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A look at the best tweets from the world of UFC. Follow @ufc, the list of official UFC accounts, the list of UFC fighters and the list of Strikeforce fighters to keep up with these guys and gals.
UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort
Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong. -Unknown -Jon Bones Jones
Tonight my weight is 205.6 Thanks God for this great time and all of you guys -Vitor Belfort
Me & @MightyWife before the press conf pic.twitter.com/q3e8QbLO -Demetrious Johnson
Ready to make history and put on a great show Saturday night! #FlyweightsRule #UFC152 pic.twitter.com/gz6Cdku8 -Joseph Benavidez
TUF Stuff
Don't forget tomorrow night's second episode of #TUF16 onFX -Eddy Ellis
Remember to watch the ultimate fighter on fx tonight! I'll be on there doing James Chaney things. -James Chaney
So happy that @ShaneCarwin picked me for his team!!! -Bristol Marunde
@BristolMarunde @ShaneCarwin ME TOO -Roy Nelson
Fighters as Kids with Late Additions
See what fighters looked like before they got into the UFC... waaaaaay before http://t.co/SXW64hzj -UFC
me and @diamondryan1 not sure I can tell us apart in this one. #ThrowbackThursday http://instagr.am/p/PzVL7gPkwk/ -Patrick Healy
When I was a baby? http://instagr.am/p/PvQkp6zFin/ -Ian McCall
He's in a Lot of People's Bathrooms
Kinda weird that @thedomin8r was starring at me while I pee pic.twitter.com/8piRlPJJ -Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Art Jimmerson Style
Excuse me sir, which way to the bathroom? pic.twitter.com/zKiYPEgQ -Duane Ludwig
Shout out to all you crazy people standing in line for a phone! #iPhone5 -Stipe Miocic
Super Samoan Has a New Baby
My girl pic.twitter.com/SFvQuCrR -Mark Hunt
Papa Creepy and The Iceman Also Have Babies
Daddy daycare @chuckliddel http://instagr.am/p/P0M3aHzFnW/ -Ian McCall
The Powerful Joe Rogan Has a New Belt
A great honor today - I received my black belt from the great Jean Jacques Machado http://instagr.am/p/PsJ3PMpyNS/ -Joe Rogan
Pat Barry on Quick Finishes
THIS IS COOL!!! NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A ROUND 2!!! http://t.co/y1LeriUn -Pat Barry
New Friends
There's so much ice he can't even float. http://instagr.am/p/Pxkxq1p1R4/ -Danny Castillo
Making new friends in New York... http://instagr.am/p/Pz01jsBEQV/ -Ronda Rousey
Why Forrest Doesn't Have an Office Job
Next time you have to take a pee test for a job interview when you turn in your urine sample make sure to say " now drink up" or "bottoms up -Forrest Griffin


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Individualisation of all driving programmes via app | |||
Selection of driving modes City, Sport, Sport Plus and Series | NewSelection of driving modes Eco, City, Sport, Sport Plus and Series | ||
NewActivation of immobilizer or limit mode via separate feature button | |||
Updating the tuning software via the app |
System | Additional control unit for real-time optimization of the throttle | |
Features | 4 programmes (Sport, Sport Plus, City, Series) | 5 programmes (Sport, Sport Plus, City, Eco, Series) |
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With multi-protocol technology, 3-channel (analog) / 1-channel PWM compatibility | NewPro Feature: 5-channel (analog + SENT + PWM) | |
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Hardware | High-precision microcontroller with latest generation DSP technology | NewPro Feature: Even faster high-precision microcontroller with latest DSP technology 2.4x faster than predecessor |
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Wiring harness made by DTE with original safety plugs | |||
High-precision quartz oscillator | |||
High quality housing with ergonomic sleek look | Innovative PedalBox base unit in slim design with indicator LED to signal the operating mode, easy to install, ideal to store invisibly thanks to slim design | ||
Advanced wireless remote control with high quality soft touch haptics and multi-color interface, with integrated battery convenient to charge via micro USB with x weeks range | |||
Smartphone Connect Interface compatible from Android 7.0 and from iOS 10 |
Software | Original DTE PedalBox software | ||
Vehicle specific PedalBox profile with PerfecTune's automatic custom tuning function |
Safety Features | Secure Throttle System STS with hardware-based safety functions for throttle pedal and engine control unit | |
Certifications | Developed and manufactured according to management system in compliance with national and international road traffic law, certified by TÜV Austria | |
Developed and manufactured by DTE in Germany | ||
CE/ECE certified |
Contents | PedalBox module with vehicle-specific wiring harness | |
NewPro Feature: Remote control | ||
Illustrated installation manual | ||
PedalBox mount | Mount for remote control unit | |
Included Services | Installation and Removal on-site at DTE by request | |
Optional Services | Customized throttle pedal profile by request | |
Dimensions and Weight | 6.7 x 4.6 x 1.3 cm / 2.6 x 1.8 x 0.5 inch | |
160 g / 0.4 lbs module weight, including accessories 420 g / 0.9 lbs | ||
Item Number | A034.683 | B079.347 |
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Outstanding industrial wireless
From sensor networks to long-haul wireless, industrial wireless technologies bring outstanding savings to industrial automation and process control applications.
Help follows on when and where wireless networks should be used instead of wired networks. Wireless can be up to 10 times less expensive than cable, with more flexibility, mobile benefits, and reduced maintenance and troubleshooting.
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Note: In the Control Engineering North American print and digital edition cover story for June 2012 (pp. 28-36), the following articles were summarized. The full versions are linked below. Click into each link to read more and see more photos, graphics, and details.
Application: Wireless monitoring, asset protection
Wireless implementation: The PEMEX Tula Refinery increased efficiency and is protecting critical cooling towers assets with wireless monitoring and analysis of process and vibration sensor data. Wirelessly transmitted information will help predictive maintenance efforts, and 20 hours per week of manual data collection time can be used more productively, according to Ricardo Velázquez Espinosa, industrial networking solutions manager for Mexico and California, at Belden Inc., and Rafael Montandon Spinoso, project manager at Representaciones y Montajes S.A. de C.V. (RYMSA), a system integrator located in Mexico City.
Application: Mobile HMI access
Wireless implementation: A wireless local area network covers a 3.1-mile span for a California water system, taking information from a mountaintop plant into town, according to David Burrell, wireless product specialist, Phoenix Contact.
6 overlooked applications for wireless
Technological advances like multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) transmitting and receiving make Wi-Fi increasingly useful for industrial applications, said Mike Fahrion, data communications expert and director of product management, B&B Electronics. Wi-Fi bandwidth and reliability have increased dramatically, and implementation costs have dropped, Fahrion said. He pointed to six overlooked locations for industrial wireless communications.
Application: Steam trap monitoring, wirelessly
Wireless implementation: Susan Lang, project manager, Maverick Technologies, said a wireless steam trap monitoring project recently answered two major questions: 1) Given the amount of on-site metal and line-of-sight obstructions, would wireless work? 2) Could the wireless devices be integrated into the existing control system?
Where to use wireless
"Installation of wirelessly connected assets is up to 10 times cheaper than the wired alterative and offers much faster start-ups and accelerated profits," said Brent E. McAdams, director, customer advocacy, FreeWave Technologies Inc. "Engineering costs are dramatically reduced as extensive surveys and planning are no longer required to route wire back to junction boxes or control rooms. The reduced costs in wiring engineering, installation, and maintenance combined with the increased data gathering flexibility is the primary driver for wireless migration."
Physical demands may demand industrial wireless
Even when a wireless solution may not be the most cost-effective approach, it may be necessary because of physical demands, explained Mark Lochhaas, product sales manager, Advantech.
Easier wireless troubleshooting
Wireless advantages include less downtime compared to troubleshooting and repairing an industrial wired network, said Todd Hanson, director of wireless solutions, Honeywell Sensing and Control. "A busy automotive factory can lose a car for every two minutes the line is stopped for repair. Every minute of downtime can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Troubleshooting a wireless network is much easier and quicker than tracking down a shorted or defective cable connection," Hanson said.
Manufacturers should consider using wireless when it provides a cost-efficient, reliable alternative to other solutions, said Bob Gardner, senior product manager, Banner Engineering.
Energy-harvesting sensor network
A basic energy-harvesting wireless sensor consists of the following blocks (see diagram), according to Reghu Rajan, technical marketing, Microsemi Corporation, communications and medical products group (CMPG).
Different wireless technologies serve different industrial wireless networking applications, noted Carl Henning, deputy director, PI North America, Profibus and Profinet, in North America (formerly PTO).
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Ridley Scott was shot into the mainstream with his 1979 Sci-Fi thriller Alien, he cemented his position as a visionary director of Science Fiction with 1982's Blade Runner and then he moved onto other genres. In 2012 he returned to Sci-Fi with the mediocre Prometheus, audiences felt like he had lost his touch when it came to Sci-Fi. Thankfully he proved everyone wrong with the exceptional 2015 Sci-Fi drama The Martian.
Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Andy Weir, The Martian follows astronaut Mark Watney as he tries to survive alone on Mars after he is accidentally left behind when his fellow astronauts perform an emergency evacuation of the planet during a storm. The film has a lot of elements to it that make it such a wonderful film, the acting is superb and the characters themselves are deep and believable. The realism in the film is interesting because everything feels like it is something that not only could exist, but will exist in 2035. The realism is due to the fact that the filmmakers consulted NASA in the elements of space travel and Mars.
Continue reading Pandemic Picks: The MartianMatt is a huge film and TV buff who studied film and moving image production at university. In his spare time he enjoys reading comics and books, the occasional gaming session and writing novels.


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400 grm ground pork
200 grm shrimp - roughly chopped
3 spring onions – finely chopped
1 carrot – finely grated
10 water chestnut – cut into small cubes
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 egg white
1 packet of wonton wrappers
1 tbsp oyster sauce
3 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp sesame oil
Salt to taste
1. In a large mixing bowl mix all the ingredients together except for the wrappers. Mix well and set it aside to marinate for an hour.
2. There is a few ways of wrapping the wonton. For today I just wrap it in triangle shapes. Put a tsp of filling to the center of the wrapper, brush all the edges with a bit of water and fold it into triangle shape. Do the same to the rest of the filling.
3. Heat up you oil. Deep fry the wonton in badges until golden brown. Remove and drain the oil on some paper towels.
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Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.
KIT: I don't know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I'm going through. How could they? I don't even understand.
DAVID: In the 622 days I've attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I've never once sat with someone until now. "So your dad is dead," I say to Kit, because this is a fact I've recently learned about her.
When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David's blunt honesty—in fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit's attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad's tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they'll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?


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Lecrae's Balancing Act: Religion, Race, and Holy Hip-Hop
With the release of his new album, Gravity, earlier this month, Lecrae is growing in popularity as a hip-hop artist among audiences Christian and non-Christian, black and white. The Associated Press, among others, praised the album, saying, "Lecrae delivers a strong piece of work. He's not afraid to rap about his past mistakes, supplying inspirational rhymes filled with Christian values backed by well-produced secular hip-hop beats."
Lecrae (his full name is Lecrae Moore) stands at the intersection of two contrasting cultures: the urban vibe of historically black hip-hop and the theological leanings of the historically white Reformed tradition with its roots in Calvinism.
It's a cultural mix common in Holy Hip-Hop, says author and "hip-hop theologian" Efrem Smith. Holy Hip-Hop artists often appear in front of white evangelical audiences and receive support from white Reformed pastors like John Piper and Mark Driscoll (who have both interviewed Lecrae). But the artists themselves tend to be young black men from inner-city backgrounds who ironically struggle to find an audience among urban youth.
The reason for that, Smith argues, is because the African American church has too often rejected hip-hop culture and because urban youth sometimes dismiss Holy Hip-Hop as inferior to secular hip-hop music.
"Lecrae and Reach Records are the main reason why Holy Hip-Hop is growing in popularity in urban American and African American communities," Smith said in an interview with UrbanFaith. "Put the Christian stuff aside for a minute; Lecrae is more gifted and talented than many artists being pushed by secular companies today."
Lecrae's Scripture-packed music hits a variety of urban issues, like fatherlessness, drug addiction, and violence. Lecrae himself was raised by his mother in the inner city of Houston and was involved in gang activity before his conversion at age 19. He went to a black church when he first became a Christian, but later visited a white Reformed congregation and was attracted to their take on the Bible.
But as Lecrae said in a video produced by The Gospel Coalition, "To drop Calvin's name (in the black community) is to drop a curse word." The Reformed tradition has historical links to racism in the U.S., going back to Calvinists who used their theology to justify slavery.
For that reason, Smith cautioned Holy Hip-Hop artists against depending solely on Reformation theology (which he wrote about in a blog post). Rather, he said, they need to draw upon other theologies that address the concerns of the oppressed, like liberation theology, reconciliation theology and missional pietism, to speak a prophetic message. Smith suggests that's one area where Lecrae could grow musically, although he likened this constructive critique to criticizing LeBron James's basketball skills.
"He does a great job of talking about individual sin and individual responsibility and the importance of accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and living by the Holy Spirit," Smith told UrbanFaith. "What I'd like to see him do more is raise the systemic issues — the corporate issues of sin and injustice in our country and the world — and point to kingdom justice and mercy to deal with these corporate sins."
For Lecrae, the Reformed tradition describes how he interprets the Bible, and his adoption of that theology is a way to bridge the racial divide.
"I don't feel like I'm under theological imperialism or whatever," Lecrae said in a video produced by The Gospel Coalition. "I feel like I'm in search of truth, and I'm going to get it wherever I can find it. And I feel like I am in some senses a contextual ambassador, a cultural ambassador, and I do want to bridge those gaps and tear down those walls." Check out the video below.
What do you think of Lecrae's music and Holy Hip-Hop?


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Elizabeth Bishop
American Poet
Elizabeth Bishop now stands as a major mid-twentieth century American poet, whose influence has been felt among several subsequent generations of poets. Highly regarded by critics such as Harold Bloom and Helen Vendler, her rising reputation rests on the admiration of poets, including, among the Americans, James Merrill, John Ashbery and Jorie Graham, and, among world poets, Nobelists Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott. Her place in the canon of American poetry is secure.
At her death in 1979, Bishop's place among poets was less certain. True, she had won many prizes: the Pulitzer, two Guggenheims, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and Brazil's Order of Rio Branco. The author of four volumes of poetry and a number of distinctive short stories, she had translated poems in three languages, as well as prose, notably the Diary of Helena Morley, a memoir of a girl growing up in the inland mountains of Brazil. She had written a volume in the Life World Library on Brazil, and had co-edited An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry. But the work came slowly. Bishop's first book of poems, North & South, appeared in 1946; the second, Poems (including North & South and A Cold Spring), in 1955; the third, Questions of Travel, in 1965, and the last, Geography III, in 1976. Although her poems appeared periodically in The New Yorker, in her lifetime Bishop was overshadowed by more prolific and public contemporaries, even though they held her in high esteem, as, in Ashbery's words, "a writer's writer's writer."
In the 1980s, however, a new consideration of her reputation began, with the publication of The Complete Poems 1927-1979, The Collected Prose, and One Art, a selection of letters that revealed Bishop's multifaceted gift for friendship and her brilliance as a correspondent. To date, she has been the subject of a full-dress biography, many scholarly books, and hundreds of scholarly and popular articles, a stream of commentary and interpretation that continues unabated. Commonly, a poet's posthumous star dims for a while, but Bishop's has risen steadily, and has itself become subject to study — in critic Thomas Travisano's word, a "phenomenon."
Bishop's beginnings were inauspicious. She was born on 8 February 1911, in Worcester, Massachusetts, but her father died when she was eight months old. Her Nova Scotian mother fell into a mental illness from which she was unable to recover, suffering frightening breakdowns and hospitalizations. In 1916, after the last crisis, Bishop never saw her again. Under the care of her maternal grandparents and aunts, she found comfort in the provincial village life of Nova Scotia, but with overtones of sorrow, represented in her "Sestina":
September rain falls on the house,
In the failing light, the old grandmother
sits in the kitchen with the child
beside the Little Marvel Stove,
reading the jokes from the almanac,
laughing and talking to hide her tears.
The next year, Bishop's paternal grandparents arrived to remove her to Worcester, where, they believed, she would have more advantages. The child Elizabeth, however, felt as though she had been kidnapped, and to the end of her life saw herself as a displaced "Country Mouse"— the title of one story. Uprooted, she fell ill with asthma and eczema, alarming her grandparents, who finally farmed her out to a maternal aunt, living in modest circumstances in Boston. Her poem "In the Waiting Room" captures the child's dawning recognition of herself among relations and in the world:
you are an I,
you are an Elizabeth,
you are one of them.
Why should you be one, too?
Bishop, though often ill, passed a relatively uneventful childhood and youth, attending public school, then boarding schools, and spending summers at Camp Chequesset on Cape Cod. She read voraciously, and began to write. Entering Vassar College in 1930, she first thought to study music, took Greek, and concentrated on literature. At times, she wished she were a painter, and, off and on throughout her life, made casual sketches and water color paintings.
When she and her friends were excluded from the official student literary magazine, she — with Mary McCarthy, Eleanor Clark and others — founded Con Spirito as a rival, until the editors capitulated and agreed to publish their work. She began to send out poems and to be published. Most important to her transition into a postgraduate life in poetry, however, was her introduction, in her senior year, to modernist poet Marianne Moore, who became both friend for life and mentor and champion during her early career. In 1935, three of Bishop's early poems appeared for the first time between book covers in the anthology Trial Balances, introduced by Moore.
For the next several years, Bishop moved unhappily among hotels in New York City and traveled in Europe and North Africa. In the winter of 1937, with her classmate Louise Crane she went on a fishing trip to Florida, and soon discovered Key West, where she would settle into the first of the "three loved houses," mentioned in her poem "One Art." There she met artist Loren MacIver, who became a lifelong friend, and philosopher John Dewey, and took to life at the southernmost reach of the country. Like Nova Scotia, Key West gave Bishop a setting for her imagination and the environs of a number of notable poems, including her much-anthologized "The Fish," and "The Bight," the last lines of which were to become her chosen epitaph: "All the untidy activity continues, / awful but cheerful."
Mobilization for war turned the funky fishing village into a military encampment; in this charged atmosphere Bishop felt displaced and resumed her fitful travels, north and south, with brief residence in Mexico. Although she returned to Florida for a time at war's end, for her Key West "wasn't the same." Although the postwar years brought forth her first book and a lasting friendship with poet Robert Lowell, Bishop felt adrift. Never happy living in New York City, she tried stays at the arts colony Yaddo, drank heavily, and with great reluctance accepted appointment as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. A notation on her calendar for the year 1950 read: "Just about my worst so far." Relief came in the form of a traveling fellowship from Bryn Mawr College. Departing in 1951, she resolved to travel around the world by freighter. Her first stop was Brazil, and "Arrival at Santos": "Here is a coast; here is a harbor; / here, after a meager diet of horizon, is some scenery. . . ."
Leaving Santos, Bishop stopped in Rio de Janeiro to visit acquaintances she had met some years before, including the lively, cosmopolitan, well-connected Lota de Macedo Soares, who was at the time overseeing construction of a high-modernist home in the mountains near Petrópolis, north of Rio. By fortuitous misfortune, Bishop was stricken with a severe allergic reaction to the fruit of the cashew nut that delayed her departure — a delay that stretched into some seventeen years' residence in Brazil. In Lota, she had found the most profound love of her life. From early childhood, homelessness had been her condition, and it became a subject of her poems. When Lota invited Elizabeth to live with her in Samambaia, and offered to construct a studio for her behind the new house, she said, "It just meant everything to me."
Bishop loved country life, rural people and folk traditions, and was charmed by Lota's wit and eclectic knowledge of the arts and architecture. Together they settled into a decade of happiness at Samambaia — Bishop's second "loved house" of "One Art"— with visits to Lota's apartment overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio. She learned Portuguese well enough to translate Brazilian poems, stories, and The Diary of Helena Morley, a memoir set in the mountainous mining region of Minas Gerais, where Bishop would later purchase and restore in Ouro Prêto the last of her "loved houses."
Brazil extended Bishop's south far beyond the Key West of her first book of poems, and brought forth a large correspondence with friends in the north. Her unmistakable voice is heard everywhere in her letters, an impressive addition to her poems and stories. Brazil provided both a new subject for poems and distance that allowed a gathering of childhood memories to enter her work. The centerpiece of her 1965 book, Questions of Travel, is a long story, "In the Village," recounting the child's response to her mother's decline into madness.
Lota and Elizabeth's life in Samambaia, a bustle of visiting friends and neighbors, adoptive children, servants and pets, gradually felt the intrusion of the growing political and economic turmoil in Brazil, as a long dictatorship gave way to chaotic struggles for power, and exponential inflation battered the country. Lota's friend and neighbor Carlos Lacerda emerged as a leading spokesman against dictatorship and was elected governor of the region surrounding Rio. Lota brought him a proposal: give me the landfill along a several-mile stretch of Copacabana Beach and I will build you a people's park. He did, and she did, but not without dire consequences for her life with Elizabeth and her own health. The park devoured Lota's attention as she was undermined by opposition and resistance at every turn. Elizabeth was obliged to spend more time in Rio and felt neglected. Always susceptible to collapses of morale and the temptation of alcohol, she began to drink heavily. Lota, distracted and by disposition impatient, grew angry.
By the mid-sixties, both Elizabeth and Lota were strapped for cash. Elizabeth decided to accept a term of teaching offered by the University of Washington, over Lota's vociferous objection. She went, began an affair, which of course Lota discovered, and returned to more misery in Brazil. Lota's health had become perilous, plainly made worse by her struggle to build the park. She fell ill; Elizabeth drank and fell ill. Doctors recommended that Elizabeth withdraw from the country, hoping that a separation might allow Lota to recover. Reluctantly, Elizabeth returned to New York, but against medical advice Lota determined to follow her. The two spent one evening together that Elizabeth believed was peaceful, but she woke in early morning to find Lota collapsing from an overdose. Lota lingered for a week in St. Vincent's Hospital, then died.
On returning to Brazil, Bishop was further devastated to find that some friends blamed her for Lota's death, and that Lota's sister was attempting to break the will. After several listless years of uncertainty, she realized that Brazil was lost to her, and moved north for good. For a time, Bishop thought that her creative life was over, but happily she was mistaken. Brazil remained with her as she recovered her voice to write some of the finest poems of her career, of both north and south, culminating in Geography III.
After a brief time in San Francisco, Bishop moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, invited by Robert Lowell to teach his courses at Harvard while he was on leave. Although she harbored great reservations about teaching, teach she did, at Harvard and elsewhere, compelled by the need to earn a living. With equal reluctance, she began to give readings, and gradually her literary profile grew. By the end of her life, she had been the recipient of many honorary degrees, and in 1976 became the first American and the first woman to receive the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In Cambridge, too, Bishop met the last love of her life, Alice Methfessel, who became the dedicatee of Geography III and the immediate subject of Bishop's masterful villanelle of loving and loss, "One Art," which culminates:
— Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
For years, Bishop hoped to pull together her prose writings about Brazil, and she worked at an elegy for Lota, but these, sadly, remained unfinished. On 6 October 1979 she died of a cerebral hemorrhage in her apartment at Lewis Wharf, Boston. She is buried in Worcester, Massachusetts.


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The civil war in Syria has been in progress for about 30 months, and an estimated 100,000 people have been killed thus far. The U. S. government has claimed to have evidence that the national forces in Syria loyal to President Bashar Assad used some form of chemical weapon on 21 Aug 2013 in a suburb of Damascus, resulting in the deaths of 1429 people, of which 426 were children. This information was detailed in an unclassified document released by an unidentified component of U. S.intelligence services, according to U. S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on 30 Aug 2013. Members of Congress and the administration have been given further classified briefings on the subject. In Mr. Kerry's address, he cited "clear and compelling" evidence that Mr. Assad's forces had used chemical weapons, noting America has an "obligation to act", and that "Assad must be punished for his crime against humanity". President Obama stated on 31 Aug 2013 that that America must "hold the Assad regime accountable for the use of chemical weapons" in order to confirm the "writ of the international community" against the use of those weapons. Although he did not mention it, presumably Mr. Obama was referring to prohibitions on the use of chemical weapons per two treaties, The Geneva Protocol and the Chemical Weapons Convention [1, 2]. The President also claimed that America "can not and will not turn a blind eye to what happened in Damascus"; that "this menace must be confronted"; and that although he had unilateral authority to attack Syria in response, he would seek authorization from Congress when it returned from summer vacation on 9 Sep 2013.
On 1 Sep 2013, Mr. Kerry further stated that "we do not grant impunity to a ruthless dictator to gas his own people". Senator Jack Reed likewise stated that America must "vindicate this principle of international law" against the use of chemical weapons; and former Senator Joseph Lieberman called Mr. Assad a "mass murderer".
Mr. Obama has clarified the extent of any military action, saying a) it will be of a limited duration, b) it will not cause any U. S troops to be deployed in-country, and c) it will not seek to overturn the government of Mr. Assad. According to public reports, these limitations imply that any U. S. attack on Syria will involve only cruise missiles, likely targeted at either chemical weapons factories or air bases. The urgent tone of Mr. Kerry's 30 Aug address, implying that action was imminent, followed by Mr. Obama's 31 Aug announcement that he will wait nearly two weeks for a Congressional vote has caused some confusion in the Middle East. The Syrians and their Iranian allies are celebrating an apparent political victory. The Israeli's are angry at Mr. Obama's timidity and question his sincerity about another ultimatum he previously issued regarding Iran's development of nuclear technology. The Syrian rebel forces are disappointed but hopeful that a positive vote by Congress will assure them of consistent aid by the American military. Meanwhile, the British Parliament has denied Prime Minister David Cameron's request to pursue military action against Syria. France has announced it is in favor of some action, but has declined to say what they are contemplating.
The focus on chemical weapons by the administration derives from a speech given a year ago by Mr. Obama, in which he referred to the use of any chemical weapons by the Syrian regime as a "red line" that would trigger a response by the U. S. Given the current confusion over the actual policy, it is clear that Mr. Obama issued a "red line" threat without having a firm approved plan in place to act if the red line were crossed.
There is some confusion among the American ruling elite regarding Mr. Obama's unilateral powers. Some, like Senator Rand Paul advise Mr. Obama that he requires authorization from Congress. But there are many others like Representative Peter King, who claims that Mr. Obama "does not need Congress to authorize a strike on Syria".
Let us consider some facts outside this jungle of rhetoric. First, it is important to remember that the population of Syria is Arab. Nearly all Arabs practice the religion of Islam. The religion of Islam demands a totalitarian government, preferably a religious one. But most Arab nations are governed by secular dictators, having succeeded in winning the secular tribal wars and neutralizing the active religious elements. An Arab dictatorship (or an absolute monarchy) is a good thing for Arab nations: these totalitarian governments maintain some semblance of peace and order; otherwise the Arab race would have exterminated itself several centuries ago in intra-Islamic religious warfare. History shows that the Arab race requires absolute government for its very existence, whether provided by the Romans, the Byzantines, the Turks, or their own domestic tyrants. The Arab people, with their long and distinguished history, expect the worst from their governments, as they also expect the worst from each other. If in fact Mr. Assad used chemical weapons against the Syrian people, it is not much of a surprise to them. On the other hand, it will also be no surprise to them if it is found that the rebel forces or Hezbollah used them.
Second, the American people should expect this whole Syrian debate to be a continuing fountain of political hypocrisy by the respective ruling Parties. If Congress authorizes an attack on Syria, but the President decides not to follow-through, he will be accused of weakness and abandoning Israel. If Congress authorizes it and he does launch a very limited attack, the President will claim a great moral victory but will in fact accomplish nothing. If Congress refuses the authorization, and the President attacks anyway, he will justify it as a police action and not an act of war; two weeks later he will claim he went to war to preserve international consensus. If Congress refuses the authorization and the President abides by it, the ruling elite will have somehow managed by accident to obey the intent of the Constitution (Art. 1, Sec 8). For any attack upon Syria is an act of war, even if it is limited to cruise missiles. (If Canada launched cruise missiles against Ft. Drum (Watertown, NY), or Mexico against Ft. Bliss(El Paso TX), both would surely be regarded as acts of war by the entire ruling elite.) The U. S. Constitution was founded on the notion of just war in the interest of the American people, not the interest of people fighting in foreign civil wars; nor to satisfy the moral conscience or ambition of government officials. As John Jay wrote in The Federalist #3:
Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety seems to be the first. The safety of the people doubtless has relation to a great variety of circumstances and considerations, and consequently affords great latitude to those who wish to define it precisely and comprehensively.
At present I mean only to consider it as it respects security for the preservation of peace and tranquility, as well as against dangers from foreign arms and influence, as from dangers of the like kind arising from domestic causes. As the former of these comes first in order, it is proper it should be the first to be discussed. Let us therefore proceed to examine whether the people are not right in their opinion that a cordial Union, under an efficient national government, affords them the best security that can be devised against hostilities from abroad.
The number of wars which have happened or will happen in the world will always be found to be in proportion to the number and weight of the causes, whether real or pretended, which provoke or invite them. If this remark be just, it becomes useful to inquire whether so many just causes of war are likely to be given by United America as by disunited America; for if it should turn out that United America will probably give the fewest, then it will follow that in this respect the Union tends most to preserve the people in a state of peace with other nations.
The just causes of war, for the most part, arise either from violations of treaties or from direct violence. America has already formed treaties with no less than six foreign nations, and all of them, except Prussia, are maritime, and therefore able to annoy and injure us. She has also extensive commerce with Portugal, Spain, and Britain, and, with respect to the two latter, has, in addition, the circumstance of neighborhood to attend to.
It is of high importance to the peace of America that she observe the laws of nations towards all these powers, and to me it appears evident that this will be more perfectly and punctually done by one national government than it could be either by thirteen separate states or by three or four distinct confederacies.
Jay's main argument is that the thirteen states would be better able to obey treaty provisions, and to negotiate better ones, if united under the Constitution than by entering into treaties individually. Likewise a united nation will be better prepared to respond appropriately to violations of treaties by foreign powers. We can discover the meaning of "the law of nations" from the same source as the Founding Fathers did, the eminent English jurist William Blackstone [3]:
If man were to live in a state of nature, unconnected with other individuals, there would be no occasion for any other laws than the law of nature [morality, or the duty towards one's neighbor], and the law of God. Neither could any other law possibly exist: for a law always supposes some superior who is to make it; and, in a state of nature, we are all equal, without any other superior but Him who is the author of our being. But man was formed for society; and, as is demonstrated by the writers on this subject, is neither capable of living alone, nor indeed has the courage to do it. However, as it is impossible for the whole race of mankind to be united in one great society, they must necessarily divide into many, and form separate states, commonwealths, and nations, entirely independent of each other, and yet liable to a mutual intercourse. Hence arises a third kind of law to regulate this mutual intercourse, called "the law of nations", which as none of these states will acknowledge a superiority in the other, cannot be dictated by any, but depends entirely upon the rules of natural law, or upon mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, and agreements between these several communities: in the construction also of which compacts we have no other rule to resort to, but the law of nature; being the only one to which all the communities are equally subject …"
These show that committing an act of war against Syria is justifiable under only two circumstances: a) if Syria were to attack the U. S. directly; or b)Syria had violated the terms of a treaty and the violation is either against the U. S. directly, or obligates the U. S.to defend other signatories. Neither case arises here: a) Syria clearly did not attack the U. S.; and b) secondly, neither of the aforementioned treaties prohibits the use of chemical weapons in a domestic conflict, nor do they obligate any signatory to respond to any use in violation thereof.
If the U. S. does attack Syria, it will do so only because our ruling elite has arrogated to itself the power to regulate the internal affairs of other nations. The President has claimed that such an attack, if accomplished, will not involve an actual invasion. But these so-called minor military adventures sometimes expand in scope as recent history has proved. We should also remember that if a great power like the U. S. attacks a minor power like Syria to interfere in a civil war, the U. S.will end up with imputed responsibility for the outcome. A previous paper [4] provided a crude means to estimate the cost and duration of full-scale wars as fought in Iraq and Afghanistan; for such a war in Syria, the cost would come to about $ 179 billion, and the duration would be about 2.7 years.
[1] The Geneva Protocol, formally known as the "Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare", was signed 7 Sep 1925. The U. S. abided by the provisions of the Protocol, but was not formally ratified by the U. S. Senate until 16 Dec 1974.
[2] The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits production and use of chemical weapons, provides for scheduled destruction of chemical weapons, but contains no provision for punishment of violators. It was signed 13 Jan 1993 and ratified by the U. S. Senate ratified 24 Apr 1997.
[3] Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765, Vol. I, p. 43; the sections in square brackets are summaries of Blackstone's footnotes.
[4] Edward D. Duvall, Formulas for Estimating the Costs of War, 24 Mar 2012. For Syria, the value of f is 4, and g is 6.25. Syria's area is 186.4 sq. km and its population is 22.53 million. See archives for Mar 2012 at https://edduvall.com, or directly at https://edduvall.com/?m=201203


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Photo brings comfort to grieving families
GAINESVILLE, Ga. - A photo snapped by a stranger minutes after a deadly car crash has brought closure to the two families who lost their loved ones.
"I couldn't breathe before I got this," Judy Simmons said.
Judy Simmons lost her 23-year-old daughter Hannah, her 9-month-old grandbaby A'Lannah and her daughter's best friend 28-year-old Lauren Buteau on April 25.
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"We were told my daughter lost control and hit a truck," Simmons said. "I just knew, I knew they were gone."
In the days following the tragedy, Simmons said she needed closure that her loved ones did not suffer in the final moments of their life.
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I've been very excited to get my commenting habit back and am averaging eight comments a day. My tip for better, easier commenting is to capture your thoughts during your reading and use them to comment. If nothing jumps out, don't comment that time. Look at a blog post less as an article, and more as a conversation.
If someone were saying this to you, what would you say? If it were funny, you might chuckle or smile. But a blogger can't see you smile, so you can say, "Thanks for the smile." If it were totally on point, you might find yourself nodding in agreement. But a blogger can't see you nod, so you can say, "True dat." Add your own experience. Suggest a similar book. Point to your own post on the topic. Think about what you want to add to the conversation.
So, how ya doin' so far?
40 comments:
- Lee Wind, M.Ed. said...
I'm doin' great. This here is my 5th comment of the day, and it's 7:50am. Now I just have to do a million other things (like write and work out) before 9:30am. My day is NUTS!
But I'm so happy to be doing this "Comment Challenge" with you - and I think it's going awesome!!!
namaste and a hug,
Lee - November 12, 2008 at 10:51 AM
I am loving the comment challenge! It is causing me to really think about what the blogger is saying, and give a high five or add in to the conversation. I have really stuck to the 5 a day, some days more though, depending on the blog activity. Yesterday's participant post really helped because I found I was commenting on the same blogs and so I was able to find some new life and branch out. Thanks so much for starting this. I haven't seen much of a difference on my blog, but I am reaching out and giving to others and that of course is what it's all about!
- November 12, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Suzanne Young said...
My second of the day, but I'm getting about 5-10 a day!
Off to visit more! This is fun! - November 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM
So far I am doing great. I am excited about the comment challenge. This has forced me to do something I wanted to do, but was a little nervous about doing as I tend to be timid.
I have to say I have met some great people this way so thanks! - November 12, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- Saints and Spinners said...
Even though I'm not officially part of the challenge, I've been making the effort to comment more, and have been averaging between 5-10 comments a day. Here's what's helped: marking everything as "read" in my RSS feed so that I'm greeted with 20 new posts when I log in, not 500. I appreciate it when a blogger gets the urge to do a roundup of his or her best 3-5 posts from the past months so that if I missed something (and most surely I did), I can be sure read it.
- November 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- jama said...
Loving the challenge. Am averaging about 10 per day. Have discovered about 6 new blogs, and am making a point of commenting on blogs where I was previously just lurking. A couple of new commenters on my own blog, too!
Have a good day!! - November 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- Libby said...
I'm keeping pretty close to 5 a day, I think--which is a big leap for me. And it's fun to see a little more traffic on my own blog as well!
- November 12, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- Melissa said...
I'm doing awesome! (For me anyway.) I've actually commented on 5 blogs per day (I'm trying to make them different blogs each day, too), and -- here's the kickers -- I'm actually de-lurking some places and finding new blogs.
This was a great idea! (And the push I needed to become more involved.) - November 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Z-Kids said...
32 comments so far - less than 5 a day average, but not by much. And today is still young...
One thing I'm doing with our new book review blog that I never did with our first blog is replying to folks in our own comments section. I'm not sure, but this appears to encourage even more people to comment later... - November 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM
- Terry Doherty said...
Week one looks good, and I hit the minimum all but one day. My goal to comment on at least two new blogs worked most of the time. Even with clicking through as I read favorite blogs, it is much harder than I thought.
- November 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM
So far, so good. This is good fun! I've been commenting on blogs I already read, but I'm setting a goal for commenting on new blogs, too.
- November 12, 2008 at 3:52 PM
- Jen Robinson said...
I'm averaging just over 10 per day (with a minimum of 7). Yes, I get a little compulsive about things like this. What I'm finding is kind of what you said in your post, Pam. I'm used to skimming the posts quickly, and often having some sort of reaction, but not sharing that reaction. Now I take the time to say "yes, I liked that book, too", or whatever. And I think that's a good thing!
I already read a pretty wide range of blogs (>400 subscriptions in my Google Reader), but I am stopping to look more closely at some of them. I've also discovered some new blogs, like Book Scoops, through people commenting on my blog.
My received comments are way up, too. When this is done I'm going to compare the number received for three weeks before and three weeks during the challenge, and report back.
Thanks, Pam and Lee! - November 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM
So far:
Nov. 6: 6 comments
Nov. 7: 6 comments
Nov. 8: 5 comments
Nov. 9: 6 comments
Nov. 10: 6 comments
Nov. 11: 4 comments
Total comments: 33
Over the last six months or so, I'd gotten into the habit of checking one or two blogs a day, at which point, I'd have about two weeks' worth of posts to read at once, which was often why I wasn't commenting. (One feels silly commenting on a post that's a week old. It's like shouting, "I AM SO BEHIND ON MY BLOG READING!") This has shifted me out of that habit, though, and I love being more caught up and commenting when the conversation's more pertinent.
I'm noticing a lot of the things the rest of you are, too: reading posts more carefully, getting more comments on my blog. It's kind of awesome. - November 12, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
Love this! It's fun finding new blogs, and I have my regular blogs that I check daily. So far, I'm averaging about 7 comments a day! My total is at 43 since last week!
- November 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- Sherrie Petersen said...
I'm so glad I signed up to do this. As a former lurker, it's been hard to jump in and say something, but I've actually been having fun. I've made 27 comments in 5 days on 16 different blogs! I'm enjoying getting to know people totally thrilled when they visit my site :)
- November 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- Charlotte said...
I've been leaving at least 5 a day, perhaps more...and it's nice to see more comments at my own place, too! Not that it would be hard for there to be more comments....so many numbers are higher than zero! :)
- November 12, 2008 at 5:39 PM
This group and this experience has completely changed my feelings about comments. I'm much more likely to share a reaction than wait for an insightful or relevant thought to wander through the old bean.
I can't compete with most of you in terms of number, but my comments have increased exponentially. - November 12, 2008 at 6:07 PM
We joined late, but got in 5 comments each day so far.
We're giving away three copies of The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller at Book Dads. - November 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Gail Gauthier said...
Well, folks, I only made it throught the first day. I've had a couple of days since then with 3 comments and days with none. I'm having trouble finding time to read all my blogs, let alone react to them.
I am noticing and appreciating the increased number of comments at my own blog, and I'm responding to them. So, keep up the good work, everyone.
Oh, this counts as a comment for today, doesn't it? - November 12, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- Lisa Schroeder said...
I didn't officially join, but am making an effort to do more than I usually do. I think I average 5 per day, but I'm trying to branch out and do more on blogs where I don't say much. Like yours. :)
- November 12, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Mary Lee said...
The 21 Day Comment Challenge been a blast! I started a day late, but I've had a few over-achieving days that have brought my average up to just over 5 comments per day. I have been using a combination of my GoogleReader, the links in our sidebar that aren't on my reader page, and random links I've picked up from various sidebars.
- November 12, 2008 at 7:07 PM
I've been doing somewhere between 5 and 15 a day. I am obviously an extrovert and Livejournal still won't let me just sign in as an open user, but I'm Carrie Jones.
Thanks for stopping by today. - November 12, 2008 at 8:21 PM
- web said...
I utterly suck, but thanks for the nice comment on my blog!
- November 12, 2008 at 9:44 PM
"Look at a blog post less as an article, and more as a conversation."
Love this. When I write about books I get very few comments but when I write about "stubbing my toe" my readers are always there for me.
Off to read more about the Challenge. When I have an active blogging day, I try to write 5-10 comments to the blogs I frequent and at least 2 or 3 to newer blogs. - November 12, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Abby said...
Doin' good and loving this challenge! Having the goal has really increased my comments on blogs that I've never really commented on before and I've even added a few new (to me) blogs to my reader. :) I've also been loving getting more comments on my blog. ;)
- November 12, 2008 at 11:15 PM
- Minh said...
TAG. You're it! (translation: you've been dubbed "heart" worthy... and not because you helped deliver VA to Obama!
- November 13, 2008 at 12:02 AM
- Alyssa F said...
I'm doing well. Thanks for posting this challenge again. I've felt the benefit in both my comments and on my own blog. I'm averaging my five a day, and still going steady.
- November 13, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- Unknown said...
I'll do better once book fair is OVER - I'm not even reading many posts right now!
- November 13, 2008 at 7:40 AM
After catching up to where I should be with 5 per dy, I am doing better. I really like the list of participants in the previous post. Nice to go there and click on a blog. Great idea, Forcing me out of the box.
- November 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM
- Cheryl Reif said...
This has been unexpectedly wonderful. I knew it was a great idea when I joined, but I didn't realize how much it would encourage me to dive more deeply into the writing world. Thank you, thank you! ~Cheryl
- November 13, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Michele Thornton said...
Ok, I'm not quite hitting 5 per day. But I've visited many new blogs and look forward to checking out more!
- November 13, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Corey Schwartz said...
MotherReader, I just want to thank you. This challenge has inspired me to start my own blog! So, you have made a lasting impact on the blogosphere with your clever idea!
- November 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Camille said...
Shaking off my post surgical lethargy to say, what a splendid challenge.
It seems like there are so many more ways to connect now, through our listserve and Facebook, it has diverted me from the places we first all came together, our blogs.
Will join the fray. - November 13, 2008 at 3:12 PM
- Cheryl Reif said...
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- November 13, 2008 at 3:15 PM
I only began yesterday and I have to say, sadly I'm behind. But I hope to make great strides today with your participant list. Lots of great blogs to check out!
- November 13, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- Vivian Mahoney said...
It's been so nice to meet new bloggers and catch up with old friends. Thanks for doing this!
- November 13, 2008 at 6:12 PM
OK, I wrote a new post on my blog specifically with the challenge in mind. I'm looking for your opinions on picture book length. So please chime in!
- November 13, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- DejahView said...
Thanks for commenting on my site. It's so inspiring to challenge myself to comment. What a great way to build community!
- November 14, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- Peaceful Reader said...
The comment challenge has really expanded my horizons as to how many lit sites there are out there!! I am learning so much! It is energizing. I make about 5 comments every other day. It is hard to fit it in with the teaching and the lesson planning and the new Promethean board training.
- November 17, 2008 at 10:20 PM
- Kim Baise said...
I'm getting in 7 comments a day and you're #3 today :) I have discovered some new favorite blogs and we're getting lots of comments on ours. It's so nice!
This challenge is a great idea!!!
Thank You,
Kim - November 23, 2008 at 8:11 AM


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In his Scientific Autobiography, Max Planck recalls that he was unable to persuade the chemist Wilhelm Ostwald that the Second Law of Thermodynamics could not be deduced from the First Law of Thermodynamics. "This experience gave me also an opportunity to learn a fact—a remarkable one, in my opinion: A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing it opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." Planck also wrote of his conflict with Ostwald: "It is one of the most painful experiences of my entire scientific life that I have but seldom—in fact, I might say, never— succeeded in gaining universal recognition for a new result, the truth of which I could demonstrate by a conclusive, albeit only theoretical proof. This is what happened this time, too. All my sound arguments fell on deaf ears. It was simply impossible to be heard against the authority of men like Ostwald, Helm, and Mach."
Fortunately, Planck was able to obtain universal recognition for his Radiation Law, again not by his theoretical proof, but by experimental confirmation.
There has been a tendency among theoretical physicists, particularly string theorists, to downplay the importance of experimental confirmation in recent years. Many have even claimed that Copernicus was not superior in predictive power over Ptolemy. I myself decided to check this claim, by looking at Tycho's notebooks. I discovered that between 1564 and 1601, Tycho compared Copernicus's predictions and Ptolemy's predictions with his own observations 294 times. As I expected, Copernicus was superior. So Copernicus' theory was confirmed as experimentally superior to Ptolemy long before Galileo. So I have put the Copernicus-was-no-better-than-Ptolemy idea to the (historical) experimental test, and found that it is false: Copernicus Trumps Ptolemy.
As it was in the beginning of modern science, so it should be now. We should keep the fundamental requirement that experimental confirmation is the hallmark of true science. Since string theorists have failed to propose any way to confirm string theory experimentally, string theory should be retired, today, now.


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Hot shot trucking introduces a paradigm shift by employing medium-duty pickup trucks for transportation. These trucks fall into distinct classes, namely class 3, 4, or 5, each catering to specific load requirements. Let's explore these classes and identify examples of pickup trucks falling under each category.
Class 3Class 3 pickup trucks are versatile workhorses, capable of handling various loads with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of up to 14,000 pounds. Examples include the Chevrolet Silverado 3500 and the Ford F-350.
Class 4Moving up the scale, class 4 trucks boast a higher GVWR, ranging from 14,001 to 16,000 pounds. Notable examples in this category are the Ram 4500 and the GMC Sierra 4500.
Class 5Class 5 trucks are heavy-duty players, designed for more demanding loads with a GVWR exceeding 16,000 pounds. Exemplary models include the Ford F-550 and the International CV.
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The versatility of hot shot trucking extends to the trailer selection process, allowing companies to tailor their equipment to the specific needs of each load. Let's explore the diverse range of trailers employed in hot shot trucking.
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LocationGeographical location plays a pivotal role in determining hot shot trucking rates. Areas with challenging access may incur higher fees, reflecting the difficulties drivers face in transportation. Opting for terminal-to-terminal services in such locations proves to be a strategic and cost-effective solution.
Type of TruckThe class of pickup truck utilized in hot shot trucking directly correlates with costs. Class 5 trucks, with higher weight capacities, command higher rates compared to their class 3 counterparts.
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What's the Difference Between Hot Shot Trucking and Expedited Shipping
While hot shot trucking and expedited shipping share the goal of swift deliveries, they diverge in their approach and the types of trucks employed. Understanding these distinctions aids businesses in choosing the most suitable logistics solution for their needs.
Hot Shot TruckingHot shot trucking relies on class 3, 4, or 5 medium-duty trucks for time-sensitive loads. The use of specialized trailers attached to pickup trucks ensures rapid deliveries for smaller shipments.
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Hot shot trucking services stand out as a preferred choice for individuals and businesses requiring prompt and reliable transportation. The advantages of hot shot trucking contribute to its popularity in various industries.
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It's early evening at a farmhouse near Ras al-Ayn, Syria. The generator just ran out of fuel. The walkie-talkie starts buzzing and Sheelan grabs it in the pitch black darkness of the living room. On the other end of the static is Nooda, who's on night duty with three other fighters.
Nothing unusual here about two women in arms talking. There are nine women out of the 25 or so fighters positioned at this strategic outpost.
The fighters all moved here three weeks ago when the YPG, the Kurdish militia fighting in Syria, forced radical Islamist groups to retreat from about two dozen villages.
In the next room, a man and a woman chat over a huge pan of boiling oil. They're fixing dinner: French fries, canned hummus and pickles.
Nujin, 20, says men and women share all the work, whether in the kitchen or on the battlefield. She describes the schedule for the day: Breakfast at seven, lunch at noon, dinner around six — a regimented lifestyle, just like in a regular army.
Kurdish militants say they have more in common with guerrilla fighters in Latin America than with most other rebel groups in Syria. Men and women fighting side by side is nothing new in this largely secular community.
That's in part because the Kurds' struggle isn't new. They've spent decades fighting for their rights across the region — in Iraq, Turkey and Syria. Even though she's Syrian, Berwalat has been part of the Kurdish guerrilla movement in Turkey for 17 years.
She says the cause is worth the sacrifice she makes as a woman, then breaks into laughter when asked if she'd like to have a family one day.
"This question … about why we don't have families, everyone is intrigued by it. Everyone wants to know how we can live together without sexual relationships, without kids, but for us it's something normal, we're used to it," she says.
"We avoid relationships — even with our own families — because that way we stay steady in our head, and committed to our cause. It's a sacrifice we make for freedom."
Freedom for the Kurds, and for women, as well. The al-Qaeda-inspired groups they are fighting, she says, want to take that freedom away.
"The ideology of radical Islam is mostly designed to oppress women. In this system, women are always at the bottom. Kurdish women today have a choice between living a life of slavery or taking up arms. So, of course, I'm glad to see so many of them joining us," she says.
Among the new recruits is Rossiar, a soft-spoken woman with a shy smile, plucked eyebrows and a baseball cap.
Rossiar had no military background before joining the militia. She graduated from an art institute, then volunteered for a few months as a Kurdish language teacher.
But she signed up after an al-Qaeda-affiliated militia, Jabhat al Nusra, overran a strategic border crossing with Turkey in 2012. The 26-year-old changed her name and left her old life behind.
"I'm a Muslim too," she says, "but I have nothing in common with those people."
Rossiar's father lives on a farm about two hours away in the countryside. None of his children had taken up arms before. He says he was baffled when he heard the news.
"It was a shock for us because she didn't tell anyone about it. When we heard she joined the YPG, she was already gone," he says. "She should have told us about it, but she didn't tell me, her mother or her brothers. How could she do this without telling us?"
During a visit home, he urged her to quit the militia, but she didn't even spend the night.
He says he has come to terms with her decision, but still worries about her safety. He asked where his daughter was staying these days, and if she's in harm's way.
Rossiar says the guerrilla lifestyle might seem rough from the outside, but it's thrilling and for a good cause.
"Imagine the jihadists," Rossiar tells another woman. "They know we're fighting here … and they must be so pissed off to be defeated by a bunch a girls."


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Date Published: January 2020
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
A cold-blooded murder. The victim: A fourteen-year-old boy. The shooter waits patiently for the cops and calmly explains his right to kill the boy. "I was defending my property." Can Deputy Andi Pelton find the evidence to break through the killer's stand-your-ground defense? Suddenly, Sheriff Ben Stewart almost dies and cannot campaign for re-election. Andi knows she must take his place—her nemesis, Deputy Brad Ordrew, runs unopposed and he's promised to fire her when he's sheriff. Can she stand her own ground to stay in Monastery Valley while she tries to solve the murder and defends herself against scurrilous political ads paid for by a mysterious stranger?
Other books in the Monastery Valley Mystery Series:
Climbing the Coliseum
Monastery Valley, Book 1
It's the rugged Monastery Valley of Montana. High on the cliff called the Coliseum stands a man, deciding whether to live or die. In the valley below, Grace Ellonson, fourteen, will be abandoned by her mother. Where has Grace's mother gone, and why has she left her daughter behind? A rancher will be seduced into a racist and anti-government conspiracy—who's leading the conspiracy and what are his plans? Depressed psychologist Ed Northrup and Monastery Valley newcomer deputy sheriff Andi Pelton struggle to unravel these mysteries before they explode in a violent collision. And amid the chaos, Ed, Andi, and Grace must face the most formidable decision of their lives.
Nobody's Safe Here
Monastery Valley, Book 2
When cattle baron Magnus Anderssen collapses mentally, psychologist Ed Northrup struggles to find the cause – a terrible event buried in Magnus's past leaving him veering between suicide and murder. Meanwhile, Deputies Andi Pelton and Brad Ordrew clash as they investigate Jared Hansen, a boy caught with rifles and a paranoid plan to kill his schoolmates. Their problem? Jared, a great kid, a school leader, has no previous problems. Ordrew's convinced Jared's a mass shooter-in-waiting, but Andi's not. Ed joins their search for whatever caused his radical transformation from great kid to psychotic killer. It's a race against time: Magnus grows more irrational and homicidal, Jared's insanity may not be controlled before it's too late, and Ed's risky plan to save the boy may destroy his relationship with Andi. Nobody's Safe Here, a psychological thriller, tells the story of a community of ordinary, decent people facing terrifying mysteries.
The Bishop Burned the Lady
Monastery Valley, Book 3
A mysterious fire in a remote forest clearing; a woman's charred bones; unexplained tracks in the rutted road—the only clues Deputy Andi Pelton has to what happened. Then she meets an old man living alone in a forest compound that obviously houses many people. Sex trafficking in the Montana wilderness? As Andi and psychologist Ed Northrup struggle to solve the brutal and fiery murder, Andi faces a fear she didn't know she had. The horrors they unearth lead them deep into the appalling reality of prison gangs and a cult led by a malign Bishop—and threaten to overwhelm Andi and Ed's romance and her growing bond with her "step-girlfriend," Ed's adopted daughter, Grace. Will that center hold when Andi finds the killer holding a knife against her throat? And if it does and she succeeds, will she be able to face her greater fear?
About the Author
Bill Percy, an award-winning novelist, draws on his experiences as a psychotherapist to write vivid, engaging tales of people confronting painful and challenging mysteries. His previous novels in the Monastery Valley series, Climbing the Coliseum, Nobody's Safe Here, and The Bishop Burned the Lady, were finalists or distinguished favorites in multiple book award competitions. Bill lives with his wife, Michele, in Hope, Idaho, above the shore of idyllic Lake Pend Oreille in the shadow of the rugged Cabinet Mountains.
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The Select by Color tool is designed to select areas of an image based on color similarity. It works a lot like the Fuzzy Select tool ("Magic Wand"). The main difference between them is that the Magic Wand selects contiguous regions, with all parts connected to the starting point by paths containing no large gaps; while the Select by Color tool selects all pixels that are sufficiently similar in color to the pixel you click on, regardless of where they are located.
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She showed great interest in painting and drawing from an early age, and her family encouraged her vocation. In early 2000, she moved to Montreal, Canada, where she now lives. She has since studied with Tim Stotz and Michelle Tully, former students of Ted Seth Jacobs. Most recently she won the William Bouguereau Best of Show Award, and first place in the drawing category at the Art Renewal Center Salon, and the Best of Show in the "Inspiring Figures" exhibition (Butler Institute of American Art). She is a member of the Portrait Society of Canada, the Portrait Society of America, and the International Guild of Realism.


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