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In a little town Maribor in the Northern Slovenia is easy to find a hill named Pyramid in elevation of 386m from the sea level and from a base to top appr. 80m. The flanks of Piramida hill ("piramida" is a word "pyramid" in Slovenian) point to the cardinal directions: north/south and east/west. The Piramida rises all of a sudden out of the plain terrain. The 360° view from the plateau is gorgeous and thus made the hill a perfect lookout post. It's interesting that on the top of Piramida Hill a middle age castle situated there with tunnel system connected the castle with the centre of the Maribor town.
The castle was demolished in 1784 and later the Church of mother Mary was built there on the top. There is no evidence about tunnel from the top of the Piramida Hill to the town Maribor centre. But there is a huge tunnel in 2 km length in the downtown which is still exist and used like a wine cellars. close to the Piramida hill is another pyramidal hill located called Mesti Vrh, it is lower than Piramida and looks more like a conical burial mound. It is aligned with Piramida to the left and Kalvarij to the right.
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Canal St. Martin was ordered by Napoleon I and construction started in 1802. It was completed in 1825. It was designed to short cut the bends in the Seine and gain access to the Ourcq River to the north. It runs underground in the last few kilometers on its southern end. Total drop is about 24 meters.
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Creakle takes sadistic pleasure in beating boys, as David learns the next day when he and several other boys are caned for no reason. In a series of present-tense sketches, David relives the anxiety of these daily beatings. You also see their effect on cheerful Tommy Traddles, and you see that Steerforth alone is above punishment. Then, however, David shows you a vulnerable side of Steerforth. Discovering that David has read many stories and can tell them well, Steerforth, who has trouble sleeping, persuades David to entertain him at bedtime. What do you think Steerforth's hunger for stories is a sign of? David doesn't really enjoy performing on call for him-he suspects that it encourages a harmful romantic streak in him. But he's flattered by the attention.
The bad side of Steerforth's character is shown in the next long scene. On a rainy afternoon the boys are so boisterous that long-suffering Mr. Mell shouts at them in exasperation. When Steerforth insolently talks back, Mr. Mell loses his temper, accusing Steerforth of corrupting younger students. (Mr. Mell seems to be referring to David, though he doesn't say so.) When Creakle intervenes, Steerforth reveals coolly what he has learned from David about poor old Mrs. Mell. Creakle unjustly fires Mr. Mell, ostensibly because he hid his poverty, but really because Creakle has to back Steerforth. Steerforth's conscience seems to trouble him, and he quarrels with Traddles for feeling sorry for Mr. Mell. David feels bad about it too, but he keeps silent.
Soon after, David gets a surprise visit from Mr. Peggotty and Ham. Notice how much older David seems-he relates to them more self-consciously. They speak often of Emily, who they say is growing up, too, becoming a woman. Then Steerforth strolls in, and David introduces them. They are charmed by Steerforth. But on some vague instinct, David decides not to tell Steerforth about Emily. At this point in the story, do you share David's opinion of Steerforth? Why?
David is eager to go home for the holidays, and the comic talk he has with Barkis on the way sets a happy, homey tone. But as David draws closer to the Rookery, his bad memories revive. The scene appears bleak and wintry. Then the sound of his mother's singing triggers a rush of earlier, happier feelings. When he runs in and discovers she has a new baby, he's delighted. To top it off, the Murdstones are gone for the day. David spends a happy afternoon, though he notices that his mother seems thinner, more anxious, and more dependent on Peggotty.
Peggotty briefly mentions Aunt Betsey in this conversation. Remember that Dickens had to keep his characters "alive" through several installments. Betsey won't appear again in the plot for several chapters, but Dickens doesn't want you to forget who she is. --
David's mother bickers with Peggotty about the Murdstones. This is one way Dickens can bring you up to date on the state of things in that household without having David tell you outright. From the conversation you can tell that vain, pliant Clara has been brainwashed by her husband and sister-in-law. David picks up on some of this, but he doesn't find fault with his beloved mother-just as he has been unable to find fault with Steerforth.
When the Murdstones return, the mood of the house changes perceptibly. David avoids them that night, and he can hardly face going down to breakfast the next morning. But David isn't just being timid-he really is unwelcome. Miss Murdstone counts the days until he's due to leave. He isn't allowed near the new baby. He's criticized constantly, and he's made to feel conspicuous the moment he enters a room. A dramatized scene in the parlor shows you that the Murdstones are using their disapproval of David to gain more control over Clara, but David feels personally abused. If you've ever been caught in the middle of a family quarrel, you may know how he feels.
At the end of Chapter VIII, Dickens uses his rhetorical style in a series of sentences beginning with "What" and ending with an urgent exclamation point, as David lists the torments of his vacation. In the third paragraph of this series, a string of clauses each ends miserably with the phrase "and that mine." And the final paragraph piles up "what's" frequently, desperately.
It's clear that David is glad to leave when his vacation is over. But he still loves his mother, and he's bitterly sorry for her.
Dickens instinctively used cinematic techniques, though movies hadn't been invented in his time. Clara's anguish is crystallized here in a single, wordless moment-almost like a movie shot. She stands at the gate, intently holding up her baby; David's vision zooms in on her as he rides away. It's a mute cry from a doomed victim, more powerful than any speech could be.
The cold, foggy weather on David's next birthday suggests that something bad is about to happen. Weather is often an omen in Dickens' novels. David perks up when he's called to the school office, but Mr. Sharp is ominously kind. Mrs. Creakle tries to break the news gently, but David is bright enough to guess, before she's finished telling him, that his mother has died. Dickens' psychological insight helps him to trace realistically the stages of David's grief. After crying, David thinks not of his mother but of the trappings of death-her gravestone, their shut-up house, and his own role as a mourner. He even plays up his grief, enjoying the attention from the other boys.
Before he gets home, David has to stop off in Yarmouth to be measured for his mourning clothes. In contrast to the expected mood of death, Mr. Omer's undertaker's shop is a busy, merry place. Fat Mr. Omer, his daughter Minnie, and his coffin-maker Joram are quite used to funerals. Mr. Omer describes David's mother just as he'd describe any corpse, by the size of the grave, and Minnie and Joram flirt with each other as though they're on a picnic. But this seems ghoulish to David, and he assumes they're hardhearted.
There's plenty of grief at the Rookery. Peggotty attends her dead mistress almost obsessively. Even Mr. Murdstone is weeping, though Miss Murdstone is as cold and practical as ever. David describes her bitterly, but he shifts to a gentler, more sympathetic tone as he depicts Mr. Murdstone's restless, tight-clenched sorrow. In the present tense, David shows the full ritual of a Victorian funeral, a solemn religious affair. (Dickens uses no irony in writing about God, for he was a firm Christian.) It's like an old movie, silent except for the resounding words of the Lord.
David doesn't witness his mother's death, though Dickens could have written it so David got home in time to see her die. Instead he uses Peggotty to narrate the touching scenes. That way, he can keep death at a respectful distance. (Notice how he does this throughout the book.) As Clara's close friend and an adult, Peggotty can interpret her feelings better than David could. Also, by having Peggotty, with her strong, simple emotions, describe the death, Dickens can lend emotion to it without appearing too sentimental himself.
David consciously begins to idealize his mother as soon as she is dead. But oddly enough, he also pictures himself as her infant child, dead on her bosom. In a way, her death marks the end of one life for David-and the beginning of another, still to be defined.
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is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
So Ive been in my first band for a few months now, its going well and theres talk of booking our first gig in the next couple of months.
I can play most of our songs pretty well, but Im lacking in fills and crashes (some songs I dont play any fills at all!). I tend to play safe most of the time and simply keep a good groove for the band.
Does anyone think this would be a problem for a live performance? Im quite short of practice time at the moment so I find learning fills and more complicated sections of songs really difficult.
Also, at the moment Im still trying to get to grips with the transition from e-kit to acoustic, which is time consuming in itself! My thought is a tight beat and good sound takes priority over fills etc.
But at the same time Im worried my playing will appear boring or sub-standard in some way.
Interested to know what you guys think!
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Depends on the song.
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Playing the songs in steady time
Knowing the "form/structure" of the song - Verse/Chorus/Bridge etc.
Creating a good atmosphere for the other musicians
Song starts/count-offs and ends.
Watching the other musicians and acknowledging their cues
Smile, so the audience can see you are enjoying the music.
These are all much more important than drum fills.
Best of luck
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
When your new, time and steadyness beats all
Get threw the gig. that is all that matters. Don't even do a fill if you don't need to.
As you improve and get comfortable add them in.. I'd rather hear a drummer keep good, time than play a sloppy fill that derails the song
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Yes, steady time is important, but the drums are supposed to accompany the music, so YEEEESSSSSSS, you're supposed to do more than just play a f***ing beat! You're a musician; not a wind-up monkey.
Steady time is of course important, but crashes are pretty damn important, too! In most songs, a crash announces when there's a new part of the song. The crash cymbal says "here's the chorus", or "here's the bridge" or "here's a really important note/chord/moment/whatever". Having them in their proper place will help the band to navigate the song, and sound more like the recordings that we all know and love. If adding in the crashes causes your timing to become unsteady, well, that's what practice is for! Get used to playing crashes with steady timing; you'll do it often in most songs, and playing them will help you to better understand and memorize the song form.
Is it a problem not to play fills? Not all fills are created equal, so it depends. Some songs have fills that are brief and (literally) "fill in" some musical space (that's where the term comes from). So, it's not a big deal if they're not played. But some songs have fills that do more for the song. They're statements, or parts, that go along with other parts of the song, or stand by themselves. For example, In The Air Tonight has a great big drum fill that almost everyone knows and expects to hear. An audience who likes music, knows music, and will recognize when this type of fill is played accurately.
Once the beat is going well, then add the crashes, and then add important, statement-type fills. Finally, add other fills and complexity as you go along. You have a couple months; you'll be fine!
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
I'd add this. Good tempo and steady meter beats all, no matter if you're new or not. Fills...wait till you feel them, not before.
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Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Depends on the kind of music.
If you are playing "Jack and Dianne," then yes, you need to learn THE fill!
If you are playing AC/DC, then maybe you don't need to learn as many fills.
If you are playing Americana/bluegrassy-type music and all you are doing is train beats with brushes, then maybe not so much.
What kind of music are you doing?
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
They're the two most overlooked things in drumming and arguably the two most important.
I'm pretty sure most of the working drummers on here have made more money from playing time than the drum equivalent of fret wanking. Brown Eyed Girl has made me more money than Van Morrison :)
I aint farting on no snare drum
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
A great groove, with solid time, delivered with authority, is absolutely priority 1. Appropriately placed crashes are an integral part of that delivery, so you need to get those nailed down. With the exception of signature fills in covers, you can get through a song without snare / tom fills, but eventually, you should strive to get those in place too - but ----------------
Don't attempt anything you can't pull off reliably, without stressing yourself, & without upsetting the time. An omission is almost always better than a screw up.
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Just keep a steady beat and you'll be OK.
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Surprised to hear all the "just play time" opinions. There's a couple months to go until the gig. Are you men or are you mice?
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I direct you to 3 drummers:
Phil Rudd
Frank Beard
Joey Kramer
These guys have made careers of playing solid time with a low amount of fills. What you should notice is the short fills they do use are at the right moment, then it's back to the time.
You don't have to be Neil Peart to make your mark. Serve the song first, your embellishment comes later.
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Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Good time and groove is a necessity, but if a newbie a poorly executed or misplaced fill is a real distraction and song killer (oh yeah I know about that). Also you'll find you don't have the skills to pull off some fills (raise my hand again), but that doesn't mean you ignore it-just ad lib something that will work and you can pull off (likely other musicians in group are doing the same unless a pro group). A fill is suppose to fill in and fit in-so there is the rub. You can execute a great fill but if misplaced will be distracting noise. There is a reason they are referred to as "tasty fills"-because they have to be in good taste. LOL
"I roll to the tune of a different drummer ;) "
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Thanks for the comments so far folks, really useful!
About crashes, Im mostly good with this - when I remember! (Sometimes Ill go into almost auto-pilot and forget - something Im already working on!)
The type of songs were doing are mainly standard rock type stuff, some indie and folk rock. Examples of songs where I play hardly any fills Dancing in the dark , maneater and fishermans blues (waterboys).
I do have a couple of months until a gig, but its just a case of where to focus my attention when practice time is in short supply! Especially when the list of songs we are learning seems to be increasing too!
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
There is some very good advice on this thread.
In most songs the drum part can be boring. But it serves as the very necessary foundation for the more interesting parts of the song. That's our job as drummers.
Spend some time listening to the original recordings of the songs you are going to play. How many drum fills do you hear?
How different would the songs sound without those (I'm assuming) very very few drum fills. There lies the answer to your question.
PS: Playing Fishermans Blues (waterboys) with no fills would sound just fine. Just provide a strong back beat.
"To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable." - Beethoven
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
It's about being comfortable on stage and not putting any undue pressure on yourself. If you can't play the fills in practice, throw some gig nerves on top of that and you're gonna bring the wrong attention on yourself.
We're just trying to provide words of wisdom for someone who has never played a gig before.
Now where's that cheese!
I aint farting on no snare drum
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Lack of fills will get you a CALL BACK.
Play the song, not the drums.
I've been gigging for 20 years with all kinds of bands. If you want to get a call back, stay out of the way of the song.
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Given where you are in terms of the skills and experience, get the song right and ONLY worry about fills if they're of the signature "In The Air Tonight" variety. I once read an interview in which Phil Gould (ex Level 42, he can play) was talking about getting more involved in playing after a lengthy sabbatical and even he was saying that he would tense up ahead of a fill and get the timing wrong after so long out of the saddle.
As for crashes, possibly a contentious point of view but I'd avoid them too unless they're a signal for the band (sloshy hi hats, a double on the snare or a move to the ride are my favoured band signals). If there's one thing that winds me up it's seeing drummers after every 1, 2 or 4 bars hitting the crash. Even far better drummers than me seem to do the "bom bom, biddledy bom CRASH" thing when demoing drumkits. It's a habit I was never fully into and I now forcibly avoid doing it.
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Did my first ever, in-public, got-paid-to-hit-drums gig last summer, and my #1 goal was to not screw anything up for the rest of the band. So I did what a lot of folks here are suggesting: focus on the song, keep time, get the "signature" stuff right if a song has anything like that in it, and otherwise keep the mistakes down to stuff that most people wouldn't notice. It went great and everyone had a good time. The guitar player noticed that I was playing pretty conservatively, and in the last set encouraged me to go after the fills a bit more (the crowd had thinned out at that point), so I did. But I'm glad that everything else was solid first. This was mostly country/country-dance (two-step) music, with a few classic rock and funk tunes in the mix, so most of the beats were fairly straightforward.
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However, I have a very hard time believing this part about the guitar player. In 65 years of playing the drums I've never met a guitar player like this.
I'm editing this post. Having thought about it, and until recently I have never simply kept time with no fills.
So I think I understand why no guitar player has ever said this to me. Sorry, I believe you now.
"To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable." - Beethoven
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Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Honestly, I think you're either selling yourself short, or probably aren't really ready to gig yet.
If you've got good groove and time, then I don't see why you can't add a crash or small fill. You don't have to do anything complicated, but outside of a few genres people expect to hear some flair, and I think people will certainly notice you aren't contributing beyond time.
Literally, a fill can be one note, and they can be in the same note value without sub-dividing; which is to say if you're playing an 8th note beat, you can keep playing those same notes but just play them on different parts of the kit! Think of them as beats that don't repeat. Even just playing a few extra notes on the snare before going back to the beat counts as a fill!
That said, I don't know you, your playing or your band. It could be that you can actually get away with not playing anything other than time. Again, honestly, I don't really believe that you "can't" play fills if you really have good time and groove.
"I always wanted to be remembered for; being honest. Nothing else is worth a damn." - Lemmy
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
To the OP -- Playing fills only wrecks your time-keeping if you don't practice keeping steady time while playing fills! Many drummers will speed up or slow down when playing fills, it's a very common beginner mistake. But you CAN AND SHOULD learn to play crashes and fills while maintaining steady time. You can do it!
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I do agree with your attitude of serving the song first, and worrying about the beat primarily. That's a good sign. You're further ahead than those who want to cover every second with a fill...
Good luck!
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First gig: absolutely fine to leave fills out. My gut say memorize the tunes & the night of the gig, focus 100% on the music. No drumistic anything. No logical thought. Go blank & get into "flow state".
Unless it is prog rock: play along to SJ's "the groove is here" video for a month & then just destroy the gig w/ pocket. https://hudsonmusic.com/product/the-groove-is-here/
have as much fun as possible as i still remember my first paying gig. :-)
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Actually no, I'm doing it purely for fun! Everyone in our band has a bunch of other commitments but we share a passion for music :)
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Do whatever you feel confident doing and have fun. It's only music.
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Just wondering, but in which way is that a relevant question for someone that asks some advice for his first gig ever..?
More on topic..:
I think the most important thing is that you can provide the right feel to a song and thats something that never should be underestimated (especially with songs that seem to be 'easy'..)
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
As said it depends on song and style, but just starting out it shouldn't matter.
In any case. Never sacrifice the groove and feel for a fill.
As Jim Riley says; "The ol' 4e& can take you far.
As your skills and confidence grow you'll naturally start playing fills that fit.
Certainly do fills exercises yourself in the practice room.
Some things should be done right like the guitar solo in "Wonderful Tonight" and the drums in "November Rain." They are as much part of the songs as anything and shouldn't be messed with unless that's the intention.
As for comfort with fills, you'll probably find that this is as much about confidence in the song structure and general appropriate subdivisions as anything technical. Do that 3 bar groove thing and a fill in the 4th bar. It's especially important when learning a new groove, a new time signature or whatever. Put it in a context right away. When you're tired of one fill start doing it with a new one. If you have 10 fills that you know in and out for any given type of style/song/groove you play you have quite a lot of vocabulary. Enough to make you start feeling pretty free.
Practice various stickings and make sure the fill is as solid as a groove as it really is and should be felt as part of the groove.
So, kick drum...or...bass drum? I'll tell you what. If it's 18" or less, it's a FOOT TOM.
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As others have mentioned, it depends on the music. Some fills are considered indelible parts of the music, so you have to learn those. But ad-libbed or improvised fills are not always necessary. Listen to Jay Bellerose of Paula Cole's "This Fire" and "Amen" albums and he hardly plays that type of fills in the whole album. But this is because the rhythms he creates and the groove he plays them in are so interesting to start with that they don't need fills as embellishment.
Keep practicing them though, until you get the confidence to do them in public performance.
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Even Keith Richards when asked, what do you look for in a drummer? His answer was what I look for is to never have to look at him - which meant he just wants the drummer to lay it down so the band can ride on top of that. If the drummer was busy filling too much, it would get in the way.
So my answer was relevant that I figured you want to create a career, by being more concerned about the groove than the fills. But being a senior member here, I know there are people here who dont understand that concept yet and place an equal importance on their fills and licks as they do on their groove. In time they learn its more groove than fills. Been there and done that.
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I think there is lots of merit to your comments Bo. I'm no pro but got to play with some, and I played it "cool" (in the old school vernacular) with my playing-keep the beat-and keep the feel, playing medium to low volume (don't stomp on any other musician) so they can ask for more if need be, and play few to no fills-except if absolutely integral part of song-maybe wail just a bit on one song and show what meager chops I have. It worked as I kept getting to play with them-they were a great bunch and I think they liked seeing me improve from all their helpful suggestions and critiques in practice too (the bass player was really helpful and I loved it during gigs when he would look at me and smile with "You nailed it! look!. Keep it Simple is a great motto for any drummer
"I roll to the tune of a different drummer ;) "
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So being sociable, easy to get along with goes much farther than being concerned about your fills. I honestly hated being with certain people when I played in college - all they did was work on their musical chops, but they were social jerks when we were riding in a bus somewhere or hanging out at a festival after we have played and been judged. And some of them were very talented, but to deal with them? That's a whole other deal.
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I agree, but if OP is asking this question, I was just saying playing a beat with no fills will get you by for an entire gig with no weird looks or people covering their ears. .
I also thing for more experienced drummer a small error, or screw up can usually be recovered or covered up. Heck even playing a wrong part can usually be masked and the crowd doesn't notice, but for someone new it would most likely cause a stop in the song.
You are 100% correct though, all the chops and flash in the world is wasted if it sounds like garbage and out of time.
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
Even if you don't play fills in a song, you can still give the drum part some interest and musicality by orchestrating the surfaces you're 'riding' on.
Maybe try changing up between verse, chorus and bridge.
Play with the hi-hat tight shut, slightly open, or totally sloshy depending on the music. Throw in some hi-hat chokes, where appropriate, if you can.
Use the ride cymbal which also has a bow and bell - and you can crash it.
And you can also 'ride' on the crash cymbals, toms and snare - again if the song calls for it.
You certainly don't need to play the whole gig just chipping away on closed hi-hat and snare.
Having said all that - keep working on those fills!
Re: is a lack of fills a problem for a first gig?
It's always better to play solid and consistent without fills than screwing up every single fill. Just relax about it, it will come alone. The first times I gigged I also tried to eliminate fills as much as possible because of that reason. One time you just get into the vibe enjoying your gig and it will just come alone and you are going to be like "wow I love this, let's do it again" and you will start doing fills forever. ;P
The good drummer is the one that can play a solid tempo, consistent and serve the music. No extra skills :)
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Ryan Kemp-Pappan is the supply pastor for Trinity Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. He is one of a growing number of pastors and leaders who seem dissatisfied with the idea that the proclamation of the word is the most important privilege and duty given to a pastor. Alongside Bruce Reyes-Chow, Kemp-Pappan has decided to use extra-biblical texts for proclamation. On his blog, "Being RKP," Kemp-Pappan has two postings connected to what he calls "A Heretic Summer."Kemp-Pappan starts his first posting with a document that is read by many Christians since it is in the Apocrypha and in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Bibles. But he quickly jumps, in his next post, to an ancient text that is only acknowledged as acceptable reading for Christians in a compilation of texts published by the radical Jesus Seminar.
Kemp-Pappan's first posting & sermon is, "Alone Again Or, and the text is Bel & the Dragon. This is considered an additional chapter of Daniel, and as stated above is in the Apocrypha. Daniel proves that the false god in this story, the dragon, is fake by using trickery. There are differing versions of the story and it was included in the Jewish Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint, but not the later Masoretic text used by contemporary Jews since the 9th century.Although Kemp-Pappan writes that the reformers cut Bel & the Dragon from the Protestant Bible to distance themselves from Rome the basic reason they eliminated the Apocrypha was to allow the Hebrew Bible, (Old Testament) to conform to the Jewish Masoretic Text.[1]
But the history of the Apocrypha is far more complex. While some in the early church supported some of the extra texts of the Apocrypha, they were disputed. Clement of Alexandrea and Augustine accepted the text, but Jerome and Origen did not accept them as canonical. As for the Reformation, D.A. deSilvia, author of "Apocrypha and Pseudepigraphs" writes:
Only the Protestant Reformation forced a decision. Martin Luther decisively separated the books or parts of books (e.g., the Additions to Esther and Daniel) that were not included in the Hebrew Canon from his OT as "books which cannot be reckoned with the canonical books and yet are useful and good for reading." … The rest of the Protestant Reformers followed his practice. The apocryphal books continued to be printed and recommended as edifying material, but they were not to be used as a basis for doctrine or ethics apart from the canonical books. The Roman Catholic Church responded at the Council of Trent (1546) by declaring these books (excluding 1 and 2 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh and 3 and 4 Maccabees) to be fully canonical[2]
Note then that these books were not officially declared canonical by the Roman Catholic Church until after the Reformation.
Kemp-Pappan uses the material in Bel and the Dragon to explore, "the far reaches of our faith." He claims that members of his congregation "will be exploring sacred texts many … have not heard before. … [and] will engage sacred texts from other faith traditions in earnest," as they "seek to boldly challenge … [their] faith and the institutions that fashioned it."Interestingly Kemp-Pappan uses the Dragon story to advocate for non-violence in activism although the false priests, in the story, and their families are killed for their deceit.
But going further in his next posting, Kemp-Pappan uses the Infancy Gospel of Thomas which is considered Pseudepigrapha. That is a work that has been attributed to a more well-known author of the past. The text is a later writing than the New Testament texts. But the Infancy Gospel of Thomas is also fantasy much like a bad fairy tale. Its quality is sentimental and destructive at the same time. While Kemp-Pappan attempts to equate its fantasy quality with biblical miracles it cannot be done since the quality and intent are very different.The miracles of Scripture are always embedded in the redemptive purposes of God. But the miracles of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas center on the temper of a small God-child who even kills another child for bumping into him. The awe of bystanders is gained by the selfish intent of a brat rather than the self-giving love of a Savior.
The fact is that most contemporary publishing of the Infancy material is done on the assumption that all birth narratives including the canonical ones are myth.[3] But the eternal purposes of God shine in the canonical narratives of Matthew and Luke while the Infancy Gospel of Thomas is void of redemption. The birth narratives of the Bible are linked with integrity to the history and promises of the Old Testament-they are awash with authenticity.Kemp-Pappan attempts to use the story to help others understand their adolescent tensions and misgivings. He takes what can only be seen as an unbiblical sinful nature of the child Jesus and uses it to write/speak of human attempts at overcoming childishness. In this case Jesus becomes simply a model not just for good but also for the bad that we all experience within ourselves as we mature.
Hungry for the word of God, God's people and those who are dying within the deadness of this culture will never find satisfaction in extra biblical material. As Paul writes to Timothy, "preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction."For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled they will accumulate for themselves false teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn back to myths. (2 Timothy 4:2-4)
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[1] For more information on the Jewish Masoretic Text see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
[2]D.A. deSilvia, ""Apocrypha and Pseudepigraphs" Dictionary of New Testament Background, Editors Craig A. Evans & Stanley E. Porter, (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press 2000) 59.
[3] This is pointed out by Philip Jenkins in his book Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost its Way. (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001).


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I'm reflecting on Tuma MinGW future at the moment. I could push another point release for sure, but unlikely reach 1.0 milestone. Few weeks ago a developer offer me a help to turn Tuma MinGW into something like Gentoo, a self construct distro with fully automated updating/rebuild concept which I half heartedly had to reject as it will goes "by developer for developer" way. But the main reason is because I doubt its feasibility. There are many attempt with similar ideas in the past, but most went niche or failed. Me too want to go niche, making it console oriented distro (something that "nicely" oppose the Windows way).
The buildbot, I used to make buildscript to compile stuff (still for some case) but after see how diverse is build systems under Windows, I'm quite overwhelmed.
My plan is if it goes 1.0 I want to put it like msysgit repo at github, rebranding it with new name (I call it cbonk, english: tadpole) and invite collaboration. But github only offer 1GB of realistic space. Sourceforge IMO is the best at hosting big files (even ISO files) and have rsync too. I once complain at git irc about how git doing initial clone by tarballing and fetch it in plain non-resumable and inefficient http download but they had no answer for that, quite a hell for people like me. Yesterday I tried this "Github for Windows" which turn out to be a "slow motion" application based on .NET which emptied my RAM after about 100 files of 10 MB commit. I'm thinking of distribute Tuma MinGW into several repos with one as base and the rest as module. Does this need a trick?
I realize that it's bad to have repo of binaries especially at this scale maybe I should packed each application as tarball and use spkg to install/remove this way it might fit to the 1GB barrier, or maybe just get rid several compilers? I still have several to do lists to be addressed for 0.8, mostly integration work, going further I want to pimp many things using zenity to make it much friendlier without going GUIsh. hmm... clueless


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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
FAVE! NYFW ss14
If like, Buffy Summers and Spike had a baby girl (yes vampires can have babies! just watch Angel!) She would dress like this! I can't reiterate myself anymore than I already do in life. But I love black and i luve LEATHER! And anything that taps into any form of 90s nostalgia is a home run for me. Why? I don't know but lets not blame tumblr again. Who dosnt want to look like a hacker/goth/i took the red pill and found the matrix kinda chic? I guess looks like this are so appealing to a few because of its power to give the wearer some form of purpose. You have like this instant role of empowerment once you slip on those black boats an throw this crazy leather cape on which in your opinion is practically bullet proof and despite the purchase of this particular garment being the reason you are now homeless, you know you can survive with just it. Your like the ultimate cape crusader. Anywho, You can't go wrong with an all black minimalsitic 90s look aesthetic...YOU CANT!
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Obituary of William Hilbun
William "Buddy" Hilbun
Clarksdale, MS
William "Buddy" Hilbun, 73, a retired AFLAC Insurance Salesman, died Monday September 25, 2017 at Baptist East Memphis, TN. Visitation is Sunday October 1, 2017, 3:00 - 4:00 PM at Clarksdale Baptist Church in Clarksdale,MS. Funeral services are 4:00 PM Sunday at Clarksdale Baptist Church in Clarksdale, MS with burial in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements.
Buddy was an ordained Minister and a much demanded singer. He was a member of Clarksdale Baptist Church.
Survivors include son Jody Hilbun of Canton, MS; sister Rae Savage of Memphis, TN; nephew David Savage of Memphis, TN; stepdaughter Karen Pavelka; stepson Glenn Hardy; step-grandchildren Kristin Goode, Dylan Hardy, Caleb Hardy and Haley Hardy; great grandchild Nolan Hardy; mother-in-law Emma Lou Bailey; sister-in-laws Betty Tubbs and Bonnie Martin.
He was preceded in death by his wife Brenda Hilbun.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Son Valley Home, 461 Goodloe Rd, Canton, MS 39046.


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On Deck: Stuart Shinn
Name: Stuart Shinn
Age: 17
Home: Bradenton, FL
Years riding: 2 1/2
Sponsors: Oak Wakeskates
Boat, PWC or Winch? Boat
Wake or sliders? Wake
Film or photos? Film
Skateboard or wakeboard? Skateboarding even though I'm the worst in the world
Inclines or boxes? Boxes
Pool gaps or natural winching? Pool gaps are nice
Metal or rap? Rap, I am so gangster
Home or away? Depends where away is but probably away
I think the best example I could use to prove Stuart Shinn's extreme talent on a wakeskate would be to discuss his transition from a potential cameo appearance in our new film, Esoteric, into the owner of arguably one of the best sections in the entire movie. How exactly did this happen? We were filming Nick Taylor quite a bit at his house in South Florida, and Stu's house happened to be one of the best riding spots around. Stu was killing it at that time too, but it started getting to the point where every time we went down there to film he was getting ridiculously better. His status rose to the "half-part" idea. After stomping perfect wake to wake 3 shoves, frontside flips, 360 flips, backside flips, toeside shuv indy reverts, and a slew of other technical, consistent, and stylish that we happily filmed, it pretty much became a no-brainer that a full section from Stuart Shinn would become a highlight for Esoteric.
So what is Stu's status these days? He's finishing up high school and now proudly rocking boards from his new sponsor, Oak Wakeskates. As a fellow team member there are not many other people I could be as stoked to be on a team with… And there's also not many other wakeskaters out there that give Brian Grubb a run for his money at a boat contest. Not only that, but Stu is getting better every time he rides. He's already been landing or getting close to several wake to wake flip tricks I'm pretty sure have never been done before (I'll let Stu decide when he wishes to reveal them). I honestly can't wait to see what this dude is riding away from in the next couple years. Keep an eye out…


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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
See how quickly the Pats third receiver problem was solved?
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I couldn't believe it myself when I read it, but the Patriots re-signed David Patten to a one year deal. David Patten. Wow. I hope to crap the Pats have another option up their sleeve for receivers, but knowing Belichick who the hell knows. But that makes me ask the question. What was Donald Hayes not available? Troy Brown too busy playing BINGO with the old folks to unretire for the thirteenth time? In other related Patriots news The Pats tried to resign Chad Jackson but he couldn't get off his shift at Wendy's to make a try out. David Givens missed the phone call because he was too busy listening to tracks from Aaliyah and Destiny's Child that he downloaded off Napster.
They also were aiming to re-sign Bethel Johnson but he dropped the phone when his mom threw it to him.
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Gene Wilder an actor who starred in comedy classics The Producers and Blazing Saddles has passed away. He even starred in such hits such as Young Frankenstein and even the classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.
He had also become a meme that many have shared around the world
He had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1989. Here's how some celebrities reacted to his death
"Good Day Sir!"
RIP Gene Wilder
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) August 29, 2016
RIP to the legendary Gene Wilder. 2016 has been painful so far. pic.twitter.com/7nbqY7Unva
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder was the best.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form. If there's a heaven he has a Golden Ticket. ;^)
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) August 29, 2016
RIP Gene Wilder. Only happy memories of making Sunday Lovers together.
— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) August 29, 2016
RIP #GeneWilder absolute master. Brilliant in so many ways. His life's work is timeless and everlasting. pic.twitter.com/hYHYk8hm4h
— John Cena (@JohnCena) August 29, 2016
I saw Blazing Saddles 7 times at the cinema with my school friends . George St. Cows outside.
Gene Wilder you were a genius. Rest in Peace.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 29, 2016
He was always able to make us smile, and that is no small feat. Rest with the stars, Gene Wilder. pic.twitter.com/kxis66bIGd
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 29, 2016
GENE WILDER, the face of childhood joy for many a generation, has passed. Farewell, sweet genius. Gilda awaits you. https://t.co/pybXNFlGaq
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) August 29, 2016
This guy made me laugh a lot! Laughter is a gift. Thank you Gene. #genewilder https://t.co/1i5y9phFrJ
— Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder was a giant of comedy. His legacy of films is inspiring. A true genius..
— Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) August 29, 2016
RIP Gene Wilder


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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Want to Be a Book Tour Host?
Greeting fellow book bloggers,
I am reaching out to those of you who are interested in becoming a book tour host for my new book tour site. I have a few great new books that I will be setting up tours for in the next few weeks that will start in February.
I am trying to compile a list of interested bloggers who would be interested in participating. I have a wide variety of genres coming on board from a steamy romance to a great mystery series. As soon as I get a list of how many of you are interested, I will start posting the details as they come in. The opportunity is open to bloggers of all genres.
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Ft. The X Ambassadors
Photos By: Shawna Terry
Date: September 18, 2015
Venue: The Main Street Armory
City: Rochester, NY, USA
On Friday, September 18th, Panic! At The Disco played a sold out show at the Main Street Armory when they rolled into the town of Rochester, NY. 5,000 people came out to see PATD! along with X Ambassadors who had no problem getting the show started, and warming up the crowd.
PATD! Played songs from all of their current albums and even blessed us with 'Hallelujah' off their upcoming 5th studio album 'Death Of A Bachelor'. During the show, lead singer Brendon Urie gave a little back history to what inspired him to write 'Miss Jackson' (A sleazy girl who slept with all his friends), and 'Nine In The Afternoon' (well, if you didn't see this coming- drugs influenced this one). They played all the favorites, such as 'The Ballad of Mona Lisa', 'Vegas Lights' and even their newly covered 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.


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Food and foot pain
I am aware of the affects of Diabetes (type 2) and the problems with foot discomfort and pain. While I have no visual affects from my diabetes I do have tremendous foot pain, that burning, stabbing, and intense pain that comes with the neuropathy that comes with it.
I only experience this after meals and within 10 to 20 minutes after a meal and it can last for hours depending on what I eat. Most everything brings on the pain from a glass of milk to a piece of bread, from a corn chip to a piece of fruit… even a simple green salad can bring on the pain…
there is little to no pain or discomfort before meals and blood sugar has nothing to do with it as I have had hours of intense pain with a blood sugar of 92 and no pain with blood sugar of 290 and visa versa.. this is a food related thing and after a $450 allergy test I was found to have no food allergies at all…
Doctors are puzzled as I am and wonder if anyone else has had this kind of reaction to foods (good or bad foods) So far my regular Dr. and the neurologist have no answers and just wanting to know if anyone else has experienced this kind of reaction to food… It started about a year after finding out I had type 2 diabetes and this was about 6 months before starting insulin…
Any insight or answers would be most welcomed
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Hi - So sorry about your feet because it can be just plain hell. My own has nothing to do with food and mostly attacks at night. I use a pain lotion made with a base of emu oil (search "emusing") which helps and I have tried them all. I think our problems as diabetics is that it is not just one disease, it is as different as the number of people who have it. I still do not have mine under control. My low is at 1 am and by the time I get up it is 150. Does anyone else have that problem?
My foot discomfort started slowly when I would eat too many carbs. Then I noticed that it was happening when I was eating right and checking my bs which could be about 110. I now have full blown neuropathy in my feet and half way up both legs.
I have abserved that when the humidity starts to rise so does the pain in my feet. In fact I sometimes have to take a pain pill because it is too much.
I am on gabapentin, a compond that i put on my feet and ibu. My pain level is about 4 on most days. I think once the nerves are damaged the pain will keep going. I have to accept the pain because that means I still have good circulation in my legs and feet.
Another cause for the neuropathy in the feet is celiac disease. Celiac disease means the person need to be on a gluten free diet. Celiac does run in my family and I have asked my doctor about it and he just said no, I am still woking on him to at least give me a base line test. You can have celiacs and not show any symptoms.
Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disease. According to the Celiac Disease Foundation's web site, "Celiac Disease is a digestive disorder that affects both children and adults. When people with CD eat foods that contain gluten, it creates an immune-mediated toxic reaction that causes damage to the small intestine and does not allow food to be properly absorbed. Even small amounts of gluten in foods can affect those with CD and cause health problems. Damage can occur to the small bowel even when there are no symptoms present."
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Early and mid-nineteenth century Wayne County, Tennessee was awash in my paternal ancestors and also in a number of Reeves, with several different Reeves lines being represented. I first became intrigued with a C J Reeves whose property in Wayne County bounded the property of two sets of my paternal great-great-grandparents. Knowing my maternal Reeves heritage, I had to wonder if C J Reeves was a maternal relative who had somehow crossed paths with my father's family. That turned out not to be the case (at least not so far), but Calvin's origins are still a mystery.
On 7 Oct 1878, Calvin J Reaves was appointed administrator of the estate of his father Osburn Reaves in Wayne County. The earliest known record of Osburn Reaves and his wife Esther Osteen is their marriage record in 1812 in Williamson County, Tennessee . In 1820 they were still in Williamson County, but made their way to Wayne County Tennessee by 1830 where they remained. (Note the use of both Reeves and Reaves for the surname spelling of this family. Eventually the "Reaves" spelling prevailed.)
Census records consistently identify Osburn's birth date as 1791 and birth location as South Carolina. Also from census records, his wife Esther was born about 1792 in North Carolina.
Why then do so many online trees claim that Osburn Reaves is the son of John Reeves (b 1785) and Phoebe Osborne (b 1785), both of whom lived out their lives in Grayson County, Virginia? Even more amazing is Phoebe's age at the presumed birth – six years old! As far as I can tell, the only "evidence" for this leap is Osburn's given name. John and Phoebe had a much younger son (b 1809) named Osborne.
Thus far, no one has come up with credible parents for Osburn Reeves, but more progress might be made if people would question the veracity of information copied from the family trees of others.
The picture is of some of Calvin Reeves children, from the Wayne County TNgenweb website, submitted by Scott Adams.


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Each presents a definition of the style in question (along with various nicknames for the style), ways to generate Minor, Significant, and Major Charges, and Minor, Significant, and Major Formula Spells.
First up, we have Planetomancy: Magick of Place by Tim Dedopulos"planet," here, being used in the sense of its original Greek meaning: wanderer. This is a style for those who wish to use their wandering to find the unexpected in out-of-the-way spaces. "Forgotten gods haunt back alley parking lots and those scrubby patches of unloved park where empty beer cans go to die," as the text nicely puts it, and the Planetomancer (aka Jaywalker, Shambler, or Walker) intends to find those gods and commune with them.
Charges are generated through wandering, aimlessly at first and then with greater and increasingly-transgressive purpose. An hour-long amble around the back streets in your neighborhood builds up a Minor Charge; walking down the white center line of a busy highway from dusk til dawn nets you a Major Charge. Formula spells focus on gathering information about objects or the local area, or otherwise affecting the area's emotional energy or even its very nature.
Next is Joymancy: The Magick of Games by Justin Miland. A style sure to resonate with the players in the group (if not necessarily their characters), this is magick accomplished through gaming. Not just any gaming, eitherthe Joymancer (aka Boardwalker, Parker, or Hasbro) uses board games as their magickal conduit.
To Joymancers, board games represent an altar to "the forces of possibility and chance," and they learn how to manipulate those forces using the tools of spinners, cards, and dice. As you might expect, Minor and Significant Charges are generated by playing and winning a board game; the latter carries the condition that it must be a new game you've never played before. (Yes, Joymancers are that friend of yours who is always trying to get you try out the newest Eurogame.) Major charges, on the other hand, require enacting an action in real life that emulates a potentially-winning move in a boardgame (buying a hotel on Park Avenue, sinking a battleship ).
Formula Spells all revolve, naturally, around playing games, and have fun little referential names like "Controlling Australia" and "Flip the Table." The document concludes with some rumors related to Joymancy and a sample Joymancer: Patrick Danby, the Born Loser.
Lastly, we have Charmancy by Sean Clancy. This document describes a magickal style in the wildest, weirdest tradition of Unknown Armies. As the text puts it, "Charmancers reject fire's status as the ur-paradox, and the destroyer-creator cycle it perpetuates. Weird thing is, they reject it exclusively through the lens of food preparation and chef stardom."
That's right, this is a style all about burning food to a crisp and consuming the charred ashes to generate charges. One way to generate a Major Charge is to set a celebrity chef on fire and incorporate their ashes into your own signature dish!
Formula Spells focus on using fire and food as weapons; this is an aggressive school of magick, as the nicknames for the Charmancer (Singetooth, Fire Belly, Ash-Hole) indicate. Spell names range from "Food Fight" and "Hungry Heart" to "The Salt Is Real" and "Hottest Pocket." Major Charge Spell examples are particularly fun: becoming a celebrity chef with no actual cooking ability, say, or destroying the Platonic ideal of oyster crackers.
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During a presentation at E3 that was attended by Eurogamer, Halldor Fannar, CTO of CCP, explained why their upcoming online shooter Dust 514 would be exclusive to the PlayStation 3. In a word: openness.
"Let's just say that with Sony at least they have policies that allow us to build the game the way we want. That is one of the reasons why we've gone with PSN."
Mr. Fannar went on to explain that with the PlayStation Network, they're able to run their servers, and Sony is allowing them to keep to their expansion cycle. Summing it up, he stated that "(they're) using PlayStation just for credentials, stuff like that. Then it's all our stuff."
Dust 514 will be directly integrated with PC MMO Eve Online, which is impossible under Microsoft's strictly enforced infrastructure. Microsoft's insistence on their closed network has caused friction with MMO developers in the past. Square Enix and Cryptic scuttled plans in 2010 for Xbox versions of Final Fantasy XIV and Champions Online, respectively. Meanwhile, Sony has allowed other developers to use their PlayStation Network as a way-point of sorts, most notably Valve's Steam, which is fully integrated with Portal 2 and supports cross-platform play.
Analysis: Honestly? It's almost refreshing to see a company who is courageous enough to see what happened to the PSN and then say "you know what? Damn the torpedoes. We're going for it." It's important to note that there's so far no PC version of Dust 514, which is interesting for a game that ties into a PC based MMO.
Honestly, this is as exciting to me as Steam integration with the PS3 is. Even if the systems themselves are in their infancy, the potential for systems that get the most out of Sony's free PlayStation Network is there. As a gamer, it excites me because it brings us one step closer to a console/PC singularity, where console games have the options that make PC games – on their surface – preferable to play, without the cost of keeping a gaming-ready PC up to date, which can run thousands. The first system that allows us to play FPS games with a mouse and keyboard is the first system I will play FPS games on.1 Furthermore, the thought of playing Portal 2 on my PC with Aileen on her PS3 is sexy.
This is about Sony's willingness to open their network, and Microsoft blithely insisting that everyone play by their rules, or don't play. Microsoft's tactics – which are normal for a company that has made an empire out of locking customers into their products with no way out that doesn't involve massive sunk costs, then monetizing that lock-in – work for them because even if they lose an MMO or two, they're still making money off of everyone else who uses their network to play Gears of War, Call of Duty and everything else. Considering the numbers those games pull in, it's working. But if Sony can leverage their openness in a way that results in people jumping ship for clearly superior games (Portal 2 is decidedly inferior on the 360 when compared to the 360), and if they can keep their stuff from being hacked for an hour or so, they can maybe start to turn the tables, and get past the whole hacking business.


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Ok hi guys. I hadn't done a show in a while so I have this TWIGBy EXCLUSIVE. I know normally I throw The Hawtline in a regular episode of On The Mic, but this particular episode was too massive and too hilarious so it had to be set apart on it's own. So really, there's no tracklist or anything, it's just the Hawtline.
I had fun with that show. You can find TWIGBy on OkCupid (UGH) under the username the_wayigetby, or over on his blog, at continuousfire.wordpress.com.


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was busy feeding its babies in this nest . . .
in the Bitterroot Forest of Montana.
And thus, our 3rd grade forest project was born.
Day #1: Students started by viewing photos of the area and discussing what they noticed (light hits the trees on one side, putting shadows on the other side; the base of the trees in the foreground are nearer the bottom of the picture; needles in the lodge pole pines are pretty high up -- not near the ground; there are a lot of branches sticking out from the trunks, the robin has a red chest area and a blackish head, etc.) This was a good opportunity to share some Science info, too!!
First, using sidewalk chalk, students lightly colored the sky and ground area, smearing the chalk with their fingers. Then, using oil pastels, we placed the trees, making some appear farther back in their landscape by making them thinner and starting them nearer to the horizon line.
Lodge pole pines can be 100' tall, so to make their trees appear tall, students extended all their trunks off the top of the board.
Some artists were diligent in trying to duplicate the texture of the bark.
Day #2
On the second day, using crayons, students built up the surface of the forest floor and background of blurry trees by "flicking their wrists" to make the short, needle like overlapping lines.
I did a short demonstration on drawing a robin and then, using a thin black marker (no pencils!!!) kids drew their robin(s), colored it with crayon, cut it out and decided where to place it on their forest-scape.
Most students are getting really proficient at blending their oil pastels to get gradual color change!! Yay!!
I envision displaying these side by side over a large bulletin board to give the feel of the dense forest. When a board becomes available at school I'll do that and share the image with you all. These make me feel like I am back in Montana!!


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With the institutional and governance issues getting greater importance in the policy discourse in recent years, the relevance of legal aspects, which are an integral part of the governance system, is also increasing in many fields.
Understandably, one of these fields relates to water a resource the scarcity or mismanagement of which could be a major constraint for food security and economic development.
What are the legal dimensions of water resource management? How law can provide solutions to water-related conflicts and allocations issues?
Are the existing legal systems capable of addressing these challenges? What changes are needed in the legal system? What are the prospects for water law reform now and in the foreseeable future? This book seeks to address these and related questions from a theoretical as well as a practical perspective.
As many as 25 eminent scholars with a lot of research and administrative experience to their credit have contributed to this volume.
It testifies to the scholarship and practical insights of the authors as well as the editor. The chapters are arranged in seven parts, each part dealing with different dimensions of the nexus between water and law. They are well sequenced, ensuring a logical flow of the themes discussed.
Notably, the book provides an index that lists the important water related statutes operating both at the Central and State levels.
The subject-indexing system is excellent and it should enable the reader to pursue with ease the subject or theme of his interest.
Range of issues
The book covers a vast range of water related issues with legal ramifications not only in the context of large dams and irrigation canals but in the groundwater and tank irrigation settings as well.
Issues at both macro and micro levels are dealt with. For instance, some of the chapters discuss the legal issues affecting Centre State relations in the matter of water resource development, allocation, and management.
Some others dwell upon jurisprudential issues in the specific context of water rights and entitlements as well as in the general context of water institution and governance.
Conceptual issues involved in the fundamental question of rights vs. duties are also covered in one of the chapters.
In two different chapters, the legal issues involved in one of the least-studied areas, namely floods, and in one of the most-studied areas, namely water pollution, are discussed at length.
Sensitive aspects of water resource development, such as environmental impact, population displacement, and resettlement, are analyzed in quite a few chapters.
Although the general focus of the book is on water issues from a national perspective, the final chapter highlights the international dimensions of water law, especially in the context of trans-boundary river basins.
Overall, it is a well conceived and well-written volume, for which both the editor and the contributors deserve full appreciation. Their painstaking effort and the thoroughness of their work are remarkable.
What is unique about the book is that it does not deal with water law per se but with water law as it relates to various physical, economic, institutional, and policy aspects affecting water resource management in India.
In short, this is not a book on water law but a book on the implications of water law for water resource management in India. Despite the legalistic nature of the subject, the language used in most of the chapters is easy to follow even by the lay people.
Undoubtedly a major addition to existing literature, the book fills a gap in one of the less-researched areas of water resource management.
It will be useful to students of water resource management and connected areas. It should serve as a valuable source for senior researchers working in the water law interface. I am happy to commend the book to everyone, academic and non-academic, interested in the study of water and its sustainable management.


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Hello everyone! I am so happy to be in Greece and finally enjoy the sunshine (and so much more)!! My flight on Tuesday was great with just a small delay. That gave me time to enjoy breakfast at the airport as I had left quite early in the morning. After a tall skinny latte and a croissant to fall in love with, I needed some shopping that makes every woman happy. Victoria's Secret was the password!
I spent a good half an hour there smelling all the heavenly body mists, trying on body lotions and deciding on underwear. As soon as my gate was announced I was ready to go!
|The small pink bag was a perfect fit for my hand luggage!
The moment I touched Greek ground I felt the temperature difference. So nice to be somewhere where is sunny and warm. My aunt and my cousin were at the arrivals waiting for me with a red rose, two big smiles and two even bigger hugs! Welcomes were not even necessary... I was already feeling at home!
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Ko Pha Ngan. What can I say about it? A beach paradise. We checked into our bungalow which was located on the slightly quieter west side of the island, and rented a motorbike to get around on. Our bungalow was right on the beach - literally you opened your door and there was sand outside. The beach had several hammocks and beach chairs available for anyone to use and we did! The food at the bungalow was awesome and cheap. We had a couple days to ourselves as Matt and Steph were still in Borneo, and Adair and Sarah hadn't come from Bangkok yet, so we just laid back and relaxed. The beach was gorgeous. The water, a clear clear blue. The weather was sunny and perfect for just laying around but not so hot as to burn.
Everyone managed to show up on the island at the same time on the same day! What a coincidence! So Rich and I headed to the pier to pick everyone up. The bungalows next to ours had an available spot so we were all right next to each other - how convenient! Rich and I decided to go fishing that day. Our bungalow manager found a local fisherman who was willing to take us out on his little longtail boat. We fished for a couple hours and I managed to catch 3 fish! Rich didn't catch any, but he was far more interested in trying to keep the contents of his stomach IN his stomach. He got quite seasick and we headed back with 6 fish (3 that the fisherman caught). The bungalow restaurant was more than happy to cook them up for us and we dined on our catch that evening. It was an early night for us.
The next day we went snorkelling in Ko Mah on the North West side of the island. Its famous for having lots of coral and cool fish. Its connected to the main island by a sand bar. We spent most of the day there, and Rich and I headed back because I had a massage booked for 5PM at my bungalow. Wow. It was awesome! Gao was my new best friend for the next 5 days as she came to my bungalow every evening to fix various problems with my back and shoulders.
The days kind of blur together here. Basically we biked around a bit on our motorbike, hung out on the beach and just relaxed and got massaged until the big night! New Years Eve!!! Ko Pha Ngan is famous for its full moon parties which draw as many as 30,000 people every month to the big beach extravaganza. There were 60,000 people at the New Years Eve one. It was crazy!!!!! DJ's playing various types of music, food stalls and paint tattoos were available all up and down the beach. Drunk (and high) people were dancing everywhere and preparing for the countdown. Fire Dancers and glow sticks lighted up the evening as the tide washed in. People lost their shoes, wallets, clothes and other belongings on the beach and to the ocean. It was a crazy, awesome, wonderful mess! Rich and I headed back around 3AM but the party was going long after dawn, we heard from our friends.
We woke up the next day to the cries of our friends swimming outside our bungalow. They had been dosed sometime during the night and were still going strong. They had swam all the way out to the rocks and had climbed up to the top and were shouting at the top of their lungs :D We took some pics and headed back to bed for a couple of hours. We just chilled the rest of the day (recovery) and prepared to head back to Bangkok the next day....
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Really leaving on a jet plane
Well I have been forced to face reality (as there are suitcases stacked up in my living room) and I get on a plane today :O Oh my god!!! I can't believe we're actually doing it! I will be over the Pacific Ocean in about 8 hours! *hyperventilating* OK I'm OK now. Alright, well I'll be blogging from the other side soon - so see you then......
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Only about 1% of banded songbirds are every encountered after their initial banding (one of the reasons that the data recorded during banding is so important). Therefore, if you find a banded bird, reporting the information makes a very valuable contribution.
Federal Fish & Wildlife bands are plain aluminum, inscribed with a nine digit number: a 3 or 4 digit prefix, followed by a dash, and 5 additional digits. Carefully write down the number (save the band if you can) and information on when and where you found the bird, in what condition, etc. It's not necessary for you to identify the species, you'll be told when you report the number.
If the bird is not a pigeon and you live in southeastern Michigan, try calling RRBO at (313) 583-6373. Chances are good that it was one of our birds if you found it in the area. We can get back to you quickly with information on what species you've found, and the date, age, and sex when banded. We'll also report your finding to the Bird Banding Lab (see below).
You can call the Bird Banding Lab of the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center at 1-800-327-BAND. Once the BBL is notified, you will get a certificate when and where your bird was banded, the species, and the age and sex when banded. The bander will be notified when and where the bird was found. If you prefer, you can report the band to the Bird Banding Lab by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
You can also fill out the Bird Banding Lab's electronic band report form on the Internet; you can also report a bird with only an auxillary marker (such as a neck collar on a Canada Goose) even if it does not have a metal band, or you were not able to read the band.
For some interesting stories about recovered banded birds, visit the blog "I Found a Banded Bird."


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Phil Robertson, patriarch on A&E's hit TV sensation "Duck Dynasty" is being suspended from the show indefinitely for making inappropriate comments that do not align with A&E's own view. This morning Christians began rallying behind Phil Robertson and "took a stand with Phil." To me this is utterly perplexing. For the most part, it seems that Christians are confused about what actually happened. Just to clarify, Phil Robertson is not being suspended for a belief that is contrary to A&E's, he is being suspended for making crude comments. He is not being suspended for being a Christian, for quoting scripture, for proclaiming truth. No, far from it. Phil Robertson is being suspended because in a magazine interview he was asked, "What is sinful?" Phil Robertson responds: Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men."and goes on to say: "it seems like, to me, a woman's vagina, as a man, would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying?"
This is fascinating as an insight into the modern American Christian conception of what sin is: "Start with homosexuality"–as if to say that everything else comes after that or moves out from this point of inertia. This flies in the face of a Biblical view of sin which locates depravity and idolatry as the root, not homosexuality. Why do American Christians have such a fetish with homosexuality? It is hardly mentioned in the New Testament compared with sins like divorce, greed, lust in general, etc. Homosexuality as a great evil is an American Christian agenda, not an agenda of Jesus or Paul.
Next his statement makes horrible implications about how some Christians view homosexuality. Seeming to suggest that a gay man could just "wake up" to the attraction of the female body. That's the whole thing about sexual attraction, though: you don't choose it, and you can't find something attractive that you don't. If you tell me to wake up to the sexual attractiveness of a cardboard box, my feelings will not just change. Likewise, Phil's statement implies that gay people can choose what they are attracted to. The room to debate this issue is becoming much smaller. See John Piper, Al Mohler and a host of others on this issue. It isn't "just a lifestyle choice." See what I've said elsewhere on this issue: https://austinholmes.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/homosexuality-the-evangelical-divide/
It should be noted that some of Phil's response in regard to this explosion of controversy have been more decent. But all of those comment have been lost in the sea of Christians that have begun to speak out and voice their support for what Phil said and did, which in case you've forgotten, see his comments above. This move to position Phil as a figure head and martyr absolutely boggles my mind on several counts.
1.) If you really do care about the issue of homosexuality as it's found in scripture, wouldn't you want your opinion to be articulated humbly, lovingly, and well? The caricature we find in Phil's statements doesn't seem very well thought out, and certainly isn't gracious.
2.) Homosexuality is an absolutely massive issue and opportunity for the Church to engage with culture in dialogue. But expressing polarizing views and using the "shock jock" rhetoric that Phil employs is not a way to get conversation going. In fact it does the opposite, solidifying the view of most gays that Christians are hateful bigots and then also making Christians bewilderingly passionate about a skewed issue. This is a mess all around.
3.) The Robertson's are not living a life that is harmonious with the New Testament vision of Christian living. Their multimillionaire lifestyle combined with the large amount of money they seemingly spend on luxury and foolery might be entertaining, but it's not Christian. IN fact, I would dare to say that their lifestyle is totally contradictory in a fundamental way to Paul's idea of Christian life. Phil might want to see what the Bible says to the Christian about money, fading glory, and suffering.
4.) And for me this is the most irritating point. For two years now I have been wrestling with the question, "What is the Gospel?" I have lots of formulations in answer to this and an infinite amount still to read. But in his response, Phil at one point says he was just "standing for the gospel." Homosexuality as a sin has Zero to do with the Gospel. Zero.
So much more can and should and will be said, but here's a starting point. Please comment back and let's flesh this out! Also, thanks to Adam Wagner for his contributions to this post and the much larger conversation about homosexuality. He has been a longtime friend and ally to me in the trenches for this fight! Cheers!