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This luminous story begins in the present day, when a professor invites a colleague to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeerbut why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam,
This luminous story begins in the present day, when a professor invites a colleague to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeerbut why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration. As the painting moves through each owner's hands, what was long hidden quietly surfaces, illuminating poignant moments in multiple lives. Susan Vreeland's characters remind us, through their love of this mysterious painting, how beauty transforms and why we reach for it, what lasts and what in our lives is singular and unforgettable.
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Cornelius Engelbrecht invented himself. Let me emphasize, straight away, that he isn't what I would call a friend, but I know him enough to say that he did purposely design himself: single, modest dresser in receding colours, mathematics teacher, sponsor of the chess club, mild-mannered acquaintance to all rather than a friend to any, a person anxious to become invisible. However, that exterior blandness masked a burning centre, and for some reason that became clear to me only later, Cornelius Engelbrecht revealed to me the secret obsession that lay beneath his orderly, controlled design.
It was after Dean Merrill's funeral that I began to see Cornelius's unmasked heart. We'd all felt the shock of Merrill's sudden death, a loss that thrust us into a temporary intimacy uncommon in the faculty lunchroom of our small private boys' academy, but it wasn't shock or Cornelius's head start in drinking that snowy afternoon in Penn's Den where we'd gone after the funeral that made him forsake his strategy of obscurity. Someone at the table remarked about Merrill's cryptic last words, "love enough," words that now sting me as much as any indictment of my complicity or encouragement, but they didn't then. We began talking of last words of famous people and of our dead relatives, and Cornelius dipped his head and fastened his gaze on his dark beer. I only noticed because chance had placed us next to each other at the table.
He spoke to his beer rather than to any of us. " 'An eye like a blue pearl,' was what my father said. And then he died. During a winter's first snowfall, just like this."
Cornelius had a face I'd always associated with Piero della Francesca's portrait of the Duke of Urbino. It was the shape of his nose, narrow but extremely high-bridged, providing a bench for glasses he did not wear. He seemed a man distracted by a mystery or preoccupied by an intellectual or moral dilemma so consuming that it made him feel superior, above those of us whose concerns were tires for the car or a child's flu. Whenever our talk moved toward the mundane, he became distant, as though he were mulling over something far more weighty, which made his cool smiles patronizing.
"Eye like a blue pearl? What's that mean?" I asked.
He studied my face as if measuring me against some private criteria. "I can't explain it, Richard, but I might show you."
In fact, he insisted that I come to his home that evening, which was entirely out of character. I'd never seen him insist on anything. It would call attention to himself. I think Merrill's "love enough" had somehow stirred him, or else he thought it might stir me. As I say, why he picked me I couldn't tell, unless it was simply that I was the only artist or art teacher he knew.
He took me down a hallway into a spacious study piled with books, the door curiously locked even though he lived alone. Closed off, the room was chilly so he lite a fire. "I don't usually have guests," he explained, and directed me to sit in the one easy chair, plum-coloured leather, high-backed and expensive, next to the fireplace and opposite a painting. A most extraordinary painting in which a young girl wearing a short blue smock over a rust-coloured skirt sat in profile at a table by an open window.
"My God," I said. It must have been what he'd wanted to hear, for it unleashed a string of directives, delivered at high pitch.
"Look. Look at her eye. Like a pearl. Pearls were favourite items of Vermeer. The longing in her expression. And look at that Delft light spilling onto her forehead from the window." He took out his handkerchief and, careful not to touch the painting, wiped the frame, though I saw no dust at all. "See here," he said, "the grace of her hand, idle, palm up. How he consecrated a single moment in that hand. But more than that"
"Remarkable," I said. "Certainly done in the style of Vermeer. A beguiling imitation."
Cornelius placed his hands on the arm of the chair and leaned toward me until I felt his breath on my forehead. "It is a Vermeer," he whispered.
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If I die for any reason other than old age, it will be that I have finally decided to rid myself of a world where shallow, unintelligent people write this book off as a 'rip-off' of Tracy Chevalier's 'lovely' Girl With a Pearl Earring. For the record, I have read both books. I was repulsed by the cold-heartedness of Chevalier's story and the unlikable, un-relatable characters, while I was warmed and touched by the innocence, the complexities, and the intrigue of Vreeland's. Girl in Hyacinth Blue is a unique, ingenious story. Several stories, actually. Vreeland pulls together the lives of a dozen people from opposite ends of the social, cultural, and economic spectrums. Each character is developed, has his or her own story and ghosts and past, and yet they are all connected by this one painting that is at once mysterious, charming, and beautiful. This is one of those books you think about long after you finish reading it. It is one of my favorite books, and one I recommend whole-heartedly.
I picked up this book because its about a fictional Vermeer painting. My book group will be reading the Tracy Chevalier book soon, also about a Vermeer painting - Girl with a Pearl Earring. I thought it would be interesting to compare the two books. I am very impressed with the book Ms Vreeland has written. Everything about it is excellent, the premise for the story, the writing is evocative and draws the reader into each owners story. The painting is a strong and constant character throughout the book and is a silent witness to the events in the lives of its owners. I have just finished this book, I like so much I'm reading it again immediately.
This is one of the most imaginative books I've ever read. There was nothing about it that disappointed (except it is too short). I agree with those who say it is a book that can be re-read. I had to send it to my niece since she is a fledgling artist. She read it quickly and has told me she is re-reading it in reverse. I found Girl in Hyacinth Blue to be superior to Girl With a Pearl Earring.
I absolutely loved this book! I cannot remember reading anything like this before. I really felt like I had an understanding of how art can move people, and enjoyed the snapshots of different time periods. I came away feeling educated as well as entertained. I highly recommend this book to everyone, especially folks interested in the arts. It tops my list of reads this year, and I work at a library!
I loved this book and the concept of following a piece of art through it's history. It reminded me of one of my favorite movies "The Red Violin".
I loved the way this book told the story of how this painting got to where it ended up. Very cool stories of different people and different lives they lead! Definately worth the read.
This is a very good book and I recommend that it should be read. It tells the story of a Vermeer painting and how it falls into the various lives of each of its owners.
Author could have done a better job closing plotlines - the daughter to marry Fritz (I forget her name), how did she "part with" the painting given to her by her father as an of contrition to her mother? Did Richard ever speak to Cornelius after that? Did Cornelius ever get his "proof"? Did all of Hannah's family perish in concentration camps or did some survive? I understand it was just groups of characters that gave their part in the painting's history, but wanting to know more about each group took over as I neared a chapter's end. The segues between stories were awkward, especially the hyacinth chapter; hers was the most trying to keep reading. Long and painful for 119 pages on my nook. Pity, as I quite enjoy historical and art based fiction.
I cannot believe so many rated this booksohighly. Girl with a Pearl Earring is a way better book. The stories were interesting and had potential, but they were told in a confusing manner. I was wanting the author the weave or relate the stories. I was left wondering what happened to the math professor and the painting.
In the opening of this moving work of fiction, an undiscovered Dutch master's painting, circa 1665, is shown in secret to a professor of art. This expert is qualified to classify the portrait as a genuine and theretofore undiscovered work of Jan Vermeer but is reluctant to do so because of the shady auspices of its acquisition: it had been seized from a private home during Nazi occupation. Since the acquisition is less than honorable, ownership of the painting is both a blessing and a curse. This theme is beautifully woven throughout the story. The impact upon viewers of this simple portrait of a young girl is immense. Admirers are drawn to the blue of the smock she is wearing, the "pearl" of her eye, the luminescence of the light streaming through the window near her. And, although the subject is depicted engaged in the simple task of hand sewing, it is obvious that there was something else going on when this painting was being created. Through eight gorgeous and historically detailed chapters, author Susan Vreeland masterfully follows the ownership of the painting backward through time. As she plants and waters the seed of exploring the human ability to become attached to inanimate objects, we are given a view into the life and relationships of each successive owner. The challenge of the first set of characters is an awesome one: how to adequately enjoy something which is, technically, forbidden to own. Immediately, the reader's curiosity is piqued on many levels: Of course, What is the origin of this painting? But also, How does one come to terms with ownership of artistic property gained by questionable means? How can one enjoy it? And, of course, we ask ourselves again and again, if the work is authentic, was it actually done by Vermeer? And, if it was, what was the origin? Who is the unforgettable subject? And, as we may ask ourselves in the case of the famous Mona Lisa, what was the subject thinking while she was posing and just how did the composition come about? The challenges of each of the subsequent owners are as awesome as the professor's, and while each has a unique story, all of them are similarly enamored of the same stranger's work. The delight- and the pain- of their individual human drama connects their stories while demanding our attention to a poignancy and delicacy that is unforgettable. As the author draws us in tighter and tighter to the humble creation of the painting, we can fully appreciate how one person's work can impact the lives of so many. With wonderfully human characters, a highly engaging and thought-provoking story line, and beautiful, painterly prose, *Girl in Hyacinth Blue* is a glorious and fresh work of fiction, and a book capable of entertaining while also having a deep, marvelous emotional impact on the reader.
I'm a big fan of historical fiction and Susan Vreeland's rendering of same, so I was probably of a mindset to love this novel before I turned to page one. It didn't disappoint. If one is a lover of the works of the ancient art master Vermeer, one cannot help but be captivated by this author's imagined and highly creative way of bringing the artist as well as his works to life. Definitely a five star read.
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The politically savvy blogger Steven Clemons makes this fascinating point:
Gore's win seals the deal that he owns the global climate change franchise. Everyone big in this game — from firms, to NGOs, to governments — will need the Al Gore seal of approval on whether some initiatives are good or bad. That's going to be interesting. Al Gore is going to be an NGO of his very own, and he's probably going to have to get a sticker machine so that stuff he likes can bear his seal of approval.
But there is a bigger, more complicated and admittedly cynical dimension to the Gore win.
It keeps climate change policy from being something that anyone else can take a lot of credit for, particularly the Clintons — unless they can work out a deal.
The rest of the article has some fascinating behind-the-scenes from the Clinton Global Initiative that I had wondered about when I was there — why did Gore get onto a plenary panel when he wasn't on the agenda?
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You might find this a tad unbelieveable, but I actually have some sympathy for your cause; I just have a problem with your tactics and some of your underlying assumptions.
But since I do have some sympathy, I'm actually feeling sorry for you now that Gore "owns the global climate change franchise". He's probably the worst possible spokesman and figurehead for the AGW movement.
Things like honesty, integrity, principle, and common sense are traits to be encouraged in ourselves and others. Most people 'get' that, and most people get that Al Gore, like most career 'public servants', just doesn't display good examples of those personal traits. And his propaganda campaign has already left a lot of people cold on the whole subject. His tarnished image will further tarnish the image of the whole AGW industry.
But as an amateur pundit, I've been saying for years Hillary Clinton was going to be president. Not that I like the idea, but the forces have been in motion a long time. Al Gore's Nobel Prize might encourage a run, which might make election watching even more fun this time. He might even get cornered into a debate on AGW!


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We cant believe she died after childbirth in this day and age, with all the technology there is.
That statement is so profoundly stupid I can hardly catch my breath.
Please don't tell me they're blaming the hospital or the medical staff for this!
More reasons people who believe in god should never have children.
Ever feel we are falling further and further into radical superstition?
Yeah all the technology there is today... trouble is that technology only works of you don't refuse to use it because your flavor of magical sky grandpa forbids it! Dumb Ass!
Your comment may be as dumb as the people who would rather die than have a blood transfusion.
When you refuse treatment, your family loses the right to criticize the doctors for not performing that treatment.
And, in related news, many young women are dying from Nicauragua's new anti-abortion policy.
Sad how those who seek to control do more harm.
We cant believe she died after childbirth in this day and age, with all the technology there is.
What? You mean "in this day and age" the POWER OF PRAYER isn't good enough?
You make the Great Father In The Sky angry with your lack of faith.
One less dumbass in the world...
Fuck you.
It's like something out of a fucking Simpsons episode.
How clever.
Religion has one valid purpose/function, which is to give people something to believe in that is bigger than the horrible reality we confront every day (aka the pain of life). The problem is when they (meaning religious leaders) start to dictate morality and actions in the attempt to gain power/money/influence, which leads to the needless suffering of (some huge number of people), such as these now motherless twins.
Could someone show me where the fuck in the Bible it says "thou shalt not get blood transfusions"? I mean I've read the thing and everything but it was a long time ago so all I can remember is that stuff like "thou shalt not kill" and "if you pray, pray in secret and not in public" and all of that whacky stuff that that character Jesus talked about such as turning the other cheek, it being easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle than for a camel to get into heaven (something like that anyway) but I don't remember the part about no blood transfusions. Of course if the blood transfusions thing is true then it's just one more thing that's going to damn me for all eternity, I've had 11 pints of someone else's blood pumped into me but I'm kind of curious to find out if that's more or less of a sin than all of the lustful thoughts, fornication, masturbation, taking the lord's name in vain, etc, etc, etc that I've engaged in over the years.
@13 - I think it's only considered sinful to Jehovah's witnesses. They have a lot of weird rules unique to their sect. For example, it is against their beliefs to celebrate birthdays or recite the pledge of allegiance. Neither of those rules has any biblical basis, from what I recall.
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There is a passage in the bible they point to, something about "blood spilled on the ground" being unclean. They take that to mean *any* blood removed from the body for any reason. Once it's out, they don't let it back in.
Religious faith is a drug for some people.
Leviticus 17:12
"Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood."
Leviticus 17:14
"For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off."
These are the big passages that are used by the Jehovah's Witnesses to justify their rejection of blood transfusions and blood products (such as plasma). They are also the foundation of Jewish Kosher law (blood must be drained from butchered animals, etc). In fact, the J.W.'s have interpreted the second passage to mean that you will be cut off from heaven and unable to enter if you ever get a blood transfusion, EVEN IF IT IS GIVEN TO YOU AGAINST YOUR WILL.
Others will accept blood products (platelets, plasma) that don't contain red cells, and some will take blood that they have banked up for themselves previously. It all depends who you ask.
Interestingly, it is also this passage that is heavily enmeshed in the Eastern European tradition of the vampire (a damned creature that drinks blood, has eternal life, yet is unholy).
These passages are also oddly contradicted by the concept of communion, since the whole process involves the drinking of Christ's blood to gain eternal life (and actually ENSURE entry into heaven). It's all a bit mixed up, but it's not without precedent.
it's not about blood being spilled on the ground. It's the passages about not eating blood. They feel that allowing it in the body via any portal is the same as eating it.
Really, any more questions, I'll be happy to answer. This in no way implies they are not bat-shit crazy, but they aren't batshit in the way most people think they are.
I had bloodless surgery and am alive today because of good technology. Deaths from this are much less common than before.
P.S. Obviously I don't hold or support these views myself. I just report 'em.
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@ 19 - Fortunate for you, that you had bloodless surgery. But that's much less possible with pregnancy and delivery.
Before elective surgeries, most people can donate their own blood ahead of a procedure. But in this woman's case, she could not do this while pregnant.
Plasma expanders and massive IV fluids can do only so much.
Postpartum bleeding is a life-threatening complication - anyone with religious objections to blood need to go into childbirth with eyes very wide open. (That's why a form/waiver is signed beforehand.)
Some Witnesses won't even accept albumin (a protein from blood) or recombinant factor VII, which is a clotting molecule cloned from human blood but produced by bacteria.
If you're a hard core Witness and you're having kids, you should consider finding a hospital where they have an interventional radiologist available 24:7. Perhaps this place did, but it still wasn't enough.
There's a point where I think tolerance for religion must take a back seat to public health, and here's where I think it is. In particular, the fact that Jehovah's Witnesses are supposed to refuse transfusions even to their children is disturbing and crosses the line into neglecting the welfare of a child.
If nothing else, the state should put serious pressure on religious authorities until they finally cave in and find some half-assed rationalization for ending that part of the doctrine. (Much the way the government did with the Mormons, many years ago, actually.)
@ 19: Ahh, thanks.
My friendly neighborhood JW pain-in-the-butt explained it when I asked about it once as "blood spilled" being "unclean." Maybe that was his own interpretation of the scripture.
In cases where the religious beliefs of parents endanger a child the state steps in via a court order to implement life-saving treatment such as transfusions. Most hospitals have an attorney who makes an emergency application to a judge in these cases. Blood transfusions are a routine case but I have seen chemo ordered for a child when the parents objected because they were firm believers in homeopathy. So it is not just religious belief that can cause an individual to reject a treatment modality.
I think the Bible has a "ten second rule" --blood spilled on the ground is unclean, unless you pick it up within ten seconds.
Then it's okay.
It's in the Apocrypha, somewhere, I think.
It is tragic when faith is so blind and so dogmatically followed that it results in something like this. Those poor babies will never know their mother and will most likely feel some sort of guilt, despite family and friends telling them it's God's will.
Doesn't this belief conflict with the prohibition against suicide? Oh I get it, maybe it's not suicide if you choose to die in the process of upholding your beliefs. Hmm, sounds sort of like martyrdom.
Hey, it's tragic and all, but I'll give her bonus points for walking the talk and not being a hypocrite--pretty rare these days.
Too bad no one told her that when you die the lights just go out.
as dumb as the people who would rather die than have a blood transfusion.
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Those silly rules God made for the Jews. You'd have to be retarded to follow any of them.
Sometimes there's a Jehovah's Witness handing out little magazines outside of the subway. I usually scope the title out before I accept it. Awake! makes for pleasant commute reading material. They might have an article on the Amazon, or some species of snake or something, and the only religious reference is in the last sentence where they say isn't it nice that God made such fascinating creatures. But if the guy's handing out The Watchtower, forget it. That one is way too Godded-up.
Anyways, one of the Awake! issues talked about the blood situation. It didn't mention anything religious, but it did spend a lot of time talking about these other "technologies." It was pretty convincing, and a complete idiot might've gathered from it that doctors could replace all the blood in your body with sweet, sweet technology.
Maybe these people read the same issue.
While we obviously feel for the family, is it not interesting that in each of these type of stories that the journalists can unequivocally state that the patient would have lived it they had blood. I wish there were more people like this on the earth that can tell be 100% for certainty that if I do this or that I will live or die. And that for a certainty that I will NOT get hepatitis, aids or any other number of blood borne disseisees from blood. Plus, if I do get sick afterward, I am sure that they will take care to me and mine for going along with them. No thanks! Not for me and mine.
How do you know I follow any of those "silly rules God made for the Jews?"
And if I do follow them, maybe I am retarded.
I don't care who follows what. I just think that stating that anyone who believes in God should not have children is dumb.
And I think that it's tragic and dumb to turn one's back on one's children because of a few literally followed lines from the bible.
This WatchTower Society requirement that Jehovah's Witnesses must refuse to accept any blood transfusions dates back only to 1945. Misinterpreting the Old Testament prohibition against eating animal blood as a routine food item, the WatchTower Society began teaching in 1945 that receiving a blood transfusion was "eating human blood". Jehovah's Witnesses believe that receiving an infusion of human blood into their body's circulatory system is scientifically the exact same thing as eating or ingesting blood into their body's digestive system.
"A patient in the hospital maybe fed through the mouth, through the nose, or through the veins. When sugar solutions are given intravenously it is called intravenous feeding. So the hospital's own terminology recognizes as feeding the process of putting nutrition into one's system via the veins. Hence the attendant administering the transfusion is feeding the patient through the veins, and the patient receiving it is eating through his veins." -- The WATCHTOWER magazine, July 1, 1951.
Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to acknowledge that when human blood is transfused into their body's circulatory system that the transfused human blood remains to be human blood and continues to function as human blood. Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to acknowledge that if blood is eaten, then the ingested blood enters the body's digestive system, where the blood would be treated by the body exactly the same as it would treat a hotdog, a potato chip, or any other food item. Ingested blood would be completely digested and broken down into proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and waste; which are then either assimilated or excreted by the body.
The WatchTower Society uses scriptures which speak about the blood of slaughtered animals to teach Jehovah's Witnesses that blood is "sacred" because blood is the "symbol of life". Then, the WatchTower Society turns around and requires Jehovah's Witnesses to sacrifice their own "life" to maintain the alleged "sacredness" of a "symbol" of the very thing they are sacrificing -- their life. Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to acknowledge that the WatchTower doctrine on blood moronically places a higher value on the SYMBOL than it does on the THING SYMBOLIZED.
In fact, the Old Testament scriptures permitted the eating of unbled animal meat, which the Bible treats exactly the same as eating animal blood itself. In isolated occasions, when humans needed to eat unbled meat in order to sustain their own human life, the Mosaic Law permitted such, but then required the eaters to fulfill the requirements of being "unclean" for a few days. Thus, the Bible recognized that the sustaining of human life was more "sacred" than maintaining the sacredness of animal blood. To do otherwise would be doing exactly what the moronic WatchTower Society does. It would make the SYMBOL more SACRED than the THING SYMBOLIZED.
In fact, the WatchTower Society is leading Jehovah's Witnesses to disobey GOD and violate the Holy Scriptures in one of the most serious ways possible. Because humans were created in GOD's image, GOD considers human life sacred. A Jehovah's Witness who sacrifices their SACRED LIFE in order to maintain the sacredness of a SYMBOL of that SACRED LIFE varies little from those who profane life by committing suicide. Those Jehovah's Witness Elders who teach and police this moronic doctrine vary little from common accessories to murder. The Bible is fairly clear in how GOD views murder, and how He deals with Murderers.
This moronic twisting of scripture would be laughable if not for the fact that it has lead to the pointless deaths of numerous Jehovah's Witnesses in the past, and it will continue to lead to the pointless deaths of many more Jehovah's Witnesses in the future.
The following website summarizes over 315 U.S. court cases and lawsuits affecting children of Jehovah's Witness Parents, including 200+ cases where the JW Parents refused to consent to life-saving blood transfusions for their dying children:
I'm surprised the hospital did not use Ringer's Lactate or Saline Solution or any number of other non-blood expanders available. The hospital staff I'm sure did everything they could, including having the mother sign that she would not hold the hospital accountable should she die due to not having a blood transfusion; she knew the risks. And yes it is amazing that in this country in 2007 women still die in child-birth. And there is NO assurance that a blood transfusion would have changed the outcome.
I really don't understand either why Jehovah's Witnesses would not have a exception in the case of a life-or-death situation.
As crazy as some of the Orthodox Judaism halacha (religious law/lifestyle) might be (speaking as a Reform Jew here), at least there's a provision that if someone's life is in danger, you break every law in the books in order to save them.
This is so sad. The Testigo de Jehovah branch of my family explained that it is far worse to lose one's relationship with Jehovah by accepting/allowing a blood transfusion than it is to simply die and preserve that precious relationship.
Of course this is the branch who also seeks cat food that does not contain blood products, since they love their cat very much, and want to preserve his chance of that cool relationship with Jehovah. . .
Religions are nutty and dangerous. Not a news flash for any of us.
...i am mystified why having babies in a HOSPITAL is okay by jehovah's witnesses, but declining blood transfusions is not...? if they weren't going to use the services that hospitals are, you know, rumored to provide, they should have whelped at home with a good old kettle of hot water.
A few points:
The comment about "the technology available" was not made by the husband, but by a family friend, who may or may not be jehova's witness.
* It's not as if the LDS or other Jehova's witnesses came in and prevented this woman from getting a transfusion. Like it or not, these people made their own decision. If you think this is stupid, the implication is that we should allow doctors to do whatever they like to use with or without your approval.
what a stupid religion. "DUHHHHH....I'm a Jehovah's witness!" "duhhhh I think it is right to wander around in the pouring rain and knock on people's doors to give them pamphlets....BUT I just sit around and let my wife die when I can prevent it!" DUHHHHHHH...I love a blonde haired carpenter who died 2007 years ago more than my own wife!"
that's it.....I am officially declaring wednesday november 7th as "open your front door and kick the jehovahs witness in the nuts" day.
lets put this into perspective.....A carpenter from 2007 years ago told this dude to let his wife die......a damn CARPENTER!! I mean...2007 years from now do you think people are going to be praying to bob villa? Do you think that some dude is going to be sitting in a hospital room thinking..."hmmmm maybe I should let my wife die because Bob villa told me to." NO! stop letting a goddamn carpenter run your lives....The only thing jesus could do if he actually comes back to earth is build you a new deck or maybe a shed....ok....he is not a freaking holy god....he was the Bob Villa of ancient times.....that is who you are praying to.
yeah....if jesus returns he will be working at home depot wearing a little name tag that reads "Jesus". and this is the guy that you are taking major medical advise from?
I know I'll go to hell for saying this, but if Jesus came back he would be waiting outside the Home Depot for jobs like all the other Jesus's. Jesuses? Jesusii? You get my point. Still, even as a church hating agnostic, I find that little rant above me insulting. Way to take the higher ground and just live and let live and all. Rabid anti-spiritualism like that is the reason conservatives think liberals are incapable of rational debate.
By the way, who else is reminded of the saying about how religion is like a hand pointing to the moon? People get fixated on the hand and forget what it's showing them.
@36: There's only so much that blood expanders can do; they don't circulate oxygen, they simply provide extra fluids to be pumped around (and yes they are used if someone is hemorrhaging -standard procedure). At a certain point (level III hemorrhage), your body needs more red blood cells to re-oxygenate your system. It is likely that she would have survived with a blood transfusion since the cause of death in a hemorrhage is loss of blood. A transfusion would have kept enough blood going in her until she was able to clot. It is the most common cause of death at birth, however, with a transfusion the risk is fairly small. The risk of contracting a disease such as HIV or Hepatitis from blood products is exceedingly rare nowadays. When the risk of dying is 100% and the risk of contracting a blood-borne illness is 1: 1.3 million or thereabouts, I would choose the transfusion.
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Every time I look to see how the Twins are doing, I expect to see this headline:
"Radke Loses Right Arm In Farm Accident, Vows To Keep Pitching With Left"
I mean, is there any player who has sucked it up for his team this year more than Radke? He already has been pitching for the past couple years with a torn labrum, the sort of injury that normally makes pitchers weep uncontrollably and seek second, third and fourth opinions and hug their kids and ask their agents to reassure them again that "one day, they'll call it Tommy Armas Jr. Surgery."
Radke shrugged it off, told the doctors to inject him with cortisone for the pain, and just kept pitching. Hell, he didn't even tell anyone about it until the end of July. In fact, he not only kept pitching as the pain worsened, he pitched even better than before. "I humped it up and really kept concentrating on keeping the ball down," he says. He went 8-3 with a 1.43 ERA from late May to late August, even though, he says, "Every pitch hurt."
Somehow, I don't see Carl Pavano doing this.
The pain worsened to the point that it hurt Radke to pick up his kids or raise his arm to wash his hair. Nothing seemed to alleviate it. Hot towels, ice, painkillers, cortisone shots, electrotherapy -- they all failed to dull the pain. "I don't even know if I took a morphine pop whether that would do it," he said. So doctors reexamined the shoulder last week and discovered that in addition to a torn labrum, Radke has a rare stress fracture in the shoulder.
That fracture will knock him out for at least two to three weeks. Yet he still hasn't ruled out pitching again, especially if the Twins reach the playoffs. "I want to get back out there real bad," Radke said. "But it's a wait and see thing. If it feels a little better I'll definitely try to pitch. And if we can get into the postseason and extend the season a little, that will really help."
Radke is the anti-Pavano, and he's like the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" -- the one who refuses to surrender even after King Arthur lops off both arms and both legs. "Just a flesh wound."
The only active Twin who was a teammate of Kirby Puckett, Radke has just about seen it all during his 12-year career in Minnesota: Puckett's forced retirement, the abysmal teams of the mid- and late-'90s, the threatened move to Mayberry and the announced contraction plan, as well as Minnesota's recent return to competitive form and division titles. He maintains that he's retiring after this season, although we've heard that before from other players who decided to come back. Then again, those other players usually didn't feel like a crocodile was biting into their shoulder with every pitch.
"I think I've made my decision," he said of retirement. "I haven't made anything official but it doesn't look very good [for playing another season]."
Radke may have thrown his last pitch already, but I hope not. If there's any justice, he will be able to return the last weekend of the season when the Twins host the White Sox in a series that could determine the American League wild card. In a perfect world, Radke will walk to the Metrodome mound, look to catcher Joe Mauer for the sign and then wind up for the first pitch of what will be a 4-2 Twins victory, being especially careful that his sling does not get in the way of his delivery.
There are box score lines so astounding -- Wood 9 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 20 K -- that we can practically hear the glove popping when we read them. And then there are box score lines that simply look like misprints.
Case in point, Philadelphia starter Scott Mathieson's puzzler from Saturday:
No innings pitched but one strikeout? No hits or walks (or hit batters) but an earned run? It can only mean one thing, of course. Mathieson struck out leadoff batter Pete Orr, but strike three was a wild pitch that allowed Orr to reach first base. Mathieson then left with a sore elbow and Orr came around to score on a home run. Because Orr reached base on a wild pitch and not a passed ball, the run was earned.
Whew. The U.S. qualified for the 2008 Olympics this week by winning eight of nine games in a tournament in Havana against a dozen teams from the Americas, including Cuba in the championship game. The Cubans qualified for the Olympics as well and -- contrary to what was written in this column in its original wersion -- two more teams from the Americas could qualify by beating runner-up teams from the Europe and Asian qualifiers. That's a vast improvement over past years when only two teams were eligible from the Americas while the European nations got three bids (only one European team is likely to get in this year). That earlier qualifying system was just one of the things that helped kill baseball off at the Olympic level (the sport is being dropped after 2008 while rhythmic gymnastics, thank God, goes on). After spending the summer taking in the majesty of the Rockies (Pikes Peak and Mount Elbert) and the Rockies (Todd Helton and Jeff Francis) and traveling from Portland (Oregon) to Portland (Maine), Cass Sapir is finally winding up his Tour for the Cure trip to all ballparks with a major league affiliation this Friday at Fenway Park, his 189th stadium on the journey. America, America, Cass shines headlights on thee: He's traveled close to 50,000 miles and hit 46 states while eating way too many peanut butter sandwiches in the past six months, all in his attempt to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. Someone broke into his car recently but nothing was stolen, which Sapir says is the benefit of having a car filled with nothing but garbage from a six-month road trip. He's only about halfway to his $100,000 goal but you can make donations on his Web site. Can someone explain the fuss over Bert Blyleven saying @#%$ on the air twice? These are words every modern child is well versed in by the time they finger-paint their first turkey in kindergarten. And an ex-ballplayer cursing when he thought he was off-the-air? Isn't this the sort of thing that we all listen to our radios hoping to hear instead of more watered-down analysis sponsored by some local advertiser? There were seven shutouts Tuesday, the most on one day since there were eight on June 4, 1972 (the most in big league history).
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Everyone in my boat disembarked at the LBK floating restaurant when the boatman reassured us we were at the correct place. It turned out we were not. A family from India who was staying at Mutiara should have been taken to the resort across the river while my pal & I who were heading for Rainforest Resort should have got out at the main jetty.
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I'm using Mantra 2.0.2 and wp 3.5.1.
I used to be able to see the images by selecting recent posts 2 months ago. But now the site/presentation page slider can't seem to bring up any images from my recent posts. It has no image 'src' under the html slides.
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Turn off TVs by just looking at them.
"Hey, you mind turning that thing off?" Simple enough question, but I got tired of people looking at me like I'm from Mars. When a TV is on in the room, I can't think. I just stare at the thing and drool.
So I invented TV-B-Gone, a key chain that stealthily turns off just about any television. When the TVs turn off, people turn on, engage in conversation, read, eat, and perform all sorts of human activities. Peace happens.
I recently teamed up with prolific kit maker Limor Fried to create a $20 kit version of the original TV-B-Gone key chain. This version works up to 40 yards away, and it's totally hackable; the entire project is open source and documented at http://ladyada.net/make/tvbgone. Here's how I built one into a baseball cap that lets me look at almost any TV, touch the top, and watch with glee as it shuts off.
First I built the TV-B-Gone kit itself. I already knew how to do this, but you can follow the excellent instructions at ladyada.net/make/tvbgone.
Use a needle and thread to sew the 2 wires to the inside of the hat. I used 5 loops for each, tying them off with a square knot. Alternatively, you can also use hot glue.
Position the assembled TV-B-Gone at the edge of the visor of the hat, with the IR emitters just inside the brim, pointing outward. Cut the wires from the hat-top switch so they extend just past the switch button on the circuit board.
Center the battery pack under the cap's dome with its 2 wires facing forward, toward the visor. Hot-glue the battery pack in place, then sew (or hot-glue) its wires to follow the same paths as the switch wires.
This project first appeared in MAKE Volume 13.
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Developer Spooky Squid has also added in a Halloween level, in which you will earn sweeties and treats for killing enemies. Joystiq also adds that the new content will appear in the game's 'extras' menu from now until November 1st.
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Any update on the ban issues? I'm ready to install it, but it's quite scary, I already have shivers...brrrrr.
Any update on the ban issues? I'm ready to install it, but it's quite scary, I already have shivers...brrrrr.
I've not heard back yet. A number of people mentioned they were going to check in with Google for me but have been strangely silent since.
Get your tinfoil hat!
Seriously though, the best thing you can do is ask Google directly for me (as a result of my ban I am forbidden from contacting them). It's probably OK especially now the Be Nice thing is removed, but a definite confirmation would remove the questions.
Ok, here's a response from David at Google. I've been emailing and re-emailing for the past few days, so here's the result - no result :(
Bottom line - use at your own risk [what a surprise], BUT, since it's not a toolbar, it seems to be ok to use it? That's what I understood from the emailing back and forth. The whole thing has been formatted, I've removed my IP, links, and some other stuff. However, the point remains the same. Start reading from the bottom.
Hi Bill,
You're welcome to share this information with other users.
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Original Message Follows:
From: "Bill Dexter" me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:53:05 -0400
Is it ok if I let the WordPress community know about this by posting this
entire message history as the plugin follow up?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Google AdSense" adsense-support[at]google[dot]com
To: "Bill Dexter" me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
Hi Bill,
Thanks for following up. Generally, publishers are welcome to use
software that helps in the implementation of ads directly into the HTML of a web
page as long as the software doesn't alter the appearance or behavior of
the ads.
Unfortunately, I'm unable to comment specifically on your software.
Original Message Follows:
From: "Bill Dexter" me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:52:49 -0400
One more thing: I'm sure that every script has to comply with the TOS.
I've read in the TOS that "a site or third party cannot display our ads,
search box, search results, or referral buttons as a result of the actions of
any software application such as a toolbar." Now, the question is: is
Adsense Manager for WordPress a toolbar or a script? And, if it is a script, is
it allowed? You see, there's no direct manipulation of the code itself,
so...? If you're not totally comfortable to give me your honest opinion over
this email, then please consider making a post on my blog from a public or
your home computer. Know what I mean?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Google AdSense" adsense-support[at]google[dot]com
To: "Bill Dexter" me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
Rest assured that you may view pages containing your own Google ads
without the risk of generating invalid impressions. However, we'd like
to remind you that clicking on your own ads for any reason is strictly
prohibited by our program policies.
Original Message Follows:
From: "Bill Dexter" me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:43:27 -0400
If you can, please disregard/remove today's 2 [two] ad impressions from
IP address xx.xx.xx.xx [my ip]. I was testing the code.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Google AdSense" adsense-support[at]google[dot]com
To: me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [#156980457] WordPress Adsense Manager
We're unable to comment on third party software at this time.
We recommend that you exercise caution when using third-party software
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note that AdSense participants are solely responsible for verifying that
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From: me[at]billdexter[dot]com
Subject: WordPress Adsense Manager
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:16:52 -0700
Is the latest version of WordPress Adsense Manager [2.3] in compliance
with Google TOS?
Hi, I was surprised hearing all this since I was actually planning to switch from using AdSense Deluxe to AdSense Manager.
My best guess why you got banned is because you set an initial 5% commission of AdSense revenues directly to your client ID by default, whereas with AdSense Deluxe, this is initially not activated.
If we're going to argue that the reward system is against the AdSense TOS then AdSense Deluxe should have been banned as well. I doubt if he is, still I'm not entirely sure.
In what way[s] does Adsense Manager differ from, well, just pasting the Adsense code directly into the template? I've pasted the code into the Main Index and the Sigle Post templates, and it looks ok...In other words, what's the general purpose of the plugin?
How can I make the ads float along the left/right side of the content?
I've queried Google about this.
It's important to know the reason "why" you've been shutdown as, after reading the TOS, it is not obvious to me either.
I'll keep you posted.
All the best,
I guess to split the revenues you would have had to alter the Adsense code ...? That's against the TOS. Is there definitely no alteration to the code now that this has been taken out? - What does the Code Converter feature do?
Adsense Deluxe seems to have disappeared from the Plugins list. Maybe the same thing happened to him :-(
PS. if you have a business setup maybe it's possible to get a new account in your business name? (or your personal name if you used business name before?)
Hi there!
I have a request!
Could you please consider implement google_ad_channel feature to differentiate different ads on the same account?
Just to clarify, I actually received a message from Google stating that AdSense Manager was fine to use (see comment towards bottom also). The original ban was due to the Be Nice feature which was later removed.
Development has stalled for the time being because I do not have net access at my current address (other than via a mobile phone). From October I will be back online & plan to get to work again!
Thanks for all the support folks.
i downloaded version 2.5 but I still see the "Be Nice" feature at the bottom of my "Options>Adsense Manager" page. It was defaulted to 3%.
Also, if I want to put a 250x250 adsense block in my posts and floated to the left, how can I get the text to wrap around the Adsense block?
Thanks in advance.
dbcooper: The Be Nice thing is back in a slightly different form (which has been checked with Google to not be violation of T&Cs). Of course feel free to turn it off - I need to revert back to the more informative UI but can't get SVN access at the moment (accessing the net via mobile phone, ugh).
To wrap a 250x250 left put DIVs in the "Before HTML" and "After HTML" to wrap the ad unit in them, then float the DIVs themselves. For example...
<div style="float:left;">
Should do it!
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Grammatically, the sentence above is correct? I have hesitations for e.g. "vor rund eineinhalb Jahr" or "vor rund eineinhalbem Jahr", and whether "seitdem" is in the right position?
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"Vor rund eineinhalb Jahr, seitdem habe ich dich kennengelernt, warst du eine andere Person" is correct?
The sentence is semantically wrong.
Let's split it up:
This is a point in time. You cannot insert something with seitdem as this word describe a range of time, or more precisely since a time in the past until now. But you can use, for instance, als becaus this word denotes again a specific point in time.
If you want to use seitdem, you first must make up a time range:
Here you refer with "In den letzten Jahren" to a range of time and then again you can insert something with seitdem.
I assume you want to say that somebody changed in the last one and a half year of your relationship? Choose this translation:
Person works here, but Mensch is more common:
Your translation
is almost correct (Jahren instead of Jahr), but it describes a setting you most likely do not mean:
(You could also write it like this then: Vor rund eineinhalb Jahren – seitdem habe ich dich kennengelernt – warst du eine andere Person (für mich).) This sentence might work e.g. in a mystery story.


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For the past year, as the whole world and its dog have blogged themselves onto the NY Times bestseller list (and in many cases off it too), I have gazed at my navel, and wondered if the lint there is the same color the world over.
Then today, I read Mathew Wilson's piece "Identity & Equality In .NET" (Dr Dobb's Journal Windows supplement, June 2004) . Which caused me to sit up, hastily button my shirt (yes some of us at Microsoft do wear real shirts) and seek out a blog-editor – just so I could summarize what Mathew said for all non DDJ readers.
Like most (all?) C# programmers, I've undergone the baptism ritual of over-riding object.Equals. Having done that once, I now keep Jay Bazuzi's Equals-in-a-box in a safe place (alongside Kevin's addition) [See the full list of guidelines at MSDN, including the guidance for operator ==]
Here's what Jay gives to those who say the magic word (It is pretty much the same as the code sample on MSDN - the Visual Studio formatting is just free publicity.)
// override object.Equals
public override bool Equals(object obj)
if (obj == null || GetType() != obj.GetType())
return false;
// TODO: write your implementation of Equals() here.
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
return base.Equals(obj);
And for completeness here is operator == and GetHashCode()
bool operator ==(SomeType o1, SomeType o2)
return Object.Equals(o1, o2);
// override object.GetHashCode
public override int GetHashCode()
// TODO: write your implementation of GetHashCode() here.
return base.GetHashCode();
These are pretty much the canonical forms of the overrides/overloads
Now, if you expect that you are going to be testing equality a bunch of times (sorry for the jargon), you may be tempted to see how fast you can make your code. [Sadly, omerta prevents me from telling you the real reason why developers flog their code to the extreme.]
So, starting from this point, Mathew (who seems to have a penchant for seeing how fast something will go) goes on to systematically derive his optimal versions. He then did some simple performance comparisons. It was the performance differences that caused me to sit up so sharply.
In Jay's over-ride of object.Equals(), above, if you replace the calls to GetType() with our own beloved as operator, like so
//if (obj == null || GetType() != obj.GetType())
if (obj == null || Object.ReferenceEquals(obj as SomeType, null))
return false;
Mathew says you can knock off about 60% of the original cost.
Now admittedly the semantics of this version is modified ever so slightly, as the as will return non-null if obj is derived from SomeType. However, typically that is what you want, isn't it.
I'll quickly summarize the rest of Mathews findings just to underline the significance of the 60%.
Object.ReferenceEquals(obj as SomeType, null)
((Object) obj as SomeType)==null)
netted about 4%.
And all the effort of working around the virtual call to Equals in the operator == overload, and narrowly surviving two potential gotcha's, to end up at
public static bool operator ==(SomeType o1, SomeType o2)
//return Object.Equals(o1, o2);
return (Object)o1 == null ? (Object)o2 == null : o1.Equals(o2);
Shaved off just 2.5%. Hardly worth the potential errors.
Ordering the member comparisons with fastest comparisons first (in Mathews case ints before strings) took off a respectable 18%.
All told, Mathew was able to knock off 80% from his original canonical form.
Just to convince myself, I ran his suite on both the Everett and Whidbey Community Preview versions of Visual Studio. In my case, as knocked off only 27 to 37% of the execution time, while reordering member comparisons contributed 25 to 39%. In both versions, combining all the tweaks reduced execution time by 65% (YMMV - drive safely, wear your seatbelt, and remember to override GetHashCode).
All this give me new respect for the isinst MSIL instruction, and underlines something I hear time and again. Which is "beware of premature optimization, and don't optimize until you know where the bottleneck/s are."


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Thu, Aug 28 - Mon, Sep 1
US Airways
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Tue, Jul 1 - Thu, Oct 30
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Tue, Jul 1 - Mon, Oct 27
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Tue, Jul 1 - Tue, Oct 28
US Airways
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Sun, Oct 12 - Sat, Oct 18
US Airways
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Fri, Jun 6 - Sun, Jun 8
Air Canada
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Fri, Dec 26 - Tue, Dec 30
Flight from Atlanta to Montreal (ATL - YUL)
Sun, Jun 29 - Sat, Jul 26
There are approximately 440 flights covering the route from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport in Atlanta to Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl Airport in Montreal, provided by as many as 10 airlines.
The following airlines often offer cheap flights from Atlanta to Montreal
Malev Hungarian Airlines
Air Canada
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