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Treatise on the Speculative Nature and Origin of Life
I. The Abstract Nature of Life
Life is generically defined as the set of those things which may move, metabolize, grow, die, reproduce, and possess complex internal structures that are passed on to their children.[1] This definition of the positive biological sciences obscures more than it clarifies, for it affirms a multitude of powers that Life may possess without explaining why it is that Life must possess them: that is to say, it abstractly affirms the modally possible powers of Life, and yet neglects to negate among these modalities to distinguish the individual that is necessary to concretely unite them all. The powers listed are thus, simply by themselves and collectively among themselves, conceptually inadequate to define, not merely the order and various relations of each, but moreover the inner necessity from which all of these powers emerge and have their being. Thus Socrates objects to Meno's list of virtues in Plato's Meno: "Even if [the definitions of virtue] are many and various yet at least they all have some common character which makes them virtues... we have discovered a number of virtues when we were looking for only one." (72c/74a) If Life is a real universal natural kind and not merely a conventional name given to many kinds, it must, as Socrates implores, be one common and necessary concept that unites, within itself, all of the many powers and adaptations found amongst the stupendous heterogeneity of living things.
[1] Weber, Bruce, "Life" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011: "Living entities metabolize, grow, die, reproduce, respond, move, have complex organized functional structures, heritable variability, and have lineages which can evolve over generational time, producing new and emergent functional structures that provide increased adaptive fitness in changing environments... Something that is alive has organized, complex structures that carry out these functions as well as sensing and responding to interior states and to the external environment and engaging in movement within that environment... living systems may be defined as open systems maintained in steady-states, far-from-equilibrium, due to matter-energy flows in which informed (genetically) autocatalytic cycles extract energy, build complex internal structures, allowing growth even as they create greater entropy in their environments, and capable, over multigenerational time. of evolution."
In the history of Western Philosophy there have been three prevailing opinions on the nature of Life: Mechanism, Vitalism and Hylomorphism. mechanism supposes the effects of movement in all parts of living things to be caused through a linear succession of externally related transitive movements in the manner of the winding cogs in a clock. Vitalism supposes that all of the parts of living things are moved by some external 'vital force' just as a gale of wind propels a sand storm. Hylomorphism contends, contrary to both, that the substance of a living organism, by its very nature, synchronously moves all of its parts in a reciprocating cycle according to their various relations to the whole. Mechanism and Vitalism, hence, both suppose the cause of movement in Life to be extrinsic to the part that it effects, while Hylomorphism supposes the cause to be intrinsic to the relations of the parts and the whole. The distinctive feature of Hylomorphism is, thus, the recursive and cyclical movement of cause and effect between the parts and the whole of the living organism.
'Hylomorphism' is a Greek term used by Aristotle to describe substance as the composite of form and matter. Form and matter are each abstract concepts related to one another as ethereal order is to the ground of being: each is an abstract concept as it is conceived, not as it exists in the world, but only as it may be thought of in our minds prior to any existing thing. Essence and existence are similar to form and matter, according to their mutual relations, and yet they differ according to the aspects of concretely existing things. The being of matter and form differ from the being of existence and essence as abstract being is to concrete being. The term 'substance' will be used to describe a individuation of concrete being which unites within itself the posterior concreta of existence and essence with the prior abstracta of matter and form. Form and matter are abstract concepts for-us prior to the existence of a thing, while essence and existence are concrete concepts of the thing as it is in-itself. Thus, form and matter are conceived of a priori, while essence and existence are conceived of a posteriori. Essence is the opposite of existence, just as form is the opposite of matter; while form and matter are the existential privation and subaltern negation of essence and existence. The mutual negative oppositions of existence, essence, form, and matter admit of the possibility of representing their four-fold relation from the standpoint of each corner of a square of logical opposition:
From the standpoint of existence (Figure 1): all existence grounds existence (All S is P); no essence exists without existence (No S is P); some matter is abstracted from existence (some S is P); some form is not abstracted from existence (Some S is not P).
From the standpoint of essence (Figure 2): all essence orders existence (All S is P); no existence orders existence without essence (No S is P); some form is abstracted from the order of existence (some S is P); some matter is not abstracted from the order of existence (Some S is not P).
From the standpoint of matter (Figure 3): all matter is prior to and grounds existence (All S is P); no form orders existence without matter (No S is P); some existence is concretized from the matter of existence (some S is P); some essence is not abstracted from the matter of existence (Some S is not P).
The abstract a priori concepts of form and matter are implicitly and potentially what the concrete a posteriori concepts of essence and existence are explicitly and actually. The a priori concepts of form and matter are prior to all intuition of existence and thus prior to the a posteriori concepts of essence and existence in the way of knowing, via cognoscendi; while the a posteriori concepts of essence and existence are posterior to all intuition of existence and thus prior to the a priori concepts of form and matter in the existing the way of being, via existentiae: the abstract apriori concepts are first known for-us as the potentiality of being, while the concrete a posteriori concepts are first in existence as actuality of thing-in-themselves. These two ways of approaching this four-fold distinction offer distinct avenues of examining the essence of life: according to (I) the abstract and a priori way of knowing, or according to (II) the concrete and a posteriori way of existence.
Beginning a demonstration under the intention of avoiding dogmatic presuppositions is a nigh-impossible task, for the idea of a presuppositionless science must, in its infinite self-determination, possess neither a determinate beginning nor end; yet written propositions follow a linear and determinate sequence that altogether implies that the latter propositions depend for their soundness and validity upon the former propositions. As Hegel describes in the introduction to the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences, a demonstration for human understanding must render the infinitude of the concept in a finite sequence of propositions so as to burst open the self-resolving gateway of science:
"We can assume nothing and assert nothing dogmatically; nor can we accept the assertions and assumptions of others. And yet we must make a beginning: and a beginning, as primary and underived, makes an assumption, or rather is an assumption. It seems as if it were impossible to make a beginning at all... In this manner philosophy exhibits the appearance of a circle which closes with itself, and has no beginning in the same way as the other sciences have. To speak of a beginning of philosophy has a meaning only in relation to a person who proposes to commence the study, and not in relation to the science as science." (§1/17)
The purpose of a demonstration is, in the unfolding of a sequence of propositions, to arrive at the final moment of thought wherein the potentiality of the abstract concept comes to be known for-us in the complete identity of its concrete actuality. Hence, demonstration proceeds according to the way of knowing as a sequence of conceptual moments, from the universal to the individual, and from the most general and abstract concept to its concrete specification. This treatise on the origin and nature of Life will bracket, from itself, the fundamental questions of first philosophy and presume a broadly Aristotelian metaphysic of the four-fold opposition of abstract form and matter to concrete essence and existence; of the implicit potentiality of abstract concepts for-us to the explicit actuality of the concrete existing things-in-themselves, to demonstrate the essence of Life in existence as these concepts unfold according to their corresponding logical relations. The method of the demonstration is intended to be neither a linear sequence of the formal entailment of fixed propositions, nor the dialectical circle of speculative propositions that unfold according to the emergence of their intrinsic contradictions, but rather a middle-way between the line of didactic entailment and the circle of dialectical emergence: the demonstration will analogically approach the dialectical circle of coincident concepts, in which the former becomes explicit in the latter as the latter is implicitly presupposed by the former, even while maintaining the possibility of a subsequent formal demonstration as a linear sequence of propositions in which the conclusion is validly entailed by the premises. In short, the demonstration will presuppose Aristotelian metaphysics, proceed in a quasi-dialectical sequence of coincident conceptual moments, and culminate in an idea of the essence of Life that may be manifested as an argument of formal logic. The demonstration of the essence of Life will thus proceed from (I) the abstract and a priori way of knowing to (II) the concrete and a posteriori way of existence; from the pure forms of (I.A.) particularization, (I.B) motion, and (I.C) teleology; to their hylomorphic instantiation in the concrete specification of (II.A) reproduction, (II.B) conception and (II.C) the self-identity of essence, in the living organism. The presentation of (I) the abstract nature of Life will thus consist in the three conceptual moments of (I.A) the particular substance, (I.B) motion as a succession of the presence and absence of being, and (I.C) the teleological purpose of parts to the whole.
A. The Particularization of Self-Enclosed Substance
The Pre-Socratic philosopher Anaximenes, the later Stoics, and Spinoza held the doctrine of Hylozoism in which the entire universe is a living substance. Aristotle proposed the doctrine of Abiogenesis in which life is, on the contrary, generated from non-living substances. Hylozoism attributes life to all existence, while Abiogensesis distinguishes some existence as living and others as non-living. The principle problem of Abiogenesis is that of accounting for the origin of living substances from non-living existence. Just as being may not be generated from non-being, so may life not be generated from what is not life. The division of some finite living substance from the whole of non-living existence is the particularization of the universal. The concept of particularity is produced from the negation of being which is of non-being: non-being determines a limit to being, in which non-being circumscribes and demarcates being-in-itself from being-in-another. The concepts of particularity and limitedness are required for the reciprocating movement of the organism, to conserve the organism's dynamic inertia as it moves itself within the its own self-limiting domain. For example, an asteroid is a limited and self-enclosed substance that, in its separate particularity, may move with relative indifference
among its material surroundings.
among its material surroundings.
B. Motion as the Succession of Absence and Presence of BeingA living thing is that which moves itself: rather than needing movement to be imparted upon it from without to subsequently move according to the propensity of this force, the living thing imparts motion to itself by its own native power of motion. An organism is defined as a living thing whose reciprocating operations causes the effect of its own self-movement, in which some parts move other parts in a continuous cyclical interplay of self-mediated motion. In a self-moving organism, the operation of movement remains immanent within the (I.A) limits of the organism, and, in most cases, does not escape from the organism. Finally, all particular organisms must first have motion imparted to it from without, for nothing that is limited may be either absolutely self-subsistent or self-moving. For example, the Sun is a self-moving substance because it moves the parts of its corona as a result of the heat generated by nuclear fusion in its core. Yet even the Sun is not the first movement of movement, for its very matter was collected from surrounding gaseous nebula and compacted into a singular sphere through the attractive forces of universal gravitation. Hence no merely finite substance may be absolutely self-moving, for each has movement first imparted to it from without.
"since that which is moved by itself has been seen to be immortal, one who says that this self-motion is the essence and the very idea of the soul, will not be disgraced. For every body which derives motion from without is soulless, but that which has its motion within itself has a soul, since that is the nature of the soul." (Phaedrus, 245e)
In the Sophist, Plato further defines motion as the succession of presence and absence of being and non-being, in which non-being is ontologically derivative from being:
"Then we must admit that motion is the same and is not the same, and we must not be disturbed thereby; for when we say it is the same and not the same, we do not use the words in the same sense. When we call it the same, we do so because it partakes of the same in relation to itself, and when we call it not the same, we do so on account of its participation in the other, by which it is separated from the same and becomes not that but other, so that it is correctly spoken of in turn as not the same." (Sophist, 256a-b)
Erudite Aristotle defines substance as a composite of form and matter. In the Physics, Aristotle defines life as self-movement of a thing in which one part moves another in a succession of moments of the absence and presence of being. This movement imparted from without, via some exterior source of motion (e.g. the Sun, hydrothermal vents, gestation etc.), nonetheless persists within (I.A) the self-enclosed limits of the substance as an immanent motion. Aristotle writes:
"[H]ow can anything of continuous and naturally connected substance move itself? In so far as a thing is one and continuous not merely in virtue of contact, it is impassive: it is only in so far as a thing is divided that one part of it is by nature active and another passive... If, then, it is moved in virtue of some part of it being moved by that part itself, it is this part that will be the primary self-movement, since, if this part is separated from the whole, the part will still move itself, but the whole will do so no longer." (Physics VIII)
"[H]ow can anything of continuous and naturally connected substance move itself? In so far as a thing is one and continuous not merely in virtue of contact, it is impassive: it is only in so far as a thing is divided that one part of it is by nature active and another passive... If, then, it is moved in virtue of some part of it being moved by that part itself, it is this part that will be the primary self-movement, since, if this part is separated from the whole, the part will still move itself, but the whole will do so no longer." (Physics VIII)
Aristotle termed the principle of self-movement in the organism the essence; the formal aspect of substance or substantial form; which produces motion as it is united with substance in the concrete organism. The substantial form is, not as might be thought, any additional substance or 'vital principle' that is added to the sum of the organism's matter. Rather it is the totality of all of the formal relations of all parts to the whole and the whole to all parts within the self-moving organism. Essence may thus be said to be the total 'whatness', qualitas, or quality of a thing that makes a thing what it necessarily is in-itself.
C. Speculative Conception of the Potentially Infinite Motion of Teleology
This doctrine of organism as self-movement persisted unmolested in Western science until sublime Immanuel Kant issued his critique of any possible knowledge of organic substances. Kant adopted a modified Leibnizian account of Aristotle's doctrine of essence, in which the essence of life was described as the principle of self-organization through which a substance imparted self-movement to itself according to its own intrinsic form of finality, final purpose, or telos. Kant distinguished mechanisms from organisms according to their possession of extrinsic and intrinsic purposes: mechanisms were artificially constructed and thus given a purpose by their artificer, while organisms were generated from within each other and thus possesses their purposes intrinsically within themselves. Kant writes in the Critique of Judgment:
"In a thing that we must judge as a natural purpose (an organized being), we can no doubt try all the known and yet to be discovered laws of mechanical production, and even hope to make good progress therewith, but we can never get rid of the call for a quite different ground of production for the possibility of such a product, viz. causality by means of purposes. Absolutely no human reason, in fact no finite reason like ours in quality, however much it may surpass it in degree, can hope to understand the production of even a blade of grass by mere mechanical causes... there can never be a Newton for even a blade of grass." (§ 65)
However, Kant disagreed with Aristotle on whether this Principle of Self-Organization could ever be constitutive of natural science because Kant, following David Hume's phenomenalism, held that the reality of a thing, the thing-in-itself, was ultimately unknowable. Due to his Humean skepticism of the intelligibility of real things, or particular substances, Kant critiqued the Aristotelian doctrine of substantial form as a hypostatization of form and matter, in which the form of life that subsists in the living organism and the substance of the organism were, each singly and both together, mistakenly imagined to subsist as separate substances, as a thing-in-itself. Contrary to this hypostatization, Kant distinguished between the regulative principle of teleology; that may be postulated to guide scientific inquiry; and the constitutive principle of teleology; that, as a thing-in-itself, could not ever become an object of genuine knowledge. The regulative principle was merely postulated to explain any possible organism, while the constitutive principle was the equivalent of the substantial form, the essence, which Kant sought to banish beyond the outer-most walls of all possible cognition: the first could be known as nothing more than a postulate of reason, while the latter subsisted, if at all, beyond the intelligible phenomenal realm of space and time.
If the Kantian critique of the Aristotelian hypostatization of teleology, as the substantial form in organism, is correct, then there is no place for the concepts of (I.A) substance, (I.B) organism, and (I.C) essence and teleology in the natural sciences, and nothing can be known about the origin and nature of life. This negative moment in the intellectual history of the concept of Life is important because it continues to inform the practice of the positive biological sciences: Kant's Humean skepticism both produced and gives credence to theories in which the essence and teleology of Life is reductively conceived as a Cartesian Mechanism; and thus reducible to its material parts; or as merely a set of semantic terms which can a most describe a theoretical postulate. Whether it comes in the guise of 'teleonomy', 'teleomentalism' or 'adaptive function', the positive sciences have ran and hidden from any constitutive account of essence and teleology, as the organism really is in-itself, so as to evade all questions, concerns and responsibility for first philosophy. The post-kantian successors of Immanuel Kant were, however, neither so narrow-minded nor so shallow-spirited. The Philosophy of Nature has long-since repudiated Kant's Humean critique of the Aristotelian doctrine of organism and teleology, by grounding the original identity (whether in Fichte's self-positing Ego or in Schelling's Absolute) of reality and ideality, the thing-for-us and the thing-in-itself. The following will demonstrate the possibility of knowing the essence and teleology of living organisms.
a. Apparent Causal Loops of TeleologyThe concept, of the purposeful directedness, or telos, of all parts according to a superintending substantial form, or essence, is the most difficult of all to educe because it appears to defy our common understanding of linear causality. As Kant described in the Critique of Teleological Judgment, according to the concept of teleology, the logic of telos, the conditions that are prior to and causing of the substance that is conditioned are themselves determined by events that are posterior. This inversion of the priority of cause and the posteriority of effects contradicts our common understanding of the linear succession of causes to effects (e.g. if A then B, if B then C etc.) by proposing what appears to be a recursive causal loop in which posterior effects determine prior causes (e.g. if A then B, if B then A etc.). For example, Alaska Salmon will travel miles upriver to lay their eggs, even as they individually receive no tangible benefit and may even perish in the endeavor. The laying of eggs benefits the collective species of Salmon rather than the individual Salmon. Nonetheless the Salmon are apparently caused to undertake this arduous journey on behalf of the effect of perpetuating the species that is entirely posterior to the cause itself. This is the mystery of purposiveness, final causation, or teleology
The concept of teleology is that the whole organism acts as a cause to determine the operations of its parts. It is commonly thought that parts cause the effects of the whole. The parts causing the whole may be thought of as bottom-to-top or upward causation, while the whole causing the parts may be thought of as top-to-bottom of downward causation. Cartesian Mechanism affirms upward causation, from the material parts to the whole, while Vitalism affirms downward causation, from the vital principle of life to the parts. For Aristotelian Hylomorphism the concept of teleology includes both upward and downward causation: the parts cause the whole simultaneously as the whole cause the parts.
The organism is self-caused because the upward and downward causation are simultaneous and synchronous in time: there is neither a linear temporal sequence of the prior cause of parts to the posterior effect of the whole, nor from whole to parts; but rather a synchrony of both the prior causes of parts to the posterior effect of the whole, and from the whole to the parts; such that upward causation conditions downward causation and downward causation conditions upward causation. Hence the linear sequences of upward and downward causation are for Aristotelian Hylomorphism held to be mutually conditioning; neither simply anteceding nor consequenting the other, but rather each are, at once, simultaneously the antecedent and the consequent; the cause and the effect; the condition and the conditioner of the other. Kant describes this in the Critique of Judgment:
"In such a product of nature, every part not only exists by means of the other parts, but is thought as existing for the sake of the others and the whole – that is, as an (organic) instrument... Only a product of such a kind can be called a natural purpose, and this because it is an organized and self-organizing being." (§ 65)
This synchrony of cause and effect, in which each linear sequences of causes mutually conditions the other, appears to contradict any conception of a linear sequence of cause and effect in time: for, when the procession of time is conceived in an irreversible course or prior causes and posterior effects, there can never be a posterior effect that causes its own cause and thus acts as a cause unto itself. For this reason, the simultaneous mutual conditioning of upward and downward causation in Aristotelian Hylomorphism has the apparent unacceptable consequence of backward causality, or causal loops, in naked defiance of the linear procession of time. While a linear procession of discrete causes and effects has a finite quantity, causal loops presents the mind with an infinity of causes and effects that may never come to rest in any determinate quantity of causes or effects, which become one and the same in a continuous loop. The difficulty here is that we cannot comprehend, with any finite enumeration of causes, how - like a snake that consumes itself - any substance might affect its very own cause and thereby act as a cause unto itself. Such a comprehension of a teleological organism requires an infinite enumeration of the successive causes of parts in relation to the whole. Kant held that, because any such infinite enumeration of causal relations is beyond the powers of our finite discursive understanding, we could never come to know an infinite causal loop of teleology in an organism. For this reason, also, the concept of teleology, and by extension of essence also, could never be constitutive of human understanding, but must forever remain a mere postulate of theoretical reasoning: teleology may be postulated to explain an organism but teleology could never be certainly known to actually constitute an organism. What is impossible for the understanding is, however, possible for the imagination.
Anaximander described how the infinite (apeiron ἄπειρον) is prior to and immanent in all things. The Pythagoreans similarly affirmed that the infinite was, like all numerical and geometric forms, apprehended directly by the intellect. Plato and Aristotle distinguished between two kinds of infinity: potential and actual. In the Physics Aristotle denied that we may know actual infinities but affirmed that we may know potential infinities:
" For generally the infinite has this mode of existence: one thing is always being taken after another, and each thing that is taken is always finite, but always different... Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase, in the sense of the untransversable. In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it. They postulate only that the finite straight line may be produced as far as they wish." (Physics III)
" For generally the infinite has this mode of existence: one thing is always being taken after another, and each thing that is taken is always finite, but always different... Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase, in the sense of the untransversable. In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it. They postulate only that the finite straight line may be produced as far as they wish." (Physics III)
An actual infinity may be understood as a set S of some thing P with no end, or limit, to either the number of its members or the multitude of its instances (i.e. S = { ∞P}). A potential infinity, however, merely requires some set S to possess a finite number of P members, to which there is afterwards ceaselessly added new members at regular intervals (e.g. S = {P1, P2, P3}, |S|+ Pn, if S then n+1). Potential infinity is called 'potential' because the quantity of its members may progress onward to ever greater sums, while always remaining a finite set. A set that thus remains finite and only potentially infinite, may never become a true and actual infinity.
The distinction between potential and actual infinity corresponds to the Kantian duality of the phenomenal thing-for-us and the noumenal thing-in-itself because, while the extension of space and the duration of time may, without contradiction, be infinitely divisible for noumenal things-in-themselves, our apperceptive cognition is limited to intuitions of phenomenal things-for-us which may only ever be composed of finite sets that are potentially infinite. To know the infinite is, for Kant, to know the nounemal thing-in-itself, whether of God, being or numbers. On this account, the Kantian limitation of cognition to potential infinities is nothing less than a denial of the possibility of knowing reality as it is in-itself. The consequences of an absolute bifurcation of enumerated reality, whether as the Kantian duality of phenomenal and noumenal realms or the Aristotelian distinction between potential and actual infinity, is thus an inescapable anti-realism, subjective idealism, and self-destructive solipsism.
"words are signs of ideas, and ideas the similitude of things, it is evident that words relate to the meaning of things signified through the medium of the intellectual conception. It follows therefore that we can give a name to anything in as far as we can understand it. Now it was shown above (12, 11, 12) that in this life we cannot see the essence of God; but we know God from creatures as their principle, and also by way of excellence and remotion. In this way therefore He can be named by us [analogically] from creatures, yet not so that the name which signifies Him expresses the divine essence in itself [i.e. univocally]." (ST Q13, A1)
c. Principle of Analogy and Doctrine of Double-Negation
The problem of solipsism, or subjective idealism, in the dualisms of Kant was recognized and resolved by the post-Kantian Philosophy of Nature. The question of infinity later arose in Patristic and Scholastic Theology concerning divine names, or the possibility of predicating any finite term of the infinite being of God: negative or apophatic theologians such as Dionysius of Areapagite and Maimonides contended that all predication of God must be equivocal; which is to be predicated in one sense for finite creatures and in another sense for the infinite being of God; while the positive or cataphatic theologians such as seraphic Saint Bonaventure and subtle Duns Scotus contended that predication of God may be univocal; which is to predicate in one sense for all being. Equivocal predication absolutely bifurcated what may be spoken and judged of the real between the finite terrestrial realm of man and the infinite heavenly being of God, while univocal predication flattened the distinction between God and man into a single uniform existence with the consequent dilemma: if for negative theology nothing could be predicated or judged of God, then God could not be known; while if for positive theology God could be predicated and judged just as finite creatures are known, then God may be exhaustively known as an object of thought so as to eliminate all divine transcendence, mystery and infinitely surpassing excellence. The equivocal bifurcation of the finite terrestrial realm of man from the infinite heavenly being of God anticipated not only the Kantian bifurcation between the phenomenal realm of things-for-us and the noumenal realm of thing-in-themselves, but also the Vitalist notion of a super-sensual vital force that pervades uniform matter; while the univocal flattening of all distinctions between God and man into a uniform being anticipated not only the homogeneity of matter in Scientific Materialist, but also the transitivity of motion through linear causal series in Cartesian Mechanism.
The solution provided by the angelic Saint Thomas Aquinas was to propose a Doctrine of Analogy as a middle-way to mediate between the dualisms of matter and form, finite and infinite, univocity and equivocity, and negative and positive theology. The Doctrine of Analogy holds that God may be predicated indirectly rather than directly through a negation of the mode of predication in the very act of predication: (α) the universal predicate of a creaturely thing is abstracted from an individual creaturely thing; then (β) the abstract universal is negated in the mode of its finite creaturely individuality; so that (γ) it may be predicated of God. The (α) finitude of the predicate is (β) negated and made infinite, so that it may be (γ) predicated of the infinite being of God. Thomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologiae:
"words are signs of ideas, and ideas the similitude of things, it is evident that words relate to the meaning of things signified through the medium of the intellectual conception. It follows therefore that we can give a name to anything in as far as we can understand it. Now it was shown above (12, 11, 12) that in this life we cannot see the essence of God; but we know God from creatures as their principle, and also by way of excellence and remotion. In this way therefore He can be named by us [analogically] from creatures, yet not so that the name which signifies Him expresses the divine essence in itself [i.e. univocally]." (ST Q13, A1)
A similar operation of analogous predication may be applied, in the activity of thought, to the potentially infinite apparent causal loops of teleology, for whether terms are predicated of God or organisms, judgment must escape from the finitude of the understanding. The encyclopedic philosopher G.W.F. Hegel applied the homologous Principle of Double Negation to the dialectic of all concepts. Hegel's Principle of Double Negation is neither an argument nor a method, but rather a principle to regulate reasoning that is abstracted from the triadic logical relations intrinsic within Hegel's philosophical science: it cannot be completely formalized without negating its immanent relation within the philosophical science, but may nonetheless be exemplified in formal logic. The Principle of Double Negation may, for example, be described to hold that an (α) intuited concept becomes (β) qualitatively and not merely quantitatively different when some part of itself negates another part of itself (¬ Pα); after which this concept that has itself been negated (β) has some further part of itself negated (¬ Pβ) by itself; and finally both the concept before (α) and the concept after (β) the negation are, each having some of part of themselves negated ((α & ¬ Pα) & (β & ¬ Pβ)), (γ) re-combined to produce a new synthetic concept (e.g. where Pα is a part of α, and Pβ is a part of β: α , if α then ¬ Pα , if α & ¬ Pα then β, if β then ¬ Pβ, if ((α & ¬ Pα) & (β & ¬ Pβ)) then γ, ∴ γ). Aquinas's Doctrine of Analogy can thus be understood as a instance of the Principle of Double Negation, in which this Principle of Double Negation is applied to judgments about God. Hegel's expresses as much in the first paragraph of the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences when he writes: "The objects of philosophy are the same as those of religion: the object is Truth, in that supreme sense in which God and God only is the Truth." When the Principle of Double Negation is applied to question of predication, the (α) initial mode of finite creaturely predication is (β) negated by the concept of infinity (i.e. of non-finite), so that the predicate may (γ) then be applied in an infinite mode, e.g. to the infinities of God, reality and number. The philosophy of Hegel systematically employs Principle of Double Negation to negatively deconstruct and synthetically reconstruct organic and teleologically-oriented concepts that are constituted by potentially infinite being.
Reasoning from analogy according to the Principle of Double Negation allows the mind to indirectly know actual infinities through the knowledge of a progressing series of potential infinities; a potentially infinite series of potential infinites; in which the potentiality of each is itself negated so as to be reunited in the infinite synthetic concept. As potentiality is the privation or negation of actuality, so the potential infinitude of potential infinities is nothing other than the negation of negation, the double negation of the potentially infinite concept. In the Science of Logic Hegel argues that this dialectical procession, via the Principle of Double-Negation, allows the mind to adequately - albeit indirectly - know the infinitude of the Absolute Idea, the ultimate synthesis of all potentially infinite concepts, that approaches the absolute knowing and transparent omniscience of God. In his Jena lectures on the "Foundations of Transcendental Philosophy" J.G. Fichte described how Zeno's paradox presents an exemplary lesson in conceiving of infinities: Zeno of Elea proposed there to be an infinite number of discrete spatial and temporal moments in the procession of any movement, such that no movement could ever reach its completion. According to Zeno's paradox, an infinite number of discrete moments, immanent in all movements, must presumably have the consequence that all movement must remain merely potential and never become actual. There is, however, no real difficulty in either perceiving or imagining a movement that contains within itself an infinity of moments. While we cannot understand each discrete moment of an infinite motion in its distinct duration, we must, to begin swimming, nonetheless dive into the water. Where the understanding stumbles bewildered and drowns in finite moments, the imagination and swims amongst infinite ideas.
While infinite concepts may ostensibly defy our understanding of finite enumerated series, the Doctrine of Analogy and the Principle of Double Negation illustrate how infinite concepts may come to be known in a progressing series of potential infinities. According to Aristotelian Hylomorphism, organisms are self-moving substances in which the movement of parts to the whole is mutually conditioned and reciprocally caused by the teleological movement of the parts to the whole and the whole to the parts. This mutually inter-conditioning and reciprocal causation of parts and the whole (I.C.a) appears to result in a causal loop, of posterior effects to prior causes, in defiance of the finite discursive powers of the understanding. The infinitude of the apparent causal loop is, however, (I.C.b) negatively reconceived as either a potential infinities that may be known or as an actual infinities that may not. The (I.C.c) progressive knowledge of potential infinities, via the Doctrine of Analogy and the Principle of Double Negation, allows the mind to imagine the infinite causal looping of teleology. The 19th Century German mathematicians Bolzano and Cantor challenged the Aristotelian dictum against the possibility of knowing infinities - Infinitum actu non datur - with the creation of a mathematic of infinite sets, in which an infinite set could be infinitely greater than another infinite set so as to subsume the latter infinities within former infinity. Cantor identified the infinite that subsumes all infinities within itself with the absolute Infinitude of God. The mathematics of infinite sets is thus also a theology of potentially infinite concepts. Hegel's systematic employment of concepts of potential infinity thus anticipates Cantor's formal mathematics of infinite sets. This knowledge of the potentially infinite movement of substances progresses beyond all finitude to mediate between the Kantian dualisms, of the finite concept-for-us and the infinte thing-in-itself, to collapse both in the potentially infinite movement of speculative reason. There is thus no longer any persisting duality between the regulative and constitutive principles of teleology, for the progressing series of potentially infinite concepts constitutes knowledge of the infinite teleological movement of all organic substances, which is biological science. By postulating an original identity of thought and being, and by reasoning according to the Doctrine of Analogy and the Principle of Double Negation, Schelling and Hegel collapsed all of the Kantian dualisms; of the phenomenal thing-for-us and the noumenal thing-in-itself; to overcome Kantian solipsism and know the infinite concepts immanent in the realities of nature. The boundaries of finite understanding are broken open as the progressing knowledge of infinite concepts guides thought to a progressing knowledge of the infinite movement of organic substances, and the essence of Life. The pieces of living nature that the understanding had shattered may thus be resurrected in the idea of a Philosophy of Nature.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
jealous, much?
A couple weeks ago my email/bloggy pal Jessie went to an estate sale and it was the home of these rich freaks! They sold her those chairs for less than the fabric is worth. The table was for sale for $1300! Jessie did not invite me or call me immediately and tell me to get my ass down there. She scored the chairs and the table is gone. I am inconsolable and so jealous I could spit.
So now I am going to copy Valorie (and Jess - ugh) by covering these vintage chrome Baughman chairs in the same fabric. I may use a different colorway. That will teach her a lesson! ( it won't at all).
I am so jealous of my pal Jess but excited about a new project. For future reference, if you are going to an amazing auction/estate sale/consignment store/flea market/concert/house party you should invite me or I will trash talk you on my blog... ;) have a great weekend friends!
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OMG!!!! I love everything about that room. The light fixture and the art are my favorites. What a score on that table!!!!!
The Now Style Book
- November 2, 2012 at 9:13 AM
- LWP said...
Jessie that B!!! I think recovering those chrome chairs is pretty genius though.
- November 2, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Oooo those chairs! It's all so good! Yup, the quickest way to make me jealous is to thrift/flea without me!
- November 3, 2012 at 2:21 AM
Omg, lmao!!!!!! I am still waiting for news on the table!! --Jessie
- November 3, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Omg, lmao!!!!!! I am still waiting for news on the table!! --Jessie
- November 3, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- Decora Adora said...
I love everything about that room. I love your blog. You have a new follower from chile
- November 4, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Melissa Crochet @ The Insane Domain said...
I have the same rules. Don't talk the talk if you didn't invite me to the walk!
- November 5, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Erika [small shop] said...
Ha ha ha! Awesome. You said my two favorite names...Wearstler and Baughman. Wow, what a combo that will be! Soooo excited!
- November 6, 2012 at 7:15 AM
- Valorie Hart - The Visual Vamp said...
lmao - Who was the fabulous designer of this fabulous room? xo xo
- November 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM


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On Monday we had a delicious lunch with the team from Random House at Ealing. It was wonderful to see Philippa, Annie, Barry, Natalie, Charlotte and Rachel again and great to meet Jasmine who is a new addition to the publicity team since we were here last and has been working on the tour. Having the opportunity to discuss ideas and where we take things from here was terrific and we're looking forward to another strategy meeting in the next few weeks.
I was so excited to be heading back to Sarum Hall on Tuesday morning. It's a gorgeous school for girls in Belsize Park. I've visited there twice before and the girls have always been a most appreciative audience. This time did not disappoint either - although it was a little bit hairy getting there with our driver caught completely unaware of the state visit by the President of South Korea. I googled road closures in London and found the problem after we'd done three laps of the Westminster Abbey roundabout. He was most apologetic and in the end we arrived with a couple of minutes to spare. My UK editor, Natalie met Ian and I there with Kate Agnew who runs the Children's Bookshop at Muswell Hill. Kate has been a fabulous supporter of Alice-Miranda since the beginning and it was lovely to see her again and spend the whole day together. We're hoping to visit the shop on the weekend too.
Highgate is a very old school. It was founded in 1565 and occupies a vast site near the Hampstead Heath in North London. They are about to embark on a complete rebuild of their junior school and are currently building an enormous temporary school on the other side of the field.
Librarian, Penny Casey was so lovely and welcoming and after lunch we headed down to one of the halls where the students from Year 2, 3 and 4 arrived soon after. The children were fantastic and so much fun to interact with. They were keen participants in my drama auditions and very enthusiastic book buyers too. I hope to go back there again next year - perhaps to do some teaching of writing too.
The trip back to town was uneventful and that night we met a friend for dinner down at St Katharine Docks right beside the Tower Bridge. It's a great spot and perhaps a little hidden from the tourists.
A Bookish Adventure
I started this blog to document an extended trip to the US and UK in 2012, introducing children to my Alice-Miranda series. It's hard to believe that it's just on four years since we launched the first Alice-Miranda title - and now there are nine books out in Australia with another five still to come. When I first came up with the idea of this precocious seven and a quarter year old, I had no clue that she would take me on such an amazing journey, not only in Australia but also across the world. I visited 37 schools while we were away in 2012 and gave over 80 talks - it was fantastic. In 2013 I've been on lots of new adventures in the UK - visiting schools from London to Southampton, Lancashire, Scotland, Newcastle and back to London again. After that I headed off to meet readers in Singapore. In Australia I've been to Melbourne, Perth, Albany, Alice Springs and Brisbane. There's a new series too - about a gorgeous little girl called Clementine Rose. She and Alice-Miranda don't know each other yet, but they will soon.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Sarum Hall and Highgate Junior School
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Standard Model of Particle Physics
| Chemistry can be understood in the
physics of 3 particles (proton, neutron and electron), and the influence of the
electromagnetic force. Nuclear physics can be understood in the physics of 4 particles
(proton, neutron, electron and electron neutrino), and the influence of the strong and
weak nuclear forces together with the electromagnetic force. The Standard Model Theory (SM)
of particle physics provides a framework for explaining chemistry and nuclear physics (low
energy processes). It additionally provides an explanation for sub-nuclear physics and
some aspects of cosmology in the earliest moments of the universe (high energy processes).
The Standard Model is conceptually simple and contains a description of the elementary particles and forces. The SM particles are 12 spin-1/2 fermions (6 quarks and 6 leptons), 4 spin-1 gauge bosons and a spin-0 Higgs boson. These are shown in the figure below and constitute the building blocks of the universe. The 6 quarks include the up and down quarks that make up the neutron and proton. The 6 leptons include the electron and its partner, the electron neutrino. The 4 bosons are particles that transmit forces and include the photon, which transmits the electromagnetic force. With the recent observation of the tau neutrino at Fermilab, all 12 fermions and all 4 gauge bosons have been observed. Seven of these 16 particles (charm, bottom, top, tau neutrino, W, Z, gluon) were predicted by the Standard Model before they were observed experimentally! There is one additional particle predicted by the Standard Model called the Higgs, which has not yet been observed. It is needed in the model to give mass to the W and Z bosons, consistent with experimental observations. While photons and gluons have no mass, the W and Z are quite heavy. The W weighs 80.3 GeV (80 times as much as the proton) and the Z weighs 91.2 GeV. The Higgs is expected to be heavy as well. Direct searches for it at CERN dictate that it must be heavier than 110 GeV.
The matter and force particles of the Standard Model. Up and down quarks were observed for the first time in electron-scattering experiments at SLAC in the late 1960s. The 1990 Nobel Prize in physics for this discovery was awarded to SLAC's Richard Taylor and to Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall from MIT. The charm quark was discovered simultaneously in experiments at SLAC and at Brookhaven in 1974. SLAC's Burton Richter and MIT's Samuel Ting shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics for this discovery. The tau lepton was discovered at SLAC in 1975, for which SLAC's Martin Perl was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics.
The SM particles are considered to be point-like, but contain an internal spin (angular momentum) degree of freedom which is quantized and can have values of 0, ½ or 1. Spin-1/2 particles obey Fermi statistics, which have as a consequence that no 2 electrons can be in the same quantum state. This feature is necessary for forming atoms more complex than hydrogen. Spin-1 and spin-0 particles obey Bose-Einstein statistics, which prefer to have many particles in the lowest energy or ground state. This phenomenon is responsible for superconductivity.
|The Standard Model says that forces are the exchange of gauge bosons (the force particles) between interacting quarks and leptons. Feynman diagrams are useful to describe this pictorially. As illustrated in the figures below, two electrons may interact by scattering and exchanging a photon; or an electron and positron may collide and annihilate to form a Z particle, which then decays into a quark and anti-quark. Electromagnetic forces occur via exchange of photons; weak nuclear forces occur via exchange of W and Z particles; and strong nuclear forces occur via exchange of gluons. Electromagnetic forces and interactions are familiar to everyone. They are responsible for visible light and radiowaves, and are the physics behind the electronics and telecommunications industries. All quarks and leptons can interact electromagnetically. Strong nuclear forces are responsible for holding protons and neutrons together inside the nucleus, and for fueling the power of the sun. Only quarks interact via the strong interaction. Weak nuclear forces are responsible for radioactivity and also for exhibiting some peculiar symmetry features not seen with the other forces. In contrast to electromagnetic and strong forces, the laws of physics (ie. the strengths of the forces) for the weak force are different for particles and anti-particles (C Violation), for a scattering process and its mirror image (P Violation), and for a scattering process and the time reversal of that scattering process (T Violation). All quarks and leptons can interact via the weak interaction. The Standard Model provides much more than simply a description of electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions. Its mathematics provides explicit and accurate calculations for the rates at which these processes take place and relative probabilities for decays of unstable particles into other lower mass particles (such as for a Z particle to decay into different types of quarks and leptons).
|Feynman diagram for an electromagnetic interaction in electron-electron scattering by exchange of a photon.
|Feynman diagram for a weak interaction in electron-positron annihilation to a Z0, which then decays to a quark-antiquark pair.
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Adding garlic to your diet has several health benefits including assistance in warding off cancer and boosting the immune system. Video courtesy of Fox News.
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I finished off my week between trips to Europe - which turned out to be my best week of riding so far this year - with a 44-mile hilly ride with Dr. Jim this morning. We rode both shores of Lake Lemon, then headed back to Anderson on Shilo Rd., so we could hit Beanblossom and the Forest Rd., before heading back home on Old 37, featuring climbs up to Hindustan and Firehouse Hill. Total climbing on the ride was somewhere around 2300 feet. Total miles for the week = 150.1. That's the most miles I've logged in a week of riding since moving down here in 2010.
Off to Wroclaw, Poland tomorrow, then to Florence, Italy for the annual meeting of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE). After two weeks off the bike, I'm sure I'll feel like I'm starting from scratch when I get back.


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Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program - Reforestation Grants
- Date: January 25, 2013
WWF has an ambitious goal to restore 20 landscapes of outstanding importance within priority ecoregions. In order to accomplish this goal, WWF's Russell E. Train Education for Nature (EFN) program, with generous funding from the UPS Foundation, has launced a special grant opportunity focused on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR).
Download the Reforestation Grants publication to learn more.


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Jul 17th 2013
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Google wants to stream TV, Aereo wins again in court, iPhone may or may not be coming sooner or later, and more.
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Bright Puff
October 8, 2012
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January 26, 2012
Abstracting Reality
January 20, 2012
Photoshop is a great tool for anyone with even a slightly artistic bent. The ways you can tweak images are infinite and pictures that don't work as standard photographs can be morphed into interesting and even beautiful compositions. I love having the use of software that allows me artistic license and the ability to hone my skills. Representational art can be great, but sometimes it's the abstract arena that is the most fun to play in.
A person's imagination and sense of beauty can be expanded by taking risks and creating images that aren't meant to only capture a moment in time. Abstract works elicit interesting and unusual responses for each viewer. Some people don't like to be challenged by things that aren't immediately recognizable and understandable. While others flourish in a state of observation where they get to create with the artist through their interpretation of the image.
The idea isn't to make absolute concrete sense of what you are seeing, but to surrender to whatever emotional response is brought up, even if nothing whatsoever arises. Perhaps, the image is unsettling to you. Why? If it calms you, on the other hand, why would that be your response? Art isn't meant for beauty alone, or to just rile or shock you. Mostly it is what it is and what you bring to it can make it more or much less for you. So look at these images and try not to get caught up in "figuring it all out". Instead, appreciate the variations in tone, color, shape, and texture. You can hate it or love it or feel nothing at all. There are no rules. Just look and participate in the act of truly seeing.
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An All In One Printer For Your BusinessReviewing: Hp Deskjet F4140 All In One | Rating:
Recently I found I needed a new printer as I use my printer daily for printing labels, invoices and emails. I enjoyed having a scanner, printer, and copier so I was looking for something that enabled me to have all of these features for a good price. The All-In-One has all of these capabilites-with an option to copy just black or color. I can scan my papers if I need to email them as an attachment. There is an area on the top of the printer that shows up if I am low on ink, and if I want to pause my printing there is a Pause button.
I liked that it came in black as it seems to hide the dust rather well. It has a top cover where the glass is for the copying and scanning. It front feeds and can be closed up when not in use. The printer cartridges for this model are inexpensive at Walmart for a little over 30 I can get the combination package.
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|Hopefully the Jolly Elf's visit will promote smiles.
The jolly elf will make an appearance in our neighborhood coffee shop for a photo session. And you are invited.
Santa's appearance is a fund-raiser for our own Lake City Community Center. Photos with Mr. Claus will cost $10 and will be shot by a professional photographer.
He will be seated in front of the neighborhood bakery/coffee shop's giant Christmas tree.
The photos start at 2 p.m. and continue until 5:30.
All proceeds will go the Lake City Community Center and its future Youth programming.
The professional photos will be put on a CD and you can walk next door to Bartell Drugs to make your holiday cards.
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|Lampwork Bead Set - "Gems of Atlantis"
(9 lampwork beads)
A beautiful and serene set of beads which reminded me of gems found
deep in the oceans depths. Crystal-like colors of Pale Seafoam Peridot,
Amber, and Amethyst with whispy trails of Silvered Ivory all done in a
crystal-diamond stone shape!
Lampwork beads measure approx. 8mm x 12mm each.
Entire Bead Strand measures 4 and 7/8 inches long.
Beads are made on a 1/16' mandrel
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The Pink Locker Society (PLS) is a brand new book series for girls ages 8-12 about middle school life and the PBBs (periods, bras, and boys.)The Pink Locker Society (PLS) has a mysterious past and an uncertain future. Meet the members of this secret society and one very important cute boy. Just between you and me, Jemma has a monster-sized crush on him. But does he want to be more than friends?
Jemmas a dreamer and a doer. Shes trying to figure out what it means to be 13 and, finally, an eighth grader. It bugs her that her body isnt developing quite as quickly as some of her friends. And it really bugs her that the love of her life Forrest McCann has a fluffy blonde girlfriend. Jemma is ready for new challenges and experiences, but a little nervous, too. She likes rules and doesnt always know what to do when her path is as foggy as a London morning.
Clubs, activities: Volleyball, ski club, and yearbook
Wants to grow up to be: A chef or a lawyer
Rollercoasters or no rollercoasters: Yes, but with strict conditions: Kate has to go on with her, no front or back cars, and she never lets go of the safety bar.
Kates a solid-gold friend. Shes Jemmas BFF, but just about everyone likes her Why? When she talks to you, she just has a way of making you relax and be yourself. Shes even nice to sixth graders! And when the entire world is going crazy, Kate stays cool and calm. But she doesnt like being the center of attention. A surprise birthday party would make her faint!
Clubs, activities: Soccer, photography, and Spanish
Wants to grow up to be: A doctor or a veterinarian
Rollercoasters or no rollercoasters: Shell ride them, but shed rather spend her time on rides that splash!
Piper lives the glamorous life, or at least as glamorous as you can be in eighth grade. She likes dark sunglasses and shiny, metallic purses. Shes funny and smart, too, so cute boys flock to her. But she can never quite make up her mind. Some girls like that are super-annoying, but Pipers a true friend. In other words, theres a good heart in there under all those accessories.
Clubs, activities: Cheerleading, yearbook, and technology club
Wants to grow up to be: A fashion designer or head of a computer company
Rollercoasters or no rollercoasters: Oh, yeah! Hands up all the way!
It's not easy being the new girl, but Bet is finding her way. She hails from Thailand, an exotic, tropical country, where the people are super-friendly and the food is hot-hot-hot! She has a quiet voice and is dedicated to her schoolwork. But there's more to her story. Give her a little time to get comfortable at her new school. She's bound to surprise you!
Clubs, activities: None yet
Wants to grow up to be: An international TV reporter
Rollercoasters or no rollercoasters: Coasters? You bet! She loves the Slalom Coaster at Pattaya Beach Park.
Something funny happened to Forrest last year: He grew and grew! Now, his feet almost match up with his dads, his shoulders have spread wider, and he ended up needing all new shirts and pants. Then he was named quarterback of the football team. Suddenly, he looks really good to all the girls, including his pretty and popular girlfriend. But it happened so fast he isnt sure who he is the same old Forrest or Mr. Cool?
Clubs, activities: Football, baseball, basketball, and chess club
Wants to grow up to be: A professional athlete
Rollercoasters or no rollercoasters: Coasters? He hates them, but dont tell anyone.
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Boca Do Lobo is an exclusive emotional experience, a sense of belonging and a state of mind. Striving to encourage sensational experiences and creating beautiful pieces, we are also driven by the desire of maintaining the Portuguese culture and tradition alive.
For AD Show 2017, Boca do Lobo will present in New York ingrained traditional handmade techniques that embody contemporary design and Portuguese tradition.
This edition will emphasize a new era of Boca do Lobo design with more product typologies, exploring new fields such as lighting and upholstery, offering interior designers a plenty of options for their projects.
New York will be the stage to display the techniques we´ve exploring over the years, but also revealing a new line in terms of materials, techniques and textures.


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A photo is worth a thousand words. Apparently. But sometimes there's more behind an image than can be seen. An image conveys its own story, conjures up a feeling, stirs an emotion. But what of the story behind shooting it? Over the next couple of months I'll endeavour to bring you a few of the images that are currently showcased on bikemag.com from the recent Afghanistan mountain bike trip I shot in June with Anthill films and pro rider Matt Hunter. It'll tied you over until the print stories come out in the mags through October and November.
No. 1: Nearly missing dinner.
The story: Half way through our 12 day loop and we still hadn't a clue what to expect. It's hard to know how much energy and time to exert shooting when you have no idea what's coming up later, what scenes will offer themselves up, or how far it is still to go before catching up with our horsemen and overnight gear. An early start and a long day in the saddle didn't stop us working a dusty ridge top until the sun was low, giving us the golden hour of perfect light to shoot. After all, the Kyrgyz herders' yurt village was in view, or almost, just over the ridge, down towards the river. We shot, and shot, and shot more, Hunter doing his thing and delivering A-roll material without fail.
And then we began the descent and realised we hadn't a clue where we were heading. In the distance was not one, but several different plumes of fire smoke, each representing a different Kyrgyz yurt settlement. Our Afghan support and our gear could have been at any. We had no idea and darkness was 20 minutes away, and with it freezing temperatures. I rode off towards the river valley, towards one smoke plume, the others veered left towards another distant settlement, each of us scouring the landscape for any evidence of our support team. And that's when this pic happened., Matt and Brice silhouetted against the glow of the mountains we'd just descended. Chance favours a prepared mind. All I had to do was work out if stopping for the shot would mean getting left behind, to bivi out the night alone clad only in my riding gear. I took the risk. Nikon D600. 40-200 f4.


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In our last post regarding BlackBerry we covered the upcoming BlackBerry Bold Touch however nothing much was known till this hour yesterday. At the BlackBerry World Conference held today, RIM revealed the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 and 9930.
Both of them have same form factor and comes with 2.8inch touch screen and even in the case of hardware specifications. Both the phones are almost same and they are designed likely to the current generation smartphone specifications.
They come with very powerful 1.2GHz processor and 768MB's of RAM that's really good combo according to us. Plus the all new very powerful BlackBerry 7 OS which outperforms unlike any other business smartphone when combined with the combo.
Screen isn't big and that's why it's still BlackBerry, but phone is well capable to record HD videos at 720p and capture photos like other phones due to the 5mp camera.
Well then what's the real difference between 9900 and 9930? Here's what it is, BlackBerry 9900 is a GSM phone which comes with a quad-band GSM and tri-band HSPA+ support where as BlackBerry 9930 is a dual-band CDMA phone supporting quad-band GSM and dual-band HSPA+ global roaming.
Both of them have 8GB internal memory plus expandable microSD slot. They are gifted with the all new BlackBerry 7 OS with lots of new features which separate personal data from the corporate data and even support for the HTML5 videos.
Phone sounds really great, for corporate people we suggest it as must buy… it's the thinnest Blackberry yet!


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Should Citigroup, a recipient of U.S. government aid, be giving tax dollars to any political group, especially one as notorious as ACORN?
And as evidence continues to pile up showing ACORN's criminal proclivities, why is Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit actually considering restoring funding for ACORN?
Pandit said his company is awaiting an ACORN-sponsored inquiry into the group's corruption that was prompted by the emergence this fall of several hidden-camera videos. The videos show ACORN employees eager to help a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute open up a brothel using government funding.
"We, as a company, would like to see that report,†said Pandit. Asked if he could envising Citigroup permanently cutting financial ties with ACORN, Pandit said it "completely depends†on the outcome of the report, reports the Boston Herald.
Citigroup's charitable foundation has given ACORN affiliates more than $1 million since 2003. It's also funded other left-wing groups including Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, World Resources Institute, Aspen Institute, Rainforest Alliance, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Another Citigroup executive, Eric Eve, has indicated through his actions that he has no belief that ACORN has the ability to reform itself . Eve (pictured below) resigned from the ACORN Advisory Council, a phony, allegedly independent panel that is supposed to suggest ways to reform the incorrigible group.
Eve's departure removes one of the few people on the panel who could even remotely claim to actually be independent.
Meanwhile, another hidden-camera video has surfaced that shows ACORN employees behaving badly. The footage, shot at ACORN's Los Angeles office, involves ACORN's usual activities such as child prostitution, money laundering, and the like.
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Another child: I dare you to climb to the top of that tree.
Me: No thanks.
Another child: Who thinks they could climb to the top of that tree?
Me: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
I would then try ineffectively to shimmy up a tree. I'd only manage to get one or two feet off the ground. I never had good gross-motor skills.
It wasn't always physical challenges that prodded me to take on a challenge. There were academic challenges too.
Math teacher: Ok, it's time to review our algebra homework.
Me: AAAAARRRGHHHH. Math is hard.
Math teacher: Ok, here is an extra-credit algebra worksheet. You get 1 extra-credit point for each problem you answer correctly.
Me: I'll take two, please.
Now, I was no great-shakes at math, but that's besides the point. If you try to motivate me to achieve a goal by betting me I could never do it, well, you'd be right. If some one thinks I'm unable to accomplish something, and they tell me so, I have no desire to prove them wrong.
But if you simply present me with a lofty goal, I'll rise to meet that challenge.
And sometimes I succeed.
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From the magic mind of Brian Thomas Moore, Magic Makers brings you an amazing coin vanishing effect, the Liberty Coin Vanish. Brian will show you his completely original coin effect that is visually stunning! This effect is easy to learn with step-by-step instructions from the creator himself. Along with this amazing effect you will also learn some additional coin moves to combine with this effect to astonish your audience.
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It's a bit late for my welcome new months series, but I still will go with it. It is getting really cold out there, today morning we had only 3 C! The days are getting darker and gray. When I saw work of Dutch textile designer Nanna van Blaaderen, I though this is something to warm us up. The sculptural handknitted collection "More or Less" from 2011 is so expressive and beautiful! Photo's Pablo Delfos.
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we spent a FABULOUS week on a gorgeous tropical island in the country of Turks & Caicos... and now it's back to laundry, school work, teen mom 2, and cleaning. let's live in the past a bit though, 'cause it's just too good to let it go...
My pictures will NEVER do this place justice!
snorkel, snorkel!
Color, color every where!!
we saw REAL dolphins swimming in front of our boat!! i've never seen dolphins that weren't in a tank!
the "kitty kat cruise" or was it "kruise"? anyway, we took this gorgeous boat out to a private island. darling and i found a shells and coral to bring back (plus a baggie of sand) to make one of those vacations-in-a-jar that are all over pinterest.
F is for freckles!! and i wore 70SPF every single day!!!
the mister and i- livin' the life!
the mister in the air, darling and i stayed ON the ground, in the boat. the name of the boat was "gettin' high", it may have been the employees philosophy also...?
best thing at the resort: swim up bars!
Now... i'm off to do the mounds of laundry!
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
A Preview of the 2016 Boston Wine Expo and a Chance to Win Free Tickets
It's that time again! The Boston Wine Expo is just a few weeks away, and this year will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary. It's also on Valentine's Day, which makes it a perfect gift for yourself or that special someone!
Enjoy 100s of wines, seminars, cooking demos, and more! Here are some of the highlights:
The Boston Wine Expo will take place at The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center on February 13 and 14, 2016, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This event is reserved for ages 21+. Tickets now are on sale and available here. Weekend tickets and discount group tickets are also available, as well as dedicated trade industry hours and hotel packages.
The Seaport World Trade Center is located at 200 Seaport Boulevard in Boston, MA. For directions and more information, please visit their website.
The Grand Tasting is the main event - featuring over 200 producers and nearly 1,800 wines from around the world, oenophiles will travel through the expansive space – sans passport – swirling and sipping their way to "connoisseur" status. In honor of its milestone birthday, the Boston Wine Expo will debut a W?NE Bar where you can stop and ask members of the Boston Sommelier Society your wine-related questions as well as get a retrospective of the industry's past 25 years and what to expect in the next 25 years. Along the way, there will be culinary attractions including bites from popular area restaurants, as well as dueling Celebrity Chef Stages with appearances by Ming Tsai, Barbara Lynch, Chris Coombs and more. There also is the opportunity to purchase your favorite wines through the Drync app which will be delivered to your doorstop with the click of a button.
A Vintners' Reserve Lounge: gives guests a chance to spoil their taste-buds with these special gems that retail for $75 and up per bottle
VIP Experience package: allows guests entrance to the main event thirty minutes early, a separate coat check, private lounge, and gift bag
Silver anniversary package: access to a special meet and greet event with the founders of the expo, access to the Grand Tasting and VIP lounge on both Saturday and Sunday, plus three educational seminar
Seminars: In honor of the 25th anniversary, this year's seminar program will be the biggest and best yet with over 40 topics ranging from food and wine pairings, "One Hour Wine Experts," and vertical tasting flights of the world's most sought-after wine producers.
And, as always, sipping at this event has a special cause. The major charitable benefactor of the 25th anniversary Boston Wine Expo is the Tufts Medical Center's Summer Camp Program for Children with Disabilities. To date, the Boston Guild of Oenophilists has raised over $1.4 million for worthy causes.
Now the best part, a I have two pairs of tickets to the Sunday's Grand Tasting to giveaway!
For your chance to win, leave a comment here telling me what you're most looking forward to at the Wine Expo. Winners will be selected at random, this Sunday (1/24/16).
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I would love the opportunity to try a bunch of wines that I don't normally get to try!ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to learning more about South American wine regions!ReplyDelete
Love the wine, but the food demos have been phenomenal the last couple years! Hope I get to go!ReplyDelete
I'm most excited about learning about food and wine pairings, so I can throw some delicious dinner parties!ReplyDelete
I'm excited about the rosa regaleReplyDelete
my mother, Linda, who doesn't have a google account to comment here is excited about all things pink wineReplyDelete
I pretty much know nothing about wine but want to learn! I'd love to try reislings!ReplyDelete
I've been trying to improve my wine repertoire so I'd love to learn from the experts! Plus the food demos sound amazing (Ming Tsai and Barbara Lynch are some of my favorite locals)!ReplyDelete
I am most looking forward to the live cooking demonstrations and I know they will inspire me to be more creative at dinnertime!ReplyDelete
I've never been to the Wine Expo, so I'd most look forward to trying some new wines I've never had before!ReplyDelete
I'm most looking forward to visiting "Italy." I was not able to make it to the expo last year but when I attended in 2014, I was impressed with the way you truly experience many different countries all in one place at the Wine Expo. I would love to be back there!ReplyDelete
I have had a bad news week. Winning tickets would be an awesome way to cheer up.ReplyDelete
I have had a bad news week. Winning tickets would be an awesome way to cheer up.ReplyDelete
There's a Barbaresco wine I've been really wanting to try that's going to be there. It's one of my boyfriend's favorites!ReplyDelete
I am looking forward to hearing about the food and wine pairings. Thanks for hosting this contest. Great valentines gift for the wife if I win!ReplyDelete
I would love to try a bunch of new winesReplyDelete
It's always fun to see the live cooking demos!ReplyDelete


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Marion County Band Director Curtis Bennett has seen a lot of growth by the Marching Knights since the start of the season.
"It's probably the most drastic improvement I've seen in a group ever," Bennett said after Marion County's performance in the Class AAAA semifinals Saturday at South Oldham. "We played ourselves into a shot at the finals. Most groups can't say that."
It's that time again. Time to fall back. At 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, the time will fall back one hour. Don't forget to change your clocks.
The Marion County High School JROTC is hosting a Veterans Day program at 1 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Roby Dome.
All veterans, their families and the public are invited to attend. The theme of this year's program will be the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lebanon.
The United Concerned Citizens Organization will be hosting its 11th annual Henry L. Bell Thanksgiving Outreach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28, at Centre Square in Lebanon.
To prepare for this event, the UCCO is seeking help from Marion County residents and businesses, churches and organizations. The UCCO will accept food and drinks, money, or other contributions to help with the event and organization expenses.
Volunteers are also needed to cook, transport people and food, decorating, dining, advertising and correspondence, and clean up.
Graham Memorial Park in Lebanon will be hosting Halloween in the Park from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday Oct. 31.
However, trick-or-treaters should be aware that Halloween in the Park has been moved to indoors to the batting cages near the new Little League fields and concession stand.
Trick or treating in Lebanon will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In Loretto, trick or treating will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Trick or treating in Bradfordsville has been moved indoors for Halloween.
Trick-or-treaters should go to the old Bradfordsville School and Community Building gym at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, for a safe and dry place to pass out and receive candy.
Bradfordsville is also hosting a haunted house through Nov. 2.
Visitors can go through the Haunted House from 7 p.m. to midnight, Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 1-2 at the old Bradfordsville School building.
Guests returning from last year should know they have all new features and haunts this year.
A Lebanon woman was robbed in her garage two weeks ago, and the Kentucky State Police are still investigating the case.
In light of that incident, local law enforcement are encouraging city and county residents to be good neighbors by being aware of and reporting suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.
Last week's Marion County Democratic Party's annual dinner also served as a campaign stop for U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes.
"Can we move the state of Kentucky from team Mitch to team switch?" she asked the hundreds of partisans in attendance.
"Yes," they replied.
"Mitch" is incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is up for re-election in 2014. McConnell is also facing a Republican primary challenge from Louisville businessman Matt Bevin.
Marion County and Lebanon city officials started their most recent attempt to acquire Enhanced 911 two years ago, and they are still inching closer to making the service a reality.
"The stars have kind of aligned," Marion County Judge/Executive John G. Mattingly told a joint meeting of the Marion County Fiscal Court, the Lebanon City Council and emergency service representatives Oct. 24 at the David R. Hourigan Government Center.
At the Marion County Fiscal Court's Oct. 3 meeting, Marion County Jailer Barry Brady reported that the detention center's revenues could be more than $400,000 behind budgeted projections by the end of December.
The magistrates asked Brady to look into what could be done, and he presented his report at Thursday's fiscal court meeting.
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 907477 contains the following introduction:
This article describes how to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Microsoft Windows XP. You may experience abnormal behavior when a computer enters or leaves hibernation or standby. This behavior may be caused by one of the following issues:
• Outdated system firmware
• Peripheral firmware
• Incompatible drivers
• Hardware that does not correctly support hibernation and standby
This article also discusses how to determine whether a Windows XP-based computer supports Advanced Power Management (APM) features, such as hibernation or standby.
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