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My last two posts have been about memories from my childhood that were important moments in my life. I don't know why they were important absolutely except to say that they have endured within my recollections. There are, I am sure, some happenings in my past that I have tried not to remember and I don't see any reason to try to remember most of them now. I believe we are all benefited by not dwelling or digging into our early memories because of the unhelpful nature some of our past experiences would expose, nevertheless, we are all benefited by memories of significance, even occasionally painful ones, when they help us and others enrich our lives with a perspective aimed at positive growth and awareness. The enduring quality about life is that when we are confronted with unpleasant or behaviorally wrong consequences we are able to adjust and improve toward a better standard of thinking and behavior. A case in point being when I was eight and two relatives came to live with our young family, one of them pushed me into a blackberry patch. Ouch, then the other relative came and got me out and pushed the relative who pushed me, also into the blackberry patch. After that initial introduction to me to my newly met relatives a bond between the relative, who pushed me into the blackberry patch and myself formed that to this day is still full of admiration and happiness. The point is that although the memory of our first encounter was a painful one it served as a starting point for a lifelong friendship that we hold today. I will always attempt to emphasize my memories in light of their positive instructive value and their humorous qualities. Memories are important to me in that they demarcate times and circumstances in my life that remind me of how lucky and special my life has been being born into a family full of love and a country founded on the better and best traits a human could aspire to achieve.
This blog will be an advocate for compassion, curiosity and human survival. When these elements of human nature are being denied, wholly, severally or individually, less than positive human traits are the outcome. It is my wish and hope that my reasonings on a variety of subjects will provide the readers of this blog with personal and public insights. My only motive is to provide a forum for advancing enlightenment. Carl Clark.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
The Chicken Episode (#120)
Things happen in life that are difficult to assimilate when our perspective is violated by reality. In 1959, I was 4 years old and our family was living in downtown Sacramento. Since I was too young to go to school I was home during the day and my parents kept some chickens in the backyard. You could do that back then without being harassed by neighbors. Since my older brothers were at school and my younger brother barely two I occupied myself with playing with the chickens in the backyard. They became my friends. Well, one day my biological father came home and decided that it was time to put the chickens to use as food. When I realized what my father was doing, I became hysterical and tried to defend the chickens from the chopping block. I was told to knock it off. Well, I wasn't going to knock it off and continued to protest and defend the chickens. Of course my father paid me little attention and began to prepare the chickens to meet their maker. I then gave my parents an ultimatum, leave the chickens alone or I was leaving, wanting nothing to do with a family that was so cruel to my friends the chickens and insensitive to my pleas for them to be spared. My father, who saw the opportunity to teach me something, said that I would just have to leave because the chickens were not going to be spared. So a pole with a bandanna was prepared with some of my clothing put inside and it was given to me. I readily took the traveling pole on my shoulder and started down the alley and out to the next street. It was then that I realized I didn't know where to go and a feeling of resignation engulfed me. I turned back and went home with the sad knowledge that I could do very little to change what was going to happen to the chickens. My parents were watching me so I was never out of their sight. With spirit broken and the realization that what I thought was good and right, was not enough to change the reality of the chickens ending up in the pot. The moral of this story is that regardless of what appears altruistic, ideals at times will be secondary to the realities of other necessities. Harumph.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Our first color Television (#119)
What an exciting time. I was eight, at the wide-eyed, taking-in-everything phase of my life. We lived in Carmichael, California in the year 1963. I had heard of color television from ads on tv, from classmates at school and relatives I visited who had color tv at home. So when the tv deliveryman showed up and set up our Magnavox tv, with stereo and phonograph player, combination console, I was front and center in the room to experience the wonder of color tv. I remember the magnetic circular loop the tv setup man moved around in front of the tv screen to stabilize the color adjustments to the pictures on the screen. It wasn't long before the views on the screen were being shown in color instead of the usual black and white pictures. When I was young I thrived on tv whenever I could. I would sneak up early in the morning to watch anything that was on. We only had three channels back then and they all followed a similar broadcast schedule. My parents used to get after me for always being in the house watching tv instead of going outside and playing. I know they thought I was watching too much tv but I was fascinated by the cartoons and movies and the characters that were displayed in them. TV opened up my limited world to what the rest of the world was and could be like. Don't misunderstand about my tv viewing, it wasn't obsessive just a wonderful experience I tried to incorporate into all the other activities I was involved in. My life at that age was very busy. I played and read and listened to the radio, but watching our new color tv was just the best.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
One door closes another one Opens (#118)
With the way things have going lately it seems like when one door closes it hits me on the backside also. But of course that is only what it seems. My overall experience has been that another door always opens. It is just the way things are in our society, constant change. Nothing specific has happened for me lately but I am confident, yes confident something is about to happen to effect a change in my life. I am somewhat excited also. The unknown used to affect me in a nervous or fearful way. However, my inner peace is ruling my conscious these days and I am content. Not to say that I am just letting things happen without any input as to my curiousness about things, it's just that, bring it on, is my hope. I just can't explain why I have such a feeling of optimism other than I see a bright future ahead for all of us and that vision is inspiring a sense of euphoria within me. I am very happy with the direction my life is taking and positive about the role I have in my life. I used to just hang on and let myself be taken along on the current of events, now I feel that I am at the rudder and I set the course knowing that the river of my destiny will land me on the side of the shore that I choose. Too many metaphors, doors and rivers, oh well, My point is that life is grand and I am glad to be participating in it.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Peace in my Soul (#117)
When I awoke this morning it was with a weary realization that I only slept for 4 hours. Time has no favorites and my morning rituals needed to be addressed. So next time I won't stay up so late when I know I need to go to sleep earlier. Of course, there are times when I rationally choose to stay up later knowing full well that I will not get as much sleep and this was one of those times. I have been reading the old John Jakes comprehensive novels about the birth and growth of our country America. These books have captured my imagination and are difficult to put down when certain events are being described. Whatever trade-off I make in deciding which is more important, reading or sleeping, my soul is at peace with the outcome. I have been chuckling to myself in a comical way all morning. Which makes me wonder why I am in such a good mood. That's just like me though questioning a gift instead of just enjoying it. Why some mornings are a pleasure and some are more closely related to a struggle is beyond me. Today, however I will just enjoy and experience the richness of friendship and discovery every new day brings.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
What can I do to Help (#116)
I suppose what I could to to help is define what I'm referring to. What is foremost on my mind these days is our economy. Somehow our collective confidence in reshaping what our future will look like has yet to evolve. If we could all agree on a foundational design then our economy has a better chance of beginning to activate. We need greater leadership in helping to formulate an outlook for our future. Generally, a greener planet is natural, but without a more detailed scope of how to implement our future, it needs further explanation. Like the 19th century land grab opportunities, our future, needs to be made, in easy to act on ways. Our wills are ready to act but the amount of red tape and qualifications necessary to even become involved is prohibitive. We are strangling ourselves by all the rules and regulations keeping most people from becoming involved in our society and business creation. Rules and regulations are important in operating and maintaining economic growth but to initially get started many if not most people couldn't even qualify to begin a business. A restructuring to ease availability to start and grow a business should be a high priority. Our country must provide us with the tools to create and expand economic models that can begin to incorporate our American spirit of hard-work and ingenuity. This is our greatest advantage in this free market system of trade. If our government will help it's citizens start ambitious business' then we could grow to help not only eliminate unemployment but also export our business' to the rest of the world and help them eliminate their unemployment. What is crucial is to use opportunity of business to operate for success of all involved not just the few at the top. I know there is some way to make this happen. It will just take the right spirit of enterprise for all of us to agree and understand. We are all in this together.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Don't worry be Happy (#115)
Personally, my life's situation is in limbo caused by the economic recovery we all are going through. The uncertainty of my vocation is still being determined. Through this time of evaluation my mind is at ease for one particular reason. Hope. I am an idealist at heart and a ever-lasting romantic. So it figures that I know disappointment all too well. Despite disappointment, I am indefatigably resistant to nothing less than a good or better outcome for my future. Things aren't up to me they are up to circumstances beyond my control. I will have to decide some things after my fate is determined and of course I will. I have little setbacks at times in keeping my perspective on my overall enjoyment of life outlook, however enjoyment of life is still and will continue to grow as a principled characteristic of my cognition. I am constantly applying my cognition of enjoyment in ways that best suit my personal behavior. As a familiar behavioral constant emerges, hopefully a natural expression of my enjoyment of life will be evidenced by those whose lives I am in. I was once on a little league baseball team sponsored by a group called Optimist International. I had no real clear understanding of what this group was all about but today I think of the name optimist international and accept the simple premise it implies. My definition to it is simply, continual hope without fail to all. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff. I don't want to miss the good times worrying about the unknown. Like the little song, "Don't worry be happy."
Sunday, May 24, 2009
It is all in the Waiting (#114)
Patience, what a concept. If, like yesterday, I allow myself to get caught up in the moment of exasperation I lose an opportunity to become better in dealing with frustration. My struggle yesterday was figuring out how to get a malware infection off my computer so that I could use my computer in the manner I expect. Aren't I just a lot of la de da. I can't understand why I allow myself the time to think I deserve something. It is a privilege to have what I have, granted it's not much but to some people it is a lot. My sense of entitlement comes from somewhere. My ego unchecked is obnoxious. So how and why would I let the characteristics of selfishness display themselves in my behavior. I know better and yet continue bad behavior. I must learn a better way to meditate at times of tension and chaos. I amuse myself right now in that I actually enjoy a good puzzle, yet when presented with the one yesterday I didn't recognize it as a puzzle but instead as an attack on what I deserved. Deserves got nothing to do with it. I was able to catch myself and calm down to the point of actually solving my dilemma but I don't like how my initial reaction overwhelmed my common sense. Meditation has been the number one topic on my mind all morning so it's no surprise to me that it would be in my discussion today. Everyone has moments of stress and tension. It is how we handle these moments that distinguish us from awfully bad to well done good. Just another area in my life needing some attention where before no attention was given. Good luck to all of us.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Faith as a practical matter (#113)
Whether I have an organized belief system or a belief system based on the unknown, the faith necessary for either is real and pragmatic. Real in the sense that I believe my life has no purpose unless a force within me dictates otherwise, namely faith that I do exist for a reason. Pragmatic because the truth of my faith in the past has come about through my actions whether intentional or not. Although ideology is not considered pragmatism it's consequence through action can be. I am not trying to prove the validity of faith because that would require skills I am not equipped with, however my understanding of my life and it's circumstances move me to the position that my life without faith is of no value. I might as well be a cow in the field grazing on grass for the rest of my life. Faith allows me to see what is or could be and direct my being toward it's outcome. Faith also allows me to see what can't be and to hope that the outcome may become real but to recognize that it may very well not happen as well. Faith is my barometer in measuring the desires and pressures within my life and helps me to navigate in a way that satisfies what possibilities I may recognize as realizable. For all things that matter in my life, faith is either indirectly or directly involved in a foundational way.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Living is remarkable (#112)
I am still amazed about how I am present and attentive to the things happening around me at any given moment. Everything has a possibility to it. There are no preconditions on anything happening in my life. My decisions are made with open-minded consideration with no intent to do harm or wrong. In the past I would have already made up my mind about something previous to having to make a decision, without taking into account new considerations or arguments. The lazy, arrogant method of a know-it-all. Today, I weigh decisions at the time of their necessity. There is a liberating freedom to knowing that I am not bound by influences or conventions when making up my mind. I can flow freely from one decision to the next with the confidence that the decisions were based on my best ability, at the time, to do what was right and good. Times change and so do the circumstances of decisions already made, however revisiting previous decisions and altering to new decisions is required when necessary. All done with the best of intention. We as a species are so fallible, yet we endure because we can adapt, always, toward the better and best of our natures. Admitting honest changes in opinion is admirable and should be employed when we see the correctness of change. It is like that old saying when I was very young; we didn't come with instructions. True, we didn't, but we can build our own set of instructions based upon the two foundations of our souls, compassion, which is our hearts, and curiosity which is our minds. Both working for the same goal of bettering our world to give us an opportunity to truly live a remarkable life.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Do right by one person at a time (#111)
I have had to start over several times in my life. That's OK to do when you or I feel or realize something has changed in our life and we want to go in a new direction. A do-over is how it is described in today's vernacular. It takes a strong-minded person to admit we were wrong or to see reality in a different way and actually admit and change our existing one. Whatever it takes, if we feel we are better served and/or serve better, then change or starting over is what we should do. It doesn't have to be complicated either, just start with the first person who is affected by our change and then the next person and then so on and so on. Hopefully this starting over is a good step in our life's journey and will be a positive experience for ourselves and those around us. I know that in my case every time I have altered my behavior or perspective on reality it has been to fulfill a noble principle that had been lacking in my life. I write this composition with the desire to explain that it is never too late to take an inventory of one's self and guide one's self on a different or altered course. Life is a continuum of change and change within our lives is almost required. Being self-aware is the idea and admitting the necessity to change hopefully will bring about the action to move to a better place in the evolution of our lives.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Love the Greatest Sense of All (#110)
I have been alive long enough to know that what is worthy to live for is love. My five senses of touching, tasting, smelling, hearing and seeing are fabulous and worthy of experiencing but the one emotion that exists in my life worthy of enduring throughout my whole life is love. It is the simple innocence of love that caps a cauldron of every other emotion within me. By capping I mean to say that when love is front and center all other emotions are available to protect love if needed. Love is the whole, and other emotions separately consist of its makeup. My experience is that when honest and truthful love exists there is nothing within existence that would stop me from protecting love. Nothing. The pure joy of the emotion is perfect. A complete sense of being is how I can describe the physical sensation. Every problem suddenly has a simple solution when seen through the eyes of love. This may sound delusional or naive, however, my contention is that it is only to those who are not experiencing love in their own lives. Life is too short for all of us not to experience it in it's most absolute form. Maybe love is not the absolute form to live life, maybe, but no other experience I have had has been equal to love. Sentimentality aside, to be born and have life as a human devoid of love seems to present a life with no incentive to aspire toward perfect sensations. Since our existence is predicated upon our senses then what would be the logical point without love?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Hope for the Future (#109)
What is it within us that makes us think what we think? The impetus or genesis of what forms in our minds that we think about is a mystery to me. My thoughts are a creation that occurs within my mind and I have no proof I am the cause. It could be that I react to whatever I think or that I initiate an event or circumstance and then think of my reaction to it. Or I could be forcing thoughts to come into my mind through force of my will and then believing them to be natural and then acting on them. Wait, I think I just confused myself. Whatever the scenario, which by the way is probably a combination of all possibilities, my mind is a beautiful mixture of mystery and ideas. In allowing my mind to focus on the mysteries of life and not so much on me, I free myself to be who I really am without worrying what anyone or any convention expects me to be. Life is exciting to live within the principled and disciplined guidelines I strive to adhere to. The future of our existence is the most valuable entity I can influence. I may be brazen or bold in thinking that I could have an influence on existence but in the least sense I can, because I am part of existence therefore an influential force of some kind. What I think and how I apply my thoughts will determine the effect I have. Regardless of how my thoughts arrive in me, the purpose in having them is to allow them to identify me in the world as a person who has value and strives to consider possibilities.
Monday, May 18, 2009
One Simple Thing (#108)
I am still a man who expects things to go according to how I think they should go. My mind tells me that what I have decided is the way they should be. In a perfect world there is nothing wrong with this way of thinking. Since I don't even live near anything remotely close to a perfect world my thinking therefore is flawed and doomed to fail. I know this and yet I find myself doing it over and over again. There must be something within me that won't allow me to see the world in it's pure realistic form or my mind is not capable of sustaining a constant truthful awareness of reality. My self-evaluation on this is that my hopes, wishes and expectations overrule any logical truth or practical answer. My thinking is that, in form, and at times, I choose to force a square peg into a round hole. My motives may be right but reality dictates a different response is necessary. All of that to say that what I need to do is pause and consider for a period of time until I have a clear understanding of any decision I must or will to make. None of this is new to me. I have known this about myself for many years and yet have not been able to exercise a protocol for dealing with it. Once again today I get a chance to organize a process that, although mechanical and stilted, will allow me to function properly in matters within and outside myself. Dealing with reality on it's terms is just one simple thing that I hope will finally become just that in my life.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Logic is not Proud (#107)
To be right or correct is not license to gloat or put on "airs" of superiority. To be right or correct is not a "God given talent" to only some or one. To be right or correct is simply a practical solution or a moral decision. There are times when I sense a complete understanding of some limited problem and can rationalize the best solution with simple deduction. These times are not common for me however, and like most people, I struggle to find the best solutions I can given most problems are defined within time constraints. So the best I can do is give my best to a solution that is sufficient enough to answer a problem reasonably. I have come to be well acquainted with the term, "I don't know". In the truth of not knowing I begin to start to learn. Any false pride I may have had in the past has been shattered numerous times through logic. Humility, in admitting an ignorance to a circumstance or happening, is much more welcome to my soul than some form of false bravado or feigned knowing. I learn more clearly about a subject or object when I start with the premise that I don't know. It is OK to bare my lack of knowledge publicly. I don't wish to fool anyone and I do wish to learn more about something I didn't know previously. I am satisfied, in my soul, that it is good for me to always begin my thoughts with the earnest appreciation of logic and it's humble application.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Art of being Genuine (#106)
The practice of being genuine requires a general understanding of who we are as a species and more specifically who I am as a person. What are my demonstrations of character and personality? Then what changes in my cognition and behavior do I idealize to form? These are the questions I need to address in order to organize a profile of my genuineness. In rationalizing a process and outline, to describe myself, I also take into account the times and circumstances where I have been disingenuous. Lessons from the past and hopes for the future will hopefully expose a wide panorama of moments I wish to mold into the definition of; the genuine Carl. In ways the legacy of who I am is the driving force of how I live my life. I know that a legacy is an illusive concept in a world as complex as this one, however my idealistic nature considers a legacy as one of the very few realities I have some control over. By stipulating that principles of honor and decency must be the parameters of my life I lay the foundation out for reasoning the circumstances that enter my life. The actions and positions I take are evidence of how far or how little I have progressed toward my ultimate goal of living within the better and best of human traits. It is not enough to try and fail at this ambitious agenda I desire. I must keep trying until I have moved ever closer to my ideal of the genuine me.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Encouraging words matter (#105)
I find that at times a simple kind word will lift my spirit and change my outlook. My fears can become dominating if I let them and occasionally I do. Left alone I allow my fears to grow into something greater than their actual being. I will magnify and expand a situation until it becomes scarier than hell. Well, maybe not hell but real scary. It is at these times that someone will say something to me that will encourage or support me. As is usually the case I reflect back on what was so fearful and I find that it was more imaginary than real. My mind has the ability to exaggerate circumstances until they grow beyond the parameters of normal concern. Possibly my mind is not disciplined enough to handle the wild swings it occasionally takes me on. I am sure there is some truth to being less disciplined than I could be but in conjunction with that I believe human interaction is necessary for all of us to keep a perspective on what is going on in our lives. We need each other to examine what we are doing in a way that brings out the best in what we are doing. I don't always need someone looking into my life with a critical eye however I do need someone to be a friend when my best interests are being foiled by me. I am inherently opposed to uninvited advice. I am also, however, attentive when that uninvited advice comes with tact and humility. True concern shows itself when the giver of the concern exhibits selflessness. I always respond more positively when encouraging words are given in the spirit of friendship.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
My Hubris for Life (#104)
I've sitting here thinking about how much I would be willing to give up and still keep my sense of happiness. The economic downturn in the world right now has made me consider my own ability to support my current status. Off the top, a fear that what I have now and am comfortable with might have to be given up for the greater security of shelter, clothing, food and transportation. I know I can do without television and the Internet but what else must I have to give up. I have a dog and a cat who are my family so they stay. Electricity and gas are essential for power and heat so they stay. Phone service is trickier in that I need communication for finding and maintaining work so phone stays. Everything else however can be eliminated in order to budget to the minimum. I have these thoughts because my usual line of work has dried up with no clear restart date set. My blog would be missed but now that I am in the habit of daily writing I could always go to the journal format to replace it. My basic needs have always been a challenge since I have always had to live month to month. If it comes down to having to vacate my apartment, then another set of problems present themselves. Where do I go? What happens next? etc..... I am out ahead of my self when I follow this line of thought but I think planning for what very well could happen is intelligent on my part. None of this though has shaken my inner spirit or diminished my optimistic outlook for my future. My hubris for living is just as strong today as it has always been.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Face in the Mirror (#103)
Good morning, I say to myself, when I see my image in the mirror. By itself, unconsciously, my face registers an emotionless look until I make my face muscles form a smile. Rarely, do I end up in front of the mirror with a smile already beaming on my face. That's OK since I haven't had very many Christmas morning type awakenings lately. Circumstances change and the happy in my life is starting to become more real and consistent. I can see the difference when I study how I actually appear back at myself. The worry lines and age wrinkles seem to be less pronounced. Maybe my eyesight is affecting what I see but I don't think so. The positiveness behind the look I present to the world is real and comfortable. The image in the mirror, that I hope is seen, is what I hope I feel inside about all things that are happening in my life. My face is the window to my soul not just my eyes. The days of wearing a mask on my face are over. There is no value in masking thoughts or emotions with a false front. All of the time the truth needs its manifestation to show on my face. Tact and diplomacy have their place in order to spare unwarranted humiliation or misappropriate cruelty, but not at the expense of sheltering a greater harm. The great principle of honesty must be a beacon for shining light on any particular person, place or event. My face can be the canvas that expresses my understandings of what is going on, around and in my life.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
No Disappointment Necessary (#102)
There are very few things in existence that give me pleasure equal to writing on a subject that kindles my emotion. This is one of them. If I have no expectations I have no disappointment. My life is on-going for now, so I must take care to keep it going. Everything else is just filler. That may fly in the face of ambition and pursuit of human wonders, such as prestige or objects of complexity, but it is still just filler. The true ambition and pursuit of human wonders are idealistic ones, more of a philosophical search to find a compass I can ground my nature in. My internal happiness and stoic resolve, not to be defined by objects or uncontrollable outcomes, remain my path. The essence of my life has been defined for me. The internal search for the way to live has broadened my understanding in how to live. The impulse or drive to create from materials here on earth give us ways to improve the quality of our lives and help us manage our time as well. The distribution of these impulses within each individual cannot at this time be accurately measured, however, humanity has at it's core an equilibrium to survive and care for each other plus a curious nature to understand that which we don't understand. The proper model for life has yet to evolve in the most beneficial way to all individuals comprehensively. The future holds out this hope if we care to strive for it. The impetus created when life came into being is a continuum that will arrive somewhere, where however remains to be determined.
Monday, May 11, 2009
My word is my bond (#101)
"My word is my bond." The simplicity of saying this phrase is not as easy as actually accomplishing it. Of course it is easy to accomplish when everything goes according to plan or schedule. My problems arise when unexpected events interject themselves and other decisions come into play. In life or death emergencies allowances can be made. For the most part though unless a waiver is given by the promised one no allowance should be acceptable. Logic would dictate that a hierarchy of higher priority of circumstances should govern if a word given could be altered, however the strain on the system of accountability should always remain as the first priority. There are few ideals in human nature that I have a great influence over and keeping my word is one of them. Holding fast to virtuous principles is my ambition and goal. These ideals form the foundation of who I am so if I deny or waver from their precepts I become less who I want to be. For me that is not acceptable. I have seen enough and endured enough and practiced enough less than honorable human traits and I find despair and regret as the price for those ventures. I have mentioned in previous postings on my blog how I spent many years using the trial and error method as a default position when it came to crucial decisions in my life. Those days are over and a new day is here. Today when my word is given it will be honored by me with all the conviction I hold dear.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day (#100)
It is fitting that my 100th blog posting should fall on mother's day. The one person in my life who inspires me with a kind word of encouragement every time I talk with her. Throughout my life her hopes for making my world better than the one she lives is a constant. My mother bore the childbirth of eight of us children with each one taking a little more of her with us. Physically, the toll of just childbirth has been significant. She has endured however with a faith to be admired. Humility seems to be her stock in trade, a worthy quality. If my mother has a character flaw it's that she cares too much. I can't say enough about her courage and benevolence in keeping with the greater hopes and realities for those she loves and cares about. Life has not been easy for my mother but it has been a blessing for her. She has long ago found the joy of grace and applied it's principles to her life. I care about what a person thinks not what they have. What my mother thinks is more important to me than anything else in creation. We don't always agree nor should we but the value of knowing how she feels on most any subject continues to be a treasure for me to hold. I am fortunate that my mother is still with me as I continue the journey of life and appreciate more everyday that priceless gift. Happy Mother's Day Mom, words are just not enough to tell you how much I love You.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Humor's Power (#99)
In the beginning as a child, humor for me was a strategy and a defense mechanism in assimilating into social groups. A strategy in that if I could make you laugh you wouldn't necessarily want to outcast me. A defense mechanism so that also maybe you wouldn't want to hurt me. These childhood experiences were my first indoctrinations into the use and effect of humor. Why I felt a need to use humor to assimilate is a topic of discussion for another time, however, insecurity seems to have been the driving force. The topic of humor's power is a unique one in the traits available for human involvement. Humor is unique in that it's effect is generally positive and brings with it a sensation of good vibes. I think that the creative mind needs an outlet for humor that at times can be very droll or solemn. Humor also allows for individuals to communicate in a way that doesn't normally bridge many emotional feelings. There are many forms of humor, some very simple and direct, such as a well timed smile or an inadvertent comment at the right time. Other forms of humor take some thought to capture what is funny through the usage of irony, simile, metaphor, facetiousness and once in awhile through sarcasm. Whatever proper form of humor that is applied, it's outcome could have beneficial effects on those involved in it. Life is about living experiences that should make a person appreciate the gift life is. Humor is just a quality of life that should be available to all and practiced with courtesy and respect. Every living moment in life needs to be experienced and humor is a great way to fill some of those moments.
Friday, May 8, 2009
My Parents and their Cat (#98)
I got some happy news about ten minutes ago when I looked at my phone and saw that I had missed a call from my parents. They have been going through a sense of fear because they lost their young cat three days ago. My parents live by themselves and their cat is their little bundle of joy. Well, the cat was meowing outside their door early this morning. The cat is home. I talked to both my parents during the preceding three days and they both were feeling a loss and guilt about the cat having got out and away from them. Sadie, the cat, is an indoor cat but she is still fairly young and full of curiosity. It isn't surprising that Sadie would try to get out and away, it does however bring to the surface the raw emotion of attachment that Sadie symbolizes in my parents life. Our hearts are just as vulnerable to deep emotion whether given to a human or animal. I know the feeling, having gone through my own experiences with animals and loss. My parents are mature and determined to live a quality of life expressing their will to be a part of life. The cat's adventure however took something out of their souls. They sounded lost and defeated at the real possible loss of Sadie. Their deep sense of loss hurt those of us who knew of their misfortune. Their voices this morning also conveyed their joy over recovering Sadie and the love they both feel for her. My parents raised eight children and numerous grandchildren, but Sadie is loved by them just as much. Life gives us what we live, and how we live with it, is the true barometer of the character of our lives.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
To be a Free Thinker (#97)
Everything in a market economy has a cost. Yes, even the air we breathe to the water we drink. Maybe not directly but absolutely indirectly. To be a free thinker is somewhat of an illusion since thinking freely is in itself taking a position. Not always a positive in a world striving for conformity. I understand the rationale for conformity, since it could lead to an efficient and concordant society. In some specific areas this is a universally sought after outcome by most, my pardon to the anarchists and chaos theory proponents. A slippery slope situation occurs when people of good will and honest opinion attempt to extend conformity into areas best left to individual development and exercise. It is in free thinking that we, as a society, must continue to encourage by teaching ourselves how to think, not necessarily what to think. There has never been an absolute way to live life. Living life is a learned process based on how life affects each of us. Yes, there are rules given about what can be lived in life, laws-codes-mores-ethics, but no one individual will know how to live within these parameters until they can personally ask the question, "how do I do this" and find their own answer. We are many on this planet and a society regulated in fundamentals will be necessary, but the ability to think freely, with knowledge, analysis, reason, compassion and objectivity, will require individual courage to discover our own "how" to live and stand in defense of our own decisions.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Purity of Love (#96)
Love is the one emotion I have experienced that absolutely makes me feel whole. I have no other experience with an emotion that captures the essence of my being. I have experienced powerful emotions such as paralyzing fear, great pride and tremendous joy. Not one of those is on the level with a type of perfect love. I use paralyzing fear as an example of an emotion that is inversely related to love in only a limited way. When I had been stricken with fear it was only for a moment and then through courage I was able to conquer the fear. With love, there is no amount of courage that can conquer a love that grips my being. Why would I want to conquer it anyway? Love is a gift, a special sensation attached to how my physical self operates. Never would I have thought that a feeling I could have would so dominate how I act or think on such a comprehensive level. I am only describing the good fortune I am lucky enough to have within me. How that translates to everything outside of me, including the subject of my love is not for me to control. I hope and pray that what I have been given is not wasted on me. If for no other reason I can give a meager description to it and hope to convey its purity so that anyone so fortunate to also feel love will know what an absolute perfect gift it is.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Guiding My Fate (#95)
What does it mean for me to say that I can guide my fate? What it means to me is that I can change the course of my destiny in slight and varied ways. I have enough control over who I am and how I can live my life to realistically modify the events of my fate or destiny. My destiny marches to its own drummer but how my destiny is achieved is what I am referring to. It's in the how that I have some control. The choices I make will determine how my fate is recorded in the annals of time. By sheer force of will I can hope to claim the determining factors that ultimately define my destiny. I can't get there by just hoping or believing that inherently my instinctual goodness will absolutely prevail in all circumstances. I must force a rigorous discipline upon myself in a daily fashion to keep the vigil of hope alive for the best outcome I wish for my fate. In theory, my fate had already been defined the moment I came into existence. It is in the living of my life that my fate's definition will come to be understood. I continually write about the better and best traditions of humanity because they are the yardsticks I find worthy for me to attain and be measured. If I can hold to the great principles of humanity, my humble attempt to have a more positive fate is more likely to happen than if I left it all to chance.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Time as an Ally (#94)
Time has been a very real and helpful tool for me. I used to think of time as a reference point in the limited history of my life. I only saw time as a way to measure significant points in my life. Time was just an abstract necessary to demarcate and separate events. I have come a long ways since my meager understanding of the purpose for time in my life. Time is a constant companion, a check on the balance of every decision I would or do make. In every way time has come to be a priceless, precious commodity. I think of time as an entity that allows me to pause and consider how my life is being lived. Time gives me a dimension of clarity I otherwise would not have if I didn't take time. I am not quite explaining my relationship with time in a clearly cogent way although I am trying very hard to explain. Let me put it this way, time is running for all of us, and for me, time is not to be wasted by choice. Time's value makes what I do valuable, at least for me. So time has the quality I give it, which is to raise myself up to an order of living most desirable to me. My desire is to be a courageous example of a human permeated with the principles of the best qualities humanity has evolved. Time is my constant and faithful companion in my quest to enrich all of our lives as best I am able.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Still becoming a Gentleman (#93)
"A man whose conduct conforms to a high standard of propriety or correct behavior". My most arduous ambition. This life-long growth, into the man I want to be, is complicated by my inability to discern precisely what is true in some cases. The certainty of truth can differ from one person to the next. My greatest challenge is applying logic to the emotional gift I, as a human, possess and then understanding what "correct behavior" is my truth. It is important for the truth to be my truth. I am the one who must live with my choices and hopefully be the only one who bears the consequences if they are inaccurate. In my ambition to be the best gentlemen I can be I bring principles of honor, virtue and charity and all their meanings to shape what my behavior should be. I wasn't born with noble character but I can learn noble character and claim it for my own. It is a life-choice that raises the possibility of me living the human experience in the better and best traditions of human ability. I don't do this to be better than anyone else. I don't do this to be selfish to attain an ulterior outcome. I do this so that my life may have a positive consequence in the lives of other living things. I do this so that when my life is over it can be said; look that guy Carl helped me more than he harmed me. To me, helping someone more than harming someone is the greatest legacy I know I can achieve just by trying.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
How to justify Greed (#92)
I have been trying to think of all the ways I can to justify having everything I want regardless of how it affects anyone or anything else. I can go to survival of the fittest and say I'm stronger and more deviously clever so I should have all I want. I could say that capitalism in its perfect form allows me to attain all that I want through legal and governmental sanction. I can say that greed is a natural trait and I am inherently only following my genetic code. I can say a moral/ethical code isn't necessary when I put myself above anything or anyone else, so why should I care what happens to you. I guess I could spend a lot of time listing reasons to support a greedy state of mind. In some possible culture this might even prove to be a honorable principle of the highest order. What's lacking in these aforementioned concepts for justifying greed is the bond of compassion we should all feel for each other. The term heartless comes to mind. The sociopathic/psychopathic behavior comes to my thoughts when I think of greed without any other concern. In our society today there are examples of greed that have been masked in economic terms and philosophies for the purpose of clever deception to fill a need to be greedy. It is important for all of us in society to call these examples out and expose them to principles of truth. My soul is torn with hurt when I see how some of us humans allow greed to blind us to the real harm our selfish actions place upon other humans. Proper honorable human traits would not allow it.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Let the Past Go (#91)
At times I catch myself thinking back into my past and reminiscing about when good things happened and when bad things happened. There are times when looking back into my past helps me determine what to do in my present and future and that is natural and intelligent. It is not these times that I am writing about. It is the times when my mind wanders around through my memories with no particular direction. This way I have of mind-wandering has not been very beneficial to me. The process of growth of who I am are the predominant memories I encounter. It is the growth of who I am now that inspires this posting today. The process of growth itself however has not been too inspiring. I've said before that I was inclined to learn through trial and error. Although I rarely practice this principle of uneven logic, I did for a long time. My memories of decisions I've made have made me wince with a feeling of regret and embarassment. I must continually remind myself that those experiences are in the past and have, in a purely luck kind of way, gotten me to where I am today. I am so very thankful and appreciative to be living life as I am now. I don't make decisions based on chance or self-important reasons. To keep letting my mind wander into the land of my mind where what could have been torments me is irresponsible and foolish on my part. Today, life is hard and long and I know this and embrace it, because this is the true reality for me. I'm not the boss of me, life is.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Brain Droppings About U of L's SGA Campaigns
What happened to John Weber, Abigail "Abby" Smith, Ben Donlon, and Alexandra "Alex" Millson? They ran for the Top 4 spot last year, at U of L, but have been nowhere near this year's SGA. While they did lose the election, I believe that by not allowing them to contribute into the system, since they have the passion, the will, and the intelligence to make a difference, to make some much needed changes, U of L's SGA was worse off because of it. This doesn't happen in Parliamentary Democracies...
...which most European countries have, including the Czech Republic, which is considered a better democracy than America, according to The Economist's "Democracy Index". Perhaps having some sort of "reaching" across the aisle isn't a bad idea, AFTER the election. Since they are intelligent folks, and ultimately, doing right by U of L's student body is the ultimate test for any SGA Administration. Perhaps, once the President is chosen, we as students could rally behind that person, IF they are the ones who will do the most for us, the students at U of L.
This last debate, held in the Humanities Building, on February 8, 2012, in that sweet auditorium, was filled lots of niceties. Everybody was agreeing with each other, were polite, cordial, almost borderline respectful, they shook each other's hands, said something nice about each other at the end of their debates... SGA... a clique? No! Say it ain't so!
None of them told the Truth about Tuition Increases. Even Max Morley's "Halftime" speech had him conceding that "nothing can be done about tuition right now", which isn't true. There is a vote coming up at a Board of Trustees meeting in June, at least it's usually the meeting in June, just like the Graduation Fee, where right after we've all graduated, the students get fucked. Also, I thought I heard somebody say that the tuition rates are directly connected with SGA student pay, which would make them economically tied to tuition, and it would be in their self-interests for it to rise. I could have heard wrong though.
I guess, ultimately, I want the strongest Progressive fascist there is. I want my candidate to care for working class people, and humanity, and the students, all of the oppressed, from the bottom of their soul, to be revolutionary, and to understand the importance of a permanent revolution up against the permanent corporate fascism that pervades all American life. I also heard that the next SGA President is going to CHAIR the Board of Trustee's meeting. If I heard this right, that is a HUGE deal, because that gives the student direct control over the agenda, and the entire flow, of the meeting. Like Michael Shoen's Parliamentarian position. While not elected, he was able to put himself in a spot that gave him influence. Whether he flexed that influence or not is on him, but he would know how to handle Chairing a Trustee's meeting, which doesn't matter, since he's running for Executive Vice President, the King of the President's Vice Presidential Staff, collectively known as the Executive Board.
Max Morley knows the system well. So does Travis Gault. Justin Brandt was in SGA for two years before skipping out this year, so I believe he'd know how to talk in the meetings, how to pass a Resolution, an Act, put an initiative into action, and make events, movements, campaigns... fireworks happens. The only person I don't like, is Austin Schwenker, who is running against Michael Shoen. Everybody else looks wonderful, and would be great choices for SGA. Austin Schhwenker, on the other hand, is a sniveling little rat, whose for more secrecy, and consolidation of corporate fascist power (like Cardinal Towne), by suggesting that more business should be decided before the public meeting, to make SGA meetings as efficient as possible. While this is an obvious idea for efficiency, it shows that he's more for consolidating the power base that he has already established as President of the Arts and Sciences Department (which has there own Constitution and by-laws, and how to do things, such as figuring out where to spend the student's money). When Austin Schwenker was asked if he was involved with Greek life, he not only refused to answer the question, but then engaged in a massive cover-up, by ordering all of the members of SGA, abusing his authority as President of the Arts and Science Student Council (which means he should represent me, since my Major IS Political Science), to make sure they keep silent about their Greek affiliation. I don't care for the secrecy, because what can be said behind closed doors can just as easily be said out in open doors... if we truly are for fairness and transparency, and while those word are coined during the campaign, I wonder how much transparency can be made by those who'd rather deal with folks behind closed doors. In fact, with the 19,000 students at U of L who don't even give a fuck to vote, even though it's conveniently right on their ULINK accounts, so it takes hardly any time at all... Kentucky's democracy has failed because there are no democratic institutions within higher learning institutions, such as U of L. As a student, however, in Arts and
Sciences, I have NOT been represented by the Schenker Administration, or anybody who has worked for him. In fact, it's been quite the opposite.
I told Travis Gault about my Student Complaints idea, and he liked it, where there would be one central hub for emails to be sent for students to bitch about whatever they wanted, but then he also suggested that the Ombudsman Office does that, so I'll find that out later. It's good to see more women in the process. If Carrie Mattingly and Sirena Wurth would just go around smiling at folks, I'm sure that would win them votes. A strong contrast between Sirena Wurth and Michael Rediker was that Michael Rediker said that he was willing to stand up to The Administration, and Sirena Wurth said that getting along and working well with The Administration was important, since they were "the ones with all the money", which carries over from a Frizzell the Great quote, from his impressive State of the University Address, where he said that power deals are made behind closed doors, with "men three times as old as you, and three times as wiser". While most of the dealings with The Administration shouldn't be a hassle, and can be based on friendly dialogue, and cordial relationships, there is still the fight in the person that matters. If you go into a meeting with an agenda of 10 items, you got to be aggressive and make sure that your agenda is heard. That willingness to break with the administration, say on matters that can be solved, such as the Tuition Hike Increase the Board of Trustees are going to raise on U of L students come this June, is vital. In fact, if the President becomes Chair of the Board of Trustees, then the SGA President should shoot any and all tuition rate hike increases straight into the shitter. It's not a non-starter, and it belongs in the shitter. U of L's tuition should NOT, in any way, increase. It's not a foregone conclusion. It's only a foregone conclusion to those who can dream of something that isn't. For those who were studying too hard in college to take the time out to dream, and wonder, and use your imagination. In fact, the way the police do it, is just demand somebody to do as they order, and if they don't like it, then you use force, and violence, and you bring in your pig friends, with batons, and guns, and you make sure nobody intervenes, and then you kidnap the guy, put him in your car, take him down to the station, where you book him, put him in jail, and then after that, you get the courts involved. So perhaps a situation should be created where saying "no" isn't an option. Having a Chair in the Board of Trustee's meeting would stop all talk about Tuition Hikes, unless the Chair sold the Students out, and allowed the vote to take place. Sirena Wurth also said that Sodexho was trying to get a monopoly over the Meal Plans, which are forced on our Tuition Bills, and put on our Student IDs. Sodexho will only allow our Food Cards to be used IF the companies who can use them buys into the plan Sodexho approves.
Something else I noticed, Travis Gault may have made a Freudian slip, when he said I "sometimes" listen to others, but corrected himself, and said that he "always" listens. Mr. Gault's key point was that he cared for Graduate Students, and since I am going to be a Graduate Student, that appeals directly to my self-interests. Osiah Graham versus Carrie Mattingly has all of the fun and excitement of Obama versus Hillary race, with a Black man running against a White woman. I believe that Osiah Graham would be a pitbull in the meeting rooms, and he was a confident, on-the-spot, speaker. Carrie Mattingly is dignified, poised, soft-spoken, so as an audience member, I trusted her, and believe that she'd make a wonderful Academic Vice President.
Looking at last year's election numbers, the Presidential Race got 2,500 votes, and the Senators got 5,000. More students voted for the Senators, overall, because the Senators would get their friends to vote for them, and that increased their numbers. But the Presidential Race is more instructive because overall, the campaign of the individual Senators fail to garner the publicity the Top 4 candidates, or Presidential candidates, garners. Kurtis Frizzell, before U of L's SGA stripped away the 37.05 votes (that's right, that's POINT zero five votes), received 970 votes. Then won in the runoff. John Weber got 772, and Travis Gault received 728. So we can assume that Travis Gault will receive about the same, 728, and Morley will get Frizzell's votes, 970, and that leaves John Weber's votes will be the votes who sway one way or another, assuming all of those who voted for John Weber are around. John Weber's votes, plus newcomers into the process, which is really the biggest constituency. Nearly 20,000 students at U of L can vote, and 2,500 of them did. So that's a 12.5% turnout rate, which is sickly compared to even Kentucky's extremely low 28%. While that's sad and unfortunate, it's more important than that. That's a democratically illigetimate authority. I guess, the wisdom is, if only 2 people votes for somebody, even if the 98 others didn't, and would have voted for different people, then the voters should get what they want. The horribly low voter turnout rate would be important work for future politicians and government operatives. Perhaps a survey can be put out to the students, asking them about their perceptions of SGA are, and see if there's any data that can be received from an outreach like that, that can be used to fixed that problem. Then Frizzell's slate handily defeated Weber's, by 200, 300, and 400 votes. So Frizzell's Greeks, and Weber's Greeks, are the ones who are getting what they want out of student government, because they're the only ones running for office, and partipating. But for those candidates running for President now, how Frizzell's machine was able to thump Weber's and Gault's is something that can be learned from. And while I can somewhat identify Frizzell's and Weber's voters, who is voting for Travis Gault? Graduate students? Folks who have been at the University for some time? I'm not sure.
Austin Schwenker won the Arts and Sciences position with only 461 votes, out of 827. So to become President of Arts and Sciences Student Council, all you need is less than 500 votes. And to become Senator, all you need are about 200, or so votes. I believe running for Senate is the easiest way to get into U of L's Student GOvernment since you don't have the pressure to lead, like a Presidential, or Executive Branch would, while at the same time, still need to pull 200 of your friends into the polls... or, AHEM, long onto their ULINK account, from the library, at home, really the convenience is all on the students, if they gave a fuck. It's easy. Just click onto your ULINK, and vote for me! That's would be an easy facebook group to make, and remind folks on how to do it. In fact, the Facebook Group is vital part to this process for that exact reason. 80% or so of the students who voted were from the Arts and Sciences College, and 80% of them were White.
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
Shuttle Discovery Docks With Space Station for Last Time
Docked over Australia
The two spacecraft were flying about 220 miles above western Australia at the time they docked.
Discovery was the first space shuttle to dock to a space station when it docked to Russia's Mir station on mission STS-91 on June 4, 1998. Discovery also was the first shuttle to dock to the International Space Station on STS-96 on May 29, 1999. This was Discovery's 13th and final docking to the space station.
Discovery crew board Space Ststion
The shuttle and station crews opened hatches at 4:16 p.m. Discovery's crew of Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott joined Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri, Dmitry Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli, and Cady Coleman
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Space Shuttle Discovery Launched on Final Mission
Shuttle Mission STS-133
Mission STS-133 is to deliver essential equipment to the International Space Station. The six astronauts are led by Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe, who are in the two forward seats on the flight deck with Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Nicole Stott sitting behind them. On the lower level or middeck are astronauts Steve Bowen and Michael Barratt.
Final Flight of Discovery
Following the STS-133 mission, Discovery will be the first of the shuttle fleet to retire.
STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey said "Besides the excitement of completing the International Space Station and all the things we do, I hope people get a sense of the history of what the shuttle is and what we've done and what's ending. Because they'll probably never see anything like it flying again."
Shuttle Discovery landing
Shuttle Discovery is returning to Earth on March 7, 2011, with a target landing time of 12:44 p.m. EST, at the Kennedy Space Center, when it will have completed eleven days in space.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Shuttle Discovery's launch tomorrow at 4:50 p.m. EST
Weather forecast good
The weather at the launch site remains exceptional with only a 20 percent chance that weather will be prohibitive at launch time. The only slight issue may be a localized off-shore shower in the late afternoon. The forecast during tanking is also looking good.
NASA TV Coverage
At 7:15 a.m. EST NASA TV will begin coverage of the fueling of the external tank. Launch coverage for Discovery's final mission to the International Space Station will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Space Shuttle Discovery Ready for Launch
Review of test results
Managers, engineers and contractors went over the detailed analysis and testing performed on the support beams of Discovery's external fuel tank during the session and reviewed the repairs and modifications made. The processes of the repairs and testing involved people throughout the agency and its centers.
Shuttle crew change
The crew also underwent a change recently when astronaut Steve Bowen was assigned to take the place of Tim Kopra who was injured in a bicycle accident. "Overall the crew was in really good shape and felt really comfortable with this change," said Mike Moses, chairman of the Mission Management Team.
Discovery is poised for Launch
Discovery is poised on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The countdown is to begin Monday at 3 p.m.
Final voyage of Discovery
Discovery flew its maiden voyage on Aug. 30, 1984, on the STS-41D mission. Later missions included NASA's return to flight after the loss of Challenger (September 1988) and Columbia (July 2005), launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990, the final Shuttle/Mir docking mission in June 1998 and Senator John Glenn's shuttle flight in October 1998. When Discovery retires this year it will have flown in space 39 times, more than any other shuttle.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Shuttle Discovery Crew Lock Down
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 Technicians preparing Space Shuttle Discovery for launch on the 24th of February closed the inter tank door on the shuttle's external fuel tank at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Teams are performing final inspections on the spacecraft and will fill up several orange bags with water at the flame trench at Launch Pad 39A.
Teams are performing final inspections on the spacecraft and will fill up several orange bags with water at the flame trench at Launch Pad 39A.
The sausage-shaped bags called 'water troughs' are suspended beneath the nozzles of the solid rocket boosters. At ignition, they burst open and the water helps dampen the sound waves generated by the boosters.
At NASA's Johnson Space Center, STS-133 crew members are enjoying a day off today before entering quarantine in their crew quarters in advance of the targeted launch date.
The crew consists of Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Steve Bowen and Nicole Stott. Bowen replaced astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in an accident in January.
Discovery will deliver and install the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Express Logistics Carrier 4 and provide critical spare components to the International Space Station. This will be the 35th shuttle mission to the station and the final mission for the elderly spacecraft.
The crew consists of Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt, Steve Bowen and Nicole Stott. Bowen replaced astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in an accident in January.
Discovery will deliver and install the Permanent Multipurpose Module, the Express Logistics Carrier 4 and provide critical spare components to the International Space Station. This will be the 35th shuttle mission to the station and the final mission for the elderly spacecraft.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Colliding Galaxies form 'heart' in space
Just in time for Valentine's Day, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a pair of colliding galaxies over 430 million light years from Earth in the shape of a giant pink heart.
Mysterious black holes
Mysterious black holes
The new discovery, code named Arp 147, is the result of two galaxies colliding in deep space. The result of this cataclysmic event is an expanding wave of new stars, exploding supernovas and mysterious black holes with mass that could be twenty times that of our Sun. Studies with NASA
's Spitzer Space Telescope and ultraviolet observations with NASA 's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) have enabled scientists to estimate that the most intense formation of new stars in these galaxies may have ended 15 million years ago.
Amazing pictures of colliding galaxies
A composite image of Arp 147 has been prepared by the Space Telescope Science Institute in
. Stunning images of colliding galaxies have been created by combining X-rays from the NASA Baltimore 's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which show as pink, with red, green and blue optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
|Giant ring of black holes in space
Sources: NASA February 9, 2011 and October 1st, 2010 issue of The Astrophysical Journal, Authors Saul Rappaport and Alan Levine from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, David Pooley from Eureka Scientific and Benjamin Steinhorn, also from MIT.
Photo Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/S Rappaport et al
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Google: "The new Chrome will be up to 60 times faster"
Of course, no one can easily believe that such an improvement is possible from one version to another. The Google, however, argues that such things as the graphics performance is much better through hardware acceleration. In addition, company engineers are working feverishly to improve the three-dimensional display graphics.
Under the fee schedule for renewal of Chrome, we should expect the new version very soon. In combination, even with the new Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4, the battle of the browsers will be very interesting in the near future.
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text: Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Lab Director of the African American Youth Wellness Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Neblett's research examines the link between racism and health in African American youth, and he has published articles in clinical, developmental, biological, applied, and multidisciplinary psychology outlets such as the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Child Development, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDEMP), Psychophysiology, Psychosomatic Medicine, and the Journal of Black Psychology. He also has served as the Principal Investigator for several studies funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


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Is THIS the iPhone 4S… Most Likely
We've all probably seen this photo before, but mounting evidence is suggesting that it is in fact the real deal. There are supposedly 2 new iPhones launching on the rumored October 4th date. We'll likely see 2 phones be announced on that date. One will be the long rumored iPhone 5 which should feature the … Continue reading
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- 3 pounds ripe plum tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon chipotle chile powder
- 1 (28-ounce) canned plum tomatoes, with their juice
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves, packed
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 quart chicken stock
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss together the tomatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread the tomatoes in 1 layer on a baking sheet and roast for 45 minutes.
In an 8-quart stockpot over medium heat, saute the onions and garlic with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, the butter, and chipotle chile powder for 10 minutes, until the onions start to brown. Add the canned tomatoes, basil, thyme, and chicken stock. Add the oven-roasted tomatoes, including the liquid on the baking sheet. Bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 40 minutes. Coarsely blend with an immersion blender. Taste for seasonings. Serve hot or cold.
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Research Question: Can Zeltiq Aesthetics' CoolSculpting system continue to fend off competitors with similar or superior body contouring products?
Report Available: January 15, 2016
Blueshift's initial research shows ZLTQ investing heavily in sales and marketing, with strong sales results from its CoolSculpting body contouring system. Competing products are coming on strong and some appear to be more effective, yet ZTLQ's superior marketing has set the company apart so far.
- ZLTQ reported $61 million in sales for its Q3, a 34% increase over the previous year. Over half of itsrevenue was derived from consumables and the company is expanding its CoolSculpting applications, receiving recent FDA approval for use on the chin. Wall Street was expecting an earnings deficit, however the company reported $.05 per share. Overall, the body contouring market could soon reach $4 billion.
- Competitor CYNO's new SculpSure uses laser technology to melt away 25% of targeted fat cells in a 25-minute session and was approved by the FDA for marketing in July. The session length is 50% shorter than a ZLTQ CoolSculpting session, covers a larger surface area, and requires no massaging of fat cells afterward. Physicians have stated that SculpSure systems are just now showing up at offices across the country, with one claiming 50 were shipped to California. Another competing product, Vanquish, provides a less painful treatment and can allegedly remove up to 59% of fat per treatment versus CoolSculpting's 22% of fat.
- ZLTQ still has a huge leg up in the market; SculpSure is relatively unknown. Views of recently uploaded SculpSure demonstrations on YouTube typically have 200 to 800 views each, whereas CoolSculpting demonstrations have over 10,000 views each. Some are claiming SculpSure is more painful than CoolSculpting, however CYNO claims the opposite is true. Comparing several before and after pictures of SculpSure vs. CoolSculpting shows CoolSculpting producing slightly better results at the six week mark. Another major ZLTQ competitor, ELOS's UltraShape, has not been gaining nearly as much traction as CoolSculpting even though it has a much higher reviewer rating.
- The majority of sources in Blueshift's Feb. 17 report found that ZLTQ's CoolSculpting system and treatment sales would grow; that the procedure was not just a fad. ZLTQ was praised for its highly effective marketing. A few sources shared concerns of saturation in some markets.
Is ZLTQ's CoolSculpting system considered best of breed? Are any new or existing treatments taking share from CoolSculpting? To gain insight into ZLTQ and the body contouring market, Blueshift will gather data and issue a market research report from independent sources in the following areas: Medical professionals, Competitors/Medical device sales people, and Industry specialists.
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Hello, I made reference the other evening to the introduction of the jet engine. Tonight I came across this stamp, so thought I would share it with you.
It is SG 754 from the 1967 British Discovery and Invention issue. Rather nice I think.
It is not too difficult to identify the aircraft, airline and engines is it? I remember this aircraft well, nostalgia eh!
It is a Vickers VC10 with BOAC livery. The VC10 was a long range plane designed and built by Vickers Armstrong and first flown in 1962. The plane was designed to BOAC requirements I believe, which included being able to operate economically on long-distance routes from shorter runways and with the capability for hot and high operations such as at African airports.
As for performance the VC10 achieved the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a jet airliner, a record still held I believe for a sub-sonic plane, of 5 hours and 1 minute; only the Concorde has flown the route faster.
There is also another plane shown on the stamp. So for a competition, what is it? send your answer to me at firstname.lastname@example.com with your mailing address and I will send the recipient of the first correct answer a small selection of aviation stamps.
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So what is this weird disease? Why should you care? What is your pledge going to fight?
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that typically strikes adults in their mid 20's to 50's but can happen at any age. It is more common in women in men (66% to 34%) and the actual causes of the disease are still mysterious. There are certainly genetic and environmental components as well as age and geography, but the causes are still being actively researched. There are over 2 million people afflicted world wide, and 400 thousand in the US alone.
The mechanism of the disease, however, is understood pretty well. It is an autoimmune disease where the immune system, instead of attacking infectious agents, attacks the myelin sheaths covering the nerve fibers of the nervous system in the brain and spinal cord (see diagram below). This damage to the nerve fibers results in poor nerve conduction. Think of it like the wiring in a house - you start removing the coverings of the wires and now electricity doesn't flow correctly. There are shorts, cross wiring, and if things really get bad a fire! Same thing with MS - people afflicted have may different symptoms ranging from loss of fine motor control, partial paralysis, loss of eye sight, fatigue, numbness, and dizziness to name a few. Over time this damage to the nerves becomes cumulative. Because the brain controls everything in the body, and the nature of the disease is so random, no two people have the same symptoms or experience. Many can be fine for years between attacks, or can quickly be debilitated. This randomness is what makes this disease so horrible.
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Right now there is no cure - only disease modifying treatments and drugs which increase the time between relapses. These drugs are relatively recent (1990's) and have been shown to be effective in modifying the course of the disease. The two most common treatments are injectable drugs, although a pill based medicine is winding its way through the FDA right now. But even with taking medicine relapses will happen and, over time, disability is almost guaranteed.
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i just found these two frames from when i was testing my cameras and lights
on my last morning in manhattan.
the t-shirt is a bathing ape 9th anniversary item which was only available
at the aoyama store... black camo print on black... it's quite a rare piece.
and here i am again bringing my own brand of misery to the big apple
i not only own that pose but i have it copyrighted.


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JULIO PAREDES, PLAINTIFF,v.C.O. FRISBEE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
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In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties have consented to have the undersigned conduct all further proceedings in this case, including entry of final judgment. Dkt. #42.
On June 28, 2007, the Court updated plaintiff's address from the Clinton Correctional Facility to a residence in Brooklyn, New York.
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My grandmother said I should stop putting out free music.
Chris Young (a new character in the Hamilton Universe; possibly Dilla) gave me a good "talking to" about saying I'm the CEO of Apple.
Two things I'm very passionate about.
I don't mind if you doubt I'm the CEO of Apple.
It's a heavy work load, and a 28-year old Black man would know nothing about running a Fortune 500 (primarily white) company.
But free music?
Me putting out free music is like paying tithes.
Despite how blasphemous my music can be.
And I know I talk too much in closed circles.
There's simply no secrets when it comes to me.
I know every secret.
People are concocting secrets (eg. Uber) to shock me with.
It's getting old.
Let's just get to what we came to do, now.
Shadow and I are at peace.
Mom (Sonic) is resting in peace (though immorta).
Grandma (Silver) is fine.
Then again, I might be jumping the gun again.
I might literally be making things harder on myself.
But what am I to do about further telepathic communication?
Do I have to cut the world off again?
It's not like they haven't cut/wrote me off before...
Shout out to all my female fans.
Though I doubt you'll understand what I go through, I know you guys deal with some real shit.
"Call it women's intuition, but I think I'm on to something here..."
-Incubus, "Just A Phase"
Ultimately, I want to do DJ sets of my original music.
Starting in NYC.
Possible country-wide tour.
Ultimately global, if Ol' Johnny Boy doesn't wake up.
There I go again.
Something I know that you don't, but still affects your everyday.
Such is frustrating, because my knowledge set is what has helped me survive thus far.
I think I need another Em album.
Then again, I might have to push myself to make another album
There we go!
Record again!!!
But who will hear it?
Without a label to clear my samples, it has to be free.
This sucks.
Good afternoon, world.
I get it.
Stop being so carefree.
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The Cincinnati Bengals will pick ninth in the 2017 NFL draft. It will be the team's first top-10 selection since 2011, giving a tad bit more excitement for the fans when the draft kicks off in Philadelphia at the end of the month.
But how have the Bengals stacked up with their last 10 first-round picks? Six playoff appearances in the last eight seasons have been fueled by solid drafting, right?
Here's how Mike Brown's last 10 first-rounders have stacked up:
10.) CB, William Jackson III (2016 – 24th overall)
It's difficult to put Jackson at the bottom of the totem poll because he was drafted last season. However, he's ineligible to move up any higher because he only has a few preseason games under his belt. The corner was placed on injured reserve one week before the 2016 regular-season opener. He will look to bounce back in 2017 but will have to fight through a crowded Cincinnati secondary.
9.) OT, Cedric Ogbuehi (2015 – 21st overall)
Not far behind Jackson is Ogbuehi, who struggled last season in pass protection. The majority of his rookie season was spent on the sidelines recovering from a torn ACL. Last year he was the starting right tackle on opening day but was promptly benched after nine starts. He will shift to left tackle in 2017 – where he played at Texas A&M- to replace Andrew Whitworth as the protector of Andy Dalton's blind side.
8.) CB, Darqueze Dennard (2014 – 24th overall)
Dennard, the fifth first-round corner of the Marvin Lewis era, has been quiet in his first three professional seasons. Poor play and injuries have limited his time on the field, causing him to make just four starts. Dennard has just one forced fumble and an interception in his career thus far. The Bengals remain to wait and see if Dennard will measure up to his first-round expectations. Dennard has one more year left in his rookie deal before Cincinnati can decide whether to pick up his fifth-year option for 2018.
7.) LB, Keith Rivers (2008 – 9th overall)
Rivers final line with the Bengals isn't overwhelming. In three years he made 33 starts and tallied 120 tackles, two sacks, and two interceptions. But Rivers' career is filed under the 'what-ifs?' section. In his first game as a rookie, he made nine tackles in the 2008 regular-season opener in Baltimore. His rookie campaign came to an end in mid-October, though, when Hines Ward's peel-back block left him with a broken jaw. Rivers spent two seasons with the Giants and one in Buffalo before calling it quits after the 2014 season.
6.) TE, Jermaine Gresham (2010- 21st overall)
Gresham never lived up to the hype he received during his collegiate days in Norman, Oklahoma. He caught 24 touchdowns in five seasons with the Bengals, but 11 fumbles in the span overshadowed the scoring.
His best days in stripes came as a security blanket during Dalton's younger days. Gresham totaled 333 targets over four seasons with Dalton, but his replacement, a fellow first-round tight end who will be listed later, was drafted in 2013 and Gresham left for Arizona after the 2014 season. In two years with the Cardinals, Gresham has 55 catches and three touchdowns.
5.) OT, Andre Smith (2009 – 6th overall)
Smith returned to the Bengals on a one-year deal last month, desperately helping out an offense that lost two starters from 2016. When healthy, Smith was productive as Cincinnati's starting right tackle. He played back-to-back full seasons in 2012 and 2013, respectively, but he's been inactive for seven-plus games in four of his eight NFL seasons. An arm injury last year with the Vikings caused him to miss the final 12 games. He will look to bring some form of veteran stability to an offensive line that on paper looks like the team's biggest weakness.
4.) CB, Dre Kirkpatrick (2012 – 17th overall)
Kirkpatrick's play has finally come around. Enough to earn him a five-year mega-deal this offseason as one of the few returnees. The missed tackles and penalties have racked up, but Kirkpatrick turned in his best year in 2016, intercepting three passes as the Bengals' best corner.
He is the no. 1 defensive back in Cincinnati and will be in the foreseeable future. Hopefully, the young guns on the depth chart can rise up the ranks like Kirkpatrick did a half-decade ago.
3.) TE, Tyler Eifert (2013 – 21st overall)
Eifert, a two-time Pro-Bowler, has been one of the best tight ends in the NFL when healthy. In 2015, he caught 13 touchdowns in 13 games, helping lead the Bengals to an AFC North title. Eifert has yet to churn out a full season, though. In 2014 he missed all but eight offensive snaps with an elbow injury. Concussions, a back issue, and a foot injury caused him to miss 11 games in the last two years combined. If he can stay on the field, the Bengals' offense can get over a hump that caused them to lose six one-possession games in 2016.
2.) OG, Kevin Zeitler (2012 – 27th overall)
Zeitler was stable at right guard for the Bengals over the last five seasons. He didn't miss a game in the last two years, and despite never making a Pro Bowl, he inked a deal with the Cleveland Browns in March that made him the highest-paid guard in the league. He was ranked the 7th-best guard by Pro Football Focus in 2016.
1.) WR, A.J. Green (2011 – 4th overall)
No surprise here. Green has been one of the best receivers in the league since being drafted in 2011. Green tallied five straight 1,000-yard seasons to start his career, joining Randy Moss as the only receivers in league history to do so. A partial hamstring tear last November caused him to fall 36 yards shy of another four-digit campaign, but he still managed to earn a Pro-Bowl bid for the sixth straight year.


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Kyle Lowry scored 23 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat Milwaukee 116-94 on Monday night to hand the struggling Bucks their sixth straight loss.
DeMar DeRozan added 19 points, Patrick Patterson 18 and John Salmons 10 as Toronto won for the eighth time in nine games. The Atlantic Division leaders snapped a five-game home slide against the Bucks, beating them in Toronto for the first time since Jan. 22, 2010.
The Raptors won their second straight over Milwaukee after losing the previous 10 meetings.
The victory gave Toronto its first five-game home winning streak since Dec. 14, 2012, to Jan. 2, 2013. At 19-17, the Raptors are two games above .500 for the first time since March 9, 2010, when they were 32-30.
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Middle School Yearbook
*Click here to list the photos that you need for your yearbook page on this Google Slide!!* (log into Google)
A group of 7th and 8th grade students, serving on Yearbook Staff, create the MS Yearbook.
Students also take photographs, interview students and teachers, and use graphic design skills to created interesting and well-designed pages.
Staff members must be creative, responsible, show attention to detail, and have excellent writing & editing skills.
Our students have produced fabulous Yearbooks for many years. We're very proud of our work!
|MS Yearbook Advisor: Sheryl Lee
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Staff: please watch this video ("A Simple Approach to Great Captions")
on caption-writing. (Note that we, in Middle School, write only one-line captions. This video talks about longer High-School captions, but you'll get the general idea...)