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What is it about Christmas decorations? Up until Christmas day, they make the house look festive. Boxing Day arrives and I want to put everything away. Suddenly, the house looks cluttered and busy.
Over the past year, I've had quite a few moments of purging. I watched some of the Marie Kondo (KonMari) shows on TV and started to look at my possessions and think, "Do they bring me joy?" Some do. Some didn't – and they've been donated, sold, recycled, or thrown away.
Creating physical space, surprisingly, brought a sense of peace and satisfaction. A less cluttered environment created a less cluttered mind – something my 18 year old has recently discovered. Usually, he lives in a room that can be only described as "urban pig-sty". Once in awhile, when we ran out of bowls or cutlery downstairs, he'd bring down his dishes and garbage.
A few weeks ago, he cleaned his room – top to bottom. A few days later, I see him carrying down his dishes. I teased him, saying, "It's only been two days. You're bringing down dishes?"
He responds, "I've been bringing them down everyday, Mom. Haven't you noticed? I cleaned my room and it feels better. I'm going to keep it clean from now on."
Having space, orderliness, and tidiness is necessary for me to function. When I was working on my Masters Degree, I had the cleanest house. I needed to clean and order to think. My mind couldn't work efficiently in a space that was cluttered or untidy.
My house is, mostly, in order. There is space. Energy can move freely through each room (except the garage, which is my roommate's domain. It drives me nuts). As I look towards 2021, I want to work on creating space mentally. My son is on the verge of adulthood, my marriage is done, and it's time for me to create space to invite whatever life has to offer to present itself. I need the mental space to be open to new experiences. No longer defined as "wife" or "mother, I need space to figure out what it means to be me.
What makes me happy? What brings experiences, thoughts, ideas bring me joy? How do I want to spend my time and energy?
I need the space to figure it all out.


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The world is becoming increasingly globalised, and this means that many of us are interacting across cultures in a way we never did before. In such an economy, the importance of learning a second language becomes self-evident. Learning a second language helps us communicate across cultures and is an added asset for a student as it opens up altogether new horizons for the future.
APS is proud to introduce FRENCH language into its curriculum for the students of class 5 to 8 which can give them a boost in their future as French language is-
1. Considered a world language with more than 300 million people speaking French in the five continents.
2. Considered as the international language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance and architecture.
3.Speaking French opens up opportunities to study at renowned French universities and business schools, ranked among the top higher education institutions in Europe and the world.
4.French is a good base for learning other languages, especially Romance languages (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian)
5. One of the first choice of employers when looking into the second language section.

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Ocean Sensory Bin
- Bowl or bin for a container
- Blue aquarium rocks
- Toy sharks
- Seashells
- Blue gemstones
- Aquarium greenery
- Fish net
- Plastic fishbowl with lid
Search for Pearls
Help Ms Clam find her pearls. Place the pearls around the sensory bin and use the tweezers to return them to their home inside the clam.
Clean up the Ocean
Add some items from your home that do NOT belong in the ocean. Use your tweezers and net to clean out your ocean bin. Make a goal to always put trash in a garbage can.
Make Your Own Aquarium
Use your fish bowl jar to make the perfect aquarium for your sea creatures! What is the same and what is different between a fish tank and the ocean?
Add your squishy animals to the jar. Fill up the remainder of the jar with water and let it soak for 48 hours. Watch the sear creatures grow!


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All of us will encounter legacy code, and most of us will 'inherit' code to maintain. In our first post on legacy code, we talked about getting the things you need to start working on a project. In this post, we will talk about how you can evaluate the backend code you will most likely have to start digging in to start new features or squashing bugs.
While you will encounter a significant amount of UX or front-end issues when starting on a new project, you are also just as likely to have to track an issue to the underlying backend code. The backend not only creates the foundation for your web app but its also the last line of defense for your back end code. At minimum issues on the backend will cause confusing results or headaches. At worst, issues on the backend will expose some of the most vital parts of your webapp to exploits.
Most backend code is the result of a lot of hours and hard work; it can be extremely confusing to wrap your head around the basic concepts let alone the deeper portions of the code. We'll discuss some basic patterns and explain some of the tools we use to explore code, PHP code in particular, when we take on a project with some 'baggage'.
I like to split the application into small semantic sections. You can either break an application down into 'workflows', the actions a user may perform with an application; or as 'roles', things a particular actor will use a web app for. While this may sound like a very high level activity for inspecting back end code I think its crucial for understanding the application itself.
Once you have split the code into sections, trace the entire workflow. Follow the code from the beggining of an action to the resulting output. Tracing through the code will allow you to completely understand it.
This is one of my favorite tools and is the first thing I install when I set up a new environment. Not only does this give me much easier to read error outputs, but it also gives you some great tools for interactive debugging. Seriously, if you do nothing else I suggest, at least install xdebug.
Remote Interactive Debugging – MacGDBp & chrome-xdebug-enabler
Interactive debugging is the best tool for finding that super stubborn bug or finding out why something isnt working as you expect. With a remote interactive debugger you can set break points and view exactly what the code is doing at a given point in time. You can actually inspect a variable value and watch it change as you step through the lines of code. This is something you should get excited about. Check out the screenshot below to see this in action with an example Erdiko project:
I use MacGDBp, a Cocoa based debugging tool that allows you to set break points and view the code when you set break points. I've been told that PHPStorm and even Sublime have some interactive debugging tools, I have not used those. MacGDBp is a bit dated, and I think almost abandonware, but it is still an indispensible tool in my aresenal. Check out the MacGDBp project docs for more info about the feature set and how to install it.
Personally, I would recommend using MacGDBp along with xdebug and the chrome extension 'chrome-xdebug-enabler' to interact with your debugger. Using this extension you can conditionally turn the debugging off and on as you wish when refreshing the page.
I should note that while I personally use MacGDBp with vim, many other editors also include some remote debugging tools. PHPStorm has this functionality built in, but there are plugins for SublimeText and other full editors. We will explore those in a later post.
PHPLint and PHPCodesniffer
There are two great tools for getting some high level information about a PHP codebase: PHPLint and PHPCodesniffer.
PHPCodesniffer evaluates code based on a provided set of rules and standards and outputs a report that can give you a good idea of how 'bad' things look under the hood. It's actually two tools: phpcs and phpcbf. phpcs evaluates the code, phpcbf attempts to fix the code. Personally, I like to use some discretion when tweaking code, so I would reccomend using phpcbf sparingly.
PHPLint is another tool, very similar to PHPCS that also outputs information on a code base based on rules and validation sets. This one is also very useful for generating user docs based on docblocks. This can be EXTREMELY useful when you need to collect a lot of information about a large codebase and create some baseline documentation for your team.
Unit testing is often touted as the best prevention of introducing new bugs and finding conflicting code. I would also like to note, most people ignore the fact that introducing unit testing to legacy code is a painful process. Code written without testing in mind can often be a pain to manage dependencies and 'magically' required code.
This is a topic that actually deserves its own blog post, but I do want to mention it in this one.
In my next post, ill include some instructions on how to install xdebug on your local *nix development environment.
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Week in Review: February 4-10, 2019
It's time for Week in Review, and it's been a busy winter week on the ECW blog.
Find articles about cavalry tactics, post-war politics, and several accounts for Black History Month. There's also a new ECW Podcast available; you won't want to miss this one if you're a western theater history buff!
Monday, February 4:
Question of the Week focused on Forts Henry and Donelson.
Black History: Check out ECW's new Facebook banner and learn about the history of the photography with Todd Arrington.
Tuesday, February 5:
Looking back at Eric Wittenberg's previous blog posts about cavalry tactics and how they changed with weapon technology. Getting ready for his continuous of the series…
There's a new ECW Podcast! Dave Powell shares about leadership and important decisions at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Wednesday, February 6:
Symposium Spotlight: Drew Gruber will be speaking at ECW's 2019 Symposium this coming August.
Black History: Meg Groeling shared about a man named Abraham who had a very startling and scary flight to freedom at Vicksburg.
Thursday, February 7:
Eric Wittenberg shared Part 4 of his study on changing cavalry tactics.
Sean Michael Chick wrote about post-war Louisiana politics, a Confederate veteran, and a serial killer.
Friday, February 8:
Lee White revealed how his fascination and studies on the Battle of Franklin led to the newest book in the Emerging Civil War Series.
Too cold to go outside? We've got suggestions for watching history in an educational marathon in the ECW Weekender
Saturday, February 9:
Preservation News announces the addition of fifty acres to battlefields in North Carolina.
Sunday, February 10:
Black History: Want to introduce children to the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad? Sarah Kay Bierle suggestions some exciting resources.


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October 28, 2016
Coley Glacier Retreat, James Ross Island, Antarctica
Posted by Mauri Pelto
Coley Glacier terminus comparsion in Landsat images from 2000 (red arrows) and 2016 (yellow arrow) indicating a retreat of 2 km along the western side and 1 km along the eastern side. Purple dots indicate the transient snowline and the purple arrow an area of debris exposed with glacier thinning.
Coley Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the northeast side of James Ross Island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Davies et al (2012) observed that 90% of the glaciers of the Northern Antarctic Peninsula including James Ross Island retreated from 1988-2001 and 79% from 2001-2009. They further observed that the rapid shrinkage of tidewater glaciers on James Ross Island would continue due to their low elevation and relatively flat profiles. Rohss Bay Glacier is one example of this having retreated 15 km from 1999-2009 (Glasser et al, 2011). Barrand et al (2013) note a strong positive and significant trend in melt conditions in the region, driving the retreat.
Coley Glacier in 2000 had a relatively straight calving front running across the embayment. The front represents the joining of four tributary glaciers. The snowline was generally below the top of the escarpment just west of Point C, the elevation of this lower glacier reach is below 200 m. This fits the low elevation low slope criteria noted by Davies et al (2012). By 2016 the glacier has developed a concave glacier front with the northern tributary almost separating the retreat ranges from 2 km on the west side to 1 km on the east side. The snowline is above the escarpment at 400 m. A comparison below of 2001 and 2015 indicates that the snowline in 2015 was also near 400 m and above the escarpment. A map of the region from the USGS (Ferigno et al.,2006) illustrates the retreat from the 1960's to 2000. Nývlt et al (2010) reported on the retreat and changes on two glaciers on the north side of James Ross Island.
Coley Glacier terminus comparison in Landsat images from 2001 and 2015. Red arrows is the 2000 terminus and yellow arrows the 2016 terminus. Purple dots indicate the transient snowline and the purple arrow an area of debris exposed with glacier thinning.
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This time last year Iceland was reeling from an economic collapse of unprecedented proportions. The country would not, it was clear, become a world banking capital after all. Intensive financial restructuring is now well underway but there's another potential force for change: Iceland's start-up community.
On the edge of Reykjavik by the docks is a converted warehouse that's a bustling hub of entrepreneurs. Inside is a café-cum-canteen and down the hallway there's a large room full of young people working at desks arranged loosely by company. A skateboard is leant against a bookcase, game consoles are scattered about, and an infectious energy fills the space. This is Hugmyndahus, or House of Ideas, and is sponsored by Reykjavik University and the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Hugmyndahus has the ambitious goal to create, within two years, at least 50 companies and 500 jobs. It holds brainstorming events each week for wannabe and existing entrepreneurs.
Among the firms here is CLARA, a service for online marketing research and monitoring. CEO Gunnar Hólmsteinn worked previously at Coca-Cola as a brand manager before founding the company with friends in 2008. Since then CLARA's staff has grown from four to 12, most are former bankers. One of its first big jobs also came from a bank when Glitnir wanted to change its name to Islandsbanki. CLARA showed how the new name would stop people associating unhelpful concepts such as "bankruptcy" with the institution. Hólmsteinn says Innovit, an incubator, helped get the company off the ground and a government grant has funded it for three years. He recently met with investors in New York who balked at the idea of investing in Iceland.
One recent visitor to Hugmyndahus is Ville Miettinen, a Finnish entrepreneur and investor. He is looking to collaborate with these start-ups or possibly hire local talent but in the current climate he would not invest directly into an Icelandic company. "It's impossible to tell what's going to happen in their economy or what the government will do," says Miettinen. The banks, meanwhile, cannot make loans, the local venture capital community is still embryonic and the tax and legal system is unfavourable. A new bill proposes tax incentives for early-stage investors, but only up to $2,000, as well as tax leniency on employee stock options.
Yet the start-ups here are not deterred by conditions and take inspiration from successful forebears, such as CCP Games headquartered next door. No longer a bootstrapping start-up, CCP Games is the maker of EVE Online, a hugely popular multiplayer online game, and has offices in Atlanta and Shanghai. As executive producer Nathan Richardsson notes, "This wave of innovation happening in Iceland is a result of the dire consequences of 2008, which provides a useful constraint on developing ideas to find the simplest, best solution." He says the company actively supports the entrepreneurial community and lobbies the government for improved business conditions. CCP Games has often been approached by other countries with incentives to relocate its headquarters, but has no intention of leaving.
The boom in innovation demands more governmental support to retain companies and help them grow. But while there are several challenges for start-ups here, there is an empowering spirit that they can create real value. In stark contrast to the frothy days of high finance, these bright young leaders have helped create an entrepreneurial culture where banker bragging rights have been traded for humble lunches and transparent business. The view from the House of Ideas is one of optimism.


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There are many people who are asking us long-time Obama supporters why we're not just as upset about PRISM as we would have been if this program had come from Bush.
It's an absolutely fair question. It reeks of emotional bias and an intellectually-compromised double standard. I've spent some time thinking about it. I think I have an answer, and it relates to my (and perhaps others') perceived view of how the two groups (Obama vs. the current GOP) treat people overall.
Before even getting to that realization, it's important to note that Obama seems to have directly taken into account the central issue of the security/freedom balance in these programs. Stop right now and go watch this video in its entirety. I can truthfully say that if Bush had said anything like this in a similar situation I'd feel a whole lot better about any such program.
And here are the key details that seem to have been lost in the commotion:
The programs are not secret; every member of congress has been fully aware of the phone call program
The programs only collect telephone metadata (phone numbers and duration of calls)–not actual voice recordings
If they actually want to listen to a phone call as the result of a lead, they then have to go to a federal judge–just like usual
The program is continually overseen by congress and by the FISA court, i.e. the legislative and judicial branches of oversight
For the Internet monitoring, it doesn't even apply to U.S. citizens or to people living in the United States
So, assuming this is true, I'm having trouble seeing the cause for outrage.
Take the source into account
Next, and perhaps more importantly, here's the other reason I'm not as bothered by this program coming out of an Obama administration vs. a Romney administration–which is really what's being asked.
People are accusing liberals of a double-standard–of not being angry enough–and here's a damn good reason for it:
I believe Obama to be a populist. He cares about people. Regular people.
He's against corporations that abuse people. He's for a tax system that benefits more people rather than less. He's pro-education. He's for universal healthcare. He is for women's right to choose. He's for gay rights. The list continues.
This person being in charge of a massive conspiracy to screw Americans is simply far more unlikely to me than for someone like Romney, or Bush, or anyone else in what I consider to be a wholly compromised GOP that cares nothing for the plight of regular Americans.
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So, could this all be a massive conspiracy? Could it be a massive scam run by Obama to pretend all these years that he actually cares about people, so that he could run the worst spying program ever? And then lie about it in this video?
Sure, that's possible. But I rate it as extremely unlikely.
And to answer the question, yes–I would absolutely consider the same program more dangerous if it were uncovered during a Romney or a Ryan administration.
Because they're against the regular person. They're pro-elite. They're for the rich becoming more rich while people can't pay medical bills or feed their families, they're against public schools, against the right to choose, against gay rights, against universal healthcare, against a living wage, and against pretty much any program that seeks to equalize the situation in this country.
In short, they're dangerously abstracted from the plight of the regular person, and that is precisely the type of us/them mentality that enables a program like PRISM to take on a sinister character.
In short, I don't believe community organizers trying to give everyone universal healthcare are likely to be working to destroy my freedoms, where if that same power were in the hands of someone who thinks people making less than 100K a year are lazy and stupid and non-deserving of assistance–I'd be a lot more worried.


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Every day in July we're spotlighting books from our month-long Hidden Gems Sale, wherein we're featuring some of our under-the-radar backlist titles and encouraging you to try them by offering them at a nice discount of 25% off!
Today's installment features a great collection of classic '50s romance comics compiled and edited by John Benson:
A first-time collection of the best romance comics of the 1950s. These bright, naturalistic tales (originally published by Archer St. John and written by unrecognized comics master Dana Dutch) are about high school girls who may be inexperienced but definitely have minds of their own. Many of these stories are illustrated by Matt Baker, who achieved fame for his work on Phantom Lady and other sexy female characters in the '40s and '50s.
"With bold writing and smooth, graceful artwork, these tales are fun and visually compelling stories — not just relics of the past, but good comics that hold up." – Publishers Weekly
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Good morning…I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by today's Trend Spin Linkup with Walking In Memphis In High Heels, myself and our Guest Host for the week, Meghan from Citrus Refreshing Fashion ! I am so excited for this look this week. Ever since Kate Middleton stepped out after her engagement in that cobalt/royal blue dress and that blue diamond, I knew it would be all the rage!
Meanwhile, here are two of our favorite looks from last weeks colorblocking ensembles!
Joanna from Coastal Closet (love the coral and pink combo!)
Natalia from Natalistyle (her bag was the perfect colorblocking accessory)
Today's trend is COBALT!!
I think this is going to be a huge trend this upcoming fall, I can't wait to get a scarf and coat in this brilliant color! So stay tuned!
Next Tuesday's trend (9/03) will be LACE!
I can't wait to show you what I am going to be wearing for this theme!! I think it is the perfect girly touch you can add to any outfit and adds the perfect amount of delicate detail.
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Posts Tagged 'Anthony Mackie'
SXSW Review – If You Were the Last
Sometimes a SXSW screening is chosen just because you love the actors involved, regardless of everything else. The choices do not always work out, and you see a not-so-great film. In the case of If You Were the Last (2023), the opposite happens, and it…READ MORE
Film Review – Miss Bala
Miss Bala (2019) does something that few films manage to accomplish: set out with a specific goal in mind and end up doing the exact opposite. My assumption is that director Catherine Hardwicke and writer Garth Dunnet-Alcocer – remaking the Spanish language film of the…READ MORE
Film Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let's face it,…READ MORE
Film Review – Detroit
The tragedy of Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit (2017) is that – despite the fact that the events it depicts took place fifty years ago – the country still sees similar occurrences happen this very day. Racism is an ugly stain on the legacy of America, a…READ MORE
Film Review – Captain America: Civil War
It is hard to review a film like Captain America: Civil War, since it might be arguably the most critic-proof movie of the year. Critics are already heaping praise on it, and I'm not going waste your time posturing like I disagree. It is an incredibly…READ MORE
Film Review – Triple 9
Crime drama is one of my favorite genres. It distills morality into its basic elements, and then tosses it into the air. What dynamic better demonstrates the complexities of good vs. evil than cops and robbers? No matter how often we see it, there's something…READ MORE
Film Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The problem I've always had with Captain America is the same as my problem with Superman, they are both such goody two-shoes. Because of that, it makes them more challenging to embrace since they never really exist in any gray space, they seem more like…READ MORE
Film Review – Runner Runner
Coming out of CinemaCon this year, I had hope for the crime thriller Runner Runner. Director Brad Furman was coming off the underrated movie The Lincoln Lawyer. One of the co-stars, Ben Affleck, had just directed the Best Picture-winning Argo, and had in the process…READ MORE


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Buying Flight v2 outside North America
Europe: Amazon
UK, Waterstones.com
(UK), Amazon
Asia: Amazon.au, Whitcoulls
Also available as Ebook: EPUB
and Kindle.
Author's overview (18 minutes - YouTube)
Press Release
An excerpt: Foreword
(PDF format)
12X18" Poster: vers.
A, vers. B (PDF
Press Gallery
Flight From the Absolute Volume II pursues the study (initiated
in volume I) of postmodernism's
ethical implications and examines issues such as euthanasia (now
massively promoted in the postmodern West) and the fate reserved
by postmoderns for those with disabilities, those deemed to be
leading "unproductive lives". A mercy killing case,
that of the Canadian farmer Robert Latimer who killed his daughter
Tracy suffering from cerebral palsy, is considered.
Subsequent chapters shift their focus and address a fundamental
question: Can a society function without myths, particularly origins
myths? This is a critical issue for modern Western civilization
as our elites often assert they have "dispensed with"
myth and religion. That said, Social Anthropology points out that
origins myths play an extraordinarily important and central role
in the development of any culture or civilization.
This work takes on a fundamental issue, that is the deconstruction of the materialist cosmology, which is shared by the modern and postmodern belief systems. Flight From the Absolute volume 2 offers a hard-hitting and provocative look at a cultural monument that many consider untouchable, that is Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. For this purpose, data from both Social Anthropology as well as Philosophy of science are examined. This deconstruction process leads to a review of claims made by heirs of the Enlightenment and will dissect the fundamental question of science's limitations as well as the censorship which may be used against academic cosmological perspectives that are deemed "unorthodox."
Flight volume II thus examines the theory of evolution both from the perspective of Social Anthropology and Philosophy of Science which exposes multiple social and ideologico-religious roles played by Darwin's theory. Inevitably, such a perspective maybe viewed as "subversive" by some as it involves a fundamental deconstruction of Enlightenment dogma about Truth and the hierarchy of knowledge.
As the reader works his way through this text he will encounter the American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Austrian philosopher Karl Popper, Tracy Latimer, Charles Darwin, the Council of Europe, microbiologist Richard Lenski, French paleoanthropologist Anne Dambricourt-Malassé, mythology specialist Mircea Eliade, palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould, zoologist Pierre-Paul Grasse, Franco-Polish anthropologist Stoczkowski Wictor, Canadian philosopher of science Michael Ruse, biologist Ernst Mayr, Mary Midgely, French phylogeneticist Guillaume Lecointre, Julian Huxley, Physics Nobel Prize winner Robert Laughlin and many others.
Flight from the Absolute: A Heavyweight Look at the Negative Impact of Modern and Postmodern Philosophies. (Casey Luskin – Evolution News - 22/4/2014)
The Aura of Science: Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West, Volume II by Paul Gosselin. (Louis Markos - TouchStone Mag - 2019)
Paul Gosselin discusses his book Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations [vol II]... (William Ramsey Investigates - 43 minutes/audio podcast - 1/11/2021)
1 / Phantom Ethics
Ethical Animals
Drafting the New Catechism
Voices From Under the Rubble
Flight From the Real, Take Two
2 / Essentials
Can We Talk?
A Weary Cosmology
Ruts in the Mind
Beyond "Common Sense"
Development and Birth
3 / Origin of Modern Man
Elements of Comparison
Trespassing the Critical Threshold
Gut Reactions
Once Upon a Time…
The Quest for Deep Time
4 / The Peter Pan Effect
Overcoming One's Hang-ups
Indicators of Cultural Penetration
Beyond the Ethnocentric View
Establishing the Cast of Characters
5 / The Quest For Sacred Aura
Deconstructing a Mantra
A Matter of Method
Decrepit Fortress Walls
Lakatos and the Hard Core
An Origins Myth Adrift
Accelerated Spin
Kurt's Ambivalence
6 / The Popper Affair
Mea Culpa
An Outsider Above Suspicion
Evasive Action
The Inquisition Gets a Makeover
Setting Up The Target
The French
7 / Conclusion
8 / Annexe: What is a "Creationist"?
9 / Bibliography
10 / The Origins Debate: A Bibliographic Overview
The Creationists
Creationist Science Journals
Intelligent Design
Independent Critics
11 / Notes
12 / Index
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ABC's Media Watch and host Paul Barry posted a story which was clearly and deliberately biased in favour of Cardinal George Pell and I have no doubt it was an attempt to rebirth Pell's severely tarnished reputation. I emailed a complaint to Media Watch and received a response as per below and then escalated the issue to a formal complaint to the ABC.
The story was also in breach of the ABC's charter which says the ABC is meant to be impartial and present a diversity of perspectives. Below is what it says on the ABC's website:
The ABC has a statutory duty to ensure that the gathering and presentation of news and information is impartial according to the recognised standards of objective journalism.
Aiming to equip audiences to make up their own minds is consistent with the public service character of the ABC. A democratic society depends on diverse sources of reliable information and contending opinions. A broadcaster operating under statute with public funds is legitimately expected to contribute in ways that may differ from commercial media, which are free to be partial to private interests. (Click here to read more and see on the ABC's website)
I previously made a complaint about Media Watch in 2012 and they threw the dog a bone and I did an interview with them. (Click here to read more) So when I make a complaint it is not baseless.
The part about George Pell was at the end of the Media Watch post on Thursday the 5th of November 2020 which they call Media Bites and I have edited to the relevant 23 seconds as per the below video.
I emailed a compliant to Media Watch on the 12 of November 2020 as per the below email:
From: SHANE DOWLING
Sent: 12 November 2020 11:15
To: Media Watch
Subject: Media Watch's biased reporting on George Pell – Media bites 5th November 2020
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to make a formal complaint regarding Media Watch's blatantly biased reporting on George Pell which was broadcast on Twitter and your website in the Media Bites segment on the 5th November 2020.
Media Watch host Paul Barry attacked the ABC for referring to George Pell as a "Disgraced Cardinal" which Mr Barry said the ABC had now apologised given Pell's convictions were overturned by the High Court of Australia.
But George Pell is a "Disgraced Cardinal" given the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that George Pell's evidence in the witness stand under oath was "implausible", "inconceivable" or "not tenable" in relation to his involvement in covering up paedophile priests and moving them from parish to parish where they abused more children etc.
Given the Royal Commission found George Pell's evidence in numerous instances was "implausible", "inconceivable" or "not tenable" it is easily arguable that it means George Pell committed perjury as well.
But Media Watch's Paul Barry made no mention of the Royal Commission's findings about Pell which shows Paul Barry was not balanced and is in effect trying to rebirth George Pell's reputation by deliberately failing to acknowledge the findings of the Royal Commission when discussing Pell's reputation.
The information on George Pell and the Royal Commission's finding on him generated widespread media reporting in May 2020 which was also reported widely by the ABC so it is not believable that Paul Barry and staff at Media Watch did not know about it. For example, this article here: History will not be kind to George Pell, as royal commission reveals its secret findings by the ABC's Louise Milligan.
Many survivors watching the show would have felt disgusted in the blatant bias of Media Watch and Paul Barry.
I publish the anti-corruption website Kangaroo Court of Australia and I have just published a book titled "Australia's Paedophile Protection Racket" so I am well versed in all the issues surrounding the matter and if the Media Watch segment had been broadcast before I published the book it would have been reported in the book.
It is my understanding that ACMA advises people they should make their complaints to the relevant media organisation first before making a complaint to ACMA. So, on that basis, I have made my complaint to you first.
Please respond ASAP letting me know what action you will take to rectify the matter. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Shane Dowling
Media Watch responded to my above email with:
From: Media Watch
Sent: 12 November 2020 11:36
To: SHANE DOWLING
Subject: RE: Media Watch's biased reporting on George Pell – Media bites 5th November 2020
Hi Shane,
Thanks for the feedback.
We're aware there are a range of views around George Pell, and indeed those royal commission findings.
But the Cardinal has not been convicted of any crime. That is why, I presume, the ABC offered a correction.
The segment was not offering any comment on the character of the Cardinal, good or bad. Our critique was of the use of the descriptor "disgraced" and acknowledging that the ABC had corrected it.
Note, this response is not for publication but a reply to your personal complaint.
If you're unsatisfied with this response you're able to file a complaint with the ABC formally where it will be assessed independently of our program.
Thanks again,
End of email
They start off by admitting that "We're aware there are a range of views around George Pell, and indeed those royal commission findings." So, why didn't they put those "range of views" and the "royal commission findings" in the story as they are meant to do as per the ABC charter?
I like how they say "Note, this response is not for publication but a reply to your personal complaint." I didn't publish the person's name who replied on behalf of Media Watch because I am sure they are not the decision-maker but they shouldn't be responding to other media's complaints and telling them "this response is not for publication" because as you can see I didn't comply nor should I.
I took their advice and emailed a formal complaint to the ABC on the same day (12/11/20) and said in part:
The Media Watch response does not deal with the issue of bias and why didn't Media Watch raise the issue of the Royal Commission findings against George Pell.
The Royal Commission's finding do make George Pell a "disgraced cardinal" and Media Watch had an obligation to mention that which they didn't. The average person watching the Media Watch story would be under the impression that George Pell had been cleared of all negative findings against him which he hasn't.
Media Watch mentioned the High Court judgment so why didn't they mention the Royal Commission findings? It was clear bias by Media Watch, Paul Barry and the ABC.
Above is only part of the story as Media Watch and Paul Barry have previous form and I have saved plenty of firepower in case I need to escalate the complaint to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). While most media companies are not very concerned by complaints going to ACMA the ABC and its journalists generally are. I will do a follow-up post when I have a response from the ABC.
With the Senate Media Inquiry in motion, I might even send them a copy of this article as a submission.
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Whether you are an experienced bettor or consider yourself more of a beginner, the simple fact of the matter is that you can likely name up to 10, 15, or even 20 different betting markets. There's soccer, basketball, hockey, golf, football, baseball, handball, auto racing, college basketball, college football, and so on and so forth.
A betting market that you have probably never heard of goes by the name of eSports. For many people, the term itself explains what it is. For others, we can explain to you that eSports betting involves the wagering on players and teams who play console video games at the highest competitive level - much like the sport of basketball and/or soccer. There are teams, individual players, and a whole following of its own.
Though eSports is a market that, admittedly, is still well within its infancy, the fact of the matter is that it is growing on an annual basis and is becoming increasingly popular. That popularity is perhaps no better exemplified than through the fact that online sportsbooks offer betting options on professional eSports events.
Though this may take a few seconds to process, the reality of things is that, yes, you are able to bet on the outcome of video games such as Call of Duty and Super Smash Bros. The following few sections will help you wrap your head around what exactly constitutes eSports so that you can gain a better idea of what betting on events might look like.
The History of eSports
If we are being very technical, the origins of modern eSports can be traced back as far as the late 1970's, when primitive video game tournaments were held on college campuses and elsewhere around the world. If we are being more realistic, however, eSports did not enter what we will call the mainstream until the mid to late-1990s, when increased internet connectivity allowed players from around the world to face off against one another without having to be within close physical proximity.
We have South Korea to thank for the boom that saw eSports take off and develop a more professional feel about them. Following the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, many Koreans were out of work and it is believed that, for many, video games helped fill their free time. Slowly but surely, internet café-style shops began opening up all across the country, allowing groups of players to play certain games together online or face off against other players and teams.
As time wore on, eSports became a regulated activity in South Korea and the tournaments that were hosted not only grew in quantity, but also saw their prize monies increase exponentially. Before anyone knew it, there were people who were referring to playing video games for money competitively as a sport. Though this is something that is still debated today, the fact of the matter is that there are professional leagues and tournaments as well as hundreds of thousands of players who, quite literally, make their living playing video games.
Popular eSports Organizations
Because the eSports world is still so young, it is like many other sports when they were first gaining a footing; very disjointed. As to which professional league is the best, your guess is as good as anyone else's. By most accounts, however, there are two eSports organizations that seem to rule the pack. For United States and North American-based players, this organization is known as MLG, or Major League Gaming. In Europe, however, the Electronic Sports League reigns supreme.
Major League Gaming is, in many ways, like what FIFA is to soccer. It is the governing body that overseas the many similar, yet very different events that take place. For example, in a given year the MLG pro-circuit will play host to competitions where 5 or more different games are played through different mediums (ie. PC, Xbox1, PS3). Each game is made up of players and teams who compete against each other over the course of what can best be described as a season.
The Electronic Sports World Cup, on the other hand, is more of a tournament where qualifiers from all over the world compete to be crowned champion of whatever game they consider their specialty to be. While the MLG features more of a structured league type setting, the Electronic Sports World Cup is a huge tournament that can see massive upsets happen at any given moment.
In addition to these more prominent leagues, there are plenty of smaller ones existing throughout the world. In fact, the eSports world is growing at such a rapid pace that a number of countries are beginning to develop a governing body to help regulate competition that happens within a certain country or jurisdiction.
How to Bet on eSports Events
When it comes to betting on eSports, it really couldn't get any simpler. Though some people might hate to hear it, eSports carry themselves in much the same way that traditional sports do. As such, the betting options you have are quite similar to what you will find for a professional soccer match or a professional football game.
Naturally, betting on eSports is something that is best done so long as you understand what it is that you are wagering on. Games are updated and changed all the time, and in the same breath, new players enter onto the scene much faster than they do in traditional sports. These two facts alone make keeping up with the ever-changing world of eSports a critical facet of things; that is, if you want to ever place a successful wager.
When it comes down to it, you will be betting on either players or teams to win certain video games. For more popular games, such as those that exist in the Call of Duty series, you might find more refined propositions such as an over/under pertaining to the number of kills accrued by a team and/or a specific individual. There will be odds listed for each team, and you simply make a selection and hope that it is the correct one.
Because there are so many different types of eSports events and games being played within those events, it is not easy to explain what a traditional betting line might look like. After all, some might feature a spread while others will only feature a betting option that forces you to pick a winner from two options. As with anything, it is imperative that you do your research with regard to eSports betting before ever placing a wager.
It does not take much time to familiarize yourself with the top players and leagues. In addition to that, some bettors are amateur players of the games that are being played professionally, so this might give you a better understanding of what it is you are wagering on. Like anything in the sports betting world, a solid amount of research will often lead you in a winning direction. This is true of any sport, but even more valid when you begin talking about eSports betting.


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Here are some words for you to use in your conversations today that will produce different results.
Impress your friends:
Lactomangulation (lak' toe man gyu lay' shun) n.
Manhandling the 'open here' spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.
Peppier (pehp ee ay') n.
The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper.
Telecrastination (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n.
The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.
Impact their lives:
Thank you!
I love you!
What can I do for you today?
You have made a difference in my life!
I believe in you!
I need you!
Notice no definitions needed?
You choose: impress or impact? You know which word I will use!
And these are just my thoughts on a cold Thursday afternoon!
Steve Siemens, CSP


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Everything you need to know about Amsterdam's smartshops
For the chemically curious, Amsterdam has more to offer than just smokeables; however, you won't find Amsterdam's second-most famous "soft" substance in any coffee shops. So where are the "magic mushrooms"? Trick question! They've been illegal since 2008. But don't worry, Amsterdam's smartshops make sure that no one has to miss them. We'll tell you what that means, and everything else you need to know about Amsterdam's other soft stuff, one smartshop at a time...
Red Light District
Pre-2008, there were more than 40 smartshops in Amsterdam, but now there's more like 10. Opened in 1993, this one was the first. They started out selling vitamins and herbal energy drinks... but put themselves on the map when they put magic mushrooms on the shelves that year. Along with the Dreamlounge in the Canal Belt and two smartshops in other cities, Kokopelli is part of the Conscious Dreams empire. In the back there's a cushy lounge area where you're free to try their wares in safety -- to a DJ'd soundtrack on weekends.
Though mushrooms were banned, nobody said anything about truffles, aka philosopher's stones -- which are basically the same thing (psilocybin), just slightly watered down. The trip still lasts almost six hours, and the effects will depend on which type you take. Beginners are advised to start with the Mexicans; at the other end, the galindoi will keep even the most hardened shroomsperts seeing in full vibrating color. These two "souvenir shops" (the second is in a basement on the Flower Market) also have some seriously cool toys.
If truffles just won't do it for you, you can still get the real shroom thing legally by growing it yourself. Shops like Tatanka make it easy for you with pre-packaged, all-in-one grow kits for every strain in their lineup. They've got step-by-step instructions to get you feeling fungi in a few weeks. Like most shops on this list, Tatanka's also got an online shop. And yep, they'll ship you the grow kits, too (if you live in Europe).
Eastern Docklands
Rather actually learn the growing process? Mushroom-loving futurists Mediamatic offer mushroom-growing workshops every few months, covering either the magic kind or the boring (oyster) kind. Sign up for their newsletter to find out when the next one's scheduled.
Red Light District
Psilocybin products are just a small part of the smartshop lineup. Like the vitamin shop of your trippy Earth Mother dreams, smartshops were named after the herbal stimulants they sell (like powdered guarana) and other products intended to stimulate the mind and improve memory. At Smart Zone, a tiny shop tacked on to the back of the St. Christopher's hostel and Winston Kingdom club, you can perk up with kola nut, or wind down with skullcap or valerian. Or stimulate other body zones with aphrodisiacs like muira puama and ginkgo biloba.
Dam Square
Though chemical designer drugs are explicitly forbidden, if it's all natural and hasn't been outlawed, it's fair game for the smartshops -- meaning there are plenty of stronger herbal supplements to find as well. Some of the most popular, available at Innerspace and others, is kratom (a sort of faux-opium), Salvia divinorum (a short-lived but super-intense psychedelic), and cacti (the scarily strong peyote and friends).
Canal Belt
For the true spiritual warriors, shops like Azarius also sell ayahuasca mixes. The blend of psychotropic herbs, used in South American vision quests, contains DMT ("the god molecule") as an active ingredient. This is one spiritual journey not to be taken lightly, or unsupervised -- luckily, Azarius basically doubles as an information center for the curious. You can even stop by for nightlife tips.
Dam Square
If your interests are of the dance party variety, this tiny nightclub of a shop is the more obvious place to check in; in addition to party clothes, blacklight gear, and inside intel on the clubbing scene, you can pick up herbal party favors. Every smartshop sells their own versions of these, but they're basically natural replacements for chemical (hard) drugs. These so-called "herbal XTCs" are pretty mild, which is why the faster-acting liquid variety is the most popular.
Canal Belt
The first smartshop we ever went to is right on the edge of the city's party zone, but is perfectly camouflaged into the Leidsestraat's upscale retailers in its monumental building. Full of sleek gadgets from vaporizers to tools to test the safety of those kinds of party favors you shouldn't have in the first place, When Nature Calls makes the whole smartshop business look downright classy -- right down (er, up) to the crystal chandelier.
Although most head shops are not smartshops, pretty much every smartshop is a head shop, too, meaning they've got all your "tobacco"-smoking accessories, also. Not only does Chills & Thrills offer a full line of glass pipes, vaporizers, and even glass vaporizers -- but they're also upping their game as a grow shop, too. Operating under the name magicseeds.nl, they say they're working on their own cannabis strains for home growers, and have already launched all-in-one cannabis grow kits...
If you partake...
-Pick a safe, comfortable place where you can hang out for a long time and don't have to worry about acting like a weirdo.
-Do it with people you feel easygoing around. At least one sober sitter is a good idea.
-Talk to the sellers about what to expect and read all the pamphlets they give you before you start.
-Make sure you have nothing you have to do for the rest of the day.
-If you're a newbie, don't do it in the Van Gogh Museum.


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First, holy shit:
This happened yesterday. Make of it what you will.
Then, this morning, we awoke to news that Macron's government would suspend the gas tax that has been cited as the reason for the Yellow Vest protests in Paris.
"The French government announced today that it will temporarily suspend the carbon tax plan that triggered weeks of protests nationwide. Two weekends of mass protests didn't move the government. Only after the protests turned violent during the third weekend — owing to the behavior of thugs, not the main body of protesters — did the government relent, at least temporarily.
The announcement came not from President Emmanuel Macron, but from Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. He said, "No tax is worth putting in danger the unity of the nation."
Really? Not even a tax that is supposed to help save the world from climate change? How nationalistic!
The tax hasn't been revoked, just suspended for six months. This buys the government time, but does not resolve its dilemma.
Before long, the government will have to decide whether to continue putting the world elites' conception of environmentalism ahead of the economic interests of French citizens and the interest of national unity."
Paul makes a great point about nationalism vs. "saving the world"–Macron put his delusional quest to save the world ahead of the financial well-being of his people, and his people rose up in ferocious defiance. Macron then realized he could no longer keep ignoring and screwing over the everyday people of his country in his effort to virtue signal and please his globalist friends.
But the real story is what this portends for the future of Western democracy. Because we've just witnessed a major turning point.
In my view, the Macron government capitulated to the protesters because it felt there was a real chance the protests could turn into a full-scale national mutiny/revolution.
The last thing a democratically-elected government wants to do is capitulate to the demands of a mob. Doing so is a sign of weakness, plus it undermines civil democracy and persuasion–if you can get what you want by rioting, then what's the point of voting, campaigning and debating?
The only reason a government will concede to a mob is if the government feels that if it does not, there's a real danger of seriously losing control.
Make no mistake: this move by Macron was a last-resort effort to stave off what it felt could have been the administration's ultimate undoing. He was backed into a corner. When he was pelted in the face by an egg, Macron realized that his physical safety was in jeopardy if he did not quell the mob.
It was a frank admission that the protesters had the upper hand. The French government was forced under duress to suspend this fuel tax. Had Macron not done this, he may well have been overthrown. Paris was full of tens of thousands of protesters and rioters, and at any moment they could have stormed Elysee Palace and forcibly deposed their leader.
The real problem, of course, is that the French ruling class allowed it to get to this point in the first place. Its continued disregard for the people was what ultimately led to this.
But make no mistake: this is a major moment in the history of modern Western civilization. We just saw the French government admit that it is no longer totally in control. That's what a government admits when it capitulates to a baying mob.
It's a tacit admission that the French government was fairly close to being overthrown.
Maybe modern governments aren't so invincible and all-powerful after all.
That's the real takeaway. Macron was faced with a choice: suspend the fuel tax or be forcibly overthrown.
We're never really that far away from mob rule, even in the supposedly most advanced and powerful nations on earth.
When the Arab Spring was happening across the Middle East in 2011, I'm sure most Western governments and citizens figured, "That could never happen to us."
But it can.


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Archive for the 'News & Stuff' Category
Great Gift for any Kitchen!
Check out my awesome "Veg Seasonality" print from my Etsy shop! The perfect gift to hang in any kitchen! For a limited time i'm offering 10% off all my prints with the coupon code: CHRISTMASCACTUS.
All my pieces are professionally printed on sturdy watercolor paper and will fit in any standard 11" x 14" frame.
Whale Sandwich Print!
Looking for a great holiday gift? Why not an awesome "Whale Sandwich" print from my Etsy shop? For a limited time i'm offering 10% off all my prints with the coupon code: CHRISTMASCACTUS.
All my pieces are professionally printed on sturdy watercolor paper and will fit in any standard 11" x 14" frame.
Bacon Social.
Hey guys! Tonight at 7pm till late Aaron and I will be showing our art at the BACON SOCIAL! There will be free bacon, drinks, bands and rad art to buy! What more could you ask for on a saturday night? If you're in the LA area you should totally check it out. I'll have my paintings from Nature club up as well as some comics and prints to sell. See you there!
Unsolved Mysteries Preview!
Hey guys,
There's a preview of my comic I did for the "Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: a collection of unsolved mysteries" anthology coming out from Hic & Hoc Publications up on Emigennis.com! Check it out, and get that book in February when it comes out! It'll be featuring Aaron Whitaker, William Cardini and Sam Spina as well so you know it'll be AWESOME!
New Prints for Sale!
Hey guys! If you don't live in Austin and can't make to Paper Party to buy my art, I just set up an Etsy shop with my new prints for sale! We're moving in 13 days, so now would be a great time to buy! Check them out at my Etsy shop!
Nature Club!
I have an amazing friend named Glade.
She is the definition of a rad lady. In addition to her badass handmade cards (you can see them here), she recently opened up an AMAZING shop within Domy Books in Austin called Paper Party.
Paper Party sells the cutest gifts, stationary, and party supplies in Austin. You need to check out her store if you haven't been!
My show "Nature Club" is hanging there from now until October 18th! It's my first solo show, and I was so happy to paint my heart out this past few months. You can see all my paintings and a price list here. Most of these paintings are much bigger than anything i've done before, so there's lots of little details that I had fun with! Check them out!
The opening for the show was last weekend. I had such a great time…here are some pics I snapped!
In other news…
Yes, it's true. We're gettin' out of Austin, and our next home will be in LA. We're actually moving in 2 weeks, which is pretty stressful, but I think it'll be great.
That said, anyone with any LA advice? Places to live, work, eat, shop? I'll be looking for a waitressing job to start with, but my dream day job is to work on storyboarding for an animated show…so if anyone knows of any leads, hit me up: email@example.com!
Where have I been?
Hey Everyone!
Soooo…as some of you may have noticed, it's been forever since I posted here. I have been busy, busy, busy the last couple of months, and unfortunately my diary comics have been something that I haven't had time for recently.
I will start posting them again soon, I promise!
For those of you who don't know, I've been busy at work putting out my first full color, subscription based quarterly comic "The Melinderly"!
It was funded through Kickstarter, and it is my most rewarding project to date! Most of the comics are autobiographical, but i'm branching into some fiction too…and none of them will be posted online, so your only opportunity to see these will be to buy a subscription of "The Melinderly". A subscription costs only $40 for 4 issues (a full year) of "The Melinderly", which you can buy HERE! I think those of you who enjoy seeing my comics on this site will love being able to actually hold them in your hands even more!
Here are a couple preview pages (pardon the crappy pics):
Stumptown Comic Fest in Portland, OR
I'll be in Portland, OR for the STUMPTOWN COMIC FEST this weekend with Aaron Whitaker. We'd love for you to come say hi.
We'll have copies of:
– The Melinderly #1 (brand new!)
– The City Troll (brand new!)
– Awkward Quarterly #2 (brand new!)
– Awkward Quarterly #1
– Future Ghost
The Melinderly / Vortex #2 Release Party!
Hey y'all! I am super proud and excited to announce that the release party for 'The Melinderly' is tomorrow night, Wednesday April 25th at Domy books!!! I am joining forces with the extremely talented and wonderful William Cardini (one of my favorite Austinites) to simultaneously present our new comics together at a fun party! Cardini is debuting his new comic Vortex #2, an amazing sci-fi comic. We'll be doing an awesome comics reading with visuals, and FREE BEER! Oh yeah!!! So if anyone lives in Austin, loves comics and wants to have fun on a Wednesday, please come and check it out!
p.s. also, if you want to pick up your copy of 'The Melinderly #1′ hot off the presses tomorrow night, you TOTALLY SHOULD!
p.p.s. and ALSO, we got this nice little write up on austin.culturemap.com!
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When the Big He and I started dating he was only a few months from joining the Air Force. We pretty much really started dated during Basic Training and Tech-School. Both of which were not in the same state I was in at the time. This was before cell phones and texting and really even before computers and emailing was something that was available at everyone's fingertips. We had good ole letter writing and landline phones to keep up connected. During this time, the Big He told me that Journey's Faithfully should be our song since we would be physically apart for the near future and of course insert "Airman" for "Music man". So, Faithfully became our song and as we celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary today, those words have never held more meaning.
In the beginning, it was like the song…being apart was not easy, but we loved each and that is what made it work. When looking back on the 27 years that we have been married, I truly believe it was the early years that showed us, taught us that what ever comes our way if we remember to be faithful in our love, we can get through anything. And we have. Even now, living an ALS life we are doing it with Faith. We our faithful, knowing the Lord hears our prayers and provides us what we need by the people he brings into our lives. I faithfully stand by the Big He as he battles this disease and he stands by me. While physically, he may not be able to do the things he once did, he still takes care of me, watches out for me and ensures that I am happy and loved. He really is as much of a caregiver to me as I am to him.
I am so happy we are getting to celebrate our anniversary. Last year when the diagnosis came, we had no idea what to expect. How fast the disease would progress or if we would have the chance to celebrate 27. Meeting this milestone means more than anyone can imagine and seeing how our marriage has evolved into a stronger more loving partnership is beyond explanation. I did not think I could love him more than I do today, but I do. I told him the other day that if I knew our lives would take this path in the beginning, I would, without hesitation, marry him all over again. I am the person I am because of him, because of how much he loves me-even the hot-mess, bat-shit crazy parts. And trust me, this journey has brought all of that out on steroids. Even with the stress, and the fear of what will happen-I am forever his, faithfully.
All my love,
The She
The Big He's update: On Friday, he had his PEG tube replaced with a Mic-Key button. I mentioned before this is an insurance policy if/when the time comes. He is using the walker almost exclusively now in the house and we take his PermMobile chair out when we run errands as much as we can. He is sleeping more and more but this is due to the disease (so I am told, I still tell him he is a lazy ass shoving the whole retirement thing in my face). His voice is becoming weaker too. I can really notice the change just in a few weeks. We did find an amazing woman that helps us 2 days a week. She is taking some of the housekeeping burden off of me. And then there is Lou-the mobility dog. He is keeping us all on our toes-mainly because if we set still he likes to nibble and bite them. He is picking up on his training and learning fast. A trainer comes in weekly to help guide us with his training. Rocky dog is still hoping we take him back where we found him. That old dog does not like change.
So all in all, things are going the way an ALS life goes. It is not for the faint of heart for sure. We ask you keep us in your prayers because we need all of them we can get. Give the Big He a text if you get a chance and follow Lou's Instagram page: Lou_the _mobility_dog to see what the pup and the Big He are up to.


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It is common on job advertisements, especially for cabinet level positions and deans, for institutions to ask that candidates be both a servant leader and a visionary/entrepreneur. It seems to me that a person with a vision has ideas about where they want to take the institution. This seems on some level to be at odds with the concept of a servant leader who is expected to be dedicated to the needs of the people they are leading.
In my years of leadership experience, I have come to respect the adage that a "change imposed is a change opposed." A visionary leader therefore must be very careful not to show up on day one with all the answers and the path forward already defined. Academics in particular dislike being told what the solution to a problem is. However, they love being given a problem and asked to produce recommendations about how to tackle it. I have found that you can guide folks nearly as well with a set of well-crafted questions as you can with a set of directives. The downsides to this approach are it usually takes longer to get to implementation and the solutions are not always what you were hoping for or expecting. The real upside is that as you implement the solutions proposed by your faculty, staff and students you are acting as a servant leader. So, by using inquiry based leadership, similar to inquiry based learning, you can be both a visionary and a servant leader. Of course, there will be requests from below that are generated independently. The trick is to determine the correct balance between serving those independently generated needs and those generated by your inquiry-based leadership.
I would love to hear how other leaders address these challenges – please respond in the comments section below.
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Benchmark Results: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Given its mainstream appeal, Skyrim was developed to scale across a broad range of platforms. Although its most demanding graphics settings easily slow down a single GeForce GTX 680, there is still plenty of host processor influence to extrapolate through 2560x1600.
At 1680x1050 and 1920x1080, lofty Turbo Boosted clock rates and a big shared L3 cache help propel the Core i7-3960X to a symbolic victory in a second consecutive game. The Core i7-3770K's second-place finish is consistent across both resolutions, though it's just as insignificant considering the narrow performance spread.
More troubling is the significant drop-off experienced by the two AMD CPUs. Even at 2560x1600 using the Ultra quality preset, an FX-8150 holds our GeForce GTX 680 back from achieving its average frame rate potential.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday Randomness
2. The girls are also doing a little Texas History study this year using Catholic Texans as a guide along with a few other books along the way. On every other page, there are phrases or names to Google to help you expand your exploration. We have found some very interesting resources online namely this website which lead us to a page about La Salle and the artifacts his expedition left behind and also this page containing a map showing the location and time period of each of the Spanish Missions. Texas Beyond History has a plethora of information as well as a dedicated Kids Page with Fun & Games but was especially useful in providing a map to show the children just how an explorer like La Salle could have been more than 400 miles away from the mouth of the Mississippi and never know it. And this website with a section on the La Salle Shipwreck Project definitely wet our whistles for some more archeological themed research.
Do you ladies in other parts of the US do state history? I'm just curious. I only plan to spend a semester on it. Even though Texas history is very interesting and kind of unique compared to some other states, too many years of public school Texas history sucked all the enthusiasm out of me. (Thanks for that, Mr. Cates!) I am slowing regaining some of it thanks to these great resources and my delightful girls!
3. Our Fantasy Football Team might need a new quarterback for this weekend's games. Kevin Kolb is healing from a concussion and is tentative to play. The girls and I share this team in our extended family/friends league. They helped draft by choosing players with interesting names and pleasant smiles. You think I'm kidding! LOL! I couldn't even pronounce Visanthe Shiancoe's name when we drafted him! My choices are: David Garrard, Donovan McNabb, Sam Bradford, Kyle Orton or Matt Hasselbeck. What do you think, ladies?
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ummmm... none of the above?ReplyDelete
I lurve me some Aaron Rodgers! :)
I always say I'm going to give Fantasy Football a shot and just never do.... maybe next season.
Go, Pack!
- AnonymousSep 14, 2010, 1:07:00 PM
My BIL already has Aaron Rodgers. I am limited to the QBs that haven't already been claimed!
You should totally try it. Get a family league going! It really is fun. You can be as competitive or non-competitive as you like and Yahoo hosts free leagues that you don't have to pay to join. Usually we just set up a team and hope for the best. I like to make sure that we don't leave holes like when someone is on bye or out for an injury, but other than that, we don't mess with it too much.
I was leaning that direction just because it was the only name I really recognized.
OK, this has nothing to do with your post, but...ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you fixed it so us busy moms can read you on google reader!!!!
It's so much easier, I have to admit, I usually don't read when people do that half post thing.
Thank you, thank you!!!
Hey Jamie Jo,ReplyDelete
In a post about randomness, I think your comment fit right in! : )
You're welcome!
Links links links! You are awesome!ReplyDelete
(And yes, I agree with Jamie.)
(Lazy moms unite!)
- AnonymousSep 14, 2010, 2:42:00 PM
Hasselback. My 11 year old is just started reading Little Women for the first time, I'll check into the Orchard House site, sounds fun. No, I don't do state history.ReplyDelete
Off the subject how is sweet Momma Hayley doing?
I have a few girls who will love looking into the home of Miss Alcott!ReplyDelete
The Catholic Texans info is great. We only study it the last quarter of 4th grade.
You are right. It is an amazing history...and that is coming from a northerner!
Took my kiddos to the Missions in San Antonio. Was very displeased with the secular approach that was presented to the public, the the parks system, on how and why the missions were established.
But, the beautiful noon Mass at Mission San Jose more than made up for the misconceptions.
Cool virtual tour! You know we live so close and yet I've never been to Orchard House. But I did visit Wayside House, next door another house where Louisa lived-- and Hawthorne too. (I think Orchard House might have been closed the day we were there.) And I've been to Walden Pond on that same trip. Of course Wayside House set off my asthma something awful--probably the mold-- a virtual tour doesn't do that.ReplyDelete
Someday y'all need to travel up this way for a field trip. It would be very educational.
Love Little Women.ReplyDelete
We do State History every Friday in 8th grade. Part of Seton's plans. They require two field trips, one to a church, cathedral or mission, and one to a courthouse.
My girl Natalie just finished Jo's Boys and Eight Cousins. I think she'll love this!ReplyDelete
We always do state history because we always got to local history museums. Other than that, I wouldn't know what state history to do...ReplyDelete
Husband says Orton is the best pick. We've got our own league here, and I'm just a bit sick of FF (and it's not yet week 2).


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by Jill Ragar Esfeld
My father died on Christmas Day, and he was my mother's one and only true love.
He died in a hospice facility in Topeka, and it was my responsibility to drive to my mother's house at the crack of dawn and give her the news.
In one of my most dim-witted moments, I picked up her favorite cappuccino on the way and handed it to her when she opened the door. As if that would make up for what I was about to say.
My dad was the heart and soul of our Christmas celebration. He was a gregarious prankster with a generous spirit. And this would be the last practical joke he played on our family, leaving us to mourn on the happiest day of the year.
His death was the biggest in a long line of heartaches in my life; the first of which came in college when my boyfriend dumped me for another girl.
At the time, I remember being fascinated by the fact that I really did have an ache in my chest. And in my youthful anguish, I imagined my heart full of love with no outlet to flow through; like a flooded reservoir straining against the gate of a dam.
Years later, I read a piece on grief by blogger Jamie Anderson, who put it most succinctly when she wrote about her own mother's death.
"Grief," she said, "is just love with no place to go."
Grief is the heartache death leaves us, and Christmas is its bittersweet season.
It's a surreal time for those suffering loss, because it's hard enough to accept that life goes on without our loved ones — and during the holidays it goes on so loudly.
The overwhelming joy seems to mock our heartache and magnify our sense of loss.
I remember the first Christmas after my dad died, watching my mom brave through the functions of our family's new normal without him. She seemed so lost.
It was like they had walked to the center of a complicated labyrinth together, and he had snuck out, leaving her without directions.
Years have passed since then, and we have all gotten better at this holiday business without our personal St. Nick. We've accepted the fact that we will never again be happy like we were with him. But we can be happy.
We're whole again, but not the same.
Because the truth is, grief never dies. It lays in wait and sneaks up on you without warning.
One Christmas a few years back, a friend of mine who had recently lost her mom was out shopping. She couldn't decide on the color of a tie for her dad. The saleslady kindly suggested, "Why don't you call your mom and ask her?"
My friend burst into tears.
That's what those of us who grieve during the holidays fear. That's why we sometimes want to hide out and hope Christmas passes by without us. We don't know when we're going to encounter that object, or smell, or sound that makes our hearts fill up with love that has no place to go.
We don't know when we might burst into tears.
And that's why it's important during the holidays to be sensitive to everyone you meet.
The cranky salespersons, the guest who doesn't show up to your holiday party, or leaves too early — be kind and understand they may be dealing with heartache.
And for those who grieve, thank God for the compassion your experience has given you. You are well-equipped to practice the corporal work of mercy, to comfort those who mourn at this time of year.
Ask Jesus to love through you. To move your focus off your grief, and on to him, by serving others.


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