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"The sun is a lightbulb............"
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Apparently shipping, some people have now recieved their copies.
Still waiting for mine!!
Oh well, whatever - nevermind.
same boat as you Neil, I have at least had the mail, I noticed on the Hoffman forum Americans were receiving theirs at the start of the week !!
I take it as a good sign it looks like Burning Shed were swamped with pre orders and i should still get it before official release date.
i wonder how this would affect any chart position Not that it matters very much with the smaller record companies as long as they break even on each release.
Cheers Fletch
I recieved mine yesterday in NYC but have to wait for the weekend to listen properly though.
I received mine yesterday. It came via Royal Mail. Boy that made me feel special ;-).
Does anyone besides me hear an annoying pop when entering or exiting the main menu? I've listened on two different players and it happens on both when making selections involving the main menu.
I like the low volume due to lack of compression at which this disc was mastered. Makes you turn the volume up (about 10dB higher than normal for me)(a la Ziggy Stardust) and then it sounds really, really good.
I'll need to listen to the music more to let it grow on me as I'm only familiar with a few of the tunes. Early and raw Porcupine Tree for sure.
Got to love it. Thanks to all involved.
Best regards,
Just rec'd my copy (CT, USA) - direct from the mailbox to the player - first listen = sounds great, not overly familiar with all the songs but like what I hear - will wait for a few critical listens to weigh in further.
Got mine today - Toronto Canada
Can't believe how fast this was.
Can't wait to listen tonight...
/\/\abuse......the man without
Not really so early, it was like the 6th proper album from the band. I am not counting the instrumental album, live release or the various versions of "Voyage 34".
Lightbulb Sun is like a polished diamond compared to the acid trip music they produced at the very beginning.
I received my copy this morning and I'm listening to it as I type on my computer (via Creative Mediasource player). I will load it up in my main system later. First thing I noticed was the lower volume compared to other dvd-a discs I have. Just crank it up a little and it sounds great, nice to see it's not compressed. The mix and sound is top notch as always with PT. This is my first experience with the Lightbulb Sun album, so all the songs are new to me. The album's reminds me a bit of Stupid Dream, but it's entirely unique in it's own. That's the nice thing about Porcupine Tree compared to many other artists where all their albums and songs sound the same. I really love the guitar work and the vocals on this one. Next I went to the video portion of Lightbulb Sun (via Powerdvd on the computer). Don't worry about buying this if you don't have a dvd-audio player, the full bitrate dts sounds great as well. Regarding the "pop" from entering/exiting the main menu mentioned earlier. On my Creative Player there's no menu, it just plays the songs, so I tested this in my Powerdvd. When playing the video_ts there's no pop in the menu, however when accessing the dvd-audio portion I do hear a "pop" or loud click right at the begining of the menu and two pops at the end of the menu. Maybe Neil can comment on this? Not a big deal, but noticeable. All in all, a glorious release in the desparate barren wasteland known as dvd-audio surriound sound.
I received mine yesterday as well (on the 10th). I only listened while sitting in the sweet spot for a song or two, but I still had it playing while I was doing other things in the room. Sounded very good, I can't wait to give it a critical listen. I noticed the volume difference as well. No big deal though, just turn it up more. Having all these PT DVD-A's makes me want the rest of the albums to get the same treatment. My first thought when I finished listening to lightbulb sun was "I wish Signify was in DVD-A too". All in due time i suppose. Until then, I'll be enjoying not less than FIVE of their albums in surround!
You make it sound like a bad thing! I must admit that all of this talk about this disc being a soldier in the loudness war has me excited and I can't wait to receive my copy from CD-WOW. Kudos to PT for taking the high road to dynamic hi-fidelity. I don't think this can be understated. . .the best sounding recordings should sound BETTER as you turn up the volume, not worse.
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This is one of the finest DVD-Audio discs I own, and I own a lot!
First off, I had never heard these songs, so listening was totally a new experience for me. I popped it in the Acura and drove around with it a while. The first thing I noticed was that the surround mix was tremendous. There were vocals all over my car , and it drew attention to the music. The lead vocal is generally in the solid center channel, and at times varies from clean miked to a "telephone call" effect. The harmony vocals appear in the discrete rears, and at times sound like they are "overhead". In some songs the voices eminate from all 4 corners, which gives a chilling choir effect. Overall an amazing mix.
After a few plays of the first few songs, I was immediately drawn to "How is Your Life Today". What a remarkable surround mix. A very simple song that gains complexity as it goes on. The placing of the vocals is genious. The entire song plays like a daydream, and makes one think of a George Martin Beatles production (of sort). Totally brilliant.
The next tune to grab me was "Shesmovedon". This song should have been a huge radio hit if radio once again played music. Another attention grabber for the surround mix, this is a perfect example of how to make surround showcase a tune and take it from great to perfection. Vocals are "everywhere"! Everyone I've played this tune for liked it from the very first verse. A tremendous song, with a great solo electric guitar in the center channel towards the end.
Next on the list of infection is "The Rest Will Flow". Again, a tune that grows on you and sticks in your brain and sets for a while. Not as spectacular a surround mix as the previous two mentions, it's still impressive none the less. Another song that should be heard by many and will probably not be. A shame.
The title tune, Four Chords, Hatesong, these are all great tunes and really grow on you when you listen to them on repeated spins. "Russia on Ice" is an adventure, and this entire disc is a perfect example of what DVD-Audio can do, and I have yet to play it in the house and look at the screens.
If you like music and you've never heard Porcupine Tree before, I implore you to order this disc while you can and give it a chance. No matter what your age, I think you will really like this disc. Once I can actually bring myself to taking it out of my car, I'll check out the menus and stuff.
If you own a DVD-Audio player, you really should get this disc!!!!
PS: It's a TEN!
And Stupid Dream too!
LS is starting to really grow on me as well. I've noted elsewhere that it immediately sounds more commercial to me than the other PT releases. I think it's a combination of production values and the fact that these songs bury themselves deep inside your head very quickly. (and the drums are different... that's not Gavin) Where's Tim? Has he achieved nirvana in the sweet spot? (does that sound sexual? and it there a connection between sex and surround music? That could really boost sales ) I'm interested in his considered opinion of LS as well.
Jon, I assume that you are quite used to the difference of car listening vs home and mentally factor in the outside noise etc., but I'll be interested to read your comments after a listen or two on your main system.
Awaiting this one in my mailbox... The bass sound in the last part of Russia On Ice has always been my favourite when testing loudspeakers. This one is a HELL of a $%^ù;;,§/¨ bass sound. I'm craving for experiencing it wth a real subwoofer
I hope many of you will purchase this album. It's pure genius. The best of former, "classic" and modern PTree altogether.
Great review Jon! I totally agree.
I might add that the bonus tracks are awesome as well.
The "pop" noise is a bit annoying. Of course the easiest way to avoid this is to just skip the menu and push play instead of door close, taking you straight to the music.
Yes, starting at around 9:30 into "Russia On Ice" you get to test drive your subwoofers. With my Definitives and Sunfire sub, the whole room was vibrating!
Yep, it gets a 10 from me.
Horray Arrived today and Boy is it worth the wait, I have slowly been buying up all of the other PT albums on the back of the previous DVDA's This album is by far the best of teh bunch i had only heard a couple of songs of this album and tried to avoid it since Neils little announcment last year.
great stuff needs a further couple of listens but what a good album and brilliant 5.1 mix.
Cheers Fletch
I don't feel I lose anything by listening in the car. The outside noise gets drown out by volume (), and the car, to me, is perfect for surround sound -especially when the system is designed specifically for that car (Acura). More perfect than a room with respect to a fixed listening spot. In the car, I'm always in the same place, and have the level adjusted as such.
Still, I am looking forward to hearing it on a powerfull full range system!
Hello all! I received my copy of LS yesterday in the mail and this morning had time to listen to it all.
Now I was wondering if any of you experienced the same problem as I do: glitches in:
- Shesmovedon (at the beginning)
- Last Chance to Evacuate... (somewhere in the middle)
- The Rest Will Flow (at the beginning)
- Hatesong (around the 27:14 mark of the disc)
I have this on both the stereo and the 5.1 DTS mix. And these are the only songs that have these glitches. It's annoying to say the least but I wonder if it may be my player or something else. Other DVD-As I have don't have that problem (aside from Stupid Dream with Pure Narcotic that also has has a glitch in the first verse).
Also what's up with the IMMENSELY loud bass at the end of Russia on Ice!!??!!?? I thought my subwoofer was about to explode! Anyone else noticed that?
Apart from these things: great sound, great mix and a STUNNING superb version of Buying New Soul!
Have listened complete.
I gave this one a 9 rating simply because although sonically it was stupendous (as usual) and the surround mix is exactly what it should be, I find the material to be a bit more on the "light" side.
I like the PT stuff post In Absentia as it is heavier and darker. This is simply a personal taste thing - no reflection on the musicianship and overall talent this amazing band displays time and time again.
I have had no "glitches" in playback...
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Just listened to the dts mix, no glitches here.
I actually like both the lighter and darker material. The lighter (more acoustic) seems to lend itself better for Hi-Rez surround. I think it's wise of them to mix it up and have both as it opens them up to a wider audience.I like the PT stuff post In Absentia as it is heavier and darker.
The bass is supposed to be like that. It always has been. I guess you should set your system for the disc based on this portion so things don't get out of control.
Anyway, those Canadians that have not ordered it can pre-order from amazon.ca for a very good price considering the free shipping over $39 and the fact that you will have no customs to contend with. Although my order from the UK came to my mailbox with no customs. But the general release date now seems to be May 27th. By then I will be on to something else.
Oh, and I give this disc a 10.
There are certainly no glitches either on the masters, or on my copy either.
Not at all sure what the problem could be - I wonder if the player is skipping for some reason?
What is your player as a matter of interest, please??
Oh well, whatever - nevermind.


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How does one spend so much time building a rod and lining it and not cast it? It's a custom, go ahead and cast it, enjoy the fruits of your labor...be able to say "it's a great casting rod and it looks good too!". No one's going to care if you cast it, it's still new. The last switch rod I built I was casting it with the guides taped on, to see how well it felt before I invested a whole bunch of time in it. How can you sell a rod you never tried? James
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THE HORRIFIC death of a four-month-old boy mauled by a family dog is "unlikely" to be treated as a criminal investigation, police have revealed.
Archie Joe Darby was attacked by the Staffordshire bull terrier-type pet on Thursday.
Brother Daniel-Jay, one, had life-threatening injuries.
Essex Police said: "We are carrying out an investigation into the circumstances of this tragic incident.
"It is not a criminal investigation and is not likely to be in the future."
It comes as mum Jade Rogers, 27, and the boys' father paid a heartbreaking tribute as well-wishers laid flowers in Colchester, Essex.
The pair wrote: "Heaven has gained a beautiful little angel."
Archie Joe and Daniel-Jay Darby were staying with their policewoman aunt and uncle when the Staffordshire bull terrier-type beast pounced.
They had recently moved in to their aunt and uncle's home with their mum, Jade.
It has been suggested the pet may have attacked the young children in an effort to establish territory after they moved into the home.
Four-month-old Archie Joe was mauled and one-year-old Daniel-Jay suffered "life-changing" injuries and was in hospital.
Their mum Jade Rogers, 24, was also treated for wounds sustained as she tried to save her sons.
Unconfirmed reports suggested she was in the bath when the attack took place in Colchester, Essex.
In a statement on Friday, the boys' parents said of their "loveable" sons: "It doesn't seem real that our little Archie Bum has gone to heaven and our little Daniel is in intensive care because of a tragic, tragic incident.
"We have lost our gorgeous little four-month-old baby and our beautiful 22-month-old boy is being treated for his injuries.
"Heaven has gained a beautiful little angel and he will be greatly missed by us all. Our other little soldier is still fighting strong."
Police confirmed the dog had been removed from the property and was destroyed on Friday with the owners' permission.
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Neighbour Dave Thompson said: "It was alive and not aggressive when they brought it out of the house and put it into the back of the van.
"It was quite big and I think it was a crossbreed."
Another near neighbour reported seeing the couple walking a type of Staffordshire bull terrier.
He said: "It was some sort of Staffy, pitbull cross."
The tragedy happened just a week after Jade and her boys had moved for a "better life"
Friends said Jade and the boys moved in with her policewoman sister Clare Ferdinand, 31, and husband John Ferdinand, 36, a week ago.
Their whole family had planned to relocate in Colchester
Emergency services were called to the shared semi on Thursday afternoon following reports of an out-of-control dog.
Six police cars, a dog unit vehicle and two ambulances are understood to have rushed to the scene. An air ambulance was also scrambled.
The boys were taken to hospital, where Archie was declared dead.
Locals described the devastating scene as the mum and her boys were brought out of the house.
One said: "The woman was absolutely distraught, she had to be held up by two people on either side."
Friends said the dog was familiar with the children.
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It is not known whether IT boss Mr Ferdinand and his PC wife were at home when the dog attacked.
He said on Friday: "There's no chance of us commenting at the moment."
Neighbours reported that they had heard terrifying shrieks.
One witness said: "I was walking past and I saw a young boy sat up in the ambulance. His face was covered in blood — it was shocking to see. He was in a bad way, the little lad."
One pal said: "Jade has moved in with her sister until she could get her own place. She wanted a better life for them.
"It looks like the dog couldn't cope with having the little ones around all of the time.
"Apparently it just snapped and went for them. It's devastating."
The pal added: "John and Clare had moved out to Colchester and loved it.
"I think the plan was for the girls' parents to sell their house and move so they could be mortgage free.
"Jade had moved earlier to start making some progress on getting her own house.
"She loved those boys, more than anything. The whole family is broken by what's happened."
Staffies involved in a string of brutal attacks
STAFFORDSHIRE bull terriers are descended from a cross between the bulldog and a terrier and can grow up to three stone.
The breed was historically used for fighting and has been linked to a string of attacks on adults and children.
In May, a Staffie attacked 12 children in a park in Blyth, Northumberland. Nine needed hospital treatment.
Dad Gordon Gotham, 47, was bitten on the testicles trying to protect his son, two, and daughter, 14, from a Staffie attack in Liverpool in August.
And in February, a Staffie turned on a man in Sheffield while he had an epileptic fit. The attack left him fighting for his life.
The breed is not on the Government's list of banned dogs.
One woman, who stopped to lay flowers at the scene, said: "I didn't know the family but when I heard what had happened, I just felt I had to come down and pay my respects."
Police forensics teams completed their work and left the scene on Friday.
Officers would not confirm whether a criminal investigation was under way.
A spokesman said "nothing is being ruled out".
The mauling comes two months after Dexter Neal, three, was killed by an American pitbull type dog while playing at a friend's 14 miles from Colchester in Halstead, Essex.


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"Never insert yourself into a story. If you do, you have to get yourself out of it, neat and tidy. It can never be about you." That was supposed to be the first lesson Denton Hodges learned when she went to work for Glitter Magazine. Unfortunately she evidently failed that class, because inserting herself up to her eyeballs is exactly what Denton does on her first real assignment. How she extricates herself from it is what makes compelling and entertaining reading in this chick lit adventure.
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Alternative Names: E 4868Latest Information Update: 07 Oct 1998
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- Originator Esteve
- Class Antibacterials; Fluoroquinolones; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action DNA gyrase inhibitors; DNA topoisomerase IV inhibitors
Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
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- Discontinued Bacterial infections
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Pool, or billiards, developed from a lawn game similar to croquet in France. When the game moved indoors, it was moved to a table with a green felt top, to mimic grass. Billiards was originally played with a mace, a long wooden stick that resembled a croquet mallet used to shove the balls. The cue was implemented in the late 1600s to adapt to the difficulty of striking balls lying against the wall with a mace.
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World Pool Billiard Association
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WPA Tournament Table and Equipment Specifications
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The WPA specifies that the playing surface of a regulation table must be rectangular, and symmetrical. Tables must be either eight- or nine-feet long, depending on the tournament. The fabric of the table top must be non-directional, nap-free billiard fabric with no less than 85 per cent combed, worsted wool and no more than 15 per cent nylon, and may only be yellow-green, blue-green, or electric blue for competitions.


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Dedicated to MJC
By: Jay
It was a dark and stormy night and as I lay upon my couch, I fell into a Cartesian Meditation. I thought about thinking out loud and thinking itself. I thought, to think is to lose the flow of thought as thought translates into word. And I thought about how man's mind and his 'nous' is the meeting place with God, and how God is present in the stream of thought, and how we have a stream of thought. I thought about how a whole world can be opened by a book and how different religions participate in a different geist, and how an atheist limits himself in thinking there is only one way things can be analyzed and how under the guise of free thinking this was actually a limitation.
And I thought about an old girlfriend, and how she would have no concern for these things. Then I thought about why I thought about an old girlfriend and how that isn't interesting expressed out loud. And I thought about how superstition is mistaken for religion and how people think that is a justification for rejecting religion. I thought about a number and how a number is something mysterious, even thought it has the cloak of being purely rational in the Enlightenment sense of rational, where everything is subject to quantification and how great it was that number itself is not subject to quantification. And I thought about how the idea of subjecting everything to quantification itself cannot be subjected to quantification and how a presupposition is a hinge upon which an entire worldview turns. I thought about how the mind is a train that can be turned on a faulty presupposition to continue down a wrong track for one's whole life.
And I thought about how the look of early 20th century trains were something that fascinated me as a child, but not now. And I asked myself, "Why did I like a train as a kid, and not now?" And I thought about time and the passage of time and how it is the rate at which we experience light in our frequency or wavelength, and how philosophers speculated about time, thinking it was a constant, but that it is not. I thought about how people thought time was a kind of substance like "space" and how Aristotle defines substance and how even Descartes used substance and people misunderstand this, because it meant something different than it does in the modern era. I thought about how people think it means a gooey, gelatinous, semisolid thing, when it meant essence. And I thought about how no one cares what essence is and how idiots in philosophy classes think it's something cool to say but don't know what they're talking about. I thought about how essence was something a medieval theologian thought about every day and how now no one cares what that is, or metaphysics.
And I thought about how big corporate bookstores sell metaphysics as witchcraft and Tarot and how silly it is to think that is what metaphysics is. And I wondered what it must be like to be the person who thinks that is what metaphysics is and then I recalled my ex-girlfriend again and that she probably didn't count as a girlfriend, and that she wouldn't care about any of these things.
I thought about intimacy and we can only have an approximation of what the opposite sex experiences in intimacy and how that was analogical. We speak of God analogically and that is Thomistic terminology, but that most people misunderstand this because Thomas Aquinas was wrong, yet no one cares about this nowadays. I thought about Socrates and the Apology and the dialogues and how funny it would be to walk through my own hometown to ask artisans and politicians what "justice" and "wisdom" are, in the ideal sense, and how they would have no idea, and how the average reader of this post will take "ideal" in the colloquial sense and not the metaphysical sense. And I thought about how everyone would say "justice" is relative to whatever they want it to be, and how it was no different in Socrates' day. I thought about how pretentious the philosopher is and was. I thought about how we exist in an era of knowledge like none other, but utterly lacking in wisdom and how the Internet represents infinite knowledge, but without the form and meaning wisdom provides and how this was damaging and useless. I thought again about how our thought process turns on a faulty or correct presupposition like a train on the tracks.
I thought it was funny that a Calvinist talked about presuppositions, but that no one would even care about this. I thought about what it would be like to be Obama – to be the president and how it was all like 1984 and Big Brother and all about control. I thought about thunder and lightning and man's desire to control the weather because man wants to be God. I thought about how foolish and irrational the ferocious desire to be God is, given that man thinks his own mind is the pinnacle of all that is. And I thought about how this train of thought taps into universal concepts and how this is about generalities and everyone does this, showing that universals are obviously the case metaphysically, but that this is something no one in our day cares about. And I thought about Claire Danes, Reese Witherspoon and Hollywood, and whether they have ever thought about this, and how Hollywood itself is its own, strange, Inland Empire. I thought about the power the theater wields, just like in the days of Ancient Greece. I pondered how the ancient theater was a liturgical presentation of the gods and how Hollywood is a liturgical presentation of our gods, and how man wastes his time and life, not caring about truth or wisdom. And I thought about how pretentious this essay is, but that I would do it anyway.
Vanity of vanities!
I thought about Baudrillard and a synthetic society, and how this essay is only an approximation of a real thought process and in part synthetic and how the inner man is mysterious and how ridiculous it was that the atheists and materialists think the mind is purely gray matter determined by naturalistic process. And I thought about how people think whatever they do is genius and whatever they make is art and how Ayn Rand beautifully critiqued that notion in the Romantic Manifesto and how as soon as I mentioned Ayn Rand people will read this and think I endorse all of Ayn Rand and they won't be thinking of the quote of Aristotle that an intelligent man is able to entertain a thought without accepting it. And I thought about how hardly anyone does that and how objectively is hard work and not a dry, rational process, but something closer to revelation and initiation. I thought about how honesty is something that has to be had with ones own self first, and how I tried to convey this in my essay on the Serpentine Mirror and narcissism, and how people would take this to be narcissistic, when it is anything but. I thought about man's fall and the devil and how man's worst enemy is man because man lies to himself about man.
And I thought about my friends and different circles of friends and true and false enlightenment. I thought about the light and life God gives and how the thought process of people is so different. I thought about entitlement, and how people think that their existence alone means they are great members of a pantheon. I thought about existentialism and masks and how existentialism itself is another mask, the part played by the phony revolutionary philosopher. I thought about how the idea that we all wear masks is both true and false, and that saying something was true and false sounds Hegelian, and how it's very difficult to talk about a good point Hegel makes without being mistaken for a Hegelian, and I thought again about what I had said about Ayn Rand. I thought about how people sell themselves short, but not because life is an armchair philosophical speculative exercise but that with proper grounding in a classical education, humans could do so much more, but that this had been suppressed by design. I thought about how the educated academic class thinks they are wise, but they are fools. I thought about how academia is narcissistic and how they buy into their own delusions and how this springs from fear. I thought about how all men are captive to fear to some degree, but that most men are captive to the maximum degree.
I thought about MaxiPads and how ridiculous they were and how I bought them once for my almost girlfriend and how she would think this was crazy, but that I would make up a funny word like "crazycakes," and she would laugh. And I thought about how someone will read this and think it's about a girl, when it's really just about thoughts on a dark and stormy night. I thought about how thoughts on a dark and stormy night is cheesy and cliche but that that is what would make it fun. And I thought about Baudrillard again and how our synthetic society is full of contradictions, such that we live in the midst of wonders, yet we are fixated on whatever is fake. I thought about how people don't see wonders as wonders, but as the viscous like Sartre said, something that makes them want to vomit and negate all of existence. I thought about how absurd they were and how self-destruction is irrational, but that at the same time people are easily programmed and allow themselves to self-destruct out of fear of reality.
And I thought about being "condemned to be free," so to speak, and how "freedom" is not something that exists in a vacuum outside of some linguistic and worldview context. I thought about the idea of "freedom," as if it were some goddess like "reason," and that liberty was an extension of the French Revolution and how it was engineered by the money power, and how most revolutionaries are too stupid to know that. I thought about Oswald Spengler and how books open your mind to whole new worlds and how cheesy that sounds and how people sell themselves short by not reading and seeking wisdom. I thought about how it was still storming, and eternal return as a ridiculous idea, and that if classical Darwinian thought were true, it would go hand in hand with eternal return and all change would be illusory and we would be back at the conundrums of the Pre-Socratics. If all existence is an illusion, then the coming to the knowledge of all existence is illusory and I thought about how foolish the people were that thought this was some great sagely insight, when it is laughably stupid.
I thought about how many people wouldn't care about this and how enlightenment is something everyone thinks they have. I thought about how complex it would be to explain to a fool how one can learn from a fool, like Solomon says. Everyone's life is unique and therefore their perspective is unique to them, though it's still the case they are a fool. I thought about how people don't understand the difference between the "is" of identity and the "is" of predication, and how whole religions had sprung up over odd mistakes like this, by attributing real, ontological existence to evil. I thought about how the Cappadocians had accurately explained evil as not a substance or essence, but as a move of the will away from the good and how Augustine was close on the matter, as well. I thought about how non-being is not itself an evil and how this is misunderstood, because if non-being itself were evil, then God would be evil, which is absurd. So evil is not non-being, with the is of predication, and I thought about how gnosticism and Zoroastrianism said this. I thought about how eastern religions tried to find a way out of this, but that they fell back into monism and dualism still, and how you can logically show that monism collapses into dualism and vice versa. And I thought about how Dr. Douglas Hofstadter was wrong.
I thought about how fleeing reality was foolish and embracing contradictions was silly, but that most people would not care. I thought about how people say, "Why does this matter?" and hoe frustrating it is that someone cannot see how this matters and how pretentious this sounds and how although it's not my intention, it would still be read that way. I thought about aesthetic value and wondered why philosophers don't meditate in a Cartesian fashion anymore, and how philosophy is such a weird thing. I thought about how I was glad that philosophy is becoming popular again in pop culture and how pretentious the philosopher is. I thought about how Nietzschean that is and how many people read Nietzsche and think they are wise, when they are fools and how Nietzsche would agree his readers are fools. I thought about how this all sounds Nietzschean, but that it also wasn't, since arguing for metaphysics and objective truth is the very thing Nietzsche castigates the philosopher for doing.
I thought about how arrogant it is to call oneself a "philosopher," and how this had little to no meaning, yet was something to take pride in. I thought about Plato and how he must've been arrogant and idealistic. And I thought about how scant few people see philosophy as respectful, and how I liked that. I thought about how wisdom was hidden like metaphysics and how Solomon knew this. I thought about the Sermon on the Mount and revolutionaries and how stupid revolutionaries create a Jesus in their own image quite different than the Jesus of the historic churches with Apostolic Succession. I thought about the nihilistic spirit of modern art and how everyone unskilled in the trade of art, still takes upon themselves the title of "artist" and how the masters of art would be sickened by them.
I thought about how aesthetics cannot be formless, but that obviously there is symmetry, form and order that ground aesthetics and how Milla Jovovich is beautiful. I thought about how beautiful women demonstrate objective beauty, and how women secretly know this, and how revolutionary this common sense truth is. I thought about how even beauty is rational and coherent and ordered. I thought about the madness of men, and that madness is a manifestation of man's war with himself, and how Foucault explained this in regard to panopticism and discipline. I thought about how demons were a norm in the Middle Ages and Nicholas Remi had an elaborate demonology and how modern man scoffs at the devil, yet nihilistic modern man has no basis to scoff at the devil, since the existence or non-existence of one thing is no more rational or irrational than anything else for him. And I thought about how it's the same for the existence of God for modern man and how stupid that is.
I thought about proofs and revelation and how men assume they know what they don't and how humility is an attribute that allows you to progress, not something that holds you back. Humility is a presupposition for the acquisition of truth, and how men assume humility is a vice, an effeminate, pansy attitude of not knowing anything, when it is the opposite. This holds them back because they think they can create their own reality. I thought about Jean Paul Sartre again and a girl who had given me a book about reason and the age of enlightenment and how easily men were sold on advertising and propaganda with something like existentialism itself, and how Sarte said our condemnation to be free is both true and false, but that if I said that, I'd be pegged as an existentialist again. I thought about Aristotle saying a wise man can entertain an opinion without accepting it.
I thought about theory and literature and rhetorical flair and flowery prose and how no one cares. And I thought about how secret wisdom can be had and how God speaks apophatically, and not in the wind and fire, and yet God does speak in the wind and fire. And I thought about cigarettes and how people second guess themselves and how that is a manifestation of fear and how most people's humility is a false humility. False humility is a weak countenance, a weak disposition, and how when someone asks a girl about something objective, they talk about how it made them "feel" and how much truth was revealed in this. I thought about how we self censor ourselves and how that is good in some cases, but bad in others, and in most cases people do it when they shouldn't, out of fear. I thought about the frogs croaking outside in the storm and how that is a mating call. And I thought about how all human words and sounds are mating calls, whether for a union of the opposite sex, or in the sense of final union with God teleologically, like Cupid and Eros in Plato. And I thought about how some people would find that reference was clever and others would think it silly, and that made me laugh.
Vanity of vanities!


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Sustainable energy in Cambridgeshire, UK received a major boost recently with the local authority decision to seed an investment fund for local low carbon infrastructure with almost EUR 18 million. The decision stems from the findings of the project Mobilising Local Energy Investment (MLEI) Cambridgeshire. Supported by Intelligent Energy Europe, this project has been running since late 2012, to respond directly to the need for upfront investment in low carbon infrastructure and on a scale that brings real local economic benefits and carbon reductions, and helps tackle energy security issues.
According to the project director, Sheryl French:
'We know there is huge potential too; research completed in 2011[1] estimates that we could deliver 28% of Cambridgeshire's energy needs from renewables by 2031, compared to 7% at present. MLEI Cambridgeshire is about finding ways to unlock this opportunity, and so bring multiple benefits to our communities and businesses. '
A consortium of local authorities is delivering the project lead by Cambridgeshire County Council. South Cambridgeshire District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and Cambridge City Council are also involved.
The project is essentially aimed at testing the business case for a local Low Carbon Investment Fund by using public money and public sector projects to leverage private investment and develop a bankable pipeline of projects. An additional benefit for the local authorities involved is the option to create revenue streams from low carbon energy investments, which can be reinvested into further projects, and/or used to support public service delivery. Project manager Jane Frank said,
'The MLEI project will test how the public sector can intervene to enable investment in projects on a greater scale and at a faster pace and for greater local benefit. To do this we will use Council owned land and buildings, and public sector financial capabilities, to create the conditions that will stimulate further private sector investment. In other words, we will create more confidence for investors in Cambridgeshire low carbon energy projects.'
A local needs assessment took place prior to the MLEI project stage. The team spent nine months building up the evidence base for local energy needs - to sustain and grow businesses, manage rising fuel costs and secure local energy supplies for local jobs. This research and analysis lead to the proposal for a Low Carbon Investment Fund and Low Carbon Development Unit – a financial and delivery arrangement that would help deliver low carbon energy projects on a greater scale and at a faster pace than ever before in Cambridgeshire.
Now that there's the prospect of some real money on the table to fund these ambitions, the project team is re-engaging with local stakeholders, to get their input on the proposals and help develop a pipeline of projects. Click here for details of the event on 21 November.
Potential projects identified so far include energy performance contracting for schools and other public sector buildings, community buildings retrofit, and even a solar farm.
Jane Frank, project manager at MLEI Cambridgeshire noted that setting up an investment fund requires local authorities to acquire new skills and capacities in bringing forward investment grade projects and enabling appropriate forms of finance. As is true sustainable energy projects in many rural areas, it will be necessary to bundle projects together to achieve investment scale.
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It is envisaged that the Low Carbon Investment Fund will invest alongside structural funds and development banks (European Investment Bank, Green Investment Bank) and leverage private sector funding (debt or equity). Funding will be provided for a mixture of short, medium and long term projects of up to 25 years. Once the fund has placed its initial investments, the authorities can retain the fund to generate income, grow the fund further or exit the fund by selling the portfolio of investments, i.e. re-finance, via community share offer, bond issue or sale to a fund to reínvest in more projects.


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