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I'm involved with recording a lot of a capella choir performances, and it's not uncommon for the group to drop 1/2 to a full step through the course of a song. I was hoping with Pro Tools' elastic audio feature that I could raise the ending pitch to match the beginning and have it apply the correction throughout the region, but alas, you can only alter the pitch of an entire regions by a static amount. Does anyone know of a way to apply gradual pitch shifts?
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Although I highly discourage doing this - EVER - in a live recording, as with most problems there is a suitable solution.
The Pitch Shift plugin that comes with Pro Tools can do cent-based shifts in pitch. You can use automation to gradually increase the pitch as the choir's pitch decreases.
If you are not happy with the quality the pitch shift plugin gets you, you could have a look at the Melodyne plugin by Celemony. Very good plugin, which I used multiple times in pop studio productions on instruments, but it might do fine as well on vocals.
I haven't used Pro Tools, but this is easily done in Adobe Audition using Effects -> Time and Pitch -> Pitch Bender.
Sound Forge has an excellent gradual pitch bend effect.


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AV states that Battle Standards have resist 50 all when deployed, but it says nothing about their total health. Can an enemy destroy them by picking them up out of the ground and breaking them in half?
If it breaks, how can it be repaired?
AV states that Battle Standards have resist 50 all when deployed, but it says nothing about their total health. Can an enemy destroy them by picking them up out of the ground and breaking them in half?
If it breaks, how can it be repaired?
There is nothing hard and fast specific to battle standards written in the 4e rules that I am aware of. However, the Rules Compendium(pp 176-177) (and I'm pretty sure the DMG (p65) has this as well) has a table for the very purpose of attacking objects.
Here is the table from the online compendium:
In this case I'd probably go small or maybe medium. There is also a table for modifiers but they may or may not be relevant to trying to attack a battle standard.
Suffice to say you're looking at an AC/Ref of 5-8 a Fort of 8-10, immunity Will (as well as necrotic, poison and psychic) and HP between 10-20 (unless you choose to modify this with an HP multiplier, but that is up to you).
As far as restoring the standard after it is broken, the
I'd follow the rules for conjurations
The AV is pretty lithe on information, but it does say that any number of standards can be placed in a square and that they don't occupy a square, which is something typical of conjurations too. Thus, I'd rule as follows:
The Standard has defenses equal to its owner.
This makes the Standard work like a Shaman's spirit companion: you either reach the target number to poof it (in this case, 51 damage with a single attack), or you don't. Note that conjurations are immune to status effects, such as ongoing damage.
Addition: Note that each Battle Standard states:
This has some problems of ambiguous language of early D&D 4th edition: a
Given that they're full-priced magic items (not consumables) and the power is usable every encounter, I'd rule that any creature can pull them out of the ground, but that it simply ends the power and the player retains the item. Not terribly simulationist, but fits the rules of the game. I'd point out that most magic items aren't destroyed, such as weapons or shields or armor, in the course of their use. I don't suspect Battle Standards were intended to be much different from other similar rewards.
DM's should be free to adjudicate as necessary to fit their story, of course.


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Silence is a relative or total lack of sound. But it is possible for real? Is there any way to achieve this?
If you are willing to take a high pedantic, microscopic view of these things sound is pressure waves in a material, and therefore molecules in motion.
Any particular set of molecular motions can be decomposed in Fourier space and to obtain a non-zero (but often absurdly low energy) sonic environment just from the random motions of the molecular component.
The only way to make this go away would be to cool the material to absolute zero.
That said, even in this overly pedantic view you can make things as quite as you want.
To learn more about practical construction and applications of very quite spaces search on "acoustically dead" and "anechoic".


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Suppose that $A$ is a real square matrix with all diagonal entries $1$, all off-diagonal entries non-positive, and all column sums positive and non-zero. Does it follow that $\det(A)\neq0$? Is this just an exercise? Are these matrices well-known?
A nonzero row vector $v$ has a nonzero coordinate of greatest magnitude. $vA$ has a nonzero entry in that coordinate by the triangle inequality, hence is not the $0$ vector.
I'm answering to the "are these matrices well-known" part. Yes, they belong to at least two classes of widely studied matrices:
First of all, it's hard to beat Douglas Zane's one-liner resolving yo's main question. Very short, sweet, and to the point. But, since darij grinberg wants to see "everyone's proofs", I'll add mine to his collection.
Upon first reading this question the first thing which popped into my mind was the following argument, based on Gershgorin's Circle Theorem: $A$ is real; therefore the characteristic polynomial of $A$ has real coefficients; therefore the eigenvalues of $A$ are either real or occur in complex conjugate pairs $\lambda$, $\bar \lambda$. $\lambda \bar \lambda$, however, is nonnegative. Indeed, by Gershgorin's theorem, all such $\lambda$ have positive real part, whence $\lambda \bar \lambda > 0$ for all complex eigenvalues $\lambda$. Again by Gershgorin's theorem, the real eigenvalues must be positive as well; thus the product of all the eigenvalues of $A$, i.e. its determinant, must be positive, establishing the nonsingularity of $A$ and a little more, viz. $det(A) > 0$. (Of course, Gershgorin's theorem directly shows no eigenvalue can be zero, thus directly establishing the fact that $det(A) \ne 0$.)
Then after reading the comments I realized the Gershgorin Circle Theorem approach was old hat, so I mulled it over for a few minutes to see if I could come up with a proof which didn't use Gershgorin's result, at least not directly. Here's what I got: set $B = I - A$; then the entries $b_{ij}$ of $B$ satisfy $b_{ii} =0$, $b_{ij} \ge 0$, and $\sum_{i}b_{ij} < 1$ for all $j$; these statements follow directly from the assumptions placed upon $A$ in the stated question. We thus have $0 \le \sum_{i} b_{ij} < 1$ for all $j$. In particular since the $b_{ij}$ are finite in number, there exists $K$, $0 < K < 1$, with all $\sum_{i} b_{ij} < K$. From these remarks it is easy to see that, considering $B$ as a linear map on row vectors $v$ by multiplication on the right, i.e. $v \to vB$, the operator norm of $||B||$ of $B$ satisfies $||B|| \le K$ if we use the $sup$ or $max$ norm on $R^{n}$, where $v$ lives: $||v|| = max\{|v_{i}|\}$. Then as is well-known we have the existence of$A^{-1}$, viz. $A^{-1} = (I - B)^{-1} = I - B + B^{2} - B^{3} + . . . $; this latter series converges since $||B|| < K < 1$. Thus we have $det(A) \ne 0$. A little more work allows us to incorporate the idea expressed in fedja's comment: for $s \in [0, 1]$ the matrix $sB$ exhibits all the properties which have been shown to hold for $B$, so $s \to (I - sB)$ is a continuous path from $I$ to $A$ through nonsingular matrices on which the determinant cannot change sign; thus in fact $det(A) > 0$. This approach replaces reliance on Gershgorin's Circle Theorem with with the notion that, for $||B|| < 1$, $I - B$ is invertable, an argument often seen in operator theory.
Now I must confess that, after having worked this out, I found essentially the same tack on the web page cited by darij in his comment; but darij wanted to see different people's proofs, and so here is mine. Finally, I guess yo can see from what has been posted here that such matrices are quite well known. It is an exercise, but, like many exercises in mathematics, one which is not without merit of its own.
If $\sum_i \lambda_i (a_{ij})_i=0$ is a linear dependence of the rows of your matrice with $\lambda_i\in\mathbb R$ then find the maximal $|\lambda_i|$. Then you have $0=|\sum_i \lambda_j a_{ij}|\geq |\lambda_i|-\sum_{i\ne j}|\lambda_j| |a_{ij}|\geq |\lambda_i| - \sum_{i\ne j} |\lambda_i||a_{ij}|>0$. Contradiction.


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Charlotte baseball entertains Virginia Tech for the first time since 2007 on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. for the only mid-week action for the 49ers. Tuesday is Faculty and Staff Night at the ballpark.
The 49ers lost two of three to 2012 College World Series participant Kent State over the weekend, the first two home losses in 11 games on campus this season. As the weather improved over the weekend, the 49ers posted sellouts on Saturday and Sunday. Charlotte has sold out three games this season and has brought more than 30,000 fans through the gates each of the past three seasons.
Following the Daylight Saving Time change, Charlotte moves its Tuesday and Friday games to 6 p.m. for the remainder of the season, except for this Friday when, because of the Saturday doubleheader, the Siena series will start at 4 p.m.
The Hokies fell out of the Top 25 this week after dropping two of three to No. 14 Georgia Tech over the weekend. Virginia Tech won the Sunday finale 6-2 in Blacksburg to put them at 12-4 for the season, off to a 1-2 start in ACC play. Chad Pinder and Mark Zagunis have reached base safely in all 16 games during the season.
Charlotte enters at 10-4, coming off back-to-back losses for the first time this season. The 49ers' last two wins have come in one-run games, including Friday's walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth. Saturday's loss was 2-1 and Sunday's loss came in extra innings to the Golden Flashes. Sophomore second baseman Brad Elwood (Indian Trail, N.C. / Piedmont HS) has recorded a hit in all 14 games this season and has a career-long 15-game hitting streak dating back to last season. He leads the 49ers with a .407 batting average and 22 hits. He is the only player on the roster to play in the outfield (right - 7 games) and infield (2B - 7 games). He has three outfield assists this season to lead the team and 19 infield assists up the middle. He is second in the squad with 13 runs scored, eight walks and two stolen bases. He collected the game-winning hit in the ninth inning to upend Kent State Friday night. Reliever Hunter May (Cornelius, N.C. / Pitt CC) leads the team with four pitching wins. He has appeared in 10 of Charlotte's 14 games this season, all out of the bullpen. In a survey of Division I teams, May is tied for fourth in the nation with UCLA's David Berg in percentage of team games in which he has appeared, at .714 this season.\
Monday, freshman Sean Geoghegan (High Point, N.C. / Southwest Guilford HS) was named the Atlantic 10 Conference's Rookie of the Week for his work over the weekend in the Kent State series. He got his first collegiate win after three perfect innings in the 5-4 walk-off win Friday. He also pitched a scoreless frame in Sunday's extra-innings loss. He is the second 49er to win a weekly award after senior Shane Basen (Waxhaw, N.C. / Marvin Ridge HS) earned A-10 Player of the Week at the conclusion of week two of the regular season.
The 49ers are 17-20 all-time against the Hokies, winning the last four meetings in the series. Those four wins include two wins in Blacksburg and two in Charlotte. Virginia Tech's last road meeting against the 49ers was also one of the last games Charlotte played at Kannapolis' Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium. The Hokies and 49ers played at the home of the Kannapolis Intimidators Class A minor league team as Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium was finishing construction in the early part of the 2007 season. Charlotte won that contest 11-0 before beating Tech at English Field 9-3 in the previous meeting between the teams on May 15 of that season.
Charlotte junior lefthander Jason Harris (Austin, Tex. / Barton County CC) will start Tuesday night for the 49ers. In two starts, he has posted an earned run average of 0.87 in 10.1 innings pitched. He has recorded six strikeouts and three walks. Senior righty Tanner McIntyre will oppose Harris for the Hokies. In three starts and two relief appearances, McIntyre is 1-0 with a 4.41 ERA. In 16.1 innings, he has tallied 14 strikeouts and eight walks.
The 49ers will conclude the 13-game home stand this weekend in a four-game series against Siena. The series-opener will begin Friday at 4 p.m.


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FORT RILEY (WIBW) -- Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler III touched down at the home of the Big Red One Wednesday in an effort to have some one-on-one time with soldiers.
The Army's top enlisted officer saw hundreds of artillery soldiers in their element during a training exercise in the field.
It was Chandler's second visit to Fort Riley in recent weeks. He accompanied the Army Vice Chief of Staff in July as Army senior leaders evaluated soldiers' well being and medical care during their "Health of the Force" Tour of six installations. They worked to assess the overall health of those serving in the Army's ranks.
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"This time is really to talk with soldiers and families and talk to them a little bit about what's going on from an Army perspective and then to hear what's on their mind to bring that back to the Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Army," Sgt. Maj. Chandler told reporters after he landed in a helicopter on the training field.
"I think it's great that the Sergeant Major of the Army is coming out. It gives him the ability to get face to face with the soldiers. It shows the soldiers that he's willing to come out to see them and see how they're training and see what there is on his level that he can do for the soldiers, get any input but it shows the soldiers that he's willing to get on the ground with them," said Sergeant First Class Ryan Becker, 1-7 FA Battalion Master Gunner.
Chandler addressed several topics with soldiers, including suicide rates in the Army, hazing and the drawdown of our troops.
"We know that we're going to reduce the size of our Army to about 490,000 right now and we'll do that over a very deliberate process over the next 5 years which equates to about 12-14,000 soldiers a year. A vast majority of that is going to be through natural attrition- soldiers leaving the Army when it comes time. We're also going to recruit less people and we've also made our retention requirements, those people that are currently in the Army and want to stay, higher than what they've been in the past to focus on retaining the best qualified folks," he explained.
When asked how the drawdown would impact Fort Riley Chandler replied: "I'm not sure what the specific numbers are going to be here yet because as part of the drawdown, we've reduced the two brigades in Germany and we're doing a holistic review across not only units but also facilities and infrastructure and you've got great infrastructure and facilities here at Fort Riley. Obviously, across the Army, there's going to be some reduction at probably every single post, camp and station. What it will be here specifically at Fort Riley, I really don't have the answer to that. And I'm not sure we're really going to have an answer until January as we see what the 2014 budget is going to look like for the Army and how we'll move forward. But I think you'll see some changes. I'm not sure that they're going to be huge changes here at Fort Riley but there are going to be some."
But Chandler says a leaner force won't mean a weaker force
"We've got an Army today that is just so much better than it was in 2001 that is prepared to do the things that the nation is going to ask us to do in the future," he said.
He thanked each soldier he met for their service.
"My own personal heroes are these young men and women who have chosen to enter the Army in a time of war. Very few people in our country are either willing or able to do that for whatever reason but those that do, you have to admire their own personal courage to step up, knowing that they're probably going to go in harm's way relatively soon and I think that's a pretty admirable quality and trait," he added.


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A factory produces links for heavy metal chains. The research lab of the factory models the length (in cm) of a link by the random variable ${X}$, with expected value ${E(X) = 5}$ and variance ${Var(X) = 0.04}$. The length of a link is defined in such a way that the length of a chain is equal to the sum of the lengths of its links. The factory sells chains of 50 meters; to be on the safe side 1002 links are used for such chains. The factory guarantees that the chain is not shorter than 50 meters. If by chance a chain is too short, the customer is reimbursed, and a new chain is given for free.
Give an estimate of the probability that for a chain of at least 50 meters more than 1002 links are needed. For what percentage of the chains does the factory have to reimburse clients and provide free chains?
Number of links in a chain: ${n = 1002}$
Mean lengh of 1002 links: ${ \mu = 1002 \times 0.05 = 50.1 }$
We know variance, so we can find the standard deviation: ${ \sigma = \sqrt{0.04} = 0.2 }$
We are interested how often chain is shorter then 50 meters: ${ \bar{x} = 50 }$
Thus let define an appropriate test statistic: ${ \displaystyle z = \frac{ \mu - \bar{x} }{ \sigma } = \frac{50.1 - 50}{0.2} = \frac{0.1}{0.2} = 0.5 }$
Probability of getting value in a lower tail is: ${ \displaystyle P(z < 0.5) = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int\limits_{0}^{0.5} e^{-\frac{z^2}{2}} dz }$
By making the substitution ${ z = \sqrt{2} x }$, we get: ${ \displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int\limits_{0}^{0.5} e^{-\frac{z^2}{2}} dz = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int\limits_{0}^{\frac{0.5}{\sqrt{2}}} e^{-x^2} dx }$
As we can not solve integral above, let's consider ${ e^{-x^2} }$ as a Taylor series: ${ \displaystyle \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n x^{2n}}{n!} }$
Then the approximate probability is: ${ \displaystyle P(z < 0.5) = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}} \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n (\frac{c}{\sqrt{2}})^{2n+1} }{ n! (2n+1) } \simeq 0.691462 }$
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We would like to acknowledge those involved in the effort to beautify Steubenville's downtown streets this past summer. The six cement planters positioned around the courthouse and the city building, along with 36 hanging baskets brightened up the city's downtown area. The planting of the flowers was made possible with generous donations and the hard work of volunteers.
The flower baskets were paid for with donated funds from the following: Capital Recovery Systems, Ed Hershey, Dr. Frank Petrola, Steubenville Kiwanis Club, Tom and Tyra Timmons, Jefferson County Fourth Street Health Center, Historic Fort Steuben, Steubenville Visitors Center, Matrix Development Group, Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Mosti Funeral Home, Hauser Furniture and Carpeting, Rotary Club of Steubenville, Steubenville Revitalization Group, Jefferson County Chamber Ambassadors, Borden Office Equipment, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Smitty's Floors and Frank and Jerry's Furniture and Appliances.
DiGregory's Greenhouse and Garden Center planted the hanging flower baskets and then donated equipment, labor and time to hang the flower baskets on Market, Fourth and Fifth streets.
Nelson Enterprises provided the labor and equipment used to place the cement planters on Market and Third streets. The planters were cleaned and planted by Bowers Landscaping and Garden Supply. The trees and plants in the planters were made possible by donations from the following: Jefferson County Bar Association, Bowers Landscaping and Garden Supply, Frank and Jerry's Furniture and Appliances, Sheriff Fred Abdalla and Steubenville Revitalization Group. (If anyone would like to adopt or make a donation toward the planters, please call (740) 632-2289.)
A big thanks goes to Vapor Jet Professional Cleaning Service for providing equipment used for the task of watering the flowers. A generator was purchased by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. A water buffalo and pump were donated by DiGregory's Greenhouse and Garden Center. And Vapor Jet employee Patrick McLaughlin generously donated his time to water the flowers.
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce provided the funding to trim back the trees located on Third Street. That service was provided by Valley Tree Services.
Thanks to all for the donations and time spent on this past summer's downtown Steubenville beautification effort.
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Muscle Relaxants for a Herniated Disc
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How It Works
Muscle relaxant medicines relax muscles and may help reduce pain in people who have muscle spasms. The muscle-relaxing effects of these medicines are most likely the result of their ability to depress the central nervous system.
Why It Is Used
Muscle relaxant medicines are used when muscle spasms occur because of pain caused by a herniated disc.
How Well It Works
Muscle relaxant medicines are usually helpful for reducing the pain of muscle spasms. Muscle relaxants may help to relax muscle spasms caused by a herniated disc, but muscle relaxants will not affect the herniated disc itself.1, 2
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor right away if you have:
- Hives.
- Fast or irregular heartbeat.
- Fainting.
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Drowsiness.
- Dry mouth.
- Lightheadedness.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Regular use of some muscle relaxants, such as diazepam and carisoprodol, can lead to physical dependence or addiction. But the risk is small when they are properly prescribed and taken by people who do not have a history of substance abuse.
Muscle relaxant medicines work best when taken before bedtime. They should not be used when you are driving or operating machinery.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
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If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or trying to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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With the LDS view that the Trinity is three beings would that mean they (LDS) are monotheistic or polytheistic?
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There is more to polytheism than simply believing in multiple divine beings. One of the hallmarks of polytheism is multiple gods, each with their own domain and their own agenda.
To use a culturally familiar example, in the Greek pantheon, Zeus was the father of the gods, god of the sky and thunder and lightning. Hera was his consort, and she was constantly squabbling with him because he was constantly cheating on her with mortals. From one such indiscretion sprang a great hero who Zeus named Herakles (aka Hercules), meaning the glory of Hera, to try to appease her wrath. (It didn't work. She hated him.) Meanwhile, they had Ares (God of War,) Hades (God of the Dead,) Poseidon (God of the Oceans,) Aphrodite (Goddess of Love and Beauty,) Athena (Goddess of Wisdom,) and several others. And they were constantly fighting with each other, either directly or by proxy through meddling in the affairs of mortals. Similar social interactions are seen in polytheistic systems all over the world, throughout history.
By contrast, Latter-Day Saints believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are each individual divine beings, each with different roles in administering God's plan, but their "domain" is all of creation, and they act in perfect harmony and agreement. Together, they are our (single) God, in much the same way as various forms of governing councils work and act together here on Earth. (And the more harmonious such governing bodies are, the more efficiently their agenda tends to be accomplished.)
The fact that we say that each of the three is a God (a divine being) and that together, they are one God (the ruling body of Creation) is more a failing of the language than a bad description, much like the way a man could say "I love my wife" and "I love chocolate" and mean two different things by the word "love".
They consider themselves monotheistic. They do not consider Jesus, or the Holy Spirit to be God. Only God the Father is God, in LDS doctrine, and they worship only Him, recognizing the other two to be His agents.
From http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/10/the-only-true-god-and-jesus-christ-whom-he-hath-sent?lang=eng&query=polytheism
Mormonism creates definitions for polytheism and monotheism that deviate from traditional or standard lexigraphic uses. A mere belief in multiple gods, according to traditional and lexigraphic sources, is indeed sufficient for polytheism.
Another responder here stated that Mormons don't believe Jesus is God - and that only the Father is God. That is not correct. They are both (G/g)ods to Mormons. For that matter, even the Mormon belief that "God the Father" is "God of the Cosmos" isn't quite the whole story; Mormons believe that God the Father was a mere man who became divine by the power of a yet another God who existed before him.
But it is true that Mormons, with their peculiar definition of "monotheism", consider themselves to be "monotheistic." This is best understood by looking at a careful explanation from one of their own prophets:
In short, because each God of each world shares attributes with all Gods of other worlds, these shared perfect attributes (light, truth, wisdom, knowledge) are the embodiment of the Mormon-peculiar definition of "monotheism."
However, true monotheism requires much more than mere shared perfect attributes. Indeed, the notion of "sharing" is problematic itself. True monotheism poses God as "first cause". Mormons deny that their "God the Father" is "first cause." And yes of course, it also includes the notion that there are no other personal-being gods existing anywhere. For true monotheists, of a Christian slant, the bible's reference to men as "gods" is a metaphor, not an assertion of multiple divine beings.
The standard position I hear often in conversation with members of the LDS church (but it may just be the folks I associate with) is that Mormonism is either monotheistic or henotheistic/monolatrous. Monotheistic because of the same reasons that Mason noted above, and because God the Father is The God of the Universe and is worshipped by Jesus Christ as well. Henotheistic/monolatrous because we admit the possibility of becoming joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, and thus gods, but no one besides Jesus Christ is to be worshipped in that sense---and he's really a special case because he was divine before the world was.
In any case, I doubt that you'd offend a Mormon by calling them casually tritheistic in conversation.
On second thought, the BYU-crowd conceit of using the term henotheistic may be inaccurate, since it implies not only worship of one god but that worship of other gods by other people may be admissible. So monolatry is probably a better term for it. But you can definitely find people who took their religion professors at BYU very seriously who will raise the issue.


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6 Progressive Parenting Fads You Won't Believe Are Legal
#3. No-Diaper Pooping
Sick of the ridiculous costs of diapers? A little simple math reveals that the average yearly cost of using disposable diapers is a whopping $2,577.35. That's just entirely too much of the midlife crisis whores-and-coke fund going down the poop chute, if you ask us.
If you stop feeding your baby, the problem is solved!
Well, elimination communication is the answer. This is where you use "timing, signals, cues and intuition" to figure out when you need to hold your baby over a cup before getting covered in all their pees and poops. Considering "signals" and "cues" are kind of actually the same thing, what's really going to happen is you're going to end up saying "Is that a poop-squint or an 'I'm too stupid to know how to smile' squint?", "How long has it been since my baby last shit all over me?" and "What does my gut say I should do?"
"Hold the child over a nettle patch? Sure, I can do that."
This can only end with parent and child in a daylong death-match staring contest, holding the kid over a bowl, willing it to shit.
"Your clean shirt looks like a much better place to poop."
But as long as you're willing to risk the inevitable conclusion of going naked all the time with a pooping baby in one hand and an adult-sized box of wipes in the other, here's where you can buy some plastic cups to duct-tape to your baby's rump.
Diaper Free Baby
Just like nature intended.
Because this is waaaay easier than just buying some diapers, obviously.
#2. Raising Kids to Be Androgynous
Far be it from us to criticize parents who let their boys dress like girls or let their daughters pee standing up. Who are we to judge? But it's one thing to let your boys assert their personalities through sequined corsets or whatever; it's altogether different when you keep the world in the dark on the very first thing anybody ever notices about a person, ever. And that's exactly what parents Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have decided to do with their son/daughter Storm. The only people who are in on Storm's private parts are its parents and its brothers, Kio and Jazz, who are probably more concerned with getting their parental emancipation documents in order than protecting the gender identity of their sibling.
The whole thing is just morally bankrupt. Calling the kid Storm, we mean.
The idea, according to the parents, is to see what happens when no one knows what their kid is. The child will know, obviously, unless they plan on sticking a blindfold on it and hope for the best every time nature calls. In other words, these parents are conducting a social experiment with their baby. And that's not the worst part. The worst part is that its big brothers are sworn to secrecy over the baby's sex, as if letting a child conform to gender stereotypes is morally repugnant, yet asking a toddler to keep a family secret locked deep down inside him is totally healthy.
"Be proud of who you are! But hide your sex from the entire world."
If this were just the story of one whack family, we'd chalk it up to Canadian weirdness and let it go. But apparently not assigning genders to little people is catching on in other places as well. A whole other couple is doing the same thing with their little it in Sweden. Speaking of Sweden, one Swedish preschool prohibits students from addressing classmates with the pronouns "him" or "her," instead opting to call everyone "friend." As in "Where is Elsa? Have you seen friend?" Imagine trying to get through your work day talking like that and not sounding like Tonto.
Or a Telletubby.
Fairy tales that promote gender stereotypes are as out the door as last year's IKEA catalog, as well. And it's a good thing. For too long the Swedes have walked around thinking dragons kidnap princesses and giants live on beanstalks and calling someone a "she" or "her" is just as bad as calling someone a bitch. This should clear things up right away.
#1. Umbilical Nonseverance (Lotus Birth)
For those of you who really want to have a baby, but are also really into slasher movies, lotus birth might be for you. A lotus birth is the act of keeping the placenta attached after birth and letting it naturally fall off over the next few days. Some do this because they believe the "aura" of the child is still connected to the placenta, and as the placenta dies and falls off, that aura comes back to the child. Which sounds sort of like an adorable spirit blanket for newborns, until you realize what you're going to be dealing with while you're changing diapers and generally just trying to get through life:
Steak tartare.
Imagine trying to change your baby's diaper while it was still attached to what ultimately looks like a Jell-O/meat/blood casserole. Better yet, imagine trying to nurse it. The cord is so short that the vomit disc would have to sit on your lap. Still, it's a belief, and we're not here to point fingers and laugh at beliefs.
Probably because we're busy holding onto our lunch.
However, we will point fingers and laugh at people who do it to emulate American pioneers, who, according to them, "produced some of the hardiest children known in American history." They totally practiced lotus birth like all the time, guys. Never mind that the infant mortality rate in 1850 was 216.8 per 1,000, while in 2000, that number had dropped to 5.
Children today are too lazy to do hard labor.
Also, do we even need to say that carrying around a load of dead flesh for a few days stinks like you've been carrying around a load of dead flesh for a few days? That's OK, though, because practitioners have got that covered, man. Just rub some sea salt and lavender all up into that baby and ... well, you have a load of dead flesh that smells like it washed up on the beach of a hippie commune.
Those bags also come in Che Guevara and pot leaf designs.
And just in case you're still considering it, consider the words of Patrick O'Brien, spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: "If left for a period of time after the birth, there is a risk of infection in the placenta which can consequently spread to the baby. The placenta is particularly prone to infection as it contains blood. At the post-delivery stage, it has no circulation and is essentially dead tissue." So, there you have it. For people who really want to give their baby a spiritual yet infectious edge, lotus birth is your dream come true.
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EVERETT -- The Snohomish County Council on Friday chose a seasoned public defender with administrative experience to fill a vacancy in the South Division of Snohomish County District Court. Elizabeth Fraser emerged as the clear favorite after council members interviewed her and two other finalists, Council Chairwoman Stephanie Wright said. With a 5-0 consensus, the council decided to act rather than waiting to make a decision next week, as originally scheduled. "We had three highly qualified candidates," Wright said. "We think we would have been well served by any of the three. With Beth's passion and background, all of the council members agreed she would be a good fit." Fraser has run the county's office of public defense since 2001, working to ensure that qualified indigent defendants receive legal representation in criminal cases. She is a former public defender. The two other finalists were Doug Fair, a former deputy prosecutor with experience as a municipal court judge and a city hearing examiner; and Anthony Howard, an appointed a district court commissioner since 2011 who also has served as a judge pro tempore. A total of 19 attorneys asked the council to consider them for the post. Fraser is to serve until the general election in November. She is assuming the judge's job previously held by Tim Ryan, who retired at the end of 2012. Ryan, 65, had served on the District Court bench for two decades. He angered many after avoiding charges stemming from a drunken-driving arrest last summer. Ryan refused to participate in sobriety testing. King County prosecutors later determined there was insufficient evidence to bring a case against him. Noah Haglund: 425-339-3465; firstname.lastname@example.com.
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WATERBURY — Neither a winless record through six games nor the bitter cold fazed the Kennedy High football team Friday.
On a night when the Kennedy alumni and administration honored the 1959 undefeated Croft squad at halftime, the Eagles went out and played their finest game of the season, securing their first win with a 33-15 victory over Watertown at Municipal Stadium.
Junior Elijah Benjamin and senior Jacob Gonzalez each scored two rushing touchdowns and senior Ty'Zhon Young added another to lead the Eagles (1-6).
"We came into the game ready and focused," said Young, who sparked the defense at linebacker. "Everyone worked hard in practice all week and everyone gave it their best. We all blocked and we ran hard behind our line. We did what we had to in order to win. Throughout the last few weeks, we never stopped playing until the final whistle. That's what I am most proud of."
Young saw the changes in the Eagles' mindset recently and knew that the losing streak would likely end against the Indians.
"Everyone has been paying extra attention in practice and showing up," added Young. "You could see the commitment in everyone's eyes. We were in great condition. No one came off the field tonight tired. We may be a little cold, but we'll trade a little cold for a win any day."
So will Benjamin, who scored on a run of 77 yards in the third quarter to give the Eagles a 20-7 edge. He added a 6-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter to give Kennedy a three-score margin.
"I embraced the cold weather," said Benjamin. "The key for me was to keep my feet moving and just follow my blockers. When we were up 14-7 at halftime, we told ourselves that the game was far from over and that we had to stay in control. We did that."
Gonzalez scored on two 15-yard runs, one in each half, and also had an interception near the goal-line in the first half, thwarting a Watertown score.
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My Gwibber app in 10.04 seems to have fallen victim to the OAuthcalypse. I understand that the latest version of Gwibber has this corrected. What is the easiest way to install a version of Gwibber that will work once again with twitter?
The gwibber version with fixed Twitter OAuth is now in
The easiest way to grab the latest version of Gwibber is to add the
From command line:
If you don't want the whole
After the upgrade you will need to restart Gwibber:
If that method does not work open the Gwibber interface then choose
Once Gwibber has restarted you will need to authenticate your Twitter account. Open the client and navigate to
The Oauthcalypse caught me off guard too - even though I was watching the Countdown to OAuthcalypse I failed to relate that to Gwibber
Add the Ubuntu Desktop PPA
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The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has imposed a ban on the import of several poultry products from the United Kingdom following the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) discovery of pork and beef derivatives being used in some chicken products in the UK.
SFDA announced June 6 that following an announcement by Britain FSA that an investigation has reveled some poultry contain hydrolyzed animal proteins that has been adulterated with pork and beef derivatives to increase chicken breasts.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority reported that, "the existence of protein should be listed on the label of the product. Results revealed that the kind of protein existed in some samples differs than what is written on labels, as the samples contain pork and beef proteins not only chicken protein." SFDA reported that Britain FSA is carrying out further studies and gathering more information in partnership with other EU states. It also added that results do not reveal that chicken products are unsafe, but it is important that consumers are given accurate information about their food, SFDA said.
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My son picks his nose and, yes, eats it. How can I get this to stop?
Work slowly towards getting him to not pick his nose or eat his pickings.
Try telling him that he may pick his nose as much as he wants, but it must be ONLY at home. Then ONLY at home and and he must throw his pickings in the garbage. Then, ONLY at home when there are no guests. Then, work towards restricting the rooms - e.g. ONLY bathroom and his bedroom.
If he picks his nose a lot and only at home is too strict to begin with, try something only at home and in the car. Add things like he must dispose his pickings in the tissue.
Just work slowly towards getting rid of the habit.
You have 3 options.
It's hard to say which of the 3 is most effective, it depends a lot on you and your son. At his age, I would myself go for the last one. Encouraging a behavior can be quite effective, and it wont be something you'll have to fight over if he's caught doing it.
If the picking is specifically related to the nostrils feeling dry + itchy, I would recommend trying to apply Aquaphor or other moisturizer.
It will both help the condition and make the idea of picking less appealing (getting sticky ointment on the picker's finger).
This simple emphasis has helped break cycles of picking -> nosebleed -> scabbing -> re-picking with my son.
Get him to do it in front of a mirror…
It is indeed socially unacceptable to do that in public. I would just tell him that it feels really good to pick your nose and that he should enjoy it, but that it should be done out of sight
What worked with my daughter...
1) In no uncertain terms, I was very disgusted by the eating. Repeatedly and consistently. Nothing about the person, but the act itself.
2) Every chance I get, I offer her a nose picking to eat. Ask her why she won't eat everyone's nose pickings. If that seems gross then keep offering until that decision sticks and gets applied to her own pickings.
I'm not sure what I would have done if she accepted other's pickings.
Easy technical solution:
Ask me later about effects on the long run, when he stops wearing them ;)


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The Future Question for Storm Victims: Can the Past Be Rebuilt?
SEA BRIGHT, N.J.—A week after Sandy buried this coastal town in six feet of sand, a bus took residents to view the remains.
Small talk quickly turned to shock. "Dunkin' Donuts is gone," said one. "Oh my God," whispered a woman as they drove up Ocean Avenue, the main drag through town. The business district was destroyed.
Finally, 77-year-old retiree Ira Kornblut raised his fist. "We're coming back," he said, choking back tears. "We're Sea Brighters!"
As towns up and down the eastern seaboard take stock of tens of billions of dollars in damage from one of the worst storms to hit the U.S., authorities and residents speak publicly about their intent to rebuild.
"I promised to everybody that I was speaking on behalf of the country when I said we are going to be here until the rebuilding is complete, and I meant it," President Barack Obama said Thursday during a visit to New York City's battered Staten Island.
But with the federal budget deep in the red and government flood insurance still straining to recover from Hurricane Katrina, Sea Bright and other coastal towns face questions over not just how to rebuild in a way that defends lives and property against surging sea levels and more intense storms, but whether to rebuild at all.
Sandy's destructive path has united an unlikely coalition of free-market think tanks, environmentalists, business owners and insurers arguing the moral hazard of rebuilding in coastal zones that might best be returned to nature.
"It's very difficult to get beyond the sympathy factor," said Orrin Pilkey, a coastal geologist at Duke University. "But it works against us." He said he knows the issue firsthand: Hurricane Camille in 1969 damaged his parents' Mississippi home. Hurricane Katrina later obliterated it.
"We are subsidizing, even encouraging, very dangerous development," he said. "It's amoral, really, that our government continues to blindly and stupidly do this."
Repeated Southern California wildfires that leapfrog through hilly coastal enclaves, tornadoes that routinely slash through Southern and Midwestern towns, flooding rivers and hurricanes all trigger an avalanche of federal aid to help people restore homes and livelihoods.
In New Jersey, Republican Gov. Chris Christie this week acknowledged the difficulty of rebuilding but said, "We're going to be with you through every hardship, through every frustration and every step toward bringing New Jersey and its great shore back to the vitality it had the last summer and it's had my entire life."
No political leader would expect re-election after abandoning a storm-ravaged community. But with fiscal austerity and smaller government at the top of the national political agenda, some question the use of taxpayer-backed loans and other assistance to rebuild potentially dangerous communities. New Jersey, for example, is the most densely populated state in the U.S., with the bulk of its residents settled in counties along the shoreline.
"People keep saying we're going to put everything back the way it was," said Stephen Sweeney, the Democratic president of the New Jersey state senate. "No, we're not. It makes no sense to do the same thing over and over again, throwing good money after bad."
In some low-lying areas, he said, he will encourage the federal government to "write checks, level the homes and let the land return to its natural state."
New Jersey scores high among states for safe residential construction through its strict enforcement of modern building codes, according to a report card compiled earlier this year by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, an industry-funded group.
Sea Bright has implemented protective measures over the years, most notably a 15-foot-high sea wall that was built in the 1940s and runs along most of the three-mile-long town. The town has water pumps, runoff inlets and bulkheads to mitigate periodic flooding.
An estimated 1.2 million cubic yards of sand was scheduled for delivery this month to Sea Bright and neighboring Monmouth Beach, a long-planned beach improvement delayed by Sandy. The federal government pays 75% of the $19 million cost, with the rest paid from state and local funds.
None of the existing measures did much to protect the town's 1,400 mostly year-round residents against Sandy.
Sea Bright is a mixed-income community that despite being only 22 miles south of Manhattan takes pride in its small-town atmosphere. The hardware store has been on Ocean Avenue for decades. Locals chat over early morning coffee at Steve's diner. Families have gathered for generations at eight private beach clubs, with names like Driftwood and Ship Ahoy, the heart of the town's summer tourism business.
Donovan's and other bars feature local bands, including over the years New Jersey-raised rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi.
Over the course of a few hours on Oct. 29, a 13-foot storm surge, propelled by 100-mile-per-hour winds, tore through town. Seawater filled homes, businesses and streets with a tsunami of sand that clogged drainage pipes and runoff inlets. A wave swept one resident from the front of his home and down the street. He survived.
By the next morning, the sea had receded but the sand remained. "There are no words for it," said Mayor Dina Long. She spoke while earth-moving equipment dug out the downtown. "Our businesses were wiped away."
Authorities have condemned dozens of buildings, including a men's clothing store, Sunoco station and the home of a former mayor. Donovan's was a heap of splintered boards. Seven of the eight private beach clubs are ruined, their swimming pools filled with sand. Sandy piled up dozens of boats like toys. Officials put preliminary estimates of building damage at nearly $400 million.
"We have some decisions to make," said Andy Dietz, 61 years old. Flooding tore his front door from the hinges and left it in the living room of his soaked home. Out back, the storm left the deck from a nearby restaurant, McLoone's.
One decision is whether Sea Bright can afford to rebuild itself. Of the town's 1,211 residences and dozens of businesses, a large percentage has flood insurance through the 44-year-old National Flood Insurance Program, according to government figures and local estimates.
But the program, which operates under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pays a maximum of $250,000 per residential structure and $100,000 for contents. Robert Adler, Sea Bright's town architect, said that won't be enough for homeowners to rebuild. Payouts to businesses are capped at $500,000 for structures and $500,000 for contents.
"The biggest challenge is financial," said Mr. Adler. "Where will these people get the additional money to rebuild? We will either have an amazing renaissance or a colossal failure. There's not much room in between."
One alternative would be to build a new Sea Bright, not a replica.
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck the South Carolina coast near Charleston, sweeping away many of the low-lying beach bungalows on nearby islands, including Isle of Palms, a popular tourist spot. The island was rebuilt with private-sector and government flood-insurance proceeds to comply with the latest construction techniques.
The region is yet to be tested by a major storm but its makeover has shifted the mix of local housing. "We have seen a huge transition from small modest homes to the megastructures" perched on fat pilings, said Timothy Reinhold, chief engineer at the Insurance Institute for Building & Home Safety.
The federal government also could offer to buy properties in vulnerable parts of town, relocate the residents and return the cleared land to the floodplain.
In 1998, a flash flood inundated Corning, Ohio, a small town that has endured repeated flooding. FEMA bought about 30 of the town's 239 homes, demolished them and moved residents to higher ground nearby. FEMA covered 75% of the cost, with the rest coming from state and local sources.
"It was a bold course of action, not without controversy," said Chad Berginnis, the county planner at the time and now executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers in Madison, Wis. Some residents lost childhood homes and the town lost tax revenue. "But the mayor always came back to what was the right thing to do by her citizens."
Any wholesale relocation would be a difficult sell in beach towns. Coastal neighborhoods have drawn new residents at the rate of about 3,500 a day, a migration that has made seaside counties five times more densely populated than inland counties. Since 1970, spurred by new housing and resorts, the U.S. coastal population has swelled by nearly half, with property values in hurricane-prone regions on the Atlantic and Gulf up 42% since 2004 to $10.2 trillion, according to AIR Worldwide, a risk-modeling firm.
The migration to the sea continues despite coastal erosion from storms and natural wave action that claims roughly 1,500 homes a year, according to a government commission on ocean policy.
"In an ideal world, should you be able to live wherever you want, however you want and be rebuilt several times?" said Julie Rochman, chief executive of the Tampa, Fla.-based Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. "Probably not, but that's what we do in this country, and that's got to stop" unless homeowners are willing to pay insurance rates commensurate with the risks.
The FEMA flood-insurance program is already heavily indebted after borrowing nearly $18 billion from Treasury to cover claims from Katrina, as well as years of subsidizing rates for more than a fifth of its 5.6 million residential and business policyholders. With these subsidies, people pay premiums less than half the program's full-risk rate, according to government research.
Critics say discount rates mask the actual risk of coastal living and discourage spending to fortify homes against wind and water damage.
In general, homeowners are required to install stronger windows and roofs, or raise foundations onto pilings, only after storms damage their property or when they're remodeling for personal reasons. Along the New Jersey shore, many homes don't sit on pilings because they were built long before such requirements.
Historically, the federal flood insurance program has paid a disproportionately large share of claims on the same houses and businesses, so-called repetitive-loss properties. They are often older structures in vulnerable, low-lying neighborhoods. A smaller group, severe repetitive-loss properties, comprises those that have received at least four payments of more than $5,000 each, or two payments cumulatively exceeding the property's value.
Since 1978, claims by 166,368 repetitive-loss properties have cost the program more than $12 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service. Nearly $1 billion of the damage came from 12,432 properties in New Jersey. Those tallied up 42,353 claims, to rank the state third in the number of such claims behind Louisiana and Texas. Sea Bright had 412 claims from 140 properties, FEMA said, collecting $9.5 million.
Repetitive-loss properties that are currently covered by the flood program have represented about 16% of total claims payments since 1978, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Nationwide, 2,667 of the 71,000 currently insured repetitive-loss properties have filed 10 or more claims.
"This is a classic conflict between short-term political interests and long-term rational public policy," said Martin Bunzl, a philosophy professor at Rutgers University who is writing a book on the intersection of philosophy and climate policy. "We have no public policy interest in seeing houses rebuilt in low-lying areas. If the inclination is for insurance companies to say it's too risky, we should not use political leaders to undermine that decision."
This summer, Mr. Obama signed legislation boosting the rates paid by many subsidized policyholders to more closely track conventional market rates.
For Sea Bright and other communities along the New Jersey shore, some of the questions about the future may extend beyond the practical.
"The biggest challenge is to make sure that the spirit that defined a community is kept alive," said Craig Taffaro, the former president of St. Bernard Parish, La., one of the areas hardest hit by Katrina, and now the director of hazard mitigation and recovery coordination for his state government. About 65% of the parish's pre-Katrina population of 68,000 has returned, he said.
"You can have the lights on and the churches physically there," he added. "But the spirit and soul of a community has to be embodied in those buildings to fully recover."
Last week in Sea Bright, Frank Bain, 59 years old, rummaged through the hardware store on Ocean Avenue he has run with his wife, Patty, since 1994. The store's slogan: "If Bain's doesn't have it, you don't need it."
Five feet of water destroyed all his stock. He carried no flood insurance, which means he lost everything.
"What I need right now is a dollar and a dream," he said. "We'll do the best we can and the best we can for everyone. But no one can honestly say we have a plan yet, none of us."
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A person is blessed in life in having a loving family and good friends. Another friend in my life was Jack "The Swede" Husberg, a real gentleman in our community.
Jack was born July 17, 1900, in London, England, and passed away in 1983 at 83 years old. I was honored to be invited to give his eulogy at the Ship-A-Shore Recreation Hall. He was good friends with the Westbrook family, particularly Chopper and Hank. Both Jack and Ed Hughes fish-guided in the fall and early winter at Ship-A-Shore Resort for many years.
Jack's parents were Swedish and they moved to Stockholm from London so that Jack could go to high school with his brother who was already there. He became fluent in three languages between the ages of 10 and 17 years, namely German, English and French. Jack moved to the United States in 1915, landing in San Francisco. His uncle was running a creamery in Smith River at the time. Jack was then introduced to the North Coast.
One night John Burre took Jack gill net fishing. Boy, did we get some big ones. Jack worked commercial fishing in 1934. One hundred and thirty nets, 90 fathoms were staggered.
When asked about commercial gill netting, Jack said, "It was a ... bloody mess."
Jack also started sports fishing at this time and soon found that people would pay for his services as a guide for $8 a day. Jack started fishing the Klamath River in 1931 with long-time friend Tony Geroni and "just knocked the heck out of them." He could be seen fishing with Jack in between paid parties. Since Jack rowed his boat, his two favorites were "The Queen Mary" and a "Tony Geroni-built" boat. Tony built many fine row boats and he built my current wooden drift boat in 1955. My dad, Wes Blackburn, bought it from Tony and gave it to me to professionally guide on the Klamath from 1956 to 1986. I still have Tony's boat at Big Flat.
Jack became famous on the Klamath and Smith rivers as a great guide and a "real old salt." Jack loved to fish bait, although some of his fishermen would go to spinners at times. One section of water between Requa Resort and Panther Creek became known as "Swede's Alley." I could always hear him tell his party, "Bump the bottom, bump the bottom," and they would. On any given day when the salmon were running you could find Jack fishing "Swede's Alley" and his clients would be bumping the bottom.
Jack said that 1963 was probably his best year of fishing on the Klamath when he landed 263 salmon with his parties. He got most of them in "Swede's Alley." I would pick up Ed Hughes first during the salmon season on the Klamath and then stop at Jack's trailer in town to haul them to the river. Sometimes Larry Amos would also join us, "The Four Musketeers of the Klamath." Larry and I were the young guys. I learned so much from Jack and Ed over the years. I wish that I could have tape recorded some of our discussions but I still have stored a lot in my heart and soul. It is a treasure to me.
Another tale of Jack's occurred on the Smith River in the early fall when Bob and Joe Weitkamp, a party of mine for years on the Klamath, came up to fish with Jack on the Smith River. It was a beautiful day and they were having some success. A lot of seagulls were flying overhead as usually occurs at Ship-A-Shore. Jack looked up at the ruckus above and one of the sea gulls let loose and it struck an open-mouthed Jack and entered his throat. Jack started a series of expletives to get this mess out of his throat while the sea gulls seemed to be entertained by the performance going on below. After rinsing his mouth out, Jack, Bob and Joe had a good laugh.
I hope that Jack and Ed are in a better place and smiling down on us in our daily ramblings. I asked Jack one day, "How did you get to 83?" and he said, "I tried to be nice. We didn't raise too much hell, I hope."
We sure had a good time.
Chuck Blackburn can be reached at 954-7121.


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Consider the 2nd order ODE $$ \ddot{x}+\frac32x^2=0. $$ Denote by $u$ the maximal solution of the associated Cauchy problem with initial condition $(x(0),\dot{x}(0))=(0,1)$.
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Monoprice Enhanced Bass Hi-Fi Noise Isolating Earphones for $6.04 + shipping
Made with a noise-isolating design and producing clear and solid sound, these earphone are a great way to enjoy your favorite music from your iPod or other portable music device. What really sets these earphones apart from other is the solid bass notes and clear mid-range tones, thanks to the large 14.2 mm driver unit. The end result is a pair of earphones that are made for the rigors of daily use with amazing sound clarity, hard-rocking bass, and durability.
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These things look like mini turbos! 4/5 on Amazon and a couple bucks cheaper to boot!
I was thinking they looked like chrome wheels for your car. They need spinners.
These 8320's are without doubt the best earbuds you can buy anywhere near this price. I got three last time and they sound great. Very informative thread on the last offer here:
If you are able to get the little rubber seals to fit just right, either by being lucky or replacing them with different sizes, these are absolutely AMAZING sounding.
They won't fit inside motorcycle helmets very well or anything, but they sound absolutely fantastic. Extremely clean, neutral sound. I'm no headphone expert or anything, but these things sound better than any earbuds I've ever tried.
I do have a hard time getting them to stay in my ears for extended periods of time though, so I drape the headphone cord back over my ear. Problem solved.
These things look like friggin transformers. No thanks
I love monoprice, and I sort of want these but I HATE the look of them. Seems like mono price has several in this price range. Any thoughts on the other options?
They sound great but aren't very comfortable to wear for extended periods of time...Just my two cents...
@mnerd: 9396-9398 are all brand new, so I don't think there are any reviews of them yet.
I've tried the 8321 (the cheap white ones), and they're pretty good. The drivers in them are very small though (like all earbuds), so midrange is somewhat muddled, but they're fantastic for being under $5. Really though, if it is at ALL possible for you to get past how these ones look, they are flat out unbelievable. Listening to Big Phat Band's Backrow Politics sounds like I'm sitting in the recording studio.
Honestly the only reason I use the 8321's at all is because they fit in my helmet.
I bought a couple of these about 3 months ago and they sound great, but the design and fit is a little 'off'. They don't fall out, but they're not as comfortable as the Panasonic HJE-120 line that are just as cheap, and sometimes cheaper if you have Prime:
Definitely the best earbuds you can get for under $50. Just make sure you wear them correctly! Read here for more info: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-headphones-under-30/
@aznsmith: That is quite a statement my friend. One which I can not agree on, mostly because of the number fifty.
@kikuichimoji: a nice little lifehack to keep earbuds in: http://lifehacker.com/5347245/make-comfortable-noise+isolating-earbuds-for-less-than-a-dollar
What the heck?! It's 5 AM here in Texas, and a SPONSORED deal has it's website down for upgrades? Why would they do that?
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Wow ... the country is starting to wake up, and you choose NOW to do this.
@thehyena: Must be me but just received three sets of these I ordered and was not impressed. The ear nubs that came with it were too small so switched to a larger size, now they stay in the ear but the sound is not very good at all.I will try this easy hack and give it another try. These things are larger and heavier than any buds I've tried in the past.
@buchera: The site is back up.
Wonder if these would be even better if fitted into custom earplug material.
In for 2 at <$7 per, shipping included.
toss some comply foam tips on these and win
Also, remember to BURN THEM IN.
It made a dramatic difference for me.
Also, you could also do the tape mod to increase the bass for these.
In for one. If I could marry Monoprice, I would.
I bought 2 pairs a month back and honestly do not see what everyone see's in them. I burned them in for 25-50 hours using white and pink noise with music mixed in. The standard rubber was horrible so I took bi-flanges I use on another pair that create a good seal and put them on. The bass is pretty good but that is where it ends. The mids are non-existent and the highs are just tinny. They sound right on the price level they are sold out. Honestly the ear buds that come with products you buy (like ipod/sansa etc) I find actually sound better. Was very disappointed from what the reviews said. I don't know if I just got a bad batch or what but they are now just dust collectors as they do not sound good enough to even be used as knock arounds.
On the other side their Premium Hi-Fi DJ Style Over-the-Ear Pro Headphone 8323 sound pretty good. I am not sure I would put them against the heavyweights but for a $25 pair of headphones they sound pretty good.
I LOVE Monoprice 8320. Like many have said the stock tips are AWFUL. But just get some Comply -Foam T-400 or the MEElectronics - M6 Flange Tips.
They are cheap and are totally worth the investment of aftermarket tips. The sound that comes out of these is pure magic for the price. So crisp and clean.
Note, the price changes to the $6.04 when you put it in your cart.
$2.34 shipping to Georgia, USA
Catalog12 is a coupon code you can use on other Monoprice orders for 10% off
I just bought three pair of these for about 18 dollars. They're great. The silicon ear pieces could be bigger but I had extras from my last pair of headphones. Great sound quality and fast shipping too.
These have an awful lot of hype going for them with the headphone snobs* at Head-fi
I have a pair, and would strongly recommend you buy/replace the tips immediately for improved fit and sound. That being said, I'm sure these outclass anything below $30 retail.
These used to be very popular on HeadFi. The popular ones now in that price range are the JVC FX101's.
The new beasts, if you have a few extra dollars to spend are the JVC FX40's. Retail for around $20 and have a sound you'll hear in $100+ IEM's. Amazing little headphones to say the least.
Ordered two and just got them today. They sound pretty good, especially for the price. I'm not super picky but I do know when the sound is crap. I go through 3 or 4 headphones every year and these are the best I've heard for the price.


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Over the past several months, the downtown Torrington flower beds and barrels, in addition to planting boxes at City Hall, have been meticulously cared for by a dedicated group of volunteers. Their efforts have helped to make downtown as beautiful as ever over the summer, and I am appreciative of their hard work.
Jen Plasky of Seasons of Growth,; Kyle Curley of Muddy Waters Landscaping, and Trudy and Peter Mahler of the Beautification Committee, have given of their time, energy and talent to help create and maintain the beautiful plantings that we were blessed with. In addition, their efforts were supported generously by Sanjay Patel of The Yankee Pedlar Inn. Leading the committee and helping to connect these civic minded individuals has been Fletcher Waldron. I am extremely appreciative of the contributions of these individuals; it makes me so proud to know that Torrington is home to so many who care greatly about their community.
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Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Paul Hornback announced today... He plans to bring a bill to the floor that would propose the legalization of industrial hemp in Kentucky.
At the same time, more law enforcement agencies are speaking out against the bill.
"I haven't heard of anyone in law enforcement that's in favor. I'm sure in this big state there are a few, but given the problems we see with it, we're very much opposed," said Kentucky Narcotics Officers' Assoc. Director Tommy Loving.
The first problem loving sees, it can be a gateway to legalizing marijuana, something he remains against.
"Many of the politicians touting this hemp are probably not aware of that, and that may not be their intention, but that's certainly to us, still an underlying reason," said Loving
Another reason many law enforcement officers are opposed, they say it's just too hard to tell the difference between hemp and marijuana.
"It's the appearance. You can't tell a hemp plant from a marijuana plant, and it still contains THC. Even though it's A minor amount of THC, it's still a psychoactive drug," said Loving.
One local farmer has a suggestion that may eliminate this problem.
"There may have to be extensive research done to change the genetics so you can distinguish between the two," said Warren County farmer Linda Dickerson.
Dickerson says if this were possible, the crop could be farmed in poorer soil where many plants cannot grow, but it would still require a processing plant.
Both Dickerson and Loving say production of a similar, and currently legal plant called kenaf, could be the answer to boosting the agriculture economy.
"It is grown for high fiber now. That's something introduced into Kentucky instead of hemp," said Dickerson.
For now, in Frankfort the focus remains on hemp. Senator Hornback says he is planning a hearing for the hemp bill on Feb. 11.
He says U.S. Senator Rand Paul is expected to testify for the bill.