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Jungle Akali [ANTIADC]
Akali Build
Top Lane
Ability Sequence
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About the Autor
Well, English is not my mother tounge, but I think you should be able to understand me.
Im a average player, with no long ranked history, but im playing for
about 2 years now. And i just found my main now, it's JUNGLE Akali
Wuuut ? JUNGLE Akali ?, yeah you named it, it's one of the rarest things
you might have seen in the game, but i want to change this !
What does this guide cover
Basically I want to talk about the 2DIFFERENT-Ways to JUNGLE Akali !
• The early BOT-LANE dominance way, which will be explained later on.
• And the POWER-LEVEL to level 6, you'll see 2 Videos for both ways later.
Please test it before you downvote, sure there will be many downvotes, but i would be happy about constructive critic. And now let's start with the RUNES !
What Marks should I use ?
• Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration //BEST CHOICHE//
Thats my first choice MARK this mark gives you good clearing speed as well nice ganks.
• Greater Mark of Magic Penetration
I would take this MARK if you try to make early plays happen. With maxing Mark of the Assassin and a Level 2 gank this is also a good way to go.
• Greater Mark of Armor Penetration
I would only use this MARK if you can't afford Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration but they are "OK" if you go for a more AD-BASED build, they make your clear time even faster.
What Seals ?
• Greater Seal of Armor //BEST CHOICHE//
JUST USE THEM, DONT ASK WHY ! ther's only one OPTION Greater Seal of Scaling Health but just use Armor, they are quiet cheap and a MUST-HAVE in the JUNGLE, because the base damage dealt from the CREEPS is physical.
Happy Glyphs !
• Greater Glyph of Ability Power //BEST CHOICHE//
I would use them to get some early power for your PASSIVE, especially when you try to make EARLY GANKS they are usefull.
• Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power
Use them, when you POWER LEVEL to 6 without trying to gank, with this glyphs you will become a even harder late game deal.
• Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
I would only use them, if they have got a high AP-SUPPORT or just basicly more AP than AD, they are a good option because you are able to ignore the Mercury's Treads //only take this glyphs when the enemie's got less to no (CC)// and get Sorcerer's Shoes or Ninja Tabi instead !
Quintastic !
• Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage //BEST CHOICHE//
I normaly use this quints, to get a faster clear time in the JUNGLE, because you got high COOLDOWNS in the early game, this affects well with your Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration.
• Greater Quintessence of Ability Power
Also a viable choice but not that good with your SPELLVAMP passive, take them if you want to invade, want to gank really early in the game and just have a great early game. But with the Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage, you'll just get more Spellvamp, and a better cleartime.
• You just have tons of options here, like Greater Quintessence of Spell Vamp or Greater Quintessence of Armor Penetration //BUT THE BEST CHOICE RIGHT NOW IS THE FLAT AD QUINTSET//
How to spent your POINS ?
• I would reccommend using this masteries for counter JUNGLING, ganking and increasing your JUNGLE-SPEED. Brute Force is just better for your EARLY-GAME than Mental Force , you get more Spellvamp from flat AD . Getting both ( Weapon Expertise and Arcane Knowledge ) makes your JUNGLE-SPEED so much faster !
• Use the DEFFENSIVE masteries against a hard matchup, its also good for more sustain, ganking and really safe counter JUNGLING.
Pros / Cons
Pros and Cons
+ // Has an insane amount of burst damage.
+ // Can escape easily with Twilight Shroud & Shadow Dance.
+ // Covers vasts amount of distance with her sheer mobility.
+ // Attack animations allow you to farm easily.
+ // Extremely versatile.
+ // Snowballs if doing well.
- // Higher learning curve.
- // Practically no crowd control.
- // Crowd control rapes Akali.
- // Undoubtedly squishy.
- // One of the first targets people search for.
- // Items such as Vision Ward & Oracle's Elixir cripple her.


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This is our second year in this building - last year in the 1 bedroom and this year in the 2 bedroom apartment. The apartment has 2 great things going for it: first, it's spacious and very comfortable. Everything you need even for a several weeks stay. Second, it's perfectly located. Blocks from bustling Chestnut Street, the waterfront AND the Palace of Fine Arts. The owners are on premises and very responsive. We'll be back!
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We last left Rick and the gang right after Negan did both Abraham and Glenn in. Everyone belongs to Negan now, and Rick and the group were loading up the bodies and heading to the Hilltop. Here's what we can probably expect from the episode:
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Hey hey! How are you all today? Did you get out for a run yesterday for Global Running Day? Annabelle and I did.. but it wasn't pretty. I had a genius idea to go after her afternoon nap to the park where it's flat and run. Great plan, but the 90 degrees and PURE sun made it a tad less fun for me 😉 Little Miss enjoyed a fan blowing on her and laying down in the shade. The life of a baby, right?!
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Looking forward, here's what I am thinking for June health & fitness goals …
June Fitness Goals
1. Work on my core 3 times a week. Not necessarily a long workout, but make sure I'm doing a core specific workout.
2. Keep drinking water throughout the day. Not save it up for nights (which then makes me wake up multiple times a night for the bathroom!)
3. Run outside 1 time a week by myself. Aaron is fantastic about handling Annabelle and loves spending every free moment he has with her. I just hate leaving the party and going out on my own but I think one run a week by myself will be good. I am thinking Friday evenings or Saturday mornings might be the best!
4. Wake up early to workout 2 times a week. I know I shared that Annabelle wakes up when I work out early, and somehow she gets the memo, but I know I feel my best when I get them in nice and early and can focus on Annabelle the entire rest of the day.
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Do you want to meet more business leaders? Would you like to include more presidents, CEOs, and executives in your active network? Imagine how that would help your career and business opportunities.
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Volunteer for a community cause, program or event that you support. It must be something that you believe in because you will then give your best effort without expecting repayment. That's when you are at your best. This is where you can meet and get to know business leaders. You might volunteer with your daughter's soccer team, a community center committee or even a political campaign. CEOs and other executives are regular people and they participate in these community activities.
Some volunteer groups require more of your time than others and some will tend to pay off better than others. Rotary International is a good business connector. Hospital boards will introduce you to community and business leaders. The United Way is a popular charity and powerful avenue to build relationships with movers and shakers. These are just a few examples. There are many other volunteer opportunities for you.
When you volunteer, do it for the cause and the leaders will be attracted to you.
Become a Reporter
CEOs, presidents and senior executives talk to reporters because these business leaders want to convey their message to others. Reporters are a means to do that. So you become a part time reporter. How do you do that? First adopt the mind set of a reporter. They are always looking for a story. Reporters will approach anybody to get their story. When they make contact they are not selling anything - they only want a story - so they ask good questions and then they listen well. Can you do that? It's tough. It's a skill. It can be learned and it takes practice.
So how do you present yourself as a reporter? You have several options. You offer to research and write an article for your association, a local publication or a school project. CEOs love to talk to students.
When a local business magazine asked me to research and write an article for them I jumped at the opportunity because of the contacts I would make. The editor suggested that I interview half a dozen people for the article. I called 30 local community and business leaders and interviewed 19 of them. Bonus - the magazine paid me for the article.
Another way to become a reporter is to be a radio interviewer. Most college and universities have a radio station run by volunteers. I have hosted the weekly radio show, Business in Motion, at the local university for more than a decade. During that time I have met and interviewed hundreds of business leaders. After the thirty-minute rapport they like me and remember me. It's a good start to a profitable relationship.
Arrange a guest speaker
This is a variation of the volunteer role. Be the person to arrange a guest speaker for your club, association or group. The guest speaker is someone that you want to meet. Be very helpful to your guest speaker. After the event, send that person a nice thank you and offer to help them whenever they need you. Then do it again to meet more business leaders.
Give the person an award. This is a variation of the "Arrange a guest speaker technique". This works best when the award comes from an organization that carries some credibility. Toastmasters International uses this technique to get powerful speakers at their conferences. The award conveys prestige to the award winner and Toastmasters gets a credible speaker to speak for free at their conference. Both the guest speaker and the organization get some quid pro quo. You benefit when you are the person to nominate and contact the award winner. It's not necessary to get the award winner to speak at your conference but it helps build the relationship.
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Do you love railways? Are you looking for a Birthday or Father's (or Mother's) Day gift idea they will never forget? Come enjoy a once in a lifetime experience by becoming a Locomotive Engineer For a Day!
Learn how the diesel locomotive works with hands-on experience. Assist in preparing the train for the day's excursion and/or putting it away for the night. Sound the bell and blow the horn at grade crossings as you ride in the locomotive. In order to maintain our unparalleled safety standards and stringent scheduled time requirements, we only allow one person to participate as an Engineer per trip.
So here's what happens! You must arrive at the Maintenance Shop two (2) hours prior to the train's departure to meet your Crew and receive your complimentary Prairie Dog Central Railway Engineer's hat and bandana. You will learn basic Safety Rules, receive your own current copy of the Operating Timetable and General Operating Instructions, after which you and the Engineer will tour the locomotive and, under the watchful but always friendly eyes of the Engineer, get the locomotive "prepped" before actually starting the diesel engine. At this point you may have gotten slightly dirty so you'll be glad that you brought that change of clothes with you!
Watch and read, in conjunction with the Engineer and the rest of the Crew, the day's train orders, and see what is required for the Federal Regulatory Safety Tests prior to leaving the Shop Track. While sitting in the cab you'll get to watch and listen as the Engineer and train crew convey instructions back and forth by radio and hand signals as they line switches and progressively "make up" the train. Make certain that the bell is ringing as you pass in front of the Station and be sure to wave at the awe-struck persons standing on the Station platform. Then, once the train is in place in front of the Station and the final Air Tests have been concluded, it's time for a well earned cup of coffee!
At departure time the Conductor advises the "head end crew" that it's safe to proceed, and the Engineer will show you how to ring the bell and pull the handle for two whistles. Watch him as he gently pulls on the throttle. Along the way to your first destination you will be invited to sit in the Engineer's seat and while the Engineer is at your side, you will ring the bell and whistle for the road crossings. Once at our final destination, and after the engine has been turned, you can get out of the cab and join your family or friends who are on the train … or go with your "new" friends from the train crew and enjoy a well-deserved cup of coffee and a snack.
All too soon it's back on board and now the Fireman on the out-bound trip is the Engineer. You'll get to see how another person operates the locomotive and, as before, you will ring the bell and whistle ... always with the Engineer immediately beside you ... for a private road crossing on the return trip. After the train arrives at Inkster Junction Station you can choose to rejoin your family or friends, or, if you prefer, finish the day with the rest of the crew in putting the passenger coaches and the locomotive back in "the barn".
Later, once back at home, you'll receive your Engineer For a Day Diploma and a photograph of you as the Engineer For the Day!
The cost is $449, all-inclusive of taxes and fees. Payment in full must be received at least 10 (ten) business days prior to the date of the Package. Refunds will only occur if the package date is cancelled by the Prairie Dog Central Railway. or if you advise us at least 10 (ten) business days prior to the date of the Package. Please send an e-mail or call
(204) 832-5259 to make reservations or purchase an Engineer For a Day Gift Certificate. Please note that this Package is only for Classic Diesel locomotive 4138 and is subject to cancellation due to training of our own Volunteer Members or re-scheduling due to conditions beyond our control. If cancelled by us, you will be provided the choice of re-reserving or having your payment refunded in full.
Q: When do you offer the Engineer for a Day opportunity?
A: On all Diesel Locomotive runs, from May through to the end of September.
Q: What should I wear and bring?
A: You will require steel toe shoes, work gloves and jeans or overalls that you don't mind getting dirty. We will provide earplugs and you will receive a complimentary Prairie Dog Central Railway Engineer Hat and bandana.
Q: Where do my family or my friends ride?
A: With the Engineer For a Day program, you receive two (2) complimentary tickets for your guests to ride on board the train. Additional tickets may be purchased through our Inkster Junction Ticket Office, please call (204) 832 5259.
Q: Can I bring a camera?
A: Absolutely! We encourage you to bring along a camera to capture your day with us.
Q: I would love to ride in the engine but I can't spend the entire day, can I purchase a seat aboard the engine cab?
A: No, however we do encourage passengers to visit the cab of the locomotive and coaches during the stopover.
All 'Engineers' must be 18 years of age or older and be in good physically condition in order to participate in the Engineer for a Day program.
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CLARKS GREEN — The Scranton City Chapter of the Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (PSSDAR) held a dedication ceremony and unveiling of a new plaque in honor of the area's founder and Revolutionary War Private William Clark Sr. at the soldier's grave in the Clarks Green Cemetery Saturday, July 23.
Clark, according to the dedication program, was born in Rhode Island in 1757 and died in 1827 in South Abington Township.
"As a mere 18-year-old lad, Clark joined the Continental Army and became a soldier in the Revolutionary War," the program reads. "In 1775, Clark served with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was also with General George Washington at the Battle of Trenton in 1776 and during the brutal winter at Valley Forge in 1777-1778. As payment for his services in the Continental Army, he was given a grant of 800 acres of land in Northeast Pennsylvania."
Members of the PSSDAR were joined by members of the Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069, area historians, Clarks Green council members and other local residents. The ceremony in the cemetery was followed by a reception at the nearby Clarks Green United Methodist Church building.


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I've nothing much to say at present. I turned 36 last week and am feeling pretty blank and bored. Even though current finances dictate that I should be out hustling, my non-interest in the world prevents me from engaging with it.
I definitely think that what seperates me, and I daresay other people of an AN disposition, from the mob, is the lack of what I referred to a few posts back as ontophilia: the natural love of being. I definitely don't have it, and as a result feel hollow and empty at the core.
If you love life, you're motored by delusion, whether it be Religion, Art, Family, Nation, Career, Progress, Nature or any of the other capital letter words.
If you've seen through all of humanity's self-important nonsense, then your only recourse is distraction/diversion. I really don't see any other viable way. Delusion or diversion; the choice is yours.
Anyway, one of the commenters on the last post inquired about having a 'How I became an Antinatalist' forum. Seeing as how I am too mired in sloth to set up such a site, I'm happy to let anyone tell their story here if they wish.
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Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Scrub
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Review of "Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Body Scrub"
A huge thanks for all the reads, rates and comments. It's much appreciated :)
"Smoother, softer skin."
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The body scrub is made by Palmers whom are well known for making a large range of body care products containing Cocoa Butter. The body scrub contains a unique combination of Cocoa Butter, Shea Butter, Vitamin E and natural exfoliating ingredients that refine and polish to reveal brighter and smoother looking skin. The scrub has a rich and creamy texture provided by the pure cocoa and Shea butters which melt upon application. The natural crushed cocoa beans gently get rid of dry skin cells and polish your skin for a softer feel. This product is perfect to prepare and polish your skin before applying fake tan for an even radiant glow.
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I purchased a 200g tub of this from my local Boots store for £4.99 which I thought was a reasonable price. You can also purchase this from Superdrug and good supermarkets. Please note that prices may vary. This product can be found within the Palmers Cocoa Butter range in the skincare section where you will find body lotions and creams.
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The Body Scrub comes in a large, round plastic tub which holds 200g of the product. The tub itself is made from strong clear plastic which enables you to see the product inside the tub. On the tub it has some information about the product, including how to use it. It also states that the product won stylist's skincare award in 2011. The lid to the tub is a white colour which looks slightly pearlescent. On the top of the lid is a picture of cocoa beans and it states that the product is a Body Scrub. It also states that it exfoliates, refines and polishes as well as moisturises and smoothes. To me this product does look like a body scrub due to the round tub that the product comes in as most lotions/creams tend to come in an upright bottle. The packaging stood out to me as a Palmers product due to the orange coloured Palmers logo on the top and the side of the tub.
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After rinsing the product off of my skin and patting my skin dry, I did notice that my skin felt smoother and softer than it had done previously. The smell of the scrub was very light on my skin and no-where near as strong as it was when I was using it in the shower. The scrub was moisturising and kind to my skin without causing any irritation to it. As long as you rinse the product off thoroughly there will be no traces of the product left on your skin. Although most of the smell of the product had gone it was nice that my skin still smelt of the scrub slightly.
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I really liked using this scrub as it was gentle on my skin and didn't cause any irritation. The scrub was great at exfoliating and was also very good at moisturising too. In terms of value I don't think this is badly priced when compared to other brands and similar products. I would definitely buy this product again as it's easy to use and you don't need to use huge amounts of it to see/feel the results. I love the fact that product leaves a very light scent on the skin and isn't as strong as when using the product. I would recommend this product to others, especially if you like the Palmers Cocoa Butter Range. This product deserves at least 4 stars.
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Accession Number : AD0781389
Title : Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Tuning and Modulation Properties of Transferred-Electron Devices.
Descriptive Note : Doctoral thesis,
Corporate Author : MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR ELECTRON PHYSICS LAB
Personal Author(s) : Tang,D. D.
Report Date : MAY 1974
Pagination or Media Count : 256
Abstract : The purpose of the study is to investigate the tuning and modulation properties of transferred-electron devices. The device performance under two basic tuning methods was examined: tuning through the bias voltage of the device and tuning through a resonant circuit. The tuning properties were derived from the interaction between the device and the circuit. Thus, both the device and the circuit admittances are needed for the investigation. Two conventional cavity circuits which were employed in these investigations, namely, the post-mount waveguide cavity and the slug-tuned coaxial-line cavity, had already been modeled and well understood. This study, therefore, concentrated on the nonlinear properties of the transferred-electron device. (Author)
Descriptors : *Electronic equipment, *Semiconductor devices, Electronics, Transfer, Gallium arsenides, Tuning, Modulation, Solid state electronics, Microwave oscillators, Gunn effect, Theses
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Neurosurgeon Needed to Join Existing Practice in Beautiful Johns Creek, Georgia!
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Emory Johns Creek Hospital is a 110 private bed state-of-the-art full-service facility in the beautiful city of Johns Creek, GA. EJCH is a Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery and also specializes in the most advanced Diagnostics and Imaging. Other services include: Cardiology, Community Education, Emergency Services, Gastroenterology, Hospital Medicine, Intensive Care, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Patient Safety Technology, Pathology, Pain Management, Pulmonary and Respiratory Services, Rehabilitation Services, Surgery, and Women's Services.
Job SummaryThis is a Dynamic Private Practice opportunity to join a growing practice in a beautiful, northern suburb of Atlanta. Emory Johns Creek Hospital serves a population in excess of 800,000.
This opportunity is to join an established Neurosurgeon with 2 office locations. A third office location in Johns Creek will be opened upon the successful recruitment of a second Neurosurgeon. Call would be 1:2 until volume grows and a third Neurosurgeon is recruited. Call is for only one ED, which is NOT a trauma center. Call is light.
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My running partner in crime, Molly, is out skiing this weekend. How inconsiderate of her! 😆 I thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up on a run with Meghan who's currently training for the Boston marathon, but the poor girl got injured on Monday and is taking the week off from running. For a second there I got nervous – I haven't done a long run by myself since I met Molly. My longest run on my own was 7 miles last August. Instead of being discouraged, I decided that this was actually going to be a really good test for me. I've become a much stronger runner since those 7 miles. I've covered hundreds of miles – I could do this!!
[This ended up being a long recap – follow along at your own discretion 😉 ]
I woke up an hour and a half before my planned run and had my usual toast with Barney Butter and banana (you've seen it a million times, click here for a visual if you need it 😉 ). I was a bit nervous, but decided to just take it really easy. Slow and steady wins the race, right? Ok, no exactly… but it may make for a more pleasurable run. 😀 After a 1/2 mile warm-up walk (until my Garmin found the satellites) I got to it. I roughly planned out my route to make a 9 mile loop. I like running to a "destination" so there is something to look forward to. Also, this prevents me from deciding to cut the run short because I'm already so close to home. Today's "destination" was the Jamaica Pond (in Jamaica Plain). I've done this run so many times and it never gets old. There are always so many runners and power walkers by the pond, no matter the weather, and I feel proud to be part of this little community.
So I took off, every time I looked down my Garmin said I was doing an 8:30-8:40 pace. I couldn't believe it – it felt so easy! I know that usually when Molly and I run we talk the entire time. It makes the time really fly by, and we catch up on everything that's happened in the past week. When we ran the half, we ran side by side, but didn't talk, and our pace indeed was the pace I was running at today. I wasn't complaining, that's for sure! Around mile 3, I really wanted to stop and walk. Originally my plan was to run straight through – no stopping, but right around that mile 3 marker that seemed like a silly plan. So what if I stopped for just a minute? Would it really make that much of a difference? I bargained with myself and decided to take a walking break at the half-way point. Man, that's a whole 1.5 miles away!! No, no – that's negative thinking, I could do this!
Minutes after deciding to allow myself that walking break, I realized that I was running uphill. The second I hit flat ground, a walking break seemed like a silly idea. Now I really wanted to make it a full 9 miles without stopping, and this time I really did know I could do it. I ran around the pond twice, it's fairly flat there and very beautiful. After the second loop, I was at 5.6 miles – the perfect time to run back home. I was smiling ear to ear at this point. OMG, I'm going to rock this run!!
By the way, I forgot to mention that this run was basically the exact same route that the BAA half follows (except I turned around 2 miles earlier). Around 7 miles or so, I was starting to slow down. My legs were starting to hurt a little. I was at the exact location that I started to really feel it during my half (it was mile 9 then). I distinctly remember Molly asking me if I wanted to walk for a minute or slow down… and I remember saying "I don't know…" and kept running. I wanted to be stronger than that on THIS run. I pictured the point at which I thought I saw a 13 mile market (it was a 12-mile marker in fact). I wanted to get there, and I wanted to keep going. Remember, I was going to rock this run!! So I kept running and drinking water. I brought some orange slices with me for fuel, but I didn't want them. I knew I could finish without them. I slowed down a bunch just to make sure I finished the run strong. Finishing the distance was my main goal. I didn't care about speed. At the end, I was happy with both. I finished 9 miles in 1:22 hours – 9:08 minute average pace. I did it!!!!!! [Insert happy dance here ]
After a good stretch and a shower, I met up with Coco for a celebratory brunch. I'm going to do a recap of that in a separate post because you are probably tired from reading. 😆 Here are the rest of the day's eats.
Organic fuji apple
Grilled chicken, avocado and cheese panini + baby carrots and grape tomatoes
I ended up dumping a bunch of salsa over the sandwich. That was an awesome addition to the panini!
TJ's nonfat european style yogurt, chia seeds, pear slices + Zoe's granola
A Black Dinah Chocolatiers truffle
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Harald Richter, the president and CEO of Herbert Richter Metallwaren-Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG., launched his suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on Wednesday, claiming MiTac sells products infringing his patent titled "Support console with pivotable support plate."
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Logic And Truth Essay, Research Paper
Logic is the study of necessary truths and of systematic methods for clearly expressing and rigourously demonstrating such truths.
THERE can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience. For how should our faculty of knowledge be awakened into action did not objects affecting our senses partly of themselves produce representations, partly arouse the activity of our understanding to compare these representations, and, by combining or separating them, work up the raw material of the sensible impressions into that knowledge of objects which is entitled experience? In the order of time, therefore, we have no knowledge antecedent to experience, and with experience all our knowledge begins. But though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience.
My new way of viewing an argument is frequently called informal logic, suggesting a contrast with formal logic (the dominant type of logic in western intellectual tradition). But it could also be called communicative logic, or pragmatic logic perhaps, in that it is expressly directed to judging particular aspects of how an argument was used for some communicative purpose, well or badly, in a given case.
Using Aristotle's system of causal explanation, the 16th-century British philosopher John Rainolds defined emotion as follows: the efficient cause of emotions is God, who implanted them; the material cause is good and evil human things; the formal cause is a commotion of the soul, impelled by the sight of things; and the final cause is seeking good and fleeing evil. The American philosopher L.D. Green's commentary on Rainolds' thesis indicates that Rainolds was not faithful to Aristotle's own discussions of emotion.
One thing that Aristotle did advocate was moderation of emotions, allowing them to have an effect only at the right time and in the right manner. Rainolds noted that the Aristotelian thinker Cicero saw emotions as beneficial–fear making humans careful, compassion and sadness leading to mercy, and anger whetting courage. These thoughts about emotion are similar to those of some modern theorists.
For Rainolds, the emotions are the active, energizing aspects of human nature. Although the intellect exercises control over emotions, intellect can have no impact without emotion. Rainolds was specifically concerned with the effects of emotion on rhetoric, but he saw rhetoric as a principal means of influencing human behaviour and affairs. He believed that
the passions [emotions] must be excited, not for the harm they do but for the good, not so they twist the straight but that they straighten the crooked; so they ward off vice, iniquity, and disgrace; so that they defend virtue, justice, and probity.
Benedict de Spinoza in the 17th century described emotions in much the same way as Rainolds did, but he discussed them in relation to action rather than to language. He saw emotions as bodily changes that result in the amplification or attenuation of action and as processes that can facilitate or impede action. For Spinoza, emotion also included the ideas, or mental representations, of the bodily changes in emotion.
Blaise Pascal and David reversed Rainolds' position by assuming the primacy of emotion in human behaviour. Hume said that reason is the slave of the passions (emotions), and Pascal observed in Pens es that "the heart has reasons that reason does not know." Although Hume believed that passions (emotions) rule reason or intellect, he thought the dominant passion should be moral sentiment. Some contemporary psychologists trace morality to empathy and empathy to discrete emotions including sadness, sorrow, compassion, and guilt.
Since Rainolds lectured on emotions at Oxford, philosophers have considered many questions related to emotions: Are they active or passive? Can they be explained by neurophysiological processes and reduced to material phenomena? Are they rational or nonrational? Are they voluntary or involuntary? Characterizing or categorizing emotions according to these dichotomies has resulted in yet other classifications or distinctions.
Ultimately, emotion concepts resist definition by way of dichotomous distinctions. Emotions are generally active and tend to generate action and cognition, but extreme fear may cause behavioral freezing and mental rigidity. Emotion can be explained on one level in terms of neurochemical processes and on another level in terms of phenomenology. Emotions are rational in the sense that they serve adaptive functions and make sense in terms of the individual's perception of the situation. They are nonrational in the sense that they can exist in the brain at the neurochemical level and in consciousness as unlabeled feelings that may be independent of cognitive-rational processes. Emotions are voluntary in that their expression in older children and adults is subject to considerable modification and control via cognition and action, and willful regulation of expression may result in regulation of emotion experience. Emotions are involuntary in that an effective stimulus elicits them automatically, without deliberation and conscious choice. Nowhere is this more evident than in infants and young children, who have little capacity to modulate or inhibit emotion by means of cognitive processes.
Feelings and emotions help determine human behavior. They govern whether we are repulsed by or attracted to something, and how we respond. They motivate us to work toward future goals and allow us to place value on everything that happens to us. They also have a direct effect on human health.
Developments in brain-imaging technology and research on monkeys have made it possible for scientists to empirically study the biological basis of emotions — what occurs in the brain and throughout the body when when a person experiences emotions such as fear, joy and sadness.
Davidson's work focuses on individual differences in emotional response, what causes them and what might be done for people who are predisposed to debilitating emotional reactions.
"People differ dramatically in how they respond to life's slings and arrows," Davidson said. Some people are unflappable in the face of significant stress while others break down quite easily in negative situations, he said.
"These are profound differences among people that color every aspect of their lives, accounting for whether their marriages and careers are successful, whether they achieve their goals and why some individuals die earlier than others, all things being equal," Davidson said.
Davidson and others at UW-Madison are trying to elucidate how positive states of mind influence the body.
One project involves studying a group of Wisconsinites in their late 50s who have remained healthy despite major personal problems throughout their lives.
"We want to know what accounts for their resilience, what can we learn about their brain activity and how is their emotional resilience related to their physical health," Davidson said.
Other UW-Madison researchers studying the science of emotion include Ann Kelley, Ruth Benca, Chris Coe, Craig Berridge, Seth Pollack, Carol Ryff and Hill Goldsmith.
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Democritus (460 BC)
Happiness (positive emotion) is characterized by a state of mental and physical equilibrium. Thoughts (cognitions) are the result of a distributed interaction of some localized corporeal components.
For Example:
· Rationality: in the chest
· Control of behavior: in the head
· Resentment: in the heart
· Appetite: in the Liver
"the perfection of our nature and capability of happiness must be estimated by the degree of reason, virtue, and knowledge that distinguish the individual . . . and that from the exercise of reason, knowledge and virtue naturally flow" (Wollstonecraft 1989, 5: 81). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft
reason, virtue, and knowledge, and exactly how are the struggle with passion and the exercise of reason supposed to produce knowledge and virtue
Reason, Calne assures, may still be regarded as a psychological "faculty" in traditional style, so long as we recognize that it's "a biological product" and understand that we're "motivated by instinctive urges and emotions linked to cultural forces — reason is their servant and not their master." Calne argues that modem neurology gives reason no role in setting our goals: It deals with "how" issues, thus explaining why ours is not to reason "why." It is "simply and solely a tool" fashioned by evolution, a capability that "cannot assign or control the purposes to which it is put," something we use "to get what we want, not to choose what we want."
"Reason," the authors state, is still viewed as "the defining characteristic of human beings." It includes "not only our capacity for logical inference, but also our ability to conduct inquiry, to solve problems, to evaluate, to criticize, to deliberate about how we should act, and to reach an understanding of ourselves, other people, and the world."
None other than Steven Rose, a leading neuroscientist, reminds us in From Brains to Consciousness?: Essays on the New Sciences of the Mind (1998)that "being able to map mental processes into physiological, anatomical and biochemical mechanisms" may be able to tell us "how the brain/mind works," but it "will not be able to tell us what the mind is doing and why. These questions will have to be answered at a higher level of analysis, and using a different language, than that offered by the best of neuroscientific technology."
The separation of reason from motivation is fundamental to — even constitutive of –human cognition.
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Another scary movie on the reality of our modern food system: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f69TUDbPdLs
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Simon Black – A Different View Of The Icelandic "Recovery"
Documentary – Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives
This is the best documentary that I have seen on GMOs that provides a COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY of all major health effects of GMOs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taLw2LhPoTU
Documentary – The Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
This is a great 2-hour documentary about the BIRTH of American Imperialism. It provides a great detail about Cuba and the Philippines in the period 1890-1910s, with explanations of American politics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHAOlaY1a0
Documentary – Edible City: Grow the Revolution
A well-made documentary about the growth of the organic movement in some U.S. cities:
Documentary – The Truth About Muammar Gaddafi
It is actually the truth about the Libyan War. Worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uweD8s1WY
Jeff Clark – Telegraphing the Turnaround in Gold
China Radio: "The U.S. And Europe Have Always Suppressed The Rising Price Of Gold"
Peter Schiff – Gold Bug Bashing, 1976 Edition
Documentary – Collapse
This is the documentary of the month, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, covering everything from drugs, corruption, monetary and economic collapse, the dollar, peak oil, geopolitics and war, crisis survival etc. The original link already disappeared!! This is an alternative link – watch it ASAP or download it while it is still available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEnkQGv-orY


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My version of the Mod hoop earrings worn by Sienna Miller in the movie Alfie. A customer from England suggested I re-create this style so here it is in all its 60's glory. Recently worn by Dawn Ward from Real Housewives of Cheshire reality show.
Brass hoops, brass bar, total length 4″ long. Bar measures 1 3/4″ long. Dangling from hoop is a black faceted bead in a pyramid shape. Post only. Gold Plated. Made in the USA.
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Archive for January, 2011
anyone can make a beautiful work of art even youMonday, January 31st, 2011
"close" packing of random spheresTuesday, January 18th, 2011
Here's a matlab snippet to create a "packing of spheres" in 3d centered at 100 random locations in the unit cube. The basic idea is to pick 100 random locations in 3D, then compute their delaunay tessellation. Then place a sphere at every location with radius equal to half the minimum distance to any of that location's neighbors in the tessalation. After you have that you could iterate over each sphere making as big as will fit: for each location check all neighbors and find the maximum radius its sphere could have before intersecting existing spheres. I'm using bubbleplot3 to display the spheres.
% Generate 100 random 3d points in the unit cube
V = rand(100,3);
% Construct their Delaunay triangulation: tetrahedral mesh
T = delaunay3(V(:,1),V(:,2),V(:,3));
% Gather all edges of the tet mesh
% include both edge directions
E = [E; fliplr(E)];
% Indices of source vertex of each edge as seen by each other vertex
EE1 = repmat(E(:,1),1,size(V,1));
% length of each edge
d= (sqrt(sum((V(E(:,1),:) - V(E(:,2),:)).^2,2)));
% lengths as seen by each other vertex
DD = repmat(d,[1,size(V,1)]);
% indices of all vertices as see by each edge (source vertex)
II = repmat(1:size(V,1),size(E,1),1);
% create a mask that is infinity if source vertex == vertex
mask = (EE1 == II).^-1;
% compute minimum distance to any vertex: radius of largest ball
r = min(mask.*DD)./2;
% plot mesh and balls
axis equal
axis equal
title('delaunay tessellation');
axis equal
title('conservative packing of spheres');
shading interp; camlight right; lighting phong;
There seems to be a very well studied connection between sphere packing and delaunay tessellation. Lots more to investigate here…
Screen capture into photoshopMonday, January 10th, 2011
Making figures for our upcoming submission I find my self repetitively taking screen captures of my program and then pasting them into photoshop where I can crop and arrange them. This is a lot of clicking around and switching apps and it's hard to take a sequence of shots quickly. I could make just write all the screen shots to file and load them into photoshop as a batch. But Photoshop's batch loader script is slow, so pasting is the fastest way to get all the images as layers and move on to editing.
Here's a script that stays open with a prompt asking whether to take another screenshot and dump it into the current photoshop document. Replace MYAPP with the name of the app your are trying to screen capture.
tell application "MYAPP"
display dialog "Screen capture and paste into Photoshop?"
end tell
do shell script "screencapture -c"
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
tell current document
end tell
end tell
end repeat
balloon manWednesday, January 5th, 2011
Dock or "Command Tab" stop workingWednesday, January 5th, 2011
For some reason "command tab" or "apple tab" stopped working for me this morning. This was easy to recover from once I remember that this feature is actually controlled by the Dock application. Using Terminal.app I issued:
killall Dock
open /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/
Which kills the Dock and restarts it.
Write a matrix to file in matlab, read a matrix from file in python with numpySunday, January 2nd, 2011
Since matlab and numpy seem to disagree about csv, the easiest way I've found to export a matlab matrix to file and then read it in python with numpy is calling from matlab:
save -ascii 'A.txt' A
Then in python with numpy:
from numpy import *
A = genfromtxt('A.txt');
To go the other direction use from python with numpy:
from numpy import *
savetxt("A.txt", A)
And from matlab:
load -ascii A.txt A
When I use these to save a matrix from matlab to file, read it into a numpy array then save it out to file and load it back into matlab I get error between the two matrices on the order of 1e-15 (i.e. exact up to double precision with the default settings).
The above code works for 1D and 2D arrays/vectors/dense matrices. Hopefully I will find something just as easy for sparse matrices.
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Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who spent nearly two years in prison for their irreverent protest in Moscow's main cathedral said today they still want to topple President Vladimir Putin.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina did not say how they plan to do it.
They were among three members of the band arrested after its brief, unauthorised performance in Christ The Saviour Cathedral in March 2012, calling on the Virgin Mary to protect Russia against Mr Putin who was on the verge of being elected to a third term in office.
All three were convicted of religious hooliganism and sentenced to two years. Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were released this week under a broad general amnesty measure; the third was released on a suspended sentence last year.
Visibly nervous Tolokonnikova and Alekhina flew into Moscow today morning and held a two-hour news conference in the afternoon. Both insisted that their release did not change their attitude to the president and the system of government that he built.
"As for Vladimir Putin, we still feel the same about him," Tolokonnikova said, referring to the chorus in their song, "Mother of God, drive Putin away".
"We still want to do what we said in our last performance for which we spent two years in prison: drive him away."
Tolokonnikova said "the scariest thing about Putin's Russia is the impossibility to speak and be heard" and suggested that former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was pardoned earlier this month after spending 10 years in prison, would make a better president.
Tolokonnikova and Alekhina steered most of the questions toward speaking about their plans to form an organisation to help Russian inmates. Tolokonnikova said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will help raise funds for the organization.
In September, Tolokonnikova published a long letter from her penal colony detailing harsh conditions for inmates including long hours that they put in at the prison workshop.
Critics say their release was prompted by Mr Putin's desire to improve his image in the West ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics next year.


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A Quick Review of He is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World by Albert Mohler
Why Mohler?
For quite some time, I've made it my intention to read a book or two by Al Mohler, but HiNS (He is Not Silent) ended up being my first foray into Mohler-land. I've wanted to read Mohler for a few reasons: firstly, he is extremely (and I mean extremely) well read, and well read people tend to have a better perspective on what's really going on in the world; secondly, I respect the role Mohler has played in turning Southern Baptist Theological Seminary back towards orthodoxy; and thirdly, Mohler comes pretty highly recommend from some people I trust. I can honestly say that HiNS has encouraged me to dig deeper into Mohler's library of works in the future.
Two Criticisms
Having just given the book high praise, I will admit that HiNS initially angered me just a bit. The part that disturbed me was the tone of the chapter on preaching as worship. I whole-heartedly agree with the chapter's thesis, "that preaching should be the center of worship in our churches," but I just felt like the examination Mohler gave of the current worship scene in Christianity was a little over-negative. The worship (musically and preaching-wise) that I've experience from events like the Passion Conferences makes me a little sensitive to negative critique of "this generation's worship." I know that Mohler's intent wasn't to criticize all modern worship because he states that in book, but never-the-less, the tone of the chapter made me wince a little.
The only other criticism I have of the book is that I personally feel a little more freedom to switch up preaching style than Mohler does. Mohler defines preaching as follows, "reading the text and explaining it – reproving, rebuking, exhorting, and patiently teaching directly from the text of Scripture" (Mohler, 52). Accordingly, if preachers don't simply "read, explain, repeat," then it isn't preaching. However, I think it is perfectly appropriate to begin a sermon with a story or attention-getting technique as long as the content of the sermon is focused primarily on a text. I also believe it is ok to sometimes preach topical sermons as long as they are preached in a hermeneutically faithful way (although I don't think topical preaching should be the norm).
Having issued these two criticism though (the tone of the worship chapter and the slight rigidity of sermon form) the book as a whole is awesome, amazing, encouraging, definitely worth reading!!!
Quotes I like
I could write a whole lot about the parts of HiNS that I love, but for brevity's sake I'm going to give you 8 quotes that I loved from the book.
"The sacred desk has become an advice center, and the pew has become the therapist's couch. Psychological and practical concerns have displaced theological exegesis, and the preacher directs his sermon to the congregation's perceived needs rather than to their need for a Savior" (Mohler, 20).
"Yet theology is by definition not an ivory-tower discipline. it is not merely a form of academic discourse. When rightly conducted, theology is the conversation of the people of God seeking to understand the Lord whom we worship, and to know how He wills to be worshiped" (Mohler, 24).
"The sermon has not earned its place in Christian worship by proving its utility in comparison with other means of communication or aspects of worship. Rather, we preach because we have been commanded to preach" (Mohler, 39).
"I believe that the central problem in our crisis of preaching today is that…we no longer believe that hearing and responding to the Word of God is a matter of crucial importance. That is the only plausible reason I can offer for why expositional preaching is in decline, or even absent, in so many pulpits. Before the decline in expository preaching, there was the abandonment of the conviction that the Word of God comes as a matter of life and death" (Mohler, 54).
"In preaching the biblical text, the preacher explains how the Bible directs our thinking and living. This brings the task of expository preaching into direct confrontation with the postmodern worldview…we do not want to be told how to think or how to live…Every text demands a fundamental realignment of our basic worldview and way of life" (Mohler, 68).
Speaking of the importance of the meta-narrative of the Bible:
"Even more, the moralistic fables that many evangelicals hear from their pastors week in and week out will not evoke the kind of burning-in-the-heart awe that these two disciples experienced on the road to Emmaus. If we want our people to feel that kind of excitement about the gospel, then they need to hear and know the same sweeping story that Jesus unfolded to these two disciples" (Mohler, 95).
"The idea of the pastorate as a non-theological office is inconceivable in light of the New Testament" (Mohler, 106).
"We will be hard-pressed to define any activity as being more inherently theological than the preaching of God's Word, for preaching is an exercise in the theological exposition of Scripture" (Mohler, 111).
Fav Two Chapters
Chapter 5: A Steward of Mysteries, The Preacher's Authority and Purpose
Chapter 6: "Did Not Our Hearts Burn Within Us?", Preaching the Bible's Big Story
Read it if you preach!


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Lucie Luddington- Brights Senior Agent gives back at Christmas
Story books in hand, and dressed in a dirndl costume and appropriate headwear, I recently volunteered my help to a local organisation. Little did I know what magic awaited me.
When in London, I often use a local Open Air Pool—an awesome lido with a great sense of community and a must for all those who love the outdoors. During the Autumn, post-conversation with the staff, I delighted in offering my assistance as "Chief Story Teller" alongside Father Christmas.
It's rare in life that you get a real sense of magic, but this was one of those evenings. The mist rose off the heated lido while the moon appeared through the darkness, setting a perfect scene. As people queued for entry, I spied a number of children already heading my way. (Father Christmas, at this point, was still on his sleigh!)
But then the doors opened, Father Christmas arrived, and I began to read aloud my stories. As a children's illustration agent, I'm privy to particularly awesome books and ideas. But playing out stories in real time—in the company of real children gleaming with excitement—was something else! Alongside the stories, wish lists for the FC were written. Requests included tights and chocolates , iPads and puzzles…But I was saddened to discover that very few books were asked for.
Is this because children now associate books with reading and work instead of story telling? One educational, the other a pure part of life and bedtime? I truly hope not! If this is the case, it is my lifelong aim to readdress this balance, whether with my own children who are still just a little twinkle or those of my friends. Books are about stories, dreams coming to life, magical worlds turned tangible, and much more! Not just maths or English books. I did my best to captivate the kids with my books, and it seemed to work! For as the evening developed, so did the requests and the sense of Christmas.
Against the magical back drop of the pool (with now said appropriate inflatable polar bear and the choir singing carols) I started to really relish the role of Lady from the North Pole. As yet, I don't have children. But I gained a real sense of what it must be like for parents on Christmas Eve! Many mums and dads drew closer when I asked the children what they would be leaving out for the reindeer and Father Christmas. One dad even made the brave move of stepping in the grotto and saying he thought Father Christmas likes beer, to which the child replied, "Daddy how do you know that!?"
Fortunately no secrets were given away. And while my local open air pool continued in helping add to the spirit of Christmas, children's dreams alongside mind came true.


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Tournament Control has received word that High C's has boated a 101-inch blue marlin and is headed to the scales. The estimated time of arrival is 4 p.m.
There has been reports of several other billfish caught and released as well. Sherry Polk, fishing aboard Share-E, released a blue marlin yesterday, as did Bushwhacker. Jason Walker released another blue marlin earlier this morning. Walker is fishing aboard Patience.
Sultrap has found a hot bite. Nick Froletch and Strom Smith each released white marlin this morning.
The weigh scales open at 3 p.m and remain open until 9 p.m. Friday. Boats can continue to fish until Saturday afternoon and must be in line at the scales before 9 p.m. to weigh their catch. The scales, located at the Point Cadet Marina behind the Isle Casino Hotel, are open to the public.
Blue marlin must measure at least 100 inches to be weighed. Blues smaller than that, along with white marlin and sailfish, count for release points on a sliding scale.
Tuna, wahoo and dolphin comprise the game fish divisions. Eligible fish must weigh at least 20 pounds to score points.
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How to calculate interest on Recurring Deposit (Compound Interest)
Recurring deposit is one of the best savings scheme in India and almost everyone has done at least one RD account. But many people don't know how the interest is accumulated in these accounts. They are simply happy with what agents have explained them. But you should know where your money is invested and how much you will get in future and based on what calculation you are earning interest on your invested money.
There are 2 types of interest rates applied on savings schemes. Normal interest and compound interest rate. For recurring deposit the interest rate is calculated based on compound interest rate formula.
Also Read How to open a Recurring Deposit Account Online in SBI
Also Read How to open a Recurring Deposit Account Online in SBI
The annual compound interest formula is
- A = final amount
- P = principal amount (initial investment)
- r = annual nominal interest rate (as a decimal, not in percentage)
- n = number of times the interest is compounded per year
- t = number of years
Let's say you have a recurring deposit account with monthly investment of Rs 2000/- . As per current interest rate 8.40% with a maturity of 5 years.
Now in case of compound interest (e.g. compounded quarterly), the amount deposited for 1st month with interest accumulated for 60 months (here tenure 5 years) on that will consider together as principle for next month. But from next month on wards the tenure will reduce by 1 month. So you will get a higher return than a normal direct interest rate investment.
Also Read 6 Best low risk investment schemes from Post office
Also Read 6 Best low risk investment schemes from Post office
I found a very good example on this in detailed manner in onemint.com blog. An elaborate month wise data is provided there. You can check with your amount deposited every month and calculate yourself.


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Changes In Macbeth Essay, Research Paper
Macbeth and his wife cannot be easily characterized as villains. In Act One Macbeth s eagerness to share the good news of what is to come with his wife is evident. They are a devoted team. He calls her his dearest partner of greatness. He truly loves her and appreciates all she has done for him. In the beginning of the play Macbeth is a brave and courageous man. He is one of Duncan s most glorious generals and has extraordinary courage. After the witches first approach him and tell him about the future and he wonders if he must take fate into his own hands by killing Duncan he is terrified. Afterward though, he fears to accept the real and the supernatural consequences of his actions. Because Shakespeare focused so much on Macbeth s courage in the beginning of the play Macbeth s panic and psychological anguish seems exaggerated later. Lady Macbeth is certainly aware that her husband has a reputation of a fearless solider and she uses dazzling psychology to coax her husband into killing Duncan; she dares him to do all that may become a man. Macbeth, afraid of being called a coward, goes along with Lady Macbeth s plan. In Act Two Macbeth doesn t immediately kill Duncan though, he battles with his inner instincts that chance may crown him king. Macbeth is also a gentle man. Before killing Duncan Macbeth cites Duncan s great qualities. He knows that if her were to murder Duncan then someone in turn would try to murder him. After Macbeth has killed Duncan he tries to avoid killing anyone else. Throughout the play Macbeth tries to avoid killing Macduff. In Act Four, Scene One Macbeth seems reassured by the Second Apparition, saying Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? Later he says of Macduff in Act Five, Scene Eight of all men else I have avoided thee. He has tried to spare Macduff s life. Macbeth also has a deep imagination. He does not entirely trust the witches because he identifies them with evil, but he plans to consult with them and believes their prophecies will become true. Later on in the play Macbeth s imagination terrifies him even further when he asks if he sees a dagger hanging in midair before him. Part of Macbeth s actions can be traced to envy. Early in the play when Macbeth hears of the witches prophecies he envies Banquo s having heirs as much as he later fears those same heirs as rivals for the throne. Being childless Macbeth s greatness must lie within himself. Then he murders Duncan. But before he kills his cousin, the kind and afterward Macbeth is plagued by constant fear. He ponders what would happen if he fails and discusses this same possibility with his wife. Macbeth is torn with guilt and remorse. As a consequence these fears and extreme guilt interfere with Macbeth s normal eating and sleeping habits. Macbeth was too ambitious and too impatient for fate to crown him king. He committed murder and then found he had to cower to his innermost thoughts, fears and dwellings. Macbeth s suffering is a result of his rash actions and compromising qualities in an attempt to claim a throne that was not his.
Lady Macbeth s character is not as complex as her husband s. She does have a plethora amount of qualities in her character. She is not a monster without feeling, one out to get power, money and control. She is horrified by blood and during her sleepwalking it is refers to her little hand, displaying her delicate nature. She is sly and artful as she urges Macbeth to kill Duncan, and she is very cunning as she encourages Macbeth to shake off his worries and guilt. She does however suffer from a healthy conscience. It is easy for her to be bright and merry and it seems second nature to her to act as the most gracious hostess. Lady Macbeth though becomes impatient and absolute when her husband cannot carry out the full details of their assassination. Macbeth is even terrified of her superhuman self-control and unfailing resourcefulness. Throughout the play her courage and her practicality go hand in hand. It is only in private that she shows her weariness. She urges Macbeth to sleep and her faith in sleep is ironical because that is when she expresses her innermost concerns. These actions lead to her mental breakdown from the crimes, which have haunted her.
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text: Acting is Hollywood. It's an American dream. If you asked just about anybody and said, 'Would you become an actor if given the opportunity?' - everyone would say yes. Why not? It would be an ideal. It would be an interesting opportunity. But I have other interests as well.Chris Moneymaker