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Monday, February 10, 2014
The Secular Religion of the Left
The left can be summed up as moral materialism. It is a secular religion that claims to add a moral
dimension to materialism. Its obsessions are largely economic, from its early class warfare focus to its modern environmentalism. Even its racial politics code class warfare by skin color.
Kill off religion and what do you have left? The answer can be seen in China. You're left with materialism and family interests.. Cast off the shackles of the family for individualistic consumerism and you're left with nothing except materialism as can be seen in any major Western city.
Modern urban man is much too "smart" for religion. At least his own. He wants to add an ethical dimension to life without having to believe in anything except the sense of fairness that he already has, but which he does not realize is not nearly as valid objectively as it is subjectively in his inner emotional reality.
And that is what the left is. It strips away everything except that egotistical sense that things should be run more fairly with predictably unfair results.
Liberalism, and the milder flavors of the left, provide a permission slip for materialism by elevating it through political activism. This is the philosophical purpose of environmentalism's green label. It tells you that you are a good person for buying something and soothes the moral anxieties of an urban class with no coherent moral system except the need to impose an ethical order on the consumerism that defined their childhood, their adolescence and their adult life.
Those most in need of the moral system of materialism are the descendants of the displaced, whether by immigration to the United States or migration within the United States from rural to urban areas, who have become detached from a large extended family structure that once sustained them.
Their grandparents had already loosened their grip on religion and as the family disintegrated, materialism took its place. Their grandparents worked hard to provide for their children, but the children no longer saw maintaining the family as a moral activity. Sometimes they didn't even bother with a family. They became lonely individuals looking for a collective. A virtual political family.
Liberalism fills the missing space once inhabited by religion and the family. It provides a moral and ethical system as religion did and the accompanying sense of purpose and its state institutions replace and supplant the family. It does both of these things destructively and badly as its institutions forever try to patch social problems created by the disintegration of the family and its ideas provide too few people with a sense of purpose of a meaningful life.
And yet it isn't entirely to blame for this state of affairs. The left has actively tried to destroy the family and religion, but the American liberal was until recently less guilty on both charges. His main crime was collaborating with the left while refusing to acknowledge its destructive aims. The process by which the displacement of liberal ideas and their replacement by the ideas of the far left is nearly complete. The American liberal is now an aging relic. In his place is the resentful radical.
The process that led to this state of affairs isn't the left's fault either. Even if it's not for lack of trying. In some ways the left isn't the problem, it's a symptom of the problem. Its ability to fundamentally transform people is limited. The transformation that has occurred is because of the choices that people have been led into making trading religion and family for a dead end materialism. Those choices evolved organically from the natural direction of society and technology.
And into that empty space, the left came. It dominates because there is nothing else to fill that space. It can only be truly resisted by cultural groups that have maintained hold of family and religion. Without that sense of purpose, there is only the endless baffled retreat of the Republican Party.
Ennobling consumerism is a difficult task. The left doesn't come anywhere close to succeeding at it. Instead it makes it more expensive and raises the entry barriers for everything by working to eliminate cheap food, cheap household goods and cheap everything. It's a class issue.
Why does the left really hate Walmart? It doesn't really have a lot to do with unions and has a lot to do with class. Walmart's crime is industrial. It's the crime of the factory and the supermarket and every means of mass production and consumption. It makes cheap products too readily available to the masses. Liberals like to believe that they oppose consumerism, but what they really want to do is raise the entry levels to the lifestyle. Liberal consumerism is all about upselling ethics.
When tangible goods become too easy to produce, you add value through intangibles. The fair trade food tastes the same as non-fair trade food. Organic, a category with a debatable meaning, doesn't really provide that much more value. And environmental labels are worth very little. And yet the average product at Whole Foods is covered in so many "ethical liberal" labels that it's hard to figure out what it even is.
Intangible value is all about class. And class is all about creating barriers to entry.
Liberalism has become a revolt against the middle class that its grandparents struggled to reach, a rejection of their "materialism" while substituting the "ethical materialism" of liberalism in its place that envisions a much smaller upper and middle class that derives its wealth and power not from hard work in the private sector, but highly profitable social justice volunteerism in the public sector.
An American Dream of universal prosperity has been pitted against the left's dream of a benevolent feudal system in which the few will be very well paid to oversee the income equality of the many.
The left's private argument against the American Dream is that it's little more than Walmart. And to some degree they're right. Easy availability of the necessities of life does not lead to a meaningful life. But the easy contempt that the left has for it shows its basic inability to understand how important these things are and how hard they were to come by for most of human history.
Salt was once a precious commodity. Today it sells for pennies a pound. The ability to light the darkness meant the difference between studying at night and living in ignorance. Today a light bulb goes for a quarter. At least it did until the left banned them. And electricity, the left also keeps raising the price of that. Few of the post-apocalyptic fantasies spilling out of Hollywood really describe what would happen if the people manufacturing them were thrown back before the industrial revolution..
Progress has made a good life materially possible, but it has also displaced and damaged the social mechanisms that make a good life socially possible. We have easy access to technology and streets full of vicious illiterate thugs. We can discuss anything with anyone, but we live in a society that values few things worth discussing. We have mass production, but not mass character.
For all its feigned populism, such elitist critiques of society are not foreign to the left. The left's elitist critiques differ in some regards, but they are on the same basic wavelength as those of the social conservative. And its solution is to promote what it considers social progress by reversing or slowing down industrial, commercial and technological progress. The environmental movement is only the latest ideological incarnation of this philosophy which strives to slow down the rate of progress.
The left's social collectivism however is no replacement for what is being lost. What it really does is attempt to apply industrial and commercial strategies to human relationships. Not only is it not a challenge to a consumeristic society, but it attempts to worsen the damage by rebuilding society on the model of the factory and the department store as an impersonal system.
That's not a solution to the problem. It is the problem.
The left cannot escape its own materialism. Its attempts at adding an ethical dimension to materialism fail because its ethical dimension is still materialistic. Its pathetic efforts at injecting pastiches of Third World and minority spirituality into its politics to provide the illusion of a spiritual dimension are hollow and racist. The left cannot fill its own hole, because it is the hole.
Like Islam, it provides something for people to believe in, but the thing it provides is the compulsion to find meaning by forcibly remaking other people's lives in a perpetual revolution which becomes its own purpose.
The left can't replace family or religion. Its social solutions are alien and artificial. They fix nothing and damage everything. Their appeal is to those who are arrogant and starved for meaning, who want religion without religion and family without family only to discover that they are not enough.
25 comments:
- Naresh Krishnamoorti said...
The reason the Left hates Walmart is the same reason that it embraces environmentalism. The Left hates the Walmart shopper and the fact that he has access to cheap consumer products. The Left hates that the Walmart shopper has access to cheap energy. The Left wants to make consumer electronics, clothes, and energy inaccessible to the poor.
Why? The Left fears that access to cheap goods causes the poor to be less disgruntled than they would otherwise be, and less manipulable to being used as cannon fodder in the Left's attempt to foment socialist revolution. Race-baiting and class envy can only go so far, if even the poor have plasma screens to drown out their unhappiness. If people can now afford basic comforts of an advanced technological age on welfare payments, how is the Left going to agitate the poor to demand far greater redistributions of wealth?
Creating inflation -- making everything more expensive -- is the goal of the Left; and everything that Obama has done moves the country towards that goal.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
I see you've come to recognize the envy. Your description of the Left's hatred of Wal-Mart, the establishment of barriers to entry, and the establishment of "class" is precisely envy in action. That is, it is motivated by the belief that others don't deserve what they have.
Perhaps it's all just based in narcissism. What could be more upsetting to a narcissist, and more likely to generate hate of their opposition, than to tear down the religion and family they perceive as their competition and to still be rejected.
- 10/2/14
- outdoorspro said...
Walmart is such a perfect example of the left's bigotry. My lefty friends bitch about how it hurts small businesses, then shop at the other big box store down the street (that happens to donate to liberal causes).
The best example was how outraged they were when Walmart started selling organic produce. It wasn't important that organics would become cheaper and more widely available through Walmart. The mental gymnastics they had to go through to explain how it was a bad thing were quite entertaining. It became so clear to me that the whole organic thing was pure snobbishness and elitism.
- 10/2/14
- meema said...
Eight years ago we moved to a plot of land that has a two acre pond at its center. Never having had such a grave responsibility as a living eco system to monitor, (if you don't count my children) I dived into researching the signs, causes and effects of human interaction with a water world.
One of the first things I learned is about bacteria. Why do some ponds seem to stay clear and others go stagnant and covered with green slime? Well, it is a matter of balance in the tiniest details.
There are three kinds of bacteria in a normal pond. Good, bad and neutral. When conditions are optimal, the good bacteria out number the bad and interestingly enough, when the good bacteria is in charge, the neutral germs join forces with them. However, fickle, dumb, whatever you want to label it, neutral bacteria will just as quickly side with the bad bacteria to overcome the good if the bad gets a toe hold. Regardless, the ultimate result of bad bacteria taking over is a dead pond. The fish die because the oxygen is depleted by the growing green slime. The food chain is broken and eventually all that is left is smelly stagnation.
Even though humanists prefer to believe we are our own gods, there are natural laws that govern this world, from the smallest to the largest living systems. When bad bacteria decides it needs to expand and overcome, they rally the neutral, mindless masses with whatever the mindless masses want to hear or own or experience. That they would just as easily side with the good bacteria, if the polls were skewed properly so that they could know what to think, and there by mindlessly save themselves, is a concept lost on them.
The results of taking the side of the bad bacteria, whether in a small pond or a big wide world is always stagnation. Bad bacteria is psychopathic and only interested in consuming. There is no real end plan other than destruction. And because psychopathy is delusional, it always believe the outcome will benefit it–this time.
- 10/2/14
- Shouting Thomas said...
A good analysis, but I think you are overly pessimistic about the long term outcome.
Catholic Churches are thriving. I'm a church musician and I play at three different parishes, all of which are well supported and attended.
The Church fought and defeated communism in Eastern Europe. I'm proud of the efforts of the Church to do the same here in the U.S. I'm pretty confident that the Church will survive and triumph over the long haul.
There is also a huge new immigrant group that brings the old family and religious values with it and is remarkably resistant to dumping those values... Filipinos. They are ignored by the media because the media is focused mostly on black and white, and they are a bit embarrassed by Filipinos.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Good day Daniel, yes that ancient gnostic impulse stalks humanity relentlessly. Coupled with a pride of scientific certainty the contemporary claim of absolute knowledge is heralded by a confusing array of players, all clamouring to be heard. The masses have become intellectually deaf from it, devolving into an irrelevant existence of consumption.
In order to construct their system they must first destroy being, that is the tendencies, habits and desires of humanity. This must be done as their world immanent vision tells them all these things are the true rebellion, yet a second reality which they alone possess is our true nature. Where the various species of gnostics have gained power, the outcomes where horrendous. Purification through ritual slaughter of the disobedient and disowned, pure evil where killing was seen as the moral thing to do. Are we on as similar continuum? That the question has to be asked is alarming enough.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
I have to disagree. No thinking person, whether left or right, can make sense of religion. I am a conservative but think religion is for the uneducated and the intellectually dishonest, for whom wishful thinking takes priory over all else.
People who have no truck with their family are often unhappy souls, regardless of the political party they vote for. Even so, I don't think this is anything new. There is a tendency to look to the past and see only big, happy families. I am sure this was not the case. Families stuck together because there was no other choice if you wanted to survive, but now people can have the state as their surrogate family, one that dispenses money without asking what time you'll be home.
I am middle-aged, have no religion and have never been married or had children yet I am not remotely attracted by the beliefs or lifestyles of the left. I really don't buy this idea that we need religion to give our lives meaning, though I am happy to concede that it is hard to be happy without a family.
- 10/2/14
- insecticide said...
I prefer the term paganism
- 10/2/14
- Technojunkie said...
Actually, they have a point about organic food but are generally too clueless to understand the details much less that corporatist behemoths like Monsanto will buy control of the control-freak politicians progressives elect. Read Joel Salatin, Christian libertarian farmer, for the correct way to do things.
We should be able to buy meat raised on pasture from local family farmers, and raw milk from them too, and without them being placed at a severe economic disadvantage to CAFOs that use taxpayer subsidized GMO corn, and without worrying that the small farmers will be attacked by SWAT teams, but sadly that's not the world we live in.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
There is a deep divide in the origin of our western culture between the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Peoples. The Atlantic peoples are individual oriented versus the herding impulse driving the Mediterranean peoples. Belonging to the same country or professing the same religion can subdue these differences but they are still there. For Meds unanimity supersedes freedom, egalitarianism (even if it implies poverty and pessimism) goes before differentiated wealth and hope of progress, single interpretation of the Bible (catholic) to personal ones (protestant). From this perspective Marxism is the attempt of the Meds to impose their politics on free market oriented Atlantics. The pattern repeats itself in countries where the two visions coexist precariously from Spain, through France and Italy to Israel, meds vote left atlantics vote right. Removing patriotism and religion will end up in an unsolvable clash.
- 10/2/14
- DenisO said...
Religion is more trouble than it's worth, IMO. Modern, rapid communication makes keeping the never-ending scandals and corruption of the Catholic Church hidden, as before. I can't speak for Judaism, but they are less organized and powerful in supporting tyrants, have no Saints, or sell "indulgences", annulments, and other favors, and they don't have a history of supporting religious wars. It seems more a moral philosophy than an powerful international organization that sells and wields power. Can't disagree we all need a philosophy of life. We know how dangerous and destructive Islamism is, in order to control its members. There's too much historic and potential violence associated with religion, and I do not believe man or animals need "holy" men to tell them they alone know god, and how that god wants them to behave. Survival has taught living things how to live successfully, and the genes contain the instructions, IMO.
That said, I agree the Left's goal is power, which comes as an opportunity when the society fails, so they instinctively, perhaps unconsciously, want to bring on the required destruction. They don't realize they are too weak to survive what comes after the destruction. They may assume control, but they'll always be purged, first, by the tyrants that are strong enough to take candy from the babies they are. Tough to be so dumb and selfish.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
"For most of human history, men and women have derived their moral dimension of life from the family and religion."
And the tribe? For most of human history, men and women have derived their moral dimension from the tribe, in the form of customs and narratives. From time to time a different moral consciousness occured in one tribe or other, and a new religion formed through which tribal antagonisms harmonized for a while. The religious consciousness has to enter each individual, otherwise it will lack subjective significance, and religions seen as ideological engines of repression. But what exactly is supposed to be being repressed? There is no answer: for the believer in social engineering, everything past was (must have been) engineered - and there cannot logically be (or ever have been) an Emile as described by Rousseau! And yet, there remains this yearning for something... the security of the tribe? Quick, let us recreate that! In politics, then, no rational discourse, just invective: as Andrew Bolt put it, for some it's not the principle that matters but the side. But the memory of, and reversion to, tribalism will not create of itself a corpus of mythologies. So on the cultural side, we see an obsession everywhere with 'stories' and 'story-telling' - and with 'voices' (writing being so inauthentic, obviously). But what pathetic slivers of stories they turn out to be - Big Oil, Mother Gaia deniers, etc - compared to the mythologies of primitive tribes studied minutely by Levi-Strauss.
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
The question I ask my aetheist friends is this - if you could steal $1 million with absolutely zero chance of ever getting caught, would you do it? What if the group you were stealing from was...walmart...or skin heads...or Al queda, and you could donate the money to a good lefty cause like Greenpeace or the food bank. Would you do it?
The answer for most religious people is....no. They would not steal it, because God would see and judge them. Most aethists on the other hand....well, there is simply no logical reason for them not to steal it. In fact they might just be proud of it.
Part 2 of the question is this - would you rather live in a world where private morality trumps the needs for law enforcement, that is to say where there is no crime because no one would even think about breaking the law, or one where every action of every person had to be monitored constantly to make sure the law was not broken?
In other words, which is better, God or Big Brother? By the way, those are your ONLY two choices. The answer is, that while I might be an atheist, I sure hope very few other people are.
- 10/2/14
- DenisO said...
"... those are your ONLY two choices..."
No, those are your only two choices. I wouldn't steal, cheat, or lie because I have been on this planet a looong time, and I know everybody has little problems, for which they should be grateful. If you steal, cheat and lie, I guarantee you will have big problems. Call it Karma or what you please, but that is how life works, and if you do your best to be honest, you will find that people will say you are "lucky", and you will have self-respect, a reward in itself..
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Neo-paganism is at the emotional heart of today's Left.
Islamism is a fusion of Islam with Communism: archeo-paganism + neo-paganism.
Classic Islam is largely restricted to Wahhabism; archeo-paganism + clan/ racial supremacy...
And to fanatic 12er's in Qom and other Persian urbanities. This crowd seems dead set on Armageddon... making national survival, family reproduction and economics third order concerns. Islamic Shakers, then.
The rest of the Ummah practice, pretty much, Cafeteria Islam. No-one can say, exactly, what they're running with. Most imams have the theocratic purity of Elmer Gantry -- and the avarice to match.
Where would this crowd be without their daily fix: The Two Minute Hate.
Goldstein is now Jerusalem.
"The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" , his magnum opus, seems more apt when describing the ways and means of our Dear Leader: BH0.
How did George Orwell and Eric Hoffer peg this crowd?
- 10/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Some good points, but I can't agree on Walmart. It's business model is to make huge profits off of cheap goods by getting government subsidies (health care, food stamps for underpaid workers) and using that leverage for anti-competitive purposes. The individual small business owners, who don't have the size and political clout of Walmart, suffer. Jerome
- 11/2/14
- fsy said...
I have to disagree. No thinking person, whether left or right, can make sense of religion.
Part of the problem is that there is no such thing as generic "religion". There are only real religions, many of them, and it would seem that only at most one of them can be correct in its details.
To the extent that most if not all religions agree on something that is different from what "non-religious" people believe, it is that there is something to reality beyond the purely physical laws that govern matter. Can you identify with that at all? If not, it is pretty hard to see what justification you can give for being any more moral than a shark or a spider or an AIDS virus. Maybe you believe in "justice" or "compassion" or something else along those lines; these are non-physical concepts and therefore embody your religion, like it or not.
- 11/2/14
- Edward Cline said...
The only reason the Left wants to kill off religion is because it's a rival for the unreserved allegiance of "the masses." Others who believe in freedom of thought and action do not want to "kill off" religion, but let it die a natural death. Those "others" are also the enemies of the Left. They are not the intrinsic or automatic enemies of religion. Religion is a primitive form of philosophy, but a tenacious one. it's easier to accept because it requires only a modicum of adherence. Religion was able to survive even in classical Greece, the birthplace of reason. There is an element in religion that tends to neutralize even the most rational, reason-committed individuals.
- 11/2/14
- meema said...
It is a common mistake to confuse religion with faith or desire for a relationship and knowledge of a Sovereign God. We've been conditioned to believe that one cannot exist without the other. But morality and living to and for a higher good can just as easily be achieved in the secular religion of humanism as through any deity-based creed. So what is the difference? The counterfeit is completely self-serving and sets its goal as a vague and indefinable sort of 'goodness' that can only be achieved by adhering to an established doctrine. This counterfeit has managed to weave its way into most modern religions.
Grasping the existence of the mystery that is The Creator, outside of religion, requires emptying the great human self to become a useable vessel so as to serve God in His way and on His terms, not ours. When this is accomplished, the end result does often benefit mankind, but this isn't the goal, its a side effect. The goal is not to create a good world full of good people by behaving according to a set of good rules. Mankind cannot save itself with its own primitive definition of what is good, and that is the fundamental reason why religion is easily pointed to as the cause of most conflict in the human condition.
Mankind, in general, can't give up its own determination to know better than God what is best for humanity and so it seeks to force everyone to adhere to its definitions. And thus inevitable conflict.
The true goal cannot be reached by adhering to a manmade religion but being willing to give up the right to be right, to listen, obey and trust that God has an unfathomable plan for us and is able to communicate with us when we are willing to pay attention in bits we can digest. Who ever asks, "What can I do for You, God?" It's more usually, "What are You going to do for us?"
I have come to the conclusion that we have reached an age where, those who feel the nagging pull to stop and listen to the call, do. Those who don't, don't. In the end, religion gets blamed and, in many cases, rightly so.
- 11/2/14
- Anonymous said...
I somewhat disagree about Walmart in the sense that nothing is intrinsically bad just because it is big.
It hires a lot of nice people and a few that would seem unemployable anywhere else.
Likewise, a small business is not intrinsically good because it is small, and many of them are too small to be generous to their employees as well. At least at Walmart, the workers don't have the expense of getting dressed up.
If one wants a quality product, and can afford it, there are plenty of small retailers to provide it. Just remember them the next time you need a new toaster or a laundry basket.
- 11/2/14
- Angus said...
Man, you are one bitter dude. From what I've seen in my short 55 years, materialism is a sickness and by-product of our consumerist society based on flawed and manipulated capitalism, not on a liberal or conservative mindset. Regardless of where you stand, the fact remains that the traditional family structure is in danger because of constant socio-economic pressures that continuously stifle honest efforts to just survive, much less get ahead in this country, in a nation manipulated on all fronts by the "haves". As far as religion goes, people have finally evolved to the point where the myths and dogma don't cut it anymore, and are taking on more of the responsibility for their own behaviors and actions in lieu of blind faith of corporate religion. It's not a "liberal" thing, nor is it a "conservative " thing. It's about doing the best you can with what you're given, and striving to survive and be one of the "fittest". This is not a time for divisivness, but for focus on what's wrong and fixing it, rather than roasting a scapegoat out of ignorance. Get a hold of yourself man; we're all in this together. And while we bicker about who's to blame, the government is slowly usurping ALL of our rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. We are all Patriots.......let's tackle the REAL problem!!!! Angus
- 11/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Having had issues with word press, I have been posting anonymously, not out of cowardice, it just never occurred to me to sign my name. Thanks to Jerome for showing me the light..will sign in the future, it seems only fair.
As to religion, I was educated first by the SSJ nuns, a liberal, and thoughtful Order.
Then by the Jesuits, another Order I admire and one to which I owe a lot.
Things got interesting when I married a nominal, but studious Jew, ie. he knows the basic tenets of Judaism, admires them, and tries to live by them, but was raised in a Christmas tree family..Other Jews may understand this better than I. We made sure our children were exposed to both our religions, now that they are grown ups, they do as they please, and marry whom they love, just as we did.
There has never been a word of disagreement about religion because at bottom, we both agree on what we consider important.
Religion is Man's attempt to understand himself in what we now think is an endless Universe. By bringing simple ideas like the Golden Rule to life, even the most hardened atheists agree, the world is a better place. Practicing charity, being part of a larger group, and following tradition, imo helps us cope with the unanswerable "why am I here".
Others see it as a way to control the masses, and maybe it was, at one time, only Islam falls into that category today, and even that is not working everywhere. In Islam, the ones with the bigger guns seem to be winning for now.
Maybe there is no higher purpose or Deity, but there will always be replacements, such as the talk of "spiritual but not religious", which says exactly the same thing, but sounds more hip.
I go back to my own hippie days and remember the slogan "if there was no God, man would have invented him anyway".
To "each according to his needs"..Why argue ?
- 11/2/14
- mushroom said...
I think inflation is more of an unintended consequence of trying to create a utopian system. The left is bad at arithmetic.
- 11/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Leftists' reason: we are many therefore we are right. Shout with me¡
- 11/2/14
- Anonymous said...
Therefore 1 billion muzzies can´t be wrong or can they?
- 11/2/14


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Electric cars are great for the environment, but if you want to drive more than a hundred miles or so, your best option is still gasoline. Hydrogen fuel is an ideal compromise, and a new type of solar power plant could suck it straight out of water.
You've probably heard of a fuel cell: when you combine hydrogen with oxygen in the air, you get electricity plus water. It satisfies both your power needs and your thirst in one clean and easy step, and the only reason that we're not using fuel cells to power our cars and everything else we own right now is that you can't pump hydrogen out of the ground like oil. A new system might be able to make hydrogen using nothing but squeaky clean solar power, water, and a simple catalyst, which could make raw hydrogen cheap and available enough to actually be usable in things like cars and portable fuel cells.
Researchers have found that by concentrating sunlight into a reaction chamber using a lens, they can heat up a cylinder of something called cerium dioxide to something like 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. At this temperature, the cerium freaks out and dumps a bunch of the oxygen it's been holding on to. The oxygen is pumped out and the temperature in the chamber is then lowered, leaving a cylinder of cerium that really, really wants its oxygen back. When water is squirted into the chamber, the cerium steals all of the O out of the H2O, leaving pure hydrogen gas. This process can be repeated as long as you've got enough sunlight and water. The cerium catalyst is good for hundreds of cycles, and if you need more, you can just dig it out of the ground since it's as common as copper.
The system was designed to be super cheap to build and maintain, and it's an order of magnitude more efficient at producing hydrogen than anything else. Even so, the device only manages to effectively use about 1% of the solar energy that it sucks up, but researchers are optimistic that some design tweaks could boost this up to around 20%. At this level, hydrogen fuel for cars and electronics could make economic sense, and if it's something that could be generated anywhere that solar panels work, you could even start producing your own hydrogen at home.
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7 Secrets to Effective Consequences
Our web site is designed to help parents with their difficult defiant children.
We are using this gif to place on a JV partner's site in order to drive traffic to our site. This is a first time project with this JV partner so we want it to go very well.
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his day, the focus of most is on the birth of Christ. Pastor Todd lays a theological foundation to that truth that we often overlook. We pray, as you reflect on Jesus' birth, that this sermon will give you even more awe and thanksgiving this year. May God bless you and yours!


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I have one question to U. I'am woundeing about the FreeBSD. I heard that this system is one of the diffficultist and it is like gentto and Slackware together. Is it true. I'm asking U because I wanto to start using FreeBSD but I'm not a very,very good informatic and i haven't got any experience about linux. So I have any chanse to understand FreeBSD and learn?. Now I'm windows user but i am serching for better system and when I was a child i thought "Some day that system will be system which i will be using". But is my dream real. I like computers(computers not games ) but if it is really so hard so I won't have any chanse or even hope to be a happy FreeBSD user. What do U think about it?I can also add thet i don't know any person which is using linux or BSD. So I only am searching in google and in forums and if I have any problem my only hope are people like U who are good and helpful(btw anyone can get help from this forum or is it forum only for some user or this is forum for concretely group of users . So this is all i suppose I want to tell U. or ask
Sorry for my mistakes but I came from poland and i don't know english perfect.
It depends on what you would consider "hard." I tinkered around only a tad bit in Linux, and always thought "Hmm... that's interesting. But it looks like crap (or it doesn't even work), so I'll go back to Windows." The first *NIX I actually used on a regular basis was FreeBSD. Around that same time I started to use Linux a bit more, and today it's strictly FreeBSD. There are a few Linux distros that I'll always like and have a general respect for, but I honestly can't see myself using anything but FreeBSD (well that and Mac OS X on my laptop). And of course Windows at work .
I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by fleeing the scene of the accident!
By word hard i understand that BSD have only documentation and it is very hard to get some help from forum. And U must very very good event to think about it cause configuration is so hard that if U don't have large knowledge U don't have any chance enent to try to use it. So this is true. I have to forget about FreeBSD?
Questions on a forum are always allowed. But beware asking questions that are obviously answered in the handbook
Part of the forum rules:
As anomie wrote above, try PC- or DesktopBSD. They are both very user friendly.
Kill your t.v.
I heard that this system is one of the diffficultist and it is like gentto and Slackware together. Is it true. NO
So I have any chanse to understand FreeBSD and learn?
YES. But , I think, it depends from the time you persist on it. Just a bit ... will not take so long.
When I started, I had absolutely no Unix/Linux/BSD experience and hadn't touched a CLI in centuries. I've never had a serious problem using FreeBSD or the NetBSD, OpenBSD, Debian, Slackware, etc systems I've used after starting with BSD ;-).
I do however attribute most of my progress in computers to my abilities at reading comprehension :\.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
The online FreeBSD handbook will help you get started. Once you install FreeBSD, I would suggest learning some basic unix commands right away and learn how to use the Vi editor. At first, I found Vi a pain but after learning it, it's an awesome tool. After that, you can start administering your FreeBSD machine and that's when the fun starts. Most of all just have fun while learning it. If you get stuck, tons of resources around the net. Good luck.
Years ago I started from Handbook. I dare to say that for first one-two years it will be enough for you. All you need is to
1) understand english
2) the interest in topic
3) patience
4) try ideas or get assignments from your boss
5) read that Handbook all!
Another very and _really_ well-written book is from Micheal Lucas "Absolute FreeBSD 2nd edition". If you have more or less serious intentions to work or play with, that book is worth every cent you pay. I bought that book and I like the style, order of material and good presentation abilities presented by author. What makes even more ... this book is very practical oriented. You can get things running quite fast.
Alors, Handbook + "that book from Lucas" will be enough for you. Don't forget to communicate with people!
FreeBSD is really hard but intersting。
Spending time on it is also necessary。
When I started with FreeBSD I only had a couple months of Linux under my belt (even that was only Mandrake). I had come from Windows/Mac GUI based OS's and the whole new filesystem and command prompt was a little bit of a hump to go over, but once I was on the other side, I fully appreciated it and still do to this day. I have been running FreeBSD for 8 years now and am glad I do!
FreeBSD addict since 4.2-RELEASE.
My FreeBSD wiki.
If you are just starting with FreeBSD and Unix I would reccomend DesktopBSD or PCBSD, they both idead
I remember when I first started with FreeBSD, I was impressed with the wealth of documentation on the system. From the handbook to the man pages, it's all there when you need it. And if all else fails, Google is a sysadmin's best friend!
I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by fleeing the scene of the accident!
Yes the FreeBSD have rally great documentation. But I think sorry I'm shoure that i will have problems which weren't mention in documentation. Today I will download FreeBSD and start trying. But if I have a problem or question which I cennot find answer in google i may ask here?
Just remember to do your own research beforehand, please, only ask for help if you get stuck.
The power of plain text? It can control an entire OS
Many of us have lives, but I don't Always here to answer questions!
And being stuck does include not knowing where to go for the answers . Google can point you to a lot of good places but like everything Google lists, it'll take time to differentiate the good sources from the just plain awful sources.
Not to mention that with a rich and diverse operating system like FreeBSD, you have articles, webpages, and documentation going back over a decade. An old source isn't always useful to the contemporary versions (although with BSD it often still is useful )
I have a frind of mine ... real FreeBSD guru. In the begining he make me fan of freebsd, and actually helped me a lot with some real tasks, that I had to do.
When I began I didnt had any experience with linux or any unux. My friend helped me .. but after some time he started to answer me with "read the man" , or "see the handbook" ... bla bla
And I started to read, and actually I feel much better when I do something without asking him. It is the right way - FreeBSD is powerfull, but it needs a lot of reading and some patience.
And now after a few years, I still fill like noob about so many tasks that may be done with freebsd. But I think I have understood the main concepts, and now it is not so hard to do what I need with freebsd.
I am aware of that my way to FreeBSD will be hard and long but i want to try and this is the point. U have friend who know this system. But i don't have any friedns so in this battle I will be alone. My friedns are laughing at me because they are using windows and in their system everythink works great and in my Linux or soon FreeBSD i am constantly something configuring or fixing. By despite of it I will try FreeBSD. Mayby i can make it.
I have met 1 or 2 people in this entire city that know what FreeBSD is, and one more that knows what Linux is...
When it comes to the forums, I click 'new posts' and selectively read the results and try to contribute when I can & have time.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
Use a spell checker. Even if your English is not very good, please at least try to make your posts as readable as possible by using a spell checker. An English spell checker is easy to get from anywhere in the world. Try Open Office and install the English language package. Or, you could use Firefox, which allows spell checking from within the browser. Your English is not bad, just take a few seconds to use a spell checker before posting.
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Toolbox, November 2010
by David Albin
Avid Pro Tools HD Series Interfaces
What New line of HD interfaces designed specifically for Pro Tools
Why Next-generation A/D and D/A conversion, filtering, and clocking provide a significant increase in sound quality compared to the previous generation of interfaces.
How The HD I/O, HD OMNI, and HD MADI offer different functionality, and are optimized for different recording and post-production scenarios. HD I/O is available in three configurations: 16 x 16 analog, 16 x 16 digital and 8 x 8 x 8 analog/digital in a 2 RU rack-mountable interface. HD OMNI integrates the functionality of numerous outboard components (dual mic preamps, headphone outs, surround monitor section, 14 x 26 channel mixer, etc.) into an all-in-one solution. HD MADI allows connecting Pro Tools|HD systems to industry-standard MADI infrastructures via a 1U rack-mountable interface, without the need for format conversion.
Price HD I/O starting at $3,995; HD OMNI $2,995; HD MADI $4,995
Web www.avid.com
Josephson C715 Microphone
What Large, single diaphragm, made-in-USA condenser mic with adjustable pickup pattern
Why An adjustable vent allows cardioid or omni operation to accommodate various miking scenarios.
How The backplate has an adjustable vent, reached through an opening in the back of the grille, that allows adjusting the pickup pattern. Furthermore, the C715 includes a patent-pending metal foam housing that eliminates many internal reflecting surfaces, thus minimizing acoustic coloration. The internal circuitry uses a class-A cascode FET front end, driving a large nickel core Lundahl output transformer for compatibility with a wide range of preamps and consoles. The internal high voltage linear supply generates capsule polarization voltage without a switching oscillator, thus reducing noise.
Price $4,560
Web www.josephson.com
MOTU MasterWorks Collection
What Plug-in bundle for Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 with three signal processors
Why Originally developed for Digital Performer, these plug-ins are now available for any host that supports the RTAS/AU/VST3 plug-in formats.
How The MasterWorks EQ models British analog console EQ with five bands of filtering, each with four EQ types. Two mid bands include shelf filtering, and two outside bands provide variable slope low- and high-pass filtering. A graphic display allows clicking on the filter control points to create EQ curves, while a realtime FFT display shows the effects of EQing on the audio being processed. The MasterWorks Leveler is an LA-2A-style optical leveling amplifier with four different models: slow vintage, fast vintage, slow modern, and fast modern. ProVerb is a CPU-efficient convolution reverb that delivers the ambience of realistic acoustic spaces, but also provides realtime parameter adjustment. ProVerb supports six different channel format variations.
Price $295
Web www.motu.com
Royer Labs R-101 Ribbon Microphone
What Ribbon mic with high SPL capabilities and extremely low residual noise
Why Because you want a Royer R-121, can't afford it, but still want something with exemplary performance and the Royer pedigree.
How Multi-layered wind screening protects against air blasts and plosives, while reducing the proximity effect to facilitate close miking. The patented offset-ribbon design positions the ribbon element toward the front of the mic's body, allowing for higher SPL handling (up to 135dB SPL @ 30Hz) on the front (logo) side of the microphone or a brighter response when recording lower SPL sound sources on the mic's back side. What's more, the ribbon element is unaffected by heat or humidity. The R-101 ships with a protective carrying case, suspension-type shock mount, and mic sock.
Price $895
Web www.royerlabs.com
Waves W43 Noise- Reduction Plug-In
What Post-production noise-reduction software
Why Reduce ambient noise such as hiss, hum, traffic noise, wind, and air conditioning on dialog and other types of audio.
How Inspired by the classic, long-out-of-production Cat. 43 hardware noise-reduction tool, the W43 delivers the original hardware's high-quality, minimal-artifact multiband noisereduction while adding the advantages of software. The easy-to-use four-band noise suppression is controlled by four faders, a global threshold, and an engage button. The cross-platform W43 supports multiple simultaneous instances and features true Pro Tools integration, full recall, zero latency, automation, up to 24-bit/192kHz resolution, and TDM/RTAS/Audio Suite/VST/AU support.
Price $300 Native/$600 TDM. Mercury V7 owners covered by the Waves Update Plan receive the W43 at no additional charge.
Web www.waves.com
Buzz Audio QSP-20 Quad Studio Preamplifier
What Quad mic preamp with Class A operation
Why Provides multiple mic preamps as well as high-Z instrument inputs.
How Each channel uses two Class A amplifiers at the input, a Lundahl audio transformer at the output to add subtle coloration while preserving transient response, and a hi-Z/lo-Z switch to vary microphone loading. Direct-coupled inputs contribute to low noise, as well as a 92dB dynamic range at the full 70dB of gain. The output headroom is +28dBu.
Price $2,980
Web www.buzzaudio.com
Propellerhead Reason 5 and Record 1.5 Duo
What Virtual MIDI studio/virtual instrument collection and fullfeatured DAW
Why Reason and Record make a phenomenal combination for music creation.
How Reason 5 provides (among other things) virtual instruments and processors, while Record integrates with Reason to provide a multitracking environment for audio and MIDI tracks. This latest upgrade introduces the Kong Drum Designer, Dr. Octo Rex loop player, redesigned sequencing paradigm, pitch correction for vocals and voice synthesis, realtime sampling, expanded Factory Sound Bank, signature patches, multicore computer optimization, interface improvements, and more. Each program is available separately, as a bundle, or as upgrades from previous versions.
Price $449 (bundle of both programs)
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Hundreds protest canceled 'Catch an Illegal' game at UT
AUSTIN — Hundreds of students, including many undocumented immigrants, rallied on the University of Texas campus Wednesday to protest a mock immigration sting planned by a conservative student group but canceled amid a backlash.
The student group University Leadership Initiative, which advocates for immigration rights, organized the event, which peaked with around 500 attendees, according to an unofficial estimate from campus police.
"It's really amazing," said Diana Morales, president of ULI. "We were expecting 100 people, and hundreds showed up. It's really empowering that they all support undocumented immigrants."
About 400 undocumented immigrants attend the University of Texas, she said.
Actress America Ferrera attended the rally, condemning the "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game" planned by the Young Conservatives of Texas' UT chapter. The game was scheduled for Wednesday and would have rewarded participants with $25 gift cards for catching volunteers wearing name tags that read "illegal immigrant."
"I was greatly disappointed to learn that a student group on this campus had planned to hold a disturbing and demeaning game based on bigotry and hate," said Ferrera, a daughter of immigrants.
Students and activists packed the West Mall at the base of the UT Tower, some donning white shirts reading "undocumented" and chanting "Si se puede" (or "Yes we can"), "up, up with education; down, down with deportation" and "immigrant rights are human rights."
Jon Scott, a broadcast journalism senior, said the rally was "one of the loudest and most passionate" he's seen on campus.
During the event, an organizer used a bullhorn to give out U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's office phone number and urged attendees to call to voice support for immigration reform.
Speakers at the event voiced support for a federal immigration policy with a pathway to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented individuals in the United States.
YCT-UT's chairman, Lorenzo Garcia, said Monday that the "game" was meant to garner attention and was aimed at sparking discussion on immigration policy.
The provocative idea sparked condemnation from Republicans and Democrats, university officials and hundreds of students. Amid the resounding backlash, Garcia officially canceled the game Tuesday morning, a day before the event was scheduled, citing fear of retaliation from the school.
Garcia also mentioned in his cancellation statement that the counter-protest, which had swelled to nearly 4,000 RSVPs on Facebook, "could create a safety issue for our volunteers." University officials said Tuesday that more than 500 formal complaints were submitted regarding the game. That's more than for any other single event.
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text: National Aquarium is pleased to announce the appointment of Dale Schmidt as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). As a member of the Aquarium's senior leadership team, Schmidt will be responsible for capital planning, exhibit development, guest services, safety, food services, facilities maintenance and retail services. "Dale brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership skills to the position and organization," said John Racanelli, CEO of National Aquarium. "His enthusiasm, competence and passion will elevate the engagement, quality and guest focus of the National Aquarium dramatically. Dale is a consummate professional, and we're lucky to have attracted him here." Schmidt has more than 30 years of experience working for accredited zoological organizations. He served as President and CEO of the Columbus Zoological Association; President and CEO of Oregon Coast Aquarium; Executive Director of Clearwater Marine Aquarium; and Vice President of Operations of The Florida Aquarium. He has also worked in operations for such organizations as John Shawn Productions, Inc.; Universal Studios Florida; and Busch Entertainment Corporation. "I am proud to be a part of the National Aquarium, which is recognized for providing a world-class experience to guests while inspiring conservation of the world's aquatic treasures," said Schmidt. "As I join John and his talented team in advancing the Aquarium's mission and goals, I also look forward to building even stronger partnerships, inspiring our staff and other stakeholders and further developing the operations and guest services of one of the nation's great aquariums." Schmidt, who recently served as chair of the Business Operations Special Committee for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences from the University of South Florida. He also completed a leadership program at the Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute and served as Vice Chairman of the Zoo and Aquarium Committee for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Schmidt takes on this role in preparation for the retirement of Paula Schaedlich, who is stepping down from her role as Vice President and COO after a successful 32-year career at National Aquarium. Never one to leave important work unfinished, Schaedlich has committed to staying on board to lead the completion of Blacktip Reef, the Aquarium's newest exhibit, which opens July 10. During her tenure, Schaedlich has been instrumental in developing guest and education programs, designing innovative exhibits, managing biological programs and leading a multitude of other operational initiatives. She is actively involved with AZA as a member of the Board of Regents and the Public Education Committee and recently served on the Accreditation Commission. Categories:


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APPLIED ACOUSTICS Tassman 3.02 (MAC/WIN)
FIG.1: Tassman's Builder Window is used to design Instruments. Modules aredragged from the Browser window at the left and connected in variousconfigurations. A description of the currently selected Module appearsat the top of the screen.FIG.2: A vastly improved sequencer is among the new features of Tassman3.02. Notes are entered using the graphic display that appears at thetop of this synth (which is open in the Playerwindow).PRODUCTSUMMARY
Sometimes the third time is the charm. That's certainly true withApplied Acoustics' Tassman 3.02, the third incarnation of theaward-winning modular physical-modeling synthesizer. Though theprevious two versions were more than adequate for live performance,various issues relating to integration and usability as a plug-in madeTassman less than an ideal platform. Applied Acoustics has addressedmany of these issues and enhanced other aspects of the program aswell.
Tassman runs both as a standalone application and as a plug-in usinga DXi, MAS, and VST host or Pro Tools' DirectConnect. I tested it onthe PC as a plug-in under Sonar 2.2 and as a standalone program. Thehost computer was a Pentium 4/2.2 GHz running Windows 98SE.
I'll give a short overview of Tassman then focus primarily on thenew features. First, a brief overview of physical modeling. (For moreon the subject, see "SquareOne: Let's Get Physical" in the May 2002 issue ofEM.)
Though physical modeling (PM) has been available in hardware forsome time, its appearance in software instruments has lagged. With fewexceptions, you won't find more than an occasional plucked-string modelin any of the dozens of soft synths on the market today, or even insuch otherwise powerful toolkits as Native Instruments' Reaktor. Thatmay be because physical modeling places such a heavy burden on even amodern CPU, or maybe it's because PM is one of the most complex formsof sound synthesis.
Regardless, unlike acoustic or "spectral" modeling,where the intention is to mimic the movement of molecules in the airusing additive, subtractive, or other synthesis methods, PM's goal isto model those components of a musical instrument that contribute mostto its sound production. These include things like the body of a cello,the shape and material of a flute mouthpiece, and the interaction of apick and a string. Good PM-synthesis tools give the user intuitive andthorough control over such components and use very fancy math toproduce the desired sound.
Tassman is one of the few commercial programs that focus on PM. Itsdesigners, veterans of IRCAM, the French advanced sound-researchfacility, have created an interface that resembles more-traditionalsoft synths and samplers, but that includes parameters for instrumentdesign that you won't find anywhere else. For example, you can changethe shape or size of a cello as it plays, modify the amount of airpressure being applied to a flute mouthpiece in real time, or increaseor decrease the finger pressure used to pluck the string of a harp.
Tassman is not just for building acoustic-instrument models,however. You'll also find components for building synthetic instrumentsthat employ FM, additive, subtractive, and other synthesis methods. Alarge number of modulation sources, such as LFOs and envelopes, coupledwith a vastly improved sequencer, are only a few of the additionaltools on hand.
Tassman's interface is split into two main work areas: the Builder,where you construct Instruments, and the Player, where you perform yourcreations. In versions before 3.0, these were actually two separateprograms, and they were not well integrated. With the new release, thetwo are tightly integrated, and you can move from one to the next byclicking a single button. Also, when you made a change to a device inthe Builder in the older version, you had to recompile it before thosechanges would show up in the Player. Now updates are automatic.
To create a new instrument, open the Builder, and you'll see aBrowser window on the left containing folders for each group ofModules, which are the program's basic building blocks. The Modules arearranged into ten categories: Effects, Envelopes, Filters, Generators,I/O, Logic, Mixers, Resonators, Routing, and Sequencers.
To use a Module, drag it from its folder to the main workspace onthe right of the Builder screen. When you release the mouse, adescription of the Module appears at the top of the window (see Fig.1). To edit the Module (if you want to change its label or MIDIchannel, for example), right-click on it and choose Module Settingsfrom the drop-down menu that appears or double-click directly on theModule. From the drop-down menu, you can also cut, copy, or paste aModule, and you can use the menu's Locate command to identify thesource folder it came from.
Connecting Modules is easy — just click on the output of oneand drag to the input of another. Removing a connection is just aseasy: click on the "patch cord" to select it, then pressthe Delete key. A number of new commands allow you to align Modules invarious ways, and a new multiple Undo command makes it easy to returnto any point in your current work session if needed.
Navigating in the Builder is still a bit of a hassle. If you open aSub-Patch to see its structure (more on this later), there's no buttonto take you back to the top level. Instead you have to choose thePrevious Patch option from a drop-down menu. It would also be nice ifthe Browser represented actual folders on your drive. As it stands, youhave to use an Import command to add a new patch to yourcollection.
Though Tassman doesn't have the same number of building blocks asNative Instruments' Reaktor, its offerings are thorough nonetheless andvery different in type from what any other modular synth provides.
Physical modeling often involves combining an exciter, whichis the source that stimulates the movement of a vibrating object (suchas the reed of a clarinet or mouthpiece of a trumpet), with aresonator, which is the body of an instrument that amplifiescertain frequencies, attenuates others, and in general transmits themovement into the air. Tassman provides a number of exciters (which itcalls Generators) and resonators that can be freely matched.
In the Generators category, for example, you'll find a plectrum(pick), two types of mallets, a noise source, a flute mouthpiece, andmore. These can be freely mixed with the various Resonator Modules,which include membranes, plates, strings, and tubes. The MP3 file Flutetubeplate, which you can hear at the EMWeb site, uses, as its name implies, a flute passing through a tube andthen running "across" a plate. Different amplitudes andvarying amounts of noise are used in the example. The result has aclear metallic ring to it, with a good deal of breath noise and someoverblown qualities as well. Also listen to Pluckedbeam.mp3, which uses a plectrum to stimulatea metal beam. Here, the Damping Frequency of the Beam Module changes onevery note.
In the Envelopes category, you'll find no fewer than 15 Modules foradding time-varying qualities to a sound. In addition to ADSR and anumber of variations thereon, Envelopes offers Rms, which can track theamplitude of one sound and use it to control some parameter of another,and Portamento, which can apply a smoothing effect to any type of inputsignal. The Envelopes category is also where you will find variousknobs and sliders that can be used for a variety of purposes —for example, adjusting the gain of a signal or modifying the range ofvalues sent out by an Effects Module.
You can type values into the parameter fields for an Envelope— defining the initial attack, decay, sustain, and release valuesfor the ADSR, for example — or assign a MIDI Control Changemessage to animate the parameters of an Envelope or any other componentof a Module. However, there's no way to create an Envelopegraphically.
Moving to the Effects arena, there are a number of new Modules,including a compressor, tremolo, delay, and several filters. The Reverbmodule is unique in that it models an array of three tubes, with themic and speaker set in the center of the array. The lengths andradiuses of the tubes can be set individually, but Decay is the onlyReverb parameter that can be adjusted in real time.
There are a number of "ready-made" processes availablein the Sub-Patch category, including several effects; two filters; alarge number of drums, plates, and strings; and a variety of utilities.Unfortunately, descriptions are included for only a small number of theSub-Patches, so you'll have to use the Open command to see what theycontain. You could also build them into a patch and then switch to thePlayer to see what controls appear on the Module's interface, butthat's an awkward work-around. Moreover, the name of the Sub-Patch doesnot appear on the icon as it does for the other Modules. Though you cansee the name if you choose Module Settings from the right-mouse-buttonmenu, things can get very confusing when you have more than one iconlabeled "sub patch" onscreen.
Tassman includes a Player Module, used to read in and play apreexisting sound file on your drive, and a Recorder, for recording theoutput of an Instrument directly to disc. Though it's no trouble to adda Recorder to a new or existing Instrument, it would be nice if everyInstrument had one by default. Of course, if you're using Tassman as aplug-in, you can always record its output in your host program.
Among the most important new features are Tassman's vastly improvedsequencers, which come in several flavors. In the past, the one Tassmansequencer offered a very lame "virtual keyboard" forentering notes with the mouse. Now, three different Sequencer Modulesprovide a number of new options, including the ability to enter notesby selecting pitches in a clearly marked graphic display (see Fig.2).
The Single Gate Sequencer is the most basic — like the others,it supports patterns of up to 16 notes and can store up to 32 differentpatterns for recall. The Dual Gate Sequencer adds a second layer of 16steps; a Shift feature, which will delay the output of any step inincrements of 0 to 127 steps; and a Loop button, which is used tochange the length of the pattern. The top-of-the-line Multi-Sequencerhas all the features of the first two and adds a Slide function, whichdoubles the length of a step, and a Velocity parameter.
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All of the Sequencers offer a Mode control that determines which offive different arrangements (forward, backward, bidirectional, and twotypes of random play) of the pattern will play. You can also use SongMode with any of the Sequencers to create a much longer chain ofevents. A Song can contain up to 1,000 patterns, and any of theSequencers can hold up to eight Songs. Songs are selected using theeight Song buttons at the top of a Sequencer, and you can startplayback at any point within a Song by selecting the current patternusing the plus and minus controls.
Despite the major enhancements, it would be nice if there were otherways to create patterns, such as recording them directly from anexternal MIDI controller or reading in a MIDI file. It would also beuseful if you could select patterns, especially within Song mode, usingMIDI note numbers.
Speaking of MIDI, there's still one major flaw that I hope will beaddressed soon: you can't change Instruments or even presets usingProgram Changes. Though you can load as many instances of Tassman asyour host software will allow (an improvement over previous versions— in Sonar, for example, loading more than one instance ofearlier versions often caused Sonar to crash), or include severalInstruments in a single Tassman instance, that's not as efficient asbeing able to switch Instruments or presets on the fly. According tothe manufacturer, this feature will be available in a forthcomingrelease.
Applied Acoustics has provided a large number of prebuiltInstruments along with a vast collection of presets. In total, thereare nearly 1,000 patches ready to play. The included Instruments fallinto a variety of categories that break down even further intosubgroups. For example, in the Acoustic category, you'll find Malafons,Bowed Beams, Bowed Metal, Congas, Dulcimers, Electric Pianos, Harps,and more. In general, the quality of the Instruments and their presetsis excellent, and even if you never edit a patch, the range of includedsounds is alone worth the price of the program.
The Flute sounds are uncanny — I've never heard a morerealistic model. You can dial in a significant amount of noise to getan almost entirely nonpitched breath sound or change the physics of themouthpiece (strength and angle of airflow) as the sound plays.Particular care has been given to the presets here — I canimagine a creative use for nearly all 18. Listen to the MP3 example Modelbach, which uses a flute model (complete withartifacts that result from fast note changes) and a dulcimer in atranscription of a Bach two-part invention.
The various beam instruments are also unique, especially those basedon a bowed beam (one of my favorite avant-garde performancetechniques). The Bowed Vibes is very nice, though I prefer less tremolothan the Default preset uses, and the Bowed Marimba is also especiallynoteworthy. If I were scoring a remake of a 1950s horror film, theSinging Beam would come in very handy — it does an excellentimpression of a theremin.
The Plate instruments are another excellent resource, especially theGlass, Metal, and Plastic presets. The Bisbo Gong preset (named for thenew-age artist Robert Bisbo perhaps?) has an eerie afterlife and acleverly ambiguous tonal center. FM is well represented, with over fivedozen presets for the four Instruments. Among my favorites is Freak ModFM, whose presets range from the Default, a ghostly, hauntingunderwater chorus, to the delicate and serene Watery. The Bell Grainspreset is tasty, though I would kill the delay effect, which is usedtoo often in general. Remarkably, almost no latency results whenswitching presets — the change seems to occur nearlyinstantaneously.
Tassman's file handling has improved dramatically with version 3.02.In older versions, there were far too many layers of individual programcomponents to deal with. These included Builder files, Player files,preset files, snapshot files, and even samples that were used by anInstrument. Now, all elements except samples are neatly bundled into a"master" collection.
Tassman's documentation, which includes a printed manual and aduplicate PDF file, has also been improved. There are four tutorials toget you going, and there's a complete description of every Module.
Tassman 3.02 is a unique program that can provide a huge range ofunusual sounds. Any composer or sound designer would appreciate thehigh quality of its models and the extensive tweaking opportunities itprovides, and if you're an instrumentalist, you might consider using itfor your next gig. If you have any interest in physical modeling,Tassman is the place to start.
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My sister-in-law gave this Arthur Elgort photo book as a Christmas present this year. It's out-of-print, but you can find it online on Amazon or Abe Books for around $65. It's so lovely, and a great reminder to shoot all the in-between moments. Pretty much exactly what we try to show on our Momfilter home page every day.
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If you're heading to San Diego for Comic Con 2013, you can purchase this shirt exclusively at the Marvel booth (#2329)
I am so proud to be a part of this!! Marvel has announced their upcoming exclusive merchandise for New York Comic Con 2012 (Oct. 11 - 14) including this artwork in T-Shirt form! Read more about it below for more info!
This is kind of a huge deal for me...
It's no secret that I am a fan of Joss Whedon. I have created artwork based off of several of his creations including Firefly, Dr. Horrible, and most recently, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I am extremely honored to be a part of this show as both a fan of Whedon's work as well as a huge Marvel fan.
On May 4th, 2012, Joss Whedon will unleash his most ambitious project yet with Marvel's The Avengers. The night before however, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles is holding a very special art exhibition put on by Marvel and Disney featuring some very talented people.
I am very proud and very honored to present my artwork for The Avengers show at Gallery 1988:
image courtesy of Collider
I also created an album back complete with track listing just for this blog. The artwork below will not be for sale, I just got really into what I was working on:
I am very excited for this show, and as you can see by the list below, there are some very talented people involved with this.
I'd like to thank Marvel, Disney, and Gallery 1988 for the opportunity to create some artwork for this event. It really is so awesome to be involved with a project like this. I'd also like to give a special thanks to Joss Whedon for all of his hard work and dedication to telling stories in the way he does.
Marvel's "The Avengers" assembles in theaters everywhere on Friday May 4th
Artists Assemble at Gallery 1988 on Thursday May 3rd and it's only open through the weekend folks so hurry on down, otherwise you might make the Hulk angry, and you won't like him when he's angry.
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Lisa Myers
Blueprints for a long walk
Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art
290 McDermot Ave.
Until June 29
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This article was published 19/6/2013 (2484 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Countless artists have found inspiration on long walks in the outdoors, and their works help us visualize and understand our place in the landscape.
Nineteenth-century painters expressed wonderment (and ownership) over the North American colonial frontier in their theatrical canvases; in the 1960s, the Situationists tried to experience familiar cities in new ways, using randomized walking routes and remixed maps. Members of indigenous societies around the world have developed practices combining visual art, map-making, spiritual tradition and oral history. Contemporary artists such as Richard Long have framed walks in the countryside as artworks in their own right.
The spare but inviting works in Blueprints for a long walk, the exhibition by Lisa Myers currently at Urban Shaman, echo many of these artistic approaches to landscape. Myers employs various media and techniques to map ordinarily invisible lines of family history, cultural memory and sensory experience onto the contours of the physical terrain.
The exhibition follows the railway lines that skirt the northern shore of Lake Huron, documenting two "long walks" that took place in Northern Ontario almost a century apart. Around 1919, Myers' grandfather set out on foot from Sault Ste. Marie for the town of Espanola some 250 kilometres away, subsisting for days at a time on wild blueberries growing along the tracks. In 2009, Myers and two family members set out to reconstruct his route and retrace his steps.
In the gallery, a row of 54 postcard-sized etchings, each featuring the same repeated image of weathered train tracks, guides viewers along the length of one wall. Varying only in how darkly they were printed, the images create a film-like flickering effect that elegantly reinforces a sense of monotony, singular focus and the passage of time.
A series of screen-prints maps out a section of the route near Blind River. One print shows the area's topography, another its waterways and a third lays out the path of the Canadian Pacific Railway -- three ways of approaching the landscape and moving through it. (That same Canadian Shield terrain appears again, on a vastly different scale, in a video where Myers pans across the ground beneath her, following cracks and seams in the exposed bedrock.) While the land and water are printed a muted brown, the CP tracks are a striking greenish blue; an ink that Myers made by hand from crushed blueberries.
The berries crop up repeatedly, in meandering train tracks printed onto the wall with a carved rolling pin, splashing like river-water in a stop-motion video and staining a collection of long-handled wooden and ceramic spoons. A further nod to the artist's grandfather, they're also an unexpected reminder we engage with the landscape with all of our senses, including taste, as we move through it.
When Myers's grandfather left Sault Ste. Marie, he was running away from the Shingwauk Residential School towards home. We don't learn the ultimate outcome of his "long walk" or even his name, but that one piece of information colours every aspect of the exhibition, imbuing the thoughtfully considered landscape with an emotional urgency. Myers doesn't simply tell her grandfather's story -- she embodies it, giving it tangible form and granting us rare access to ephemeral sensations -- the insistent rhythm of railroad ties, the taste and texture of crushed blueberries -- that animate a personal but crucial history and the landscape in which it played out.
Steven Leyden Cochrane is a Winnipeg-based artist, writer and educator.
Lisa Myers
Blueprints for a long walk
Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art
290 McDermot Ave.
Until June 29
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Two of my wonderful friends, Leslie and John, are having a baby girl. To celebrate this great occasion, my friend Sarah and I hosted a baby shower for Leslie. Sarah and I made a ton delicious food, hung adorable decorations, served tasty drinks, and hosted a wonderful shower. No baby shower is complete without dessert, so expect to see more posts in the next couple weeks. I wanted to make something to give as a favor and came up with these adorable cookies. The baby's name starts with an "A", hence the "A" on the onesies. Unfortunately, I put these cookies in the little bags I was packaging them in a little too earlier and all the icing smeared and slid off. My tip to you if you make these....make sure they dry completely before you package them up! In case any of you are interested, I have included our menu from the shower and a few pictures of the food at the end of the post. Just shoot me an email if you want an of the recipes.
Classic Sugar Cookies
recipe from Baked Perfection
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 almond extract
2 eggs
Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt, set aside. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until fully absorbed. Separate dough into two disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for a minimum of two hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. On a clean floured surface, roll out one disk of dough at a time to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. Decorate as desired.
Sugar Cookie Icing
recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla extract
assorted food coloring
In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and vanilla extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick add more milk, if too thin add more sugar.
Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Decorate as desired.
Afternoon Baby Shower Menu
* Coconut Lime Shrimp Skewers
*Caprese Salad Bites
*Melon wrapped in prosciutto
*Tea sandwiches
- BLT's
- Chicken Salad
- Goat Cheese and Watercress
*Caramelized Onion Dip
*Spinach Dip
*Fresh-made Hummus
*Assorted Veggies and Fruit
*Chicken Satay w/ peanut sauce
*Sausage Wonton Cups
*Tomato Bacon Cups
*Apple and Gorganzola Flatbread
*Pretzel Bites
*Lime Bars
*Cookie Dough Truffles
*Double Chocolate Cupakes w/ Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
*Pink Velvet Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
*Sparkeling Peach Sangria
* Cider Sipping Sangria
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Baby Shower Cookies
So Cute!
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Brownies in a Cone
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling
Makes17 servings
- 1 package fudge brownie mix (13-inch x 9-inch pan size)
- 17 ice cream cake cones (about 3 inches tall)
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- Colored sprinkles
- Prepare brownie batter according to package directions, using 3 eggs. Place the ice cream cones in muffin cups; spoon about 3 tablespoons batter into each cone.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and tops are dry (do not overbake). Cool completely.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip tops of brownies in melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Decorate with sprinkles.
Nutrition Facts1 cone: 279 calories, 15g fat (4g saturated fat), 34mg cholesterol, 152mg sodium, 35g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein.
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Aug 28, 2014
I made these for the 1st time w/brownie mix(used cake batter before) My husband made me a perfect carrier out of a cardboard box lined w/foil w/holes drilled in it Perfect :-)
Jan 20, 2014
Well, my word! Aint these jess the ceutest little snacks yall ever did seen? I put a lil dollap of butter on top, and than I sprinkled skittles all over the top of the butter n gave em to my childrens and my husband, and theuy all most feell outta them chairs they ploopped in! My word!~
Jan 20, 2014
Well, my word! Aint these jess the ceutest little snacks yall ever did seen? I put a lil dollap of butter on top, and than I sprinkled skittles all over the top of the butter n gave em to my childrens and my husband, and theuy all most feell outta them chairs they perched in! My word!~
Jun 29, 2013
This is a great, quick and fun recipe! We topped ours with an individual red gummy 'bear' candy to resemble and cherry on top. They are always a hit. We transport ours in a shoe boxes. Just snug enough that they dont move around. Another bake sale tip: use sprinkles that our the school's colors!
Nov 17, 2011
Very fun recipe for birthday treats at school for kids, if you're using these for a bake sale try packaging them individually in clear, disposable punch cups then wrap celophane around them with a cute ribbon tied at the top.
Sep 9, 2010
My kids love this recipe. I made it for a bake sale recently, and my daughter was disappointed that one of the other mom's bought all that I made before the kids had a chance to buy any. I had to make more at home for her. The only change I made was that I used chocolate frosting from a can (try Betty Crocker Whipped in milk chocolate--it's delish!) I piped the frosting on top of the cups to look like soft serve ice cream and sprinkled rainbow sprinkles on top. Yummy!
Jan 19, 2010
easy way to transport...put them in a large plasticwear cake saver. Line them up in and upright position, packing snuggly!
Jan 19, 2010
these are great! You can also use a cake mix receipe in the same manner!:)
Sep 30, 2009
I would put a styrofoam cup in the muffin pan and then put the cones in the cups, they will transport really well.
Sep 21, 2009
I do enjoy making these cupcakes/brownies in an ice cream cone. I have one problem tho - how do you transport these after decorating without them falling over? The kids loved this at a Bar B Q this past summer. Do any of you have any suggestions?


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