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Ford (WB8IMY), writes in a QST article, that "The problem with
Packet, as far as HF communication is concerned, is that it requires
strong quiet
signals at
both ends of the path to function efficiently. Packet doesn't tolerate
signal fading, noise or interference, which makes it a poor choice for
the chaotic world of HF" (Ford). Because of this, Packet is primarily
to pass routine traffic and data between areas where VHF repeaters may
be lacking. Still popular with TNC users, there are some software
programs available for use with PC sound cards. One of them is
the AGWPacket Engine, which came as part of the software suite for many
of the Rigblaster products. It can also be downloaded
is a PSK mode, unveiled in 1993 by HAL Communications, which
provides a full duplex simulation. Steve Ford, WB8IMY, wrote in a QST
article that CLOVER "was one of the first HF digital modes to use
sophisticated data coding, coupled with complex modulation schemes and
digital processing technology, in an effort to overcome the vagaries of
HF." CLOVER has impressive performance even in the face of weak signals
and terrible band conditions. Its key characteristics are bandwidth
efficiency with high error-corrected data rates. CLOVER adapts to
conditions by constantly monitoring the received signal. Based on this
monitoring the program determines the best modulation scheme to use.
its release the initial price tag put CLOVER out of the reach of many
hams, dampening interest in the mode, but price reductions and the
introduction of CLOVER II has helped it retain a small, yet dedicated
following. In order to use CLOVER, you must have a HAL processor, a
computer, and a single sideband transceiver.
Martinez (G3PLX), who is responsible for adapting the commercial SITOR
mode as AMTOR for the amateur radio bands, is credited with inventing
PSK31. Over the last decade the
mode has been among the most popular of
all HF digital modes, especially for keyboard-to-keyboard operating,
but that almost wasn't the case. In 2001, Steve Ford,
author of the ARRL HF
Digital Handbook, wrote
that "for a few years, PSK31 languished in obscurity because special
DSP hardware was required to use it. But in 1999, Martinez designed a
version of PSK31 that needed nothing more than a common sound card"
(Ford). To make it even better, the software was made available for
free. Shortly thereafter, other programs like DigiPan and WinPSK, made
operating PSK31 easier than ever.
PSK31 is not
an error free digital mode, although improved versions such as the PSKR
varieties have been developed to improve on its lack of robustness
under adverse conditions. PSKR uses a similar design as the MFSK modes,
with a convolutional encoder and interleaver, however this comes at the
expense of data speed (which is sometimes divided in half when compared
to standard BPSK). The PSKR modes are designed for use with
data transfer applications
such as pskmail, flarq, or other automated-repeat-request
to Greenman, "the BPSK modes work well on a quiet, single-hop
path, but give poor performance in most other conditions"
(Greenman). BPSK31 is the default
calling mode, although PSK63F (which does use a form of Forward Error
Correction) is also well suited for keyboard-to-keyboard
chat. The slower QPSK modes seem most affected by ionospheric
doppler phase changes, although Differential PSK helps to maintain sync
and reduce the effects of doppler, by allowing the receiver to measure
phase difference from symbol to symbol.
Operating BPSK31 using FLDIGI. Note, the
various red lines on the waterfall indicate other stations.
couple of
excellent software programs for PSK31 are FLDIGI
and DigiPan.
wide bandwidth of MT63 makes it less
desirable on crowded ham bands
such as 20 or 80 meters, where the movement has been toward narrow
signals like PSK31. Also, the complex modulation scheme brought about
issues with getting FCC approval for amateur use.
MT63 has, however, become the mode of preference for MARS traffic nets.
In a Navy MARS report on the mode, it was concluded that operation was
"easy and inexpensive," and that MT63, "especially at 2000Hz, is much
faster than AMTOR or Packet FEC" (Navy MARS).
is yet another new DSP sound card mode, which uses a possible 9 tones
spaced 8 or 16 Hz apart, which gives a bandwidth of 72 or 144 Hz
respectively. According to Ernie Mills, (WM2U), the mode has "three
transmission speeds, 1, 2 and 4 throbs/sec which gives data rates of
10, 20 and 40 wpm respectively." THROB is an experimental mode written
by Lionel Sear, G3PPT, who is active in the development of many small
programs for amateur radio use, including a variation of Hellschrieber,
called Slowfeld. The THROB program, according to J. Duffy Beishel,
(WB8NUT), is "an attempt to push DSP into the area where other methods
fail because of sensitivity or propagation difficulties and at the same
time work at a reasonable speed" (Beishel).
excellent soundcard programs that feature THROB are Multipsk
FLDIGI, as well as the program
Sear developed for the mode, called THROB 2000.
the RTTY machine, in which received pulses determine the character to
be, the
Hellschreiber uses the transmitted pulses to directly
write images
of characters on
paper tape. Thus, according to Hans Evers (PA0CX), "Hellschreiber
writing could be considered a type of facsimile, covering seven images
per character, with seven elements per line." The Hellschreiber
of the World War II Wehrmacht type that Evers used is described
as being "somewhat slower than the RTTY machine," producing 2 1/2
characters per second. Nevertheless, he says, "a respectable 25 words
per minute is achieved."
author of the ARRL HF
Digital Handbook, describes the Hellschreiber as being visual, "That is to
say, the signals paint
the text on your screen much in the same sense that a television or fax
signal paints an image" (Ford).
a variation of Hellschreiber, works by keying a CW transmitter on for
every black portion in a text character, and off for every white space.
This method has captured the interest of QRP operators since it
requires only a simple CW transceiver to be used with sound
software on a PC. Another variation, called Multi-tone Hell, or
MT-HELL, creates text images by using different frequencies (or tones),
to represent the black and white areas.
Operating Feld Hell using FLDIGI, during
Feld Hell Club net on 40 meters
is a digital protocol intended for amateur radio communications with
extremely weak signals. The mode debuted as part of the WSJT software
suite developed by Nobel Prize winning scientist, Dr. Joe Taylor
(K1JT). Designed to optimize Earth-Moon-Earth contacts and meteor
scatter on VHF (or UHF), the mode has become popular
of late
on the HF bands as well. If you're tuning around the weak signal
portions of the bands, you may have already come across its strange
musical tones of varying pitch and wondered what it was.
Operating JT65A with Multipsk on 40
uses precisely timed transmit-received sequences. You transmit for
about 1 minute and listen for one minute. Transmission actually begins
1 second after the start of a UTC minute and stops precisely 46.8
seconds later. There is a 1270.5 Hz synchronizing tone, and 64
tones. Messages sent via JT65 are compact and efficient. They usually
include just the basic information required for a valid contact, such
as call signs, grid locators, and signal reports. EME
operators may just send "RO," which means "I've copied both calls and
my signal report, and your report is...", "RRR," which means
QSO is complete," and "73," which means "best regards, end of
has three sub-modes known as JT65A, B and C. They are identical except
for the spacing between transmitted tone intervals. At the present
time, JT65A is generally used on HF and 6 meters, JT65B on 144 and 432
MHz, and JT65C on 1296 MHz.
Slow Scan Television (SSTV)
Slow Scan Television is a
method of transmitting medium and high resolution images over the air
using standard audio modulation. Most modern SSTV activities are
computer based, and are relatively easy to set up. All that is required
to join the fun is a radio, a sound card interface, and a PC with SSTV
Martin (M1) and Scottie (S1) modes, which are two of the most popular
today, have returned to RGB encoding. Both use a single horizontal sync
pulse for each set of RGB scans, and differ only in the timing.
Another innovation, introduced
by Robot Research, is Vertical-Interval-Signalling, which is a way of
encoding the transmission mode into the vertical sync signal. VIS is
composed of a start bit, 7 data bits, an even parity bit, and a stop
bit, each 30 ms long. To this day, every new transmission mode has
adopted Robot's scheme and has assigned codes to their particular mode.
With each mode having a unique VIS code, this allows software
programs to automatically select the correct mode when set to
automatic receive.
SSTV picture quality can vary
widely depending on the mode, and the receiver's ability to detect
synchronization pulses. There are a wide variety of standards for
picture size. Typically, pictures are 128 lines long and take about
eight seconds to send and resolution is around 320 X 240.
An excellent software
programs for use with SSTV Is MMTTY
Digital Slow Scan Television
(Digital SSTV)
The latest evolution in the
transmission of high quality images is "Digital SSTV." Although not
actually Slow Scan Television, the name seems to have stuck since the
mode is used to send pictures in a similar fashion. Popular softwares
include DIGTRX and Easypal, which use the DRM platform to send images
by file transfer.
The advantage over analogue
SSTV, according to Paul
Young (G0HWC), is the error correction. "With error correction you get
a perfect image IE what is sent is what you receive "(Young). Another
program currently under development is KGSTV, which is not compatible
with Easypal or DIGTRX. KGSTV works by "mimicking" analog SSTV, but
instead of scanning an image line by line, KG scans the image in blocks
of 16X16 pixels. 15 scan lines consist of 20 blocks of 16X16 pixels,
that during transmission, are compressed and digitally encoded
one-by-one. The program allows the use of two types of digital
modulation - MSK (2 levels) and MSK (4 levels). Minimum Shift
Keying (MSK), is an FSK phase that continues where the frequency
deviation is equal to half the signalling rate in baud. The time it
takes to send an image depends on the mode chosen. KGSTV also allows
compression to be adjusted, which has obvious effects on the quality of
images, especially JPEGs.
For more information on
Digital SSTV, please click on the links below:
Amateur Radio Wiki.net.
24 December 2011.
Phil. (also Michael Huslig, Glenn Prescott, and Karl
Medcaff). "G-TOR
Background Research." Kantronics Corporation.
<http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/~nb6z/g-tor.htm> 9
March 2011.
Beischel, J. Duffy. "Digital
Modes Information Page." PP 1-4.
<http://wb8nut.com/digital> 9 March 2011.
Frank. "RTTY - Radio Teletype." Web article, and RTTY tape
"Franks Ham Radio."
Ford, Steve. "The HF Tower of
Babel." QST Magazine.
January 2001. PP 50-53. ARRL Publishing. Newington, CT
M. "PSK Modes." FL DIGI Help Topics. PP 1-3.
9 March
Langner, John. "Slow-Scan
Television." 2003 ARRL Handbook. sec. 12.39. American Radio Relay
League. Newington, CT.
McMasters, Jim. "Meteor
Scatter." Audio file. <http://www.qsl.net/kd5bur> 9 March
Mills, Ernie. "Digital World
Homepage." Various Topics. <http://www.qsl.net/wm2u> 9
March 2011.
Institute of Australia. "Radioteletype, RTTY."
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The FBI regularly receives raw, unproven, ax-to-grind material. Its job is to independently investigate such allegations to determine if there is any there there. That was especially crucial in this case because Steele was not a witness to any of claims he relayed, but merely conveyed hearsay. Instead of identifying and interviewing those figures, the government committed a gross dereliction of duty by simply trusting Clinton's henchman.
It's long past time to put this already debunked nonsense to bed. The FBI had already been investigating at least two of these individuals before they even joined the Trump campaign, which is one of the main reasons they looked closer at the Steele dossier. It independently corroborated detailed information they had previously discovered themselves, of the movements and activities of some of the principals, including Carter Page.
But of course Zane omits that fact from his diatribe, because it undermines his whole argument. Something else he omits in his Kool Aid-laced regurgitation of some of the wackier Fox News guests' false narratives is just who Christopher Steele is.
He's a former MI-6 operative recruited out of Cambridge, and before he left the service, he headed the Russia Desk at MI-6 for nearly four years. In other words, he wasn't just some paparazzi scrounging up dirty deeds by people, he understood perfectly well the proper methods for obtaining and analyzing gathered intelligence, and he had a keen understanding of literally all the Russian players in this game, be they spies, businessmen, or valuable and credible sources.
I'm not going to quote any more of Zane's nonsense, because it's all the same: Trying to question the reasons for the FBI's interest in certain individuals, while omitting the very reasons they were interested. And the assorted indictments, convictions, and plea bargains that have taken place since the investigation began. To read this piece of stinking garbage with no previous knowledge on the subject, you would think nothing had yet been discovered. Making Zane guilty of journalistic malpractice, among his many other faults.
Again, the News & Observer needs to take a much closer look at what they are giving ink and column space to. I understand there's sometimes a fine line between opinion and outright propaganda, but Zane has crossed that line one too many times, and the paper is doing its readers, even conservative readers, a serious injustice.


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At the time they had never been to Brazil, but they were adamant that this promise land was part of their musical DNA. The duo of PHILIPPE COHEN SOLAL and CHRISTOPH H. MÜLLER, two producers from the electronic sphere, experiment under this alias - a technique that will become their signature.
Teaming with local musicians and running a tape recorder to collect original material that they will use as a matrix to sculpt an oldie meets futuristic soundtrack. The pair worked it out with, among others, Rolando Faria and Luis Antonio de Moraes da Silva, two Paris-based Brazilians who shone in the band Les Étoiles.
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Between the fragrances of Bachianas Brasileiras dear to Villa-Lobos, collateral homages to Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes and the trepidations of bloques de samba, they gave birth to a double album presenting the duality of their desires: on one aide a cool ambience, a down tempo climate apt to stress their taste for the song format, and on the other an accelerated pace to bring the dance floor to the trance of crushy rhythms.


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Sport had a nice point but the bird flushed into a thicket and Dan won't shoot, what he can't see. That's a good thing, since I am usually lurking around somewhere trying to get a picture.
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We're having a wonderful fall here in Montana and it's been nice to see the grouse population doing well again. It's getting dark earlier now and cutting in to hunting time. The grouse don't seem to mind. Although there are optimum times to increase your odds of seeing a bird, you can also find one at almost any time of the day. Funny little bird.


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Colwyn Bay Pier lottery grant boosts restoration plans
Plans to restore a Grade II listed pier in north Wales have been boosted with a heritage lottery grant of nearly £600,000.
The money will be used by Conwy council to develop plans to restore Victoria Pier in Colwyn Bay to its former glory.
It is part of a wider £56m regeneration scheme in the town.
Ownership of the pier has been in dispute with a former owner fighting to get it back from the council.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant announced on Friday will be used to develop plans including a restoration of the pier's Art Deco pavilion.
In its heyday the pavilion hosted performances ranging from comedians Morecambe and Wise and Harry Secombe to musician Elvis Costello.
Community support
It has been closed to the public since 2008 and is described as being in a "critical condition".
Manon Williams, chair of HLF in Wales, said: "The pier not only sits in the heart of Colwyn Bay but also holds a prominent position in the resort's history and that of Welsh seaside architecture.
"The project, which is integral to the regeneration of Colwyn Bay, has strong support from the community with significant opportunities for job creation, training and volunteering and would provide a significant boost for the local economy."
The grant of £594,900 will also allow the council to apply for more funding from HLF in order to bid for the full award of £4,379,600 to complete the scheme.
Councillor Mike Priestley, chair of the Pier Project Board, said the support of HLF was a "major step forward for the future of the pier and the potential it has to contribute to the regeneration of Colwyn Bay waterfront and the wider community".
If the second round of grant applications is successful Conwy council plans to hand over the management of the restored pier to a community company called Colwyn Bay Shore Thing Ltd.
It is hoped that project will then attract a team of 100 volunteers to take part in the management of the pier.
Earlier this month the High Court ordered a fresh hearing to determine who owns the pier as former owner Steve Hunt fights to win it back.
He previously owned the pier but was made bankrupt in 2008.
It followed a dispute over £5,144.88 in unpaid council tax and business rates.
Mr Hunt insists the pier should be returned to him as it was not sold off to pay the debts.


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So, many years ago, when I started dating my wonderful wife Charlotte, she said, "What do you want to do?" I said something along the lines of, "First I want to take over the world..." I lack many virtues, but ambition is not one of them.
Charlotte said, "Here's what I'm going to do for you. I'm going to set a bullshit alarm. And should you get successful, and you start doing some assholish thing, and it sets off my bullshit alarm, I will let you know."
Well, I can hardly be called successful, but Charlotte gave me a call yesterday and said, "OK, I read your last blog post, and it set off my bullshit alarm. Because really, what you're talking about here is a picture of a naked lady, and not an essay on intellectual history."
One would be wise to head Charlotte's hunches, on account of she is a smart cookie.
Nor was she alone in expressing this general idea. Because generously frequent commenters Ed and Fred, who I thought were my friends, had a few things to say.
Ed: "I love this painting, but you knew that. I love that you discover things about your paintings - and why you paint them the way you do - throughout the process. A lot of this is over my head and I'll have to read it a couple times more, but I wanted to chime in with congrats and to express my admiration for your painting and your ability and willingness to share your thoughts about it."
This translates from fake-humblespeak to: "I like that painting and the writing is interesting, but I'm not really buying your rationale."
Fred: "I kind of enjoy reading your thoughts about the dead end of reason and such, but when it comes right down to it you could forget about all that and I would still appreciate that you can paint a damn fine naked lady."
Fred is expressing an admirable willingness to shank your more unlikely ideas right in the gut, instead of sneaking up on you like Ed.
Well, I respect Charlotte, Ed, and Fred quite a lot, and I kind of set off my own bullshit alarm in the last post. Therefore, I thought it was worth going back and questioning exactly what I thought was true about that post. Because I do think it's true - but it might not be true in the sense of being literally correct, so much as being a legitimate but irrelevant way of thinking about the painting.
The problem here is the extent and nature of allegory in the visual arts.
Let me tell you an interesting story. I was tripping on LSD in Florida this one time -
Actually, let me tell you a different and completely unrelated interesting story first. Doctor Albert Hofmann, the poor sonofabitch who discovered LSD while trying to synthesize a fertility drug for Sandoz Laboratories (now Novartis) from the ergot fungus, got some of his discovery on his fingers in 1943 and experienced peculiar effects. Science being somewhat more free-wheeling back in the day than it is today, he decided to follow up on his observation by, you know, making more of the stuff and eating it.
This led to the famous "bicycle trip," so-named because he found, after eating some LSD, that maybe it would be a good idea to go home and go to bed. So he rode his bike home, and once there, was either looking at a book of abstract art, or thinking about abstract art (I forget which - he recounts this story in his memoir). And suddenly, he thought, "I get it! I get it!"
What this tells us is that every goofball on LSD who has ever claimed they suddenly got abstract art (including me) is following in the footsteps of the first acidhead, who experienced the same hackneyed thing the very first time he properly tried the substance.
This is not unlike Christopher Walken already playing a deranged lunatic in Annie Hall, at the very start of his career, before everyone was like, "Oh, you know, Christopher Walken - deranged lunatic."
This tells us something valuable, if only we could grasp it, about abstract art, and about Christopher Walken.
- but back to my interesting story. I was on LSD this one time (an experience I recommend, but in the opposite of excess). And I was looking at this Man Ray photograph:
What I found myself thinking was this:
"At the base of her hair, her hair is separated into distinct clumps - this is the large number of analytic categories which philosophy and science present to us. They are orderly enough to be counted, identified, and understood. But as you pursue each one farther down its chain of logic and phenomenon, it separates into innumerable strands. Some of the strands mix with one another. And you finally get all the way to the bottom, where the fruits of reasoning are beyond analysis, beyond comprehension, and finally, beyond observation. This photograph could have been oriented the other way, so that we would see this falling from the top of the hairs to the bottom as a rising action. But Man Ray has positioned this woman with her face upside-down, and eyes closed, because he sees this progression of thought as a progression toward death. This image is a symbol of the blossoming of the seed of death that is concealed in the structure of reason."
That's what I thought.
A marvelous thing about LSD, you see, is that it collapses hierarchical thinking. Anything in front of you is the most fascinating thing ever; everything is important - it is all significant. It all carries symbolic significance. Thus, anything in front of you is connected to all other things you see and know. The drug triggers intensely metaphorical and cross-linked thinking, and eventually, it overwhelms your ability to process the thoughts tumbling across your mind.
Or it could just be me. Who knows? Perhaps it simply accentuates to the point of caricature certain tendencies one already has.
The point being, I tend to see images in symbolic terms anyway; and I am using the instance of this Man Ray photograph to help explain exactly what this symbolic thought means for me.
The fact remains, however, that if you don't happen to be under the influence of LSD right this minute, you likely are not experiencing spontaneous symbolic visual thinking.
So what are we to make of this in relation to the visual arts? Good question. Writing, overall, is more amenable to involved symbolic association than pictures, I think. Consider this passage from Moby Dick, where Melville is both mocking and taking advantage of the lateral jump of symbolic thought. His ship, the Pequod, has a tremendously heavy sperm whale head attached to one side and a right whale head attached to the other:
"As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards the sperm whale's head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained her even keel; though sorely strained, you may well believe. So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right."
It is a strange image - it might provoke you to laughter - but you can see what he's getting at. That's what makes it so wonderful, this creative leap he has made from the one to the other.
This kind of leap is natural to verbal expression, because words are the nest of reasoning and logic, including the intuitive and creative kinds.
In contrast, pictures involve direct perception. Direct perception is the home of linkage relative to cause-and-effect, not abstract theme. That is, it is easy for us to link a facial expression, to a cause:
It is easy for us to link a position of the body to an action extending in time before and after the immediate image, and the attendant emotions:
But it is not so easy for us to grasp the symbolic meaning of a more abstract-analytic thematic scene, because it goes against how we visually process things:
Programmers call inelegant solutions to programming problems kludges. A kludge patches over an issue, just barely, but it's ugly. There is a kludge in the arts for the discord between the essentially literary nature of abstract-analytic symbolism, and the essentially concretized cause-and-effect nature of visual understanding. And that's attaching a symbolic image to a scene from a canonical book or story.
Now let's go back to this perplexing print:
It's a picture of the Judgment of Paris. Paris was a famously fair-minded (and studly) Trojan to whom Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, for complicated and improbable reasons, presented themselves so that he could tell them which was the most beautiful (I'd have gone for Athena without thinking twice). This incident, including as it does three hot naked chicks posing before a dude, is currently running a close second to Susanna and the Elders for the Suspiciously Overused Literary Image award in art history.
But this print, dating to sometime between 1510 and 1520, engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi after a design by Raphael, does not include three chicks and a dude only. It includes Hermes - recognizable by his winged helmet and caduceus - Zeus, holding his characteristic thunderbolt - Artemis, in her funny moon-tiara - and so on. We can recognize all the figures in this painting, if we really want to (including which naked chick is supposed to be which goddess) because they all have an iconic image attached to them, each of which would have been familiar to educated contemporary viewers of the image.
This same mechanism is deployed in religious art:
Each of these saints has a story explaining the presence of these peculiar objects, which would have been known to the target viewers of the paintings. It has been argued, in fact, that this kind of iconism helped the Church to provide emotional resonance to Bible stories when preaching to the illiterate in the middle ages - the stories were known to the viewers, and the visual both reminded of the story, and packed the emotional wallop of the concretely visual.
This illustrates the second part of the symbolism-visual arts kludge: attaching an iconic object to a figure to place that figure in a shared narrative is only step 1. Step 2 is up to the genius of the artist - to allow us to understand the stated literary theme in a new way by providing the artist's own spin on the story.
Here is Caravaggio's Calling of St. Matthew:
In this work of sheer intimidating genius, we not only have Caravaggio deploying his cinematographic sense of light to illustrate the holiness of Christ, we have a new moral to the story. Which one is St. Matthew? Nobody knows. A vague gesture from Christ - a table of gamblers and crooks - a boy, two youths, a man, an elder - we don't know which one is St. Matthew. This table is all of humanity: gamblers and crooks, youth through old age - and any of them might be St. Matthew. Caravaggio takes this scene, familiar to his audience, and uses it to say: each of you could be St. Matthew. We are all fallen, all corrupt, and yet each of us is called. This is a mighty painting of the force of redemption.
But this entire genre of art, from the prancing-goddess school to the Christian allegory, depends on a shared knowledge of a common set of stories, and a shared willingness to suspend disbelief - to ignore the cognitive mismatch between visual knowledge and literary analysis. In this way, it's like accepting the absurdity of opera.
Now, this shared knowledge and shared consensus started to break down in the 19th century; to seriously break down, not just get tweaked at the edges by artistic smartasses.
Let's go back to the Raimondi print for a second:
Look in the lower right corner more carefully this time. Does that group of figures look familiar? You betcha.
Édouard Goddamned Manet, Le Déjeuner sur L'Herbe, 1863. This painting has taken on an art-historical iconographic importance all its own. This is the painting (along with the Olympia) where Manet leads artists in issuing a grand "Screw you" to allegorical painting, from which allegorical painting has never recovered.
Before Manet, everyone agreed that a female nude could legitimately and innocently be taken to mean all sorts of things apart from a naked lady. After Manet, a nude was necessarily a nude first, and all those other things second, and only half-heartedly, or smirkingly, or unconvincingly.
This represents, in one way, a masterstroke of progress: that women can no longer be taken as symbols first, but rather must first be understood as people, even if we mean people in a fairly exploitative sense.
In another way, it represents the decline of an entire mode of thinking: of seeing the world not as a concrete event only, but as a kind of chalice holding great and incorporeal themes, filled with meaning and significance beyond the physical.
Back to me.
Living, as I happen to do, after Manet, it is essentially impossible for me to show the innocence of a Raphael or a Raimondi. It is impossible for everyone; some artists are trying to paint in that mode, but it never quite works.
At the same time, it is essentially impossible for me not to think like Raphael and Raimondi. I am so constructed as to have a literary-analytic way of thinking, LSD or no LSD, which applies itself to my writing, my film work, and my painting alike.
I recognize and respect that the themes I discussed in the Alley painting do not necessarily inhere in the painting itself. They inhere in me, and inform how I paint the painting. They are what Stephen Wright and I agreed to call the ghosts of information: the invisible traces of intent and understanding which work (hopefully) to increase the density of meaning in a piece of art, but which cannot necessarily be explicitly derived from the art.
But let's step aside from this allegorical intent for a minute. I am, of course, a follower of the physicality of the flesh itself, in all of its glowing majesty. And there is a more minimal position on the significance of the flesh which I hope we can all agree on - a position derived from that awe-inspiring secular Bible, the works of Shakespeare:
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!I differ from Hamlet in two regards - I am less frequently prone to the dark side of his analysis, the dust side. And I cannot hold with the distinction he makes between all the items on his list of glories, and women. His list applies to men; women are a second thing, undescribed. For my part, this list must apply to women, or it cannot apply to anyone.
how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel!
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the
world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not
me: no, nor woman neither.


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Cycle Superhighways cause congestion? The opposite, says Inrix report
- By SimonM on at 3:52pm 17 October 2016
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Cycle Superhighways are implied as the cause of London's buses going slower than a "horse and cart" according to a spate of newspaper reports triggered by a piece in The Times. The data to show this appears to come from an Inrix report that does indeed show congestion on London's streets worsening and as a result of reduced capacity for motor vehicles. But... the report and Inrix's Chief Economist has quite a different take on why this is happening.
Inrix's own report – as the blog of their Chief Economist Graham Cookson points out – decides that the boom in construction is the key issue. On top of construction, the report highlights growth in van deliveries and HGVs, both up 8% in the last few years, but plays down the growing role of private hire vehicles. These are booming in numbers due to apps including Uber, but apparently are still only a small fraction of the overall traffic on central London's streets. HGVs are, of course, often associated with construction.
The report says that the "duration of planned roadworks and road closures has increased by 362% since 2012", with key impacts "significant building projects such as… London Victoria… Crossrail programme and… [the] Road Modernisation Plan." The latter includes SCOOT sensors, Cycle Superhighways and redesign of key junctions. However Cookson says these latter, cycle-friendly schemes don't impact on congestion negatively at all apart from during construction. In fact, they're positive for congestion according to Cookson. He says the result is: "short term pain for long term gain".
Taken together INRIX predicts that these improvements will "ultimately reduce congestion by 20%... whilst completing the projects will obviously stop the temporary congestion caused by their construction." Included in that reduction calculation, INRIX suggests the schemes will reduce collisions: "A key aim of the improvements is to make London's roads safer and to reduce road traffic accidents by 40%. This would also have a substantial impact on congestion as up to 30% of congestion is caused by accidents."
TfL figures already show more people than ever able to move along the Embankment precisely because of the East-West Cycle Superhighway, while 70% of traffic moving over Blackfriars Bridge during rush hour are now people cycling.
Cycle Superhighways and Better Junctions then are safer, cut congestion after completion and are the solution, not the problem, to congestion. Glad that's all cleared up then.


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Despite being viewed by many as a comedy book, "The Boys" has usually worked the jokes in amongst the more serious, larger story of each arc, never devoting a single issue to one funny story until this one, the origin of the Frenchman. It is an absurd and hilarious story where even the 'serious bits' can't help but produce a chuckle. Even from the get-go when Hughie sarcastically wonders if everyone is going to begin telling their origins, nothing about this comic is meant to be taken too seriously.
The Frenchman, or Frenchie as everyone from his home village of Franglais calls him, returns from war to settle down with his one true love, Marie, only to find her now with his hated childhood rival Black Pierre. This causes Frenchie much pain and sorrow, but he will do nothing to win Marie back for he has returned from war and will not allow himself to raise his hand in anger again. Not even during Les Saintes de Haw-Haw, the village festival that features jousting on bicycles with baguettes, a contest that members of Frenchie's family are masters at. Instead, his elderly father challenges Black Pierre for family honor and things do not go well.
The telling of the story is where the humor lies. The Frenchman tells it with such earnest sincerity and sentiment, but what we see are absurd and, dare I say, stupid events. Jousting on bicycles with baguettes while wearing cloves of garlic? He returns to town with his friend behind him playing a concertina. The images Robertson draws for his remembrances to his summer of love with Marie and his childhood feud with Black Pierre are so graphic that they subvert the expectation of innocence that's in the Frenchman's words.
There's also an element of satirizing the French, but it's mixed with an utter glorification in the stereotypes attributed to the French. The Frenchman is so proud of his homeland that reclaims all of the so-called negatives or cliches as parts of his heritage, perhaps? It's all so over-the-top that one can't help but laugh at something on every page.
After a long string of serious stories with a joke thrown in here or there, "The Boys" #37 a good break issue where the Frenchman tells Hughie a possibly true, possibly false story of his past that is sweet, sad, and very funny. It plays to the comedic strengths of both Ennis and Robertson, giving a full-on showing of how funny they can be, which we've gotten tastes of throughout the series, but, finally, a full issue devoted to it.


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You are absolutely right when you say, "I feel a greater urgency in my spirit than ever to 'preach' that message–repentance and faith in Jesus." Yes, that is the message. Not "Get involved in our self-help program" or "Get a mentor" or "Get involved in the community project" or "Get involved in a church" or "Boycott this" or "Picket that" or even "Pray and fast 24/7." No. Those who do all these things may still be condemned –as were those preachers Jesus spoke of in Matt. 7:21-23. Instead, we are to do only what the Lord specifically tells each one of us to do every given day –and as backed by God's objective, unchanging Word –which we need to be daily abiding in so that we hear. (Josh 1:8) This is what God calls "obedience".
True too, as you say, that we are to trust no one except the Lord. It is a command given throughout Scripture. One is Jer. 9:4 and it is the LORD speaking: "'Beware of your friends; do not trust your brothers. For every brother is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge Me,' declares the LORD." That last phrase does give us hope that those who DO acknowledge the Lord can be trusted. And that those who are abiding in His Word, the Truth, will speak truth. But, it is only as they are also abiding in the Spirit. This is why we who love Him want to constantly take the steps necessary for "living in the Spirit" as Gal. 5:16 & Rom. 8:5,10 etc. tell us to do.
It is God speaking again in Jer. 12:6 when He warns, "Your brothers, your own family –even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you." This could be referring to the family of God, the church family, because then He goes on, "I will forsake My house, abandon My inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies… Many shepherds will ruin My vineyard and trample down My fields. …the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares. …destroyers will swarm… no one will be safe. They will sow wheat but reap thorns; they will wear themselves out but gain nothing. So bear the shame of your harvest because of the LORD's fierce anger.'" (v. 7-13)
I believe this warning from the LORD is for all these church groups, faith-based groups, and even "prayer" groups who do not do things according to the Lord's ways, but instead bring in the world's philosophies and methods (as well as other religion's practices) to prop up people for "success" and "victory". They lure their congregations into doing acts that wear them out, but produce nothing for eternal purposes. They will eventually have to admit, "We writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth." (Isa. 26:18)
If any worldly success is achieved, (or any supposed spiritual "enlightenment" gained), these "Christian" groups say, "Look at what great things we have accomplished in the Lord's name!" What fools! As the rich man said in Luke 12:18, "This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones…" This sounds exactly like those who say, "Oh, we're growing! Let's build onto our church…" or, "Let's construct another program." Yet in verse 20, God says, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded of you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?"
Those who prepare for themselves riches and fame, striving after a good reputation by using their "good deeds" for man to see, or in order to please worldly people or worldly "Christians", well, their lives will be required of them soon enough. And when it is, what will God say to them when they stand to be judged? "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad." (2 Cor. 5:10) And God considers "good" deeds to be only those done for His glory alone. For only "the man who does the will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:17)
So the necessity for distrust which we must have even toward those in the church family is directly related to the demise of the church. We who are true followers of Jesus and His words must distrust and test the spirits first. (1 John 4:1) Because many deceivers have gone out into the world, and many are slithering in by claiming they love Scripture, when in fact they hate it. Sadly, this can also be the members of our own family, for as Jesus states in Luke 12:52,53, "From now on there will be [family division]." This is also what Micah warned of in 7:6, and in verse 5 he says, "Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words." In other words, even those who are the very closest to us –such as our own spouse– may betray us.
So what can we do in view of this sad fact? We can just put ALL our trust in the Lord. Forgive others 70 x 7, as Jesus commanded (Matt. 18:22)… but not throw our pearls to swine, as He also commanded (Matt. 7:6)… leave a divisive person, as Titus 3:10 commands… pray for those who persecute us –Jesus' command again (Matt. 5:44)… walk in the Spirit, exhibiting the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:16,22)… continuously clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 13:14)… preach everywhere that one must repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds (Acts 26:20)… and basically, abide in Jesus and His words (John 15:1-8) which is what makes us clean (v. 3) and through which we become holy (17:17)… This is the good life –the abundant life He gives… And He does indeed "guard the lives of His faithful ones." (Ps. 97:10) –Guarding everything concerning our life and well-being –spiritual, mental, emotional, moral, social, financial, and physical.


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Magic Mike popped up a couple of years ago and the world watched on in shock and alarm as Channing Tatum suddenly became a big Box Office draw. As I had been a fan of Tatums since Step Up I sat back with smug satisfaction and enjoyed the ride. I remember seeing Magic Mike in the cinema and according to my review of the film I enjoyed it immensely. The sequel was unnecessary but inevitable and I was quite content to ignore the build-up as I had already decided to see it.
PLOT: Mike (Channing Tatum) has left the world of stripping and is the proud CEO of a failing furniture business. Mike decides to abandon his struggling enterprise and join the guys for one last ride (their phrasing, not mine). The gang do a quick detour to collect the black characters and another to offer advice to menopausal women before heading to a major stripping convention where they have the opportunity to earn dozens of dollars by gyrating rhythmically along to R&B music. END PLOT
The plot of Magic Mike XXL should have been a few scenes of dialogue intercut with many stripping and dance montages. Unfortunately this is not what we got. The scenes with the boys bantering were great fun with Joe Manganiello stealing the show but the film fell flat on several occasions due to unnecessary diversions. The entire section with Andie MacDowell was a waste of time and only served to highlight just how desperate the filmmakers were to shoehorn a love interest for Mike into the movie. Amber Heard is not an interesting actress and the character of Zoe added nothing to the film.
There is no denying that Channing Tatum can dance and his final routine was great fun to watch. The rest of the cast are not natural dancers but their routines took this into account and were all entertaining in their own individual ways. It's disappointing that we had to wait until the final 10minutes of a 1hour 55minute film to get what we paid for.
Channing Tatum is fine as Mike and returning cast members Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello get more screen time but there were sections of the film where they were pushed to the side in favour of the boring subplots. Magic Mike XXL should have been 90mins of pure enjoyable nonsense and although I politely applaud the attempt to flesh out the subplots, they weren't necessary and only served to hinder the film.
Magic Mike XXL is a mixed bag and although there were some moments that were great fun the pacing was off and I felt bored too many times. It gets 6/10. Magic Mike XXL is ticked off the list of films to see this summer but it will be forgotten very quickly. However, I am now off to watch Community and enjoy the wonderful Donald Glover in brand new ways.
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From the Desk of the Provost: April 2016
Dear IU families,
It's hard to believe that spring semester is already wrapping up and that a new class of Indiana University seniors is ready to move on to the next exciting chapter of their lives.
In just a few days, on April 10, we'll honor Emmy-nominated actor and IU alumnus Jonathan Banks with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the annual IU Bloomington Honors Convocation. On IU Day, Tuesday, April 12, the Media School and IU Cinema will live-stream a conversation with Banks at 6 p.m. if you'd like to tune in. While he's here, as is the case with many of our distinguished guests, Banks will speak with undergraduate students in several different classes and attend a lunch with students in the Hutton Honors College. It is this type of interaction that always reminds me of the incredible benefits available to students who live on a residential campus like IU.
Next month, we'll celebrate undergraduate commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in Memorial Stadium, where IU alumnus Jamie Hyneman, of "MythBusters" fame, will be the featured speaker.


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2001 Disaster Relief Fund or Red Cross Relief Fund?
The donations were small and they were large. Children brought in their allowances, baked and sold cookies, individuals and businesses donated cash and set up collection sites and major corporations gave huge amounts and matched or even tripled their employees donations. In less than two months the Red Cross had raised $574 million, more than half of the total monies raised for the victims of the attacks on September 11th.
It seems likely that most, if not all of the donors, believed their contributions to the Red Cross were going to aid the families of those who perished in the attacks and others who were injured. After all a special fund, called the American Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund, was set up immediately after September 11th. Both the fund's name and the timing of its establishment led people to presume that donations were to aid those killed and harmed by the attacks.
This was certainly the message that was advertised by the Red Cross in a major advertising campaign to raise money for the fund. In a national press release on September 18th the Red Cross thanked Americans for their unbounded generosity "during this time of crisis" and explained that "because we are on site providing services to disaster victims and workers" we know what is "most needed." What was most needed were "financial donations" to the special fund. Other ads explicitly stated that "contributions to the Liberty Fund in the aftermath of September 11th will meet needs of victims and families." Donors were even told to write "Disaster Relief Fund" in the memo section of checks if they wanted to help with the relief efforts in New York City and Washington D.C. It is no wonder that donors such as the Verizon Foundation announced in a press release that a $1 million dollar gift was going to the special Disaster Fund, a "new program established by the American Red Cross to help families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks."
As we all now know, a lot of this money will never be seen by the families of the victims or anyone else affected by the attacks. At least $200 million and possibly more will be used as so-called insurance against future terrorist attacks and $50,000,000 was used to install blood freezers nationwide. In other words, almost half the money is not going to the victims of September 11th. While these may be worthy endeavors, they were not the reasons people were asked for money and not the reasons for which they gave. This massive Red Cross fund-raising drive may also have deprived less well funded direct aid groups from raising money they needed to aid victims of September 11th.
So far there has been some public outcry, a few editorials and congressional hearings. At those hearings the Attorney General of New York, Elliot Spitzer, was sharply critical of the Red Cross and testified that it was "unacceptable" that up to $260 million of the "Liberty Fund" would not be used directly for victims of the September 11 attacks. The President of the charity watch dog group, the American Institute of Philanthropy, testified that the Red Cross had "behaved opportunistically," and is spending money "on areas other than what was most heavily advertised and perceived to be the need by the public" which was direct aid to the victims, their families and relief workers. Despite these hearings the Red Cross is persisting in its plan to use almost half the money for purposes other than the victims of September 11th and is continuing to collect money for the disaster fund, although it has stopped advertising.
Something can and must be done. There are federal and state laws aimed at preventing charities and others from doing precisely what the Red Cross appears to have done: misleading the public into believing that charitable contributions were going to the victims of September 11th. Courts can require charities to return donations taken as a result of false advertising, misrepresentation or fraud. False advertising can include ads that have a tendency to deceive or mislead. New York courts have insisted that donors to a charity should be "fully informed with respect to the use to which a contribution is being put and should not be misled into believing that the funds will applied for one purpose when, in reality, they are being utilized somewhere else.
The question is whether the Attorney General of New York or any other state or federal officials will act. It is certainly obvious that they should. No reason has been given by these officials as to why they have not dragged the Red Cross into court. If they do not act, then donors can and should file suit themselves. It is a national scandal that hundreds of millions of dollars are not going where the donors intended: to those most in need: the families of the victims of September 11th.


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It's my favorite time of the week, it's time for the Weekly WYR. See if you're brave enough to choose a side in what surely are the universe's most difficult quagmires. And remember, if you've got a great WYR, submit it at the bottom of this or any WYR article.
Would You Rather
- Pay the evil genius $100,000,000, or else? From adam
- Type in L33t for the rest of your life, or TyPe LiKe ThIs FoR tHe ReSt oF yOuR lIfE? From Ray
- Smash an iPhone, or a Mac Book Air? From Mike
- Go with John Locke, or stay with Jack? From andrew
- Have "sorry you lost the SuperBowl sex" with Gisele, or win the SuperBowl but have to be Eli Manning? From Noah
- Go against Wolf on Rings, or Titan on Joust? From Marc
- Have Scooby Doo's gang solve your murder, or Gil Grissom and his CSI team? From Boobie
- Have your girlfriend turn out to be a distant relative, or watch the first season of "Joey" on DVD? From Thomas
- HAVE CAPS LOCK STUCK FOREVER, or havenospacebar? From Levi
- Be the best in your school at golf, or be the best in your school at beer pong? From Allen
- Eat a Hot Pocket that is cold in the middle, or burn your tounge on the first bite? From Jim
Finally, this week's winner of the Not a WYR, just senseless gloating Award is mikey, who sent in this.
- I f*ckin told you Brady sucks just get some pressure on him, he FOLDS! or GO ELI!! From mikey
Congrats Mikey, you're a horrible sport.
If you have a good WYR, submit it below. Check back every Friday to see if yours made the cut.


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SHINING Sequel DOCTOR SLEEP Film Adaptation On Its Way!
Years After The Shining, All Is Not Well With Now Middle-aged Dan Torrance
DOCTOR SLEEP, Stephen King's sequel to his iconic novel THE SHINING, was published in 2013, thirty-six years after its 1977 predecessor. Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of THE SHINING was released in 1980, so it would be a perfect parallel if the cinematic adaptation of DOCTOR SLEEP were to be released in 2016. That's not going to happen, but we can settle for the fact that an adaptation of the sequel is now in development.
If you haven't read DOCTOR SLEEP, you really should! Get it on Amazon.com
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, whose career has ranged from the lows of BATMAN & ROBIN to the highs of winning an Oscar for A BEAUTIFUL MIND, is writing the script, which will pick up years after the horrible events depicted in THE SHINING and centers on an adult Danny Torrance,
who is still traumatized. He has followed in his father's footsteps and has problems with anger management and alcoholism. He soon gives up drinking and settles in a small town in New Hampshire. While there, his psychic abilities start to resurface and he develops a psychic link with a 12-year-old girl named Abra Stone who he must save after he discovers her life is being threatened by a tribe of paranormals led by a man named Rose the Hat.
The project is set up at Warner Bros., the studio that released Kubrick's THE SHINING. King was, as everyone knows, not very fond of that take on his source material (so he scripted a mini-series remake in 1997), but the author will be serving as an executive producer on DOCTOR SLEEP.
Goldsman is also one of the people helping shepherd the big screen adaptation of King's THE DARK TOWER into production.
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Wednesday, May 25
Chickens & Dogs
Every spring, every year, in every section of Hazard, we have the same complaints. Chickens and dogs destroying gardens. Having only enough of the "Good Earth" for a house seat, I possess neither chickens, dogs, nor a garden. If I had either, I feel sure I would not bother other people with them. In the case of dogs or chickens, I would keep my animals and fowls at home. If I had a garden being destroyed by other people's live stock, I would take action also. 1945
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No reply.
I was once an active participant, volunteer, and generous donor. Despite a longstanding record of positive contributions to artEAST, a few years ago, the Executive Director singled me out for mistreatment. My concern about her behavior, sent to another board director in a personal email, resulted in the launch of a distortion campaign against me, and since that time, I have been abused, threatened, lied to, lied about, stonewalled, and ostracized from the local artist community by the artEAST leadership. This indefensible bullying has been kept under the public radar. Neither the participants nor anyone else in a position of responsibility accepts accountability. You are involved in artEAST. Were you aware that this has been going on?
artEAST leadership has contravened government requirements to operate as a non-profit and committed hateful actions that are outside the norm of human decency and conflict with the organization's own rules and ethical policies.
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MULTAQA 2011, the Biennial Fieldbus Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi
The sixth biennial conference of FOUNDATION Fieldbus End Users' Council – Middle East, MULTAQA 2011 will be held on December 12th and 13th, 2011, at Le Royal Méridien, Abu Dhabi, UAE. End Users from all industries from GCC countries, as well as Control System Vendors, Global Consultants and Automation Contractors are expected to participate in the conference.
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