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Before I jump to the photos of what we did, I want to quickly fill you in, in case you have not actually ever celebrated The Day of the Dead, or learned anything about it. In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos (translates to The Day of the Dead) is actually spread over several days, culminating on November 2nd. This is a day when they set up altars honoring friends and family that have died. It is usually done in a way that celebrates the persons life. This is a happy occasion, this is not a day of mourning, but more of remembering who they were and celebrating their faults as well as their virtues. Also, offerings are made to deceased; these offerings are represented by their favorite food, a favorite hobby, you get the idea. If The Day Of The Dead is not something that you have heard much about before now, I highly suggest that you do a little research and consider celebrating next year.
To begin with, the day before The Day of the Dead, we made Papel Picados. These are decorations made from cutting tissue paper. After the paper is cut, it is hung on or around an altar.
|Seriously, can't you just feel the excitement?
|Aiden took this picture of me
(he's getting pretty good at using the zoom button, so we don't have a photo of the whole room)
|I used a picture of a skull and traced it with pencil, then cut the shapes out, modifying where necessary.
|You didn't really think that I'd make that really fabulous sandwich for Aiden and not make Eliana one did you?
I don't know if it is customary to celebrate the life of your dog on Dia de los Muertos in Mexico, but we lost our beloved 13 year old pit bull in the spring and since she was a part of our family, we decided that we wanted her on our altar.
November 6, 1997 - June 7, 2011
Next up came grandparents. This is where it got a little harder. We had our memories to go on to figure out what kinds of things should be included here, but some of our memories are very old and the cobwebs make them blurry.
I remembered that my grandmother would come visit us in Maine during apple picking season and she loved cortland apples. Every year when we pick apples, I make sure to get some cortland apples, because they remind me of her and that makes me smile. I offered a bowl of cortlands to her on this day.
|Honored here:
Sylvia Irene Cole
October 31, 1932- August 11, 1997
Stanley Alfred Cole
April 23, 1926- August 26, 2000
|Lillian Elaine DeWolfe
June 24, 1930 - January 15, 2005
For my great grandmother, one of her linens.
|M.Elaine DeWolfe
June 11, 1903 - June 1, 1998
|June Elizabeth Brown
May 14, 1925 - September 20, 1984
Stanley Edward Brown
April 5, 1922 - January 13, 2004
|I just *had* to include this photo of the avocado slices. They look so scrumptious!
"Time is an enormous, long river, and I'm standing in it, just as you're standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and everything they thought and every struggle they went through and everything they gave their lives to, and every song they created, and every poem that they laid down flows down to me – and if I take the time to ask, and if I take the time to see, and if I take the time to reach out, I can build that bridge between my world and theirs. I can reach down into that river and take out what I need to get through this world."
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I want to be very clear about something.
I shared the picture of Christina from ANOTHER FACEBOOK PAGE. Their post said "I SPOTTED THIS STORY EARLIER TODAY.
Christina Briggs, 26, says she hates being 160 kilos but she can't do anything about it because she can only afford junk food. Meanwhile, exercise is out of the question because she doesn't have the funds to join a gym."
But for some reason from some computers it looked like I said the above. I didn't. All I said was, "I'm sure you all have thoughts... I'd love to hear them." Later, for some of the comments, I regretted saying I would love to hear them.... I didn't. Some of them were insightful and kind but some of them were rude, some of them were nasty, and some of them were out right awful. I was blown away. (I know I shouldn't expect anything better from the internet, right?) And I deleted about a third of them. I just couldn't stomach them being on my page!
This was me a couple months ago you guys! Remember? IF YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE PUBLICLY MOCKED for a choice you've made, to be made fun of, to be berated, to be called disgusting, a horrible mother, a person who doesn't deserve to live, and other nasty things, you obviously haven't followed my blog for very long. Remember the whole "no hair-washing" thing? I haven't forgotten. So if anyone thinks I shared that picture of Christina Briggs because I wanted to see her dragged through the mud, you obviously don't know me very well.
So, why did I share that post?I didn't share that post to mock a mother. I'm a mother, too. I didn't share that post to make fun of someone on welfare. I've been on welfare, too. I didn't share that post to FAT SHAME. I'm heavier than I'd like to be, too.
I shared Christina Briggs' story because I think she makes some valid points. What I was hoping would come out of my sharing that story was the fact that:
- Obesity and poverty are inextricably linked in our "modern" Western society.
- Healthy food IS expensive, especially if you don't know how to cook from scratch
- Most people don't know how to cook from scratch
- Most kids won't eat home cooked meals if what they are used to is fast food
And she's not alone.
There are so many other families with similar stories. So many families that want to be healthier but don't know where to start. I want to take a minute to look at a few of the factors that might be going in to someone's thoughts like Christina Briggs. I'm not claiming I understand where she's coming from, but I am trying to put myself in her shoes.
The Influence of MediaHave you read any celebrity magazines lately? Even seen any covers while at the check out stand at a grocery store? Watched any television commercials?
If that was your main source of knowledge about what was "healthy" wouldn't you think you needed to buy more expensive "organic" pre-packaged products and go to the gym? That's what all those people in those magazines and TV commercials do. I'm not saying that this is exactly the case for Christina Briggs, but come on, people. She's not crazy. Heck, back when I watched TV I felt I needed a gym membership, too!
Grocery Stores in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Recreation in a Low-Income NeighborhoodAnd while were on the subject, when was the last time you tried to take a walk in a poor neighborhood? Did you feel safe? Did you see many beautiful parks? Many play structures? Many trees even?
This is the plight of low-income folks in our "developed", "modern", "Western"- whatever you want to call it- world. They are subjected to a bombardment of media telling them what to eat, think, wear, and do combined with little or no access to healthy food and little to no way to enjoy being outside to exercise, not to mention the fact that somehow you always find Fast Food chains in poorer neighborhoods...
I'm not making this up. Low-Income and Food Insecure People are Vulnerable to Obesity for a lot of different reasons.
I'm not saying that she Christina Briggs, or others like her, don't have options, I'm just acknowledging that fact that it has to be really, really difficult. Not just for her, but for so many people in her situation.
And while were on the subject of solutions...
Who Knows How to Cook Anymore?I loved those of you who in the comment thread to the picture of her I shared talked about her needing to learn how to cook. That's wonderful! I fully agree. But let's think about that realistically, too. Who knows how to cook anymore? And to cook from scratch? It's not a skill that's passed down from generation to generation anymore. Chances are quite high that she doesn't know how to cook considering that most people don't. So if your view of "healthy" food means buying the organic TV dinner instead of the conventional, of course your going to think healthy food is more expensive.
Who Wants to Eat Home Cooked Meals Anymore?
And than to top it all off, even if she did learn to cook, and even if SHE enjoyed her own food, children who have been raised with MSG-laden foods and takeouts will quite likely find home-cooking boring, bland or even gross. And any mother who has spent a long time in the kitchen preparing a meal only to have your toddler spit it out, knows how frustrating and discouraging it feels!
Now, all that to say, I THINK I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT WHERE SHE'S COMING FROM. This has got to be hard. And it's going to be hard. So, so, so unbelievably hard.
I hope that makes a little more sense of where I was coming from when I shared the post about Christina Briggs. Needless to say, I've been thinking about her a lot. And thinking about what I would say to her if I could get a hold of her or if I met her some day. So I thought I would just write her a letter. Because somehow, possibly in the crazy, insane, fast-paced, mulit-headed monster-way the internet world works... she'll see it.
Dear Christina Briggs,
I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what you're probably having to deal with right now with your face being plastered all over the internet. I wanted to tell you that in some small way I understand what it feels like. And it feels awful.
But, I also know that you are stronger than that. With your awesome orange hair, and your fierce momma gaze, I know you're a fighter. And I know you'll forget about all the mean things people are saying.
So let's get past that and talk about what you said. What you want. What you need. You said you need help. You said you don't know how to eat healthy with the money you have. You said you don't know how to afford swimming or a gym membership with still being able to enjoy the foods you normally like.
Let me tell you something straight. I don't think the government will be giving you anymore money. I just don't think that's going to happen. But, Christina, everything you want CAN happen. You can get healthy. You can eat healthy food. You can lose weight. You can get a prize for losing weight. But, the change needs to come from YOU. Not me, not your neighbors, not your family, not your case worker, from YOU.
I'm not going to lie. It's going to be a lot of work. But, it's 100% possible. One of the most important thing about learning to be healthy, is learning to listen to your own body. And Christina, nobody can teach you that. And no amount of money handed to you can teach you that.
If you were my friend, and we sat across the table together drinking tea, I would hand you this book. I would tell you to read it and than we can talk about it. And then when you'd finished reading it I would tell you to check out the Weston A. Price website and just read about what they have to say
And then, Christina, I would teach you how to cook. Not using a microwave. Not things that come in packages. Real food from real, simple ingredients. Simple recipes that are easy to make. Maybe you won't like the way it tastes at first, maybe your kids will hate it. It's quite possible. When we eat packaged food regularly, our tastebuds adjust. But guess what? They adjust back. Once you eat real food-- food that's not packaged-- the packaged food will taste like what it really is: food-like products not even fit for compost.
And then, Christina, once you'd fallen in love with cooking, I would teach you how to garden. And your kids would join in, too! Kids love watching the magic of seeds sprouting, and seeing their own labor produce delicious things like cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots. It's a magical world, gardening.
But, Christina, as much as I can dream, I'm not your friend. I am your supporter, I am one of your champions, I am one of your cheerleaders, but I don't live anywhere near you. And I won't be traveling anywhere near you anytime soon. As much as I would like to.
So Christina, since I can't be there to make these things happen, I hope that you make these things happen. If you can take care of two kids on your own, you can make anything happen! So, please, for your health, for your kids' health, make it happen. I know you can do it.

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Francisco Rios Casas, a first-generation student from Los Angeles, is passionate about doing research to address health disparities among immigrants, ethnic minorities and low-income families. As an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, Rios Casas joined the McNair Scholars Program – a federal initiative designed to prepare undergraduates for doctoral studies – where he conducted research on the links between demographic changes in Southern California and environmental health risks.
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A first-generation Latina student, Loroña is passionate about mentoring underrepresented students as both a graduate student and future researcher. She believes that diversity in the field of public health will lead to innovative ideas and new ways of approaching problems. As a young investigator, Loroña conducted studies aimed at improving binational health in communities throughout the Arizona-Mexico border region. Now, a master's student in epidemiology at the UW School of Public Health, she wants to strengthen her research skills, while alleviating Latino health disparities for women and children.
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A first-generation student, Mohamed graduated from the Public Health Major in 2015. As an undergrad, she helped to implement culturally sensitive trainings to ensure Somali populations could navigate emergency medical services. Later, she became a patient navigator at HealthPoint Community Health Center, where she empowered patients to become advocates in achieving their health goals. Now she coordinates efforts for the Healthier Washington Initiative.
A master's student at the UW School of Public Health, Mohamed looks forward to being the first in her family to receive a graduate degree and to continuing her work to create more equitable and healthier communities. Her life goal is to inspire and redefine the world view of other people like her: black women, Muslims and refugees.


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1. Shave At The End Of Your Shower
Make sure to always save shaving until the end of your shower routine. The moisture and steam help to soften and expand the hairs, making them easier to remove.
2. Exfoliate Before Shaving
There's a common misconception that you should exfoliate after shaving but this is a huge no-no! Your skin is super sensitive after shaving and the last thing you want to do is cause irritation or redness. Exfoliating before a shave will ensure that you have the cleanest, smoothest slate to work with, as it'll help remove any dead skin cells and toxins that were sitting on the top layer of your skin.
3. Use Hair Conditioner Instead of Shaving Cream
If you haven't tried using a conditioner for shaving, you need to asap! I promise you, even purchasing the cheapest hair conditioner you can find will work miracles on your skin. Shaving with it alone is such a good feeling because it softens the hairs and gives such a precise shave, but the after results are what will really make you fall in love. It leaves your skin as smooth as silk!
4. Bend Your Knees To Get A Close Shave
I used to be notorious for just going over my leg with a razor while it was positioned straight and then being confused as to why I had knee stubble. To get those pesky hairs, bend your knee while shaving in that area and you'll be able to get a really smooth, close shave.
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United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Charleston Division
July 18, 2017
Developers Surety and Indemnity Company, Plaintiff,v.Carothers Construction, Inc., Defendant.
Richard Mark Gergel United States District Court Judge.
matter is before the Court on Defendant Carothers
Construction, Inc.'s motion to dismiss or in the
alternative to transfer. For the reasons set forth below, the
Court grants in part the motion and transfers this action to
the Southern District of Mississippi.
On July
16, 2015, Liberty Enterprises Specialty Contractor
("Liberty") and Carothers entered into a
subcontract for work to be performed at Marine Corps Air
Station Beaufort (the "Project"). (Dkt. No. 1-1
¶¶ 3-4.) Plaintiff Developers Surety and Indemnity
Company ("DSI") is not a signatory to that
subcontract, but it executed a performance bond and a payment
bond for that subcontract on behalf of Liberty and in favor
of Carothers for work on the Project. (Id. ¶
7.) South Carolina law governs the bonds. (Id.
¶ 8). Carothers claims Liberty defaulted and abandoned
the Project, and asserts claims of approximately $130, 000
against the bonds issued on behalf of Liberty. (Id.
at Ex. C ¶¶ 20, 29.)
April 17, 2017, Carothers filed a demand for arbitration with
the American Arbitration Association. (Id. ¶
12.) That demand combines over $4, 000, 000 in claims against
DSI regarding four unrelated projects in four states:
Georgia, Connecticut, Kansas, and the South Carolina work at
issue in this matter. (Id. ¶ 13.) According to
Carothers, the bonds incorporate by reference the
subcontract's mandatory arbitration clause. (See
Dkt. No. 1-2 at 15-16.) Carothers seeks arbitration in
Jackson, Mississippi, which is the forum the arbitration
clause specifies. (See id.)
April 28, 2017, DSI filed the present action in the Beaufort
County Court of Common Pleas, seeking declaratory judgment
that it is not subject to a binding arbitration agreement
with Carothers and injunctive relief. (Id. ¶
15.) On May 31, 2017, Carothers removed to this Court. On
June 7, 2017, Carothers moved to dismiss or in the
alternative to transfer, arguing that DSI's claims are
subject to arbitration and that DSI is estopped from denying
it is bound by the subcontract's arbitration provision.
Carothers seeks dismissal or, in the alternative, transfer to
the Southern District of Mississippi (where Carothers could
seek an order compelling arbitration), or, in the further
alternative, transfer to the Middle District of Georgia.
Legal Standard
Motion to Compel Arbitration
Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") reflects a liberal
policy toward arbitration. The Act provides that a written
agreement to arbitrate in any contract involving interstate
commerce or a maritime transaction "shall be valid,
irrevocable and enforceable" unless there exists grounds
for revocation in law or equity. 9 U.S.C. § 2; Moses
H. Cone Memorial Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460
U.S. 1, 24 (1983). A litigant can compel arbitration under
the FAA if the litigant can demonstrate: '"(1) the
existence of a dispute between the parties; (2) a written
agreement that includes an arbitration provision which
purports to cover the dispute; (3) the relationship of the
transaction, which is evidenced by the agreement, to
interstate or foreign commerce; and (4) the failure, neglect
or refusal of the [party] to arbitrate the
dispute.'" Am. Gen. Life & Accident Ins. Co.
v. Wood, 429 F.3d 83, 87 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting
Adkins v. Labor Ready, Inc., 303 F.3d 496, 500-01
(4th Cir. 2002)). District courts have "no choice but to
grant a motion to compel arbitration where a valid
arbitration agreement exists and the issues in a case fall
within its purview." Adkins, 303 F.3d at 500.
However, "[t]he majority view holds that, where the
parties have agreed to arbitrate in a particular forum, only
a district court in that forum has the authority to compel
arbitration under § 4 of the FAA." Am.
Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co. v. A. T. Massey Coal
Co., 628 F.Supp.2d 674, 683 (E.D. Va. 2009). Where a
valid arbitration agreement covering the issues in a case
exists but the agreement specifies an arbitral venue outside
the district, transfer is the appropriate remedy, because
"if the forum selection clause is mandatory, then, the
interest of justice would weigh toward transfer."
Id. at 685 (internal quotation marks omitted).
Motion to Dismiss or to Stay Proceedings
The FAA
requires a court to stay "any suit or proceeding"
pending arbitration of "any issue referable to
arbitration under an agreement in writing for such
arbitration, and "[t]his stay-of-litigation provision is
mandatory." Adkins, 303 F.3d at 500; see
also 9 U.S.C. § 3; Hooters, 173 F.3d at
937. The Fourth Circuit has also held that if all of the
claims asserted in a complaint are subject to arbitration,
dismissal of the complaint is "an appropriate
remedy." Choice Hotels Int'l, Inc. v. BSR
Tropicana Resort, Inc., 252 F.3d 707, 709-10 (4th Cir.
2001). The Fourth Circuit has noted the inconsistency between
its opinions on this issue. Aggarao v. MOL Ship Mgmt.
Co., 675 F.3d 355, 376 n.18 (4th Cir. 2012) ("There
may be some tension between our decision in
Hooters-indicating that a stay is required when the
arbitration agreement 'covers the matter in
dispute'-and Choice Hotels-sanctioning dismissal
'when all of the issues presented ... are
arbitrable.'"). It has also noted that the circuits
are divided on this question, which it has not resolved for
this Circuit. Id. A motion to dismiss in favor of
arbitration may be made under Rule 12(b)(1) or Rule 12(b)(6)
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Lomax v.
Weinstock, Friedman & Friedman, P.A, No. CIV.
CCB-13-1442, 2014 WL 176779, at *2 (D. Md. Jan. 15, 2014)
(collecting cases), affd sub nom. Lomax v. Weinstock,
Friedman & Friedman, P.A., 583 F.App'x 100 (4th
Cir. 2014).
seeks dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure for failure to state a claim upon which
relief can be granted. Carothers argues DSI has not stated a
claim for relief because DSI is bound to arbitrate the claims
it presents to this Court for adjudication. (Dkt. No. 4-1 at
6.) DSI, however, seeks only "determination of whether a
valid, enforceable agreement to arbitrate exists" and an
order "Declaring that DSI is not required to arbitrate
any of Defendant's claims against it, " and an
injunction against compelled arbitration. (Dkt. No. 1-1
¶¶ 16, 22.) The validity of an arbitration clause
is not subject to mandatory arbitration when the clause
itself is challenged. See Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v.
Cardegna, 546 U.S. 440, 445-46 (2006) ("[U]nless
the challenge is to the arbitration clause itself, the issue
of the contract's validity is considered by the
arbitrator in the first instance."). DSI has properly
pleaded a claim for declaratory judgment adjudicating whether
Carothers's claims against it as surety for Liberty are
subject to binding arbitration.[1]
Court therefore declines to dismiss this matter for failure
to state a claim and proceeds to consider the first
alternative relief Carothers seeks, transfer to the Southern
District of Mississippi for the purpose of compelling
arbitration. Whether DSI agreed to binding arbitration is a
legal question of contract interpretation. Johnson v.
Circuit City Stores, Inc.,148 F.3d 373, 377 (4th Cir.
1998). The relevant contracts are attached to and integral to
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After running around yesterday for a doctor's appointment across town, driving back to pick up my husband from work, and hitting the gym, I was hungry and had no interest in spending a lot of time cooking dinner. I had some tomatoes and onions sitting around that had seen better days, so I decided to make a simple bruschetta to eat alongside some prepared soup and frozen veggies. I didn't use a fancy baguette or anything, just simple slices of gluten-free bread (Rudi's whole grain) that I had sitting in the freezer. The fresh basil made this awesome!
Simple Bruschetta
Ingredients (for 2 servings):
2 pieces gluten-free bread
1 tomato, diced with seeds removed
1/2 onion, diced
4-5 fresh basil leaves
extra virgin olive oil
garlic powder
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
1. Broil bread until just browned.
2. Add diced tomatoes and onion, then drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic powder, add mozzarella cheese, and chopped basil leaves (in that order).
3. Broil on middle rack for about 3-4 minutes until cheese is melted.
4. Serve immediately.
We had this with some creamy tomato soup and green beans. The entire meal took less than 15 minutes to prepare and tasted great!
Happy eating!


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New Fax-to-Twitter Service Misses The Point of Computers, Wastes Paper (Video)
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Anyone - even people who don't want to use a computer - can use Twitter now. A fax-to-Twitter service called Celery lets people write out a note, fax it in, and have it posted to Twitter for them. The 80-year-old woman interviewed using the service (video after the jump) says her daughter talks too much and wastes her time, so she'd rather just waste a lot of paper using Celery so she can have lovely, short, one-sided conversations. No need for those pesky devices like phones or computers. Bah! But, ah, isn't that wasting a lot of paper?
It kinda has a point, considering people who don't have access to computers may want to take part in something like Twitter or somewhat instant hand-written letters. Using Celery doesn't require an extra phone line, Internet access, software programs, and so on. So we do like the idea that it helps close the digital divides. But the fact that you have to use a sheet of paper for every Tweet, and that it auto-prints incoming email, Tweets, RSS feeds and Facebook updates in real time (a setting not likely to be adjusted by users of Celery to save paper), is just aggravating.
We've come to an age where we can nearly stop cutting down trees for paper (even for snail mail!), and most anyone of any age can get access to and learn how to use a computer and the Internet, yet we revert back to fax machines. And for mothers who think talking to their daughters takes up too much time. This really defeats the goals of Twittering For Trees.
Lesson: let's practice paperless family love.
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The ALMOST Feedback Loop
Mike is in a hurry to get home from work – eager to see his family and put his feet up after a long shift.
It's 5pm on a chilly winter day in Detroit and he's waiting for his bus to come. Thanks to TextMyBus.com and the Detroit Department of Transportation, he is able to use his cell phone to discover that the next bus is due in just 10 minutes. A few minutes go by and he heads outside right before it's scheduled to stop. But after 10 minutes, no bus. After 30 minutes, his bus finally shows, but spending an extra 20 minutes in below freezing weather and snow means that Mike gets a nasty cold and misses a few days of work.
In my recent blog post, "Make a Consumer Reports for Aid," I detailed four questions that are important to answer in the quest for fully realizing the benefits of feedback loops. In this post, we focus on framing question #4:


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This post in the fifth in my attempts to look at the Judeo-Christian tradition in the context of cosmic, biological and cultural evolution. And it's the third of four which deal specifically with the images of Divine Sophia found in the Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature. I find these images tremendously helpful in understanding the relationship between God, humanity and the world in the evolutionary context provided us by modern science.
Post #42 (Evening Wisdom) is about Sophia as the creative architect or artisan of the cosmos, while post #43 (Morning Wisdom) deals with Sophia both as director of the cosmic process and as the guide of human beings who are called to be free and creative participants in it. I've named this present post "Sophia as Gatherer" because this set of images emphasizes the role of Divine Wisdom in gathering us, in Teilhard's words, "for all time and from the four corners of space," into the unique persons which we are.
The hydrogen atoms in our bodies were formed at the Big Bang billions of years ago; the iron in our blood, the carbon in our bones and the oxygen in our lungs comes from the dust of long dead stars. Each of us has, indeed, been "gathered" from all time and space into a unique expression of the universe become conscious of itself as the human person which we are.
I've also called the post "Noonday Wisdom" because this group of images relates specifically to the South on the Native American Medicine Wheel. "South" includes daytime and summer as well as the four-fold mind's Feeling function. The Feeling function is the source of both our sense of personal self-presence and of our relatedness to all else, and it's this sense of self-presence that Karl Rahner refers to as one of our primary "existential" experiences: of being, in Rahner's words, a "person in the world."
As I've mentioned often in previous posts, we have many names for this mystery of our self-awareness: "mind," "consciousness," "experience," "gnosis," "knowledge," "episteme." And humanity's growing "awareness of awareness" is what philosophical thought refers to as "the turn to the subject." We are coming to see ourselves not as separate from the rest of the world-- not as anthropos alienated from cosmos, as dualistic thought has it-- but as, quite literally, the cosmos become conscious of itself.
And as Teilhard notes, "Seeing is being." This growth in self-understanding-- this growth in knowing ourselves in a new way, as anthropos-in-cosmos and "person in the world"-- also allows us to be in a new way.
It's that new way of being which has to do with our sense of relatedness and connectedness. We are not isolated individuals, alien to the world, as religious dualism claims, but part of the entire process of cosmic evolution. We belong to the universe; Sophia "gathers" us not only to be the unique individuals that we are but also into a communion of personal relationships.
In our highly individualistic society, it's not easy to recognize that the personal and the communal go together. I think C. G. Jung's work especially helps us to understand this communal aspect of our personal existence.
In Jung's understanding, as I spelled out in post #29 (on The Four-fold Mind), Feeling is one of the two judgment functions of the conscious mind. It's like the other judgment function (Thinking) in that it's always evaluating what we are perceiving; both Thinking and Feeling are adaptive actions from our evolutionary ancestry. But while the Thinking function is concerned with accuracy and authenticity, always asking "Is my perception of things correct?", the Feeling function is concerned with the potential benefits or harmfulness of whatever we encounter. Feeling asks, "Is it good or bad? Can what's there help me or hurt me?"
Another difference between the two judgment functions is that while Thinking is concerned with change and newness-- with "letting go to grow"-- the Feeling function is especially concerned with stability, holding on to the past, keeping things as they are.
On the Native American Medicine Wheel, the animal associated with the Feeling function is the Green Mouse of the South, a small creature who lives close to the earth, can't see very far, and is a packrat. It's a wonderful image of all that psychologists call "affect," the Feeling function's need for holding on, for closeness, connectedness, relatedness, togetherness, communion. What a difference from the Thinking function's animal, the Golden Eagle of the East flying high in the sky at dawn!
One more contrast between Thinking and Feeling is that while air (wind and breath) is the primal element associated with east and the Thinking function, the primal element connected with south is fire. The heat of the noonday sun in summer images the power and passion which sparks our energies and fuels the life-force running through us; it's an excellent image of the warmth and closeness of the personal relationships into which we are gathered by Sophia.
In neurological terms, our Green Mouse/Thinking function is apparently based on the brain's Parietal lobe, which is specifically concerned with the relationship of objects to one another in space and especially with the spatial orientation of our bodies. Here, too, relationship is the key. At the deepest biological layer of ourselves, being person means being in relationship. Conscious awareness and community go together.
The Feeling function's Green Mouse concern for the stability of our relationships even shows up in the familiar greetings of everyday life. Although we hardly notice it, we never say to a stranger, "How are you?" Greetings such as "What's happening?" and "What's going on?" are directed to people we already know, to those with whom we already have some kind of relationship. Even the super-brief "W'sup?" is an expression of our Green Mouse/Feeling function's concern for the status of our relationships. It's asking, "Has anything changed? Is our relationship still what it used to be?"
These thoughts are obvious once we see them, but in our highly individualistic society we don't easily put together "personal awareness" and "communion." So it's important for us to understand this "Noonday" group of Wisdom images in their own context. That context is, of course, Hebrew thought. The connection between the personal and communal in Hebrew thought is described well in Rabbi Mike Comins' book, A Wild Faith, Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism, which I mentioned in my post on Hebrew Thought (#39).
He writes about finding himself alone in the wilderness at the start of the Sabbath. "I'm in a group of pine trees by an alpine lake in the backcountry of the Sierra Nevada mountains." He lights the sabbath candles and begins to chant the Friday night service. "Alone," he says, "I am anything but lonely. As I sing the melodies and daven the prayers, my people are all around me. I don't see them, but I am with them and they are with me."
He notes that "Jews have said these very same Sabbath prayers for many centuries. All around the world, as the sun sets, Jews are gathering in their communities. We share the same ritual, the same language, the same history. We are all members of the covenant, the age-old marriage between God and the Jewish people which started with Abraham."
This "Wilderness Rabbi," as he describes himself, spells out the relationship between person and community as it's understood in Hebrew thought in three brief sentences: "In Judaism, personal salvation is not the ultimate goal. The focus is communal. It is not the individual but the Jewish people and, ultimately, the entire world that will benefit if Jews respond to the demands of Judaism."
In a very different cultural context, although one in which the Wilderness Rabbi would feel comfortable, the Lakota teacher Black Elk expressed this same understanding of the connection between the personal and communal in speaking of the Native American sacred pipe. "When you pray with this pipe," said Black Elk, "you pray with and for all things. The whole world joins with you. "
It's in this communal context that we need to understand the "noonday" images of "Sophia as Gatherer." It's easy to hear names for Divine Wisdom such as "lover," "spouse," "mother" or "father," "friend" and "companion" in personal terms, but we need to be careful not to miss the fact that these names describe relationships and the human-cosmic community which results from them. Again, the personal and the communal go together.
Here are some thoughts from Hal Taussig's book Wisdom's Feast, Sophia in Study and Celebration, which I mentioned in several previous posts; they are especially relevant to the noonday and gatherer aspects of Divine Wisdom.
Taussig notes that in the scripture passages about Sophia as teacher and guide, some of which I quoted in the previous post, we have "already encountered the metaphor of Sophia as lover. This image of Sophia," he says, "grows directly out of passion for Sophia as the One who knows and creates all things. But the image itself gains so much momentum that in a number of texts it stands practically on its own without reference to the learning or creating processes."
He quotes the author of Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sirach, who in Chapter 6 urges his followers to "court her with all your soul, and with all your might keep her ways; go after her and seek her; she will reveal herself to you." The Feeling function shows itself quite clearly in this passage (also from Chapter 6), where Ben Sirach says to his disciples, "Once you hold her, do not let her go. For in the end you will find rest in her and she will take the form of joy for you."
The author of Wisdom 8 talks about Divine Wisdom as his bride. "I therefore determined to take her to share my life, knowing she would be my counselor in prosperity, my comfort in cares and sorrow... When I go home I shall take my ease with her, for nothing is bitter in her company, when life is shared with her there is no pain, gladness only, and joy."
Wisdom 8 also pictures Sophia as God's bride. The sage says, "I fell in love with her beauty. Her closeness to God lends luster to her noble birth, since the Lord of All has loved her."
Taussig notes that while few of the Wisdom texts dwell on the love affair between Sophia and the "Lord of All," many of them in fact take this relationship for granted. It is, he says, a "common theme in near eastern mythology," where the love affair of the earth mother goddess and the father sky god results in the creation of life.
He also mentions the scene in Proverbs 8 which I quoted in post #42, where God and Sophia are creating, delighting, and playing together. And he mentions a line in Wisdom 9 which pictures Sophia and God as king and queen together.
But, Taussig notes, the real emphasis in the wisdom literature is on Sophia's relationship to humanity. She is mainly pictured as the lover of human beings.
Ecclesiasticus 4, for example, pictures Sophia as lover, mother and teacher: "Sophia brings up her own children, and cares for those who seek her. Whoever loves her loves life, those who wait on her early will be filled with happiness. Whoever holds her close will inherit honor, and wherever they walk the Lord will bless them."
Whoever loves her loves life! Even in these twenty-five-century old texts, the communal nature of being a person stands out: "Whoever obeys her judges aright, and whoever pays attention to her dwells secure. If they trust themselves to Sophia, they will inherit her, and their descendants will remain in possession of her." It's easy to imagine Rabbi Comins adding, "and, ultimately, it will benefit the entire world."
But Taussig is no less clear: "Relating to Sophia means involvement with the world." He quotes the rest of the lines from Ecclesiasticus 4 which I mentioned in the previous post in connection with what I called there the Trickster aspect of Sophia as Guide: "For though Sophia takes them at first through winding ways, bringing fear and faintness to them, plaguing them with her discipline until she can trust them, and testing them with her ordeals, in the end Sophia will lead them back to the straight road, and reveal her secrets to them."
"Sophia's central call," says Taussig, "is the call to participate in and understand the world in which we live."
Of the four groups of Sophia images found in the Wisdom literature, I think this one is the most difficult for western people to understand. The words of Black Elk and Rabbi Comins can help us, but recognizing this communal aspect of wisdom isn't easy for us.
As descendants of the rugged individualism of America's pioneer days, we're just not used to seeing a level to the cosmic process beyond the emergence of individual consciousness; before it's spelled out for us (as I attempted in post #22) we can't even guess what "the Other Half of Person" means.
One of the reasons why this is difficult for us is that western culture has been dominated by the perspectives of patriarchy for many centuries and to a great extent we remain unconscious of those patriarchal perspectives. We take them for granted. Becoming aware of them is a major aspect of the Immense Transition we are currently experiencing.
What it comes down to is that the patriarchal mind is afraid of relationships. Western culture is afraid of our relatedness to the Earth and of our connectedness with all things. Western religion is still afraid of the relationship between men and women! The patriarchal mind has such a hard time with relatedness and connectedness precisely because it has such a hard time coming to a sense of self-awareness beyond the level of adolescent self-interest.
The "other half of person" doesn't make much sense until we value our personal selves in a mature way. Knowing our own limitations and taking care of ourselves is what allows us to know not only what's important to us but also who is important to us. Our individuality and our relatedness are two sides of the same coin.
When the fear of relatedness remains unconscious, that fear surfaces as the patriarchal need to control what is feared. We can see this fear expressed especially clearly in the patriarchal control and exploitation of women, children and the have-nots of the world by the authorities of religious institutions and the officers of business corporations, but it's also the cause of much of our racial and religious conflict and of our on-going destruction of the environment.
As we move away from the lopsidedness of western culture it is not enough only to say that individuals are important. Nowadays hardly anyone would deny that "people count." But there's one more step in humanity's growing-up process. It's coming to see that "relationships count" too, and that nothing and no one is excluded from those relationships.
It's this "other half of person," our human communion with all the things of the cosmos, that's dawning on us at this time in humanity's history. This all-inclusiveness is the very essence of the New Cosmology. And this is what Sophia calls us to. The bride of the "Lord of All" seeks to gather us into communion with All.
And once again, as with the previous two posts, the question is, in Karl Rahner's words, "Are we willing to make the effort to be sensitive and responsive?"
Friday, September 12, 2008
#44. Noonday Wisdom: Sophia as Gatherer
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- Sam said...
While trying to eliminate numerous spam comments, I inadvertently deleted all comments at the END of the posts up until #90. BUT... they are still preserved in the collections of comments found in posts #32, #67 and #83.
One set of comments, however-- for posts #84 to #89-- has been completely lost. If you happen to have copied any of them, I'd much appreciate your sending a copy to me so I can restore them. Thanks.
- December 28, 2011 at 2:01 PM


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Swedish Massage:
Swedish massage is the most commonly known type of massage today, where the main focus is to relax the body. It incorporates long gliding strokes (effleurage), kneading strokes (petrissage), friction, vibration and percussion techniques, flowing in the same direction of blood returning to the heart. Stretching and joint movements are sometimes incorporated to help increase range of motion. The goal of Swedish massage is to increase relaxation, reduce stress, improve circulation, lower muscle toxins, and relieve muscle tension.
Deep Tissue Massage:
Deep tissue massage is similar to Swedish massage but the pressure is greater and goes deeper into the layers of muscles. It is used to treat and improve those persistent knots that can cause chronic muscle tension and help alleviate muscle tightness. Deep Tissue massage may feel intense at times as the intension is to break up scar tissues and focus on the deepest layers of muscle tissue, tendons, and fascia. The pressure is adjusted to each client's tolerance.
Sports Massage:
Sports massage is designed to enhance athletic performance and recovery. Athletes of all types often overuse their muscles. This can causes strains, tears and imbalances in the soft muscle tissues. When these sports injuries are ignored they become more susceptible to further strain and injury. Sports massage is one way to encourage muscle repair after training by releasing tension and built up lactic acid in the overworked muscles. This allows new blood with oxygen and nutrients to return to the muscles promoting muscle repair and health. The massage specifics are exclusive to each athlete's sport of choice and often focus on a specific area that is bothersome. The major applications of Sports massage are promoting flexibility, eliminating fatigue, preventing injuries/ maintenance, increasing endurance, rehabilitation, event (i.e., pre-, inter-, and post-event) and assisting the athlete to perform their best.
Myofascial Massage:
Myofascial massage focuses on the connective/ myofascial tissues that surround muscle, nerves, blood vessels, and all organs of the body. Restrictions in the fascial tissues can cause problems such as pain, limited mobility, bad posture, etc. This technique is accomplished by applying traction to the skin and underlying tissues while slowly and gently pushing, pulling, and stretching fascial tissues to ease restrictions and breakup fascial adhesions (or fascial knots).
Trigger Point Therapy:
This technique focuses on deactivating trigger points. Trigger points are small, hyperirritable spots in muscles or connective tissues that can cause local pain or referral pains in a different location of the body. Trigger point therapy helps to relieve trigger points by manually applying ischemic compression techniques (deliberately increase the blockage of blood to an area so that, upon release, there will be a renewal of blood), deep friction, and stretching.
Prenatal Massage:
Pregnancy massage offers relief from some of the stresses women experience during pregnancy, including strain on the spine, hips, and legs. It can also provide relaxation and emotional relief. In the first few weeks of pregnancy, massage can be done with 'mom-to-be' lying on her stomach or back. Once the belly starts to grow larger, we then switch to side-lying or a reclined position, comfortably supported with pillows. The massage is gentle and relaxing; focusing on the neck, lower back, legs, feet, and general relaxation.
àPost-Pregnancy Massage:
Post-pregnancy massage is provided during the weeks after delivery to help recondition areas stressed during the birth process. For women who have had cesarean sections, massage is used to help form healthy scar tissue as well as help with recovery.


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Alice Teichova was born Alice Schwartz in Vienna on 19 September 1920. In 1938, however, the annexing of Austria by the Nazis forced her to seek refuge in England on a Kindertransport. She worked initially in domestic service, but continued to study at evening classes and, in 1942, secured a scholarship at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1945 with a BA in economics.
In 1948, Professor Teichova accompanied her refugee husband Mikuláš Teich back to his native Czechoslovakia, where she obtained a PhD at Charles University in Prague (1952) and became a lecturer in economic history. With the Soviet Union's suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968, they opted for a second and permanent exile in the UK, where she was soon made professor of economic history at the University of East Anglia, a post that she held until she retired and became emeritus.
Continuing to work well beyond normal retirement age, Professor Teichova served as a member of the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Cambridge (from 1986) and senior research associate at the London School of Economics (from 1989). Her publications, some of them in German, included An Economic Background to Munich: International Business and Czechoslovakia 1918-1938 (1974), The Czechoslovak Economy 1918-1980 (1988) and Nation, State, and the Economy in History (edited with Herbert Matis, 2003).
Sir Richard Evans, president of Wolfson College, Cambridge, recalled Professor Teichova as a woman with "a wonderful Viennese charm that she used to build up an international network of contacts in the field of economic and social history. A series of eminent historians visited the University of East Anglia at her behest.
"As a teacher, she was lucid and persuasive. I invited her regularly to my classes on Nazi Germany, where she enthralled the students with her stories of escaping from Vienna when the Germans invaded in 1938, and Prague when the Russians invaded 30 years later ('I was the only person to get out twice,' she liked to say)."
He added that Professor Teichova and her husband Mikuláš, a distinguished historian of science, continued with academic visits to Vienna well into their nineties and regularly took part in European history seminars at Cambridge. "Next month they would have celebrated 75 years together," Sir Richard said.
Professor Teichova died on 12 March and is survived by her husband, son Peter and daughter Eva.


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Advantage for Weinviertel Niederösterreich
Opening leg of the Men's ETTU Cup final
Weinviertel Niederösterreich took the winning points home after today's victory over SV Werder Bremen in Germany. In the opening leg of the Men's ETTU Cup final, the club from Austria succeeded 3:1.
For the first moment of the duel guests showed they came to Germany ready for the fierce fight. Stefan FEGERL stretched Bastian STEGER to full distance in tense match, before the hosts closed the opening match of the first leg in their favour. However the relief did not last for long. HOU Yingcho leveled and left Hunor SZÖCS only with one game on his account.
Daniel HABESOHN continued in the same style. Constantin CIOTI won in the opening game, but Daniel HABESOHN was in the winning mode. next two games were very close, before he sealed the match in furious style.
Once again, STEGER was forced to play full five games, but this time HOU had a better finish.
SV Werder Bremen - Weinviertel Niederösterreich 1:3
Bastian STEGER - Stefan FEGERL 3:2 (11:6, 9:11, 9:11, 11:7, 14:12)
Hunor SZÖCS - HOU Yingcho 1:3 (8:11, 7:11, 11:5, 4:11)
Constantin CIOTI - Daniel HABESOHN 1:3 (13:11, 10:12, 9:11, 2:11)
Bastian STEGER - HOU Yingcho 2:3 (10:12, 11:4, 11:6, 3:11, 2:11)


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Dean Koontz Reading Challenge
What do you know? Already two months into the year, which hopefully means everyone got started on their books for this challenge. As I mentioned in my previous update, I already read my first two novels - Hideaway and The Vision - which means that I've got four more to go. The next three books on my list are nestled together in a big fat Omnibus edition and somehow that tome is kinda scary to look at. Still, I do hope to get started on those novels rather sooner than later. After all it's a good feeling when you manage to go through a challenge not only in a timely manner, but with enough lee way to maybe even dare to upgrade ... or maybe not. There's the Tea & Books Reading Challenge too, and well, I think that one might need a wee bit more attention from yours truly than initially anticipated.
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Reviewer: Alan Chin
Publisher: Deckle Press (2013)
Pages: 256
Preston Nesbitt became the star of a controversial YouTube video gone viral, yet because he has no memory of participating in the video, he's been confined to a Portland, Oregon mental hospital. Preston is a precocious, eccentric, sixteen year old, who has the ability to diagnose everybody's psychological condition but his own. The story is told through Preston's journal entries, where he hopes to convince his doctor and parents that he is not delusional.
Through Preston's writings, the reader finds that he is a savant with a rare form of Asperger's, who rails against society's wrongs. Much of this story seems like Holden Caulfield meets One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, yet it has a delightful turn of events that leads to a reality-bending conclusion.
This enchanting tale introduces one of the most complex, interesting, and amusing characters I've read in years. Preston Nesbitt, as a fictional character, is nothing short of brilliant. He is cocky, irritating, too clever, egotistical and rude, yet he touches your heart. He blends humor, deep-set emotions, and unique insights to conjure up a mesmerizing read.
While telling his own inner conflicts, Preston lays out the backstory of his dysfunctional parents, and also showcases the pack of memorable misfit peers who are also on his mental ward. The author uses contrast, Preston against the other characters, to brilliantly show the protagonist's virtues.
This esoteric novel is a captivating delight, first page to last. Funny, thought-provoking, unnerving. Bravo.


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What's in it for me?
Recently we had a prospective beta tester ask us "what's in it for me? I am looking to generate revenue using the 7 drones we own" which is an awesome question. I wanted to share what I sent back in response.
First, thanks for responding to my email! Second, Happy New Year! Third, that is a great question. I love it. Let me give you an outline of our vision.
We started with the idea that you should be able to open an app on your phone and see live aerial video of anywhere you want to see, whether that means your morning commute, some event you're headed for downtown, or just anywhere that strikes your fancy--say the beach in Hawaii on a cold January night in Rochester. Picture Google Maps, but with live video instead of years old satellite imagery. We figured that in a decade you'll be able to do this via Google and/or Facebook, but realized that there are already a million drones out there that could be harnessed into a distributed network to provide this capability right now. So we started SkyTubeLive to turn it into reality.
Our app enables you to live stream via your Android device quickly and easily to our web platform, where anyone can find currently available live streams on our convenient map based interface. This is a huge improvement over Facebook and YouTube, where it is much more difficult for someone outside of your network to find videos you may stream. In addition, we are building in payment options that enable video viewers to make payments to you if they like the content you provide. This is inspired by other social media sites where viewers can make these sort of micropayments. See YouNow, for instance, as a site where people stream via their webcam to a free site, which has >100M monthly viewers, and even though the content is free, several million dollars is spent every month from viewers to the content providers. Note that this is not an adult site--the content is completely safe and inoffensive, and yet a large number of people are willing to make small payments, which can add up to quite an amount. Our thesis is that the number of people who will pay a few dollars for awesome live drone footage is vastly larger than the number who will pay several hundreds of dollars for the drone-as-a-service companies that are targeting a much different market.
Right now we have solved the major technical challenges, and are not aware of any other third-party app that offers our live streaming capability with our flexible options. We are also actively exploring various enterprise markets, such as insurance and government markets. What we have now is a chicken-and-egg problem. We cannot attract a sizeable audience without a large number of pilots contributing content to the site, and cannot attract pilots without a sizeable audience. What we can offer you right now is our status as a local startup company that is ambitious and energetic and dedicated to building a new web platform where drone pilots and drone video viewers can come together for mutual benefit. You can be one of our initial users, able to direct the development of our app and platform based on your feedback and experience, and be in from the very start.
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Kubrick and The Life of a Director Film production has been one of the greatest pastimes ever made. Millions of people around the world have enjoyed watching movies. They attempt to figure out what the director is trying to say when he/she made the film. My most favorite director is Stanley Kubrick who originated in New York. He has made many films, all too much to list, since this list would be well near twenty titles. His method of being a director are as unique as he is as a person. This report is about who Stanley Kubrick is and what his great achievements are that he brought through his directing of films.
Stanley Kubrick was born in the Bronx, New York in 1928 and perished in 1999. He was the director of so many great works of film that he is considered to some to be one of the best directors in his field and of his time.
Stanley began his work with pictures when he was in high school and he soon had a dream to become a director. He followed his dream through the years and after only a few years after completing school, he had found his dream. His first film ever was Day of the Fight and soon after he made his break though film which was titled Fear and Desire. With Fear and Desire came the coming for some of his greatest films ever, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Dr. Strange Love, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and one of his last films Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick, after making approximately twenty films, accomplished his lifetime goal. Many film makers have spend their whole lifetime trying to accomplish what he had achieved. Stanley was such an accomplished man in his field of directing what he won quite a few awards for many of the above stated films. But behind all of these wonderful films was a mad man hard at work.
During the making of his films Stanley was becoming a very difficult man to work with. He became such an organized person that some of the actors would become afraid of him while making one of his films. Stanley would have an entire film mapped out to his liking before he even got the funding to begin making a film and this flaw grew on him for many many years. He had the entire set scenery, script, plot, lighting, and photography shots laid out before he began making Dr. Strange Love. Everyone that was worked on the making of the film had no say whatever. If a person had wanted to add any sort of creativity to the making of a film they were hounded by Kubrick and even many technicians left the set of his films to never work for him again. This happened when a lighting man would suggest that they move a shadow in a different direction to get a better perspective of the actor. Kubrick had become a director that turned into a mad man with absolute power.
In the end Stanley had accomplished all that he had ever wanted and dreamed of. He had make his mark in film making history, he became a director, and he had the great experience of make films for people all over the world to enjoy. He had achieved fame, fortune and all the glories that came with it. He was a director.
All information provided by A Biography by John Baxter; Stanley Kubrick by John Baxter, published 1997.


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PlayStation 3 vs. Xbox 360 vs. Nintendo Wii
November 22nd, 2006
Daniel Eran Dilger
The Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii both jumped into the game console ring this weekend to compete against Microsoft's Xbox 360. Who is going to win?
Everyone's watching to see how this battle plays out, because each company is pursuing a very different strategy. Sony and Microsoft are gunning for pure performance systems, while Nintendo is shooting at fun, playable games that rely more on its unique controllers than impressive graphics hardware.
The consoles' prices follow the features and product strategy of each company:
Sony PlayStation 3.
Sony's PS3 is the most expensive at $500-600, because it includes a standard hard drive, a high definition Blu-ray optical drive, HD video output, Bluetooth wireless controllers, and–in the premium version–WiFi wireless networking.
Sony is setting up the PS3 as a PC alternative. The premium model has a memory card reader for not only Sony's own Memory Stick but also–in what must be an incredible first for the company–Compact Flash and SD memory cards, making the PS3 a digital hub for photos; with a USB keyboard and mouse and the included web browser, it can serve as a basic PC.
Sony originally announced plans to ship the PS3 with Linux pre-installed, but currently user installation of "another operating system" is only a boot option. Use of another OS isn't currently supported by Sony, and would of course need to be specially designed to work on the PS3's specialized Cell processor architecture.
The PS3 is also the new HD core of Sony's modern take on the stereo system, offering 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround and true 1080p high definition video playback from prerecorded Blu-ray movies.
Popular PS3 games sell for $50 – $60.
PlayStation 3 (Includes 60GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray Drive, WiFi)
PlayStation 3 (Includes 80GB Hard Drive, Blu-Ray Drive, WiFi and Motorstorm Pack)
Microsoft Xbox 360.
Introduced last winter, Microsoft's Xbox 360 is $300-450, uses a standard DVD optical drive, and only includes a hard drive and wireless game controller in its premium version. Microsoft recently updated the 360 to provide support for full HD, 1080p video output to match the PS3.
Rather than positioning the Xbox 360 as a standalone PC alternative, Microsoft pairs it with its plans for Windows Media Center, allowing the 360 to be used as a media extender to stream music and movies from a central Media Center PC.
Microsoft has plans to offer HD movie playback both with an optional HD-DVD player in an external box, and over the web through its online Xbox Live video store.
However, the Xbox 360's optional, external HD-DVD player is $180, pushing the 360 up to the same price as the PS3. Further, the $300 core Xbox 360 systems can't use Microsoft's online video store because they don't have the required hard drive to save downloaded movies.
Popular Xbox 360 games sell for $50 – $70.
Xbox 360 Core Console (no Hard Drive)
Xbox 360 Console (Includes 20GB Hard Drive)
Xbox 360 Elite System Console (Includes 120GB Hard Drive)
Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter for WiFi ($99)
Xbox 360 External HD-DVD Player ($180)
Nintendo Wii.
The Wii is the least expensive of the three at $250, and includes both Bluetooth for wireless controllers and a DVD drive, but will not be able to play DVD movies. It also lacks a hard drive. Instead, the Wii focuses on physically involving games using the wireless Wii Remote paired with the accessory Nunchuk controller (below).
The Wii Remote uses accelerometers to sense how players swing, point, and tilt the controller, encouraging game titles to incorporate activity.
The Wii will also wirelessly connect to Nintendo's DS portable game system, using its microphone and touchscreen as inputs for Wii games.
While the Wii has no movie store, Nintendo has an online store that sells classic games ($5 – 10) for the GameCube, Nintendo 64, and other previous game consoles.
Popular Wii games sell for $30 – $50.
The Last Generation.
So which console is going to assume the lead, or will there be a tie? A half decade ago, many analysts projected a close race between the Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's original Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube, but their prediction turned out to be wrong: Sony simply blew away the competition with its PS2.
This time around however, a number of factors have changed. For example, while Nintendo's 2001 GameCube was also the cheapest console, its sales were hurt by a game lineup that mainly targeted the youth market rather than teens and adults, something Nintendo has attempted to address.
[The Nintendo Wii has pulled into first place ahead of the Xbox 360, with the Sony PlayStation in third.
Updated Sales Figures: Nintendo Wii vs Sony PlayStation 3 vs Microsoft Xbox 360: Q2 2007]
Here's a quick look at the lessons learned in the last generation of consoles, how Microsoft got involved in console gaming, what resulted then, and what factors will determine how things work out this time.
How Microsoft got into Console Gaming.
Microsoft's original Xbox was largely a defensive move by Microsoft against the original Sony PlayStation, which had become so big in the 1990s that it threatened the future of Windows PC gaming.
If Sony were to continue unchecked in games console development, Microsoft feared it may lose significant PC sales supported by gaming.
While the number of PCs used primarily for gaming are a small segment of the huge overall PC industry, they represent a very valuable segment: they are higher end, higher margin machines paired with non-portable software applications:
PC Gaming is Microsoft's Macintosh.
Games are a killer app for Windows. As described in The Apple Video Game Development Myth, Microsoft worked to tie Windows PC games to its proprietary DirectX software, to help to make PC gaming immune from encroachment by competing PC platforms such as Linux.
Microsoft plotted to use DirectX against Sony's PlayStation 2, but failed in its attempts to port DirectX to run on WinCE for the rival Sega Dreamcast. Microsoft started over with its own console plans to take on the PS2 directly, an effort initially called the DirectXbox.
The Apple Video Game Development Myth
DirectXbox – Computer Power User
Xbox Arrives.
Microsoft was prepared to to lose some serious money in presenting a challenge to Sony's PlayStation 2. A year after the PS2 came out, Microsoft delivered its new console: the Xbox. Its marketing avoided mention of Windows and made little use of the Microsoft name.
The Xbox leveraged Microsoft's existing PC development efforts; it was essentially a scaled down Celeron PC running a specialized version of Windows 2000, focused on graphic gaming features; conversely, it was also the first gaming console to include a common PC hard drive as standard hardware.
The high manufacturing costs of the Xbox, combined with Microsoft's inexperience in selling hardware, resulted in a botched rollout and hardware problems that dogged the product. Further, at its release it was already a year behind Sony's PS2.
A Monster Year for Game Consoles – BusinessWeek
Console Death Match.
Sony's PS2 had been available in Japan throughout 2000, but only went on sale worldwide in the winter; it did not have many great games available from the start.
By the time the Xbox and GameCube arrived in the winter of 2001 however, the PS2 had sold over 20 million units and a number of hot PS2 games had arrived, making it the console to have.
The PS2 was able to maintain a clear lead, having sold 115 million units between 2000 and 2006 (blue in the pie chart below), compared to only 24 million for the Xbox (green), and 21 million for the failed GameCube (purple).
This All Looks Familiar.
The game console market share pie chart looks similar to the smartphone pie chart owned by Symbian and the MP3 player pie chart dominated by Apple's iPod; Microsoft spends a lot for its small slice of each.
Actually, this entire series of events is strikingly similar to Microsoft's more recent recent attempts to take on Apple's iPod using Janus DRM and PlaysForSure partnerships.
After initially failing, Microsoft again abandoned its partners and worked to build its own rival hardware with the Zune, which is also entering the market a year after Apple's movie playing 5th generation iPod has already sold into the millions and established a market.
The Secret Failures of Microsoft
The Next Generation Game Consoles.
Microsoft might not learn from its mistakes, but the rest of us can. So what's different this time around? There are four primary factors that will determine the winner in the new generation of game consoles, described in the following article:
The Next Generation Game Consoles.
Next Articles:
Blu-ray vs HD-DVD in Next Generation Game Consoles
Origins of the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD War
Nintendo Wii vs Sony PlayStation 3 vs Microsoft Xbox 360: Q2 2007
iPod vs Zune: A Buyer's Guide
Hacking iPod Games: How Apple's DRM Works
Five Ways Apple Will Change TV: 4
Apple's New Dual Processor Game Console
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Personaly this is for all the X-box 360 lovers who just want someone elses opinnion but think its best to buy one. For your online play your buying cards for a certain price for a certain amount of time overall the money you spent will be twice the amount of the xbox your playing. Unlike a PS3 it has a deacent multyplayer actin and mainly free online gamming (good for all the loners) . So instead of paying 100$+ worth of money just buy a PS3, it has no red rings, good warrenty, a built in BLU-RAY, and its very sleek and smexy looking. The only donwside of the PS3 is its variety of games. Compared to the X-Box 360's choices it floats preeety shallow (If you absolutely hate sports you sholud take precautions).
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S. B. Nikki Tinch was born in Memphis, Tennessee on July 7, 1941. She passed away during the early morning hours of July 5, 2016 at the age of 74 years at Houston, Texas. She was preceded in death by her two sisters, Judi Burns of Angleton, Texas and Carol Beeson of Old River-Winfree, Texas.
Nikki is survived by her son, James Tinch and wife Kathleen of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Jacob "Cole" Tinch and Sierra Tinch; her brother John Burnett and his wife Sonya of Texas City, Texas; many nieces and nephews; and her pet poodle, Shadow.
Nikki was a great mother and grandmother. Everyone that was familiar with her knew that she had a strong will, was independent, caring, and social, loved to travel, worked hard, and was very organized. She knew where everything was in her office and in her house.
She had many family and friends that loved her; she will be missed tremendously. Death leaves a heartache that no one can heal, but love leaves a memory that no one can steal.
Funeral arrangements by Carnes Funeral Home, 3100 Gulf Freeway in Texas City, Texas 77591.


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Wow! It has been an insanely long time since I have blogged. Life has been more than a little crazy. I accepted a new call in Missouri and we packed up and headed south. We are now (mostly) settled into our new lives in this beautiful place. I say "mostly," anyone need a house in Council Bluffs, Iowa?????
While we are waiting for our house to sell we are renting a little townhouse so my kitchen is a bit of a downer after my previous three ovens. However, we are adjusting. But don't expect too much from this blog until we upgrade!
So, what recipe is worth of my return post? I thought I'd share this little dandy with you today. Think the candy bar but a whole pan of them.
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup + 4 tablespoons peanut butter
1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13 inch pan. In the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the peanut butter, stirring every 30 seconds until melted until smooth. Spread over the peanut butter layer. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting into squares.


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