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Lately, I've been wrestling with a slew of failures on my main computer. I'm up against a nasty deadline so I decided to buy my way out with a new personal machine. This took me from XP-32 to Win 7-64.
My problem is coaxing the new W7 machine onto my small home network of XP-32 SP3 machines.
To say that I'm not good with network stuff is akin to saying that the world economy is slightly imperfect.
The grovelling
Between wrestling with a flaky machine and setting up a new one from scratch I'm just plain lost. Then terminology is different and my internet connection so slow that looking up material on line takes for ever (>30 seconds here, just to move between pages).
I have received good tips and pointers to reference documents from knowledgeable and goodhearted friends (thanks 40hz, Target). That ought to be enough: not so! Now I'm publicly humiliating myself in the hopes of:
- Being treated with the tolerance required by a simpleton
- Being led to a solution
- Leaving a trail that might help some other poor unfortunate
So far, I seem to have convinced W7 that my wireless network is my wired connection and vice versa.
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Midway through his interview with The BoomBox, Snoop Dogg leans over. 'What was the question you asked before," he politely stops mid-conversation, "because I'm high as a mothaf-----!'
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Anime and manga are a big thing for me, as well, partially because I don't watch television anymore. Nowadays, if I watch something, it's usually because I want to dedicate myself to it, so it's generally a matter of choosing what I want to watch, and anime really makes that easy. Problem is, if it's in Japanese, I have to give it 100% of my attention, and that's part of the reason that I'm trying to learn Japanese.
More than that, though, I've learned about Japan to the extent that I'm actually interested in it. This is mostly due to research projects and the like, as well as being the cause of some curious points I'd see in anime or general miscellany that needed clarification. The idea that there exists a place that exists both as a mish-mash of many different cultures while at the same time heavily influencing the mix with its own unique flare is pretty interesting, and seeing how that same place is both similar to and contrarily dissimilar to my homeland is just fascinating. It doesn't really have any bearing on my fight to learn Japanese, though; that's mostly for the sake of my hobbies.
Apart from that, I'm basically an average nerd. I have a desire to become a video game developer and am really interested in social sciences (Sociology, Philosophy, etc.) and the forces that influence them, such as Psychology. As strange as it may sound, learning how people work is just plain fascinating, and it may because I like analyzing the complex facets of the mundane so much that I take interest in it.
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I have a need to create regular points with a coordinate every meter in a county. I've tried several methods including Hawthes Tools in ArcMap9.3, ET GeoWizards, and the standard Toolbox. I have encountered reoccurring instances where all of the processes have froze up.I am assuming that these programs can't handle that data generation. I tried this in QGIS as well. I need help ASAP.
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If you continue to run into problems, try splitting the county polygon into smaller areas and using this same process.
Personally, I would get the grid of the MBR of the country: create a 2D array based on the min max coords of the MBR, working how many items would fill in that grid with 1 meter intervals and then loop[ through, creating points on the fly, rounding it off with a delete outside of the county.
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Women's tennis looks to win third A-Sun Tournament title
Thursday, April 14, 2011
DeLAND, Fla. (April 14, 2011) - After earning its fourth Atlantic Sun regular season title, the ETSU women's tennis team will take on Stetson in the semifinals of the A-Sun Tournament on Friday morning at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. The Bucs, who are looking for their third A-Sun Tournament title, will take on the Hatters at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Leading ETSU (13-6, 9-1 A-Sun) this year are all-conference selections Kelly Holtzhausen (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Karina Kedzo (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela). In addition, senior Andra Voinea (Brasov, Romania) has been solid all season as she leads the team in singles wins with 22, which includes a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play. Junior Marine Wieliczko (Rouen, France) leads the team in dual singles victories with 13.
In doubles play, the duo of Kedzo and Paula Jaime (Madrid, Spain) lead the team with an impressive 19-8 overall doubles record and a 9-1 A-Sun mark.
Stetson enters the match with a 17-5 overall record. The Hatters are led by all-conference selections Unnati Purushotham, Carolina de los Santos, Lindsey Cable, and Shannon Gunning. Purushotham and de los Santos were first-team selections, while Cable and Gunning earned a spot on the second-team in the doubles category.
ETSU defeated Stetson during the regular season, 4-2, in Johnson City back on March 26. In that match, ETSU opened the match strong by winning the doubles point, before taking three of the singles matches to earn the victory.
Last season, UNF took the A-Sun Tournament title by defeating ETSU in the finals, 4-1.
The winner of Friday's semifinal match between the Bucs and Hatters will advance to the championship match, which takes place on Saturday 10 a.m. The Bucs have advanced to the championship match every season since joining the league in 2005-06.
Campbell, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, awaits the winner of the UNF-Jacksonville quarterfinal match in the other semifinal match tomorrow.
Live viewing of courts 1, 2 and 3 can be seen throughout the championship on Hatter Vision.
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Finally got off my lazy butt to make it happen.
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Finally got off my lazy butt to make it happen.
This form will be live up until the end of the day on June 15th.
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The number of submissions we've gotten so far has been phenomenal. Just the game show / interactive event submissions alone, we might have to dedicate a room to those as we got easily a full days worth of submissions. Definitely going to be picking & choosing the best.
Also, we'll have 8 panel/events rooms this year, +1 from last year.
And a room dedicated to arts & crafts.
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Quick question. What type of panels are you guys not seeing a lot of, or would like to see some of?
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when will we know when the panel got approved>
I will be selling at Mizuumi-con and Guesting
We will be taking Event Submissions up until June 15th, 2012 @ 11:00pm. All event/panel confirmations will be sent 5-10 days after submissions have closed if it has been approved.
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Ahahahaha! Jay and whoever else is going to have a lovely time either tonight or tomorrow! I just submitted the last of my mass list of panels.
I love you guys.
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Kevin - Welcome to Desert Bluffs
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Thanks for this. I definitely want to submit a proposal for my panel idea as soon as possible, but I want to take into account the amount of response and interest it generates on here.
We've hit a 100 panel submissions.
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awesome! i want to participate this year in attending panels and win stuff! >
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A limited number of tickets for the Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, TN will be released on Saturday, May 18th at Noon EST. Tickets will be available at www.bonnaroo.com. Once this new allotment of tickets is sold, there will not be any more available. THE SHOW WILL BE SOLD OUT. There will be no tickets available at the gate and we are asking those without tickets not to come.Ben Harper with special guest Innocent Criminal Leon Mobley will perform on Saturday, June 22nd.
According to E! Online, today's scheduled broadcast of "Last Call with Carson Daly" featuring a two-song acoustic performance from Ben Harper will air at 3:00pm ET/PT rather than 6:00pm as previously stated.
Catch Ben Harper on Last Call with Carson Daly late night Wednesday on NBC after "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". An acoustic performance and interview will air Thursday, May 16th at 1:35am ET/PT on NBC and later the same day at 6:00pm ET/PT on E!.
Taped in late April during a break from the studio, the broadcast could include "Roses From My Friends", "When It's Good" (a new song from the forthcoming album) and/or "Waiting On An Angel".


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When the news broke that New Mexico could be weeks away from opening a horse slaughter plant, our hearts went out not only to the horses who would fall victim to gruesome deaths, but also to the citizens of New Mexico. If the plant opens, New Mexico's reputation will be blackened by its association with the incredible cruelty inherent to this grisly industry—and its citizens will be burdened by the economic peril, decline in property values, chronic environmental hazards and awful stench that horse slaughter plants bring to communities.
There is a broad consensus in this nation that horses should not be slaughtered for human consumption—and New Mexico is no exception. A new statewide poll shows that 70% of New Mexico voters are opposed to the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption and do not want a horse slaughter plant in their community. This strong opposition is represented across political parties, ethnicities and locations within the state.
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Fortunately, we have a chance to stand up for horses and communities like Roswell, New Mexico, that would be plagued by the resumption of horse slaughter in the United States. The ASPCA works closely with federal legislators and other advocacy groups in support of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, a federal bill to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. and their export for that purpose abroad. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to urge your U.S. senators and representative to support and cosponsor the SAFE Act.


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Recipe by Kelly Thompson
"My mom's best chocolate pudding recipe made with cornstarch and cocoa."
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I lost my Gran's recipe & was so happy 2 find the same one here! The recipe tastes great as written but over the years I've made a few changes(according to my personal taste)and with a few small adjustments, I prefer it. So, I thought I'd share. Firstly, instead of white sugar, I use 1/2 C packed brown sugar. The molasses in the brown sugar makes this pudding taste richer. The original recipe calls for 3 Tbs cocoa, I heap my Tbs to make it a bit more chocolately. I also find 1/4 C cornstarch was a little too much for me, as the pudding went as firm as jello the next day instead of staying creamy. If u add just over half that amount & cook it slightly longer it gels less. Of course, if you like it that way or are using this recipe to make a chocolate pie or square that you want to keep it's shape when cut, then you'll want to use the full amount. Lastly, I always use evaporated milk when cooking. It just tastes creamier to me. Thanks for posting this recipe, Kelly! Update,July 09: To avoid lumps, put 1st 4 ingredients in saucepan and mix well. If there are any lumps, get in there with your fingers and work them out. If you don't want to do it with your hands you can use a sifter or push them through a sieve. You must have a smooth, lump-free powder before you add your liquid. I also use a whisk and constantly stir. Lastly, it will sometimes thicken before it boils but I find if I don't let it boil for even just 10 seconds, I can taste the cornstarch in it. Thanks :)
Very thin - despite the fact that I added an egg yolk for extra richness (which was the only change I made). Good as a sauce - not as pudding.
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Very very easy pudding. I also used three 'heaping' teaspoons of the cocoa, since I really enjoy a nice deep chocolate flavor. Make sure not to overcook, and never boil or it tends to try and lump up on you, but that can be resolved with a brisk whisking as the mixture starts to cool. Another tip is when you put it in the fridge to cool completly, try to make sure you have brought it down to about lukewarm temperature outside the fridge, I whisk away at it while having the sink filled about an inch or two deep with cold water and some ice cubes, really cuts down on the wait time for that. AND when you finally do put it in the fridge, use some plastic wrap to cover but make sure the plastic is lying directly on top of the pudding, actually touching it all the way over the top. This seems to prevent that top layer of strange congealed pudding you sometimes get when the pudding sits for awhile,which taste fine, but is a bit odd compared to the creamy pudding underneath it.
OMG! This is heavenly and easy! My only suggestion is to, like the recipe says, make sure you bring it to a boil. Mine JUST started boiling, but it stuck to the spoon and because I was worried about it burning, I removed it from the heat. I think had I let it boil for just moments longer it would have been thicker. FYI, I used skim milk. I thought it had a very rich flavor and definitely took care of my pregnant chocolate craving. :)
Maybe not five stars as an intricate, elaborate dessert, but certainly five stars for a humble, homemade chocolate pudding. Perfectly sweet. Perfectly chocolatey. Perfectly creamy and comforting. I made no changes to the recipe.
I have my grandmother's chocolate pudding pie recipe, well HAD it, and couldn't find it today when my 10-year old son and I wanted to make it, so I looked on Allrecipes. Found this one and made it as the ingredient list is the same, just different proportions. It is very, very good. I baked a pie crust and poured the warm pudding into it; am waiting for it to chill. But, as I doubled the recipe there was a good bit leftover and son and I have tried it. This is almost exactly the flavor of the recipe I've lost! I'm so happy and son is too! Chocolate pudding pie is a three-generation family favorite for us, so I am really picky about how I make it. This recipe is smooth, creamy, not too sweet when made properly. Be sure to cook over MEDIUM heat and don't get in a hurry after it boils, give it a few more minutes. Put plastic wrap on it to avoid the "skin."
YUM! This recipe gets five stars not only because it tastes so good, but also because it's TWO desserts in one. You have your pudding.. and spoon some into some popsicle molds and you have homemade fudgecicles! I used splenda instead of sugar so the texture was a little different, but I don't mind the difference.
This was sooooo good!!!! I am never buying the boxed pudding mixes again! I spooned this pudding into popcicle molds and made some fantastic homemade pudding pops. This pudding is also good poured hot over brownies with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. My diet is shot!!!
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 274
Calories from Fat: 87
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Companion series to the spring 2015 book club featuring "The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate" by John Walton.
From geology to biology to research into the origin of life itself, the power of water shows the faithfulness and creativity of our Creator.
In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
A common challenge to evolutionary theory is that while life does indeed change over time (what is known as microevolution), no one has ever seen one species evolve into another species (macroevolution).
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
From the archives: A common argument leveled against the theory of evolution is that scientists have not been able to produce transitional fossils that show the change of one species into another. In this podcast, we address a common misconception about what transitional fossils actually are.
The words we use to talk about the Bible and science often predispose us towards unnecessary conflicts.
If discussions of science and religion sometimes get bogged down in Genesis, perhaps that is because they have not made the preparatory journey through the rich material of the Wisdom books.
Are black holes in trouble? Could life have come from space? What do we know about the religious lives of Indian scientists? Find the answers to these questions and more.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
News about the Ebola outbreak and initiatives in genomic medicine lead our news roundup this week, with a collection of research and learning opportunities in biology and at the science/faith border to follow.
We don't have all the answers and never will. And when God says that he is revealed in his creation, I think that means we need to take care of what we have and understand where we came from. The more I understand how things work, the bigger God gets. When he was just a magician pulling things out of a hat, that doesn't even compare to how I see him now!
In this series, James Kidder provides an intriguing study on transitional fossils and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He begins by discussing the fossil record, explaining how new forms are classified. He then explains the physically distinguishing trait of humankind—bipedalism. From the discovery of Ardipithecus, the earliest known hominin, to the australopithecines, the most prolific hominin, Kidder focuses on the discovery, the anatomy, and the interpretation of these ancestral remains.
When read in this way, the Genesis stories may be seen as one of the greatest-ever revolutions in human understanding. Genesis used the literary forms of the day to introduce its readers to a rational God who cares for people – and whose faithfulness made science possible. Genesis is expressly about theology, not science.
Would those genuinely interested in learning about evolution benefit from a careful explanation of why these common objections don't hold water? Here the answer seemed to me to be "yes."
The Nazarenes Exploring Evolution poll of religion scholars reveals that most scholars in science, Bible, and theology are open to the possibility that Christian faith is compatible with the idea that God creates through evolution.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
Collins' original use of the term "BioLogos" was as an alternative label for the position often known as "theistic evolution." Now this gets a bit confusing as "BioLogos" became the name for our organization that Collins founded (after the publication of this book). We continue to be dissatisfied with the label "theistic evolution" because as Collins said, most non-theologians are unsure how the term "theist" "could be converted to an adjective and used to modify Darwin's theory."


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Cardinals claimed OF Rafael Ortega off waivers from the Rangers.
Brandon Crawford (oblique) is aiming to return to the Giants' starting lineup on Monday.
Lance Lynn (ankle) expects to make his next scheduled start in the Cardinals' rotation.
Mets acquired RHP Addison Reed from the Diamondbacks.
Stephen Piscotty finished 4-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored in Saturday's 6-0 defeat of the Giants.
According to Patrick Mooney of CSNChicago.com, infield prospect Javier Baez is expected to be in the Cubs' first wave of September callups.
Joe Kelly fired 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball Saturday as the Red Sox defeated the Mets 3-1.
Jean Machi earned his third save of the season as the Red Sox bested the Mets on Saturday.
Lance Lynn made an early exit from a potential shutout Saturday against the Giants after suffering a leg injury.
Edwin Encarnacion delivered the finest offensive day of his career in Saturday's 15-1 victory over the Tigers, blasting three home runs and tying a franchise record with nine RBI.
Astros placed C Jason Castro on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quad.
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Human reproduction is a delicate bio-chemical process, guided at every step by powerful hormones. Reproductive health involves everything from the physical ability to reproduce to the many behavioral and developmental effects of sex hormones.
This finely tuned system is under threat. Worldwide, sperm counts are down and infertility rates are up. Girls are menstruating at an earlier age, leaving them at higher risk for breast cancer later in life. The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals highlights the following concerning trends in reproductive health:
Science tells us that pesticides and other chemicals are at least partly to blame. One group of chemicals — endocrine disruptors — are particularly adept at interfering with reproductive health, even when exposure levels are extremely low. Some of these chemicals are structurally similar to human hormones, and can block (or put into overdrive) the body's natural system of biological signals.
An infant in the womb is particularly vulnerable to such disruption, as hormones are busy regulating the differentiation of cells and development of organs. Infants exposed to the wrong chemical just when the reproductive organs are forming — or the brain developing, or immune system coalescing — can experience harm that plays out over the course of a lifetime.
Scientists from the national Endocrine Society explain why the timing of exposure is so important:
. . . there are critical developmental periods during which there may be increased susceptibility to environmental endocrine disruptors. In those cases in which disruption is directed toward programming of a function, e.g., reproductive health, this may interfere with early life organization, followed by a latent period, after which the function becomes activated and the dysfunction can become obvious.
In other words, exposure to chemicals when an infant's reproductive system is developing can completely derail the process. But we don't know it's happened until years later, when problems arise during puberty or when trying to conceive.
Endocrine disruptors can block (or put into overdrive) the body's complex system of biological signals.
Some chemicals pass through the body quickly, others are carried in our blood and tissue for years — even decades. Throughout a lifetime, chemicals can damage the reproductive system in a number of ways. Some kill or damage cells; if these cells are sperm cells or oocytes, infertility can result. Others alter DNA structure, causing gene mutations that may result in birth defects or an inability to conceive. And some cause what is called an "epigenic" effect, meaning they change the way genes are expressed.
A more detailed explanation of these mechanisms — and compelling evidence of the scope of the problem — are outlined in Generations at Risk, a book co-authored by PAN Board Member Dr. Ted Schettler.
Many pesticides are endocrine disruptors, or are harmful to the reproductive system in other ways. Scientists now understand that exposure to pesticides can cause a wide range of reproductive harms affecting men, women and children alike. A few recent studies:
Pesticides have also been implicated in miscarriage, premature birth, reduced fertility in both men and women, altered sex ratio (fewer boys being born) and a number of developmental defects.
Beyond Pesticides, a PAN Partner, has compiled recent studies of the impacts of pesticides on reproductive health, and the Collaborative on Health and the Environment's database shows the strength of the evidence linking chemicals to reproductive harms among both men and women. The Our Stolen Future website, an outgrowth of the groundbreaking book on endocrine disruptors and human health, also tracks the latest science on pesticides and other chemicals that threaten the complex process of human reproduction.


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NEXTEL Cup race. Situated on 870 acres located 20 miles south of Atlanta,
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its first race on July 31st, 1960, the Dixie 200. Atlanta Motor Speedway
was purchased by O. Bruton Smith in 1990 and has seen an infusion of investment
that has led to expanded facilities and higher attendance. A tornado touched
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When Melbourne first welcomed the Formula One World Championship in 1996, the catch-cry for the event was "What a great place for the race!" Sixteen years on, it's still a great place for the race – and the reigning World Champion himself agrees.
Sebastian Vettel was a boy of eight when the race was first run here, so he came late to the attractions of Albert Park. But it didn't take him long to figure out how good the circuit and the city are.
"It would be a shame if we were to lose the race in Melbourne," the now 23-year-old German said in response to recent renewed controversy in Melbourne over the race. "It's one of the nicest cities we go to. It is a different kind of track, a semi-street circuit and race track."
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Another point of difference for Melbourne: an action-packed on-track schedule, unlike so many circuits which have Formula One and perhaps one supporting category, matched by entertainment in the circuit precinct from the start of the event to long after the F1 flag has fallen.
"I hope we can put on a good show for them," says Alonso, "and also bring home a result that pleases our fans. In my time in Formula 1, I have stood on the Albert Park podium four times and my best memory definitely goes back to 2006 when I won the Grand Prix."
A German, a Spaniard – and an experienced Brazilian have all come to Melbourne's defence in recent weeks. Alonso's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa is another driver without a Melbourne win in his distinguished portfolio, but that doesn't alter his affection for the place.
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We've heard points of view from Germany, Spain and Brazil – but what about the Aussies? In recent years, especially since his race-winning F1 breakthrough in 2009, Mark Webber has been the focal point for local fans at his home race, even though it has never been kind to him – that marvellous fifth place on debut in 2002 apart.
But Mark, like his colleagues, travels the world enough to have a clear perspective on racing in his home country. "Albert Park holds a phenomenal event each year," says the man who won four Grands Prix last year, including the most prestigious event of all in Monaco. "I, along with other competitors, the media and team personnel, have enjoyed coming to the Australian GP over the last 30 years – we should be proud to have this event in Australia, on a world stage."
Another crucial point: how many events put Melbourne at the centre of the world's attention? Each year there are two: our tennis Grand Slam, the Australian Open, and the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Living in this great city, perhaps it's easy to see things through the small end of the telescope instead of taking a broader international view.
Christian Horner may not be Australian, but he's the Red Bull Racing team boss with Mark Webber in one of his cockpits. English through and through, Horner is a fan of the event Down Under. "Australia has always been a popular grand prix for teams," he says. "It would be a great shame to lose the Australian race when you consider its popularity, especially with an Australian driver in our car. Formula One is a World Championship and it would be a shame to see the Australian race slip from the calendar."
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June 16, 2009, 11:27:04 AM »
Let me throw out a hypothesis about why film developers lose potency during storage.
We are always told to make sure that bottles containing film developer stock are completely filled. The popular wisdom is that oxygen adsorption causes the developer to gradually degrade. This seems unlikely because even if a one liter bottle is only half full it doesnt seem to me that the half a liter of air could be responsible for the chemical reactions necessary to degrade half a liter of developer. So, what else could be the problem?
Suppose the real problem is associated with the constant evaporation/condensation cycle that takes place in the closed container of developer. You can see this taking place in a partially filled and capped bottle of soft drink setting on a table. If you let it sit for a day you usually see droplets of water sticking to the inside of the container.
My hypothesis is this, as the developer evaporates a phase change takes place as the energy is added to force the change between a liquid and a gas. As the developer undergoes this phase change my hypothesis is that some destructive chemical reaction takes place at the phase change boundary that causes the developer to slowly lose potency. The resulting water-gas (I hate to call it steam) builds up until the dew point is reached within the air void of the container, at which point a condensate develops which flows back into the developer to complete the cycle. As the weeks go by this slow chemical reaction sped up by the evaporation leads to the loss of potency.
Squeezing all of the air out of a container would of course mitigate this, not by limiting oxygen, but by minimizing the volume of the container available for the gas condensate cycle described above. This might also explain the experience some folks have by storing developer in glass bottles instead of plastic. It wouldnt be too big of a stretch to imagine that different substances have different properties when it comes to supporting an evaporation/condensation layer. A wetting surface for example may be much less supporting of this cycle than a non-wetting layer. Perhaps glass is a wetting surface and plastic is not.
If this is really the culprit, and remember this is merely a hypothesis, I can think of a number of ways to mitigate evaporation that are easier than always having to have a full bottle (e.g. floating 1-hexadecanol or a block of wood on the surface). The only problem is how to construct a test of these methods that would be able to distinguish between oxygen as the cause and my hypothesis being the cause. And yes, I realize that floating something on the surface is already a technique to prevent decomposition, but as far as I can find nobody says what mechanism they feel this prevents.
So, what do you think?
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June 16, 2009, 12:01:54 PM »
Hi Denis,
In pro labs, if air is used to agitate the dev in processing machines then it goes off rather rapidly. If nitrogen is used then it doesn't. Also, I've used nitrogen to exclude the air from bottles of infrequently used special devs. Filling with nitrogen will allow the evaporation cycle you describe, but does prolong the keeping properties.
Some formulations of developer appear to be less stable than others and still go off eventually.
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June 16, 2009, 01:23:17 PM »
I think it´s still only oxidation, even if the physical actions you describe happen, but I do agree that temp variations could speed it along, probably why these things are usually recommended to live in a constant, low temperature...
Inert floating lids are all very well in tanks (not wood, I´d think), but hardly bottle-friendly (as far as I know!). But shhhhsh, some digital zealot will use this as ammunition!
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Denis K
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June 16, 2009, 05:41:10 PM »
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I think it´s still only oxidation, even if the physical actions you describe happen, ...snip
Rob C
Then where does all the oxygen come from?
There is just not enough oxygen in a half empty liter bottle of developer to do that kind of damage (IMO). Dry air only contains 21% oxygen (it's 78% nitrogen) and moist air even less. So a half liter bottle of developer only contains about 1/10 of a liter of oxygen. Whop-De-Do. I would sooner believe that the oxygen comes from the dissolved air in the water used to prepare the stock solution. But if this is the case then filling the bottle with nitrogen will do nothing.
Your explanation also does nothing to explain the glass/plastic issue, although, I could agree that that data might just be wishful thinking.
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There is just not enough oxygen in a half empty liter bottle of developer to do that kind of damage (IMO).
Why not?
On what scientific principle are you basing your assertion that it takes at least X units of oxygen to cause Y amount of damage to developer? The typical developer has several ingredients, some in quite small quantities. If the oxygen were to "attack" only the smallest essential ingredient, I see no reason it would take more than a little oxygen to kibosh the developer's effectiveness.
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Denis K
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Why not?
On what scientific principle are you basing your assertion that it takes at least X units of oxygen to cause Y amount of damage to developer? The typical developer has several ingredients, some in quite small quantities. If the oxygen were to "attack" only the smallest essential ingredient, I see no reason it would take more than a little oxygen to kibosh the developer's effectiveness.
EricM, I think your challenge to me demonstrates the importance of me getting out the calculator before I start making theories. If I do a little figuring I now estimate that a half liter of air contains about 1.2 grams of oxygen whereas the half liter of developer would contain in the order of magnitude of 2 mg of dissolved oxygen. So it would seen that I am wrong on two counts.
Now if we take D-76 developer as an example, you are indeed correct as it would contain about 1 gram of Metal and 2.5 grams of Hydroquinone per half liter. So you are 100% correct that the developer would contain critical components in almost the same portion as the oxygen. I'm sure the molar quantities are somewhat different but the important thing is that they would be in the same order of magnitude. I think I'm not only wrong, but dead wrong. It could indeed be the air that is the problem.
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June 16, 2009, 11:23:11 PM »
Some chemicals in developers are not particularly stable and in the presence of oxygen may decompose and when this happens the oxygen is released to react again. So even if there is a small amount of oxygen in the air, it can cause a larger problem than what you would expect.
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Say goodbye to summer and get ready to shine that apple up for teacher, because it's back to school time for Dig These Discs! Seventeen artists pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac, and Old School rocker Melissa Etheridge drops a dirty dozen of hot new hits. Matchbox 20 and Bob Mould releases their first all-new collections in quite some time, and Elska's debut album is the hottest thing to come out of Iceland since the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted.
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When it comes to rock outfits deserving of a tribute album, Fleetwood Mac is inarguably at the top of the list. These style-making drama queens blew the top off the '70s rock scene, and have continued to do so for 45 years. In this collection of 17 classic covers, new and established artists alike make the hits their own, covering the panoply of radical stylistic changes the band went through over decades while blowing our collective minds.
The album starts out ethereally, with a slow-moving instrumental rendition of "Albatross" by Lee Ranaldo Band, featuring J. Mascis. Honey-throated gender bender Antony flies without the Johnsons for his stunning cover of "Landslide." The slight waver in his voice only serves to tug one's heartstrings even harder.
Trixie Whitely delivers a sultry version of "Before the Beginning" that melds measured drum work with sexy electric guitar licks. Billy Gibbons & Co. rub raw the early blues exhortations of Peter Green's, "Oh Well," growling out the lyrics, "I can't help about the shape I'm in/I can't sing/I ain't pretty and my legs are thin/But don't ask me what I think of you,/I might not give the answer that you want me to."
Newcomer band Best Coast deliver an upbeat, surf-rock version of "Rhiannon" that is miles away from the dark, heady original penned by Stevie Nicks in a performance that launched the annual "Night of a Thousand Stevies" at a New York nightclub and made every gay man revere Stevie Nicks. The band New Pornographers as well only touch at the dark underbelly of Christine McVie's "Think About Me."
The wondrously sultry Marianne Faithful gives a slow, acoustic version of "Angel," where she sings wistfully of the beautiful, innocent things that keep passing us by. Lykke Li stays close to the original composition of the classic "Silver Springs," buts adds a reverb that brings the song's mystical quality to the forefront.
Blessedly, Karen Elson doesn't even try to mess with the perfection of the classic "Gold Dust Woman"; instead, she just sings the shit out of it. Matt Sweeney and Bonnie "Prince" Billy deliver a somber version of "Storms," and Washed Out tackles "Straight Back." Tame Impala modernizes "That's All for Everyone," and Craig Wedren and St. Vincent give the techno-pop treatment to "Sisters of the Moon."
The Kills totally kill "Dreams," one of the few well-known classics on this unusual tribute album. And Gardens & Villa make "Gypsy" their own. The Crystal Ark dominates "Tusk," just as they did live at the 2012 "Night of a Thousand Stevies," held at the High Line Ballroom this May.
The tribute album closes out with MGMT on "Future Games," a tribute of its own to writer Bob Welch, who died tragically earlier this summer. "The story of Fleetwood Mac has always intrigued me," said producer Randall Poster. "We've tried to tell that story through the arc of music we've recorded. Working with some of our favorite artists and performers, the magical musical legacy of Fleetwood Mac shows itself to be alive and well." Long live the kings of rock and roll. (Concord Music Group)
"North" (Matchbox 20)
For the first time in a decade, Matchbox 20 drops a collection of all-new tracks for our listening enjoyment. The team of Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Kyle Cook and Brian Yale spent last summer living together in a house in Nashville, where they collaborated on new material before taking it to Grammy Award-winning producer Matt Serletic at Emblem Studios in California.
The album starts out skirting the edge, with a slow guitar riffs of "Parade" and Thomas' pleading voice singing, "And somebody said come on it's getting late...and now you wish that you had stayed." As the drums drop in, the song gets the kick it needs to urge you to keep up, because "you don't want that parade to leave you now."
Among the early hits is "She's So Mean," the album's first single, which got great early reviews on the Hot AC chart, large rotation at VH1 and a million views on YouTube. The tune is about an "uptown, get-around, anything goes girl" who will treat you like crap, scratch all your records and trash your house, and you won't even care.
Others winners are "Overjoyed," a slow acoustic tune, and "Put Your Hands Up," a fast, pop-rock club song. "Our Song" has a palpable sense of excitement over a reunited couple's never-ending love; it is book-ended with the equally sad, "I Will," with a spare acoustic arrangement that finds Thomas singing, "If you go take a little piece of me, hang it by the place you sleep and dream of me." With a harmony reminiscent of a slowed-down sample of Ellie Goulding's hit song "Lights," Matchbox 20 launches into "English Town," singing, "when it's dark we can lose ourselves, we can both be kind, cause I don't need the pulling apart of sheets just to know who you are."
Their radio-ready "How Long" has the feel of a modern country hit, as Thomas croons, "I love the way we're carrying on, but baby tell me how long?" They tap into an early '80s rock vibe with "Radio," and a late '80s synth-driven rock feel in "The Way." And "Sleeping at the Wheel" has the rock urgency of the '90s. Dripping with sex is "Like Sugar," a simple tune laden with sexual innuendo, with Thomas singing, "I'm starting to want you more than I want to, this is not my finest hour."
Thomas will be a mentor this fall on NBC's "The Voice." The band made waves in 1996 with the release of their debut album, "Yourself or Someone Like You," and dropped their last album in 2007, with "Exile on Mainstream." They have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and received numerous accolades and awards. Early critical acclaim indicates that their new album "North" will be no exception.
"4th Street Feeling" (Melissa Etheridge)
Melissa Etheridge is inarguably the ultimate lesbian rocker, consistently dropping hit records, rallying her fans through her successful bout with cancer, staging no-holds-barred, kick-ass concerts and taking time to be kind to lowly reporters lucky enough to interview her. So discovering that her new album, "4th Street Feeling" is another collection of stellar hits shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
On Sept. 4, Etheridge will release her 12th studio album, dropping a dozen new hits into our welcoming laps. The album, recorded at L.A.'s HOB Studios and produced by Jacquire King and Steve Booker, features some of Etheridge's best guitar work ever. She teams up with Blair Sinta on drums, Brett Simons on bass and Zac Rae on keyboards, and she takes care of the vocals, piano, harmonica and banjitar herself.
She starts strong with "Kansas City," a driving song about a woman fueled by Lucky Charms, Tic-Tacs and Mom's amphetamines who is headed for Missouri and wonders "will you still be calling me your baby?" A muted tambourine intros the title track, a slow song about doing things wrong and wishing for those good old eight-track days, "when everything I had, I could fit into my Chevrolet."
Raise a cup for this rocker in "Falling Up," a buoyant rock tune with a banjitar break. She seizes that Stray Cats vibe in "Shout Now," a gritty rock tune. Armed with a "box of reds and a bottle of blues," Etheridge battles against "The Shadow of a Black Crow," acknowledging that what's pretty when you're young is pitied when you're old. The topic is fitting for an aging rocker, making even more embraceable her defiant stance that she'd rather be living fast than dying slow.
She revisits this theme later in the album with the slow-moving "I Can Wait." The finger picking in "Be Real" is reminiscent of her very early work in "Chrome Plated Heart," which is among this critic's favorite Etheridge songs. She gets dark in "A Disaster," singing, "Say goodbye to the enemy, go find another master/ say goodbye to the best of me and call it a disaster," a sobering tune with a catchy, memorable break. "
There's a liar in your bed, and there's a shotgun to your head," Etheridge growls in "Sympathy," a tongue-in-cheek song about a bad girl looking for some undeserved pity. She continues rocking in the regret-tinged "Enough Rain," and kicks ass with the percussion-fueled "Sacred Heart," where she growls, "I am a fallen angel, I am a sacred heart."
Etheridge wraps things up with "Rock and Roll Me," a fitting song, as she will be honored in Washington, D.C.'s National Women's Museum of Art this fall in the exhibition, "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power." Starting in October in Oakland, Etheridge will launch her North American tour.
Get the 12-song standard edition, or spring for the deluxe edition, with three bonus tracks, a 28-page booklet with handwritten lyrics and a coaster. You know, to help absorb some of those tears falling into your beer.
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Toronto Maple LeafsThis panorama captures one of the most physical rivalries in the NHL, a tradition that occurs four times a season, as the Toronto Maple Leafs face off against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Toronto franchise was established in 1917 and has been one of the most popular teams in the NHL. They have captured over a dozen Stanley Cup Championships and sent more players to the Hall of Fame than any other team. The club is one of the Original Six members of the NHL and was renamed the Maple Leafs on Valentine's Day 1927. The Air Canada Centre opened in 1999; that season the Maple Leafs defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in the first Playoff series ever staged in their new home. This panorama was taken by Christopher Gjevre.
A must for any true blue hockey fan! Printed in brilliant color and perfect focus on high-quality print stock, and complete with a sharp white border that includes the official team logo, the commemorative title, and a brief descriptive paragraph, this Air Canada Centre game night panorama is both a beauty for the wall, and a great collector's item for years to come. Perfect for the wall of home, office, locker room or classroom!
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Susan A. Greenspoon1, Stephanie H.I. Yeung2, Jeffrey D. Ban1 and Richard A. Mathies3
1Virginia Department of Forensic Science, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
3Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber pens down-and-dirty fiction packed with the highs and low of characters struggling with family and tumultuous relationships.
In this sequel to Something on the Side, two Rubenesque beauties kiss the Big Apple goodbye and launch a new chapter of the Big Girls Book Club in Richmond, Virginia. But this time, the size-14-and-over ladies' club is welcoming a chunky (and very male) player into its ranks—and plus-size shenanigans are sure to follow.
©2010 Carl Weber (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
"Weber's in top form with this fast-paced and oh-so-zany soap opera." (Publishers Weekly)
LIFE just happens that way sometimes!
"I love Carl Weber"
I was so excited to hear this book it kept me wanting to hear more... I think my boyfriend is starting to feel a little lonely because our tv time is no longer our quality time because i am constantly listening to my audiobook. Isis was no joke in this story by far my favorite character the stalking theme with a few of the characters was out of control i laughed but when i thought about it and remember being stalked by my ex it opened my eyes to the true nature of some folks.... Carl Weber is an amazing writer.
I was so excited to see a follow up to 'Something On The Side", this was a good read, It would have been nice to have the same Narrators from the first book S.O.T.S, the Narrator was terrible!!
Overall, I was pleased with the story. There of course has to be another to follow.
"Clearly a black man's point of view..."
I thought the tie for all the characters was being overweight and the book club, so I expected something different. I liked "Something on The Side" but I cannot give any book a good review that promotes women going back to loser men.
"Pretty good!"
This was a pretty good listen! Based on one of the reviews I started not to purchase because I thought it wouldn't be as good as the first but I was pleasantly surprised as there were some pretty good twists and turns in there that I wasn't suspecting. Sometimes I wish the narrators voice was a bit deeper for portraying the male voices or that a male was reading for the male parts but overall I would say it was well worth the money.
"Carl Weber Never Disappoints"
The characters kept me laughing just like they did in Something On The Side. I only wished that there were more characters from the other book in this one as well.
Love books on tape! It's all about the narrators for me though. No matter how good the story, if the narrator doesn't cut it...
Another great read by one of the champs! The story is such fun and the narrators are so well talented. Don't hesitate to listen to this story!
Hi my name is Bianca and I am a avid reader. I love all types of genres and read all the time. I am a book worm and always will be one.
"Drama filled"
drama drama drama
Icis because she was so selfish and manipulative.
She gives her character life-like emotions and experiences.
I was shocked to find out that Tony was Icis's babys father and Jerome set up Loraine's husband to break them up.
This was a really good book filled with many emotions and drama that kept me on the edge of my seat. I would really reccomend this book to anyone to read and enjoy.
"Hurry Up With the Next Book!!!"
My jaw was on the floor when I heard all the plotting from Isis! And I was in such disbelief at what Jerome had done to Loraine!! And although her husband was abusive...if you really listened to the book SHE was the aggressor and always struck out first...I don't condone a man that hits back but there was much more to the story that just some lady who went back to a loser man....
I loved this book so much....read it because of my addiction to the first one I listened to, "Something on the Side"....there are plenty of big girl references, just not half as many compared to the first book... but you still know the whole time....it is understood that these are BBG's....whoever reviewed before me complaining about that...girl, get over it! I'm white for crying out loud! But I'm big and I'm a woman so I still relate....
one complaint I wish Peter wasn't always referred to as this "white guy" or "crazy white guy" ....if it were turned the other way around (a mostly white book) then everyone would be offended if the author was always referring to one of his characters as crazy black guy or just that black guy....
I still loved story sooooooo much...please make a third, Carl! And bring back more raunchy sex scenes like in the first book, lol!!
"simply amazing"
I really enjoyed this book better than the first one "Something on the Side"
The only thing left for improvement was not to rush the ending into an epilogue, I wanted more...........still do, hurry up with the sequal Carl!
"Can't wait!"
Carl Weber does it again! I can't wait for the next book to come out.
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Hippiefest Tour To Feature Rascals, Grand Funk Railroad, Gary Wright, Rick Derringer
The Hippiefest Tour which stopped at Vernon Downs in 2007 is getting ready to hit the road again.
Gary Wright is looking forward to his summer tour because it'll be with all his old friends. Wright will play with Dave Mason, Felix Cavaliere's Rascals, Rick Derringer and Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad on the "Hippiefest Tour


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How Not to Sacrifice ( a Lesson In Two Charred Parts)
Leviticus 10.
Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
WTF! Holy seared siblings, Batman! God is such a badass! Yeah, because… well… he, uh… Burned them to death for… Um… What exactly? Sacrificing without a permit? Making offering inappropriately? Maybe they messed up the magic words like Ash in Army of Darkness. "Klaatu Barada N… Necktie… Neckturn… Nickel… It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!" Oh, You gotta love Army of Darkenss, but, seriously, WTF? Does God insist that he give a command before we pray to him? Which, seemingly, would be my problem. Apparently, I'm still waiting for the command. I'm a sleeper cell closet Christian just waiting for some goddamned word.
So the Lord of Genocide kills people for worshipping him without his direct orders and that does have some interesting corollaries. For instance, if that's the case then the whole school prayer issue should be a moot point. C'mon people, knowing what we now know, it's obvious that allowing prayer in schools would be a disaster. For their own protection schools would have to forbid any mention of God within their bounds. Well, at least any to the Judeo-Christian God, anyway.
Oh, the horror of children spontaneously bursting into flames whenever they whispered a prayer to the Lord. Holy shit! Think about it! The days leading up to the final exams would be an veritable fiery apocalypse. The burned and charred corpses of penitent students would litter the classrooms and hallways amid smoldering texts and seared backpacks. Just imagine the scene! A small whispered prayer, a popping sound, and then the screaming would start. Oh the screaming again. And the smell! Oh my God! The smell! ! When will we ever learn people? Obviously our education system would rapidly collapse in an righteous inferno all brought about by prayer in school. Not to mention the prohibitive cost of fire insurance…
No. It is clear that prayer in school must be forever forbidden. Will someone, for the love of G… Um… Just think of the children!
Seriously though, why did God kill them? Was it because they "offered a strange fire before the Lord." Is that really so bad? What in the sacred shit of Jesus is a "strange fire" anyway? Well, I don't know about the rest of you but that sure sounds like euphemism for pot. Not that I am terribly familiar with the whole concept, good beer or wine being my drug of choice, but I was young once. I know strange fires! Were the sons of Aaron simply stoners, laying around all day offering strange fires to the Lord then trying to round up some manna and quail when the munchies hit?
Dude! I mean, like, duuude! Has anyone, like, seen my bird? Fuck man, I put him right there!
Or is this something else. We have already discussed (Yeah, a long time ago. I know!) that if there is any truth at all to the statement "fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering" it was very likely some kind of accelerant, the bronze age equivalent of gasoline used to awe the people into submission. Did these two boneheads somehow manage use a little too much? Did they spill it on themselves? We're they "playing with fire?" Were they the ancient equivalent of the jackass who thinks that grilling requires one part charcoal and three parts lighter fluid and then sits around bitching about having no eyebrows and a reddish puffy look "tan"?
Or maybe it was a combination. Like guns and alcohol, I'd imagine that "strange fire" and real fire would have to be a bad combo. Truly, I'm not sure how long I'd last smokin' a few joints, chewing a shroom or two and then playing with gasoline and matches. Beautiful as I am, I too could earn the fury of the Lord.
Or… Or were these two the victims of something worse, something more sinister. Remember that there has been quite a bit of tension between Moses and Aaron. Aaron, the jackwipe, had already proved his untrustworthiness by sacrificing to the Golden Calf. Were his sons part of the earlier rebellion and still pushing the limits? Remember that Moses wasn't exactly shy about killing several thousand people to regain control then. Why would he stop at killing Aaron's sons now? Anyone who thinks that violence never solves anything really needs to look at Moses and his lackey, the Lord Genocide. Their motto has forever been, "Why do something peacefully and decent when you can kill dozens of people and get the same result?" Violence solved all of Moses' problems.
Pure speculation, I know, but it's intriguing. Look at the next few lines.
Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent. Moses called also to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp." So they came forward and carried them still in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said. Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about.
Moses won't even allow any mourning to be done for them. He and he alone knows how the Lord Death demands his sacrifices and that is bloody, burnt and with Moses at the center. Those trying to curry favor with the Lord without Moses in the loop are begging for trouble.
Honestly, doesn't this sound like just another of Moses power plays? Trickery and murder to stay on top of "his" people. Smoke and mirrors and blood and no one doubts his power. Those who did are dead. Those on the edge are terrified.
Regardless in how you interpret this, there is little here to understand.
The chapter goes on in nearly incomprehensible detail, but the most interesting thing about the entire page is in the note at the bottom regarding these deaths. Here is the modern interpretation of this passage. "Their death was tragic and at first seems harsh, but no more than Ananias and Sapphira in Acts. In both cases a new era was being inaugurated. The new community had to be made aware that it existed for God, not ice versa."
God does not exist for us, we exist for God, and of course, the implication that he can do any damned thing he desires to us. If this book has anything more insidious within its pages I am yet unaware of it. I know there will be many Christians out there who will jump to God's defense. Just do a search of "Nadab and Abihu" and read some of the amusingly twisted results. This disgusting example of theistic apologetics is among the worst. But all of them seem to orbit around the old and worn bone of "Of course we exist for him. He created us." But that's like saying that my son exists for me and not me for him, and that is bullshit!
To my mind this expresses exactly the opposite sentiment that we all really need to believe. We exist to protect our children. They do not exist to serve our every whim. Our overall purpose is to raise them to be fully functional adults. Men and women who are complete on their own, independent of even us. We want our children to love us. Sure. But we don't cripple them with such a dependency on us that they are unable to function on their own, loving us out of a sick fear that we'll harm them or cut them out of the will. What kind of "Father" actually does that?
A shitty, psychotic father, that's who.
The entire goal of parenthood is to take a newborn being who is so utterly dependent on you and your decisions and teach them to be utterly independent and able flourish on their own and without help. Breeding pathological dependency into the beings you create is evil. They deserve far better.
To put it another way, the ambition of parenthood is to make our children better than we are. The goal of godhood, on the other hand, is to cripple them to assure yourself that they will never even approach that level. He's #1 and will always remain that way. Yay God!
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Saw this on Facebook earlier today.. Just another example of some group thinking their entitled to something..
I'm not sure how many tags Montana gives out each year, but I'd venture to say that one per unit is a pretty good chunk.
If those old boys wanna hunt sheep so bad, perhaps they should look into the unlimited hunt their fine state offers.. In 30 years of applying, I'd think they would have had plenty of time to scout it out, and get the advantage.
Or, go pay an outfitter in Canada and hunt.