text: [cross post to -current removed] On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:54, Jo Rhett wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 11:36:11AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On each 'client' PC.. > > NFS mount /usr/src and /usr/obj > > installkernel > > reboot > > installworld > > Works fine on home computers behind firewalls. > > Useless on public servers that don't run RPC. > Useless on flash-based servers where minimizing writes is necessary. > (mergemaster does far far far too many writes) For NFS mount, read: any network file system. You can also use, say IPSEC to protect the NFS packets (although I'm not claiming it's a trivial thing to set up..) As for restricting the number of writes - that is a totally separate issue and isn't very relevant to this discussion. > > You are putting words in the mouth of core@ - > > Sorry. As said before, the topic is always struck down and nobody from > core has ever stood up to say "we'll support this". I don't know whose on > core this week, nor will I at any given time. I just know that core has > either struck it down or been Silent. In general core IS silent. Core isn't some governing body that decides what happens in FreeBSD and plans in detail what happens. You are showing a fundamental misunderstanding about how FreeBSD "works". Also, you just said "... the topic is always struck down ..." - what do you mean? Are you claiming someone from (or claiming to be from core) said "Don't do this, we won't allow it"? If so, can you supply proof? > A good binary update mechanism shouldn't be just the network. Updates from > flash devices, ISO images, etc should all work much the same way. Absolutely. In fact you could put /usr/src and /usr/obj on a CD/DVD/Flash drive and upgrade that way. I would *welcome* a more sophisticated method for binary upgrades that was a lot smarter. I imagine pretty much everyone else would too. > > Unless you mean "core@ said they would not support packaging the base" > > which is different. > > People have clearly identified the problems that prevent a useful binary > update mechanism from working, and what they need from core. Some have > asked for core packages, others have other ideas, and some have said > "anything that gives me versioning ability" and and..? Anyway, so what? Nothing stops you writing such a system, and I contend it isn't necessary to version the base system, or package it specially to do binary upgrades. Something similar to freebsd-update could do it. > > This is not true - I don't see it as being mandatory to be able to apply > > binary updates. (Case in point - freebsd-update works fine without it) > > freebsd-update works "fine" if you run GENERIC with no build options. > Back to "useful for home computers". So, uhh, how would your magical binary upgrade system handle custom kernels? Why would it be any different? You still haven't explained how this would work.. > freebsd-update is hampered by the exact problems I'm listing here. > Difficulty determining "what I have", no method to store "what I did" and > no effective backout mechanism to speak of. Then feel free to expand on it. This IS an open source project - you can see how everything is written, if you want to improve it > Nobody that I know cares whether or not the solution manifests as core os > packages, but some sort of core versioning ability has to be developed and > supported by the core. I don't think core is really very relevant here - core is there to mostly settle disputes. The way forward is to achieve consensus and have working solutions. If you supply a working framework then I think you'll find a lot of support materialises. The problem is when you are just proposing vapourware solutions everyone steps in and wants it done their way. Code speaks louder than words :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/attachments/20060106/339fc66d/attachment.bin


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Rosen, Donn Eric, 1929-1986
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New York Aquarium. Fish Genetics Laboratory. Office of Geneticist. Myron Gordon records
Identifier: 3021
Abstract The collection holds records from Myron Gordon, Geneticist at the New York Aquarium's Fish Genetics Laboratory. Gordon, who also held a staff appointment at the American Museum of Natural History, was known for his research on the genetic aspects of and mechanisms for speciation, sex determination, and tumor development in platyfish and swordtails, the fishes that comprise the Xiphophorus genus. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, and...
Dates: 1900 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1958

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A little tiny hand written chapter book by second grader Sofia was presented to me (Mrs. Fuglestad) one day in early February. I LOVED it. It was so full of visual imagery and imagination that I thought it would be the perfect story to try to animate with a technique I've seen but never tried, paper cut stop motion. I talked to Sofia and she recruited Lindsay to meet with me during lunch recess to design, color, cut, animate, narrate, and edit this fanciful story. After 6 weeks we are happy to present, Strange Magic below or here.
Strange Magic from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Alien Music Invasion
Aliens are a truly magical subject for artmaking. They allow the student artist to be creative in it's design by breaking rules of figure drawing, color, and form while also providing the necessary benefit of forgiveness since an alien doesn't have to be drawn realistically. Here are two ideas that extend an alien drawing digitally incorporating music and animation: Idea one: aliens on instruments & Idea two: alien beatboxing.
Idea one: Aliens on Instruments
I began designing an animation challenge for my students after a large dose of inspiration from the animator, musician, and illustrator, Andy Martin. This project would include aliens, repetitive movement, and instruments. If kids can manage this project we'll finally be able to get the band back together! Seriously, students could each contribute a creature to a group animation movie set to music that demonstrates an understanding of flipbook animation, movement, sound, and creative figure drawing.
To animate an alien playing an instrument I created layers that helped isolate the moving and non-moving parts using the Do Ink Animation and Drawing app.
1. I drew the alien head, body, and legs.
(hint: lock the layer when finished so you don't accidentally change or erase it when animating)
2. I drew the alien's instrument then locked it.
3. I drew the arms that played the instrument, copied the slide, erased, and redrew to show movement.
Performance: Lenny and the Leonids
Listen to my favorite alien band's first hit below composed in garageband, animation in DoInk, and edited in iMovie.
Lenny and the Leonids from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Idea Two: Alien Beatboxing
I designed four more aliens in an attempt to try beatboxing. This idea requires that each alien moves its mouth in some way to match the sound it creates.
I used the DoInk drawing and animation app again to make my alien designs move their "mouths" to express their sound. I kept it very simple so that I could generalize the concept later when I layered the music in. Below is a test run of each flipbook design in composition mode. I had to adjust each alien's flipbook motions so they weren't moving their mouths too fast. Later I learn that this was pretty important for matching the mouth with the sound later. But, this was my first time, so I tried to time it better in the movie editing stage.
Next, I pulled out my laptop version of Garageband and tried to make a sound for each creature while keeping a steady beat. I had lots of trouble blending my sounds, getting the timing right, and figuring out effects. What I ended up doing was putting on headphones, laying down a drum beat as one track (which I later deleted), and matching the beat with my new sound recorded to another track. That helped me keep the beat better. I labeled each track by creature color to help me keep track of what's what when I did my final animation. I tried to match the DoInk composition timeline to the garageband timeline as exactly as I could. Luckily both interfaces allow you to look at fractions of seconds so you can bring in the creature at the same time the audio begins.
Below is each alien animation timed with their beatbox sound. Next, to put it all together into one composition using the DoInk animation, garageband sound track, and iMovie.
Performance: Alien Beatboxing
Aliens Beatboxing from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Below is the Dance my 7 alien friends choregraphed quickly. I was able to capture it using Keynote and iMovie with the song they chose from incompetech.com.
Resources: Video and handouts
Andy Martin and his planet animations are the inspiration for animation challenge. There are twelve planets to explore with different creatures on each. Planet one's aliens make music with their voices as they gather. This idea would be fun to explore as well.
Planet One from Handymartian on Vimeo.
Bonus! Alien Remake of a Fugleflick
I used a guitar playing alien and two of his duplicates to recreate a old fugleflick appropriately called, Deep Space. This fugleflick attempts to explain how to create the illusion of space in a 2D place with foreground, middle ground, background, and overlapping. The song was performed by three 3rd graders many years ago. View their movie here. You'll probably notice the moving lips in this video. I recorded my mouth moving to the words and masked them into the video using the Do Ink Green Screen app. The whole movie was created using both the Do Ink animation app and the Green Screen app. I lined it up with the music from the original song using iMovie. View the results here.
Deep Space by Aliens from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Take the Deep Space Quiz
using edpuzzle (found via NICE MiniCon session by Shannon Schroeder-Thanks!)
Flying Fifth Graders
Flying Fifth Graders from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
More about this project:
1. Fifth graders used this template to help them create their self-portrait flying on the iPads using Sketchbook Express. They deleted the template and emailed just their final drawings. See the gallery of images here.
2. Students were inspired by the story, Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold while creating a landscape that was to show depth, overlapping, and a high horizon line. See the gallery of images here.
3. Students used Keynote to animate the digital figure and landscapes. I created a tutorial showing all the steps to help them. View it below or here. I put screenshots from their animation movie on artsoniain this gallery.
4. Students helped sing and compose an original flying song using garageband on the iPad (using the built-in instruments) and the desktop version to add voices.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our MSc and PGDip programmes are identical in terms of the core sleep medicine modules (of which there are 8
modules), but the MSc programme additionally provides 2 further modules with a research focus and dissertation.
Our MSc and PGDip programmes are identical in terms of the core sleep medicine modules (of which there are 8 modules), but the MSc programme additionally provides 2 further modules with a research focus and dissertation. The dissertation requires students to write a systematic review and research proposal of a research area relevant to sleep medicine. Thus, the MSc provides students the opportunity to delve into one area more deeply and to embrace the more academic side of sleep medicine. Students enrolled on the MSc may have the intention to progress onto a doctoral academic programme (DPhil/PhD) to further develop their research ideas. That said, some students simply are interested in the more academic side of sleep medicine and so pursue the MSc instead of the PGDip to enhance their understanding of the research field more generally. If you are undecided as to which programme would suit you best, it is possible to initially enrol on the PGDip programme, and upon completion, convert to the MSc programme for an additional 3rd year to complete the 2 research modules and dissertation.
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Typically, students are expected to commit around 10-15 hours per week on the programme, though this can vary depending on the requirements of the online discussion groups that week, and whether there are additional exam submissions to prepare.
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7 For applications to the MSc, do I need access to participants for the completion of the dissertation?
No. The dissertation comprises a systematic review of a defined research area, followed by a research proposal. The research proposal for the dissertation is intended to follow a similar format to that which could be submitted to a funding body to attract grant income, or as an application for a doctoral programme.
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The online discussion groups will typically take place weekly during the module dates. We run the online discussion groups on the same day each week, at multiple times to accommodate students in different time zones. Currently these are running (for both cohorts) at 10am, 4pm and 7pm (all UK time). You will be able to specify your preference for the timing of your session prior to commencement of the course. The online discussion groups are held via Zoom and are currently held on Wednesdays (cohort 2) and Thursdays (cohort 1).
The course is entirely online. There is however a compulsory Residential component which requires students to attend a week-long residential school in Oxford, preferably at the end of their first year of study but before the end of the course. The programme fees cover up to £1000 towards travel to Oxford. This will be held in the first week of September each year.
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The date will vary according to the Academic year but a safe rule of thumb is the first week of October.
The course is aimed at working health care professionals who have scope to introduce sleep medicine into their practice or those who wish to pursue an academic career in sleep research/circadian biology.
The course is taught by both academics in the field of sleep research/circadian biology and clinicians working in the field of sleep medicine. As such, the course offers a diverse curriculum which spans underpinning neurophysiological mechanisms of sleep and its disorders, to clinical approaches of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.
Yes. Many of our current students are working full-time and undertake the course in Sleep Medicine alongside their work commitments. It is the students' responsibility to ensure that their current schedule allows adequate time to devote to the course.


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Today I'd like to talk about ... boobies. If you're an active woman, I'm sure you know how much boobies get in the way. Sports bras are unflattering and often uncomfortable. I decided to invest in a few good ones last week and about changed my mind after seeing the price tags. But you know what? So worth it!
Exhibit A:
Comfortable and useful during a 30-minute run! The run was painful, but I'm not a runner. This bra held up! And looked good for being a supportive sports bra!
And now I promise not to post a picture specifically of my boobs for a while. Like, probably a year.
The particular bra above is here, and I super-duper recommend it. http://www.movingcomfort.com/Juno/350025,default,pd.html
I also picked up this one: http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12565219&ppp=27&lmdn=Price&cp=4413874.4413879
And this one: http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3968661&lmdn=Brand&cp=4413874.4413879
All winners! Take care of your boobies!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Derby and Boobs
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- DeVeeM said...
Don't forget to mention that there is a whole webcomic series dedicated to this and other Busty Girl Problems:
They have a great page full of links to vendors--bras, swimwear, dresses, etc.--who cater to busty girls:
- November 13, 2012 at 12:07 PM
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PAUL, Minn. — When Demariay Gunn starts kindergarten next fall, he will know how to print his name, count to 10 and recite his ABC's. He'll know how to line up to play outside and how to wash his hands after using the bathroom. He will also know that even when he's frustrated, he shouldn't scream in a friend's ear.
The 4-year-old with an impish smile is benefiting from Minnesota's experiment with early education. He receives a $5,000 state scholarship to attend a private childcare center, New Horizon Academy in St. Paul. Without public help, the $13,000 annual fee is more than his single mom can afford on her wages as a caregiver for the elderly. The hope is that preschool will give Demariay a leg up in kindergarten, help him learn to read by third grade and even increase the odds that he'll graduate from high school.
As the Obama administration makes early childhood education a top domestic priority and most states are expanding preschool for low-income kids, Minnesota is taking a unique approach. It is the first state to make a major investment in a market-based preschool subsidy. So-called "early learning scholarships" follow children, whether they enroll in a public school pre-kindergarten or federal Head Start, which the government pays for anyway, or a private center like New Horizon or home daycare that charges fees. The scholarships, essentially pre-kindergarten vouchers, are designed to steer the most at-risk kids into the highest-quality care and reduce the achievement gap at the outset.
"It is something that other states are watching," said Cisa Keller, director of government and community relations for New Horizon, which runs 60 for-profit centers in Minnesota. Nearly 6,000 children received scholarships last school year, and roughly the same number will get them this year through a $27 million annual allocation. In his new budget, Gov. Mark Dayton proposes keeping the scholarships with some changes, and meanwhile creating a new universal statewide prekindergarten run by local school districts.
State officials say the $5,000 scholarships are allowing children to have high-quality care more consistently or for the first time, but the program faces many challenges. Funding only reaches 10 percent of eligible children, 3- and 4-year-olds whose parents make less than 185 percent of the poverty line, or $38,000 for a family of four. The $5,000 covers less than half the cost of full-time private care, though the maximum scholarship may be raised in 2015.
And since most of the $27 million allocation is going to public pre-kindergarten and other options already free to families, critics question whether the scholarships truly promote parent choice. Meanwhile, only a fraction of eligible settings have been evaluated. There are also questions about whether the state's quality benchmarks are high enough to produce the results policymakers hope to see.
The program grew out of the work of Art Rolnick, former research director at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, who along with colleague Rob Grunewald began making a case 10 years ago for investing in preschool as a form of economic development. The pair studied preschools in Michigan, Chicago and elsewhere and found that for every dollar spent, taxpayers save $4 to $16 depending on the program. Rolnick called the result "a double-digit return on investment that beats the stock market."
Children in the preschools were better prepared for kindergarten, less likely to use special education and more likely to graduate and go to college. They were also less likely to go to prison and have poor health as adults.
"Early childhood is probably the best economic investment we can make as a society," said Rolnick, now a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Backed by a group of Minnesota business leaders, he proposed a scholarship pilot that was tested in four Minnesota communities, including St. Paul, from 2008 to 2011.
Related: The power of preschool done right
Results were promising as the pilot enrolled children at younger ages, assigned mentors to parents and paid up to the cost of full-time care. But when scholarships went statewide, those beefy supports were scrapped to cut costs and reach more children.
Crucial to the program's success is steering parents toward quality. To do that, the state developed a voluntary rating system called Parent Aware, overseen by the Department of Human Services. Providers are awarded one to four stars for measures that go beyond health and safety licensing requirements. For the highest rating, evaluators visit in person to observe how caregivers interact with children. Unlike national accreditation, Parent Aware is free for the providers. It comes with coaching on how to create an improvement plan and even grants to purchase curriculum or classroom supplies.
Scholarships can only be used at sites in the Parent Aware system. Parents can currently get a reduced scholarship of up to $4,000 to use at sites that have simply applied to be evaluated or have one or two stars, and about 20 percent of scholarships now go to these lower-rated programs. After 2016, scholarships will be restricted to sites with three and four stars
Getting programs into the system has been a challenge. There are 10,000 locations where Minnesota 3- and 4-year-old children receive care. So far, 20 percent of them have applied to be rated through Parent Aware. Public programs like Head Start and school district pre-k zipped through the application process on a fast track and most received the highest quality rating of four stars. Private preschools that already had a national accreditation also went through a fast track. Private daycare centers and family daycares, however, are entering slowly. Only one in 10 non-accredited centers and fewer than one in 20 home daycares have applied, and most have received only one or two stars.
Measuring quality is tricky, and some question whether even all four-star programs are giving children the enrichment they need. New Horizon — the preschool center that Demariay Gunn attends — has four stars and 22 children in its 4-year-old class. But according to Arthur Reynolds, co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, preschools that give kids the biggest long-term boost have no more than 17 children for every two teachers. Reynolds has studied the effects of a model Chicago preschool for decades and recently helped start a similar initiative in five St. Paul schools. Kids do best when teachers are well paid, parents are engaged and supports continue into elementary school, he said. His most recent research also shows that low-income kids benefit far more from full-day preschool than half day.
Reynolds said most of the programs rated highly through Parent Aware are not taking all those best practices into account. "It's a good start, but I think we need to make sure those dollars are going to programs that have the greatest evidence of benefit," he said. "We need to push this further."
Related: Q&A with Arthur Reynolds: Expanding a preschool model with proven lifetime benefits
So where are kids ending up? In the first year, half the kids on scholarships were in public school pre-kindergarten, and another 16 percent were in Head Start. This is largely because of a compromise in the way the state distributed money: Half the scholarship funds went directly to existing four-star sites, mostly public schools.
Saint Paul Public Schools, for example, received nearly $800,000 in scholarship funds this year to add eight pre-kindergarten classes, boosting the total number of classes to 45 and enrolling 161 children off a wait list of several hundred. Preference is given to children who are low-income, with special needs or from non-English-speaking households.
The compromise was meant to increase spots at four-star sites and get money to schools. The concern, borne out in the first year, was that most parents would not hand $5,000 to a school district where their children could attend pre-kindergarten for free, and the family would then use their scholarship to pay for additional part-time care elsewhere.
Some stakeholders question whether the way the money was distributed is consistent with the intent of the legislation creating the program. A progress report on Minnesota's early education reform from the non-profit advocacy organization Parent Aware for School Readiness criticizes scholarships for not giving parents "the level of choice, empowerment and portability" available in the pilot.
"We're concerned that half the scholarships are being dispersed directly to programs and not going to families," said the organization's executive director, Ericca Maas. "If a child has to move out of the school district, that money stays with the school district, and that family is without the resources they need."
Dayton's plan would address this by giving all scholarship money directly to families, essentially doubling the money available for parent choice, and expanding free school district prekindergarten with new state funds. He also wants to make scholarships available to any low-income child younger than five, including infants.
Overall, a third of scholarships in the first year were used at private centers. Only 4 percent of scholarship kids used home daycare. Former public school teacher May Lee runs one of the few home daycares with four stars. Lee, whom children call "Auntie," brings a classroom routine to her East St. Paul living room, practices shapes and colors with the nine children in her care and reads them books like Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Some families choose her for the hours, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Others like the nurturing atmosphere and Hmong culture.
When one family could not afford her fees, Lee helped the 4-year-old boy get a scholarship. The extra $5,000 enabled him to attend full time. Lee has seen the boy become more respectful and confident. "I hope that will continue as he goes to school, because I know he will not get much support at home," Lee said.
But the scholarship is almost gone, and when the money runs out, Lee will face a dilemma: whether to keep the child part-time when she could fill his slot with a child whose parents can pay for full-time. Many families are using the scholarships like this one is: as a supplementary pot of money to pay for full-time, year-round care when other funds aren't enough.
Related: A grandmother's quest to overcome early learning barriers
New Horizon opened its Rice Street location in 2008 because pilot scholarships were available to help parents in the low-income neighborhood pay $268 a week for full-time care. Twenty-four children at the center receive scholarships. All 80 children, infants through 4-year-olds, also receive child-care assistance, a state subsidy for the working poor and welfare recipients that can stop suddenly when a parent stops working.
"I would say the biggest success of the scholarships has just been getting these kids the consistency they need to succeed," said Becky Strauch, director of the center, which uses a curriculum and incorporates daily story times and stations with building blocks and art supplies. "Now if they lose child-care assistance, the scholarship covers their tuition so they can keep coming. Kids are more likely to be here every day, and we're seeing drastic changes in their behavior and learning."
Natassja Gunn started bringing her only son, Demariay, to New Horizon when he was an infant. The 29-year-old single mother works up to 30 hours a week, and she said that Demariay's dad is in prison and does not help financially. Before the scholarship, "sometimes it was difficult," she said. "I had to make choices, like, 'OK, should I pay my cell phone bill or should I put this on my baby's day care?' Or, 'I need gas in my car or should I put this on his day care?'"
Now, the scholarship pays her child-care assistance co-pays, which vary from a few dollars to $70 per week, she said, according to her work hours.
"It was a big relief," she said, "because if my baby can't go to daycare, I can't go to work."


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MARLI BUCK lyrics : "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)"
You've done it all
You've broken every code
You brought the rebel to the floor
You've spoiled the game
No matter what you say
For only metal, what a bore!
Blue eyes, blue eyes
How come you tell so many lies?
Come up and see me
Make me smile
But do what you want
Running wild!
There's nothing left
All gone and run away
Maybe you'll tarry for a while
It's just a test
A game for us to play
Win or lose, it's hard to smile
Resist, resist
It's for yourself, you have to hide, oh
There ain't no more
You've taken everything
From my belief in the earth
Can you ignore
My faith in everything
Cuz my faith's what it's for
The way, a way
Don't say that maybe you'll try
Come up and see me
Oh, come up and see
Come up and see me
Gonna make you smile
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- TRAUMATIC INJURIES: These are injuries that are the result of trauma. In other words, there was enough force / speed generated during a specific event to overcome the elasticity and tensile strength of tissue, causing it to tear. One of the most commonly seen traumatic injuries in our office is WHIPLASH (HERE is more information).
- REPETITIVE INJURIES: Repetitive injuries are just what they sound like; injuries that occur not because of the intensity of the injury itself, but because a certain specific motion is done over and over and over again. This could be something that a person has done repetitively for decades, or it could be something that a person does repetitively for a day or two (or even an hour or two) that they are not used to doing.
Bear in mind that you can get to the same place with either type of injury. And when it comes to either of these two types of injuries, there are all sorts of factors that affect the severity as well as the body's ability and time it takes to heal. Some of these factors are SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION, a person's WEIGHT, their level of fitness, their age, etc, etc, etc. Although I deal with lots and lots of traumatic injuries in my clinic, it is the chronic injuries that intrigue me the most. It's exciting to take patients who have had their problems for years (or even decades) and make huge changes in them — instantly. To see what I am talking about, take a look at our VIDEO TESTIMONIALS.


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Hornet Plugins have released Valvolva, a FREE plugin that mimics valve sound and behavior. Simply share the product page via Facebook or Twitter to qualify for a free copy.
HoRNet Valvola (the Italian word for vacuum tube) it's an emulation of the electric behavior of a vacuum tube and its surrounding circuit.
The sound of the plugin is as close as you can get to the real tube behavior since the code it's the direct modeling of the circuit characteristics obtained directly simulating the tube and the biasing circuit around it.
The same technology is found inside our Guitar Kit plugin and Analog Stage plugin and we decided to give it away for free because we are proud of it.
Valvola comes with many different vacuum tube emulations, including triodes and pentodes, from the classic 12AX7 used in pre amplifiers to the EL84 power tube, well using more than one instance of Valvola you could create your little tube amplifier emulation.
The typical tube distortion that Valvola provides is not static but changes with your music since tubes has some kind of "memory effect" that actually change their bias point if they processed high levels (this is the case with heavy bass drums, bass synths or guitars) in practice they distort more with low frequency peaks. Also vacuum tubes are not linear in frequency response and each one has its own characteristic sound that we carefully modeled using the original tube parameters.
All these interactions are controlled using just one "saturation" knob that also keeps the level constant so you can just add distortion without adding gain and keeping the aliasing at minimum thanks to the intelligent oversampling up to 4x.
HoRNet Valvola comes with an hardware accelerated graphic interface that is completely resizable and drawn using vectorial techniques so that it looks sharp and perfect on every monitor size.
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Price at which broker/dealer is willing to sell. Same as "Offer".
Price at which broker/dealer is willing to buy.
The distance, usually in pips, between the Bid and Ask price. A tighter spread is better for the trader.
The cost, often quoted in terms of dollars or pips per day, of holding an open position.
Futures contracts traded on an exchange, most typically the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ("CME"). Always quoted in terms of the currency value with respect to the US Dollar. Parameters of the futures contract are standardized by the exchange.
The magnitude of a decline in account value, either in percentage or dollar terms, as measured from peak to subsequent trough. For example, if a trader's account increased in value from $10,000 to $20,000, then dropped to $15,000, then increased again to $25,000, that trader would have had a maximum drawdown of $5,000 (incurred when the account declined from $20,000 to $15,000) even though that trader's account was never in a loss position from inception.
"Electronic Brokerage System", the electronic system on which major banks trade with each other. This is considered to be the most definitive indicator of prices at which currencies are "really" trading, at least for EUR/USD and USD/JPY.
Short for "Foreign Exchange". Refers generally to the Foreign Exchange trading industry and/or to the currencies themselves.
Macro or strategic assessments of where a currency should be trading based on any criteria but the price action itself. These criteria often include the economic condition of the country that the currency represents, monetary policy, and other "fundamental" elements.
The amount, expressed as a multiple, by which the notional amount traded exceeds the margin required to trade. For example, if the notional amount traded (also referred to as "lot size" or "contract value") is $100,000 dollars and the required margin is $2,000, the trader can trade with 50 times leverage ($100,000/$2,000).
An order to buy at a specified price when the market moves down to that price, or to sell at a specified price when the market moves up to that price.
A function of volume and activity in a market. It is the efficiency and cost effectiveness with which positions can be traded and orders executed. A more liquid market will provide more frequent price quotes at a smaller bid/ask spread.
The amount of funds required in a clients account in order to open a position or to maintain an open position. For example, 1% margin means that $1,000 of funds on deposit are required for a $100,000 position.
A requirement by the broker to deposit more funds in order to maintain an open position. Sometimes a "margin call" means that the position which does not have sufficient funds on deposit will simply be closed out by the broker. This procedure allows the client to avoid further losses or a debit account balance.
An order to buy at the current Ask price.
Price at which broker/dealer is willing to sell. Same as "Ask".
The smallest price increment in a currency. Often referred to as "ticks" in the futures markets. For example, in EURUSD, a move from .9015 to .9016 is one pip. In USDJPY, a move from 128.51 to 128.52 is one pip.
The cost, often quoted in terms of dollars or pips per day, of holding an open position.
Is the changing of futures when they expire to the new contract.
Often referred to as the "interbank" market. Refers to currencies traded between two counterparties, often major banks. Spot Foreign Exchange is generally traded on margin and is the primary market that this website is focused on. Generally more liquid and widely traded than currency futures, particularly by institutions and professional money managers.
An order to buy at the market only when the market moves up to a specific price, or to sell at the market only when the market moves down to a specific price.
Analysis applied to the price action of the market to develop trading decisions, irrespective of fundamental factors.
The smallest price increment in a futures or CFD price. Often referred to as a "pip" in the currency markets. For example, in Down Jones Industrials, a move from 8845 to 8846 is one tick. In S&P 500, a move from 902.50 to 902.51 is one tick.
|Currency Pair
|Trading Terminology
|British Pound / US Dollar
|Euro / US Dollar
|US Dollar / Japanese Yen
|"Dollar Yen"
|US Dollar / Swiss Franc
|"Dollar Swiss", or "Swissy"
|US Dollar / Canadian Dollar
|"Dollar Canada"
|Australian Dollar / US Dollar
|"Aussie Dollar"
|Euro / British Pound
|"Euro Sterling"
|Euro / Japanese Yen
|"Euro Yen"
|Euro / Swiss Franc
|"Euro Swiss"
|British Pound / Swiss Franc
|"Sterling Swiss"
|British Pound / Japanese Yen
|"Sterling Yen"
|Swiss Franc / Japanese Yen
|"Swiss Yen"
|New Zealand Dollar / US Dollar
|"New Zealand Dollar" or "Kiwi"
|US Dollar / South African Rand
|"Dollar Zar" or "South African Rand"
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Overeaters Anonymous is self-supporting through its grateful members' contributions. OA's four levels of service bodies — Group, Intergroup, Region, and World Service — all perform invaluable services towards the goal of carrying the message of recovery through the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of OA.
We support OA through service at meetings, at Intergroup, Region, and at the World Service Business Conference.
When we give money in the Seventh Tradition basket in our home groups, a portion of that money finds its way to the Intergroup, Region, and World Service.
All levels of OA need funds to support their work.
- Think about the costs compulsive overeating has exacted in your life, and give accordingly.
- Think about how priceless the freedom of abstinence is, and give accordingly.
Contribute to your meeting! It needs your support!
to contribute to the Saturday Surrender Meeting, Saturdays, 11AM-1215PM
to contribute to the Monday Noon OA Meeting, Mondays, 12PM
to contribute to the Monday Newcomers Meeting, Mondays, 7PM
Central New Mexico Intergroup
to contribute to the Central New Mexico Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous or, you can contribute by printing out the CNMI donation form and mailing in a personal check or money order.
Region Three of OA
If you're interested in making a contribution on behalf of your meeting or as an individual, you may use this Region 3 Donation Form
World Service Office Contributions
To contribute to the World Service Office of Overeaters Anonymous, click here
or use the WSO donation form.


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Quiet Time
I am in serious need of some quiet time. Despite my big plans to slow down in 2012, I feel like I have sped up. I need to follow Laura…Read more
I am in serious need of some quiet time. Despite my big plans to slow down in 2012, I feel like I have sped up. I need to follow Laura…Read more
This has been the strangest winter I have ever spent in the Bay Area. The weather has been nicer than a normal Bay Area summer. Here are some photos from…Read more
Ice skating in Tiburon! Hey, Marin you don't have to go all the way to the city to ice skate this holiday season! Friday, December 3rd, 2010.Read more
How would you like to have a $50 gift card to Guaymas Restaurant in Tiburon, CA? Guaymas serves authentic, delicious, fresh Mexican food and is located in one of the most beautiful places on earth (in my humble opinion). If you like good food and amazing views of the San Francisco Bay then Guaymas is the place to go!Read more
The Tiburon Art Festival 2010 is now accepting artists for this amazing juried art event-by-the-bay. They are looking for paintings, sculptures, glass, woodwork, jewelry, photography and mixed media.Read more
Wine lovers – here is an event for you! Eat, Drink and be Merry at the Tiburon Wine Tasting Festival. The 27th Annual Tiburon Wine Tasting Festival is on May 15th, 2010.Read more
Fun things to do in the Bay Area this weekend. Are you trying to think of fun things to do with your family that is in town? Has your family already seen all the usual San Francisco tourist stops? Fisherman's Wharf, shopping on Pier 39, the famous curvy Lombard Street and Ghirardelli Square? If so, here are some new ideas to entertain your out of town guests over the holiday season. Have fun!Read more
Looking for something fun to do in the Bay Area? How about spending a morning in Tiburon.Read more
Dog friendly restaurant in Tiburon, CA.
Poncho's Casa Manana.
The weekend Celia's cool cousins came to visit was the weekend of eating food from all different cultures. After the American breakfast in Tiburon and the best Dim Sum ever…Read more


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Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc.
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MOTION ORDER, granting motion to extend time filed by Appellant Viacom International, Inc., [245], by RKW, FILED. [233561][250] [10-3270]
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Westmont Magazine Westmont Remains Highly Ranked
The college continues its top-100 position among liberal arts colleges as an impressive new class of students arrives.
Westmont ranks in the top 100 liberal arts colleges for the fourth straight year according to U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges, 2013 Edition."Westmont tied for 90th, the same as last year, which represents its highest ranking.
"I'm pleased that the report reflects Westmont's standing as one of the country's most selective, challenging colleges with small classes," says President Gayle D. Beebe.
Westmont improved slightly in the percentage of classes with fewer than 20 students (60 percent) and had higher SAT scores. The graduation rate (77 percent) and percentage of faculty who teach full time (83 percent) remained the same.
Only eight other liberal arts colleges in California appear in the top 100: Pomona (4th), Claremont McKenna (10th), Harvey Mudd (12th), Scripps (24th), Occidental (39th), Pitzer (43rd) and Thomas Aquinas (82nd) Colleges. Soka University of America, which was reclassified in 2010, ranked 49th.
Among members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, only Wheaton and Westmont appear in the top 100, and Westmont is the only California Christian college ranked in the first tier.
In August, Forbes recognized Westmont as one of the best Christian colleges in the country in its 2013 America's Top Colleges list, which included 650 institutions. Westmont ranked 103, second only to Wheaton College (99). The Princeton Review lists Westmont as one of the Best Western Colleges, saying "very personable faculty members take a genuine interest not only in the academic well-being of their students, but also their personal, relational, and spiritual lives."
The new class of 2016, which arrived in August, continues the tradition of students with impressive academic credentials. They earned a combined average GPA of 3.85 and an average SAT score of 1800 (out of 2400).
More than 80 percent of the 339 first-year students received merit scholarships ranging from $10,000-$14,000 in tuition assistance. The class of 2016 includes three National Merit Scholars; four Monroe Scholars benefit from full-tuition scholarships: Jarrett Catlin of Upland, Calif.; Aria Hamann of Grants Pass, Ore.; Megan Litschewski of Centennial, Colo.; and Aaron Wilk of Centennial, Colo.
North American ethnic minorities make up 28 percent of first-year students. The 59 transfer students come from Concordia University, Gordon College, Hampshire College, Pepperdine University, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, University of Minnesota and Wheaton College to name a few.The top five majors are pre-med (13 percent), economics & business (11 percent), biology (9 percent), psychology (7 percent) and English (7 percent); 6 percent marked "undecided" on the application.
Jodi Smith, associate dean of admissions, says the new first-year students intend to build community and global connections. "They've been involved in community outreach programs, working with people with developmental disabilities, helping with environmental efforts, tutoring and mentoring youth and peers, and caring for the elderly," she says."They've volunteered around the globe, serving in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, China, Philippians, Kenya, Costa Rica and Japan, to name a few."
Most members of the class of 2016 were born in 1994, the year Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, OJ Simpson was arrested,"Forrest Gump" won the Oscar for best film and a postage stamp cost 29 cents. These students grew up with digital technology and media and communicate mostly through social media.


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Nottingham Forest have been fined by the Football Association for the angry melee which took place towards the end of Saturday's defeat at Brentford.
Both the Reds and the Bees will have to cough up £5,000 each after admitting an FA charge of "failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion following an incident in the 94th minute of their game on 1 September 2018".
The incident came about as a result of a clash between Reds defender Jack Robinson and Romaine Sawyers, following a foul by the former on Alan Judge.
Both players were booked as a series of arguments went on all over the pitch, with Forest's Lewis Grabban and Said Benrahma also going into referee Peter Bankes' notebook.
In total, seven visiting players were booked during the Championship clash at Griffin Park as Michael Hefele, Danny Fox, Ben Watson, Gil Dias and Joe Lolley were also shown yellow cards.
And Brentford also picked up a total of five bookings in what turned into an ill-tempered affair in the capital.
The match saw a first loss of the season for Aitor Karanka's side – a second half equaliser from Matty Cash not enough to earn a positive result as a late goal from Ollie Watkins clinched three points for the hosts.


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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho gave the world an insight into his transfer plans earlier this week by revealing that he wants to sign THREE players this summer.
The Special One confirmed that he wants to add a defender, a midfielder and a striker to his squad as the Blues look to defend their Premier League title next season.
Below, fanatix identifies Mourinho's three top targets and why they are set for Stamford Bridge.
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Defender: Toby Alderweireld
The 24-year-old made a great impression in the Premier League during his season-long loan spell at Southampton last season.
The Saints retain the option to buy Alderweireld on a permanent basis, but his parent club Atletico Madrid are considering buying out that clause in order to open up the bidding for the sought-after Belgian.
Mourinho is thought to be a fan of his versatility, with Alderweireld able to operate both in the centre and on the right-hand side of defence, as well as in a holding midfield role.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City are also thought to be interested in the former Ajax star, but Chelsea appear to be the favourites as they could offer Atletico Filipe Luis in return.
Midfielder: Gianelli Imbula
The Blues have seemingly turned their attention to the Marseille destroyer after sliding down the queue to sign Paul Pogba.
Stamford Bridge bosses have seemingly conceded that a mega-money move for the Juventus midfielder could push them over Financial Fair Play boundaries, during an off-season in which they are unlikely to recoup much from player sales.
Imbula is a cheaper alternative and the path for his signature has been cleared by Spurs reportedly dropping their interest. He does not have as great an attacking influence as Pogba, but his physicality, ball-playing ability and discipline in midfield would appeal to Mourinho.
The 22-year-old has been labelled 'the next Claude Makelele' – and we all know how much of a hit he was in West London.
Striker: Radamel Falcao
Mourinho seems poised to give the Colombian, who bombed during a loan spell at Manchester United last season, another chance to prove that he is still one of the best number nines in the world.
The Red Devils turned down the opportunity to sign the 29-year-old on a permanent basis from AS Monaco, but Falcao is still desperately looking to leave the Ligue 1 side for a bigger European club.
Chelsea need a striker to replace Didier Drogba and provide genuine competition for Diego Costa. The Falcao of 2012 would most certainly do that, and Mourinho has already vowed to get him back to his best.


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It's no secret that I take a million pictures of my kids around Owatonna, but what happened one night truly amazed me. I asked Ellie to model one of my new dresses for princess photo sessions. The whole time I was trying to take her picture, Ellie kept looking at the ground. Eventually I got annoyed and asked what why she wouldn't just look at me for a second. Her response was "I'm a princess!" I told her I knew she was a princess, but I needed her to show me her beautiful eyes. Then she said it again "I'm a princess! Mama, I'm a princess!" She started twirling around in the dress and I sat back in awe of her and that's when I saw it.
Ellie held on to the sides of her dress as if she were going to curtsey and looked down at the ground. Her shadow looked just like the silhouette of Cinderella. At that moment, every part of Ellie believed she was the princess that she was seeing.
It took my 3 year old telling me, for me to see the magic that was happening before my eyes. It never ceases to amaze how everyday activities look so different in the eyes of a child. Dream big princess, dream big.


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Offering outstanding insulation properties, structural strength that is unmatched by conventional wood structures and
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Structural Insulated Panels, also called SIPs can be used for Residential, Commercial, Agricultural and Industrial building projects. They can be adapted to most design plans to help improve the strength and insulation value of the structure.
SIPs are high-performance building panels used for exterior walls, basement walls, floor systems and roof systems. These Panels replace conventional stick built walls.
Each panel consists of a core made from expanded polystyrene foam insulation (EPS) with engineered oriented strand board (OSB) laminated to the top and bottom faces of the panel. This product merges the structural basics of stud construction, sheathing, and insulation into one single process producing a energy efficient, air tight home with a high R Value!
SIPs are a great partner for structures incorporating other popular building methods such as: ICF, Post and Beam, Timber frame, and Steel Frame Structure in their design.
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By Johnny Daniels
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
This is overwhelming proof that people really will fall for anything they hear and read.
A UK skin cancer charity called Skcin wanted to raise more awareness of the medical condition so they set up a fake website called ComputerTan. This site promised people a suntan from nothing more than the heat rays from their PC monitors while they type. You can feel "tan-tastic!"
But the 30,000 people who were gullible enough to click on the link for more information were instead confronted with pictures of people with tumors and were given statistics and facts on the condition.
All in all, this is a pretty slick, savvy and humorous marketing campaign and since it managed to hit the news headlines in the UK, it seems to have done the trick. It's hard to believe though that anyone seriously thought that they were going to get a suntan from their PC monitor!


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How about some news not directly related to the new iPhone 5? Need a break? Well here you go. News just broke that Apple won its patent case in Germany against the now Google owned Motorola.
This comes not long after its huge win here in the United States against Samsung. The patent in dispute in the case regards Apple's "rubber banding effect" that is used to show the end of a list or page of some sorts. It has become well known as a unique part of iOS, and Apple is fighting hard to defend its patents that should keep it that way.
This is hot off the heels of the previous victory here in the US against Samsung. Just as many devices from Samsung were found guilty, several Motorola devices have been found to infringe upon Apple's patent. This case was not near the size of the Samsung case though, as it only involved one patent, specifically patent '381.
This is the third win for Apple against Motorola in Germany, with the first two including Slide to Unlock and the photo gallery's Flip to Navigate features. This was another big win for Apple, and I'm certain it won't be the last.
What do you think? Just wonder when patent wars will end? Glad it at least quieted down after the Apple/Samsung victory? Let us know in the comments.


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This Thanksgiving, the Yost Realty Group at RE/MAX Casa Grande team is proud to share just a little of what we're thankful for:
"I am thankful for the wonderful people in my life and the many opportunities I've had to learn and grow in the last year." – Janet Ward
"I am thankful for the opportunity to work with amazing people every day and that I look forward to coming to work! And that I will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving with a happy and healthy family!" – Tracy Kempton
"Thankful for the love and support of my family and friends (and that includes the furry ones too!)" – Rob Lawhon
"I am thankful for another wonderful holiday season with my amazing and supportive family, without them I could not do it all. I am also thankful for the relationships I've had the pleasure of building through the work I do every day and that what I do for a living makes a difference in people's lives." – Melissa Yost Fuentes
"I am thankful for my family, friends and the great people I have gotten to know through my job!" – Marsha McIntyre
"Thankful to have and love two fantastic children. Thankful for the outstanding relationships with my real estate clients, sharing in their pride of accomplishment and joy in their new homes. Thankful to belong to a leading real estate company and to enjoy my job every day." – Roy Friedman
"I am thankful for my amazing, ever so talented, smart, kind hearted, beautiful daughter of mine, friends that have been with me through thick and thin, and my RE/MAX family that I'm more than proud to be a part of." – Kellee Admire
"So very thankful for my loving family and getting to spend time with them during the holidays and for the many freedoms we enjoy living in this great country." – Velma Linley
"I'm grateful for all of my friends and family including my three crazy, wonderful boys! I'm also very grateful to be part of the REMAX Casa Grande team!" – Laura Fiala
"I am thankful for my friends and family love and support, I know I am truly blessed." – Erika Fisher
"I'm thankful for a super bright and loyal daughter and a great husband! Also a great son in law and an awesome grandson." – Debbie Yost
"I am thankful for my wonderful friends and family, all of the time that I get to spend with them, the memories we've made and will continue to make." – Melanie Castro
"I am thankful for my entire family and continued good health and prosperity. I am also especially thankful for the opportunity to be a part of my grandsons life and to be able to watch him explore, learn and grow. It Gives me such joy to share the little things that make him giggle and laugh. such a pleasure!" – Joe Yost
"I'm thankful for the restaurants that are open on the holidays" – David Cook
"I'm most thankful for my wonderful, healthy family and for my Salvation through Jesus Christ." – Andrea Lane
As a team, we're also extremely thankful for the opportunity to serve such a wonderful community. There's nowhere we'd rather be, and we owe that all to you. Happy Thanksgiving!


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Piaggio Vespa SXL & VXL are spruced up variants of the Vespa S, which is also a sport version of the normal Vespa
At exactly lunch hour in India, the Italian scooters has been leaked. Something that was a complete mystery until now has been finally revealed on the internet. Piaggio will be launching Vespa SXL & VXL tomorrow evening in India. The scooters are based on the current Vespa S, which too is based on the original Vespa that made its entry in the year 2012. Piaggio with their retro scooters created a niche and the demand which didn't stay long due to expensive price tag. After launching the Vespa S in the market during the year 2014. 2015 see's a launch of the Vespa SXL & VXL.
What's the change you may ask? Well, for starters the speedometer has seen a huge change its part analogue and part digital, which has nothing retro about it. Cosmetically there are no changes except for badging on the rear which signifies Vespa SXL & VXL. There are new colors which can be seen in the pictures. One shade of gray and a shade of blue has been spotted which do look great in the metallic glossy finish. Square headlight Vespa does look very sporty and these new colors with subtle changes do make things better.
Mechanically, the 125cc 3-valve engine is same, which makes 10 BHP and 10.6 NM of torque. The engine is a responsive unit, which makes good mid and top-end power. Suspension duties are performed by same units. However, tyres are new and are of better compound and, there is disc brake as standard at the front. Launch happens tomorrow with football player, Alessandro Del Piero. We expect the prices to go further up by Rs. 2,000-3,000. Stay tuned as we will bring live and HD pictures from launch tomorrow evening.
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The train of thought or track of thought refers to the interconnection in the sequence of ideas expressed during a connected discourse or thought, as well as the sequence itself, especially in discussion how this sequence leads from one idea to another.
When a reader or listener "loses the train of thought" (i.e., loses the relation between consecutive sentences or phrases, or the relation between non-verbal concepts in an argument or presentation), comprehension is lost of the expressed or unexpressed thought.[1]
The term "train of thoughts" was introduced and elaborated as early as in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan, though with a somewhat different meaning (similar to the meaning used by the British associationists):
By Consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse.
When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently.— Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, The First Part: Of Man, Chapter III: Of the Consequence or Train of Imagination


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May 13th 2007
Warren Buffet Returns to Forex
Two years ago, Warren Buffet made headlines when he entrenched a $20 Billion dollar bet that the USD would decline in the near term. Unfortunately for Mr. Buffet, who happens to be one of the world's most respected investors, the Dollar had a great year, and Buffet lost almost $1 Billion. [However, over the course of the bet, which actually began three years prior, his company, Berkshire Hathaway, reputedly pocketed over $2 Billion]. Now, after a long hiatus, Buffet is returning to forex markets, though with much coyness; he has not announced explicitly which currency he is betting on. Analysts have varying opinions, with some speculating that he is shoring up his bet against the USD, while others anticipate a bet against the Yen, which is vastly undervalued, from a fundamental economic standpoint. Regardless, the markets are sure to take notice of someone of Buffet's stature. The Financial Times reports:
Perhaps the most surprising call for him would be to reverse
his stance on the dollar. Paul Mackel, currency strategist at HSBC, says it is possible that Mr Buffett thinks that US economic growth could accelerate, and has bought the currency.
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Betterhumans is carrying an op-ed column on the future of life extension by Stephen Mason. It's a chatty, pointed piece. Whether or not you agree with him, its worth remembering that we need to step up and choose life in order live longer. It won't just happen by itself.
Link: http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Guests/column.aspx?articleID=2002-12-29-2


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Disney's "The BFG" combines the storytelling skills of three masters of the art. Using Roald Dahl's cherished tome as the launching point, Steven Spielberg and The Walt Disney Company have produced a charming movie that will entertain all ages.
The movie is set in the 80s and follows a young orphan as she encounters a Big Friendly Giant. The BFG spends nights spreading dreams to citizens of London and Sophie, played wonderfully by newcomer Ruby Barnhill) is an insomniac. After she spies the giant (Mark Rylance rendered large via digital magic), he kidnaps her and takes her back to Giant Country. The BFG, as it turns out, is small for a giant and much of the rest of the movie has to deal with how together he and Sophie deal with the larger giants who bully him.
The movie in Steven Spielberg's repertoire that The BFG is closest to in feel is "E.T.". However, although it comes close in one moment, The BFG never really gets to the emotional depths that E.T. is able to mine multiple times. Instead, it relies on lighter moments that generate guffaws. Then before you know it, the conflict is wrapped up in a tidy bow with hardly a scratch.
Believe it or not, this is Spielberg's first movie for The Walt Disney Studios. Something he can now check off his bucket list. I would have liked to see more Spielberg-ian pathos in the film, and cut some of the fluff for a bit more emotional depth. For instance, Sophie is certainly self-confident for a 10-year old, but we don't see how she got that way. Dreams play a big role in the life of "The BFG" but they don't play a central role in the story.
At nearly 2 hours long, there is a lot to digest in the film and as an exploration of childhood and how it's a reflection of the world adults inhabit, but in the end, these are mechanics to get us to the end of the story, not the heart of the story and that makes a difference.
The BFG faces stiff competition from another Disney movie, Finding Dory out of Pixar is still swimming along at the top of the box office. If you've already found Dory, you won't be disappointed with with a quick trip to Giant Country. But between the two, Pixar tells the better story.
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About "The BFG"
The talents of three of the world's greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl, Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg –finally unite to bring Dahl's beloved classic "The BFG" to life. Directed by Spielberg, Disney's "The BFG" tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions.
The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie's presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see the Queen (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.
Disney's "The BFG" comes to theaters July 1, 2016!


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The Humanism of Evangelistic Apologetics
Applicable Texts Typically Ignored by the Evangelistic Apologist
I realized the need for this chapter after completing the previous chapter ("texts misused") when I noticed that the true working definition of biblical apologetics (that should have been formed from the pages of the NT by the evangelistic apologists!) included additional Bible references beyond those typically cited. I believe the reason for that omission is that these verses effectively obliterate that which comprises most of the foundation of what has come to be called evangelistic apologetics.
In this chapter, I showed from abundant biblical evidence that the lost is incapable of any spiritual understanding (because they are spiritually dead!), with the result that any evangelistic "technique" that tends to emphasize the intellect of the lost as the point of "gospel" contact is doomed to fail (or, worse yet, produce a false convert).
Therefore, we must review these as well!
Rom 10.8-17
The Apostle has laid out the biblical foundation of the origin and results of sin, the results of the birth from above, of being freed from slavery to sin by the death and resurrection of the Lord Christ, the majestic declaration of the wisdom and power of a sovereign God who "has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires" (Rom 9.18), and this very simple and direct declaration:
Rom 10.8-11
But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed."
The evangelistic apologist actually misses this very clear message with their incessant dronings of "pre-evanglism", "preparing the lost to receive", "providing rational warrant for Christianity's truth claims" and many other nonsense and anti-biblical expressions. All of that inane refuse would fall away if they merely paid attention to and obeyed this great summary passage:
Rom 10.16-17
However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
That Word of Christ alone is the power to save the lost; it needs no assistance from the evangelistic apologist.
1 Cor 1.17
Look at the stark contrast that the (faithful!) Apostle Paul makes in the context of his presentation of the gospel to the lost:
1 Cor 1.17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
And just what would this cleverness of speech be, relative to our socially, culturally and intellectually advanced country in the 21st century? Well, without doubt, it is any approach that tends to downplay the stark call of the gospel to simple faith and repentance. It also would be comprised of such strategies as:
- any attempt to show the "relevance of the Bible to modern man" (which implies that it might not naturally be relevant, or that its relevance is obscure);
- any attempt to side-step the spiritual deadness of the lost and appeal mainly to his/her intellect;
- any attempt to "modernize" the old-fashioned gospel;
- thinking it necessary to prove God's existence/the Bible's authenticity, authority, reliability, etc./biblical consistency/ad nauseum before any mention of the gospel is made;
and so on.
In a word, this perfectly describes modern evangelistic apologetics. The result of these, and any strategy like these, renders the cross of Christ void!
Evangelistic apologist: do you really want to risk this by continuing your humanistic approach to the lost? Are you prepared to accept the massive responsibility for making the cross of Christ void by your "cleverness of speech"? Do you really think that you'll be safe through the judgment of The Day?
1 Cor 1.18-31
This is one of the clearest insights of the superlative perspective that the Apostle Paul held of the gospel. In it you see, without ambiguity, that nothing was more important to Paul and his message to the lost than the gospel of the cross of Christ:
1 Cor 1.18-31
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside."
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God. But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."
What a text! It is one of my favorites in the Pauline epistles. We have a glimpse into the heart of the Apostle and his reverence for that message which is regarded by lost men as "foolishness", "weak" and a "stumbling block" but which is in reality the very power of God!
And we never get far from the election of grace, either! ("But God has chosen …", "by His doing ...") Why? "… so that no man may boast before God."
So, where does this majestic passage leave the evangelistic apologist, who mistakenly thinks he/she must "set the stage" or "prepare the lost" or "pre-evangelize" for the message of the gospel?
Exactly nowhere!
Evangelistic apologist! The Lord certainly doesn't need—or sanction—your practical sidestepping of the natural offense of the gospel. Your humanistic approach demonstrates your open and active contempt for the Lord and His Word.
1 Cor 2.1-5
The faithful Apostle continues the thought of the end of chapter 1:
1 Cor 2.1-5
And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God. For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
This is how Paul would respond to the musings of the typical, modern evangelistic apologist! No message is more important to the salvation of the lost than the gospel of Christ, presented in all its foolishness and weakness (as defined by the lost). But, if the Lord is pleased to call them out of darkness, then that foolish, weak message of truth is all that is needed to save! The lost are saved by the power of God through that message.
1 Cor 2.14-16
I introduced this text in the chapter regarding the spiritual deadness of the lost. Sadly, though, it is a text that is nearly always omitted in articles on evangelistic apologetics:
1 Cor 2.14-16
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
From 1 Cor 1.18 through to the end of chapter 2, Paul has one message regarding the vitality of the gospel: it is the power of God to those who are to be saved. Anything, anything at all, which side-steps that true gospel can't and won't save because the lost have no natural capacity to receive or understand it. This text is one of the clearest on the subject of the spiritual deadness of the lost, yet the evangelistic apologist presses ahead with his/her mostly-intellectual approach to "winning the lost."
You, evangelistic apologist, must understand this error or you risk "making the cross of Christ void" and misleading the lost into a false profession. As I've shown in another chapter, any "cleverness of speech" is nothing less than the presentation of "another gospel". If you actually took the time to reflect on it you'd recognize that you will stand before the Lord Christ in the judgment and have no excuse for your typical "improvement" on the gospel—to the eternal expense of the lost.
Luk 12.11-12 and Luk 21.12-15
One of the typical characteristics of the activity of the evangelistic apologist is that the notion of studying all manner of extra-biblical information is required/strongly recommended in order to be ready to "defend the faith" (a "defense", that is, which is according to their own definition rather than a biblical one). "After all," the apologist claims, "the unbeliever likely has a number of intellectual obstacles that he/she needs to dispel before the lost is ready to receive the gospel. That preparation is the purpose of the requisite pre-evangelism."
Apparently, the Lord Christ was ignorant of this requirement, as we see here:
Luk 12.11-12
When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
Luk 21.12-15
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake. It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony. So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves [ἀπολογέομαι]; for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
The context is the Lord's instruction given to His disciples in the eschatological chapters of the synoptic Gospels (Luk 21)—and they deal with the opportunity for witness, so the context also is evangelistic. There will be serious trials and imprisonments, the Lord said, and those trials will bring the opportunity for an effective witness. (Sounds very similar to 1 Pet 3.15, doesn't it?)
By harmonizing Peter and the Lord we are able to infer that the "being ready" of Peter and the "make up your minds not to prepare beforehand" by the Lord are—and must be—the same preparation. What do you need? Nothing, except a readiness "to give an account for the hope that is in you"!
That's all, that's it, nothing more is needed for those divinely-opened opportunities!
And if that is your true disposition, then the Lord will grant to you an unrehearsed utterance and unassailable wisdom that the opponents of the Lord won't be able "to resist or refute".
Am I aiming to eliminate any and all debate of extra-biblical issues and question the lost may raise? No, not by any means; as I've mentioned in other places in this series, there are venues and times where that is appropriate.
[Again, I think of the excellent work of James White and the Institute for Creation Research in Dallas. And, yes, I know that both have evangelistic overtones occasionally.]
But, that doesn't change the fact that the Lord's command is to be ready with the word of the gospel and its hope, not some series of canned responses to possible questions or an arsenal of extra-biblical facts and figures. For every hour you spend learning facts about the Bible, plan to spend 10 or 20 (or more!) hours learning the Bible itself! Concentrate your time on that which is true power: the Word of God, not your pathetic, humanistic "pre-evangelism" tactics.


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On March 13th, 2020, our CFO sent an internal memorandum informing our company's corporate personnel, staff, managers, and teams of a new company policy. With the threats of the spread of COVID-19 "Coronavirus", our company consulted with our human resources office to put a plan in action for how our company planned to respond to the guidelines suggested by the CDC.
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Sarah Blasi of Selva Floral Design in Oregon created a beautiful dried flower Christmas wreath that is unconventional in almost every way. She shares step-by-step instructions showing how to make your own wreath.
"My inspiration was to create a wreath without using greenery. While evergreens signal the holidays and last a long time, I wanted to do something that was different and unique. This design is a more whimsical take on a wreath. I think the color scheme and berries speak to the season, but the asymmetry and texture almost make it more of an art piece. It will dry nicely and can be used year after year with proper care. I would hang this in my living room, where everyone can easily admire it throughout the season."
1 | By focusing on reds and pinks, I think this becomes a surprising take on the traditional holiday wreath.
Materials: rose hip branches, white and shimmering red gypsophila (baby's breath), pink and white rice flower, and red reindeer moss.
2 | I bought this rose hip wreath, but you can also make it from scratch. For this wreath, I want an asymmetrical design, with one half pink and the other half red. To do this, keep the majority of rose hip berries on one side, snipping some of the excess berry branches to make room for the other materials, and place them to the side for now.
3 | Fill in the wreath's form. For the pink side, add short pieces of rice flower in the varying colors to create a base. Add this in clusters for the best effect, weaving the stems in and out of the rose hip branches. They are lightweight, so they shouldn't fall out if you secure them well. Keep adding until half of the wreath is completely covered.
4 | Focus on the red side of the wreath's base. Tuck pieces of reindeer moss in among the twigs and berries to create a fluffy texture. Try to wrap the pieces as best you can between the branches to secure it in place. If it keeps falling out, use wire to attach.
5 | Add more of the design elements to provide volume and movement. Add the shorter pieces of the rose hip branches back in by sticking them into the moss. Then add a few longer pieces in two adjacent sides of the form. The shorter branches will help keep the moss in place, while the longer ones will help create asymmetry.
6 | For even more dimension, fill in the pink half with a few shorter stems of white gypsophila. Place a few long pieces of white gypsophila into the two corners alongside the longer rose hip branches to bulk them up. Add wisps of shimmering red gypsophila throughout the design in varying lengths. The sparkle gives some extra cheer while also adding to the overall movement of the wreath. Weave a red ribbon through the top branches, tie a bow, and you're ready to hang it.
7 | Weave a red ribbon through the top branches, tie a bow, and you're ready to hang it.
"I would hang this in my living room, where everyone can easily admire it throughout the season."—Sarah Blasi
Produced by Jena Hippensteel Henderson | Photography by Maria Lamb
See more from Sarah Blasi and Selva Floral Design at their website and on Instagram.