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Announcing Bluemarine Synergistics!
Today starts a new month and a fresh beginning for Drupal. After many discussions over many drinks at DrupalCon Denver, we're proud to announce a strategic inflection point for the Drupal community. As of today, the following companies will be merging into one company - a new formidable force in the Drupal community:
- Lullabot
- NodeOne
- Phase2 Technology (formerly merged with Treehouse)
- Chapter Three
- Four Kitchens
- The Fifth Element
- ImageX Media
- Palantir
- Gorton Studios
- Volacci
- Pantheon
- Aten Design Group
- Advantage Labs
These 13-ish independent companies will be joining forces to form a new paradigm-shifting meta-company: Bluemarine Synergistics. Employing over 850 individuals spread out across eight continents, the company's name combines the popular and much-loved Drupal theme with the word "synergistic," implying strategic partnership, enterprise-empowered logistics, and e-business efficiencies.
Finally, Drupal will have a single dominant company for enterprise customers to be their long term partner. By combining so many Drupal companies into a scalable, virtualized talent cloud, we can make it easier for customers to find us – they won't need to shop around. And we can have a single, unified, sponsorship presence at DrupalCon and Drupal camps. It's not only good for Drupal, it's good for the Drupal community! Just think of the parties a company of this size can throw. It will be a lot of free beer – free, as in free beer.
With estimated combined revenues of $1.21 billion, Bluemarine Synergistics will be expanding over the coming year, hiring a 200-person sales force to create a giant "Drupal tuna net" to capture companies in new verticals such as cosmetics, agriculture, Amish social organizations, multilevel marketing, "waste management," adult entertainment, online file transfer services, and even the hunting and fishing industries. It turns out that there are many companies, even entire industries, not yet using Drupal. For instance, the aging baby boomer population represents a huge market not yet tapped by Drupal. Bluemarine Synergistics will attack the baby boomers.
"We believe that there's a great deal of money to be made here," said former Lullabot CEO Jeff Robbins. "It turns out that everyone wants a website. Drupal makes websites! Bluemarine Synergistics can make your website for you, even if you're old or Amish or whatever."
"It's amazing how quickly it all came together," exclaimed Ben Finklea, former CEO of Volacci who will hold the title of Social Media Intern for the combined company. "Almost all 13 or whatever CEOs happened to be at Rock Bottom Brewery one night during Drupalcon Denver. We started doing tequila shots and yada, yada, yada – we merged! My title has changed but my job is basically the same as it always was."
"Twice in one month... WE LOVE MERGING!" said Michael Caccavano, former President of Phase2, former CEO of Treehouse.
"Mergers are our way of showing we care about each other. We could just hang out at DrupalCon twice a year, but this way we are together all the time." said former Phase2 Technology CEO, Jeff Walpole.
"This company has a lot of promise. It has a bright future, but I'm also proud that we're looking back and rediscovering some of the best elements of our past. We always felt removing Bluemarine from core was a step backwards. It's just so affirming to be a part of this giant leap forward," said former Gorton Studios CEO Drew Gorton.
Glenn Hilton, the former CEO of ImageX Media added, "It's a great move for ImageX. All the clients we lost to our competitors, we've now gained back."
"We used to lose sleep at night, praying that potential clients would fax us their Drupal project RFPs. Now, with our powers combined, none of us will ever go hungry again!" – Aaron Stanush, former partner at Four Kitchens and newly appointed Strategy Strategist at Bluemarine Synergistics.
"Originally, our promise to the Drupal community was that we would exclusively focus on professional services. In only a couple weeks' time, we realized that customers would appreciate a comprehensive offering that includes infrastructure. Pantheon is proud to consider itself a cornerstone in fulfilling the Bluemarine Synergistics promise. Can you put 'cornerstone' in italics for the press release? Thanks." – David Strauss, former CTO at Pantheon Systems.
"All of the former Aten Design Group team members are ecstatic about becoming a part of Bluemarine Synergistics. The BS product line is so bleeding-edge. Who can say no to the 24-hour-a-day website package? Just think about it – websites, any time of the day." – Jon Clark, former Business Development Director at Aten Design Group, now Assistant to the Director of Execution, BS Products Division.
Bluemarine Synergistics finally solves the "coopetition" problem once and for all. We're all friends. We're all working on the same software. Why do we need to compete for employees? Why do we need to compete for clients? Heck, why do we all need to decide what to charge? Think of all the good we can do if we just band together! One big company running Drupal for the good of everyone – that's Bluemarine Synergistics.
Company headquarters are currently being built on property located approximately two miles west of New Amsterdam, Indiana – the geographic center of all the previous headquarters when weighted by employees, revenue, and contributions to Drupal core.
Please share your excitement about Bluemarine Synergistics on your favorite social media outlets. Use the hashtag #bs4drupal because Bluemarine Synergistics is B.S. For more information, please visit http://www.bluemarinesynergistics.com. Thanks!
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This is going to ruin Drupal!
I am outraged at the gall and outright hubris of the companies involved!!
Bluemarine Synergistics is NOT good for Drupal. It is NOT good for the Drupal community.
I've met some of the people at the companies involved and I'm surprised that they would want to participate in such a faceless company so devoid of personality and soul.
I fear for the future of Drupal when I hear announcements like this. I truly do.
Based on this company's
Based on this company's beautifully themed website, and its wise choice to let its commenters post using a text format called "PHP code," I predict nothing but greatness for the combined team. ;-)
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Amazing! A dream come true! How do I apply for a job?!?! I am the perfect "Sales Goon" for BS!
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Forking BS
As a former Treehosue Engineer, then a Phase2 Architect, I am now full of BS. All of the technical teams form BS (developers, architects, engineers) are leaving BS to start Pluggers. This will leave BS full of sales and management. We feel that leaving the BS behind will allow us to focus on getting the job done.
Better than the Joomla / Drupal merger...
This is certainly some of the best news I've heard since the Joomla / Drupal merger a few years back...
LOL @ the contact page.......
LOL @ the contact page.......
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lol...love it
I fell for it then remembered
I fell for it then remembered, its first of april.
As an author of Bluemarine
As an author of Bluemarine theme I deserve a honorary 1% of shares.
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This is forking bs
Also what about Acquia?! oh..
The guys commenting above...
You do realize this is an April Fool's joke, don't you?
Lol, for a second there, i
Lol, for a second there, i was actually worried, then i saw the comment form ;)
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echo "LOL !!!";
Lay of the land
You guys need to get laid. This is what happens when geeks and nerds drink too much beer but get no action at all ;-P!
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good trick for April 1st fools day
The WalMart-ization of Drupal
The WalMart-ization of Drupal. Awesome!!!! This is what has held Drupal back for years. Where do I apply to become a greeter?
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13 companies and their combined effort is this web site?
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Hope this one of the April fool's trick. Looking at the look and feel of the site this sure aint surely a drupal collaboration.
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Every year the NEH sends dozens of American K-12 teachers to these various nerd-programs, and every year these dozens of teachers return to their classrooms renewed, refreshed, and with new skills and knowledge to impart to the youth-that-are-our-future.
I learned a lot about Twain these past few weeks, but after spending just about every waking moment with 23 other teachers I learned lot about teachers and teaching too. The most disturbing thing I learned: teachers everywhere are struggling.
Keep in mind that this group of teachers were some of the best of the best. They're the (ill-paid) teachers who spend their own money to buy t-shirts for the Math Club because there's no money in the budget. They're the (ridiculously overworked) teachers who are the first to get to school and last to leave so that their students can have all the extra help they need. These aren't the teachers who phone it in, who teach their classes and get out, who chose to be teachers for the summers off. They're the kind of teachers who choose to take three weeks out of their hard-earned summers to, essentially, work. Hard. (No lie, but a lot of it was fun too.) They came from all over the country, from all different kinds of schools.
And out of 24 teachers, only two or maybe three were happy.
And the problem was never "the kids." You know me: I'm a passionate defender and advocate of teenagers. And these were my people. To a person, what these teachers loved most about their jobs were the kids. The problem was all the other hooey. State mandates. Standardized tests that dictate curriculum. Overbearing parents. Poor pay. Administrators that behave like CEO's. Overcrowded classrooms. Job insecurity. Meaningless budgets.
It's been a bad year for teachers. We've been told by politicians and the mainstream media that we are "part-time employees." That we're "overpaid." That whole school systems of us can be pink-slipped at whim. I remember rocking the boat at my old job, once upon a time, and being told by the headmistress of the school that "English teachers were a dime a dozen." That cut me to the core; it felt so personal and so demeaning. And now all teachers are essentially being told that.
And if you think it's not sending shock waves through our society, that it's just the rhetoric of some blow-hard tea partiers, you're wrong. You better believe that parents are hearing this and buying into it. And you'd better believe that they're passing these sentiments onto their kids.
Despite only having a 5th grade education, Twain was a fierce advocate of public schools. He said, "Out of the public schools grows the greatness of the nation." I'm not a public school teacher, but most of my Twainiac (apparently that's the accepted term for a Twain nerd) friends are. We need more Twains; heck, we need more Matt Damons. Michelle Malkin, on the Fox News Website, wrote an article called "Matt Damon's Silly Teacher Rant" and epitomizes all the anti-teacher sentiment that I'm talking about. It literally hurts me to read these kinds of things.
For the first time in eleven-plus years of being a teacher, I'm not really looking forward to going back to school. My Twainiac teacher friends fired me up and inspired me to do better, to be more creative, to give even more of myself. But their stories amplified my own gnawing feeling that it's not a good time to be a teacher. That we're under fire. That teaching is no longer a "noble profession."
I learned a heck of a lot at Nerd Summer Camp. If you're ever curious about the social and technological developments during the Comstock Era of silver and gold mining in Nevada, buy me a beer, and I'll chat your ear off. If you want to know how the Colt gun manufacturer not only made Hartford the richest city in the East for a time but also helped make manifest Manifest Destiny in the West, I'm your girl. But what I'll probably remember most about my Nerd Summer Camp experience is that teachers are an amazing lot, and I'm honored to be counted among them.
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Thomas Lizotte, chairman of the commissioners, said the county's budget is set on Jan. 1 but many towns and unorganized territories do not pay their county taxes until the fall. For the first eight months of the year, the county has to borrow money and run on a line of credit.
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Goggin said this has been a change in procedure from years past.
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"We're about four cruisers behind right now," said Goggin. "We have two [vehicles] that are still on the road that really shouldn't be on the road. They're old and they have maintenance problems. They're over 5 years old. Our rotation schedule calls for them to be taken off the road after five years.
"We're in desperate need for these cruisers," he said.
Lizotte said he doesn't understand why Goggin can't wait a little while longer so the county has the money and won't have to borrow.
"On large capital expenses, it makes a lot of sense to not pay large finance charges on them when we can pay for them with cash in the fall," said Lizotte. "It's a five-month wait. His continuing to ask over and over again will not result in a different response."
By law, the county commissioners have power over any purchases of $2,500 or more, said Lizotte.
"We are doing what the law says we should do and we think it's better for the taxpayers to wait until we have the cash," said Lizotte.


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A lot of people say that you can't really choose to believe in God or not, but it's possible to influence one's own beliefs. I'm sure if you made a point to listen to apologetics all the time and avoid discussions of religion on the internet, then you could increase your chances of believing in God. I think some people have this conclusion in the back of their minds, and use it as a reason to avoid questioning their own religion.
With this outcome matrix, it seems that believing in God is a "dominant" strategy. That is, the outcome is always better than or equal to not believing in God. In each column, the outcome in the first row is at least as good as the outcome in the second row. Dominant strategies are better strategies, therefore we should make an effort to believe in God.
But it isn't really a dominant strategy for several reasons. Worshipping God costs time and effort (and if any religious practices were genuinely beneficial, you could do them without believing in God). It would also cost extra if, like I suggested earlier, believing in god means listening to lots of apologetics and avoiding discussions of religion on the internet.
But suppose, for the sake of argument, that believing in God actually costs nothing. Imagine that no worship is called for, and that choosing to believe is as easy as choosing to speak. Believing in God is still not a dominant strategy, because the world has more than two possible states. If you can think of some pathological scenario where people who believe in God are rewarded, then you can also think of a pathological scenario where people who don't believe in God are rewarded. For example, there's the scenario where a different but equally whimsical God exists, and this god rewards people who don't believe in gods.
|Whimsical God #1 exists
|Whimsical God #2 exists
|God does not exist
|Believe in God
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|Status quo
|Don't believe in God
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It's not really necessary to come up with a realistic scenario where people who don't believe in God benefit. As long as there is any such scenario, believing in God is no longer a dominant strategy. That is to say, it is no longer true that in each column, the first row has at least as good an outcome as the second column.
But strategic dominance isn't the only kind of argument you can make with Pascal's wager. You can also argue based on what you think are the probabilities of the different states of the world, and how much value you place on the different outcomes. Many people see salvation as an infinite reward. If you multiply an infinite reward by a nonzero probability, then it's still infinitely more preferable to any finite outcome. Therefore, as long as there is a nonzero probability that God exists, one should make every effort to believe in God.
There's already a problem with this argument: if it's at all effective, then it's too effective. If it's truly the case that a nonzero probability of an infinite reward is infinitely preferable to any other outcome, then all of us should ignore all finite rewards in favor of slightly increasing the probability of satisfying this whimsical god. More than just spending some time listening to apologetics, you should dedicate your life to brainwashing yourself to maximize the probability that you will believe in God. And if there's a nonzero probability that God infinitely punishes people who eat shellfish or who mix wool and linen, then one should make every effort to appease this unlikely God.
Given that this is not how Christians behave, and very few Christians believe we should behave that way, we should consider if there's something wrong with the argument.
Pascal's Wager is comparable to the St. Petersburg paradox. In this paradox, you play a game where you flip a coin repeatedly until you get tails. If it took N coin flips, then you win 2N dollars.* The expected reward for playing this game is infinite, and therefore it is worthwhile to pay any large, finite amount of money to play the game. And yet, intuitively, it does not seem like a worthwhile investment.
*Dollars have the property that the more you have, the less valuable they are to you. In a more sophisticated version of the paradox, the reward is in "utils" rather than dollars.
Experts have many different opinions on the resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox. But very few experts bite the bullet, arguing that it is in fact worth it to invest any finite amount of money to play the game.
Pascal's Wager captures some of the essence of the St. Petersburg paradox, because it also offers a very small chance of a very large reward. It's a neat trick, harnessing a controversial mathematical paradox to make an argument for God. This way, even though experts agree that the argument is wrong, nobody agrees on exactly why. It allows apologists to look at the disagreement among their opponents and believe that they've won.
Myself, I believe that the probability of an outcome with infinite value is precisely zero. This doesn't necessarily make me a "strong" atheist, it just means that I think it's impossible for any outcome to be infinitely valuable, as impossible as it would be for God to make a square circle.
This makes philosophical sense, because "value" is just what we use to describe what our preferences are. There is no reward whatsoever that I prefer so strongly that I would risk everything else just to have an infinitesimal chance of winning it. Therefore there is no infinite value.
My discipline is physics, so I have to say that it makes physics sense too. Suppose we have someone who claims that they'll give you some payoff, if only you provide the initial investment for them to fly over from Nigeria. If you think there's a million to one chance of getting the payoff, does that mean that they can just offer a million times as much money in order to overcome your doubt? No, because then you would doubt the story even more! As they increase the magnitude of their claims, the magnitude of our doubt increases even faster. Salvation is just the limit of this process of runaway humbug.
There's also the same problem I brought up earlier, that we can also think of whimsical gods which punish rather than reward believers. For instance, if conservative Christians of a different denomination are right, then your denomination of Christianity may go to hell for heresy. Is whimsical god #1 really any more likely than whimsical god #2? I think they are about equally likely, although it's understandable that people are more likely to believe in #1.
I will concede one thing about Pascal's Wager: it may in fact present a problem to a certain set of agnostics. That is, if you think there's a 25% chance that God exists and 75% chance that God doesn't, then Pascal's Wager applies to you. However, my understanding, speaking with agnostics, is that this is not what most self-identified agnostics believe. Most agnostics are not on the fence, probabilistically speaking. Rather, they think gods are unknowable, or that it is inappropriate to assign probabilities at all. Further, while many agnostics may be uncertain about gods, they may feel more certain of the nonexistence of salvation.


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To maximize utilization of the vast amounts of biomedical data and information that are being amassed, NIH has started to develop a series of activities grouped under its Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. One of the efforts focuses on ways to train the workforce needed to manage, access, integrate and analyze large, complex datasets.
As a first step toward developing a set of recommendations, a BD2K working group has issued a request for information (RFI) on the short- and long-term training needs of individuals who work with biomedical data. The group is also seeking examples of programs or strategies to cross-train scientists at all career levels as well as comments on evaluating workforce skills and knowledge and developing a diverse research workforce. Your input, which should be submitted by March 15, 2013, will inform discussions during an upcoming BD2K planning workshop on training and education needs.


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The markets are suffering a broad-based sell off as worries over Italy take over the collective consciousness, Steven Russolillo reports on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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I mean to me while I don't see how we could avoid knocking affected by the European crisis certainly start ... talking about meltdown to what we did all the connection to the financial system ... it is so it's it's scary it's there and so ... in all the focus of all the attention right now was under you know our economic calendar year is prepared at all the islands was ... again ... not really a big market moving report so ... you know when you have days like this where there really isn't a lot and I'm over here ... the focus goes over abroad so paralysis and believe me that's really what's driving many solutions and are available to your up ... on austerity measures seem to be dipping would be a trigger point to push them back into recession ... which would be synchronized around the globe starting with marketers even a solution to problems in Europe or even a short-term solution ... seems as though we all deal for our view no way our economy ... as as Niemiec that the recovery is in is going to Pharaoh ... just to point ... out one thing to keep an eye on ECB had no comment on whether there was some sort of emergency meeting going on today ... 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it was lovely to see animals that we hadn't seen at the Perth Zoo and spent a few hours wandering around the grounds.
I wont go into detail about this zoo, and zoos in general, but I did find something I thought was interesting to share.
At the end of the orangutan enclosure was a great display showing the huge amounts of nutritious, fresh fruits and vegetables these beautiful animals are fed. These was a great range of colours and an interesting variety of flavours.
These were directly opposite the orangutan display.
I think I would rather be fed like and orangutan.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
My Christmas Gift
I came to a conclusion.
I love this blog. I love crafting. I want this blog to have lots of followers, and to maybe even possibly down the road provide an income for my family. I want to have great projects. But mostly, more than anything else, I want this blog to help people. I want it to inspire creativity- and the joy that comes with making beautiful things. I want it to inspire beauty and the desire to improve the home you have- to make it a place that is full of happiness and light. I want to help people discover skills and talents that they might not have known they had otherwise. And, above it all- I want this blog to truly reflect who I am. Not just who I would really like you to think that I am.
So, my Christmas gift to you is: You have my permission to simply be yourself. If you don't want to manufacture the most ornate, bedazzled centerpiece known to humankind- you have my permission to let it go, to gather up the simple things you have, and just let it be. You have my permission to have a messy house for a while (or forever if you're fine with it), my permission to let your kids play video games for the entire duration of winter break, you have my permission to neglect neighbor gifts and any other obligations that serve no higher purpose in your life. You have my permission to simplify your expectations of yourself and others. To spend some time searching out your desires and aspirations for life and to eliminate everything else from the mix. You have my permission to be YOU!
And, for Christmas this year- I'm giving myself the gift of Me.
6 comments:
- Karen said...
And sometimes keeping it simple and real is the most beautiful of all! Just like you! Love ya doll.
- December 22, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Rugrats & Royalty said...
What an amazing post. I could have written it myself word for word. I *want* more followers too (I only have 8) but, my blog is my peace. It's where I can write what I want & do what I want. I should definitely share with you my craft-fails that are not worthy of the blog...perhaps I will one day!
And being you is just the right way to be.
Happy holidays!
- December 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
Another heartfelt, amazing post, Amy. I love these:) Thank you for letting me get away with just wrapping my gifts in ordinary, store-bought wrapping paper with ordinary, store-bought sticker gift tags and ordinary, store-bought stick-on bows.
- December 23, 2010 at 7:38 AM
- Aleisha Z. Coleman said...
great post. i like to craft things, too. it is always a dilemna when it comes to giving them away isn't it? total different ball game...i am proud of you for following your dream and talents--good luck!
- December 23, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- Brande J. said...
The table you did for the activity was beautiful! I am glad you didn't stress yourself out and go ALL out just to try to impress everyone...you sure impressed me with what you did...simple and beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talents and I am glad you are YOU! :)
- December 26, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- **Amy** said...
Beautifully said! Sometimes we try to impress until we are stressed out and the entire creative process becomes a burden and a chore...which defeats our main reason for crafting...to enjoy the creation process! Good for you to recognize it and to be brave enough to let it go! Loving your blog posts!
- December 28, 2010 at 11:51 PM


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Ways to Stay Connected in Chicago
If you have recently moved to Chicago and are looking for a way to stay connected there are all sorts of different options out there. It really does come down to what kind of connection you desire and where you live in the city. After all, there are all sorts of different regions and services inside the city of Chicago. However, whether you decide to go with a Chicago U-verse service or something else, you can stay connected anywhere.
Naturally, you can go with the pay for service and have it installed inside of your home. This makes sure you have a connection anywhere in your house, which is also going to make it that much more desirable and beneficial for you to have. If you don't mind paying for the money, this is a good way to go and is something you need to consider. If you depend on the Internet and streaming video content, this is a must for you.
Of course, there are plenty of different ways you are able to take advantage of the Internet without actually paying for it. Depending on where you live in the city of Chicago, there is likely going to be a facility that also provides free Internet as well. Most of the coffee shops in the city provide Internet, as do a large number of the restaurants and many of the hotels do not have a lock on the Internet service either. Now, these Internet connections might not be the best if you want to stream video services such as Netflix or Hulu, but if you just need to access the Internet, this is going to be the way to go and it is not going to charge you anything. Now, you probably need to live right next to it or above the building, but if you do, you should be good to go.
There are all sorts of different options available to you when it comes to staying connected in the city of Chicago. While if you go through a large amount of data you should probably sign up for Internet services through U-Verse or another similar service, you can always use one of the many locations that provides free Internet. You just need to decide what works best for your budget and for your particular needs, as everyone is going to have different needs for their connectivity requirements.


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I am just finishing up my work for a exhibit of glass art of mine that will be taking place at the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale Washington. http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/2013/maryhill-museum-of-art-announces-2014-special-exhibitions The exhibit will be from March 15th thru November 15th 2014. I am very excited about it to say the least.
This is one of the new works which will be in the exhibit. Its been something I have had in mind for 8 years, since I was Artist in Residence at Pilchuck Glass School. Finally I was able to make this and some other works which have been in my brain for a long time wanting out.
What this represents is a medicine bundle containing a golden eagle. I don't like to make actual "Medicine" items ( I take these things serious ) unless they are going to the proper place and people. So…this is merely a representation of what one might be. It is not a copy of a existing bundle nor meant to be so. It is a artistic rendition.
Normally the tube parfletche would be rawhide so you would not see what was contained inside. I wanted to make the container a suggestion and focus on the contents.
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Canyonlands, San Rafael Slabs. Located 15 miles west of Green River, Utah, just south of I-70, a new climbing area has been opened on the Eastern Reef of the San Rafael Swell. Paul Ross and Layne Potter have made four new routes, ranging from 1,200 to 1,800 feet in length, up to 5.9 in difficulty. For those who need a change from strenuous vertical cracks, these open slabs provide fine situations, a feel of mountaineering, and great views toward the La Sal Mountains and Canyonlands. The rock is sandstone and surprisingly sound. The quality of these slab routes, in particular Surfing the Swell (1400' 5.9R) and Reefer Madness (1800' 5.9R), is comparable to the best granite slab routes of Whitehorse Ledge in New Hampshire. Protection, however, is sparse and confidence on slabs is a benefit. The descents from the routes climbed so far have been back down the ascent route, as the summits of these slabs overhang the canyons behind by about 400 feet.
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I was really lucky to have landed an internship at a small agency called Aigner/Prensky Marketing Group for the summer after my freshman year. I had basically no experience and only a few introductory courses under my belt, but they decided to take me on as an intern and I couldn't be happier.
Since the agency is so small, I really got to work with everyone from my fellow interns to the two heads of the company. I started off small, scanning articles featuring our clients to log in our data base, adding event listings, and sending out pre-written pitches. Slowly but surely I learned everything from how to put together a media list to writing press releases. It was really great to see my work go from drafts that needed dozens of edits, to more polished pieces that only needed a few smaller changes. One of the big accounts I did a lot of work for, the Food Truck Festivals of New England, is completely run by the agency so I was really lucky to get a small taste of event planning for the festivals and to see the effects of all the PR work I did.
Obviously a first internship is the first real world experience you're going to get in whatever field you're interning in, so there are always going to be a lot of new skills to learn. For me, it was all the basics of PR, plus a few tips on event planning. In addition to all that, I learned a few other things that I think are really important to always keep in mind.
1. The first draft is almost never going to be the last. There are almost always going to be changes, edits, and updates to make to any press release or piece of work. At first I was a bit discouraged when I saw all the edits my supervisor wanted to make to a release I wrote, but I soon learned that it's all just part of the process, like writing an essay for school. Even after a release has been finalized, sometimes the clients change details and you need to be able to go back and quickly make changes.
2. The 3-C's of pitch emails: clear, concise, conversational. Obviously with a pitch you want to get the point of the pitch across to the media as clearly as possible in an email they can quickly scan and understand. It's also important to make the pitch feel like telling a friend an exciting piece of news as opposed to a boring lecture.
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Basically it's important not to put too much pressure on your first internship. Like all internships, it's not about labeling exactly what you want to do for the rest of your life, but about learning more about a specific industry or area of an industry. I loved my experience at the agency, and I look forward to learning more skills at future internships and expanding on the skills I gained this summer!


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The Eagles and Steelers will be several players short on Thursday night in Philadelphia.
Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin (hamstring), wide receiver Josh Huff (shoulder), linebacker Jake Knott (hamstring), tailback Chris Polk (hamstring), wide receiver Brad Smith (hamstring) and center Julian Vandervelde (back) will not play, the club's website reported.
Polk, a second-year pro from Washington, is in a competition for a roster spot in a crowded RB corps.
The Steelers have announced the following players are not expected to play: wide receiver Lance Moore (undisclosed), tight end Eric Waters (concussion), center/offensive guard Cody Wallace (finger), long-snapper Greg Warren (knee), safety Will Allen (hamstring), running back Tauren Poole (hamstring), fullback Will Johnson (hamstring), wide receiver Shaquille Richardson (knee), linebacker Jordan Zumwalt (undisclosed).
UPDATE 6:51 p.m. ET: According to Zach Berman of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Eagles cornerback Cary Williams will also miss tonight's game.


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Time Warner Cable's CEO is Getting Paid $92 MILLION to Leave His Job
It must be nice to be Rob Marcus, former CEO of Time Warner Cable (TWC).
His company's ownership just transferred over to Charter Communications, and the sale means that after two years as CEO, Marcus is out of a job.
But don't feel too sorry for him. He's getting a generous parting gift — also known as a "golden parachute" — of $92 million in severance pay, reports Fortune.
What Did He Do to Earn $92 Million?
Marcus spent most of his time trying to finalize a mega-merger with Comcast that the government eventually blocked.
But he also worked to raise Time Warner's stock prices, both in his previous role as COO and his most recent job as CEO. Since 2009, TWC's stock value has increased by 800%.
While he's hanging out at home figuring out his next move, Marcus will receive his severance over 24 months, and keep his health benefits, financial services and — yes, really — free cable.
Why Do CEOs Get Paid So Much to Leave Their Jobs?
Turns out, there's a reason Marcus and other CEOs get paid millions to leave their posts: It's a matter of saving face.
A golden parachute of millions of dollars is a company's effort to make a graceful transition from one corporate leader to the next.
"It allows the CEO to go quietly into the dark night," University of Pennsylvania Wharton School finance professor Luke Taylor explained to the school's online business journal.
"If you are worried the CEO will sue the firm or work for a competitor, you can just pay the guy off."
These payoffs aren't always due to drama.
When Jack Welch retired as CEO of General Electric in 2001, he took home a $417 million severance package. After Procter & Gamble bought Gillette in 2005, Gillette CEO James Kilts stepped down and took home $153 million.
Ultimately, we don't know what happens in the board rooms where these agreements get finalized.
All we know for sure is that we'd love to be CEO if it means a safety net like this on our way out.
Your Turn: What would you do with $92 million in severance?
Lisa Rowan is a writer, editor and podcaster living in Washington, D.C.
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So, from what I can tell, it is a rather slow news day. That being the case, I am prepared to regale you with the story of my weekend.
My step-dad came into town for a Military show. We went to dinner 2 nights. I took him to the San-Tan Brewery. If you have never been, and like beer, this a place to try. It is in Chandler, Ariz.
But to the point. I enjoy when my step-dad comes to visit. It is always nice to see family. Especially family that doesn't try and judge you. Sometimes its harder for me to handle my mothers trips up to the Valley to see me. She has a harder time letting me live my life, but that, I guess, is part of being a parent.
But, back to Friday. My brother procured me a PS3 for my birthday/Christmas present. I LOVE THIS MACHINE. Add the Vizio LED TV that I bought to compliment it and I'm one happy tech nerd.
Sunday marked the first weekend that I did not watch some football in close to 6 months. It is a sad realization for me. I absolutely love the football season. I love it so much that I feel kind of lost the first month or so the season ends. Luckily, this off-season, I have the NFL network to get me buy till the Draft.
There it is. My weekend, kinda.
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It's launch day for a whole treasure trove of wonderful warm Christmas stories–my DRUMMER BOY, plus ten other titles in Pelican Books' 2015 Christmas Extravaganza.
To celebrate, I have a SUPER FUN ALERT:
The first 10 people to buy DRUMMER BOY and e-mail me a copy of their receipt to evbishopATSIGNevbishopDOTcom will receive a super cool present from me: an Extravaganza eBook card that gives you all 11 of the Pelican Book Group's Christmas Extraganza 2015 books for FREE. That's a lot of warm, fuzzy, inspiring reading this cold-night season!
And just a head's up, one card's already been claimed by an avid reader; nine are still up for grabs.
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Happy reading and don't forget to e-mail your receipt to the address above!
Also please remember, kind readers, reviews really, really help authors. If you enjoy DRUMMER BOY, THE PRESENT or any of the other Christmas Extravaganza stories, please review them wherever you bought them and/or on Goodreads.
Merry December to you . . . and as the 25th draw nears I pray that you'll find a special peace and blessing this year.


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The Daily, News Corp's ambitious vision for a daily newspaper in the tablet age, will lay off 50 of its 170 employees, the company has announced. The cuts come just a month after News Corp. announced it was splitting itself into two separate entertainment and newspaper companies.
Though The Daily has earned over 100,000 paying subscribers since its launch eight months ago, growth has been shy of expectations and the reportedly $30 million-per-year operation continues to lose money.
Here's the paper's full statement about all the imminent changes, including the elimination of the opinion section and the reduction of the sports section.
The Daily Announces Content Changes, Staff Reorganization
New York, NY, July 31, 2012 – The Daily, News Corp's daily national news publication built exclusively for tablets and touchscreen devices, today announced content and personnel changes at the publication designed to streamline its production, focus resources on its most popular features, and reflect the changing business environment for news and media.
The implemented changes to The Daily include the following:
Ø A total of 50 full-time employees, 29 percent of the full-time staff, will be released.
Ø The Sports and Opinion sections, which saw the lightest traffic, are being reorganized. Sports reporting will now be provided by content partners, like Fox Sports, while existing features like photo galleries and the ability to track favorite teams via a customizable sports page will remain. The Daily will no longer have a standalone Opinion section. Opinion pieces and editorials will appear in the news pages, clearly marked, from time to time as appropriate.
Ø The Daily will move to a portrait-only orientation – the mode in which the vast majority of its readers view content – though video will still be viewable in landscape mode.
Ø The Daily will continue to invest in the content its readers use the most: original reporting, strong visual elements, great photography and video, award-winning design, infographics, and interactivity. These are the features that continue to make The Daily unique and that have seen heaviest traffic; they will make up a greater percentage of each edition going forward.
"These are important changes that will allow The Daily to be more nimble editorially and to focus on the elements that our readers have told us through their consumption that they like and want," said Editor-in-Chief Jesse Angelo. "Unfortunately, these changes have forced us to make difficult decisions and to say goodbye to some colleagues who have worked hard to make The Daily successful. These moves were driven by the needs of the business. The Daily is the first of its kind, and it remains the best of its class. We are still in the infancy of this innovative new media platform, but we have delivered excellent content, steadily increasing readership, quality reporting, and award-winning design. Our standards will not diminish as we move forward, nor will our enthusiasm for creating an outstanding daily digital publication."
"We continue to believe in the future of tablet publications because we know the market for tablets and touchscreen devices will only expand," said Publisher Greg Clayman. "As more and more people buy and use tablets in their daily lives, The Daily will grow with them. We have consistently remained one of the top-ranked paid news apps since our launch, we have steadily grown our subscriber base, and we have the world's largest media and publishing company behind us. Like all good digital products, however, we must change and evolve to remain fresh, competitive and sustainable."
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10 Questions to Review Your Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws
November 7, 2016
When was the last time you looked at the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws for your nonprofit? It's important to review them to compare what's written to what's really happening at your organization.
What Can I Do If a Nonprofit Isn't Following Its Bylaws?
December 9, 2014
Above all, aim to resolve the issue amicably within the organization before resorting to lawsuits and filing complaints with legal authorities.


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One of the very first "good friends of the site," Lawrie Brewster dropped us a line today regarding Scottish director Grant McPhee's feature Sarah's Room. The film, shot for a mere 4000 pounds, is now available for mass consumption and Amazon for a small pittance. The film is also available to those of you who are lucky enough to participate in the Amazon Prime subscription service. Check out the press release below which contains some cool things about the film, along with the trailer and links you can use to watch the film via Amazon.
"Sarah's Room, the feature debut of Scottish director Grant McPhee, is a dark and brooding study of one man's descent into paranoia. When Joe's wife played by Kitty Colquhoun, unexpectedly invites her best friend Sarah (played by Hanna Stanbridge) to live with them, Joe (played by Patrick O'Brien) becomes obsessed with her, convinced that she is not what she seems.
With echoes of indie horror favourites Kill List and The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears, the film is beautifully shot by McPhee himself. Also a cinematographer, McPhee worked in the camera departments of films such as Under the Skin and Cloud Atlas before making the leap to directing with Sarah's Room.
Shot in just five days for a budget of £4000, Sarah's Room is the first step in McPhee's plan to reinvigorate the Scottish indie film scene from the ground up. His drive and passion has produced a truly unique film, drenched in atmosphere.


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Saturday, July 10, 2010
More JavaScript performance data
I was curious to find out, first of all, how much slower Rhino (a pure-Java implementation of JavaScript) would be than, say, Spidermonkey (the C++ implementation in Firefox). I repeated the "numerical efficiency" test from yesterday (Euler's expansion series for pi) and got the following results:
Execution time (not speed, but time; higher values are worse) is plotted vertically. The surprising result? Firefox's C++ interpreter is not all that much faster than standalone Rhino. The Y-axis here goes from zero to 1200 milliseconds. Trials, on the X-axis, run from zero to values of 200000, 400000, 600000, 800000, and 1000000 for the terms argument to yesterday's pi() function. So in other words, it took Rhino 1212 milliseconds to calculate pi from a million terms, whereas it took Firefox/Spidermonkey 984 ms to do the same thing, making Firefox's interpreter about 20% faster. Rhino comes out looking quite good, considering it is, after all, "only Java."
A more shocking comparison emerged when I tested Rhino against Acrobat. As you may know, Adobe Acrobat comes with a JavaScript engine, presumably written in C++. I expected it to blow the doors off Rhino. Not so! Here are the results:
Astonishingly, Acrobat's interpreter was a full order of magnitude slower than Rhino, requiring 11765 milliseconds to calculate pi from a million terms (versus 1212 ms for Rhino). Why so slow? I have no idea. Perhaps someone from Adobe can comment.
Bottom line: Don't assume that because something is written in Java, it's (automatically) slow. It depends on the runtime environment and what it is, exactly, you're trying to do.
After this, my respect for Rhino only rises. (And it was high to begin with.)
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You're making weird assumptions, or possibly your terminology is off. First of all, it's not the "Rhino-embedded-in-the-JRE," it's simply an older version of Rhino shipped with the JRE. It does not include many improvements that have been added by Google since then. Not sure why.ReplyDelete
Next you seem to be confused as to the nature of Rhino. It is quite optimized, and if I'm not mistaken (but I could be wrong about this) it can generate JVM bytecode. The JVM has had 15 years of intense bytecode execution optimization; it's not surprising that it should demolish a rarely used JavaScript runtime. Who cares about Acrobat JS performance? Adobe does not care about Acrobat performance.
Your test really isn't measuring much of the JavaScript engine.ReplyDelete
The pi() function you have is so simple and being executed so many times, the bulk of the time will be spent handling the arithmetic and Math.sqrt() call.
Thus your only really measuring those two things, which I guess if that's all your gonna use Rhino for, you'll only be about 20% slower as you mentioned.
I'm guessing if you had a more robust set of tests, one that calls more JavaScript functions, recursive calls, etc. that you would see engines like TraceMonkey and v8 pull further away from Rhino.
One of the best articles i have read.I Like your effort and hardworking.ReplyDelete
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'Independent Animation' new podcast series launched
To tie-in with the recently released Skwigly book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films we will be bringing you a variety of exclusive new content over the coming months devoted to independent animation in all its forms, bringing you coverage of new and previously unexplored work as well as following up on the book's primary case studies and artists.
The first strand that has launched today will be an exclusive new documentary-style series as part of our expanding podcast network. Named Independent Animation after the book it will serve to supplement, author and Skwigly Managing Director Ben Mitchell will present a series of case studies from the independent animation community, offering further perspectives on the craft from production to distribution.
In episode one we're given an overview of the book, the areas that will be explored in future episodes of the series as well as an abridged reading of the introduction. Stream below or direct download:
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On Thursday the 23rd of June 2016 Brierfield library was full of excitement and anticipation as the children from Pendle Primary Academy flooded into the library, accompanied by their parents and teachers, all thinking the same collective thought: Save Our Library!
On Friday the 6th of May Brierfield received the devastating news that their beloved library was being threatened with possible closure by their own council. The children, parents and staff of Pendle Primary Academy were not taking this news lying down and soon teamed up with In-Situ who had organised a public meeting to discuss what concerned members of the community could do to save the library and protest about its proposed closure. Pendle Primary Academy decided to stage a protest – a sit in in the library - and they did just that! At 11 o'clock precisely the library opened its doors to the school and its many costumed children, ranging from princesses to pirates (even Darth Vader showed his support!). They quickly settled at their home away from home and started creating posters, reading their favourite books and even some form filling for the adults which might have seemed a lot less exciting but certainly helps the cause. So many children showed up to support their library the many tables the library provides were soon too full for all the children! The adults therefore needed to watch their step to make sure they didn't step on a child who was busy reading! Eventually, armed with posters and determined faces, the children lined up outside the library to take photos and show not only passers-by but also the council themselves that they will not let their library be taken without a fight!
Brierfield's new local radio man, In-Situ artist in residence Helmut Lemke, was also there, representing In-Situ in their support of the protest. Helmut interviewed and recorded the youngsters, their parents and even the formers mayor's opinions on the idea of closure, all of which were heartbroken at the idea of it.
The parents clearly expressed their emotions with many telling the radio of all the brilliant events the library holds, their children's excitement at the idea of going to the library and their anger at the Government for wanting to rip that away from the children of Brierfield.
The teachers from Pendle Primary Academy praised the library as the only place, aside from the school's small library, that the children can explore reading and also do their homework projects, especially since many cannot travel to Burnley or Nelson's library's. They told Helmut that every single student from the school is a member of the library and they love it dearly because it helps 'everyone' from all ages. Why would you want this taken away from your children?
The ex-mayor of Brierfield also came to support the children and said he strongly believes the library can and should remain open and that the cuts are not right and should not be happening, especially not to this important Brierfield resource.
Finally, the children had the last say and expressed their love for the library by telling stories of their own experiences with the library from reading and meeting up with friends and family to just having fun! One girl told the story of her grandmother coming to the library and that, by taking away the library, you are taking away a big chunk of not only her own future but the past of Brierfield as well. Now if that doesn't sum up the importance of the library, what does?
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Ludwig von Mises Quotes About QualityQuotes about: Quality
The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from buying decide who should own the capital and run the plants. They determine what should be produced and in what quantity and quality. Their attitudes result either in profit or in loss for the enterpriser. They make poor men rich and rich men poor. They are no easy bosses.
The direction of all economic affairs is in the market society a task of the entrepreneurs. Theirs is the control of production. They are at the helm and steer the ship. A superficial observer would believe that they are supreme. But they are not. They are bound to obey unconditionally the captain's orders.
If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their life with a sense of entitlement that undermine peace , freedom and liberty. Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams. Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
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Create Amazing 3D Characters with Blender: From Design and Modeling to Video Compositing
Learning Blender walks you through every step of creating an outstanding animated character with the free, open source, 3D software Blender, and then compositing it in a real video using a professional workflow. This is the only Blender tutorial to take you from preproduction to final result, and it's perfect for both 3D novices and those who've used other 3D Software.
Focusing on Blender 2.71 and above, 3D-professional Oliver Villar explains all the basics, including Blender's interface, controls, and how to manipulate objects. Once you've mastered the fundamentals, you'll follow a realistic 3D workflow through a complete project.
You'll find chapters on every aspect of the character creation: design, modeling, unwrapping, texturing, shading, rigging, and animation. Once your character is ready and animated, you'll learn how to integrate it into a real video using camera tracking techniques, lighting, and compositing. Each skillset is taught hands on, and available online video tutorials (more than 5 hours) will guide you through Blender's trickier tasks.
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Learning Blender TOC
Part 1. Getting Used to Blender
1. The UI
2. Exploring the Basics
Part 2. Creating a Character
3. Full Project Overview
4. Character Design
5. Modeling
6. Unwrapping
7. Texturing
8. Shading
9. Rigging
10. Animating
11. Lighting
12. Rendering
Part 3. Finishing the Project
13. Camera Tracking
14. Lighting Adjustment
15. Render Layers and Scene Setup
16. Compositing
17. Other Features
Introduction to Blender LiveLessons TOC
Lesson 1: Blender Basics
This lesson covers how to download and install Blender, use the main interface elements such as areas and editors, and configure Blender with your custom settings.
Lesson 2: 3D Navigation and Selections
Lesson 2 shows you how to navigate in your 3D scene, use navigation keyboard shortcuts, and configure the 3D View and object selections.
Lesson 3: Creating Your First Scene with Blender
In this lesson you learn the basic workflow to create your first 3D scene with Blender: creating and transforming objects; adding modifiers, materials, and lights; and rendering the final result.
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This lesson explains how to transform (move, rotate, and scale) objects using snapping options. It gives you an understanding of datablocks, duplicating and instancing objects, and using pivot points.
Lesson 5: Using Modifiers
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Lesson 6: Modeling in Edit Mode
In this lesson, you see how to access the different interaction modes, and then you dive into the main modeling tools to create your own 3D meshes and adjust their shapes. Finally, there is a practical exercise to put those modeling tools to good use.
Lesson 7: Unwrapping and UVs
Before you can apply textures to a surface, you need to unwrap it and create its UV coordinates. In this lesson, you learn how to use the tools available to do this. You also see how to test those UVs and make sure they work right.
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Lesson 10: Introduction to Animation
After seeing what the different animation editors do, you learn how to set keyframes, add timing to an animation, use animation curves and interpolation, and mix or manage different animations using the NLA Editor.
Lesson 11: Rendering in Blender Render
This lesson shows you how to reach the final resulting image from your 3D scene through the rendering process in Blender Render. For that, you learn how to add lights and configure the render settings.
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Rendering in Cycles is similar to Blender Render, but there are some substantial changes, and that's why in this lesson you learn about the rendering process and settings for Cycles.
Lesson 13: Introduction to Compositing
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Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism in America give the impression of being to go hand in extremity. Evangelicalism and fundamentalism in America some prominence existence supported on the bible, repentance, and a of your own bond beside God. No one would disown the large powerfulness that fundamentalism had on protestantism or the similarities linking the two. Although many historians would suggest that evangelicalism was pragmatic and inner circle patch fundamentalism was fusty and anti-modernist, it is clear that fundamentalism would never have survived as prolonged as it has if it was not able to cut to modernness and be in a philosopher society.
American Protestantism struggled in the 1920's with the issues of religious text criticism, sources of control in Christianity, and the proposal of development. Presbyterians and Baptists older splits in their denominations as the events of this period began to scrap away at fundamentalism. For example, John T. Scopes was put on trial for the tutoring of evolution, which profaned a Tennessee democracy statute. The mushrooming contestation between Fundamentalists and Modernists as to sacred writing contempt and biological process theories is not what is meaningful in analyzing American Fundamentalism. It was this cut in Christianity that made many people believes that fundamentalism should have died out seventy old age ago. But fundamentalism survived and there has been a new revitalisation in its' quality.
Moving to the assignment World War II era, the evangelical coalition began to appeal to the aged generations, to the Hollywood population, and to body in Washington D.C. Soon after the war, the sacred conflicts that dirty fundamentalism in the 1920's were no longer applicable. Protestantism, in its inject form, had change state by a long way more evangelical in it's' nature and its' sects became such more than interested in proper identified publically. Pentecostalism, which fundamentalism was an issue of, and Southern Baptism were two of respective another pious influences ongoing after the war, but it was chiefly the fundamentalists who led the postwar divine healing.Post ads:
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Evangelical movements, in the past, have uniformly adapted to the international in which they were operative. In fact, they have even benefited from the forces of general conveyance. The Puritan and Pietist awakenings that took location in the 17th period stressed a personal submit yourself to of God during a circumstance of rapidly increasing literacy, literature, and trial bailiwick. After the American Revolution, exponent revitalisation preachers began to challenge elderly denominations in their sense of the Bible and pleased inhabitants to publication the Bible and outline church's for themselves. Finally, in the belated ordinal century, Dwight L. Moody, along with more another evangelists looking for progressive way to perform, modern the fundamentalistic position circa a divine being that welcomed all race during a instance when urban Protestantism was not welcome to the agreed nation.
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