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Note 2 in the author's "Victorianized Romans: Images of Rome in Victorian Painting."
Dorothea's encounter with Rome is thus but one example of the way Hellenism and Hebraism clash in the novel. Eliot tells that "after the brief narrow experience of her girlhood," Dorothea
was beholding Rome, the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.
But this stupendous fragmentariness heightened the dreamlike strangeness of her bridal life. Dorothea had now been five weeks in Rome, and in the kindly mornings when autumn and winter seemed to go hand in hand like a happy aged couple one of whom would presently survive in chiller loneliness, she had driven about at first with Mr. Casaubon, but of late chiefly with Tantripp and their experienced courier. She had been led through the best galleries, had been taken to the chief points of view, had been shown the grandest ruins and the most glorious churches, and she had ended by oftenest choosing to drive out to the Campagna where she could feel alone with the earth and sky, away-from the oppressive masquerade of ages, in which her own life too seemed to become a masque with enigmatical costumes.
To those who have looked at Rome with the quickening power of a knowledge which breathes a growing soul into all historic shapes, and traces out the suppressed transitions which unite all contrasts, Rome may still be the spiritual centre and interpreter of the world. But let them conceive one more historical contrast: the gigantic broken revelations of that Imperial and Papal city thrust abruptly on the notions of a girl who had been brought up in English and Swiss Puritanism, fed on meagre Protestant histories and on art chiefly of the hand-screen sort; a girl whose ardent nature turned all her small allowance of knowledge into principles, fusing her actions into their mould, and whose quick emotions gave the most abstract things the quality of a pleasure or a pain; a girl who had lately become a wife, and from the enthusiastic acceptance of untried duty found herself plunged in tumultuous preoccupation with her personal lot. The weight of unintelligible Rome might lie easily on bright nymphs to whom it formed a background for the brilliant picnic of Anglo-foreign society; but Dorothea had no such defence against deep impressions. Ruins and basilicas, palaces and colossi, set in the midst of a sordid present, where all that was living and warm-blooded seemed sunk in the deep degeneracy of a superstition divorced from reverence; the dimmer but yet eager Titanic life gazing and struggling on walls and ceilings; the long vistas of white forms whose marble eyes seemed to hold the monotonous light of an alien world: all this vast wreck of ambitious ideals, sensuous and spiritual, mixed confusedly with the signs of breathing forgetfulness and degradation, at first jarred her as with an electric shock, and then urged themselves on her with that ache belonging to a glut of confused ideas which check the flow of emotion. Forms both pale and glowing took possession of her young sense, and fixed themselves in her memory even when she was not thinking of them, preparing strange associations which remained through her after-years. Our moods are apt to bring with them images which succeed each other like the magic-lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastness of St. Peter's, the huge bronze canopy, the excited intention in the attitudes and garments of the prophets and evangelists in the mosaics above, and the red drapery which was being hung for Christmas spreading itself everywhere like a disease of the retina. [Ch.11, Project Gutenberg text]
For discussions of this topic, see U. C. Knoepflmacher, Religious Humanism and the Victorian Novel (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965). Hugh Witemeyer, George Eliot and the Visual Arts (New Haven: Yale Univeristy Press, 1979), pp. 79-87, presents much valuable information about the background of Dorothea's encounter with the Eternal City. [This book is now available in the Victorian Web: cited section.]
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Pacific parrotlet
|Pacific parrotlet
|In El Oro Province, coastal SW Ecuador
|Scientific classification
F. coelestis
|Binomial name
|Forpus coelestis
(Lesson, 1847)
The Pacific parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), also known as Lesson's parrotlet or the celestial parrotlet, is a species of small parrot in the family Psittacidae, native to Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Parrotlets are the second smallest group of all parrots. Pacific parrotlets are between 4 1⁄2 to 5 1⁄2 inches (110 to 140 mm) long. The average weight is 34–44 grams (1.2–1.6 oz) in the wild. They come from the South American countries of Peru and Ecuador. There are seven species of parrotlets in the genus Forpus. Only three of these species are kept as pets. Of these, the Pacific parrotlet is the most common.
The Pacific parrotlets have olive green and grey bodies and lighter blue streaking back from their eyes. It is a dimorphic species. The males have a striking cobalt rump with blue patches on the underside of their wings and lighter yellowish green faces. Females are mostly green with much less brightly colored blue patches behind the eyes and no cobalt rump or blue in their wings. These dimorphic color variations are true of most of the color mutations as well. They are from 10–14 centimetres (3.9–5.5 in) long.
This species is not very common in pet stores in the USA and is valued by breeders. Its normal price range is 150-200 USD. This price is much lower than other species because since 1930 the US has had an established breeding population in captivity, before the CITES laws preventing importing wildlife from foreign countries. Some of the color mutations in aviculture include blue, American yellow, American White, European yellow and white, fallow, dark factor green and lutino. Captive bred Pacific parrotlets can be expected to live between 10 and 15 years with good care and regular veterinary examinations, although individuals may have shorter or longer life spans.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Forpus coelestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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Topher Hansson is known for his relatable performances as the underdog under the pressures of extraordinary circumstances. Alongside acting Topher has also produced two award winning feature films. Most recently the short film Dark Roast is Topher's first major jump into writing, producing, acting, and directing all at once and is currently making the rounds in multiple film festivals.
Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts Topher fell in love with performing at an early age and spent his formative years creating and starring in a series of short films and television shows alongside his childhood friends. One of the up and coming creative minds in the entertainment industry, Topher Hansson hopes to leave his mark as an actor on as many different avenues as possible, all the while entertaining and inspiring others along the way.


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Kaleed wakes up and hears faint barking from above the water. A small lizard swims up to him and perches on his shoulder, sniffing his neck and head underwater.
He surfaces, climbs up out of the cave and there is a strange monkey-humanoid with a long snout, barking furiously at a woman, Hayase who is reading under a tree. The monkey is standing on a boulder and Hayase calmly states that he is sealed to the rock by magic so Kaleed needn't worry.
"Congratulations Samadra, have you received your name yet from the Elder?" She asked him.
He then realized that he indeed had forgotten his name and shook his head. She closed her book and offered to lead him up to the Temple. Following her he saw Bakti and Jiung picking rice and Bakti called out to him "Samadra can we play?"
Hayase told her they would be just a moment, for they had yet to see the Elder and Bakti nodded. Kaleed promised to play after they were done.
He went inside the Temple and met Farooq, Elumalai and [{Abheek]]. Elumalai had faint shadows under his eyes but he calmly
stutteringly gave Kaleed his name, "Kaleed", which means "Immortal". This was not the first time he received that name.
Elumalai instructed Kaleed to meet everybody on the island before that night's Gamelan so he could become familiar with the monks with whom he would spend his next six years of life.
Kaleed nodded and headed out, aiming first to fulfill his promise and play with Bakti.


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Checking interest – Christmas/Holiday Party for Adults?
This year your local executive committee have begun researching and discussing the idea of a Christmas/Holiday party for our adult members. However, are you interested in attending a party? Also, what kind of party? Please fill out the very breif survey below (also found at this hyperlink). The information will be used to help gauge interest. Please complete the survey by October 19, 2017, 11:59PM.


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Adam WarRock Debuts IMPERIUS REX for Annual Donation Drive
It's that special time of year. No, we're not talking about my birthday (though, it is), the focus of this post is on Adam WarRock's annual donation drive!
Once a year, the nerdcore rapper who tackles topics from comic books to Parks and Rec to Game of Thrones' Hodor (seriously, go listen to that ridiculous song) holds a Donation Drive. Fans name their price, and they get a brand-new mixtape, they get a live video concert, and they get a huge digital comics package including books from Oni, MonkeyBrain, Atomoic Robo, M. Kupperman, Sam Humphries, Nedroid, KC Green, Mike Norton, Caldwell Tanner, and Agreeable Comics!
What's more, all the music WarRock usually charges for on BandCamp is totally free this week.
Yesterday, Adam WarRock released "Stark Industries", the first song from his new Donation Drive Album, and today he drops "Imperius Rex" exclusively here at Newsarama. Yes, Marvel Comics fans, the song about Namor you've been waiting for is here.
The Donation Drive is going from now to July 3, 2013. Hit up Adam WarRock's page for more info, links, and the donation button.


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Report NEP-URE-2013-08-16This is the archive for NEP-URE, a report on new working papers in the area of Urban & Real Estate Economics. Steve Ross issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
Subscribe to this report: email, RSS or Twitter.
Other reports in NEP-URE
The following items were announced in this report:
- D'Acci, Luca, 2013. "Simulating future societies in Isobenefit Cities: social isobenefit scenarios," MPRA Paper 48994, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Luca Guerrieri & Matteo Iacoviello, 2013. "Collateral constraints and macroeconomic asymmetries," International Finance Discussion Papers 1082, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- D'Acci, Luca, 2013. "Macro and Micro Spatial Equilibrium," MPRA Paper 48984, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Boschman, Sanne & van Ham, Maarten, 2013. "Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities: Testing the Own-Group Preference Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model," IZA Discussion Papers 7526, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Sjaak Braster & Jaap Dronkers, 2013. "The positive effects of ethnic diversity in class on the educational performance of pupils in a multi-ethnic European metropole," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1318, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
- Item repec:hae:wpaper:2013-7 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- D'Acci, Luca, 2013. "Isobenefit Urbanism and Isotropic Societies for visionary futures. Equations against unideal cities," MPRA Paper 48993, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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- Coulter, Rory & van Ham, Maarten & Findlay, Allan M., 2013. "New Directions for Residential Mobility Research: Linking Lives through Time and Space," IZA Discussion Papers 7525, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Margarian, Anne, 2013. "Regional industrial structure, productivity, wealth and income distribution in German regions," Thünen Working Papers 1, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries.
- Brunello, Giorgio & Fort, Margherita & Weber, Guglielmo & Weiss, Christoph T., 2013. "Testing the Internal Validity of Compulsory School Reforms as Instrument for Years of Schooling," IZA Discussion Papers 7533, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Beugnot, Julie & Fortin, Bernard & Lacroix, Guy & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2013. "Social Networks and Peer Effects at Work," IZA Discussion Papers 7521, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Liu, Yanyan & Yamauchi, Futoshi, 2013. "Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Highlights from Indonesia," IFPRI discussion papers 1271, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Caria, Antonia Stefano & Hassen, Ibrahim Worku, 2013. "The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from ubran Ethiopia:," IFPRI discussion papers 1282, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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- Gerardi, Kristopher & Herkenhoff, Kyle F. & Ohanian, Lee E. & Willen, Paul S., 2013. "Can't Pay or Won't Pay? Unemployment, Negative Equity, and Strategic Default," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2013-04, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, revised 01 Jun 2017.
- Hou, Xiaohui & Hong, Seo Yeon, 2013. "The heterogeneous effects of a food price crisis on child school enrollment and labor : evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6566, The World Bank.
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- D'Acci, Luca, 2013. "A Modern Postmodern Urbanism The Systemic Retroactive game (SyR) between Bottom-up and Top-down," MPRA Paper 48991, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Georganas, Sotiris & Tonin, Mirco & Vlassopoulos, Michael, 2013. "Peer Pressure and Productivity: The Role of Observing and Being Observed," IZA Discussion Papers 7523, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Olper, A. & Raimondi, V. & Cavicchioli, D. & Vigani, Mauro, 2013. "Do CAP Payments Reduce Farm Labour Migration? A Panel Data Analysis Across EU Regions," 2013: Productivity and Its Impacts on Global Trade, June 2-4, 2013. Seville, Spain 152328, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
- Aytek Malkhozov & Philippe Mueller & Andrea Vedolin & Gyuri Venter, 2013. "Mortgage Hedging in Fixed Income Markets," FMG Discussion Papers dp722, Financial Markets Group.
- Boes, Stefan & Stillman, Steven, 2013. "Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Influence Youth Behaviour?," IZA Discussion Papers 7522, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).


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WIDE Martingale Collar
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***This WIDE version is 1.5" wide and better suited for large breed dogs. The regular Martingale collar is .75" wide.*** Our NEW Martingale Dog Collars are handmade to suit your best friend! They are extremely durable, useful, and stylish. Each Collar is built with our 550-spec military grade paracord and uses a stainless 3 ring chain. The collar slips over your dog's head. When you attach a leash, it will remain loose, until you pull it tight. The Dog Collar includes a stainless steel tongue in the center which is the perfect spot to attach any dog tags. A customized stainless steel dog tag embossed with your pup's information is available as an option in case he loses his way. This collar is approximately ¾" wide and great for dogs of all sizes. However, if you have a large breed dog, you may prefer the larger "WIDE" Martingale Collar.
Is your dog a sports nut? Get him a Survival Dog Collar in his favorite team colors! Is he an outdoor adventurer or a hunting dog? Deck him out in a Survival Collar built with camouflage paracord or some neon orange to match. Whatever the case, your pup will turn some heads and make the other dogs drool with jealousy.
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The best way to measure your pet's neck for our awesome Survival Straps Pet Collars is by using a fabric tape measure around their neck, about 2-3" behind the base of their ear. If you do not have a fabric tape measure, you may try to use a piece of string, but please keep in mind this may cause variances in your measurement and ultimately the collar. Please measure tightly, and don't worry we will properly add slack for the collar to fit comfortably according to the neck size. If your dog is extra fluffy in this area, tighten the tape slightly to compensate for the extra skin or hair in that area. Please do not measure your pets existing collar, as that will not give us an accurate neck measurement. If your measurement is in-between sizes, round down to the nearest inch.
What is Active Edge®
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What is Active Edge™?
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Active Edge™ is the first technology capable of infusing and embedding electromagnetic frequencies into fabrics and other materials. Our technology has been tested at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, the United States Department of Defense labs, several medical professionals and in several independent labs.
Survival Straps® has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to this technology, a scientifically proven, cutting-edge, proprietary, frequency technology developed here in America. When you order Active Edge™ as an option for your product it will be treated by our proprietary process that EMBEDS extremely low frequencies into the product itself.
What does it do?
When you wear an Active Edge treated product, medical experts believe that our technology safely stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, which increases blood flow, reduces inflammation and gives an uptick in oxygen intake. This helps the body to perform at a more optimal level in many ways.
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Like Flowers Blooming by Your Existence
Photographs by Tom Potter and Margaret Uhalde
April 22 – May 21
Closing Reception Saturday, May 21st 4 – 7 followed by live music
During his life in New York City, Tom Potter was a gallery owner, artist and musician. After his move to the Catskill Mountains, his graceful black and white photographs came to reflect an intimate observation of woodland details, evoking the resonance of natural and human life cycles. Tom passed away recently, and this exhibition honoring his life and work, pairs his images with those of Maggie Uhalde, a young artist and poet whose image and text pieces share a meditative approach to brief moments of contact and connection suspended within the stillness of reflection.


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A listing for Gamescom included ThatGameCompany's PS3 masterpiece as playable on PS4
The news that a version of Journey for PS4 could be on the way hit the internet after a listing for Sony's alleged Gamescom demos appeared on the German PlayStation Website.
It was reported that Journey along with other previously unconfirmed PS4 titles The Unfinished Swan, Until Dawn.and Surgeon Simulator would be playable at the event.
The post has since been pulled from the website with questions now raised with Sony as to the authenticity behind the fleeting glance of Gamescom PS4 demos.
For a point of comparison we have included the full list as posted by Gamespot. If the list is to be trusted then it's also noteworthy that Bloodborne will be playable.
- Battlefield: Hardline
- Bloodborne
- CounterSpy
- Driveclub
- Surgeon Simulator
- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Alien: Isolation
- Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
- Far Cry 4
- Guns Up!
- Assaulrt Android Cactus
- Pix the Cat
- Nom Nom Galaxy
- Nuclear Throne
- Galak-Z
- Project Cars
- Disney Infinity 2
- Hohokum
- Helldivers
- Destiny
- Until Dawn
- The Unfinished Swan
- The Order: 1886
- The Last of Us Remastered
- Super Exploding Zoo
- SingStar
- Minecraft
- LittleBigPlanet 3
- Killzone: Shadow Fall
- Journey
- Infamous First Light
- Hustle Kings
All will become clear when Gamescom starts next month. It is running from August 13th-17th in Cologne in Germany.


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TravellersPoint Terms & Conditions
I've just been checking the TravellersPoint Terms & Conditions of membership.I am guessing that TP is registered in The Netherlands, as there is mention of the general application of Dutch law.
1. Does this imply that anyone engaging the services of TP as an agent or otherwise, must go through the Dutch legal system in the event of any pecuniary loss?
2. There is nothing specific about intellectual property rights (particularly WRT to threads commenced & submitted by individual members) in the Terms & Conditions either.
For the benefit & fairness of existing & prospective members, please advise accordingly in the TP System Talk forum.


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Saturday, July 9, 2011
The Goddess of Love
The Goddess of Love is #59 in the Camfield series and was published in July 1988. Corena Melville is in Greece and has fallen in love with Lord Warburton. However, she may have to choose between her love and her father's life!
This is a very beautiful cover of our couple standing at the ruins in Greece. We see a beautiful scene of the countryside and a ruin where our couple has just completed their wedding vows. It is one that makes you want to pick up the book and see what it's all about.
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|Admiral Ramon and I at All-Con- photo by Jen Wang
|Our crew had some exciting adventures at All-Con last month. We did two screenings of Kevin Eslinger's Steampunk short film Nickel Children and four panels. We also performed out first installment of the "Histories of Kali's Hourglass"- "The Trouble with the Aztecs" which tells the story of how we met crew member Dr. Phineas Maxwell Edison. "The Trouble with the Aztecs" is also a story about multi-cultural competency and is full laughs. We also had some unexpected fun when a "talking pinata" failed to show up for it's panel and spent about 30 minutes joking and theorizing why it refused to show up. For more please see Admiral Ramon's article on the Steampunk Tribune site!
|Kali's Hourglass group photo right after the Multicultural Steampunk Ensembles
Our main crew voyage of this month is the Oklahoma Steampunk Exposition where we will be presenting our Steampunk Fashion Alchemy and the Multicultural Ensembles panels. We will be stopping by several times to visit fellow time travelers at the ever popular Scarborough Renaissance Festival on the second and fifth weekends of April.
|Ship's cook, Pennie and V Adm Radha
|Charity and Pennie with our mascot, Kracky
|Steampunk Illumination Society members at Rave Theatre for Sucker Punch
Please do join us and Steampunk Illumination Society for their first ever Society Picnic on Sunday April 10th at Victoria Park in Irving, TX.


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Support the Troops, Indeed.
If I had a dollar for every time I've heard this phrase, I wouldn't need a regular job. In today's environment, servicemembers who speak out against the war are roundly shouted down with a similar response. Since we volunteered during a time of war, conservatives say, we have no right to complain about the abuses we endure: lengthening deployments, foreshortened dwell times, increased strains on family, substandard medical care. Personally, I think that the demand should be higher simply BECAUSE we volunteered, but many on the American Right don't seem to agree with me. Apparently placing patriotism over principle isn't enough to qualify as a "Real American."
And now, it seems that the statement applies to our education.
Here's a phrase: "Support the Troops." Anybody remember this? Look, I'm the last person one will ever hear demanding deferential treatment. If anything, the effusive shows of gratitude often creep me out. But it is galling to me, hearing the warmongers in our midst shriek about full backing for our Armed Services, only to then turn about and say that we don't deserve adequate benefits because, well, "we volunteered." These, by the way, are the same people who threatened me for speaking out.
This is your movement conservatism, America: a cabal of corporate-media shills and the well-funded interests who control them. There is no "conservative intelligentsia," only a group of tanned pundits, drowning in a sea of Aqua-Net, who say whatever they're paid to. They'll beat the drum of war as long as they can, and then abandon those who answer the call.
These are your gods, Joe Six-Pack. These are your priests, your patriots. These are your emperors, and they have no clothes.
More to the point, they have no souls.


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What was intended to be Day 1's project made its grand debut at Day 4. I just didn't get the "14 Reasons Why I Love You Banner" finished in time, so my valentine will be getting 4 days of "why I love yous" in one day. Nothing to complain about, I dare say.
And how was it made? Just scroll down to check it out.
- Cardstock (I threw some paper bags in the mix, too.)
- Twine
- Glue Gun
- Sewing Machine & Thread
Cut out 14 long rectangles and fold into thirds. Cut the top into a triangle as seen below.
Break out that sewing machine. Fold the bottom half up onto the middle (keep the flap pointed up) and stitch along the edge. (After my first attempt, I actually started from the bottom so that I could do the entire edge in one shot. Efficiency, people, efficiency.)
Make a template of numbers, print, cut out and glue onto each envelope.
Heat up the glue gun, run a bead of glue just behind the flap and adhere the twine.
And that's it! A 14 Reasons Why I Love You Banner and
Day 4 down, 10 to go!


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(The best Twitter client ever created, for any platform.)
Georgia school board bans 'theory of math'#
The Cogdell School Board banned the teaching of the controversial "Theory Of Math" in its schools Monday. "We are simply not confident of this mysterious process by which numbers turn, as if by magic, into other numbers," board member Gus Reese said. "Those mathematicians are free to believe 3 times 4 equals 12, but that dun [sic] give them the right to force it on our children." Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation.
A command-line interface for OmniFocus#
Niche indeed, but exactly my kind of niche. Great work, Brett.
LaunchBar 5.1, now with "native" tweeting#
LaunchBar 5.1 just launched with a slew of new features, including automatic updates (finally!), maintaining your "Hide Dock Icon" preference across updates (finally!) and support for third-party event-creation utilities (e.g., Fantastical).
Another new feature is the ability to invoke--out of the box--an application's text-based service. For example, if you want to tweet with the Twitter app, you simply select the app from within LaunchBar, hit the space bar and bang out your tweet.
The hangup for me though is that you still are routed to the Twitter app (it just uses the system's Services functionality), where you finally can publish the tweet. It effectively is no different than selecting text in a document and choosing "Tweet" from the Services menu, or just using Twitter's "Global new tweet" shortcut, and actually is a bit slower than the latter.
If you want to tweet via LaunchBar, I think my solution still is the quickest, most elegant way to go about it.
Science, the cruel stranger#
The research suggests that what we believe typically depends on who gets to us first and how the issue is framed, which is why Christians typically come from Christian households, Muslims from Muslim households, and so on. Once we commit to this or that belief, our myriad biases and the complexity of the world assure that we can always convince ourselves of our rectitude. Not only do we game ambiguities, cherry-pick evidence and make inferences where none exist, we even rewrite our memories to bolster our cherished convictions. Our feeling of certainty, that sense of lucid, "but-it-has-to-be!" clarity you get when you think about God or economic justice or what have you, typically has little or no connection to the cogency, let alone the truth of the claims that trigger it. […]
And this is what makes the present science-religion debates seem so old-fashioned: They are literally several [unnerving revelations] behind the times. Evolution? Please. Believe it or not, the burning question now isn't whether God exists, but whether we exist - at least in any way that conforms to our traditional and intuitive assumptions. Just as physics showed us that solids are primarily empty space, cognitive science seems to be showing us that selfhood is a kind of user illusion.
Mac OS X Lion: What you need to know#
An excellent overview.
Human mutation rate slower than thought#
Combined with the results of three similar recent studies, the rate indicates that, on average, about one DNA chemical letter in every 85 million gets mutated per generation through copying mistakes made during sperm and egg production. The new rate means each child inherits somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 to 50 new mutations.
Previous measurements based on genetic comparisons between humans and chimpanzees had estimated the rate to be more than twice as fast. The discrepancy could mean that chimps and humans shared a common ancestor longer ago than many had thought.
Wren effectively is Birdhouse for the Mac, except that it lets you keep just three drafts. Regarding this limit, the FAQ says:
We like the idea of constraining the number of drafts. It helps keep focus on tweeting and not managing a huge list of potential tweets. We may eventually change our perspective, but we're pretty set on this.
OK, but I still don't get it. Why shouldn't the user be left to decide how many drafts they want to manage?
Also in the FAQ they entertain the idea of making an iPhone equivalent. Yes, please! But, I hope they don't stop there. What they should do--especially if they like making money--is remove the draft limit, create the iPhone app and have the two apps sync drafts via Dropbox (or similar). (I, and countless others, have long expressed our desire for Birdhouse to sync to anything, but it seems that request will forever go unfulfilled.) There's serious money to be made here.
Relatedly, if you use LaunchBar, you might consider the script I cobbled together for tweeting via LaunchBar. It's not as pretty (and wow, Wren definitely is pretty), but it is free.
The origin of the word "daemon"#
Our use of the word daemon was inspired by the Maxwell's daemon of physics and thermodynamics. Maxwell's daemon was an imaginary agent which helped sort molecules of different speeds and worked tirelessly in the background. We fancifully began to use the word daemon to describe background processes which worked tirelessly to perform system chores.
JavaScript MP3 decoder #
Is there anything JavaScript can't do?
Toward better "master passwords"#
A great post from the 1Password team regarding your "master password"--i.e., your "one" password--that controls access to all of your other passwords. It's good advice that's applicable to passwords in general.
While on the topic, if you're not using 1Password (or similar)--and you can afford it--then you're an idiot. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but there just isn't any excuse. (Same goes for not backing up your data. It's effectively free these days.)
If you're on the fence because of the price ($40), be sure to check out the Freelance Mac App Bundle, which includes 1Password and seven other great apps, for just $49. (This offer ends in four days, so move quick.)
Mother Gaia#
The HTTP Archive#
The HTTP Archive provides [a record of how the content of web pages is digitized and served]. It is a permanent repository of web performance information such as size of pages, failed requests, and technologies utilized. This performance information allows us to see trends in how the Web is built and provides a common data set from which to conduct web performance research.
This is pretty damn neat.
How to make any app look like iA Writer
I'm kind of obsessed with iA Writer for Mac. (If you haven't already, you might want to read my initial impressions of the app, which I penned soon after it was released last month.) The more I use it, the more I like it.
In fact, I've become so enamored with its aesthetic that I've spent a ton of time trying to replicate it across a few of my most-used apps--including the Readable bookmarklet I use for reading (long) web articles in a browser--and, I think it's safe to say, I've succeeded.
The three variables
This was the easiest part, and required no real work from me given that I had purchased Nitti Light--the font used by Writer for Mac and iPad--well before the Mac app was released. I fell in love with the font when I first saw it in iA's iPad app, and when I realized it was available for purchase, it was a no-brainer for me. For my money, Nitti Light is the perfect font for long-form writing and reading.
Font color
I spent forever trying to suss out the font color from the application's bundle, but ultimately came up empty. I looked in all the NIB and PLIST files, but couldn't find where they were defining the font color.
Finally, I decided I would just fire up the DigitalColor Meter and see if I could grab it that way. The reason I didn't go this route from jump is because I was worried about the anti-aliasing throwing me off from the true color (especially given that Writer doesn't let you modify the font size).
Then, it dawned on me that even at its set font size, I could just paste in a unicode glyph with a "large" solid area and see what the meter gave me. I tried multiple glyphs, and while the anti-aliasing still was a mild hindrance, there was no doubt I had determined the font's specified color: #424242 (rgb(66,66,66)).
Background image/color
It was fairly trivial to get a copy of the image Writer uses to tile the background; I simply scoured its application package looking for images appropriately named. You can find the image here:
.../iA Writer.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/backgroundPattern.png
Great, so we have the actual image, but what about the most likely scenario where we can't use an image for a background, and instead must specify a solid color?
As you can tell by just looking at the image (especially if you zoom in a fair amount), it basically is just white/grey 'noise.' Given that the color range of the small blocks that make up the image isn't terribly large, I figured I could get the 'general' color of the image via Photoshop using
Filter > Blur > Average, and sure enough the calculated color is pretty spot-on: #f5f6f6 (rgb(245,246,246)).
How to use this information
Armed with the above information, you obviously can simply change the font/document settings of your favorite app to match the values I determined. (I, for example, have done this for both nvALT and MarsEdit.)
However, you, like me, may want to use this setup for long-form reading, as well as writing. I recently wrote about an uber-configurable bookmarklet called Readable--that sanitizes web pages and makes them infinitely more, well, readable--and noted that I had configured it to use Nitti Light and the Solarized color scheme, which scheme I've written about before.
While Readable offers more configuration options than any other bookmarklet of its type, it doesn't explicitly allow for the defining of a background image (though, of course, it does let you define the background color); however, it does provide a simple mechanism by which you can use your own custom CSS. Realizing this, I set out to determine what CSS would be needed to make Readable render web pages to look like Writer.
It took quite a bit of work to figure out which element's background needed to be styled for the image to take, and as it turned out it actually was more than one, namely
box and
background. Once I had determined this, the resulting CSS1 was rather trivial:
#box, #background { background: url(path/to/file) repeat; }
So, when configuring Readable, set the font to Nitti Light, set its color to #424242, set the leading to 1.5, and then drop the above CSS into the "More CSS" box. Size to taste.
That's it. Now everything you write and read on your Mac can be made to look almost identical to Writer.
I believe there is some rule in Chrome--my browser of choice--that forbids you to reference local files within an
iframe(I could be completely wrong about this, and spent no time researching it), and I'm not sure at all about other browsers; the easiest thing to do is to just put the file on a web server somewhere and reference it via HTTP, like you would any other image. ↩
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The other apps are WriteRoom, Alarms, Radium, Arq and Billings.
Shawn Blanc surveys Backblaze, CrashPlan and Arq#
See also Jorge Quinteros' discussion of Mosaic, which bills itself as an archive (not backup) service for your Lightroom photos. (It's a neat service, but seems wildly expensive to me, unless, maybe, you're a professional photographer.)
Mitigating the risks of artificial superintelligence#
Ben Goertzel:
What do you think are the biggest misconceptions regarding existential risk -- both among individuals in the futurist community broadly conceived; and among the general public?
Michael Anissimov:
Underestimating the significance of superintelligence. People have a delusion that humanity is some theoretically optimum plateau of intelligence (due to brainwashing from Judeo-Christian theological ideas, which also permeate so-called "secular humanism"), which is the opposite of the truth. We're actually among the stupidest possible species smart enough to launch a civilization.
Human brain may be hardwired for hope#
Much of this fascinating article reminds me of Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution, by Leonard Shalin, which probably was the book I most enjoyed reading last year, and from which I learned the most.
There's a lot in the book about humans' initial correlations of sex with the birth of a child nine months later, and with that connection, the ability to travel mentally into the future, and ultimately, to envisage mortality.
As this piece notes, optimism has evolved in part in an effort to counter what otherwise could prevent us from endeavoring to move the species forward, namely the awareness of our own inexorable deaths.
We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic. On average, we expect things to turn out better than they wind up being. […]
But the [optimism] bias also protects and inspires us: it keeps us moving forward rather than to the nearest high-rise ledge. Without optimism, our ancestors might never have ventured far from their tribes and we might all be cave dwellers, still huddled together and dreaming of light and heat. […]
Scientists who study memory proposed an intriguing answer [to the prevalence of brains creating false or wildly innacurate memories]: memories are susceptible to inaccuracies partly because the neural system responsible for remembering episodes from our past might not have evolved for memory alone. Rather, the core function of the memory system could in fact be to imagine the future -- to enable us to prepare for what has yet to come. The system is not designed to perfectly replay past events, the researchers claimed. It is designed to flexibly construct future scenarios in our minds. […]
It is easy to see why cognitive time travel was naturally selected for over the course of evolution. It allows us to plan ahead, to save food and resources for times of scarcity and to endure hard work in anticipation of a future reward. […]
I think the following also may apply to the more pessimistic among us. Ahem.
People with mild depression are relatively accurate when predicting future events. They see the world as it is. In other words, in the absence of a neural mechanism that generates unrealistic optimism, it is possible all humans would be mildly depressed.
(Via Delivereads.)
Converting to Christianity changes your DNA#
That's just science.
Why more Americans are turning to "fake" news#
At the Fast Company Most Creative People in Business event last week, Onion editor Baratunde Thurston said that today's real news is farcical, and the lack of trust is so great that the audience has decided to cut out the middle man (aka the mainstream media), and go straight to the source.


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It's fact we can not, can not be immortals.
Not all is science, yet.
Rumors of resurrected individuals,
Remain just rumors.
Science on a spree
Cracking secrets of our troubled evolution.
In the longest running play
To beat death
We stand in for God.
God less,
God like,
God bless,
God Damn,
God sent,
Tree of knowledge.
Play mate,
Play ground,
Play dead,
Play God,
Until the end.
Science can not answer for all that is out there.
A temporary state... Perpetual debate.
Man made men march towards obscurity,
Numbered binary flesh.
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Metchnikoff, Élie ālē´ mĕch´nĭkôf [key], 1845–1916, Russian biologist. He studied in Russia and Germany, lectured at the Univ. of Odessa, and, after working with Pasteur in Paris, became (1904) deputy director of the Pasteur Institute there. He introduced the theory of phagocytosis, i.e., that certain white blood cells are able to engulf and destroy harmful substances such as bacteria. For his work on immunity he shared with Paul Ehrlich the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He developed a theory that lactic-acid bacteria ( B. acidophilus ) in the digestive tract could, by preventing putrefaction, prolong life and with P. P. É. Roux he experimented with calomel ointment as a treatment for syphilis. His writings include Immunity in Infectious Diseases (1905) and The Nature of Man (1938).
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Secret Service Says Couple Crashed State Dinner
They just love a good party.
That's what an attorney to Michaele and Tareq Salahi said a day after the Secret Service found that the Virginia couple crashed Tuesday's White House state dinner in an alleged security breach.
Paul Morrison, a Virginia attorney who has represented the couple on other matters, said Thursday that the Salahis "didn't do anything wrong."
"They just went to a party...I know they enjoy a good party. They're just good people," he said in an interview with the Associated Press, adding that he "can't imagine" why the Salahis would be in legal trouble.
The Secret Service is investigating its own security procedures after determining that the socialite couple managed to slip into the White House dinner even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
President Obama was never in any danger because the party crashers went through the same security screening for weapons as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Donovan said.
Donovan confirmed the identities of the couple. In a statement issued late Wednesday, Donovan said the agency has "tasked our Office of Professional Responsibility with conducting a comprehensive review of the incident which occurred at the White House State Dinner last night."
"Initial findings identified a Secret Service checkpoint which did not follow proper procedures to ensure that the two individuals named in a Washington Post story were on the invited guest list," he said.
The Salahis are a fixture in Washington's elite social circles. The couple founded America's Polo Cup and were reportedly being considered for the Bravo reality TV show "Real Housewives of D.C."
Dozens of photos posted on Michaele Salahi's Facebook page show the beaming couple pictured with Britain's Prince Charles, former President Bill Clinton, Arizona Sen. John McCain and Oprah Winfrey.
In an interview with the "CBS Early Show" in September, she said, "President Obama has made it very accessible for anyone to visit the White House, so that's like a big thing right now."
The CBS interview was part of a segment on potential candidates for "Real Housewives of D.C." but never was aired.
The Secret Service learned about the security breach Wednesday after a media inquiry prompted by the Salahis' online boasts about having attended the private event, Donovan said.
"I was honored to be invited to attend the First State Dinner hosted by President Obama and the First Lady to honor India," Michaele Salahi wrote Wednesday in a posting on Facebook. Her profile page on the social networking site is adorned with pictures of the couple at the state dinner, standing alongside Vice President Joe Biden, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, CBS News anchor Katie Couric and Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif.
Donovan would not comment on whether the couple had been contacted by the Secret Service, how long they were on the White House grounds or other details of the investigation.
The Washington Post reported that the Salahis could face a potential trespassing charge unless someone from inside the White House staff slipped them in.
Donovan would not comment on possible legal violations.
"It's important to note that they went through all the security screenings -- the magnetometer screening -- just like all the other guests did," Donovan said in his statement. And, he added, Obama and others under Secret Service protection had their usual security details with them at the dinner.
The Salahis are no strangers to controversy. The couple reportedly is involved in a long-running ownership dispute with Tareq Salahi's parents over the Oasis Winery in Hume, Va., which has filed for bankruptcy. Salahi took his mother's attorney to court last year after accusing him of punching him. The lawyer was found not guilty.
The couple also is being sued by a caterer who claims they failed to pay a bill for services rendered at their polo organization.
Click here to see photos of the Salahis at the dinner
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EmptyKenny Chesney leads the field with seven nominations for the 42nd annual Country Music Assn. Awards.
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Chesney, Strait, Sugarland, Paisley and Keith Urban will vie for entertainer of the year, which Chesney won last year.
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It was just last week that Stewie Griffin tried to get a part on his favorite show. Stewie's interest in acting continues this week when he makes his theatrical debut in a school play. Sadly, the experience proves to be too much for Stewie. Meanwhile, Carrie Fisher returns to voice Angela, Peter Griffin's boss. Angela has developed feelings for Peter and makes Peter uncomfortable with her advances. Also, Peter gets a new job as a paparazzo. You can catch "Peter-assment" when Family Guy airs this Sunday, March 21st, at 9:00pm ET on Fox. Source Here
Check out a first look at FAMILY GUY "Go, Stewie, Go!" Season 8 Episode 13 airing this Sunday March 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Episode Synopsis: Stewie wants to audition for his favorite show, "Jolly Farm," but when he finds out they are only auditioning little girls, he creates and alter ego by dressing up a la "Tootsie." Meanwhile, Meg finds herself a normal guy to date and shocks the entire city of Quahog in the all-new "Go Stewie Go" episode ofFAMILY GUY airing Sunday, March 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Source & More Photos
Check out a first look at Anne Hathaway who is making a guest voice appearance in an upcoming episode of FAMILY GUY titled "Go Stewie Go" Season 8 Episode 13 airing Sunday, March 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Hathaway will play as Mother Maggie, the star of Stewie's favorite TV show. Episode Synopsis: Stewie cross-dresses in order to star in the American version of Jolly Farm Review. Meanwhile, Peter makes Lois feel bad about her age. Source & More Photos
Check out a first look at Lucas Grabeel who is making a guest voice appearance in an upcoming episode of FAMILY GUY titled "Go Stewie Go" Season 8 Episode 13 airing Sunday, March 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Grabeel will play Anthony, a "normal" guy who is dating Meg which surprises her parents. Episode Synopsis: FAMILY GUY "Go Stewie Go" Season 8 Episode 13 - Stewie cross-dresses in order to star in the American version of Jolly Farm Review. Meanwhile, Peter makes Lois feel bad about her age. Source Here
Check out a first look at FAMILY GUY "Extra Large Medium" Season 8 Episode 12 airing this Sunday February 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Episode Synopsis: When Chris and Stewie go missing for several days, Lois is at her wit's end until she sees a psychic who assures her they are safe. Even after the boys return home, Lois and Peter's psychic obsession continues, and Peter takes it a step too far when he starts charging neighbors for his extrasensory perception. Meanwhile, Chris develops a crush on a girl at school in the all-new "Extra Large Medium" episode of FAMILY GUY airing Sunday, Feb. 14 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Voice Cast: Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin and Quagmire; Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin; Seth Green as Chris Griffin; Mila Kunis as Meg Source & More Photos
[Press Release - Released by FOX] Over the past 10 years, FAMILY GUY has entertained audiences with outrageous antics, irreverent humor, dazzling musical numbers and side-splitting cutaway gags. Since its debut in 1999, the series has spawned a legion of die-hard fans. Now, asFAMILY GUY gets ready to celebrate its 150th episode Sunday, May 2 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX, it solidifies its place in American pop culture. "150 episodes? And to think people said we wouldn't make it past Season Two," said Brian Griffin. "Technically, they were right. Good foresight on their part." "150 episodes, and yet I haven't aged," said Stewie Griffin. "Is there something wrong with me? Oh, no! Do I have that Emmanuel Lewis thing?" In the 150th episode, "Brian and Stewie," the series honors two of its breakout characters, BRIAN (voiced by MacFarlane) and STEWIE (voiced by MacFarlane). When the pair get locked in a bank vault, they are forced to deal with each other on a whole new level. Unlike any otherFAMILY GUY episode, the acts will play out in real time as Brian and Stewie react to being locked in a small space with no baby food or martinis to keep them from losing their minds while they hatch an escape plan. Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2009, FAMILY GUY is the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. With more than 18 million combined DVD units sold, it is the largest-selling TV series ever. FAMILY GUY follows the adventures of lovable oaf PETER GRIFFIN (voiced by MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. The series also features the voice talents of Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis, and has featured guest voice appearances by a wide range of notables, including Drew Barrymore, Lauren Conrad, Robert Downey Jr., Rob Lowe, Hugh Hefner, Will Ferrell, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kiefer Sutherland, James Woods, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and legendary rock group KISS. FAMILY GUY is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer, while Steve Callaghan and Mark Hentemann are executive producers/show-runners. David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith serve as executive producers, and Kara Vallow serves as producer. Source Here
Check out a first look at Chace Crawford making a voice guest appearance in an upcoming episode of FAMILY GUY "Dial Meg for Murder" Season 8 Episode 11 airing Sunday January 31 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Episode Synopsis: Brian gets a gig writing for a teen magazine about the average American girl, but when he starts trailing Meg for research he discovers that her desperate attempts at dating have led her to a guy in the slammer. When Brian tries to expose Meg's secret to the family, he finds that her boyfriend, Luke (guest voice Crawford), has broken out of jail and has been hiding in the Griffin's house in the all-new "Dial Meg for Murder" episode of FAMILY GUY airing Sunday, Jan. 31 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Source & More Photo
" Family Guy " once again landed itself on hot water when it aired an episode where Carter Pewterschmidt was given a lap dance by a stripper. The Parents Television Council (PTC) is not happy with the situation, arguing that the Fox animation is one of the most-watched programs with children 6 to 11. PTC has filed a complaint to Federal Communications Commission about the Sunday, December 13 episode. "In the episode, loutish Peter takes his father-in-law and friends to a strip club named the Fuzzy Clam. Peter tells a stripper to perform a lap dance on his father-in-law. She bends over and waggles her rear before his face," PTC starts with the description of the particular scene. " 'Do I stick the money right inside of her?' he asks. When Peter replies, 'No, you do not,' his father-in-law asks, 'Why? Have you done that before?' Peter giggles nervously. As the woman briefly rubs her rear against the father-in-law's crotch, he asks, 'When do I hit her?' Peter pours beer down his in-law's throat and orders the stripper to 'give this old bastard the ride of his life'." "The stripper writhes up and down against the father-in-law's body, shakes her breasts in his face, then straddles his lap and thrusts her groin against his. Lois' father grunts in pleasure, then spasms and collapses to the ground as he has a heart attack." In their argument, PTC says, "Apparently Fox must believe that because the program is animated it can air anything it wants on 'Family Guy' no matter how inappropriate or indecent. Fox hides behind satire and animation as an 'excuse' to air the foulest material imaginable, but Fox needs to learn that broadcast decency laws apply to all broadcast programming aired during the time when children are most likely to be watching." FOX chose to give no comment to this. Meanwhile, the episode which becomes the subject of complaint can be found at Hulu.com. Source Here
No new episode of House until January 25, but if you watch your cartoons, you've probably seen Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) on another show Wednesday, albeit an animated one. Laurie lent his voice on the Family Guy episode "Business Guy" this week, and while he was only on a few scenes and said only a few lines, it was dead on, and his scenes were among the funniest on the episode. "My methods are a little unorthodox, Mr. Griffin," he tells Peter, after throwing a book explicitly titled Rulebook out the window. A little exaggerated and overt, but that's kind of the thing with Family Guy. It's not the first time the Brit made a guest appearance on the show. On the episode, Peter's father-in-law Carter suffered a heart attack and was sent to (I presume) Princeton Plainsboro hospital under the care of House. Carter went into a coma, and the first thing House did was to punch him just to see that he wasn't faking it. House made more appearances throughout the episode, giving Peter advice on running the company and later he was revealed to be the guy in the swamp monster suit. Scooby Doo, anyone? In fact, Laurie wasn't the only popular television character on the cartoon closer. Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki, who plays Sheldon and Leonard on CBS' The Big Bang Theory also appear as their characters. Both Family Guy and House are on Fox. Source Here
After Brian accidentally kills another dog, and no one seems to care, he tries to convince everyone that they should value the life of a dog the same as a human. Meanwhile, Lois hires a maid who doesn't listen to Peter. Watch & Discuss: Watch Family Guy: Season 8, Episode 8 - 'Dog Gone' Read Family Guy's Review: Season 8, Episode 8 - 'Dog Gone'
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Jayne had a wonderful 13th Birthday. We had a lovely Roast chicken supper with all the trimmings.
I made from Jayne's request a desert pizza birthday cake.
Just what she ordered
Here are a few pictures from Saturday night
Jaynes birthday supper was super delish. She had nachos, Jill and I had fish &chips.
Jill did not want cake just ice cream.
The girls
We had our very own box seats. Ours even had a couch in it.
Jillian also got her report card on Monday and it was straight A's as usual. Way to go Jill!
Justin and Jayne only get there's later at different times.
Tuesday was one of those days that I wished I could have just went back to bed and let it go by.
It started off with a cool morning, with having to get the fires going. The kiddies got up to maple sausages, and pancakes.
Jayne got up not feeling good,and she did not touch her breakfast. She had a sore belly and sore head. After taking something for it she decided to go to school and at least try as she has so much work at school going on right now that she would fall behind staying home.
It was also nurse day for my Mom. She called late as we now have a new nurse. This put me behind:(
Mom was not having a good day, she was very week, hallucinations, and a low sugar:( but the nurse also decided there was not to much they could do and decided only to come every second week now....again :(
I was only able to come home later then I usually do and I came home to no power. The power did come back on after a couple of hours, but no phone. It is still out and the phone company is not sure why and what is wrong
Then I allow the kids to bring there iPods to school with them as long as they keep them in there book bags. It is a long bus ride and they find reading on the bus makes them motion sickness.
Well poor Jill had hers in her book bag and a little boy in her class took it out of her front pouch of her book bag while it was on her back. She did not know until she got on her bus. She thought he was just punching on Her back.
She cried all evening.
I had to go into town this morning and take Jill to school so I could let the teacher know what had happened. they are going to look into it.
Jayne came home feeling better. Thank goodness. Hubby came home from work a little early, and Justin went to set some more snares.
We had chicken fried rice, boneless pork chops in cream of mushroom soup, and coleslaw.
I did up after supper a 5 gallon pale of beautiful ripe tomatoes that were grown in a greenhouse and given to me from a friend of ours that supply produce to the local grocery stores. He dropped them off Sunday and I have ben putting them off. What a lovely treat.
The kiddies have Friday off for teachers meeting and were are planning a family day to the big city three hours away. Hubby is taking the day off, and my Dad has it off as well to look after my Mom. I am looking so forward to just getting away with my family.
We want to get a little Christmas shopping done, go to the big craft sale, go to John Derre, Costco, and the big Mall. And yes even Wal Mart. :)
Tonight's supper is fried steak, and cheese scalloped potatoes.
I so hope Jill comes home Happy.
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once again i must apologise for my absence from whatwilliwear as i have recently been finishing up my leaving cert and thought i probably should dedicate some time to studying. so with the memory of exams quickly fading away and the lure of summer (and the rest of my life) awaiting me, i cannot but be excited at the prospect of throwing out my uniform in exchange for some fresh, fun, funky, fabulous outfits. holiday shopping always excites me even though i usually only end up with a few bikinis and t shirts which inevitably end up lost by the end of summer. Read the rest of this entry »


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COA signed Distributorship with Calnex Solutions
Cyber On-Air (Asia) Limited ("COA") announced today that it has recently signed a Reseller Agreement with FSMLabs and Pravala Networks respectively as their reseller in Hong Kong and Macau. COA has been authorized to sell FSMLabs TimeKeeper NTP/PTP software and Pravala Networks WiFi offload solutions.
FSMLabs TimeKeeper software sets and synchronizes operating system and application time from network sources (either PTP or NTP) or directly from a clock such as a GPS receiver (which can be on a PCI card, connected over a serial line, etc.). Aside from TimeKeeper's industry leading precision, it has unique capabilities such as automatic fault detection and recovery, traceability (for keeping evidence that system time tracked a reference time like NIST) and powerful administration tools.
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Dwayne's World
Thought For The Day
What goes around comes back around
You reap what you sow
An eye for an eye
Why are some of the most memorable sayings about getting back at someone?
To err is human, to forgive divine
Turn the other cheek
Forgive and forget
What about these sayings regarding forgiveness?
Why is it easier to harbor resentment and seek revenge than it is to forgive? Is it because it takes MORE energy to forgive? I mean think about it. To TRULY forgive, you have to dig deep into your inner self, while often accepting responsibility for your own role in the situation; whereas, to hold that grudge, to seek that revenge, to place that blame, YOU are in the clear of fault (at least in your mind).
It's funny (ironic) that we often wear bracelets or display bumper stickers saying "WWJD". Hmm....they even come in various colors. Are we simply making a fashion statement or a spiritual one?
Here is today's thought:
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
---Mahatma Gandhi
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Dustin White Named <i>Golfworld's </i>'College Player of the Week'
March 13, 2002
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State junior Dustin White has been named College Player of the Week by Golfworld in the March 15 issue of the magazine.
White, who is No. 12 in this week's Golfstat Cup rankings, earned the national honor by virtue of his seven-shot individual victory at the Coastal Carolina Invitational at Myrtle Beach, S.C., March 5. White carded rounds of 68-69-67 to post a school record 54-hole total of 204 (-12), seven shots better than Virginia Tech's Brendon De Jonge, who is No. 5 is this week's Golfstat rankings.
In recording his first career win, White bested a field that featured six golfers ranked in the top 50 in the Golfstat poll.
'I'm speechless,' WSU Head Coach Walt Williams said of White's honor. 'This is one of the neatest things I ever had happen to a player.'
'It is tremendous for him and tremendous for Washington State University golf,' Williams added. 'Obviously, it is an incredible honor for Dustin and it reflects his work ethic and dedication to the game. I can't express how excited I am.'
In posting his sixth top-six finish of the season, the Pueblo West, Colo., native led the Cougars to an 18-stroke victory over Southern Methodist University at the Myrtle Beach Grande Dunes Resort Course. The win marked the second consecutive victory and the third triumph of the 2001-02 season by WSU. The Cougars captured the Vandal Invitational, Sept. 25 and the Inland Collegiate Challenge, Feb. 18.
White has not finished out of the top 24 in any of the eight tournaments he has competed in this season and leads the Cougars with a 70.7 scoring average.
WSU, ranked No. 18 in this week's Golfstat poll, returns to action at the Sam Houston State Bearkat Classic, March 18-19 at Montgomery, Texas.
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These elegant wedding invitations feature bride and broom's first names printed on the pink banner with the event details printed below. The beautiful design continues on the back the invitation.
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The Deadliest Game weaves a horrifying and unthinkable tale of a terrorist plot against U.S. consumers using a toy company and the owner as the key to the plot's success. Blair Mulligan - divorced and still obsessing about it - is a thirty-five-year-old executive in the toy industry who wants nothing more than to achieve success with a brand new electronic gaming system that has the potential to revolutionize his business. However, a sinister force is at play, a force that threatens to wreak havoc across the United States. Blair's six-year-old daughter is used as a pawn, and Blair must make the one decision no father should ever have to make - to save his daughter or the lives of several thousand other children.
My Review:
The fact that Blair is a toy manufacturer is a small part of who he is. He is a father, friend, ex-husband, and an extremely smart man. The people Blair came in contact with are people that you read about or hear about on the news. The life he was forced to live and the things he had to endure were true life happenings to some people. The fact that his daughter got caught in the crosshairs of these horrible people made the plot all that more entrancing. I was hoping and praying that she would come out okay, but deep down knowing that anyone who was living a life like she was could not come out unscathed.
Hal Ross wrote a book unlike any that I have every read before. It hit on the scary truth that this world has become. There are people out there that are this horrible. It opened my eyes to the world of the Middle East, but I do realize that not all people in the Middle East are like those in this book. You hear the stories on the news and read about them in the paper, it is very scary to truly understand that they are in the United States and taking advantage of the freedom that we as American's are allowed.
Once I started this book I was unable to put it down. This was a book that I thought about even when I was not reading it and hoping to hurry back to it when I was busy with other things. While unsure what to really expect when I started this book, I am very happy to share this with all my friends, male or female. This is a murder, mystery book at its best.
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On Wednesday, we took Cherry and her best buddy Jem to the Melbourne Museum for Romp & Stomp family fun day! The museum was transformed into a children's wonderland packed full of activities, games and entertainment for the little ones.
This week one lucky Cherry and Me follower will WIN a Family Pass to the Melbourne Museum! To enter this fabulous GIVEAWAY: Like Cherry and Me on Facebook and then share this link on your Facebook wall.
Entries close midnight 03/11/12. The winner will be selected at random and notified via email.
Hello Cherry and Jem!
Getting close with nature in the Forest Walk
Running wild in the outdoor play area
Making friends will a spot of loop throwing
Entranced by the animal magnetic wall
Playing dress-ups with the Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Life drawing with the dinosaurs
Following in her mumma's artistic footsteps!
Getting Tangled in the elastic jungle!
Bye bye museum. Moments later, Cherry and Jem were fast asleep in the back of the car!


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Not only handy for their hauling power and mountain climbing abilities, hairy yaks also produce milk which can be made into nutritious food like yoghurt and cheese.
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