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The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long battle to stay online.
"We believe that being offered our virtual asylum in Korea is a first step of this country's changing view of access to information," according to a blog post on the Pirate Bay's website signed by "Kim Jung-bay," a pseudonym close to the North Korea leader's name, Kim Jong-un. "It's a country opening up and one thing is sure, they do not care about threats like others do."
The Pirate Bay is a search engine that can be used to find "torrents," or small information files that enable the downloading of content on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system. The website has drawn the ire of the entertainment industry for years for hosting torrents that lead to content protected by copyright.
The Swedish Pirate Party was hosting The Pirate Bay for about three years, but it was threatened with legal action by an organization representing the film industry if it did not stop. Last week, The Pirate Bay said it had started funneling its traffic through private networks run by the Norwegian Pirate Party in Norway and the Catalonian Pirate Party in Spain.
The Pirate Bay is already blocked in several countries. Its operators were found guilty in Sweden in 2009 for being accessories to crimes against copyright law, and the entertainment industry continues a long-running campaign to make it difficult for The Pirate Bay to stay online.
A traceroute of The Pirate Bay's traffic on Tuesday showed it appeared to go through Star Joint Venture Co. Ltd., a network provider based in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, according to Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.
The company is a joint venture between the Korean Post and Telecommunications Corporation, which is run by the government, and Loxley Pacific Co. Ltd., which is based in Thailand. It began work in late 2010 to modernize the country's Internet services, according to the Internet Assigned Numbers Corporation.
At least one observer suggested the traceroute is misleading, and that it would be possible to use a bit of network trickery to make it appear that traffic is going through North Korea.
North Korea tightly controls its citizens' access to the Internet and it seems unlikely the signing of such an agreement would see rising use of The Pirate Bay in the country. Along with the announcement, The Pirate Bay modified its iconic sailing ship logo to bear the colors of North Korea's flag.
"We will do our best to influence the Korean leaders to also let their own population use our service and to make sure that we can help improve the situation in any way we can," The Pirate Bay wrote.
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This is the third part of a small series of articles1 on how to use Haskell for the development of Cocoa applications. In this post I describe a simple way how to implement a Cocoa controller in Haskell. This way one can define the application's model layer completely in Haskell without any reference to the underlying Cocoa framework (or Objective-C classes).
OBJC Instances
Since the last blog entry I created a few new instances of
OBJC and changed some of the old ones. Here is an overview of the current implementation:
|Data Structure
|Haskell Representation
|Objective-C Representation
|Opaque value 1
|Value created in Objective-C
|Opaque value 2
|Value created in Haskell
|"No Value"
|Scalar number
|C types
double, …
|Conversion by FFI
|1st class number
|List, tuple
Map k a
Opaque values are treated differently based on the runtime in which the values have been created: If an opaque
NSObject value was created in the Objective-C runtime it will be available in Haskell as a value of type
StableId. Analogically, an arbitrary Haskell value can be wrapped as a
StableValue and exported to Objective-C. In Objective-C this Haskell value is then available as an object of the
HSValue class. This is just a proxy for the FFI
StablePtr: the implementation of the
HSValue class deals with all the creating and freeing of the
StablePtr such that the user does not need to bother with this.
This special treatment of opaque values is necessary exactly because they are opaque, meaning that neither the Haskell nor the Objective-C runtime can build native representations of values that were initially created in the foreign runtime. Therefore they have to be wrapped in the target runtime. For all the other data structures the
OBJC typeclass has enough information to construct new native representations from the original values in the target runtime.
Function or method return types of
void are now translated to the
() Haskell type. This has not been tested that much, but right now it works and it is used for the target actions of Cocoa's
NSControl view elements.
I removed the instance declaration for the
String Haskell type. This is just because I was getting all kinds of problems as
String is just a type synonym for
[Char] and this means that the instance definition for
String overlaps with the instance definition for lists
[a]. This problem is well known in Haskell and one can deal with it via GHC switches, like
OverlappingInstances. But in the process of extending the
OBJC typeclass I ran into more and more issues because of this. So I decided to drop the instance definition for
String again. After all, converting
Strings from and to
Text values is quite easy.
A very similar problem is the Haskell representation of dictionaries. The most fundamental way would be to just translate
NSDictionarys to Haskell key-value lists
[(k, a)], but this once again would collide with the instance for lists. So I decided to use
Map as the Haskell representation for an
Next up: functions
The way to export Haskell functions to Objective-C as presented in the last posts was quite tedious:
Wrap a Haskell function for accepting
Ids by usage of
Export each function individually to C via the FFI.
Provide a dummy C-implementation of each function in the Objective-C project.
But as functions are first-class values in Haskell there must be a better way to export them to Objective-C!
To make the exporting of Haskell functions easy we will define them as instances of the
OBJC typeclass. As Haskell functions have no direct counterpart in Objective-C they will be similar to
StableValues. Accordingly a Haskell function of one argument will be represented in Objective-C by an object of the class
HSFunc1, which is a subclass of
The Haskell part is given as:
instance (OBJC a, OBJC b) => OBJC (a -> IOOBJC b) where
toId f = newHSValue "HSFunc1" f'
f' :: Id -> IOOBJC Id
f' x' = toId =<< f =<< fromId x'
fromId = undefined
Instances of
OBJC are defined for a function that has a "wrappable" argument
OBJC a and a wrappable result type
OBJC b. These functions shall be executed in the
IOOBJC monad.
Firstly we wrap the complete function yielding a new function
f' that has the type
Id -> IOOBJC Id. Then we export
f' to Objective-C via
newHSValue which is defined as:
newHSValue :: String -> a -> IOOBJC Id
newHSValue className val = checkNullPtr ("Could not create " ++ className ++ " object") $
BS.useAsCString (BS8.pack className) $ \cstr ->
c_newHSValue cstr =<< newStablePtr val
the corresponding C-part is:
id newHSValue(const char *name, HsStablePtr value)
Class aClass = (Class)objc_getClass(name);
id funcObj = [[aClass alloc] initWithHaskellValue:value];
[funcObj autorelease];
return funcObj;
As we see the
toId function creates an (autoreleased)
HSFunc1 object that handles the new
StablePtr which was created by
HSFunc1 now provides a simple way for Objective-C to call the original Haskell function. This is done by the method
return callFunc1(hsValue, arg1);
and the Haskell implementation of
callFunc1 :: (StablePtr (Id -> IOOBJC Id)) -> Id -> IO Id
callFunc1 fPtr arg = catchOBJC $
do f <- liftIO $ deRefStablePtr fPtr
f arg
With these definitions we can retrieve Haskell functions from Objective-C very easily and call them with Objective-C arguments getting back Objective-C values as results, for example:
NSArray *results = [getMethod(controller, @"lengthOfStrings") callWithArg:inputArray];
controller is a Haskell controller (wrapped in an
HSValue) and the function
getMethod returns the Haskell function
lengthOfStrings wrapped as an
HSFunc1 value which now can be called with
I have not yet implemented the
fromId part of the function instance of
OBJC. This is just because there was no need for this backward conversion, but the implementation should be quite straightforward.
Towards a Haskell Controller
With the new instances of
OBJC for wrapping arbitrary Haskell values and functions it is now possible to build a real Haskell controller.
The connection of the Haskell controller to the view part of a Cocoa application will be managed by a Objective-C controller proxy layer. This controller proxy will interact with the Haskell controller via a small C interface:
HSValue *initController(NSDictionary *ivars): This creates the Haskell controller value and returns it as an
HSValueto Objective-C. The dictionary
ivarscontains the data members of the calling Objective-C controller proxy by name. It can be used by the Haskell controller to access other Objective-C objects, like e.g. the view elements (see below!).
NSArray *getMethodNames(HSValue *controller): Returns the names of all exposed "methods" of the Haskell controller.
id getMethod(HSValue *controller, NSString *methodName): Returns the controller method for a given name. This will be an object of the class
HSFunc2, …
These are the only functions the Haskell controller has to provide in order to communicate with the Objective-C part of the application.
With this interface a typical way to implement a Cocoa controller in Haskell would be as follows:
Define a proxy Objective-C controller and bind all necessary view elements (and other needed Objective-C objects) to it by using
IBOutlets in the "Interface Builder".
Initialize the Haskell controller in the
awakeFromNibmethod of the Objective-C controller proxy. The bound
IBOutlets are provided to the Haskell controller by the
Bind Haskell functions to the view elements.
The last step now looks something like this:
"numberSlider" `connect` presentNumbers
This connects the
target and
action of the
numberSlider view element to a Haskell function
presentNumbers. It is of type
Action4 and given as:
presentNumbers :: Action
presentNumbers sender =
do val <- sender # objectValue -- luckily "objectValue" delivers a NSNumber!
let x = sqrt val :: Double
let y = (round val)^2 :: Int
outlet "number_doubleValue" >>= setObjectValue x
outlet "number_integerValue" >>= setObjectValue y
This corresponds to the original Objective-C version from the last blog entry:
- (IBAction)newNumberFromSlider:(id)sender;
NSNumber *value = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:[(NSSlider*)sender doubleValue]];
// double
NSNumber *doubleRes = doubleTest(value);
[number_doubleValue setDoubleValue:[doubleRes doubleValue]];
// integer
NSNumber *intRes = integerTest(value);
[number_integerValue setIntValue:[intRes intValue]];
By defining the complete action-target of the
numberSlider in Haskell we do not have to export the functions
doubleTest and
integerTest anymore. All the Haskell calculation can be done directly in the Haskell function!
The controller itself is just a plain Haskell data type, given for example as:
data Controller = Controller {
ctrOutlets :: OutletTable,
ctrMethods :: MethodTable,
ctrModel :: Model
Connecting a Model
In the example application I have created a very simple model:
data Model = Model {
mdSimpleName :: IORef T.Text,
mdStringsLength :: IORef Answer -- type Answer = [(Int, T.Text)]
I use
IORefs for storing mutable data of the application. This data has to be stored somewhere as in the test application the user can e.g. enter some text and then later retrieve this text again by pressing a button. So we are dealing with two separate events that are triggered by the user and the application has to store this data between the two user-driven events.
Dealing with
IORefs seems to be not the classic Haskell solution, but somewhere we have to store this information. We could pass a new data structure back to the controller and avoid dealing with mutable data in the model, but then the controller has to keep this information. Now the controller could pass this new information back to the Objective-C controller proxy and leave it to this object to store a new
HSValue value. This way we would avoid dealing with mutable data in the Haskell part at all, but this is only some kind of passing the buck. I think it's best to handle mutable data in the model directly, because after all the model should manage the data (and state!) of the application. Another nice side effect of this is that this way the controller is a non-mutable data structure.
The model itself is completely separated from the view and only interacts with the controller. This means that the model only operates on Haskell values: there is no reference to Objective-C objects in the model implementation. All the conversion is done by the controller or implicitly by the
OBJC typeclass. This is a quite nice abstraction and means that we could use the very same model and plug it for example to a GTK+ GUI.
By mixing Haskell and Objective-C in a Cocoa application we have a very pure implementation of the MVC pattern: a stateful view, a stateless controller layer, and a stateful model. Because of being forced to make clear cuts between the individual parts the underlying pattern is visible much more clearly. For example the model only handles Haskell values like
Text and does not know about
The test application can be found on github.
Previous articles: "Curry'n'C Converter — Using Haskell with Objective-C in the Classic Cocoa Tutorial" and "A small Haskell / Objective-C Interface". ↩
In this post I will only discuss functions of one argument. In the source however, you can find also the definition of
HSFunc2which is for two-argument functions. ↩
An implementation of a method
- (NSDictionary*)ivarDictionaryto get the
ivarsof the controller is provided in the example project HSOBJC_Test ↩
Actionis defined as
type Action = StableId -> IOOBJC (): For a given sender (
StableId) it performs some
IOOBJCactions and returns nothing, because the Objective-C actions return
void. ↩

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ABC recently debuted a new reality show with an unusual focus — nutrition. Will it catch on or end up in the dumpster with yesterday's french fries?
In Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, chef and TV host Jamie Oliver travels to Huntington, West Virginia — otherwise known as the unhealthiest city in America. His goal is to educate the residents about nutrition and to change the community's eating habits. In doing so, Oliver hopes to start a grass-roots revolution that will lead the whole country to eat better.
The series debuted with a special premiere on Sunday, March 21st. It attracted a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.13 million total viewers. That put the debut in third place in both categories and it only retained about 60% of the Desperate Housewives lead-in audience.
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ABC reran that episode on Friday night at 8pm and it attracted a 1.6 and 5.42 million. That was followed by episode two of Food Revolution, which garnered a 2.6 rating and 7.47 million viewers. That was a better performance than its Sunday night debut and put the show in second place for the timeslot. It was also a significant improvement from previous occupants like Ugly Betty and Shark Tank.
For last Friday's third episode, the numbers tumbled to a 1.5 in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.31 million viewers. That's a terrible drop but the whole night's ratings were actually down. On a positive note, Food Revolution outperformed its lead-in (Wife Swap) and tied for first place in the all-important demo.
This season of Food Revolution is made up of just six episodes so ABC will certainly air all of them. The network will likely wait until all of the episodes have aired before deciding if it warrants another season. If it continues to outperform ABC's other Friday night reality programming, a renewal is likely. Theoretically, Oliver would simply move onto another town.
But, what do you think? Is Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution a compelling show or are you bored with it already? Should it come back for season two? Cancel or keep it?
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A Look At Famous 2nd Marriages
2nd Time's The Charm? Famous 2nd Marriages…Did They Work Or Fail?
You're not really famous until you've had a divorce. And you haven't made it until you've had your second marriage.
These stars got married for a second time. How many of these marriages do you think worked? And how many failed miserably? Take a look.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith – This is Will's second marriage and it's been beautiful…so far. We'll see how those mystery divorce papers turn out.
Mariah and Nick – This is Mariah's second marriage. And she's got kids out of it and everything. So she seems to be totally happy. Score one for marriage!
Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee – This is Kimora's second marriage after Russell Simmons put her on the map. They didn't have a traditional wedding but a ceremony in Hounsou's homeland so they're hitched in God's eyes.
Brad Pitt and Angelina – This is Angelina's third marriage but Brad's second. They've got a funky family bunch already and everything. They're locked for the long haul.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries – This was Kim's second marriage. And we kind of saw how that ended up. Yikes.
Jennifer Lopez and Some Guy – J. Lo's second random a$$ marriage came with some no-name dancer. Looks like a habit she's got forming.
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Britney Spears and K-Fed – Did you know that Brit was married for a day when she got drunk one night? So K-Fed was her second go-round. And it was a car wreck. So sweet.
Eminem and Kim – Em and Kim got married twice…to eachother! Dysfunction at its finest.
Stacey Dash – We would have a pic of her and her second husband. But we'd rather just show you this picture. Her second marriage didn't work out. But you knew this would happen.
Eva Longoria – Did you know that Tony Parker was her second husband? They had promise, too. Damn those athletes.
Pamela Anderson – After making an adult film with her first hubby, she went on to marry Kid Rock. It was the best few months of his life.
Halle Berry – Halle's first husband was abusive. And Eric Benet was a sex addict. That's just too bad.
Demi Moore – She had Bruce Willis then Ashton Kutcher. Her next husband will be Justin Bieber.
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Not much to add to the San Diego signing information, except that yes, GRRM is very tired. I got him to laugh by asking if I could scold the BwB on this board for keeping him up late (as he cited the partying until 2am as one of the contributing factors to his fatigue), but as I kept him up 'til midnight talking about the new Battlestar Galactica vs. the old, and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger when he had a 6am wakeup time for an 8am flight to Seattle, that would probably be hypocritical. smiley2.gif Mostly, dinner conversation was centered about the antics of the BwB during various Worldcons past, as he attempted to convince me I really really really needed to go to LACon.
I think one of the other reasons contributing to the fatigue is that he's used to smaller crowds showing up for his signings. My impression is that it's only now starting to dawn upon him that he's a superstar, and he's rather surprised and amused by total strangers in Italy giving him gifts (and bottles of wine) and asking to get a picture taken with him. It doesn't seem to have changed him any, though.
BTW, how I got invited to dinner essentially goes back to Wild Card days, when I gave him a folded Montroll turtle at Comic-Con, and then showing up at every SoIaF signing at the same store, and handing him an origami three-headed dragon and the like, culminating in one year giving him a boxful of origami house-sigil-animals and an origami chess set. This year, I bought my way in with this. Instructions here.
He did confirm that, yes, those shields were indeed superhero comics references. And that one of the things he regrets losing from the POV split is that he was doing point and counterpoint with the Dany and Cersei scenes--showing how each was ruling in their turn. He also seemed happy that someone out there recognized Bakkalon.


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Winner! Winner! Jennifer Fischetto Jennifer please email me at christie(at)christie-craig.com and give me your snail mail address to mail out the card.
It's here. Taken at Dusk, my third book in the Shadow Falls Series has hit the bookshelves and is hopefully falling into the hands of many readers. How does that make me feel?
Excuse me, I think I need to throw up.
You know I have given birth to sixteen published books. So, you would think after straining, and pushing out sixteen of those babies, it would have become sort of a "been there, done that" kind of thing. But nope. I still get a big ball of nerves in the pit of my stomach. The kind that a Tums or a Beano pill won't cure. I'm talking about that ol' fashioned, "Oh crap, what have I done now?" kind of feeling.
I start wondering if I shouldn't have gone over the book one more time? I even think of better lines to replace some of those that I'd written. It's so hard to let go sometimes.
Someone once asked me, "What's it really like to be a writer?"
I told them it's both terrifying and exhilarating as the same time. It's the easiest and yet the hardest thing I've ever done. There's a part of me that can't wait for readers to delve into my story, but there's also another part that says…"Stop, put that down right now! When they said they were publishing the book I didn't know that meant everyone could read it."
I also think readers sometimes have a misconception about who writers really are. And if they pick up my books and study them really closely, they might see me for who I really am instead of some really cool author. Not that I'm big in the whole pretense thing. Below are four things that people just assume about writers and my thoughts concerning how they really pertain to this writer.
- Writers can spell and are grammar gurus.
Please! First I'm dyslexic, second, English is my third language, my first is Alabamian and my second is Texan. Below are three of my most famous typos that were either posted in blogs or entered in contests.
Chase glanced down at his bloody shit. (Oops, I meant shirt! I swear he did not take a poo while hiding in the heroine's back yard.)
Before I go pubic with this. (Wait, did I say "pubic?" I meant "public.")
She was going to have to resort to blackmale. (You know I meant blackmail, right?)
- Writers are profound and everything we write is ingrained in symbolism and has a deep underlying theme.
I hate to disappoint you, but I make this shit up. Seriously, the kangaroo and the dragon in Taken at Dusk, do not have a deeper meaning. I was desperate, probably hyped-up on caffeine, and stayed up too late writing the night before. So I dug deep, and that's all my brain would give me—a kangaroo and a dragon. So, I went with it.
- Writers get up every day and dress as if they were going into an office. Perfect hair, makeup and high heels.
I know this is going to surprise you, but there are days, many of them, that at five o'clock in the afternoon, I'm still in my PJs, braless, and no makeup. I mean, if my house caught fire and some super hot good looking firemen were outside, I'd probably decide to just burn up before letting them see me like this.
- Writers are strange people who live mostly inside their head. They talk to themselves, they have been known to make faces in the mirror, and sometimes they forget that their characters aren't real people.
Okay, I'll give you that one. It's pretty much true. But in my defense… okay I don't have a defense. I'm a writer.
And now I'll leave you with the thirteen things you'll learn from reading Taken at Dusk:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]--> The only thing worse than trying to help a woman with amnesia remember her name and life is trying to help a dead woman with amnesia remember hers.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Be careful what you wish for—you might just get it . . . and the reality will probably not be anything like the fantasy.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->The person you think is your enemy could just turn into a friend who'll do anything to save you.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->The scariest thing in the world isn't ghosts or rogue vampires bent on murder—it's falling in love.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Explaining why you have a skunk curled up in your arms to your mom and your old best friend is as easy as eating a brownie while brushing your teeth.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->We all make mistakes, which is why it's so important to practice forgiveness.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->The only thing worse than a pissed-off shape-shifter is a pissed-off shape-shifter in love.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->Sometimes the earth really does have to open up and swallow you whole before you can accept the truth that's right in front of you.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->9. <!--[endif]-->Vampires have no sense of humor . . . especially when they get turned into a kangaroo.
10. Free will gives us choices, but even making the right choices can't change destiny...and learning to accept that can be the most painful lesson of all.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->11. <!--[endif]-->People aren't always who they say they are, even if you really want them to be.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->12. <!--[endif]-->Sometimes when you try to save someone, they end up saving you instead.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->13. <!--[endif]-->Never get between a dragon and a warlock on the war path.
So…now I'd like to hear your beliefs about writers. Tell me your perception, and I'll tell you if it's true or not.I'm also giving away a $10 gift card to either B&N or Amazon, winner's choice. So make sure you leave a comment. I'll post the winner tomorrow morning, so you have to come back to see if you've won.


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Love your quilt Terri...such a fantastic way to showcase solids!ReplyDelete
Loving those Kona solids!ReplyDelete
I am starting to fall in love with solids, your quilt is wonderful. and I agree we just keep on learning and trying new things. The fun never gets old. You fabric looks great!!!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful show of solids. Do you think this is a quilt that would be ok for a 12 year old boy? Is it too grown up I wonder?ReplyDelete
You're not the only one behind on the FQ quilt-along! I have all my blocks pieced but don't like four of them and am now stuck! That looks like a lot of work, organizing all your fabric like that, but what a sight to behold! :-) And you'll have LOTS more room for more, more, more - it looks like a whole 'nother shelf!ReplyDelete
I love your color combinations! The plummy-brick and pink square next to the lime green is yummy... :) Definitely taking inspiration from your colors.ReplyDelete
the blocks look great...i love your fabric shelf it looks like a mini storeReplyDelete
I kinda like the blocks before they're assembled. There's an edginess and motion that the finished ones don't have!ReplyDelete
Good on ya for being so organized!
Your FQ blocks are beautiful and will look amazing all quilted up! I must say, that is one impressively organized fabric shelf - I have envy.ReplyDelete
Nice work, both the quilt and organizing! I'm so jealous of all the folded fabric. I'm waiting for the rush of the holidays to tackle mine. Too many quilts in planning and I'm hoarding the fabric for them! eep!ReplyDelete
Love your quilt. I also like the your fabric organization...it makes my mouth drool.ReplyDelete
I get so happy when my seams all line up. :) what a beautiful quilt top and boy that's a lot of fabric!ReplyDelete
I LOVE your fabric organization project! It really is the best way I have every seen to make your fabrics visible, accessible, and organized.ReplyDelete
You're blogging has inspired me to start sharing my projects as well. Anyone interested in learning how to take your bobbing/shuttle assembly apart and clean and oil it??? Check out my blog at seamssewcreative.blogspot.com
Your solid quilt is spectacular!ReplyDelete
Your quilt is amazing Terri! What a beauty!!ReplyDelete
AAACK!!! I LOVE your organized fabric shelf!! LOVE! I so want to do that with all of my fabric! And I just want to say about your "SEW much to catch up on" post that I think you should leave the prints in the boy quilt;) I love those dots - what fabric is that?ReplyDelete
LOVE your Fat Quarterly quilt!! Had to PIN it. :DReplyDelete
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Gibbs: De Blasio is next N.Y.C. mayor
Robert Gibbs has his money on Bill de Blasio in the New York mayor's race.
"I want you guys to practice this: Mayor de Blasio, OK? I got to tell you, Bill de Blasio's going to win this nomination, and Bill de Blasio's going to be the next mayor of New York," the former White House press secretary said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Gibbs said the contest isn't close.
"If you add up the top, de Blasio's at 43, and the rest of them [together] are at 45. As somebody said, the trends are going all in one direction. A multicandidate field where several people on top attack each other, what happens is someone from behind comes," Gibbs said, referring to a poll out Tuesday that showed de Blasio, over the 40 percent threshold, needs to avoid a runoff after the Sept. 10 Democratic primary.
And he dismissed a Republican threat in the November general election. "I don't think any of these Republican candidates are in danger of beating him," Gibbs said.


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- Science
- Not Exactly Rocket Science
The plague of tyrants – a common bird parasite that infected Tyrannosaurus
At 13 metres in length, Tyrannosaurus rex had little to fear from other predators. But it was occasionally attacked by an enemy far smaller than itself. In a wonderful piece of forensic palaeontology, Ewan Wolff from the University of Wisconsin has shown that the tyrant lizard king was often infected by a microscopic parasite, whose relatives still infect the birds of today. Potentially transmitted through bites from other tyrannosaurs, the parasite could have starved the infected animals to death.
Many of the large meat-eating dinosaurs have wounds on their heads that were clearly inflicted during fights with their own kind. Bite marks and long gouges caused by teeth raking bone are both fairly common, but both types of injuries show signs of healing – unlike the marks found on prey, these bites weren't inflicted to kill. But tyrannosaurs also show a second type of injury – smooth-edged pits and holes, particularly in the jaw, where the bone has been eaten away. Some are small; others are centimetres across. They weren't made by any tooth and they don't match the shape of any mouth.
They do, however, bear a striking resemblance to injuries found in the beaks of modern birds, particularly falcons, pigeons and chickens. In birds, these injuries are the result of trichomonosis, a disease spread by a parasite called Trichomonas gallinae. The parasite creates ulcers throughout the bird's mouth and throat, and erodes its jawbones.
Based on the strikingly similar size, shape and locations of the Tyrannosaurus pits and holes, Wolff thinks that the prehistoric predator was afflicted by a very similar contagion and even mounted a similar immune response. It's yet further evidence of the close relationships between modern birds and their dinosaur ancestors. They may even have been attacked by the very same parasite, although based solely on the scars left behind, that's impossible to determine.
Wolff examined the remains of 61 tyrannosaurs and discovered these trichomonosis-style holes on 15% of them. Even the famous 'Sue' was affected. Wolff did a differential diagnosis of the lesions (House, eat your heart out), ruling out a variety of other diseases that affect modern birds and crocodiles. Infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasitic worms, and even vitamin C and D deficiency, were struck off the list. All affect facial bone, but all of them produce very different injuries. Only trichomonosis fit the bill.
Modern birds of prey can spread Trichomonas from one to another in many ways. Eating infected prey is one of these but Wolff thinks it's unlikely that Tyrannosaurus ran a similar risk. After all, not a single one of the plant-eating dinosaurs that it fed on has ever been found with a lesion that looks like trichomonosis. Other possibilities include drinking contaminated water, but Wolff thinks that the many animals became infected after biting each other during fights.
Tyrannosaurs certainly bit each other on the head on a regular basis. The reasons are unclear – perhaps combat, courtship or cannibalism – but such behaviour was probably very common for around half of all individuals carry the resulting scars. Among those that Wolff examined, the presence of bite wounds and trichomonosis lesions go largely hand in hand.
Modern birds can pass on the infection by touching each other on the bill – Tyrannosaurus seems to have done something similar, although in its own inimitable style. Strangely enough, a similar fate befalls today's Tasmanian devils. They bite each other on the face regularly and, in doing so, they spread a debilitating type of contagious cancer. The tumours grow so large that the devils can't eat and starve to death. Their population is crashing as a result. Their own behaviour is killing them.
Wolff suggests that tyrannosaur populations could have been weakened in a similar way, for the size of some of the pits shows that many infections were very serious. If the disease progressed as it does in modern birds, by the time the parasite had actually started to erode the jawbone, it would also have thoroughly invaded the animal's gums and riddled its mouth and throat with ulcers (the yellow lumps in the reconstruction painting). With such painful sores, feeding would have been difficult.
As Wolff says, "it is very probable that [Sue] and other more seriously affected individuals succumbed to starvation… A disease like modern-day avian trichomonosis may have been the scourge of tyrannosaurids, thanks in part to their antagonistic behavior."
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oy, that bed looks divine :-)ReplyDelete
I find you are either really a snuggler or you are really not! My husband is, I, regretfully, am not. Maybe William will return to his snuggling roots one day.ReplyDelete
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1- White sheets + divine light (coming from right up) = 2 cute angels taking a nap. :)
2- My baby boy is 8 months old now (not teething yet) and he also brings tears to my eyes each time he pushed me away while in my arms... I feel helpless every time I'm being replaced by a toy - or the floor. (yikes!)
3- Being a "sucker for physical closeness" is the best!
My daughter is almost 4 and I still want to snuggle every night. There is nothing better than smelling her fresh and clean hair and skin.ReplyDelete
Teething was not bad with my first 2 but with my third it has been miserable. Also, I've used the hyland's teething tablets with my other 2 but with this last one I thought to myself, "I wonder if it just seems to work because I feel like I've done something." Then I decided to look at the ingredients and it has coffee in it which seems odd to me.ReplyDelete
Love that picture of you two sleeping. I was sad when each of my kids grew out of snuggling. But I have found that if I gave them their space, they returned to snuggling...even asking for it! My too-cool nine year old likes to sleep in his sister's 2nd bed so that he can get snuggled when I am done snuggling his sister. So William will come back to you, again and again!! :) Good luck with the teething. Frozen washcloths and big enormous carrots were helpful for my little one.ReplyDelete


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JOSEPH, JUDAH GEORGE (Gershom), businessman and craftsman; b. 1798 in Exeter, England; m. Rebecca —, and they had two daughters and two sons; d. 17 May 1857 in Toronto.
The late 1830s and the 1840s saw the small Jewish population of Toronto augmented by the arrival of Jews from England, Germany, Lower Canada, and the United States. Primarily shopkeepers and skilled artisans – grocers, clothiers, jewellers, tobacconists – they sought to integrate themselves into the social and economic life of Toronto. Judah George Joseph, one of the most prominent members of this early community, was born of a family described as "highly respectably connected." Much of his early life had been spent in the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. He immigrated to the United States in 1829 and eventually established himself as a jeweller and optician in Cincinnati. He prospered but "his generous nature led him to become a victim of false friends" and he was swindled in business, losing most of his property. About 1840 Joseph reportedly moved with his family to Hamilton, Upper Canada. Possibly attracted by the mercantile prospects offered by Toronto, he settled there between 1842 and 1844 and opened a business on King Street near the St Lawrence Market, then the city's leading commercial district. In addition to his trade as a jeweller and optician, he produced silverware, timepieces, mathematical and drafting instruments, and scientific equipment. Joseph observed traditional Jewish practice and closed his shop on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. He built a successful business, acquired property, and enjoyed considerable popularity as a result of his "cheerful, open-hearted and familiar" manner.
Joseph was instrumental in the formation of the Hebrew Congregation of Toronto, a small group which evidently performed no synagogal functions. In September 1849, however, Judah Joseph and Abraham Nordheimer* laid the foundation for Jewish community organization in Toronto by purchasing land for a cemetery from John Beverley Robinson*. This half-acre property, located in York Township east of Toronto (on present-day Pape Avenue), was to be held in trust for the Hebrew Congregation, which probably had the cemetery as its sole concern. In 1850 Joseph's young son, Simeon Alfred, was one of the first to be buried there and it is possible that the lad's illness may have motivated this purchase by Joseph who was "domestic and intensely attached to his family."
Joseph declined to join the city's first synagogue, Toronto Hebrew Congregation (Sons of Israel), when it was organized in 1856. The membership requirements may have seemed restrictive to Joseph; there also appears to have been a social, if not economic, gap between the cemetery trustees (established members of the city's society) and the synagogue's founders (many of whom, such as Lewis Samuel*, were recent arrivals). Nevertheless, as an observant Jew, Joseph continued his annual payments through the synagogue for the support of a ritual slaughterer, which was evidently a practical arrangement to facilitate his purchase of kosher meat. About 1859 the burial-ground was transferred to the synagogue (now Holy Blossom Temple), which Joseph's son, George, joined two years later.
The glowing obituaries occasioned by Joseph's death described him as "a good citizen and a sincere friend." His funeral, conducted at the Jewish cemetery in orthodox fashion, was attended by a large number of people and probably provided the first opportunity for local residents to observe a Jewish ritual. Following his death, Joseph's business was continued by his son-in-law Henry Joseph Altman of Birmingham, England, and Thomas Hawkins Lee of Toronto.
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Treatment with natalizumab in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) appears linked with JC virus (JCV) infection, which can lead to a rare and often fatal demyelinating disease of the central nervous system called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) that destroys the myelin that protects nerve cells. The movement of cells with JC virus into the blood stream may provide researchers with a possible reason why patients with MS develop PML
Since natalizumab was reintroduced as a biologic therapy for MS in 2006, more than 440 cases of PML have been reported. Risk factors associated with development of PML include receiving 24 or more natalizumab infusions, receiving other immunosuppressive treatments and testing positive for JCV antibodies in a blood test.
The authors evaluated 49 patients with MS and 18 healthy volunteers by drawing blood samples and examining CD34+ cells from the bone marrow plus CD19+ and CD3+ cells. Among the 49 MS patients, 26 were beginning natalizumab therapy. For these patients, blood was drawn at baseline and again at approximately three-month intervals to 10 months.. Blood also was drawn on a single occasion from 23 patients with MS receiving natalizumab for more than two years and from the 18 healthy volunteers.
Of the 26 patients beginning natalizumab therapy, 50 percent had detectable JC virus DNA in at least one cell subtype at one or more measures. Among the 23 patients who received natalizumab treatment for two years, 10 patients (44 percent) had detectable viral DNA in one or more cell subtype, as did three of the 18 healthy volunteers (17 percent). Of the 49 total patients with MS, 15 (31 percent) were confirmed to have JCV in CD34+ cells and 12 of the 49 (24 percent) had it in CD19+ cells.
"We detected JCV DNA within the cell compartments of natalizumab-treated MS patients after treatment inception and after 24 months. The JCV DNA may harbor [live] in CD34+ cells in bone marrow that mobilize into the peripheral circulation at high concentrations. Cells with latent infection initiate differentiation to CD19+ cells that favor growth of JCV. Continued studies are needed to further investigate natalizumab treatments as the mechanism of PML."
(JAMA Neurol. Published online March 24, 2014. doi:10.1001/.jamaneurol.2014.63. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)
Author: Elliot M Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and colleagues.
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Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, says he wants to rid the nation's capital of slow-moving vehicles with more than two wheels. No, not cars, pedicabs.
A statement from Transport for London said the "vehicles have disproportionate effect on congestion and drivers frequently arrested for obstruction and dangerous driving."
That could also mean cars. Anyhoo, here's the rest of the statement:
The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) have today called for a change to legislation that would allow them to effectively ban dangerous pedicabs in the capital.
In its submission to the Law Commission's consultation 'Reforming the Law on Taxi and Private Hire Services' TfL proposes that pedicabs and other 'novelty' vehicles should be brought under the same legislative framework that governs taxis and private hire vehicles. This would give TfL the power to remove pedicabs from the capital's roads as they don't meet the rigorous safety and licensing standards that taxis and private hire vehicles must adhere to.
Although there are a relatively small number of pedicabs, which operate in a small part of central London, they have a disproportionate effect on traffic congestion and congregate in pedestrian areas – both of which impact on bus passengers and other road users.
Whilst clearly there are some responsible pedicab companies, even they cannot ensure the safety of their passengers to an acceptable level and the Mayor and TfL believe that they are unsuitable for London's roads. Neither pedicabs nor their riders are licensed and there is no requirement for their riders to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks. Pedicabs are often unroadworthy and uninsured, and riders often disobey road rules and put the public at risk.
TfL has today released figures which demonstrate that pedicabs pose a risk to passengers and cause considerable congestion in the West End. Between October 2011 and November 2012, joint enforcement activity undertaken by TfL, the Metropolitan Police and Westminster City Council saw 365 arrests and seizures and 839 warnings issued to pedicab drivers for offences such as dangerous riding, causing obstruction and cycling on a footway. The most recent enforcement activity last week saw 5 arrests for offences including riding dangerously, riding on the footway and obstruction. One of the people arrested had been wanted for deportation by the UK Borders Agency for 18 months.
Transport for London and Westminster City Council had previously sought to introduce a voluntary registration scheme. However it was recognised that this would not have resulted in a robust and rigorous licensing regime. The Mayor and Transport for London are therefore seeking a change to current legislation so that the issue can be tackled effectively.
A number of businesses and organisations, including Westminster City Council, Heart of London Business Alliance, Society of London Theatres, LSE Students' Union, The Hippodrome Casino and the Delfont Mackintosh Prince Edward Theatre have expressed their support for the proposal to ban pedicabs.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said: "Although there are a number of responsible pedicab companies, the fact is that these vehicles jam up the capital's roads and consistently fail to ensure the safety of their passengers.
"Whereas other forms of public transport have measures in place to protect passengers, with pedicabs anyone can just hop aboard and ply for hire. It has become clear that a voluntary registration scheme would not have produced a robust solution. That's why we and a wide range of businesses, local authorities and West End institutions are calling for TfL to be given the powers to remove them from the streets."
Mark Field, MP for the City of London and Westminster, said: "The numbers of pedicabs have exploded over the past few years and, aside from the regular aggravation they cause local residents and other road users, there is increasing concern that these unlicensed, unregulated vehicles may cause serious accidents. I welcome the effort put in by Westminster, TfL and the police to make sure that the streets are a safe place."
Cllr Ed Argar, Westminster City Council cabinet member for transport, said: "The problems posed by pedicabs are at their worst in the West End. We have fought for many years for the safety of passengers to come first, and for the proper regulation of pedicabs, to solve the safety and congestion issues they pose. It cannot be right that this industry remains without proper safeguards or regulation to protect passengers and other road users, and we welcome and support Boris' call for action today."
Sarah Porter, Chief Executive, Heart of London Business Alliance, said: "Heart of London Business Alliance supports the Mayor's plan to ban pedicabs. We have regularly funded multi agency operations to address the anti social behaviour and safety concerns pedicabs cause however, this is a short term solution so we welcome this proposal."
Simon Thomas, Chief Executive of The Hippodrome Casino, which opened this summer in Leicester Square after a £40 million investment, said: "Pedicabs may look like a bit of fun. But they continue to flout every rule in the book. The authorities have tried, and failed, to control them and make the operators accountable. Now is the time to take a bold decision and take them off the streets once and for all. The Mayor not only has my full support in seeking a ban, but I believe the approval of the vast majority of businesses in the West End."
Roger Johnson of the Prince Edward Theatre, Delfont Mackintosh, said: "The West End is a world class destination and safety plays a significant part to this, if these pedicabs could be banned or indeed regulated it would most certainly improve the area and the safety for our customers."
Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre, said: "The safety and comfort of theatre-goers is of utmost importance, and feedback from our members shows that keeping the streets around venues as clear as possible – especially at times of peak customer flow – is key to maintaining an efficient and world-class Theatreland district."
Alex Peters-Day, General Secretary, LSE Students' Union, said: "Pedicabs can be an incredibly dangerous form of transport, and I absolutely support the move to ban them from London's roads. They can also be very expensive, and when students are on an already very limited budget they shouldn't have to face the aggressive touting that many pedicab drivers currently do in the West End."
TfL's proposal to the Law Commission will require primary legislation to be implemented. In the meantime TfL will continue to work with Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police Service on enforcement activity to tackle illegal and unsafe activity by pedicabs.


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Time-Delay Question: Do Olympics Announcers Record Live?
The Winter Olympics brings up many questions about the sports themselves. But people are also wondering whether announcers might use the big time difference between Sochi and the U.S. to improve their coverage.
That idea came up over at Quora, the question-and-answer site:
"For NBC's time-delayed Olympic coverage, do the announcers call the events in real time, or do they insert their announcing after the fact when they know the result?"
Answered by Jim Bell, executive producer, NBC Olympics:
"Announcers call the events in real time & much of our coverage is live on our cable networks. For events that play on tape delay (all of our prime time coverage, e.g.), there are occasions — usually because we need to adjust our segment lengths — when we will re-voice certain things."
We're keeping an eye out for interesting topics that pop up at Quora during the games; you can see our last (more wide-ranging) post here. And feel free to ask your own question in the comment section, or at Quora.
Update at 7:45 pm. ET Feb. 11: About That Switcheroo
After publishing our post, we posted this comment/question over at Quora:
The other day, live figure skating was covered by Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir but then in primetime it was Hamilton. Were both sets of announcers there?
And here's Bell's answer to that one:
"Yes. Tara, Johnny & Terry Gannon call it live for NBCSN cable coverage. They are covering every single skate that takes place. Tom Hammond, Sandra Bezic & Scott Hamilton call it live to tape for NBC network coverage, which is packaged for our prime time network coverage."
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2007 Mustang GT Agent 47 - The Hunter
Agent 47's '06 Mustang GT Guns Down Anything In Its Sights.
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If you're a hunter, there's nothing like the adrenaline rush of having a 10-point buck in your sight. You've taken into consideration the wind, the angle of trajectory, and other obstacles. Now, slowly and stealthily, you line up the shot, hold your breath, and squeeze the trigger. With any luck, Bambi falls, and you're rewarded with a freezer full of venison and a trophy for the wall.
For Corey Weber, Dave Postuma, and the rest of the Agent 47 crew, the exhilaration is the same-but the targets, the gun, and the venue are completely different. The place is any local road course or American Iron Series race; the choice of weapon is the company's '06 Mustang GT, dubbed "the Hunter," and the target (and likely victim) is anyone who tries to outbrake, outcorner, and outpower the green and racy S197.
"When we started out, we envisioned a car that was street legal but track ready," Dave explains as to the origins of this Pony. "A lot of other high-end shops and manufacturers create Mustangs that have a host of high-powered improvements, but all they do is make it a high-performance street car. Our goal was to create a legal track car, without taking away from the car's streetability. We aimed it at someone who wanted to drive the car to work on Monday, yet go to a track day, autocross, or other driving event on Friday and be competitive."
Knowing that a good working suspension would be key to making the car truly handle going around the twisties, the Agent 47 crew revamped the suspension substantially. "The car handles better around track more than other cars due to the suspension," Dave says. "The biggest reason for this is the changeover to a double A-arm suspension, which took a couple of seconds off of lap times compared to a similarly equipped Mustang without that change."
When it came to the underpinnings, Corey and the crew performed some wicked fabrication work, revamping the front suspension design substantially. As stated above, the front end was converted to a double A-arm SLA front suspension, replacing the single A-arm factory setup. Custom front spindles and Penske coilovers can also be found at the bow. As for the hind end, out went the stock setup and in went a custom-designed three-link suspension. Custom front and rear stabilizer bars control the movement of the body, while the frame itself is tied into the 12-point rollcage that was installed for both safety and chassis stiffening. Arguably the most difficult part of the build was the creation of the full-on bellypan that now resides on the underside of the car. "The bellypan was the most difficult part to come up with simply because it was something we have never done before," Corey explains. "Honestly, nothing else was difficult to make for the car because my other business is a rapid prototype company. I have the ability to create things quickly, and can do it right there with a short turnaround time." Aerodynamicist Paul Glessner helped with the design of the bellypan, which runs from front to rear, and creates a flat surface underneath the car la Bonneville. Throw in a functional front diverter and a rear diffuser, and this car is ready to rock and roll when it comes to swinging left and right at speed.
Aiding and abetting the handling characteristics of the Mustang is the brake package, along with the chosen wheel and tire combination. Baer was tapped to provide the braking system, and the company certainly did not disappoint. The six-piston calipers squeeze down on 14-inch rotors on all four corners. Knowing that the binders would be used hard at the track, Corey and company fabricated up a custom brake-cooling kit to feed the brakes fresh air and keep the fade away. The Pony rolls along on 18x9 front and 18x10 rear Kinesis wheels. "We were searching for a good, lightweight racing wheel that would have a certain look to fit the car, yet be strong enough for street and track duty," Corey says. The good-looking rims are wrapped in super-gummy 275/35 Toyo Proxes 888 racing tires.
Giving the suspension and brakes a workout is the 4.6L Three-Valve mod motor, which was left pretty much stock, save for the addition of a Saleen supercharger. "We have a good relationship with Saleen, which is close by, so that's why we utilized its blower," Corey says. The powerplant inhales through an Agent 47 ram-air kit, and dumps the exhaust pulses into the atmosphere through a custom side-exit exhaust that was not only used to add to the style of the car, but the functionality as well.
"The side-exit exhaust is cool, but we went with that style of exhaust system mainly because of the fuel cell we put in the rear of the car," Dave says. "We wanted to run a good, rigid fuel cell, but the size of it wouldn't allow for a conventional rear-exit exhaust." All told, the engine is good for a solid 420 horsepower. Backing the blown engine is the stock five-speed manual transmission and clutch. Power makes its way to the tarmac via a one-piece aluminum driveshaft and a Currie Enterprises 9-inch rearend stocked with 4.11 gears, 31-spline axles, and a TrueTrac differential.
Corey wanted a car that would work well and look good, too. On the outside, the Legend Lime hue was accented with a blacked-out rear decklid panel and a custom black hood. The rear quarter-windows were deleted and replaced with the aforementioned functional NACA duct on one side and a flat panel on the other. There's also an adjustable rear spoiler, a modified chin spoiler, and custom retro-racing mirrors (all from Agent 47) on the Mustang's flanks. The front grille made way for a high-flow upper piece, while the company also fabricated the lower grille with incorporated brake-cooling scoops. The rear bumper was then modified for the fitment of the rear diffuser. Last but not least, the rear taillights were blacked out.
As for the interior, the attending 12-point chromoly rollcage was TIG-welded in, and is fully legal, according to Corey. An Agent 47 rear-seat-delete package eliminates the need to accommodate rear passengers, and the factory buckets were tossed aside and replaced with Cobra racing seats. A three-nozzle Halon fire system coincides with the Crow five-point harnesses, main electric cutoff switch, and the previously mentioned fuel cell to keep Corey safely buckled in. Custom speaker grilles were fabricated to clear the rollcage. Gear changes are made via an Agent 47 Black Jack carbon-fiber shifter arm.
If you think this car is just a glorified poser, think again. Corey drove the car to victory in the AIX class in the American Iron Series event at Willow Springs.
"Without a doubt, we achieved our goal with this car," Dave says. "People who have driven this car say it handles extremely well. The focus was to maintain the vision of someone getting out there with a club for track days or autocross events. This is that car."
The best part is that anyone can turn his or her Mustang into a Hunter. "All we need is a customer to give us the car, a check for around $30,000, and that customer will get the Hunter back," Dave says. "We can accom-modate a wide range of options, changes, and upgrades."
Guess it's time to turn in that rifle for a Hunter Mustang from Agent 47 and start targeting those pesky brand X-ers.
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CHICAGO – Mariners manager Eric Wedge wanted to see what his team could do with a full nine innings.
Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead homer just before the final downpour and the Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 4-3 in a rain-shortened game Sunday for their sixth straight victory.
The young Mariners lost all three games in the series by one run.
"I wish we could have finished it off," Wedge said. "Our kids are playing so hard right now. They're fighting. We could have won all three of these games, too. We'll be better for it."
Immediately following a 6-minute rain delay in the seventh inning, Flowers launched a two-run shot off Kevin Millwood to lead first-place Chicago to its second consecutive series sweep.
Rain continued to pour until the tarp was put on to stay two batters later, and the game was called after a wait of nearly 2 hours.
The start was delayed for 1 hour, 51 minutes due to showers that persisted throughout the game before it was finally stopped.
Capser Wells hit a two-run homer for Seattle. Millwood (4-11) allowed four runs — three earned — over 6 2-3 innings. He has just one win in his last 16 starts.
"He was throwing the ball great, making pitches. He was commanding the game," Wedge said. "We didn't help him early. They scored runs early because we gave it to them."
Millwood gave up the go-ahead homer on his second pitch to Flowers immediately after the short delay. The right-hander returned to the dugout during the brief stoppage as workers tended to the field.
"It was just weird, different," Millwood said. "I thought (the umpire) said they were going to put the tarp on. Then they just put the Diamond Dry on or whatever. I don't think anybody really knew what to do, just kind of standing around. Either way, it didn't affect what happened."
Nate Jones (7-0) escaped a seventh-inning jam after inheriting runners on first and third with nobody out. He earned his second win in two days.
The young flamethrower struck out Trayvon Robinson looking after inducing a pair of soft popups. The Mariners had won 10 of 11 before being swept by Chicago.
"You can't draw this up. Guys just battled," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "With everybody in the bullpen and what they're doing, it's nice."
Wells' two-run homer off Hector Santiago in the fifth following Justin Smoak's leadoff single gave the Mariners a 3-2 lead. Wells' eighth home run snapped an 0-for-16 slump.
"I kind of had an intuitive thought he'd be throwing a changeup," Wells said. "He likes his changeup a lot and he left one up enough for me to get a good part of the bat on it and luckily it went out of the
The Mariners were swept for the eighth time this season, but only twice since the All-Star break.
"If we had a little more time, who knows what could have happened?" Wells said. "It's nice to know we can come back from big deficits and put runs on the board. Our pitching has pretty much kept us in it all
year and our defense has been there. It seems like we're starting to come around as a team. This is a tough team right now, playing the White Sox. You know it's going to be a close game."
The White Sox retained their 2½-game lead in the AL Central over the Tigers, who beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2. Chicago starter Gavin Floyd, however, left after two innings with right elbow discomfort.
Floyd said it was in the same area that cost him a stint on the disabled list in July. He will remain in Chicago to have an MRI on Monday.
"It kind of started bothering me a little bit in the first inning, late in the first. And then the second inning, it really started to kind of affect me," Floyd said. "I felt it every time I threw a breaking pitch or even a fastball a little bit."
Floyd allowed a pair of singles to start the game, and Dustin Ackley scored on Jesus Montero's infield single. Floyd limited the first-inning damage to one run despite giving up three hits and a walk.
He pitched a 1-2-3 second, but did not return for the third. The team announced right elbow discomfort for the 29-year-old, who was relieved by Hector Santiago.
Chicago's Alex Rios reached 20 homers and 20 steals in the second inning when he stole second base. He later scored on Jordan Danks' sacrifice fly.
Kevin Youkilis tripled home a run in the third inning. Seattle right fielder Eric Thames misplayed the shallow liner that bounced all the way to the wall as Ray Olmedo scored from first.
"It was just a bad decision," Wedge said. "I like the aggressiveness to a point, but you can't be overly aggressive at that point of time in the game."
NOTES: Mariners OF Michael Saunders (groin) missed a second straight start. He was injured Friday. Wedge said he hopes Saunders can start Monday in Minnesota. ... OF Franklin Gutierrez (concussion) is close to rejoining the team, Wedge said. ... OF Mike Carp (left hip tightness) is expected to begin serving as the DH in rehab games on Monday. ... The Mariners will send ace Felix Hernandez (12-5, 2.54 ERA) to the mound against the Twins' Liam Hendricks (0-6, 7.06) on Monday.


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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Flowchart: Does God send people to hell?
The only part that I would object to, a bit, is that it implies that the caller should not be taken seriously if he or she supplies a "wrong answer" to the early questions about what God is actually like. This implies that there is an actual "right answer" to questions like "Did God create hell?"
Of course, the way I see it, the actual right answer is "Of course not, because there is no God." But even for a believer, there's no compelling reason why their answers must conform to anything other people believe, or even the Bible. See, that's the benefit of belief systems that are just made up. Even if they are internally consistent, there's no chance that you can ever be proven wrong. Even if you are, in fact, wrong.
31 comments:
"That's messed up!"ReplyDelete
I love the chart. It p^retty much sums it up. A question that sadly was not asked to the caller was "what is wrong/messed up about us unbelievers that deserves eternal punishmen?"ReplyDelete
"This implies that there is an actual "right answer" to questions like "Did God create hell?""ReplyDelete
There is a right answer within the context of the christian mythology. And if the person answering the question is unaware of basic details of that mythology, I think it would not be unreasonable to not take the caller seriously.
It is a very part of Yahweh's nature that He cannot be in the presence of sin. He doesn't decide to forgive us, he only CAN forgive us WHEN we repent with a sacrifice. Jesus was the replacement for sacrifices so now all we have to do is repent and only then can God forgive us.ReplyDelete
So it's not that Yahweh created this system, it's that he is bound by it. It is in His definition.
The only flaw in that argument is that if he is all powerful he wouldn't be bound by any laws.
And in a less philosophical position, men made Yahweh and his rules up for blatant reasons and he evolved over time as his followers did. Sin is not some force that comes upon us when we do wrong. Sin is a concept to make people do good things when no one is watching. Hell is simply a punishment constructed to make people sure they couldn't escape the threat sin poses.
All man made garbage.
Another hole is my first argument was that Yahweh had salvation opened only for a few in the beginning. Indicating that he has some control over salvation as is not bound to these laws some would argue are a part of his nature. That would lean to it IS his construct and we just shouldn't argue with him because he's knows better. Butternut Squash!
Ah, yes, the question of heaven and hell in the afterlife makes me laugh.ReplyDelete
When my mother worries that her non-believing daughter won't meet her in heaven, I answer "Well, how could it be heaven if your children aren't there?"
It has her slightly befuddled.
Wow, who needs a flow chart to get this? I mean, I guess they do, but...damn.ReplyDelete
This concept was one of the first things that had me questioning my faith when I was a kid (that and the deafening silence when I prayed); we will be sent to hell forever because we don't believe in a god that makes no effort to reveal himself to his worshipers.
"That's messed up!"
Robert K. here. Correction to the chart. "he says" is in reference to GOD not the caller.ReplyDelete
It appears that you may have mis-read the chart. If the caller answers "no" to any of the initial questions, the chart indicates that nothing the alleged god is supposed to have said should be taken seriously.ReplyDelete
Sorry, didn't catch your correction until after I posted.ReplyDelete
What I found hilarious was that Denise found the utterance of one single word too offensive to tolerate, yet she apparently doesn't find it at all offensive to tell someone they deserve to be tortured eternally in Hell.ReplyDelete
Nice diarrhea of the keyboard there DM...ReplyDelete
That's Just Messed Up!ReplyDelete
I like it :D
I demand a "thats messed up!" t-shirt with the red Atheist Letter.ReplyDelete
It has officially become the christian version of "you dun goof'd"
If I didn't get nitpicky, nobody would recognize me.ReplyDelete
The entire "no" side is simply wrong.
Did God create hell?
That doesn't lead to the conclusion you've drawn. If anything, it leads to more questions.
The problem here is that Denise was just wrong on so many levels, but we didn't get to point that out because she's so fragile and sensitive that a single occurrence of a word that she considers naughty is enough to give her the fucking vapors.
The only problem I have with this is that the decision points should be n-ary.ReplyDelete
The options are "yes", "no" and "fuck".
Why is "God" always in the singular?ReplyDelete
Catholix, for example, have at least 5 gods:
The Father, the Son, the Holy Casper, Mary, and last but by no means least: Lucifer, who can apparently beat the other 4 combined without breaking a sweat. If a mythical being can defeat 4 gods with ease, they deserve the epithet "god".
I urge all atheists to never again employ the singular when referring to an interlocutor's fevered delusions. It is effective consciousness-raising to employ the plural in all cases of the nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.
Oh please, she was going to hang up because of how closed minded you were anyway. I think she was even getting ready to say that before Matt offended her Victorian sensesReplyDelete
So, what software did Robert K use to create the flowchart? Off-topic, but I'm a programmer (if you can call php programming), so just curious.ReplyDelete
@ CheReplyDelete
I have though of a similar notion with regards to your statement about people in heaven, happily knowing that their children are in hell. The only way I could make it work would be either if the pearly gate was really just the door to some parallel universe where each individual is surrounded by alternate reality versions of those who wouldn't have made the cut here, or if people in heaven just forgot everything.
@ OnceProudKnight
It's funny how flowery wording, such as "Yahweh's Nature", "by definition", etc can push emotional buttons. If we described it the way we do everything else, then it would seem as ridiculous as the notion that Vampires cannot enter a home unless invited.
"God can't forgive without a blood sacrifice. No, it's not that he's a sociopathic prick or anything. He is physically unable to. He starts bleeding from the nose, the universe becomes blurry, and he has to kill a rabbit to fix it. Of course, after about 4,000 years, he found a loophole.
You might expect an all-knowing God to have figured this out much sooner, but he wasn't trying very hard. He created a human version of himself and ticked off the right people. That's all it took. He could have just been born with a Samarai sword and impaled himself on day one, but he spent about 30 years wandering around in the desert first. The worst part is that the same rule that requires blood sacrifices also prohibits anesthesia. No pain, no forgiveness."
I guess this is why I never know what to say when a Christian remarks about how ridiculous Scientology seems.
It is too small. I can't read. I need to know if God is going to send me to Hell.ReplyDelete
If he is, I am going to live it up
skepticmatt wrote:ReplyDelete
"There is a right answer within the context of the christian mythology."
Not really - in polls I've seen, about a third of US Christians don't believe in hell.
@ CurtReplyDelete
Than they're either a new religion who hasn't chosen a new name yet, or don't know their own mythology
Either way they're morons.
Dammit, I'm late again, everything has been said already...ReplyDelete
But I like Johnboy's idea.
And the chart too. Although it has, as Matt pointed out, some mistakes, but such charts would be great to show Christians what they believe. yeah, it sounds ridiculous, but they don't really know what they believe in. (Well, if they did, they would have stopped believing. But it takes time realizing what a primitive, bloodthirsty and crazy god "gives humans moral compass")
Rober K here again.ReplyDelete
The entire "no" side basically a quick and fast, and I admit a bit sloppy, take on the problem of evil. Its not exactly the problem of evil. Basically the first couple of questions are is he all powerful and the bottom would be is he all good.
Also I did drawn this up as something to be humorous and not taken so seriously. I do really enjoy your feed back though and glad it sparked a fun conversation! Hope everyone enjoyed it!
It sort of reminds me of this Winnie the Pooh episode where he's following these tracks in the snow. He keeps following them and following them, and gets more and more concerned as more and more people seem to join the party he's following.ReplyDelete
As it turns out, he's following his own tracks in a big circle, and just doesn't realize it.
I think a lot of theists don't comprehend the circular reasoning they employ often because they're so focused on one point at a time, or otherwise can't comprehend much beyond that single point, that they don't grasp the overall "flow" of their logic, and the problems it has.
"That is so messed up."ReplyDelete
Denise isn't denying the chain of logic, she's making a judgement on the fact that Matt is holding God responsible. It's "messed up" that Matt and others would dare place the responsibility for a system created by an omnipotent god on that god.
In their story we are all created as imperfect by a perfect, all-powerful being who can't stand our imperfection; so he sends us to a place of eternal torture, and that's our fault.
Denise, and other Christians like her, are whipped dogs.
Views on the afterlife are apparently denominational. the Tract Society of Pennsylvania published in Watch Tower magazine:ReplyDelete
"WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES: At death, humans cease to exist. 'The dead...are conscious of nothing at all,' states Ecclesiastes 9:5. Since the dead cannot know, feel, or experience anything, they cannot harm-or help-the living.-Psalm 146:3, 4."
That was an excellent reply by poster 'Che'-how could someone's heaven not contain the people they love the most? If you can have what you want in heaven, couldn't you just wish the person there? Thanx for this, I'm going to use it and as far as a t-shirt goes-- "Christianity-that's messed up!"ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/03/2010 4:43 PM
Here's a better and more accurate version of the flow chart.ReplyDelete
Better put this (http://i.imgur.com/DmzeA.png) over any flow chart you present to a religious person, just in case.ReplyDelete
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Snowboarder Travis Rice
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Travis Rice's father was in the ski patrol at Wyoming's Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. And like many dads, he raised his son to follow in his ski tracks. Fortunately for snowboarding, things didn't go as planned.
A decade ago and unheard of at the time, Rice arrived at Snowboarder magazine's Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain, launched a now legendary backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump, and left a star. Since then, Rice has developed into the best all-around snowboarder in the world: He is equally capable of showing up to win a slope style event in Aspen as he is in pioneering a first descent in the remote Darwin Range on the tip of South America. The 29-year-old makes use of all the tools in a snowboarder's quiver—big-mountain tenacity, acrobatics, and snow and mountain sense, often in a single descent. And 2011 was the apex so far in Rice's career.
Filming for the highly anticipated film The Art of Flight, which he co-produced with Brain Farm Digital Cinema's Curt Morgan and Chad Jackson, Rice took the staggering aerial tricks usually reserved for the relative safety of the manicured, avalanche-controlled terrain parks made popular by the X Games and the Olympics, and applied them to the big mountains. In these peaks, a fall could mean tumbling down a vertical face or being swept into a gaping crevasse. Rice performed them all while under the watchful eye of director Curt Morgan's superslow motion camera.
The movie, whose trailer went viral, marked the final stage of snowboarding's crossover into the mainstream. It generated excited retweets from 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake and large movie industry players—such as Dolby Laboratories and Skywalker Ranch—teamed up with Morgan.
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"Experiencing the world through endless secondhand information isn't enough," says Rice. "If we want authenticity we have to initiate it."
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Adventure: You've been at the top of snowboarding for the last decade, but 2011 seemed like a banner year. Your riding reached new levels. It was all documented in The Art of Flight. But what made this year so remarkable for you?
Travis Rice: I've never worked so hard on anything as I have on The Art of Flight. I kept my head down to focus entirely on this project, and then finally put it all together into the film tour. The past year has been extremely adventurous. As much as we had a big plan going into it, a lot of it ended up being off the cuff.
A: What stood out?
TR: South America. We filmed and snowboarded down there the last two summers. Unfortunately for us, they had two of the worst seasons they've had down there. We got skunked on conditions, but it was one of the coolest trips I've been on. It was a difficult trip. We were trying to make it work, every day, but it would not happen for us.
At the same time, out of all the places we saw, South America was one of the all-around richer experiences. We scoped and explored 300 miles of the Andes. For the future, I've got these detailed photographic maps of the terrain back there. We got to go to southern Patagonia. We rode on four different islands. We could actually see Cape Horn, at the tip of South America, from where we were riding. We visited a beach that was basically this whale graveyard. We found a ten-foot skull. It was surreal walking out on this beach.
A: Sometimes it seems like our sports can almost get in the way of spontaneous adventure. We are so focused on our goals that we miss other opportunities. Sounds like Patagonia forced you to be spontaneous?
TR: Absolutely. If we had gotten down there and conditions were perfect, we would have stayed north in the area that we had mapped out before leaving. We would have ridden for weeks. We might have gotten in some breakthrough progressive snowboarding, but I'm not sure we would have ended up going to Patagonia. It's the moments that you don't expect that are the best part.
A: This year you brought all your competition snowboarding skills to the big mountains. You were with Jeremy Jones, snowboarding's best big-mountain rider, and he said: "I have seen the future. It's right now." You've brought the terrain park tricks into the mountains?
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TR: Snowboarding is so dynamic. There are so many different avenues. From free riding to powder in the backcountry to the X Games. Absolutely, trying to bring freestyle elements into free riding, that's what I've been working toward. Freestyle progressive free riding is what were were aiming for in the film. To me, that's the purest form of snowboarding.
A: Snowboarding can be high stress. You are often working with filmers who are worried about light. The lines themselves can be dangerous. How do you balance all of that and also achieve excellence in your riding?
TR: It's a mental thing, beyond strength and skill. You have to ride smart. I'm proud to say that I haven't had a major injury in the last ten years of my career. You have to know when to go for it and when to pull back. Timing and windows have to go together. You have to be an opportunist. It's almost predatory. You have to see opportunity when it knocks on your door.
A: One of the messages in The Art of Flight, which you wrote the narration for with Curt Morgan, is to unplug, that the virtual is no substitute for the real world. Why is that message important now?
TR: If we can motivate kids to get off the couch, to put down the video game controller, to log off computers, Facebook, and Twitter for a little while. Whether it's snowboarding, whether it's skiing, whether it's just going into the forest for a hike. You learn a lot about yourself when you are in the elements. As a whole, collectively, we are living at a higher frequency than our parents did. There needs to be balance. We succeed when our film motivates someone.