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Earth as a lifelike self-organized state, the Gaia theory.
So, what did he say that was so dangerous? Earth is living! The Gaia hypothesis by James Lovelock (and Lynn Margulis). (The theory homeside here.) But there are actually hints for it being true. Even Lubos discusses this (negatively still). It says that all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are closely integrated to form a single and self-regulating complex system, maintaining the conditions for life on the planet. The self-organizing system and Gaia theory is also here with plants as a part of the biota Earth. Phil Gibbs: At 86 Lovelock is no longer considered a crank. He is appreciated as the founder of a new area of science investigating the relationship between biological systems and the atmosphere. Without his insight we would have been much slower to understand the negative effects we have been having on our climate through pollution.
A book by Eileen Crist and H. Bruce Rinker from 2009 Gaia in Turmoil, Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis.
Gaian theory, which holds that Earth's physical and biological processes are inextricably bound to form a self-regulating system, is more relevant than ever in light of increasing concerns about global climate change. The Gaian paradigm of Earth as a living system, first articulated by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the 1970s, has inspired a burgeoning body of researchers working across disciplines that range from physics and biology to philosophy and politics. Gaia in Turmoil reflects this disciplinary richness and intellectual diversity, with contributions (including essays by both Lovelock and Margulis) that approach the topic from a wide variety of perspectives, discussing not only Gaian science but also global environmental problems and Gaian ethics and education.David Abram, Donald Aitken, Connie Barlow, J. Baird Callicott, Bruce Clarke, Eileen Crist, Tim Foresman, Stephan Harding, Barbara Harwood, Tim Lenton, Eugene Linden, Karen Litfin, James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Bill McKibben, Martin Ogle, H. Bruce Rinker, Mitchell Thomashow, Tyler Volk, Hywel Williams.
...focus first on the science of Gaia, considering such topics as the workings of the biosphere, the planet's water supply, and evolution; then discuss Gaian perspectives on global environmental change, including biodiversity destruction and global warming; and finally explore the influence of Gaia on environmental policy, ethics, politics, technology, economics, and education.
... breaks new ground by focusing on global ecological problems from the perspectives of Gaian science and knowledge, focusing especially on the challenges of climate change and biodiversity destruction.
Al Gore wrote a book entitled Earth in the Balance, where he wrote sympathetically about the Gaia hypothesis of an earth spirit. Dr. Stephen H. Schneider (with many books, latest from 2009, Climate Change Science and Policy one of the most comprehensive and current reference resource on climate change available) a climatologist and Penelope Boston, complex systems bioloy, cited the Gaia theory in his book, Scientists on Gaia, on global warming. "...is there a Goddess of the Earth?" and "The Gaia hypothesis suggests that life is an active participant in shaping the physical and chemical environment on which it depends." This is a common way to charachterize Life in biology. He is one of several scientists who contributed to the 2004 book, Scientists Debate Gaia. A description of the book declares, "Despite initial dismissal of the Gaian approach as New Age philosophy, it has today been incorporated into mainstream interdisciplinary scientific theory, as seen in its strong influence on the field of Earth System Science." Schneider won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize together with Al Gore. He has been threated many hundred times also death-threats, but he died of heart-attack at 65. Sad with such stress. Has it made his death? He has written another book Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save the Earth's Climate about science as a network of 'best brothers' scientists.
So Andrulis is in good company.
The critizing article:
The trans-disciplinary theory demonstrates that purportedly inanimate, non-living objects—for example, planets, water, proteins, and DNA—are animate, that is, alive . . .He didn't say so. A misquote. He [Andrulis] doesn't say that everything is alive, exactly, though he says gyres have "lifelike characteristics." So Andrulis doesn't say what Emspak just told us he does say? Maybe the space spinors should be extended? Today we have spacelike, timelike and lightlike spinors, maybe there should be lifelike too? Or can the lifelike charachteristics have something with the lightlike Universe to do? In this case it is clearly not life, but maybe its precusors? TGD actually talk of these same things. Essential for life is a consciousness, coherence and synchrony.
Jesse Emspak (not scientist) just published an article at Space.com titled "Crackpot Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer Review." talking about the peer review process, and the dark side of modern science propaganda.
Erik Andrulis of Case Western suggest everything around us oscillates between excited and ground states as objects pivot around the center of these lifelike gyres, or spinning spirals. CREDIT: R.T. Wohlstadter | Shutterstock
On the University page Andrulis writes:
My group has been asking two broad questions: How does the spatiotemporal control of RNase interactions and post-translational modifications relate to RNase recognition and metabolism of specific classes of RNAs in living cells? How does RNase activity relate to cell structure and function? To answer these questions, we are studying Dis3, Rrp6, and the ribonucleometabolic exosome. Dis3 is a processive, sequence-nonspecific 3' to 5' RNase that is homologous to eubacterial RNase R/II. Rrp6 is a distributive, sequence-nonspecific 3' to 5' RNase similar to eubacterial RNase D. The exosome is a multi-subunit complex or set of complexes that contain(s) putative RNases (Rrp41, Rrp42, Rrp43, Rrp45, Rrp46, Mtr3 are eukaryotic homologs of the eubacterial RNase PH) and the S1 RNA-binding domain proteins Rrp4, Rrp40, and Csl4. We have proposed and are testing the hypothesis that these subunits assemble into multiple independent, functionally interrelated complexes called exozymes.The article says:
Extending upon this RNA research, I recently compiled an incommensurable, trans-disciplinary, neologistical, axiomatic theory of life from quantum gravity to the living cell.
To test his paradigm, Dr. Andrulis designed bidirectional flow diagrams that both depict and predict the dynamics of energy and matter. While such diagrams may be foreign to some scientists, they are standard reaction notation to chemists, biochemists, and biologists. Dr. Andrulis has used his theory to successfully predict and identify a hidden signature of RNA biogenesis...the exozyme model.So he has some kind of proofs? The abstract: Full text here.
Exosome complexes are composed of 10 to 11 subunits and are involved in multiple facets of 3' → 5' RNA processing and turnover. The current paradigm stipulates that a uniform, stoichiometric core exosome, composed of single copies of each subunit, carries out all RNA metabolic functions in vivo. While core composition is well established in vitro, available genetic, cell biological, proteomic, and transcriptomic data raise questions about whether individual subunits contribute to RNA metabolic functions exclusively within the complex. Here, we recount the current understanding of the core exosome model and show predictions of the core model that are not satisfied by the available evidence. To resolve this discrepancy, we propose the exozyme hypothesis, a novel model stipulating that while exosome subunits can and do carry out certain functions within the core, subsets of exosome subunits and cofactors also assemble into a continuum of compositionally distinct complexes-exozymes-with different RNA specificities. The exozyme model is consistent with all published data and provides a new framework for understanding the general mechanisms and regulation of RNA processing and turnover.
In TGD Matti talks of 'Gaias womb' in evolution. Earth is a coherent field body that acts as controlling agent. Also with consciousness and lifelike properties. Did Life evolve in the womb of Gaia? Matti also talks of DNA and life, water, plasmoids, lightnings etc. as lifelike. We have looked at the exosome and its 1:10-fold fractality as in electron:proton.
The gyre model?
In a wry article about Andrulis' work, Ars Technica's John Timmer summed the paper up:
The basic idea is that everything, from subatomic particles to living systems, is based on helical systems the author calls "gyres," which transform matter, energy, and information. These transformations then determine the properties of various natural systems, living and otherwise. What are these gyres? It's really hard to say; even Andrulis admits that they're just "a straightforward and non-mathematical core model" (although he seems to think that's a good thing). Just about everything can be derived from this core model; the author cites "major phenomena including, but not limited to, quantum gravity, phase transitions of water, why living systems are predominantly CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur), homochirality of sugars and amino acids, homeoviscous adaptation, triplet code, and DNA mutations."First the 'gyres'. What are they? Andrulis:
One reason for their theoretical appeal is that gyres are detectable throughout the cosmic and tellurian realms.Gyre - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) The Free Dictionary.
Astronomically, galaxies, solar systems, comets, and lunar bodies gyrate.
Atmospherically, tornadoes, hurricanes, eddies, and vortex streets are all gyres. Oceanographically, there are seven major gyres.
Molecularly, numerous nucleic acid and protein structures—DNA double helix, RNA hairpins, pseudoknots, α-helices, coiled coils, and β-propellers—all gyrate. Cellularly and organismally, shells, horns, antennae, flagellae, and the cochlea all carry a spiral imprint.
Given its theoretical pedigree, empirical ubiquity, and dynamic character, the gyre appears, a posteriori, to be a prime candidate for a core model of natural systems.
Wikipedia says: A gyre is any manner of swirling vortex, particularly a natural phenomenon. It can refer to
- An ocean gyre, its most common meaning.
- A cyclone or hurricane.
- A maelstrom
- A whirlpool.
- A tornado.
- USNS Gyre (T-AGOR-21), a research ship.
A vortex is a spinning, often turbulent, flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed streamlines is vortex flow. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex. The speed and rate of rotation of the fluid in a free (irrotational) vortex are greatest at the center, and decrease progressively with distance from the center, whereas the speed of a forced (rotational) vortex is zero at the center and increases proportional to the distance from the center. Both types of vortices exhibit a pressure minimum at the center, though the pressure minimum in a free vortex is much lower.The outcome of his fundamental gyre functions is 13 additional gyreprinciples or axioms. A gyre glossary is added to the article. Andrulis tries to introduce a novel idea.
Life is complex and perplexing. It should come as no surprise that modeling life is a complicated procedure. Likewise, explaining a theory of life is an arduous task. Thus, prior to proceeding, I issue several warnings regarding the model and theory. The gyromodel is incommensurable with prior and existing theories. Thus, the reader must judge this theory by two criteria: the principle of parsimony, or Ockham's Razor—the scientific principle dictating that things behave or are connected in the simplest and most economical fashion—and the ability to explain the available scientific data. Another challenge is discovered in the lexicon, where I have redefined established terms and created and applied ~100 new words to identify, explain, and interconnect distinct aspects of the theory. Creating a new vocabulary yields, on the one hand, a single, tight system to unify multiple disparate scientific languages. On the other hand, simultaneously supplanting the vernaculars of physics, chemistry, and biology may cause a high degree of frustration. Together, the foreign symbolism, semantics, and lexicon make comprehending the gyromodel difficult. As more is different, one must think differently to interpret more. Finally, this theory challenges long-held assumptions, guiding philosophies, ad hoc models, cherished paradigms, ossified boundaries, and, quite regrettably, patience.Ye??? And restricted references, but still p66-105. He use only one or two references to defend a position or to guide the reader.
These warnings represent a full and sincere disclosure of the difficulties in effectively presenting my model and theory and of convincing the reader of its scientific merit.
A schematic picture of a gyre from Andrulis article. It starts from the lepton in ordinary matter, and is both expanding and compressing etc. at the same time depending on energy movement (thermodynamics). It also makes up for the relations between elements as oxygen (O), carbon (C), phosphor (P) , amins (A) etc. up to cell. In this model microcosmos cannot be divided from macrocosmos.
Here, for brevity, I highlight only one theoretical solution for each gyrosystem. The electrogyre explains quantum gravity, unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity in a frame beyond the standard model [753]; the oxygyre explains the mysterious properties of water [133]; the carbogyre explains the emergence of hydrocarbons in the Earth's mantle and crust, resolving the biotic/abiotic petroleum debate [754]; the phosphogyre explains why phosphorus is "life's bottleneck [755]" and the dominant roles of phosphate in biology [756]; the ribogyre solves the problem of novel genetic information [757-759]; the aminogyre explains the origin and nature of the translation apparatus, one of theoretical biology's grand unsolved problems [488,760]; the genogyre clarifies the correct relationship of DNA, protein, and RNA, quelling anonymous protestations against the central dogma [761,762]; and the cellulogyre reveals that life originates in any biosphere wherever the thermodynamics of information, energy, and matter are accommodating, consistent with ideas regarding hierarchical complexification of and in the universe [763]. Together, the theoretical framework confirms what many modern theoretical physicists have proposed: that the classical world is "quantum all the way [764]." p 62.
Gyre thermodynamics and forms:
Gyres are open thermodynamic entities that require energy and matter mobilization to establish and maintain themselves. Being open systems, gyres import energy and matter from their surroundings into themselves, ebb and flow energy and matter within themselves, and dissipate energy and matter from themselves into their surroundings. Reducing or increasing amounts of energy and matter elicits gyre contraction or expansion, respectively. When efflux or influx is acute, extreme, or unsustainable, a gyre collapses. A gyre staves off collapse through autoregulation: a gyre feeds into itself, regulating its own rotational rate, size, composition, motion, and trajectory. Gyre autoregulation is spatiotemporally internal and/or external, proximal and/or distal, negative and/or positive. Consistent with its autoregulatory bent, a gyre maintains homeostasis—internal responsiveness and balance—by oscillating material around its singularity, a consequence of alternating between extreme countervailing forces within itself. Previewing the application of the gyromodel to life, the cell is an open thermodynamic entity that has numerous, discrete layers of autoregulation
The geometric form created is called a hypersphere; this shape is compatible with ideas regarding the thermodynamic expansion of the universe [42,43]. Still, in nature, there is manifest directionality, such as that observed in the N- to C-terminal orientation of the protein chain or 5' to 3' orientation of nucleotide polymers. Though gyromodels are depicted as having a left-to-right vectorization, this is simply a two-dimensional restriction of the artistic approach. From this two-dimensional perspective, one revolution of a gyre is seen as a circle or oval. A circle, when viewed in three dimensions, is a cycle. Closing this circle of thought: a cycle viewed in the context of time, or four dimensions, looks like a rotating spiral, helix, or gyre. Foreshadowing, any cycle that exists in nature—in physical, chemical, or biological systems—may be viewed as a gyre.
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics. The theoretical framework sheds light on how life maintains order and complexifies in spite of entropy: the repulsive force of the gyradaptive singularity elevates a particle to its excited state, offsetting the effects of it cycling to the ground state. The gyromodel thus confirms the existence of the fourth law of thermodynamics [770], the ordering law of the universe. p 63.
Given the law of relativity, IEM order and disorder are demonstrated to be relative to the singularity. Further, given the law of complementarity, universal order and disorder paradoxically co-exist. In proving this contradictory fact, my theory does not "collapse in deepest humiliation [781]," but rather reflects and honors the true nature of the physical world. p 64.
All natural gyres harbor two countervailing forces: attraction and repulsion. Paradoxically, the gyre singularity both attracts and repels energy and matter and thus is "attractorepulsive." These unified yet contradictorily dual (diune) forces exert paradoxical effects. Gyre forces occur both within an individual gyre and also between and among gyres. For example, two transverse gyres exhibit constructive interference when synchiral (same chirality) and destructive interference when antichiral (opposing chirality). Alternatively, the fine-tuning and balancing of two contradictory forces results in neutrality, immutability, and immobility—identifiable characteristics of physical systems.Gravity and antigravity? Or positive and negative energy? Like a Zero Energy Ontology and Kähler action behind massivation inTGD?
The identification of the spectrum of light particles reduces to two tasks: the construction of massless states and the identification of the states which remain light in p-adic thermodynamics. The latter task is relatively straightforward. The thorough understanding of the massless spectrum requires however a real understanding of quantum TGD. It would be also highly desirable to understand why p-adic thermodynamics combined with p-adic length scale hypothesis works. A lot of progress has taken place in these respects during last years.Zero energy ontology providing a detailed geometric view about bosons and fermions, the generalization of S-matrix to what I call M-matrix, the notion of finite measurement resolution characterized in terms of inclusions of von Neumann algebras, the derivation of p-adic coupling constant evolution and p-adic length scale hypothesis from the first principles, the realization that the counterpart of Higgs mechanism involves generalized eigenvalues of the modified Dirac operator...
About formative forces in TGD:
The string world sheets in Euclidian regions would de ne the analogs of the minimal surfaces in Euclidian AdS5 and the string world sheets in Minkowskian regions the analogs of Minkowskian AdS5. The magnitudes of the areas would be identical so that they might be seen as analytical continuations of each other in some sense. Note that partonic 2-surfaces would belong to the intersection of Euclidian and Minkowskian space-time regions. This argument tells nothing about possible momentum space analog of M4 x CP2.Actually Andrulis comes out with the same figures as in TGD, with Matrioshka dolls, hierarchy (sub/supragyres resp CD-diamonds) and infinite fractality, nesting/wormholes etc.
The strong form of General Coordinate Invariance implies e ffective 2-dimensionality (holding true in finite measurement resolution) so that also a strong form of holography emerges. The expectation is that Chern-Simons terms in turn reduces to 2-dimensional surface terms. The only physically interesting possibility is that these 2-D surface terms correspond to areas for minimal surfaces de fined by string world sheets and partonic 2-surfaces appearing in the solution ansatz for the preferred extremals. String world sheets would give to Kähler action an imaginary contribution having interpretation as Morse function. This contribution would be proportional to their total area and assignable with the Minkowskian regions of the space-time surface. Similar but real string world sheet contribution de fining Kähler function comes from the Euclidian space-time regions and should be equal to the contribution of the partonic 2-surfaces. A natural conjecture is that the absolute values of all three areas are identical: this would realize duality between string world sheets and partonic 2-surfaces and duality between Euclidian and Minkowskian space-time regions.
Zero energy ontology combined with the TGD analog of large Nc expansion inspires an educated guess about the coeffcient of the minimal surface terms and a beautiful connection with p-adic physics and with the notion of nite measurement resolution emerges. The t'Hooft coupling should be proportional to p-adic prime p characterizing particle. This means extremely fast convergence of the counterpart of large Nc expansion in TGD since it becomes completely analogous to the pinary expansion of the partition function in p-adic thermodynamics. Also the twistor description and its dual have a nice interpretation in terms of zero energy ontology. This duality permutes massive wormhole contacts which can have off mass shell with wormhole throats which are always massive (also for the internal lines of the generalized Feynman graphs).
Stuart Kauffman talks about work cycles as thermodynamic entities too. About the history of the independent invention in 1971 by T. Ganti, M. Eigen and Kauffman of three alternative theories of the origin of molecular replication: the Chemotron, the Hypercycle, and Collectively Autocatalytic Sets, CAS, respectively.
To date, only collectively autocatalytic DNA, RNA, and peptide sets have achieved molecular reproduction of polymers. Theoretical work and experimental work on CAS both support their plausibility as models of openly evolvable protocells, if housed in dividing compartments such as dividing liposomes. My own further hypothesis beyond that of CAS in themselves, of their formation as a phase transition in complex chemical reaction systems of substrates, reactions and products, where the molecules in the system are candidates to catalyze the very same reactions, now firmly established as theorems, awaits experimental proof using combinatorial chemistry to make libraries of stochastic DNA, RNA and/or polypeptides, or other classes of molecules to test the hypothesis that molecular polymer reproduction has emerged as a true phase transition in complex chemical reaction systems.
An essential feature of the CAS above is that they can be purely exergonic. Real cells link exergonic and endergonic reactions in complex webs of reactions, and perform work cycles such as chemo-osmotic pumps.Thus a central point.
i. Consider a hypothetical world in which only exergonic reactions can be coupled;
ii. Consider a hypothetical world in which exergonic and endergonic reactions can be coupled.
Almost a Theorem: The richness of the web of coupled reactions is far greater if exergonic and endergonic reactions can be coupled, than if only exergonic reactions can couple. In turn, the more complex the web of coupled reactions, together with the chance that molecules in the web are catalysts for the same reactions, the easier it is to form collectively autocatalytic sets. There may well be a selective advantage in the formation of CAS to link exergonic and endergonic reactions.
IF exergonic and endergonic processes are linked, there is no point in eating unless a work cycle is completed. It is useless to take in food, or a renewed energy source, (the second explosive charge placed in the base of the cannon), if a work cycle is not completed. Work cycles are necessary to the efficacy of feeding if exergonic and endergonic processes are linked.
Real cells need both energy, and to perform thermodynamic work cycles by which spontaneous (exergonic) and non-spontaneous (endergonic) processes are linked into large webs of cyclic and cross cyclic processes, which are in fact work cycles. At present we know that simple substances, such as pyrophosphate, might serve as driving energy sources; but that might still be a trivial extension from purely exergonic CAS, driven by pyrophosphate.So, why do we eat? Ingest, take in information etc. Act as a negative entropy system? We need 'negative negative entropy' to maintain the system? The same as quantum computer scientists have realized. Wells, memory... to minimize dissipation, scattering, negative interference? Negative interference destroys coherence and collapse into decoherence.
Real cells use proton gradients, e.g., mitochondria use ATP to drive endergonic reactions. We have little theory about the emergence of work cycles in protolife, although we know that life is a non-equilibrium process. From the above, if we link exergonic and endergonic processes, there must be completed work cycles for food to be useful. As Schrodinger said in What is Life? we eat negentropy and excrete entropy. However, Schrodinger missed the need for work cycles if exergonic and endergonic processes are linked. We have had no theory for how far-from-equilibrium cells do work cycles. Carnot showed maximum energy efficiency for work cycles if performed infinitely slowly, i.e., adiabatically. Although, if the work cycle is needed for cell or protocell reproduction, such a cell will lose the Darwinian race, implying that energy efficiency must be the wrong concept.
With Tommi Aho and Olli Yli-Harja at the Tampere University of Technology Finland, we [27] have taken a model of E. coli metabolism, calculated biomass production rate per unit fuel use rate, plotted on the Y axis versus fuel (glucose) use rate on the X axis. We find a unimodal distribution with a maximum at a finite rate of glucose utilization per unit time, a power efficiency maximization point, which seems interesting because it picks out a preferred displacement from chemical equilibrium, maximizing the efficiency of cell reproduction per unit fuel used. This criterion is related to K, not R selection in ecology, i.e., selection, not for a high reproduction rate, but for sustained reproduction when food resources are limited. If this is a general condition in life, for example in bacterial colonies, or ecosystems, we may have found a principle for an optimal power efficiency in the work cycles of life.Andrulis about particle-wave Unity (not duality):
Current work shows that this theory fits the empirical data available somewhat better than the standard model of "most rapid growth." More bacteria tune their growth rate based on their density by quorum sensing, perhaps bringing bacterial colonies to a power efficiency optimum. When power efficiency is maximized, heat production should be minimized such that, a maximum amount of the energy available to cells is going into reproduction of cells, not into waste heat. If this is correct, life does NOT maximize entropy production and flattening energy gradients, but maximizes power efficiency per unit food utilized, under K selection, at a specifiable optimal displacement from equilibrium where it may minimize entropy production compared to reproduction rate.
The gyromodel clarifies how a quantum has both wave and particle qualities: as one particle oscillates between two extreme gyrostates, its gyratory path creates an undulating pattern that is detected as a wave. When many particles oscillate around the same or different singularities, they create constructive or destructive waveforms. When the gyromodel is considered as a gyre, it manifests classical wave characteristics: wavelength, amplitude, and frequency. When considered as a quantum, it exhibits particle characteristics: translational, rotational, and vibrational movement. The gyromodel thus accounts for particle spin.A bit summaristic. I would want some description about different kinds of spin and particles. He also talk of gyres as linking macrocosmos (GR) to microcosmos (QM) but nothing about SR as link and its spacetime model. Nothing about Zero Points as infinite points, grids or dynamos, binding together. Not much of physics at all. This is a typical biologist, thinking he doesn't need physics? This I cannot accept. About antimatter:
An outstanding question in physics is why there is so little antimatter in the physical universe [119,120]. Microcosmically, the tertiary electrogyre shows the electron cycling out the thermodynamic support of the triphoton. Given synchiral organization of the tertiary majorgyre gyrobase, the electron destabilizes and ultimately collapses due to the synchiral sub2gyre (not shown) in lieu of the antichiral subgyre, modeling the positron. The extreme creatodestructive swing of the electrogyre thus provides an explanation for the fleeting presence, or absence, of antimatter in the universe.Really no 'explanation'. (Compare to annihilation of vortex video. Abelian Higgs Model 2+1 dimensions ~ superconducting vortices annihilating to oscillons by Joel Thorarinson). Andrulis just talks of an collapse, and not the energetic addition of forces, nor the reason why we have antimatter as counterbalancing force for gravity.
He establish strict non-cognitive meanings for learning and memory. The Machine model. "Learning is a continual, unstable, and energetically demanding affair. Gyre learning, or gyrognosis, is the process by which the gyradaptor repels the particle from the gyrobase to the gyrapex. Memory, by comparison, is a relativistically stable and energetically conserving phenomenon. The process of storing IEM (energy) in gyre memory, or gyromnemesis... gyre learning and memory are relative to the gyradaptive singularity."
A Self, but no cognition nor consciousness? No true realizing of a meaning or quale? He talks about qualias: "Information, in turn, is the distinct patterns or organizations of energy and matter, with these patterns detectable by observation and quale".
Theory in eight subsections, each detailing a discrete, empirically defined system that is amenable to theoretical modeling: visible matter, water, organic matter, phosphomembrane, RNA, protein, DNA, and cell. This theoretical framework concomitantly depicts both the microcosm— the biology, chemistry, and physics of the existing living cell—and the macrocosm—the astrophysical and biogeophysichemical (geospheric, hydrospheric, atmospheric, biospheric) process underlying the evolution of life on Earth. Hence, subdividing this framework into separate parts defined by scale, by field, by topic, or by evolutionary spacetime is not scientifically appropriate for modeling life in toto.Meaning of Life.
Life has many definitional meanings but lacks a complete and consistent scientific explanation. In this work, I have pursued and arrived at a scientific answer to the Schrödingerian question, "What is Life? [1]." Traditionally, the living cell is commonly called "animate" and all other biospheric and cellular chemicals and molecules are called "inanimate." However, this theory and the law of vortex motion prove that all these physical systems gyrate and are, as such, "animated." Moreover, theory-defined laws of unity and correspondence require that life and Earth evolve as one, with thermodynamically appropriate conditions (the fitness of the biosphere [788,789]). Unexpectedly, then, this theory reveals that Earth—or, for that matter, any celestial, physical, chemical, and molecular system—is alive, that is, synonymous with life. Given this definitional and conceptual upheaval, I propose that a very open and candid discussion of the meaning of life—well beyond this text—is in order. On this topic, it may be useful to consider how scientifically redefining life elucidates non-scientific, eudaemonic meanings of "life," "living," or "alive," related to ontology, consciousness, sentience, behavior, vocation, or social interactions.The gyre models the living universe perfectly. I have been unable to find one system, particle, event, or process—at any point or stage leading up to or during the origin of life—that does not consent to modeling onto the gyre form. In other words, there is no "before" or "after" the gyre in a spacetime sense; the gyre is evolutionarily and existentially omnipresent.
In science and theory, the principle of parsimony dictates that the most straightforward, plain, and frugal model of an observation or set thereof is more favorable and likely right. As my theoretical framework coalesces a vast amount of accumulated scientific evidence into one neat, lawful, and interconnected modular structure, it abides by this principle. In conclusion, this catholic theory provides an innovative and elegant solution to the origin, evolution, and nature of life in the cosmos. I humbly offer my theory as a viable system for knowing life.This paper must be seen as premature, with no discussion and links to other ideas. And it is very far from a theory. He makes Life reductionistic, ordinary matter, like a computer intelligence, and doesn't explain how it differ from ordinary matter. Abelian and non abelian math? He says it is non-mathematical? No funding source supported this work. no, certainly not.
I did not provide gyrosystems to model much of the scientific evidence related to astrophysics, particle physics, and cosmology before the electrogyre, nor did I integrate organismal, ecological, and ethological data after the cellulogyre. I predict that further gyromodel application will reveal its explanatory breadth and power. For example, given that complexity theorists find there to be a unifying organization in ecosystems, language, and economics.But the scaling-question? The problem of thermodynamics in open systems? Does this paper really 'explain' anything? Testable? He says there are tests. To me it looks more like a scientific frame or overview, very similar to the theory TGD, but lifeless, without consciousness and cognitions. He wants to redefine Life, yes, but is this the way? Everyone can feel themselves how a stone differ from a cell or animal. No, I am not satisfied. But as idea it is interesting. Just replace the gyre with a cone. This is very far from the beautiful TGD Universe.
The aminogyre makes some very profound and testable predictions about the specificity of the genetic code and how proteins behave, lengthen and shorten, and fold and unfold in response to physical and biometabolic changes or changes in genetic information content of RNA. -well this is his speciality, so he should know.
The papers in the Life Special Issue was:
Article: Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life Life 2012, 2(1), 1-105; doi:10.3390/life2010001
Article: DNA Movies and Panspermia Life 2011, 1(1), 9-18; doi:10.3390/life1010009
Essay: Primal Eukaryogenesis: On the Communal Nature of Precellular States, Ancestral to Modern Life Life 2012, 2(1), 170-212; doi:10.3390/life2010170
Article: Life Origination Hydrate Hypothesis (LOH-Hypothesis) Life 2012, 2(1), 135-164; doi:10.3390/life2010135
Article: Approaches to the Origin of Life on Earth Life 2011, 1(1), 34-48; doi:10.3390/life1010034
Article: The Apparent Involvement of ANMEs in Mineral Dependent Methane Oxidation, as an Analog for Possible Martian Methanotrophy Life 2011, 1(1), 19-33; doi:10.3390/life1010019


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Carers' Rights Day is a national event held every year to ensure that carers know their rights regarding benefit entitlements and learn about the practical support available to help them in their caring role. To mark this special event, Derbyshire Carers' Association are inviting carers and those working in Health and Social Care across the city to take part in a learning and development day. This 'drop-in' event will give participants the opportunity to find out how legal changes to the Care Act (commencing April 2015) may affect their rights as carers.
Free C.A.T.C.H Training - New Dates Added!
12 November 2014 by Sarah White
This training addresses such issues as stress, self management, coping mechanisms, navigation through available services and support, how to identify when to seek help or take a break.
Free Crochet Lessons for Carers
12 November 2014 by Sarah White
Lyn McNair is offering free crochet lessons at the Carers Centre on West Bars, Chesterfield.
Young Carers Free Trip
10 November 2014 by Derbyshire Carers Association
We will be taking 15 carers aged between 18 and 25, away for a 3 day residential trip to Lea Green near Matlock, Derbyshire on 26th 27th and 28th November 2014.
Asda - Langley Mill
10 November 2014 by Sarah White
We have recently received some exciting news – DCA have been chosen to participate in ASDA's green token charity giving scheme throughout the months of November and December 2014.
New Carers Art Group - Chesterfield Carers Centre
04 November 2014 by Sarah White
A new and inspirational Art Group is now meeting every Friday!
Staveley Carers Group - Welfare Rights Meeting
04 November 2014 by Sarah White
A member of staff from The Welfare Rights Benefit Team will be attending the Staveley Carers Group, Friday 14th November. 1pm to 3pm.


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About us
R-FGC11134 is a subclade positioned under DF13. The variant was discovered through Next Generation Sequencing, and first reported by Greg Magoon. Through the efforts of many citizen scientists in the L21 community, FGC11134 has been found to have at least four distinct branches: L96, A286, FGC11293 and CTS4466. FGC11134 was recognized by ISOGG in November 2014, and added to the tree using L96's previous designation.
The R-FGC11134 project's primary focus is on L96, A286, FGC11293, FGC11134* and the older parts of the subclade. These varieties are found in higher concentrations in England and France. While the much larger CTS4466 group is most common in southern Ireland. Please recognize that if you are CTS4466+, the most critical project for you to join is the R1b-CTS4466plus project (link below). You are welcome to the R-FGC11134 in addition but this project is not intended as a substitute for R1b-CTS4466plus.
All kits who are confirmed or suspected to be R-L96 or R-A286 are encouraged to join, and R-CTS4466 persons interested in deeper history of the subclade are welcome.
Related Projects:
SNP Testing Options
FTDNA offers FGC11134, A286, FGC11293, FGC18030 and CTS4466 as individual SNP tests. These may be found in Advanced Tests for $39 each. Members who are DF13+ but have not yet tested positive for A286, L96, or CTS4466 downstream SNP should start testing at FGC11134 unless you strongly match an existing positive member.
Nearly all of the FGC11134 downstream SNPs are available for testing at YSEQ.net. The cost is $17.50 each. These results will not show in the FTDNA site, but we will group you appropriately in the project based on those results. Please join group 71 after your results are available.
NOTE: Individuals matching the South Irish haplotype should contact the R1b-CTS4466plus admins before testing CTS4466. Starting on the lower branches may be advisable based on your STR signature.
SNP Packs
The most appropriate product for FGC11134 men who are not CTS4466 candidates is the R1b - L21 SNP Pack. The current incarnation covers FGC11134, A286, L96, FGC18030, FGC11293 and CTS1864. The pack is $119 and available from the Advanced Tests page.
Members may also wish to consider YSEQ.net's R1b-FGC11134 Panel (including CTS4466). This multi-phase panel includes all branches under FGC11134 that can be assured to work accurately with Sanger sequencing technology. The cost is $88. These results will not show in the FTDNA site, but we will group you appropriately in the project based on those results. Please join group 71 after your results are available.
Next Generation Sequencing (Big Y)
Big Y is FTDNA's NGS test. This can be ordered from your Standard Tests product list for $595.00. Big Y has been very successful in identifying new variants as all of the A prefixed SNPs were found in previous Big Y test results. As the more economical choice in NGS testing, this should be strongly considered by those interested in identifying their family's terminal SNP.
There are additional NGS testing choices that offer some advantages over Big Y, like being able to capture your mtDNA haplogroup or autosomal DNA testing. The pricing starts at $725 and goes up rapidly for more cutting edge tests. Whole Genome Sequencing with at least 10x coverage will have comparable (or better) results to Big Y for Y DNA variant detection.


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Overnight Getaways on the Boom or Bust Byway
If you can't get enough of the byway's charm, extend your ultimate road trip by recharging in the quiet, rural areas of the Boom or Bust Byway overnight. You can experience what it's like to wake up on Louisiana's Other Side while staying at a peaceful bed and breakfast in Belcher, relaxing in nature at an RV park in Mooringsport, camping near Cypress Black Bayou in Benton or booking a room in the local motel in Vivian.
Shreveport and Bossier City are the two largest metropolitan communities near the Boom or Bust Byway. With casinos, hotels and bed and breakfast accommodations, there are options for discerning travelers. Click the button to get a complete list of accommodations.
Where to Stay
Country Inn Motel
This motel accomodates overnight and extended stays with amenities such as Wi-Fi connection, cable, RV parking, and more.
1032 S Pine St., Vivian, LA 71082
Earl G. Williamson Park
Earl G. Williamson Park, a 40-acre park, features a public boat ramp, a 450-foot fishing pier, paved parking areas, restrooms with showers, RV camper hook-ups, areas for tent camping, extensive picnic facilities, two playgrounds, volleyball nets, a baseball field, tennis courts, and a swimming area.
11425 LA Hwy. 1., Oil City, LA 71061
C&J RV Park LLC
C&J RV Park LLC has 26 RV sites and showers.
6941 LA-1., Mooringsport, LA 71060
Country Haven RV Park
Country Haven RV Park is a quiet, small RV park that creates a relaxed setting with laundry accomodations, showers, a fishing pond, and more.
8095 Old Mooringsport Rd., Shreveport, LA 71107
Cypress Black Bayou Recreation and Water Conservation District
Cypress Black Bayou is a full-service recreation area that includes a marina, swimming, camping, cabins, fishing piers, zoo, and much more. Cypress Black Bayou has a meeting room that holds up to 50 people if a small group is looking for a retreat.
135 Cypress Park Dr., Benton, LA 71006
Linder Motor Lodge
Stay in Homer at the Linder Motor Lodge.
24608 Hwy 2., Homer, LA 7140


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The "Restless Refresher" Campaign (Spring/Summer)
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|Top people from Jacksonville, Florida
|Top multi-sport athletes
|No. 22
|Wide receiver
|Personal information
|Date of birth: December 20, 1942
|Place of birth: Jacksonville, Florida
|Date of death: September 18, 2002 (aged 59)
|Place of death: Jacksonville, Florida
|Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
|Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)
|Career information
|College: Florida A&M
|NFL Draft: 1964 / Round: 7 / Pick: 88
|Debuted in 1965 for the Dallas Cowboys
|Last played in 1975 for the San Francisco 49ers
|Career history
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|Career highlights and awards
|Career NFL statistics as of 1975
|Receiving Yards
|Stats at NFL.com
|Pro Football Hall of Fame
|Olympic medal record
|Men's Athletics
|1964 Tokyo
|100 metres
|1964 Tokyo
|4x100m relay
Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. An American track and field athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and football at Florida A&M University. Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2009. He was officially inducted in Canton, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Hayes is the second Olympic gold medalist to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, after Jim Thorpe.
Once considered the world's fastest man by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes, Hayes is the only man to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
Hayes attended Matthew Gilbert High School (now a middle school) in Jacksonville, where he was a backup halfback on the football team. The 1958 Gilbert High Panthers finished 12-0, winning the Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association black school state championship with a 14-7 victory over Dillard High School of Fort Lauderdale before more than 11,000 spectators. In times of segregation laws, their achievement went basically unnoticed, yet 50 years later they were recognized as one of the best teams in FHSAA history.[1][2]
Hayes was also the first person to break six seconds in the 60 yard dash with his indoor world record of 5.9 seconds. While a student at Florida A&M in 1962, Hayes ran a new world record for the 100 yard dash with a time of 9.2 seconds. The next year he broke his own record with a time of 9.1, a record that would not be broken for eleven years (until Ivory Crockett ran a 9.0 in 1974). That same year, Hayes set the world best for 200 meters (20.5 seconds, although the time was never ratified) and tied the world record for the 220 yard dash with a time of 20.6 seconds (while running into an eight mph wind).
He was the AAU 100 yard dash champion three years running, from 1962–1964, and in 1964 was the NCAA champion in the 200 meter dash. He would miss part of his senior year in college because of his 1964 Olympic bid for U.S. Gold.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Hayes had his finest hour as a sprinter. First, he won the 100m and broke the current World Record in the 100 m with a time of 10.06 seconds, even though he was running in lane 1 which had, the day before, been used for the 10 km racewalk and this badly chewed up the cinder track. He also was running in borrowed spikes because one of his shoes had been kicked under the bed when he was playing with some friends and he didn't realize until he got there.[citation needed] This was followed by a second gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay, which also produced a new World Record (39.06 seconds).
His come-from-behind win for the US team in the relay was one of the most memorable Olympic moments. Jocelyn Delecour, France's anchor leg runner, famously said to Paul Drayton before the relay final that, "You can't win, all you have is Bob Hayes." Drayton was able to reply afterwards, "All you need..." The race was also Hayes' last as a track and field athlete, as he permanently switched to football after it.
The Dallas Cowboys drafted Hayes in the seventh round of the 1964 NFL Draft, taking a chance an Olympic sprinter with unrefined football skills could excel as a wide receiver. The bet paid off, due to his amazing feats in cleats. Hayes has been credited by many with forcing the NFL to develop a zone defense and the bump and run to attempt to contain him.[3]
Hayes' first two seasons were most successful, during which he led the NFL both times in receiving touchdowns. In 1966 Hayes caught six passes for 195 yards against the New York Giants at the Cotton Bowl. Later, in the Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins match-up, Hayes caught nine passes for 246 yards (a franchise record until Miles Austin broke it with a 250 yard-performance on October 11, 2009 against the Kansas City Chiefs). Hayes' speed forced other teams to go to a zone since no single player could keep up with him. Spreading the defense out in hopes of containing Hayes allowed the Cowboys' talented running game to flourish, rushers Don Perkins, Calvin Hill, Walt Garrison and Duane Thomas taking advantage of the diminished coverage of the line of scrimmage.
In addition to receiving, Hayes returned punts for the Cowboys and was the NFL's leading punt returner in 1968 with a 20.8 yards per return average and two touchdowns, including a 90 yarder against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was named to the Pro Bowl three times and First-team All-Pro twice and Second-team All-Pro twice. He helped Dallas win five Eastern Conference titles, two NFC titles, played in two Super Bowls, and was instrumental in Dallas' first ever Super Bowl victory in 1972, making Hayes the only person to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring. Later in his career, as defenses improved playing zone and the bump and run was refined, Hayes' value as an erstwhile decoy rather than a deep threat diminished. Hayes played one season for the San Francisco 49ers before retiring.
Hayes was the second player in the history of the Dallas Cowboys franchise to surpass 1000 yards receiving in a single season, and he did that in his rookie year by finishing with 1,003 yards. Also during his rookie year, he led the team with 46 receptions and set franchise records for total touchdowns (13) and total receiving touchdowns (12). He finished his 11-year career with 371 receptions for 7,414 yards and 71 touchdowns, giving him an impressive 20 yards per catch average (both career touchdowns and yards per catch average remain franchise records.) He also rushed for 68 yards, gained 581 yards on 23 kickoff returns, and returned 104 punts for 1,158 yards and three touchdowns. His 7,295 receiving yards are the fourth-most in Dallas Cowboys history.
To this day, Hayes holds ten regular-season receiving records, four punt return records and twenty-two overall franchise marks, making him one of the greatest receivers to ever play for the Cowboys.
On September 18, 2002, Hayes died in his hometown Jacksonville of kidney failure, after battling prostate cancer and liver ailments.[citation needed]
Hayes was close to being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, but was denied the opportunity in the final round of decision making. The decision was marred by controversy, with many claiming that the Hall of Fame Senior Selection Committee had a bias against members of the Dallas Cowboys and other NFL teams.[citation needed] Others believe Hayes' legal and drug use issues marred his chances.[citation needed] Shortly after the announcement of the new 2004 Hall of Fame members, long-time Sports Illustrated writer Paul Zimmerman resigned from the Selection Committee in protest of the decision to leave Hayes out of the Hall. Zimmerman is now back in as one of the Hall of Fame voters ([1]).
On August 27, 2008 Hayes was named as one of two senior candidates for the 2009 Hall of Fame election.[4] On Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, he was selected as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2009.[3]
The next day Lucille Hester released a letter she claimed he had drafted three years before he died, on October 29, 1999, in case he did not live to see his induction. Its full text read:
Delivered by Hester in front of hundreds and a national cable television audience, the moment was described as "... one of the most compelling and touching scenes the Hall of Fame has seen."[5] Shortly after, it was discovered that the letter was typed in the Calibri font, which didn't exist until five years after Hayes' death. [6] Some family members are disputing Lucille Hester's claim to be related to Bob and are taking steps to ensure she is not part of the Hall of Fame ceremony. [7][8] On August 8, 2009, Bob Hayes was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Roger Staubach, Bob's Dallas Cowboy teammate, along with Bob's son Bob Hayes Jr, unveiled the bust. On hand were six members of Bob's Gilbert High School championship team. [9]


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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Domestic Gist. It has taken me years to understand the art of homemaking. I'm not there yet--loin de là--but, in bites, little by little, I am beginning to "get" the domestic gist of bucolic bliss. In today's picture: another spent sunflower from the garden (I harvested the seeds for sowing next spring); homegrown tomatoes, too! The blue Portuguese tile fits into a beautiful bread board that friends Annabelle and Bill gave me: useful, practical, beautiful.
barjot (bar-zhoh) adjective
nuts, crazy
noun: nutcase
une bande de barjots = a bunch of nutcases
Interesting word history: the French word "barjo(t)" comes from the verlan "jobard".
Audio File and Example Sentence: Download MP3 for "barjot"
Une bande de barjots est partie sauter à l'élastique.
A group of crazies left to go bungee jumping.
A Day in a French Life...
by Kristin Espinasse
Faux Amis... and Loopy Friends & Family
My first year in France I ran around telling everyone that my friends and my family back home were nuts! I hadn't meant to call them crazy, didn't intend to imply or insinuate insanity. No, I had no idea that the compliments I was lavishing on my loved ones were translating themselves into mean morsels of mental illness, no thanks to a single, misused mot.*
"Oh, then there's my grandma," I'd gush, in conversation with the French. "Elle est vraiement SPECIALE!" I would insist, only to notice the confused looks on the interlocutors' faces. Turns out I was telling my audience that grandma had a screw loose.
I continued to put my foot into my newly formed French mouth with doozies such as:
"My best friend? Oh, I met her in 10th grade." With a nostalgic look and a sentimental smile, I would then tack on that confusing-to-the-French English qualifier, "special":
"Yes, she is special," I'd sigh. Only, this is what French ears were hearing me say:
"Yes, she really isn't dealing with a full deck!"
The misunderstandings continued as I bragged on and on about my "batty" family. I loved to talk to the French about my soeur aînée,* whom I admire for her beauty, her coolness, and her intelligence. "She is really A CASE!" I'd boast to the French, proud (it seemed) to share the same peculiar genes.
My poor parents were not spared of the "out there" accolades, either, as I bragged on and on about my "dingue* Dad" and "mad mother". At least that's what they must have sounded like to the French, who were literally taking my word for it!
No confusing conversation would be complete without praise for my French teacher, Madame Wollam, the one whose encouragement would change the course of my life. Mist in my eyes, I'd proceed to eulogize her as "such an odd duck, that one!"
What with peculiar parents, odd aunts, fruity friends, taré* teachers, nutty neighbors, and a goofy grandma... the French surely suspected I was a chip off the ol' block, born out of the batty bunch back home that I proudly claimed as my own.
Whether kooky, batty, bonkers, or nuts...
loco, dotty, cracked, or bats...
fruity, daft, or mad...
I was unwittingly painting quite a portrait of my "precious ones" on the other side of the pond* or, rather "over the cuckoo's nest"?
There is no moral to this story, only a cautionary note: no matter how lovely your friends and your family are, no matter how sweet... never say they're "special" lest the French misunderstand them to be crazy, fresh out of a padded cell.
Comments, corrections--and stories of your own--always welcome and appreciated in the comments box. Be sure to tell us about your own embarrassing language gaffes and misunderstandings.
And speaking of family... you might enjoy Anne Morddel's French genealogy blog. Qui sait? Maybe you have some eccentric French family of your own?
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le mot (m) = word; la soeur (f) aînée = older sister, dingue = crazy; taré = completely crazy; pond = synonym for Atlantic Ocean
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Currently listening to....
Paris to Cuba by Mario Grigorov.
...music that immediately evokes an aural landscape, a narrative of striking up a wandering romance with a stranger, a paseo through Plaza Vieja or a sunset on the Seine. Lilting, sensual brass sections flirt with gentle vocals on "I See" , "Every Little Moment" , and "Snake Eyes" - the three tracks which feature singer, Melissa Newman. Blending hints of Pink Martini, Madelyn Peyroux and Buena Vista Social Club, the percussion section laps as a wave on an empty beach. It is easy for the listener to get lost in the guitar solos, mysterious accordion and nostalgic, sweeping strings. This is not your typical jazz or world record.
Upcoming events: I will be joining a panel of three other authors at the American Library in Paris. Four expats and authors discuss their fish-out-of-water experiences living in la belle France.
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D.C. United are really loving that new stadium.
At Audi Field, D.C. won their third home game in eight days, knocking off the New England Revolution in a key Eastern Conference battle for playoff positioning.
Luciano Acosta, a week removed from a hat trick, scored the game's first goal, hammering home a cross from Paul Arriola, who got free after a pretty move near the endline in the 13th minute.
D.C. United had several more scoring chances in the first half before surviving an early second-half blitz from the slumping Revolution, who saw their comeback bid stalled when Scott Caldwell was sent off in the 73rd minute with his second yellow card.
Zoltan Stieber, who replaced Arriola in the second half, sealed the win with a breakaway goal in the 89th minute.
- 13′ — DC — Luciano Acosta WATCH
- 89′ — DC — Zoltan Stieber WATCH
Three Things
- THE BIG PICTURE: D.C. United, now unbeaten in five, continue to shake up the playoff picture in the East, moving within two points of the the seventh-place Revolution with two games in hand. The Revs, once firmly above the playoff line, are now winless in their last seven (with five losses in that stretch) as their own postseason hopes keep fading.
- MOMENT OF THE MATCH: Acosta's early goal set the tone for the game as D.C. United controlled play in the first half and never let the lead slip away to earn their first shutout since April 14 (and the 50th of goalkeeper Bill Hamid's career).
Just like that. What a ball from @PaulArriola, what a strike from @LuchoAcosta94. 🙌🙌🙌#DCU | #DCvNE 1-0 pic.twitter.com/YGnW8kRocd
— D.C. United (@dcunited) August 20, 2018
- MAN OF THE MATCH: Arriola didn't look to be too happy coming out of the game but he firmly made his mark when he was on the field, logging his eighth assist of the season, getting a couple of good scoring looks and keying a suddenly dominant D.C. front four.
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Last minute idea
I'll post more later about how today went, but want to get this idea I had while laying in the sun on here ASAP.
If you're looking to make a last minute donation anywhere for a tax deduction, today is the last day of the year!
Soooo, for every dollar you donate to the Team Pedal Another Mile Stand Up to Cancer page, I'm going to match it, up to $400 total. I doubt I get to itemize for 2013, so again, by 11:30pm EST tonight, whatever has been donated today will be matched (up to $400 total from everyone - not per person - I'm not rich, ya know :) ).
That's a little under ten hours. Go Go Go!


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Christmas Visitations
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle….. hear that sound?
Yup, those are the sounds of Christmas bells… in September!
For most, the holidays are still a bit of a way off… for a film maker, like myself, the holidays are already here!! That's because I have already officially begun pre-production for my short, holiday themed film, Christmas Visitations! Many aspects are already being planned, organized, and prepared for our shoot happening at the end of September!!
You know what that Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, sound also represents? CASH.
And lots of it!
I don't have to go into details explaining how producing films properly costs a lot of money! Even when you are getting people to donate their time for free or very inexpensively, things still have a way of adding up, and fast! Between location costs, and transportation, and wardrobe, and food for the cast and crew, makeup, and camera equipment (to say nothing of post production), you are talking a lot of cost.
With a period piece, like our project will be, that amount gets doubled!
So I'm back, reaching out to the amazing and supportive Kickstarter community, to my friends, family, and to my many supporters both new and old!! Humbly and very sincerely, I am asking for your help once again! Help me create a memorable, entertaining, surprising, and totally festive film!! Help spread joy this holiday season and all year round in the form of a film!! My favorite gift to give!
To encourage and motivate you, we've got some fun and awesome rewards! This time around we even have rewards specific to individuals AND to business owners !
So please, explore the rest of our kickstarter, check out our video, see the additional information below, read about our rewards and consider supporting our project! Thank you for your time and thanks in advance for support art and artists!
Season Greetings,
Paul Howard
Executive Producer
Christmas Visitations is a Dickens inspired holiday short film. In the tradition of Paul Howard's previous holiday film, Everything Twas, and his years of holiday cards that have included Jack Frost, a World War Two American propaganda poster, and an Elvis Presley inspired Blue Christmas, Paul looks to continue spreading holiday cheer, magic, and entertainment! A true period piece (and a rarity for short films), our film will introduce a totally new and original Christmas story while using some very well known source material as it's inspiration.
We have listed a goal of a $1000 dollars but we hoping for closer to $5000. We are optimistic but pragmatic. Our last campaign for Heisted failed. Since we are already in pre production for Christmas Visitations, we think this is the best way to go about things. With your help we are hoping to make our "goal" listed, and then, far surpass it!
Multiple different levels and options are available. Our rewards are just like Christmas morning!! Lots of gifts to be had, plenty of different sizes and shapes, and there really is something for everyone!! Don't be shy! Go ahead and do a little holiday shopping for yourself while also helping to support our film!! Another thing about our rewards... they are full of holiday surprises... and keeping with that tradition... we may be adding a few surprises during our campaign. So check back often and follow our updates!
Christmas Visitations
Produced by What's The Alternative? Productions and EZ Productions
Directed by Gareth Fient
Written by Paul Howard
Cast: TBA
Crew: TBA
For more information or to submit yourself to our project go HERE (link coming soon!)
Risks and challenges
With a bit of planning, lots of organization, a handful of talented actors and crew in place, and of course a sprinkling of holiday magic, this kickstarter campaign and short film shoot should go off with no risks and only the typical challenges associated with making a movie!
Our hope is that we will easily meet our "initial" goal of $1000 so that we can focus on our more "realistic" goal of $5000. The closer to that number we reach, the less challenging the shoot and post production will be. Thanks in advance for your support!
Funding period
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Christmas…..for many people, it is a season they adore and really look forward to. For me, not so much. It carries a lot of baggage and the commercial aspect does not help. So, my attitude can really hit a downward skid easily!
My family is out of state and I am a single, retired woman; waaaaah, I can feel so sorry for myself! In times like this, I kind of have a history with the Lord: I ask Him to give me a Scripture that is from Him to me that will help me see the "bigger picture". Last week I did just that. And He gave me a Scripture:
Psalm 23
How gracious of Him! The 23rd psalm; "He leads me to green pastures" where I can laze around "beside still waters", He "prepares a table for me in front of my enemies" so I (and they) know that I win in the end! He "anoints me" so I am blessed, "goodness and mercy" stalk me all my life, His "staff guides me" so I can't get lost.
Whew, I am so fortunate to be a child of God my Father, He is so good to me! But, wait, I forgot about the "ROD". The rod tells me that this is not just about ME (spoiler alert!). There is correction here, maybe God is telling me that I need balance, an adjustment in attitude, as in there is more to this than me being blessed by God. What the message that I believe God was saying was that He is loving, healing, and blessing me so that I can overcome the "baggage" (see paragraph #1) of my past and walk with Him by doing what He is telling me to do, being that pipeline from Him to those I come across. It is about giving after all, God giving so that I can give….untangled by ulterior motives, so I can hear Him with untainted motives and respond accordingly. Awfully lofty ideals, but that is God; He is Holy and He calls us (me) to be Holy as He is.
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Spaghetti squash with peanut sauce makes a wonderful addition to any Asian-inspired meal. Add shredded chicken, and it's a filling main course.
This spaghetti squash with peanut sauce recipe makes a wonderful addition to any Asian-inspired meal.
In fact, it is so substantial and filling, that you can serve it as a main course, perhaps mixed with some shredded leftover chicken.
I love making this dish because it closely mimics the experience of eating noodles in peanut sauce, one of my favorite dishes.
I sometimes think that spaghetti squash is magical! Its texture obviously differs from that of real noodles. But when mixed with various sauces, it does give one the experience of eating noodles.
The ingredients you'll need
You'll only need a few simple ingredients to make this tasty side dish. The exact measurements are included in the recipe card below. Here's an overview of what you'll need:
- Large spaghetti squash
- Natural creamy peanut butter
- Light soy sauce (or a gluten-free alternative)
- Rice vinegar
- Minced garlic
- Grated fresh ginger
- Red pepper flakes
- Chopped scallions
- Sesame seeds
How to make spaghetti squash with peanut sauce
It's so easy! Scroll down to the recipe card for the detailed instructions. Here are the basic steps:
- Cook the squash in the microwave, scoop out the pulp and seeds, then rake a fork back and forth to remove the flesh in strands.
- Make the sauce: in a large bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes.
- Add the hot squash strands to the peanut sauce and mix to combine.
- Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds.
How to serve spaghetti squash with peanut sauce
I often serve it a side dish when I make Asian meatballs. But as I said, it can easily serve as the main course. It's very filling!
Is this a healthy recipe?
I believe it is. Like all winter squashes, spaghetti squash is very nutritious. I think most will agree it's a better choice than starchy noodles!
As for the sauce, some object to peanut butter and to soy sauce. My own personal choice is to use both in moderation.
What to do with leftovers?
You can keep leftovers in the fridge, in an airtight container, for 3-4 days. Reheat them gently, in the microwave, on 50% power.
More spaghetti squash recipes that you might enjoy
I have several spaghetti squash recipes on this blog. A couple of my very favorite recipes are spaghetti squash pizza boats, and cheesy spaghetti squash casserole.
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Spaghetti Squash with Peanut Sauce
- 1 large spaghetti squash (3 lb.)
- 4 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons light soy sauce (or use a gluten-free alternative and add salt as needed)
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup chopped scallions, green parts
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- Pierce the whole spaghetti squash in a few places. Place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave on high until fork-tender, about 15 minutes, rotating it midway.
- Allow to slightly cool, then use a sharp chef's knife to cut it open. Use a large spoon to scoop out the pulp and seeds. Use kitchen scissors for stubborn pulp. You should have about 1.5 lb (700 grams) spaghetti squash strands.
- If, upon cutting the spaghetti squash open you discover that it's still a bit too firm, place each half in its turn in a large microwave-safe bowl, cut side down. Add ¼ cup water. Cover, and microwave until tender, probably 3 more minutes.
- While the spaghetti squash is cooking, in a large bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger and red pepper flakes.
- Add the hot spaghetti squash strands to the peanut sauce and mix to thoroughly combine.
- Garnish the spaghetti squash with peanut sauce with scallions and sesame seeds, and serve.


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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a small saucepan, stir together anise seeds and mint. Stir in 1 cup water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil 5 minutes, then stir in honey. Continue to boil until most of the water has boiled off. Remove from heat, and stir in remaining 1/4 cup water.
- Place lemon strips in a bowl, and pour melted butter over the strips. Let sit 5 minutes.
- Place salmon on baking sheet. Brush thoroughly with anise sauce.
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This was very pleasant but I think the only reason I noticed the anise and mint flavoring was because I knew it was in there. Maybe more anise and fresh mint would have made for a more noticable...
As written, the flavors are SO subtle they are almost non-existent. I made the sauce with fresh mint (used a small-ish bunch that I removed after it had wilted down), and also added some lemon z...
I love anise so I was very excited to try this salmon dish. Unfortunately,this was very bland to our taste. I whipped up a different glaze to enhance the flavor and rescue the copper river salm...
My family LOVES this one. I use a LOT more mint, add garlic, onion & used lemon juice with peel (a lot more of that too).


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Some of us look back on the turbulence of our university years with a mixture of horror and nostalgia, recalling the title of Errol Flynn's autobiography. For others, like Tara Webster (Xenia Goodwin), their wicked, wicked ways encompass those diabolical occasions when they neglected to pick up kombucha and activated almonds on the way home from dance class.
Or, in the case of her fame-hungry friend Kat (Alicia Banit), when a social media post generates bad engagement – as in a topless selfie that derails her credibility (who would have thought?) as the star of a squeaky-clean kids show. This puts Kat in a pantheon of badly behaving children's television personalities, Death to Smoochy's Rainbow Randolph leading the modern charge.
Dance Academy, director Jeffrey Walker's feature adaptation of ABC TV's massively successful moppet soap opera about teen dance prodigies seeking stardom, maintains the series' knack for unpacking issues relevant to young people in ways that resist talking down to them, though it does have something to say about smartphone-powered digi self-love and narcissism in the iGeneration.
The film is about first-world privilege generally and the perils of social media addiction specifically – and how the dopamine-boosting hits of online gratification (likes, hearts, shares) distract from the natural inevitability of age and death. When old buddy and former boyfriend Ben (Thomas Lacey) informs Tara, the protagonist, that his leukaemia (or #leukaemia) has returned, she tells him straight: "It's not the best status update."
A summary of her present situation wouldn't make the best status update either. Set 18 months after the end of the third season, Tara remains determined to succeed as a dancer. Every time she makes an ambitious body-stretching manoeuvre, however, a shocking sensation reverberates up her spine, accompanied by traumatic visions – the domain of a black and white horror movie – that pound the inside of her skull.
Hey, me too – though admittedly I don't have the same, or any, coulda-been-a-contender ballerina backstory. Nor one so reminiscent of Christian Bale's final Batman movie, where bad guy Bane snapped his spine. Likewise, on the night Tara auditioned for a contract with the National Ballet Company (retold in menacing flashback), she broke her back. The enemy this time was not a misanthropic terrorist but a stray marble; the sort of freak accident that wouldn't look out of place in a Final Destination movie.
Just as the Caped Crusader opted to rebuild his life through grit and rigorous physical training – rather than exacting revenge through the less than heroic court system – Tara similarly drops a lawsuit that could have given her one million big ones. The catch for accepting the spondoolies would have been declaring she can never dance again, thus forfeiting any chance of a comeback.
Her decision is perfect for a never-say-never underdog story, though it begins to look like a #fail when Tara's attempt to rejoin the dance company is scotched by the once supportive artistic director (Miranda Otto). She absconds to bustling New York, where the spit-polished cinematography of Martin McGrath (who recently shot Jack Irish: Dead Point and UnIndian) behaves like a distracted tourist, suggesting the cinematic equivalent of a brochure from the visitors centre or an I ❤ NY T-shirt.
The intensity of the Big Apple prompts Tara to sojourn to recharge-the-batteries Austin, where things progress in the manner of a Nicholas Sparks tearjerker. The traumatised dancer and the terminally-ill-but-still-fabulous Ben train on the sly, against the doctor's orders, in a sleekly renovated barn. Even once humble settings have been scaled up for first-world privilege; in this world, "old" is a synonym for "rustic chic".
For a film called Dance Academy, there isn't a whole lot of dancing – and the staging of the scenes where characters do cut a rug is far from inspiring (also, far from cinematic). Like any soap opera, the focus is on relationships.
Where Flashdance showed a battler using dance to scramble up the socioeconomic ladder (in a world made of steel, made of stone), Dance Academy's performers have a good view from the top of the pyramid, knocking back fat lump sums and training in swish harbourside locations, using dance as a means of maintaining cultural relevance. Tara's formative life in quaint regional Victoria couldn't feel further off in the distance.
The film is Black Swan meets Mrs Carey's Concert meets The Stars in Our Eyes meets The Baby-Sitters Club, with the aforementioned sniff of The Dark Knight Rises. Subversive entertainment it ain't. But nor is this well-paced yarn – with pleasing albeit narrowly scoped performances from a perky cast – bereft of pleasantries and surprises.
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