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A Brief History Of Profanity In Rap Lyrics
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Flashback to the Bronx in 1973. DJ Kool Herc and MC Coke La Rock are busy laying the groundwork for what will become one of the most popular music genres in the world: Hip-Hop. La Rock, the original MC, initially performed his raps out of view of the audience. This peculiar tactic left audiences scratching their heads, curious about the identity of their favorite local performer.
It is quite remarkable how much hip-hop has changed since those early days more than 40 years ago. Today, the best MCs are more than just popular – they are pop culture superstars. For them, there is no hiding from the audience. Everything they do or say is visible to the public. This intense exposure is magnified when it comes to the distribution of their music. Eminem, the best-selling hip-hop artist of all time, has sold more than 100-million albums worldwide. That puts him in the sales realm of classic artists like Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Rod Stewart, Prince and many more. The massive influence wielded by rap mega-stars is undeniable.
As we all know, a common ingredient in many rap lyrics is shameless profanity. No word is off limits. With f-bombs and assorted slurs streaming through popular music, it's no shock that some people are up in arms against rap. As mentioned before, these artists reach a huge audience. Is it appropriate for them to be spitting profanity-laced lyrics to the world? This study won't be answering any questions of morality, but it should give others some fuel to form their own opinions.
We examined profanity in popular rap music since 1985. The key word here is "popular". To do this, we selected the five albums from each year that we deemed as the most influential or important. Total sales, artist name recognition, and album hit density all factored into our album choices. Ultimately though, it was our own perceived popularity of each album that determined if it made the cut. If we missed some of your faves, we urge you to let us know in the comments and we'll consider any viable suggestions. You can see the full list of albums by downloading the data from the Best Tickets Data Collective. For this study, we counted each instance of profanity in every song of every album. Without further adieu, the results.
**Please note. The primary focus of this article is explicit language. Though we censored the words to a degree, this article might not be for you if you are sensitive to profanity.**
Let's familiarize ourselves with what we consider profanity in this study. The chart below shows our cuss-word list and the number of times each one showed up in our study.
The albums we studied contain an average of 218 uses of profanity. Now I am a fan of most rap. I have listened to a ton of rap music from every era and I understand that there is a certain degree of profanity that is expected with the genre. 218 cuss words per album seems like A LOT. I was quite surprised to learn this figure. Overall, we examined 2,295 songs. On average a song from our study contained 13.76 instances of profanity. While this is essentially the same information presented differently, it seems more reasonable to me than 218 cuss words per album. Apparently, however, 218 really isn't that much compared to some albums. Below, the filthiest albums to pop up in our entire study.
Some serious props are in order for the late Tupac Shakur, who put out the #1 and #2 most profanity-laced albums we examined. Specifically, these albums are bolstered by Tupac's favoritism of the f-word and the n-word. The majority of the top-ten most profane albums come from true hip-hop kingpins. Of course, Tupac is considered one of the best, if not the very best rapper of all time. The same goes for the Notorious B.I.G. who drops in at #5. We also see NWA and Dr. Dre, both of whom set the standard for gangsta rap, and Eminem's rap group D12 on our list. All hip-hop royalty.
Though the albums above contain more profanity than any others in the study, the list of albums with the highest number of cuss words per song (CWPS) tells a slightly different story.
It may come as a surprise to you that Too $hort, of all people, is #1 on this list. His 1985 album Raw, Uncut & X-Rated has only five songs and in those five songs, he manages to say b*tch a whopping 128 times. That's 25 b*tches per song! In total, the album contains a total of 265 cuss words. We also see some new faces. The Ghetto Boys and Scarface make the list, as does the talented gangsta rapper Kool G Rap. 49.8 cuss words per song is approaching flat-out ridiculous, but some of these albums are undisputed classics. Are listeners just completely desensitized to profanity in rap? We're talking about some serious swearing here.
Overall, the list above does a good job of covering the most profane artists in the rap game, but in case you were curious, here they are ordered from 1-10.
Here we see the Geto Boys and Scarface in the top two spots. For those unfamiliar with the group, the Geto Boys most famous member is Scarface. He really lets the swearing flow freely. His word of choice is f*ck, followed by n*gga, the two most popular words in our study.
Juvenile has also popped up on each of the last three albums. His preferred profanity is the n-word by a wide margin. He used it 217 times on his 1998 album 400 Degreez. The most profane song on that album, however is "Juvenile on Fire", which features 91 instances of profanity overall, but only nine n-words. Speaking of profane songs, we have all the worst offenders lined up below. Click the chart to enlarge.
Many of these songs even have profanity in the title, setting the stage for the ensuing madness. I do feel the need to mention a particular song that was not used in our study, but is regarded by many to be the most profanity-laced rap song in history. Lil' Jon's "Real N*gga Roll Call" featuring Ice Cube from 2004 is mindbogglingly vulgar. In total it contains more than 329 cuss words, including: 165 n*ggas, 61 f*cks, 33 p*ssys, 25 b*tches, 21 asses, 17 hos, 4 skeets, and 3 sh*ts. It really is utterly ridiculous. I can't with a clear conscience recommend that you listen to it, but I will provide a link for the lazy.
Now that we've looked at the worst offenders, let's take a broader look at profanity in rap music as a whole. In the next section, we'll examine how profanity has changed over time in the rap game.
Profanity in Rap Over Time
The dots on the graph above display the actual measure of CWPS each year. The dashed line averages the current year and the year before it, visually representing the trend of profanity over the years. The years on the chart with the lowest occurrence of profanity are, unsurprisingly, the early years. In 1985, Too $hort released the ridiculous Raw, Uncut & X-Rated. With that album removed, the average in 1985 drops to 1 CWPS.
The second-largest increase in the occurrence of profanity came between 1990 and 1991. Smack dab in the middle of the Golden Age of hip-hop, we find names like Ice Cube, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, De La Soul and NWA scattered about this era. In 1991, gangsta rap really began to take off with Ice Cube's Death Certificate and NWA's Efil4Zaggin, both released that year. Profanity increased gradually as artists like Kool G. Rap, Dr. Dre, Redman, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Biggie, Scarface, Tupac, and Outkast rose to popularity.
1997 featured one of the top three highest CWPS rates in our study (18.25). '97 featured albums from the Notorious B.I.G, Common, Busta Rhymes, the Wu-Tang Clan, and O.C. We reach the apex of profanity in 2001, when CWPS reached 22.66. Many of you are probably thinking Eminem is responsible for this. A good guess, as this was certainly during the prime of his career, but there were no albums by Eminem included in our study for 2001. The official 2001 album list is as follows: Pain is Love – Ja Rule, Stillmatic – Nas, The Blueprint – Jay-Z, Until the End of Time – Tupac, Word of Mouf – Ludacris. Tupac and Luda did most of the heavy lifting here, averaging 30.86 and 27.21 CWPS respectively on the two albums.
In 2002, things came back to earth and CWPS steadily decreased until 2006, when for the first time since 1990, profanity fell below 10 CWPS. 2006, the tamest year in more than a decade, saw Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor (which sports a mere 1.76 CWPS) and The Roots' Game Theory (which comes in at 3.54 CWPS). 2006 to 2007 marks the largest increase in our study, 8.82 to 18.88 CWPS. 2007 to 2008, on the other hand, marks the greatest decrease from 18.88 to 10.51 CWPS. The amount of profanity generally increases over the next five years. If lyrically intense groups like OFWGKTA continue their rise to popularity, you can expect to see a steady increase in profanity in the coming years.
Below you can see how the use of each word increased year over year. We did not include some of the less popular words because their presence on the graph would be so insignificant that you would barely be able to see them.
Let's drill down even more and take an in-depth look at specific words. For starters, the most popular cuss word in rap music: the n-word.
The n-word is an incredibly popular choice among rappers. It hasn't always been that way though. In the eighties, there were almost no occurrences of the n-word in songs. Thanks to Eazy-E and NWA, 1988 was the first year the word averaged more than one appearance per song. From 1991 onward, the average n*gga frequency would never drop below two occurrences per song. The first album to use the word excessively was Efil4Zaggin by NWA. The album averaged 14.67 uses of the n-word per song. Since 1996, the n-word has been on a steady, predictable decline save for one above-average year in 2001, and another in 2007. Coincidentally, those two years are #1 and #2 in n-word frequency. It is worth noting that 1996 marked the peak of the dispute between anti-rap activist C. Delores Tucker and Death Row Records. After that year the n-word went on a noticeable decline. Tucker never directly prevented the sale of albums, but she may have gotten her message across to discourage some future rappers from using the word.
With 12.92 occurrences per song, Tupac's Until the End of Time led the charge for use of the n-word in its peak year, 2001. That year's average of 8.58 n-words per song has never been matched or even threatened. In 2007, T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P. averaged 13.2 n-words, which bolstered the year's average to 7.32. Only in 2012-13 have we seen any indication that the decrease in the occurrence of the n-word is coming to an end. Three years is not enough to draw any conclusions, but if the current trend continues, we will see a rise in the use of the n-word in the coming years.
Since we're on the topic of slurs, here is how the homophobic slur "f*g" shows up in our data.
Aside from the massive spike in the early 2000s, this is one of the more predictable graphs in our study. F*g is not a very popular word in the rapper vocabulary, averaging less than .2 occurrences per song since 1985. Far and away, the most ruthless year in the homophobic category is 2000. This is the year the Eminem released his now classic album The Marshall Mathers LP. For those of you who can recall, this is the album that made headlines when the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation spoke out against its lyrical content. The album contained 14 instances of the word f*g or f*ggot, and is responsible for every mention the word received in that year of our study. The Marshall Mathers LP alone made 2000 the most lyrically homophobic year since 1985, and was BY FAR the most homophobic album in our study. 2001 comes in second on our list, but does not feature any Eminem albums, instead it consists of heavy-hitters like Jay-Z (1 occurrence), Nas (3 occurrences), Tupac (5 occurrences) and Ludacris (2 occurrences). Did Eminem's shameless effort in 2000 influence these rappers to use the word more than usual?
The year with the third-highest rate of occurrence for the word was 2013, which may be cause for concern for those opposed to the use of the word. Unlike the spike in 2000 and 2001, last year's rate appears to fall in line with the overall increasing trend that has taken place over the years. Homophobic slurs in rap are on the rise. With lyrically intense underground artists popping up and proving they can be successful in the mainstream, there is no reason to believe this trend will change.
Let's move onward to one of the oldest rap topics in the book: degrading women.
Too $hort set the bar very high (or is it very low…) for rapping negatively about women on his 1985 album Raw, Uncut and X-Rated. Classics like "She's a B*tch," "The B*tch Sucks D*ck" and "Invasion of the Flat Booty B*tch," paved the way for rappers to say anything and everything they thought about women. In all seriousness, no album in the history of rap has ever been as thoroughly derogatory towards women as the 1985 Too $hort album, whichaveraged 26.4 instances of misogynistic profanity per song.
The sharp decline after 1985 is countered by a steady increase until a spike in the late '90s and early '00s. This particularly misogynistic era was led by Dr. Dre, Tupac, Jay-Z, and the closest thing we have to a modern day Too $hort, Ludacris. Luda stakes claim to three of the top ten most misogynistic songs in our entire study (including the #1 song, "Ho"). "Ho", which features 106 uses of the word ho, was included on the 2000 album Back For the First Time. To date, "Ho" has more than 2.4 million views on the Ludacris YouTube channel. Since 2001, the peak year, use of woman-degrading terms dropped back to normal levels. Since then, use of sexist terms has been erratic, but generally increasing.
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S. Afr. j. sci. vol.105 n.11-12 Pretoria Nov./Dec. 2009
A double anniversary
2009 is a remarkable anniversary in that it is both the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth, andon November 24the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species. Darwinism in South Africa had an auspicious start as Darwin visited the Cape on the home leg of the voyage of the Beagle in 1836. This is chronicled by both Wilmot James (p. 395 ) and Brian Warner (p. 432 ) in this issue; the latter develops the earlier thesis of W.S. Barnard (SAJS 100, 243248; 2004) that Darwin's meeting at the Cape with the astronomer John Herschel was critical in developing the theory of natural selection.
Darwin was to mull over the theory of evolution by natural selection for over 20 years before the publication of the Origin in 1859deeply conscious of just how radical it was. But the world was ripe for such a revelation, and the first printing was sold out within days. Although Darwinism continues to attract criticism (albeit only from the lunatic fringe), the irony is that the most remarkable feature of the Origin is the extent to which Darwin's explanations hold true, especially as the field of genetics had yet to be founded 150 years ago.
As an extraordinarily rich country in terms of biodiversityboth extant and extinctSouth Africa has played an important role in evolutionary biology, which is reviewed by Steven Johnson (p. 403). But despite the best efforts of biologists (SAJS 91, 67; 1995), only last year, almost 15 years after the advent of democracy, was the teaching of evolution incorporated into the school syllabus for the first time. May this long-overdue development inspire new generations of Darwinians on the southern tip of this continent.


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Rnd 1: With circle color ch 3, 12 dc in 3rd ch from hook. Join with a sl st to 1st dc. (12 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each dc around. Join as before. (24 dc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 2. *sc in next dc, ch 2. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. End off.
Rnd 4: Join soft white with a sl st into any ch-2 space, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same space. Ch 1, skip next 2 ch-2 spaces, 3 sc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next 2 ch-2 spaces. *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next 2 ch-2 spaces, 3 sc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, skip next 2 ch-2 spaces. Repeat from * 2 more times. Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3.
Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in each dc, sc and ch-1 space around with (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in each corner ch-2 space. Join as before.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in each dc around with (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner ch-2 space. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. End off.
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Ooo these are beautiful... I love the frilly little edges! :)xReplyDelete
Debi, how are these joined together? It's very pretty!ReplyDelete
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Marla - over on the right sidebar is a link for 'joining grannies' - click on that link and it will take you to the site that explains how to do it. :)
Cute squircles!! :)ReplyDelete
Very pretty! Love the circles and the pastels are a beautiful choice.ReplyDelete
What a cool square and I love the look when it's joined!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the directions.ReplyDelete
que bonitos quedan en esos tonos pastelReplyDelete
Great colours, thankyou for sharing your pattern with us :))ReplyDelete
Have a great week :))
Very pretty Debi. The border you are using to attach them compliments them nicely. I like your new background and font you are using on your blog too. :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Mrs Debi....this is so cute.Love it.Love your squares.have a wonderfull week.ReplyDelete
I love these! I am making some for the Pinterest challenge! Thanks for the pattern:0)ReplyDelete
I saw this on Pinterest via Wee Folk Art. So cute. Definitely a great project.ReplyDelete
Another winner! Love Pinterest, they also have so many great ideas.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing the written pattern Debi.
Susanne :)
Thanks so much for this lovely pattern. I saw it on Pinterest. I'm having a go right now :)ReplyDelete
Oh, I like this a lot. Thank you so much for sharing your pattern. Even the middle flower part could be made for gift toppers and such. So pretty. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful squares Debi.ReplyDelete
Could you let me know please how you put the printable version on your blog?
Thank you. I thought it might be a good idea for SIBOL.
Of course I am behind with tech things!
Hope you are well. Beautiful day here in the UK.
Love and thanks Suex
Very cute!! I like your joining method too! And I love the cream around each color! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Beautiful Squares! Thank you for making a tutorial, I think I might just have to make a new blanket with these :)ReplyDelete
You can use cotton yarn and make coasters or make it a little bigger and then you can have a dishcloth cuteReplyDeleteReplies
They're both great ideas. Thank you. :)Delete
Thanks for all the lovely comments ladies. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 27, 2012 at 7:40 AM
I just found your site, on facebook, you have a great site, and great patterns, I will visit often. thankyouReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you very much - glad to have you visit. :)Delete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 1:02 AM
I was looking for exactly this way was very nice bi motive for making bag thank you very much for sharing .. the hands of health ..ReplyDelete
I visited my friend liked it very much I saw through a block bi studies all have very beautiful ..
I got followed by audience
I wait for my blog ..
:) I do not want to miss a friend like you who weave warping
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Thank you Zeynep. :)Delete
- AnonymousJune 16, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Just found you Debi, love this squircle and look forward to spending this rainy day exploring your blogsite :)ReplyDelete
Hoola!! me encanta este circulo, gracias por compartir el tutorial!, estaba buscando algo parecido, tu blog es muy bonitoReplyDelete
I am enjoying the challenge of this square but would have a much easier time if the directions were in a more readable font.ReplyDelete
Thanks loopy59 and Isa. :)ReplyDelete
Sarah - sorry you had problems reading my free pattern.
Thank you for sharing this amazing block. Mine are neon colored centers with the white being neon green...looking like a beautiful flower bed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Thank you for sharing those are very pretty.ReplyDelete
I love the clean look of this pattern, do you have a pic of your finished product? I know doing the flat braid is going to be a challenge for me as I intend to make a afghan. :)using your block.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Michelle. I have a baby blankie made with these motifs posted here:Delete
I am using your block pattern to make an afghan, I know doing the flat braid will be a challenge, I love how simple and clean it looks :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Love it have made it a bit larger for a wash clothReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM
How many skeins of yarn would you need for a Lap AfghanReplyDeleteReplies
The circles are made with scrap yarns and if I remember correctly, I used less than 16 oz. of the soft white.Delete
Hi Debi, started making these lovely squircles ... just love them. Have them mentioned on my blog! Blessings.ReplyDelete
These are so Pretty! I am new to Crocheting! Do you happen to have a Video showing how to make these? That would help me so much. Thanks for Sharing! :0)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. :) I'm sorry, but I don't have a video for these squares.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2013 at 9:08 PM
maybe im missing something, how did you do the last row to make the circle edges?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi there. The link for the joining rounds is over on the right sidebar - it says 'joining grannies'. :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 17, 2013 at 10:55 AM
This is exactly the pattern I was looking for to start my new afghan! Thank you.ReplyDelete
Hi Debi,ReplyDelete
I have problem with Round 5.I am not really understand the instruction.could help me to explain more about Round 5?
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Hi Shaili. For Round 5 - ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 space, *dc in next 3 dc, dc in ch-1 space, dc in next 3 sc, dc in next ch-1 space, dc in next 3 dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 space. Repeat from * 2 more times. Dc in next 3 dc, dc in ch-1 space, dc in next 3 sc, dc in ch-1 space. Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3.Delete
Thanks Debi :)Delete
- Kathryn Reilly NussbaumOctober 9, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Thank you for this wonderful pattern!! I love it!ReplyDelete
Can I clarify please are these American Terms? I am in UK. Should I be actually doing Trebles where it states (dc) and then a double where it states (sc)?? Thanks. SarahReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Sarah. Yes - my patterns are in American terms. Sorry it took a little while to get back to you - I was out. :)Delete
I have done 4 of these now. Thank you so much. I hope to make enough to make a patchwork bag. I would love to upload a pic of mine to show you. So chuffed for a newbie. xxReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2014 at 9:48 PM
I have 36 squares done. I used 6 different colors. Should I do 6 rows by 5 rows or 6 by 6 for a baby afghan?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi there. I think 5 squares by 6 squares would be nice. :)Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2014 at 10:24 PM
Oh thank you for replying so quickly! I was afraid 5 rows would be too narrow, but I think the flat braiding will make up for almost another square. Thank you for this pattern. I am making two afghans for my niece who is having twins! So I have another 30 squares to make now, but it didn't take me very long to make the first 36 so I am Ok with that! Thank again!Delete
You're very welcome. Congratulations to your niece and family on the twins!! :)Delete
I just found you on pinteret while searching for a granny pattern for afgan for my niece as a bday gift in December. And I love it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you - I hope your niece likes it too. :)Delete
I'm having a problem with finishing the square part. I'm finding I have extra holes left over even when I space them out correctly. Any advice?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Sheila. I'm sorry you're having a problem - can you send me a picture of the square you're making so I can see how to help? My email is email@example.com
Is there maybe a pattern instead of a written version? I'm beter with that ☺ and love the granny... Thanks for letting me know.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2016 at 11:27 PM
Thank you soooooooooooooo much for sharing the pattern!! So many nice things on the internet but no patterns, if they don't want to share why bother wasting my time, so again thank you xoReplyDelete
Hi! This maybe stupid question but I have the circle part done but where is the part to do it out to make the square? Thank you?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Jeannie - Rnds 4, 5, and 6 will make it into a square. :)Delete
These are so pretty, love the joining. Feeling ambitious....thinking this would make a wonderful scrap bedspread :)ReplyDelete
I have been an avid lover of this pattern for many years and still not got round to finishing my patchwork bag, but I have just featured you Debi on my new website as I love your work.ReplyDelete
Thank you Sarah. :)Delete
How would I go about creating a half square for your squircle square? I would like to make a vest, but it calls for half squares (triangularly), and I don't know how to make one.ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't think this square can be a triangle because of the chain loops. I think you would have to make a plain triangle. :)Delete
Hi could you point me to joining instructions cant see anything .. maybe because im looking on my phone and doesnt show up. ThanksReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Helen. Here's the link for the joining:Delete
Thanks for taking the time to leave a message - it always puts a smile on my face. If you have a question - post it here and check back - I will always answer you. :)


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The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural "rebirth" that began in Florence, Italy, but spread to all of Europe from about 1300 to 1600.
During this time period, Europeans experienced a renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman civilization, and subsequently, in learning science, mathematics, literature, the arts and philosophy. Christianity played a strong role in the renaissance as can be seen in its influence in the birth of modern science. The term "Renaissance man" has come to mean a person who is remarkably well-rounded and learned in every subject, as this is what was expected of men during the Renaissance of the Nobility.
The Italian Renaissance
The northern city-states of Italy were a perfect location for the Renaissance to occur, as Italian culture was built off of classical Greek and Roman civilization. They had become important and wealthy locations selling and trading during the Crusades, and Muslim and Byzantine learning had been brought to Italy also during the Crusades. Florence in particular was home to wealthy families willing to finance artists, mainly the prominent Medici family. Lastly, the fierce competition that existed between the different city-states brought out the best in people and created an environment in which initiative and creativity flourished.
This quote by Leon Battista Alberti, "men can do all things if they will" sums up the spirit of the Renaissance well. Three philosophies emerged during the Renaissance: individualism, humanism and secularism. All three contained similarities and overlapped with one another to form the main philosophy, humanism.
The most lasting legacy of the Renaissance was probably the outstanding artwork it produced. Especially in Florence and Rome, master artists emerged who produced astonishing works of art in sculpture, painting and architecture. The competitive spirit of the Italian city-states as well as the enormous wealth of families willing to patronize created a perfect environment for the flourishing of art.
One of the first artists to incorporate new ideas into his artwork was Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) who brought unprecedented elements of realism in his paintings. Giotto, a typical Renaissance jack-of-all-trades, also designed the innovative campanile (bell tower) for the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral or simply "The Duomo" in Florence. Flemish artists introduced oil paints, and the technique of perspective was introduced by artists like Tommaso Masaccio and Filippo Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi also designed the duomo (dome) for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral, a breakthrough in engineering and architecture that showed Brunelleschi's deep understanding of mathematics.
Donatello (1386-1466) was an influential painter and sculpture of the early Renaissance from Florence. He sculpted a bronze "David," the first free-standing nude statue since the days of the Greeks and Romans, and another famous statue of St.George. Titian (Tiziano Vicelli) (1477-1576) was a painter with an unprecedented use of color and loose brushwork, evident in his stunning masterpiece The Assumption of the Virgin. Raphael (1482-1520) also mastered the use of color and painted beautiful frescoes in churches and for private patrons, the most famous of which may be The School of Athens, an interesting painting depicting Plato and Aristotle surrounded by their pupils. He inspired the two greatest artists of the Renaissance: Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo (1475) is best known for his statue of David and for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, an astounding fresco including over 300 Biblical figures, that took over 4 years to complete. He also sculpted amazing renditions of Moses and "the Pietà," a poignant sculpture of Jesus in Mary's arms after the crucifixion. Following Brunelleschi's model Duomo in Florence, Michelangelo designed the dome for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Although some say his earlier works (like David) reveal a humanistic outlook, later works (like the Pietà) reveal his deep and devout Christianity.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) embodied the "Renaissance man." He was an architect, anatomist, sculptor, scientist, mathematician, musician, and painter. He created masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He kept notebooks full of drawings such as Vitruvian Man, and his observations from dissecting human corpses. It is said that Leonardo could draw with one hand while at the same time painting with the other, and he wrote backwards in his notebooks, so they would have to be held up to a mirror to be read. He was way ahead of his time and created conceptual designs for many devices such as a flying machine and an armored tank. He was the first to come up with the ideas of the calculator and the use of solar power for energy.
Many authors produced influential literary works during the Renaissance. Dante was the writer whose works some historians date as marking the beginning of the Renaissance, and he is called the father of the Renaissance. He was an Italian writer who wrote in the vernacular, or common language, so his works gained popularity among ordinary people as well as scholars. His most famous work is The Divine Comedy, which describes in vivid detail the author's journey through hell (Inferno), purgatory (Purgatorio) and heaven (Paradiso). Although called a "comedy", the book is anything but funny. This is because Dante was using the classical meaning of "comedy", in which a story is not necessarily humorous, but ends happily and according to the divine will of God. In The Divine Comedy, Dante blends Greek Philosophy with Christian theology, in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas. Dante's guide through Hell is Virgil, and the greatest sinners present in Hell are Judas Iscariot (Jesus' betrayer) and Brutus (Caesar's betrayer).
Along with Dante, Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) is considered a father of the Renaissance. He wrote beautiful poetry in Italian, but his books were written in Latin. His works and their focus on the classical philosophers inspired the humanism of the Renaissance.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) wrote The Prince, in which he explored the means by which a monarch can gain, retain, and increase his power. A prince must recognize the needs of the people, Machiavelli declared, and although his consensus was that it is better to be feared than loved, he
additionally stated that it is ideal to be both feared and loved. Machiavelli served under Lorenzo Medidi of Florence, but was exiled. It was during his exile that he wrote The Prince. Today the word "Machiavellian" has come to mean any unreasonable philosophy by which "the end justifies the means."
Civic Humanism
See also Republicanism and Machiavelli
Pocock (1981) traces the Machiavellian belief in and emphasis upon Greco-Roman ideals of unspecialized civic virtue and liberty from 15th century Florence through 17th century England and Scotland to 18th century America. Thinkers who shared these ideals tended to believe that the function of property was to maintain an individual's independence as a precondition of his virtue. Consequently, in the last two times and places mentioned above, they were disposed to attack the new commercial and financial regime that was beginning to develop.[1]
The influential concept of civic humanism of German Renaissance scholar Hans Baron (1900–88) emphasized the male citizen's participation in the republic of Florence. He saw medieval religion as antithetical to this republicanism and denied religion any constitutive role in Renaissance culture. In medieval Thomism there is a broader concept of participation than that of Baron. Despite the supposed ignoring of religion by Jacob Burckhardt (1818–97), he asserted that Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–92) reclaimed medieval spirituality in his late writings. Lorenzo's writings point toward a broader definition of participation to include human associations that focused on charity, thereby including men and women in participatory roles in society.[2]
Najemi (1996) examines Hans Baron's ambivalent portrayal of Machiavelli. He argues that Baron tended to see Machiavelli simultaneously as the cynical debunker and the faithful heir of civic humanism. By the mid-1950s, Baron had come to consider civic humanism and Florentine republicanism as early chapters of a much longer history of European political liberty, a story in which Machiavelli and his generation played a crucial role. This conclusion led Baron to modify his earlier negative view of Machiavelli. He tried to bring the Florentine theorist under the umbrella of civic humanism by underscoring the radical differences between The Prince (which seems to recommend the Prince should doing evil) and the Discourses (which recommends the citizens should do good) and thus revealing the fundamentally republican character of the Discourses. However, Baron's inability to come to terms with Machiavelli's harsh criticism of early 15th century commentators such as Leonardo Bruni ultimately prevented him from fully reconciling Machiavelli with civic humanism.[3]
During the Renaissance there was an explicit self-awareness on the part of humanists, involving a disdain for medieval traditions and art forms, a rejection of scholastic philosophy, and a quest for a purer form of Latin, as discovered in the classics. Italy was the center of this new realization by 1300; by 1600 an expanded version was widely disseminated across western Europe. North of the Alps humanists like the Dutch Erasmus sought the reform of Christian society through classical education. They envisioned the rebirth ("re-naissance") of the Golden Age through the rebirth of good writing. As the tutors the European aristocracy, humanists saw their ideas accepted by the top ranks of the ruling classes.
French intellectual historian Pierre Bayle wrote a highly influential Historical and Critical Dictionary (1695-1697), read by scholars across Europe, which promoted the incorrect notion that the rebirth of letters began in 1453 when the fall of Constantinople sent Greek scholars into exile in the West. (Greeks had come 200 years earlier.) During the Enlightenment, French historian Voltaire portrayed the Renaissance as a crucial stage in the liberation of the human mind from medieval superstition and error, as promulgated by the Catholic Church. Voltaire exaggerated the decline of traditional religion in the Renaissance, for most of the Italian humanists were devout Catholics. The Romantic movement of the 19th century, typified by the poet Robert Browning, explored with fascinated disapproval the pagan and immoral qualities of Renaissance man. Romantics, interested in the vital, heroic, and unconventional personalities of Renaissance artists, added the theme of the Renaissance as the invention of individualism.
In the 19th century, the great romantic historians Jules Michelet (1798-1874) focused on the French Renaissance and Jacob Burckhardt (1818–97) interpreted at Italy. In both cases they assumed there had been an abrupt and fundamental change in society: the Middle Ages end and the modern world suddenly begins. Michelet abhorred the Middle Ages; Burckhardt and Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) did not, but each explored the ways in which a dynamic Renaissance could develop from static medieval culture. Each historian brought his own personal history and ideals to his study of culture, cultural change, and the idea of modernism.[4]
Burckhardt articulated the single most fruitful idea about the Renaissance: "the discovery of the individual," which dominated historical writing for a century. His approach came under challenge from postmodern scholars in the 1970s. The contributions of the New Historicists, particularly literary historian Stephen Greenblatt, have made it impossible to approach the history of individualism in traditional humanistic terms. Accordingly, postmodern scholars now view the "individual" as a cultural construct rather than as an underlying human "essence" or "protagonist" in narratives of modernization or progress. Martin (1997) challenges the postmoderns and offers a new reading of the history of individualism in the Renaissance. He argues many New Historicist practices are inadequate because they tend to ignore long-term historical shifts in the Western European vocabulary of selfhood and to envision constructions of the self as shaped by a narrowly defined cultural context. The history of individualism in the Renaissance should be approached as a discursive field in which there was a new understanding of "prudence" as a strategy for concealing one's views and sentiments and a newly invented notion of "sincerity" that called for the expression of personal convictions and feelings. As a result of the tension between these two ideals, the Renaissance self came to be defined in increasingly expressive and individualistic terms. Because these ideals had a European-wide currency and developed over several generations, the origins of individualism cannot be traced in any exclusive manner to specific national contexts or particular moments in time. Rather than a return to traditional assumptions about the self, Martin's approach encourages discussions of individualism and identity to take into account two critical issues: the need to remain open to complex intellectual and cultural forces that transcend particular times and places, and the need to recognize that the Renaissance sense of interiority was often immune to precisely the sort of ideological manipulation that New Historicists have seen as decisive in the construction of identities.[5]
Bouwsma (1979) laments the virtual collapse in recent historiography of the venerable conception of the Renaissance as a decisive turning point in the drama of Western history and to the postmodern substitution for it of the vague notion of the Renaissance as an "age of transition" to the modern world. This shift is attributed to a general tendency in recent historiography to minimize process in favor of structure. However valuable in some respects, structuralist history is not well adapted to explain change, argues Bouwsma. As a result, it has undermined the dramatic organization of Western history and - since historiography cannot finally dispense with dramatic patterns of some kind - opened the way for a "myth of apocalyptic modernization" that rejects the relevance of all but the most recent past to the present. The traditional idea of the Renaissance, since it saw the modern world as the goal of linear history, was itself vitiated by apocalypticism. Detached from this metahistorical assumption, however, it is still useful to explain much (if not all) in contemporary culture, in the meaning of that term now common among anthropologists.[6]
Studying history
Medieval history was consisted primarily of descriptive chronicles. Humanism in created a new kind of historical writing, with attention to motives and causes, animated by a belief that the study of the past had direct applications to governance and military science, and a sense that historical change is best understood in the context of deep values. Leonardo Bruni, one of the earliest humanist historians, presents the history of Florence as a battle between tyranny and civil liberty. Sabellicus presents Venice as the successor of the ancient Greek ideal of the independent city-state. Political history was a seen as to statecraft argued by Machiavelli and Polydore Vergil.
The Renaissance Society of America formed in 1954 with about 700 members. It now has several thousand, and held its 54th annual meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago, 3–5 April 2008.[7]
See also
- Painting Masterpieces
- Painting Schools
- Fra Angelico
- Italian Painting
- Roman painting
- Historical Painting
Further reading
- Abbagnano, Nicola. "Renaissance Humanism" in Philip P. Wiener, ed. The Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas, (1974) online edition
- Brotton, Jerry. The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction (2006) excerpt and text search
- Burckhardt, Jacob. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860), a famous classic; excerpt and text search 2007 edition; also complete text online
- Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1. The Renaissance (1903), older atticles by scholars complete text online
- Campbell, Gordon. The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2003). 862 pp. online at OUP
- Grendler, Paul F., ed. The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students. (2003). 970 pp.
- Fletcher, Stella. The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390-1530. (2000). 347 pp.
- Hale, John. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. (1994). 648 pp.; a magistral survey, heavily illustrated excerpt and text search
- Hall, Bert S. Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics (2001) excerpt and text search
- Hattaway, Michael, ed. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. (2000). 747 pp.
- Johnson, Paul. The Renaissance: A Short History. (2000). 197 pp. excerpt and text search
- King, Margaret L. Women of the Renaissance (1991) excerpt and text search
- Kristeller, Paul Oskar, and Michael Mooney. Renaissance Thought and its Sources (1979) excerpt and text search
- Nauert, Charles G. Historical Dictionary of the Renaissance. (2004). 541 pp.
- Patrick, James A., ed. Renaissance and Reformation (5 vol 2007), 1584 pages; comprehensive encyclopedia
- Plumb, J. H. The Italian Renaissance (2001) excerpt and text search
- Ross, James Bruce, and Mary M. McLaughlin, eds. The Portable Renaissance Reader (1977) excerpt and text search
- Rowse, A. L. The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society (2000) excerpt and text search
- Ruggiero, Guido, ed. A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance. (2002). 561 pp.
- Sider, Sandra. Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe (2007) excerpt and text search
- Rundle, David, ed. The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. (1999). 434 pp.; numerous brief articles online edition
- Speake, Jennifer and Thomas G. Bergin, eds. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation. (2004). 550 pp.
- Turner, Richard N. Renaissance Florence (2005) excerpt and text search
- ↑ J. G. A. Pocock, "The Machiavellian Moment Revisited: a Study in History and Ideology.: Journal of Modern History 1981 53(1): 49-72.
- ↑ Jane Tylus, "Charitable Women: Hans Baron's Civic Renaissance Revisited." Rinascimento [Italy] 2003 43: 287-307. Issn: 0080-3073
- ↑ John M. Najemy, "Baron's Machiavelli and Renaissance Republicanism." American Historical Review 1996 101(1): 119-129.
- ↑ Jo Tollebeek, "'Renaissance' and 'Fossilization': Michelet, Burckhardt, and Huizinga." Renaissance Studies 2001 15(3): 354-366.
- ↑ John Martin, "Inventing Sincerity, Refashioning Prudence: the Discovery of the Individual in Renaissance Europe." American Historical Review 1997 102(5): 1309-1342.
- ↑ William J. Bouwsma, "The Renaissance and the Drama of Western History." American Historical Review 1979 84(1): 1-15
- ↑ The 2008 program is online; the 2009 program is online; the 2010 meeting will be in Venice


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The best in the world
Max writes:
There are a gazillion things, a gazillion truly different and differentiated thing, a gazillion things of genuine value, to be the best in the world at.
This is exactly what I've been trying to say. Best in the world just refers to the world of the consumer in that moment, and best means the thing that most appropriately fits his worldview. In other words, I don't think you have to be the best in the world at classical violin. I think you can do great by making the best espresso on this particular block of downtown Chicago, or being the politician with the best stance on immigration (the one I agree with the most).
Compromise is the enemy of that. So is fear. So is the desire to fit in or be average. Overreaching is possible, but talent is almost never the problem.


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All EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) hold great promise for reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil. However, before widespread adoption is possible, cities and states must have the appropriate systems in place for deployment of home-charging equipment.
NREL developed the online resource for DOE's Clean Cities initiative, which works to reduce petroleum consumption in transportation. The newly compiled information is housed on Clean Cities' Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) at www.afdc.energy.gov/plugin_case_studies
"This first-of-its-kind collection of information will prove invaluable to cities and regions that are getting ready for EVs," Clean Cities Co-Director Linda Bluestein says. "They can take advantage of the work done by early leaders, so no one will have to reinvent the electrically powered wheel."
The new Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment Case Studies section of the AFDC website offers ideas for industry leaders and public officials looking for answers on residential charger permitting procedures, tax incentives, regulatory mechanisms, technical guidelines, and equipment inspection requirements.
Among the case studies is a detailed account of the state of Oregon's path to plugging in. Manufacturers and public officials there are working with consumers to deploy charging equipment in 900 residences and 1,150 public locations in and between the cities of Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Corvallis. The case study includes Oregon's step-by-step process for permitting, installation, and inspection of home charging equipment. And it provides links to a trove of Oregon's legislation, regulations, and reports that other regions can use in their own deployment efforts.
"EVs and PHEVs have the potential to transform transportation in our nation," Bluestein says. "Preparation by municipalities, utilities, states, and regions will determine how quickly and smoothly that transformation takes place."
The other locations featured in Deployment Case Studies include Raleigh, N.C., Houston, and Los Angeles. All the case studies are housed within the comprehensive Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and All-Electric Vehicle section.


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Can you tell which fashion icon inspired my new haircut?
Full high-waisted skirt: H&M
Black tights: ?
Patent leather shoes: Ryłko (which is a Polish company with amazing designs)
Pearl earrings: Bijou Brigitte
Dogeared 'Pearls of Wisdom' necklace
Pandora bracelet
I like this outfit. Again, it features some of my favorite wardrobe pieces: the skirt I had to have the moment I laid my eyes on it in the store, and the shoes were just too quirky to pass up.
Cheeks: Milani 'Luminous' blusher
Lips: NYX Mega Shine lipgloss in 'Dolly Pink'
Nails: Essie Holiday 2010 'Hot Coco' nail polish


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Do Not Translate it into your languange and claim ownership Charging forward together with Emerald on Raikou, the Salon Maiden Anabel states her title, and challenges Guile to a fight as the supervisor of all Frontier Brains. Nearby, Todd watches everything in awe with Sudowoodo and Dusclops, and gasps that Anabel is finally making her move as well.
Without another word, Anabel orders a Thundershock, and a delicate bolt of electricity instantly shoots out from Raikou's spiked tail to surround the armoured man. Anabel remarks that while Thundershock is relatively weak among all electric attacks, moves with low power intensities as such allow better control and accuracy.
Gradually, the electric current around Guile forms itself into a spiral of circles, and sends off sparks every time Guile's armour makes contact with it. Anabel explains that she is essentially creating an electric barrier to imprison their foe, and says it will give them an advantage in the battle. With that, the purple manes on Raikou's back start to extend and span out towards the ceiling of the cave, and Todd exclaims that a giant thundercloud is taking form.
Anabel puts on a grin, and says there are many occasions where weather-dependent moves cannot be pulled off because of the unsuitable environmental conditions. The attack thunder is a good example since it must be initiated by thunderclouds in the open skies. However, the case is different with Raikou, for it carries around its own thunderclouds, and can elicit the move even in indoor areas.
Without warning, a powerful bolt of electricity crashes down from Raikou's thunderclouds and strikes on the ground just in front of Guile. Guile narrowly evades the hit, and is astonished at the power intensity of the attack. He wonders what kind of Pokémon Anabel's electric beast is, and Anabel smirks that she is surprised Guile doesn't recognize the legendary thunder Pokémon Raikou, which she encountered in Johto.
Crouching behind some giant boulders for shelter, Todd is amazed at Anabel's overwhelming upper hand over the armoured man, and couldn't understand how she can be so skillful. A confident and cocky look appears on Anabel's face, and she states that there are no reasons behind being powerful. Powerful trainers earn their names simply because they are powerful and possess the important virtue people call the ability.
With Guile immobilized within Raikou's electric barrier, Anabel motions Emerald to do his part. The boy merrily hops off Raikou, and quickly sends out Chanpeon and Cupeon to go after Jirachi. Todd recognizes the two as the same Hitmonchan and Cubone Emerald used in his Battle Pyramid challenge, and Emerald states that they are the original party members of a capture specialist, making them highly trained Pokémon in carrying out capture tasks.
Emerald wants Jirachi trapped but not hurt, and Chanpeon begins by delivering a series of Mach Punch from every direction. The punches barely touch Jirachi, but manage to confuse and corner it against a rocky wall. Cupeon then holds up a chain of Thickbones, and Todd sees that the bones have been linked together to form a nunchuck. With a swift spin, Cupeon tosses the device towards the unsuspecting Jirachi to coil around its tiny body, and successfully immobilizes it in midair.
Todd cheers that Emerald has done it, and grins that Jirachi is indeed trapped without getting hurt. Emerald then stomps on his right platform shoe to access the various Pokeballs stored inside, and says while he initially chose the Timer Ball since he expected a battle against a phantom Pokémon to be long and tedious, it appears that any kind of ball would do the trick now. Wanting to make using Jirachi easier after its capture, Emerald decides to use the Luxury Ball this time, which raises a captured Pokémon's loyalty.
Emerald positions the Luxury Ball on the ground before kicking it out like he did with the Timer Ball before, and aims his target at Jirachi's center of life force, which according to Crystal, is the crescent line on its abdomen. Delivering his best kick, the ball hits the target and Jirachi begins getting sucked in while everyone watches on with keen eyes.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Battle Arena, the gathered reporters are starting to get impatient from all the waiting Scott makes his apologies while maintaining his cheerful attitude, and assures them that the Frontier Brains and the challenger will soon return. He recalls Greta coming to him personally after the boy's Pyramid challenge, requesting that she take on the boy next, and that the press be notified and brought to the Arena the following day. He wonders why it is taking so long for the Brains and the boy, but then tells himself that he should be patient, because afterall, they are dealing with the phantom Pokémon Jirachi and the great evil who is after it.
Back inside the Artisans Cave, while Emerald watches the Luxury Ball suck in Jirachi, Todd steals a glance at Guile and is thankful that they can prevent this evil man from possessing the phantom Pokémon who could grant all kinds of wishes. However, Emerald soon notices that something is wrong. While Jirachi has been completely engulfed into the ball, the ball seems to have trouble closing completely and a narrow slit remains. Todd bolts with a start that something else might be interfering with it, and Emerald quickly turns around to see that Guile's Surskit is stopping the ball from closing with its Psybeam.
Soon, under the combined effects of the Psybeam and Jirachi's struggling, the Luxury Ball bursts open, and Jirachi speeds out from it. At the same time, Guile lifts his sword to break the electric currents around him, and states that there shall be no one thwarting him anymore.
Anabel grunts in anger and orders Raikou forward, but then realizes that their feet are glued to the ground by some sticky liquid. Todd and Emerald quickly notice that they are immobilized by the same substance as well, and it is only then that they see a liquid continuously dripping off the foot tips of Guile's Surskit. Emerald hollers that the liquid contains honey which Surskit secretes, and that the high-density honey is now working like strong glue.
Lifting his sword up again, the armoured man states that it is time for the cheap garbage to vanish, and delivers a swing to send out a powerful blast of energy towards Anabel, Emerald, Todd and Raikou. Just as the attack is about to hit, Sceptile pops out from Emerald's Pokeball, and together with Sudowoodo and Dusclops, shield themselves in front to take the hit. Emerald is astonished by their action, and Todd gasps that the three Pokémon set free by Emerald are protecting him.
Guile turns around to face Jirachi, who is now shivering in fear from all the drama in the cave, and reaches out his hand for it. But the phantom Pokémon disappears into thin air all of a sudden, and Emerald gasps that it is gone.
Guile grunts in frustration that he was so close in succeeding, and blames it on Emerald and Frontier Brains' interference. But he reasons that he still has 4 days, and tells Emerald and the Brains that they are of no match against him. He states that by the time they meet again, he, Guile Hideout, will be the ruler of all lands. With that, he slams his sword onto the floor to stir up a storm of sand, and vanishes when the air clears.
Later, at the entrance of the Battle Arena, Scott announces to the press that the Frontier Brains and the challenger are finally back. Most of the Frontier Brains are still struggling to keep themselves together after the deadly showdown with the armoured man, but Scott seems oblivious to all of that, and simply remarks that they are late enough and should entertain the grumbling press people by commencing the Arena challenge right away.
However, Anabel stops him in his track, and wishes to clarify something first. She wants to know if Scott has known of everything right from the start, about the phantom Pokémon Jirachi, as well as the armoured man who is after it, Guile Hideout…
Thanks To Coronis For Writing this for us
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About 1.6 million American jobs hang in the balance. That is the clear implication of analysis contained in the annual budget update by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Along with all manner of dire and dreary budget data reflecting President Obama's budget and economic policies to date, CBO provides its assessment of what would happen if the President and Congress sit on their respective hands and fail to defuse the threats of Taxmageddon and the fiscal cliff. The answer is fairly simple: recession.
As CBO so diplomatically put it, "such fiscal tightening will lead to economic conditions in 2013 that will probably be considered a recession."
Taxmageddon is the $500 billion tax hike slated to take effect on January 1, while the fiscal cliff consists of Taxmageddon plus various spending reductions—among them the sequestration left over from the disastrous negotiations that led to the Budget Control Act in 2011.
According to CBO's analysis, if Congress defuses Taxmageddon and the fiscal cliff, then the economy will grow at a tepid 1.7 percent in 2013 and the unemployment rate will remain stuck around 8 percent. But if President Obama and Congress play chicken with Taxmageddon and fail to act, then the economy will contract by about 0.5 percent and the unemployment rate will shoot up to 9.1 percent, about halfway back to the peak from the past recession.
Forget percentages—what does this mean in actual jobs lost if President Obama and Congress fail to act? It means roughly 1.6 million more Americans will be out of work—on top of the 12.8 million who already want to work but can't find jobs.
Just about every relevant school of economics, from the President's pure Keynesianism to supply-side and neoclassical persuasions, tells much the same tale on net: Raising tax rates on a weak economy produces a weaker economy. It's not terribly complicated.
The good news is that the House of Representatives has passed a bill preventing a big part of Taxmageddon. The Senate has passed a much less adequate bill. These form the basis of a good final product.
The other good news is that Congress will have time after the August recess to avoid the economic peril that CBO projects. Talk of 2013 and tax reform is dangerous, and waiting on a post-election lame-duck session even more so, as the policy outcome would likely be worse. Both likely assure a recession, for which this Congress and this President will unequivocally be at fault.
President Obama and Congress failed at their summer job of preventing Taxmageddon, but there is still time—just not much.


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September 8, 2007
Measuring Distances in Google Maps
If you want to measure the distance between two or more places, Google Maps can be pretty helpful.
One way to do that is to add the "Distance Measurement Tool" mapplet and create a path on the map. You can add as many points as you want and if you make a mistake, there's an option to delete the last point. Distances can be expressed in Metric units or English units, but if you're feeling geeky there are many other less known units you can choose: Bohr radius, Egyptian remen, nautical mile, Olympic swimming pool, light-year, PostScript point and more.
"My Maps" can also be used to create personalized maps. Add lines, define a path and change it by dragging one of the white rectangles placed on the path. The personalized map can be saved for future reference, printed, shared with others and embedded in a site.
It's interesting to compare these distances with those obtained from driving directions. To customize the route, drag the blue line or add a new destination in the sidebar.
Google Earth offers similar ways to measure distances. In both Google Maps and Google Earth, "measuring is calculated using the lat/lon coordinates from point to point and does not consider elevation."
Only the distance measurement mapplet lets you choose between metric and English units of measures. The path from "My Maps" shows the total distance in miles, while the driving directions show the units of measures used in a country.
39 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2007 at 10:28 AM
...and another mashup bites the dust..ReplyDelete
Any way to make it show meters and kilometers instead of miles?ReplyDelete
nice, middle europe pictures!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Hi there, your image "driving-distance-measures.png" shows distances in metric units: Can you please explain how can we get that on making our own routes, because I searched the entire net, and your image is the only clue to our problem with measurement in feet, toes, or nails... Where can we activate the International System?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2008 at 6:17 AM
Learn how to read and write in AmericanReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2009 at 7:45 AM
no such thing as an american language...its english...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 2, 2009 at 2:09 AM
According to Webster, there is...do a search for "Webster's Dictionary of the American Language" :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 1, 2012 at 5:31 AM
There is no American language. It's a mere variation of British English. And last time I read, its deteriorating; thanks to your new batch of Americans.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 12:50 PM
This is a case of someone trying to sound intelligent but coming off as ignorant. How could you qualify or quantify that a language is "deteriorating"? You are comparing it to British English, which is neither authoritative or proper. It is just different. American English shares common roots, but has evolved on its own. Languages take shape because of differences in culture, geography, circumstances, etc. Stop being a pretentious asshole.Delete
To the initial commenter: If you say "American" over "English," you sound dumb and kind of like an American stereotype.
Most Americans would say "English" if asked to enter "What language do you speak." That disposes of one issue above. As for the rest of the inane whining above the language is changing rapidly with or without you so get over it. It might have been Bertrand Russell who observed, "England and America, two peoples separated by a common language."Delete
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM
UGH is it possible to find the distance of two addresses and output the distance in miles on my website. WHERES THE API FOR THAT??? HELP!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2012 at 9:48 PM
That is similar to what I want too! I would like to be able to input two addresses and have the distance calculated without having to try and find and click on the individual addresses on the map. Can we just have an 'as the crow flies' button in the directions area???Delete
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2009 at 10:49 AM
There is Americanised English - we Brits look down on it as an inferior and secondary usage of our language.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 4:24 AM
> Only the distance measurement mapplet lets you chooseReplyDelete
> between metric and English units of measures. The path
> from "My Maps" shows the total distance in miles,
> while the driving directions show the units of measures
> used in a country.
Please add an option to use metric units in "My Maps".
I want to do the opposite. I want to click on a point and have it show me a 40 KM range from that point. Is this possible?ReplyDelete
I click on "My Maps" in I.E. 6 and it just says "Loading..."ReplyDelete
Fortunately I can use it in Firefox.
It is weird that it is in "Featured Content" when it is really a tool. There should be a seperate category because it is difficult to find.
The default pointer is a hand. It would be nice if the cursor location turned into a pointing tool or cross hairs when the direction measure tool is in effect.
It does have metric and English measurements.
British English is respected even in the US, but "units of measures" should be "units of measurement," either side of the pond.
yeah, article is good, but on google is complicated.ReplyDelete
i use www.distancestool.com
Well, google seems to have messed this up.ReplyDelete
Are there any other maps out there that still have a measuring tool?
Frankly, that tool was the only reason I used google maps.
The mapplet is still available: add it from the gallery. Next time, browse the directory.
Where did this go. All I see now is more useless web 2.0 crap.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM
I 'clicked' and added the measurement tool, but I'm not sure how to access the tool - so that I can use it.
Not a techie, unfortunately.
I'll continue searching & try to figure it out....
Click on "My Maps" to view all the mapplets and custom maps:ReplyDelete
you shouldn't have to sign in and add it from the directory. it should just exist, as it has in the past.ReplyDelete
unfortunately, google is getting crappier and crappier
- AnonymousMay 29, 2010 at 2:07 PM
no one wants american units of any kind. ... other than americans.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 2:14 PM
"Distance Measurement Tool" is now available via Maps Labs - just click on the green flask icon in top left corner and enable it. It adds a small ruler button near scale control and is much easier to use.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2010 at 6:52 AM
how do you use this? i've got green and red markers, but there's no red line in between themReplyDelete
in the following website easy to measure distances between multiple cities: www.distancestool.comReplyDelete
and thanx for the article.
- AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 10:14 AM
There does not appear be an intuitive way of determining distance between two points in google maps. As for the anti American comments... There is a reason that the Americans do not speak the Brit version of English. There is also a reason that the sun now sets on your empire. To the victor goes the spoils, we have done just fine on our own and in our own way. Feel free to look down upon us and our so called inferior language if you must. It is for this reason that we are free of you. I hope your bitterness and disdain keeps you warm at night. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousApril 1, 2012 at 5:24 AM
No America, you didnt do fine on your own. You've just been really savvy at copying, weaponizing, commercializing and then getting all the credit for other countries technology.Delete
I'm for certain the concept of the internet didnt dawned in an American's head. The Saturn 5 engine that carried the Apollo missions was the work of a German. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is Russian who I'm thinking is the one who did the most work.
Paris Hilton et al; that's all you, America.
Please stop thinking high and almighty. The technologies at our fingertip was the collaboration of men of different races.
Wow is google really this suck? To measure a route I first click on a 404 link in an out-dated blog post, and then..... I goto bing, click on the giant 'apps' link (which doesnt 404), provides a nice search box there, I type 'distance', nice ajax search & 2 clicks later I'm measuring distance. Google on the other hand I have to leave 'maps', goto 'web' and find this crappy out-dated blog post which the link is a 404. Good work google. NOTReplyDelete
The measure distance tool is a simple way of find the distance between two points on a mapReplyDelete
Need to export the data in some way also? - check http://www.routegen.comReplyDelete
The American measurement is fine. I can't figure out the other one...ReplyDelete
I've used this several times. I used it once in court. The judge agreed that it was satisfactory to illustrate my defense.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 7:15 AM
The fact is - without resorting to childish insults - that the only languages that could accurately claim to be "American" are those of the native tribes. The "American language" spoken in day to day affairs is merely Americanised ENGLISH. It is not a language in itself.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 1:24 PM
If Google could use only one set of units it makes sense to use US miles. But it would not be hard to provide both as an option (by all means, default to miles).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 1:30 PM
How to see distance in metric units: create a map in 'My Maps', draw a route in. Now got to http://maps.google.fr, login with you normal Google user name and select 'My Maps'. All of your maps are there and now when you select one you will see distances in kilometres.ReplyDelete
The discussion above on who has the best empire is hilarious, but misses a pretty obvious point. Providing an option for the users preferred units would make a better UI. Thumbs down to Google for amateurism in this case. The work around proves how trivial it would be for them to provide a setting to handle this.
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Here is the app with many different measure features (area, distance, angles measurements on Google Maps with different units): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vistechprojects.planimeterReplyDelete


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The guessing game is over: Apple's iPhone 3G S has arrived. Don't let appearances fool you. On the outside nothing looks much different with the 3G S. The real difference is what's inside. So how will Apple's iPhone 3G s compare to the Palm Pre? I've put together a chart for a quick glance at how they stack up (see below). For a more in-depth analysis, read on.
The main difference is quite obvious — for the same price as a 16GB iPhone3G S you only get a 8GB Palm Pre. In comparison, the current generation 8GB iPhone 3G dropped in price to $99, going after Pre's lower capacity storage.
For just $100 more than the Palm Pre (that is if you get your $100 mail-in rebate) you can get a top-notch iPhone 3G S with a whopping 32GB of storage (four times more than the Pre).
However, the Palm Pre offers a better deal against the iPhone 3G S when it comes to the data plan. AT&T did not reduce its iPhone tariffs, so the Pre on Sprint still offers more for the buck when it comes to data, voice and text plans.
Both the Pre and iPhone 3Gs have a 3-megapixel cameras; however, there are some major differences in features. The Pre's camera has an LED flash, but no autofocus, video recording or editing capabilities. You also cannot adjust white balance or exposure.
Apple did not throw in a flash for this generation, but the iPhone 3Gs brand-new camera gets some pretty nifty features nonetheless. You can now control focus either by tapping on the screen or using the autofocus feature.
But perhaps the biggest edge the iPhone 3G S's camera has over the Pre is its video recording capability. You can record 30fps VGA video with audio by simply going into the camera app and switching from still to movie. Autofocus, auto white balance and auto exposure features apply to video, as well.
Video recording was long overdue for the iPhone, especially since it is a feature that most low- to mid-range phones carry. Even better: You can edit your videos with a tap of the finger by picking an in-point and end-point and hitting "trim." Then, you can tap the share button to send over e-mail, MMS, MobileMe gallery, or YouTube-pretty cool.
But the new iPhone 3G S also matches in features some of software advantages the Pre had over the 3G model. The 3G S has now copy and paste, MMS, tethering (coming later this year), A2DP Bluetooth capability, geotagging (photo and video) and turn-by-turn navigations.
While none of the two phones features a FM receiver/transmitter, the iPhone 3G S has a built-in digital compass and voice controls over the Palm Pre. On the downside, the new iPhone still doesn't feature a removable battery or a hardware keyboard (but nobody was expecting the 3G S to have one, anyway).
There is also an essential advantage the iPhone 3G S has over the Palm Pre — it's the App Store. Apple packs over 50,000 apps in its store while Palm's App Catalog is still at the beginning of the road, with 12 apps available and a store in beta stage.
Apple claims a muchly-improved battery life on the 3G S, which would be a welcome addition to the not-so-acclaimed 3G's lifespan between charges. But then again, the Palm Pre didn't score too well either. Meanwhile, iPhone 3G S's battery shall withstand the usage test when it comes out in just under two weeks.
But the final battle between the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre will be carried out on June 19, when Apple's new device is to hit the stores. Besides the obvious storage capacity and price difference, each buyer will have to carefully consider whether they really want a physical keyboard or a LED flash for the phone's camera.
Which one will you choose?
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