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A Fun, Emotional Rollercoaster
'Shorty & Clem,' written and illustrated by Michael Slack, is an adorable story about two best friends. The plot is simple, but very sweet. Clem, a cute little quail, goes out for a while, leaving Shorty, a very short dinosaur, otherwise known as a shortysaurus, all alone. Shorty, despite meaning well, has an altogether too curious personality. So, when a package arrives, he jumps out of his skin, wondering just what it might be that has arrived. His imagination wanders and he gets super excited about opening up his package. That is until he realizes that the package is in fact not for him - it's for Clem.
This turn of events only serves to pique Shorty's curiosity, and for every thought he has about what could be inside, he tries to tell himself that the package is not his and he must stop thinking about it. This hardly works, as Shorty finds himself messing with the package in a variety of ways. When it accidentally opens, Shorty is very upset with himself, despite all of the attention he paid to it to try to find out what was inside. He worries about what Clem's reaction will be. When Clem returns, the turn of events is not necessarily what anyone would expect, and shows how friendship can win out despite worry and bad feelings that may occur in the interim.
Michael Slack has crafted a story that combines friendship, wonderment, worry, forgiveness, and an emotional rollercoaster for Shorty as he navigates trying to figure out how to handle this package that has arrived. Young kids and their parents will love sharing their storytelling time with this cute and thoughtful tale that will have them smiling and laughing along.


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What are Remarketing Lists for Search Ads
RLSA is a powerful targetting method that allows you to target ads based on the users' activity on your website and subsequent search queries on the Google search engine.
"Remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA) is a feature that lets you customize your search ads campaign for people who have previously visited your site, and tailor your bids and ads to these visitors when they're searching on Google."
How does it work?
To start using RLSA, you have to create a remarketing list and simply add a remarketing tag code to your website. You can get this code from your Adwords account. This code tells AdWords to add every site visitor to your remarketing list.
Remarketing Lists for Search ads are not similar to Remarketing lists for the Google Display Network. The only thing common between the two is they both drop a cookie on the users' browser when they visit your website. Standard remarketing shows ads to users when they are browsing on the websites that are a part of the Google Display Network, while RLSAs don't show text ads to users just because they are on your remarketing list. The users still need to be searching on Google using the keywords you are bidding on.
For example, when users leave your website without buying anything but they continue to look for the same product using Google search, RLSA can help you connect with these potential customers. RLSA offers customisation to select keywords, create ads and set your bids keeping in mind that these users have previously visited your website.
Note: RLSA ads need to have a minimum of 1,000 cookies before the list can be used to target search ads. Therefore, your website should have a minimum of 1000 visitors to start with RLSA ads. According to Google, this helps protect the privacy of users who make up your list.
Basic strategies for using remarketing lists with search ads
RLSAs can help you to target more qualified users who are already aware of your website. If used well, these ads can result in higher CTR, conversion rates, and lower cost per conversion. Here are some strategies that can give good results:
- Bid on more generic keywords only for people who have previously purchased from your site(are on your remarketing list). This will help you increase your sales.
- Optimize bids for your existing set of keywords for visitors on your remarketing lists. For example, you can increase your bid by 20% for those who previously viewed your website in the last 10 days.
- Bid on competitor's terms for the users who have previously visited your website.
For example, you can target a previous visitor who abandoned your cart, went back to Google and searched for competitor's term.
Suggested Read: Tirendo, a European online tire retailer, saw a 161% conversion rate increase with RLSA, leading to a 22% overall sales increase.
The possibilities with RLSAs are endless. This targetting has given advertisers multiple touch points with the potential customers and various ways to reach them. Do you use RLSAs in your PPC strategy, what has been your ROI?

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Well some of you guys here know me already and know my old problem about lucid dreaming, I had like 13 lucid dreams but most of them I woke up right away or I was there but it was a really low level of lucidity that I remember it like it was just a normal dream, even three-person point of view in many moments...
Do you have any tips for me to get in a situation where I get to the dream and my lucidity is finally a high level of lucidity and I can actually control myself and remember it well?
Old problem of mine
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Toto have been on an impressive creative run since reforming to honor Steve Porcaro's bass-playing brother Mike. Joseph Williams returned as lead vocalist, original bass playing savant David Hungate toured with the band, and though longtime drummer Simon Phillips left to pursue a successful solo career, Totot went on to create the stunning album 2015's Toto XIV.
A huge factor in the current Toto magic can be attributed to keyboard wiz and founding member Steve Porcaro. Porcaro not only contributed his own identifiable synth sound to the album, but contributed and sang the moving composition, "The Little Things." Steve Porcaro also got the call to contribute the Japanese-only bonus track, "Bend."
For 2016, the magic continues with Toto's on-going tour, but also the release of Steve Porcaro's first solo album, the sublime Someday/Somehow.
After hearing the opening synthesizer touches of the lead track "Ready Or Not," it's clear that if you are a fan of "Human Nature" – a song written for Michael Jackson by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis – that you will love the album. "Ready Or Not" features Porcaro's signature chord structures, but includes an overtly sentimental message of love to his children. Michael Sherwood, who produced Someday/Somehow, contributed lyrics to the song – which builds in power yet retains its subtlety. Furthermore, the track plays on Steve Porcaro's vocal strengths, showcasing his vocal precision and earnestness.
"Swing Street" adds a somewhat familiar, yet obviously pleasing, element to Someday / Somehow. Michael McDonald contributes his formidable vocals chops to the song. The storytelling is effective, as McDonald paints a vivid picture of the author's musical journey, but I can't help wonder how effective the song would have been with Porcaro's vocal in its place. "She's So Shy" features Scottish vocalist Jamie Kimmett, who co-wrote the song and the gem "Night of Our Own)." "She's So Shy" is songcraft at its finest. It's a delicate ballad built on a bed of percussion, presumably by Lenny Castro, and enhanced by acoustic guitar and supportive background vocals. Steve Porcaro adds a brief yet unique synthesizer for good measure.
"Back To You" picks up the pace with an authoritative backbeat provided by Jeff Porcaro, and Mike Porcaro adds a driving bass – reuniting Steve with his late brothers once more. This song, originally written for Toto, is given new life by additional lyrics from Steve Porcaro, as well as his new vocal. The feel is Toto circa the Fahrenheit era, complete with swirling synthesizers, and Geoff Downes-like chord progressive during the middle breakdown.
"Face of a Girl" features Jamie Kimmett again in a haunting tales which is reminiscent of "Human Nature" in feel, while lyrically more potent. Kimmett effectively employs his vocal instrument, fittingly exploiting his rather effective range. "To No One" finds Porcaro's overdubbed vocals seamlessly intertwined with acoustic guitar and string synth patches, producing an intimate tapestry. Musically, the feel is similar to "Bend" from Toto XIV and lyrically it's just as affective.
On "Make Up," Michael Sherwood takes the mic and delivers a personal and identifiable story of relationships. Perhaps Steve Porcaro can get his writing partner to come up with a solo album. "Painting By Numbers" switches up things with a decidedly more R&B feel. Toto background vocalist Mabvuto Carpenter takes no prisoners in this mid-tempo R&B gem which soars over Porcaro's synthesizer backing track and supportive percussion.
"More Than I Can Take" ends things with a lyrical nod to "Bend," and one of Steve Porcaro's best vocals performances on Someday / Somehow. The combination of Porcaro's acoustic piano and vocal effectively shares the hopelessness of dealing with a situation, in this case illness, which is out of your control. "More than I Can Take" is an unexpected end to a fantastic musical journey by a musician at the height of his powers.
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"You're weird."
So said a friend after I told her the perks of an on-site job included unlimited packets of a cocoa-flavored mix, some beautiful 150 calories of refined sugar and freeze-dried marshmallows that I prefer to eat dry with a spoon, instead of slurping with hot water.
"So weird!"
But I've known other people such as she. They are the pious instruction-followers of the world, carefully watering down their lives in measured eight ounces; cautiously stirring so as not to shake up contents, but to homogenize them; blandly digesting nutritional facts because some mass media advised them to; barely tasting, never enjoying their lukewarm chocolate-water…
While I? I feel every sandy-sweet grain of sugar on rubbing between my tongue and the roof of my mouth, gritty-sticking between my teeth; I know the man-manufactured salty-sweetness of the mix; I blend every particle with my mouth's muscles and gulp it down; I —
— Sometimes get stomachaches.


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Japan has a beautiful and diverse environment that is over 70% mountainous, with climates ranging from subarctic in the north to subtropical in the south. There are over 200 volcanoes and 6,852 islands. With such diversity, it's no surprise that there are many beautiful habitats to enjoy, but also a range of potential risks.
Key safety considerations for Japan
Natural disasters
Japan has its fair share of natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and landslides. Fortunately, Japan has established robust public warning systems and evacuation procedures. Your accommodation provider should have information about natural disasters and the procedures in place on what to do in such an event. We recommend keeping up-to-date with local weather warnings or advisories from the Japan Meteorological Agency before and during your trip.
Certain parts of the country are more prone to natural disasters. The northeast is more likely to encounter earthquakes, and Okinawa, Hokkaido and Kyushuu are more prone to typhoons.
Always check the governments international travel advisory before booking any travel plans. Once you've booked your flights or accommodation, buy travel insurance. It doesn't cost you any extra to book it in advance of your travel date, but it does mean we can look after you for longer. For example, if an earthquake results in your travel being cancelled before you set off, we can refund any costs that your service providers can't.
Japan has an earthquake early warning system. If a large earthquake is predicted, alarms are triggered. The sounds range from chimes through to air raid sirens. There are different procedures for what to do if you hear one of these warnings – depending on whether you are inside or outside a building. The Japan National Tourism Organisation has online safety tips for travellers on how to react during an earthquake.
Fukushima power plant
The Great East Japan earthquake of March 2011 and the tsunami that followed caused massive destruction across northeast Japan, even despite the sea wall defence. Since then, the cities and towns nearby have been restored to their original state and are once again busy.
However, there is still a radiation exclusion zone in place surrounding the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, in the Fukushima Prefecture in northeast Honshuu.
Don't travel to any areas with warnings or exclusions in place. Currently, Hiroshima and Nagasaki do not have radiation warnings in place and are safe to visit.
Sports and activities
The majority of our medical claims for Japan are related to ski and snow injuries, so if you're planning to take part in any outdoor pursuits, remember to buy travel insurance before your trip.
We cover skiing and snowboarding as standard in our policy, at no extra cost. However, you must follow all instructions and warnings on the mountain and avoid off-piste or closed trails.
Japan has many wonderful opportunities for adventure, such as climbing Mount Fuji, hiking the national parks, scuba diving around the many islands, and cycling tours to the Japanese Alps. Your travel insurance will cover almost all of these adventures (within reason!), as long as you follow a few simple rules:
- If you're cycling around Japan, remember to always wear a helmet and obey the local road rules.
- Make sure that any activities you book are with a licensed tour operator.
- If you're going on a dive trip, you need to either be with a qualified diving instructor or you must hold an open water diving certificate.
- If you rent a motorcycle or scooter, it must be under 200cc and you should always wear a helmet.
- If you're going on a trip to a remote area in Japan (e.g. doesn't have telecommunications or medical services) then you have to be part of a licensed tour.
- Taking part in any competitions, races or professional sports is not covered under our policy. So if you're heading over to Japan to take part in a ski competition, you will need to seek specialist cover.
Animals and insects
Japan is generally safe when it comes to dangerous animals, especially if you plan to spend most of your time in the cities.
There are some incredible creatures to be found in Japan, including the famous wild snow monkeys near Nagano. Just remember that they are wild animals and could bite if they feel threatened, so keep your distance unless a guide tells you it is ok to get close.
It's a good idea to always wear appropriate footwear, such as hiking boots, when walking in rural areas, just in case you come across some of the less pleasant fauna. There are a few things to watch out for, including giant centipedes, poisonous snakes and the denki mushi – a little green caterpillar that will make you feel like you've been electrocuted if you touch it!
One of Japan's deadliest creatures is the giant hornet, which has even caused fatalities. They carry a venom which is lethal in high doses, even to those who are not allergic, so seek immediate medical help if you get stung. You're most likely to see these insects during the summer months in rural areas. If you're approaching an area where there are a lot of hornets, you'll see warning signs – so it's best to avoid these parts! There may be nests, which will increase your chances of being stung.
As with any trip, do some research into what animals or insects may pose a threat to you in the particular area you're visiting, as well as related to any activities you're doing (e.g. ocean encounters, mountain hikes).
Although Japan is considered a very safe destination for tourists, you should still use your common sense to avoid trouble. We recommend a few simple precautions to keep you safe on your travels:
- Avoid going out by yourself at night to quiet or unlit areas, especially when you don't know your way around.
- There have been some cases of bag snatching in Japan, so remember to keep your valuables out of sight, close to you and zipped up.
- Don't carry a lot of cash on you at one time. Distribute it between the hotel safe, your wallet and a pocket so that you won't lose it all if your bag is taken or you are pickpocketed.
- Do some research or ask someone you can trust, such as the hotel concierge, if there are any dangerous areas you should avoid in the district where you are staying.
- We recommend that you never leave your drink unattended when you're out, and never accept any food or drink from a stranger, unless you can see the barman pouring it or the waiter serving it.
- Avoid letting people know where you are staying and be very cautious of anyone asking for your personal details without sufficient cause.
Local laws
There are some surprising laws and customs in Japan that some foreigners will not be aware of. Here are a few basic rules to follow to avoid landing yourself on the wrong side of the law:
- Keep an eye out for no smoking signs. In some places, smoking in public is prohibited and offenders can be fined.
- Drinking alcohol on the street is actually legal in Japan, with some vending machines even selling beer and sake. Just ensure you act respectful and don't draw attention to yourself if you're drinking in a park or on a beach. The legal drinking age is 20 years old and this is enforced by Japanese police.
- Japan has a zero percent blood-alcohol limit for driving, so if you are planning on driving (even if it's the next day) make sure you don't drink.
- You are required to carry your passport at all times when travelling around Japan, and police may stop you to check. If you're caught without it, you could be arrested.
- The police have the right to stop and search you. They can also seize illegal items and detain you for up to 23 days without charge.
- Some prescription drugs that you purchased at home, could be illegal in Japan. If you need to take medicine into Japan with you, bring your prescription note from your doctor and a letter explaining why you need the medication.
Common claims
Extreme weather
Typhoons and snow storms have resulted in some travellers being stuck at their destination for longer than planned, or not being able to reach their destination at all! Events like this are often unexpected, but you can prepare for this type of outcome by purchasing your travel insurance as soon as you book your flights and accommodation. That way, if your trip is cancelled before you've boarded the flight, your pre-paid costs will be covered. Additionally, if you're stuck overseas for an extra week due to flights being cancelled, we can pay for your accommodation and other expenses so you're not left out of pocket.
Snow injuries
We often see claims for travellers who have needed to seek medical care following a ski or snowboarding accident. As well as medical costs, there may also be the costs of curtailing the trip to return home earlier than planned for treatment. Avoid adding any stress to this type of situation by getting travel insurance cover so you don't have to fork out thousands of dollars to be airlifted off a mountain!


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...for the animals, which we resemble and which would be our equals if we did not have reason, do not reflect upon the actions or the passions of their external or internal senses, and do not know what is color, odor or sound, or if there is any differences between these objects, to which they are moved rather than moving themselves there. This comes about by the force of the impression that the different objects make on their organs and on their senses, for they cannot discern if it is more appropriate to go and drink or eat or do something else, and they do not eat or drink or do anything else except when the presence of objects or the animal imagination [l'imagination brutalle], necessitates them and transports them to their objects, without their knowing what they do, whether good or bad; which would happen to us just as to them if we were destitute of reason, for they have no enlightenment except what they must have to take their nourishment and to serve us for the uses to which God has destined them.
[Arguing the uniqueness of man by regarding animals to be merely automatons.].
[Arguing the uniqueness of man by regarding animals to be merely automatons.].
Question: Account for the delicate shades of colour sometimes seen on the inside of an oyster shell. State and explain the appearance presented when a beam of light falls upon a sheet of glass on which very fine equi-distant parallel lines have been scratched very close to one another.
Answer: The delicate shades are due to putrefaction; the colours always show best when the oyster has been a bad one. Hence they are considered a defect and are called chromatic aberration.
The scratches on the glass will arrange themselves in rings round the light, as any one may see at night in a tram car.
Answer: The delicate shades are due to putrefaction; the colours always show best when the oyster has been a bad one. Hence they are considered a defect and are called chromatic aberration.
The scratches on the glass will arrange themselves in rings round the light, as any one may see at night in a tram car.
Question: How would you disprove, experimentally, the assertion that white light passing through a piece of coloured glass acquires colour from the glass? What is it that really happens?
Answer: To disprove the assertion (so repeatedly made) that "white light passing through a piece of coloured glass acquires colour from the glass," I would ask the gentleman to observe that the glass has just as much colour after the light has gone through it as it had before. That is what would really happen.
Answer: To disprove the assertion (so repeatedly made) that "white light passing through a piece of coloured glass acquires colour from the glass," I would ask the gentleman to observe that the glass has just as much colour after the light has gone through it as it had before. That is what would really happen.
A good ornithologist should be able to distinguish birds by their air as well as by their colors and shape; on the ground as well as on the wing, and in the bush as well as in the hand. For, though it must not be said that every species of birds has a manner peculiar to itself, yet there is somewhat, in most genera at least, that at first sight discriminates them and enables a judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty.
A great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it was expanding, an elemental force freed from its bonds after being chained for billions of years.
On the first atomic explosion in New Mexico, 16 Jul 1945.
On the first atomic explosion in New Mexico, 16 Jul 1945.
A major scientific advancement would be the development of cigarette ashes that would match the color of the rug.
A painter makes patterns with shapes and colours, a poet with words. A painting may embody an idea, but the idea is usually commonplace and unimportant. In poetry, ideas count for a good deal more; but, as Housman insisted, the importance of ideas in poetry is habitually exaggerated. The poverty of ideas seems hardly to affect the beauty of the verbal pattern. A mathematician, on the other hand, has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words.
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described pacifists are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they hoist the Jolly Roger.
About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that at this rate a man might as well go into a gravel-pit and count the pebbles and describe the colours. How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view if it is to be of any service!
All frescoes are as high finished as miniatures or enamels, and they are known to be unchangeable; but oil, being a body itself, will drink or absorb very little colour, and changing yellow, and at length brown, destroys every colour it is mixed with, especially every delicate colour. It turns every permanent white to a yellow and brown putty, and has compelled the use of that destroyer of colour, white lead, which, when its protecting oil is evaporated, will become lead again. This is an awful thing to say to oil painters ; they may call it madness, but it is true. All the genuine old little pictures, called cabinet pictures, are in fresco and not in oil. Oil was not used except by blundering ignorance till after Vandykes time ; but the art of fresco painting being lost, oil became a fetter to genius and a dungeon to art.
Although the oceans surface seems at first to be completely homogeneous, after half a month we began to differentiate various seas and even different parts of oceans by their characteristic shades. We were astonished to discover that, during an flight, you have to learn anew not only to look, but also to see. At first the finest nuances of color elude you, but gradually your vision sharpens and your color perception becomes richer, and the planet spreads out before you with all its indescribable beauty.
Among those whom I could never pursuade to rank themselves with idlers, and who speak with indignation of my morning sleeps and nocturnal rambles, one passes the day in catching spiders, that he may count their eyes with a microscope; another exhibits the dust of a marigold separated from the flower with a dexterity worthy of Leuwenhoweck himself. Some turn the wheel of electricity; some suspend rings to a lodestone, and find that what they did yesterday, they can do again to-day.—Some register the changes of the wind, and die fully convinced that the wind is changeable.—There are men yet more profound, who have heard that two colorless liquors may produce a color by union, and that two cold bodies will grow hot of they are mingled: they mingle them, and produce the effect expected, say it is strange, and mingle them again.
And if one look through a Prism upon a white Object encompassed with blackness or darkness, the reason of the Colours arising on the edges is much the same, as will appear to one that shall a little consider it. If a black Object be encompassed with a white one, the Colours which appear through the Prism are to be derived from the Light of the white one, spreading into the Regions of the black, and therefore they appear in a contrary order to that, when a white Object is surrounded with black. And the same is to be understood when an Object is viewed, whose parts are some of them less luminous than others. For in the borders of the more and less luminous Parts, Colours ought always by the same Principles to arise from the Excess of the Light of the more luminous, and to be of the same kind as if the darker parts were black, but yet to be more faint and dilute.
Antiessentialist thinking forces us to view the world differently. We must accept shadings and continua as fundamental. We lose criteria for judgment by comparison to some ideal: short people, retarded people, people of other beliefs, colors, and religions are people of full status.
Any colour - so long as its black.
Applied research generates improvements, not breakthroughs. Great scientific advances spring from pure research. Even scientists renowned for their useful applied discoveries often achieved success only when they abandoned their ostensible applied-science goal and allowed their minds to soaras when Alexander Fleming, just playing about, refrained from throwing away green molds that had ruined his experiment, studied them, and discovered penicillin. Or when C. A. Clarke, a physician affiliated with the University of Liverpool, became intrigued in the 1950s by genetically created color patterns that emerged when he cross-bred butterflies as a hobby. His fascination led himby the pleasant route of pursuing idle curiosityto the successful idea for preventing the sometimes fatal anemia that threatened babies born of a positive-Rhesus-factor father and a negative-Rhesus-factor mother.
Attaching significance to invariants is an effort to recognize what, because of its form or colour or meaning or otherwise, is important or significant in what is only trivial or ephemeral. A simple instance of failing in this is provided by the poll-man at Cambridge, who learned perfectly how to factorize a²-b² but was floored because the examiner unkindly asked for the factors of p²q².
Between men of different studies and professions, may be observed a constant reciprocation of reproaches. The collector of shells and stones derides the folly of him who pastes leaves and flowers upon paper, pleases himself with colours that are perceptibly fading, and amasses with care what cannot be preserved. The hunter of insects stands amazed that any man can waste his short time upon lifeless matter, while many tribes of animals yet want their history. Every one is inclined not only to promote his own study, but to exclude all others from regard, and having heated his imagination with some favourite pursuit, wonders that the rest of mankind are not seized with the same passion.
But it will be found... that one universal law prevails in all these phenomena. Where two portions of the same light arrive in the eye by different routes, either exactly or very nearly in the same direction, the appearance or disappearance of various colours is determined by the greater or less difference in the lengths of the paths.
By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.
Colour, Figure, Motion, Extension and the like, considered only so many Sensations in the Mind, are perfectly known, there being nothing in them which is not perceived. But if they are looked on as notes or Images, referred to Things or Archetypes existing without the Mind, then are we involved all in Scepticism.
Do not the Rays which differ in Refrangibility differ also in Flexibity; and are they not by their different Inflexions separated from one another, so as after separation to make the Colours in the three Fringes above described? And after what manner are they inflected to make those Fringes?
Every philosophy is tinged with the colouring of some secret imaginative background, which never emerges explicitly into its train of reasoning.
Everything which comes to be, comes to be out of, and everything which passes away passes away into, its opposite or something in between. And the things in between come out of the oppositesthus colors come out of pale and dark. So the things which come to be naturally all are or are out of opposites.
For a stone, when it is examined, will be found a mountain in miniature. The fineness of Natures work is so great, that, into a single block, a foot or two in diameter, she can compress as many changes of form and structure, on a small scale, as she needs for her mountains on a large one; and, taking moss for forests, and grains of crystal for crags, the surface of a stone, in by far the plurality of instances, is more interesting than the surface of an ordinary hill; more fantastic in form and incomparably richer in colourthe last quality being, in fact, so noble in most stones of good birth (that is to say, fallen from the crystalline mountain ranges).
From what has been said it is also evident, that the Whiteness of the Sun's Light is compounded all the Colours wherewith the several sorts of Rays whereof that Light consists, when by their several Refrangibilities they are separated from one another, do tinge Paper or any other white Body whereon they fall. For those Colours ... are unchangeable, and whenever all those Rays with those their Colours are mix'd again, they reproduce the same white Light as before.
Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowersa living prismatic gem that changes its colour with every change of position its exquisite form, its changeful splendour, its swift motions and intervals of aërial suspension, it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description.
How far will chemistry and physics ... help us understand the appeal of a painting?
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
I am told that the wall paintings which we had the happiness of admiring in all their beauty and freshness [in the chapel she discovered at Abu Simbel] are already much injured. Such is the fate of every Egyptian monument, great or small. The tourist carves it over with names and dates, and in some instances with caricatures. The student of Egyptology, by taking wet paper squeezes sponges away every vestige of the original colour. The Collector buys and carries off everything of value that he can, and the Arab steals it for him. The work of destruction, meanwhile goes on apace. The Museums of Berlin, of Turin, of Florence are rich in spoils which tell their lamentable tale. When science leads the way, is it wonderful that ignorance should follow?
I feel that the recent ruling of the United States Army and Navy regarding the refusal of colored blood donors is an indefensible one from any point of view. As you know, there is no scientific basis for the separation of the bloods of different races except on the basis of the individual blood types or groups. (1942)
I had a Meccano set with which I played endlessly. Meccano which was invented by Frank Hornby around 1900, is called Erector Set in the US. New toys (mainly Lego) have led to the extinction of Meccano and this has been a major disaster as far as the education of our young engineers and scientists is concerned. Lego is a technically trivial plaything and kids love it partly because it is so simple and partly because it is seductively coloured. However it is only a toy, whereas Meccano is a real engineering kit and it teaches one skill which I consider to be the most important that anyone can acquire: This is the sensitive touch needed to thread a nut on a bolt and tighten them with a screwdriver and spanner just enough that they stay locked, but not so tightly that the thread is stripped or they cannot be unscrewed. On those occasions (usually during a party at your house) when the handbasin tap is closed so tightly that you cannot turn it back on, you know the last person to use the washroom never had a Meccano set.
I have always been very fond of mathematicsfor one short period, I even toyed with the possibility of abandoning chemistry in its favour. I enjoyed immensely both its conceptual and formal beauties, and the precision and elegance of its relationships and transformations. Why then did I not succumb to its charms? because by and large, mathematics lacks the sensuous elements which play so large a role in my attraction to chemistry.I love crystals, the beauty of their forms and formation; liquids, dormant, distilling, sloshing! The fumes, the odorsgood or bad, the rainbow of colors; the gleaming vessels of every size, shape and purpose.
I have seen a thousand sunsets and sunrises, on land where it floods forest and mountains with honey coloured light, at sea where it rises and sets like a blood orange in a multicoloured nest of cloud, slipping in and out of the vast ocean. I have seen a thousand moons: harvest moons like gold coins, winter moons as white as ice chips, new moons like baby swans feathers.
I remember my father had a sermon he used to preach when we were in Florida, in which he gave a reference to the Southern Crossabout the stars, the colors, in the Southern Cross, which thrilled me very much. I must have been around 5 years old. ... Now, it turns out that the Southern Cross itself does have one red star, together with three blue ones.
I shuddered when I saw a crimson flame through the porthole instead of the usual starry sky at the night horizon of the planet. Vast pillars of light were bursting into the sky, melting into it, and flooding over with all the colors of the rainbow. An area of red luminescence merged smoothly into the black of the cosmos. The intense and dynamic changes in the colors and forms of the pillars and garlands made me think of visual music. Finally, we saw that we had entered directly into the aurora borealis.
I wept when I saw the color of the seahow can a mere color make one cry? Or moonlight, or the luminescence of the sea in a pitch black night? But if there is one thing which is more worthy of our admiration than natural beauty, it is the art of men who have conquered this never-ending sea so Fully in a struggle that has been going since the time of the Phoenicians.
I wish they would use English instead of Greek words. When I want to know why a leaf is green, they tell me it is coloured by chlorophyll, which at first sounds very instructive; but if they would only say plainly that a leaf is coloured green by a thing which is called green leaf, we should see more precisely how far we had got.
If Louis Pasteur were to come out of his grave because he heard that the cure for cancer still had not been found, NIH would tell him, Of course we'll give you assistance. Now write up exactly what you will be doing during the three years of your grant. Pasteur would say, Thank you very much, and would go back to his grave. Why? Because research means going into the unknown. If you know what you are going to do in science, then you are stupid! This is like telling Michelangelo or Renoir that he must tell you in advance how many reds and how many blues he will buy, and exactly how he will put those colors together.
If we assume that there is only one enzyme present to act as an oxidizing agent, we must assume for it as many different degrees of activity as are required to explain the occurrence of the various colors known to mendelize (three in mice, yellow, brown, and black). If we assume that a different enzyme or group of enzymes is responsible for the production of each pigment we must suppose that in mice at least three such enzymes or groups of enzymes exist. To determine which of these conditions occurs in mice is not a problem for the biologist, but for the chemist. The biologist must confine his attention to determining the number of distinct agencies at work in pigment formation irrespective of their chemical nature. These agencies, because of their physiological behavior, the biologist chooses to call 'factors,' and attempts to learn what he can about their functions in the evolution of color varieties.
If we seek for the simplest arrangement, which would enable it [the eye] to receive and discriminate the impressions of the different parts of the spectrum, we may suppose three distinct sensations only to be excited by the rays of the three principal pure colours, falling on any given point of the retina, the red, the green, and the violet; while the rays occupying the intermediate spaces are capable of producing mixed sensations, the yellow those which belong to the red and green, and the blue those which belong to the green and violet.
If we would indicate an idea striving to remove the barriers which prejudice and limited views of every kind have erected among men, and to treat all mankind, without reference to religion, nation, or color, as one fraternity, one great community, fitted for the attainment of one object, the unrestrained development of the physical powers. This is the ultimate and highest aim of society.
If you look at a tree and think of it as a design assignment, it would be like asking you to make something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, provides habitat for hundreds of species, accrues solar energys fuel, makes complex sugars and food, changes colors with the seasons, creates microclimates, and self-replicates.
If [in a rain forest] the traveler notices a particular species and wishes to find more like it, he must often turn his eyes in vain in every direction. Trees of varied forms, dimensions, and colors are around him, but he rarely sees any of them repeated. Time after time he goes towards a tree which looks like the one he seeks, but a closer examination proves it to be distinct.
In the beginning of the year 1665 I found the Method of approximating series & the Rule for reducing any dignity of any Bionomial into such a series. The same year in May I found the method of Tangents of Gregory & Slusius, & in November had the direct method of fluxions & the next year in January had the Theory of Colours & in May following I had entrance into ye inverse method of fluxions. And the same year I began to think of gravity extending to ye orb of the Moon & (having found out how to estimate the force with wch [a] globe revolving within a sphere presses the surface of the sphere) from Keplers rule of the periodic times of the Planets being in sesquialterate proportion of their distances from the center of their Orbs, I deduced that the forces wch keep the Planets in their Orbs must [be] reciprocally as the squares of their distances from the centers about wch they revolve: & thereby compared the force requisite to keep the Moon in her Orb with the force of gravity at the surface of the earth, & found them answer pretty nearly. All this was in the two plague years of 1665-1666. For in those days I was in the prime of my age for invention & minded Mathematicks & Philosophy more then than at any time since.
In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely too much time considering and brooding over what we can't do, rather than what we can do, and instead of growing morose and despondent over opportunities either real or imaginary that are shut from us, let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer and upon which there is no color line; simply the survival of the fittest.
Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant day become herself the greatest coloring producing country in the world; nay, by the very strangest of revolutions she may ere long send her coal-derived blues to indigo-growing India, her tar-distilled crimson to cochineal-producing Mexico, and her fossil substitutes for quercitron and safflower to China, Japan and the other countries whence these articles are now derived.
Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron frame of the hearth, the black cooking pots and pans and stoves. Was it a mourning? Was it protective coloration? Was it mere depression of the senses? No matter what the original color of the paleotechnic milieu might be it was soon reduced by reason of the soot and cinders that accompanied its activities, to its characteristic tones, grey, dirty-brown, black.
It is a lovely and terrible wilderness, such as wilderness as Christ and the prophets went out into; harshly and beautifully colored, broken and worn until its bones are exposed, its great sky without a smudge of taint from Technocracy, and in hidden corners and pockets under its cliffs the sudden poetry of springs.
It is in everything else as it is in colors; bad eyes can distinguish between black and white; better eyes, and eyes much exercised, can distinguish every nicer gradation.
It is not by his mixing and choosing, but by the shapes of his colors, and the combination of those shapes, that we recognize the colorist. Color becomes significant only when it becomes form.
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it not stirring to understand how the world actually worksthat white light is made of colors, that color is the way we perceive the wavelengths of light, that transparent air reflects light, that in so doing it discriminates among the waves, and that the sky is blue for the same reason that the sunset is red? It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.
It [mathematics] is in the inner world of pure thought, where all entia dwell, where is every type of order and manner of correlation and variety of relationship, it is in this infinite ensemble of eternal verities whence, if there be one cosmos or many of them, each derives its character and mode of being,it is there that the spirit of mathesis has its home and its life.
Is it a restricted home, a narrow life, static and cold and grey with logic, without artistic interest, devoid of emotion and mood and sentiment? That world, it is true, is not a world of solar light, not clad in the colours that liven and glorify the things of sense, but it is an illuminated world, and over it all and everywhere throughout are hues and tints transcending sense, painted there by radiant pencils of psychic light, the light in which it lies. It is a silent world, and, nevertheless, in respect to the highest principle of artthe interpenetration of content and form, the perfect fusion of mode and meaningit even surpasses music. In a sense, it is a static world, but so, too, are the worlds of the sculptor and the architect. The figures, however, which reason constructs and the mathematic vision beholds, transcend the temple and the statue, alike in simplicity and in intricacy, in delicacy and in grace, in symmetry and in poise. Not only are this home and this life thus rich in aesthetic interests, really controlled and sustained by motives of a sublimed and supersensuous art, but the religious aspiration, too, finds there, especially in the beautiful doctrine of invariants, the most perfect symbols of what it seeksthe changeless in the midst of change, abiding things hi a world of flux, configurations that remain the same despite the swirl and stress of countless hosts of curious transformations.
Is it a restricted home, a narrow life, static and cold and grey with logic, without artistic interest, devoid of emotion and mood and sentiment? That world, it is true, is not a world of solar light, not clad in the colours that liven and glorify the things of sense, but it is an illuminated world, and over it all and everywhere throughout are hues and tints transcending sense, painted there by radiant pencils of psychic light, the light in which it lies. It is a silent world, and, nevertheless, in respect to the highest principle of artthe interpenetration of content and form, the perfect fusion of mode and meaningit even surpasses music. In a sense, it is a static world, but so, too, are the worlds of the sculptor and the architect. The figures, however, which reason constructs and the mathematic vision beholds, transcend the temple and the statue, alike in simplicity and in intricacy, in delicacy and in grace, in symmetry and in poise. Not only are this home and this life thus rich in aesthetic interests, really controlled and sustained by motives of a sublimed and supersensuous art, but the religious aspiration, too, finds there, especially in the beautiful doctrine of invariants, the most perfect symbols of what it seeksthe changeless in the midst of change, abiding things hi a world of flux, configurations that remain the same despite the swirl and stress of countless hosts of curious transformations.
Ive always been inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, who articulated his Dream of an America where people are judged not by skin color but by the content of their character. In the scientific world, people are judged by the content of their ideas. Advances are made with new insights, but the final arbitrator of any point of view are experiments that seek the unbiased truth, not information cherry picked to support a particular point of view.
Looking at the thunder machine which had been set up, I saw not the slightest indication of the presence of electricity. However, while they were putting the food on the table, I obtained extraordinary electric sparks from the wire. My wife and others approached from it, for the reason that I wished to have witnesses see the various colors of fire about which the departed Professor Richmann used to argue with me. Suddenly it thundered most violently at the exact time that I was holding my hand to the metal, and sparks crackled. All fled away from me, and my wife implored that I go away. Curiosity kept me there two or three minutes more, until they told me that the soup was getting cold. By that time the force of electricity greatly subsided. I had sat at table only a few minutes when the man servant of the departed Richmann suddenly opened the door, all in tears and out of breath from fear. I thought that some one had beaten him as he was on his way to me, but he said, with difficulty, that the professor had been injured by thunder . Nonetheless, Mr. Richmann died a splendid death, fulfilling a duty of his profession.
Mathematics is no more the art of reckoning and computation than architecture is the art of making bricks or hewing wood, no more than painting is the art of mixing colors on a palette, no more than the science of geology is the art of breaking rocks, or the science of anatomy the art of butchering.
May we attribute to the color of the herbage and plants, which no doubt clothe the plains of Mars, the characteristic hue of that planet, which is noticeable by the naked eye, and which led the ancients to personify it as a warrior?
Men are not going to embrace eugenics. They are going to embrace the first likely, trim-figured girl with limpid eyes and flashing teeth who comes along, in spite of the fact that her germ plasm is probably reeking with hypertension, cancer, haemophilia, colour blindness, hay fever, epilepsy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Nature offers us a thousand simple pleasuresplays of light and color, fragrance in the air, the suns warmth on skin and muscle, the audible rhythm of lifes stir and pushfor the price of merely paying attention. What joy! But how unwilling or unable many of us are to pay this price in an age when manufactured sources of stimulation and pleasure are everywhere at hand. For me, enjoying natures pleasures takes conscious choice, a choice to slow down to seed time or rock time, to still the clamoring ego, to set aside plans and busyness, and to simply to be present in my body, to offer myself up.
Newton was probably responsible for the concept that there are seven primary colours in the spectrumhe had a strong interest in musical harmonies and, since there are seven distinct notes in the musical scale, he divided up the spectrum into spectral bands with widths corresponding to the ratios of the small whole numbers found in the just scale.
Nothing in the whole system of nature is isolated or unimportant. The fall of a leaf and the motion of a planet are governed by the same laws. It is in the study of objects considered trivial and unworthy of notice by the casual observer that genius finds the most important and interesting phenomena. It was in the investigation of the varying colors of the soap-bubble that Newton detected the remarkable fact of the fits of easy reflection and easy refraction presented by a ray of light in its passage through space, and upon which he established the fundamental principle of the present generalization of the undulatory theory of light. The microscopic organization of animals and plants is replete with the highest instruction; and, surely, in the language of one of the fathers of modern physical science, nothing can be unworthy of being investigated by man which was thought worthy of being created by GOD.
Now, that this whiteness is a Mixture of the severally colourd rays, falling confusedly on the paper, I see no reason to doubt of.
Old and new put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the motion and the color of the flake, Antiquity its form and properties. All things wear a lustre which is the gift of the present, and a tarnish of time.
One of the most curious and interesting reptiles which I met with in Borneo was a large tree-frog, which was brought me by one of the Chinese workmen. He assured me that he had seen it come down in a slanting direction from a high tree, as if it flew. On examining it, I found the toes very long and fully webbed to their very extremity, so that when expanded they offered a surface much larger than the body. The forelegs were also bordered by a membrane, and the body was capable of considerable inflation. The back and limbs were of a very deep shining green colour, the undersurface and the inner toes yellow, while the webs were black, rayed with yellow. The body was about four inches long, while the webs of each hind foot, when fully expanded, covered a surface of four square inches, and the webs of all the feet together about twelve square inches. As the extremities of the toes have dilated discs for adhesion, showing the creature to be a true tree frog, it is difficult to imagine that this immense membrane of the toes can be for the purpose of swimming only, and the account of the Chinaman, that it flew down from the tree, becomes more credible. This is, I believe, the first instance known of a flying frog, and it is very interesting to Darwinians as showing that the variability of the toes which have been already modified for purposes of swimming and adhesive climbing, have been taken advantage of to enable an allied species to pass through the air like the flying lizard. It would appear to be a new species of the genus Rhacophorus, which consists of several frogs of a much smaller size than this, and having the webs of the toes less developed.
One of the most successful physicians I have ever known, has assured me, that he used more bread pills, drops of colored water, and powders of hickory ashes, than of all other medicines put together. It was certainly a pious fraud.
One thought [spectra are] marvellous, but it is not possible to make progress there. Just as if you have the wing of a butterfly then certainly it is very regular with the colors and so on, but nobody thought one could get the basis of biology from the coloring of the wing of a butterfly.
Our challenge is to give what account we can of what becomes of life in the solar system, this corner of the universe that is our home; and, most of all, what becomes of menall men, of all nations, colors, and creeds. This has become one world, a world for all men. It is only such a world that can now offer us life, and the chance to go on.
Red is the color in which the interior of the body is painted. If an operation be thought of as a painting in progress, and blood red the color on the brush, it must be suitably restrained and attract no undue attention; yet any insufficiency of it will increase the perishability of the canvas.
Secondly, the study of mathematics would show them the necessity there is in reasoning, to separate all the distinct ideas, and to see the habitudes that all those concerned in the present inquiry have to one another, and to lay by those which relate not to the proposition in hand, and wholly to leave them out of the reckoning. This is that which, in other respects besides quantity is absolutely requisite to just reasoning, though in them it is not so easily observed and so carefully practised. In those parts of knowledge where it is thought demonstration has nothing to do, men reason as it were in a lump; and if upon a summary and confused view, or upon a partial consideration, they can raise the appearance of a probability, they usually rest content; especially if it be in a dispute where every little straw is laid hold on, and everything that can but be drawn in any way to give color to the argument is advanced with ostentation. But that mind is not in a posture to find truth that does not distinctly take all the parts asunder, and, omitting what is not at all to the point, draws a conclusion from the result of all the particulars which in any way influence it.
The Qualities then that are in Bodies rightly considered, are of Three sorts.
First, the Bulk, Figure, Number, Situation, and Motion, or Rest of their solid Parts; those are in them, whether we perceive them or no; and when they are of that size, that we can discover them, we have by these an Idea of the thing, as it is in it self, as is plain in artificial things. These I call primary Qualities.
Secondly, The Power that is in any Body, by Reason of its insensible primary Qualities, to operate after a peculiar manner on any of our Senses, and thereby produce in us the different Ideas of several Colours, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, etc. These are usually called sensible Qualities.
Thirdly, The Power that is in any Body, by Reason of the particular Constitution of its primary Qualities, to make such a change in the Bulk, Figure, Texture, and Motion of another Body, as to make it operate on our Senses, differently from what it did before. Thus the Sun has a Power to make Wax white, and Fire to make Lead fluid. These are usually called Powers.
First, the Bulk, Figure, Number, Situation, and Motion, or Rest of their solid Parts; those are in them, whether we perceive them or no; and when they are of that size, that we can discover them, we have by these an Idea of the thing, as it is in it self, as is plain in artificial things. These I call primary Qualities.
Secondly, The Power that is in any Body, by Reason of its insensible primary Qualities, to operate after a peculiar manner on any of our Senses, and thereby produce in us the different Ideas of several Colours, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, etc. These are usually called sensible Qualities.
Thirdly, The Power that is in any Body, by Reason of the particular Constitution of its primary Qualities, to make such a change in the Bulk, Figure, Texture, and Motion of another Body, as to make it operate on our Senses, differently from what it did before. Thus the Sun has a Power to make Wax white, and Fire to make Lead fluid. These are usually called Powers.
The clouds roll on.
Silent as sleepwalkers the clouds
keep coming from infinity
bank behind bank
and line after line,
and change colors on the earth.
Silent as sleepwalkers the clouds
keep coming from infinity
bank behind bank
and line after line,
and change colors on the earth.
The colors are stunning. In a single view, I see - looking out at the edge of the earth: red at the horizon line, blending to orange and yellow, followed by a thin white line, then light blue, gradually turning to dark blue and various gradually darker shades of gray, then black and a million stars above. Its breathtaking.
The King saw them with no common satisfaction, expressing his desire in no particular to have yt Stellar fish engraven and printed. We wish very much, Sir, yt you could procure for us a particular description of yesd Fish, viz. whether it be common there; what is observable in it when alive; what colour it then hath; what kind of motion in the water; what use it maketh of all that curious workmanship, wch Nature hath adorn'd it with?
The laws of light and of heat translate each other;—so do the laws of sound and colour; and so galvanism, electricity and magnetism are varied forms of this selfsame energy.
The mathematically formulated laws of quantum theory show clearly that our ordinary intuitive concepts cannot be unambiguously applied to the smallest particles. All the words or concepts we use to describe ordinary physical objects, such as position, velocity, color, size, and so on, become indefinite and problematic if we try to use them of elementary particles.
The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colours or the words must fit together in a harmonious way.
The One remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly;
Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity,
Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly;
Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity,
Until Death tramples it to fragments.
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities. So that for example, no mathematical truths apply merely to fish, or merely to stones, or merely to colours. So long as you are dealing with pure mathematics, you are in the realm of complete and absolute abstraction. Mathematics is thought moving in the sphere of complete abstraction from any particular instance of what it is talking about.
The point of mathematics is that in it we have always got rid of the particular instance, and even of any particular sorts of entities. So that for example, no mathematical truths apply merely to fish, or merely to stones, or merely to colours. Mathematics is thought moving in the sphere of complete abstraction from any particular instance of what it is talking about.
The progress of synthesis, or the building up of natural materials from their constituent elements, proceeds apace. Even some of the simpler albuminoids, a class of substances of great importance in the life process, have recently been artificially prepared. ... Innumerable entirely new compounds have been produced in the last century. The artificial dye-stuffs, prepared from materials occurring in coal-tar, make the natural colours blush. Saccharin, which is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, is a purely artificial substance. New explosives, drugs, alloys, photographic substances, essences, scents, solvents, and detergents are being poured out in a continuous stream.
The sensation of colour cannot be accounted for by the physicist's objective picture of light-waves.
The Sun truly comes up like thunder, and it sets just as fast. Each sunrise and sunset lasts only a few seconds. But in that time you see at least eight different bands of color come and go, from a brilliant red to the brightest and deepest blue. And you see sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets every day youre in space. No sunrise or sunset is ever the same.
There is, I think, no more wonderful and illuminating spectacle than that of an osmotic growth,a crude lump of brute inanimate matter germinating before our very eyes, putting forth bud and stem and root and branch and leaf and fruit, with no stimulus from germ or seed, without even the presence of organic matter. For these mineral growths are not mere crystallizations as many suppose They imitate the forms, the colour, the texture, and even the microscopical structure of organic growth so closely as to deceive the very elect.
This pure species of air [oxygen] has the property of combining with the blood and this combination constitutes its red colour.
This very important property of rods, and indeed also of each kind of cone, this limitation of output to a single dimension of change, may be called the Principle of Univariance and stated thus: The output of a receptor depends upon its quantum catch, but not upon what quanta are caught. Young's theory of colour vision may now be stated in terms of cone pigments. There are three classes of cone each containing a different visual pigment. The output of each cone is univariant, depending simply upon the quantum catch of its pigment. Our sensation of colour depends upon the ratios of these three cone outputs.
Three ways have been taken to account for it [racial differences]: either that they are the posterity of Ham, who was cursed; or that God at first created two kinds of men, one black and another white; or that by the heat of the sun the skin is scorched, and so gets the sooty hue. This matter has been much canvassed among naturalists, but has never been brought to any certain issue.
Through the magic of motion pictures, someone whos never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset, the sorts of vegetation one will find along the upper Amazon and that Big Ben has not yet gone digital.
To appreciate a work of art we need bring with us nothing but a sense of form and colour and a knowledge of three-dimensional space.
Two kinds of symbol must surely be distinguished. The algebraic symbol comes naked into the world of mathematics and is clothed with value by its masters. A poetic symbollike the Rose, for Love, in Guillaume de Lorriscomes trailing clouds of glory from the real world, clouds whose shape and colour largely determine and explain its poetic use. In an equation, x and y will do as well as a and b; but the Romance of the Rose could not, without loss, be re-written as the Romance of the Onion, and if a man did not see why, we could only send him back to the real world to study roses, onions, and love, all of them still untouched by poetry, still raw.
We were able to see the plankton blooms resulting from the upwelling off the coast of Chile. The plankton itself extended along the coastline and had some long tenuous arms reaching out to sea. The arms or lines of plankton were pushed around in a random direction, fairly well-defined yet somewhat weak in color, in contrast with the dark blue ocean. The fishing ought to be good down there.
Well get to the details of whats around here, but it looks like a collection of just about every variety of shape - angularity, granularity, about every variety of rock. The colors - well, there doesnt appear to be too much of a general color at all; however, it looks as though some of the rocks and boulders [are] going to have some interesting colors to them. Over.
What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth . The water looked like darkish, slightly gleaming spots . When I watched the horizon, I saw the abrupt, contrasting transition from the earths light-colored surface to the absolutely black sky. I enjoyed the rich color spectrum of the earth. It is surrounded by a light blue aureole that gradually darkens, becomes turquoise, dark blue, violet, and finally coal black.
What quality is shared by all objects that provoke our aesthetic emotions? Only one answer seems possiblesignificant form. In each, lines and colors combined in a particular way; certain forms and relations of forms, stir our aesthetic emotions. These relations and combinations of lines and colours, these æsthetically moving forms, I call Significant Form; and Significant Form is the one quality common to all works of visual art.
Whatsoever accidents Or qualities our sense make us think there be in the world, they are not there, but are seemings and apparitions only. The things that really are in the world without us, are those motions by which these seemings are caused. And this is the great deception of sense, which also is by sense to be corrected. For as sense telleth me, when I see directly, that the colour seemeth to be in the object; so also sense telleth me, when I see by reflection, that colour is not in the object.
When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.
You have all heard of that celebrated painter who would never allow any one to mix his colors for him. He always insisted on doing that himself, and at last one of his students, whose curiosity had been aroused, said: Professor, what do you mix your colors with? With brains, sir, said the professor. Now, that is what we have to do with our observations.
on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes of the organisation register themselves thereon. Moreover, the same colour-patterns of the wings generally show, with great regularity, the degrees of blood-relationship of the species. As the laws of nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole world.


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Canines and their companions are invited for tricks and treats in celebration of Howl-O-Ween. This seasonal Yappy Hour celebration is a chance for pups to strut their stuff in their favorite costume. A panel of judges will determine which canine will take home the prize in the costume categories of Scariest, Funniest, Most Glamorous and, of course, Best in Show. First place prize in each category is a hand-painted dog bowl by Debby Carman of Faux Paws Productions. Cost to enter the costume contest is $10 per canine.
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We saw La Fleur Edition of many Samsung's smartphones including Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, and Samsung Galaxy S Duos.
Samsung will introduce Galaxy S4 Mini La Fleur Edition.
- Specification
- Dual Core 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor
- 8GB Internal memory
- MicroSD card for Expansion
- 4.3 inch Super AMOLED gHD Display
- 1.9 Megapixel Front Camera
- 8 Megapixel camera on back with LED Flash
- As for the battery, Galaxy S4 Mini La Fleur Edition comes with 1,900 mAh battery


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As Richard Hanson waited near his Waukegan apartment for his car pool to arrive one morning, he noticed something unusual about a young man in the parking lot.
The man was wearing white sunglasses, he was running and, curiously, was wearing white gloves. ``It struck me as kind of funny,`` Hanson testified in a Lake County courtroom Wednesday. ``It was a nice summer day.``


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The news may trigger most Asian economies to consider more investments in China-currency denominated assets. At present, the only other developed country that has announced plans to invest in RMB-denominated assets with foreign currency reserves is Japan.
The Director General noted that the BOK will begin by only investing in Chinese government bonds. The investment is expected to be modest.
The China Daily has reported on this issue today and noted:
The BOK obtained a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) license in late December and has gained the approval of its counterpart, the People's Bank of China, to buy bonds, Choo was quoted by Bloomberg as saying.Will the RMB be a reserve currency?
The National Pension Service, the largest investor in South Korea, recently said that it received approval from China to invest in the Chinese securities market. Korea Investment Corp, the country's sovereign wealth fund, also said that it had received a QFII license.
Last month, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced plans during his visit to China to buy Chinese government bonds. Media reports said that the investment might be worth about $10 billion.
Japan's investment would be the first time that a developed economy used its foreign reserves to buy yuan-denominated assets.
Analysts said that Japan's move represented a significant step for the internationalization of the yuan, transforming it from a trade settlement currency to a reserve unit.
Chen Zhiwu, economics professor at Yale University, said that the purchase of Chinese government bonds by Japan and South Korea reflected China's increasing investment and trade relationships with the two countries.
However, Chen said, "the increasing foreign purchase of the yuan-denominated assets could put a burden on China's own huge foreign reserves.
"So it is unlikely for the yuan to become a true global reserve currency as long as China's trade surplus remains high."
The China Daily article may be found at: South Korea's Central Bank Weighs Purchase of Yuan Assets.
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My name is Sarah-Jane Gray and this site is about me.
I have called my site The Genie out of The Lamp as I feel that over the last few years I have learnt to create the life for myself that I have always wanted. I have done this thanks to the knowledge I have learnt from many wonderful people and the work I have done (see my page on personal development). One thing is I do now feel that I can create anything I want in my life, no matter how hopeless it may seem at times. One of the things that I find really helps (particularly to inspire me) is music and like Ally McBeal (for those of you that watched the TV series), I too have a theme song which is very special to me.
There is also a section about our hamsters. Each of them have their own page on my site, which allows me to publish pictures of them and now also video. I will be expanding this area and hope to be able to create lots of interesting pages about hammies as they are such wonderful animals.
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Matt (Part 2 by Warrior)
Warrior - Serving fourteen years for kidnapping and aggravated assault. Half Hispanic and Scottish-Irish with family still in Mexico. Brought up by a family steeped in drug commerce. He writes some of the best prison-fight stories on the Internet.
This story is a continuation of Warrior's previous blog that you can read by clicking here.
"What the hell you doin' here?" Matt exclaimed.
"What the hell you doin' here?" I replied.
"Ah, man. Long story. Domestic violence. In fact, it happened around when you stopped comin' around. What happened to ya anyway?" I kept callin' ya cell, leavin' messages. You jus' vanished on me."
"Yeah, I got caught up. Now here I am," I lied, telling Matt I was arrested earlier than I was.
"How much time you got?"
Matt's eyes opened wide as he let out a whistle. "For doin' business?"
"Nah, an assault. Long story."
"Wow, Gilbert!"
"Oh, by the way, name's not Gilbert. It's Alex.
Matt rasped out a chuckle. "I ain't good wit' names, so I'll stick wit Gilbert."
We spent the next forty minutes catching up. His family was well. He ended getting into a fight with the boyfriend of one of his daughter's. The police came, and both were arrested for domestic violence. Matt was put on probation, but unfortunately couldn't stay clean, so he had to do a year in prison.
Crack! The door opened, and a short prune-faced officer with glasses and a cap squinted at a clipboard and read some names. He called out for Mike and Bill, who both stood up, and exited the holding cell. Bill was heading back to the yard, Mike to see the dentist. The door slammed closed.
"How long you been down?" I asked Matt.
"Jus' a coupla months."
"How you blending in?" I could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't doing too well.
"Awww, I'm hangin'."
"What's the matter? Some drama? You're not fuckin' with the dope are you? That shit's serious in here, Matt."
"Nah, nah. I know better. I'm too old to deal with that shit here. I'm trying to stay clean, and get to my family. I ain't cut out for this life no more."
"Well, maybe comin' to prison is a good thing. You can clean up. You got a good family, Matt, you just needed to get off that shit, and get some clarity. Your old lady loves the shit out of you, man."
"I know," Matt said, his head hanging low.
"Is someone fuckin' with you?" I felt the need to find out what was eating at Matt. I guess because all I'd done in the past, especially with him, I was looking to right my wrongs. After all the shit I've done, I often tell myself, I'll be happy just to break even and end up in purgatory.
"There's jus' sorry motherfuckers round here. Ya know. No class."
"I agree. So who is it?"
"Ah, jus' some piece of shit named Midget I ain't getting' along with. It ain't no thing though."
Midget was some junkie deadbeat always borrowing and running up debts he never paid back. He was the excuse king, and life's victim. Ask him, and he'd make you think he was someone life happens to, life never happened for him. He was quick to prey on those less fortunate or fearful enough to let him get away with it. And if you saw through him, he'd look for some vindictive way to get one on over on you. I couldn't stand him. I wasn't surprised to hear that Matt was having problems with Midget.
"Don't sweat it, Matt. I'll send word over there about him. A few boys owe me a few favors."
"Nah, it's cool, man. I ain't no coward. I can handle my own problems."
I had to give it to Matt, he still had his prison pride from the convict code.
"Look, man, don't worry. I'll deal with it for you. No one will know or ever speak of it to you or anyone else. It won't be anything too serious, just an ass kicking, so he'll relocate. You just promise me you'll keep your nose clean, and get back to that beautiful family. If I hear of you fuckin' with drugs or anything else in here, that's your ass. Deal?"
Looking at me hesitatingly, Matt nibbled his lower lip. It looked as if he were listening to a devil and angel on either shoulder battling it out. "Alright, Alex." Matt put out his hand and we shook.
Crack! Crack! The door racked open and my name was called. It was my turn to see the dentist. I went and had my routine, and was heading back down the hall. The fluorescent bulbs overhead were radiating an odd yellow that reflected off the linoleum tiled floor. Oddly, it made the hallway trip back seem longer than before. As I came around the bend, the escorting officer told me to wait a second as he had to drop some paperwork off. He disappeared into a door. I stood in front of the intake desk, where an officer was usually posted. With all of the staff shortages, the escorting officer was doing two jobs. Behind an old masonite desk was a dry erase board that held all of the ID's for all of the inmates scheduled for that day. I glanced down the line, and saw Midget was scheduled, except he was in a different holding cell, for those scheduled for blood work. I immediately snatched Midget's ID, and relocated it under the heading "Psych Line," which was for the criminally insane and guys playing crazy. These individuals were placed in separate cells due to their propensity to act out and be violent to inmates as well as staff. By the time the officer came back, I could have rearranged every name on that board if I had wanted. We went back to the original holding cell. Matt was still there. I entered.
"You two are done. Stand by as I call transport to send you both back," the officer said.
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NOA Transfer Quality Control
Certainty about transfer integrity is of prime importance when digitising legacy media carriers. Adding errors during transfer is simply unacceptable.
In order to give archivists and ingest technicians this kind of security, NOA has implemented different means of transfer quality control, each of them especially designed to adress carrier-specific characteristics and problems.
- developed and exclusively offered by NOA
- reliably alerts of interstitial errors during transfer
- allows automatic termination of ingest process upon error detection
- works in combination wirh N7000c audio hardware
Tape Light Barrier
- for 1/4" tape ingest
- detects tape color and splices
- sets apprproriate timecode markers within the recording software NOARecord
More info on Tape Light Barrier..
Event-related Parameters and Traces
During transfer NOA software and hardware is able to detect..
- Clicks L/R
- Digital overload on A/D converter L/R
- Mute L/R
- Bandwith L/R (x10 kHz)
- Correlation (-1/+1)
- Level (RMS) L/R (dBfs)
- Level (Peak) L/R (dBfs)
- Noise L/R (dBfs)
..as well as other, carrier specific parameters like:
- Azimuth overs and levels (degree shift @10kHz) for tape transfer
- E32 errors for CD transfer
- BLER, Digital mutes, Digital interpolations, Sample rate changes, etc. for DAT transfer
More info on Parameters and Traces..
..on NOARecord.
..on CDLector.
..on MediaLector.


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Whoah! The Sarah Palin pregnancy scandal is getting lots of interest. Sources are saying that Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin,16, became pregnant, and that Sarah Palin pretended the baby was her own! This would have been her "fifth child" that has Down's Syndrome. Is Sarah Palin Trig's mother or grandmother? And did Sarah Palin really fake her pregnancy or is this just a rumor? Update! Palin announces Bristol Palin is 5 months pregnant. See new post here.
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Update! Palin announces Bristol Palin is 5 months pregnant. See new post here.
Yep! While uncertain who little Trig Palin actually belongs to… Sarah or Bristol… we now have confirmation that Bristol Palin is 5 months pregnant currently. Bristol is keeping her baby and plans to marry the father.
Previous story:
Now being upfront, we have no idea if this story is true but sources say it's correct. But Media Takeout is reporting that McCain's vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin, is said to have pretended her fifth child, Trig Palin, was hers… when actually the baby belonged to her 16 year-old daughter, Bristol Palin. So did Sarah Palin actually fake her pregnancy?
This pregnancy scandal is hitting the internet, and supposedly people "in the know" from Alaska are stating it is true, and that Sarah Palin hid her daughter's pregnancy. And that the child, Trig Palin, might actually belong to her daughter, Bristol.
But could this just be a smear campaign? Not sure how you readers feel but it actually makes me think more of Sarah Palin actually, trying to protect her daughter and the child, Trig Palin.
Knowing Palin's anti-abortion, does make the rumors make more sense though. She certainly could have faked her pregnancy and covered for her teenage daughter Bristol!
Here is an excerpt taken from the blog The Moderate VPoice):
[Governor Palin's] oldest girl is rumored to have actually been the one who had the last baby, the one with Down's Syndrome. She was taken out of school the last 4 or 5 months of her mother's pregnancy.
On March 5th, 2008 Alaska's Republican Governor, Sarah Palin, announced to the media that she was 7 months pregnant with her 5th child. She is currently 44.
Palin's daughter Bristol is 16 and attends an Anchorage high school. Students who have attended class with her report that she has been out of school for months, claiming a prolonged case of mono.
Palin does not appear pregnant in any recent photographs. The announcement came as quite a shock to people who had worked closely with her, and have been quoted as saying that she did not appear pregnant whatsoever during the prior 7 months.
If you look in the main photo, Bristol Palin does appear to be pregnant, while Sarah Palin, does not look pregnant at all!
Some people have said at 7 months pregnant supposedly, Sarah didn't look pregnant. Now if this would have been her first baby, you could think maybe she just wasn't showing yet. But as you have more children, you actually show more quickly.
Here's a photo taken when Sarah Palin would have been nearly 7 months pregnant. Does she look even the slightest bit pregnant to you?
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And further fueling these rumors, the Alaska Department of State has now taken down all the photos of Sarah Palin and her family from their website. Hmm… that does seem a bit strange doesn't it?
Here's a photo below of Bristol Palin wearing what appears to be a wedding ring and holding Baby Trig. One reader pointed out, why wouldn't the father have been holding the baby? Interesting points!
If these Palin fake pregnancy rumors are true, it will slowly come out in the coming weeks.
As to whether or not this is true, remember this is a gossip site but we always attempt to report accurately. The facts we know are that Bristol Palin was home for 4-5 months with mononucleosis. That's odd in itself. Sarah Palin announced her pregnancy at 7 months. Strange and why wasn't she showing. Lots of women that are slender and fit still show, almost being more evident in the belly with their smaller size. Interesting to see how this all turns out.
In Sarah Palin's defense here, if she did pretend the baby was hers, is it just a mother protecting her young daughter, and doing the right thing?
Well now with the new revelation of Bristol Palin, 17, being "5 months pregnant", it is possible for Trig Palin to still be Bristol's. Trig Palin was born on April 18, 2008. Bristol could have gotten pregnant right after giving birth. And honestly who is to say if Bristol is really 5 months. It's hard to know what to believe anymore. But it just keeps getting more interesting!
What do you guys think of this Palin pregnancy scandal? Do you think it's true? And if it is true, does it make you think more or less of Sarah Palin if she "faked" her pregnancy to protect her daughter Bristol and baby Trig?
Here is a video taken when Sarah Palin, if actually pregnant, would have been 7 months:
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Newsbeuter is a command-line RSS feed reader designed to access RSS/Atom feeds in a terminal environment. Used together with a text-mode web browser such as elinks, lynx or w3m, Newsbeuter allows you to read RSS/Atom feeds without any graphical desktop environment, such as on a headless server. As shown below its user-friendly interface is inspired by ncurses-based Mutt/ELM email clients.
Here is how to install Newsbeuter on various Linux distributions.
Install Newsbeuter on Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint
Newsbeuter is available in base repositories of Debian-based systems. So its installation is as easy as running:
Install Newsbeuter on Fedora
Newsbeuter is available in Fedora's base repositories. So simply use dnf command to install it.
Install Newsbeuter on CentOS or RHEL 6 or earlier
For CentOS/RHEL 6 or earlier, Newsbeuter is available from Repoforge repository. Thus, first enable Repoforge on your system if you haven't done so. Then use yum command to install it.
Install Newsbeuter on CentOS or RHEL 7 or higher
For CentOS/RHEL 7 or higher, you will need to build Newsbeuter from the source as follows.
First, install prerequisites using yum:
Then install stfl from the source:
$ tar -xf stfl-0.24.tar.gz
$ cd stfl-0.24
$ make
$ sudo make install
Update the shared library cache to include stfl library:
$ sudo ldconfig -v
Finally compile and install Newsbeuter as follows.
$ tar -xf newsbeuter-2.9.tar.gz
$ cd newsbeuter
$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
$ make
$ sudo make install
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An Ignoble Nobel?
A new Nobel laureate for peace has bloggers in an uproar. They also debate a study by Democratic strategists about the relative strength of the party and continue to consider the nomination of Harriet Miers for Supreme Court justice.
An ignoble Nobel?: The Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded today to the International Atomic Energy Association and its head, Mohammed ElBaradei. ElBaradei, who has opposed the United States on several key questions of nonproliferation, said the award affirmed "the role of multilateralism in resolving all of the challenges we are facing today."
"There is little doubt that the [award] is a direct swipe at the Bush administration," writes foreign-policy strategist Nancy Soderberg at liberal salon TPMCafe. "Earlier this year, Washington tried to remove El Baradei from his post—he had warned that there was no imminent threat in Iraq and pushed the administration toward a more realistic approach toward Iran." Soderberg sees the award as indirect comeuppance for a job poorly done. "Despite the very real threat that the next terrorist attack could involve weapons of mass destruction, the Bush administration has spent the last 4 and a half years undermining the very regimes that could keep Americans safe," she writes.
Others believe the prize demonstrates clear problems with the Nobel committee. "Mohammed El-Baradei and the IAEA have received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for helping North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan build up clandestine nuclear arsenals as deterrents to war," jeers omnivorous Houston blogger Laurence Simon of IFOC News. Other conservatives respond with equal parts incredulity and cynicism. "I was under the impression that prizes, especially the most prestigious ones, are supposed to reward success and remarkable achievements," writes political science student Emmanuel Schiff. "I was wrong. As it turns out, inaction and repeated failures may not prevent a person and/or organization from winning."
"This completes the transformation of the Nobel Peace Prize into a politically-motivated sideshow, with no connection whatsoever to reality," writes conservative firebrand Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs. At roundtable The Corner, National Review kingfish John Podhoretz calls the award "scandalous," if predictably so.
Read more about the Nobel.
Eyes on 2008: A study by William A. Galston and Elaine C. Kamarck, two former Clinton strategists, suggests that recent liberal efforts to mimic the GOP by emphasizing ideological contrasts to energize the party's liberal base is a quixotic strategy more likely to lead Dems out of office than into power.
"I hate these kind of reports," writesTalkLeft's Jeralyn Merritt, who thinks the success of a rightist minority suggests corresponding opportunities for progressives to push the electorate to the left rather than the center. "Who cares whether Democrats win if they are just Republicans in sheep's clothing?" she asks.
At Political Animal, liberal Kevin Drum argues that, despite significant shifts in voting patterns toward the GOP, "Americans haven't become any more conservative over the past three decades. Nor has the activist base of the Democratic party become more liberal. Rather, it's the activist base of the Republican party that's gotten more extreme," he says (and he's got a chart that he says proves it). "In other words, contra Galston and Kamarck, the liberal base is not really the problem a lot of people make it out to be. It's the Republican base that's far outside the mainstream," he says. "And yet, Republicans keep on winning anyway. But why?" He promises relevant guest-blogging next week.
Conservatives, however, tend to think the study is right on the money. "[P]eople like Ted Kennedy and Chuck Schumer, who lecture the Bush administration and its judicial nominees for being out of the 'mainstream' have themselves abandoned mainstream thought some time ago," suggests formidable conservative Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters. "A motivated GOP base easily outstrips a motivated Democratic base—and therefore the Democrats need to beat the Republicans for the center," he observes. "In other words, the DNC picked the worst possible national figure for its chair that they possibly could select."
Others see a party establishment that already relies dangerously on its fringe elements. "I have the distinct impression that the Democratic Party sees the liberal blogosphere as being inside the tent, while the Republican Party views the conservative blogosphere as being somewhere between an irrelevance and a minor nuisance," writes UCLA Professor Stephen Bainbridge. (Libertarian InstaPundit Glenn Reynolds agrees; Kevin Drum doesn't).
Read more about the report.
Which Warren?: Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, when pressed to name her favorite Supreme Court Justice by Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, "responded with 'Warren'—which led Leahy to ask her whether she meant former Chief Justice Earl Warren, a liberal icon, or former Chief Justice Warren Burger, a conservative who voted for Roe v. Wade," the Washington Post reports (via Townhall). "Miers said she meant Warren Burger, the sources said." Bloggers find the exchange perplexing as they continue to debate the nominee's merits.
"If this exchange accurately reflects the conversation between Senator Leahy and Ms. Meiers, it reflects poorly on her," writes Scott Johnson at conservative syndicate Power Line. "I find this story disturbing on many levels," agrees Jim Lindgren at legal collective Volokh Conspiracy. "I can't figure out why Harriet Miers would say that 'Warren' was her favorite Justice. It could be that the question was too hard for her at that moment (a simple 'brainfreeze'); it could be that her favorite was Earl Warren; or it could be that she really admires Warren Burger more than all the other Justices. In any event, her answer does not instill confidence."
Other indications suggest Miers is in real trouble. Stalwart pollwatcher Mystery Pollster points out that, in an early CBS poll, Miers' early numbers look more like failed Reagan nominee Robert Bork than those of John Roberts or even the embattled, though confirmed, Clarence Thomas. Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt blames the rapid response of disappointed bloggers for digging "a hole of hostility" for Miers.
Read more about Harriet Miers.


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