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Learn Use Perl for analysis and reporting
The world of programming has become almost saturated with different languages, all created for different purposes but developed for use in multiple applications. For those just delving into the world of programming, this can be a little overwhelming. Luckily, there are plenty of languages that are simple to learn, highly versatile to use, and make a great starting point for gaining fluency in the coding universe. Perl is one of those languages, and this course will teach you everything you need to know.
Perfect Perl the Easy Way
- Work with different data types including strings, numbers, variables and user input
- Create and use array, subroutines, hashes, and regular expressions in Perl applications
- Gain a conceptual understanding and practical skills to construct your own levels
- Become competent with the Perl language family and its use in various applications
- Prepare a foundation of knowledge for learning other more complex languages.
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This course has been specifically designed for those who have an interest in programming, but still consider themselves to be beginners. Those who already have programming experience but want to learn the basics and concepts of Perl will also find it perfectly suitable.
With over 70 lectures and 7.5 hours of content, this is a true crash course that will get you up to speed in no time. You'll get to grips with Perl fundamentals and design a Perl application, as well as creating automated applications that do the work for you and advanced text analyser applications. But don't worry – you'll work from the bottom up and progress at a pace that suits you, starting off with installation and creating more complex applications with each stage.
Along the way you'll pick up various Perl fundamentals like scalar data, arrays and lists, subroutines, input and output, hashes, and regular expressions before tackling your final project. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to use Perl in a wide range of real world applications.
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Perl is a family of general purpose dynamic programming languages originally developed for text manipulation. Over time it has undergone many expansions and revisions and is now used for everything from system administration to GUI development. As it borrows elements from many other programming languages, it makes an excellent jumping-off point for those just beginning to expand their knowledge of programming.
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All students who complete this course, receive a certificate of completion and will be issued a certificate via email.
Introduction to the Course
- Course Introduction
Introduction to Perl
- Section Introduction
- Getting and Installing Perl
- Creating a First Perl Program
- More Advanced Perl Examples-1
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- Section Conclusion
Working with Scalar Data
- Section Introduction
- Working with Scalar Data
- Working with strings
- Working with numbers
- Working with variables
- Getting user input
- The chomp operator
- Decision-making with if statements
- Looping with while statements
- Section Conclusion
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- Section Introduction
- Creating arrays
- Accessing arrays via indices
- Creating lists
- Performing assignment with lists
- Converting arrays into strings
- Using the foreach loop on arrays and lists
- Understanding scalar and list context
- Understanding in scalar context
- Section Conclusion
Working with Subroutines
- Section Introduction
- Subroutine definitions
- Calling subroutines
- Working with subroutine return values
- Subroutine arguments
- Using variable-length parameter lists
- Using the return operator
- Private variables in subroutines
- Section Conclusion
Perl Input and Output
- Section Introduction
- Receiving input from standard input
- Working with input from the diamond operator
- Sending output to standard output
- Using printf to format output
- Working with filehandles
- Handling fatal errors with die
- Section Conclusion
- Section Introduction
- Hashes defined and demonstrated
- Accessing hash elements
- Working with hash functions
- Section Conclusion
Working with Regular Expressions
- Section Introduction
- Regular expressions defined
- Working with simple patterns
- Working with character classes
- Matching using m//
- Working with match modifiers
- Working with the binding operator
- Working with match variables
- Section Conclusion
More on Regular Expressions
- Section Introduction
- Matching in list context
- Performing substitutions using s///
- Working with the split function
- Working with the join function
- Section Conclusion
Final Project
- Final Project Overview
- Final Project Explanation Part 1
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- Final Project Explanation Part 3
- Conclusion
- Closing Message
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Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang on Superman Quad-Core Chip, Microsoft and Apple: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)
We are now posting the full videos from the recent AsiaD conference, which took place in Hong Kong in October.
We're following the schedule of the actual event. Up now: Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.
An early pioneer in graphics chips, the tech company is now aiming at the market for processors driving smartphones, tablets and, soon, PCs. Nvidia's latest effort is a quad-core chip code named Kal-El, which is the Krypton moniker of Superman.
Is Huang the Man of Steel? Or, at least, can he steal some of major rival Qualcomm's thunder?
Here's the video of his onstage interview with Walt Mossberg:

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Barnes & Noble Doesn't Get Digital DC Comics, Throws Hissy Fit
from the cutting-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face deptIn a move that screams of a complete disconnect from reality, Barnes & Noble (B&N) has decided to remove over 100 DC comics from its shelves. This move is in reaction to DC giving Amazon exclusive e-publishing rights to the digital versions of those comics.
In a statement to CNN, Jaime Carey, B&N's chief merchant, said:
Regardless of the publisher, we will not stock physical books in our stores if we are not offered the available digital format. To sell and promote the physical book in our store showrooms and not have the e-book available for sale would undermine our promise to Barnes & Noble customers to make available any book, anywhere, anytime.Read that again. Since B&N did not get the rights to the digital version of the comics, it will be denying customers access to the physical comics. How exactly does this fulfill the promise of providing DC comics "anywhere, anytime"? How are comic fans who frequent B&N supposed to get these comics if the comics are not available in-store? This move certainly flies in the face of that promise.
With this move, B&N is hoping to 'punish' DC with fewer sales. In reality, this will only tick off its comic loving customers who will have to go to another store in order to buy these comics. While this move will probably make B&N feel better, it will not result in any real change to its partnership with DC. This is yet another company putting its own interests ahead of the interests of its customers. Much like those other businesses, this is going to bite them in the butt and they will end up backtracking soon.
Filed Under: comics, ebooks
Companies: amazon, barnes & noble, dc comics


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So...what's happening in your camp? Who are your top warriors? I suggest posting only 5-10 top warriors in order to avoid massive lists.
My overall stats are 1328 victories and 506618 kos.
The 5th place in kos belongs to Fa Zheng with 13463 kos in 55 stages cleared. Kinda surprising really. I don't remember playing him that much. Probably because of replaying Revenge at Yi Ling over and over again.
The 4th is Xiahou Yuan with 13518 kos. No surprises here. Normally he's my second choice after his cousin.
Lu Bu holds the bronze with 21867 in 29 stages. I detest Lu Bu but he's got the story in this game and Zhang Liaos VA is so terrible now so...
The 2nd place is Dian Wei's with 28411 kos in 35 battles.
And now to my most favourite character. I know I play him a lot, really a lot but still Xiahou Dun's results shocked me compared to others:
Total kos are...235213 Total stages cleared 583. Most kos in a single stage 3537, max chain 8212. 2876 kos is the highest amount of enemies defeated by Dun in a single true rage.


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Hello, pls just bought an unlocked verizon tour last month, but it's EDGE network alwz fluctuate. Smx I have to restart the connection at the manage connections menu before I could get an EDGE. Also, when trying to access the App world, it will disconnect from EDGE to edge. I've called my carrier MTN-Nig, but they seemed not to have a lasting solution. Any help in solving this wld be appreciated.
2nd, another tour does not have any Host Routing Table and service books at all! How can I manually load service books/HRT on it. Thanks alwz.


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Mapping and GIS
What is GIS?
GIS stands for Geographic Information System, a technology used for storing, viewing, processing, and analyzing geographic data. GIS is a powerful tool for citizens, government agencies, and private entities alike. GIS is used for a wide variety of purposes to include: asset management, planning, emergency services, transportation, and environmental monitoring.
GIS in the City of Lynchburg
The City of Lynchburg utilizes GIS for mapping, analysis, training, asset management, and planning throughout the entire organization. Whether it is a simple map or complex analysis, GIS plays an integral role in the day to day operations of many departments.
GIS and Citizens
GIS is also used as a communications tool between the City and its Citizens. The data managed by GIS professionals throughout the City is made available to the public via our Parcel Viewer online mapping application. Information ranging from what school zone you are in, to what value your house is assessed at can be accessed from this powerful yet simple to use application.
GIS Division
The role of the GIS Division is to:
- Provide GIS related service to all City departments, citizens, and professionals
- Develop and maintain the City's GIS infrastructure on an enterprise level
- Analyze departmental requirements for database development
- Integrate GIS with other City systems to enhance workflow, analysis, and service capabilities
- Maintain and update City GIS planimetric and topographic data layers
- Develop complex customized maps, tables, and presentations
- Provide instruction and support on the content of the database structure, capabilities of GIS, and the use of the online GIS applications
- Perform extractions of geographic and non-geographic data using query and analysis capabilities of GIS
- Provide support and instruction on capturing, processing, and integrating field data through GPS
Parcel Viewer
The City of Lynchburg's online GIS is a powerful and comprehensive tool. Offering users the ability to access a wide range of information from a simple and intuitive interface, it has become a popular destination for realtors, developers, and local citizens.
Data Downloads
The Open Data Portal offers a wide selection of our GIS data for free download. The data is available in three different formats and covers the entire city. Learn More
Map Requests
Looking for a map? Check out our Map Request page for links to maps available for free download or to request a custom map. Check it out!


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In 1968, our department was established to critically study religion at a time when it was standard to think about religion only as the study of theology and ethics in philosophy departments.
We are curious and bold. We ask tough questions. We challenge how things stand. We cross borders and push limits in pursuit of knowledge that makes a difference.
Former students describe our courses as "life-changing!"
The study of religion can be foundational to professional careers in law, medicine, education, business, social service, journalism, politics, public policy, and non-profits.
Graduate programs of study are tailored to meet the needs and interests of each student in an apprenticeship model of education.
Rice University has the only graduate program in the world to offer certification in the study of Gnosticism, Esotericism, and Mysticism (GEM).
We host distinguished lectures and international conferences annually on the study of religion, which highlight student research alongside faculty presentations. Most proceedings are published in prominent academic series.
Rice's Religion PhD program is ranked among the top 10 programs* in the USA in the discipline of Religious Studies, as a reflection of the faculty's strong publication activity. We house 3 academic journals in the study of religion.
*Based on Academic Analytics Scholarly Productivity Index as of June 2016, release AAD2015.
The new minor includes 72 different classes across 10 departments and programs.


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Northern Florida Swamp Snake
Scientific name: Seminatrix pygaea pygaea (COPE 1871)
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Contia pygaea – COPE 1871
- Tropidonotus pygaeus – BOULENGER 1893
- Seminatrix pygaea – DOWLING 1950
- Seminatrix pygaea pygaea – DOWLING 1950
Description: Average adult size is 10-15 inches (25-38 cm), record is 18.5 inches (47 cm). Adults are shiny and black. The belly is red with a black line at the base of each ventral scale extending 1/3 the distance from the edge to the center. It has more than 117 belly scales. The scales on the back are smooth and there are 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The pupil is round. Juvenile color is similar to adults.
A. Top of the head
B. Smooth scales
C. Elongated scales below the tail (subcaudal scales) are typically divided
D. Front (face view) of the head
E. Side of the head
Range: In Florida, the Northern Florida Swamp Snake occurs from the central peninsula north into the panhandle. Outside of Florida, it occurs from southern Alabama to eastern Georgia.
Habitat: Commonly found in a variety of aquatic enivironments such as cypress swamps, marshes, prairies, lakes, ponds, slow moving streams and rivers, willow heads, hyacinth-choked canals, and estuaries.
Comments: HARMLESS (Non-Venomous). The Northern Florida Swamp Snake is aquatic and prefers to inhabit areas with dense vegetation where it burrows into sphagnum moss, and bottom and floating vegetation. It is rarely encountered away from water, but sometimes can be found under logs or debris near water, in crayfish burrows, or crossing roads during rain. It feeds on small fishes, frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, sirens, amphiumas, and invertebrates including leeches, and worms. It is live-bearing, with 2-11 young born in the summer months.
Comparison with other species: The Southern Florida Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea cyclas) has less than 117 ventral scales with black edges. The Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) is grayish-brown with a light colored neck. The Mud Snake (Farancia abacura) has lateral pinkish-red bands or bars and a black and red checkerboard patterned belly.


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- Stop the War Against Standardized Tests - August 4, 2011
President Obama and the leaders of the teachers unions disagree with the view of citizens that schools, educators, and students should be held accountable for their performance on standardized tests. Despite strong public support for testing programs, influential educators have defined standardized tests as beasts that should be removed from schools. To quote one prominent critic, Gerald Bracey, they are "infernal machines of social destruction."
Political leaders have also revealed a deep misunderstanding about the purpose and use of standardized testing when they claim tests are too simple or too biased to measure up to the subjective judgments of educators themselves. Such claims are naïve or deliberately misleading.
Research and experience show that standardized tests are generally good at measuring students' knowledge, skills, and understandings because they are objective, fair, efficient, and comprehensive. For these reasons, they are used for decisions about admission to colleges, graduate programs, and professional schools as well as qualification and licensing for many skilled occupations and demanding professions such as law and medicine.
Given the misleading information and expressed views of some politicians and union leaders, it is worthwhile to review here the more specific reasons for using standardized tests.
Crucial Information
Student performance is a crucial element of a metaphorical three-legged stool that also includes standards and learning. When one leg is weak or missing, educational programs may be faulty, but if all three are strong, the programs can be strong. Standardized tests are used to measure the student performance leg of this stool.
If standardized tests are misused, of course, the program and student learning may be defective. When standardized tests are used appropriately, a great deal can be learned about how well schools function. That information allows educators and policymakers to make better-informed conclusions about how much students are learning, which in turn allows them to make better-informed decisions about improving programs.
Students benefit directly when they take tests that offer information on how well they have mastered the material intended for learning. School reading and mathematics skills, for example, can be precisely specified, and as students learn the skills, they benefit from ongoing information tailored to their specific, individual progress. Computers streamline this process by providing immediate feedback about correct and incorrect responses far more quickly and with much greater patience than teachers and tutors can provide.
Student Benefits
Educators can better help students when they know how a student's objective performance compares with others, and standardized tests can provide such information at low costs and very little class time. Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University's Department of Economics and the Hoover Institution has estimated that that the costs of tests are less than 0.1 percent of total spending on K-12 education and amount to an average of less than $6 per student.
Comparative studies by John Bishop of Cornell University found that countries requiring students to take nationally standardized tests showed higher scores on international tests than those in countries not requiring such tests.
In a second study, Bishop found that U.S. students who anticipated having to pass a standardized test for high school graduation learned more science and math, were more likely to complete homework and talk with their parents about schoolwork, and watched less television than peers who were not required to pass such exams.
Economic Benefits
Those who argue against standardized tests say that holding educators and students accountable for only mathematics and reading encourages them to neglect history and science. But this is an argument for comprehensive and systematic testing across the entire curriculum, not an argument against standardized tests themselves.
Those who oppose standardized tests also argue that the tests can only measure simple facts students can memorize. But tests assessing advanced understanding and judgment do exist. They may, for instance, require respondents to select the best idea from a group of different and compelling positions. They may require respondents to identify the best reason for action, the best interpretation of a set of ideas, or the best application of important principles.
Another complaint against standardized tests is that they cause stress among educators and students. But the world outside of school is demanding. The knowledge economy increasingly demands more knowledge and better skills from workers, which require larger amounts of intense study of difficult subjects. Yet American students spend only about half the total study time that Asian students do in regular schools, in tutoring, and in homework, a major reason for their poor performance in international surveys. Thus, reasonable pressure and objective performance measurements are advisable for the future welfare of the students and the nation.
Source of Pride
Finally, some critics of testing complain that tests cause malaise among educators. But good schools focus on student learning, not on the satisfaction of the professional staff. If the data shows that testing benefits students, it should be pursued even if there isn't unanimous teacher support.
Good student performance on tests should be a source of satisfaction among successful educators. The appropriate tests can reveal strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum and instruction. Our nation's poor achievement progress shows that substantial improvements in teaching and learning are needed—and progress on those two fronts can and should be measured by standardized tests.
This essay is based on Walberg's new book: Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform (Hoover Press), and is reprinted with permission.


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Hydraulic seals and guides
Hydraulic cylinder seals are used to seal the opening between various components in the hydraulic cylinder. Fig. 1 shows an example of the seal and guide components of a heavy duty cylinder. There are two main types of hydraulic seals in the system:
Dynamic seals
They seal between components in relative motion. In a hydraulic cylinder the rod sealing system seals dynamic reciprocating motion between the piston rod and head, while the piston sealing system seals dynamic reciprocating motion between the piston and cylinder bore.
Static seals
They seal between components fixed together without relative motion. Hydraulic cylinders use static seals in various locations depending on the design and construction. The most common are static seals between the piston and piston rod and between the head and cylinder bore tube.
Each dynamic seal in a hydraulic cylinder has a special function to contribute to the performance of the system:
Piston seal functions
- act as pressure barrier and prevent fluid passing the piston – important for controlling the cylinder motion or maintaining the position when at rest
Rod seal functions
- act as pressure barrier and keep the operating fluid inside the cylinder
- regulate the fluid film which extends with the surface of the piston rod – important to inhibit rod corrosion and to lubricate the wiper seal and the rod seal itself
- accept the lubrication film back into the cylinder when the rod retracts
Buffer seal functions
- protect the rod seal from fluid pressure peaks in excess of system pressure
- attenuate the fluctuations in system pressure, thereby improving rod seal performance by allowing the rod seal to deal with more constant or gradually changing pressure
- act as an internal excluder to keep system contaminants, such as metal particles, from damaging the rod seal
Wiper seal functions
- exclude external contaminants from entering the cylinder assembly and the hydraulic system
- accept the lubrication film back into the cylinder when the rod retracts
Guide rings (rod and piston) functions
- prevent metal-to-metal contact between components
- react the radial load caused by side loads on the cylinder assembly
- keep the piston rod and piston accurately centred in the cylinder assembly – important for performance of the rod sealing system and piston sealing system
The subsequent sections contain additional information regarding the function of each seal or guide in the system and the selection of them.


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Futurism without predictions
12 December 2011
"From the relation of the planets among themselves and to the signs of the zodiac. future events and the course of whole lives were inferred, and the most weighty decisions were taken in consequence. In many cases the line of action thus adopted at the suggestion of the stars may not have been more immoral than that which would otherwise have been followed. But too often the decision must have been made at the cost of honour and conscience. It is profoundly instructive to observe how powerless culture and enlightenment were against this delusion; since the latter had its support in the ardent imagination of the people, in the passionate wish to penetrate and determine the future. Antiquity, too, was on the side of astrology."
Jacob Burckhardt, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, translated by S.G.C. Middlemore, 1878, Part Six, MORALITY AND RELIGION, "Influence of Ancient Superstition"
A few days ago Neil Houghton read my post The Third Law of Geopolitical Thought and made the following comment on Twitter:
● Neil Houghton — I add prospective agency. RT @geopolicraticus The Third Law of Geopolitical Thought: human agency in time and history
I responded with a question, and a miniature dialogue developed (within the tightly constrained limits of Twitter):
● Nick Nielsen — How would you define prospective agency? Is this agency understood in terms of possibility and potentiality?
● Neil Houghton — Great question… in one word, foresight… in more a transdisciplinary practice between, across and beyond orders of time
● Nick Nielsen — The whole problem is separating the wheat from the chaff: the wheat is the big picture; the chaff, trivial predictions.
● Neil Houghton — Yes. seeing gradience is an aspect of the problem; the difference between the big picture and trivial prediction is one such gradience.
● Nick Nielsen — Seeing the big picture in both space and time yields a different kind of foresight than the attempt to predict future events.
● Neil Houghton — Foresight as gradience between freedom and destiny (for example) … please say more of your different kind of foresight.
This brief exchange points to something that I consider to be important, so I will attempt to give an account of the distinction I proposed between seeing the big picture and attempting to make predictions.
The most familiar form of futurism consists in making a series of predictions. Like any prognosticator of the future, regardless of methodology, the futurist is caught in a bind. The more specific his predictions, the more likely he is to be caught out. Even if the general drift of a prediction is correct, supplying a lot of details means more ways of potentially being wrong. And the more vague a prediction, the less interesting they are likely to be.
Some futurists take pride in their detailed lists of predictions, and although detail is an opportunity to be wrong, it also provides a lot of fodder for utterly pointless debate. In The Law of Stalled Technologies I wrote the following about Ray Kurzweil's specific predictions:
Kurweil's futurism makes for some fun reading. Unfortunately, It will not age well, and will become merely humorous over time (this is not to be confused with his very real technological achievements, which may well develop into robust and durable technologies). I have a copy of Kurzweil's book that preceded The Singularity is Near, namely The Age of Spiritual Machines (published ten years ago in 1999), which is already becoming humorous. Part III, Chapter Nine of The Age of Spiritual Machines, contains his prophecies for 2009, and now it seems that the future is upon us, because it is the year AD 2009 as I write this. Kurzweil predicted that "People typically have at least a dozen computers on and around their bodies." It is true that many people do carry multiple gadgets with microprocessors, and some of these are linked together via Bluetooth, so this prophecy does not come off too badly. He also notes that "Cables are disappearing" and this is undeniably true.
Kurzweil goes a little off the rails, however, when it comes to matters that touch directly on human consciousness and its expressions such as language. He predicted that, "The majority of text is created using continuous speech recognition", and I think it is safe to say that this is not the case. I don't want to parse all his predictions, but I need to be specific about a few particularly damning failures. Among the damning failures is the prediction that, "Translating Telephone technology … is commonly used for many language pairs." Here we step over the line of the competence of technology and the limitations of even the most imaginative engineers. While machine translation is common today for text, everyone knows that it is a joke — quite literally so, as the results can be very funny though not terribly helpful.
Kurzweil gives a decade-by-decade running commentary of predictions. I once had somebody scold me about ridiculing Kurzweil's predictions, because, I was told, the dates given were intended to indicate the initial dates of a ten year period, which gives him a ten year window to be right, thus kicking all his predictions another ten years down the road. This is the kind of ridiculous debate over pointless predictions that is an utter waste of breath. Predictions can be parsed like this until the end of time; this is precisely why people are always trying to show that Nostradamus predicted something. Add vagueness to ambiguity and you create the deconstructionists' dream: anything can mean anything.
Just to unearth one more prediction, for 2019 Kurzweil predicted:
"Paper books or documents are rarely used and most learning is conducted through intelligent, simulated software-based teachers."
Even if we give Kurzweil another ten years, I can guarantee you that, if I am still alive in 2029, that I will still have my personal library, it will probably be bigger than it is now, and I will consult it every day, as I do now. This does not, for me, constitute rarity of use. However, I will readily acknowledge that there is, already today, no need whatever to print textbooks, since knowledge is changing so rapidly and students usually don't retain their textbooks after they have been used for a class. In situations such as this, it makes much more sense to make the material available on the internet. But even if we don't bother with textbooks anymore, there will be a continuing role for books. At least, for me there will be a continuing role for books.
Whether you want to take pride in a list of specific predictions, having convinced yourself through a charitable hermeneutic that they have all come true, or whether you would rather it were all forgotten as a great embarrassment along with jetpacks, flying cars, and unisex jumpsuits, this model of futurism will always have a certain novelty value, so I will predict that "laundry list futurism" (like the poor) will always be with us.
There is, however, another kind of futurism, which we may not even want to call futurism, but which does incorporate a vision of the future. This other model of futurism is not about offering a laundry list of predictions, but rather about understanding the big picture, as I have said, both in space and time, i.e., geographically and historically. Here, "seeing the big picture" means having a theory of history that embraces the future as well as the past. This approach is about seeing patterns and understanding how the world works in general terms, and from an understanding of patterns and how the world works, having a general idea of what the future will be like, just as one may have a general idea of what they past was like, even if one cannot jump into a time machine and march with Alexander the Great or listen to Peter Abelard debate.
The big picture in space and time — and the biggest picture is what I have called metaphysical ecology and metaphysical history — is a theory, which if it is to be coherent, consistent, and universally applicable, must be applicable both to the past and the future. Ultimately, such a theory would be a science of time, although we aren't quite there yet. I hope that, before I die, I can make a substantial contribution in this direction, but I recognize that this is a distant goal.
In the meantime, familiar sciences are engaged in precisely this enterprise, though on a less comprehensive scale. Let me try to explain how this is the case.
When we work in the historical sciences, the scale of time is so great that we must settle for retrodiction, because this is what can be done within one human lifespan, or within the lifespan of a community of researchers engaged in a common research program, but if we could afford to wait for thousands or millions or billions of years we could make predictions about the future. When, on the contrary, we work in the natural sciences as in physics, we must make predictions about the future, because we must create an elaborate apparatus to test our theories, and these did not exist in the past, so retrodiction is as closed to us as prediction is closed to the historical sciences. If we could go back in time with a superconducting supercollider, we could make retrodictions in physics, but at the present stage of technology this time travel would be more difficult than the experiment itself.
We accept the limitations of science that we are forced to accept, perhaps not gladly, but of necessity. What alternatives do we have? If we would have knowledge, we must have knowledge upon the conditions that the world will allow us knowledge, or refuse knowledge altogether. We are confident that our theories of physics apply equally well to the past, even if they cannot be tested in the past, and we are confident that our theories of paleontology would apply to the future if only we could wait long enough for the bones of the present to be fossilized.
In the fullness of time, if industrial-technological civilization continues in existence, the limits of science will be pushed back from the positions they presently occupy, but they will never be eliminated altogether. However, our strictly scientific knowledge can be extrapolated within a more comprehensive philosophical context, in which the resources of logical and linguistic analysis can be brought to bear upon the "problem" of history.
When I first began writing about what I began to call integral history, and which I now call metaphysical history, my aim at that time was to give an exposition of an extended conception of history that made use of the resources both of traditional humanistic narrative history and the emerging scientific historical disciplines, such as genomic resources which have taught us so much about the natural history of our species. I have subsequently continued to expand my expanded conception of history, and this is what I call metaphysical history, elaborated in the context of ecological temporality.
A further extension of the already extended conception of metaphysical history would be a conception of history that sees the big picture by seeing time whole, past, present, and future together as one structure that exhibits laws, regularities, patterns, and, of course, exceptions to all of the same.
This, then, was what I meant when I said that, "Seeing the big picture in both space and time yields a different kind of foresight than the attempt to predict future events." The kind of foresight I have in mind is an understanding of historical events, both past and future, in a larger theoretical context. It is "foresight" only because it is, as the same time, hindsight. Both the past and the future are comprehended in an adequate theory of history.
I have no desire to produce a laundry list of predictions; I have no desire to say what I think the world will look like in 2019 or 2029 or 2039. I think that most of these predictions are irresponsible, though it may land a prophet on the front page of the National Enquirer. Not all such attempts at prediction, however, are irresponsible from my point of view. I have several times discussed George Friedman's book The Next 100 Years, which strikes me as a responsible exercise in laundry list futurism. I have also discussed Michio Kaku's book Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100.
Kaku's book is particularly interesting to me in the present context, because Kaku has a very specific method for his futurism. He has interviewed scientists about the technologies that they are developing now, in the present, and which will become part of our lives in the foreseeable future. I realize now that Kaku's methodology may be characterized as a constructive futurism: he is immersed in the details of technology, and extrapolating particular, incremental advances and applications. This is a bottom-up approach. What I am suggesting, on the contrary, is a profoundly non-constructive approach to the philosophy of history, a top-down understanding that looks for the largest structures of space and time and regards all details and particulars as fungible and incidental. That is my vision of a theory of history, and I think that such a theory would give a certain degree and kind of foresight into event in the future, but certainly not the same degree and kind of foresight that one might gain from the constructive methods of Kaku and Friedman.
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Early last year (2013), I noticed I would work really productive for a couple weeks, and then get in a rut for a week here and there. After discussing this perceived trend with Clint, I started tracking it every week (end of work day on Friday). I have been tracking it for a year, and now I have data to examine in more detail:
For the first part of last year (through September 2013), I would go in 6 week cycles which appeared to be about 1 week after the uplifts. Oddly enough I wasn't doing any specific work for uplifts, but I do recall a lot of odd issues that required debugging for each uplift. Quite possible the day or two spent handling these issues resulted in me getting backlogged on emails.
Oddly enough when I transitioned from full time mobile automation -> full time performance automation, my cycles became more regular. One exception was a focused project development week early in 2014 which had me doing other tasks and getting behind on a few other projects.
There is no direct correlation in the health data, but I have some theories. I record my general feeling of health (for the most part physical, not emotional). This is pure judgemental and there is no science behind it. 10 is good, 0 is bad, so when there is a dip in health on the graph, I usually see an increase in email volume the next week. No explanation for that, just an observation.
In summary, I have enjoyed looking back on this data. It was good to see a trend for most of 2013. Maybe next year I will see a different trend or pattern.


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Friday, September 24, 2010
Apples, Hot Cider and More Apples
91 comments :
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
This is gorgeous! I love the combination of the red and the grey wicker. GORGEOUS!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Andrea said...
beautiful display! Certainly makes me want to go Wassailing!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Randi~Dukes and Duchesses said...
I love that ... it's so warm and inviting and just perfect for fall!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Linda@Coastal Charm said...
Beautiful vignette...love that drink dispenser!!!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Okie Chic said...
Soo pretty love the red and blue with grey. Looks so inviting.
- September 24, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- gail said...
I am a new follower....love your blog!
- September 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Chris @ Celebrations At Home said...
Hmm, I thought I left a comment on your halloween decor post, but I don't see it, so I must not have! I'm loving all your creative designs and am filing them away to share soon! ; )
- September 24, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Vanessa said...
Hi Christie! Oh my goodness girl you need to have someone paying you to do these beautiful vignettes! That looks like something straight out of a magazine! You are so talented and I wish I could bring my little girl over to get some pics of her sitting in that chair in one of her cute fall outfits. :-) Thanks so much for linking this one up to the party!
- September 24, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Karen said...
So much fun looking! I love the colors and I could just imagine the aroma from the wassil.
Thanks for sharing.
- September 24, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Alison Agnew said...
Red, red, red...love it. And that drink dispenser...and those ironstone cups. Lovely photos!
Have a wonderful weekend!
- September 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Lori said...
Such a beautiful Autumn post! I truly felt like I was off in the country! Thank you for sharing such apple - licious photos! Lori
- September 24, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- Lynn said...
Really beautiful, everything is just perfect!
- September 24, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage said...
What beautiful photos! Makes me long for Fall. We don't really have much of a fall where I live (Las Vegas). Your photos are magazine worthy!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Macey at Olivia Renn said...
MMM...this sounds good! Thanks for linking up to Olivia Renn.
- September 24, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Ali @ Honey and Maple Syrup said...
What a cute setup! Seriously adorable!
- September 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM
- Cass @ That Old House said...
Just hopped over from French Country Cottage... and your post today is stunning! The photo shoot looks good enough to eat, AND to be in a magazine or book. Beautiful!
- September 24, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- bj said...
What a beautiful photo shoot. love it all.
The drink sounds just wonderful.
I came over from Bargain Hunting...so glad I did.
xo bj
- September 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Donna said...
Beautiful pictures and cute vignettes. Love the reds.
- September 24, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Joyti said...
Oo, yum! The apples are gorgeous, what color. And your children are sooo lucky, candy apples sound so perfect right now.
- September 24, 2010 at 11:59 PM
- Sue said...
Oh, this all looks so colorful and inviting! I haven't gone to pick apples in a million years- but this sure is inspiring me to do so. I always make a hot cider drink around the holidays.It is so comforting when it is freezing cold outside. Thanks for sharing your lovely photos.
~ Sue
- September 25, 2010 at 4:30 AM
- Unknown said...
What a fabulous post!! I love your enamelware pieces..especially that drink dispenser. The apples are all wonderful. Now I'm wanting a steamy cup of spicy cider :)
- September 25, 2010 at 6:18 AM
- Pamela Gordon said...
I love this post with all the beautiful apples and flowers and the setting. Very welcoming and would make for a fun time after an apple picking party. Beautiful!
- September 25, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- niartist said...
Christie! I'm so sorry that I'm just now finding time to stop by and tell you that I so appreciate your linking up with Vignette Fridays! Your photos are amazing, and they make me long for a trip to the farmers market! :) I absolutely love each and every one! I hope that you'll link up next week and continue to inspire me and everyone else with beautiful posts like this one! :) Take care, Artie
- September 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Melinda said...
Popped over from Artie's place.
Love the Apple post -- so Fallish.
- September 25, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Kathleen said...
Great pictures! We picked apples too but we picked Mutsu's , green. I like them to eat and bake!
- September 25, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- Amie {Kitty Cats and Airplanes} said...
Visiting from So Very Cheri. This is such a gorgeous set up! Apples are my favorite part about fall and the way you used them in your decorating is stunning! I love the vintage lables too!
Amie @ http://kittycatsandairplanes.blogspot.com
Happy weekend! :)
- September 25, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Bargain Decorating with Laurie said...
Christie, this is going to be THE BEST wedding shower ever! What wonderful memories you will create for your b-i-l and his bride! I LOVE that drink dispenser. Those reproduction labels are such a clever idea, and you found some great labels. You may be inspired by a dish towel, but I am inspired by you and everything you do! Thank you so much for linking this wonderful post to Favorite Things Sat. laurie
- September 25, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Sarah said...
Beautiful, charming post. Your always offer a wonderful vignette to present what ever you are serving. Thanks for the inspiration. ~ Sarah
- September 25, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Sassy Sites! said...
Thanks for joining us over at our Sassy Sites blog party! It's fun to see everyone! Come on over tomorrow and sign up for our Spotlight Giveaway! We would love to have you!! xoxo
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- September 25, 2010 at 8:42 PM
- Lindy said...
I am so glad you came by to see me so I made time to do the same because.....I am planning a fall party (after the spring thing didn't pan out) and I love your ideas! Here I go copying again. Thanks for sharing and I will have to keep an eye out for any updates you might post!
- September 25, 2010 at 9:11 PM
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
This looks like a Country Living magazine spread. You should do this for a living. Looks fantastic and I can smell the cider!!
- September 26, 2010 at 5:19 AM
- Courtney ~ French Country Cottage said...
Hi there! This looks so amazing and inviting! I love it!! It makes me think of back when my kids were in 5th grade at the charter school - they would have Colonial Williamsburg days and have wassail, bobbing for apples etc.- just so much fun!! Thanks for joining in Feathered Nest Friday! So nice to meet you!! :
- September 26, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Craftberry Bush said...
Hi there!!...just wanted to say thanks for stopping by Craftberry Bush and leaving a message. Your blog is actually one of my favourites and so I'm SO flattered that you liked mine....:o) Thanks again, much love, Lucy at Craftberry Bush.
- September 26, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- The Tablescaper said...
This is so charming. I love the entire arrangement. The apple cider pot is so charming. What a wonderful way to spend a day.
Thanks so much for being a part of Seasonal Sundays.
- The Tablescaper
- September 26, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- Marie said...
That is the sweetest, most charming all american set-up you've shared with us! I love it all and thanks for the recipe. Stopping by from SOYCM.
- September 26, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- gena said...
Charming is the perfect word ! Looks like a picture in a magazine....
hope you all had fun !
thanks for sharing,
- September 26, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Those apples look delicious. Especially the ones with the caramel and nuts surrounding them (haha). Great job; can't wait to try your recipe.
- September 27, 2010 at 5:15 AM
- Jacqueline~Cabin and Cottage said...
Such a happy apple display! Thanks for inviting me over!
- September 27, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- oursearskithome.blogspot.com said...
What a lovely vignette! I feel like a hot cup of spiced cider right now.
- September 27, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- Tauni said...
Great photos! I am impressed with all the time you put into styling...
Love wassail. It's always been a winter favorite and I remember my mom making large batches of the mix!
- September 27, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- memakingdo said...
What an adorable display! I would love if you linked it to my linky party!
- September 27, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Leslie said...
wow.. everything is so pretty.
- September 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Custom Comforts said...
What gorgeous pictures. I'm new at blogging and have a lot to aspire to. Your blog is not only beautiful to look at, but inspiring.
- September 27, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafe said...
Thanks so much for joining in our linky party. This is a friday's favorite for sure!
~ we are wedding planning too... Share your hints with me :-)
- September 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Leah said...
I love the aqua red combo too! It just makes me feel happy :)
- September 27, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Rachael said...
Your pictures are perfect for the end of summer!
- September 27, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- xinex said...
Beautiful display!...Christine
- September 28, 2010 at 6:03 AM
- Marty@A Stroll Thru Life said...
This is totally unreal. It looks like it came out of the page of a magazine. Love all the cups, the apples and the wonderful apple cider dispenser. Fabulous. Thanks so much for linking to TTT. Hugs, Marty
- September 28, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- Blondie's Journal said...
Your pictures should be in a magazine celebrating fall! I love all of your enamel ware and I too, love the look of red and aqua!! Everything looks so sweet!
- September 28, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Lesslie said...
Gosh, had to scroll down 48 comments to get my comment published! I love the 'RED' in the pictures and truly think Brian and I would be better off coming to your house in November for our 20th anniversary instead of Mexico. Is the Thomas' bed and breakfast available? Hee Hee! Love you and I enjoy viewing your artistic talent! Viewing it has become a passion for me!
- September 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Maggie said...
I just discovered your blog after finding you at Outdoor Wednesday.
Your vignettes & photography are stunning.
I'm your newest follower now!
- September 28, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- Lori @ Dining Delight said...
An apple of an inspiration! So fitting for this time of year. Love your photos and how you've arranged everything!
- September 28, 2010 at 11:03 PM
- Light and Voices said...
These photographs look like they belong in a magazine. Nice job!
Joyce M
- September 28, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- The Unusual Farmchick said...
I so do love the idea of a wassail station by the bonfire. What a fantastic idea! Those labels really add that extra special touch of charm. I envy the enaml dispenser. Wish I could find one of those around here. I had seen one at a big name store and had gone back to buy it only to find they were all gone. So disapointed.
Major kudos on a beautiful setting. Will you be sharing pictures of the evening for the wedding shower?
- September 29, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- The Decorative Dreamer said...
I have made this for a Christmas party before but not w/your recipe. I will have to write this one down too. I love your apple display! It looks straight out of Country or Southern Living! Excellent photography too! I hope everything works out well for the wedding shower.
- September 29, 2010 at 3:44 AM
- The Style Sisters said...
Ohh I love this!! I too love using dish towels in my tablescapes. The labels are just too cute! You are very creative. Red is my favorite color! Excellent job on the entire vignette! Thanks for linking up to Centerpiece Wednesday and sharing your creative ideas with all of us.
- September 29, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- Suzanne@thriftstoredecorjunky said...
Loved reading this post. Great job!
- September 29, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- Donnie said...
All your photo's were so gorgeous but I especially loved your words. Such a lovely escape into your world. Joyous.
- September 29, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Sumballo Farm said...
This is so adorable! I love your drink container and all the fall touches!
- September 29, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- genie said...
This post with its reds and the blue cups is gorgeous. Beautiful photographs. I am so glad I stopped by for the visit.
Genie @ buttonsforbaga
- September 29, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- debbie @ happy little cottage said...
All of this red and aqua is making me weak at the knees! Gorgeous photos!
- September 29, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Diann said...
Just wonderful! I love everything. It really looks fantastic.
- September 29, 2010 at 8:46 PM
- Chrissie said...
I love the aqua and turquoise togetehr! Beautiful post~
- September 29, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Maureen said...
Now that looks perfectly scrumptious!
- September 29, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Mary said...
How picturesque~ love all your apple touches! Now if only the weather would cooperate so I could enjoy some wassail or hot cider :-)
- September 30, 2010 at 3:22 AM
- Chubby Chieque said...
It seems I am browsing the Farmhouse Magazine, swedish version §;-)
No kidding... I love and I even feel I was there sitting infront of that jug. Now, I sounds like a kiddie but I really do.
Can I ask, how you dear hubby make the apple rings? Leave the procedure in my site and I really appreciate it.
I have lots of lots of red apples but don't know what to do with them.
Happy TS...
Greetings from chilly Stockholmer,
- September 30, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Miss Char said...
Great fresh look for fall. Apples are in here too, just picked up a basket of honey crisp but I love the look of your red delicious for your tablescape. The smattering of blue you threw in really sets off all the red.
Thanks for sharing.
- September 30, 2010 at 6:45 AM
My BIL is also getting married this month.
I wish I had seen this idea a while ago. Would be perfect for a bridal shower setting. This is one of the lovliest gathering or table displays I have ever seen.
- September 30, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Ann said...
This is a splendid display. The red dispenser is fabulous.
- September 30, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- Emily @ LaForce Be With You said...
Yum! My mom always made Wassail at christmas time and now I am craving some! Beautiful set up!
- September 30, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Coloradolady said...
What a delightful setting. I love that red drink dispenser.....adorable! Have a great VTT!
- September 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Susan Freeman said...
What a lovely post. You really put me in the spirit of fall!!
Susan and Bentley
- September 30, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- a quiet life said...
lovely post, fantastic pic, fun fun fun!
- September 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Unknown said...
Wonderful setup and photos!!! Just beautiful. I will be back!
- September 30, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- LindyLouMac said...
Wow and I thought our apples were shiny. Did you polish them? It is good to meet you I am calling by from Italy on my first Outdoor Wednesday blog hopping around the other entrants and enjoying exploring all these wonderful blogs.
- September 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- kayellen said...
What fun!!! I will be right over:))
Happy Tablescape Thursday...
Kay Ellen
- September 30, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- HollyC said...
Wonderful post! I fell in love with everything you've done, but the cups in the basket are my fav!! Thanks for sharing.
- September 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM
I love the vintage apple crate images! The displays and the pictures are beautiful and so creative.
- September 30, 2010 at 3:24 PM
I love those labels. The whole thing is really cool. How can I swing an invite to that party??
- September 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Heather said...
Your apple vignette is absolutely beautiful! I just absolutely love your photography!
- September 30, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Pam Kessler said...
Beautiful photos.
- September 30, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- Entertaining Women said...
I love every detail of this vignette. The shot of aqua in the mugs agains all the red and white is the perfect point-counterpoint. Thank you for sharing your charming design. Cherry Kay
- October 1, 2010 at 12:10 AM
- Christine said...
Love the acorn and mason jar candle idea. I am sharing it today on my blog:)
Great job
- October 1, 2010 at 5:09 AM
- Mid-Atlantic Martha said...
I love hot cider in the fall. Everything looks so charming. Thanks for sharing your recipe too.
- October 1, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- ~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ said...
I am such a sucker for red! Such a creative gal you are I adore what you have done. Please save me a caramel apple.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
- October 3, 2010 at 5:47 AM
- Carolyn said...
So pretty!! Makes me want to come join the party and go on a hayride! :)
Hugs, Carolyn ~ Cottage Sunshine
- October 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage said...
Oh my goodness! Those images are worthy of placement in a country magazine. And do those apples ever look delicious.
Thanks for linking to my party. I would love to have you join me each week.
Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
- October 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Kim, USA said...
I so love it!
Favorite Snack
- October 12, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Craftberry Bush said...
Hi Christie, just wanted to let you know I mentioned your blog as inspiration and linked it back . Thanks for your Sunday words of wisdom ! much love,
- October 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Craftberry Bush said...
Hey Christie...me again...sorry to invade your wall...but I forgot to mention that I also found some beautiful inspiration here:
I know you are working on a shower so this might give you some more ideas....! cheers !
- October 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- WhisperWood Cottage said...
The apples, the wildflowers, the vintage pieces...great mix for fall! Thanks for linking up to The "Autumn Décor" Talent Scouting Party at WhisperWood Cottage!
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A couple of weeks ago (Spet 29 – Oct 3) we had a 5 day holiday to celebrate the harvest festival of Chuseok, and Korea's National Foundation Day. So, what better way to celebrate Korean holidays than with an American tradition: Roadtrip!!! After much debate, the three of us (Mike, Akasha, and Remi) set out to see the sites of the east. We had a few items we wanted to see and friends we wanted to visit, but no set agenda. Our goal was to drive a bit (about 3 hours a day), sleep on isolated pagodas, see northern and eastern Korea, hike mountains, go to the beach and see a few festivals. We did it and it was by far, one of our best vacations ever!
Day 1 This was a Friday, so we had to work till 5 pm, at which point we finished packing the car, grabbed a quick dinner at the local Kimbop Nara and hit the road at 6! We went a bit north first, and traffic was good until we got to Gwangju, where we hit some serious Chuseok traffic. Chuseok traffic can be paralyzing, turning two hour drives into nine-hour odysseys, but for the most part, we got lucky. A few minutes past Gwangu, we found our dream pagoda just around a sharp bend on a mountain road not far from the small town off of Namwon. It was around 9:30, and even in the dark it was obvious that we were going to wake up to a beautiful view of Jirisan. We slept with the moonlight pouring through the tent.
Day 2 We woke up to a beautiful view of the valley leading to Jirisan national park. After rousing ourselves, we hiked for an hour giving Remi a stretch before heading out on the road. We didn't get very far because I (Akasha) was beckoned by a mural of my favorite Korean children's book, Puppy Poo.
We walked along the streeets of Udang, also known as 'the cutest town ever.' It was covered in murals. We poked into someone's home business, watched them make rice cakes, and snuck pictures of their garden. Then we pushed on till we stumbled on to a nice little farmer's market. Here we found whole fried chickens, sompyeong candy (a Chuseok specialty) and fish, fish, fish. Finally, just past noon, we found a landmark that was on the map: Haeinsa Temple, one of the oldest and most important Buddhist temples in Korea.
Nestled among the peaks of the Gaya mountains, Haeinsa was founded in 802 by two Chinese brothers. There are over ninety buildings on several levels, which makes for peaceful walking and beautiful views. It also has the Koreana Triptika, a collection of several thousand wood blocks that make up an entire set of Buddhist scriptures. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and amazing. We weren't allowed to take pictures, but we did get a print.
Finally, we met our friend Lisa in Andong, saw a bit of the festival, and had a dinner of Kim Chi Chi Ge. Then we drove out of town to find a nice pagoda by the reservoir. It was a beautiful campsite, but the night was cold.
Day 3 Once again we awoke to a beautiful morning, dripping in dew, the mountain valley cloaked in fog. We broke camp, fed the hound, and went into town to meet Lisa for some coffee at a great cafe in her neighborhood. Next we went to the Andong Mask Festival.
Andong has the reputation of being a very traditionally Korean city, and Mask dances are part of Korea's traditional entertainment. They have also expanded the festival to include international dancers and masks, so there's a lot of cultural knowledge there. There's also tons of food and activities (like eating shwarma!). We met up with some of our friends. Akasha and friends made a mask in one of the tents, and then we visited a booth that had traditional wedding garments. Here, they dressed us up in hanboks. Mine (Mike's) was a simple affair, but Akasha had to dress in about four layers, which took almost ten minutes.
Finally, they took our picture as if we were being married in the traditional Korean way, which involves bowing to each other, handing over chickens, kissing with dates, and numerous stiff formal poses. It would have been very romantic, if not for the dozens of Koreans crowding around the booth, all very amused to see a couple of foreigners being dressed for a wedding.
After leaving the festival, we drove across the mountains to the coast of the East Sea (internationally known as the Sea of Japan). We drove carefully through the narrow streets of some seaside towns, not finding any pagodas, until we found a campsite that had beautiful cabins for rent. Akasha met up with a principal from Daegu's Dongbu Elementary School, who was incredibly helpful in booking us a cabin.
She also insisted we come to her cabin for dinner, where we met her husband, daughter and son, and her grandchildren. Our own cabin was an amazing furnished two story beauty just feet from the shore, and we slept well on the ondol (heated floor) bedding.
Day 4 In the morning we watched the sun rise over the ocean and enjoyed the amazing view.
Our road trip goal of the day was simple: The furthest point East on mainland South Korea. (Hey, we'd already been to the southernmost point.) Along the way, we impulse stopped at whatever looked interesting, and this morning we discovered a gem: The boyhood home of Korea's current president, Li Myung-bak.
Li was actually born in Japan during the occupation, but after the war he came here to Deokseong-ri for part of his boyhood. They are very proud of Mr. Li here, and have put up several biographical plaques that extoll his hard work, intelligence, and determination.
We pushed on to Homigot, the easternmost point of Korea. We walked along the port and ate sashimi on the pebble beach. Our next goal was Jinju and we decided to take a twisty county road instead of the straight expressway. It was a beautiful twisty drive between mountains following a river to a dam. It took a really long time and was inspiring. My favorite rest stop included an ancient ice house, which was a large mound covering a place where they stored the ice below ground. It had access to the creek to keep it cool and let it drain. It reminded me (Akasha, of course) of the episode of Little House on the Prairie where Belinda gets locked in the ice house.
After hours of driving we stopped by the Jinju Lantern Festival, commemorating a battle in the Imjin War. This festival was amazing, hands down one of the biggest, most ambitioius festivals we've been to. The entire riverfront was lined with giant paper lanterns, and more lanterns were moored in the river.
The fortress on the hill was decorated with hundreds more lanterns of people in every possible activity: skating, playing games, getting married, or carrying the emperor, for example. At 8:00 there was a fireworks show, the loudest and closest to the grounds any of us had ever seen. Then we had dinner, strolled through the high school's 'wish tunnel,' and by 11:00 we had to force ourselves to get in the car and go look for a pagoda.
Picking a pagoda late at night can be an adventure. It took us a while to get out of town, and even longer to find a nice quiet pagoda, and in the end we weren't too picky, but did find a nice place in another valley by a lake. At first we thought it would be a nice, quiet night like the other pagoda, but then the dogs started barking. One dog started, then another, and soon their barks were echoing up one side of the valley and down the other echoing over the lake, and we realized there would be no sleep that night. It even got a little bit scary, and Remi was anxious with all the noise, and then there was a strange rustling/flopping sound in the grass around the pagoda. So we got out of the tent, ran like scared teenage girls into the car, drove down the road, and napped closer to town until dawn.
Day 5
We woke up in the car and drove back to break down the tent. We soon discovered that our scary sound maker (ie: ghost) was the world's cutest puppy who had escaped his collar, and his owner was one of the friendliest Ajjumas (older ladies) we have met in Korea. Nothing like the light of day for a little perspective.
Our goal for the day was to Oktoberfest at the German village in Namhae. Along the way we drove down to Sacheon, a gorgeous coastal-village, and stopped for breakfast. We took a series of side trips as we jigged and zagged our way to Goseong, home of the Dinosaur Museum and the World's Dinosaur Expo.
We knew we wouldn't be able to bring Remi to the museum, but we thought we could walk him along the coast and see the footprint fossils along the coast. Unfortuatly, the walkbridge along the coast was damaged (it looked like typhoon damage.)
We crossed over the bridge connecting Sacheon to Namhae on our way to the Namhae Oktoberfest. I set my hopes too high for the Oktoberfest. We had hoped for lederhosen, spaetzle, and polkas. But there was only one brand of German beer. There was one very dry sausage with some yellow mustard. There was a lot of Korean food, especially dried squid. There was also a LOT of Korean music. We only heard Korean spoken and only heard Korean music. "Gangnam Style," the current uber-hit overplayed everywhere in Korea (and around the world, we hear), was played repeatedly, to the exasperation of those who came for some good German fun and were dying for a Beer Barrel Polka. Heck, I would have settled for an Edelweiss, which my elementary kids play on the recorder.
We spent the night in Namhae, on the beach, with a campfire. It was fantastic. We shared a campfire with a sweet Korean couple from Busan who came down for the beer. It was a beautiful pebble beach with a cute tribute to the wind breaks we were camping in and how windbreaks protect villages. It was a beautiful night for sleeping, a bright moon, clear skies, waves lapping the shore, and crickets singing.
Day 6 Our only plan was to have fun driving home. In the morning we discovered the marina where we camped was beautiful and has an amazing little cafe. We indulged with another waffle breakfast and coffee. Mike saved several dying starfish that were drying on the dock (that Remi would like to have eaten.) We poked along Namhae's scenic coastal drive for an hour. We had hoped to do more exploring, but I think we were explored out, so we jumped on the express way and were home by 3 for laundry and a nap. It was a long 6 days. It was an amazing 6 days. I'd love to do it all over again!


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This clip was taken in June 2013 at a seminar I did in Alabama, USA. The seminar covered a wide range of kata applications and principles. One drill we quickly looked at was the "shifting sequence" from Wanshu kata (called "Enpi" in Shotokan). We had already established that the angle shown in the kata does not show the angle you are being attacked from, but the angle you should assume in relation to your enemy. Because this sequence is done "sideways" in the kata it is telling us the sequence should be performed from a side on position. The first three moves attack the enemy from this position while keeping continuous control of their arm. The next three give options in case the enemy should close off the line of attack and get back onto the fighting line. As always, a short little clip cannot convey all the information covered in a full weekend, not can it cover the totality of the methodology. I nevertheless hope this short clip is of interest. Thanks for the support of these videos!
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Details: Many people who knew Jesus understood him well enough to admire him, to respect him, and to love him. Others were terrified of him. Some of his own relatives said he was out of his mind. But the politically and religiously intolerant leaders of first-century Israel hated him. So they murdered him. But that wasn't the end of the story. Not by a long shot. Today, more than twenty centuries later, respected Bible scholars Dr. Charles "Chuck" Missler and Dr. William Welty bring Jesus of Nazareth to you in the most unconventional way possible...by bringing Jesus of Nazareth to talk in his very own words about himself, his purpose, his nature, and his mission. By the time you've finished reading I, Jesus: an Autobiography, you'll have learned why this rabbi from Nazareth rose from literal obscurity-as well as from the grave-to change the very course of history.
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colorFabb_XT Orange 1.75mm filament is made with Eastman Amphora™ 3D polymer. It is low-odour, styrene-free and BPA (Bisphenol A) free. It is high strength and very high toughness, has a high TG/improved temperature resistance and FDA food contact compliant, great for printing functional and engineering parts.
Each colorFabb_XT spool contains approx. 750g of filament, is available in 1.75mm and 2.85mm diameters in a range of colours.
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XT works best with a heated bed, with temperatures around 60-70°C. For printing on a non-heated bed, follow colorFabb's hints and tips for 3D printing in colorFabb_XT.
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