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A sun is still a mystery of spiritual and physical presence, an enigma in the intelligent design scenario. Three suns – thrice the mystery. An a physical level, hydrogen and helium are at work. Hydrogen is the only element bereft of electrons. Just a side note btw… Carbon's atomic arrangement: 666 (hint.. hint)
The Great Central Sun is a ubiquitous reference in esoteric philosophy. Is our central sun actually three suns? In the summer of 1989, while learning a technique developed by William Swygaard (sp) in the 1950s, I was privileged to enjoy some interesting explorations in the dynamics of human consciousness. Swygaard had written a book describing two techniques for exploring the depths of our psychospiritual composition.
The two techniques are called Multi-level Awareness and Multi-plane Awareness and his book was originally one of two covers and no back, meaning the two were in one, much like 'Doors of Perception' and 'Heaven and Hell' by Aldous Huxley. These processes, although facilitated by a trained guide, allowed deeper individual experiences to evolve within the framework of the process.
By this I mean only vague prompts were given to direct the consciousness in a particular direction, based on the responses given in answer to the questions of the facilitator. The experience was totally spontaneous from the individual's perspective from that point onward, allowing a freer exploration of the worlds within. The purpose of the facilitator was more as a prompter and recorder; to maintain a verbal link with the experiencer so that reflections could be made afterward. In this way there was some record for reviewing for the experiencer.
This was definitely a metaphysical experience, yet it seems to correlate to much of the scientific research and referencing of the 'Holographic Universe' of Michael Talbot's discovery and sharing. In fact, this paradigm has been present in several physicist's and scientist's exploration and revelatory considerations.
Among them [paradigm shifters] are Alain Aspect, David Bohm, Karl Pribham, and Karl Lashley. Complexologists at the Sante Fe Institute have created yet another theory that the Universe actually seeks to replicate itself, based on their study of the math, physics, and science surrounding cosmology, quantum environments, and thermodynamics to name a few.
Striving to understand how our universe works leads us to better understand how the human enigma works in its interaction and living amongst the stars. Apparently instantaneous 'faster than light' communication between individuals, as well as brain cells, is a reality and violates the long-held notion that Einstein fostered: no communication can travel faster than the speed of light.
The information age, along with scientific exploration made possible through discovery and development of new paradigms and technology, brings with it the ability of man to question everything he/she has learned about humans to date. This includes being able to cross-reference, if you will, the scientific and spiritual manifestos of our history on planet Earth. So let me take you on a little journey. You don't have to believe it was real, although I will do my best to relate it objectively.
On this particular afternoon, I was in process of preparing for one of these multi-level awareness journeys. I began by doing some deep breathing relaxation to prepare for the process. I was feeling my body and mind relax when all of a sudden, Zephyr, a guide I'd known since my late teens, showed up and gave me that look. You know the one, where you know you are about to have something very profound happen and you let go of anything else on your mind. So it was. He simply motioned with his arm and said, "Come." And so I did.
I exited my body with such ease that I hardly felt the departure. Now the interesting thing is that by practicing this technique, I had the ability to describe what I was seeing and hearing along the way. As soon as Zephyr showed up, I was communicating my experience to the would be facilitator, who was now about to tested in their ability to respond in a much different way. I'm sure it had to have been pretty weird sitting in the chair next to me that day! I had to explain who Zephyr was later, so let me do so now.
I'd met Zephyr while studying metaphysics with a small group of explorers in college in my late teens. We all read many books as well and I was in process of reading Carlos Castaneda's works. I think I was on Journey to Ixtlan at the time. I remember one of the consistent threads of other spiritual works being the existence of spirit guides or allies, as he called them. I had inquired within, through prayer, regarding the existence of and ability to communicate with a guide or ally or guardian angel if you will that was 'assigned' to me.
During a meditation one afternoon about a week later the name Zephyr and a face of an Indian appeared in my mind instantaneously. He appeared as an ancient Indian, with eyes so deep and simultaneously cold and warm, peering into my depths of my soul, yet with respect of my being.
I was able to do some research later, assisted by a friend that was an adept at automatic writing, and found that his incarnation was over 20,000 years ago in what is now the Southwest US. I've had numerous occasions to journey with him since. If you've had similar experiences you can relate. If you haven't, well just consider it a great story.
This was a bit different because there was now a witness to record my experience as I related it. As I exited my body, he became a sphere of light with his face as the only feature. I first noticed his profile, with that large Indian nose… rather reminiscent of Jimmy Durante. I found it a bit humorous and told him so. Nothing can be hidden in those realms as even the fleeting thoughts are as apparent as turning a light on in a darkened room. So as I was entertaining myself at his expense he turned and faced me with that look again.
I asked him where we were going and he only responded that I would find out shortly. He began asking questions of my spiritual path to date and what I'd learned since the last time we journeyed. I could see faintly the points of light, elongated, as we were whizzing by at an incredible speed. I suppose the only reference would be the speed of thought?
According to the Urantia Book, an interesting exploration of the structure of creation, the speed of thought is approximately 841 trillion miles per second. I've never seen a reference to the speed of thought anywhere else. Whether or not that is correct we can accept that it is indeed quite fast, much faster than the speed of light.
In answer to my question of direction, Zephyr told me just to wait and see. I probed again and his silence was absolute. I then spoke to him of other things that I had experienced lately and he responded with analysis, some sick humor, and engaged me in some great bantering that left me feeling very humble after having some pride in the depth of understanding I thought I'd been expressing to him. I think we probably all feel that way when our bubbles are burst by our elders, bringing us back to a humble reality.
One of the aspects of the Path is to be so rooted in one's own knowing as they are expressing it, yet being able instantly to let go of the attachment of its truth in order for further depths of understanding to occur. Sometimes the knowing shifts and must be left behind as merely a stone on the path. At other times, the knowing evolves into a much deeper acknowledgment of 'what is' in the conundrum of 'What is reality?' This bantering lasted for about eight minutes, according to the facilitator, as the arrival at our destination brought it to an abrupt close.
I suppose that the constant recounting of conversation helped to anchor congruent patterns of thought and holographic reality at that point. Very humbling nonetheless. The discussion also had a profound affect on the facilitator's life as it verified some inklings he'd been entertaining as possible answers to some of his own questions about the nature of creation and reality as we know it.
I noticed a slowing of momentum and as soon as I did, I felt an abrupt halt. We had arrived at a solar system that was beautiful beyond belief. If you've seen Contact and Jodie Foster's character as she witness the beauty of space you can imagine the feeling of awe that overcame me then. We had stopped outside the perimeter of the largest orbit of the dozen or so planets that revolved around three huge suns that appeared to be equidistant in the center of this system.
Again, the sight of this brought up the feeling of awe that came from such an indescribably beautiful display, much like the movie 'Contact,' only this was nearly a decade before its making. I only had a moment to take in the beauty before I heard a voice that felt like the combination of the suns speaking as one. I listened intently. The sensation was like a river of energy flowing through me. In response to the natural curiosity and questions I must have been thinking, the voice (s) said, "We are not only your forefathers, we are also the forefathers of your solar system."
I felt such a deep connection to those words and the resonance of truth that I was speechless for a moment. I wish there was a word to describe it. You get the picture… I was blown away. Zephyr said, "Okay, that's it, time to go." It took me a moment to regain composure and I began to want to ask some questions. Zephyr cut me off immediately saying, "No questions now, you've got all the information you need. You'll figure it out." Rats!
I needed some more feedback. My mind needed more information to process. I argued for a few moments and then gave in to the trip back. He never did respond to those direct questions…damn stoic Indian. He was kind enough to offer some things to ponder, though, which gave me much more than I realized at the time.
Once back in the room and relating the journey to fill in the gaps of my description of the scenery, what I found interesting is that each leg of the journey was consistent. According to the facilitator's watch the journey of going and coming were about 8 minutes long, which was more than just coincidence it seemed. This would indicate that it was indeed a journey that crossed some major distance at the speed of thought or something similar yet to be measured by modern science.
Just how the actual vehicles became 'real' or the method of travel was something I didn't understand as a repeatable process. I suppose, like any form of journeying, it could be practiced and perfected over time. But, I'm not sure Zephyr would be at my beckon call. In a lot of cases, the event is not necessary to repeat as the impact leaves such a profound experience that lifetimes are spent articulating the findings.
I did feel an unusually high resonance with the idea of these suns being the foundation of our Trinity. Just imagine what this could mean to the developmental theories of creation and our scientific explorations into the depths of material structure. I do know this: it was much more that my feeble brain was able to interpret, yet the imagery, voice, and travel were very real.
I'd been on many journeys to date and this was one of the most profound and potentially rewarding in the development of a cognitive model that removes conjecture and superstition regarding the nature of how we got here. To understand the mechanisms of creation from that point requires some intense study of the internal structure of creation. Metaphysics seeks to explain this in my opinion.
Quantum physics and complexologists are moving closer to explaining the next levels of consciousness in mathematical terms that result in patterns encountered in inner space. Methinks we are on the verge of a Cosmic Evolution. Blessings…


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What Does It Take to Feel Wealthy?
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What would you need to feel wealthy?
The question of how much people need to feel rich has been studied for ages, and just about every study comes to a similar conclusion: people need twice their current net worth or income to feel wealth.
The findings are remarkably consistent, no matter the wealth or income level. People worth $10 million say they would require at least $20 million to feel wealthy, while those with an income of $40,000 a year inevitably say they would feel wealthy with $80,000.
A new study from Fidelity is largely consistent with this Doubling Up Wealth theory. Fidelity asked more than 1,000 millionaires how much they would need to feel wealthy.
While most of the millionaires felt wealthy (probably the wealthier ones), the ones who didn't said they would need $5 million in investible assets. The average wealth of the group was $3 million.
An earlier study from Fidelity found that millionaires needed $7.5 million to feel wealthy. So maybe millionaires are downsizing their expectations for being rich. What's more, more millionaires this year felt they were wealthy, even though their average net worth is slightly lower.
How much would you need to feel wealthy?
The study also gave us some broader details about today's millionaires. It found that 86 percent are self-made, as opposed to inheriting their fortunes. (Though the term "self-made" has become controversial).
The average age of today's millionaire is 61. So all those Silicon Valley whiz kids, celebrities and athletes are outliers. The real rich are old.
The top sources of wealth for the self-made millionaires were investments and capital appreciation; compensation and employee stock options or profit sharing. Self-made millionaires feel just as secure as the inherited rich, although inheritors were more likely to use financial advisors.
How much do you need to feel wealthy?
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Friday, October 23, 2009
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special with guests Betty White, Florence Henderson, Billy Barty, Margaret Hamilton, The Osmonds and KISS (1976)
Posted by Kliph Nesteroff at 12:00 AM
Labels: betty white, billy barty, Donnie Osmond, florence henderson, Gene Simmons, halloween, Kiss, Marie Osmond, paul lynde
5 comments:
- Barbara said...
This is so many levels of wrong. Thanks for sharing.
- October 23, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Halloween isn't about Saw VI and gore. It's about kids wearing costumes and the adults who love them. It's about candy and the campy relaxation of rules. So lighten up, "Barbara", this post is pumpkin-perfect.
- October 25, 2009 at 8:33 PM
ah, its worth it to see Margaret Hamilton in Oz garb just one more time. Corny? Yeah...but can you imagine getting this many celebrities today to do a gig like this? $$$$$. Thanks for posting!
- October 25, 2009 at 9:49 PM
- Kliph Nesteroff said...
I'm sure Barbara left her comment in good faith, Anonymous!
- October 26, 2009 at 2:43 AM
- Tony said...
Almost everything wonderful and campy about the 70s in one show, including a legendary KISS appearance! Thanks for the post!
- November 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM
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Tide looks to get offense back on track at Tennessee
TUSCALOOSA _ More than anyone else on the University of Alabama football team, senior Greg McElroy heard the questions this week.
What's going on with Mark Ingram?
How's your confidence?
What's wrong with the offense?
It comes with the job of being the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback. No one seems to notice that Alabama is ahead of last year's record-setting pace for total yards, has accumulated more points and has done a much better job of scoring touchdowns in the red zone, only that things don't seem to be clicking as well as they could.
"It hasn't been explosive," McElroy said. "We're just capable of more. We demand a lot more of ourselves. I know we're capable of a lot more. Out of sync I don't think it's the right (term). We just need a better week of preparation leading up to the games on Saturday. We need better focus, better determination, better effort in practice and that should lead to a better outcome.
"Our timing is a little bit off in the passing game, we haven't been hitting lot in the running game or checks haven't been perfect. We just need to do better in all facets."
Although numerous theories are being heard and argued outside the Mal Moore Athletic Complex, that seems to be the prevailing thought inside. Granted, it may be vague to the average person, it's not for the perfectionist quarterback or his coach, who said earlier this week, "I think that somewhere along the line this year we sort of lost our edge."
It's like pulley system in which the belt still goes but isn't in the grove, or reflected in a simple statistic.
For example, against Ole Miss, McElroy completed 13 of his last 15 pass attempts (.867) for 194 yards and was 5-for-5 on third downs. However, Alabama struggled both converting third downs in the second half (2-for-6) and out of the gate despite scoring on the opening drive when it used a no-huddle look with the quarterback checking to the sideline and offensive coordinator Jim McElwain before every snap.
"Yeah, I thought it was a good change-up, it got them off-balance a little bit, to allow Coach Mac to see what they were going to do and get us in the perfect place if possible," McElroy sad. "We just didn't do a good job of (executing). On the second-and-1 I should have thrown a slant instead of taking shot at the fade.
"We just have to try and get off to a fast start."
Overall, though, McElroy's numbers are up. At this point last season the offense was averaging 202.7 passing yards per game. McElroy's passer efficiency rating was 137.6, and his completion percentage 59.5.
The Tide is currently throwing for 243.6 yard per game, McElroy's passer rating of 168.97 ranks sixth in the nation (third in the conference) and he's completing 71.6 percent of his passes.
Yet fans point to two things in particular:
1. The 11 sacks over the past two weeks, some of which were due to the quarterback trying to make things happen. Of course, the one that counted most was when he fumbled, which eventually led to a touchdown, and that was due to South Carolina blitzing two players into the hole from where a lineman was pulling.
2. The vertical passing game. Alabama tried to get it going against Ole Miss, but after getting the lead kept things tighter and eventually broke an 85-yard touchdown off a screen to sophomore running back Trent Richardson along with two other explosive plays despite just six pass attempts in the second half. More than half of Alabama's 1,705 receiving yards this season have been after the catch.
Unofficial yards after the catch
Name Total
Julio Jones 279
Trent Richardson 255
Darius Hanks 137
Marquise Maze 88
Mark Ingram 64
Kevin Norwood 22
Preston Dial 19
Michael Williams 18
Earl Alexander 17
Brandon Gibson 14
Eddie Lacy 13
Chris Underwood 7
Brad Smelley 3
Kenny Bell 3
Totals 929
"I think it's just missed assignments, not due to him, and sometimes we're getting double-teamed down field," junior receiver Marquis Maze said. "Most teams have been pressing, but then they bail out before the play starts. We haven't really had any man-on-man coverage, most teams are playing zone.
"What's happening is we beat the cornerback, but they have a safety over the top which makes it hard for the quarterback to throw it deep."
The bigger problem appears to be in the running game, where Alabama has gone from 229.3 rushing yards per game a year ago to 183.6. The last three weeks Ingram and Richardson have averaged 93.0 rushing yards combined including just 64 at South Carolina.
"When they criticize the offense, I really don't listen to them," Richardson said "But other than that we need to get good to go. We didn't play football like we're supposed to, you know what I'm saying? Play hard, we let the game get away from us. We took it for granted."
Perhaps the most surprising statistic at this point of the season is that Ingram doesn't lead the Crimson Tide in rushing yards even though he missed two games following arthroscopic knee surgery. Richardson has 487 while Ingram is right behind him with 456.
The reigning Heisman Trophy winner's carries are also significantly down. Ingram took 19 handoffs per game last year, but just 14.2 so far this season and team has had 51 fewer carries (7.2 per game). Although Ingram's receptions are down (12 from 19), Richardson has picked up that slack (nine to 17).
"A lot of teams are putting them in the box and trying to stop the run," Ingram said. "They're having a little extra time to prepare for it, a little extra time to focus on what we're doing. But I'm not about excuses, I'm about us."
He has a point. Last week against Ole Miss, Alabama failed to have an explosive running play (13 yards or more) for the first time this season, and just four passing (17 yards or more). Coach Nick Saban's goal for the team each week is nine. The Tide had one explosive rushing play at South Carolina and three each against Arkansas and Florida - the last teams Alabama will face this season not coming off bye weeks.
"Defenses are giving us a lot of different looks," sophomore guard Barrett Jones said. "That's something we've prepared for because our defense gives us that during practice. Every team is not going to give us the same look as the previous game, every team comes out with something a little different in every game. You just have to keep working to execute.
"We're going to look at the film and we're going to realize that when we got stopped it was really because of us and what we didn't do. That's what Coach Saban always preaches."
Consequently, despite McElroy's improvement every opponent continues to view Alabama the same way, do whatever necessary to stop the running game and you have a chance. It worked for South Carolina, it nearly worked for Auburn last year and Tennessee will try again this Saturday.
"I guess you can over-think it and out-scheme them, but ultimately the teams that have given 'Bama problems are the teams that come out and compete and go toe-to-toe," Volunteers coach Derek Dooley said. "They hit them and they go four quarters and they keep putting the pressure on them."
Go back to Saban's statement about the team losing its edge, he's seen flashes of dominance and the unit's potential all season, but never for a whole game except for maybe Duke. He would like nothing better than to see it all come together heading into the off week.
"It's a total combination of things, and that's the thing about offense, about our offense in particular, is we preach balance," McElroy summarized. "Right now we haven't really had that balance, we've just been a little bit off-balance. We have to get back to what we do best, run the football and establish the line of scrimmage."


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Mono Village, located on Upper Twin Lake, is a fishermen's haven and family vacation hideaway. Nestled in one of the most scenic and rugged areas in the Eastern Sierras, Mono Village rests at an elevation of 7,100 feet and is easily reached from Bridgeport, California. To find us, take Twin Lakes Road out of Bridgeport. Follow 14 miles to the very end of the pavement. Twin Lakes Road ends at the entrance to Mono Village. Our season extends from the last weekend of April (opening of fishing season) through October 31, annually.
Annett's Mono Village is a full service destination resort. We have rental cabins and motels, a 300 space campground, a fully stocked grocery store with an ATM machine, a fully equipped boat house, boat and pontoon boat rentals, a cafe, cocktail lounge, a beautiful gift shop featuring clothing and assorted gift items, a spacious lawn area offering BBQ's and picnic tables, propane, wood, ice and fishing license sales, shower and laundry facilities, family style restroom/showers, and much, much more.
We offer wireless, high-speed internet or "WI-FI" for our guests with laptop computers. For those of you with older systems not compatible with the wireless features, visit our cocktail lounge between the hours of 7 am and 9 pm to access our "hard-wire" feature for your convenience.Please be advised: Due to the ruralness of the area, wi-fi download rates are restricted. Large downloads should be avoided. Service is meant to allow for the checking of email and browsing the internet.
Whether fishing, boating, hiking, hunting, sunning, waterskiing, or just relaxing - we provide the perfect setting for a truly memorable vacation.
Annett's Mono Village
P.O. Box 455
Bridgeport, California 93517
ph. 760.932.7071 fax 760.932.7468
Annett's Mono Village © 2018 All rights reserved
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In 2012, I received six commissions for bookplate designs. The original drawings for these were done with black technical pens on white Bristol board. The drawings were scanned at a high resolution, and transferred via a photo chemical process to copper plates for letterpress printing.
Exlibris Kevin G. Rooney: In this one, the central image shows the Saced Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The coats of arms in the corners represent the Rooney family, the Priestly Fraterity of St. Peter, the Crowley family, and the Carmelite Order.
Exlibris Andrew Lohrum: This bookplate depicts an incident from the life of St. Francis of Assisi, in which one of his novices asked to possess his own psalter:
Blessed Francis told him: After you have a psalter, you will desire and want to have a breviary; after you have a breviary, you will sit in a fancy chair, like a great prelate telling your brother: Bring me the breviary! And speaking in this way with great intensity of spirit, he took some ashes in his hand, put them on his head rubbing them around his head as though he were washing it, saying, I, a breviary! I, a breviary!
I thought that this was a particularly clever choice of subject, as it shows a man being rebuked for his pride about the prospect of owning a book.
I used millelfleur decorative patterns in many of my drawings last year. This is an ornamental fill composed of tiny plants and animals, inspired by 15th century tapestries. Frogs, rabbits, snails, rats, a snake and a genet can be seen in the border of this bookplate. It is formatted like a page in an illuminated manuscript, with wide borders on one side and on the bottom. The bas-de-page shows the famous story of St. Francis meeting the Wolf of Gubbio.
Note from Lew Jaffe- If you wish to contact Daniel Mitsui his email address is
Danmitsui (at) hotmail.com
See you next Sunday-
The clock is ticking. If you want to enter the Humorous bookplate contest stop procrastinating.
Only a few weeks left until the contest ends on February 13th
Please submit one bookplate from your own collection. I am not expecting many entries because humorous bookplates are atypical. That works in your favor if you have something to submit..
Send a scan of your entry to
At the end of the contest the judges ( Mary & Lew Jaffe) will select the winner. .
The winner will receive an inscribed hardbound copy of all blog postings for 2012
Send a scan of your entry to
At the end of the contest the judges ( Mary & Lew Jaffe) will select the winner. .
The winner will receive an inscribed hardbound copy of all blog postings for 2012
1/28/2013 Entry # 6 for humorous bookplate contest , sent by Evan Sullivan
Hello Lewis,
I'm not sure if the attached fits into the humour category, but considering humour is pretty subjective . I will submit it for your delectation. This ex libris was made for me by an artist / collector in Israel. His name is Leonid Kuris. He knows I am from Australia. It's humorous, to me, because of the age old myth that kangaroos bound down Sydney streets (ie near the Opera House). Also hilarious/ironic is the fact that a kangaroo has a 'pocket' and in that pocket is a book. My pocket book is often empty because of ex libris collecting. One more bit of humour is the fact that I'm Australian, but living in Saudi Arabia and this ex libris was designed by an Israeli.
1/29/2015 Entry # 7 received from Anthony Pincott
Dear Lew
Here is a small contribution if you would like it.
Rgds, A.
The design pictured here may not be the most beauteous exlibris ever conceived, but it was created both in tribute and pleasure, and deserves to rank high in the present selection of amusing bookplates. Its owner, Brian North Lee (1936-2007), gave a description in his booklet entitled "My Personal Bookplates" (2001) as follows:
"A bookplate just for fun was drawn for me in 1983 by Benoit Junod, showing a diminutive BNL, with pipe in mouth – customary in those days – hand in hand with a rather Amazon Minerva, a big, busty and smiling lass who is opening the door to lead me into "BOOKPLATE PARADISE". I drag behind me an enormous Chippendale wagon, which is almost as much of an extravaganza as the Duke of Wellington's funeral carriage, and soon the door's height will surely deny it entry, but no matter. The Bookplate abounds in personal references, including the titles of my first books; I find it engaging; it needed a shape as exuberant with the strange creatures accompanying; and I fear that Minerva is going to take me on her knee and mother me as soon as we're on the other side of the door" with admission reserved to only serious collectors.
It's now six years since Brian, sadly missed, passed through that door, but his extensive contributions to bookplate literature live on. A few copies of this bookplate remain available and can be obtained, priced at £7.50 (UK addresses) or £8.50 (elsewhere), by sending payment to PayPal account


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Filed under: Economy, Education, Election 2012, Freedom, History, Progressivism | Tags: Education, Self-Perpetuating Machine, Too Many Teachers
One constant theme on the campaign trail is always education. People care deeply about the education their kids are getting, and about education in general. Often, people think education in general is dreadful, but are fond of their own school.
That gets into the "likeability factor" where you think your kid's teacher is really nice, but don't really have all that much information about what your kids are really learning. As a parent, I am sure I have communicated the really important things , but then the subject comes up and you discover they are clueless. I believe I have just suggested a big reason for home schooling.
International test scores show that our kids are not doing well, as does any trip to a fast-food place. There's a reason why cash registers total everything for the clerk and tell them how much change to give back. They have enough trouble figuring out how many of which coins you need to make 39¢.
Everybody has an opinion about education. We have all experienced something close to 12 years of schooling at least, so we have first hand knowledge. and if we have become parents and sent our own children off the school, we are apt to be opinionated. Politicians are clear. The answer is to spend more money on education.
Stanford economist Eric Hanushek as shown that better-educated students contribute substantially to economic growth. If U.S. students could catch up with the math performance of their Canadian counterparts, it would add roughly $70 trillion to the U.S. economy over the next 80 years.
Obama wants an army of new teachers, and a federal government curriculum, and federal control. My response is easy: 1) Washington DC schools are usually rated as the worst in the country— and the capitol city spends $30,000 per pupil. 2) Since 1970, the public school workforce has doubled, to 5.4 million from 3.3 million, and two-thirds of those new hires are teachers or teachers' aides. Enrollment over the same period has grown only 8.5 %. Employment has grown 11 times faster than enrollment. We have too many teachers.
You know what the problem is. We all know. Republicans want to encourage charter schools (which are public schools) but the innovation underway will change schools as we know them anyway, and that's online education. Long way to go, but the potential is clearly there.
As David Gelernter says:
Where is the politician who's willing to say that this nation demands public schools and public colleges without political bias, without anti-American bias, without anti-Jewish or anti-Christian bias? That this nation demands public schools and colleges whose first mission is to produce patriotic American citizens, who know who they are — who know their own history and culture, the history and literature and culture of this country and this Western civilization that belongs to them, that will stand or fall based on their stewardship of the future?
We make a big deal about bigotry and bias in this nation, and it's right we should; but it's crazy to ignore the biggest bigotry engine in the nation today, the US Education Establishment — our school systems and text books and some — not all, but too many — of our school teachers and college professors.
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Aquinas Institute knows that not everyone who wants to explore theology will find himself in a classroom. We also recognize we can fashion our programs to edify those who seek what we offer but cannot pursue it academically.
Among the ways in which we bring theology to the community are a monthly breakfast with businessmen and women, periodic roundtable conversations, daylong seminars, and an annual lecture. The success of each event is testimony to the need.
The Aquinas Business Forum – our monthly breakfast meeting – attracts about 25 people each month. They are lawyers, advertising executives, financial advisors, entrepreneurs and salesmen. They gather to explore topics such as the ethics of employee termination, truth in advertising and just wages in a global market.
The Aquinas Roundtable includes lunch, lecture and conversation at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center. More than 100 people attended each of the first get-togethers. The roundtables have hit upon topics such as the clergy sexual abuse crisis and what seminaries can do to prevent further harm; attitudes and understandings of sin and virtue among Catholics today; and how spirituality on television today, in shows such as "Touched by an Angel" and "Joan of Arcadia," measures up against Church tradition.
The Aquinas Lecture enters its 27th year in 2009. The annual event strives to call attention to the undercurrents of theology as it relates to politics, for example, the arts and business. Recent lectures have addressed the moral decay that led to the corporate scandals of 2001, the conflicting messages about sex in contemporary culture and the Christian tradition, and a critical analysis of Marian tradition.
Through each lecture, each seminar, roundtable and business forum, we are reaching people who want to nourish their faith lives. We are sustaining believers.


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Monday, 19 March 2012
Sepia Saturday 118 : Going Out
34 comments:
- Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...
Hi Everybody ... this was a fun one! My first one is on theme, and my second one is kinda neat, involving covered wagons traveling on highways from Independence MO to Independence OR.
Both are easy readers and short. I can't wait to see what you guys do this week.
Kathy M.
- 20 March 2012 at 19:13
- Bob Scotney said...
It's party time on going out.
- 22 March 2012 at 08:28
- Postcardy said...
I'm hanging out.
- 22 March 2012 at 18:34
- Titania said...
I found a few "outgoing people" Enjoy!
- 23 March 2012 at 05:53
For once, I've managed a SS before Saturday! Would you like to come out to dinner with my grandparents? Black tie, please :-)
- 23 March 2012 at 10:33
- Wendy said...
Going clubbing ~
- 23 March 2012 at 11:05
- Colleen G. Brown Pasquale said...
Such a fun topic! My grand aunts knew how to dress to go out.
- 23 March 2012 at 12:36
- Margaret said...
This was a fun one -- and I got it done early!
- 23 March 2012 at 14:41
- Mike Brubaker said...
Another fine choice that allows me to put two and two together times two.
- 23 March 2012 at 15:20
- Queen Bee said...
This is a fun theme! Had a great time looking for photos. Look forward to seeing what everyone's sharing this week.
- 23 March 2012 at 15:28
- Christine H. said...
Great them. These ladies are ready to go out, but where are the men?
- 23 March 2012 at 16:06
- Little Nell said...
You are invited to the ball - your carriage awaits!
- 23 March 2012 at 18:07
- Pat transplanted to MN said...
Finally I am back...and having a time of it with Blogger...this caused real memories...which to choose. My past beckoned.
- 23 March 2012 at 21:37
- Margaret said...
I adore the classy way your two ladies are dressed! I am on my way out to see a new movie everyone is talking about here in the USA "The Hunger Games". I will be by in the morning to comment and visit all the others who have participated. Thanks for hosting and I loved this topic.
- 23 March 2012 at 21:50
- Doug Peabody said...
My post is going out to simply take a walk.
- 23 March 2012 at 22:33
- Joy said...
I've just noticed that the woman on the left has what looks like a race tag through her buttonhole, it seems one of the photos I have used was, by accident, even more in sync than I though.
- 23 March 2012 at 23:38
- (Queenmothermamaw) Peggy said...
Christine I had a fine time finding a group of women without the men in my hometown history book. But I got something. This was fun. Great theme Alan.
- 24 March 2012 at 03:12
- Tattered and Lost said...
I'm completely out to lunch.
- 24 March 2012 at 05:53
- TICKLEBEAR said...
This week,
I am not a memer.
I am not a themer.
I am an anti-themer!!
Circa 1958.
- 24 March 2012 at 08:02
- Steph said...
This sort of theme really works with my blog (beards... not so much. Although I wonder if I could find a picture of a bearded lady??) I hope you like the selection!
- 24 March 2012 at 09:20
- Alan Burnett said...
I manage to merge my Sepia Saturday post with my series of Thornton posts by a bit of Yorkshire ingenuity.
- 24 March 2012 at 09:37
- www.dakotaboo.com said...
Tricky theme this week, but I think I've just about managed.
- 24 March 2012 at 14:28
- Karen S. said...
Amazing Saturday morning and I'm totally at the end of the posts! But I'm in this week, and the theme kind of worked a bit of sweet bonding magic for me. Hope your weekend is wonderful and cheers from kind of an England morning fog still hanging over head here!
- 24 March 2012 at 15:17
- Karen S. said...
Oops, my second post on here is the correct Sepia Saturday, not sure how the first one didn't use my link for Sepia Saturday! Everyone enjoy your weekend!
- 24 March 2012 at 15:22
- savethephotos said...
oops I put this weeks on the scouts one by accident, so if you can delete it as Im on last wks twice, off topic, something a little different this week.
- 24 March 2012 at 16:08
I'm a bit tardy for my tastes but I'm in with a multi-use Victorian wedding dress...
- 24 March 2012 at 16:47
- Wibbo said...
Out and about on the water.
- 24 March 2012 at 17:52
- Wibbo said...
Odd things happening this week - my second entry (how did that happen?) goes to last week's post...
- 24 March 2012 at 18:04
- Linda@VS said...
Okay, I'm in--by the skin of my teeth and my mother's high heels.
- 24 March 2012 at 19:21
- Howard said...
another old pub postcard from me
- 24 March 2012 at 21:07
- Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...
Another from my Dutch collection, and fairly on topic.
- 24 March 2012 at 22:59
- Linda said...
A fun theme, glad to take the ride.
- 25 March 2012 at 06:30
- Kristin said...
A bit late but on topic with a photo of my grandfather and his daughters on their way to church in 1937.
- 25 March 2012 at 06:47
- Anglers Rest said...
A very late entry from me!
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Galileo IOV satellites fuelled for launch
ESA's first two Galileo navigation satellites are both now fuelled and checked for their launch by Soyuz from French Guiana on 20 October.
The two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites reached Europe's Spaceport last month. Galileo's second flight model, FM2, touched down on 7 September on an Antonov-124 and the Galileo Protoflight Model followed it seven days later on an Ilyushin 76.
Both satellites are now fuelled and ready to be mated this week onto the dispenser that will hold them in place during launch before deploying them into their final 23 222 km orbit.
The combined payload stack – the dispenser and both satellites – will then be transported from the fuelling facility to the Upper Composite Integration Facility S3B for integration with their Fregat-MT upper stage and subsequent encapsulation.
Follow the Galileo In-Orbit Validation launch campaign from the new Soyuz-Galileo IOV minisite (see right hand link).
Soyuz from French Guiana
This month's launch will be historic: the first Soyuz launch from a spaceport outside of Baikonur in Kazakhstan or Plesetsk in Russia.
As a medium-class vehicle, Soyuz will complement Ariane and Vega to extend the flexibility and competitiveness of Europe's launcher family.
The first two Galileo IOV satellites, launched this month, will be followed next year by two more. This quartet of satellites, built by a consortium led by EADS Astrium Germany, will form the operational nucleus of the full Galileo satnav constellation.
They combine the best atomic clock ever flown for navigation – accurate to one second in three million years – with a powerful transmitter to broadcast precise navigation signals.


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Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of the stomach and small and large intestines. Viral gastroenteritis, then, is an infection caused by a virus that results in vomiting or diarrhea. It is often called the "stomach flu," although it is not caused by the influenza viruses.
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Viral gastroenteritis is contagious. The viruses that cause gastroenteritis are spread through close contact with infected persons (for example, by sharing food, water, or eating utensils).
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It was a choppy, two sided trade today in the grains. December corn finished at the highs up 11 cents. December wheat finished 11 ¼ cents higher and November soybeans finished unchanged.
Overnight markets started off bearish but were able to rally back to unchanged. Amazingly the same thing happened for beans in the Day session before rallying into the session close. Export sales were at the low end of expectations for corn, wheat, and beans and weren't expected to give the market much support. With the Euro Summit this weekend, there were wild fluctuations between the US dollar and Euro currency. When the dollar fell today the commodities markets were able to find support.
Export sales were as follows:
Estimated Range Actual
Corn 1,800,000 MTs - 2,500,000 MTs 1,845,800 MTs
Soybeans 750,000 MTs - 1,100,000 MTs 594,700 MTs
Wheat 450,000 MTs - 650,000 MTs 399,400 MTs
December corn has been testing the 200 Day Moving average for the last 8 trading sessions, but today it finally settled above it. This may prompt some more technical buying in the short term. For the past few trading sessions it looks like there has been a big "unwinding" of long beans short corn spreads. Beans had benefited the most from the October S&D report, and we are witnessing an exit of this trade. Looking at the corn/bean ratio for NEW crop, we are at spread contract lows. Many companies are forecasting an increase in bean acres next year when we believe any acreage increases will flow to corn with the price incentive. I have included a chart of November 12 beans vs December 12 corn on a 1:2 scale.
The fact that Chinese bean demand has been weak and world bean supply is not currently a problem is not helping beans hold support. Unless we see another yield reduction on the November Supply and Demand report, it may take an adverse weather event in South America for beans to trade higher. Corn demand has obviously picked up a bit with the large Chinese sale last week. For the corn market to try to post a significant rally again we may need to see further yield reductions on the November report (which we don't think we will get) or a significant increase in demand (which may be difficult given all the feed options the world has).
Chart: Long 1 November 12 bean to Short 2 December 12 corn.
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Magnus Lindberg studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Einojuhani Rautavaaraand Paavo Heininen. His first piece performed by a professional orchestra was Sculpture II" (1982) but the first work to garner substantial acclaim was Action-Situation-Signification(1982), in which he started to explore musique concrète. This piece was written for and premiered by the new-music ensemble Toimii (Finnish for "It Works"). Around this time he also co-founded the 'Ears Open' Society with colleagues including Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kaija Saariaho; a society dedicated to the exploration of the European avant-garde.
In 1983-85 he wrote a monumental piece for Toimii: Kraft,which has been performed around the globe. It includes chords with more than 70 notes and a meter-high score. It uses traditional instrumentation as well as percussion on scrap metal and spoken word. In the 1990s, Lindberg became increasingly concerned with harmonic structure, and a broad range of styles including minimalism, free jazz and rock became evident in his work. At the same time, he has been increasingly drawn towards large-scale forms, describing the orchestra as his 'favourite instrument'.
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Still time to register your comments on Doyle's BIG budget & Tea Parties
If you have been following Governor Doyle's proposed budget at all, you know that it is filled with tax increases, unwanted new government programs, new fees, and a whole host of other overreaching legislation.
According to a JSOnline article, all of these spending measures will result in a $91 dollar or 3.2% property tax increase on the median home in Wisconsin. Since the median home assessment in the state is around $167,000, that means most of Brookfield will see tax increases greater than $91.
"Republican legislators called the property tax increases irresponsible, saying they would pinch homeowners struggling to pay bills and keep their jobs while their homes lose value.
"People shouldn't have to worry over whether they can afford to live in their own homes," said Republican Sen. Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau. "Governor Doyle's budget makes it more difficult for families to afford to live in Wisconsin."
I attended the public hearing on Doyle's budget on March 25th. It was very crowded! People were lining up to address the budget committee. (At the rate they were going, they would be lucky to be finished by 9pm!)
I found one familiar face though, fellow conservative blogger Randy Melchert was there video taping.
I struck up a conversation with a group of people who were independent gas station owners. They were wearing red T-shirts that said, WE ARE NOT BIG OIL. The new 3% tax would not stick it to the BIG OIL men as Gov. Doyle suggests, but harm the little guys like these--the independent gas station and convenience store owners.
They explained that the Governor's proposed 3% oil profits tax would be detrimental to station owners near the state borders because Wisconsin gas would need to be 3% higher in cost than at the neighboring out of state station. Unlike the similar tax proposed last year, this one was NOT to be passed onto the customer. If that was true, they said there was not enough profit margin to absorb a 3% cost increase for them. They would be forced out of business. According to Rep. Petersen's The Inside Scoop:
Regardless of your opinion about oil companies and profits, one must realize they sell and compete on a worldwide market. If the state charges a tax which is forbidden from being passed on to consumers, what is an oil company's incentive to do business in Wisconsin?
The fee will only serve to discourage the wholesale distribution of fuel into the state. When supplies are short, Wisconsin will be last on a distributor's list when surrounding states do not impose an "Oil Franchise Tax." Due to the law of supply and demand, prices will definitely increase as the supply decreases.
By the way, our transportation fund wouldn't need shoring up if Doyle didn't keep raiding it to plug unrelated holes in the budget in the past...
Since he [Doyle] was first elected six years ago, Governor Doyle has raided more than $1.1 billion of the money you've paid in gas taxes and Department of Motor Vehicle fees to spend on programs other than roads. In this budget he pledges to raid another $77.5 million.
...and the future:
Governor Doyle balanced his budget in part with $271 million in revenue generated from the [his] "oil profits" tax on big oil.
The Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association group, or WPMCA have been running radio ads and sending out postcards, urging residents to call their legislators at 1-800-632-9472. Their postcard features this stereotypical oil man and states: "They say Big Oil will pay, but experts agree Wisconsin families will get stuck with the bill."
On another front, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Jr. spoke at the public hearing urging the Finance Committee to "Remove the early release provision" for prisoners. He says Doyle is not taking into consideration the recidivist factor. He also wanted to dispel the myth of the non-violent offender, saying these people who are locked up for drug offenses are mostly drug dealers from major street gangs. "It might save $24 million," but it doesn't take in consideration the expense to local communities and the 90% re-offending rate.
But Gov. Doyle isn't concerned about local community expense or what effect a tax or a raiding of funds will have down the road; all he wants to do is prop up his budget and extravagant spending now. Stealing from funds and shifting expense to others are just 2 of his methods for funding his plans.
This one is of concern to me, possibly because I am now more familiar with the needs of the elderly and infirmed. It's the mandatory unionization of home care workers. State Senator Michael Ellis spoke about this fact on Mark Belling's show in February. He also wrote about it in a press release, The Wheel Report: (My emphasis)
A little-known provision in Governor Doyle's proposed budget would make the state a union organizer for personal care workers and would require most people who hire personal care workers to hire only those in the union, a requirement that will certainly increase health care costs...
"This provision is shocking in its scope," Ellis said. "The state is becoming a coercive union organizer....
"The state is requiring all home care providers to become members of the union or they won't get hired, because the state is requiring all people who hire home care workers to hire only those workers who are on the registry and members of the union.
This law will affect any person hiring a home care worker. It is rather like Doyle saying all baby sitters must be unionized. Certainly it will impact senior citizens or anyone who depends on home care workers to help a loved one stay in their home longer. It also negatively impacts the service provider company--many of which are just mom and pop type businesses. With unionization, firing an inferior worker becomes much more difficult.
How about Gov. Doyle's backdooring gay marriage by providing Domestic Partner benefits despite 59% of the voters in our state voting to ban gay marriage in 2006?
Same-sex couples could form domestic partnerships and receive dozens of the same legal benefits as married people under a proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.
So Doyle's budget sticks its nose into the Domestic Partner--gay marriage-- issue but does nothing to prohibit using the state funded Madison Surgery Center to perform 2nd trimester abortions. His motives are pretty clear.
Rep. Vukmir informed me, "The first executive (voting) session for JFC is on the 16th and only a small part of the budget will be considered." At the very least, contact the Democrat co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee with your concerns: Senator Mark Miller and Representative Mark Pocan
Here are the email addresses of all the Joint Finance Committee members if you wish to send a group email (The last 4 addresses are Republican members of the committee): email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
If you wish to call the Joint Finance Committee members, they can be found at Leah Vukmir's State Budget Hearing page.
Please register your comments with your representatives in Madison too. Both of Brookfield's Assembly Representatives Leah Vukmir and Rich Zipperer and Senator Ted Kanavas are against Doyle's tax increases.
(R) Rep. Leah Vukmir 414-759-1100, firstname.lastname@example.com
(R) Rep. Rich Zipperer's Boondoggle Alert page 262-264-0655, firstname.lastname@example.com
(R) Senator Ted Kanavas (608) 266-9174, (800) 863-8883, email:email@example.com
(D) Senator Jim Sullivan (608) 266-2512, (866) 817-6061, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
There are of course many, many more spending measures that are just a huge waste of taxpayer dollars. "High Speed Rail" to Madison's airport anyone? Raising sin taxes again? Hospital Bed/nursing home tax? Just take a look at his plan: 2009-2011 Executive Budget These and many of the other tax increases will be discussed by the legislature in the upcoming weeks, but since Republicans are in the minority in both houses, don't expect much cutting.
Location change: Can't get to Madison on tax day? How about Downtown Milwaukee at Red Arrow Park, 920 N. Water Street at noon? (Note location is not correct on that link.)
Fight Back Wisconsin! Remember, The Wisconsin Tea Party Tax Rally is April 15th, 11:30 am on the steps of the Capitol on the King Street side, in Madison. You do NOT need to register to attend. There is a shuttle service if you are driving, or you can opt to take a bus, which you MUST register for, check the locations then click here for Bus Registration
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HOUSTON — A top executive in the now-defunct empire of disgraced Texas financier R. Allen Stanford was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for her role in helping the once jet-setting businessman bilk investors out of more than $7 billion in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.
Former Stanford chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt's sentence was part of a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors. She had pleaded guilty in June to one count of obstruction of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proceeding in exchange for the sentence.
After U.S. District Judge David Hittner handed down the sentence he revoked Pendergest-Holt's bond, and she was taken into custody. She waved to her husband Jim Holt before she was put in handcuffs and taken from the courtroom by federal marshals.
A tearful Pendergest-Holt told Hittner prior to sentencing that she was sorry for putting her trust in Stanford and others in his financial empire, including the former chief financial officer, James M. Davis, who also has pleaded guilty and faces up to 30 years in prison.
"I'm sorry I was so trusting in people who didn't deserve my trust, and my trusting them caused harm in others. I apologize greatly," she said.
Prosecutors said Stanford, 62, used the money from investors who bought certificates of deposit from his bank on the Caribbean island nation of Antigua to fund a string of failed businesses, bribe regulators and pay for a lavish lifestyle that included yachts, a fleet of private jets and sponsorship of cricket tournaments. Authorities said Stanford and others in his companies lied to investors from more than 100 countries, telling them their funds were being safely invested in stocks, bonds and other securities.
Pendergest-Holt, 38, a native of Baldwyn, Miss., was the first person indicted in the case. Prosecutors said she and other executives conspired to hide the bank's true financial health and provide misleading testimony to the SEC in 2009 when it was investigating Stanford's bank.
One of her attorneys, Chris Flood, told Hittner that Pendergest-Holt was also a victim of Stanford's Ponzi scheme and lost her life savings. Flood had asked that she not be imprisoned for three years but be allowed to serve that time in home confinement, a halfway house or a combination of the two.
She "is an extremely upstanding citizen and not a danger to anyone," Flood said. "Don't punish her for the crimes of Allen Stanford or Jim Davis."
But prosecutor Jason Varnado told Hittner that from Pendergest-Holt's statement in court on Thursday and from letters her family and friends had submitted calling her a victim, the former Stanford executive wasn't taking full responsibility for what she had done. Varnado asked that she be sent to prison.
"She led (investors) to believe (their money) was invested in a particular manner … Ms. Holt is not a victim. She is a federal felon," Varnado said.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors will drop 20 other counts she faced, including conspiracy, wire and mail fraud.
Stanford, the one-time billionaire, was convicted in March on 13 of 14 fraud-related counts. In June, Hittner sentenced Stanford to 110 years in prison. He is serving his sentence in a prison in Central Florida.
Two other indicted ex-executives — Gilbert Lopez, the ex-chief accounting officer, and Mark Kuhrt, the ex-global controller — are set for trial later this month. A former Antiguan financial regulator was also indicted and awaits extradition to the U.S.


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Looking back over my old posts, I found I didn't cover basic muse setup at the time when I did my original muse series.
As I've mentioned previously, I generate the html (including the funky syntax highlighting) for my posts and squidoo lenses using muse with htmlize.
You can download muse here and if you are using emacs23 then you need the patched version of htmlize, available here.
The first thing I do with most third party modules, is I add the require lines and the paths I need.
(load "my-vars.el") (defconst *elisp-muse* (concat *elisp-3rd* "/muse-3.12/lisp")) (add-to-list 'load-path *elisp-muse*) (require 'htmlize) (require 'muse-mode) (require 'muse-publish) (require 'muse-html)
my-var.el contains constants pointing to the top-level directories (I still haven't got around to putting everything under
(defconst *elisp-dir* (expand-file-name "~/emacs-files")) (defconst *elisp-3rd* (concat *elisp-dir* "/third-party")) (provide 'my-vars)
I use a couple of minor modes together with muse which are added to
muse-mode-hook. (Note, I'm still using longlines-mode as at work I'm unable to use emacs23 where
visual-line-mode was introduced)
(defun muse-minor-modes () (longlines-mode 1) (flyspell-mode 1) (font-lock-mode 0)) (add-hook 'muse-mode-hook 'muse-minor-modes)
And I like publishing to be activated by a single key.
(defun my-muse-publish () (interactive) (muse-publish-file (buffer-file-name) "html")) (define-key muse-mode-map [f7] 'my-muse-publish)


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In an attempt to secure cross-party support for civil service reform, the Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, has commissioned the left-of-centre IPPR thinktank to undertake a study on how to make the civil service more effective and politically accountable.
The study is the first example of Whitehall commissioning outsiders to undertake policy work for government.
The IPPR beat 20 other bidders for the £50,000 contract and will by late autumn produce a menu of options for ministers based on experiences in New Zealand, Singapore, France, the US and Sweden. The IPPR undertook an international comparative study back in 2006 that has impressed Maude.
He wants to look at radical options including formally contracting departmental permanent secretaries to complete certain ministerial objectives. He also wants to look at the balance between political and civil service appointments. In the US large numbers of civil servants leave after a presidential election, although Maude said on Monday this trait was exaggerated.
The head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, has endorsed the concept of policy work being undertaken by outsiders, but stressed that final decisions rested with ministers on the advice of civil servants.
Both Maude and Kerslake said the aim was not to politicise the civil service, although Maude conceded there had been difficulties when civil servants failed to carry out ministerial instruction and said the aim was to sharpen accountability.
Maude has been struck privately by the extent to which former Labour ministers told him how frustrated they became at civil service obstruction.
He said the civil service reform plan, including the use of external policy-making, has "a high level of buy-in from senior civil servants", adding "we are in the unusual position of three political parties having experience of government, with senior politicians knowing what the issues are".
The 2006 IPPR paper argued that "real accountability can only really be achieved by recasting the doctrine of ministerial responsibility, which militates against effective accountability".
"Without clarifying the respective roles and responsibilities of ministers and officials, it makes it very difficult to distinguish between the performance of the Civil Service and that of ministers," it said.
It also accepted that there was "no binary distinction between policy and operations", but asserted "clearer division of labour is possible".
The author of the study, Guy Lodge, who is still at the IPPR, wrote in 2007: "The Whitehall policy-making process is very insular, often conducted behind closed doors with little attempt to engage stakeholders or capitalise on external expertise. In particular, there is a gulf between those designing policy and those delivering it.
In contrast, Lodge praised the French unified civil service, saying it "guarantees that senior officials are exposed to other parts of public service in local and regional government, giving them direct experience of public service delivery. At the very least, Britain should ensure that central government officials spend more of their careers in local government and other parts of the public sector."


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Pretty simple, there are a lot of editor things I don't comprehend and I have questions, maybe some of you guys have answers.
1) Using splats/ubersplats.
a) what portion of a model can I edit so that it generates ubersplats/splats?
b) I know that footprints are splats, is there a way to remove them from units easily?
c) Can I detect if there is an ubersplat on the ground such that I could use them to create triggered events (i.e. units who walk over take dps or are slowed etc.)
2) Model animation
a) ok so I've figured out how to set model motion by adjusting the quaternions but I still don't understand the point of the "intan" "outan" lines and if they're even necessary. I know it's to smooth out the animation but i'm not sure how I can manipulate these simply without the use of a modelling program to actually animate the models rotation/movement etc.
b) how do you create 2D effects like the "pwnt" effect that always face the player?
3) WC3 engine
a) I know that there are some in-built functions in the editor which also induce miss rates. I was wondering if there's a way to completely eliminate this chance such that there are 0 random generated miss events (want to create custom evasion and don't want weird quirks getting in the way)
I'll start with that for now, if anyone else have questions (productive questions) please feel free to ask.
I know we could be using this for other things but if the forums still alive and people know some of these answers I'd like to find out.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College head football coach Chris Rusiewicz announced the intention of five more incoming students to play football for the Quakers Monday. All five students have made their deposit to the college and will enroll for classes beginning in August. They make up part of Rusiewicz's first recruiting class at Guilford since he took over the Quakers' program in January.
Alex Bean (Graham, N.C.) lettered two years under coach Mike McCauley at Graham High School. The 5-11, 170-pound wide receiver earned honorable mention All-Mid-State 2A Conference recognition after making 30 receptions for a team-high 618 yards and five touchdowns for the Red Devils. He also lettered twice in basketball and once in golf.
Steven Gregory (Hamptonville, N.C.) lettered twice for head coach Monty Chipman at East Wilkes High School. The 6-0, 185-pound kicker/punter garnered All-Wilkes County and All-Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference recognition and was an honorable mention All-Northwest pick according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Gregory earned four baseball letters as a shortstop and pitcher and twice received all-league laurels. He also lettered two years with the basketball team and intends to study sports medicine at Guilford.
Jack Haymore (Winston-Salem, N.C.) lettered three years at South Stokes High School. The 6-0, 220-pound offensive lineman received All-Northwest 1A/2A Conference twice and was a First Team All-Foothills pick for coach Jonathan Frasher's team. He was the Red Raiders' Most Valuable Player this season in South Stokes' game with Surry Central High School. Haymore intends to study history at Guilford.
Daniel McFaddin (Kannapolis, N.C.) lettered three years under coach Ron Massey '80 at A.L. Brown High School. The 5-11, 240-pound offensive lineman won his team's Most Improved Player Award in 2010. The Wonders went 13-2 in McFaddin's senior season and he was a sophomore on the 2008 team that reached the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3AA state title game. Brown won the South Piedmont Conference title in each of McFaddin's three varsity seasons. He was the vice president of Brown's Beta Club and also earned a spot in the National Technical Honor Society.
Rod Walker, Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) lettered two years under at Knightdale High School and earned All-Greater Neuse Conference honors for coach Robert Senseney in 2010. The 6-0 wide receiver and defensive back led the Knights in receiving yards and catches in 2010. He also lettered with the track and field team and helped Knightdale to two state titles. Walker qualified three times for the state championship meet and placed fourth in the regional 300-meter hurdles. He intends to study business management at Guilford.
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The funeral procession for slain former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle has ended its 200-mile journey at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
About 200 motorcycles, motor coaches, police cruisers and other vehicles made the trip Tuesday from Midlothian. That's the small town 25 miles southwest of Dallas where the 38-year-old Kyle lived with his family.
Along the way, two Patriot Guard Riders crashed along the rain-slicked highway near Salado and were hospitalized after Navy SEALs provided first aid. The conditions of the riders, at this time, remain unknown.
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After the delay, the procession continued south to Austin where the white hearse carried Kyle's flag-draped coffin into the cemetery.
Kyle was considered the deadliest sniper in the history of the U.S. military. His book "American Sniper" recounted his efforts in the war on terror and in Iraq.
Kyle and friend Chad Littlefield were shot multiple times at a remote shooting range Feb. 2. A man has been charged in their deaths.
North Texans Say Goodbye as Procession Heads to Austin
North Texans lined the roadways and overpasses to pay their respects to slain ex-Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle Tuesday morning, part of a 200-mile procession that carried Kyle from Midlothian to Austin.
The procession began at about 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Midlothian ISD's multipurpose stadium at 1800 South 14th Street. From there, the procession was scheduled to take U.S. 287 to Interstate 35E south to Texas State Cemetery in Austin where Kyle will be laid to rest.
"It's all about paying honor, respect, and dignity to Chris Kyle and his family," said Lonny Haschel, with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Dozens of Motorcycle officers from across the Metroplex led the way for Chris Kyle's final journey. Two-by-two, Patriot Guard Riders rode along in the procession to honor the Navy veteran.
Police asked onlookers to use access roads or overpasses to watch the procession instead of stopping along the highway.
Carley Rodermund stood on the onramp to 287 with her family to support Kyle's wife and two small kids.
"I just wanted to come out and support that amazing family," said Rodermund. "Seeing her salute as she came by today, it was really heart-wrenching."
Rodermund held the American flag and her hand over her heart. She broke down as the hearse passed. The widow rolled down the window and saluted the crowd, there to honor her husband, his life and sacrifice.
"I think it's wonderful that they're honoring this man. So I think it's, I think it's beautiful," said Midlothian resident Gina Lowman.
"It's a small town so everybody knows and everybody cares for everyone, even if they don't know each other they don't hesitate to help," said Midlothian resident Ana Juarez.
Military personnel, first responders and the Patriot Guard Riders will escort the procession. Dan Mathys is one of the more than 200-plus invited by Kyle's family to take part in the memorial.
"Chris Kyle's mission is the biggest mission we've ever done," Mathys said. "We've done big missions in the past. We hear riders are coming in from all over the country. Florida, Montana, let alone the military and the public being invited to this memorial service is something we've never seen before."
Kyle, a Midlothian grad, was one of the top sharp-shooting snipers in U.S. history, survived four deployments and died investigators believe trying to help a fellow vet with PTSD.


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Last year at RootsTech 2013 I had a wonderful time learning new things in the exhibit hall, and in the classrooms and lectures. But some of the best learning moments were outside of the planned activities of the conference. The usual schmoozing, hugging and hanging out with genealogist friends and blogging buddies is fun, but at RootsTech there was more than just social exchanges. Some of the invitations I had to hang out on the air with Dear Myrt, meet up with friends at the famous Family History Library, and discuss technology with the innovators were RootsTech moments that don't happen at other conference.
Thank you to Lisa Alzo, Dear Myrtle and Russ Worthington for mentioning this story at RootsTech 2014.
To go along with all the serendipity in this story, today on "On Point" on National Public Radio, there will be a story on "Crowdsourcing and the New Genealogy Boom". Guests will be journalist J. J. Jacobs, Judy Russell "The Legal Genealogist", and Spencer Wells, geneticist of the Genographic Project. Listen live online at 11am or on the air, or catch the archived version:
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A database sent in by a reader (see the comments below)
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