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Chapter 12
When Jonathan saw that the times favored him, he sent selected men to Rome to confirm and renew his friendship with the Romans.
He also sent letters to Sparta and other places for the same purpose.
After reaching Rome, the men entered the senate chamber and said, "The high priest Jonathan and the Jewish people have sent us to renew the earlier friendship and alliance between you and them."
The Romans gave them letters addressed to the authorities in the various places, requesting them to provide the envoys with safe conduct to the land of Judah.
This is a copy of the letter that Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
"Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people send greetings to their brothers the Spartans.
1 Long ago a letter was sent to the high priest Onias from Arius, who then reigned over you, stating that you are our brothers, as the attached copy shows.
Onias welcomed the envoy with honor and received the letter, which clearly referred to alliance and friendship.
2 Though we have no need of these things, since we have for our encouragement the sacred books that are in our possession,
we have ventured to send word to you for the renewal of brotherhood and friendship, so as not to become strangers to you altogether; a long time has passed since your mission to us.
We, on our part, have never ceased to remember you in the sacrifices and prayers that we offer on our feasts and other appropriate days, as it is right and proper to remember brothers.
We likewise rejoice in your renown.
But many hardships and wars have beset us, and the kings around us have attacked us.
We did not wish to be troublesome to you and to the rest of our allies and friends in these wars;
with the help of Heaven for our support, we have been saved from our enemies, and they have been humbled.
So we have chosen Numenius, son of Antiochus, and Antipater, son of Jason, and we have sent them to the Romans to renew our former friendship and alliance with them.
We have also ordered them to come to you and greet you, and to deliver to you our letter about the renewal of our brotherhood.
Therefore kindly send us an answer on this matter."
This is a copy of the letter that was sent to Onias:
"Arius, king of the Spartans, sends greetings to Onias the high priest.
A document has been found stating that the Spartans and the Jews are brothers; both nations descended from Abraham.
Now that we have learned this, kindly write to us about your welfare.
We, on our part, are informing you that your cattle and your possessions are ours, and ours are yours. We have, therefore, given orders that you should be told of this."
Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius had returned to attack him with a stronger army than before.
3 He set out from Jerusalem and went into the country of Hamath to meet them, giving them no time to enter his province.
The spies he had sent into their camp came back and reported that the enemy had made ready to attack the Jews that very night.
Therefore, when the sun set, Jonathan ordered his men to be on guard and to remain armed, ready for combat, throughout the night. He also set outposts all around the camp.
When the enemy heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, their hearts sank with fear and dread. They lighted fires and then withdrew.
But because Jonathan and his men were watching the lights burning, they did not know what had happened until morning.
Then Jonathan pursued them, but he could not overtake them, for they had crossed the river Eleutherus.
So Jonathan turned aside against the Arabs who are called Zabadeans, overwhelming and plundering them.
Then he marched on to Damascus and traversed that whole region.
Simon also set out and went as far as Ashkalon and its neighboring strongholds. He then turned to Joppa and occupied it,
for he heard that its men had intended to hand over this stronghold to the supporters of Demetrius. He left a garrison there to guard it.
When Jonathan returned, he assembled the elders of the people, and with them he made plans for building strongholds in Judea,
for making the walls of Jerusalem still higher, and for erecting a high barrier between the citadel and the city, that would isolate the citadel and so prevent its garrison from commerce with the city.
The people therefore worked together on building up the city, for part of the east wall above the ravine had collapsed. The quarter called Chaphenatha was also repaired.
Simon likewise built up Adida in the Shephelah, and strengthened its fortifications by providing them with gates and bars.
Trypho was determined to become king of Asia, assume the crown, and do away with King Antiochus.
But he was afraid that Jonathan would not permit him, but would fight against him. Looking for a way to seize and kill him, he set out and reached Beth-shan.
Jonathan marched out against him with forty thousand picked fighting men and came to Beth-shan.
But when Trypho saw that Jonathan had arrived with a large army he was afraid to offer him violence.
Instead, he received him with honor, introduced him to all his friends, and gave him presents. He also ordered his friends and soldiers to obey him as they would himself.
Then he said to Jonathan: "Why have you put all your soldiers to so much trouble when we are not at war?
Pick out a few men to stay with you, send the rest back home, and then come with me to Ptolemais. I will hand it over to you together with other strongholds and their garrisons, as well as the officials, then I will leave and go home. That is why I came here."
Jonathan believed him and did as he said. He dismissed his troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.
But he kept with him three thousand men, of whom he sent two thousand to Galilee while one thousand accompanied him.
Then as soon as Jonathan had entered Ptolemais, the men of the city closed the gates and seized him; all who had entered with him, they killed with the sword.
4 Trypho sent soldiers and cavalry to Galilee and the Great Plain to destroy all Jonathan's men.
These, upon learning that Jonathan had been captured and his companions killed, encouraged one another and went out in compact body ready to fight.
As their pursuers saw that they were ready to fight for their lives, they turned back.
Thus all these men of Jonathan came safely into the land of Judah. They mourned over Jonathan and his men, and were in great fear, and all Israel fell into deep mourning.
All the nations round about sought to destroy them. They said, "Now that they have no leader to help them, let us make war on them and wipe out their memory from among men."


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Mozilla late Thursday confirmed that it had failed to detect malware in a pair of Firefox add-ons, which may have infected up to 4,600 users.
The add-ons have been removed from Firefox's official add-on download site .
According to an entry on the Mozilla Add-ons blog , Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer were infected with Trojan horses designed to hijack Windows PCs. Both add-ons were in the "experimental" area of Firefox's add-on download site, where newer extensions remain until they undergo a public review process. To install experimental add-ons, Firefox users must view and accept an additional warning.
Master Filer was downloaded about 600 times in the five months ending Jan. 25, when it was pulled from the site. Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 was downloaded approximately 4,000 times between February and May 2008. The most up-to-date version of the latter, which captures streaming videos in a variety of formats, is 5.7.
Any Windows users who installed one of the two add-ons would have also silently executed the Trojan, which would then infect the PC. Mac or Linux Firefox users who installed the add-ons were not affected.
Mozilla acknowledged that its security process failed. "[Add-ons] performs a malware check on all add-ons uploaded to the site, and blocks add-ons that are detected as such," said yesterday's blog. "This scanning tool failed to detect the Trojan in Master Filer." After adding more scanning tools to the process, a rescan of all add-ons uncovered the attack code embedded in Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0, which was yanked from the download site Tuesday.
Mozilla urged users who downloaded the add-ons to uninstall them, then because that doesn't scrub the Trojan from the system, to also run an antivirus scan to detect and delete the malware.
Little could be found on the Web about the author of Master Filer, identified as "haklinim," other than that he or she used an anonymous proxy server in Japan to shunt traffic to a developer biography, which Mozilla has also deleted.
SourceTec Software, which makes Sothink Web Video Downloader, is based in China, according to the phone number listed on its Web site. The company did not reply to a request for comment or an explanation of how its add-on was infected.
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After the worm snafu, Snyder said Mozilla would boost the number of times it scanned files for malware, and would also up the frequency of scans of its entire add-on catalog "to address this sort of case in the future."
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
This recipe was on the interesting site "Esurientes - The Comfort Zone". The recipe had already been posted by Nic of "Baking Sheet" who had taken it from "Cooking Light" by Alice Meldrich.
We all tend to think that low-fat baking is tasteless or uninteresting, but mostly we are wrong, especially regarding any kind of negative thoughts when it comes to this recipe, because it is far from being bland! Those cookies were full of flavour and chewy to please! Their sweet, round and slightly bitter taste confered by the vanilla extract and the cocoa was very pleasant. Nobody could have imagined that it was a light recipe! All in all, they were what most of us want to find in a cookie: pure "dirtiness"!!!
So, to all the people who might still have doubts concerning the taste quality of low-fat baking, I can only tell you to try those wonderful cookies and I bet that you'll change your mind very fastly as this recipe is awsome!...
Makes about 2 dozen.
1 Cup (150g) Plain white flour
1/4 Tsp Baking soda
1/8 Tsp Salt
1/4 Cup (30g) Unsalted butter, at room temperature
7 Tbs Unsweetened cocoa
2/3 Cup (145g) Castor sugar
1/3 Cup (75g) Light brown sugar
1/3 Cup Plain yoghurt
1 Tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 Cup Candied/dry cherries, dry cranberries or chocolate chips (optional, I used nothing)
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
2. Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
3. In a large bowl, melt the butter using the "bain-marie" method.
4. Stir in the cocoa powder and sugars. Remove the bowl from the pan.
5. Stir in the yoghurt and vanilla extract.
6. Add the flour mixture and mix until combined.
7. If you are using cherries or any of the above mentioned ingredients, stir them in.
8. Drop tablespoons of batter onto a parchment lined cookie tray/pan.
9. Press down slightly to flatten.
10. Bake for 9-12 minutes or until set and firm at the edges.
11. Allow to cool on the tray/pan for a few minutes (no more than five minutes, though) before transfering to a wire rack to cool completely.
If you add chocolate chips, you will up the fat content, so remember that before adding anything else than the dry/candied cherries or dry cranberries.
I used no fruits or chocolate chips and the cookies were also very fine!
Cookies do not spread a lot, therefore you have to flatten them a little.
As those cookies are low-fat, I recommend you to keep them in an air-tight container for no longer than two to three days. Already after two days, they tend to lose their chewy aspect and get a little dry (but still fine, though).
Serving suggestion:
Eat at any time with a cup of tea or coffee.
(Cocoa Powder - Pic by www.worldspice.com)
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Good idea with a cup of tea!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:53 PM, June 27, 2006
Chocolate! These look really good.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Waou, this cookies are gorgeous and yours photos're fantasticReplyDelete
HÉLÈNE: ;-))ReplyDelete
TANNA: Thanks for the kind comment and for passing by, Tanna!
FABIENNE: Many thanks for the nice comment!!!
Beautiful photos and delicious sounding cookies.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing
RUTH: Thanks for the nice comment!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:10 PM, July 24, 2006
waow ils ressemblent comme deux gouttes d'eau à mes fudgy cookies à moi... trop top version light ?!... lolReplyDelete
Je n'ai pas mis de yaourt , c'est la différence, et du vrai chocolat... je ne suis pas fan du cacao en poudre...
Bravo ils sont très beaux !
- Anonymous4:39 PM, June 26, 2007
mmm, très jolis biscuits!ReplyDelete
Supers ces biscuits.
THALIE: Merci! Ils sont super bons...ReplyDelete
LORY: Merci, Lory!
CAMMU: Merci :-D!
- Anonymous8:30 PM, June 26, 2007
Ils ont l'air super appétissants!!! Miam!ReplyDelete
Quelle gourmandise !!!ReplyDelete
A low-fat chocolate cookie is always a good thing.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:44 AM, June 27, 2007
have bookmarked to try :) will use the chocolate chips tho ;)ReplyDelete
MISSVAL: Merci! Et c'est le cas ;-P!ReplyDelete
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THE TRINIGOURMET: Tell me what you think of them...
- Anonymous9:21 AM, April 25, 2008
Ils sont super beaux tes cookies! Ils doivent être succulent! Moi il ne faut pas me tenter avec du chocolat comme ça, car je craque tout de suite! =)ReplyDelete
AMELIE: Merci beaucoup! Effectivement, ces cookies sont délicieux! On devient vite accro...ReplyDelete
You've just made my favourites page =) I'm just learning to cook and I was craving some chocolate today, these look great!ReplyDelete
KATIE: Thanks for passing by and for the kind comment! those cookies are delicious, believe me! Cheers, Rosa.ReplyDelete
just tried it, turned out so yummy!! thank you!!! xxxReplyDelete


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Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas is currently offering a "miracle ball": a "1959 Exceptional Ty Cobb single signed baseball." (UPDATE, 6:40 EST: They pulled the auction. Screengrab is here.) The auction house listing describes the official Little League ball as, "Perhaps the finest we've ever encountered, this remarkable single from the Georgia Peach supplies an unimprovably bold side panel signature applied in Cobb's trademark green ink." The ball is a featured item in Heritage's upcoming April auction and certified genuine by the two major authentication outfits PSA/DNA and JSA and according to them, "The autograph was acquired as the reigning Hit King returned to Cooperstown on the twentieth anniversary of the opening ceremonies. No superlative effectively captures the appeal of this top-tier example, so we'll let our photography do the talking."
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Lots of tall tales have been told of Cobb's alleged stabbings in back alleys and beat downs in the ball yard, but this is the first time he's come back from the dead to sign a Little League ball made 15 years or so after that funeral none of his peers allegedly showed up for. Heritage is right when they say "no superlative" could do justice to this gem of a forgery.
Click here to read more about the cesspool that is the memorabilia industry.
Peter Nash, formerly Prime Minister Pete Nice of Def Jam's 3rd Bass, is the author of two baseball books and also writes for Haulsofshame.com. He is currently working on his upcoming book, Hauls of Shame: The Cooperstown Conspiracy and the Madoff of Memorabilia.


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Northern Michigan wine shares the stage with some seriously drinkable Northern Michigan hard ciders. Check out four that sip very easy.
Black Star Farms: Hard Apple Cider
A sparkling cider made from eight Old Mission Peninsula–grown cider apples, great with mild cheeses or Thanksgiving dinner. Eric Felton of the Wall Street Journal declared it "far and away, the best cider out of more than a dozen I tried." Winemaker (and cidermaker) Lee Lutes also makes a luscious Apple Cherry Hard Cider—but it's already sold out for the season! blackstarfarms.com
Black Star Farms Suttons Bay 10844 E. Revold Road
Suttons Bay, MI 49682 231.944.1270
Black Star Farms Old Mission 360 McKinley Rd. East
Traverse City, MI 49686 231.944.1300
Tastes of Black Star Farms at The Mercato 800 Cottageview Dr. Suite 35
Traverse City, MI 49684 231.944.134
Forty-Five North Vineyard and Winery: Hard Cider
Gold medal winner at the 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Made with organic antique apples, bubbly and crisp with an unabashedly pure apple flavor. Or switch up your glass and try the Pear Cider made simply from harvest ripe pears. fortyfivenorth.com
8580 E. Horn Rd. Lake Leelanau, MI 49653 231.271.1188
Left Foot Charley: Cinnamon Girl
Made from 6 varieties of apples, this fall favorite is aged with Korjinte and Vietnamese Cinnamon. Though still light and refreshing, it's the closest you'll get to pie in a glass. Check out Charley's rotating cider tap all year long. Made in traditional small-sized batches, draught choices change frequently. (Thus, frequent visits are absolutely appropriate.) leftfootcharley.com
806 Red Drive Traverse City, MI 49684 231.995.0500
Tandem Ciders: Smackintosh
Imagine biting into a sweet, tart Northern Michigan apple—plus a special after-bonus buzz. Unfortunately, this one's a late bloomer in the cider world and isn't expected to be ready until mid-November. So worth the wait! tandemciders.com
2055 North Setterbo Road Suttons Bay, MI 49682 (231) 271-0050


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After we discussed helping a friend deal with a miscarriage, a reader asked us for tips on how to support a friend in the similarly sensitive situation of going through an abortion. From the decision process to the aftermath, abortion can bring up complicated emotions — but we have some advice on helping your friend deal with them.
Don't assume.
I talked to Jennifer Baumgardner, activist and author of Abortion & Life, who says that when a friend has an unintended pregnancy, "the most important thing at any stage is not assuming anything." Definitely don't say something like, "you're not going to keep it, right?" — regardless of your friend's life situation. Steph Herold, founder of I Am Dr. Tiller, concurs:
The best thing you can do is listen to your friend's needs and respond with compassion and without judgment. When your friend tells you she's pregnant, resist the urge to say "congratulations!" or "uh oh, what are you going to do?" The best thing to say may be, "how do you feel about it?" [...] Ask how you can be helpful and what she needs from you. No matter how well you know her and her life, this is ultimately her decision. Instead of telling her what to do, let her tell you how she feels. Let her take the lead in the conversation.
She adds, "Don't assume your friend has told her partner about the pregnancy or the abortion. Don't assume she's told her parents or other friends, or anyone besides you." And "don't assume anything about your friend's birth control use. Don't ask why she was or wasn't using birth control at the time she got pregnant."
If she does get an abortion, offer practical help.
If your friend chooses to terminate her pregnancy, there are lots of things you can do to make the process easier. Says Herold,
One practical method of support is finding out exactly what she can expect while at the clinic and what to expect after the abortion. Planned Parenthood has some helpful information about what happens during an abortion. Ask your friend if she wants you to call the clinic and get a breakdown of what the day is going to be like, or what she has to do before the abortion appointment. Let her know that she has the right to ask the clinic as many questions as she wants about the procedure, the doctors, the staff, and that she has the right to go to a clinic that is safe and treats their patients with respect.
She also may need someone to drive her to the clinic — you can offer to be that person. You can help her figure out if her insurance covers abortion, or help her seek funding from her local abortion fund. Baumgardner notes that abortion doulas can offer support to women going through the procedure — you can help her figure out if a doula is right for her, or help her locate one.
Afterwards, bring her stuff she likes.
Baumgardner advises treating an abortion like a situation "where your friend needs care." So if you can think of things that might make her feel cheered up or cared for — favorite foods, flowers, magazines — make her a care package. Adds Herold,
After the abortion, she may feel groggy and crampy (similar to how she'd feel during a period). You can stock up on tea, soup, or whatever comfort foods she likes, in addition to extra pads, comfy clothes, and a heating pad. Ask her before hand what she might want to do after the abortion—some women are ready to go on with the day, while others want to nap and relax. Whatever you decide to do, make sure it's what she wants. Supporting your friend means listening to what she needs, even if it's not necessarily what you'd want in the same situation.
Don't minimize the experience.
If your friend is feeling upset or conflicted about her abortion, you may be tempted to tell her it's not a big deal. But this might not be what she wants to hear. Baumgardner says you should avoid telling your friend things like "it's just a mass of cells." Nina de Gramont, co-editor of Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, & Abortion, says, "don't be dismissive. She doesn't need to hear that the embryo was the size of a kidney bean." She adds,
Don't try to talk her out of feeling upset. If she's experiencing feelings of grief or loss, treat her like you would anyone going through mourning. Be kind, supportive, and loving.
On the flipside, if the friend doesn't feel upset about her abortion or isn't grieving, be supportive and understanding about that too. Not everyone will experience these feelings.
Share your experience, but don't assume hers is identical.
This tip is very similar to the advice we gave about miscarriage. If you've had (or considered) an abortion before, Baumgardner says you should feel free to share that with your friend, but let her know that you and she might have different experiences. Herold agrees:
Even if you've had an abortion before, you may not understand or know what your friend is going through. Instead of saying things like, "I know where you're coming from," try something like, "that sounds really hard" or "you must be going through a lot."
Though you shouldn't assume you know what she's feeling, you can, as Herold says, "let her know that she is not alone, that 1 in 3 US women have an abortion by 45, and she can even read some of their stories."
Be interested.
Baumgardner points out that in the US, many women get the message that abortion is gross and shameful and shouldn't be talked about. So if your friend does want to talk about her experience, she may not feel like she has an outlet. You can be that outlet by expressing "total compassionate interest" in what's going on with her. You don't have to pry, but let her know that you're totally open to hearing what she has to say. De Gramont adds,
[L]istening is key. Some women won't want anyone making a big deal about it: they'll want to get it over with privately and move on. Others will need more TLC. Watch your friend for cues, and follow those cues as best you can.
Refer your friend to resources.
There are lots of resources available to help your friend with any specific concerns or questions she may have. Everyone I talked to recommended Exhale, which describes itself as "the nation's premiere organization addressing the emotional health and wellbeing of women and men after abortion." Herold also recommends the talk lines Backline and Connect & Breathe — all three are free. Faith Aloud, she says, is "the place to call" for faith-based counseling. She adds, "The Abortion Care Network has a handout, Healthy Coping After an Abortion and a wonderful workbook called Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After Abortion that may be helpful too."
De Gramont points out that an unintended pregnancy and/or abortion is "a situation ANY woman in the world can find herself in." Of course the way your friend feels about it will be unique to her — but the commonness of the experiences means there are a lot of resources out there she can take advantage of. And the support of her friends and loved ones — even if that support means giving her plenty of alone time and space — will make the process a lot easier.
Choice: True Stories Of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, & Abortion
Abortion & Life
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Vague question. Is there anything special about degenerations of smooth projective varieties (separating them from arbitrary projective schemes)?
Precise setup. Let $f:X\to Y$ be a projective flat morphism of algebraic schemes (say, over $\mathbb{C}$), where $Y$ is an irreducible variety. Suppose that the generic fiber of $f$ is smooth and connected. Consider special fibers $X_y=f^{-1}(y)$, $y\in Y$. Of course, $X_y$ may be singular, reducible, and/or non-reduced. Zariski's main theorem implies $X_y$ is connected. Can we say anything else?
Specific Questions. Can $X_y$ have embedded components? Can $X_y$ have non-constant regular functions? (Since $X_y$ is connected, such a regular function would have to be nilpotent.)
Reformulation. Consider a Hilbert scheme of closed subschemes in ${\mathbb P}^N$ (with fixed Hilbert polynomial). There is an open subset in it corresponding to smooth connected projective varieties. The question concerns the closure of this set.
Remark. I ran across this in a concrete situation, where the goal is to understand $Rf_*O_X$. But it seems that the question is quite natural, so perhaps the corresponding statements or counterexamples are well known... Any comments would be helpful!


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Svalbard 2013
Another trip to Svalbard in the summer, and another group of mainly landscapes. The wildlife was a bit scarce, possibly due to there being a scarcity of sea-ice, even less than last summer. Some evocative and moody landscapes, portraying a lot of bleakness, but also some relics of man's attempts to try and tame the wildness/wilderness that is the high Arctic.Read More


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Oh, John. Back in 2000, you were a Maverick, almost Tom Cruise-like, with your rakish smile and your willingness to buck the system that we all hated so much. You charmed us, led us to believe that you were different than all those other pilots in all those other bars who would try and fail to sing to our souls, or at least different than George W. Bush. And, like Tom Cruise isn't Maverick in real life but a crazy, Scientology-proselytizing, silent-birth having freak, so, too, have your days of playing The Maverick come to an end. We know the truth, and no karaoke can change that, not the Righteous Brother and not Abba. With Moe a little snowed under this morning, Spencer Attackerman Ackerman of the Washington Independent joins me to talk about what sucks about you. And there's kind of a lot.
ME: Ok, so, thanks again for filling in on ultra-short notice despite having a real job.
SPENCER: bffffft it beats reporting on afghanistan
ME: Want to trade? You can talk about pubic hair and I'll be all serious and shit.
SPENCER: well speaking of being all up in your snizz
my internet friends are buzzing about this RCP piece about why HRC's women voters should learn to love John McCain
A big sticking point for wavering Democrats will be McCain's position on reproductive rights. Clinton's backers are overwhelmingly pro-choice, and they'll want to know this: Would McCain stock the Supreme Court with foes of Roe v. Wade? The 1973 decision guarantees a right to abortion.
The answer is unclear but probably "no." While McCain has positioned himself as "pro-life" during this campaign, his statements over the years show considerable latitude on the issue.
so, ladies. had enough of those reproductive rights?
ME: That's bullshit. Like, a month ago he was telling Republicans that he wouldn't push this time to add anything to their anti-abortion plank, like how he's spent years trying to get an exception for the life of the mother, rape or incest. Apparently now that he wants to be President, it's cool .
SPENCER: i love the cynicism of that concession to mccain's stance on the issue
other politicians have "positions"
StraightTalk McSurge has "statements"
ME: And statements can't contradict each other, it's just what he was thinking at the time.
SPENCER: oh and let's not forget this awesome Weekly Standard piece from the height of the GOP primary
Arizona senator John McCain, currently a bit behind Rudy Giuliani as Republicans' favorite presidential choice for 2008, is far and away the most consistently anti-abortion of all the top contenders. During his 20 years in the Senate (plus four in the House), he has never failed to cast his vote in favor of whatever abortion restrictions are arguably permitted under Roe v. Wade: bans against partial-birth abortion, abortions on military bases, transporting minors across state lines to obtain abortions behind their parents' backs, and government funding for abortion both in the United States and abroad (all but the transporting-minors bill have become federal law). In addition, McCain has voted to confirm every "strict constructionist" judge (that is, disinclined to find, à la Roe, a right to abortion and related activities enshrined in the Constitution) appointed by the various Republican presidents who have served during his tenure, including Robert Bork for the Supreme Court.
i don't really believe that HRC's voters would actually vote for mccain
ME: But he's practically an enemy of the anti-abortion crowd because of McCain Feingold, so, it's cool.
SPENCER: the harriet "inadequate black male" christian lady from the DNC meeting? my guess is she's paid by Roger Stone
she sounds like my dead bubbe
no NYC jewess of that advanced age has "Christian" for a last name
ME: Didn't you see Ferraro's thing yesterday? Apparently, they're sophisticated enough to know that a Democratic Congress will keep their rights totally intact, so they don't care what you say.
SPENCER: i think we talked about it but i didn't see it
ME: Also, they'll just write in Hillary, that's, like, totes not a vote for McCain, just like Nader wasn't a vote for Bush at all.
SPENCER: you know who made that argument?
oh you beat me to it
ME: Occasionally, I can type fast and even accurately!
SPENCER: ps i got an email yesterday from a nader flack (they still exist!) saying nader was up to 6 percent in some poll
it can't POSSIBLY be true
ME: Yeah, Nader's been polling strangely well.
SPENCER: but seriously megan
let's discuss
how could any HRC voter actually vote for a pro-life republican
ME: They are really, really mad. I mean, let us be frank here, some people don't mind cutting off their noses to spite their faces. I come from a family of such women. I struggle every day to remember that what I want to get out of an argument or a situation is more important than acting on my raw emotions.
SPENCER: if what you're saying is correct
then we're really in a situation straight out of Nixonland
where the politics of resentment trumps everything
do you think we're at that point? or are we talking about such a small minority of HRC voters that to focus on them is to miss the point
ME: When doesn't the politics of resentment trump everything? How many people vote for a candidate and not just against the other guy? Witness all the overtures McCain's been making to disaffected HRC voters.
Do I think it's a small percentage? Polls say it's like 17% of her supporters, and 22% are saying they'll stay home.
Even if it's half of that, or ten percent of that, you and I just watched Recount, Gore lost, in the end, by some 350 votes.
SPENCER: ah but take a look at the characterization of such outreach
here's chief mccain douche michael goldfarb — formerly of the WS, now McCain's dep comm dir & blogger — enticing HRC voters with... McCain's love of ABBA.
now i am not a woman
but if i were condescended to like this, i'd be pretty fucking pissed
ME: Plus, is it universal for women to like ABBA?
SPENCER: i am on batting 1.000 on ABBA-agnostic-to-hostile women
ME: I think "Take a Chance On Me" is a crap song, though I did literally have a guy queue it up on my stereo in college to ask me to fuck him. It didn't work.
SPENCER: hahahaha you told me about that.
ME: But I will admit to a long-standing weakness for "Waterloo."
SPENCER: so if i called you a cunt in between verses of waterloo, you'd vote for me?
ME: The only person who gets to hang out with me during "Waterloo" is my best friend, JC, and only then if we're drunk. But, John McCain is no JC Johnson. Or any guy I would hang out with, let alone vote for.


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Talk:Neo FreeRunner Wifi
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Using the GUI on 2008.8
I didnt find any file named volatives.cache in /etc/ as the wiki implies, I did however find a volatile.cache which I renamed and now I can see wireless networks along with their signal strenght but I still cant connect to them. I also tried using lint-wifi but I get an error when trying to do opkg install lint-wifi, it says "an error ocurred, return value: 2" I installed mofi-wifi successfully but it crashes whenever I try to run it, so I cant even open it. I remember campwifi used to work great in the pre 2008.08 image of the ASU but I cant seem to find the package anywhere, was it included as the wifi gui in 2008.08? I havnt been very succesful when trying to connect to the wifi through the console but frankly I havnt tried much since I get easily annoyed with the qtopia keyboard.--Fice 18:50, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Passphrase issues:
I have noticed that with wireless sometimes it works better to use the password hash in the wpa_supplicant.conf instead of the ascii text. You can use the wpa_passphrase utility (I don't know if this is included in the GTA02 or not as I don't have one) to generate the hash for the passphrase.
techiem2@escape-pod ~ $ wpa_passphrase MYWIFI "my passphrase" network={ ssid="MYWIFI" #psk="my passphrase" psk=a4c08e767704a66d3fb27d4bf072e2da279f76adc568722b9a6f97964b982620 }
Of course you would probably want to redirect output to the end of your wpa_supplicant.conf (wpa_passphrase MYWIFI "my passphrase">>/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf).
--techiem2 19:12, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
disabling wifi on startup
What would be the cleanest way to not enable wifi on startup? -- Relet 20:31, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
wpa_supplicant tips
These tips are universally valid on 2007.2, ASU, qtopia, and most likely FSO.
Weird ioctl messages
Ignore them, they seemingly have no effect. eg:
"ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported"
wpa_supplicant times out
CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Trying to associate with 00:1d:5a:e8:00:00 (SSID='2WIRE915' freq=2432 MHz) Authentication with 00:1d:5a:e8:00:00 timed out.
What you need to do is re-specify the essid manually:
iwconfig eth0 essid "2WIRE915"
And it will then immediately connect and authorise with WPA/TKIP.
default route issues
Due to the way the FR configures its usb0 interface, it creates a default route. You will need to delete this in order to use wifi (or gprs/bluetooth-pan, I imagine):
route del default gw 192.168.0.200
Hope this helps others. Ieatlint 22:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
wpa-psk modes
On my home wireless setup, I was unable to connect to my access point while it was setup for WPA-PSK/AES or WPA2-PSK/AES. Once I reconfigured it for WPA-PSK/TKIP my FR conected immediately. If it turns out to be relevant, my access point at home is a Linksys WRT54GL running Tomato 1.19.
New page title suggestion
Does anyone object to renaming this page? I propose dropping the GTA02 prefix. GTA02 is jargon. And there's no GTA01_WLAN page, as the prefix implies. And how about "Wireless networking" instead of the "WLAN" abbreviation? --Joseph M. Jarvis 15:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Remove random comments
"Success stories" really don't belong on here. At best, they can go on the talk page. And please if the various commands on this talk page are relevant, they should be integrated into the main content, or discarded as old. And yes, please rename as appropriate.
Success stories
July 23, 2008
wpa_supplicant 0.6.3-r1 works for me with WPA and WPA2 (with PSK) using the config file template on this page. Unlike the comment above, udhcpc is updating /etc/resolver.conf correctly for me (perhaps this is an old problem).
Bringing up wpa_supplicant manually or using "ifup eth0" with the wpa-conf option set in /etc/network/interfaces works for me. If usb0 was already up when running "ifup eth0" you'll end up with 2 default routes which can cause problems. To solve this either take usb0 down first or run "ip route del default dev usb0" to remove the default route to usb0.
July 19, 2008
I've had repeated success with:
# ifconfig eth0 up # iwconfig eth0 essid any # iwconfig eth0 key '...' # iwconfig eth0 essid '...' # udhcpc eth0 # ifconfig usb0 down; ifconfig usb0 up
Hope that helps someone. This is for WEP.
It worked for me as well (at last!!!) jolus 19:19, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
July 26, 2008
I've been able to connect to a variety of networks including WPA2 without too much difficulty. Follow the above steps in configuring your wpa_supplicant.conf and adding the line to load the supplicant in /etc/network/interfaces.
My sample WPA2 configuration is as follows:
ssid="MY_SSID" scan_ssid=1 proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=CCMP TKIP group=CCMP TKIP psk="PASSWORD_PRESHARED_KEY" priority=50
That configuration will allow you to connect to a WPA2-Personal network with TKIP key encryption.
The "ifup eth0" command will connect you via WiFi. If you don't get a lease the first time, try again. Sometimes the configuration is a little too slow and DHCP tries to get a lease before a successful connection to your access point has been established.
The following may be helpful in order to scan available networks :
# iwlist eth0 scan
SSH (dropbear) and LISTEN on all interfaces
I think the line in /etc/default/dropbear should better be changed to
without the IP 0.0.0.0 a "netstat -an | fgrep 22" shows very ugly results; in any case the wpa_supplicant is working now fine for me in WEP and WPA-PSK modes; what is missing is some icon for bringing up the Wifi as "ifup eth0"
Wireless GPRS router
Is it possible to turn a GTA02 into a wireless gprs router, so it can be used as an emergency access point in case of ISP failure? I can't figure out, how to switch internal ar6000 into master mode. Do I need some special utility, like wlanconfig for other atheros/madwifi chips?
Remove defaults or explain them?
According to /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.wpa_supplicant.conf.gz the first lines of the example wpa configuration are all default:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=0 eapol_version=1 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1
Shouldn't these defaults be removed or explained if they serve a purpose? Bram


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01 Nov 2001 National Missile Defense: Learning the Lessons of Pearl Harbor, by Grant Threlfall
I remember sitting on my grandfather's knee as he told me about Pearl Harbor. In 1941, while war raged elsewhere, America was at peace. Then, from across the sea, an enemy struck our naval base at Pearl Harbor, killing over 2,000 Americans in an attack most people thought would never happen. The next day, my grandfather left college and enlisted in the Marines. Millions of other young men, including my other grandfather, also joined the armed services to defend our country.
The American military has come a long way since Pearl Harbor. American soldiers are now the best-trained and well-armed force in the world. American forces dominate the air, land and sea in every aspect of warfare. We routing the Taliban with only a fraction of our forces, and faster than most experts predicted. Our military leadership in the Gulf War led to one of the most decisive victories in the history of armed conflict. Only 313 American troops were killed in the Gulf War, while the fourth largest army in the world – that of Iraq – was left devastated.
Yet, the e vents of September 11 have proven that even the most advanced, powerful country can still be vulnerable.
My father was an infantryman in Vietnam. More than once, he has reminded me that "there is only one truth in war; young men die." To let people die needlessly, however, is a travesty.
Today, the Army is developing anti-missile systems to protect its troops from missile attacks. An advanced version of the Patriot system known as PAC-3 (1) is nearly ready for deployment, as is a high-powered laser system called THEL.(2) The Navy has protected ships against missiles for 20 years with the AEGIS system.
Our military will be better protected against missiles than the U.S. civilian populace. That is not how it should be. The United States military has learned the value of protecting itself from missile attacks. Our politicians need to realize the importance of protecting civilians. It makes sense for our enemies to want us to fail to defend ourselves, but it is unconscionable that some politicians and liberal interest groups still oppose creating a national missile defense to protect all Americans from attack.
Politicians opposed to developing and deploying a national missile defense system know the threat is real. The new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), admitted it, noting, "it is clear that the threat is a real one from rogue states such as Iran and North Korea."(3)
Senator Levin wants to divert proposed missile defense funding to address quality of life problems facing military personnel. It is true that Clinton-era military cutbacks have led to soldiers relying on food stamps, and this is an outrage and should be addressed. But we should not, and need not, risk millions of civilian lives in order to do so.
Our greatest national security danger right now is not an invasion. It takes the shape of a mushroom cloud over one of our cities. It is a threat against which no rifleman, sailor or airman can, by himself, defend us. A national missile defense is required.
When President Ronald Reagan proposed developing missile defense, critics derided it as "Star Wars" fantasy and said it would never work. They were wrong. On Saturday, July 14, 2001, a missile interceptor successfully distinguished between a decoy and its intended target – another missile launched 4,800 miles away and traveling thousands of miles an hour. The interceptor scored a direct hit and utterly destroyed the missile.
Missile defense clearly can work. All that remains is to deploy this protective shield.
In 1941, almost no one thought the Japanese would strike at Pearl Harbor. On September 11, Americans hard at work at their Pentagon and World Trade Center offices thought they were safe. In both cases those few who had warned of danger were considered alarmist. We were complacent, and we paid the price. Let us learn from the experience.
Grant Threlfall is a research associate for The National Center for Public Policy Research, a non-partisan Washington, D.C. think tank.
1. "Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3): Overview," The Boeing Company, Incorporated, Everett, WA, downloaded from http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/pac3/ on July 11, 2001.
2. "Laser Systems: Government Products and Programs, Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL)," TRW Inc., downloaded from
www.trw.com/productsandservices/main/0,,4_39_841_844_853^5^853^853,00.html on July 11, 2001.
3. Senator Carl Levin, remarks at the National Missile Defense Symposium, CATO Institute, the Council for a Livable World Education Fund and the National Defense University Foundation, Washington, D.C., June 27, 2000, downloaded from
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/releases/062700pr1.htm on July 11, 2001.


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Cornstalks, wheat straw, and other rough, fibrous, harvest-time leftovers may soon be less expensive to convert into cellulosic ethanol, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists' studies of a promising new biorefinery yeast.
The yeast -- Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain NRRL Y-50049 -- successfully ferments plant sugars into cellulosic ethanol despite the stressful interference by problematic compounds such as furfural (2-furaldehyde) and HMF (5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde) in fermenters, according to molecular biologist Zonglin Lewis Liu with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Liu works at ARS' National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Ill.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency. Liu's research supports the USDA priority of developing new sources of bioenergy.
The troublesome compounds, created during dilute acid pre-treatment of the crop leftovers, inhibit yeast growth and reduce ethanol yields. In particular, they damage yeast cell walls and membranes, disrupt yeast genetic material such as DNA and RNA, and interfere with yeast enzymes' fermentation abilities.
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The National Pig Association in the UK is sounding an alarm about the shrinking size of sow herds across the EU. Likewise, US herd sizes are set to shrink as farmers have ramped up slaughtering. The reason? The cost for the maize and soy needed to fatten oinkers has surged due to drought. The uptick in slaughter has sent US pork prices sharply lower in recent months. But it has also set the stage for a rebound in prices next year. US per-capita pork supply — what a great statistic — is set this year to be its lowest since 1975.
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The theming system used in jQuery Mobile is similar to the ThemeRoller system in jQuery UI with a few important improvements:
If no theme swatch letter is set at all, the framework uses the a swatch for headers and footers and, for best contrast, the c swatch for the content of a page. All items in this containers inherit the swatch from its parents. One exception is the listdivider in listviews. This always defaults to the b (blue in the default theme). Also there is an swatch named "active" (bright blue in the default theme) which is used to indicate an active selected item. For more information about that, read Global "Active" state on this page.
The theme system separates color and texture from structural styles that define things like padding and dimensions. This allows theme colors and textures to be defined once in the stylesheet and to be mixed, matched, and combined to achieve a wide range of visual effects.
Each theme includes several global settings, including font family, drop shadows for overlays, and corner radius values for buttons and boxes. In addition, the theme can include multiple color swatches, each with color values for bars, content blocks, buttons and list items, and font
The default theme includes 5 swatches that are given letters (a, b, c, d, e) for quick reference. To make mapping of color swatches consistent across our widgets, we have followed the convention that swatch "a" is the highest level of visual priority (black in our default theme), "b" is secondary level (blue) and "c" is the baseline level (gray) that we use by default in many situations, "d" for an alternate secondary level and "e" as an accent swatch. Themes may have additional swatches for accent colors or specific situations. For example, you could add a new theme swatch "f" that has a red bar and button for use in error situations.
Most theme changes can be done using ThemeRoller, but it's also simple to manually edit the base swatches in the default theme and/or add additional swatches by editing the theme CSS file. Just copy a block of swatch styles, rename the classes with the new swatch letter name, and tweak colors as you see fit.
The default theme contains the following five bar styles:
By default, the framework assigns the "a" swatch to all headers and footers, because these are typically given high visual priority in an application. To set the color of a bar to a different swatch color, simply add the
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The default theme also includes color swatch values for use in content blocks, designed to coordinate with the header color swatches in the theme.
If a theme isn't specified on a content block, the framework will default to "c" to maximize contrast against the default header "a", as shown here:
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Each swatch also includes default styles for interactive elements like list items and buttons.
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By default, any button that's placed in a bar is automatically assigned a swatch letter that matches its parent bar or content box. Thus, the button is visually integrated into the parent theme as shown here:
This default behavior makes it easy to ripple a theme change through a page by setting a theme swatch on a parent because you know the buttons will maintain the same relative visual weight across themes. Since form elements use the button styles, they will also adapt to their parent container.
If you want to add visual emphasis to a button, an alternate swatch color can be set by adding a
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The jQuery Mobile framework uses a swatch called "active" (bright blue in the default theme) to consistently indicate the selected state, regardless of the individual swatch of the given widget. We apply this in navigation and form controls whenever there is a need to indicate what is currently selected. Because this theme swatch is designed for clear, consistent user feedback, it cannot be overridden via the markup; it is set once in the theme and applied by the framework whenever a selected or active state is needed. The styling for this state is in the theme stylesheet under the
ui-btn-active style rules.
There is a core set of standard icons included in the framework that can be assigned to any button. To minimize the download size of the core icons, jQuery Mobile only includes these icons in white and automatically adds a semi-transparent black circle behind the icon to make sure it has good contrast on all background colors.
Assigning color swatches through the
data-theme attribute is one way to leverage the theme system, but it's also possible to apply any of the theme swatches directly to your markup through classes to apply the colors, textures and font formatting of your theme to any markup. This is especially useful when creating your own custom layout elements or UI widgets. Here are a few common theme classes, but many more are available in the theme stylesheet:
ui-bar structural class to add the standard bar padding styles.
ui-body structural class to add the standard content block padding styles.
ui-btn-hover-(a-z) and
ui-btn-down-(a-z) interaction class states to provide visual feedback and
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ui-corner-tl (top left only),
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box-shadow property.
pointer-events: none; which prevents any interaction in many modern browsers.
The themes are meant as a solid starting point, but are meant to be customized. Since everything is controlled by CSS, it's easy to use a web inspector tool to identify the style properties you want to modify. The set of of theme classes (global) and semantic structural classes (widget-specific) added to elements provide a rich set of possible selectors to target style overrides against. We recommend adding an external stylesheet to the
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As a child, I loved creative stuff.
One time after watching a Pink Panther cartoon circa 1984, I grabbed a few sheets paper, turned them sideways, and wrote the storyline of the episode on the right side of each sheet. Sitting on the floor of my bedroom, with my trusty Fischer-Price record player at my side serving as a pretend typewriter, I shifted between writing and "typing" the tale.
Once the writing part was done, I drew the illustrations—the sketches of a 5-year-old—on the left side of each sheet. After I finished the drawings, I folded the sheets in half and stapled them together along the spine, or fold. I then drew the cover art and, voila: I was a book author!
It's a childhood moment that's frozen in my mind because it was the one time I really remember letting go and tapping into my creative side or, rather, letting my creative side tap into me.
It's also the one memory that foreshadowed my future. Well, sort of. Twenty years later, I was writing for publication—as a journalist, not a book author.
And I was unhappy about it—severely unhappy about it. I loved telling stories, but I didn't like the daily grind or the mounting stress or the dueling egos or the daily conflicts that a journalist has to put up with constantly. I particularly grew tired of hearing or, rather, "allowing" my bosses to call me "green" or "cocky" or "arrogant" or "too sensitive" let alone having one boss call my writing style "emotionally draining" one time.
I found myself caught in a trap of meeting expectations—expectations set by authority figures and hyper-competitive colleagues who barely knew me as a person outside the newsroom. I took their criticisms to heart and tried my hardest to not come off as "green" or "cocky" or "arrogant" or "too sensitive" for the sake of making these people—people who I barely knew as well—proud of me.
So during my five years as a newspaper reporter I worked hard to prove their assumptions of me wrong. The harder I worked though, the bigger I failed. And, by age 27, my enthusiasm for writing had completely fizzled out along with any iota of faith in myself or my creative abilities.
In the fall of 2010, I learned that author Parker J. Palmer had a similar experience when I read his 2000 book, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, for an organizational systems course at Saybrook.
As a young man, Palmer thought he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a naval aviator. He also thought he wanted to work in advertising after meeting one of his father's friends who was an advertising mogul.
Neither was true, but he proceeded along a professional path that made those people—those voices of guidance and authority—proud.
As a result, Palmer also hit that unavoidable "wall" of depression and discontent years later. So he went back to his childhood to find his true self.
As a boy, Palmer wrote, "I spent endless hours, after school and on weekends, designing, crafting, flying, and (usually) crashing model airplanes made of fragile balsa wood. Unlike most boys, however, I also spent long hours creating eight- and 12-page books about aviation. I would turn a sheet of paper sideways; draw a vertical line down the middle; make diagrams of, say, the cross-section of a wing; roll the sheet into a typewriter; and peck out a caption explaining how air moving across an airfoil creates a vacuum that lifts the plane. Then I would fold that sheet in half along with several others I had made, staple the collection together down the spine, and painstakingly illustrate the cover."
Sound familiar?
"I had always thought that the meaning of this paperwork was obvious: fascinated with flight, I wanted to be a pilot, or at least an aeronautical engineer" Palmer continued. "But recently, when I found a couple of these literary artifacts in an old cardboard box, I suddenly saw the truth, and it was more obvious than I had imagined. I didn't want to be a pilot or an aeronautical engineer or anything related to aviation. I wanted to be an author, to make books—a task I have been attempting from the third grade to this very moment!"
Staying awake to our innate, childhood interests is difficult to do as we mature into adulthood. It's amazing how the influence of everyone we encounter in life—parents, neighbors, teachers, friends, colleagues, bosses, religious leaders, professors, and spouses, to name a few—shape and reshape our perception of self; many times for the worse instead of the better.
Without realizing it, we often give these people—many who are well-meaning in their intentions—the power to drag us very far away from our true, inner self, particularly in terms of the vocation we choose. Parker said when this happens, we end up "wearing other people's faces." And this act dims our true sense of self.
"If you doubt that we all arrive in this world with gifts and as a gift, pay attention to an infant or a very young child," Palmer wrote. "From the beginning, our lives lay down clues to selfhood and vocation, though the clues may be hard to decode. But trying to interpret them is profoundly worthwhile—especially when we are in our twenties or thirties or forties, feeling profoundly lost, having wandered, or been dragged, far away from our birthright gifts.
"Those clues," Parker continued, "are helpful in counteracting the conventional concept of vocation, which insists that our lives must be driven by 'oughts.'"
You know something? I think he's right.
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Wanna know which celebrity tweets are talked about or seen the most (you won't believe which twit is taking up spot #2)? Or which Estetica wigs stores are hot this spring? Certain celebs are really into this brand of wigs & hairpieces and constantly tweet about their new discoveries in the wig world. One of Jennifer Aniston's tweets mentions wigs 27 times!
At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Lady Gaga showed multiple wigs and costume changes as she preformed her new single "Applause." According to a twit from a member of the audience Lady Gaga started with her face filling the entirety of a video screen wearing a white colored blockhead and a outfit reminiscent of a nun's all white habit. What followed was a number of costume and wig changes. "Assistant" dancers removed her initial white habit and wig and then proceeded to help her change into a blue outfit with a wig that featured a white bob with straight cut bangs, that then was removed for a garish bright blond curled chin length cut wig. She disappeared behind her dancers only to reappear a bikini sporting a long "Lady Godiva" type wig. Lady Gaga song was referred to in a number of twits as "the performance of the many wigs," which indeed it was.
How about music tweets (hint: the somewhat controversial-as-of-late John Mayer's is on the list, but his positioning is the most intriguing aspect)? Aside from the finer arts, we'll also take a look at the most popular social media, entrepreneur and news twitter feeds as well. You'd be particularly surprised to see who's hunting for the best auto loan refinance terms, or the progress of soybean futures on the common market. Or maybe you wouldn't…
Think only celebrities tweet? How wrong you are. There's a hugely popular thread dedicated to New Orleans maritime lawyers, as a result of the legal team behind OffshoreInjuryLouisiana.com which became especially significant from a traffic viewpoint following the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Legal experts want to show off their expertise and lure potential clients by tweeting their services and competitive advantages to the world. And world events trigger tweets more than anything else.
For now, on this page, we thought we'd explain some of the fundamentals of Twitter, just in case you've been living underneath a rock for the past few years. Now that you've finished hibernating, I'd like to introduce you to a world of wonder filled with such innovation as talking pictures, the telephone, and the man of the hour, Twitter.
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Created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter is a hugely popular social / information networking and microblogging service that allows users to send and read short messages of up to 140 characters, hence its microblogging appellation. Twitter is basically the SMS of the internet, so it's not surprising to know that the short messages posted, known as "tweets", can be sent and received via the Twitter website, external applications and SMS. Twitters feeds can be followed by fans and supporters.
To make it compatible with SMS services, silly. One of the main selling (actually, it's a free service) points for Twitter is that it lends itself to quick flashes of information and blurbs, giving readers a snapshot of what's going on in people's lives and events that they care about. One upside for the character limit is that it forces posters to get creative with their tweets – you're likely to find the same kind of shorthand notation on Twitter as you would find in SMS messages.