 2nd land, we shot a long flyer first
then a short check down that was retired after we pitched one off to the side.
It was supposed to be cloudy and cold but the Sun came out and 57 degrees.
Also, ponds are all full except the big one at Didier's.
We are back at it today as the rain has passed during the night.
Hey west coasters, are ya'll cranked up at Niland, hows the weather?
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Hi guys,
Currently I am working on PCG system to generate dynamic quests. Till now I have found some papers and articles that talk about the subject. The most important in my opinion is Ian Parberry's and Jonathon Doran's paper "A Prototype Quest Generator Based on a Structural Analysis of Quests from Four MMORPGs" (here: http://larc.unt.edu/ian/pubs/pcg2011.pdf). It mainly analyses about the structure shared in most MMORPGs and uses that analysis to create a prototype quest generator. I have made an initial implementation of the ideas included in the paper.
But the problem with most (if not all) of the results I found so far is that they didn't manage to provide a good solution to the narrative and plot part of the quests generated. I mean, you can generate random quests with whatever length and complexity of actions you like. BUT making some kind of logical sequencing or consistency between the quests is not that good.
Unfortunately the idea of procedurally generated quests is not that clear or polished in my mind yet. So I hope through this thread to start a discussion about the latest trends in random/psuedorandom generation of quests.
Any contributions such as research papers, articles, tools or engines that help in defining the idea of generating good-quality quests will be very helpful.


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2010 Fight of the Year: Part 7
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Our fight of the year march through the Grand Prix continues today with a pair of bouts from the Heavyweight GP. Up first...
Gokhan Saki v. Daniel Ghita (K-1 Grand Prix Finals, December 11)
Heading into the GP finals, this was the fight many were most looking forward to. Post event, it kind of got lost in the hype of a certain other fight that we'll discuss later today, which is a shame as this is a great fight. What you have here are two of K-1's new guard competing in one of the year's finest technical battles. In particular, the kicks thrown by both are simply phenomenal - this whole thing could be an instructional video on how to throw kicks effectively in kickboxing. Ghita and Saki mix it up, attacking the legs, the body, the head, and they do it all with accuracy, set-ups, and beautiful timing. There's so much skill on display here that you can watch this fight again and again and pick up more.
Rewatching it now, I am reminded of Ernesto Hoost v. Peter Aerts from the 1993 Grand Prix - two young fighters with the future standing ahead of them ready to take the next big leap forward. I suspect this fight will age well with time, and will go down as a classic early encounter between two men who will be major players for some years to come. Be happy to be here when they first met.
Previously featured:
Tyrone Spong v. Jerome Le Banner
Bovy Sor. Udomson v. Takaaki Umeno
Yuya Yamamoto v. Scott Shaffer
Peter Aerts v. Ewerton Teixeira
Mike Zambidis v. Chahid Oulad El Hadj
There will be 10 fights total posted. Fights 7 & 8 on Tuesday, and 9 & 10 conclude on Wednesday. Fights are featured in chronological order moving through the year. Voting will be open Wednesday night to determine the winner.


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— Photo by Lillian Simmons/Special to The Telegram
Brent Beshara's spiritual take on empowering your life sounds downright practical. It involves preparation, strategy and the ability to see opportunity. "It's simple, it's easy," he says. "If you take the time to do the work, you will get the results. Life should be simple. And it is. But it feels and sounds like it was written by lawyers. It's complicated because that's what we've been taught. It's what we've been shown."
A voracious reader, a philosopher, spiritualist, speaker and knife-maker, Beshara is a former bomb disposal expert with Canada's military.
In September, he lost his son Carl in a tragic accident.
But Beshara has taken his life experiences and explorations and intertwined them into an intriguing public presentation that he hopes will help others shift their perspective and empower their lives.
The Saskatchewan native, now living in Holyrood, joined the military in 1983 at the age of 19, spending his first six years in the infantry and his last 18 as a Navy bomb disposal diver. He also cleared land ordnance and improvised explosive devices in Canada and overseas.
Beshara seems to have been born with a love of public speaking, practising in front of a mirror when he was a child. But his first real foray into that world came in the military.
"It's de facto you have to be an instructor to achieve any form of military rank. Everyone has to speak," he said.
While he was in the military he gave a number of talks about his career to high school students. Since then he has shared his Steps to Awareness and Personal Empowerment at retreats, workshops, the Positive Thinkers Club and Toast Masters.
In retrospect, he can pretty much draw a map outlining the path that brought him to the podium.
The path
Beshara retired from the military in October 2007. Aware he'd need something to fill the void, he'd come up with a plan some 15 years previous. It didn't matter what the job was, as long as it fit his criteria: something creative that used his hands, was Internet-based and involved travel.
Several years later he was in Toronto working with a SWAT team and noticed a team member's knife. Curious, he asked about it and was advised to give the knife's maker a call.
"So I did. That was in 2000. He taught me how to make knives. The following year I invented the world's strongest knife tip (BESH Knives). But if I wasn't open to listening to that SWAT team member's advice, it wouldn't have happened."
He's read hundreds of books from the world's greatest minds, from poets and prophets to performers and physicists.
"We're seeing the amalgamation of the sciences and the arts, and it's truly beautiful, because that's where some of our greatest advancements in technology are coming from, these creative energies," he said.
"So what I'm drawn to is the exploration of human consciousness, art."
He's spent much time researching the common wisdom of innovative people throughout history, verifying it, applying it to himself and then rendering it down to its simplest form and into a presentation.
"Our thoughts lead to our feelings, our feelings lead to our actions and our actions lead to our results. That's the science of it, the simplicity of it. It's not smoke and mirrors, it's not hocus-pocus. We keep ourselves in check with guilt and worry, but we don't have to anymore. That's an old mindset. It no longer serves us.
"Your feelings and instincts and intuition allow you to receive information and transmit your intentions out to the universe. You're continuously painting your reality as you move along, through your perspective. So, you can look out and say, wow what a beautiful scene. But another person might say, oh, it's overcast man, or it's too cold. That's just a chosen perspective. And that's the simplicity of it. It's how we decide to choose to view the world."
The order of things
Beshara believes banking systems and political systems are failing because they have reached the limit of their capacity to serve.
"These are good things. We have to evolve," he says.
But despite how chaotic things look, he says, we live in an orderly world that runs on immutable laws.
"If the toilet bowl water spins a certain way, it's the same force that's making the galaxy spin. At the micro and the macro level, the conditions are always the same. It's only when you get to the subatomic world of the quantum that things begin to become more soupy and slag around. But for us in this material frequency, things have an order," he says, patting the coffee table in front of him.
"It's the frequency of this table that says: I am wood. When you taste something like this coffee, it's still electromagnetic information being deciphered by your brain. So the object that you're viewing, as you see me now, isn't me. What you're seeing is an image that's been reprocessed in your mind."
Anything that's not happening in this very moment is imagined, Beshara said.
"If you think of what you had for breakfast, it's a thought, it's an image in your mind. It means you made it up, right?" he says.
"Because what you're seeing in your mind isn't what you had for breakfast, it's an image."
The same applies with images of the future.
"You imagine it, which means you can change it. Any angst or dis-ease that you are feeling is created from imagination, from your thoughts. So, if you're receiving any stress, any anxiety, doubts and worries, you're holding onto images that you're deciding to empower, to energize, which will create a feeling.
"It does take work to shed your old paradigms, your old way of thinking. But you can get rid of anxiety, fears, doubts and worries, which are only images, by changing perspective. And it only takes a moment. That's the power that you have."
Peace of mind
Beshara's son died on Sept. 1. There is no more tragic way to test a person's faith, he says.
"It's your deepest fear."
Speaking about that experience has been therapeutic, and he has learned that the pain comes from thoughts of what he and his son would do together in the future.
"What I've learned to do is to appreciate and love the things we were going to do. Then the only way I can look at his passing is firstly as a gift. It can only be a gift because what my son has provided me in his passing is the gift of understanding."
Beshara says he finds peace in the knowledge that he has the ability to choose his response.
"That's just for me, personally. The other gift is that due to the nature of his injury he was able to contribute all six of his organs for donation. Within 48 hours there were six people that had the gift of life, there was someone with a heart, kidneys and other organs that had the gift of life, which is so beautiful. Also, up to seven people will regain eyesight through his two eyes. … So many gifts.
"Would I change it? Absolutely. … But because I can't, then the only thing I can go forward with is the perspective that I choose to have: love. Throughout all this, that's what I've really relied on, the love of my family, my friends, the love of strangers.
"He is truly one of the most amazing men I've met, who saw the good in all," he said of his son.
"That privilege to share 30 years with that amazing human being … and he called me Dad. Some people don't get 30 years. Some people don't get that at all and yet that love is still there.
"So for me, I can only view that time that we shared together as a complete gift."


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THE boy Waldo kissed the pages of his book and looked up. Far over the flat lay the "kopje," a mere speck; the sheep wandered quietly from bush to bush; the stillness of the early Sunday rested everywhere, and the air was fresh.
He looked down at his book. On its page a black insect crept. He lifted it off with his finger. Then he leaned on his elbow, watching its quivering antennæ and strange movements, smiling.
"Even you," he whispered, "shall not die. Even you He loves. Even you He will enfold page: 81 in His arms when He takes everything and makes it perfect and happy."
When the thing had gone he smoothed the leaves of his Bible somewhat caressingly. The leaves of that book had dropped blood for him once; they had taken the brightness out of his childhood; from between them had sprung the visions that had clung about him and made night horrible. Adder-like thoughts had lifted their heads, had shot out forked tongues at him, asking mockingly strange, trivial questions that he could not answer, miserable child:—
Why did the women in Mark see only one angel and the women in Luke two? Could a story be told in opposite ways and both ways be true? Could it? could it? Then again: Is there nothing always right, and nothing always wrong? Could Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite "put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer?" and could the Spirit of the Lord chant pæans over her, loud pæans, high pæans, set in the page: 82 book of the Lord, and no voice cry out it was a mean and dastardly sin to lie, and kill the trusting in their sleep? Could the friend of God marry his own sister, and be beloved, and the man who does it to-day goes to hell, to hell? Was there nothing always right or always wrong?
Those leaves had dropped blood for him once: they had made his heart heavy and cold; they had robbed his childhood of its gladness; now his fingers moved over them caressingly.
"My father God knows, my father knows," he said; "we cannot understand; He knows." After a while he whispered—"I heard your voice this morning when my eyes were not yet open, I felt you near me, my Father. Why do you love me so? How is it in the last four months all those old questions have gone from me? I know you are good; I know you love everything; I know it is all right; I feel it. I could not have borne it any more, not any more. I was almost mad. And all the while page: 83 I was so miserable you were looking at me and loving me, and I never knew it. But I know it now. I feel it," said the boy, and he laughed low; "I feel it!" he laughed.
After a while he began partly to sing, partly to chant the disconnected verses of hymns, those which spoke his gladness, many times over, and loudly and always louder. The sheep with their senseless eyes turned to look at him as he sang.
At last he lapsed into quiet. Then as the boy lay there, staring at bush and sand, he saw a vision.
He had crossed the river of Death, and walked on the other bank in the Lord's land of Beulah. His feet sank into the dark grass, and he walked alone. Then, far over the fields, he saw a figure coming across the dark green grass. At first he thought it must be one of the angels; but as it came nearer he began to feel what it was. And it came closer, closer page: 84 to him, and then the voice said, "Come," and he knew surely Who it was. He ran to the dear feet and touched them with his hands; yes, he held them fast! He lay down beside them. When he looked up the face was over him, and the glorious eyes were loving him; and they two were there alone together.
He laughed a deep laugh; then started up like one suddenly awakened from sleep.
"Oh, God!" he cried, "I cannot wait; I cannot wait! I want to die; I want to see Him; I want to touch him. Let me die!" He folded his hands, trembling. "How can I wait so long—for long, long years perhaps? I want to die—to see Him. I will die any death. Oh, let me come!"
Weeping he bowed himself, and quivered from head to foot. After a long while he lifted his head.
"Yes; I will wait; I will wait. But not long; do not let it be very long, Jesus. I want you; page: 85 oh, I want you—soon, soon!" He sat still, staring across the plain with his tearful eyes.
IN the front room of the farmhouse sat Tant' Sannie in her elbow-chair. In her hand was her great brass-clasped hymn-book, round her neck was a clean white handkerchief, under her feet was a wooden stove. There too sat Em and Lyndall, in clean pinafores and new shoes. There too was the spruce Hottentot in a starched white "cappje," and her husband on the other side of the door, with his wool oiled and very much combed out, and staring at his new leather boots. The Kaffir servants were not there because Tant' Sannie held they were descended from apes, and needed no salvation. But the rest were gathered for the Sunday service, and waited the officiator.page: 86
Meanwhile Bonaparte and the German approached arm in arm—Bonaparte resplendent in the black cloth clothes, a spotless shirt, and a spotless collar; the German in the old salt-and-pepper, casting shy glances of admiration at his companion.
At the front door Bonaparte removed his hat with much dignity, raised his shirt collar, and entered. To the centre table he walked, put his hat solemnly down by the big Bible, and bowed his head over it in silent prayer.
The Boer-woman looked at the Hottentot, and the Hottentot looked at the Boer-woman.
There was one thing on earth for which Tant' Sannie had a profound reverence, which exercised a subduing influence over her, which made her for the time a better woman—that thing was new, shining black cloth. It made her think of the "predikant;" it made her think of the elders who sat in the top pew of the church on Sundays, with the hair so nicely oiled, so holy page: 87 and respectable, with their little swallow-tailed coats; it made her think of heaven, where everything was so holy and respectable, and nobody wore tan-cord, and the littlest angel had a black tail-coat. She wished she hadn't called him a thief and a Roman Catholic. She hoped the German hadn't told him. She wondered where those clothes were when he came in rags to her door. There was no doubt, he was a very respectable man, a gentleman.
The German began to read a hymn. At the end of each line Bonaparte groaned, and twice at the end of every verse.
The Boer-woman had often heard of persons groaning during prayers, to add a certain poignancy and finish to them; she would have looked upon it as no especial sign of grace in any one; but to groan at hymn-time! She was startled. She wondered if he remembered that she shook her fist in his face. This was a man of God. They knelt down to pray. The Boer-woman page: 88 weighed two hundred and fifty pounds, and could not kneel. She sat in her chair, and peeped between her crossed fingers at the stranger's back. She could not understand what he said; but he was in earnest. He shook the chair by the back rail till it made quite a little dust on the mud floor.
When they rose from their knees Bonaparte solemnly seated himself in the chair and opened the Bible. He blew his nose, pulled up his shirt collar, smoothed the leaves, stroked down his capacious waistcoat, blew his nose again, looked solemnly round the room, then began,—
"All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
Having read this portion of Scripture, Bonaparte paused impressively, and looked all round the room.
"I shall not, my dear friends," he said, "long detain you. Much of our precious time has page: 89 already fled blissfully from us in the voice of thanksgiving and the tongue of praise. A few, a very few words are all I shall address to you, and may they be as a rod of iron dividing the bones from the marrow, and the marrow from the bones.
"In the first place: What is a liar?"
The question was put so pointedly, and followed by a pause so profound, that even the Hottentot man left off looking at his boots and opened his eyes, though he understood not a word.
"I repeat," said Bonaparte, "what is a liar?"
The sensation was intense; the attention of the audience was riveted.
"Have you any of you ever seen a liar, my dear friends?" There was a still longer pause. "I hope not; I truly hope not. But I will tell you what a liar is. I knew a liar once—a little boy who lived in Cape Town, in Short Market page: 90 Street. His mother and I sat together one day, discoursing about our souls.
"'Here, Sampson,' said his mother, 'go and buy sixpence of "meiboss" from the Malay round the corner.'
"When he came back she said: 'How much have you got?'
"'Five,' he said.
"He was afraid if he said six and a half she'd ask for some. And, my friends, that was a lie. The half of a 'meiboss' stuck in his throat and he died and was buried. And where did the soul of that little liar go to, my friends? It went to the lake of fire and brimstone. This brings me to the second point of my discourse.
"What is a lake of fire and brimstone? I will tell you, my friends," said Bonaparte condescendingly. "The imagination unaided cannot conceive it: but by the help of the Lord I will put it before your mind's eye.
"I was travelling in Italy once on a time; page: 91 I came to a city called Rome, a vast city, and near it is a mountain which spits forth fire. Its name is Etna. Now, there was a man in that city of Rome who had not the fear of God before his eyes, and he loved a woman. The woman died, and he walked up that mountain spitting fire, and when he got to the top, he threw himself in at the hole that is there. The next day I went up. I was not afraid; the Lord preserves His servants. And in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest at any time thou fall into a volcano. It was dark night when I got there, but in the fear of the Lord I walked to the edge of the yawning abyss, and looked in. That sight—that sight, my friends, is impressed upon my most indelible memory. I looked down into the lurid depths upon an incandescent lake, a melted fire, a seething sea; the billows rolled from side to side, and on their fiery crests tossed the white skeleton of the suicide. The heat had burnt the flesh from off page: 92 the bones; they lay as a light cork upon the melted, fiery waves. One skeleton hand was raised upward, the finger pointing to heaven; the other, with outstretched finger, pointing downward, as though it would say, 'I go below, but you, Bonaparte, may soar above.' I gazed; I stood entranced. At that instant there was a crack in the lurid lake; it swelled, expanded, and the skeleton of the suicide disappeared, to be seen no more by mortal eye."
Here again Bonaparte rested, and then continued—
"The lake of melted stone rose in the crater, it swelled higher and higher at the side, it streamed forth at the top. I had presence of mind; near me was a rock; I stood upon it. The fiery torrent was vomited out and streamed on either side of me. And through that long and terrible night I stood there alone upon that rock, the glowing, fiery lava on every hand—a monument of the long-suffering and tender providence of page: 93 the Lord, who spared me that I might this day testify in your ears of Him.
"Now, my dear friends, let us deduce the lessons that are to be learnt from this narrative.
"Firstly: let us never commit suicide. The man is a fool, my friends, that man is insane, my friends, who would leave this earth, my friends. Here are joys innumerable, such as it hath not entered into the heart of man to understand, my friends. Here are clothes, my friends; here are beds, my friends; here is delicious food, my friends. Our precious bodies were given us to love, to cherish. Oh, let us do so! Oh, let us never hurt them; but care for and love them, my friends!"
Every one was impressed, and Bonaparte proceeded.
"Thirdly; let us not love too much. If that young man had not loved that young woman, he would not have jumped into Mount Etna. The good men of old never did so. Was Jeremiah page: 94 ever in love, or Ezekiel, or Hosea, or even any of the minor prophets? No. Then why should we be? Thousands are rolling in that lake at this moment who would say, 'It was love that brought us here.' Oh, let us think always of our own souls first.
- "'A charge to keep I have,
- A God to glorify;
- A never-dying soul to save,
- And fit it for the sky.'
"Oh, beloved friends, remember the little boy and the 'meiboss'; remember the young girl and the young man; remember the lake, the fire, and the brimstone; remember the suicide's skeleton on the pitchy billows of Mount Etna; remember the voice of warning that has this day sounded in your ears; and what I say to you I say to all—watch! May the Lord add his blessings!"
Here the Bible closed with a tremendous thud. Tant' Sannie loosened the white handkerchief page: 95 about her neck and wiped her eyes, and the coloured girl, seeing her do so, sniffled. The did not understand the discourse, which made it the more affecting. There hung over it that inscrutable charm which hovers forever for the human intellect, over the incomprehensible and shadowy. When the last hymn was sung the German conducted the officiator to Tant' Sannie, who graciously extended her hand, and offered coffee and a seat on the sofa. Leaving him there, the German hurried away to see how the little plum-pudding he had left at home was advancing; and Tant' Sannie remarked that it was a hot day. Bonaparte gathered her meaning as she fanned herself with the end of her apron. He bowed low in acquiescence. A long silence followed. Tant' Sannie spoke again. Bonaparte gave her no ear; his eye was fixed on a small miniature on the opposite wall, which represented Tant' Sannie as she had appeared on the day before her confirmation, page: 96 fifteen years before, attired in green muslin. Suddenly he started to his feet, walked up to the picture, and took his stand before it. Long and wistfully he gazed into its features; it was easy to see that he was deeply moved. With a sudden movement, as though no longer able to restrain himself, he seized the picture, loosened it from its nail, and held it close to his eyes. At length, turning to the Boer-woman, he said, in a voice of deep emotion,—
"You will, I trust, dear madam, excuse this exhibition of my feelings; but this—this little picture recalls to me my first and best beloved, my dear departed wife, who is now a saint in heaven."
Tant' Sannie could not understand; but the Hottentot maid, who had taken her seat on the floor beside her mistress, translated the English into Dutch as far as she was able.
"Ah, my first, my beloved!" he added, looking tenderly down at the picture. "Oh, page: 97 the beloved, the beautiful lineaments! My angel wife! This is surely a sister of yours, madame?" he added, fixing his eyes on Tant' Sannie.
The Dutchwoman blushed, shook her head, and pointed to herself.
Carefully, intently, Bonaparte looked from the picture in his hand to Tant' Sannie's features, and from the features back to the picture. Then slowly a light broke over his countenance, he looked up, it became a smile; he looked back at the miniature, his whole countenance was effulgent.
"Ah, yes; I see it now," he cried, turning his delighted gaze on the Boer-woman; "eyes, mouth, nose, chin, the very expression!" he cried. "How is it possible I did not notice it before?"
"Take another cup of coffee," said Tant' Sannie. "Put some sugar in."
Bonaparte hung the picture tenderly up, and page: 98 was turning to take the cup from her hand, when the German appeared, to say that the pudding was ready and the meat on the table.
"He's a God-fearing man, and one who knows how to behave himself," said the Boer-woman as he went out at the door. "If he's ugly, did not the Lord make him? And are we to laugh at the Lord's handiwork? It is better to be ugly and good than pretty and bad; though of course it's nice when one is both," said Tant' Sannie, looking complacently at the picture on the wall.
In the afternoon the German and Bonaparte sat before the door of the cabin. Both smoked in complete silence—Bonaparte with a book in his hands and his eyes half closed; the German puffing vigorously, and glancing up now and again at the serene blue sky overhead.
"Supposing—you—you, in fact, made the page: 99 remark to me," burst forth the German suddenly, "that you were looking for a situation."
Bonaparte opened his mouth wide, and sent a stream of smoke through his lips.
"Now supposing," said the German—"merely supposing, of course—that some one, some one, in fact, should make an offer to you, say, to become schoolmaster on their farm and teach two children, two little girls, perhaps, and would give you forty pounds a-year, would you accept it?—Just supposing, of course."
"Well, my dear friend," said Bonaparte, "that would depend on circumstances. Money is no consideration with me. For my wife I have made provision for the next year. My health is broken. Could I meet a place where a gentleman would be treated as a gentleman I would accept it, however small the remuneration. With me," said Bonaparte, "money is no consideration."
"Well," said the German, when he had taken page: 100 a whiff or two more from his pipe, "I think I shall go up and see Tant' Sannie a little. I go up often on Sunday afternoon to have a general conversation, to see her, you know. Nothing—nothing particular, you know."
The old man put his book into his pocket, and walked up to the farmhouse with a peculiarly knowing and delighted expression of countenance.
"He doesn't suspect what I'm going to do," soliloquized the German; "hasn't the least idea. A nice surprise for him."
The man whom he had left at his doorway winked at the retreating figure with a wink that was quite indescribable.


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Nov. 1, the easy-listening radio station started playing Christmas music. It's the earliest that I can remember.
I've been aiming to post this for a while: the local radio station that plays all Christmas music started on Oct. 30. It was billed as no trick, but a treat for you.
So that makes 57 days of Christmas music.
Today's been the appropriate day for it, though. There's three inches of snow on the ground.
The two local soft rock stations both reversed a trend of playing Christmas music earlier and earlier this year.
Both started on November 1st of last year switching to all Christmas. This year, the edgier of the 2 stations didn't switch over until this past weekend. The other one is still playing its normal format and will switch on Thanksgiving.
And there is 6 feet of snow on the ground in those areas.
"The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see, the future is. But this I am sure of - do their duty the Jedi will." --Yoda from Attack of the Clones.
I've said it before and I'll say it again Mistress For Christmas by AC/DC and Christmas With The Devil ~ Spinal Tap.
I ordered three of Ray Conniff and the Ray Conniff Singers' Christmas CDs. These albums came out in the 50s and 60s, and growing up in the 70s and 80s I have memories of listening to them at Grandma's house. Brings back good memories.
I guess I never went down the digital dial a couple stations to the "Holidays and Happenings" channel. They've got some great variety of Christmas songs: first time I listened to it, the first 4 songs were versions I'd never heard before.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Going to work Tuesday morning, heard a Christmas comedy song: I farted on Santa's lap. Funniest thing I'd heard in a long time. About a little boy who held it in as long as he could.
I was shocked to learn that my one stepson hadn't heard of Seymour Swine's Blue Christmas! I fixed that.


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When does World Diabetes Day take place?
World Diabetes Day takes place on 14 November every year and is an official United Nations World Day. The date was chosen because it marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin. While many events take place on or around the day itself, a themed campaign runs throughout the year.
How did it all begin?
World Diabetes Day was introduced by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991, in response to concern over the escalating incidence of diabetes around the world. Since then, the event has grown in popularity every year.
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World Diabetes Day is now an official United Nations World Day. On 20 December 2006, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 61/225, which designated the existing World Diabetes Day as an official world day beginning in 2007. This landmark resolution also recognized diabetes as "a chronic, debilitating and costly disease associated with major complications that pose severe risks for families, countries and the entire world."
Where does it take place?
World Diabetes Day is celebrated worldwide. It brings together millions of people in over 160 countries to raise awareness of diabetes, including children and adults affected by diabetes, healthcare professionals, healthcare decision-makers and the media. Numerous local and national events are organized by the member associations of the International Diabetes Federation and by other diabetes representative organizations, healthcare professionals, healthcare authorities, and individuals who want to make a difference. World Diabetes Day unites the global diabetes community to produce a powerful voice for diabetes awareness.
How is the day marked?
IDF member associations and partners develop an extensive range of activities, tailored to a variety of groups. Activities that are organized every year include:
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- Diabetes workshops and exhibitions
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Cary Adams, Chair of the NCD Alliance, today called on the WHO to consider five priorities for the Global NCD Action Plan.
The priorities, fall under the areas of, leadership, resources, synergy, engagement and accountability
Following the successful commitment of WHO Member States to the 2011 UN Political Declaration on NCDs, Adams told the Executive Board that now is the time for Member States to establish "the means and mechanisms required to coordinate global action on NCDs".
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Alternate name: Weeping Spruce
Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Large evergreen coniferous tree. Bark thin, scaly, purple-gray. Crown distinguished by level branches, vertically pendulous branchlets, each forming a 'curtain' of foliage. Foliage develops when the tree is 1.5-2 m. tall; young trees open-crowned with sparse, level branchlets. Shoots orange-brown, Leaves borne singly on the pulvini, needle-like, flattened in cross-section, glossy dark green above, with two bands of white stomata below. Cones longer than most other North American spruces, pendulous, cylindrical, 8-15 cm. long and 2 cm. broad when closed, opening to 3-4 cm. Scales smoothly rounded, thin, flexible 2 cm. long. Immature cones dark purple, maturing red-brown 5-7 months after pollination. Seeds black 3-4 mm. long, with a slender 12-18 mm. long pale brown wing.
Dimensions Height: 20-40 m.
Diameter: up to 1.5 m.
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Range California, Northwest.
Discussion One of the rarest spruces in the continent, endemic to the Klamath Mountains of southwest Oregon and northwest California. DNA analyses has shown that Picea breweriana has a basal position in the Picea clade, suggesting that Picea originated in North America. Grows very slowly, typically less than 20-30 cm/year. Used as ornamental tree in gardens, greatly appreciated for its pendulous foliage.


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