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The following was taped on Wednesday in New York City.
* Xplosion: The BroMans def. Knux and The Freak.
TNA Impact Wrestling tapings for September 11 and September 18, 2015:
* Bobby Roode comes out to cut a promo about how a match between himself and Eric Young will take place to determine a new No. 1 Contender for the TNA Championship. Eric Young comes out and they talk about the history between the two in TNA.
* Taryn Terrell def. Madison Rayne.
* Chris Melendez def. DJ Z.
* The Great Sanada def. Austin Aries.
* TNA Champion Lashley, MVP and Kenny King were out next. MVP ripped on NYC and said Lashley was on his way to becoming the new Bellator champion as well. New TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe comes out and said Lashley isn't the toughest man in the world and challenges him to a match. King gets in Joe's face. Joe attacks King. MVP and Lashley attack Joe. Security hits the ring to break it up.
* Homicide def. Tigre Uno, DJ Z, Manik, Crazzy Steve and Low Ki to become the new No. 1 Contender for the TNA X Division Championship.
* EC3 cuts a promo and Rhino interrupts. He wants a match with EC3. EC3 accepts, but says Rhino will be facing Rockstar Spud instead.
* Bobby Roode def. Eric Young to become the new No. 1 Contender for the TNA Championship.
* Bram and Magnus def. Gunner and Samuel Shaw.
* TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim def. Taryn Terrell. After the match, Jessicka Havok debuted attacking both Kim and Terrell.
* Austin Aries wants a fight with Sanada and James Storm. Storm comes out and says Sanada will be the next big star. Tajiri got involved leading to a big brawl.
* TNA Champion Lashley def. TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe.
* Rhino def. EC3.
* Mr. Anderson def. Magnus.
* MVP def. Low Ki.
* The Hardys def. TNA Tag Team Champions The Wolves and Team 3D in a Tables match. The next match in the series will be a Ladder match.
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I managed to limit myself to these Japanese text fabrics and the one at the bottom which will blend nicely with my kimono which I use as a dressing gown and is lacking a belt.
I always enjoy visiting Melbourne, where we once lived for a year, many years ago. Love the blend of old and new and class and cool in the city.
|The interior of the ANZ bank is something else
|We had some amazing weather come through
|A restorative coffee in a laneway
It was wonderful to catch up with a dear friend, twice- for dinner at hers and brunch out at an old favourite haunt on my birthday.
Amazing how just a couple of days can be so refreshing.

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William R. Hambrecht— Outside Business Activity
William R. Hambrecht Allegedly Failed to Disclose Eight Unsatisfied Judgments in a Timely Fashion Relating to Outside Businesses Totaling Approximately $22.5 Million
William R. Hambrecht allegedly willfully failed to amend his Form U4 in order to timely disclose eight unsatisfied judgments, according to a recent FINRA Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC).
Said judgments relate to outside businesses totaling approximately $22.5 million, which were entered against him between April 2012 and August 2013, the aforementioned AWC also notes.
William R. Hambrecht Suspended and Fined $15,000 by FINRA for Allegedly Failing to Disclose Eight Unsatisfied Judgments
William R. Hambrecht, who first entered first became registered with FINRA in May 1968, allegedly failed to disclose his outside business activity when answering the question on his Form U4 which asks: Do you have any unsatisfied judgments or liens against you?", according to the AWC.
William R. Hambrecht, who, from July 1998 to March 2016, was registered through W.R. Hambrecht & Co., allegedly did not disclose said judgments on his Form U4 until either April 2014 or July 2014, the AWC notes.
Based on the foregoing, Hambrecht allegedly violated FINRA Rules, and thus drawing the aforementioned fine and suspension, the AWC reports. One should also note that, according to the AWC, William R. Hambrecht neither admitted nor denied the FINRA findings.
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EcoBoutique Debuts on OGLHaiti website
http://oglhaiti.com – Operation Green Leaves is a 501c3 organization dedicated to environmental education and reforestation in Haiti. As part of an ongoing fundraising effort, OGLHaiti is developing an EcoBoutique, showcasing art, jewelry, clothing and other related items.
OGLHaiti's EcoVillage Project in Arcahaie, Haiti is listed on the GlobalGiving website. If you can spare $10, or more, please visit GlobalGiving.org/6060 and make a donation.
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Open End: An Exhibition of Paintings
Lisa Brice | Kudzanai Chiurai | Soly Cissé | Tom Cullberg | Claire Gavronsky | Robert Hodgins | David Koloane | Moshekwa Langa | Minnette Vári
There is an element of uncertainty inherent in the medium of paint – it is a fluid material that allows for various modes of expression, and as such is an ideal starting point for an examination of notions of nebulousness and accident.
Goodman Gallery Cape presents Open End, a group exhibition of paintings by both emerging and established artists that speaks to the element of uncertainty in artistic production and expression, and illustrates a process that seeks to arrive at meaning through search.
In an environment where so much emphasis is placed on work that is conceptually pre-determined, where the work is crafted around and invested with a deliberate and established message or meaning, the show aims to create a space for paintings produced without a clear conceptual starting point, focusing on the wrestle or the hunt for meaning rather than the expression of a packaged and determined project.
It is a simultaneously dangerous and powerful position to work from, unstable and vulnerable on the one hand, but filled with the potential of new and unexplored ideas, of work that is discursive and receptive to chance on the other. The title Open End refers not only to the absence of resolution, but to the very manner in which the work is approached: an embracing of uncertainty – or, to paraphrase Francis Bacon, a courting of accidents – in the search for meaning.
The exhibition will feature new works by Lisa Brice and David Koloane, and a painting created in situ by Kudzanai Chiurai. Tom Cullberg will show a series of abstract, perhaps metaphysical paintings dealing with the tensions that exist between the rational and the chaotic. Two anamorphic landscape-like paintings by Minnette Vári – first seen earlier this year as part of her solo show Parallax at Goodman Gallery Johannesburg – as well as several typically humorous and confrontational works by Moshekwa Langa will be included. Dakar-based artist Soly Cissé will show nine small monochrome paintings deftly straddling the figurative and the abstract, Claire Gavronsky will show an oil painting addressing notions of memory and loss, and several works by the incomparable Robert Hodgins illustrate the flex and the power of the medium.


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Last night's Presidential debate in Denver seems to have ended with a media-declared Romney victory. Buzzfeed's Ben Smith called it 42 minutes in, Chris Matthews was livid and Big Bird is fearing for his job.
I listened to the debate primarily audio-only and watched my twitter feed more than the actual two candidates and I got the sense that Obama performed a bit better than the immediate internet consensus, though I generally agree that Romney came off as more confident and on-message. It would be a mistake to read too much into the content of the debate (as Intrade has) and I agree with John Sides that Romney's win won't do much to move the polls.
What did interest me post-debate was what divisions between Obama and Romney could be seen in the types of words they used in their speeches. Governor Romney seemed particularly focused on the economy (as the fundamentals would suggest) and the President seemed generally aloof and unfocused on any one particular issue or line of attack, apart from a somewhat extended discussion of Medicare late in the debate. More generally, what did the debate reveal about partisan divisions in rhetoric?
I made a plot of all of the important words used in the debate (taken from ABC News' transcript) and computed a value for each one based on how likely a given word was to appear in Governor Romney's speech vs. how likely it was to appear in President Obama's speech. For more details on the method I used, see the bottom of the post. The words on the left are words that tended to be used more by the President and the words on the right are more common in Romney's speeches. I've also re-sized each word based on how often it appeared in both candidates' speech - larger words are generally more frequent.
It's a bit hard to make out a lot of the words since there are a lot of irrelevant or only incidentally partisan words clustered around the middle. I re-did the same plot two more times, first only including the words that were used more than five times overall and again with words that were used more than ten times (the most common words in the debate).
Intuitively, the results seem to reflect clear divisions in rhetoric between the two parties, though the distinction is surprisingly less sharp than the much more heated rhetoric of the campaign would suggest. Governor Romney tended to focus more on economic issues (as expected), while President Obama focused on issues that he generally "owns" (health care and Medicaid in particular). Some partisan divides in rhetoric are evident - for example, tax policy: words like "wall street", "loophole", and "profit" and "corporation" are more frequent in President Obama's speech.
Moreover, the data seem to confirm the general takeaway that Governor Romney was smoother and more focused in his message than President Obama. Of the most frequent words, most appear to cluster either around the center or the right. Governor Romney's rhetoric was also markedly more generic than President Obama's, which reflects his newfound shift towards the center.
Substantively, the candidates spent the debate discussing the same issues and largely on the same terms. Most words, and particularly the most common ones, cluster around the center, meaning that both candidates are roughly equally likely to use them in their speeches. Apart from tax policy, neither candidate is looking to reframe an issue in a particularly unique way. Rather, each discusses the same issue (like the deficit), using very similar frames. This is just as expected - the candidates are not looking to differentiate themselves ideologically.
But despite the overarching similarities in the two candidates' rhetoric, it's interesting to note the subtle partisanship in some of the candidates' word choices. As expected, both candidates spent a lot of time talking about the "middle class," but the phrase "middle class" is almost exclusively an "Obama"-word. Governor Romney prefers to use "middle income" rather than "middle class," perhaps to avoid the more "leftist" connotations of the term "class."
Likewise, we see a rather marked difference when the two candidates discuss education - President Obama tends to focus on college while Governor Romney talks about the K-12 system.
It's also very clear that President Obama is a huge fan of using the word "folks" rather than "people."
Ultimately, though, what's really interesting is not the words that were used, but the words that were not used. The word "women" was entirely absent from the debate (giving a new meaning to the "just for men" meme that started trending on twitter). "Immigration" was also nowhere to be found. Trade received a passing mention from President Obama and the closest this debate got to "wonky" was a rather vague discussion of health care reform where neither candidate seemed entirely comfortable. For those wanting an actual debate over issues (i.e. people who have already decided who they are voting for), this, like every debate, was lacking.
Given both the role of the debates in the election process and the overall incentives facing both Obama and Romney at this point in the campaign, this is all entirely expected - campaigns are meant precisely for people who don't pay attention to campaigns.
Note on methods
I used a relatively straightforward technique to generate partisan scores for each word in the debate. After splitting the debate transcript into three separate documents for Obama, Romney and Lehrer, I removed all punctuation and capitalization from the texts along with any uninformative "stop" words (the, a, an, as, etc...) from each. I then applied a "stemming" algorithm to consolidate similar words into a single root ("regulate", "regulating", "regulation" all reduce to "regul").
I counted the number of times each word occurred in each speech, adding 0.5 to all of the zeroes (to prevent division by zero in the next step). That is, if a word appeared 5 times in one candidate's speeches and zero times in another, I treated that 0 as 0.5 words.
I then normalized the data by dividing each word count by the total number of words used by the candidate. This gives the relative frequency of each word/word stem. I converted the frequencies to odds (frequency/(1-frequency)) and for each word in the data, divided Romney's odds by Obama's odds. This generated an odds ratio, with ratios greater than 1 representing words that were more likely to be used by Romney and ratios less than 1 representing more "Obama"-oriented words. Finally, I logged the odds ratio to get a linearized variable that I plot on the x-axis. Words taking positive values (on the right) are more likely to appear in Governor Romney's speech and words taking negative values (on the left) are more likely to appear in President Obama's speech. Words clustering around 0 are equally likely to appear in both candidates' rhetoric.
Each word is re-sized by the log of its overall count in the dataset, and colored red-to-blue based on the x-axis variable.
A better (though more complex) way to visualize this sort of data was also developed by Monroe, Colaresi and Quinn (2009).
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Who Said What in Last Night's Debate?
Posted by Anton Strezhnev at 11:01 AM
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I don't agree w your statement that the debate was not wonky and not about issues. As US presidential debates go, this one was, thanks partly perhaps to the format and partly to the candidates themselves, the 'wonkiest' one in quite a long time. Of course there was dissembling (by Romney), the usual rhetoric etc. But judged in relative rather than absolute terms, the level of issue discussion in this debate was high.ReplyDelete
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Get you iPhone Repaired in Singapore
Smartphones are delicate devices, unlike many of their technologically inferior ancestors. Water damage is a common problem amongst iPhone owners, and can result in anything from slight corrosion to complete failure of your phone. Typically, iPhone water damage is caused by one of the following:
- Using (or exposing) your phone in the rain or snow;
- Excessive humidity and condensation;
- Dropping or accidentally pushing off a counter into a toilet or sink full of water;
- Keeping phone in a bag with a leaking bottle of water (or cold water on a hot day);
- Exposed to sweat while jogging;
- Spilling a drink on your phone.
Ways to avoid liquid damage
In most cases, preventing water damage is a matter of precaution. There is no reliable way to prevent damage from occurring after water has gotten into the phone, so instead, try to be mindful of these tips:
- Keep your phone in a bag or backpack with only other dry items – you are more likely to spill liquid on yourself;
- Carry a sealable plastic bag in your bag or pocket to protect your phone if it starts to rain or you enter an area of dense fog;
- Purchase a case that closes to prevent some damage from spills or minor submersion (note that this will not make your phone invincible!);
- Get in the habit of placing your phone on a table or far away counter if you are using the bathroom or sink;
- If you are at a gym, place your phone on the treadmill, exercise bike, or whatever machine you are using instead of keeping it in a pocket.
How to tell if iPhone has water damage
For a liquid damaged iPhone repair can sometimes take quite a long time, so it is important to rule out other causes of damage first. Of course, in some cases it will be obvious (for example, if it is submerged in water for an extended period of time). Some symptoms and effects include:
- Water spots (also called water marks or stains) on the screen;
- Touch screen unresponsive or exhibiting unusual behavior;
- Speaker or microphone distortion;
- Phone entering an endless loop of rebooting;
- Other components failing without another discernible cause;
- Phone simply not turning on.
There are also two indicators, one in the headphone jack and one in the charging jack, which change from white to red if water damage is detected. Replacement or repair by an official Apple store usually requires these indicators to be active as part of the iPhone water damage warranty, which may not happen in a number of cases.
What to do for iPhone water damage
Even if your iPhone seems to be functioning properly after an incident, do not turn it on. If it is currently on, power it off immediately. It must be taken to a repair shop to be chemically cleaned if you wish to avoid corrosion damage as well. Never attempt any of the following myths for iPhone liquid damage repair:
- Placing the device in a bowl of uncooked rice to sap the liquid;
- Dry it with a blow dryer, regardless of temperature;
- Leaving the device in the sun or near a heater.
All of these can cause more damage, and simply are unreliable methods. Instead, bring your phone to iRepair immediately – especially if your iPhone water damage warranty is expired (or you never had one to begin with).
Where to repair iPhone dropped in water
Especially in Singapore, very few repair centers have the equipment or know how to repair iPhone dropped in water. As a result, iRepair is one of the only choices that does not outsource your repair. The processes for this repair require extensive experience and finesse – do not attempt them yourself.
Your repairs will be done onsite and may take anywhere from an hour to a week. For those who wish to wait at the store for quicker repairs, a comfortable lounge is provided. Sit down and enjoy a free drink, WiFi access, movies, or reading material while iRepair's expert staff fixes your phone.
Interesting facts about iPhones and water damage
- Owners of iPhones face special issues with warranties in humid climates, such as Singapore. Humidity can toggle the water damage detectors, causing owners with only basic coverage to be denied repairs by Apple.
- All iPhone warranties, even for water damage, must be used in the same country they were purchased.
- Sometimes after an incident, a mere chemical cleaning is all that is needed to ensure the safety of your device.
- The "rice method" of self-repair can actually fill your phone with dust and particles, which may be just as harmful as water.
- Nearly half of all incidents are some form of water damage.
- In 2013, Apple initiated a program which allows iPhone users to trade their water damaged devices in for gift cards (though they are of far lesser value than a new or functioning iPhone).


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Centre for E-Governance
|The Centre for E-Governance is a leading Austrian competence centre for continuing education in E-Governance and related disciplines, including law, organisational theory and information technology.Our objective is for students to gain the ability to analyse problems and find solutions. Students learn to work on their own and in teams through different teaching formats which include lectures, workshops, case studies and projects. In the Master's courses students work on two written assessments, a team project and a Master Thesis.
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The lecturers are Austrian and international academics, experts and professionals who cover a wide range of disciplines within the area of management and information technologies. This provides students with a theoretical framework as well as usable and applicable solutions. It is the combination of theory and practice which gives our students the most up-to-date information and knowledge in the area of E-Governance.
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at 88, the palace announced Oct. 13, bringing an end to the rule of the world's longest-reigning monarch.
The incredible longevity of his reign, which began in 1946, meant that he came to represent a number of different roles in the lives of his subjects. More recently, he had been the steadying force in a nation that seemed sometimes to teeter on a political edge. But in 1960, as he and Queen Sirikit of Thailand prepared for an official state visit to the United States, he was an image of vitality and new hope for the future in a country that had only been called Thailand for about a decade. When the royal couple gave LIFE Magazine's John Dominis an invitation to photograph them at home, those images offered American readers a glimpse at the royal couple in the prime of life.
Dominis spent time with them at their daughter's birthday party, followed the Queen on official business and also saw the King—who had a passion for music, specifically jazz—playing the clarinet.
Soon after, TIME reported on how the U.S. visit progressed:
The most influential man in Siam, namely its king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, 32, and his svelte, archfeminist queen, Sirikit, 27, dropped into Washington for a friendly visit. They were well received—what with some of the rebuffs that the personalized spearheads of U.S. foreign policy have suffered in the Far East lately. In fact, the capital was delighted with the wide-eyed couple and their unabashed liking for the U.S. At National Airport, Bhumibol , born in the environs of Harvard University, where his father studied medicine, paid tribute to his "two motherlands." That evening at the White House, the King swapped recipes with Dwight Eisenhower for Thailand noodle soup and Ike's ice cream. While the cookery talk went on, the U.S. Marine Band orchestra accommodated its listeners with a Thai march, composed by His Majesty, who is a jazz buff. Not on the program: songs from the Thai-strung The King and I, disliked by Bhumibol because he regards the musical as a slur upon his lusty ancestor. Addressing a joint session of Congress next day, the King set a new high in expressing appreciation for U.S. foreign-assistance funds. Said he candidly: "We are grateful for American aid. But we intend one day to do without it."
He was, TIME explained in a 1966 cover story about the King, a prime example of a leader who was not only revered by his people but also a true political asset for his nation: "[The] men who run Thailand are well aware that their youthful King is their—and the nation's—greatest living asset."


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Police think they now know the cause of the Caerphilly house fire
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The music most think of as music today are mostly mainstream songs and artists. Not to say that talent doesn't exist, but the fact is that there are many, many voices, talented voices that are left unheard. We want to bring to light music, artists, and voices that are unknown, and shed light on their existence and their talent.
Unfortunately main stream writers do not use their power to introduce many of these bands and people. Whether it's due to an over abundance and they do what they can, or something else, it is a fact that left behind is talent that should be exposed.
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- The Witch Hunt. From Leeds, UK this duo band is one to be heard. Late nite, Deep, resonating sounds will penetrate your atmoshpere to create the experience. Guitarist Chris Mulligan, aligned with the vocals of Louisa Osborne's is more than spectacular.
- The History of Apple Pie. Psychedelic Indie at it's finest.
- Dutch Uncle's. Underrated and deserving of more, Dutch Uncle's is it's own creation. Constructing music artistically this art rock/indie/pop band, is setting it's self apart with individualization in their style.
- Bleech. Another UK band, Bleech is a bit more known than some underground/under exposed bands, yet still not enough. With their alternative/punk rock band style they should be heading up more magazine covers, more billboards and more notice.
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600g (32%) Floor Malted Bohemian Pilsner Malt
75g (4%) Flaked Wheat
Mash – 6.5L
66C for 60 minutes, raising to 75 for Mash Out
1.5L for sparge
Boil: 60 Minutes – all additions of Green Hop Sovereign.
First Wort – 30g
20 Minutes – 80g
15 Minutes – 80g
10 Minutes – 80g
5 Minutes – 80g
Cold Break via Ice Bath – hops left in during cooling.
Dry Hop added 18 hours after pitching – 80g for 3 Days
Pitched half a sachet of WLP001 California Ale Yeast.
Fermented at 20C
Fermented dry in 5 days, then primed for 2.0 volumes.
What is Green Hop Beer?
Rather than using hops that have been dried, the hops are picked direct from the field and added to the beer within 24 hours of harvest. Time is key as the hops need to be added within hours of picking or they will very quickly start to rot and compost. Green Hop beer is said to bring special fresh aromas and flavours to beer, making it rather exciting and unique. Keen brewers, large and small, make quite a big deal of this and these are cause for celebration across the UK and the rest of the World. This only happens once a year! To read more, click here
Experimental Beer – GN37 & GP75
Homebrewer – Roland Glew
7.5L water
600g Belgian Pale Ale Malt
400g British Pearl Malt
Single Infusion Mash at 67C, 2L water to sparge.
Wort split in half, to make two batches. The boil routine for each batch was
60 minute boil
10g in at First Wort
10g in at 20 minutes remaining
10g in at 10 minutes remaining
Both batches gave 4L @ OG 1.042
White Labs WLP001 (California Ale Yeast) pitched.
20g dry hop added 6 days after pitching, for 6 days.
Homebrewers quote – "I really like both hops and find them very different; in a very good way."
Every year we grow some new hop varieties as we are always seeking something NEW, something different and something the market has not seen before! This is how Endeavour and Jester started on our farm. We selected GN37 & GP75 on its aroma and have now grown it for the first time. We have very limited quantities. A few homebrewers have now brewed with these and great feedback has been provided.
GP75 Aromas: very pungent grapefruit, citrus & lime. Aroma score at least 9/10.
The hop is out of the British Hop collection and was originally from a cross in 1978 between 19/73/3 (a grand-daughter of OR55) and male 321 (a seedling of Neomex). It is wilt tolerant.
GN37 Aromas: wild american, stinky, sweet, polish. Aroma score: 8/10
The hop is out of the British Hop collection and was originally from a cross in 1993 between 22/86/42 (mainstream breeding lines) and 29/86/87 (a seedling of Yeoman). The 2004 wilt test found it to be wilt resistant.
Sovereign Green Hop Ale
Homebrewer – John Baker
An English "best bitter/pale ale" brewed with green Sovereign hops grown at Stocks Farm, Suckley, Worcestershire.
Batch size: 23 litres
Boil size: 30 litres
Boil time: 60 minutes
Full Mash
Mash time: 90 mins
Mash temperatature: 67°C
Efficiency (assumed): 75%
Colour: 11.2° SRM
Bitterness: 32.3 IBU
Alcohol: 4.4 ABV
Grain Bill-
Maris Otter: 4.0 kg (90%)
Pale Crystal (30L): 0.4 kg (9%)
Midnight Wheat – US (550L): 0.05kg (1%)
Total Grain Bill: 5 kg
Target dried leaf hops: 30 grams for 60 minutes
Sovereign green hops: 60 grams for 15 minutes
Sovereign green hops: 60 grams for 5 minutes
Sovereign green hops: 60 grams at flameout; then steep for 20 minutes before chilling wort
Note: This recipe was based on a conventional recipe using dried leaf hops, however using five times the dried leaf hop quantities normally used. I brewed this beer the day after collecting my 200grams of green hops from Stocks Farm. I hung the hops in my garage overnight and when I weighed them I had a total of 180 grams. I assume that they had "lost" some of their natural moisture content. So my learning from this is to brew as quickly as possible after collecting my hops.
Fermentis Safale S-04 UK
Other Ingredients
One Protofloc tablet: 15 minutes before end of boil


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Watch 2012 (2009) : Full Movie Online Free Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
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|Action, Adventure, Science Fiction,
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|Columbia Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, Farewell Productions, The Mark Gordon Company
|Production Countries
|Canada, United States of America
|John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Tom McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Liam James, Morgan Lily, Beatrice Rosen
|Plot Keywords
|civilization, natural disaster, end of the world, disaster, apocalypse, destruction, volcanic eruption, mayan, ark, solar,
Jackson CurtisJohn Cusack
Kate CurtisAmanda Peet
Adrian HelmsleyChiwetel Ejiofor
Laura WilsonThandie Newton
Carl AnheuserOliver Platt
Dr. Gordon SilbermanTom McCarthy
Charlie FrostWoody Harrelson
President WilsonDanny Glover
Noah CurtisLiam James
Lilly CurtisMorgan Lily
TamaraBeatrice Rosen
SashaJohann Urb
Professor Frederic WestJohn Billingsley
TenzinChin Han
NimaOsric Chau
Grandma SonamLisa Lu
Grandfather SonamChang Tseng
Harry HelmsleyBlu Mankuma
Tony DelgattoGeorge Segal
Captain MichaelsStephen McHattie
Dr. Satnam TsurutaniJimi Mistry
ScottyRyan McDonald
Yuri KarpovZlatko Burić
OlegPhilippe Haussmann
AlecAlexandre Haussmann
Cruise Ship LadyBeverley Elliott
Roland PicardPatrick Bauchau
Mrs. BirnbaumTanya Champoux
German ChancellorMerrilyn Gann
Lama RinpocheHenry O
Ark Communications OfficerPatrick Gilmore
Ark Communications OfficerDean Marshall
Ark Boarding OfficerRon Selmour
Ark Boarding OfficerViv Leacock
Ark Boarding OfficerChris Boyd
Ark Tech OfficerJason Diablo
Arc Naval OfficerAnna Mae Routledge
Ark Bridge CrewJill Morrison
Ark Bridge CrewChad Riley
Ark Bridge CrewKevin Haaland
Ark Bridge CrewJason Anthony Griffith
Ark Bridge CrewAlex Zahara
AF1 Science OfficerDonna Yamamoto
AF1 Science OfficerDoron Bell
AF1 LieutenantDavid Orth
AF1 OfficerTy Olsson
GovernorLyndall Grant
AparnaAgam Darshi
GurdeepRaj Lal
Paris ReporterAlexandra Castillo
Angry BillionaireJohn Mee
Cruise Ship LadyCandus Churchill
Vegas Tow Truck DriverLuis Javier
Interrogating OfficerSean Tyson
CNN AnchorJody Thompson
Boxing AnnouncerMichael Buffer


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Ever since I was in Nassau four years ago, I had kept my sights on coming back to work with Sonia Farmer at Poinciana Paper Press: it took longer than I thought, but it finally happened.
Sonia's studio is tucked away in downtown Nassau, and it's really lovely, with great access, lots of light, tons of type to look at, and a little sign press to do smaller runs (plus a lovely C&P that needs work but which can crank out copies with an elegant mechanical ballet).
Day 1 consisted of me showing up with a haiku about the conch (Lobatus gigas), and we looked at various faces, tossed around some ideas about possible images to go with it, and just generally talked about the wonderful world of letterpress. After setting the type, Sonia mixed up the most beautiful pink ink to print it with, and we did that on some Strathmore 130 lb. medium watercolour paper, as well as some coloured pieces of her handmade paper.
Sonia also had a spare linocut block in the shop, and I borrowed her tools, spending the next day finding a suitable image, then transferring it to the block before carving it out. We were both pleased with how it looked when it was inked up with yet another custom blended ink (this time it was black, with both blue and white blended in to make a cool dark grey), and set about printing it onto the scraps of paper Sonia had in her drawers.
Once they had dried, I experimented with both watercolour pencils and crayons to give life to the shell, and proceeded to finish off the edition of seven by signing and numbering them when they had dried from the colouring. What a fun time!


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Progressive Conservative Tourism, Culture and Heritage Critic Ron Schuler has been chosen to represent Canada as an Election Observer in Ukraine. He will depart on October 18 for the upcoming Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections. This is the second election in Ukraine that Schuler will take part in on behalf of Canada.
"It's an honour to have been chosen again for deployment in Ukraine and to represent our great nation as an Election Observer. I look forward to building on what we accomplished in May, and to continue representing the ideals Canada stands for; rule of law, freedom, and democracy, as well as continue to ensure Ukrainians have their voices heard." Schuler said. "It's a proud day for Ukrainians in Manitoba, and shows what a difference our voices make."
PC Caucus and Schuler stood with Ukraine and the Ukrainian community over the last year, joining with all of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in support of a resolution affirming that stand. We strongly condemn all violence and anti-democratic acts both in Ukraine and perpetrated against Ukraine. We fought in the Legislature for the removal of all Russian-produced products from the shelves of Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries stores, and the suspension of the sale of Russian-produced products until the international crisis in Ukraine is resolved.
We are proud to be honoured by the Canadian Government for the second time as they recognize PC Caucus and Schuler's commitment to stand with Ukraine.


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How to Hard Reset iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus in a Few Steps
Wondering how you can hard reset an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus? The method is very different compared to the iPhone 7.
Apple Has Changed How You Hard Reset the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus. Here's How it Works Now.
Whether it's a smartphone from Apple or any other manufacturer, your device is guaranteed to throw in the towel at a certain point in time. Once it does, you are forced to hard reset your phone in order to make things functional again. It's pretty much obvious at this point that we won't ever see software stable enough that we negate the possibility of hard reseting our devices from time to time.
On the iPhone 7, it's a simple case of holding down the Volume Down and Power buttons for a good 10 seconds until the screen goes blank and you see the Apple logo. On older iPhones or the iPad, just hold down the Power and Home buttons together for 10 seconds and you're good to go. On the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, however, things are a little different. So different that you might not figure it out on your own at all, until or unless you haven't gone through Apple's official support document already. Here's how it works.
Hard Reset iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus.
Note: A hard reset will not erase anything off your device. It just forcefully reboots it in case you can't power it down or quit an unresponsive app.
1. Hold down the Volume Up button and let go immediately.
2. Hold down the Volume Down button and let go immediately.
3. Press the Power button until you see the Apple logo on the display.
This might take a few tries before you get it right, so it's best to practice this combo ahead of time before you see yourself in a situation where you need it the most. Don't worry though, chances are high that you'll get it right in the first couple of tries. At least I did.
I'm somewhat curious as to why Apple made this change with the release of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Quite frankly, things were just fine as they were on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Maybe it's part of Apple's plan to reshuffle things around before it makes an unexpected big reveal down the line?
Who knows!


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Savuti is a raw and beautiful place in Botswana. I really liked it even if we had very high temperatures during the days. You surely will stumbled upon predators here as this is a prime spot for them.
Savuti is a prime game viewing area in Botswana. It lies in the Mababe Depression in the south west corner of Chobe National Park. The western edge is encircled by Magwikhwe, a sand ridge which actually is an ancient shoreline, and the Gocha Hills in the north. Savuti is named after the Savuti Channel that flows out of the Linyati area. The channel feed the marshes that until recently was dry, but now has flooded again. Wooded areas with mainly Mopane, Camel Thorn and Silver Terminalia flank the marshes.
You understand that this is a varied habitat with marshes, waterways, riverine forests, dry woodlands and grasslands. This spectacular scenary together with the diverse wildlife makes this an area you shouldn´t miss.
You find a healthy population of predators, with the elephant hunting Lions the star of the show. Now it seems the Lions have slowed down this strange hunting behavior. The reason behind this is probably that the huge pride has dissolved into smaller ones. You still find a large concentration of Lions and Spotted Hyenas and the hills are good Leopard country. If you're lucky you'll even spot the endangered African Wild Dog or maybe even the odd Cheetah.
The area has mainly two different seasons. The dry season is between May and October and the wet season between November and April. The dry season is the normal time to visit Savuti as it is easier to spot animals. The wet season is no less dramatic with all the migratory birds as well as the resident antelopes giving birth during this time of the year. You also have a Zebra migration from Linyati thru Savuti and the grasslands of the Mababe Depression. This can be seen twice each year and during the return to Linyati the Zebra calves here.


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The mark that Bob Reina has left on the world is the kind of mark that will last forever. It is not going to go away anytime soon. It is because it is a big mark he has left on the world. Here is the good news: he is just getting started. He is nowhere near finished when it comes to Talk Fusion, the award-winning video communications company. Talk Fusion is known in the industry for its applications with video. Bob Reina is always one to give credit to everyone else. Even though he is the CEO and founder, he knows none of this is possible without the IT team and every single person that comes to work for Talk Fusion.
It is a team, through and through. However, Bob Reina is the leader of the team. He has said himself he knows it comes with great responsibility. If anyone knows anything about responsibility, it is Bob Reina. He is a former police officer, which means a lot was put on his plate and he faced some harrowing situations. He used those situations to learn from them and he kept that knowledge in his back pocket.
It has helped him create a company that has changed lives, which is exactly what he wanted when the doors of Talk Fusion opened. He wanted people to have a better life, and he wanted them to have options. Talk Fusion gives them plenty of options with life. No matter what business idea they have or no matter what they have been working on, if they put in the time and commit to it, they can see it become a reality. That is why Bob Reina does all of this. It is also why they have 30-day free trials at the moment. These free trials are for the new customers that have heard about Talk Fusion and want to give it a shot.
Once they give it a shot, they will be hooked and they will tell all of their friends about it. This is a life-changing product that will give people a new lease on life.


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About Us
our story
Kindred Yarn Co. was created out of a long-standing 4-H fiber project that became a life-long shared hobby between myself and my mom. With our small heard of Angora fiber goats and a pair of watchful llamas in Central Oregon, my mom continues to raise, process, and spin natural fibers right from her own animals. As an avid knitter based in Boise, Idaho, I fan the flames of my knitting obsession by looking for every opportunity to knit with my mom's handspun yarns.
why handspun?
As knitters, we know that selecting the right yarn can make or break a knitting project. Great yarn makes great projects. Handspun yarn is the way to take your projects to the next level.
We created this site because we believe the character handspun yarns brings to each knitting project is irreplaceable. The learning curve is totally worth it! And that's why we want to help you take your knitting in a new direction - one that connects you back to a tradition of fiber arts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Medill looking for in applicants for the specialization?
On one level, we are looking for what we have always looked for in the MSJ program: curiosity, strong analytical and writing skills, an interest in having an impact and making the world a better place. But for this specialization, we're also looking for applicants who are motivated by the challenges of creating new publications, leading interdisciplinary teams and finding the right combination of content, audience and business strategy to build sustainable media products. We love to see students with backgrounds in journalism and/or media, but for this specialization, many kinds of prior experience could be relevant. For example, those with backgrounds in software development, business strategy, marketing, social/community engagement or product design are among our applicants.
What career opportunities will be available?
Some graduates will become entrepreneurs or key players in media startups, but there are many other kinds of opportunities you could pursue. Media organizations of all sizes – from startups to large, established companies – are looking for people who understand all the dimensions of developing media products. They want team members who are comfortable collaborating across disciplines and finding the right blend of content, audience and business. You'll be prepared for new career paths such as audience development manager, social media manager, content strategist and product manager – or be ready to launch your own new media venture. You'll also develop skills now needed by editors, producers and managers in media organizations: the ability to communicate, understand and collaborate effectively with software engineers, marketers, designers and the people responsible for business development and revenue strategy. And with the growth of "content marketing," even companies outside media now need professionals who can develop media products and distribution strategies.
What will I do during my San Francisco quarter?
You will immerse yourself in the startup and technology culture of the Bay Area, learning through classes as well as a part-time internship with a tech or media company in the region. The curricular core is design thinking and research, the proven techniques and approaches for learning and understanding the needs of users and audiences. These include observational/ethnographic research, interviewing for product development and developing techniques for eliciting feedback on product ideas and prototypes. You'll also learn the business fundamentals required for product development, such as business models, competitive analysis and marketing strategy. Your classes will work on real-world design and research projects for companies in the Bay Area, and Medill will arrange opportunities for you to gain experience working inside the region's many innovative companies.
What do you mean by "media innovation"?
Media innovation is the creation of real value for an audience or group of users through the development of new publications or media products. This includes digital magazines, sites, apps, newsletters or platforms, as well as tools for media consumers, publishers or content creators. Media innovation takes place in startup companies, but it is also a necessity now for established media organizations because survival requires the regular invention of new products to serve new and existing audiences.
What if I don't see myself as an entrepreneur?
It may be that the entrepreneurial character is something one is born with rather than something learned in school. But developing a startup business requires contributions from a team of people, not just an entrepreneurial leader. The specialization curriculum, especially the NUvention Web+Media class, will give you the experience and skills needed to be a leader inside established media organizations or startups. And we will help you determine if a startup environment is the right one for you.
Will I learn to code?
Medill's core MSJ curriculum provides foundational coding skills, and the San Francisco quarter will include a hands-on software engineering class. It is certainly possible that with the foundation learned at Medill, you could decide that hands-on programming is a career path for you to pursue. But in teaching these skills, our goal is not to train programmer-developers. It is, instead, to give you enough hands-on technology experience that you understand how software is built and can collaborate effectively with developers. You can certainly learn enough about web and mobile development in our curriculum to create prototypes for a product idea.
How can I learn more about students' experiences in the specialization?
Read more about students' experiences on the Medium.com channel for the specialization. For occasional email updates, sign up for the Medill media innovation newsletter.


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Until the great Summorum Pontificum, ". . . the single most significant initiative in Sacred Music since the Second Vatican Council."
- Father Eduard Perrone, Editor (Pastor, Assumption Grotto Church, Detroit, Michigan).
What is The Cantus Project?
The present scope of The Cantus Project is defined thus:
1. To translate faithfully and literally into English the Latin texts of existing melodies from the Graduale Simplex for the Proper texts of the Introit, Offertory, and Communion chants so that they may be sung in English with their original chant melodies unaltered.
2. To adapt the Latin chant melodies for the Order of the Mass, the Ordinary, as found in the recent editions of Latin chant books published by the Holy See and Solesmes, to the officially approved English texts in such a manner as to render them as close as possible to the original Solesmes chant melodies.
3. As Liturgiam Authenticam requires a new and true translation of the Latin original texts, The Cantus Project aims to preserve the chant melodies of the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass with diligent regard for the integrity of the given melodies themselves, and their musical accents.
4. Observing an exacting set of criteria for the rendering of its English texts (in the case of the Proper antiphons) and for the preservation of the original chant melodies (in the case of the approved texts of the Ordinary of the Mass), The Cantus Project has already produced literal and singable translations for some 265 antiphons from the Graduale Simplex and the complete Order of the Mass, using the existing ICEL text.
5. This work has been a labor of love by musicians who wish to share the fruit of their work. If those who have been assigned to oversee the musical demands of the liturgy in English deem this work suitable for inclusion in the liturgical books that are to be published, The Cantus Project will have fulfilled its highest hopes and aspirations.
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|Frontispiece and first page of chapter one of an early English translation by T. Smollett et al of Voltaire's Candide: or, Optimism , printed by J. Newbery, 1762. [Public Domain Image]
DEFEND the ARTS and HUMANITIES is delighted to publish Part Two of David McCallam's Manifesto for the Arts and Humanities, using the example of Voltaire's Candide: or, Optimism (1759).
The 'Introduction', published yesterday, is here. The remaining four sections will be published daily over the weekend and into next week, with 'Ethos' appearing tomorrow.
The 'Introduction', published yesterday, is here. The remaining four sections will be published daily over the weekend and into next week, with 'Ethos' appearing tomorrow.
Possible worlds
The Browne Report into funding higher education in England was depressingly reductive, judging the worth of university education almost exclusively in economic terms. Only those subjects deemed capable of growing the economy were hailed as fit for funding. The general good, in other words, is nothing more than GDP. No mention of university's moral transformative capability, its democratizing potential or its civic duty. No defence of its role in providing personal enrichment, cultural apprenticeship or aesthetic pleasure. Society, in Browne's vision, is competition, not conversation; it is entrepreneurial, not inclusive.
This is the world, as Matthew Taylor presents it, of the hedge fund, the NHS internal market, X Factor and the Turner Prize where 'the imperative of competition has become all-pervasive'. This is today's world, Browne says, and there is no alternative. And in such a world those academic disciplines caricatured as having no clear economic utility should have their public funding withdrawn in its entirety.
This, of course, means chiefly the arts and humanities – accessory, self-indulgent, esoteric pursuits of knowledge for its own sake. The otium or idleness of personal interest, not the negotium or market savvy of business interests. Yet, is it not intriguing to note that the arts and humanities are also the principal academic sphere from which an innovative critique of this blinkered econometric world view comes? Is it not significant that Browne wants to asset-strip precisely that intellectual domain in which powerful and imaginative alternative worlds are constantly being proposed, explored and debated? In this sense, the arts and humanities are the prime site of resistance to Browne and the coalition government's economic instrumentalization of university education. What they 'produce' instead is critically empowered citizens with the capacity to envisage a different future from the one presented to them. The reason for this is simple: their students and teachers live and breathe in other possible worlds.
So in stark contrast to Browne's university, it might be better to speak of our multiversity. This is not a reference to Clark Kerr's multiversity of the 1960s, an institution which geared itself increasingly to the utilitarist needs of the corporate economy. Rather, our twenty-first-century multiversity is characterized by a publicly funded diversity of provision (adult, part-time, vocational, career-break modalities) and a plurality of informed opinion. It is the institutional equivalent of quantum mechanics's many-worlds theory, of Ernst Bloch's 'multiverse' as a horizon of possibilities, of an infinite number of simultaneously realizable 'tendencies and latencies', of Borges's garden of forking paths. And far from being a secondary string of subjects, a form of cultural ornamentation to the applied sciences, the arts and humanities should be the very model for the academic disciplines of the twenty-first-century multiversity.
The new institution could take as its motto the slogan of the anti-globalization movement: 'Another world is possible'. It could even say: 'Other worlds are possible'. It could go so far as to cry: 'Other worlds are possible and real'. For this is what great works of art, of writing, of thinking constitute. The artist, wrote Henri Bergson, 'creates the possible at the same time as the real when he carries out his work'. The possible and the real enter into a new relationship in the arts and humanities; and it is not just the artist but also the arts student who creates at once new possibilities and new realities each time that he or she interprets a text or image. (This is, incidentally, a more radical and empowering way of interrogating the world around us – the 'real' so to speak – than the commodification of the real by modern mass media, as in 'reality TV', 'real-life magazines', '24-hour news' or 'real-time messaging'.)
Let us take the literary text as an exemplary form of alternative world-making in the arts and humanities. Let us then consider one of the finest examples of this imaginative play between the real and the possible, that is, Voltaire's Candide, or Optimism. Its organizing principle is a sustained satirical attack on the Christian and Providentialist readings of Gottfried Leibniz's Theodicy which promoted the notion of Optimism: that God, in his infinite wisdom, omnipotence and benevolence, created the best possible world from all the 'compossible' cosmic permutations available to him. According to this theory, the world is conceived and organized in such a way as to optimize the general good and minimize evil as a regrettable but necessary part of the natural order. As the providentialist poet Alexander Pope put it, 'All partial Evil' contributes to 'universal Good'.
In Candide this Optimist philosophy is mischievously and repeatedly reduced to its slogan of 'All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds', a view voiced in the tale by the blindly, stubbornly Optimist Dr Pangloss. The irony of Pangloss's position is that his Optimism precisely excludes all hope – all optimism as we understand the term today – since for him the world cannot possibly be otherwise than it is, being the best of all possible worlds. Yet the adventures of Candide, the eponymous hero of the tale, give the lie to the crushing fatalism of Pangloss's philosophy, shaping and suggesting alternative worlds with each twist of the plot. They also contradict the opposite but equally abstract and systematic thinking of the pessimist Martin whose Manichean belief in the ultimate triumph of evil over good in the world could be summed up as 'All is for the worst in the worst of all possible worlds'.
Candide's tale also undermines more subtly another perfect world system, that of the utopian community of Eldorado. Whereas other literary texts might connote a better world, utopian texts denote it, explicitly delineating its various perfections. This leads to the paradox of the utopian text, Eldorado in this case, denying the reader the very possibility of imagining a better world otherwise. In this sense, utopia is just as fatalist, fixed and hopeless (there being nothing left to hope for) as Pangloss and Martin's visions of the world. It is perhaps no coincidence that Candide exits Eldorado only to confront the realities of slavery in Surinam, a juxtaposition of two forms of entrapment in social systems demanding above all conformity to their rules – the one beyond-the-human, the other beneath-the-human.
It is rather Candide's practical, resourceful servant Cacambo who advises him 'when you don't get what you expect in one place (dans un monde), you get it in another. It's a great pleasure to see and do new things'. To be realistic, as Cacambo undoubtedly is, is to create the possible. And the way to do this, Cacambo suggests, is by exercising one's curiosity, a trait both he and Candide share in spades. Thus unlike Pangloss who rarely asks questions and always elicits the univocal answer of 'all is for the best' from his readings of the world, the curious Candide incessantly interrogates those around him and those he meets, not to confirm his pre-established opinion or to get a definitive response, but precisely to question better. Hence he sees new pertinences arising from his variously impertinent questions. And this is the role of the reader, of the student, of the arts and humanities too. The university has to create a space for the exercise of this Candide-like attention, this curiosity, this credulity which teaches not facts and certainties, but how to question better.
As Candide amply proves, there is no single text, but the site of many possible readings. Pangloss's problem is that he has only one interpretation of the world. The same goes for Martin and, in a different way, the same is true of the utopian vision of Eldorado. Yet instead of such utopias, Candide opens up for its readers what Dominique Maingueneau calls 'paratopias'. These are spaces of critical negotiation and experimentation between places in the real world (e.g., Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Venice) and their fictional forms. Paratopias make imaginative room between the actual and the fictional for other possible worlds to exist and be explored, worlds in which we are invited to reconfigure our beliefs and desires.
The ultimate paratopian situation is that of Candide's garden at the end of the narrative. It is situated just outside Constantinople (today's Istanbul) and is thus poised on multiple thresholds over and above the discursive space between a fictional and a real Turkish capital. For instance, the garden sits on the cusp between East and West, between the city and the sea; the garden is also where art and nature meet; and it is an excellent place for cultivating not just natural produce but also dialogue between civilizations, faiths and peoples. Its situation makes of it a literary version of the famous 'Sublime Porte' or 'High Gate' that gave entrance to the chambers of power in the city under Ottoman rule. So Candide's final situation forms a sublime doorway from the actual to the fictional, from the real to the possible, and back again. The garden as supreme paratopia also contrasts with the Old World of Europe (identified with Pangloss) and the New World of the Americas (where we meet Martin and visit Eldorado), with their respective forms of Optimism, fatalism and utopia.
The literary text also frees its reader from the prevailing narratives of the 'real' world, be they eighteenth-century Optimism or the economic determinism of Browne's report. Candide is particularly successful in challenging in this manner the metaphysical causality typical of Pangloss and Martin's way of thinking. To this end it deploys a hubristic narrative causality, involving far-fetched coincidences, improbable accidents and even resurrections from death (the ultimate other world), which makes a mockery of all other causal theories, destroying them by a sort of narrative reductio ad absurdum. In this way Candide's story reasserts the necessity of chance in life and employs an explicit lack of realism to reclaim the 'real' for its readers.
One of the more significant social impacts of reading literary texts is the way their paratopias and invitations into alternative worlds oblige the reader to cleave to two beliefs simultaneously. To invest a belief in the fictional world of the text (to suspend one's disbelief willingly) and to retain a belief in the actual world and its everyday reference points (to remain suspicious of the fiction). Readers who engage in this game of double beliefs, of credulity and scepticism combined, will arguably be more proof against single-minded extremism, will be less tempted by the simplistic vision of the fanatic or the strident appeals of the fundamentalist. That the arts and humanities immerse their students into simultaneously varied, often starkly divergent, belief systems allows these same students to rehearse the moral and mental gestures necessary for participation in a pluralist and tolerant society.
As Yves Citton explains, this works a bit like inoculation. As with inoculation, the reader takes a shot of the noxious beliefs exposed in a given fiction the better to build up a resistance, an immunity to the full-blown ravages of the integral belief system. In this way Candide naïvely applies Pangloss's Optimist theory to his lived experience, which ultimately cures him of it; he is henceforth inoculated against the Doctor's Optimist fundamentalism. (As if to reinforce the classic Voltairean assimilation of fanatical thinking with infectious disease, Pangloss catches the pox, which costs him an eye and an ear, although his eventual treatment does not cure him of his Optimist zeal. Nor does his falling foul of the rival superstitious intolerance of the Inquisition. Indeed, he clings to his Optimist beliefs even in Constantinople… from where the practice of inoculation was first exported to the West.)
So, the manifesto principle established from this study would be:
Article 1°
At the heart of societies keen to foster tolerant multiculturalism, the arts and humanities provide an essential and unique site for negotiating and experimenting with linguistic, philosophical and cultural plurality.
Further reading:
- Yves Citton, Lire, interpréter, actualiser. Pourquoi les études littéraires? (Paris, 2007) – I am deeply indebted to this book for many of the ideas not just in this section but in all the sections of this Manifesto
- Lubomír Doležel, Heterocosmica: Fiction and Possible Worlds (Baltimore, 1998)
- Dominique Maingueneau, Le Discours littéraire. Paratopie et scène d'énonciation (Paris, 2004)


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Really lovely card for your friend, Sandie. I'm sure she'll be very pleased to get this pretty card! Love the pink and gold together. What a great sentiment, too. BevReplyDelete
What a beautiful card! Love the colors you chose...one of my favorite CIC inspirations! Thanks for joining our celebration!ReplyDelete
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The colors and that textured background gives your card a delicious, yummy look! Mmmm. Pretty!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful card for your friend!ReplyDelete
What a stunning card! Great color inspiration too. I'm so glad you linked up to our 400th birthday celebration at Cupcake Inspirations!ReplyDelete
Gosh, this is gorgeous, Sandie ... the texture is delicious ... and the gold with soft blush is such a wonderful combination! LOVE the sentiment ... must check out The Ton! Hugs, Anita :)ReplyDelete
I believe I know who is getting this card... And she will surely love it. The embossing folder looks perfect used with soft colors like this and I love the elegancy of gold here. xxxReplyDelete
Real different colourcombi! Didn't thought I would like this combi, but I do! And a great sentiment! Hugs, GerrinaReplyDelete
Awesome card great take on the challenge. Glad you joined us over at CAS on Sunday.ReplyDelete
Your gorgeous card is sure to lift your friend's spirits; it certainly has done so for mine! She'll adore it, as do I! So thrilled you joined the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!ReplyDelete
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she will be smile if you give this card to her
you are so thoughtful miss Sandie
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Lovely card, Sandie. Gorgeous colours. Thank you for joining us at CAS on Sunday. Luv, WilmaReplyDelete
Wow!!! This card is stunning. So simple and yet so powerful!!! Thank you for joining us for our #400th challenge celebration!!!ReplyDelete


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One question that came from my previous post, Understanding the ISO 15926 RDL, was "What is an endpoint?" The comparison I had made to a dictionary was understood, but "Is there more?" Well, yes:
Q. What is an Endpoint?
A. An endpoint is just a place to store stuff, with the provision that ISO 15926 tools can query it and get a response.
But that probably doesn't help you very much so I will address this in two parts. The first part, here, develops the dictionary metaphor a bit more; in the second part we will get into some of the different kinds of "stuff" you can store at an endpoint
For the purposes of a gentle introduction here, you can think of an endpoint as the electronic equivalent of a physical dictionary sitting on a shelf at a particular location. A physical dictionary will be a particular edition published by a particular organization. The location it is sitting at is unique in the world. When we (people) refer to such a dictionary in conversation we usually don't repeat the organization, edition, and the precise location in space because other humans will understand the implied information. (And if they don't, will ask questions.) But when we create ISO 15926 endpoints that machines can use we need to take all of this implicit information and say it clearly.
If you are new to information modeling, some of the process will seem silly to you. "Everyone knows this!" is a common retort. The problem is that "Everyone doesn't always know." And as we move farther and farther from our home area, the proportion of our information that "Everyone doesn't always know" only grows.
Endpoint Example – The Public Works Dictionary of Evanston, Illinois
We will use the Department of Public Works in the City of Evanston, Illinois in an example of using an endpoint for definitions in order to remove ambiguity in the city's contracts.
Note to readers: This is a purely fictional example. All we know for sure is that Evanston has a gorgeous beach and at least one wonderful neighborhood of stately old homes similar to the Garden District in New Orleans. (And, no, we have not been paid to say this.)
Evanston, Illinois is a city in the United States just north of Chicago. In case you are interested, its geographic coordinates are 42°2′47″N, 87°41′41″W, with an elevation of 600 ft. It was founded sometime around 1830 by French explorers who called the area "Grosse Pointe" after a point of land jutting into Lake Michigan. Today it is a modern city pretty much contiguous with Chicago–if you miss the sign "You are now entering Evanston" you will never know you're there.
For our example, let us say that Evanston has suffered a number of lawsuits in its public works projects due to different interpretations of what it thought were common words. To make its public works contracts more transparent it examines the problematic wording. It turns out that there are two classes of common misunderstanding. First, American English is very similar to, but slightly different than, British English, which has made problems for international bidders. Second, a couple dozen of the words used in local commerce date back to the afore-mentioned French explorers and while they have become embedded in local culture and are well-understood within the city, have different meanings to outsiders.
After a search for the most efficient means of standardizing its contract language the city adopts two dictionaries. First, the American English Dictionary published by the Cambridge University Press in Cambridge, England from which most of the words in its contracts will be drawn. Second, the Evanston Public Works Dictionary consisting of the two dozen or so words with a local meaning. All bidders for Evanston public works contracts are invited to look first in the Evanston Public Works Dictionary and second, in the American English Dictionary.
Hardcopy Endpoint
In the pre-internet world the City of Evanston would make paper copies of the two dictionaries freely available in a publically-accessible location. A good choice would be their public library. It might advertise the location as follows.
Copies of the Evanston Public Works Dictionary and the American English Dictionary are available to the public in the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston, Illinois, USA, which has geographic coordinates of 42°2′47″N, 87°41′41″W, and elevation of 600 ft. above mean sea level. (They want to eliminate ambiguity and responses such as "Oh, you meant that Evanston over there! I thought you meant this Evanston over here!)
Internet Endpoint
In the internet age, the city might publish the website of the home page for American English Dictionary at http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/american-english/.
In addition it would add an "Evanston Public Works Dictionary" page to the cityofevanston.org website.
ISO 15926-style Endpoint
To make these definitions operate more like the way ISO 15926 handles definitions, the city might work with the Cambridge University Press to make all of the words in its dictionary individually accessible. For this, each word would be given its own web page. (In the ISO 15926 world we call these individual web pages a URI–look it up.) Similarly, each of the two dozen or so words in Evanston's Public Works Dictionary would also be given its own web page.
Furthermore, each bidder would be instructed to use some special software that would link each word in its bid to that word's web page, in essence validating that the bidder was agreeing to the official definition of each word.
In the next post we will discuss some of the things that can be stored at an endpoint.