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Super stoked to have a real yard I can garden in this year. This weekend I've started working on building a raised bed since my yard has funky drainage and crappy clay soil.Anyone have experience with growing citrus in containers? I'm ordering a key lime tree for shits and giggles. Hopefully I won't kill it. Also thinking of doing an avocado tree in a container.
Got my peas in the ground. Yay for fresh peas!
I just starting prepping my front flowerbed for this year! Had some strange bulbs in the ground though that I really don't recognize already producing green foilage... they're only in certain areas I planted begonias, but they really don't look like them (they honestly look like onions, but with really limp green stalks, just don't smell like wild onions). I don't know what to do with them - I left them to grow to see what happens.We're doing a massive back veggie garden this year, with a proper fence to keep the damn dog out of my garden. Haven't started the prep for that yet.
^sounds like daffodils...mine are coming up crazy early this year b/c of the warm weather.
^ Yeah maybe try fertilizing it and see if that helps?I contemplated jumping the gun and doing some more planting this weekend but it's looking like nights are going to get cold again. Guess I'll wait until later this month to see how things are going.
Good to know, I suppose. I did containers three years ago and an in-ground garden the past couple of years but I always started in March or early April. The question will be how much space I have--fiancee is going to VCU for grad school so we'll be moving to Richmond, and most likely living downtown, so I know I won't have a yard. Question will be what type of outdoor space I'll have.
I was lazy and seeded back in December under mulch, when I had time before school hit. Peas and lettuce are coming up, I might have to re-seed later this month if the turnip greens/onions/etc. do not come up as planned.
3rd year tryna grow a giant pumpkin. last two years my plants got eaten before they could get too far along. deer and borers.
^^ Ugh fucking squash borers. I've never had good luck growing squash in this area.^ Y'all are breaking my enthusiasm on growing some citrus The tree is only $10 though so it's not like it'd be a huge loss if I kill it.Today I planted my summer bulbs. I know it's early but I'm banking on it not getting much colder this season. I mulched the crap out of them but if they die meh, don't care too much.My blueberry bushes already have flowers on them I was a good little gardener though and cut them all off so the bushes have time to establish their root system. Can't wait until next year when I can actually get blueberries![Edited on February 4, 2012 at 3:50 PM. Reason : lol typo]
^ I went on a run in my neighborhood and saw two bad-ass lemon trees planted in containers. They were a little bit bigger than mine, so I'm hoping mine will be better next year. But they had full grown lemons on them. There's your hope!
I'm new and naive when it comes to gardening. I have two questions:First, is it possible to grow an indoor herb garden and, if so, do you have any tips? I keep my plants in the kitchen window on a shelf I built to get them max light, and I have oregano, basil (2 kinds), chives, cilantro, mint, and dill. I had brought the red basil in from the summer and it didn't do well but I did manage to clone three of them and they are doing just ok. The others I planted from seed in a "greenhouse" and they came up well but when potted they got limp as hell. I had bought a dinky florescent light from Lowes for $20 that I think helped germinate the seeds, but has little effect on vegetating the plant. Would a HPS light from craigslist do the trick or are indoor herb gardens just destined to fail?Second, I'd like to plant some veggies to grow this spring/summer but I can't dig up my front lawn (south side) and the back of my townhouse has good light on the deck, but not in the yard. Are there any veggies that do well and yield a fair amount in, say, a large rubbermaid tub? And when would I plant them? Any tips for herb growing, veggies, etc. are greatly appreciated.
Herbs do great indoor. I used to have a ridiculous big indoor herb garden. Let me see if I ever took a pic of it...The thing to remember is herbs like crappy soil, lots of sun, and not being watered too much. Which made them great plants for me because I often forgot to water them indoors For containers, I've had the best luck growing tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, peas, and beans in containers. Just make sure to drill a hole in the bottom of your rubbermaid bins for drainage. I forgot to do that once and the smell when getting rid of the fungus infested soil made me puke. Also make sure that whatever you plant is getting full sun for at least 8 hours.NCSU has a great chart for figuring out when to plant your shit: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/quickref/vegetable/plantingguide.htmlFound one pic. This was before things turned into a jungle lol.It was basil (that shit got ridiculous. At least 2 feet tall with ginormous leaves), a cherry tomato plant (didn't do too hot because the container was too shallow), peppermint (also got ridiculous), thyme, lemon balm, rosemary (I killed it watering too much), oregano, and habanero plant.[Edited on February 4, 2012 at 8:44 PM. Reason : a]
Do you have any tips on how to tell what's wrong with the plant? i.e. if it's leaves are dry, limp, etc. what the cause might beI'll try to take a picture of them soon but everything I've grown from seed comes up with very skinny stalks and then kind of flops and dies. I put normal potting soil at the bottom 2/3 and seed starting soil at the top 1/3. I have them in my window but even the plants that did well this summer that I've brought in have died. I've read a bunch of stuff on google that says indoor herbs are easy to grow but everything I touch seems to wither and die lol. I keep my house at about 70 degrees if that has much to do with it. I also have pots that drain and all that. Also, are there any places to buy some herbs that are already started this time of year?[Edited on February 4, 2012 at 8:49 PM. Reason : ^that's awesome! that's what I want right there. how to get?? haha]
To be honest, starting most herbs from seed is a pain in the ass. I usually just buy them from a garden center and save myself the trouble. I'm trying to remember if I've ever successfully grown herbs from seed. I do cilantro regularly and maybe I've done basil before? But I usually buy basil plants instead. As far as where to get them this time of year, I've been to Lowe's, Home Depot, and Garden Supply in Cary in the past week and none of them have herbs out yet. You probably won't start seeing them for a few more weeks, which is still faster than you would get the same sized plants from seed.
^^Sounds like it may be damping off. Check the Farmers Market for herbs. There are a few farmers out there that have a great selection. I'm not sure if they are out there yet, but they should be soon.
I actually got the herbs I had at the beginning of the summer from the farmers market and the selection was amazing. the guy really seemed to care about the plants and always told me to bring in the plant or pictures if I needed help. They did well all summer but indoors they died. This is turning into more of a hobby than I ever expected.
^^ Yeah those guys are great. None of them are out there yet though.^ It sounds like they may not be getting enough sun then. Have you charted how much sunlight that window is getting?Oh sweet, just opened a packet that came in the mail today and it's my tomato and pepper seeds If you ever want to try some crazy veggie seeds, I recommend this website: http://www.amishlandseeds.com/I bought some seeds from her a few years ago and they were all great. And yes, that website looks like it's straight from the 90s.[Edited on February 4, 2012 at 9:06 PM. Reason : z]
how do I go about doing that? I feel like that's exactly the problem but the window they're in is facing due south (isn't that the best spot?). I was thinking about getting a 1,000 watt HPS light to supplement that light but I'm hesitant because I don't know how much it would run up my electricity bill, and I also don't want a cop kicking in my door thinking I'm growing pot
South facing is the best but there could be a tree, or another house, or whatever blocking some of the sunlight. The way I always chart sunlight is to sit out in my yard with a case of beer and just make notes in my gardening notebook over the course of the day while playing cornhole or something I'm sure these days there's some sort of electronic sunlight monitor thing you can buy at Lowe's but my method is more fun.They sell LED grow lights now. I'd read some reviews before buying one but it should at least take care of your electricity bill.
dammit, beat me to it. With the winter we had, I almost wish I would have just left everything planted
Dude I still have snapdragons that I planted last fall growing under my mailbox. A few died but the others are growing like crazy. I don't think snapdragons are supposed to be perennials
I have dill all over the place. And i am quite certain had I not pulled them up, I would still be getting bell peppers.
I wonder if the bell peppers would have had enough pollinators hanging out though. I haven't seen too many in my yard yet.Question for everyone: I want to plant something along my back deck to give us from privacy from the neighbors. I'm thinking some sort of quick growing vine would be best. The deck gets partial to full shade which makes it tough. Right now there's some azaleas and random patches of grass going back there but that's about it. My first thought was wisteria since I've seen plenty of that growing in the woods next to my parents place but I also don't want to deal with something that's crazy aggressive. Are there some less aggressive varieties of wisteria out there? Or should I go for something like native honeysuckle? I thought about trying kiwi but according to the ag extension it gets too cold here for most varieties.
I start my herbs from seed and they have done very well.
Man you're lucky then. It's usually a disaster for me, especially every time I've tried lavender, rosemary, and thyme. Those seeds need way too much germination pampering for my patience level lol.
The rosemary and thyme are established outside so I don't have to worry about them. I've tried lavender twice and they died once they were planted outside. Ive had good luck with Italian basil and Thai basil as well as cilantro. My mint comes back every year and hoping the oregano will come back. I've still got a ton of cilantro growing in a container outside which is also full with arugula.
from the discussion I had with one of the herb guys at the farmer's market, only one strand of lavender tends to do well in North Carolina humidity. I can't remember it off the top of my head, but I know someone there could help you, and honestly even then you have to take really good care of it. Basically what he told me was when it's not too humid for it there isn't enough heat and when there is enough heat it is too humid.
I think you need a nuke to go off in your yard to kill mint lol. I've never been able to get it to grow from seed but cuttings are super easy to establish. I only grow it in containers otherwise it would take over the entire yard.There is a lavender farm in Orange County and they grow a couple different types: http://sunshinelavenderfarm.com/home.phpThey're good people to talk to as well. They recommend for house plantings to get a bush that's a couple years old because they can deal with transplanting and what not more easily than those wee plants you often see at garden centers. I'm thinking about planting one in the corner of my yard that gets a lot of sun but not a lot of water because of the way it's situated against the house.
^6I love my Elaeagnus. It grows super fast and smells delicious! I have no clue what variety I have, it has been here forever. It even survived my daddy completely mowing it all to the ground. It came back. It can get a bit aggressive, but nothing like wisteria. I would stay away from wisteria.
Is this what you have?http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/autmnolive.shtml
No. The blooms on it aren't visible, you can just smell it. Mine looks more like this http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/Elaeagnus_Ebbingei.html.
Ok guys, need some help. Are there any bulbs that I could buy now, plant in small pots, and force to bloom in early May? Wanting to do this for favors for my wedding. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!Thanks!
How early in May? If late May there's some choices but no guarantee they'll all be in full bloom your wedding weekend. You're better off buying bulbs planted in pots and in bloom close to your wedding date. Most garden centers sell them.
^ Thanks for the advice. Would I be able to buy a pot that has multiple blooms in it and then separate the blooms into individual pots for favors? Would they still bloom and not die?
You could but there's zero guarantee they wouldn't die. Depends how careful you are about transplanting them. And even then, most bulb flowers aren't too happy about being messed with while blooming.Are you just looking for a favor that people can then replant when they get home? Instead of doing pricey bulbs I would select a cheaper annual that reseeds if that's the sort of thing you're going for. Nasturtiums, echinacea, salvia (would obviously need to do baby plants for this one), gardenias, all sorts of choices. And they're going to be much cheaper and easier to deal with in the long run. When you go that route you just need to go to the store and choose what you like a day or two before the wedding. Choose plants that still have some closed buds for prolonged blooming. You could even do a mix and match of complimentary flowers or colors to add visual interest.
now that we have a real yard, i've made my rather ambitious list of veggies, herbs & fruits i intend to grow this year. some i've done before in containers with great success; some i'm hoping to have success with in the raised beds i plan to build out of pallets; some first time attempts.first step, get the raise beds made. will get that done in the upcoming weeks. i'm getting excited
Be careful with pallets. Like railroad ties they're often treated with all sorts of nasty chemicals that can leech into your soil as they get rained on. It would be a shame to go to the trouble of building a raised bed then find out you have a chemical soup in your soil.Decent summary of issues with pallets:http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/environment/dont-reuse-wood-pallets/You're better off going to Habitat ReStore and buying some cheap pressure treated 2x4s.[Edited on February 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM. Reason : a]
we have access to non treated pallets through a friend that works for a green company; he has gotten lots for creating compost bins for folks. thanks for the tip though
I'm so excited. Went to Niche Gardens after work today to pick up some ferns I needed and they had calycanthus shrubs there! If you've ever been hiking in the area you've probably seen these bushes. They have red flowers that smell like Hawaiian Punch. My parents used to have a big one in their front yard until a drunk driver ran over it They're pretty foolproof to grow since they're native. Just find a spot that's part shade, water it so it can establish its roots, and then forget about it.
^ do you watch In The Garden with Bryce Lane?
No but I've heard I should. It comes on PBS right?
Yea. Usually on Saturdays. The Niche gardens was featured a while back.
Never bothered to dump most of my container plants from last year as we don't spend much time in the winter; looked out today and noticed that while the winter killed off just about everything (save for the rosemary), my parsley plant also survived. The outer stalks are pale and droopy but the center is nice and green. I didn't think parsley would survive winter temperatures...hmmm. Nice surprise there.If it makes it through the rest of the winter, guess that one will be coming with us when we move.
parsley is a biennial plant. it will spend most of its energy in the 2nd year making flowers and seeds. you may want a new (first year) plant if you plan on harvesting it heavily. wolfpackgrrr, i love carolina allspice, or "sweet bubbies" as my grandmother called them. be on the lookout for the raulston hybrid with white flowers, i think it is called venus, and there is a pink called hartlage wine that has a different flower shape. the two n. american species have been hybridized with the chinese allspice species.
Ooh a white one sounds awesome! I'll definitely have to be on the lookout for that.


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Vicious Electronic Questioning: Notre Dame
For the third year in a row, Brian (Not That Brian) at House Rock Built and I have put down the blunderbusses and come together to talk Michigan-ND. For the second year in a row, we've spent most of the time grimly laughing at each other and ourselves.
It's a better time than it sounds like. Part I is over at HRB; I suggest you read that first because it features one of the greatest Michigan farks of all time.
So, the San Diego State game didn't exactly go as planned. I hesitate to ask this because the most obvious retort to the question is "I know you are but what am I," but how does a legit D-I team struggle to put up 20 points on a team returning the third-worst defense in D-I that just lost to a I-AA team and had a million man march of injured defensive linemen?
A little thing I call the trademark Notre Dame self-immolation offense and special teams. Hilarious blunders became such a hallmark of the 2007 Notre Dame team that I'm pretty sure any time a broadcaster uses the term "unforced error", they have to pay Charlie Weis like 39 cents in royalties. Two goofed field goal attempts and two turnovers in the end zone really were the heart of the matter. Take those out, and you're looking at a three touchdown Irish victory.
Then again...
These goof-ups are much more the norm for this team then they are an aberration, so it's pointless to speculate what would happen if you magically "took them out"
Okay. Did the offensive line look any better?
I really don't know. We couldn't create any rushing game at all against a defensive line that, terrible to begin with, was crushed with so many injuries that I'm pretty sure I saw the mascot playing tackle for a few series. That being said, they did create time for Jimmy to throw the ball, and "zero sacks allowed" are three words I had forgotten existed in the English language. I'll give them an incomplete for now. At any rate, they can't possibly be any worse.
Indeed, they cannot, but Clausen Sacked By All DL picture goes here
even if that wasn't the OL's fault.
That's the facet of the game I'm most confident about: the Michigan DL stomping the ND OL, but they can take that all away with a goofy three-step drop passing game. Got any little guys with dreads? Or the inkling that a bunch of slants and curls can go off without someone screwing up? I fear precision. Got any of that?
There's a glimmer of hope there. First and foremost, Jimmy Clausen looks like a completely different person. So different, in fact, that I think he's been secretly replaced by his mulleted Canadian half-brother, Jacques Clauseneaux. His arm has completely healed from his surgery last year, and he has shown a brand new ability to deliver the ball with zip and precision, particularly when he's rolling out. That bodes well.
Similarly, it looks like Golden Tate is turning into a real receiver. He doesn't have dreadlocks, but he apparently learned how to run routes in the offseason. Last year, he was a one-trick, go-route guy. In this last game, he was tearing it up with cutback routes, posts, and gut-check slants that involve snagging the ball in traffic and absorbing crushing hits from half the defense. Between Clausen's improved throws and Tate's ability to catch in traffic, there's a faint hope of that magical "precision."
So why is the hope only faint? Other than the blindingly obvious.
Brian, you don't know what pain is. You can pretend you do, but you've never lived through a season like we did last year. It was colon surgery without anesthesia. When your soul is crushed at that level, you do what it takes to survive: learn to never love again.
Or at the very least, never to feel openly optimistic about anything again.
Hey, man, you birthed one ugly baby last year, but imagine giving birth to that ugly baby OVER THE SPAN OF THREE HOURS ON
Cry me a river... we lost to that ugly baby 38-0.
Oh I have known pain. If Hypothetical Wife gives birth to Hypothetical Future National Championship Winning Quarterback I Don't Care If It's A Girl at some future point and Hypothetically Screams at me "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE" I'm just going to show her my printouts of the last field goal.
Crable nooooooooooooooooo
I take mine everywhere.
Tis a bare existence, this life.
Yeah, seriously, this has been lame the last few years. Do you have a crazy ninja punter?
Negatory. Your punter is the James Bond villain. Ours is unremarkable.
We have a crazy ninja punt coverage team gunner. Does that count?
No. Because, no, seriously, Miami's punter was from beyond space.
Man, that would be nice.
We don't even have a kicker that's, like, college-level. Where's this secret cave that grows all these Michigan kickers whose weigh 345 pounds and wear the number 63?
You think Michigan has a cave that grows kickers? We think Ohio State has a cave that grows kickers.
Why is Mike "Ted" Nugent being instructed by Mike Krzyeweasfizski
in a Tressel costume? It is the mystery.
Our guys are all little fat guys who can only kick 35 yarders but are accurate.
How's the defense, BTW? Our offensive line is now (maybe) starting a walk-on at left tackle. Got anything to exploit that?
Our defense is Tenutatastic... the magical Blitz By God Blitz Everybody style really came out against SDSU's pass-happy offense. They were able to dink and dunk around it, but by keeping all of their plays with under two seconds, it was hard for them to do any real damage. Our nickelback Sergio Brown suddenly burst on the scene as a blitzing maniac, and he spent the whole day in the backfield.
With Michigan, I think the idea will be to get into the quarterback's face as much as possible. If we can find some fleshy sweet spots in the line to blitz through, it'll make things quite nice. On the other hand, well-run misdirection plays like the ones you peppered Miami with in the first half might have a good chance at exploiting our overcommitting blitzers. SDSU had two gargantuan gains on little shovel passes in the middle behind the blitzers (that is, until we adjusted and picked their third one off).
Yeah, I'm actually with Rakes of Mallow on this: I wouldn't blitz this Michigan offense much unless it was an obvious passing down. If you sit back and maintain responsibility eventually they'll shoot themselves in the face and punt.
One interesting thing I saw in the Miami game: our leetle center—who dissed Weis after committing to Michigan, BTW—was really, really good at cutting off opposing NTs in the zone stretch. But against Utah his butt ended up touching the ball like four times. It is never good when someone's butt touches the ball. Rule 1 of football: do not let your butt touch the ball. Vince Lombardi told me that.
Anyway, I think the deal with him is that he can seal off anyone because he's small (ish) and quick (ish) but if you can pick him up and drive him backwards Michigan's run game dies. Ian Williams is the NT, right? What's his deal?
He's a big fella, but probably not an actual NT. He's more of a DT that is taking that spot in the scheme mostly due to girth. He's a little bit of a mystery, as he's a young guy who showed some promise as a substitute last year. I'm not sure if he'll be able to blast the center's butt into the football, but if he takes my advice, he'll pin him down after the whistle and forcefully jam the football into his butt. That way, everybody wins.
This is an interesting definition of "everybody." It is close to my definition of "nobody except pervs."
So at least I win.
And Tom Hammond.
[Ed. note: TOM HAMMOND WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE BUTT FOOTBALL JAMMING YES MY EYES ARE BURNING INTO YOUR SOUL AREN'T THEY.]
I'd ask about your secondary now but I figure they can watch balls sail ten yards over their head as well as anyone else can.
My seats are in row 68. Should I bring my baseball mitt?
I would go with the hockey helmet--full cage, of course.
Nah... clashes with my cape
Do you have singlet? You are the man who gave USF Singlet Guy to the world, after all.
And he gave himself to me. Good times.
Tom Hammond is now quivering with excitement.
"Oh... wide open."
Seriously, though, is it a requirement for Michigan fans that they have to wear a cape to the game?
Just that one water buffalo guy.
I saw a couple on TV. I guess he started a trend.
Hey, capes are cool. Also when you wear a Michigan cape it kind of looks like you're really into summations. Which is double-cool. And by "double cool" I mean "the exact opposite of that."
Special teams we've touched upon: kicker still tetchy?
Beyond tetchy. Last week saw one honest miss, one extra point that just baaaarely made it, and a botched snap. God help us all if this comes down to a last second field goal.
Awesome. FWIW, Kicking Competency Lopata nailed a couple long ones and missed a more makeable one.
I think we've covered everything now. It's down to the undoubtedly humiliating section of the talking. Predictions.
So... who do you have?
Well, there's a good chance it will rain. And if Mike Valenti taught us anything, it's that you shouldn't run the spread option in Hurricane Katrina.
So I say Notre Dame wins on a defensive touchdown. And I will go double or nothing on last year's prediction that Jimmy Clausen will propose to Scarlett Johansson at midfield immediately after the game.
What have you got? First, score prediction, then absurd event not related to actual gameplay prediction.
I've got nothing, really. I mentioned this earlier in the week: nothing short of Notre Dame starting a hippogriff at middle linebacker would surprise me. I keep seeing 1) long ND touchdowns caused by horrible M safety play and 2) Clausen getting mauled, fumbling, and Yakety Sax playing.
So I kind of think Michigan has to get set up with two short fields and capitalize to win. I think there's a 55% chance they get those and tentatively suggest M 21, ND 20. It will be at this point that God emerges from the clouds and declares himself an Oklahoma State fan.
Which, weirdly, would explain everything.
I think we both can agree that, either way, this game will set the sport of football back 40 years.
Anyone planning a "Yakety Sax" montage has to include both teams. This we plead. Unless it's just a lopsided asswhooping. But you can't have one of those in a 5-4 game.
And now… 100% pure nightmare fuel!

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Case Western please
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koolblah, I just downloaded it using the link you provided. It's free...but also 50 pages.
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Okay but i cant find the example anymore
Okay but i cant find the example anymore
...that's really weird. The links were working yesterday. I fixed them. Here's the correct URL: http://jsfiddle.net/traq/9my2g/4/
okay i worked it out now but anyway heres the code so far:
Code:<!doctype html>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title> </title>
MY CORE
 <button onClick="charCreate()">Play</button>
 <button onClick="credit()">Credits</button>
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cool. Is it working the way you want?
If your question has been answered, please mark your thread "resolved":
- On your original post (post #1), click [edit], then click [go advanced].
- In the "thread prefix" box, select "Resolved".
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No it wont go past the "start menu"
Are you testing your code? I would highly recommend using a console like Firebug or Chrome's Dev Tools. This makes it easy to find simple problems - the console will literally tell you what, and where, the problem is. In this case, there's an uncaught syntax error in your script, which causes it to stop execution (which is why nothing seems to happen). When you wrote the
characterProfilefunction, you left out the opening curly brace:There are code editors that do the same things—syntax highlighting, error checking, autocompletion, code reference, and much much more.Code:function characterProfile() p.innerHTML="

Character Profile<\/h2><\/pre>" // . . . --- should be --- function characterProfile(){ p.innerHTML="

Character Profile<\/h2><\/pre>" // . . .
Komodo Edit, for example (my favorite), supports quite a few different languages, works on Linux, Mac, or Windows, and is free (as in beer).
After you fix that error, your script seems to work, up to the point where you click on the [Profile] button. Look at the console, and you see this:Think about this:Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'innerHTML' of null
[1] When you click the [Profile] button, it is supposed to run the
[2] The
characterProfilefunction does try to use the
[3] Let's assume, for the moment, that this is where the problem is. If so, that means that
pmust be
[4] We defined
pup at the top of the script:
var p = document.getElementById( 'p' );.
null, that means that
getElementByIdcouldn't find an element on the page with id=p (and so returned
[5] Is there an element on the page with an id of "p"? Nope. There's our problem.
In the example I showed you, I had a paragraph with id=p that I was using to hold the result of the function, but you have no such paragraph in your markup.
There's another problem, after this: can you figure out what it is?
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Okay thanks alot now i have been using the JavaScript console and this keeps coming up
I have looked all around the script and now i have added the id for p but i dont understand where i should add the id for bUncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'innerHTML' of null TestMyCore.html:25
characterProfile TestMyCore.html:25

), it would be gone by the time you reach the point you need it because your previous functions overwrite the entire document body. You're erasing and replacing all of the page content on each button click. One possible solution (not the best, though, as you'll see below) would be to take the same approach as your other functions. Instead of trying to do
p.innerHTML, do
As far as
bgoes, that will require a little more planning. Any "#b" element you put on the page will also be overwritten by the time you call this function.
However, it's harder to say what to do because your "male" and "female" buttons are shown on the step before you call
createProfile. You show the "Start by choosing your name!" screen, along with the M / F radios and a button that says [New World]. This button doesn't call the
createProfilefunction, though, it calls the
newWorldfunction. The newWorld function calls createProfile, but the radio buttons are already overwritten at this point, so there is no way to get their value: they're gone.
I would suggest taking a step back and re-thinking your program flow: go back to your design stage and plan out which screens need to come in which order, what resources/information each step will need from the previous steps, and how you plan to pass those resources between "screens."
How familiar are you with javascript? For example, do you know how to pass arguments to your functions? do you know how to create objects with methods? do you know what a controller is?
Your current approach of rewriting the entire body for each new screen will quickly become very difficult to manage as your program becomes more complex.
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Okay i really dont know what to say to that traq because molendjk "teached" on one post theso im not familiar with anything else and i have no idea what "pass arguments to your functions" means so im a complete noob at JavaScriptHTML Code:document.body.innerHTML
Functions can accept arguments when you call them. For example, with this function:Code:var hello = function( name ){ var greeting = "Hello, " + name + "!" return greeting; }
nameis an argument. I can call the function, and pass whatever value I like as that argument, and the function will use it (internally) with the name
name:Now, the function runs, using the value "World" for theCode:var helloWorld = hello( 'World' );
namevariable, and returns the new greeting to me. Not all functions have arguments, but most do, and it can make them a a lot more useful.
For now, I would highly recommend that you sit down with some notecards and do some design work:
- outline each "screen" your program will need.
- go back through them and decide what information each screen will need to work properly.
- figure out where that information needs to come from.
- figure out how you're going to get it.


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|2012-10-21, 22:32
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I also find it hard to believe that the aforementioned massacre scene was intended to be so dark as to lose all detail (we're talking dark to the point of, if you hadn't read the manga, you'd have no idea what was happening). Do you honestly think that those stuttering flashes are intentional?
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And yes, I have seen that picture. And I have said over and over again that it is the norm back then. If you look at the cels of other 90s series you would see that the cels are also brighter than whatever was aired on TV. So NO, this wasn't a fuck-up speficially made by Nippon.
In fact, I'm interested in hearing your explanation on how you can possibly think that such an experienced director working on one of the top-rating series at the time could have made such an elementary mistake.
Try again Toto F21.
My opinion of the episode:
Coming from the excellent episode 51, 52 is crap through and through.
Shitty animation, awful art (Silva looks like some Chinese dog), so-so music placement, slow pacing of the first half and too much filler content to pad the episode and to dumb down the content. 1999 shouldn't even be compared to this. 4/10.
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That said, the new version is managing to capture the interest of a lot of viewers, so I would like to think it's not without merit. If you don't agree, that's perfectly fine, but please try to channel your disagreement in a manner that improve the overall discussion.
|2012-10-21, 23:01
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Look, I never intended this to turn into an argument. All I'm presenting are the facts:
a) Nippon Animation's Hunter x Hunter is unusually dark; even when compared to its contemporaries. That is no a "stylistic choice".
b) Nippon Animation has instances of scenes constantly flashing and animation stuttering. That is not a "stylistic choice".
You may not have heard people complain of such things, but I have. It was first brought to my attention only a few months ago, in fact.
As a fellow Hunter x Hunter fan, you should agree that Nippon Animation's adaptation isn't perfect, just as Madhouse's is far from perfect. But there are things Madhouse just does better (and vice versa). One of those things is making sure the finished product maintains consistent quality.
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It's ironic how this fight was so much better animated and choreographed years ago. But then again, Nippon used some big names for this one back then.
And glad to see more and more people are onto "him". I just hope they won't punish anyone else for it.
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I don't see much problem with the post with you quoted, however. Yes, it was sarcastic, is sarcasm not allowed here now? My intent was not to be aggressive but to indicate how I believe F21's claim to be absurd while at the same time giving chance that she might possibly on to something. (Otherwise I would have said, "You're wrong.")
Also when I said "I'm a fan for a decade now" I was not trying to say that "I know better than you." I literally meant that it was my first time hearing it. You see, the crux of F21's argument later is that it's "easy to deduce." Well if it's so easy to deduce then believe me I would have heard of it. I haven't. That's the point.
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Let's keep discussion civil, alright?
|2012-10-21, 23:18
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Rurouni Kenshin OVA is darker than Yuyu Hakusho, isn't this an stylistic choice? Yuyu Hakusho was darker than Card Captor Sakura, was this a mistake as well? Card Captor Sakura was darker than Akazukin Cha Cha, what of it? What is dark enough, what is "too dark"?
I've asked you over and over again to explain how you can possibly think that an experienced director who just came from doing one of the most critically-acclaimed OVAs and was then working on one of the top-rating series at the time could have made such an elementary mistake.
This is a big claim. Back it up.
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|2012-10-22, 00:10
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We saw what was happening clearly enough and most fans agree. Actually your opinion is the clear minority here (or should I say ---- rarity). Everyone else found no problems with this so I really think it's not a "fact."
Nippon Animation may not have made the most popular or "best quality" animes. But that does not automatically imply that they fucked-up something as basic as series composition for HxH. That's quite a quantum leap you made. You need more facts before you make this claim because one does not necessarily imply the other.
May I also know how it is a "fuck up" in the first place? I thought I knew but it's kind of vague now. Did they fuck just the dark scene up? But you brought-up Machi and Nobunaga so I thought you were referring to the composition of the series as a whole.
If you're referring to just the scene in York Shin - you might see it that way and it's cool, but let me point-out that 99% of people who have seen the 1999 series don't think the same. In fact it was never a problem until, coincidentally, the last episode was aired or close to airing. For the rest of the nine years I have been a fan ---- nope, never heard of it. Most people praised the dark approach of Nippon Animation.
If you're referring to the series as a whole - they won't make this elementary mistake. No way. Furuhashi, Nippon Animation, Shueishia (who has so many experience in anime adaptations), Fuji TV and other experienced members of the anime staff involved. Nope.
The art is superior in 1999 as well. Danchou, Zeno and everyone else were drawn better. Silva looks especially ugly. But then again, 1999's design has always been far superior to 2011's.
Music is much better in 1999. The orchestral "Requiem's Aranaea" (if i'm not mistaken) is too in-your-face and had no subtlety about it all. The Zoldyck theme isn't much better. In fact I was soooo relieved when they didn't use these in episode 51 and chose Lacrimosa and something else instead. Those were more fit for the mood.
Other elements were better as well. There was greater sense of suspense when Danchou revealed his book and used Owl's ability. It fell flat and did not have much impact in 2011. The set-up of Zeno and Silva finding Danchou is also better in 1999.
I also believe that the dark room set the mood much better, just like the Hisoka-Gon scene in the Hunter Exam.
Anyway, that's my view on why I believe 1999 is much superior in the fight. The difference for me is like night and day. When we talk about the requiem it is close with 2011 winning, but not this time. 1999 = 11/10, 2011 = 4/10
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Ok chikkychappy, we can agree to disagree as you see fit. I'll forgive the personal attacks and I'll forget all the generalizations and misdirection.
Here's the comparison again, if you missed it the first time. *Note - I am a fan of both series, old and new. I just think there is an abnormal amount of unnecessary criticism directed at the new series.
Nippon Animation:
Now tell me honestly, between these two scenes - why is one worthy of so much scorn, while the other is held as some paragon of atmosphere and direction?
Madhouse's has faults, no one is denying that. But it's not bad. I've listed Nippon Animation's faults - the evidence you seek is within the above video, it also isn't bad.
I respect your opinion, so please respect mine.
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But let me clarify that I did disrespect your opinion (well, not deliberately). Our whole debate circled around the claim that Nippon "fucked-up" with the dark room. This is a question of fact and I merely asked for evidences. (In fact you were the one who brought it up). After all, this is a HUGE claim; it is not proper to go around parading this as true with no evidence. (Even I have never made such a big factual claim against the 2011 series. Never.)
As for the videos, I can't view them unfortunately because I'm at work. What of it? I have both episodes 52 and 62 (of 2011 and 1999) in my ipad though which I can view anytime. Is that what you want me to see?
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I need to look at the actual episode before I comment. I also need to see examples from episode 62 itself.
But again let me reiterate that no one had a problem with the lighting of the scene until today.
On another note:
I think that 2011 did the first auction attack better than 1999. But not because it was "too dark" in the 1999 anime or anything like that. I prefer Madhouse's version because they put the proper emphasis on the scene whereas Furuhashi just glossed over it.
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Dude, he's been stating his claim for several posts now....... That screenshot is in fact, a good example of what he is talking about.
And no, this is NOT me harping on the 1999 series, just stating a fact.
Also I'm not Toto.
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I find it hilarious that whenever MH adds fillers users here praise them but at the same time they criticize Nippon's ones (even though they fit perfectly, e.g. when Kurapica says that Gon has his own objective or when Hisoka was pretty sure that Gon would make it to the next phase of the exam or the hilarious Leorio scene in episode 61 when Leorio took the phone and Kurapica hang up on him at that moment or when in episode 7 Kurapica wasn't shown as a coward like in the new anime or the manga or not showing Tonpa's true face, etc.). MH fillers for once weren't awful, ALTHOUGH they were there to hand-hold the viewer and explain some things explicitly. Still, they served no purpose story-wise (unlike 1999 ones).
1) Gon + Killua sceneIn short, 52nd episode was OK at best because of pointless fillers and cutting Leorio out (one of the best characters in HxH is being marginalized instead of the opposite and soon he will become a complete random). So basically, it was OK only because the rest was epic (no thanks to them but only because Togashi has given them such superb material). MH has shown again how incompetent their staff is.
In fact Nippon's animation is closer to the original. In MH's version he looks as if Kurapica had eaten his chocolates (plus Kanako Mitsuhashi did a great job portraying Killua's irritation).
As for the manipulated guy, it would be pathetic if MH's version would lose again in the animation department so I don't see how it's even worth mentioning. It makes as much sense as comparing Kara no Kyoukai movies with Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Shining Heresy or Darkside Blues. As for not showing the headshot, it would be a waste of frames because of how insignificant this moment was (unlike the moment when Killua put the heart near the killer's body instead of crushing it).
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The main difference between this version and the 1999 in my opinion is the interpretation of the story. Nippon took more liberty at interpreting the story and wrote their script accordingly which didn't hesitate to add to it if they thought it would enhance the story. Madhouse, on the other hand, is very careful at strictly observing the manga at almost word for word. Mind you, they are also adding (filler), but not necessarily to add to the story as Nippon seemed to have done. The dark background setting, for one example, in the Nippon version has more to do with how that studio chose to interpret the story more than anything else.
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We're studying the great theme of spiritual growth and really looking at the keys to spiritual growth. What are the very vital ingredients in the spiritual maturity process? In our first lesson last time, we focused on the concept of the glory of God based on our study of 2 Corinthians 3:18, where we see that as a believer focuses his life and attention on the glory of God, as he does that, he will be changed into the very image of the Lord from one level of glory to the next by the Holy Spirit.
Now the Holy Spirit, then, is the energy in spiritual growth. Spiritual growth is becoming more and more like Christ. And the pull that pulls us along, that gives the Spirit of God the thrust, is as we gaze at the glory of the Lord. As we focus our attention on giving glory to God, we are then pulled in the process of spiritual maturity.
Now we closed our last study by saying we wanted to share some practical ways in which we glorify God. If glorifying God is the master key to spiritual growth, what are the other keys that make up that master key?
First of all, we glorify God by confessing Jesus as Lord. Now that's where it all begins. If my life is to be focused at glorifying God, that means that initially I must focus my attention on the lordship of Christ. Now what do I mean by that? Well, Philippians 2:9-11 gives us the answer. After the great passage on the kenosis [???], or the humiliation, of Christ, talking about how He became a man, and "took upon Him the form of a servant, was found in fashion as a man, humbled Himself, became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Then the Word of God says this. "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven, in earth, and under the earth." Now listen. "And every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord."
Now listen, the humiliation of Jesus Christ was an act of obedience to the Father. In response, the Father glorified Jesus Christ, and exalted Him, and then He calls on everything in the universe to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and then gives this closing statement, "to the glory of God the Father." The reason, then, that we are to confess Jesus as Lord is because it glorifies God the Father. Now that is the basic principle of salvation. We are to confess Christ as Lord - that is salvation - for the glory of God.
Now I believe that most people think that we should be saved for other reasons than the glory of God. If you asked the average person, "Why do you share Jesus Christ? Why do you communicate your faith?" They'll probably say, "Well, because we want to keep people out of going to hell. We want them to avoid eternal punishment." Now that's a valid reason, but not the major one. The major reason for people to be saved is not to avoid hell.
Someone else might say, "No. I present Christ because of love. The love of Christ constrains me. Because God loves them and because I love them, I tell them about Christ." And that's a valid reason, but not the main one. And someone might say, "Well, I speak the gospel because I'm commanded to do that. I'm commanded to go into all the world and preach the gospel, make disciples, teach them all things whatsoever Christ has commanded."
I'm commanded, or I love, or I want to keep people out of hell. And all those are valid, and all of those are biblical reasons for evangelism. But they don't come to the apex. The major reason to preach the gospel, the major reason to become a believer is for the glory of God. It boils down to this. To live without salvation is to deny Christ, and to deny Christ is the greatest affront possible to God. It is the one sin that is unforgivable. If a person continues in unbelief, that is an unforgivable sin.
In fact, that is the major sin of man. Jesus said in John 16 that He would send the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin. What sin? "Because they believe not in me." The greatest sin that a man can commit is the failure to believe in Jesus Christ. Why? Because that is to say that He is not God, He is not the Savior, He is not to be worshiped, He is not to be Lord. And to say that is to dishonor the Father.
In John 5:23, for example, Jesus says so pointedly, "All men should honor the Son, - " listen " - even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who sent him." You cannot give glory to God unless you give glory to His Son, who is the fullness of His glory. So listen, we begin, then, to give glory to God when we give glory to Christ. And how do you do that? By confessing Him as Lord, and that simply means salvation. He's not talking about some second act. You don't say, "Well, uh, I've taken Him as Savior, but later on I'll make Him Lord." No, no. Those aren't two distinct things. When you are saved, you confess Christ as Lord. That is salvation. In Romans 10:9-10 it says, "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
In other words, salvation is a matter of confessing the lordship of Christ: that He is God, that He is sovereign, that He is Lord, and that is a personal application of that reality. Somebody asked me not long ago if I was a lordship salvationist. I wasn't sure of what that was. I thought you were supposed to stand on a corner and play a trumpet or beat a drum if you were one of those. But that isn't really what he meant. A lordship salvationist, he meant, is somebody who believes that you must believe that Jesus is Lord to be saved. He said, "Do you believe that way?" I said, "I don't know any other way to accept Christ. He is Lord, and I accept Him on His terms, not mine." I don't redefine Jesus as something less than He is, and take Him that way. "Is He Lord?" I said to this person. And he said, "Yes." I said, "Then how do you take Him? You must take Him as He is." If you confess Jesus as Lord, it is to the glory of God.
Now, simply stated, no one has the capacity to go beyond that in spiritual maturity. No one can glorify God until they start right there. That's the touchstone. That's where it all begins. Let me take this a step further for those of us that are Christians. I believe that if Christ is Lord in our lives, if we have received Him, and we're born again, and He rules - and He does rule, by the way, all our lives. It's only a question of whether we obey it, not whether He rules. And as He rules in our lives, we must keep in mind that the preaching of the gospel is mainly so that He may rule in other lives for His own glory. In other words, the great sin of man is to live and not glorify God.
In Romans chapter 1, Paul says that we preach obedience to the nations, for the sake of the name. He says, "We don't preach the gospel for their sake. We preach the gospel for His sake." Third John 7, he says we go out preaching for the sake of the name. Same thought. Not for their sake, for His sake. So that He might be acknowledged as Lord, and that's where it begins.
If you're not a Christian, you've never confessed Christ as Lord, there is no capacity within you to live to His glory. It's an utter impossibility. It cannot be done because that's where it all begins. You cannot say, "I deny Christ. He is not my Savior. He is not my Lord," and then proceed to try to grow spiritually or proceed to try to glorify God in another way. You are slapping God in the face at the very most vital point. If you dishonor the Son, you dishonor the Father.
So glorifying God, then, begins as Paul says in Philippians 2, with confessing Jesus as Lord to the glory of God the Father. And so we say that salvation is a necessary beginning for spiritual growth. The fact is you can't grow until you're born.
Now, second truth. The second thing that I want to share with you along this line is this. We will glorify God firstly by confessing Jesus as Lord, and secondly by aiming our lives to obey His lordship. Secondly, by aiming our lives to obey His lordship. When we allow God to clothe us with the purple robe of His righteousness, He is glorified. When we open our hearts and receive His Son, He is glorified. When His Spirit takes up residence in our lives, He is glorified. When we call Jesus "Lord," He is glorified. But then there's a second corollary. Having received the Lord, we are to respond to His lordship.
The key verse I want you to understand - and this is 1 Corinthians 10:31 - it says this, Whatever you do, "whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God." Now, you have confessed Jesus as Lord to the glory of God. Now, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, or whatever it is - and by the way, eating and drinking is simply symbolic of the most mundane, menial functions of life. Even something as minimal, as routine, as ordinary, as common, as constant as eating and drinking should have as its focus the glory of God. And so that would really give us grounds to back up and do a few messages on how to eat to the glory of God and how to drink to the glory of God, because it starts even at the most minimal level of life, the routine things, and it ascends from there. No matter what you do, do it all to the glory of God. The idea, then, is that that becomes a pervasive attitude; no matter what I do, it is to the glory of God that my focus must be made.
Now certainly this is the way that Jesus lived. In John 8:50, Jesus says this. "I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth." Back in verse 49, "I honor my Father." Jesus said, "I'm here for one reason: not My glory, but His glory." And that's really what we're saying. You're going to grow spiritually. You're going to focus on His glory when that becomes the pervasive element of your life.
Now what does a hypocrite seek to do? What do men seek to do? Oh, they seek to steal the glory of God and in its place substitute their own. Matthew 6:1, for illustration's sake, we find the Lord says, "Take heed that you do not your alms before men, - " that is, your giving " - to be seen by them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven." In other words, if you're trying to put on a production so everybody'll think you're spiritual, you're not going to be rewarded. "Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, - " watch this " - that they may have glory from men."
What always stands in the way of glorifying God is us seeking glory from men. That's just what we read, didn't we? In the Old Testament, where Jeremiah says, "Don't be proud, give glory to God." So, if I am to aim my life at this, if I am to submit in obedience to the lordship of Christ, there will be an attitude of humility. There will be the death of pride. We must beware of self-worship. We must aim always and only at God's glory.
Now what does that mean? To say that I submit in obedience to His lordship, to say I aim my life at that, to say whether I eat or drink or whatever I do, I do it all to the glory of God, just exactly what does that mean? Well, let me say it this way, and I'll just give you a few sub-points right here. First of all, it means that you will give God glory no matter what the cost, no matter what the cost. Now that's a pretty heavy statement, but that's the essence of what it means to submit to His lordship, to aim your life at His glory. You will glorify Him no matter what it costs.
In John 12:27, Jesus said this, "Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour." What should be My prayer as I anticipate the cross? "God, bail Me out?" This is the hour for which I came. "Father, glorify thy name. And there came then a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." "God," He says, "humanly, I'd like to get out of this. This is an incredible price to pay: pain, anguish, sin-bearing. But Father, glorify Your name no matter what it costs Me." See? Now that's what it means.
As you learn to live your life, content to do God's will at any cost, content to glorify Him no matter what the price, you'll be fulfilling that second great principle of spiritual growth, that second great key. You'll be unlocking that area of obedience to His lordship.
Let me give you another illustration by having you turn to the end of the book of John, John chapter 21. And here we run into this situation with the apostle Peter. We'll be coming back to this very same incident in our story because it illustrates several great truths of spiritual growth. Peter has been earmarked by God since before the foundation of the world for very important functions. Peter is to be the key to the first 12 chapters of the book of Acts. He is the key in the apostolic preaching of the cross as the church is born in Jerusalem and moves out around the world. He is to be a dynamic and gifted leader. And so it's very important that he be firmed up, rooted, set in place for the task to which God has called him.
But unfortunately, Peter is a little flaky, to put it in a contemporary term, and it's very hard for Peter to make a commitment. He's got all kinds of verbiage. He just doesn't hang in there. Every time he was given a test, he flunked. If he was a seminary student, he would have long been gone. And yet the Lord knows that this is a very needed man. And so even though he has helped Peter in the past, He's gone out of His way to show him His power, to walk on water, He has fed him at the point of the feeding of the 5,000, he was there at the transfiguration, he has heard the great confession, and really it came out of his own mouth but from God's heart, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Peter has been on some tremendous adventures with Christ, where he has seen displays of power even in the garden as the soldiers came, and when Jesus spoke they all fell over backwards like dominoes. I mean Peter has seen some great things. Amazingly enough, he's even seen the resurrected Christ in the upper room, and by this time of John 21, had a personal audience with the resurrected Christ.
And yet, after all of that, he's still flaky, he's still - I think he felt inadequate. I think he looked at himself and said, "Peter, every time you've ever been given a test, you blew it. Who's to say you're going to pass one now?" And Jesus said to him, "Peter, you go into Galilee and go in a mountain and wait."
Well, Peter is there in chapter 21, but he's getting an itchy tunic, and he's not going to be able to sit on the side of that hill much longer. He was kind of a hyper guy to start with and it's kind of tough to just sit up there and wait. He's been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and Christ hasn't appeared, and so finally he says in verse 3, "I'm going fishing. I'm going back to what I used to do. I never did believe myself in this ministry deal anyway. I've bombed out every time I've had an opportunity. There's one thing I can do and it's fish, and I'm going back." And he was the leader, of course, and so all the other six guys like a bunch of rubber ducks came down the same hillside and said, "We're going, too." So they all waddled down and got in a boat. Peter was the leader. That's the whole point. God wanted to use him.
What happened in verse 3, "They entered into the boat," the Greek says, which may indicate they went back and picked up Peter's own boat. He was going back to his old profession and they were all going with him. They were all his fishing buddies. But if there was one thing they couldn't do was fish, because the Lord had rerouted every fish in the Sea of Galilee so they couldn't catch them to get His point across.
So they fished all night and caught nothing. The Lord appeared in the morning. He had a confrontation with Peter, checked out his love - and we'll get to that text later. And then when Peter told Him three times he loved Him, He comes back with this in verse 18, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst where thou wouldest." Now just stop for a minute.
"Peter, you've pretty much had it your own way. You called the shots, put on your own belt, and went where you wanted to go." "Girding up yourself" was a picture of preparation for a journey. Whenever you wanted to do what you wanted to do, you did it. "But when you shall be old, - " that's going to change, " - you will stretch forth your hands." And that very phrase is used in extra-biblical literature to speak of a crucifixion. You're going to "stretch forth your hands, somebody else is going to gird you, and take you where you don't want to go." Verse 19, watch it now, "This spoke he, signifying by what death he should - " here it comes " - glorify God."
Now notice this. Peter would come to the point in his life where he would glorify God by dying. How? Because he would be willing to pay any price before he would deny the will of God, even death. Now that was news to Peter, because every other time he'd faced death, he reneged on his testimony. On one occasion, when they confronted him with the fact that he was a follower of Jesus Christ, he cursed and took God's name in vain and swore that he was not, and made an oath that he never kept. So you see, this is news to Peter. But what the Lord is saying is, "Peter, there's going to come a day when you will die for Me, and in dying glorify Me." Why? "Because that will be My will, and you will be content to die for My sake."
That's the way it was with Paul, "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I live, I live unto the Lord; if I die, I die unto the Lord; so whether I live or die, I'm the Lord's." And what's the difference? I'm the Lord's. You see, to aim my life at the glory of God now that I'm a Christian, to focus on doing whatever I do, whether it's eating or drinking to the glory of God, means that if it has to be death for His sake, let it be, let it be.
I think of the tremendous story of the missionaries throughout the history of Christian missions, story after story after story becoming one great composite story of people willing to die for Christ. I think of Hebrews chapter 11, the heroes of the faith who are listed there who died in the great anticipation of glory and resurrection, of whom the world was not worthy. There was no price too high for them. I think of Latimer and Ridley, who were burned at the stake for their faith, singing praises to Jesus Christ. I think of Savonarola, the great preacher in Italy, who had preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the system took him and burned him at the stake. Again and again through history there have been those willing to do anything for the cause of Christ.
And I always go back to the story of John Paton, that great missionary who went to the New Hebrides. He graduated from school and he was sent to the New Hebrides with his wife, and there were only man-eating cannibals there. And they landed on that little place, that little - they had to row a dinghy, because the ship went by. It didn't even go to the shore. And they rowed to shore, didn't speak the language, didn't know anybody. All they knew, people had come there and never returned. They had become somebody's lunch. And so they got on the shore. It's pretty tough, you know, to get on the shore of a place inhabited by cannibals whose language you don't speak and figure out how you start, right? I mean you don't put a little sign that says, "Sunday school class, Sunday at 9:30. We welcome you all." That isn't really the way you do.
What do you do? You don't know the language, you don't know the people, and your threat of life hangs over your head. I remember reading in a particular book something of the story of that. And later on the chief of the tribe in that area was saved and he came to John Paton. And he said to him, "Mr. Paton, I want to ask you a question," he says. "In those early months that you were here," he says, "who was the army that girded your place of dwelling every night and protected you?" God's holy angels apparently even became manifest in that protecting time.
But Paton stayed there. After a few weeks his wife gave birth to a baby. The baby died. A few days later, she died. He slept on their graves for three or four nights to keep the natives from digging them up and eating them. He stayed there alone, and he stayed there for 35 years. He says in his biography that at the end of those 35 years, I don't know of one native that hasn't made at least a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. He went there with all the great hopes. The only thing he ever loved really in the world was his wife, and then the cherished baby. He had to sleep on their graves and all alone he stayed, but God used him because he was content to do God's will no matter what it cost him. And that's what it means to aim your life at His purposes.
If you're charting your own course; and if you're saying, "Lord, here's what I'll do and here's what I won't do," if you're saying, "Lord, I got it all outlined here," if you're not willing to pay the price of a little bit of embarrassment, if you're not willing to pay the price in humility of being defamed and dishonored by the world, if you're not willing to pay the price of a little less possessions in this life, then maybe you'll never know what it is to be content with His will at any price, and maybe you'll never really know what it is to grow spiritually because you'll not be aiming at His glory. It's when you are consumed with His glory and not your own comfort, and not your own ease, and not your own plans, and your own will.
So if I am, then, to aim my life at His glory, no matter what it is, from eating and drinking to dying, it means I have to be content with that will, no matter what it costs me. Secondly, if I aim my life at His glory, it means that His glory becomes so consuming that I hurt when He is dishonored, and this is a very important concept.
I can usually tell when someone is aiming their life at the glory of God by how they react to God being dishonored. For example, David in Psalm 69:9 looked at the temple, and he looked at the worship of Israel and his heart broke. He said this. "Zeal for thine house has eaten me up." In other words, David said, "I have such a tremendous love for You, and such a tremendous hatred for what dishonors You, I concern myself with Your temple, and Your presence, and Your worship, so that it literally tears me up." Then in the remainder of the verse he said this, "The reproaches that fall on you fall on me." In other words, "When You're dishonored, I hurt."
Now I'll tell you, I understand that a little bit as a father. You hurt my child, you hurt me. You hurt my wife, you hurt me. You hurt somebody I love, you hurt me. I've cried more in my life over things that have happened to other people I care about than I've ever cried about things that happened to me. In fact it's pretty hard for me to cry about things that happen to me. It's much easier for me to cry with somebody whose heart is broken for whom I care. And that's because I identify with them in love. And when you have identified with God, the things that break your heart will not be the things that happen to you, but the things that dishonor God. And that's the kind of mentality that really is saying, "I am so focused on God's glory, that what breaks His heart breaks my heart." Do you live your life that way? That is aiming at the glory of God. That is focusing on God's glory.
Number one, you don't care what it costs; and number two, you're consumed with how things affect Him. You know one of the greatest statements made in the book of Revelation is easily passed over. It is made in chapter 2 in reference to the church at Ephesus. It's a little word, but it's a very, very important one. Of the church at Ephesus it was said, "Thou canst not bear them that are evil." That was one of the great characteristics of that church. They couldn't tolerate people that were evil. Why? Because they knew evil impinged upon the holiness of God and His will.
I'm amazed how few Christians understand this. I am amazed how many Christians are so consumed in their own will, so consumed with their own comfort, so absorbed in their own problems that they don't really feel the pain when God is dishonored. They feel it mostly when they are dishonored, and that's the wrong focus. But once in a while, somebody gets the message, and boy, is it exciting.
I remember a young girl who came to California some years ago. She came out here to live with a guy at UCLA who was a student. She was not a Christian. He was not a Christian, obviously. They were just living together. She was a high school girl. After a while he decided to kick her out. She'd come all the way from a little town in West Virginia, and he was tired of her and so like some old, half-used rag, he just threw her aside. She wandered around a little bit and tried to take her life, and had slashed herself many times in many places on her hands and arms with razor blades, and bled, and somehow or another always been spared death. We came across this girl, had the opportunity to lead her to Christ.
I'll never forget that time, my sister and myself, and talking with her, and she opened her heart to Christ. She said, "My life is changed and I want to go back to my hometown. I want to tell my mother about Christ, and I want to tell my friends about Christ, and I want to get everything straightened out in my life." And said to her, I said, "Well, is there a church there that you can go to. Is there somebody that can disciple you?" She said, "No. I don't know of a church, in our little town except a Catholic Church." And she said, "I really don't know any other Christians there, but I'm going to go back."
And I gave her the Bible, you know, in great fear that I'd have to leave her up to the Holy Spirit, right? Make sure He could do the job without me. So anyway, off she went. And I prayed for her. And she decided to attend the Catholic High School because she knew if she went back to her old high school, she had such a rotten reputation she'd likely fall into the same patterns. So she wanted to meet some new people. And well, she'd been gone three or four months and she wrote me a letter. And as I saw the letter I was deeply concerned with what it might say, fearful that she had probably wandered away and was writing for some counsel in the midst of a terrible situation.
But this was what I read. "I hope everything is well with you. I've really begun to put things together in the Bible. By reading the Old Testament, I've been able to see how God deserves much more recognition that He's getting. I can see how He gave people so many chances and how they continued to break His heart by worshiping idols and sinning. God wanted the world to belong to Him. God also wanted Israel to sacrifice lambs and goats and oxen and things like that as an atonement to Him for sins. He is God, after all, and He had to have some payment for the terrible sins of men."
Let me interject at this point that she didn't have any tapes or study books that I know of. This was just from her reading of Scripture. She says further, "To think that God actually talked and was in the visible presence of these people, and yet they kept on complaining and sinning. Listen, I can almost feel the unbearable sadness that God feels when someone rejects and doesn't glorify Him." What an amazing insight for such a new believer. "He's God," she said. "He made us. He gave us everything. We continue to doubt and reject Him. It's awful. When I think of how I hurt Him, I hope I can make it up."
And then she goes on at the end to say, "I have a soft spot in my heart for God now. I can feel His jealousy when I see people worshiping idols and other gods. It's all so clear to me. God must be glorified. God must be worshiped. He deserves it. It's long overdue. And I can't wait to just tell Jesus and thus tell God indirectly that I love Him, and kiss the ground He walks on because He should be worshiped. I want God to be God and take His rightful place, and I'm tired of the way people keep putting Him down."
It's amazing, isn't it, that somebody so new in the faith understood the whole picture of living to the glory of God, so that you hurt when God is dishonored. Now listen, I glorify God by confessing Jesus as Lord, and then I glorify God by bending my will to that lordship, no matter what it costs me, and so that I feel the pain that God feels.
There's a third element of this second point and that's this. You aim your life at the glory of God - watch this one - when you are content to be outdone by others. Hang onto that. You can always tell somebody who's really living for the glory of God because they're content to be outdone by somebody who does exactly what they do better. That's a tough one.
You know that somebody said that when Satan fell he landed in the choir loft. Now I don't really know if that's true, but, you know, every once in a while you get in the choir and everybody wants to sing solos. And when somebody doesn't get to sing the solo, then everybody else begins to complain, see? "I never get to sing the solo." They're not so concerned about God being glorified. They're concerned about them being heard. I know one pastor who has so many people bugging him to sing solos that once a year on a Sunday night he has solo night. And everybody who wants to sing gets one verse and they parade across the platform, sing their verse and on comes the next one. He gets it all over with in one night.
Now that's not just true of the choir, not just true of people in the pew, it's also true of people in the pulpit. I remember two pastors having a contest to see who could get the most people in Sunday school, and the one that lost got sick and threw up. He didn't want to lose to another pastor.
Jealousy is a factor in the Christian life. You know why? Because we're more concerned about who gets the credit than that God be glorified. When you can rejoice that somebody does something for the Lord better than you do it, then you're aiming at His glory. When you can rejoice when somebody can preach better, when somebody can teach better, when somebody can do whatever you do, and do it with a greater blessing, a greater response, then you're aiming at His glory.
Let me give you an illustration of this that I think is very, very, wonderful. It's in Philippians chapter 1, Philippians chapter 1. And this is a tremendous truth, illustrated in the life of a wonderful man that we all know and love, the apostle Paul.
Now to get you into the picture a little let me remind you of this. As Paul writes Philippians, it is most likely that he is a prisoner. But it was in that kind of a setting that the apostle Paul really was coming to the end of his line. I mean he'd lived all the glory years, the great adventures through the expansion of the church in Asia Minor and into Greece, and the wonder of preaching in Athens on Mars Hill, the great accomplishments in Corinth, and the blessedness of Thessalonica, the tremendous joy of the Bereans who searched the Scriptures, all of the adventures of going back to Jerusalem, and traveling again across the Mediterranean, the shipwreck, the victories, and all of the things that came into his life. This man is summing up a great life, but he's pretty well on the shelf. I mean, he had a tremendous influence like no man who lived at that time in the Gentile world. He was everybody's hero.
In fact, when he came to preach a sermon, he could preach all night if he wanted and they loved it. A guy would fall out of the window and die and they'd just go downstairs, raise him from the dead, go back up of that one and preach the rest of the sermon. I reminded somebody one time, you know, that Paul preached all night even when people, you know, died, he kept on preaching. And they said to me, "Well, when you can raise them from the dead you can keep going, too."
But anyway, Paul was so beloved by everybody that they listened. And when Paul came to town, they embraced him. When he left town, Acts 20, the Ephesian elders fell all over his neck and kissed him and wept all over him because they wouldn't see his face anymore, and they loved him so much.
Now I'll tell you something. You know, living in the world of that kind of acceptance, and living in the world of that kind of affection, living under that kind of love would be a tremendous experience, wouldn't it? Tremendous. To be so beloved, to be so accepted, to have everybody doting on you and sending you love gifts, such as even the Philippians sent him. Oh, he was beloved. But you know what was happening? He was getting on the shelf now and a new breed of young preachers was coming behind him. And man, they were capturing the fancy of the people, and they had little nuances, and new ways. They had learned all of the best of what Paul had and maybe advanced a little bit in technique. And you know, they were the sharpshooters of the new era, and they were moving in behind Paul.
And now Paul's a prisoner. He can't move. He's lost his mobility. And these guys are attracting the attention of the crowds, and the people are beginning to dote on them, and they've forgotten those old fellows that have passed along, the apostles and, and Paul. Those are memories.
You know, I often meet an old man like that. I remember meeting a dear old man of God in the Midwest, and he was 96. He hadn't been able to preach for about 15 years, but He'd preached from the time he was twenty till he was about 81. And he sat in the congregation and he listened to me preach with his old Bible. And he kind of shook and his teeth didn't work too well. They clicked a lot, but I don't know whether they chewed very good. And nobody even knew who he was, and he was very obscure, an old black suit and a string tie, and he had to wonder about all the glory days and all the great years when he was a shining sword in the usefulness of the Lord.
Well, Paul was kind of in the shelf kind of time of his life. And it wouldn't be long before he'd lay his head on a block, and an ax head would flash in the sun, and sever it from his body, and it'd be over for him in this world. And along behind him were coming these young men. And as young men are prone to do, to find their own place in the sun they invariably criticize the generation ahead of them. Well, you know, those old boys didn't really have it. They weren't up. They weren't with it. And they were saying things like, "Well, you see, Paul's a prisoner because, you know, the Lord just kind of gently shelved him. I mean, he wasn't contemporary. He may have blown it in his life. We don't know all the things that went on. There's a reason the Lord stuck him away like that."
And so Paul says concerning them, in verse 14, "And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear." Some people, you know, now that they see I'm a prisoner, they have become more bold. They're saying, "If Paul can be a prisoner for Christ, so can we. He's our model. He's our example." In other words, some are still following me. Some still believe in me. And boy, they're becoming bold, even though I'm a prisoner.
But "some - " verse 15 " - preach Christ of envy, and strife." What do you mean, Paul? Well, some are out there preaching Christ, but it's out of envy. In other words, they're envious of what God has done in my life. They're envious of my reputation. They're envious of my place in the church. They're envious of the love that I have. And so they create strife in the Body over their envy. Verse 16, "They preach Christ contentiously, not sincerely. They want to add affliction to my bonds."
It's not enough that I'm a prisoner, but they're taking shots at me and they're double hurting me. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine young men coming along and taking shots at the apostle Paul? I can. It's easy for a young man. It's easy to think the sun rises and sets on you, and the old generation that faded away, what do they know? That's why God lifts up the hoary heads. That's why God talks about elders, because there is something they know that young men need well to learn. They don't have all the answers. The longer I live the fewer answers I am sure about, and the more I look to the wisdom of the old.
But they were preaching Christ and knocking Paul. But what's his attitude? I love this. Verse 18, "So what? notwithstanding, every way, - " I don't care how they preach, " - whether it's pretense, or truth, Christ is preached; and in that I do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice." In other words, what Paul is saying, "Look, if Christ is preached, who cares what they say about me?" Isn't that great?
I'll tell you something, people. That is a level of spiritual maturity. When you confess Jesus as Lord, that's the beginning. When you bend to His lordship, to the point where you are content to give Him glory no matter what it costs, when you begin to feel the things that dishonor Him, and when you don't mind being dishonored if He is honored, you are aiming your life at His glory and you are moving toward maturity.
Now this is where it has to begin, with a life of obedient submission to Christ. Could I invite you to look with me at 1 Peter for a moment? And maybe we can sum this up in 1 Peter 4:14, 1 Peter 4:14. Just listen to this great thought. And remember that Peter is writing to some believers who are really going through it. I mean, they are being persecuted. They are being tried for their faith. It is tough to endure what they're enduring. They are suffering. They are being confronted by people who want to know answers about what they believe.
Verse 14, "If you be reproached for the name of Christ; blessed are you, happy are you." Now wait a minute. Most Christians wouldn't experience that happiness. Most people, if they're reproached, even for the name of Christ, get angry, get reactionary, retaliatory, vengeful. "You can't do that to me." I've seen people on the job be reproached for the name of Christ. I've seen athletes on professional teams be reproached for the name of Christ. I've had people mock me for the name of Christ. Can I say, "I'm happy, I'm happy"?
That's what Peter says. You should be happy. That's a special blessing. That means Christ is visible enough for you to be reproached for Him. Look what he says, "For the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you." In other words, if you are so living your life in obedience to His will that the world can't tolerate that kind of living, then believe it, the Spirit of glory is evident in your life. You are obviously living to the glory of God. Isn't that great?
Now if the world can take you and you just flow with the system, you're not aiming at His glory. You're not progressing. "On their part, - " verse 14, Christ " - is evil spoken of, but on your part he is - " what " - glorified." You know, he says, "When you're reproached, they may speak evil. That's their view. His view is He is being glorified."
And you know something? That's nowhere better illustrated than in the cross. While it looked like hell was having a carnival, and Jesus was bleeding, and they were mocking, and spitting, and reproaching, God was being glorified. For Jesus Himself prayed, "Father, glorify Me." And He was anticipating the cross as a part of that glory. In John 13 He said, "I'll be glorified," and He was pointing to the cross.
But verse 15 says - this is important - 1 Peter 4:15, "But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody." Good grief, how did a busybody get in there with a murderer and a thief and an evildoer? But what he's saying is, "Look, if you're going to suffer - " verse 16 " - suffer as a Christian, and let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf." You ought to be glad to suffer along with Him, to bear the reproach of Christ.
People, listen. It's that simple, and I'll just boil it down as we close. If I want to grow spiritually - and if I don't want to grow spiritually there's a good question of whether I'm really saved. Because I think one of the characteristics of life is that it reproduces, it matures, it progresses. If I have confessed Jesus as Lord and I'm redeemed, I'm born again, I'm alive spiritually, now I want to grow beyond that point. Then I aim my life at that growth. I focus on that growth from the viewpoint not of how am I going to grow, but how is God to be glorified? And as I am content to be outdone by others as long as He's glorified, as I am content to bear His own anxieties and reproaches, as I am content to suffer no matter what the cost, I will be living to His glory.
And the sum of what it means here is very simple. What it means is you're going to run head on into the system. You cannot grow spiritually and be comfortable in the world. It can't happen. Now by this, I don't mean you got to be some kind of obtuse character that can't fit into anything. I don't mean by that you've got to be less than charming. I don't mean you've got to be obnoxious. But what I mean is that if you live a Christlike life, you will bear the reproach of Christ.
Now listen, we live in a day when everybody wants to make Christianity easy. The Bible always wants to make it hard. We live in a day when everybody wants to make Christians lovable. God wants to make Christians reproachable. Why? Because they are confrontive, because they cross the system, they fight the system, they antagonize the system. You see, Christianity must be so distinct that it points out sin before it can bring about a remedy. That's why we don't want cheap grace, easy believism, love Jesus and you're okay. We want to confront an evil world, and there's a reproach to bear.
One writer said it beautifully, and I close our study with this. He said, "Let my candle go out, if in that the Son of Righteousness may rise, with healing in His beams." Let's pray together.
Our Father, as we have shared again these great truths of living to Your glory, we have realized that the focus of spiritual growth must be placed in this very area. Father, may we realize that there is no magic formula to spiritual growth, there is no little secret, it isn't some instantaneous thing, it isn't some divine zap. But spiritual growth is a process of focusing on Your glory until we are drawn into Your very likeness. It all begins when we come to Christ and submit to His lordship in obedience no matter what it costs.
Our prayer, Father, is that we might begin there. And then move us on, Lord, as we take in our hands more of the keys to spiritual growth to unlock what You have for us in maturity in Christ, and we'll praise You in His blessed name. Amen.
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A Whirlwind Tour through Computer Architecture
Honors Computer Systems Organization (Prof. Grishman)
: highest performance within
technical constraints
financial constraints
(sometimes) compatibility constraints
How has this goal affected the choices of computer architecture (primarily, the choice of instruction sets)?
To understand the trade-offs, we must first understand something about the components from which a processor is built.
perform the basic Boolean operations (and, or, not, ...) on single bits
built from a few switches; speed limited by switching speed
as technology improves, switches (transistors) get smaller; as a result, individual switches get faster and we can put more switches on a single chip (now have a few million transistors on a chip)
Combinatorial circuits
are built out of gates
can compute any function which can be stated as a Boolean formula, including arithmetic operations (add, subtract, ...)
speed depends on number of gates a signal must go through
multiplexer: select one of N inputs
adder: add two binary numbers; fast adders take time on order of log(2) of number of bits
hold data
may be grouped together into
register files
act like large register files
bigger memories are slower (main memory significantly slower than CPU)
Simple CPU Design
combine several combinatorial circuits (adder, subtractor, logical operations) into one big combinatorial circuit which performs all the operations needed for the CPU: 'Arithmetic-Logic Unit' (ALU)
connect inputs and outputs of ALU to register file
this simple design supports register
register --> register operations


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How Video Games Make You Healthier
Companies are using game-like health programs that include "missions" and rewards to encourage employees to get healthier. MarketWatch's Jen Wieczner reports. Photo: AP.
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IAWM Honors Clay Robbins '79by Tom Runge • February 12, 2007 Share:
N. Clay Robbins '79, president of the Lilly Endowment, was honored on Saturday, February 10, 2007 by the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men (IAWM) as their Man of the Year. The event, held at the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott, drew a large crowd, one of the biggest in recent years.
IAWM president David Pippen '91 served as the evening's emcee. After the reception and a rousing rendition of "Old Wabash" accompanied by Tom Ristine '72 on the piano, the group enjoyed a buffet dinner and casual conversation. After dinner, Wabash president Pat White welcomed the group and provided an update on his first year at the College.
After Pat, a surprise speaker captured the attention and admiration of the crowd. Campbell Robbins '09, oldest son of Clay and Amy Robbins, paid a special tribute to his father. Campbell told the group how Clay has managed, despite a hectic professional life, to always spend a great deal of time with the family. As Campbell has now been away to college for a year and a half, he reflected on how important he felt that family time has been to his overall development as a person. Needless to say, Campbell received a standing ovation at the conclusion of his remarks.
Fraternity brother and Trustee Mac McNaught '76 presented the Man of the Year. award to Clay. Mac took the group back to their Wabash days and their early careers to point out that everyone could see Clay was a very special person. After the presentation, a visibly moved Robbins thanked the group, especially his son, and reiterated the important role Wabash College has played, and continues to play, in his life.
The evening concluded with a raffle and entertainment by the "Merry Wives of Wabash". Led by Wabash first lady Chris White, the ladies belted out their own version of "Old Wabash".
Many thanks go to the IAWM and especially the evening's organizers - Jon Pactor '71, Scott Quick '88, David Pippen '91 and Aaron Cook '06.
For photos of the evening, click here.
Top photo: Trustee Mac McNaught '76 (r) presents the Man of the Year plaque to Clay Robbins '79.
Photo at Right: Clay Robbins thanks the IAWM and the group for the honor.


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Some of the video game companies are trying to cash in on the nostalgia older players feel toward the games of the past. Is this a good marketing idea or the companies being lazy?
Definitely Lazy! These games should be given out for free to entice gamers to buy these over priced console systems.
No thank you, I've bitten my share of re released stuff.
They're not always lazy. Sony's HD collections and Nintendo's remakes are often times good placeholders. Microsoft's remake of the first Halo held people over until Halo 4 came out. It's a good way to keep fans enthralled.