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Some of the below mentioned activities are advisable for children, some are not, while some are fine with parental guidance.
Empty Cigar packs : This was between 1st standard till 3rd standard. Me and my friends dutifully hunted for used cigar packs on the footpaths, roads and near any petty shops. As soon as we got a few, we threw away the torn or soiled ones, while the OK looking ones were wiped and taken into the 'secret production chamber', that no parent knew where it existed! The packs were carefully made into a walkie talkie phone, which when you held in your right palm (between the index and thumb fingers facing you), would open up. The main tools used were a strong rubberband and a ball point pen (blue and red) to customise the phone to your requirements!
Wherever you see or read today, the one word that hits you is REUSE and RECYCLE! Just remembered a few things that we used to reuse as kids. So here goes:
Any cousin or relative to visit the home would be shown the proud possession! And when they asked to give our phone for them to hold, we wouldn't let them touch it,and we would run away to our production chamber to make some changes, lest our enemies duplicates the hi-tech phone!
Cycle tyres : Around the same time, it was a pastime to play with thin cycle tyres (Some boys would have small and plumpy scooter tyres, which made a 'tob-tob- noise when you hit them). Cycle tyres were quite easy to get, as the nearby cycle shop owner would happily get rid of unwanted tyres. When Amma used to send us to buy a soap or when we suddenly found a 25 paise (on the window sill, with which we bought a Double Bubble Gum), we would hit the tyre along side (either with our palms or with a smooth chota stick), and as we turned so would the tyre, which obeyed us only when we had that small stick). As we stood at the shop, we would hang it on to our right shoulder, and would be back home in a jiffy if the house was down the road! Where most of today's cars are parked on the roads would be our rightful lane to play the Tyre aata!
Magnets and Ball bearings : When with the cycle tyres, I remember collecting a box full of ball bearings (again this came free and easy, as there would be plenty of them lying in and around the cycle shop, some visible, some hidden in the dark soil, some shining, some black and out of shape…)
There was nothing as fascinating as seeing the ball bearings stick on to each other (similar to 3-4 people holding on to each other on a cliff, one holding the other's leg) when a Magnet made its presence. The ball bearings would wobble when the magnet moved near it. Magnets would suddenly be in so much demand, that the round badge like things that Amma had purchased from 8th cross Rayara Gudi, and pasted on the metal window frame in the kitchen (or later the refrigerator) on which were Krishna, Rama, Raghavendraswamy, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Saraswathi etc. etc. would all be left to pile up on each other in the shelf as the magnet behind them would have been robbed!
Coloured Glass pieces : This was a very short lived hobby. Maybe during 2nd standard till beginning of 3rd standard. When we used to play Mann-aata, we would suddenly get dark brown glass pieces, while digging. While walking to the bus stand with Amma, I would chance upon a yellow shining glass piece. I used to collect these and watch the world through them. Such a surreal feeling!
Film Reel : Lengthy film reels would be thrown on roads, which we would collect and try to see if we could see the characters moving when we moved them really quickly. Negligible movement! Unless I found a reel with Rajkumar in it, I would not bring these into the secret production chamber. And I never found a reel with Rajkumar in it!
Scud Missile : These were clearly during the Gulf war, when I was in 9th standard. All that was required to make the scud missile was a small wooden plank (as big as your palm), 3 small nails, a rubberband and some matchsticks. The 3 nails would be partially hit on the plank to make a triangle. Two nails would be wound by a rubberband. A matchstick would now be placed, ready to be shot. When one of the nails having the rubberband around it would become hot (due to the heat transferred by another matchstick), the scud matchstick would fly into the air, to the enemy's camp!
Hand made Cork ball : When in 4th standard, me and my friends spent considerable time in the summer trying to make our own cork ball. For this, we would go in search of Gobli mara / Rain tree (Acacia).
Once we collected lots of pods from the tree, we would then climb on to the parapet of my friend's house to crush the pods (Why there? Who knows!). We would suddenly realise that Oil was missing - so we would ask our friend Umesh to get some oil really quickly – he would sometimes get cooking oil, sometimes coconut oil. Now the grinding would start until it became a fine paste with a smooth texture. We would then make a ball, pouring oil on our hands and rolling the stuff in our hands in a circular motion. Then, it was the turn to keep the ball for drying on top of our house for a week.
After the exercise, we would wash our hands usually with 501 bar soap (used for washing clothes). However long we washed, the smell of the pods would stay for atleast for a day!
Grandpa's Walking stick : Every house would have a walking stick -either Thatha's, or your father's Kashi Yatre stick, which would suddenly be more important than the cricket bat… because the stick would turn into a hockey stick overnight!
Magnifying glass : Commonly called Lens, we would keep it in our small pockets, take it to school, not to use it for what it is actually meant for, but to burn paper or dry leaves during Lunch break (January till March.) I think this was during 5th standard.
Matchbox : Collecting and sharing different matchbox covers was a hobby between 1st standard and 4th standard. But by 6th standard, only men of steel would learn the trick of using the 'striking surface' in various ways. Firstly, we would cut the piece and paste it onto the shoe heel. A match would always be hidden, unknown to the opponent. During a face off, the stick would appear out of no where and be rubbed on to the shoe… the lit matchstick would be put off by blowing it in a very stylish way, with the eyes seeing the opponent and only the lower lip moveing (as close to what we had seen our hero doing in films!)
[Got caught doing this during SUPW class... made to paint 15 more chairs than others as a punishment]
Another use of the matchbox was to put small insects into it and release them in school / classroom!
Peppermint cover : This was one of the earliest tricks that humans learnt. After the chocolate / peppermint is totally chewed and swallowed, the cover would be pulled tightly by both hands and held close to the lips and blown. Beginners would get a 'tussss' sound, First graders would get a screeching noise while the Experts would be playing with the whistling sound!
Broom stick : Ramayana made us desperate for bow and arrow. The lucky ones would get a nice and strong stick of an unknown tree which would act as a bow while we (cursed souls) would have to be happy turning a broom stick into a bow and another broomstick for an arrow. Highly dangerous… we never managed to cause any accidents, but always heard someone tell us that some one in Rajajinagar/ Yeshwanthpura / Subramanyanagara lost an eye… we never believed it…but still we were scared of hurting each other!
Edges of the footpath towards the road : This was where we sat after playing cricket, and drank 'Chombugattle' water!. We would discuss about the game, rag, tease, eat bubble gum… While playing, if the match was 'single side fielding', then the batting side would sit usually on a compound wall behind the batsman (Usually there is one everywhere!).
Empty Bottles : These were used mainly during Deepavali, to light Rockets. In our days, we used to send some horizontally on the roads, what with such less vehicles.
X-Ray sheets : To watch the sun during Grahana, we would hunt for Ajji's Xray sheet (that she had been given after her recent visit to Jayadeva Hospital near City Market). Once we started asking for the Xray sheet, Ajji would think it was being asked to discuss about her health, and she would quickly and obediently give it, taking it out from the bottom-most part of the 'kabbinada pettige', only to be later told that her Xray has become a toy for the young brutes!
Newspapers : Some of us would use newspapers for various things – to bind books, to make kites, hit flies, light the kerosene stove / hande-vole-uri, as a chart sheet to make collage, to fold and keep a piece of the newspaper under the shaking part of the Godrej bureau / shelf / almirah…
Soap cover : After taking out the new soap bar, the cover would be opened and kept under the clothes, for a few days, so that the aroma spread across the clothes.
Dairy Milk Foil : The aluminum foil one found in a Cadbury Dairy Milk, would be neatly kept in a school notebook, after rubbing out any crease on the foil! The metallic sound it made every time we held it was music to my ears. Even today, when I eat a Dairy Milk (which is the BEST chocolate in the world), I cannot forget how many foils I must have preserved in my childhood!
Bangalore Press Calendar : "The empty space behind the Bangalore Press calendar was where we wrote and practiced our tables, handwriting…" father used to tell this. For me, any empty space is worthy only to be drawn. And draw was what I did behind the calendar sheets! (Good, there was no back to back printing then!)
Old socks : This was after we came back from school, and without removing the school uniform. 6th and 7th standard. The tennis, rubber, cork or leather ball we had would be put into the socks and tied to a high beam / grill. Kept hitting the ball with SG bat to get the perfect shot, feet movement and posture!
Used Dalda / Farex Tins : Rangoli powder in my house, neighbour's house, or any one's house would all be kept in either Dalda or Farex tin only! And these tins with Rangoli would be stolen to put the crease on our pitches i.e. my house compound!
Cleaning the comb: Bottom portion of any used Agarbathi would be used to clean the comb. Later on, used and dead toothbrushes would be used to clean the comb. Another typical sight was seeing my opposite house Ajji using a matchstick to clean her ears.
Old Ball point pen: We would love to fix the small pencils to the bottom portion of the ball point pen and write our home work faster than normal. Got a kick out of this simple act!
Winding the Pencil : We would twist and wind the pencil box using a rubberband and a long pencil. When left alone, the pencil would rotate, thus making us feel our pencil box is a helicopter! 3rd standard project.
Another activity was piercing the eraser with the pencil and hitting the table or the friend unecessarily, with our new tool! 1st standard assignment.
Eraser / Rubber as a seal : We would write our initials in reverse on the 'rubber' and print it on our text book /note book, hands, thighs, sometimes crazily on our forehead…. thus sealing our fate literally! 2nd standard.
Exam pad : Invariably, every boy's exam pad (brown color with metallic clip) would be broken in at least one corner. That was because it would be used as a cricket bat after the exam!
Cardboard in the Agarbathi pack: would be used to as a make-believe telescope…which would be used on a hot summer afternoon as we stood in the middle of the road to see if the Joy ice cream gaadi is coming or not! Seeing through it, we always believed 'objects looked closer than they appeared otherwise'.
Blade and Compass : To make carvings on school furniture (Some of my teachers follow this blog…so no more details)
Tamarind seed : We would have this in our pockets anytime of the day. We would rub it on the wall or the ground and keep it immediately on the cheeks or necks of those who would annoy us.
Notebook Cover : The hardbound covers of our previous year's notebooks Lekhak, later Vidya Lekhak, would have the pages torn out, and the hard cover would be used as a table tennis bat.
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Alice has published eleven collections of poetry, two novels for young adults and an award-winning collection of essays about poetry and science. She came to Edmonton the long way round. She grew up in Dumbarton, Scotland – a small town on the banks of the Clyde, not far from Glasgow. Her family came to Canada when she was eight, and she grew up in Toronto before coming west to work as a reporter on The Williams Lake Tribune in British Columbia. She has been an active supporter of the arts and writing community:
- First poet laureate for the City of Edmonton (2005-7)
- Past president of the League of Canadian Poets,
- Past president of the Writers Guild of Alberta,
- Past chair of the Edmonton Arts Council.
- Founder, Edmonton Poetry Festival
Alice's work on the web – links to poems/prose published elsewhere
a Tribute
My father was a poet too, and a profound influence on my life and work. In fact, you could say my experience of poetry leaps back over a hundred years of innovation and change, straight to the late 1700s and Robert Burns… [read more]
a Memory
There is a time in your life when you realize that you are shaped more by your mother's childhood than your own. I may have been, in theory, a child of the post-war boomers, a product of the 60s. But really, I am shaped by the world she grew up in, which was really formed by the Victorian era… [read more]

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Without a doubt, Bertrand Russell stands as one of the most formidable minds of the modern era. Through his efforts with Alfred North Whitehead in "Principia Mathematica", Russell further elaborated the relationship between mathematics and deductive logic. Russell's endeavors, however, were not confined to complex philosophical treatises having little influence outside of academic circles. Russell's work spanned the intellectual spectrum, ranging from works on the history of philosophy to international relations and political theory. Russell even produced newspaper articles for mass consumption. But despite his prolific intellectual output, Russell did not apply his mathematician's logic and objectivity to much of his non-scientific thought, especially in the area of religion as embodied by his work "Why I Am Not A Christian".
Instead of addressing a single topic throughout the entire work, "Why I Am Not A Christian" is a collection of articles and essays addressing Russell's position on religious matters in general and issues regarding Christianity in particular. Proverbs 23:7 says, "For as he thinketh in his heart, so he is." Many times influential voices speaking in the opinion-molding institutions of academia and media contend that one's views on religion do not necessarily impact other areas of existence such as the political or the sociological. Scripture teaches that this popular opinion is incorrect. However, the Bible is not readily accepted by those arguing for the mentioned opinion. Even though the work argues against the traditional positions of Christianity, the power of "Why I Am Not A Christian" resides in how it links one's views regarding religion with one's beliefs about society and the world despite the author's attempt to argue otherwise.
Russell's religious beliefs (or lack thereof) found their basis in his position that the theistic proofs are not as conclusive as believers make them out to be. When asked what he would say if confronted by the Creator at his death, Russell said he would respond by saying, "God! Why did you make evidence of your existence so insufficient?"
In "Why I Am Not A Christian", Russell proceeds to critique each of these arguments. None of them escape his scathing scrutiny. Of the argument from the First Cause, Russell remarks that, if everything must have a cause, then God cannot be the uncaused cause by those following in the intellectual lineage of Aquinas. Russell claims that this argument actually results in an endless digression of creators begetting creators much like those mythological cosmologies where the Earth rests atop an elephant resting atop a tortoise etc. etc (7).
From the outset, Russell argues from faulty notions. According to Norman Geisler in "Introduction To Philosophy: A Christian Perspective", in a thoroughly naturalistic context something cannot come from nothing. But by its definition, a noncontingent being does not require a cause since its existence is complete in itself (289). Only finite contingent beings require a cause.
The next proofs tackled by Russell are the arguments for the existence of God from the evidence of creation. Russell argues that, in the light of Einsteinian relativity, the Newtonian system of natural law is not as binding upon the universe as originally thought. Therefore, these scientific principles cannot be used to argue for the existence of a rational creator. However, one could turn the tables on Russell and point out that the revelations of Einsteinian physics actually provide a better testimony to the existence of God than even the previous Newtonian model.
According to Russell, natural law is nothing more than statistical averages resulting from the laws of chance (Russell, 8). John Warwick Montgomery in "Faith Founded On Fact" rebuts Russell's position by pointing out that the Einsteinian and quantum paradigms actually allow for miracles while maintaining that an ordered universe exists. In those systems attempting to account for the totality of the physical universe, it is God who keeps the universe from instantaneously dissolving into the chaos of individual atoms flying off into their own paths and who can rearrange the normal operations of reality when doing so suits His greater glory such as turning water into wine and resurrecting the dead (Montgomery, 43).
Besides drawing faulty conclusions regarding the validity of the theistic proofs, Russell errs as to their purpose as well. Russell is correct in pointing out that these arguments do leave room for some doubt. Yet this can be said about any other linguistically synthetic proposition about the world as well.
If one wants to get really nit-picky about the matter, one could doubt whether Bertrand Russell himself even existed since the Analysts were not above doubting the veracity of historical knowledge. As much as it might irritate the so-called "scientific mind", one cannot exist without exercising some degree and kind of faith.
The theistic proofs can serve as a guide pointing towards faith or as a mechanism to help rationally clarify it. They do not properly serve as a replacement for it. Norman Geisler points out that one ought not to believe in God because of the theistic proofs. Rather, the theistic proofs provide one with a basis to reasonably assert that God exists (Geisler, 269).
Having taken on the first person of the triune Godhead, Russell turns his sites onto the second, the Lord Jesus Christ. To his perverse credit in a perverse sort way, Russell does not hind behind the phony religiosity of the liberal and the modernist which states, "Jesus was a good teacher, but..."
Russell openly wonders whether or not Christ even existed. And even if He did, Russell asserts, Jesus is far from being the greatest among human teachers as asserted by the likes of the Unitarians and the New Age movement. At best, according to Russell's scorecard, Jesus comes in at a distant third behind Socrates and Buddha (16). According to Russell, Christ's greatest flaw was His belief in the reality of Hell and His condemnation of those who would not heed the Messiah's call. Socrates provides a superior moral example since Socrates did not verbally castigate his detractors (Russell, 17).
Russell's disdain for those believing in the reality of Hell exposes his own bias rather than prove his dedication to the ideas of truth that he invokes elsewhere to undermine the claims of religious faith. In appraising the idea of Hell, Russell does not give much consideration to the realm of eternal damnation, instead dismissing the concept as a cruel idea (18). But if Hell is real, is not Christ doing the proper thing in warning how such a terrible fate might be avoided? Employing Russell's line of reasoning, it becomes cruel to chastise someone standing under a tall tree with a piece of sheet metal during a thunderstorm since such an exhortation also warns of the dire consequences likely to result from such foolish behavior.
But while Russell questions the historicity of Jesus Christ, he readily accepts that of Buddha even though Christ is perhaps the best documented figure of ancient history. The first accounts of Buddha appear nearly 500 years after the death of that particular religious figure. Those regarding Jesus appear within the first several decades following the Crucifixion.
Allegedly having removed God from His thrown as sovereign of the universe, Russell proceeds to lay out what he does believe primarily in the chapter titled "What I Believe". Replacing religion as the tool by which man approaches the world, Russell would have man utilize science to determine meaning, reducing the totality of reality to that of mere physics (50). To Russell, even thought is nothing more than the chemical components and electrical impulses arising from the brain's physical composition.
Yet despite believing the material world to be ultimate, Russell saw no problem with making pronouncements regarding the areas of life transcending the material base such as ethics and social organization. Russell boldly states in italicized print for all to read, "The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge (56)." However, elsewhere in the very same chapter, Russell says, "...nature in itself is neutral, neither good nor bad (55)."
If humanity is nothing more than the sum of the physical composition of the species, it is then inappropriate to elaborate a theory of morality. Morality poured into such a naturalistic crucible becomes nothing more than individual personal preferences, which do seem to serve as Russell's source of moral reasoning. According to Russell, traditional morality is based upon cruelty and ignorance. However, according to John Frame in "Apologetics To The Glory Of God", to invoke the values of love and knowledge (even when done so to undermine traditional conceptions of virtue) is to inadvertently defend the divinely established order of creation traditional moral values rests upon in the first place since such values are only desirable if a divinely created hierarchy exists (93-102).
Ultimately, one cannot craft a system of ethics solely based on science legitimately defined as science. At best, science can only assess and clarify the situations to which moral principles must be applied. To say that science is the source of moral values is to argue for a scientism or a naturalism as loaded with as many conceptual presuppositions as any theistic creed.
One can base one's ethical beliefs on the record of Scripture, which II Timothy 3:16 says is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for corrections, and for instruction in righteousness. Or, one can operate under man's own unaided reason, which is finite, corruptible, and known to change every five to ten years subject to FDA approval. History reveals which has the far better track record.
Unlike many Christians who do not take their worldview outside the church sanctuary or seminary classroom, Bertrand Russell was not one content to keep his philosophy and ideology confined to the level of an academic exercise. In terms of political activism, this was manifested by his vocal opposition to the nuclear diplomacy engaged in by both the United States and the Soviet Union during the tensest days of the Cold War.
However, the application of Russell's worldview did not always lead him to pursue admirable yet perhaps naive goals such as world peace. In fact, Presbyterian minister D.James Kennedy suggests in "Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search Of Its Soul" that Russell may have formulated his philosophical position regarding religious matters as a justification for his erotic proclivities, the lanky intellectual having actually had numerous adulterous relationships including philanderous escapades with the daughters of friends and colleagues (173). In fact, Russell social views derived from his foundational assumptions sparked considerable controversy. After all, it was not his "Principia Mathematica" that cost him a professorship at the City College of New York but rather his views regarding marriage and personal morality.
Seeing man soley as the product of natural processes and merely as a highly evolved animal, Russell's views regarding human intimacy and procreation reflect this sentiment. According to Russell, much of traditional morality --- especially that dealing with sexual ethics --- is based upon superstition. In fact, Russell believes that it would be beneficial for society and family life if the traditional understanding of monogamous, life-long, God-ordained marriage was openly violated. In these matters, Russell sounds much like a contemporary Planned Parenthood operative or public school sex educator. For example, Russell argues for no-fault divorce, unhampered sexual promiscuity provided children do not result from such illicit unions, and for temporary trial marriages not unlike the phenomena of cohabitation (Russell, 168-178).
Despite his attempts to expand human freedom and happiness in regards to these matters, Russell's proposals are in reality prescriptions for heartache and disaster. The segment of society sustaining the highest number of casualties in the sexual revolution are the young that Russell had hoped to liberate. According to syndicated columnist Cal Thomas in "The Death Of Ethics In America", by the age of twenty-one 81% of unmarried males and 60% of unmarried females have had sexual intercourse. However, such carnal stimulation is not necessarily the fulfilling personal growth opportunity Russell claimed it would be.
Venereal diseases rank as the number one form of communicable illness in the United States. And the varieties of this pestilence prevalent today do not always react as well to penicillin as those ravaging the morally deviant of Professor Russell's day (Thomas, 92). Those engaging in Dr. Russell's trial marriages --- what use to be referred to as living in sin --- fare little better. Those participating in such arrangements on average go on to experience higher levels of marital discord and incidents of divorce.
God did not establish the regulations regarding human intimacy in order to rain on everybody's parade. These rules were promulgated in order to bring about the maximum degree of individual well-being and personal happiness. Matthew 19:5 says, "For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. Hebrews 13:4 adds, "Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
To his credit and the shame of the church, Russell does note how women have over the course of history often endured oppressive marriages many times under the sanction and justification of misunderstood interpretations regarding marital submission. However, any cruelty justified under this command is a misinterpretation of the passage's true intent. In Ephesians 5:25, just two verses away from the famous Scripture misused as an excuse for all manner of masculine cruelty, the Bible clearly reads, "Husbands, love your wives even as Christ loved the church." This love is to be a sacrificial and gentle love; not the decree of a tyrant even though the husband is the king of the house. Studies indicate that, in reality, marriage is far safer for women than the live-in arrangements advocated by Russell under the euphemism of temporary marriage.
Having dismissed the traditional family and religion (both organized and otherwise) as impediments to humanity's progress, Russell puts his hope for the betterment of mankind in the state. Rather than punish individuals committing sins so heinous that they infringe upon the well-being of society, the state is to manipulate human behavior in order to bring about desired outcomes beneficial to the greater community. In fact, according to Russell, sin defined as an action committed by an individual in defiance of the universal moral order as established by an omnipotent creator does not exist. Sin is merely that which is disliked by those controlling education (159).
Even those committing the most heinous deeds are not beyond the pale of psychological reprogramming or pity much like that lavished upon a wayward dog that cannot help scratching up the furniture. To bring about his scientific utopia, the state would be granted expansive powers in even those most private aspects of existence. For example, Russell's state would go so far as to decree that children must be confiscated from their parents and raised by trained statist experts (Russell, 163).
Russell also suffers from the same paradox afflicting Marx and other socialists in that Russell desires to shrink the power of the state while at the same time dramatically increasing it. While wanting to put economic power into the hands of workers through a system of guilds and syndicates, Russell also sought to establish a world state having a monopoly on the use of force as well as establish guaranteed incomes and the human breeding restrictions mentioned earlier.
The issues raised by Russell's political opinions still possess relevance today with much of contemporary civic discourse an ongoing debate regarding the very kinds of policies advocated by Russell and his leftwing associates. F.A. Hayek noted in "The Road To Serfdom" that, while liberals might have naive but benevolent intentions behind their social engineering proposals, these ultimately require more bloodthirsty totalitarians or others of a similar vain lacking concern for innate human freedoms and constitutional liberties. Even Russell admits that much of human liberty is the result of the interplay between church and state (185). What then would result should the influence be nullified as Russell proposes?
Reflecting upon Russell's proposal of state-run childcare, it is highly doubtful whether or not such a program could be implemented without a great deal of bloodshed or a massive multi-generational conspiracy such as Hillary Clinton's it takes a village mentality and the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of The Child. Programs and policy outlooks such as these seek to alter the fundamental nature of the family primarily through bureaucratic stealth and covert legislative manipulation. Realizing that the proclivities towards marriage and family ran so deeply in the human psyche, even the Soviets had to back off their plank to so openly undermine the oldest of human institutions as part of their diabolical agenda.
And while the wars plaguing mankind are deplorable, the geopolitical landscape allowing them to arise is still preferable to the global tyranny and persecution that would result from a planetary regime that would impose its iron will on any portion of the world refusing to heed its edicts and decrees. At least under the current world order, a small percentage of humanity is able to enjoy some measure of freedom until the Lord's Second Coming.
Contrary to what even the National Rifle Association claims, America's Founding Fathers did not draft the Second Amendment to protect skeet shooting and squirrel hunting. Instead, this constitutional provision established a sense of liberty by creating tension between freemen and the operatives of the state by implying violence could result should government authorities over step the confines of their legitimate powers. Something similar is true with a system of nation-states competing with one another, none of which can tyrannize all of mankind at one time.
By reading "Why I Am Not A Christian", one is reminded that the current culture war besieging America did not begin with either the inaugurations of Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. It is in fact decades and even centuries old. While setting out an agenda and its ideological justification, Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian" also provides a glimpse into the cultural disputes of another era.
The final chapter of the book consists of an appendix detailing the court case that ultimately prevented Russell from obtaining a professorship of mathematical and scientific philosophy. Whether or not Russell's critics should have acted so vehemently is open to debate as (to utilize a phrase just employed) there is some virtue to settling things through "open debate" with each side detailing their merits and revealing the weaknesses in the arguments of their opponents. However, history has shown that the concerns raised by those opposed to Russell's appointment were based in legitimate fears.
Though Russell cannot bear sole guilt as much of that must also go to his colleagues sharing in his worldview of loose sex and paternalistic government, this philosophy has gained such prominence in social institutions such as education, entertainment, and even religion. Regard for the family and human life has deteriorated to such a degree that is has become regular to hear in news reports of former mailmen mowing down with machine guns their fellow employees (the act itself now referred to as "going postal") or of prom queens killing their newborns between dances. The world has never been perfect since the expulsion from Eden, but seldom in history has there been times where such outright evil is openly justified by those in authority such as certain psychologists, elected officials, and media personalities.
Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian" will not stand as a classic regarding what is explicitly written upon the pages. For the highest rational principle appealed to is that the world should enshrine the thoughts and preferences of Bertrand Russell simply because they are the thoughts and utterances of Bertrand Russell. However, the message it propounds between the lines of each man serving as his own god ranks among the central apologetic challenges of this or any other era. The clear style and detectable fallacies found within the pages of Russell's "Why I Am Not A Christian" will prepare Christians to take on more sophisticated versions of these arguments wherever they might appear.
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This page contains a complete listing of current events either happening at Pioneer Village or sponsored by the Pennington County Historical Society. Although you can see these events on the calendar on the home page, this page also shows pictures and information about similar past celebrations.
Here are just some of the activities we have sponsored
If you've never visited the Pioneer Village Museum before, this is the night to go! Music, dancing, great food, and a chance to participate in an annual event which will give you and your family an opportunity to get acquainted with the men and women who serve the safety needs of this community. Firefighters, police, emergency personnel, and city officials work hard all year to provide protection in the areas of health and home safety, as well as crime prevention. Nite to Unite is an occasion to strengthen the partnership with citizens. Come and show your commitment to a safe, healthy community and enjoy yourself in the bargain! Everyone benefits from the results of this event, except the criminals!
The museum grounds are available, in partnership with the Thief River Falls Public Library and area school districts, for special events for children. One great example is the library's Summer Reading Program, with games, treats, tours, music, and handicraft projects. Summer Reading, which has a different theme each year, is a fun way to help elementary school-age young people practice reading skills while school is not in session. The Pennington County Historical Society is proud to be a part of an event that helps local students to be ready to return to school in the fall, "ready to learn and ready to succeed".
For well over 100 years now, an annual County Fair has been held in Thief River Falls. It's often a regular part of the Pennington County Historical Society's summer activities to take part in the annual parade for the county fair and let people know about the exciting and fun-filled events held at the Museum!
One of the enjoyable events for local young women in the Girl Scouting program is a visit to the Pioneer Village Museum where they can learn a little about history and enjoy a social summer afternoon or evening of fun and games!
Many of the community's children, who are involved in Latch Key, spend a day or two each summer at Pioneer Village. Games, music, handicrafts, and more are available for these young people in an atmosphere which also teaches them a bit about local history!
Kids welcome! Historical relics to see and examine! Scenes from the past in log cabins that were once homes for area families, like yours! Games and fun and more! Maybe you parents will be able to tell your children about some of the exhibits . . . or maybe, since the Village entertains several local school classes each year, your children will be able to tell you about them!
This is a unique opportunity for visitors, young and old, to visit the Museum and be entertained by hosts and hostesses in period dress, who explain their adopted roles as the stationmaster at the Soo Depot, a housewife in a log cabin, the teacher in the Little Oak School, a trapper with an exhibit of furs and pelts, or the lady of the house in a Victorian-style home from the nineteenth century. The cast is made up of local residents, who grew up in this community and can relate its history with confidence!
Every year a few local couples choose to say their vows in the midst of an authentic historical setting: at the altar of the Asphult Church of our Pioneer Village. It is an honor for the Pennington County Historical Society to be a part of these events and to host these occasions, which combine family unity with a wish and a prayer for the future.


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Annually, CGI leaders around the world meet face-to-face with business and IT executives to gather their perspectives on the trends affecting their enterprises, including business and IT priorities, budgets and investment plans. In 2019, we conducted in-person interviews with 62 client executives in the corporate and transaction banking sector who cite evolving customer needs, as well as regulation, security, technology advances, and real-time payments and platforms, as dominant drivers this year.
"Regulation and security" remains the most impactful industry trend
"Mounting and evolving regulation and security standards" remains the most impactful industry trend this year. "Industry standards, real-time payments and payment regulations" becomes the second most impactful trend, while "technology advances and adoption" comes in third. |
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Increasing regulation and security challenges were the top cited trend in 2018, followed by technology advances and the adoption of new technology. |
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Only 6% producing results from enterprise digital strategies
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Benchmarking clients' satisfaction with their own IT organization
For the second year, business and IT executives interviewed ranked their satisfaction with their own IT organizations based on the 10 key attributes of a world-class IT organization. Overall, IT satisfaction among corporate and transaction banking executives is higher in comparison to other industries and banking sectors.
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Buying a House With a HECM Reverse Mortgage
Many elderly homeowners want to remain homeowners, but not
in their current house. They may want a house that is
smaller, or without stairs, closer to family or friends, in
a warmer climate, or whatever. If they are over 62, a HECM
reverse mortgage may ease the financial pain of the
There are
three ways to acquire a new house while taking out a HECM
reverse mortgage. One way is to pay all-cash for the house,
then reverse mortgage it. The second way is to buy the
new house with a forward mortgage small enough that it can
be paid off with the proceeds of the HECM. The third way is
to purchase the house and take out the HECM in one
transaction under the HECM-For-Purchase program authorized
in 2008.These will be considered in turn.
Buy With All-Cash, Then Do
a Reverse Mortgage
Paying all
cash for your new house is the simplest way to go. You can
then take out a HECM to replace some of the assets you
liquidated to purchase the house, or for any other purpose.
all-cash has some adventages over using a HECM to make the
purchase. If you want to have the new house constructed to
your specifications, for example, you can't finance
construction with a HECM. However, not many seniors have the
free cash required to pay all cash, and tapping retirement
accounts is resisted, for good reasons.
Buy With a Forward
Mortgage, Repay With a Reverse Mortgage
Prior to the
HECM for purchase program, the senior who wanted to purchase
a house but could not afford to pay all-cash had to take out
a forward mortgage to buy the house, then repay it by
drawing on a reverse mortgage.
Because the
senior had to qualify for the forward mortgage in the same
way as any other home purchaser, insufficient income or poor
credit could bar the way. Furthermore, the senior who did
qualify had to pay settlement costs on both the forward
mortgage and the HECM. The new HECM for purchase program
eliminates these problems.
Buy With a Reverse
In 2008, Congress authorized a HECM for Purchase program, under which seniors can buy a house and take out a HECM reverse mortgage at the same time, incurring only one set of settlement costs. The senior need not be a homeowner but can become one with the aid of the HECM. The program cannot be used to construct a new home, but it can be used to purchase one that is newly constructed and approved for occupancy by the city. The senior must physically occupy the home as their permanent residence within 60 days of purchase.
Seniors using
this program must have the means to pay the difference
between the sale price of the property plus settlement
costs, and the maximum amount they can draw on the HECM. The
maximum draw is based on the lower of the sale price,
appraised value and FHA's maximum loan amount.
As an
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on June 12 could finance about $250, 000 with a standard
HECM. (Older buyers could draw more, younger buyers less).
The remaining $150,000 would have to be financed out of the
senior's resources: liquidation of assets or withdrawals
from retirement accounts. Gifts from family and friends are
also acceptable funding sources, but gifts from the home
seller or anyone else involved in the purchase transaction,
are not.
Borrowers Can Choose the Type of HECM
Seniors using
the HECM for purchase program can select either the standard
or saver version, and either an adjustable rate or a
fixed-rate version – 4 choices in all. The saver version
offers a lower upfront charge in exchange for a smaller
draw, and should appeal only to purchasers who don't intend
to remain in the home very long. Most purchasers will and
should opt for the standard HECM.
In the current
market, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate HECMs have about the
same maximum draw. If I was taking the maximum draw, I would
select the fixed-rate HECM because when interest rates begin
accelerating, my loan balance would continue to grow at the
fixed rate. If my house appreciated significantly, I could
refinance and draw more cash sometime down the road.
However, if I
wanted to use less than half of the maximum draw to purchase
the house, retaining the rest as an unused credit line, the
adjustable rate HECM might work out better in a rising
interest-rate environment . While the amount I borrowed
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The Computer Control Company
The Computer Control Company (3C) was an early entrant in the manufacture of smaller computer systems, and followed a path parallel to the much better-known Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Both companies were founded by engineer/entrepreneurs who cut their teeth in government-sponsored computing projects of the early 1950s, found their footing selling digital logic modules and specialized digital systems, and hit their stride as manufacturers of small computer systems as they entered the 1960s. 3C, however, was acquired by Honeywell in 1966 and declined thereafter, while DEC went on to become the dominant player in the small computer space for the next two decades. It is said that history is written by the victors, and while the story of DEC has been told many times as the story of the rise of the minicomputer industry, 3C and its accomplishments go largely unlauded in the popular and accessible surveys of computing history.
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I collect vintage scientific and industrial minicomputers. The oldest and largest machines in my collection are three DDP-116s, built in 1966 by the then Honeywell Computer Control Division. First and formemost, this site was conceived as a way to share these machines with like-minded vintage computer enthusiasts and others who may have a more scholarly interest in them. As I further researched their background and collected additional documents, however, it appeared that the company itself was not as well-known or appreciated as it deserved to be, and I hope to make it better known among students of computing history.


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Trump's 'Troika of Tyranny' Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
War hawks Bolton, Pompeo, and Abrams are attempting to illegally topple leftist governments across the region.
Under the guise of protecting human rights, the Trump administration is illegally meddling in three countries it has dubbed the "troika of tyranny" — Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed, "Miami is home to countless Americans, who fled the prisons and death squads of the Castro regime in Cuba, the murderous dictatorships of Chavez and Maduro in Venezuela, and the horrific violence of the 1980s and today under the brutal reign of the Ortegas in Nicaragua."
But the U.S. government's human rights record doesn't compare favorably to Cuba's. And the Trump administration, which ignores notorious human rights violators like Saudi Arabia, is acting out of more cynical motives in its commission of egregious human rights violations against Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
The U.S. government has imposed unlawful, coercive sanctions on these nations, and attempted to mount a coup to illegally change Venezuela's regime.
Trump and the real troika of tyranny — Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams — have failed in their coup attempt against the democratically elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Trump's troika, egged on by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), are seeking to substitute U.S. puppet Juan Guaidó for Maduro as president of Venezuela.
On May 1, Pompeo told Fox Business that the U.S. might use military force in Venezuela "if that's what is required." Eric Prince, founder of the infamous Blackwater mercenary group, presented a plan to U.S. and European leaders to provide 5,000 mercenaries to Guaidó.
McClatchy reported that alleged covert U.S. weapons shipments arrived in Venezuela from Miami in February.
This is particularly alarming because Russia has a solidarity presence in Venezuela and a U.S.-backed attack could risk a conflagration with Russia.
Furthermore, the United Nations Charter forbids countries from using or threatening to use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another country. The Charter of the Organization of American States prohibits any country from intervening in the internal or external affairs of another nation. And the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees the right to self-determination.
Sanctions constitute illegal collective punishment
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has increased punishing sanctions on Venezuela as a step toward forcible regime change. "Statements from the [Trump] administration indicated that the purpose of the sanctions was to provoke a military rebellion to topple the government," according to a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
All of these sanctions constitute collective punishment of the civilian population, which is prohibited by the Geneva and Hague Conventions.
Those sanctions are exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela. They have led to more than 40,000 deaths from 2017-2018 and oil production has fallen more than 36 percent since January 2019.
The report says the economic sanctions Trump imposed in August 2017 "reduced the public's caloric intake, increased disease and mortality (for both adults and infants), and displaced millions of Venezuelans who fled the country as a result of the worsening economic depression and hyperinflation." In addition, "They exacerbated Venezuela's economic crisis and made it nearly impossible to stabilize the economy, contributing further to excess deaths. All of these impacts disproportionately harmed the poorest and most vulnerable Venezuelans."
According to the report, "Even more severe and destructive than the broad economic sanctions of August 2017 were the sanctions imposed by executive order on January 28, 2019, and subsequent executive orders this year; and the recognition of a parallel government."
Seeking to pressure Cuba to cease its solidarity with Venezuela, Trump has slammed Cuba with more sanctions, stiffening the economic and travel blockade and activating Title III of the Helms Burton Act to allow thousands of lawsuits that will discourage tourism and investment in Cuba.
Trump has threatened Cuba with "a full and complete" embargo if it does not "immediately" stop supporting the Maduro government. Cuba called Bolton a "pathological liar" for alleging that Cuban troops are stationed in Venezuela. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stated at a news conference, "This is vulgar calumny. Cuba does not have troops nor military forces nor does it participate in military or security operations of the sister Republic of Venezuela." Indeed, the CIA has determined that Cuba is much less involved and its solidarity is much less crucial to Venezuela than U.S. officials think, according to a former official.
The United States uses a double standard for its human rights concerns and its attacks on socialist countries.
In December 2018, Trump signed a bill levying sanctions to block Nicaragua from obtaining loans from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The U.S. government is targeting Nicaragua's Bancorp, which has ties to Venezuela.
All of these sanctions constitute collective punishment of the civilian population, which is prohibited by the Geneva and Hague Conventions. They also violate the Charter of the Organization of American States, which prohibits intervention in the internal or external affairs of another country and the use of economic or political coercive measures "to force the sovereign will of another State."
This is not the first time the U.S. government has interfered and intervened in these three sovereign socialist countries. In 1960, responding to a secret State Department memo, the Eisenhower administration imposed an economic embargo on Cuba. The memo proposed "a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government." The cruel U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, which continues to this day, has never led to the overthrow of the Cuban Revolution.
In the 1980s, the Reagan administration illegally assisted the Contras, who sought unsuccessfully to overthrow Daniel Ortega's socialist government in Nicaragua.
And in 2002, the CIA during the George W. Bush administration mounted a failed coup attempt against socialist President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
The United States uses a double standard for its human rights concerns and its attacks on socialist countries.
Embassy Protection Collective protects Venezuelan Embassy
Meanwhile, the Embassy Protection Collective remains in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. Members of CODEPINK and Popular Resistance have lived in the embassy for more than two weeks to protect it from a coup attempt and possible invasion by U.S.-backed opposition forces. On May 1, members of the collective fended off an attempted takeover of the embassy by forces loyal to Guaidó.
If the Trump administration were to enter the embassy to expel these people, who are present with consent of the Venezuelan government, it would violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Article 22 of that treaty states, "The premises of the mission shall be inviolable." U.S. agents are prohibited from entering the embassy without the consent of the Maduro government. The United States is also "under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its dignity." And the premises, furniture and other property "shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution."
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, members of the Embassy Protective Collective, wrote,
If the Venezuelan embassy in Washington is taken over by the opposition, it will have disastrous results. The Venezuelan government declared that if this happens, they will take the US embassy in Caracas. The US will view this as an act of aggression, and because it is already looking for an excuse to do so, could attack Venezuela. Because Russia and China are close allies of Venezuela, this could spark a global conflict.
Why Is Team Trump Intent on Sanctions and Regime Change?
Why is Trump's troika so intent on regime change in Venezuela and sanctions in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua?
Last month, Bolton addressed the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association on the 58th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, in which the U.S. aided and abetted a failed attempt to overthrow Cuba's Fidel Castro. "Together, we can finish what began on those beaches," Bolton said, adding, "We must reject the forces of communism and socialism in this hemisphere."
It's not simply anti-communism that animates the Trump administration's fixation on sanctions and regime change in these Latin American countries. "With at least a half-million voters who were born in Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia or Nicaragua — and more with ancestral roots in those countries — it's a constituency that could prove pivotal in November 2020 in a state that's essential to Trump's reelection fortunes," Marc Caputo wrote at Politico.
U.S. strategies on Cuba and Venezuela intertwine in an insidious way, and Senator Rubio is pivotal in both. "Venezuela is really an extension of the position on Cuba," according to Ricardo Herrera, director of the Cuba Study Group. The Wall Street Journal reports that both countries are part of a plan to reassert U.S. dominance in Latin America and finally destroy the Cuban Revolution.
Moreover, corporate America wants to get its hands on Venezuela's oil. Bolton said in January, "We're in conversation with major American companies now…. It will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela."
Veterans for Peace issued a statement calling on U.S. troops to resist illegal orders to invade Venezuela, noting, "While President Trump speaks of supporting democracy in Venezuela and Latin America, the real purpose of the U.S. assault on the Venezuelan government is to fully open the vast Venezuelan oil reserves to U.S. and other Western oil corporations as well as to destroy progressive governments in Latin America that put their own peoples' needs above the profits of foreign corporations."
Although there is opposition to Maduro's policies in Venezuela, people don't want the United States to impose its will on them. Eva Golinger, former adviser to Hugo Chavez, told Democracy Now! that "certainly, there are many in Venezuela who would hope for change in their country, but they don't want a U.S.-backed regime in place. They don't want a far-right-imposed regime that answers to foreign interests, which is what we're seeing take place in the country."
On May 1, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), also appearing on Democracy Now!, said, "A lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela," adding, "this particularly bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela, and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States."
Many in Congress and the corporate media walk in lockstep with the administration on its Venezuela strategy. On April 3, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to recognize Guaidó as the president of Venezuela.
Instead, Congress should pass H.R.1004, the Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act, which would forbid the use of U.S. military force in Venezuela without explicit congressional authorization. This bill is now pending in the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. People can contact their representatives and urge them to co-sponsor and support H.R.1004.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Venezuelanalysis editorial staff.


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Neil Peart's Classic Car Collection Sells for $3.9 Million
Classic cars previously owned by Rush drummer Neil Peart were sold at auction over the weekend, totaling more than $3.9 million in sales.
The automobile collection -- dubbed "The Silver Surfers" by the late musician -- were up for bid as part of the Gooding & Company's 17th annual Pebble Beach Auctions. Seven of Peart's cars hit the auction block: A 1964 Aston Martin DB5, a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289, a 1970 Lamborghini Miura P400 S, a 1965 Maserati Mistral Spider, a 1964 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8-Litre Coupe, a 1973 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 SS Coupe and a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window Coupe.
Of the group, the 1970 Lamborghini went for the highest amount, selling for $1.325 million. Only one car from Peart's collection, the '64 Aston Martin, did not sell. The classic vehicle did not reach its reserve price and will instead be sold at a later date.
Peart acquired his collection over time, starting with that '64 Aston Martin and gradually adding others to fill out his fleet of "Silver Surfers."
"The title ... occurred to me while driving the DB5 up and down the Pacific Ocean," the drummer once wrote, as detailed in a listing at the Gooding & Company website. "Because it felt right to me, I guess – the idea that I was just one of the wave riders.
"I had moved from Toronto to Los Angeles in 2000 (cherchez la femme), and in search of natural peace I often drove out that way and up into the Santa Monica Mountains," recalled Peart. "Out past Malibu to Ventura County, I'd weave along barren ridges of rock and vegetation, the ocean always on one big side. Some days would be misted by the marine layer, while other days the sun blared through a clear sky. The waves were slow and gentle, or churned out a powerful, rolling rhythm ... . It was during one of these drives when out of nowhere, it just occurred to me that the color of the ocean had influenced the silver palette of the collection. What other color looks as good in a blue photo? Not black, not white – silver. And a fortunate risk for the framers' art, too: silver frames."
The legendary Rush drummer had been working on a coffee table book about his car collection prior to his death in January 2020.
Photos of the vehicles, originally posted on the Gooding & Company site, are available below.


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2D Boy, developers of the award-winning indie game World of Goo, report that the piracy rate on their game is around 90%.
That's right. 90% of the people who own their game didn't pay for it.
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Piracy is bad no matter what, not just for ethical reasons but because it drives up the prices for all of us and ends up causing ridiculously draconian copy protection schemes and other insanity, but it's especially bad when you're pirating an indie game. This isn't a multinational corporation you're stealing from. It's two guys, Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler, who are trying to live on the revenue from their work.
So if you pirated the game, go pay the men. Now. I don't want to see you back here until you do.
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Using an Arduino Uno equipped with an Ethernet Shield and an LCD Keypad shield, MAKE reader Kedume demonstrates how to create a simple text display for the number of likes on any Facebook page. I think that this is a great project for an Arduino beginner because all you need to do is stack the Ethernet and LCD shields onto the Arduino, connect the cables, and customize the code to point to any Facebook page you want to monitor. And after you've uploaded the code, you'll have a dedicated display to monitor your company/band/club's popularity on Facebook. You can also start from this project and tweak it to create a counter for Twitter followers, unread email, or new items in your RSS feeds. We'll have to get one of these going in MAKE Labs so that we can monitor the number of likes on the MAKE and Maker Faire Facebook pages.
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The principal tool used to solve the problem is the method of Gauss elimination. Therefore, the exercise incorporates a user-friendly interface allowing you to simplify the system by the method of Gauss, before replying to the questions.
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Early adopters include:
- MegaFlex A/S, a Denmark-based staffing company, with an in-plant label production operation.
- StrongPoint, a Sweden-based converter, delivering labels solutions to a wide variety of industries, including food & beverage, wholesale, retail trade, transporting and security activities.
"To stay competitive and respond to market challenges, high-volume label converters need the right combination of speed, print quality and production flexibility," said Alon Bar-Shany, general manager, Indigo division, HP. "With the HP Indigo 8000 Digital Press, our customers are able to leverage proven HP Indigo print quality, doubled speed and sophisticated automation to meet strict brand standards, optimize supply chains and produce mass customization for sales-boosting campaigns."
(1) Compared to the HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press.


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Looking fabulous in your favorite pair of heels does have a price. In fact, poor fitting shoes are a frequent cause of foot problems and discomfort, including calluses, corns, bunions and blisters, just to name a few.
All footwear eventually shows signs of wear and tear. Inspect the condition of your own shoes, and if they appear stretched out or worn, you probably need a new pair. Creasing of the midsole is also a good indication that your shoes have lost their cushion and support.
Maximize Fit, Minimize Discomfort: How to choose the best shoes for your feet
The following tips can help you avoid purchasing a pair of shoes that may contribute to a long list of foot problems.
- Try on shoes late in the day, when the feet tend to be a bit larger due to natural swelling
- Women should opt for low, stable heels
- Try on both shoes to be sure that they fit comfortably on both feet
- Choose breathable shoe materials, such as leather to prevent excessive sweating and blisters
- Have your feet measured to ensure the best fit
- Avoid pointy-toed shoes which cause bunions and hammertoes
- Walk around the store with both shoes on to make sure the fit is comfortable
- For athletes, choose shoes that are specific to the sport you play
- Choose the right shoe for your foot type (e.g. if you have flat feet, select shoes with good arch support)
Still not ready to part with your favorite pair of sneakers or trendy heels? Not sure if the shoes you currently wear are right for your feet? Visit us at Foot Health Centers, LLC. A professional podiatrist at our Metairie office can evaluate the condition of your feet and work with you to find the best pair of shoes for your feet.


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Saturday 1 March 2014
Paper Chase 1 for Country View Crafts
44 comments:
- Inkypinkycraft said...
these are fab Brenda, full of yummy vintage goodness and just yummy! Tracex hugs x
- 1 March 2014 at 06:46
- Rosie said...
Wow, Branda, I love your altered playing cards. I want to play also with them.
Have a lovely weekend - 1 March 2014 at 07:17
- froebelsternchen said...
AMAZING.. I am in love with each single card here Brenda! GORGEOUS SET!
- 1 March 2014 at 08:13
- Unknown said...
Love these altered playing cards. So much potential with them. Look forward to seeing more of them xx
- 1 March 2014 at 08:13
- Valerie-Jael said...
Beautiful work! Hugs, Valerie
- 1 March 2014 at 08:48
- Deborah said...
Love your altered playing cards. So much texture and interest. Look forward to seeing more!
- 1 March 2014 at 09:26
- Julie Lee said...
These are wonderfully vintage! I love the way you've used that TH paper. Really lovely work! You've inspired me to go in search of playing cards: I know we have some somewhere! Julie Ann xxx
- 1 March 2014 at 10:24
- Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...
Gorgeous Brenda, love the collage style. The map and heart are fabulous. Great designs too. Tracy x
- 1 March 2014 at 10:46
- Redanne said...
Absolutely love the style of these Brenda, it is lovely to see them with different colour combinations. They really are beautiful... Anne xx
- 1 March 2014 at 11:21
- massofhair said...
If these are normal playing cards that have been altered i am mega impressed. I love using ICard size at the moment, you have inspired me to have a play.
Stunning Brenda:-) xxx - 1 March 2014 at 13:07
- Sam & Poppy said...
Wishing you a lovely weekend, big hugs xx - 1 March 2014 at 14:57
- Helen said...
Wow, they look fabulous - I love using old maps too!
- 1 March 2014 at 18:54
- 1CardCreator said...
These are beautiful, so much work too! I can't imagine a set of 52! ~Diane
- 1 March 2014 at 19:30
- Julia S-W said...
I love these Brenda!! I have looked at this course several times since receiving the email for it but haven't yet signed up - perhaps I should!
Beautiful images and wonderful layers.
Thank you for your kind comment today and for supporting my work.
Enjoy your weekend.
Hugs, Julia xx
Congratulations for the new blog too - sounds fab. May have to dig out my TH stuff and even buy some more!! x - 1 March 2014 at 19:36
- Gabrielle said...
Stunning. Simply stunning x
- 1 March 2014 at 20:19
- Clare Lloyd said...
Gorgeous cards Brenda.
- 1 March 2014 at 20:42
- trisha too said...
These are all wonderful, Brenda!
:) - 1 March 2014 at 21:10
- Silvia(Barnie) said...
Fantastic cards, all of them.
- 1 March 2014 at 21:17
- Meggymay said...
A gorgeous set of cards, it will be an amazing collection.
Yvonne - 1 March 2014 at 21:30
- Words and Pictures said...
Brilliant, Brenda - fantastic use of the papers, and lovely to see your take on the 52 card pick-up techniques. Absolutely love these!
Alison xx - 1 March 2014 at 22:01
I can understand why you signed up because I am tempted but it would be impossible for me to take on much more at the moment, you know how life gets Brenda.
I simply love those - they are such perfection in their imperfections with their grungy, shabby appearance, beautiful, beautiful art.
Lynne - 1 March 2014 at 22:57
- Terry said...
Oh I have thought about the 52 Card Pickup and you are making this even more tempting! Love the vintage feel (of course)and those elements you layered on. The mapped background is awesome! Enjoy the weekend! Hugs!
- 1 March 2014 at 22:59
- Candy C said...
Brenda, these are so gorgeous! Love your altered playing cards! <3 Candy
- 2 March 2014 at 04:23
Fab cards Brenda ! Look forward to seeing the next set ! Sue C x
- 2 March 2014 at 08:34
- Martina said...
Dear Brenda, your work is always nothing less than stunning! This altered playing cards are no exception! SO BEAUTIFUL!
- 2 March 2014 at 13:18
- Karin said...
wow these are beautiful!
groetjes Karin - 2 March 2014 at 13:44
- diane said...
These are absolutely wonderful!
Beautiful! Creative!
diane @ thoughts and shots - 2 March 2014 at 19:18
These are gorgeous Brenda! xxx
- 2 March 2014 at 20:37
- Sandy said...
These are very creative Brenda - where do you get all the time to accomplish what you do? And this right before the grand opening of your new challenge blog!!
My favorite card is the last one - it reminds me of two girlfriends in one of those photo booths having their picture made. I also like the family one - great background - I really like the design you created!
Sandy xx - 2 March 2014 at 22:51
- nefertiti said...
All differents and all beautiful Brenda!! great set !!!
bizz - 2 March 2014 at 22:58
- Astrid Maclean said...
Love love, love these Brenda, they look fantastic! I really like how you have kept them neutral and I totally adore the photos you have used, stunning first set!!
- 3 March 2014 at 05:53
- Maggie said...
Oh Wow I adore these altered playing cards Brenda.
MaggieH - 3 March 2014 at 07:43
- Cocofolies said...
That's very beautiful Brenda! I will be happy to look at each one of the 52 cards! Hugs Coco xx
- 3 March 2014 at 09:24
- hazel said...
These are fabulous Brenda, there's such a lot to look at, I love them.
xxx Hazel. - 3 March 2014 at 10:19
- Claudia N. said...
These look really cool, Brenda!
Great job!
Claudia x - 3 March 2014 at 10:44
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- 3 March 2014 at 10:46
- Claudia N. said...
Almost forgot: I can see you studied my way of displaying them very eagerly....so thanks for the compliment! They look really beautiful that way, don't they?
Claudia x - 3 March 2014 at 11:07
- Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...
These cards are mega fabulous! I'm enjoying this 52 card pickup!!!
- 4 March 2014 at 14:44
- Marjie Kemper said...
I'm so tempted.... love the collage work on such a manageable sized surface. Your cards are truly fabulouus, Brenda. Love all the layering and different elements you've included. Wish we could have a collage play together some day!
- 5 March 2014 at 01:29
- Unknown said...
Hi Brenda these are fabulous, do you have the link for 52 pick up? TFS Hugz
- 5 March 2014 at 01:42
- Unknown said...
Hi Brenda these are fabulous, do you have the link for 52 pick up? TFS Hugz
- 5 March 2014 at 01:42
- Ink Art Designs said...
Oh so much yumminess here...I can't wait to see the rest of the deck! I could look at these for ages - beautiful.
Dot x - 5 March 2014 at 07:23
- Maryann Laursen said...
WAUW these are so gorgeous Brenda. I really have to find some time to join you girls in these cards, they´re sooooooooo beautiful, and I´m blæown away with both yours and Astrids. You ladies are so talented.
- 6 March 2014 at 08:17
- Jools Robertson said...
Stunning, love these really like the Art Heart one
So much detail, when you consider the size
I'm determined to have a go at these myself
Thanks for the inspiration
Jools x - 7 March 2014 at 21:23


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Winter Fireworks at Rainbow Bridge 2015 schedule
Fireworks in cold winter season? Firework events in Japan are usually held in the summer season but there are a few events held in the past couple of years which advertise winter fireworks. One is the big festival in Saitama Chichibu area and the other is the Rainbow Bridge Fireworks. The Tokyo Rinkai Holdings company


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In my study software, I recently had the following sentence:
The context (a girl speaking to another girl who had just moved into the neighborhood) made it seem like the correct translation was something like "I think we will be going to the same school." But I had thought 一样 generally referred to things that were separate objects (though very similar), not the same exact one; and that 同一 meant "the same exact one".
For example, "these two women came to the party wearing the same dress," would use 一样, because it's two different dresses that look the same; but "These children want the same toy" would be 同一, because it's the same exact toy.
Is my understanding correct? Could I say "我想我们会上同一个学校" instead? Why or why not?


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Dear Babes: Earth connection | Ancestral Grounding
Ancestors Ancestral Connection Dear babes Earth Earth Connection Earth Energy Elemental Grounding
Dear babes, Take some time today to ground yourself outside. Remember that the color brown grounds. Brown and green are our color connections to this earth we inhabit. I was having a discussion with my partner the other day about how we as humans are literal extensions of the earth. Before shoes became a thing we had an actual physical connection to mama earth and the vibrational pull that radiates from her. Our feet we're bare and acted as energetic receptors for the earths energetic flow to pour through our physical being through the bottoms of the feet. We...


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Since I haven't had much time for blogging lately, I thought I'd share something I wrote for school. This is an excerpt from a paper for one of my nursing classes. I hope you like it. It was compassion that precipitated my journey toward a career in nursing, and like many of my peers, I had always felt I possessed a great capacity for empathy. That, however, was before I encountered Carlos (not his real name). He was a young man in his early 20s with elegant features and ivory … Continue reading →
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