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Related Zoe Leonard exhibition at Dia:Beacon remains on view through September 7, 2009
Sep 20, 2008
New York, NY - On November 5, 2008, Dia Art Foundation opens Derrotero, a project by New York-based artist Zoe Leonard, the second in a series of contemporary art exhibitions commissioned by Dia for The Hispanic Society of America. Derrotero-taken from the Spanish word for itinerary, ship's route, diary of a journey, or collection of sea charts-reflects Leonard's interest in mapping and navigation. For this two-part presentation, which remains on view through April 12, 2009, Leonard has contextualized her monumental photographic work Analogue (1998-2007) with a selection of portolans and atlases from the Hispanic Society's exceptional library.
Analogue consists of approximately four hundred photographs shot on a vintage 1940s Rolleiflex camera over a span of nearly ten years. The earliest images, of storefronts, shop-window displays, and a variety of consumer goods, were taken on the gentrifying streets of the Lower East Side, where Leonard had a studio; she later explored other rapidly changing neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn, continuing to document disappearing and displaced urban fixtures. The project then expanded in scope as Leonard concentrated on tracing the circulation of everyday commodities, particularly secondhand clothing, as they were sold and resold in far-flung destinations. The final compilation includes images captured in Mexico City, Mexico; Kampala, Uganda; and Warsaw, Poland.
Thus, a project that began as a visual probing of changing retail and commercial paradigms—recorded by a medium that itself was rapidly becoming obsolete—evolved into a larger examination of the economic and cultural trade that underlies today's global markets. In a larger sense, Analogue may be read as a portrait of an era and a timely poetic reflection on a critical historical moment. It represents a personal response to newly established forms of transnational commerce by means of a singular method of charting its lineaments.
To date, Analogue has been presented in several forms: as a set of forty dye-transfer prints, as a book, and as an environmentally scaled installation. At the Hispanic Society, it will be presented in its installation version for the first time in New York in a display that comprises a mix of black-and-white and color 11" x 11" prints, arranged in grids—or chapters—of various sizes. This mode of display identifies subthemes within Analogue's chapters while also revealing the multifaceted interconnections that sequence the different components. Framing and installation, both of which are fundamental to Leonard's practice, serve to highlight the representational systems and constructions through which our environment is shaped and knowledge is produced.
Leonard's photographs will be installed in the East Building Gallery of the former Museum of the American Indian at Audubon Terrace. Closed to the public since 1994, the first floor of this Beaux-Arts building has been renovated by Dia, in collaboration with the Hispanic Society, for this and subsequent Dia installations.
A Route through the Collection
In adjacent galleries in the Hispanic Society's Main Building, Leonard will tease out key aspects of Analogue by presenting a selection of rare maps and navigational charts dating back to the fifteenth century. To showcase the breadth of the Society's collection, and to protect these fragile works, Leonard will rotate a second group of artifacts into the installation in February 2009. Used to define and construct terrain unknown to explorers, many of these cartographic devices foreshadow Leonard's use of photography in Analogue.
Leonard's exhibition is the second in a four-year partnership in which Dia presents commissions and projects by contemporary artists within the context of the Hispanic Society's historical collection and buildings. The first exhibition, Francis Alÿs: Fabiola, which was shown at the Hispanic Society in 2007–2008, is on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through January 4, 2009, and will travel to the National Portrait Gallery, London, in spring 2009
Related Zoe Leonard Exhibition at Dia:Beacon
Concurrent with the exhibition at the Hispanic Society, Dia presents a new work by Zoe Leonard, You see I am here after all, 2008, at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, through September 7, 2009. This work comprises 3,852 vintage postcards of Niagara Falls, dating from the early 1900s to the 1950s and sourced from flea markets and online auctions. In keeping with Dia's tradition of producing exhibition-related publications, Leonard's project at Dia:Beacon will be accompanied by a scholarly book, due to be published in 2009.
Zoe Leonard
Zoe Leonard was born in 1961 in Liberty, New York, and now lives and works in New York City. She has exhibited internationally since 1990, including solo presentations at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (2007); Villa Arson, Nice, France (2007); Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City (2003); Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (1999); Centre National de la Photographie, Paris (1998); Kunsthalle Basel (1997); and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (1993). In 2007, Leonard was the subject of a 20-year career retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, in Winterthur, Switzerland, which will travel to the Reina Sofía in Madrid in winter 2008.
Dia's program at The Hispanic Society of America is generously supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York City Councilmember Robert Jackson; Joshua Mack; Erica and Joseph Samuels; and Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner.
The Hispanic Society of America
Founded in 1904, The Hispanic Society of America is dedicated to the presentation and study of Hispanic culture. The collection, which is unparalleled outside of the Iberian Peninsula, provides deep insight into the culture and art of Spain, as well as significant representation from Portugal and Latin America. Since 1908, the Society has been housed on Audubon Terrace, between 155 and 156 Streets in Manhattan, in the Beaux-Arts complex that includes buildings by architects Charles Pratt Huntington, Stanford White, and Cass Gilbert. Comprising both library and museum, the Society has a diverse collection of paintings, decorative arts, books, manuscripts, maps, prints, and photographs dating from the second millennium B.C. through the twentieth century, and is open to the public free of charge. For additional public information, visit www.hispanicsociety.org.
Dia Art Foundation
A nonprofit institution founded in 1974, Dia Art Foundation is internationally renowned for initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects. Dia presents public programs and its permanent collection of works from the 1960s through the present at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries. In the fall of 2007 Dia initiated a partnership with The Hispanic Society of America, where Dia presents commissions and projects by contemporary artists within the Society's galleries while seeking a permanent home for these initiatives in New York City. Additionally, Dia maintains long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and in Bridgehampton, Long Island. For additional public information, visit www.diaart.org.
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Joel published on the blog his request for ideas for the new podcast.
So, any ideas?
Joel published on the blog his request for ideas for the new podcast.
So, any ideas?
Have special podcasters on (not guest). These special podcasters would be the other SO Valued Associates:
They would either take the place of Jeff and/or Joel (not permanently of course) or podcast along side them.
Also after reading some of the comments on the blog post I would like to quote Bill Paetzke:
Finally the main thing that has kept me listening to these podcast is YOU GUYS (Jeff & Joel). You're funny and easily likable. If one of you takes an extended break
Please don't get rid of all the technical discussion.
I feel that if Joel & Jeff take the trouble to engage a guest they should act like talk show hosts and let the guest chat a lot more on his or her subject. Yes, some guests are not as verbal as we would like but still. I feel that J&J tend to drown or dampen the guest with their stuff. We can listen to their stuff, on podcasts that do not contain a guest.
Perhaps J&J could go on a course of "How to make you guest feel at home, and how to keep them talking"
My 2 cents worth
More interviews/guests.
A narrative around the business of starting up / running a technology company.
Don't change anything
You just need to read the incredible feedback received on the blog post to see that the podcast is awesome as is.

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This feels like something I should know but I can't find an answer in Liu or in Atiyah-MacDonald, or a counter-example.
To state the question again: let $A$ be an integral Noetherien ring of Krull dimension one and $K$ its field of fractions. Let $B$ be the set of elements of $K$ that are integral over $A$ i.e. $B$ is the normalisation of $A$ in $K$.
Is the morphism $A \to B$ finite?
Note that this is true if $A$ is excellent (or even just Nagata), and its rather difficult to construct examples of non-excellent rings.


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SHERMAN, TX -- United Way of Grayson County is bringing awareness to childhood obesity through a family friendly event. For this Mom's Everyday Family Fun segment, we'll look at a way your family can not only have fun, but help the community.
2012 United Way of Grayson County campaign chair and Denison city manager Robert Hanna is excited for this year's Fun Run.
"We're going to be kicking off our third annual Hustle for Health. The whole point of this is to kick off our annual campaign for United Way this year," he said. "1.35 million dollars is our goal. We really need everybody's help to do it. We really want everyone to come out and participate in this run. It kind of sets the whole tone for the whole event."
Not only will it raise community funds, but bring awareness to childhood obesity with the help of sponsor Cigna Healthcare. (*Cigna Healthcare video provided by United Way of Grayson County promotional video by Red Letter Media Group.)
"They've been doing it now for a number of years and we're grateful for their assistance in all this," Hanna said.
The 1k, 5k and 10k follow paths that start and end at the Municipal courthouse in Sherman. For the last two years, this race has helped the agency raise funds for non-profits.
North Texas Youth Connection Chief Advancement Officer, Dr. Jan Elias is grateful for their funding, "which certainly helps us deliver our services. We do residential and non-residential services for homeless and abused children and also children and families," she said.
This year's fun run will feature the Willy Kickit band and have something for everyone in the family.
"I think the Strut your Mutt section of the event is going to be a fun for the kids to see, all the dogs that may be there," said Hanna. "Setting a tone in Grayson County for health and wellness is what the Hustle for Health is all about as part of our annual campaign kickoff, having an opportunity for all the families to do that together as a group I think really sets the tone. The family that exercises together is healthy together and that's a core point."
For those of us who can't make it this year but would still like to help meet their campaign goal, Hanna says, "a lot of people have an opportunity to give through their employees and what I'd really encourage people to do especially, it's been a tough year for everybody and some people haven't gotten raises but the need is just as big, if not moreso now in Grayson County than its ever been. I would really encourage people to search their hearts and give just, try to give a little more if they can."
And if you ARE free this Saturday, Hanna encourages you to "come out and join us. It'll be a lot of fun!"
The 3rd annual Hustle for Health Fun Run starts Saturday at 8 am. Right now about 200 runners are registered and you can help them make it to 300. Register Friday at the Academy store in Sherman from noon to 8 pm or show up at the start and finish line on the Sherman Municipal Lawn between 7 to 7:30 am tomorrow morning. For more details visit active dot com and search Hustle for Health Sherman Texas or go to http://www.unitedwaygrayon.org.
3rd Annual Hustle for Health
1k, 5k, 10k Fun Run
Aug. 25 at 8am
Sherman Municipal Lawn 405 N. Rusk St. Sherman, TX
More info: Angie 903-327-2831 or Minerva 903-893-1920
KXII-TV is a proud sponsor of this event. For stories like this and more visit http://www.momseveryday.com/texoma


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Birthday reminders are nice but not if they keep popping up each day for every contact that has a birthday filled in. I don't need a popup birthday reminder. Especially not for every contact that has a birthday. I don't want to edit all contacts that I do or don't want to be notified about. Seeing them in the calendar app will be enough for me.
For this reason I decided to just turn the birthday notifications off.
One way of doing this is to disable calendar notifications. But that sucks... now all calendar notifications are turned off...
An other option would be to disable calendar birthday events but somehow I still get the annoying reminders popping up each day. ( And with me some others according to some forms I've read ) And this also disables viewing them in the calendar app.
Then I read this:
Go to Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendars then Calendars section: Default Alert Times/Birthdays. Switch it to None.
I will know by tomorrow if the 'trick' above worked but since I didn't find any q/a how to disable all birthday reminders easily I posted this here in hope to find a good answer that will fix this problem once and for all. Maybe I found an answer but if you could confirm it that would be great!
I'm using iOS 6.0 by the way and wonder how to disable birthday reminders in iOS and still view them in the calendar app?


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5 Ridiculous Martial Arts Myths You Won't Believe Are Real
#2. Drunken Kung Fu -- Not Just for Your Older Brother Anymore!
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Jackie Chan once starred in a Hong Kong action flick called Drunken Master in which he wielded the deadly art of intoxication. Seriously, he spent the whole movie getting spread-eagle drunk, and that somehow enabled him to kick even more ass. That is easily the least plausible of all Jackie Chan film premises -- and we're including that time he had a superpowered robot tuxedo.
Actual film training regimen: filling shot glasses upside-down.
Shockingly, drunken kung fu is a legitimate martial arts style -- it's just that you're not supposed to actually be sloshed to use it. Every technique involves merely acting like a sloppy drunk so as to appear more vulnerable to your attacker. When you lure him in with all your swaying and stumbling and off-key renditions of "Build Me Up Buttercup" -- that's when you strike.
There are three types of technique that make up the bulk of drunken kung fu: drinking movements, waist movements, and falling movements. (Funny, we call them "the three stages of a Tuesday night.") These techniques, while looking like mere boozy gesticulations, are actually all disguised versions of basic attacks and evasions. This serves a two-fold purpose -- to confuse and surprise your enemy, and to instill within him a crippling and lifelong instinctual fear of happy hour.
There's also drunken monkey kung fu, which is impossibly even more terrific than what you're picturing in your head right now. The style was developed by a convicted murderer during a 10-year prison stint, which he devoted to studying the various personalities of monkeys. (Hey, between "watch monkeys fight" and "get your GED," we think he made the right call.)
#1. The One-Inch Punch
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In Kill Bill Vol. 2, Uma Thurman's character is buried alive. She's an incredible martial artist, but the problem with lying on your back in a tiny box is that there's not much room to maneuver. The Bride has about 3 inches of striking distance between her fist and the coffin's lid, but she's so badass that she just punches her way out anyway. Total bullshit, right? Try it: Find something soft 3 inches away from your hand and smack it as hard as you can. Now, apologize to your slightly inconvenienced cat and carry on with the knowledge that it is impossible to harm something with your bare hands and 7 centimeters of range.
Miramax Films
You'll bleed from the cat scratches, not from the impact.
The truth is actually more incredible than the movie. Turns out Uma had distance to spare: You only need one angry inch to shatter a board.
Bruce Lee perfected the technique, rather uncreatively called the one-inch punch, because he was a fighter, not a wordsmith. Lee proved the legitimacy of the move on several occasions, demonstrating both in front of (and upon the asses of) cynics.
And lest you think this was all rigged (although we wouldn't say that out loud if we were you; Bruce Lee may be dead, but that is a haunting you do not want to risk), the History Channel recently filmed a Shaolin monk demonstrating the power behind the one-inch punch on a crash test dummy. They concluded that "a 30-mile-an-hour car crash would be less injurious" than the blow.
That's right: One inch of monk is twice as powerful as a car crash. Ladies ...
Jacob frequently writes angry letters to his co-workers, whom he hates, on his blog Letters to My Coworkers, Whom I Hate. And he does that Twitter thing, too.
We have some bad news: while punching is even more awesome than Quentin Tarantino's wildest dreams, guns are actually a lot lamer. In real fights, trained shooters only hit 10% of the time at just TWELVE feet away. You can learn more by pre-ordering this text book written and illustrated entirely by the Cracked team! Hitting shelves in October, Cracked's De-Textbook is a fully-illustrated, systematic deconstruction of all of the bullshit you learned in school.
It's loaded with facts about history, your body, and the world around you that your teachers didn't want you to know. And as a bonus? We'll explain how the pilgrims were WAY kinkier than you've been lead to believe.
Related Reading: Cracked has other weapon myths to debunk- we've talked about guns 'till we're blue in the barrel. Punches may be awesome, but body armor and silencers suck a lot more than movies suggest. And did you know every Hollywood sword fight would end with a broken blade? Well you do now. And you're welcome.


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An alcoholic drink which many bar and grills are inept at making correctly. A mudslide consists of equal parts Vodka, Kahlua, and Bailey's Irish Cream. Should be served with cracked ice in an pre-chilled old-fashion glass or you can make a frozen mudslide dessert in a blender by adding 2 to 3 scoops vanilla ice cream. Both versions are delicious.
I hate it when I have to tell the bartender what a drink is and how you make it, particularly when it is such a well-known one such as a mudslide.
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When someone is lying on their back and a female straddles his or her face and begins pouring an alcoholic beverage down the crack of her ass and into the persons mouth.
I think there was a dingleberry in that mudslide.
Why dont you lay down and let me give you a mudslide.
Why dont you lay down and let me give you a mudslide.
por Chester4220 11 de Maio de 2010
After intense anal sex let your dick go limp, then have your partner poop, forcing your flaccid penis out with the poop in one giant mud slide.
Dude, she gave me such an intense mud slide last night.
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The half-step between a normal shit and diarrhea.
"I had such a nasty Mudslide yesterday."
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Immense pleasure during the act of sex resulting in an accidental bowel movement covering the partners genitals. Resembling a mud slide.
"Dude, that chick totally had a mud slide all over me!"
por Bryon Mitchell Smego 18 de Janeiro de 2008
reverse titty fuck, with emphasis on the anus rubbing up against the girls face!
Hey bro, did she give you a mudslide last night???
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When the lady lies on her stomach with back arched and the gentleman sits on her shoulders with the head of a turd sticking out (see turtle head). He then procedes to slide down her back with the aid of the turd.
"I built up so much speed giving her a mud slide the other night that I got whiplash."
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I need recommendations on entry level budget DSLRs with plenty of bracketing modes (exposure, F-stops, etc for HDR and DOF shots). I am in Germany and am willing to spend upto €600. The brand doesn't matter to me. Also want to know if there are programmable bracketing modes available in entry level DSLRs.
The Pentax K30 is currently at €570 with the 18-55mm kit lens, and it includes a basic automatic bracketing mode, which will take three shots with different exposure. It also has an automatic in-camera HDR mode (also with three images), and a multi-exposure mode which automatically overlays the 3 with a simple blend.
You can choose how many stops to vary the exposure by, and what order (underexposed first, then regular, then overexposed, or another way) you want them in. And it'll take all three exposures with one click.
However, if you want more shots than 3, or if you want to vary something other than exposure (or choose which exposure parameter is varied), I don't think you'll be able to get it without spending more. (The almost-twice-as-pricey Pentax K-5II has many more options.)
Depending on your needs, you might be best served by a non-dSLR camera — specifically, a Canon point-and-shoot model running the CHDK firmware hack, which could give you very powerful programmatic control over bracketing. (Models change all the time, of course; if you come back to this question a year from now, make sure to see what's latest.)
Or, you can, of course, simply bracket manually.
With that budget, I believe you are looking at something along the lines of the Canon EOS 500D or the Nikon D5000. These are now slightly out of date cameras (still damn fine though) but newer entry level models (like the Nikon D3100) don't have bracketing.
Bracketing usually means auto-exposure adjustment, which is what you use for HDR. F-stop bracketing is more of a 'hack' - you set the AE bracketing as normal, but you set the camera to Shutter Priority, so that the camera is forced to adjust the aperture to modify the exposure.
I am not sure what you mean by 'programmable bracket mode'.
From what I know, any Canon SLR has it - it is called AEB (auto exposure bracketing).
I had it on my 400D (lowest model) and it is available on my 5D MK II. You will however only get 3 exposures. Though I have found changing the shutter speed to shoot more images isn't an issue if you have a sturdy tripod. (And have successfully created a 40 and 60 exposure HDR).
If you look at the Canon website, you will find that the 1100D also contains AEB: http://www.canon.de/for_home/compare_products/loadcomparator.asp?prod=2764B007AA;3820B001AA;5161B001AA;&lang=DE&country=DE&dir=/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/
However I would rather use an older xx0D series camera than a xx00D series cameras.
My suggestion is the Canon 500D or 550D this is a really great beginner camera with magic lantern addon. Both models have Auto exposure bracketing enabled in the original firmware. But the Auto exposure bracketing is limited to 3stops and 3 images.
For additional settings there is a great firmware addon (free: Magic lantern) that adds a lot of options to the original firmware including exposure bracketing, shutter bracketing.
You can find out more about the magic lantern firmware on this site: Magic Lantern
I have been using this firmware addon in combination with the Canon 550D for over a year now for creating HDR images, Timelapse and long exposures.
Even for a beginner Magic Lantern is simple to install and use.
::Edited the fact that the canon 500d and 550d do have auto exposure bracketing. Thanks Mike for pointing that out.
Sony SLT-A37 is a budget DSLR and it can do autobracketing.
$ : Adorama price is $479 atm with the usual 18-55 kit lens.
€ : Rajala Camera in Finland sells it with the 18-55 kit lens + Sigma 70-300 for 500 Euro.
Sony SLT-A57 is another one and a bit better equipped than the SLT-A37.
It can do the same bracketing modes as the A37, though I did not find confirmation for the flash bracketing in the A57 online manual. No reason why it would not work the same way as in the lesser cousin.
Pricing in general is right at your budget of 600 Euros, but one store in Germany sells it with kit lens (18-55 mm) for €512.
Sony SLT cameras use Exmor image sensor which should produce low noise photos even with high ISO numbers and/or in low light. This should work well in the situations where you might be needing the bracketing, in challenging lighting conditions.


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Beta Nu sorority has announced their annual fundraiser, the Corn Day Children's Pageant, is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the stage on Main Cross Street in Carmi. Parents interested in entering their children should pick up an application at the Carmi Times' office any time on or after Sept. 23. Applications will also be sent home that day with students at Lincoln Attendance Center and the Carmi Pre-K. Applications, along with the $5 entry fee, should be turned in at Danielle Short Photography Studio (formerly Thompson Photography, next to the Carmi Elks Club on Cherry Street in Carmi) from 9 until 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Professional photographer Danielle Short has generously offered to donate her time by taking a professional photograph of each child entered to be attached to the contestants' collection cans. The age divisions are 0-23 months, 2 and 3 years, and 4-7 years with a boy and girl winner in each category. Group photos will be taken at 11:30 a.m. at the library Sept. 28 and no late entries will be accepted. For questions regarding the contest, contact Brittani at 384-2434 or Lindsay at 384-8709.
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i would like to have upper and lower setting for making horizontal panoric still image.
sometimes i do want to make horizontal wide images of hotel room or restaurant which can not be covered in single 12mm wide lens.
and so i need to have your help.
i do have
D300s With
AF-S Zoom- NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
D700 WIth
AF NIKKOR 14mm f/2.8D ED
Can anyone tell me how to produce nice two three shots still panoramic image from this setup and what could be the settings for any of this setup ?
am on assignment on 28th and i might need this to do so please help me out.


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I'm trying to get a list of friends that are tagged in a photo. I'm not interested in how many, what photo or anything else - just a yes or no.
The following query tries to get every tag associated with a user in my friend's list. I would prefer to limit it to one result for each user since the results are too large any other way.
SELECT text, subject FROM photo_tag WHERE subject IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1=58015959)
Any ideas? I'm open to using the Graph API if that works too. Thanks in advance.


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Marley tries to be a good puppy. He really does.
Cassie and Baby Louie are taking Mommy and Daddy out for a special lunch. Marley wants to come along, too. He promises to be on his best puppy behavior, but will Marley be able to contain his excitement?
About the Author
John Grogan is the author of the #1 international bestseller Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, the bestselling middle-grade memoir Marley: A Dog Like No Other, and three #1 best-selling picture books: Bad Dog, Marley!, A Very Marley Christmas, and Marley Goes to School. John lives with his wife and their three children in the Pennsylvania countryside.
John Grogan ha sido un premiado reportero grafico y columnista por mas de veinticinco anos. Vive en Pensilvania con su esposa Jenny y sus tres hijos.
Jeanine Le Ny created and edited dozens of best-selling novels for teens and young readers before becoming a full-time author. She currently resides in New York City with her husband, and enrolls in college classes every chance she gets.
Kathleen Martin is a senior Kaplan College Admissions Consultant with more than 17 years of college admissions experience. Throughout her career, she has reviewed more than 10,000 applications, read an equal number of student essays, and performed thousands of admissions interviews. As a consultant, she has successfully guided hundreds of families through the college admissions process. Kathleen is particularly familiar with top-tier liberal arts schools, and has helped students gain admission to Georgetown, Cornell, Williams, Boston University and Indiana University, among others. She also has experience working with transfer students, prep school students, learning-disabled students, and physically challenged students. After earning her undergraduate degree in speech communications, psychology, and sociology from Ithaca College, Kathleen served as the Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Moravian College.
Stephen O'Leary is a Kaplan College Admissions Consultant, with over 28 years of experience in college counseling. He was Director of Guidance for the Marblehead and Somerville, Massachusetts school systems as well as Director of Student Services for the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District in Groton, Massachusetts. For the past 20 years, Steve trained career and college counselors as an adjunct professor in the masters-level counseling programs at Salem State College and Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. Steve has extensive experience working with students who are interested in Ivy League colleges, strong liberal arts colleges, collegiate athletic programs and appropriate four-year programs for students with learning disabilities. In addition to his membership in NACAC, Steve is a member of the Massachusetts School Counselors' Association.
Richard Cowdrey is the talented and well-known illustrator of numerous children's books, including Bad Dog, Marley! and Marley Goes to School. He has worked with such distinguished clients as Bantam Books, National Football League, and World Wildlife Federation. Desiring to honor God with his work and with his life, Richard lives in Ohio with his wife and children.


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Enjoy excellent value for money, award-winning service and fantastic benefits - with no hidden charges.
Der Preis, den Sie zuerst sehen, ist der endgültige Preis.
Niedrigpreisfinder und niedrige Anzahlungen.
Wenn Sie mit British Airways fliegen, genießen Sie preisgekrönten Service und ein ausgezeichnetes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und müssen keine versteckten Zusatzgebühren fürchten.
Enjoy excellent value for money, award-winning service and fantastic benefits - with no hidden charges.
Perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, the 'city of the sea' boasts a beautiful setting and a charming character that will surprise and entice you. Discover the hidden gems of the Portuguese capital, where fascinating culture and incredible beaches combine.
It may be one of the world's great historic cities, but Lisbon also retains a youthful appeal, with contemporary culture existing alongside seemingly everlasting architecture. True to its roots, at a glance, the city appears to be frozen in time – with vintage trams and village-like neighbourhoods. But explore a little further and you'll discover cobbled streets where small bars spill out onto the streets and exciting nightlife is housed in converted riverside docks or 18th century mansions. Head to Alfama, where the essence of Lisbon life is still found at the public baths and tiny patio restaurants. Or embrace the vibrancy of Rossio Square – thought to be the liveliest area in the city.
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Combine a morning sightseeing tour of Lisbon with an afternoon exploring the Estoril Coast, Cascais and the mountainous region of Sintra. See the charming Alfama quarter, Belém Tower, the Monument to the Discoveries, the World Heritage Sites of Jerónimos Monastery and the beautiful Sintra National Palace. Then take in views of the Atlantic Ocean as you drive along the Estoril Coast and through Cascais - discover the beauty of Sintra and Colares while you learn interesting facts from your guide.
Perfect for first-time visitors, this guided walking tour takes you to the major sites of central Lisbon - you will get a great insight into the city's history and culture. Experience old Lisbon by walking around the Moorish Alfama neighbourhood and taking a trip on one of Lisbon's vintage trams. Admire the Eden Theatre, Sé de Lisboa cathedral and the cafes and boutiques of the elegant Chiado neighbourhood. Numbers are limited to 20 people, ensuring you'll receive personalised attention from your guide.
Explore Lisbon with ease and sightsee at leisure with the Lisbon City Card, offering discounts across the city with your choice of a 24, 48 or 72-hour pass. Gothic palaces and intriguing museums are big draws to the laid-back Portuguese capital, so make the most of them with heavily discounted entrance fees. Selected UNESCO World Heritage Sites like Pena National Palace in Sintra are free to enter, and you can even make use of free public transport in the city too.
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Holiday sales can determine the financial success of countless small local stores.
"For many businesses Christmas time is where you make it or break it, and you do three month's business in one month," said Morris Jewelry Owner.
They may not open hours early, but they still have deals, and hope their charm invites customers looking for something off the beaten path of department stores.
"Last year we were extremely successful, and we hope for that same success this year. People are looking for something special and unique when they're thinking about giving gifts, and that's what we offer," said Zingarella Owner Liz Bernard.
The season can be even more important for newer businesses.
"It's definitely a good bump in those sales that sustains you through the slower months... because when you head into the beginning of the year, it falls off, so that holiday push really carries you through that," said Bernard.
These businesses plan to draw in customers after they've been up all night shopping and want a more relaxed atmosphere.
"We feel like most of the people are going to be going down to Scottsville Road to get a TV for a nickel, and that's okay, but then on Small Business Saturday, I'm going to double the deals I had the day before," said Candle Makers on the Square Manager Stephen Park.
Small business Saturday, promoted by American Express, is something some of these businesses plan to take advantage of, offering deals on Saturday too, after shoppers recuperate from black Friday.
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When Jeff Gillard wanted to start a customer-friendly hardware store in Carmi, he turned to the Workforce and Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Illinois College for assistance.
There he met consultant Todd Tracy, and together they worked with city officials and representatives from True Value to lay the groundwork for the new enterprise. Gillard became acquainted with True Value in 1994, when he and his father opened a store in Albion.
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PitBull4 is a continuation of PitBull.
Differences from PitBull 3:
- It's mostly done, but not entirely done thus why there are still only betas (despite this it is still very stable).
- Documentation is written before functions
- Much easier for third-party extensions.
- Options will be much, much simpler. In 3.0, there's about 200 panels that you can mess with, it's overwhelming. I want to bring this down to somewhere around 10.
- Layouts are defined deterministically and unit groups use the layout rather than ad-hoc layouts on a per-unit basis. This will make setting up your unit frames far, far easier.
- Due to some decisions made, 4.0 is actually more configurable than 3.0. As a layout designer, you will have a lot more control over how things look. You can have different fonts on the same frame, different textures, more precise positioning, and a whole slough of other things.
- CPU Efficiency will be taken much more seriously.
- It uses Ace3 instead of Rock.
FAQ: http://www.wowace.com/addons/pitbull4.../faq/.
Guide: http://www.wowace.com/addons/pitbull4.../guide/.
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Aethwyn Sep 13, 2010 at 00:23 UTC - 0 likes
Hi Shefki, cheers for getting Pitbull4 working on the Cataclysm beta so quickly, I was missing it terribly. I have a (hopefully small) request:
Could you add the ability to filter just your own unit frame out when in groups? I'd like to be able to display parties as 2x2, 10 man raids as 9x9 and 25 man raids as 6x4.
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What is the issue? I am using a rune addon other then pitbull 4, My issue is everytime I mount in a vehicle my runes move to the player health frame. When I dismount the runes stay there till I re-load the UI. I want to say that I don't have something turned off in pitbull but I cannot say for certain. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Please provide any additional information below. I am using bartender, Pitbull 4 and Rune-it-all.
Normal layout working perfectly: http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6783/wowscrnshot091110053849.jpg
Layout while mounted in a vehicle ( not working ) : http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8751/wowscrnshot091210021751.jpg
Layout after being in a vehicle and b4 I reload my ui : http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3046/wowscrnshot091110053931.jpg
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Hi. I have a problem with Pitbull addon. I sorted out how to work with it, made some nice looked interface. But then, when i wanna test it i went on BG. That was Eye of Storm and when i get in there i receive some errors compared with Pitbull. It works properly, but i have on the screen 5 or 6 unexpected bars. Without any text or something, only horizontal colored bars. They apper and disappear randomly. Later i went to WSG and there was no problems at all. Sadly, but i have no time yesterday to test the addon work more.
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I am an absolute newbie here, but as far as I have seen, this is a quite vivid place to share useful experiences! The NN5L is ordered and expected to arrive at my place beginning of next week.
During my search regarding the exact positioning of the camera on the NN5 I have found this very informative page, where a lot of different equipment is listed:
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One of PNCA's own has been added to the ranks of the Metropolis blog Point of View.
In his first blog post, Chair JP Reuer begins with the idea that "design educators and practitioners routinely assert, with remarkable assurance, that design thinking strategies can deliver the "game-changing" ideas needed to address the critical problems of our times."
He is describing Design/Build, a project that students in the MFA in Applied Craft and Design program engage in during the first ten days of the program.
"This year AC+D students, led by visiting artists, Butch Anthony and Jack Sanders, addressed the often-hidden problem of juvenile crime and rehabilitation," writes Reuer on the POV blog. "They designed and built the first phase of a literacy center in Portland's Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center. Less than four miles from the AC+D studio, the facility holds 12- to 18-year-old boys and girls, incarcerated for one day to two years, for crimes ranging from probation violation to murder. PNCA faculty members Barry Sanders and Arvie Smith paved the way for the project through their work teaching classes to Long Center detainees."
Check out Reuer's blog post.
Remembering Bob Hanson
Please join us in a celebration of the life of Robert Hanson, Wednesday, December 28 from 5:30-7:30 PM at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Avenue. There will be brief remarks at 6:30 PM.
PNCA and the broader Portland art community will greatly miss Faculty Emeritus, Robert Hanson, who passed away Friday morning at age 75. Hanson was a Professor of Painting and Drawing at PNCA for 34 years and an integral part of the PNCA community, continuing his involvement after his retirement. As recently as 2008, PNCA's Feldman Gallery presented BEAUTIES, an exhibition of his drawings. Professor Anne Johnson conducted a thoughtful and illluminating interview with Hanson, I WANT THE IMAGE TO BLOW APART: A Conversation with Robert Hanson, in 2009 for PNCA's Untitled online magazine. In that conversation, Hanson said of teaching, "I enjoyed discussing something with a pencil, sitting down where the student was sitting and then talking while drawing out an explanation, which was often fragmentary, at the edge of the page; and I think some of that is carried over into all those fragmentary elements in my drawings."
Hanson was educated at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, came to Portland in the 1970s, and was represented for many years by Elizabeth Leach Gallery. He is survived by his wife, artist Judy Cooke.
Barry Johnson has written a kind remembrance honoring Hanson on Oregon ArtsWatch illustrated with a number of Hanson's drawings supplied by his dealer, Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
The community will have the opportunity to celebrate Hanson's art next month as a show of his drawings, APEX: Robert Hanson, opens January 2, 2012 at the Portland Art Museum and runs through April 29, 2012. Curated by Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art, the exhibition features a selection of Hanson's drawings of women.
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PNCA President Tom Manley One of "Most Influential Portlanders"
In Portland Monthly's first issue of 2012, in which they profile the city's most influential movers and shakers, PNCA is called a "creative-class crown jewel."
The cover of the January issue of Portland Monthly reads "The 50 Most Influential Portlanders," and on page 64 there's a great photo of PNCA President Tom Manley, who's credited with turning the College into "a creative-class crown jewel." The piece goes on to note the College's student body doubling in size, the launch of five graduate programs, the acquisition of the main campus building, and the impending acquisition of 511 NW Broadway. "With a 511 rehab slated for 2014, Manley hopes not only to create a dynamic hub of studios, libraries, labs, and commons, but to define a new 'creative corridor,' bridging the Pearl District with Old Town."
Read more about "The 50 Most Influential Portlanders" on the Portland Monthly website.
Winter Holiday Hours
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Thanks to a generous challenge grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, your charitable gift to PNCA this year goes further. The Miller Foundation will match every new and increased gift to the College. More than 93% of PNCA students receive financial aid. Your gift of any size will help support the artists, designers, and entrepreneurs of the future. Make a gift online or call 503.821.8887.
AC+D Open Studio
Candidates for the joint MFA in Applied Craft and Design program offered by PNCA and Oregon College of Art and Craft invite the public into their studio space for an evening of craft, design, and conversation.
The open studio is a chance to see varied and integral work of the graduate students in the Applied Craft and Design program. Encouraging a cross-disciplinary studio environment in which the workshop is a lab to collaboratively explore design and making processes, the program teaches students from a wide range of creative backgrounds to make original work with an applied purpose.
Each graduate student will be on hand and available to talk about their work.
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Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) welcomes internationally-recognized artists and curators to Portland for its 2012-13 exhibition series which has been supported by a $40,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This is the College's first grant from this prestigious national foundation. With exhibitions from New York's Drawing Center, Chicago's Threewalls, the Critical Art Ensemble, and a group show in honor of the 100th birthday of John Cage, the series includes painting, drawing, object, and installation topped off with thought-provoking public programs.
This challenging exhibition series—on view in PNCA's Feldman Gallery and other Project Spaces from February 2012 through May 2013—embodies the discursive nature of artistic practice, and provides clear, compelling examples of the various strategies employed in the conception and production of work. Each exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog with scholarly essays and other information about the artist and work.
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THE PARTY Veterans old and young joined museum patrons for the Honolulu Museum of Art's invitation-only reception for its showcase of photographs from five internationally acclaimed artists. Their subject: the courageous stories of those who have served their nation in recent years. THE PLAYERS Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet; the Hawaii Army Museum Society's retired General David A. Bramlett; Museum Director Stephan Jost; curator Jay Jensen; Museum Chairman Lynne Johnson; museum trustees Indru Watumull, Vi Loo and Helen Gary THE HIGHLIGHTS Sipping on cool cocktails, invitees slipped into the warm evening in the museum's spacious courtyard. Later, in the exhibition, they met with stunning portraits of brave servicemen and women. And while some pieces dealt with more poignant themes, guests always felt a strong sense of pride and reverence. Photography by Jonas Maon


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An expression of happiness executed by thrusting the dominant arm forward at a 90 degree angle from the body and exclaiming loudly the word "SWISH"
60%! Swish! wait... sixty percent sucks... I'm gonna go cry now.
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Deriving from Great Britain, swish is another term for "cool" or "hip".
"Look at Sally's skirt; it's totally swish!"
by audreyblackisamazing October 20, 2006
Swish is a fucking horrible drink that is made by taking a barrel that any kind of hard liquer has been aged in, fillin it up with water, and waiting for it soak up all the liquer juices, it looks like shit, smells like shit and tastes like shit, it is fucking nearly impossible to swallow, but it gets you insanely drunk and is cheap as fuck. The biggest downside of it is that it can blind or kill you, but the price is right!
guy 1:"What you drinkin tonight?"
guy 2:"Swish, it's fucking cheap."
guy 1:"That shit is nasty."
guy 2:"Ye, but it gets your fuckin DRUNK bud."
guy 2:"Swish, it's fucking cheap."
guy 1:"That shit is nasty."
guy 2:"Ye, but it gets your fuckin DRUNK bud."
by Waxtipher July 10, 2006
In basketball, when you score when hitting nothing but the net.
Also called a "nuthin-but-net"
Also called a "nuthin-but-net"
I made a swish!
by Aaron W. December 06, 2002
swish is this old dirty shitty tasteing homemade fucking liquor. that you oh can barely get her into ya. but my fuck does it ever get ya some drunk.
i got drunk on da swish and got fucked over.
swish comes from the bottom of liquor barrel.
swish comes from the bottom of liquor barrel.
by jonathan l hart July 21, 2008
(noun) A particularly effeminate gay man.
Hey, my decorator was awesome, but man what a swish he was!
by BFish December 10, 2002
A perfect shot that goes through the basket without touching the rim.
A perfect bowel movement that goes through without touching the rim verified by an absolutely clean first wipe with no poop on your hoop.
A perfect bowel movement that goes through without touching the rim verified by an absolutely clean first wipe with no poop on your hoop.
Bob takes his first wipe and comes up clean, a perfect swish!
by etymologypsy September 09, 2013
A male homosexual who has a very effeminate swirling stroll as he walks turning from right to left as he advances, his clothes making a swishing noise somewhat like a broom sweeping the floor.
The swish librarian jumped from his desk and flitted across the room when the handsome student came in.
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I run a small site that requires constant work with two other co-founders. What we do is meet every week to talk about what's been done and plan the next week. The goal set here is always very objetive, such as getting 300 backlinks by the end of the week, so we can easily tell when it wasn't met. In case one of us can't meet the goal, the punishment applied is doing double the original goal + the amount that was left to complete. That means if I did only 200, I'd have to do 2*300+100.
The objetive here is to keep everyone busy and build a traction untill the site has enough users to run on it's own. Important to say that only I handle the programming.
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Obviously, the punishment limits a lot what we can actually do during the week, althought it can be very effective in delivering the expected result. What would you recommend to use as an alternative to this so the range of activities can be expanded?


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How much stronger is RSA-2048 compared to RSA-1024? It is hard to imagine very big numbers. So what would be your way to explain the difference to someone who doesn't know much about cryptography?
You can use the complexity of the GNFS, the fastest known general-purpose factoring algorithm, to estimate the strength (in bits) of an RSA key size.
Referencing the table linked above, a 1024-bit key has approximately 80 bits of strength, while a 2048-bit key has approximately 112 bits. Thus, it takes approximately 2112/280 = 232 times as long to factor a 2048-bit key. In other words, it takes around four billion times longer to factor a 2048-bit key.
Thus, if you were able to magically factor a 1024-bit key in 10 seconds (which is totally unrealistic in every way possible, I may add), then it would take around 1,200 years to factor a 2048-bit key (note: this is not adjusted for Moore's law). Of course, it took around two years and a massive collaborative effort just to factor a 768-bit key, so factoring a 1024-bit key takes far, far longer than 10 seconds. But this is just to demonstrate the point: 2048-bit keys are much more secure.
If you do want to adjust for Moore's law and the ever-faster pace of computing, you can use this approximation by fgrieu. If you solve the equation for when a 2048-bit key is expected to be factored (keeping in mind that this is a rough approximation), you arrive at the year... 2048. So somewhere around 2040-2050, if that linear approximation holds true, we expect 2048-bit keys to be feasibly factored. In comparison, you can see that the 1024-bit key is expected to be factorable sometime around 2015-2020.


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What's the difference between "guardar" and "mantener"? The English I want to translate is "Help us to keep a good sense of humor." The verb to translate is "keep".
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Guardar is keeping something safe, like keeping money in your locker. This would be used in the same context as "store".
Mantener is keeping something the way it is, like keeping your locker clean. This would be used in the same context as "maintain".
In this context, "keep" is used like "maintain", so a good translation would be:
If you see the definitions of guardar and mantener. I think
My translate would be:
Another translation I would suggest uses the verb "Conservar", according to its third definition in RAE's dictionary:
So, my suggestion is as follows:
Closely related to the context of the sentence we are dealing with here, for example when you are already talking about keeping that good sense of humor in former paragraphs, then you should use de definite article, like this:


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Can someone explain what the song is all about? I read it and found out that the characters are not husband and wife. I want to understand the context in which the poem is written and a gist of the same.
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I am indebted to Dr. Peter Leithart for his writings and lectures on the Song of Songs. For further reading, you can visit his website. These thoughts might help in approaching the book.
Wisdom literature
It is helpful to consider the book's position in the canon as part of the wisdom literature. In Proverbs, the king exhorts his son to seek wisdom and throughout the book, wisdom is personified as a great and righteous lady. She is contrasted with the harlot Folly, the strange or foreign woman who tempts the simple to turn aside to their ruin. "In the final chapter, we find that the prince has chosen well: He has made Lady Wisdom his bride. As King Lemuel's mother urged, he has renounced the women who destroy kings (31:3) and embraces the woman who enables him to rule well.(Leithart)"
Ecclesiastes follows on this theme and shows the limit of wisdom. Wisdom is rightly prized and sought, but it is not ultimate. This life, this creation, is good and is meant to be enjoyed, but, to borrow a phrase from Doug Wilson, that joy is on a tether.
The Song of Songs displays the King's desire for his Bride, the one in whom he delights. It is a love poem, to be sure, but it reaches beyond individual human relationships. It is the height of wisdom literature and the height of poetry. It is the Song of Songs - a verbal construction that parallels the Holy of Holies - the Most Songy Song, the Greatest Song Ever Written. As such, it is elusive, difficult to get a solid hold on. It is also allusive - it reaches out and pulls in imagery and ideas from all over the rest of scripture.
Land Imagery
The beauty of the Bride is often expressed in geographic or agricultural terms. Her body is like a rolling landscape, her breasts like spiced mountains, her hair like goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead (4:1). Her neck is like the Tower of David, set with warriors' shields (4:4). She is beautiful as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem (6:4). Her eyes are pools in Heshbon, her nose like the tower of Lebanon, her head crowns her like Mount Carmel (7:4-5). This is the love of the King for his country, his people.
This alludes to the gathered host of Israel encamped under the tribal banners around the tabernacle (Num 2). The people surround the King as the Bridal City, the New Jerusalem, which is decked out in royal splendor and surrounds Christ, the Husband, and which outshines the sun and moon with the reflected glory of God (Rev 21).
Edenic Imagery
"The Song is full of the imagery of Eden. Solomon uses the word "garden" eight times (4:12, 15, 16 [2x], 5:1; 6:2 [2x]; 8:13), and the poem frequently refers to trees, fruits, flowers, springs.(Leithart)" The lovers are a sort of idyllic, unfallen Adam and Eve, maturing in their passion and love for one another. He describes her as a tree which he climbs to gather and eat her fruit (7:8), reminiscent of the fruit trees in the garden.
Four times Solomon calls her "my sister, my bride" which brings to mind Adam's statement of Eve, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." 'Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh' is a statement of kinship. It is nearly the same greeting Laban gives Jacob (Gen 29:14) and different groups claim kinship in similar terms (cf. Jud 9:2, 2 Sam 5:1, 19:12, 13). The Hebrew behind the 'Woman' and 'Man' is Ishah and Ish. Up until this point the man has been called adam because he was formed from the dust of the ground, adamah. The word Ish is almost exactly the same word as Esh, fire. So, the dirt-man becomes fire-man in union with his bride. He is transformed and glorified. This is the same thing Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11:7, "For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man." The woman lights up and glorifies her husband, making him better than he would be on his own.
Temple Imagery
"Eden's garden was Adam's original sanctuary, and the imagery of the garden in the Song shades over into imagery of the sanctuary. The house where the lovers meet is made from temple materials – cedar and cypress (1:17), and like the temple the garden of love is a place of feasting (2:4; 5:1). Solomon frequently mentions the fragrances that waft from the garden, reminding us of the pacifying smoke from Israel's sacrifices.(Leithart)"
Both the Bride and the Beloved are described in terms of temple imagery. She is pictured as a lily, with cheeks like halves of pomegranates, like the lily-topped and pomegranate-encircled pillars in the temple court (1 Kg 7:21ff). Again, she herself is like a pillar that the Beloved climbs, a palm tree like the palm groves carved into the walls of the temple (1 Kg 6:29). Her aroma is that of frankincense, myrrh, cinnamon and spices, like the perfumed anointing oil used in the sanctuary (Ex 30:23ff).
He is described like a statue of a man with a head like gold - the Holy of Holies; eyes like doves - the seven branched lampstand*; cheeks of spices - the altar of incense; lips of lilies - again, the lily-topped pillars; body of ivory, legs of alabaster and gold, appearance like cedar - the foundation and structure of the temple.
"The interweaving of imagery in the Song hints at the double reference of the poem: It is a poem of ideal human love, the lovers like unfallen Adam and Eve, but it is also a poem about Yahweh's trysts with Israel in the love-garden of the temple.(Leithart)"
Sexual Imagery
As a love poem, it expresses in very passionate terms the desire of the Bride for the Beloved, and that of the Beloved for his Bride. In Ephesians 5, Paul points out that the fundamental meaning of the sexual relationship between a husband and wife is that it is an image, a type, of the relationship of Christ and the Church. "'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church."
Scripture, especially in the prophets, frequently refers to Yahweh as Husband and Israel as Wife (cf. Is 54:5, Jer 3:20, 31:32, Hsa 2) Ezekiel 16 is a retelling of the history of Israel in Husband/Wife imagery:
Yahweh brought His people out of wallowing in the blood of Egypt to bring them to His mountain and establish His covenant with them. He washed them by baptism in the Red Sea (1Cr 10:2) and by the sprinkling of blood at Sinai (Ex 24:8). He anointed Aaron and the whole tabernacle with oil, setting them apart for holy use. He adorned them with the glory of the tabernacle: gold, silver, embroidered cloth and leather - plunder from the Egyptians. The rendering of the story in Ezekiel highlights the covenant of Sinai as His marriage covenant with His people. But despite all this, Israel turned away and whored after other lovers, other gods, and lusted after the gods of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, or anyone else who happened to pass by.
The Song shows desire set over against lust. The desire of the two lovers for one another is full, passionate, mature. Each is fully longing for and seeking after the other and will not turn aside to any other. "As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women." He is captivated by her beauty. "You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes... Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me." By the end of the Song, the Bride has taken on the name of the Beloved. She is the Shulamite, a feminine form of Solomon's name. She has become the radiant, glorious, spotless Bride - a Bride fit for the King.
If what Paul says is true, that marriage is a picture of God with His people, Christ with the Church, then here we see the complete devotion and passionate desire of Christ for His Bride and of the Church for Christ. This has implications for how the Church should be viewed. How often was Israel led astray? How often is today's Church led astray by lovers less wild than Jesus? The Song shows an idyllic relationship, one that has not been born out in the Church (at least with our limited perspective on history), but Paul says it will and that Christ will "present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish."
*the Spirit who descends as a dove at the baptism of Christ and as flames of fire on Pentecost is the same 'seven Spirits (or seven-fold Spirit) of God' in Revelation 4:5, and the seven flaming eyes of Christ in Revelation 5:6.
Historically, there have been two primary understandings of the Song of Solomon -
Personally, I find it nearly impossible to accept the first, however. I submit, on the basis of SOS 5:3-6, the following:
I'd argue any sensus plenoir of the text is very simple - it's a man and a woman gettin' it on. It's pretty straightforward.
The characters themselves are pretty straightforward - there is a man, a woman, and a chorus of friends, pretty standard for any dramatised work of the period.
If one accepts this is a man and a woman, then the next question is, what is the relationship between man and woman in the context of the work -
Here, the case is often made that this is a newly married couple. SOS 5:1 has the man saying to the woman:
The sister term must be clearly metaphorical, however, because 8:1 says:
That understanding of bride, along with the common repeated refrain
can suggest an innocent interpretation.
That said, the only unequivocal statement that can be made is that these people are desperately in love - and they understand that
As far as wisdom literature goes (and this is clearly wisdom literature) the point is simple - love is wonderful, but
Passion is great, you will be swept away by it - so be careful.
There are a variety of interpretations about the Song of Songs:
It would take me a very long time to explain everything, but I find difficulty in both Israel as an analogy because she doesn't have sisters, the Church (also doesn't have sisters) is never "dark" (as in "dark but comely"), and I don't generally like taking scripture as, "Well, the whole thing's just irrelevant anyway," especially since the first verse declares the work to be both the greatest of songs as well as a song of peace (Solomon means "peace").
Instead, I think that this is the story of a Saint. A saint is someone who has sisters and someone who received beatings. A saint is someone who is dark (generally a condition of poverty (tan from working in the fields) as well as a possible reference to sin) and yet is redeemed by the beloved. But, the thing which I find the most conspicuous is what I view as the hidden prophecy.
As the woman likens describes herself in the opening verses, she drops a very subtle hint as to where she is from. She uses a borrowed word (from Arabic) and through the rest of the text it becomes more and more clear that she is supposed to be from the area the Danites dwelt. She would have been from Israel and yet she comes to Judah to wed. She was poor (and likely provincial), but she is now a queen.
And we can see this as a prophecy by looking to the life of Christ. Christ was born in Judah, but he is raised around where this maiden would have lived. Finally, he travels down to Jerusalem for the act which will marry them. It is almost like he is not only reuniting the pieces of Israel, but he is also taking the maiden from her place of weakness and abuse and exalting her.
Finally, the references to the girl's sister are also explained. So many Saints have died praying for others. Wishing that God would favor those around them and the maiden treats her sister in kind.
nothing more than a writing that shows the faithfulness of a woman to her shepherd lover is spite of Solomons numerous attempts to persuade her to be his queen. Nothing more. There is no reference to God or the Trinity, just the example of being faithful. Is she had given in to Solomon she would have been in fornication. She rejected all his madvances and even told the ladies of the court not to try to get her to make up feelings just to be his, but she would only be true to her shepherd only whom Solomon took her away from. There are seven people who spoke in this book ck it out.
Just read the many ans: to the question of why is the SOS even in the bible. Let us for a moment consider that it is NOT a song per-say; but an opera, which is a song of drama, if so than it is well placed since the bible is drama from front to back. It is a (song) of Christ passion for HIS people, a man (song) of passion for his bride (woman-jerusalem). If it is a (song) of Christ than it is well understood; if a (song) of Solomon it is not; since king solomon was already wed, and had many concubines, he was already an adulter, which the FATHER frowned upon. So my belief is that it is an opera ( of CHRIST) set in times that people can understand i.e human life, human passion. Thank you for allowing me to express my opinion, from the book of james (not the one in the bible).
It's my personal favorite book of the Bible, because I view this book as to how Christ wins over the individual believer into relationship with him and shows his unfailing love. Solomon is Christ in this depiction, he never fails here (I'm talking about this individual book), never faulters, he is a rediculously rich shephard-king who can bound over mountains like it's nothing. And represented in the individual sense is the Shulamite, yet there are brides to be who watch from a distance so to speak. So we have a book here about individual love and corporate love of the shephard king Solomon who dashes us with his unfailing love. There are no words spoken of condemnation even when the Shulamite fails in chapter 2, only exquisite words of love spoken to each other and it's the story of us growing as believers to where we finally reach the point to go anywhere with our amazing king. The book is absolutely filled with symbolic imagery that you have to use the rest of the Bible to make any sense out of. Trees, myrrh, mountains, lilies, roses, gardens, wine, vineyard, banners, 60 mighty men with swords on their thighs, throne room, gold, silver, fruit, sun, weeds.... the list goes on and on... The imagery in this book is very very often linked to something far more than just the literal interpretation. You can't understand this book if all you take is the literal meaning, it's almost completely symbolic. Look at how she describes Solomon if you don't believe me! Lol still my all time favorite book of the Bible (I'm a dude btw..) and it will really strengthen your love for Jesus if you read it this way.
His banner over me was Love... I mean come on, it doesn't get better than that. My last thought here is this book gets written off so often but according to the Bible, this is the greatest Song, the Song of Songs. We have the book of Psalms and the Bible still says that this Song is better than any one of the Psalms... That's a pretty bold claim and makes this book at least worth a check out.
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Joe, I don't know this Rick guy from the next guy walking down the street.
But for crying out loud it was a prayer walk, it should make you happy there is still a moral spirit in this community with all it has been through. So what if the guy is a drama queen, I am sure there are worse.
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since OpenSolaris is more or less abandoned by Oracle, is there a nice alternative that implements the unique features of OSOL? ZFS is one thing, but I liked the image creation system, that let you create images of a master system and then distribute it quickly to other computers. This was an effort to simplify creation of clusters.
According to the Wikipedia page of OSOL, there's Illumos, which is a fork of OSOL, with all closed source parts replaced by open source parts. Illumos is in active development.
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He looked like a zillion billion bucks. Of course he did. Did you expect Brando Nadal, plopping into a chair in a silk muumuu at this hotel restaurant on Central Park South? No, no, no. Rafael Nadal was playing himself into what already appeared to be very good shape. Everyone knew this, did they not? He'd just finished a series of tuneup tournaments in South America and Mexico; just 36 hours before, he'd tuned up his friend and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the Mexico Open final in Acapulco, surrendering two games in a match that lasted as long as a Ramones lyric. Yes of course there were caveats. These tournaments were low-level affairs. Nadal was playing on red clay, which for him is like wrapping himself in a childhood blanket. But Rafael Nadal was looking like Rafael Nadal again. Finally. This was good.
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For Nadal it was another tentative step. It had been seven months since he'd been stunned in the second round at Wimbledon and vanished from the sport. A knee injury was blamed, and at first, it seemed the absence would be brief, but it kept dragging; Nadal missed the Olympics and the U.S. Open and the early winter season, and ruled himself out of an expected return at the Australian Open with a stomach bug. The men's game had pushed forward, but it was hard not to feel a void. No one was ready to say goodbye to Rafa. Not yet. He is only 26, one of tennis's most physical players ever, the maestro of that crazy, loopy Western forehand, an 11-time Grand Slam winner who'd already dropped a massive footprint on the sport. Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic…and no Rafa? This had been like watching your favorite band with a guest drummer. Pretty close. Not bad. But not the same.
So here he was, the Neon Snuffleupagus, live in the flesh, steps from Columbus Circle, dressed head-to-toe in electric-colored Nike. Though Williams, Azarenka and del Potro were all in attendance, Nadal was the prime focus of the morning news conference. He was asked about the easy win over Ferrer in Mexico and his decision to play next week in California on the hard courts at Indian Wells. He said his health was improving, that he was beginning to trust his body. "Last week I started to feel much better," Nadal said. "I started to feel free to run to every ball, and that is fantastic news for me."
The absence had exasperated him. How could it not? Setbacks stifled his return. Recovery treatments were alternated. Progress was slow. "It is not nice, not easy to accept," he said. The game moved on without him. In his wake, Andy Murray has asserted himself as a major champion, moving upward in the rankings, where he was now positioned at No. 3. Nadal is an awkward fifth, behind Ferrer. There's still some hard-court season left, and Nadal has been grousing about it, feeling the surface agitates his worn knees. He'll have that to deal with at Indian Wells, plus a far deeper field than he faced in February. The full Big Four will be represented, for the first time since June 2012. Djokovic has been throttling the ATP lately; he's undefeated in 2013. "That will be a big test for me," Nadal said of the tourney. He called his recovery "a process."
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The 6 Most Badass Robots (Invented Before Electricity)
#3. Hercules Versus the Dragon
Heron of Alexandria (who sometimes simply went by "Hero" because modesty wasn't invented until the Victorian era) was a mathematician/engineer who lived somewhere in the vicinity of 10-70 AD.
Did you ever know that you're our Heron?
While not doing whatever it is that mathematician/engineers do (figuring out when the two trains will pass each other, most likely) he fiddled around with steam, wind and other forms of energy. But things got really exciting when our Christ-era friend here invented a completely functional Chuck E. Cheese style robot show illustrating the story of Hercules and the dragon. We're talking about an intricate, complete mechanical opera operating before the invention of pants.
What he came up with was Hercules fighting a dragon, and there were actually several different incarnations. What each version had in common was that Hercules was always perpetually attacking the dragon, while the dragon was either hissing at Hercules or drinking some water--which frankly kind of makes Hercules the dickhead in that situation. In one version the dragon even spat water at Hercules' face, which is an understandable reaction when somebody shanks you for being thirsty.
So basically, Heron made little moving gods for people who still worshiped big, unmoving, statue gods. Can you imagine how confusing it must have been to see your actual idols bonk moving monsters? It seems simplistic now, but people call it a miracle when they see Mary shedding bloody tears--imagine how they'd react if Mary whipped out a club and hammered a nearby statue of the Devil to rubble.
How Did He Do That?
His creation ran on an amalgam of pretty much every power source available: Air, water, pulleys, chains, pressure, magic, willpower, spite - you name it. The pedestal on which the robots stood was airtight, so when you lifted an apple (because if the Bible taught us anything, it's that ancient times were just chock full of apple-thieves) you'd break the air pressure, setting off a chain reaction that kicked the opera into motion. Imagine that: You think you're some big, hot-shit apple thief gankin' ol' Heron's knowledge-fruit and BAM! Tiny mechanical gods pop up and start waging a war-that-cannot-be right in front of you. Heron probably killed half the population of Rome with shock.
#2. The Digesting Duck
Jacques de Vaucanson was an 18th century French tinkerer credited as being the father of modern robots. And with good reason: He came up with the very first poop machine, which as well all know is the foundation of all robotics. Wait, what?
It seems automatons were all the rage in the French court, but they were often seen as quaint novelties and toys, so if de Vaucanson wanted to get any respect he'd need to pull some serious engineering shit to impress the royalty. So he did it literally, with a pooping duck!
"Behold, your highness! A mechanical marvel! It is a duck! WHICH CRAPS!"
It did more than just defecate everywhere, of course. Everyone who saw it said it was completely lifelike: the wings flapped, the head moved, and the mouth opened so it could accept and eat whatever food was proffered to it, then it did its dirty business for all to see. Having witnessed it for himself, Voltaire famously stated, "without the duck of Vaucanson, you have nothing to remind you of the glory of France." It is often overlooked, Voltaire's serious and deeply abiding love for feces. Just like all the other French, really.
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So for a while there, it seemed that de Vaucanson had duplicated life itself: Here was a creature that could perform an (unfortunate) necessity of life. What's next? A vomiting muskrat? Urinating squirrels? Ejaculating bunnies? When will the madness end?
How Did He Do That?
As you can imagine, a fully functioning digestive system robot would be a complicated creation. This one ran on an elaborate system of weights which drove over 1,000 movable pieces that were hidden throughout the duck and within the pedestal on which it stood.
Vaucanson was a
crazy complicated man.
As for how the whole "digestion" business worked, it didn't, actually. The food (usually a grain pellet) would go down the duck's throat and get stored away in a container. Adjacent to the other end, pre-stored feces (yes, real actual duck poop; because people could tell the difference back then. Priorities were uh...they were very different) were in another container that would be forced out at the appropriate time. Usually just after coffee and a bran muffin.
#1. Leonardo da Vinci's Robot Knight
Best known as the Renaissance Al-Jazari (doesn't feel so good, does it Leo?) Leonardo da Vinci has ruled the school in the brains department for just about nigh on 500 years now. Considering all he accomplished during his lifetime, it should be no wonder that he popped up on this list as the designer of the first humanoid robot. Or that his robot looked like a knight. Or that it shot lasers out of its eyes.
We previously brought these up as part of the case we made for da Vinci being a super villain, and feel that elaboration is necessary because some of you didn't seem convinced that if da Vinci were to come back from the dead, we should in fact immediately kill him again. The story goes that shortly after finishing up The Last Supper, da Vinci found himself wondering how he could top creating the most famous depiction of the Lord himself, so he apparently focused his efforts on becoming a God himself. Man, his life makes us tired just talking about it. We would've taken a damn nap.
Not da Vinci.
We're missing about 14,000 pages of da Vinci's notes, but what has survived is a collection of detailed schematics including those of an apparently working robot. And 20th century reconstructions did indeed prove that it would actually work. It was dressed in German-Italian armor and had the appearance of a knight. It had a broad range of motion, including the ability to wave its arms around, (to warn the peasants that - holy shit - there's a robot coming) it sat up and moved its head (to follow their fleeing paths) and it had a functional jaw (to devour their fear for fuel). Oh yeah, and some people think it probably could play the drums. That's right. While the rest of Europe was 100 percent convinced that food went bad because of witchcraft and soap stole your soul, da Vinci was forming the start of an all-robot rock band.
How Did He Do That?
From what historians have been able to piece together, the robot was an amalgam of two distinct working apparatuses; one of them controlled the upper body, and the other, the lower. Cranks and cables seem to be involved, and it was believed that the chest, which contained that mechanism that powered the robot knight, contained machinery that could also be programmed.
So as we understand it: Magic.
Most likely the whole thing ran on a system involving water and/or weights but, given da Vinci's duck-shit insane level of ingenuity, we wouldn't be surprised to find that it ran off a combination of Zero Point Energy, Atomic Power, and Rock 'N Fucking Roll.
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