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The gunpowder treason and plot.
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That was technically yesterday (Mountain Standard Time), though I when I started this piece I hadn't gone to bed yet. Today is officially election day. This post is intended to bring a few things to everyone's attention. Many people already know these things. Some don't. Either way, as usual, I will put a little of my own spin on it.
First on the election.
On the presidential elections (I still have not voted yet today, but I think I will make it to the polls before they close), voting doesn't really effect the election outcome unless you are in a battleground state. So I hope most people will be voting their consciences. Voting, however, does send a message, and that message for each voting block is the same REGARDLESS of the outcome. What I mean by this is, if you support someone but vote for someone else, odds are that not only will that vote have no effect on the outcome (unless, as I said, it is a tight race) in terms of who the next president is, but you are also keeping people from knowing what you truly believe. Voting to send a message therefore has much more of an impact than voting to put someone in power.
And now, the rest of the post on ongoing and attempted takeovers of the liberty movement by 1) Occupy Wall Street (this was only a minor and unintended offense on their part), 2) the rank and file of the Tea Party (originally a good thing, but now more or less synonymous with the GOP), and 3) the Kochtopus (who in my conspiratorial mind own Jesse Benton, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and a good portion of many Republican, Tea Party, and Libertarian groups, organizations, and individuals, though I do not allege that everyone employed are receiving funds from the Koch Brothers is automatically a blind tool).
407 years ago this night was the Gun Powder plot where a group of English Catholics attempted to Assassinate James I of England. All religious considerations aside (I am not a Catholic), it was an act against oppression and thus a tradition has come down to us today, mainly in England, to celebrate the anniversary. I won't go into any details about how the Fifth of November, AKA Guy Fawkes Day is traditionally celebrated, but I do want to call attention to the man it was named after. But not the historical man because that is fairly boring. It is to the fictionalized, mythologized, romanticized, and later Hollywoodified version that I will point you. Guy Fawkes is a Robin Hood-like hero in these later accounts, and much the same he has captured many hearts and minds. Like Robin of Loxley, he stands against the existing order, the status quo, and evades the unjust authorities, but perhaps unlike him, the whole idea of tyranny. What more could I ask for?
We've all seen the Guy Fawkes masks, the ones that come from the movie V for Vendetta. The first people that used them as activists, perhaps to the surprise of many, were in fact Ron Paul supporters. Not the hackers group Anonymous, and not the Occupy Wall Street movement. Just like with the Tea Party movement.
Speaking of Anonymous, Guy Fawkes, and Ron Paul, check out this "leak" and the video below.
Ron Paul raised $4.3 Million on Guy Fawkes Day in 2007. Why a similar money bomb didn't occur in 2011 is probably due to former Campaign Manager Jesse Benton's fear and loathing of anything resembling disorder or fringe or passion.
Most Ron Paul supporters had their suspicions of Jesse Benton. Some smelled a rat early on. Other reserved judgement until it was too late.
Adam Kokesh was one in the former category. [Warning: Foul Language!]
He regarded Jesse Benton and Campaign for Liberty (under Benton's leadership at the time) with disdain from early one, at first for what seemed to be personal reasons, but later what turned out to be a dead-on instinct.
This all reminds me of an historical episode that occurred between another Jesse Benton, and a man who might be considered Ron Paul's role model against the Central Bank, President Andrew Jackson.
Campaign for Liberty was perhaps the first real Tea Party organization, although in a sense Dick Armey's Freedom Works (2004), the Koch Brothers' Americans for Prosperity (2004) Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform 1985), and the Koch Brothers' Citizens for a Sounds Economy (1984) all deserve honorable mention.
Even Murray Rothbard can be said to have had a role, albeit a small one.
The New Boston Tea Party – Murray Rothbard
And speaking of Murray Rothbard and the Kochtopus, I suggest you read some of these links I have done many hours worth of research looking for. I have read a number of them myself. There is some really juicy stuff in there. And it should be required reading for any liberty minded person worried about the corrupting influences to be found in politics, even in the libertarian movement. I don't know entirely what to make of it all other than that the Koch brothers have done many great deeds for which they should be praised, but all for what appear to be the wrong reasons, reasons, which have also caused them to do a great deal of more sinister things. Perhaps enough to outshine their more praiseworthy endeavors. They are corporate fascists and elitists no less than George Soros and Warren Buffet. They just have a different strategy. Perhaps the most clever and dangerous.
Libertarian Cover for the Corporate State by Murray N. Rothbard
The Clark Campaign: Never Again by Murray N. Rothbard
Konkin on Libertarian Strategy – Murray N. Rothbard – Mises Daily
Samuel Edward Konkin III "Reply to Rothbard"
May 28, 2007
Conference on Austrian Economics and the Firm « Organizations and Markets
March 25, 2008
How Libertarian Is the Kochtopus? « LewRockwell.com Blog
April 22, 2008
The Kochtopus vs. Murray N. Rothbard by David Gordon
May 12, 2008
The Kochtopus vs. Murray N. Rothbard, Part II by David Gordon
October 22, 2008
The Board Game of Libertarian Public Policy
January 2, 2009
Tyler Cowen: Statist, anti-Rothbardian agent of the Kochtopus | TIME.com
March 2, 2009
The Kochtopus and Power « LewRockwell.com Blog
March 6, 2009
'Libertarian' Hero « LewRockwell.com Blog
August 28, 2009
Cowenian Second-Bestism Smackdown
Good for Pete Boettke « LewRockwell.com Blog
March 30, 2010
Koch Brothers Fund Trey Grayson's Campaign « LewRockwell.com Blog
re: Koch Brothers Finance Trey Grayson's Campaign « LewRockwell.com Blog
April 22, 2008
The Kochtopus vs. Murray N. Rothbard by David Gordon
April 16, 2008
'Reason'-Funder To Host Cheney « LewRockwell.com Blog
August 4, 2010
Radical Roots of Libertarianism by Samuel E. Konkin III | JustLive
August 30, 2010
The Billionaire Koch Brothers' War Against Obama : The New Yorker
In Defense of the Kochtopus by Justin Raimondo — Antiwar.com
August 31, 2010
Austrians Again « LewRockwell.com Blog
September 3, 2010
David Koch Attacks Alan Grayson « LewRockwell.com Blog
September 15, 2010
October 25, 2010
Good for the Cato Institute « LewRockwell.com Blog
November 24, 2010
Liberty Central: Repo'd by the Koch brothers? | Smart v. Stupid
November 26, 2010
Libertarians Against the Regime by Justin Raimondo — Antiwar.com
January 26, 2011
Koch Brothers Feel the Heat In DC, as Broad Coalition Readies Creative Action to Quarantine the Billionaires Gathering in California Desert | Alternet
January 27, 2011
'Koch Brothers Trot Out Ed Meese To Defend Them' « LewRockwell.com Blog
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Koch Brothers Trot Out Ed Meese to Defend Them
Koch conference under scrutiny – Kenneth P. Vogel and Simmi Aujla – POLITICO.com
February 2, 2011
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Koch Brothers Hire Arnold Schwarzenegger's PR Operative
February 3, 2011
More Adventures With the Kochs « LewRockwell.com Blog
February 6, 2011
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Americans for [Koch] Prosperity
February 9, 2011
Monetary Policy Hearing Today: Ron Paul Versus the Kochtopus | Next New Deal
February 24, 2011
Why the Evil Koch Brothers Must Be Stopped: They Support Drug Legalization, Gay Marriage, Reduced Defense Spending | Peace . Gold . Liberty
February 26, 2011
Wisconsin, Reason, and the National Conversation
March 2, 2011
On Koch Supported Herman Cain by Robert Wenzel
The Koch Bros. Love Herman Cain & Hate Ron Paul | Peace . Gold . Liberty
March 10, 2011
Murray Rothbard on the Kochtopus by David Gordon
April 22, 2011
Gary Johnson: Caveat Emptor by Justin Raimondo — Antiwar.com
May 6, 2011
The Proto-Koch « LewRockwell.com Blog
May 9, 2011
Utah Court Strikes Blow for Free Speech, Dismisses Trademark and CFAA Claims Against Political Activists | Electronic Frontier Foundation
July 3, 2011
The Caravan Keeps Rolling « LewRockwell.com Blog
Their Master's Voice | Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre
July 8, 2011
Koch Brothers to Democrats: Stop Asking us For Money
July 22, 2011
Koch Bros. for Higher Taxes (on Their Competitors) | Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre
July 25, 2011
Do the Koch Bros. Own Bachmann, Too? | Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre
September 6, 2011
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: HOT: Mother Jones Releases Secret Koch Brothers Tapes
September 29, 2011
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Oh Geez, Charles Koch Advised Friedrich Hayek to Sign Up for Social Security
October 3, 2011
Update: Austrian economics program denied at Loyola New Orleans
October 13, 2011
Could a Tea Party Occupy Wall Street? by Addison Wiggin
November 6, 2011
That 3rd Koch Brother | Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre
November 16, 2011
MF Global and the Koch Bros. « LewRockwell.com Blog
January 1, 2012
From Vienna With Love: The Kochtopus Warms Up to Ron Paul
January 31, 2012
What's wrong with the Cato institute? | Peace . Gold . Liberty
February 16, 2012
"History of the Libertarian Movement" by Samuel Edward Konkin III | Left-Liberty.net
March 1, 2012
Kochs launch court fight over Cato – Mike Allen – POLITICO.com
Koch Brothers sue Cato Institute, president – Think Tanked – The Washington Post
Cato says Koch engaged in "a hostile takeover" of the think tank – Think Tanked – The Washington Post
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Billionaire Koch Brothers Sic Super Lawyer on Widow
Koch Bros. Sue Ed Crane, Cato Institute « LewRockwell.com Blog
The Kochs vs. Cato : The New Yorker
March 2, 2012
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Will Lew Rockwell Show at the Next Meeting of the Cato Board?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Koch v. Cato
The Cato Putsch | The American Conservative
March 3, 2012
'Cato Putsch'? « LewRockwell.com Blog
Brad DeLong: Ed Crane and the Cato Institute vs. the Kochtopus!
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Beltarians versus WaPoists on Koch-Cato
The Volokh Conspiracy » Koch v. Cato — A View from Cato
March 4, 2012
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Murray Rothbard Haunts Koch-Cato from the Grave
Justin Raimondo on the Latest Cato Broadside « LewRockwell.com Blog
Bob Wenzel on the Lineage of the Cato Shares « LewRockwell.com Blog
March 5, 2012
Libertarian Ed Crane Decides to Act Like a Liberal. Will It Destroy the Cato Institute? | RedState
Koch Brothers, Worth $50 Billion, Sue Widow Over $16.00 of Nonprofit's Stock » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
What Goes Around Comes Around by Skip Oliva
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: What It Takes to Get Big Support from the Koch Brothers
CATO: From Libertarian to Republican? | The American Conservative
March 6, 2012
Is It Charles Koch's Moral Duty . . . « LewRockwell.com Blog
Charles Koch Makes a Good Point by Thomas DiLorenzo
Cato and the Kochs | The Moral Sciences Club | Big Think
March 7, 2012
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Where's LewRockwell.com?
March 8, 2012
Charles Koch: I Am Not Backing Down « LewRockwell.com Blog
Koch vs. Cato — A Guest Post by Brink Lindsey | Bleeding Heart Libertarians
The Battle for Cato « ThinkMarkets
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: MIT Prof: The Kochs Will Not Takeover the World
March 12, 2012
Cato's Amazing Hypocrisy as It Battles the Kochtopus » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
March 19, 2012
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: For the Neocons, It's Crane over Koch
March 22, 2012
Robert Lawson on Koch 'n Cato « LewRockwell.com Blog
EconomicPolicyJournal.com: David Koch Gives Ed Crane an Employment Review
March 26, 2012
Family Feud | The Weekly Standard
April 11, 2012
April 16, 2012
The Libertarian Challenge to Charles Murray's Position on Property Rights and Homesteading by Walter Block
April 20, 2012
Digging the Hole Deeper « LewRockwell.com Blog
Independent and Principled? Behind the Cato Myth | The Nation
April 24, 2012
How Not To Change America's Politics: Set Up a Public Policy Think Tank by Gary North
April 27, 2012
The Think-Tank Mentality by Skip Oliva
July 7, 2012
» Lessons from the UVA, Cato Wars Kleptarchy
August 17, 2012
The Paul Ryan Selection: The Koch Brothers Get Their Man – Roger Stone: The Stone Zone
August 30, 2012
Plutocrat David Koch Not a Libertarian « LewRockwell.com Blog
Two Additional Links I can't put in the chronology:
Interview With Samuel Edward Konkin III
One of the most interesting things (and there were many) I garnered from reading these is the Kochtopus' love for Central Banking, despite their roots in Austrian Economics. Evokes memories of Alan Greenspan. And why the Koch Brothers put stock in Herman Cain. And why Rick Perry was derided by so-called conservatives when he called Ben Bernanke a traitor. And why their oh so brief ally Ron Paul is so hated by them and theirs anymore.
And it reminds me further of several graphics I have seen floating around on the various End the Fed sites and blogs. A stream of consciousness post like this would be seriously remiss without tying everything together with a few related images.
Do I need to spell out the connection?
Hydra/Kraken/Squid/Octopus/Kochtopus/Leviathon/Federal Government/Federal Reserve/National Bank/Petrodollar/Koch Industries/Corporations/Military Industrial Complex/Fascism Hello?!?!
Please don't think I'm going all occult on you or anything (I do admit that I came across some pretty dubious sites looking for some of these images). I just really like mythology and history and metaphors and analogies.


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Rays stick to script: Pitching, defense wins
Maddon's bunch uses fundamental approach to keep calm, carry on
CLEVELAND -- The thing about the Tampa Bay Rays is that they play such spectacular defense that even the most difficult plays start to seem routine after a while.
"What you saw today is pretty much what I've been watching all year," manager Joe Maddon said.
He'd just watched his team play a textbook baseball game, one built on terrific pitching and slick defense.
And their season moves on.
In defeating the Cleveland Indians, 4-0, Wednesday night in front of 43,579 in the American League Wild Card Game, the Rays advanced to an AL Division Series against the Red Sox, which begins Friday at Fenway Park (3 p.m. ET on TBS).
"We think we can beat anyone right now," Rays reliever Joel Peralta said.
When this one ended, the Rays had another wild clubhouse celebration almost like the one they had in Texas on Monday.
This one came with crates of champagne and cases of Silly String.
Silly String?
Yes, Silly String.
"We like to celebrate, man," Maddon said.
Here's what they've done in a four-day span. They won a must-win game in Toronto on Sunday to force a Monday tiebreaker in Texas for the final AL Wild Card berth.
They flew to Texas and won again. Then they hopped on a plane to Cleveland for another.
Pressure? Child, please.
"I think our guys are really good about breathing in the moment," Maddon said.
"We like playing in front of big crowds," he said. "The American League East is a wonderful training ground for this time of the year."
The Rays long ago established themselves as maybe the smartest, most efficient franchise in their sport.
No team does more with less. To construct four playoff teams in the last six seasons with a bottom-five payroll speaks volumes about the entire organization.
One of their unshakable beliefs is that baseball games can be won by pitching well and making every single routine play. In other words, don't give outs away.
On the first day of Spring Training, Maddon tells his players his two most important mandates are:
• Run hard to first base.
• Play defense.
While that may sound overly simple, virtually everything associated with winning baseball flows from there.
On Wednesday, the Rays followed the blueprint. Starter Alex Cobb overcame a fastball he could never quite control to pitch 6 2/3 shutout innings.
When he departed, Maddon mixed and matched his bullpen, using three relievers to get the final seven outs.
As good as the pitching was, as important as Delmon Young's leadoff home run in the third was in quieting a huge crowd, this one had the Rays defense on display almost from beginning to end.
At times, they're so good they're scary.
For instance, it was a scoreless game in the bottom of the second inning when third baseman Evan Longoria was abruptly shifted to the other side of the infield during a Carlos Santana at-bat.
Want to guess what happened on the very next pitch? Santana bounced a ball right to Longoria, who threw him out at first.
The Rays had Longoria start in his usual position because Santana sometimes bunts for a hit. Once Santana had two strikes in the at-bat, the Rays figured he wouldn't bunt, so Longoria trotted across the diamond and positioned himself close to where the second baseman usually plays.
To make an adjustment like that one during an at-bat says plenty about the Rays' preparation and scouting reports and plenty more.
And that wasn't even the most impressive thing they did.
That moment might have happened in the fourth inning when the Indians, trailing 3-0, had the bases loaded with one out.
That inning opened with second baseman Ben Zobrist robbing Jason Kipnis of a hit. Then with Santana on second base, Zobrist saved a run with a diving stab of a Michael Brantley grounder.
With the bases loaded, Rays first baseman James Loney made the play of the game by moving far to his right and getting to an Asdrubal Cabrera grounder.
He fired to shortstop Yunel Escobar for a force at second, and Escobar fired to first, where Cobb was covering the bag. Double play. End of inning.
"Those infielders, man," Maddon said. "James Loney can throw the baseball. Everybody always talks about fielding. But the thing that this guy does, he throws extremely well, and he's not afraid to throw. There are some first basemen that would not make the throws that he makes."
According to Fangraphs.com, the Rays were the AL's second-best defensive team, trailing only the Orioles. They were ranked first at second base (Zobrist) and shortstop (Escobar) and ranked second at first base (Loney) and third base (Longoria).
"Our infield defense is the best we've ever had," Maddon said. "We're all about defense. Everyone wants to talk about batting average. That's nice. But when we can prevent runs like we do, we benefit from that."


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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Holiday Coffee Cake and Muffin Round Up
Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Pom Koec - Belgian Coffee Cake
Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake
Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
French Breakfast Puffs
Coffee Walnut Snack Cake
Raspberry Streusel Muffins
Apple Cake with Caramel Glaze
Morning Glory Muffins
Budapest Coffee Cake
Marionberry Muffins
46 comments :
- Merisi said...
Wonderful holiday breakfast additions, what feasts! :-)
- December 12, 2010 at 12:32 AM
- Cindy said...
Those look absolutely decadent! I think the holidays are the perfect time to indulge!
- December 12, 2010 at 12:38 AM
- RamblingTart said...
Those French Breakfast Puffs look so lovely, Mary! :-) I'm so glad you aren't listening to the skeptics. :-)
- December 12, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- Alessandra said...
Lovely round up, as always :-)
Happy Sunday, here is nearly finished :-)
- December 12, 2010 at 1:04 AM
- Monet said...
Now I know how to occupy my time once I officially go on winter break...baking all of these delicious cakes would be such a pleasure (and then eating them would be even more delightful!) The raspberry cream cheese would be the first on my to-bake list. Thank you for sharing with me. I hope you have a blessed Sunday!
- December 12, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
I want to make the Budapest coffee cake!
- December 12, 2010 at 1:11 AM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
They all looks so good! But the french puffs are the best looking to me!
- December 12, 2010 at 1:24 AM
- My Cozy Corner said...
Oh my goodness. And I mean Goodness....Yum. I love everything. I love to bake this time of year. In fact, Every month I have Cupcake Sunday at My Cozy Corner. Thank you so much for visiting me. I love to read the comments.
- December 12, 2010 at 2:54 AM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
Oh what a delightful round up , am loving all the round ups!!
i love ur not paying any attention to those with the mean streak :-)
thatsss good!!!
I love to eat all things delicious too and am so spoilt for choice here!!
- December 12, 2010 at 3:13 AM
- Flavia Galasso said...
I know very well your special MArionberry muffins...now I have to try and taste all the other recipes...have a nice blessed Sunday, ciao Flavia
- December 12, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- Rebecca said...
These all look so good-and I just pigged out yesterday-I need to watch it-but seriously-that stuff look sooooo good!
- December 12, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- Jan Hennings said...
These coffee cakes look delicious! I'd like to have a slice with my coffee please :)
- December 12, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- Rita said...
They all look wonderful. I try to have something like this in my freezer for my children's visit. What a great variety you offered us today.
Happy Sunday,
- December 12, 2010 at 7:14 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
I love coffee cakes! Thanks for your holiday round-up and giveaway!
- December 12, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Cathy said...
What a lovely collection of coffee cake recipes! I've already tried several of them and see several more I can't wait to try. Just in time for Christmas morning. Thanks, Mary.
- December 12, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- CaSaundraLeigh said...
I am really enjoying your recipe round ups!! It's a great way to highlight all the delicious and amazing food/baked goods you've made. :-) Thanks!
- December 12, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Joanne said...
Ooo I like your weight loss plan. Damage control in the best possible way.
All of these coffee cake/muffin treats look so delicious! I would even be able to choose among them...
- December 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- The Words Crafter said...
Cream. Cheese. Coffee. Cakes. Heaven!
- December 12, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- June said...
I knew I liked you a whole lot and now you've given me another host of reasons! Thanks Mary.
- December 12, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- SKIP TO MALOU said...
I probably gained weight already Mary looking at your coffee cakes. I can't pick just one but all of them ahhah. thanks for the roundup and for the giveaway!
Happy SUnday!
- December 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Tasha said...
This post has just reminded me of what I was missing in the plans for our Christmas morning table- some kind of sweet treat! The coffee cakes look awesome...now to decide which one.
- December 12, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Martha's Favorites said...
Hi: Everything looks so good. Have a wonderful Christmas. Blessings, Martha
- December 12, 2010 at 11:03 AM
- Cindy Adkins said...
Oh my gosh--everything looks so delicious!!! I hope I don't gain weight from looking at it because I'm on Atkins..lol I'm your newest follower and so nice to meet you. Thank you for coming to visit my blog!
- December 12, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Kerrie said...
Wow, your site is awesome! I will put this one in favorites for sure! thank you for your visit to my Pink Saturday post and comment!
- December 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- PeggyR said...
Great food as always!
- December 12, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Vagabonde said...
Thank you for coming to my blog a while back. We went on a trip and I am now catching up with all the posts I did not read. I enjoyed looking at your blog. One of the breads I used to love, growing up in France, was what we call "pain d'épices" or spice bread. I wonder if this Belgian Pom Koec bread would be something like it?
- December 12, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Shirley Wright said...
What wonderful looking food! I could eat some of all of it!
- December 12, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- nesrin said...
Ich bin auch ein Muffinsliebhaber, besonders beim Frühstück. Alle sehen lecker aus. Grüsse...
- December 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- SmilingSally said...
Coffee cakes are so popular this time of the year. That blackberry one tempts me.
- December 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a wonderful array of treats Mary! Everything looks so delicious. If you can't indulge over the holidays, when can you! :o)
- December 12, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Miss Rhea said...
Yum !!! Hard to pick one, but anything that says Raspberry has my vote !! :) :) Happy belated Pink Saturday !!! :) :) :)
- December 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- Big Dude said...
I'm not a big dessert eater, but I could sure dig into several of these - especially the coffee cakes.
- December 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- teresa said...
oh my goodness, what lovely breakfast treats! i wish i could go right down the line and take a big bite out of all of them!
- December 12, 2010 at 6:04 PM
These recipes all sound wonderful!
- December 12, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
So many great recipes. Thanks for festive sharing.
- December 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- So Very Domestic said...
I feel behind on my self inflicted weekly cake challenge, I will be using a couple of these to catch up for sure!!
- December 12, 2010 at 9:15 PM
- Unknown said...
One of each please, I had to lol on the butter needs a vehicle! ha
- December 12, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Ann said...
Everyone of those treats look fantastic! I want to try many of them.
- December 12, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Stephanie Suzanne Designs said...
Oh my! The French breakfast Puffs look so good as does everything else!
Thanks so much for visiting with me!
Happy Day,
Stephanie ♥
- December 12, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Those all look amazing! I've tried the cinnamon swirl coffee cake..it was fantastic!
- December 12, 2010 at 11:10 PM
- stefanie said...
mmmmmmm, those coffee cakes look soooooo yummi!!!
- December 12, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Theresa @ Take A Sentimental Journey said...
The walnut snack cake looks so delicious.
- December 12, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- Amy said...
yum....all your coffee cakes look scrumptious! I'll definitely give them a try! :)
- December 12, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Suzanne said...
I am seriously a sucker for coffee cake and muffins, they all look heavenly.
- December 13, 2010 at 1:35 AM
- The Single Nester said...
So glad you left a comment on my blog because now I have found your delicious blog! Can't wait to read more!
- December 13, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
Would love to wake up to any one of these goodies! I'm trying to loose some weight before the holidays and yet you are tempting me with all these treats!
- December 16, 2010 at 7:53 AM


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That is PRICELESS!
Shouldn't his nose have moved again when he said he always beats Michigan? I mean, you guys did manage to win one game against him. ;)
Maybe should have been more. Not sure what to think of the whole mess. Good object lesson for my son about how the lie is usually worse than the crime. Will be interesting to see what happens this season. Hopefully we'll get some balance in The Game.
I doubt they keep Fickell, but he and Hoke seem cut a bit from the same cloth. My wife knew him from OSU and he did a lot of volunteer/organization work. Seems like a stand up guy, but I can't help but think some of this stink is on him, just because he was there.
And my favorite Disney ride is Mr. Tressel's Wild Ride. Tressel's Haunted Mansion is pretty good too.
Tressel's Hall of Shame is a trip through history. Tressel's Tattoo Castle is fantastic. There's something for everyone at TresselWorld.
Great, Phil. Inspired an update to the post's subject line.
GLORIOUS! Also glorious is the fact that the authentication word is "CHEAT". LMAO
Might as well coach in the SEC??? Yeah... not jealous at all!!! How many years in a row of National Champions have been from the SEC??? 5??? Half a decade???
Jealous? This is Michigan, for God sakes.
Apparently you've been stumbling along in the darkness for some time now and walked into the light to find yourself here. Were you not aware that it's morning in Ann Arbor again?
The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. - Proverbs 15:2
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. - Proverbs 26:5
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. -Proverbs 17:28
Hush now child, and run along....
Too bad you're not this talented on the football field. 9-1, soon to be 10-1. Go Bucks!
The smoke from Columbus is burning my eyes, but the tears.....they taste sweet on my tongue.
yeah, "9-1" bitches!
and they wonder why the rest of the world thinks they're backwards?
LOL, Just!
And, Andy, I believe it's "9-1***"
It's pretty easy to dominate when you don't play by the rules. It helps you get the better recruits and it also helps you in other matters. "Well, this guy isn't quite adding up to our standards in classes. Well get some nerd to study for him...sheesh". I just wonder how far the "win at all costs" attitude goes?
and as for the SEC, same thing applies. I'm sure the NCAA amphibious group is over the horizon for the SEC as well.
@ Phil 2:53
[climbing on my soap-box]
Seriously. You guys just don't get it, do you?
Winning the most games when you operate outside the rules is meaningless. Do think that any Michigan fan with half a brain points to the two Final Four appearances of the FabFive as a proof point of success?
One of the most storied football programs in the history of college football is imploding before your very eyes, and your response is... "soon to be 10-1"?
Call me silly... but Jim Tressel's record over Michigan is irrelevant from this point forward. He is gone. He is not coming back. Once the NCAA gets done sifting through the rubble in Columbus, the only thing anyone will remember is the mushroom cloud he created.
The win at all costs culture that obviously permeates around the Ohio State athletic department has actually been quite funny to watch over these last few months. I would much rather be 1-9 and be able to look myself in the mirror than be 9-1 and remembered as a disgraced cheater.
Yost. Shouldn't the asterisk be on the 9? "9*-1"
to quote Annie in "Bull Durham":
The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness.
and that's pretty much the entire Buckeye Nation
*********-1 looks even better than 9*-1.
I just wonder how far back the NCAA is going to keep digging. They have enough to bury the school from the top down as it stands right now. Do they continue to put forth the effort in man hours to find everything TSIO did wrong? Every ineligible player since Tressel took over?
They have only just scratched the surface IMO, but it appears you only need four inches, instead of six feet, to bury a buckeye.
Yep, Andy's nailed it. SURE you're going to be 9-1 whcn you violate every rule in the book and thus, reruit unfairly and illegally... and as for the vid.... HAHAHA!! you guys are killin me!!!
Yes, I am sure so many top recruits came to OSU because they heard about the lucrative memorabilia for tattoos market.
and cars. and cash. but, hey? there's rules against that for a reason, right?
serioulsy- how many Heisman Trophyn winners have to get paid before it's a "competitive advantage"?
Oh, and remember Pryor's "promise"? That meant a lot. I can't BELIEVE he even had the gall to put forth, well I promised the COACH and he isn't there anymore! That OSU program just reeks of integrity through and through.
Ex,obviously they weren't recruited with lures of tatoos.. more like cars, cash and women..
and OSU will NOT be the same, sorry. Has USC recovered yet?
You Michigan people are pathetic! Bash on Tressel all you want and sit on you high horse and enjoy. The real reason all of you love watching Tressel go is because now maybe, (and I mean a long shot maybe) you can finally compete with "THE" Buckeyes again. Hate all you want, but at the end of the day I will take a little scandal any day over irrelevance. Sorry Michigan players had no rings that they could sell, unless you are now giving out rings for the winner of the UM Spring Game (wouldn't shock me)
You are certainly correct that it is most enjoyable watching a sanctimonious hypocrite be exposed for being just that, but there is no hate involved, I wish him no ill will. He also doesn't need sympathy, with the money he has. Again, like it or not the OSU program will be in "rebuilding" mode for quite a while....ummm,USC......ok...
Maybe they will finally go after SEC but they seem to be a lot smarter how they do it (cash, no paper trails)
Mike, Mike, Mike....calm down....it's ok, it's ok....
The emotional and psychological response you are experiencing right now is the second of five stages of grief due to Catastrophic Loss - namely, Anger.
The first stage is Denial - which you seem to have skipped through quite quickly. The other three phases are Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance - although you may not experience those in any given order, or at all for that matter.
Don't hold on to the anger for too long, as it is a poison to the soul.
Glad to be of help in your time of need.
LOL, just! I was actually thinking of doing a post about that the other day.
Well played, sir.
Re: Mike's "at the end of the day I will take a little scandal any day over irrelevance"
In other words, the "do anything to win no matter what" attitude among Buckeye Unincorporated Township went all the way from the head coach down to some dude coming to leave his pro-Buckeye "comment" on a Michigan blog.
I think it actually started right at the top with TSIO's President Gordon Gee, then to Upstanding "Not a Systemic Problem Inside His Program" Athletic Director Gene Smith, down to Disgraced Former Head Football Coach Jim Tressel...et al.
And my goodness, when they tee it up so nicely for you, what other option do you really have??
MIKE - I would rather lose with dignity, having done my best, than to cheat my way to victory. I will gladly stand by the recent Michigan Losses with Denard Robinson than to have to VACATE all of your "wins"******* with Terell Pryor (who also conveniently vacated himself).
It's called Morals, Values, Class, Character. INTEGRITY.
And you sir, are about to find out the true meaning of IRRELEVANCE.
YOST - i can't stop laughing. Excellent comment!!
{{Re: Mike's "at the end of the day I will take a little scandal any day over irrelevance"
In other words, the "do anything to win no matter what" attitude among Buckeye Unincorporated Township went all the way from the head coach down to some dude coming to leave his pro-Buckeye "comment" on a Michigan blog.}}
You know I get that after 9 and 1 you guys need to believe that you might have won a couple of those games, if not for the tattoos or the alleged cars. You need to think that Pryor chose OSU of over UM, not because you were about hire the worst coach in your history, but because OSU offered him unlimited mileage. But the sad truth is that the fear in the pit of all your wolverine bellies is that after all the sanctions are put on OSU for this disaster, we will still beat you.
No room for fear, Ex. Our bellies are rolling with laughter too much right now.
Oh my God! he's right! we're really pathetic! we're just beaten down by the mighty mighty buckeyes and their awesome football coach.
wow. am i ever glad he stopped by to straighten us out over that. to think i've wasted all these years thinking my alma mater was more than just a sports team, but instead an educational instituation, where sports were a part of the collegiate experience. what a fool i was to not understand that the only thing that mattered was the school's W-L record in football!
well, life will be a lot easier to comprehend now. thanks. it was a big help.
"Surrounded" once again has a totally irrelevant point. Is UofM a good school? Sure is. But I don't see much coverage of the debate team on this blog or the chem department for that matter. This a sports blog, predominantly football. That's what we've been talking about the whole time. But given the play of your team recently, I'd change the subject too if I were you.
First of all with all due respect Ramona and Ex:
You forgot the asterisk, or just the 9 asterisks as jt would say.
#2 Mike:
"little scandal"????????????
I'll just bring it up, 15 minutes of extra practice is a "little scandal."
This is SMUesque. Probably the worst since. I don't think "little" has anything to due with this situation, except the amount shame that anyone involved with this seems to have.
Ramona... if anyone from tosu wants sympathy they can find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.
The only thing that would make this "little" scandal any better is if it comes out that Ohio State has a "white house" like the Cowboys had in the Michael Irving days.
apparently there is more coming out tomorrow...stay tuned.
you're coach was a fraud & a cheat. the world is laughing at you.
don't change the subject.


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Readme Panorama Tools for Macintosh/ Windows/ Linux Notes to version 2.1: ===================== o GraphicConverter version updated for new Plugin interface. Now requires at least GC version 2.8 Notes to version 2.0.b1/2: ========================= o Seamer rewritten. Performs faster on large images and yields better results. Notes to version 2.0.b0: ======================= o Tiff-writer for temporary files corrected (Only non Photoshop hosts for Photoshop plug-in affected). Notes to version 1.9.2: ======================= o Correction mode for scanning cameras (PanoScan) added. Notes to version 1.9.1: ======================= o Adjust Tool accepts 'PSphere' images as input o Bug fixes regarding Photoshop file creation. Notes to version 1.9.0: ======================= o Scaling function in 'Correct'-menu changed: If one of width/height is set to 0, aspect ratio is preserved. o Some compatibility problems with PTStitcher/PTOptimizer solved.
General Features
General Features: ================= Panorama Tools is a free program which can be used to generate, edit and transform many kinds of panoramic images. Its five main functionalities are: o Correction of images. Automatic cropping of images to brightest rectangle. Remove all sorts of barrel and/or pincussion distortion. Correct light fall-off at edges of your wide angle shots. Correct chromatic errors (colour separation) of your lens. Correct chromatic errors (colour separation) of your scanner. Skew/Unskew your images horizontally or vertically. Correction of scanning slit cameras Fourier Transform Filtering/Wiener Filter o Perspective Control Simulates a shift lens in software For normal and fisheye lenses o Remap from any projection to any projection Warp and unwarp normal, panoramic and fisheye images. Convert equirectangular LivePicture panos to QTVR-panos and vice-versa Convert mirror images (BeHere-setup or similar) to any panorama and vice-versa. Convert fisheye images to any panorama and vice-versa Unwarp panorama sections (QTVR and LivePicture) to edit in Photoshop, then rewarp and seamlessly insert back. o Adjust images into a panoramic view Generate full panoramic view using any mixture of normal, fisheye and panoramic images. Built-in optimizer to find optimum pitch/roll/yaw for a given image to fit a panorama Built-in optimizer to find optimum correction settings for a given image. Built-in stitching tool to automatically merge images into a panoramic view. Automatic colour adjustment of to be merged images Extract any view (normal/fisheye/panoramic) from any panorama (RealVR/QTVR/rectilinear) Insert any image (normal/fisheye/panoramic) into any panorama (RealVR/QTVR/rectilinear) o Realtime Panorama Editor (only Photoshop/Gimp version) The realtime Panorama Editor is a separate Plug-in which makes the Photoshop window an editable VR-viewer. You can pan left and right, tilt up and down, and zoom in and out. At any time you can use all Photoshop/Gimp tools to edit the image and instantly apply the changes to the warped panoramic image while keeping the interactive window open. This can be done with any view ("camera") and any panorama (see 'adjust' above). The latest version is alway available from my website <http://www.fh-furtwangen.de~dersch>. There is also some documentation and a few example panoramas.
Requirements and Installation
Requirements and Installation: ============================== Windows: ======== A Photoshop compatible plug-in host running under 32bit-Windows is required. Installation: - If you have a previous version of Panorama Tools: Remove all plug-ins (the files 'correct.8bf', 'adjust.8bf', 'perspect.8bf' and 'remap.8bf'), the library file 'pano12.dll' and all preferences files ('pano12.prf' for the most recent version). The current version generates just one preferences file 'pano12.prf'. Panorama Tools may crash if it loads an obsolete preferences file. - Place the file 'pano12.dll' into the same directory as the Photoshop program (or your plug-in host). If you use PTStitcher and/or PTOptimizer together with Panorama Tools, you should place the library 'pano12.dll' into your \Windows\System directory instead. - Place the files 'correct.8bf', 'adjust.8bf', 'perspect.8bf' and 'remap.8bf' into the Plugins folder for 'Filters'. If you have a non-Photoshop plug-in host, check the documentation of your program about how to generate and register this folder. - The file 'PanCntrl.8bf' contains the plug-ins for the interactive editor. Place it also in the 'Filter' directory. It only works if your plug-in host accepts multiple plug-ins in one file (Photoshop works, but Picture Publisher not ). If you want to use shortcuts for these commands, you can install the action-set 'PanActions', and set function keys for each command. - Restart Photoshop. You should find the Tools in the Filters submenu. Requirements and Installation
Macintosh: ========= There are two Macintosh versions of Panorama Tools: One ('PTools') which runs as plug-in in any Photoshop-compatible host, and one (the files 'correct', 'perspect', 'remap', 'adjust') that runs as plug-in under the shareware program 'GraphicConverter'. GraphicConverter is available from http://www.lemkesoft.de. Both versions use and need the library file 'pano12.lib'. (a) Photoshop compatible host - If you have a previous installation of Panorama Tools: Remove the plug-in (the file 'PTools'), delete the library file 'pano12.lib' from your System's 'Extensions' folder, and the preferences file 'pano.pref' from your System's 'Preferences' folder. Panorama Tools may crash if it loads an obsolete preferences file. - Drop the file 'pano12.lib' onto your 'System Folder' icon. Your system should ask whether to put the file into the 'Extensions' folder. Click OK. - Place the file 'PTools' into Photoshop's Plugins folder for 'Filters'. Please note that this file contains all four Panorama Tools and the pan control plug-ins.If you have a non-Photoshop plug-in host, check the documentation of your program about how to generate and register this folder. This file also holds the new plug-ins 'Pan Controls'. If you want to use shortcuts for these commands, you can install the action-set 'PanActions', and set function keys for each command. - Restart Photoshop. You should find the Tools in the Filters submenu. (b) GraphicConverter (version 3.4 or above required!) - If you have a previous installation of Panorama Tools: Remove all plug-ins (the files 'correct', 'perspect', 'remap', 'adjust'). There is currently no version of the pan-controls for GraphicConverter. Delete the library file 'pano12.lib' from your System's 'Extensions' folder, and the preferences file 'pano.pref' from your System's 'Preferences' folder. Panorama Tools may crash if it loads an obsolete preferences file. - Drop the file 'pano12.lib' onto your 'System Folder' icon. Your system should ask whether to put the file into the 'Extensions' folder. Click OK. - Place the files 'correct', 'perspect', 'remap', 'adjust' into GraphicConverter's Plugins folder.If you don't have this folder: check the documentation of GraphicConverter about how to generate and register it. - Restart GraphicConverter. You should find the Tools in the 'Effects' submenu.
Linux: ====== - If you have a previous installation of Panorama Tools: Remove the plug-in (the file 'PanTools') from your plug-ins folder, and the preferences file 'pano12.prf' from your '.gimp' directory. Panorama Tools may crash if it loads an obsolete preferences file. - Put the plug-in (the file 'PanTools') into your plug-ins folder (eg HOME/.gimp/plug-ins/). - Restart Gimp. You should find the Tools in the 'Filters' submenu.
How to use the filters
How to use the filters: ======================= This is just a very brief introduction of the various features. You can get more info in the documentation package at my site, which contains a tutorial with example images on how to make panoamic images. There are also a couple of other publications at my site describing other uses of Panorama Tools, like o Using Fisheye lenses for Architecture. Dewarping, Shift and Tilt correction can be performed in one step. o Making micropanoramas with convex mirrors. o Barrel and Pincussion corrections of any lens. o Making spherical and cylindrical panoramas o etc There are more on-line resources available which are maintained by users and supporters of this program. A list with links is published at my site.
Setting Preferences
Setting Preferences: -------------------- The "Filter"-plug-in interface of Photoshop does not allow the user to resize images, which is required by some Panorama Tools. If the resultimage is equally sized (eg most transformations in the 'correct' submenu), it simply replaces the source image. If the resultimage is larger or smaller than the source, you can set options how Panorama Tools should handle this situation by clicking the 'pref' button, which each tool displays. You can select among the options: (a) display cropped/framed version of resultimage. This image replaces your source image. Please note that you not only loose image information, but also some image characteristics: The horizontal field of view changes! Other than that it is the most convenient mode, and default. (b) create a temporary file which holds the total resultimage. You can select place and name for this file. Panorama Tools adds a unique identifier and the extension '.tif' or '.psd' for Photoshop hosts to this name. If you only select (b), and deselect (a) and (c), only one outputfile in Photoshop format is generated (only on Photoshop hosts). Subsequent images are added as additional layers to this file. If these images have an alpha channel, which automatically is the case for the adjust-tool, the image is blended with the other layers, and a feathered mask is added. This allows the user to stitch images into a panoramic view, and later edit and adjust each image separately. See the tutorial 'HowToStitch' about details. (c) Open this file using any suitable program to display the result. On the Macintosh this is always the currently running Plug-in host, so to the user it looks as if the result were returned by the filter. On the PC this works with some plug-in hosts (Photoshop 4 and 5, Picture Publisher 6) but not with some others (Paint Shop Pro). In this case you have to select another application to display the result (the file format is PSD on Photoshop and Color It!, else TIFF). For this option to work, you have to check (b) also! GraphicConverter and Gimp can handle size changes, and thus display only option (a) and (b), (b) not creating a file, but displaying the full-sized result. Finally, combinations of the options are allowed (not in Gimp!), eg displaying a cropped image and saving the full sized image simultaneously is possible. On the Macintosh, the 'sleep' value can be set using the Resource editor 'ResEdit'. It is now set to 0, which results in maximum speed but prohibits background operations. To enable background operations, open the library file 'pano12.lib' (should be in your Extensions Folder) inside 'ResEdit', and find the resource named 'SLEP'. Open it, and change its value from "0000 0000" to something in the range "0000 0010" to "0000 0100". The larger this value, the more time is granted to background processes. Save and close the library file again. Previous versions of Panorama Tools used a sleep value of 10, which on some machines caused significant slowdown when batch-converting.
Selecting the Interpolator
Selecting the Interpolator: --------------------------- Transforming an image usually requires some interpolations, since the new pixel positions generally do not coincide with grid-positions of the screen. The effort spent for this interpolation largely determines the quality of the final image. Panorama Tools uses bicubic or better interpolation. Pressing 'More' in the 'Set Preferences' dialog (see above) brings up a dialog allowing the user to select the options for the interpolator. The four options differ in quality and in speed as indicated by the arrows. Please note that many commercial packages use bilinear interpolation, which is far inferior to the lowest quality bicubic scheme offered by 'Panorama Tools'. The previous versions of 'Panorama Tools' used the 'Polynomial' method, which is also default now. Photoshop also offers a 'bicubic' interpolation method for its scaling and rotation functions. However, I do not know the details of their algorithm. The 'Polynomial'-interpolator has been adjusted to closely match their algorithm. The other three are better, but slower, especially the new 'Sinc' function. You can read more about interpolators, test images and comparisons with other graphics packages at <http://www.fh-furtwangen.de~dersch/interpolator/interpolator.html>.
Gamma Correction
Gamma Correction: ---------------- The dialog described above also exhibits a 'Gamma' entry, which is set to 1.0 by default. You can enter the gamma-value for your display (typical values are 2.5). This will cause Panorama Tools to linearize the images prior to transformations, and later gamma-correct them again. This means the output should look almost the same. Theoretically, any calculation on images should be done on linearized data, but practically, no graphics program seems to care. Most often, you do not see any differences. Errors show up when transforming images having adjacent areas of complementary colors. Then you might experience dark stripes at the edges. You can avoid this by setting gamma, or by doing the transformation in Lab- colourspace. Using always gamma correction has its own disadvantages, like (very slight) brightness changes. A more detailed discussion is available at <http://www.fh-furtwangen.de~dersch/gamma/gamma.html>.
Correct: -------- Correct consists of several tools: - Radial shifts all pixelpositions radially as specified by a third order polynomial. The coefficients are entered in the options submenu for each individual color. This enables correction of barrel and pincussion distortions as well as many chromatic errors. d=1 and c=b=a=0 leaves all positions as they are. It may also be used to correct the radial mapping of fisheye-lenses, which often don't follow the theoretical angle dependence (see below). Once you have determined the optimum coefficients for your lens (either by trial and error, or by some fitting process) you can save them. The radial distance r_src for each point in the source image is computed by the formula: r_src = (a * r_dest 3 + b * r_dest 2 + c * r_dest + d) * r_dest Units for r_src and r_dest is image width / 2, ie the edge of the image corresponds to r_src = 1. If you check the option 'vertical', only the vertical axis is affected by the shift, and the unit is relative to image height/2. This can be used to correct lens distortions in Panoramic cameras. Finally, the option 'horizontal' shifts each pixel horizontally by an amount determined by its vertical distance from the center line. This can be used to correct deregistration errors in scanning cameras, and will be described in a separate documentation at my website. - Vertical and Horizontal shift pixelpositions linearly by a constant amount which can be set for each color. This corrects scanner errors, which are often misalignments by a fraction of a point between each color channel - Shear does what you expect, as does scale. GraphicConverter has its own scaling tool, but this one uses another algorithm. It is somewhat better when enlarging images but may exhibit problems when reducing image size by more than a factor of 2 (see Changes). All parameters are measured in screenpoints. You can preserve aspect ratio upon scaling by setting one of width or height to 0. - Radial Luminance is a center gradient filter, which compensates light fall off at the edges of your image. Specify an amplitude value between -255 and +255. Half of that amount will be subtracted from the center pixels of the image, whereas the other half will be added to the edge pixels. - Cut Frame is an automatic cropping tool. You can select a rectangle by setting width and height in the 'options' dialog. The tool 'Cut Frame' now searches the whole image for the brightest rectangle with these dimensions, and removes the frame around it. Please set the preferences options to (b) and (c), since this tool changes the size of the image! It automates the tedious task of cropping frames around scanned images, especially around circular fisheye images. If you are scanning negatives, the frame may be white. To crop this frame, invert the colours of the image, then run it through 'Cut Frame', and invert it back. This can be easily automated in Photoshop or GraphicConverter's batch menu. - Fourier Filter. This filter will be documented separately.
Perspective: ------------ This tool is essentially a shift lens. It enables you to change viewing direction. Specify the desired new direction either by entering horizontal and vertical tilt angles (in degrees) or by entering the screen coordinates of the new direction. Specify the format of your image (rectilinear or fisheye). In most cases you also have to specify the horizontal field of view of the source image in degrees (Hfov) to get meaningful results. Look into the specs of your lens to determine this value. This is not required if you just want to rotate the image. Finally you can specify the dimensions of the destination image: Pushing 'source' sets height and width to the values of the source image. You may also specify it seperately. Notice, that this does not change the scaling of the image but rather changes the field of view of the destination image.
Remap: ------ Various mappings are available: - normal, i.e. rectilinear. This is what most lenses deliver. - QTVR-panorama, which is a cylindrical projection employed by many panoramic cameras (most rotating lens designs). The horizontal axis is proportional to viewing angle, and the vertical axis is identical to the rectilinear format. This format is also required for Apple's QTVR movies, and for LivePicture's cylindrical panos. - PSphere, ie equirectangular, which is another cylindrical projection often used in maps. The vertical axis is angle-proportional. This format is used for LivePicture's RealVR movies in 'Sphere' mode. - spherical, which is the format of fisheye lenses. Two modes are available: Fisheye-vertical is an image shot with the camera held vertically up. The panorama is extracted from the circumpherence of the image. Fisheye-Horizontal is an image shot with the camera held horizontally. The equator is now in the center of the image. - convex mirror. This is the reflection of a convex, spherical image. The horizontal field of view is calculated using the formula HFov = 2*arcsin(radius of mirror/radius of curvature of mirror) This format is used to convert images from the BeHere and Cyclovision systems. A single step panorama set-up can be easily constructed using a spherical mirror and this transformation. Not all possible conversions are implemented (yet). See the table below for implemented formats. Most transformations can be performed in a single step and all in two steps: To --> rect QTVR PSphere fish-hor fish-vert mirror From rect - x x x - - QTVR x - x - - - PSphere x x - x x - fish-hor x x x - x - fish-vert - x x x - x mirror - x x - x - Notice that you have to provide the horizontal field of view (HFOV) of the source image (in degrees) for most conversions to get meaningful results. The vertical field of view for the destination image (Vfov) is only required for the conversion fisheye-vert - to - panorama. It is ignored in all other cases. See the following table for HFOV-values of lenses for 35mm equipment. Actual lens paramters may vary somewhat: ***************************** Field of View Table **************************** * * * Focal Length HFOV Landscape HFOV Portrait * * * * 8mm Fisheye 180 180 * * 15mm Fisheye 130 90 * * * * 15mm Rectilinear 100 77 * * 17mm Rectilinear 93 70 * * 20mm Rectilinear 84 62 * * 24mm Rectilinear 74 53 * * 28mm Rectilinear 65 46 * * 35mm Rectilinear 54 38 * * 50mm Rectilinear 40 27 * * * ******************************************************************************
Adjust: ------ The user interface of the adjust tool has been redesigned for version 1.7. The main functionality of 'adjust' is to o Extract arbitary views from any panorama In this mode the current image is assumed to be a panoramic image, and Panorama Tools creates a view. The characteristics of this view can be set by an 'options'- dialog or read from a textfile ('script'). Only the parameters not obviously available have to be set: - image width/height/format/hfov - panorama format/hfov If the panorama is needed in a later processing step (eg if you want to reinsert the view, or merge it with another image) you can save it to the internal buffer by clicking 'Save to Buffer'. o Insert arbitrary images into any panorama Again, only not available paramaters have to be specified, in this case - image format/hfov - panorama width/height/format/hfov If the buffer is not used, a panoramic image containing the view (warped and scaled properly) is generated. If you selected 'Load Buffer' Panorama Tools attempts to load a previously saved buffer image and merges both images into one. You have a couple of stitiching options: 'blend' places the seam into the middle of the overlap between the two images, while 'paste' pastes the image completely into the buffer. A feather can be selected which hides the seam. Color correction of the two images can be automatically performed: Panorama Tools analyzes the overlap of the images, and tries to adjust the colour channels to match both images. The found correction can be applied to either or both of the images. Finally, if you need the panorama in a later processing step again (maybe to add some more images) you can save it by clicking 'Save to Buffer'. It also includes tools to find the optimum position of an image in a panorama. See the documentation at <http://www.fh-furtwangen.de~dersch> for details. It contains flags which you have to paste into the image to mark feature points, and which are then read by Panorama Tools to adjust image position. Adjust can be used to create panoramic images from a set of photographs. It uses an internal buffer to load images and automatically stitch them into a wide angle view. The tool can be driven by setting options in a dialog (image and panorama characteristics are settable, as well as position and stitching options), or read from an external script (text file). This way it is possible to merge several images in a single operation. More uses of 'Adjust': o You can extract the six cubic face images needed for VRML-viewers from any QTVR-Cylinder or RealVR-sphere by using the 'extract' option set to rectilinear images (HFOV=90degree). o The opposite is also possible, ie merging six cubic face images into any QTVR-Cylinder or RealVR-sphere (use the 'insert' option). (PanControls part deleted since not functional anymore) The tools are free to use. Send me emails if you like them. The latest version is available from http://www.fh-furtwangen.de~dersch. Helmut Dersch (email@example.com)
Credits: ======== - I am using Andrew Regan's (firstname.lastname@example.com) ProgressCDEF package. - Motorola's fast mathematical library 'libmoto' (? Motorola) is linked with the program (Mac only). - The Levenberg-Marquardt solver of the MINPACK program is used. - The public domain solver 'PZeros' from D. Bini (firstname.lastname@example.com), available from Netlib, is used in the program. - The public domain Fast Fourier Transform package FFTN by Mark Olesen is used. - Thanks to Andrew Nemeth and Dan Slater for many helpful suggestions.
Copyright: ========== This program is distributed under GNU license. Parts of this program (libmoto, and the NETLIB math-solvers) have their own copyrights. Please see the separate Sources package for details of the various licenses.


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The Case for Faith
The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity is a popular piece of apologetic literature written by former journalist Lee Strobel.
- 1 Premise
- 2 Outline
- 2.1 Objection #1: Since Evil and Suffering Exist, A Loving God Cannot
- 2.2 Objection #2: Since Miracles Contradict Science, They Cannot Be True
- 2.3 Objection #3: Evolution Explains Life, So God Isn't Needed
- 2.4 Objection #4: God Isn't Worthy of Worship If He Kills Innocent Children
- 2.5 Objection #5: It's Offensive to Claim Jesus Is the Only Way to God
- 2.6 Objection #6: A Loving God Would Never Torture People in Hell
- 2.7 Objection #7: Church History is Littered With Oppression and Violence
- 2.8 Objection #8: I Still Have Doubts, So I Can't Be a Christian
After interviewing evangelist turned atheist, Charles Templeton, Lee Strobel sets out to explore eight major objections to Christianity which act as stumbling blocks on the path to spirituality. They are:
- If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil? (Problem of evil)
- If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they're true?
- If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did?
- If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believe the right things about him?
- If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions of people who have never heard of him?
- If God really created the universe, why does the evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process of evolution accounts for life?
- If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?
- If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be a Christian?
Strobel poses these objections to eight prominent Christian apologists and lets them make "the case for faith."
Objection #1: Since Evil and Suffering Exist, A Loving God Cannot[edit]
Lee Strobel begins his investigation with the problem of evil. He interviews philosopher Peter John Kreeft who has written several books on the issue. Kreeft compares humans to a bear being sedated, confusing a hunters compassion with harassment and injustice: we must trust God even if we can't understand his methods. This is essentially an argument from ignorance, for he is suggesting we keep a strong faith in spite of blindness to an ultimate purpose.
In a bit of a tangent, Kreeft lays out his definition of faith. He claims that "If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then you could no more deny God than you could deny the sun." While this may be true, it is also irrelevant: If God is most especially interested in worship, why does he need to mask his existence? Figures in Christian tradition such as Lucifer chose not to worship God despite full revelation. Kreeft finally characterizes faith as a deep trust in an analogy where he disregards solid evidence against his wife based on his collective personal experience. He does not explain, however, why this downright irrationality should be considered a good thing.
Professor Kreeft proceeds to turn the tables on the problem of evil with a modified moral argument. Addressing Templeton, he claims "The fact that he's using the standard of good to judge evil means that he has a notion of what ought to be; that this notion corresponds to something real; and that there is, therefore, a reality called the Supreme Good. Well, that's another name for God." Unfortunately for Kreeft, this reasoning can be used to define an a surplus of "supremes" into existence: Since we have a notion of beauty there must be an ultimate beauty. Since we have a notion of taste there must be an ultimate flavor.
Continuing to evade the paradox, Kreeft alludes to evolution:
If there is no Creator and therefore no moment of creation, then everything is the result of evolution. If there was no beginning or first cause, then the universe must have always existed. That means the universe has been evolving for an infinite period of time - and, by now, everything should be perfect. There would have been plenty of time for evolution to have finished and evil to have been vanquished. But there still is evil and suffering and imperfection - and that proves atheist wrong about the universe.
Here Kreeft displays ignorance to science as well as logical fallacies. First, he presents divine creation and blind evolution as "either-or" opposites, a false dichotomy. The absence of a Creator does not automatically prove unguided evolution is responsible for all complex life.
While it's possible that the building blocks of the universe have always existed, astronomers tell us that our present universe began several billion years ago at the big bang. Even supposing things have been "evolving for an infinite period of time," there is no reason to believe evil would disappear, as our universe has a finite origin. And since natural selection only applies to terrestrial life, there's no evidence to assume it ever will factor out galactic imperfection. Kreeft did not come close to meeting the burden of proof that comes with such an extraordinary claim.
About twenty pages into the chapter, Professor Kreeft begins to address the three traits attributed to God in the problem of evil. Kreeft confesses "one of those beliefs about him must be false, or we must not be understanding it in the right way."
Attribute #1: God Is All-Powerful[edit]
Kreeft defines omnipotence as the ability to do "everything that is meaningful, everything that is possible, everything that makes any sense at all." He proceeds to project limits on it, claiming God is incapable of self-contradiction: "The source of evil is not God's power but mankind's freedom. Even an all-powerful God could not have created a world in which people had genuine freedom and yet there was no potentiality for sin, because our freedom includes the possibility of sin within its own meaning."
Even though this section is meant to deal exclusively with the definition of omnipotence, it begs serious questions regarding God's omniscience not addressed in the interview. If God knew man would fall, allowing evil into the world, why did he bother creating such a flawed universe in the first place? There would have to be a benefit, something only humans could provide God. This however, wouldn't make sense with an omnipotent, presumably self-satisfying being.
Another problem with the free will objection to the problem of evil is that it conveniently overlooks natural disasters and other ironically titled "Acts of God" which continuously wreak tragic amounts of suffering without any sin involved.
Additionally, if God is only able to do "everything that makes any sense at all," how is he able to perform miracles?
Attribute #2: God Is All-Knowing[edit]
Moving on to omniscience. Kreeft returns to the sedated bear analogy suggesting "a loving God could deliberately tolerate horrible things like starvation because he foresees that in the long run that more people will be better and happier than if he miraculously intervened." He cites the crucifixion as an example, claiming great good can come out of terrible suffering. Though cleverly disguised, this is essentially another argument from ignorance as we are reduced to watching life pass through the lens of faith, without any justification to trust God or his judgment.


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