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It's called serendipity in a Holy Spirit led kind of way. I don't know if the idea is original or not, Jan. The piece just kind of evolved into a "Wow, if I do this and then that, then this could possibly be the outcome" type of thing.
But, to maybe help with this topic, I like rhyme at times, but try to find unique ways of implementing it. So, if it wasn't for my refusal to write four lines where just the last lines rhymed, I would not have ventured into a poem you can read frontward and backward, rhyme, and still convey a message of hope that someone can forgive you.
I only spent 45 minutes from first line to hit submit, so I will be revisiting this idea, because I too thought it was pretty cool. I know the melody and flow needs work on this piece, but I thought I would offer the idea to show rhyme can be much more than similar sounding end words where the presence of every other word in the piece is there to provide a place for the rhyme. I have found when rhyming in a poem, sometimes we work so hard on the rhyme, we forget about all of the other words and present no vision or emotion other than rhyme. I think that any rhyme should be there to support all the other words, to sort of give them a fancy hat that highlights the beauty of the rest of the words, like a face. On the other hand, if all of the words are there to support the rhyme and give it presence, all you have is an expressionless face with a fancy hat and the only reason the face is even in the picture is to provide a head to place the hat on.
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Gallery: Monterey Bay Shores Set to be Greenest Ecoresort in the World
Monterey Bay Shores is a stunning new development set to break ground this month that will convert a desolate disused sand mine into a thriving environmental preserve and eco-resort. Replete with living walls and a five acre green roof, the development boasts an impressive list of green design elements and is working towards LEED Platinum certification. Now, saying that you're the "Greenest Eco Resort" is quite a claim, but if the Resort builds out all that they have promised, it really will be the most environmentally friendly resort in the US, and possibly in the world.
Most of the time when we hear about eco resorts they are located in some far off tropical place that would require us to fly for at least 8 hours to get to. We'd love to go abroad, but as the wallet is a bit tighter and overseas flights really aren't all that green, we were excited to hear about a new eco resort being built in the US this February in Monterey, California. The resort will house a wellness spa, restaurants, meeting rooms, condos, pools, and trails to the beach.
The site for the Monterey Bay Shores eco-resort is situated on a defunct sand mine, which had been operating for over 60 years. The sand mine considerably damaged the natural ecosystem, stripping away important topsoil layers and allowing invasive species to infiltrate the area. As part of the resort development, MBS will also restore 85% of the 29 acre site to native flora and fauna. Over 6.7 acres will be dedicated as an endangered species habitat and restored coastline. Additionally, 5 acres will be built as a living roof, leaving only 4% of the site as impervious surface, which is great. All parking is below ground, and even the fire lanes will be constructed from a grass paver, rather than asphalt.
The resort will provide 30% of its own power from wind and solar resources augmented by geothermal heat pumps for heating and cooling. The green roofs include photovoltaic and evacuated tube solar hot water systems, while horizontal wind turbines will be strategically located behind restored sand dunes for optimum wind velocity. The buildings themselves will be highly energy efficient and reduce energy use by over 50%. Windows and rooms are designed to optimize daylight to reduce lighting needs.
With a fresh coastal breeze constantly available, cooling needs are easily addressed through natural ventilation techniques. Living walls will provide a natural biofiltration system that will improve indoor air quality and reduce dependence on artificially cooled air. Buildings will be constructed from a hybrid system of prefabricated panels and on-site construction using sustainable and recyclable materials. Water-wise technologies will also be employed, reducing the need for potable water by 50%. All irrigation water will come from on-site recycled stormwater or from the rainwater catchment system.
On site amenities include natural and saltwater pools, botanical and herbal gardens, beach and dune trails, as well as organized classes and outings that teach about the native flora and fauna. A sustainability center will be available to residents and guest to educate them on the resort and their surroundings. As an world class hotel and resort, the MBS will also have fine dining restaurants, which will serve organic, sustainable and locally raised food.
We often speak about new green developments, and of course the greenest development is the one that doesn't happen. But developers are developers and resorts like this or worse will be built, so we have to be hopeful that this resort will serve as another great example for developers world wide.
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July 11, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Looks like a typical strip mine. This design is devoid of architecture and it's based on phony ecological premises. A typical developer using "ECO" as a marketing sales pitch. I've seen student projects that reflect more sense and knowledge than this one. Leave the beaches alone.
May 29, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Does anyone know who designed this project?
February 12, 2009 at 7:40 pm
After reading this I went to take a look at the site. I posted some notes and pictures here. With all due respect to 4oceans, it doesn't look as though nature has 'restored' these dunes to anything resembling an ideal habitat.
February 9, 2009 at 4:45 pm
It's refreshing to see that some commenters are clear that just because a project calls itself "green" does not mean that it is so.
February 9, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Not acknowledged in your 'story' is the fact that this site is sensitive sand dunes that are endangered species habitat for western snowy plovers. It stopped being a 'degraded sand mine' a long long time ago. Nature on the site has 'restored' itself. The California Coastal Commission has already denied an 'eco-resort' for this site. All we had to do was stop destroying it daily with the sand mine. Wouldn't it be ironic if the site were to be 'destroyed' again in the name of just another luxury 'nature preserve/eco-resort'?!?!?
February 6, 2009 at 1:06 pm
As a resident of Monterey, reviewers of this project should be aware we are going through a historical drought. There is NO water to capture, hence the "green" assumption landscaping, etc. can be watered through capture is incorrect. Also, this project is on the Bay side of Hwy 1, an area that should be left in open lands in keeping with the country's largest marine sanctuary. How did this project happen? Local politics and greed for a higher tax basis. I noted this article made no mention the resort will NOT be open to the common Joe. Only the rich need reserve.
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For a region that obviously dwarfs New York's piddling five boroughs, Roni Sarig's excellent new history of Southern rap, Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop became a Southern Thing ($16.95, Da Capo Press) is one of the few of its kind and, nonetheless, overdue. Hip-hop heads cringing at OutKast and Timbalandâ"often lazy mainstream media shorthand for all of Southern hip-hopâ"appearing so prominently in Sarig's title should note that Scarface and Eightball and MJG appear just as prominently in a narrative that moves up and down I-95 and across I-10, from Houston to Virginia Beach and back again. And while he tracks the moves of modern-day pop impresarios such as L.A. Reid and Jermaine Dupri, Sarig is also happy to discuss the countrified and just plain weird, from Field Mob to Bubba Sparxxx.
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I have researched this axle swap in great detail for my truck and intend to do it at some future time. Here is what I have found.
To swap to a dually axle on that year F250 (and my '92 F350SRW as well), all you need is the Ford/Sterling/Visteon 10.25" DRW model axle from an '86-'97 F350 DRW pickup, as well as the wheels/tires. The DRW pickup axle with bolt straight up, as will the springs. Rear springs are the same length and width (3" wide) on the F250/350SRW/350DRW pickups in those years. It is best to get the whole axle complete, hub to hub, including the brakes and the springs. The duallys use slightly wider (1/2") and slightly larger diameter (1/8") brake drums and shoes.
Since your truck is 4wd, you will need to match the axle ratios of both front and rear axles. Factory stock axle ratio in these trucks was 3.55. 4.10 was optional on all F250-350 pickups, so the axle you find can have either ratio. There should be a tag attatched to one of the differential cover bolts stating the ratio. It can also be stamped into the cover. You can also count the teeth on the ring gear and pinion gear and divide to find the ratio. There is also a ratio code on the door jamb vehicle info sticker that states the ratio. I believe '39' is the code for a 3.55 ratio with an open differential. If there is a letter in the code, the differential is a limited slip. Numbers only, no letter is an open differential. I forget the code for 4.10.
The springs are also heavier to match the axle's increased capacity. The dually 10.25" axle is rated for 8250 lbs, versus 6250 lbs for the F250/350SRW model 10.25" axle. Springs are rated appropriately higher at 7500 lbs for the dually versus 6000 lbs for the F250/350SRW. Get the upper auxiliary overload spring setup from the dually while you're at it.
The rear sway bars are a little different too between the F250/350SRW pickups and F350 DRW pickups. Your F250 probly doesn't have the sway bar, so this would be a good time to add it from the dually donor truck.
Do not choose an F350 DRW chassis-cab as the donor truck because the chassis-cab axle is not wide enough and the spring pads and shock mounts are mounted in the wrong places to fit the pickup frame, due to the chassis-cabs having 34" frame rail spacing versus the pickup's 37" or somewhere thereabouts frame rail spacing.
Do not use a '99 or later truck as the donor truck either, unless you want to make the swap more complicated. The wheel bolt pattern is not the same (8 on 6.5" with 9/16" studs for the early trucks versus 8 on 170mm with metric studs for the later trucks). Frame rail spacing and axle width may also be different. The newer trucks' single rear wheel axles are wider than the older trucks. Not sure about the duallys. The newer trucks use rear disc brakes, which probly means also swapping the master cylinder and possibly brake booster. The discs would be a good improvement in braking though.
If you want to run the overloads, you will need to remove the overload spring bumper brackets from the donor truck's frame (grind off and punch out the rivets) and bolt them to your F250 frame (which should already have the holes) with regular grade 8 bolts or huck bolts.
To make it street legal with the duals, you will need to add the 3 red marker lights in the rear center below the tailgate and the 5 amber marker lights above the cab, as well as the amber and red marker lights on each side of the truck bed. Any vehicle over 80" wide must have the lights to be DOT legal.
You could run single rear wheels and tires on the dually axle to keep the width under 80", but you lose the additional capacity of the dual sets. You will still need a hub-centric type of wheel though, to use the dually hub as the support for the wheel.
The transfer case will be the Borg-Warner 13-56. It was used on all F250/350 old body trucks from the mid 80's through '97. Ford used the BW 13-42 on Broncos and F150's in those years. They stopped using New Process 203/205/208 transfer cases in the mid 80's, actually probly earlier than that for 203 and 205.
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I have not checked the prices on the used market for these winches. New they are quite pricey as they are heavy duty to say the least. You will be most likely to find what you are looking for on a salvaged rollback style wrecker. The winches on these are rated around 10,000 lbs. single line pull. None of the winches described so far are made for overhead lifting, so for saftey's sake keep that in mind. There is plenty of room to mount the pump underhood on your 7.3. The wreckers I described ran the same setup for the winch. The pump will have an electromagnetic clutch and pulley so you can turn the pump on or off via a switch. You will also need a way to boost the engine rpm while the pump is operating. Some trucks used a manual cable setup, but most had an electric solenoid at the injection pump with another switch in the cab. With this type of setup there is no need for a PTO at the driveline. You will of course have to supply a hydraulic tank, hoses, and controls ect. This winch would be overkill for your rig, but the likelyhood of finding a smaller hyd. winch on the salvage mkt. might be more difficult.
Electric winches are o.k. but they get expensive as capacity increases and they draw a lot of amperage. By the time you set up an electric with a high output alternator, good batteries, power cables and short circut/overload protection, your still in it for some $$$.Sometimes there's no second chances.
That axle swap doesn't sound too hard, I looked at another F250 a little while ago that had been swapped to a DRW axle, but the mechanic that did it wasn't home where I could talk to him, so thanks for laying out the procedure for me. As far as the winch goes, I'm still trying to weigh my options on price and usability. Thanks again and I will keep everyone posted once I start taking on this project.
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Here is a winch I found for sale, may be a bit overkill though. Let me know what you all think.
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Search hydraulic winch on Fleabay. There's a 9000# Warn hydraulic winch new with free shipping for about $1200.00.Sometimes there's no second chances.
well if you really want truck space we took a 01 f450 with the CAT c6 under the hood
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If you are going to load the 3/4 ton pu frame more than the 8600 gvw limit, you had better strengthen the frame as I have broken my frame before.
One ton frames have a deeper web and wider flange than 3/4 tons frames.
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The whole rear of the 250/350 pickup chassis are the same, except for the DRW axle, spring packs, overload spring bumpers, DRW brakes, wheels, tires and sway bar (and the 4" tall versus 2" tall riser block under the rear springs, which was only used on the F250/350SRW 4x4 models, 2" for the F250's and 4" for the F350's). These are all bolt-on parts and easily changeable.
The F250 and F350SRW are nearly identical, except for the overload springs and sway bar that came stock on the 350SRW and were optional on the 250, so there are some 250's out there that are exactly identical in the rear chassis to the 350's, with exception of the 2" taller riser block under rear springs of the 4wd models. F350DRW pickups in these years were not available with 4wd, so the riser block is not present on duallies like it is on the SRW 4wd's.
He will need to use longer u-bolts and add in his 2" tall rear spring riser blocks when he swaps in the axle from the 2wd dually pickup, to retain his truck's current rear ride height and front/rear nose-down unloaded stance. I would advise at this point though to swap to the 4" riser blocks from an F350SRW 4x4 instead of using the F250's 2" blocks, so the truck will sit at the same 2" higher rear ride height that the F350SRW 4x4's sit at, versus the F250's. This allows 2" more drop in the rear springs under load before back end of the truck drops below level.
This was the reasoning behind Ford giving the F350SRW a 9200-lb GVWR versus the F250's 8800-lb GVWR because, the additional 2" of rear unloaded ride hieght, together with the standard upper aux overload leafs, allowed the F350SRW truck take more 400 lbs more weight on the rear axle before dropping below level than the F250 trucks could take. The rear 5-leaf main spring packs, aside from the overload leafs, are the same for the F250 and F350SRW, in these years.
On my F350SRW 4wd, I swapped out the stock 5-leaf packs for heavy duty 7-leaf packs using 3/8" thick leaves, versus the stock 1/4" thick leaves, in addition to a much thicker bottom overload leaf than the stock spring packs had. My springs are rated 4300 lbs per pack, versus the stock springs' rating of about 3000 lbs per pack. I kept the stock single upper overload leafs and the stock 4" riser blocks under the main packs.
The new heavy duty springs sit at pretty much the same stock ride height when unloaded cause although the packs are thicker (taller) the springs have less arc, so the spring eyes are close to the same position as stock in relation to the bottom of the pack. When loaded though, the springs don't drop much at all, so the truck stays level or slightly above, even with the rear axle loaded up to 7500 lbs, which is 1250 lbs over the capacity of the axle itself.
The truck rides hard when unloaded, but rides very firm and controlled with the heavy load. My truck normally weighs close to 11,000 lbs in daily use, though it weighs only about 7000 lbs with an empty bed. Most of that weight goes on the rear axle. This is the reason why I want the DRW axle. It is rated to take the weight I am loading the truck to and the brakes are slightly larger and should stop better. Though I'm not expecting them to be a HUGE difference, every bit helps.Millermatic350P/Python, MillermaticReach/Q300
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After graduating from Loyola College in Maryland as a member of the National Marketing Honor Society, Steve accepted a job in banking. This was not a good fit and didn't last long. His brief stint of being a real grown up, gave way to a dream job with the Philadelphia Eagles. Now this was way more fun than banking. But those who are destined for the stage, are destined for the stage. After a few Open Mics, came the title of "Funniest Comic in Philly". Some things are simply meant to be. Celebrity judge Pauly Shore invited Steve to Hollywood and The World Famous Comedy Store. He was now making $25 a night working the door. Steve always seemed happiest making people laugh, even if it meant he sometimes starved.
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On Jan. 12 of that year, Cecelia Flynn was born in Woonsocket during, of all things, a blizzard.
But there was no wintry weather yesterday as Cecelia — known to family and friends as "Mee Mee" — celebrated her centennial birthday at a party she actually planned herself.
A resident of Ashton Court in Harrisville, Cecelia was joined by family, friends and wellwishers, including Rep. Kale P. Keable (D-Dist. 47, Burrillville, Glocester), who presented her with official citations marking the occasion.
Cecelia, the daughter of the late Charles and Clara Russell, has lived in Burrillville for the past 40 years. She was married to John Flynn until his death in 1984.
During WW II, she worked at the former ART Garment Factory in Woonsocket for many years. She has two children, five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Cecelia lives independently at Ashton Court where she is an active member of the facility's club. She enjoys music, knitting and dancing. In fact, her birthday request was to be able to dance to Hawaiian music and "let her Irish out," she said
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I realize that 'house trailers' come in a variety of qualities - from trailer trash to fine homes on wheels. (When I say 'trailer trash' I am speaking of the structure, not its inhabitants.) My question is the axles that they roll in on.
I have access to 100 or more axles - some 8 feet long and some 12 feet long. They all seem to be 3" sch 40 size pipe. Most of them do have a bit of a wow or camber in them, I assume to flex as the trailer travels.
Here's my question. I want to add gin poles to my truck. If I cut off the spindles the pipes would be the correct length. I realize that a length of 3" pipe, new, would only be about $100 but free is hard to pass up. What quality is the steel in the axles? Is there any reason that the 'axle gin poles' would not work. My winch is only 8500 pounds so that would be my limiting factor.
I could not find a single tag on any of the axles - so I can't call the manufacturer.
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The axles are just mild steel pipe. Don't trash the spindles or backing plates i know a few people looking for them...BobBob Wright, Grandson of Tee Nee Boat Trailer Founder
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The axles are mild steel pipe and they come pre cambered so that the weight of the trailer bends them to zero so to get even wear on the tires.
That doesnt mean theyre perfectly cambered but its better than not doing anything.
I have cut them to shorten them up befor and you cut them in the very center and take the same amount out on both sides and then weld it back to gather.
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If you have a hundred of those axles you would be better off selling them to a whole seller, then buying new pipe. They may not all be worth a lot but if the shortest is eight feet they will buy them for cash. Feel free to pm me Im still in the mobile home buisness and have sold them for years.2 -225 bobcats 1 Koehler 1 Onan
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Monday, July 03, 2006
"Creativity," candor, and lawyering
Sandy Levinson
I consider Marty Lederman to be the best--and most scrupulous--constitutional lawyer in the country, which means that I take everything he says with the utmost seriousness. In the thread on John Yoo, he suggests (responding to a comment by me) that "creative" lawyers should be candid about their straying from the relatively unimaginative straight and narrow. But I wonder to what degree any lawyers, including such admirable lawyers as those who served with Marty in the in the Office of Legal Counsel that he graced with his service between 1994-2002, are entirely candid with regard to the "creativity" of their arguments. Don't lawyers always claim that their arguments are well-founded in traditional materials, and that any "creativity" actually represents a "deeper understanding," rather than creative transformation, of these materials? I'd be curious to know of any briefs or opinions that openly acknowledge the "creativity" of the arguments being made, at least with regard to constitutional or statutory interpretation. I assume that one can more openly acknowledge "creativity" in common law cases where one decides that the traditional rule has become dysfunctional (e.g., contributory negligence as barring any recovery at all).
I'm not a historian of law, so I can't really answer Levinson's questions directly, but this discussion reminds me of a Balkin post from a few months ago. It's a really persuasive piece and it put a lot of things in place for me when I read it--a lot of things that had been floating around in my mind for a while just "clicked" when Balkin put them into words. Here are some exerpts:
Lawyers have always... been willing to assert that, far from twisting the law, it is they, and not their opponents, who are being most true and faithful to the law... their job is to confuse, obfuscate, and make unjust and illegal things seem perfectly just and legal... lawyers have been implicated in the worst injustices in human history, arguing heatedly for them all the way... in the name of justice and the rule of law...
Given that lawyers are whores-- and I apologize in advance for the offense I may have given to prostitutes by comparing them to lawyers-- the question becomes, what restrains lawyers from being the most shameless tools of interest, or power, or both? There are two answers. First, lawyers' craft is always hemmed in by larger social forces and by popular opinions about ethics and morality, opinions which are not always articulated or articulable in precisely legal ways... If the moral opinions of a time are deeply corrupt, the law is unlikely to be far better.
Second, lawyers have developed a professional ethos... But my experience has been that professional ethos often does not constraint [sic] lawyers from serving unjust ends very much; at most, it forces them to articulate their defenses of unjust things through legal formalities. And by exercising sufficient cleverness, they are almost always able to do so...
I don't think it's at all surprising that we can find lawyers today who will defend the legality of torture or the President's plenary power to spy on American citizens... because there are people in the larger political culture who will happily argue for these practices on the merits... the law always needs help from other sources in political culture if it is to do its job appropriately. The rule of law, I would insist, is not a purely legal or professional ideal-- it is a political ideal that demands that power be checked, circumscribed and made accountable in fair and publicly knowable ways.
I hope the post helps you understand this issue as much as it helped me.
Hired gun comes to mind as the advocate serves his/her client in our adversarial system of justice. As Palldin might have said, "Have brief case, will travel."
There's an enormous difference between being a lawyer working for the OLC, as Yoo was, and working for any other department or agency of the Administration. The OLC's role is to provide non-partisan, eminently technical analyses of the current *state-of-the-art* regarding specific legal issues. Yoo was on a mission: to draft legal memorandums that could, from the formalistic or bureaucratic point of view, provide cover for certain acts that the Administration had told him it wanted to conduct.
There's an enormous difference between being "creative" in your legal analysis of a specific legal issue, as Yoo alleges he was, and deliberately ignoring the cornerstone of the law, that is, reiterated judicial precedents and undisputed statutes, something which Yoo systematically did when rendering his formal opinions.
There's an enormous difference between reinterpreting a certain portion of the Constitution that will have economic effects within your own country, as the newdealers did, and reinterpreting a part of Constitution in a manner that will offer a legal excuse for torturing, murdering, wounding, kidnapping and economically ruining hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people in countries that aren't yours.
Prof. Levinson, sorry, but there are too many differences between what an ordinary lawyer can do for his client and what John "Voodoo Law" Yoo has done. He's indefensible. And he's shameless, or how else can you describe someone who, after all of this and from his present position as a legal scholar, has the nerve to say (see the NY Times article linked in Prof. Lederman's last post) that the Hamdan decision is a judicial usurpation of the president's power to protect the nation?
Sandy, Every good lawyer knows the difference between an excercise in advocay, versus an attempt to figure out what the law says on a given point (or to figure out what the judge(s) will decide it says). This is an essential lawyering skill for a plain reason: the lawyer who fails to heed this distinction will regularly overestimate in advance the likelihood that his or her advocacy will prove successful. Since a large part of the job of the lawyer is to make such predictions, such a lawyer will be a failure.
To offer a gross generalization, the more creative the legal argument (and in absence of some assurance that the presiding judges will be receptive to such creativity), the greater the likelihood that it will fail.
Although it might be too much to ask of Yoo to admit that his positions were "creative," at the very least he should have indicated to superiors that it was a stretch given existing legal doctrines, although he might have added that a few of the justices were likely to be receptive to it nonetheless. That would have been good lawyering.
If he genuinely thought his arguments were legally correct, or would be supported by a majority of the Justices, this is reason to doubt his skills as a lawyer, and as a court prognisticator.
This is entirely aside from another important point, however: the charge of the OLC is to figure out what the law says. Yoo failed this particular task because that is not what he undertook.
Brian, as always, raises an important point, but I think that the crux of the argument involves what is meant by "success." Brian assumes that "success" means winning the case, which, of course, it often does. But major consider the possibility that the purpose of an OLC opinion is, in effect, to legitimize a range of action within the Executive Branch,in the short run, coupled with the willingness to await litigation. As to the latter, there are itself a number of possibilities: First, the opinion might involve an area that courts view as non-justiciable, either overtly or as a matter. This is often the case, of course, with regard to the presidency and foreign affairs. Second, one may believe, altogether accurately, that there are some judges who will be receptive to the arguments. Not at all coincidentally, these will be judges appointed by the Administration in power precisely in order to stock with bench with such people. (Can you spell Samuel Alito?) Obviously, there can be a lag at the Supreme Court because, say, 86-year-old Justice Stevens refuses to quit, but it is a reasonable bet that membership on the Court will change by the time that the case actually wends its way up to Washington. And, finally, there is the ultimate cynicism that even a "loss" at the Supreme Court level can be turned into a "win" in the "court of public opinion," as with, say, a Supreme Court decision properly finding that "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional.
In his long recent posting, Marty evokes the Lend Lease Opinion by Robert Jackson. He properly notes that at least it was public, and I agree that that is worth something. But if we agree that it represented overreaching, would any of us also agree that FDR shouldn't have done Lend Lease? There are, of course, hosts of other examples, going back (at least) to Jefferson's decision to purchase Louisiana even though he believed, rightly or wrongly, that it was unconstitutional.
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I think Brian's argument is akin to saying "because I lost, it was malpractice". But that is a fallacy.
There's a wonderful article by Jeannie Suk from 2002 about the relationship between creativity in the law and creativity in the arts. Suk examines the question of originality in copyright law to make the case that lawyers and artists *both* draw from tradition *and* creatively reuse materials that are already in existence to make something new. So new and old, copying and creating, are always in a kind of productive tension: "If anything, lawyers should appreciate literary rewriting because we know that applying precedent is not a mechanical act, but one that involves transformation and even originality. Lawyers know that in the production of texts, copying and originality coexist, each nourishing the other." Suk suggests that the law and postmodern art, specifically, rely on the same model of creativity — where "borrowing is [both] inseparable from, and constitutive of, originality." See her "Note: Originality," Harvard Law Review 115 (May 2002), 1989-2009.Post a Comment
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When Ivy League classics professor Bill Kincaid receives news of the murder of his estranged identical twin brother, Brady in a pot deal gone bad, he leaves the world of Northeastern academia to travel back to his home state of Oklahoma. Upon arrival, he finds that reports of his brother's death are greatly exaggerated, and he's soon caught up in the dangerous and unpredictable world of drug commerce in the backwaters of the Southwest. In the process, he reconnects with his eccentric mother, meets a wise and educated young woman who has bypassed academia in favor of the gentler rhythms of life, and unwittingly helps his troubled brother settle a score with a pernicious drug lord who uses Tulsa's small Jewish community for cover.
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Now that they've re-signed Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky
and Steve Eminger, the Rangers are likely finished making transactions this
summer. But while training camp is still
over a month away, it's never too early to think ahead.
After this season the salaries of Steve Eminger, Wojtek
Wolski, Sean Avery, Erik Christensen, Ruslan Fedotenko and Marty Biron will be
wiped from the books and the team will only have to worry about re-signing
Brandon Prust, Michael Del Zotto and possibly Mats Zuccarello.
The Blueshirts could have around $10 million in free cap
space heading into next summer to add a backup goalie and some forwards,
meaning New York could once again be a player in free agency.
The Rangers should be relatively set on defense and don't
appear likely to need to make any significant UFA additions along the blue line, but once
again they could be seeking some supporting offense. It's likely that some
youngsters will fill the vacated forward spots and the Blueshirts might be wise
to remember that Artem Anisimov, Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh and Mike Sauer
will be in need of new deals two summers from now, but the Rangers could still
be in position to sign a significant free agent.
Many of these players will re-sign with their current teams
or no longer be viable options by July 1, 2012, but here's an early look at potential
UFA forwards of interest a year from now:
Zach Parise, LW – The Devils have already begin clearing
salary in anticipation of making a huge offer to Parise, but the 27-year-old
would be wise to test the open market. If
he becomes available, all 30 teams will look into signing him and although the
Rangers would surely be outbid, they have a strong affinity for young
Brad Boyes, RW – The Sabres acquired the 29-year-old from
St. Louis prior to this year's trade deadline and he ended up quietly tallying 55
points in 2010-2011. Boyes hasn't come
close to matching the 43 goals he racked up in 2007-2008, but he's a versatile
offensive talent and is willing to play in the dirty areas. His current cap hit is $4 million, but his
future salary will be contingent upon his performance this year.
Alex Semin, RW – There's still speculation that Alex
Ovechkin's Russian sidekick might be traded prior to the start of the season,
but he seems like a good bet to hit the open market next July. Semin has demonstrated that he can score with
the best of them, but he's another enigmatic winger that can often leave teams underwhelmed. If Semin stays healthy and has a big year, he
might be able to match his current $6.7 million salary, but if not, he may end
up chasing money back home to Russia.
Chris Kunitz, LW – The 31-year-old came over from Anaheim in 2009 as just one of many attempts by Pittsburgh management to
find competent wingers to play with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby. Kunitz is coming off the best statistical
season of his career, but he has failed to put up the big numbers many expected
he would after being paired with the best player in the world. Kunitz's current salary is just north of $3.7
million and as a 32-year-old free agent, this is probably his last shot at a big
Mikael Samuelsson, RW – The 34-year-old ex-Ranger continues
to quietly post decent seasons in Vancouver, but he's really getting up there
in age. Teams may be nervous about
offering Samuelsson a multi-year contract because his cushy situation in
Vancouver could be a big reason for his success, but he has playoff experience
and in a supporting role he can still chip in decent offensive numbers.
Mikhail Grabovski, C – After missing out on Brad Richards,
the Maple Leafs will likely do whatever it takes to retain their emerging
center. Toronto
probably won't be outbid for Grabovski, but the 27-year-old could be interested
in escaping the pressures of Toronto. The Blueshirts are stacked at center, but
Grabovski could be the jewel of the UFA class next year and if Derek Stepan is
moved to left wing, Grabovski could become an extremely attractive option. Grabovski's asking price will probably make
him an unrealistic option.
Jiri Hudler, RW – The 27-year-old was a huge disappointment
in his return to North America last year, but before his hiatus back to Russia,
Hudler was an emerging star. He's now
two years removed from a 57-point season and his performance this season will dictate
his value next summer.
Ales Hemsky, RW – Though Hemsky's skill is undeniable, the
Rangers already have two elite players with injury concerns. Nevertheless, if the 27-year-old is available
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and that type of talent is rare in the NHL.
Chris Kelly, C – Kelly is no more than a very good
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team. The Rangers are set down the
middle, but a high character player like Kelly that plays on both ends of the
ice is always intriguing.
Rich Peverley, C – The 29-year-old arrived in Boston as a trade deadline
reinforcement, and like Kelly, he was a major factor during the Bruins Stanley
Cup run. Peverley is a mid-tier center
right now, but a big season could inflate his value tremendously.
Kristian Huselius, LW – Huselius could miss a good chunk of
the season with a torn pectoral muscle, but in a weak left wing market, he
could still cash in next July. The
32-year-old has enjoyed a long run of success in the NHL and is still a good
bet to hit 60 points when he's healthy for a full year.
R.J. Umberger, LW – The Rangers briefly owned Umberger's
rights seven years ago after acquiring him for Martin Rucinsky, but they were
unable to reach a deal. The team might
be kicking itself for that because Umberger has emerged as a versatile two-way
left wing capable of easily chipping in 50 points. If there are no hard feelings between the two
sides, the 29-year-old could be a very attractive UFA.
Dustin Penner, LW – The hulking 28-year-old did little to impress
after being traded to Los Angeles,
but players with his size and skill level are far and few between. Like many of the players on this list, a big
season could propel his value upward, but right now he's a high-risk,
high-reward guy.
Jarret Stoll, C – Stoll, 29, has quietly had a nice career
although he's never come close to matching the 68 points he posted back in
2005-2006. A face-off wizard, Stoll will
be in high demand, but the center-rich Rangers probably won't come calling.
Shane Doan, RW – The 34-year-old has remained undyingly
loyal to Phoenix, but with a still uncertain ownership situation and just a few
years left, he'll probably be ready to move on. For a team on the cusp of taking the next step like New York, Doan will be an extremely
attractive piece. He's still producing
at a high level and there are few with more character, so Doan should attract
plenty of attention if he reaches the open market.
Ray Whitney, LW – The 39-year-old continues to put up big
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Lee Stempniak, RW – Another supporting offensive player,
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David Jones, RW – The Avalanche is scraping against the cap
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- Reza Ghiabi
- Tehran
- Iran
Chairman of the Board, VIRA Group
This conversation is closed.
"Even a broken clock is right twice a day. " Is it really right?
So I posted this quote as my google statues and my friend had an Idea:
"Unless you don't have a reliable standard to compare that clock with, it is useless to consider this fact that the clock might be right 2 times. Clock is a measurement instrument with which you measure something else, so if you wan't to verify it you need another clock which works 100% correct"
What do you think? Shouldn't we consider that maybe others can be right sometimes? How can we define this "standard" that my friend mentioned?
Justin Elkin
Jul 10 2013: Great question Reza, we measure time by the movements of the Sun and such. But really time is a forward motion never to be the same again. So, for me that saying lies within the "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" category.
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Paul Lillebo
Jul 4 2013: If we compare our stopped clock with one that only shows hours, we could conclude that it's correct twice a day, or one-twelfth of the time. If our reference clock also shows minutes, we'd conclude that it's still correct twice a day, but only one-720'th of the time. If it shows seconds it's still correct twice but only one-43,200th of the time. Well, you get the point. If we have a cesium clock that can measure millionths of a second ...
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As the denominator in our rate approaches infinity, the time period of theoretical clock-correctness approaches a limit of zero, and eventually becomes a practical non-event, though this non-event still happens twice a day. (By the way, to verify that your reference clock is "100% correct" you would need another reference clock, etc...)
Sure, "others can be right sometimes." And to others, we're the "others." By chance, we could be right sometimes, too. I think others are right most of the time; at least right for themselves. And we and the others can both be right, even when we disagree. What we're mostly not right about is that others aren't right.
Jul 5 2013: Well said Paul, I think as you say the "scope" matters and by scope I mean the level of details that we intend to use or they are useful to get us the results. in this metaphor it's important that we define a scope too, for example if we want to count the hours, minutes, seconds, etc...
Hence, if we are going to trust a random "other", we need to include the "scope" as a variable too.
I hope I get your point correctly.
edward long
Jul 3 2013: Actually, the saying is, "A STOPPED clock is right twice a day." A broken (operating inaccurately) clock is always wrong. No clock is ever right because there are only two conditions for Time; Time yet to come (future), and Time already gone by (past). There is no Now Time because by the time the answer to the question, "What time IS it?" is communicated it is not accurate, valid, truthful information. So, no, a stopped clock is not right twice a day, nor is any other clock whether broken or fully functional.
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pat gilbert
Jul 3 2013: Yea but did you get his point?
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I did but some people are really like the broken operating clock. So I listen with a jaundice perspective and do an initial assessment of whether what they are saying is worth spending any more time on, and admittedly sometimes however rare they do say something which is useful.
But if I don't do this initial assessment I would spend all of my time on useless posts.
Jul 3 2013: 10-4 on that Pat. I had to butt-in and correct the wording (it's one of my many weaknesses) regarding the condition of the clock. Is Reza's point that we should always consider the possibility of another person being right? I don't know.
pat gilbert
Jul 3 2013: Yes you are correct and right.
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I'm just adding I still have to finish reading the internet so I have to use my time wisely. (8^(l)Jul 5 2013: Thank you for mentioning my point Pat. Yes, by this metaphor, I mean we should see the possibility of being correct in any words, but another point here is that "standard" I mentioned. In the metaphor if we don't have another clock to use it as reference, we can't find out if the clock is right or not. So we can assume that unless we have a reference, it is useless to know that the clock is right twice a day.
Hence in real life, can we say that "Maybe that person is right?", "It is possible." or etc? or do we need to have a reference all the time?
And yes Pat, you are right. Time is limited but I think there are certain little precious things that we are missing in our every day life and considering the possibility of others to be right even the ones that we don't like much, may increase our chances to mine this little ideas, thoughts, etc.Jul 5 2013: You are right Edward, in this metaphor I assumed that a broken clock is stopped (although a stopped clock is not necessarily broken).Jul 5 2013: Actually Edward is not 100% correct. Because we can ignore the time taken for the receiver of the question to hear it, as for him the now, and the question, is relative to the asker given the time the sound wave and brain processing takes, and similarly the return journey, further we cant assume that the person answering isn't taking the time to return into account when stating the time. What's relevant here is that the time is relative to the person asking the and person answering, rather like quantum mechanics, in that way.
Jul 5 2013: I am correct IF there is no universal simultaniety, which there cannot be if Time is relative to Space and Velocity. If there is Universal Simultaniety then I am disqualified from this conversation.
Jul 6 2013: too many if's. :)Jul 6 2013: RE: "too many if's. . . " Nothing is expressed with certainty in Science. Natural (scientific) Laws merely describe how nature has behaved within limits and how it is likely to behave within limits again, under similar conditions. We cannot say with certainty that the Sun will rise tomorrow. We can only say IF it continues to behave as it has throughout recorded history it will rise tomorrow.Jul 10 2013: Do not assume the answer is wrong based on the source.Jul 10 2013: The way we measure things in lay terms is 'good enough', you're overthinking the quote there.Jul 10 2013: I assume that we are used to see things with our own eyes. So it's easy to say " this clock is broken. Need a new one". Then, assuming that, in fact, it is right and we are totally wrong, everything changes. Of course, I'm talking in a relativistic way. People takes things according to their own perception of the world. For this not to be a crazy chaos, we create some standards, which are the way things should be, and, from that, we can say things are right or wrong. But,usually, it is only a matter of differents points of view.Jul 7 2013: When majority of people accept and acknowledge certain conventions,practices,rules and regulations then it becomes a Standard. But, when anything becomes standard then that standard may be right or wrong. In the ancient times majority of the people believed that sun rotates around the earth and it became a standard. Then one day somebody(Copernicus) challenged this standard and proved that it is the earth which rotates around the sun. And now this is the standard.Jul 6 2013: Philosophically, I agree with your friend.
I am right 100% of the time. Those who may disagree with me are correct maybe twice a day.
Strangely, I am not the only one who holds this philosophy. .Jul 6 2013: My first time at a TED conversation. It could be me, but this seems like a very strange conversation about a simple sentiment. "Even a broken clock is correct twice a day." it is intended to have the viewer look more deeply at someone or some situation that seems "broken", to see if maybe the viewer is incorrect in their judgment.
while you could analyze the concept of "time", philosophy, religion, et al, the quote is trying to help someone not be so judgmental.
Jul 6 2013: Good description Barbara. The statement is the statement here, it's us that can look at it simply or with complex approach. Personally I believe simple approach works here more, just like you described it. With this approach the message would be: "Don't be judgmental".
But that raises at least one question: Is any one or any Ideas should be treated this way? History of a phenomenon is a part of it's context. And we need the context to make a good decision.Jul 6 2013: There's an optimistic and a pessimistic approach to this metaphor.
Optimistically - even faulty systems/poor logic can get it right some times.
Pessimistically - as getting the right answer is sometimes pure luck, one-off success (or occasional success) shouldn't be taken as evidence of fitness for purpose.
Jul 6 2013: Your comment made me think of Alpha and Beta product inspection systems. They use these two methods when they are trying to get a sample of a product and check it for quality control. The difference is the assumption or as you say "approach".
Alpha inspection - All products have problems unless the opposite is proven.
Beta inspection - All products works fine unless the opposite is proven.
Obviously alpha counting system is more expensive as they need to inspect all products.
The point is experience made that clear none of these methods are acceptable but the combination of these two sounds promising. So they use Alpha then Beta.
So maybe here it's not bad to take the same approach and trust the systems that passed the alpha phase...Jul 6 2013: we don't need another clock to compare the time with, because time is one of the quantities that's defined rather than maintained. similarly, you don't need one thermometer to check another, because a degree is defined as a measure of the triple point of water.
also i'd argue that the clock can't really be 'right' since it isn't working; it's correct twice a day by luck not by correct function.
Jul 6 2013: Thanks Ben but I'm not really sure about the first paragraph. Because sometimes we do need a source to see if the other systems are working correctly or not. That's why they have cesium clocks, etc., so they can compare other devices to them.
Regarding the second paragraph, is it really luck? Because we can't predict luck but we can definitely predict that when the stopped clock is going to be right. For instance if the hands of the clock shows 8 o'clock and right now the time is 4 o'clock, we can says in exactly 4 hours the stopped clock would be right!
On the other hand if we assume that it is luck, does it make a difference? Cause at exactly 8 o'clock we can't tell the difference between the stopped clock and other working ones.
What I'm trying to say is, at certain times or situations even a broken or stopped system can take us to the results and therefore at that moment the system is not broken and working well.
Jul 8 2013: re the first paragraph no that's not true, we don't need a clock to get time. the atomic clocks too become out when the earth's rotation shifts, usually as a result for an earthquake very slightly altering the shape of the earth and the time it takes to complete 1 rotation.
re the second paragraph i see what you mean and it's not completely luck is it. i was thinking along the lines of if say you throw a stick on the ground then twice a day it will be pointing in the same direction as the sun but we couldn't say it was useful for keeping time. it "works" but not really.Jul 5 2013: My understanding to this metaphor might seem confusing but to me I waver for confusing
Our reality is created on our mindset and what we perceive
Its done through consensus or accepted means to an end.
Once society adopts a predetermined mind set we only achieve repeated results, we are living in a groundhog paradox
"The only way to change the paradigm is to create another paradigm making the first nul envoid"
But what we must understand that in order to gain that introspection / insight
we must awaken our inner source and discover, that we following the wrong paradigm
So the broken clock metaphor elaborates the fact that we living on broken time that has stagnated, repeating the same results over and over again because the consensus does not allow us to change the status quo.
So we living in a deluded box that confines our minds to a single thought achieving the same conclusion over and over again. Since we cannot see out side the box.
We accept that there is no hope, a for gone conclusion that this life and this is what we left with.
But its not!! We are to diverse to be copies of one another.
We embrace the celebrity complex, because its displayed as the key to prosperity and higher self
But what it does it only repeats what we yearn and aspire for Prosperity
How we perceive this reality is conditioned on our influences.
We need to look outside the box and discover that clock is broken and that twice everyday, it reminds us that the clock is broken. But we so happy living with this broken clock because its the only clock we know. Its an heirloom of a time period when it worked.
Humanity has evolved but we mold our current society around the out date hypothesis of philosophers philosophy, from an era that has no relation to our own. We respect those philosophers but not Religions. Both gives evidence through scriptures. but consensus only accept the literature of the intellectual scientific communities. but its was once believed fact that Earth was Flat
Jul 6 2013: scriptures are not evidence. anyone can write them and make up any content they choose, this does not constitute fact. people accept scientific literature because they can test it for themselves to see if it's true or not.
if for example i was to design an extension to my legs that enables me to run twice as fast, and include instructions and diagrams, others can also make them and test the truth of my claim. similarly, religious works can be tested and shown to be false, eg with the earth being flat, the bible claims the earth is flat, and heaven is a solid surface (the 'firmament') held above the sky by 4 pillars at the corners of the earth.
Jul 6 2013: Hi ben thanks for replying
Well scriptures a history in time written by the followers of misers and prophets. Do understand that many of those followers, loved their misers to the extend to making them seem superhuman.
But I believe they were, but letz take for instant. Sodam and Gomara. a time period when homosexuality and free sex was the order of the day. It perpetuated for centuries until this poor immigrant came along and professed his nobility to prophet-hood. Bearing testimony that man should abstain from such acts. They all scoffed at him and commenced with their actions.
He was ordered to leave through divine intervention and to take his followers with him.
It was then the city was turned into stone and covered in sand.
Sound lot like fairy tales like Medusa and her stone transformation stare. But unlike Medusa
Archaeologist has found evidence of this city. Google it
So my point is the scripture might sound like its filled with fantasy but there is evidence contrary.
Now we come to the point of authenticity. When followers makes any claims, its is 3rd person report. which is subjected to opinion and could be construed as bias.
When there is 2nd narration and more than one support to the narration, it make it authentic and more supportive. When Jesus, Moses, John or Mohammed spoke you have first account messages. as they were the revealing miser to their people and followers.
So going down the path of prophet hood or claims of Prophet hood they possessed the link to the spirit world. If our life is an illusion and conjured by the thought of intellectuals or forward or backward thinkers. They must be in contact with their spirituality to entertain any innovative and creative thought. We can conclude a hypothesis through a fixed formula and will repeatedly come to the same conclusion no matter time and space. But that same formula hinder our progress because evolution and nature does not depend on our formula to exist. Anti matter or even our spirit
Jul 8 2013: there is no evidence that this man lived, that he said what is claimed was said, nor that a deity took any action. the city of athens also exists, but that doesn't mean athena ever did.
i wrote a moral story back in high school too. it used real places and people and it was 2nd person narration so does that make it authentic? of course not, the events were metaphorical, as was the dragon king, who never existed.
also we don't have spirits, we made those up too.Jul 10 2013: Hey Ben, I was really taken by the we don't have spirits. I know to prove such a thing is impossible now but dreaming is pretty spiritual if you ask me. Do you think thoughts have an effect on outcome?
Jul 10 2013: a spirit is a concept not a thing. you can attach meaning to a dream and call it spiritual if you like, but that's a person's attaching importance, not it's already being there. similar i guess is that there's no joy without the person experiencing it. joy, fascination, spirituality, these are just words we use to describe processes that occur in our minds, take away the mind and they disappear too. i would be interested to know your definition of "spirit" and "spiritual"?
it would depend on what you mean by outcome. the outcome of my decision no, thoughts are not the process we've always thought them to be, since it was discovered that we can measure the choice a person is going to take (with an EEG) up to 8 seconds before they make it, while they are still 'thinking'. it seems that the choices we make depend on who we are, and the who we are also determines our thought processes, so they're essentially one and the same. perhaps thoughts are just a way of going through what our brains have realised we already know?
sorry it's hard to explain. i guess in most simple terms it was thought for a long time to be brain structure -> thoughts -> decisions but they found it's actually brain structure -> thoughts and decisions.Jul 5 2013: Actually I just had a second understating of this metaphor:
Sometimes it means that the person who lives in this mind set, is trying a stopped or broken system (another human being, a company, etc.,) over and over again and gets the same unsatisfying result and hopes that maybe giving it another shot may ends up in a better result.
On another hand, there is this meaning that, the person who uses this mind set, tries to see something good in any of system's outputs.
I personally believe that in the first approach if we have other sources and we keen to use that one malfunctioning source, it is a complete waste of time because we can reach the same result less costly.
But regarding the second approach, I truly believe that there is something good and fruitful in any phenomenon and we should wash our eyes and look again to find it out.Jul 5 2013: Let's suppose this is true.There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Your clock is now wrong 86,398 seconds of the day. Equally true if you want to subscibe to the clock wisdom.Jul 4 2013: So from your clock metaphor, predicting something correctly once or twice should not lead us to conclude that the model used to make those predictions is reliable. It might be just like a broken clock.
I don't think we can expect any source to be 100% reliable, but we can increase our confidence in conclusions when multiple independent sources using different methods agree.
Jul 5 2013: Thank Fritzie, I think what you are emphasizing here is "system's reliability". And you are suggesting that we can increase system's reliability by multiplying our sources.
There are systems like human being judgment system that have limited sources. When the time is limited and we are making a decision, like in our day lives, we can only rely on our feelings. Can you describe some more about this "reliability"?
Fritzie -
Jul 5 2013: I am not offering anything unusual here. If you are inquiring into a matter for purposes of making a judgment, it is wise to consider more than one person's point of view or understanding of the matter in situations in which no individual might be considered fully reliable or unbiased.
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We typically act in almost every circumstance with incomplete information.
Jul 5 2013: Well said Fritzie, Thank you.Jul 4 2013: The arms are broken off of my face clock and the one I'm comparing it to is digital with a ghost in the machine at times. I don't know. If I say it is 13 hundred I'm only right once a day at this certain time.Jul 3 2013: 1) Yes.
2) Several countries maintain official "standard" time by means of various expensive timekeeping devices (in the USA, it is cesium fountain, cesium tube, AND hydrogen maser devices, which are used to provide an aggregate figure). There is also international consultation and adjustment to ensure that various national standards are workably close to each other. Metrology is always an ongoing process, with constant adjustments being made.
PS: A stopped 24-hour clock is only correct once a day.
Jul 5 2013: First of all thanks for the information and the point about the 24-hour clocks. You are right.
This sentence of yours: "Metrology is always an ongoing process, with constant adjustments being made." seems like a matter of personal experience. Would you please explain it some more? I always had this assumption that although everything thing is changing, there are phenomenons that we can measure and they are fixed or even if they change, we can predict their changes as well...