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"Green Lantern" made some news lately with casting Blake Lively as Hal Jordan/GL's love interest Carol Ferris and Peter Sarsgaard as the evil Dr. Hector Hammond. But that's pretty meh compared to how Green Lantern's arch-nemesis Sinestro figures in the flick — or make that doesn't figure since we've heard little to nothing about him in the movie.
Well, Drew McWeeny over at HitFix says Sinestro should indeed appear briefly in the upcoming film with a more prominent role in a sequel. As for who would rock that yellow power ring, McWeeny says the studio likes San Antonio-resident star Jackie Earle Haley for the role.
With Sinestro, don't expect him to stroll in and suddenly be pure evil in this film. And don't expect him to be onscreen for the entire movie. But unless something drastically changes, he is in the film. And I'm hearing that based on the relationship they have with him from "Watchmen" and "A Nightmare On Elm Street," Jackie Earle Haley is the only choice for Sinestro by the studio.
So I'm not going to play a semantics game here… there is a very real difference in meaning between terms like "in talks" and "in negotiations" and "on a list," and I'm not sure where they are in that process right now. But I am willing to say that Haley is the guy.
Haley is no stranger to comic-book adaptations. He stole "Watchmen" as Rorschach and our own Jeanne Jakle says he likewise shines in "Human Target." Here's hoping Haley adds Sinestro to his résumé. (Spotted via Ain't It Cool News.)


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The Nasdaq Now: Research In Motion Advances While Netflix Falls on Carl Icahn's Move
Sterling Wong
JDA Software Group and Micron were up on the day.
The stock market made a strong advance in mid-Thursday trading after a pair of positive labor data came in.
The ADP reported better-than-forecast private sector job creation numbers for October and initial jobless claims also came in under expectations.
Led by the strength of tech stocks, the
(INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) was up 1.45% to 3,020.33 points on above-average trading volume of 828.40 million as of 12:06 p.m. EDT.
JDA Software Group
(NASDAQ:JDAS), one of the Nasdaq's volume leaders on the day, jumped 17.38% to $44.78. The supply chain software company agreed to be bought out by RedPrairie, a privately-held maker of warehouse management software, for some $1.9 billion in cash, or $45 a share.
Shares of
Research in Motion
(NASDAQ:RIMM) also rallied, gaining 8.26% to $8.58 after the company announced Wednesday that it had initiated testing of its eagerly-anticipated BlackBerry 10 device, which will make its debut in 2013.
Micron Technology
(NASDAQ:MU) also advanced 5.62% to $5.73 after its acquisition of bankrupt Japanese chipmaker Elpida was approved by a Tokyo court.
(NASDAQ:ABMD) was the biggest decliner in intraday trading, plunging 29.54% to $13.97 even though the company reported an earnings beat for its fiscal second-quarter. The company said quarterly earnings per share was $0.20, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.09. Revenue came in at $37.41 milllion, a 26.9% year-to-year increase, versus the Street's estimate of $37.3 million.
Cirrus Logic
(NASDAQ:CRUS) also fell 13.05% to $35.46 after it was downgraded to Hold from Strong Buy by Feltl & Co, who cited a drop in Cirrus' growth metric.
After Carl Icahn disclosed he bought a 10% stake in
(NASDAQ:NFLX) and indicated that he would like the company to be acquired, shares of the stream video and DVD rental company slid 1.97% to $77.68.
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San Francisco 'Leather' Homosexuals Put the 'P' Back in Perversion: Folsom Street Fair Poster 2013
Below is the "official" promotional poster for the Folsom Street Fair, an annual, sadomasochism-celebrating street festival in San Francisco. The "fair" is notorious for its open-air perversions, mocking of religion [also see this], sadistic whippings, "master-slave" couples, and full nudity — and the latter will be allowed again this year due to an exemption granted to FSF to a new anti-public-nudity law passed by city supervisors. Words can barely convey the evil captured by this image — a rebellious wickedness that comes from glorifying sin in defiance of the wholesome boundaries for sex established by God. Folsom is also the creepy cousin of "gay pride" and "diversity" — there would be no Folsom Street Fair were there not first a "gay" revolution, with its ground zero in the homosexual Mecca of San Francisco. Click on the graphic to enlarge, if you must. — Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH
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- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 388.2
- Total Fat: 19.0 g
- Cholesterol: 68.6 mg
- Sodium: 942.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 25.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
- Protein: 27.9 g
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Number of Servings: 8
2 cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup of French Fried Onions
8 oz of Cheese
6 oz of Egg Noodles
2 small cans of Mushroom Pieces
3 cans of Tuna Fish in water
1 tsp of basil
1 tsp of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Boil egg noodles as directed. While the noodles are cooking, crush up a cup of frenches fried onions. Once cooked, combine cream of mushroom soup, cheese, egg noodles, mushroom pieces, tuna fish, basil, garlic, and a 1/4 cup of the frenches fried onion in a casserole dish. Mix until thoroughly combined. Add the rest of the frenches fried onions on the top and spread out evenly for the topping. Cook for 30 minutes. Once cooked, let sit for 2 minutes and enjoy.
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Last week, my son's bus driver called and said that they were changing morning pick up to 6:55. It was 7:34. I told her I thought that it would be too early for my son. I also told her we would try, and if it didn't work, see what alternative actions we could take. Well, this morning came, and I forgot the bus was picking him up earlier. We ended up missing the bus.
I remembered at the last minute. I was rushing to get my son ready, and I heard my daughter say that his bus was here. I ran outside, and the bus had already left. Last year, his bus driver would stop and wait a couple minutes. Long enough for me to run outside and let her know we were on our way if I was running late getting my son outside. This new driver didn't wait. She stopped, and then left. I just needed one more minute and I would have had my son outside.
I ended up taking my son to school. In order to do this, I had to leave my daughter home alone. I hated to do this. She is too young. I prayed that everything would be ok. That she would get herself ready and out to her bus in time. I also wasn't happy that I wasn't going to be there to watch her at her bus stop. She waits for the bus at a crazy intersection.
I told the person that got my son out of the truck about the change in the bus schedule. I asked her to have the principal call me. I think it's ridiculous to expect a special needs child to get up so early, and to be on the bus for 45 minutes. I can't be taking my son to school every morning. Not with another child that needs my attention in the mornings, too. Why is it that parents are always made to do what the school wants, without consideration for how it affects them or their children? It's not right. It seems like they are always making accommodations for someone else's child at my son's expense. I hope we can get this worked out.


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Re: Devlin and Carroll
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Devlin and Carroll
Lisa Lockett 10/28/06
Hello Lisa:
For James Devlin B 1822 +/- 2 yrs, Co. Armagh, with the father's forename unknown, I found 1 rcd, 1822, Armagh RC parish. Father's forename for this rcd is Charles. Note - while this rcd seems to fit your limited criteria, it may be due to random chance as few rcds from this era have survived.
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Rare mettle was at heart of ironman Ripken
This shortstop was the wizard of O's
Published 6:30 am, Wednesday, January 10, 2007
For 21 seasons, Cal Ripken Jr. blessed the Baltimore Orioles with his grace, dignity and relentless toughness.
Some athletes make it big because they're blessed with extraordinary skills. Some make it because of a dogged work ethic. And every so often, someone comes along who has both. Ripken was one of those. He was a gifted athlete and an instinctive baseball player. He was also meticulous in his approach, fanatical about doing things right.
For instance, he wanted to be there when the pitcher and catcher met before games to discuss how to get opposing hitters out. He believed that if he knew how a hitter was going to be pitched, he could better position himself at shortstop. He sometimes signaled for the catcher to call a certain pitch.
He warmed up the same way every day. He began with a few soft tosses to gauge the fatigue in his arm, and as his arm loosened up, his throws became harder and longer until, finally, he was firing lasers across the infield.
He ate his pregame meal — usually pasta or steak and a plate of vegetables — around the same time for every night game. He'd become careful about nutrition in the minor leagues when his mother shipped frozen casseroles with instructions on how to heat them. No burgers and fries for the iron man.
His place in baseball history became secure that September night in 1995 when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's seemingly unbreakable record.
He hit every correct note that summer, from signing hundreds of autographs each night to professing his love of baseball in every city along the way. Baseball had just begun to recover from a devastating work stoppage, and Ripken's feel-good story played a monumental role in getting the game back on its feet.
He had another magical moment Tuesday when he learned he'll be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. He was named on 98.53 percent of ballots, the third-highest percentage of all time, and will be joined in the Class of 2007 by Tony Gwynn, another splendid player who defined greatness in his era.
This year's election was dominated at times by the debate surrounding Mark McGwire's candidacy. McGwire, in effect, became the first referendum on steroids. He was named on just 23.5 percent of ballots, far short of the necessary 75 percent for induction.
His rejection should be a sobering message to Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro and others. Baseball will be years figuring out how to deal with steroids, and Tuesday's announcement was nothing more than a beginning.
McGwire, a player who cared about the right things but made some terrible errors in judgment, would be the one of the last people on earth to want to detract from Ripken and Gwynn's day. For those of us who knew one or both of them, it was a day to savor who they are and what they've stood for.
When the game became official and baseball had a new iron man on that night in 1995 , Ripken was pushed from the dugout for a curtain call that became an emotional 20-minute victory lap and an outpouring of love for a city and its favorite son.
Brooks was his manHe grew up a half hour north of Baltimore idolizing the incomparable Brooks Robinson . Ripken understood the game's rich history, and time seemed to stand still as he blew kisses to his family and shook hands to thousands of fans, some of whom he'd known his entire life.
To the people who knew him best, that was only the second-happiest moment of his big league career. The happiest came eight years earlier when the Orioles summoned his younger brother, Billy, to the big leagues.
His dad, Cal Ripken Sr., a legendary minor league instructor and one of the architects of what became known as the Oriole Way, had been hired as manager a few months earlier. The Oriole Way detailed everything from the proper way to wear socks to how a rundown between first and second should be executed.
I began covering Ripken in 1984 — his third full season in the big leagues — and over the years I saw him morph from an eager kid into a veteran player who became arguably the game's greatest ambassador.
Once on a train trip across Japan, of all places, he asked about a quote from country singer Bill Anderson.
''He has never refused an autograph," Ripken said. ''I mean, how is that possible?"
If another celebrity was going to sign every autograph, then by gosh, he was going to sign every autograph. Ripken kept a Day Planner in which he detailed everything from his training regimen to his interview requests.
He was 6-4 and 225 pounds. Before Ripken, shortstops were smaller, quicker. Before Ripken, shortstop was viewed by many as strictly a defensive position.
And then along came Ripken. He was switched there in 1982 and began doing things few shortstops had ever done.
He averaged 26 home runs and 95 RBIs in his first six seasons at short. He was the American League's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and its Most Valuable Player in 1983.
Most homers at shortOne of his legacies is that he changed forever the way baseball people saw the position of shortstop. He came up as a third baseman and was switched back there late in his career. He was at short long enough to hit more home runs (345) than any other player at the position.
Manager Earl Weaver, himself a future Hall of Famer, came up with the idea of switching Ripken. More than a few people, including some of the people he worked for, saw this as a dumb idea.
Ripken simply didn't look like a shortstop. Weaver, though, saw Ripken as someone with the athletic skills to play the position, and besides that, he'd hit a lot of home runs.
When he moved Ripken, he told him: ''Look, you're never going to play in an All-Star Game, not with Alan Trammell and Robin Yount at your position."
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Although the New Forest has just been made a national park, the area has had special protection for over 900 years - ever since William the Conqueror made it a royal hunting forest. It has changed remarkably little in that time; today it is said to be the largest remaining open heath land in northern Europe, spanning 150 square miles. Commoners (local landowners with ancient rights) still set their ponies, cattle and (seasonally) pigs loose to graze - some 5,000 of them in all - which helps to preserve the ancient lowland landscape of heath, bogs, woodlands and streams.
National park status should not bring major changes, but it will prevent the encroachment of conurbations around its edge, and guarantee that the area will be protected far into the future.
What to see and do
There are no real commercial attractions - the forest itself is the thing. There is something wonderful about stepping out of your tent or hotel to find a free-roaming pony (or six) chewing the grass (or the camp food you forgot to put away). And looking beyond it to a vast expanse of countryside, untouched by modern agriculture: ancient, beautiful and accessible.
Walking: The forest is a mix of woodland, open heath, coast, small towns and villages, so there's plenty of easy walking available.
Cycling: The Forest boasts over 100 miles of cycle trails. Bikes can be hired next to Brockenhurst station. Direct trains arrive here from all over Britain and the New Forest Tour bus has a cycle trailer, so keen cyclists can leave the car at home.
· Cyclexperience, 01590 624204, cyclex.co.uk. Adult bikes from £10 a day, children's £6, helmets free.
Riding: If you prefer traditional four-legged New Forest transport, New Park Manor Equestrian Centre offers everything from half-hour lessons (£14) to pub or picnic rides (four hours including stop for lunch, £42-£45). The centre is based at New Park Manor, Charles II's favourite hunting lodge, now a hotel and restaurant.
· 01590 623919, newparkmanor hotel.co.uk.
Hurst Point and Castle: Walk the 1 miles along this spit of shingle to Hurst Castle perched on its tip. Or take the boat. Built by Henry VIII, this well-preserved castle was used to imprison Charles I before his trial and expanded during the Napoleonic wars. It defended the Solent for over 400 years and has great views towards the Isle of Wight. At the base of Hurst Point is a bridge where kids go crabbing, and a van sells delicious real ice cream.
01590 642500, hurst- castle.co.uk Castle open 10am-5pm daily £3 adult, £1.80 child. Keyhaven ferry: hourly, half-hourly in school holidays. Adults £2.30 (£3.80 return), children £1.70 (£2.30).
Beaulieu is one of the prettiest villages in the forest and forms part of the estate owned by Lord Montagu's family since the 16th century. He lives in Palace House, the 14th-century former abbey gatehouse, which is open to the public along with the remains of the 13th-century abbey. The Beaulieu ticket also includes the National Motor Museum displaying some 250 historic vehicles, as well as smaller attractions.
· 01590 612345, beaulieu .co.uk. Open daily 10am-5/6pm. Adults £14, children 5-12 £7.25, 13-17 £8.25.
Where to stay and eat
On the cheap: The New Forest is perfect for camping. Close to both coast and inland forest, Holmsley Campsite (Forestry Commission Campsites, 0131-314 6505, forestholidays.co.uk; pitch and four people around £12 per night, kids' tent £4) has 700 pitches, showers, a shop, a take-away with surprisingly tasty food, a large children's playground and ranger-led wildlife walks. Camp on the edge of it and you are very much part of the forest - either by the woods or looking over a wide flat area good for children's games, bikes and kites.
A cut above: The New Forest has some 150 B&Bs. Try The Old Cottage (01425 477956), Lindford, a 17th-century thatched cottage with inglenook fireplace. Three ensuite rooms from £25-£30pp per night. For other options, call the New Forest B&B vacancy service (01590 689000). To eat, Simply Poussin (01590 623063) in Brockenhurst is the "less dressed" sibling of the highly regarded Le Poussin (see below). Two-course lunch £10. For tea and sandwiches, try The Old Bakehouse , Beaulieu (01590 612777), or The Old Station Tearooms, Holmsley (01425 402468), on one of the cycle tracks.
Top of the tree: Le Poussin (023-8028 2944, lepoussin.co .uk) is a 19-room Georgian country house hotel with an award-winning restaurant. £45-£110pp per night B&B, £75-£135pp per night half-board. The Montagu Arms in Beaulieu (01590 612324, montaguarms hotel.co.uk) is a traditional establishment known for its attentiveness to guests. Double room from £160 B&B, £190 with dinner.
Visitor centres: Lymington 01590 673990, Lyndhurst 023 8028 2269, Ringwood 01425 470896.
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The Insane Diets of 10 Different Famous Athletes
Herschel Walker does 1,500 pushups per day. He only eats one salad and piece of bread per day. THAT IS IT.
We do not know how Herschel Walker is alive.
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"Lois, don't." His voice was gentle, with a note of sorrow. "Don't be nervous with me, please. We've been friends for so long... I couldn't bear it."
"Everything's changed, though..." Strangely, the strongest emotion she was experiencing was sadness. It was as if she was experiencing a sense of loss for the ordinary guy she'd thought she knew. Even though Clark was still standing beside her, he wasn't the Clark she'd known, worked beside... and loved.
"One thing has changed," he agreed. "But nothing else has to, unless you want it to."
She didn't - couldn't - answer. Clark sighed softly, then said, "If you really want coffee, I'll make some."
"No." She took a deep breath and looked straight at him, determined to deal with this revelation and to get to the bottom of the mystery of the other Superman. The truth, even if it was hard to hear, had to be better than not knowing. "Let's talk."
Now read on...
She'd worked it out, of course - he already knew that beyond doubt, even though she'd been sceptical there on that cliff-ledge. The way she'd been looking at him on the way back, the way she'd watched him out of the corner of her eye while they'd been talking to Mayson and the FBI officer; even if she still didn't know how to explain CK, she knew that
was Superman. She'd resisted the conclusion at first, of course, as would have been expected, but he knew that even before he'd flown back to the mountain-side with her she'd accepted the truth.
Now, all he had to worry about was how mad she was.
"Lois, you know I'm Superman," he began carefully. "And - "
"Yeah, I worked that one out," she told him, a caustic edge to her voice. "What I haven't figured out yet is why you never told me - and just who that guy in MetroGen is.
if you and he have been playing games with me the whole time!"
"I don't know what you mean about games," Clark said, puzzled.
"Well, you and he... I mean, if you're both Superman, which of you have
been with? Which of you took me flying? And... and other things? And... oh, you haven't both been Clark, have you?" Now Lois was beginning to sound seriously on edge, and Clark hastened to reassure her, on that point at least.
"Lois, it's only ever been me. He - the other guy - has only been around for the past couple of days. But can we leave him for later?" Clark asked. "It's just that... well, I know you're going to think it's pretty weird and incredible and..."
"No more incredible than the fact that I worked next to you for a year and a half and I never noticed that you had a little
going," Lois pointed out; this time he recognised that the sarcasm in her tone was directed at herself.
He gave a helpless shrug. "I've been covering up for myself a long time, Lois. Even before I became Superman, I had to hide what I can do."
"So... You're no farmer's son. You're from Krypton, and you can fly," Lois said thoughtfully. "Were you ever going to tell me?" The acerbic note was back.
"Yes, I was!" he insisted defensively. Then he sighed and became calmer. "You're right, I should have told you a lot sooner. I should have told you before I asked you out."
"You should have told me before I..." Lois broke off, shook her head and then sat on the sofa. "Before I thought you'd been killed right in front of me," she finished softly, a tiny choke in her voice.
Clark winced inwardly. As he'd implied to CK, he'd felt guilty about his actions at that time ever since, but there wasn't a lot he could do now to change anything. "I know," he replied quietly, coming to sit beside Lois and wondering if he dared take her hand in his. "That was... cruel. My only excuse is that at the time I had no idea how cruel it was - how upset you'd been by thinking that I was dead."
"You thought I wouldn't care?" The hurt in her voice flayed him, and he longed to pull her into his arms and comfort her. Somehow, though, he knew that this wasn't the time.
"It wasn't like that," he said, trying to find the words to explain. "I guess I thought you'd miss me... but... well, I was just your partner - okay, your friend by then. But... well, just a friend," he said, reluctant to tell her how much he'd longed for her to regard him as someone she loved. "I guess I knew you liked me, but I didn't realise... well, I never thought you'd care that much. And anyway," he finished quickly, before she could interrupt him, "I was trying to come to terms with the fact that it looked like Clark Kent really was dead. And I didn't know how it would help you to know that he wasn't, if it meant that he - I - couldn't come back anyway."
"Because even though you were alive and well, the world believed Clark had been killed," Lois mused aloud. "I guess I can understand that... but, Clark, knowing you were alive
have helped me. You have to understand that - and it hurts to know that you didn't then," she finished, turning to look at him with an accusing expression. "It hurts to know that you didn't think I cared that much about you."
"I'm sorry," was all he could say, shaking his head regretfully.
Lois grimaced, and he could see the conflict in her expression. "It's over and done with. I'm not happy about it, and you know me well enough to know that I can stay mad for a darned long time if I want to. And I might yet. But... I think right now we have more important things to talk about."
"If I was going to tell anyone, it would always have been you," Clark interjected quickly; it was the truth, and he wanted her to know that. "I've known for a while that if I could turn back time, I'd have told you then."
"I guess hindsight makes us all perfect," Lois said wryly. "I wish you had, Clark. That's the one thing which..." She broke off and shook her head, then continued. "I
understand why you didn't tell anyone about Superman. I can even understand why you didn't tell me, even when we became close friends," Lois told him, surprising him by how reasonable she was being in the circumstances. "I mean, I guess you've been keeping this secret all your life. And... maybe I didn't give you enough reason to expect that I could be trusted with it. Yeah, I've been thinking about all this," she added, making him realise that his surprise must have been visible.
"I should have trusted you, though," he admitted. And he knew it was true. "Lois, I never thought you'd... well, use the information against me or anything like that. And
not why I didn't tell you after I was shot."
"I know that," she said quickly. "I just wish you could've trusted me then."
"Me too," he said heavily. "I swear to you, Lois, if I had that time again..."
"Please, no!" she said, cutting across him. "Thinking I'd lost you once was bad enough..."
"You didn't," he pointed out huskily, this time reaching for her hand. She curled her fingers around his.
"Yeah, I didn't." She surprised him by tilting her chin to look at him and giving him a tentative half-smile. "Don't ever scare me like that again, Clark!"
"I'll try." He smiled back at her. "Just as long as I can manage to stay away from Kryptonite, I guess." He fell silent then, remembering how CK had looked in the hospital bed. Then, because he wasn't quite ready to explain CK just yet, he added, to move the subject away from Kryptonite again, "I really do trust you, Lois. I know it might not have looked that way, but I never thought you'd do anything to expose my secret or anything like that."
"Not even if it could have got me a Pulitzer?" she challenged wryly.
"Oh, when we first knew each other, you might have, I guess," he agreed with a smile. "But not for a long time after that. Don't forget, I know how much newsworthy stuff about me you've held back on. And don't think I don't appreciate it."
"I should hope so!" Lois sobered then. "Clark, you've got a lot of explaining to do. And the only reason I'm not making you do it all now is that I need to know who's in MetroGen masquerading as you, and because we have to stop Diana Stride before she tries to kill you again!"
"And tries to expose me as Superman," Clark completed. "Lois, I promise you that I'll explain everything," he promised her, speaking intensely. "Not now, but as soon as we get some time when we're not trying to foil a psychopathic murderer," he added dryly. "I want you to know everything about me."
Was that saying too much? he wondered. This had to be a lot for her to take in, and he didn't want to scare her off. But he wanted her as so much more than a friend in his life, and that meant that he wanted to have no secrets from her.
But she smiled shyly at him. "I'd like that."
From being uncertain about where the revelation took them, and ashamed of the way she'd treated Clark, Lois had found herself becoming hurt and angry as she and Clark had talked. But now, as his genuine contrition and earnestness had made its impression on her, she was suddenly feeling awkward again.
He wasn't just Clark Kent any longer. He was a man who could see through things, and could hear from long distances away, and could move at the speed of light... and who could fly.
He was Superman.
And she was Lois Lane, reporter, and ordinary human.
A Kerth-award winning reporter, though, and she'd never realised who her partner was. Oh, she'd richly deserved not being nominated this year!
Freeing her hand from Clark's suddenly, she reached for his glasses and pulled them off. He let her, sitting unmoving as she did so. Even still, he didn't look like Superman. He didn't look much like Clark either. But then he brushed one hand over his hair, flattening it, and then she saw.
"Superman," she murmured softly, looking at him.
"Clark," he responded, equally quietly. Letting his hair settle back into its normal springy style, he reached for both her hands, holding them firmly in his own. "I'm still Clark, Lois. I've always been Clark - I've only been Superman since that day on the Messenger transport."
So, Superman had grown up on Earth - but then, she should have worked that out as soon as Clark had shown her who he was. After all, she'd been to his family home; she'd seen photos of him as a baby.
Did that mean that Martha and Jonathan...? No. No, they were just ordinary Kansas farmers; she'd swear to it. An ordinary Mid-West couple who'd found themselves raising an extraordinary man.
And that extraordinary man worked as a reporter on a daily newspaper, earning a salary just like anyone else. He lived in an ordinary apartment, paid his taxes and voted, just like any other citizen. Why had no-one ever considered that Superman might be hiding in plain sight? Why
Superman hiding in plain sight?
But yet that one wasn't as much of a puzzle as it seemed. He'd told her that he was Clark, not Superman - which meant that the Clark side of his identity meant more to him than the Super-hero side. And that made sense, when she thought about it. She'd known both men - both versions of Clark - for around eighteen months. And it was obvious that it was the Clark version who had the more well-rounded personality. As far as Superman was concerned, she knew that he had a highly-developed sense of civic responsibility, something of a sense of humour, and could kiss amazingly well. But that was all she knew of his personality.
Clark... well, she could fill pages with what she'd known of Clark's personality even before this discovery.
Which reminded her...
could be pretty impressive in the kissing department, of course. So why had she never made the connection between him and Superman?
Idiot! You only saw what you wanted to see!
she told herself.
"Lois?" Clark prompted.
"Sorry - I was thinking," she apologised, letting her gaze drop to their joined hands. That was a reassuring factor, she reminded herself; she'd been in danger of thinking that Clark the Super-hero wasn't going to want to have anything romantically to do with Lois Lane, ordinary reporter, but his behaviour certainly seemed to be suggesting otherwise. Maybe she shouldn't write off their date just yet after all...
"I know it's a lot to take in," he agreed. "But nothing's really changed between us. And nothing's different in the way I feel about you."
She was tempted to ask... but then her courage failed. She wasn't entirely sure whether she was afraid to find out that he didn't care enough, or cared too much. Was she ready to be loved by Clark "Superman' Kent? There had, of course, been a time when she'd asked Superman to love her, but she'd known then that she was reaching for the unattainable. That was why the prospect of loving Clark had been so much more scary: he
attainable, within reach, and therefore much more likely to hurt her. Clark, in his new guise of both Super-hero and mortal, was at the same time attainable and way, way out of her league.
No, that was a subject better left for now.
Freeing her hands, she said, "I think you need to tell me who the other Superman is."
He sighed and shifted back along the sofa, away from her. "Okay. This is where you're going to think I've gone completely crazy..."
"You think?" she challenged him. "Right. I've just discovered that my partner - and the man I've agreed to go out with - is actually Superman. You think that anything else is going to surprise me after that?"
"This will." He reached for his glasses, which she was still holding, and put them on the coffee-table in front of them. "He's another Clark Kent, from a parallel universe."
Lois stared at him, her jaw dropping. He really expected her to believe that? "Come on, Clark - this is reality here, not an episode of Sliders!"
He simply looked at her, his dark eyes, now unobscured by glasses, telling her even more emphatically than words that he was telling the truth. And, she reminded herself, this was Superman she was talking to. Superman never lied - well, except for that one time which, she now realised, was in an attempt to protect himself. And anyway, she'd always known Clark to be irritatingly honest, except at those times when he just disappeared without warning...
...and which had obviously been occasions when he'd had to go and be Superman. How clear it all was now!
So Clark was telling the truth now. And the Superman - Clark Kent, he'd told her - in MetroGen was from another universe.
"Explain," she said simply, and waited.
The story he told her left her reeling in amazement. There was another universe almost exactly like theirs, with a Daily Planet and a Superman and Lois Lane, and almost all the events of their lives had been duplicated in that other universe.
"It sounds creepy," she said with a little shiver. "The thought that someone else has been living my life..."
"Well, it's not quite the same in every detail," Clark interjected. "Actually... well, going back to what you were saying earlier, CK told his Lois the truth about himself after he was shot." He sounded uncomfortable, she thought - and no wonder!
So, the other Clark Kent had confessed the truth to the Lois Lane in his life, and hadn't let her go on believing that he was dead. At least he'd had some sense of decency! All the same... "I bet she yelled at him," she said dryly, raising an eyebrow at her Clark.
"So I believe," Clark agreed, looking rueful. "I... well, I wasn't surprised, I have to admit."
"It's not that I - well, she - that
wouldn't have been glad to know that you were alive, Clark, but - "
He grimaced. "Let me guess. He lied? He didn't trust her? He left her not knowing for... well, however long it was before he went to see her, and I don't think it was immediately. Am I right?"
"Yeah," she agreed, and realised that, though he probably didn't know it, Clark's words had reinforced for her still more that, regardless of what she'd found out about him this evening, he was still her partner and her best friend. Only Clark knew her that well; only Clark would have been able to predict her reactions that accurately. He was still Clark, and always would be, no matter what.
But somehow, the thought of telling him that was something she shied away from. After all,
took his dual identity in his stride - of course he did! So to admit that she was having a lot of trouble coming to terms with it and reconciling the two sides of him in her mind was just a step too far. Especially when Clark, rather than Superman, was the side of him she most feared losing in the wake of his revelation.
So instead she forced herself to refocus on what they'd been talking about, expressing some of the feelings which were welling up inside her without actually giving away what had been bothering her most. "And more - you know, Clark, the more I think about it, the more I realise... I mean, you made me think that you were two different men! And the way I behaved with Superman... compared to the way I behaved with you..." She broke off, biting her lip and looking away in embarrassment, wondering whether the other Lois Lane had been equally stupid, equally so blind as not to see what was right under her nose. Had she been equally cruel to her Clark?
And could her Clark - could either Clark - forgive her?
She felt a touch on her shoulder, and glanced up to see Clark giving her a concerned look. "Lois, none of that matters," he said earnestly. "You didn't know. And you've been the best friend I could ever have wanted. Even when you were yelling at me, I always knew that you were there for me. And even though you knew I've been lying to you about something, you never let that get in the way of our friendship."
"Clark..." she began uncertainly, almost lost for words; his sincerity, and the look in his eyes, was making her almost tear up. He really didn't seem to mind about the way she'd treated him in the past, compared with her attitude to Superman. And didn't what he'd just said mean that he valued her relationship with
? That the Clark side of his persona was important to him too?
"Lois, I know this has been a shock," he said, his gaze concerned - and something else was lurking in his eyes too. Regret? "If you want to forget Saturday, or take a rain-check for a while, it's okay..."
Their date. He thought she wanted to change her mind.
It had been occurring to her to wonder why he'd want to go out with her anyway. He was Superman - so why would he want Lois Lane? But now he was looking at her in such a concerned, vulnerable way... and she reminded herself of one crucial fact.
Clark had asked her out. He
to go on a date with her. The fact that he was Superman was nothing new to him; he'd wanted her when she didn't know, and she had to assume that he still wanted her now that she did. And the way he was looking at her, with such an anxious expression as he waited for her response, told her that this mattered to him. He did want her.
"Clark, I meant what I said the other evening. I don't want to postpone our date. I don't need... I mean I know things have changed, but you're still Clark, aren't you? Just with a few... well, added extras, I guess."
That made him laugh. "That's one way of putting it!" But his eyes held an expression of deep affection... and something more. As she looked at him, holding his gaze, Lois wondered how many times she'd seen that same expression in Superman's eyes, but had missed its significance.
Clark had very deep feelings for her. Unless she was very much mistaken, he loved her. Not as a best friend, but as... more. He loved her the way he'd once told her he felt about her; the way she'd almost told him once that she felt about him.
The way she'd told Superman she felt about him... oh god, it was no wonder he'd rejected her that night!
Unable to speak for the lump in her throat, she simply gazed back at Clark. And then his arms came around her and he tugged her against him, hugging her warmly as he rested his chin against her head. She felt him drop a soft kiss against her hair and, deeply touched, she murmured, "Clark... don't ever let me lose you."
I love you,
she thought, but didn't dare to say the words. Not now. Not yet. Some time... maybe... she'd try to say them again. When she had the confidence to say them - and when she thought that Clark might actually believe her. Believe that she loved
, and not his cape-wearing alter ego.
"I won't, Lois, I swear it," he promised, a sincerity in his voice which made her heart contract.
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Christian de Sainte Marie wrote: > > Gary Hallmark wrote: >> >> Issue 1: We must state that all "initial facts" in the ruleset RS >> (here, p:A(0)) are removed from RS and become the initial working >> memory w0 > > We did not specify constructs to represent initialisation yet. I do > not know if we need them, but, indeed, this is a question to be raised > and resolved. So, I suggest adding the sub-issue: > > Issue 1': Does PRD need constructs for ruleset initialisation? That > is, is that something that is commonly used enough in PR languages > that we choudl have it in PRD? I'm not asking for a special PRD construct. Note that my example ruleset is a Core ruleset: Prefix(p someIRI) p:A(0) (* r1 *)Forall ?x (p:A(?x) :- p:A(External(func:numeric-minus(?x 1)))) Surely you agree we must handle the initial fact p:A(0) BTW, I think we also need to handle initial object facts, e.g. _o#p:myClass p:myClass##p:mySuper _o[p:mySlot->"foo"] These should also be in Core (although this hasn't been officially decided). They are needed for my XML schema to frames mapping proposal. > > Now, regarding that question of initial facts, all we can have in > terms of initialisation, in a RIF-PRD document, at this stage, are > ground assertions (actions) with empty (and thus always true) > conditions, and these should be handled just like regular rules. We need to align with the Core syntax. I think you are right, they can be handled in the semantics as rules that are always true. > If we want them to be fired first, it is for the conflict resolution > strategy (PICK) to say so. Yes, I think my pick proposal will do the right thing. > > So, my understanding of Gary's proposed Issue 1 is that it is really > equivalent to sub-issue 1'. Actually, I think it boils down to defining the syntax for the initial facts. As usual, I prefer maximum overlap with BLD/Core. > >> Issue 4: extractActions seems a bit underspecified as to how it >> "grounds" the actions in the rules, >> which may have variables. Also, its argument should be a single rule >> instance, not a list. >> I guess it is supposed to "plug in" the substitutions, so >> s = {p:A(1)} > > Yes, the spec of extractActions is a bit light. The input is an > orderet set of rule instances and not a single instance, because we > have not decided yet if PICK returns always a single instance, or > whether there are case where it returns a list. So, I suggest > splitting the issue in two: My engine fires a single rule at a time. I don't know of any that work differently. It complicates the spec. Why can't we decide this? > > Issue 4: extractActions needs be specified more completely. > > Issue 4': does PICK always return a single rule instance? That is, is > it useful to have PRD prepared to handle conflict resolution > strategies that select more than one rule instance to be fired? > > >> Issue 5: And(...) is undefined. We must define the PS before the >> semantics if we use the PS in the semantics. > > I do not understand: "And" is defined in the section about conditions. > It is used there in about the same way as above; and so it is in BLD > and FLD etc: what is it that makes its use in the spec of the > transition relation an issue, specifically? Sorry, after re-reading it is fine. > >> Also, this And takes a set as its first argument. I'll replace the >> set with its member: > > Right, some sloppiness in the spec, indeed. > >> ({p:A(0)}, p:A(1), w') →RIF-PRD if and only if, for every ground >> formula φ in W, >> w' |= φ if and only if And(p:A(0) p:A(1)) |= φ >> >> w' = {p:A(0) p:A(1)} >> >> Note: w' is not uniquely determined. E.g. w' = {And(1=1 p:A(0) >> p:A(1))} is ok, too. I guess this is fine. > > I do not understand why it is not uniquely determined? Either 1=1 is > something that is entailed by And(p:A(0) p:A(1)) or it is not. If it > is entailed, it is in w', if it is not entailed, it is not in w'. > Isn't that correct? I just meant it doesn't seem to matter whether 1=1 in in w'. Or whether p:A(0+0) is also in w'. I guess you could say it is unique modulo entailment. > > Of course, w is not only p:A(0) and p:A(1): it also contains all the > ground tautologies that follow from the specification of the condition > language, and all the ground facts that follow from the definition of > the data types, builtins and, generally, all the external knowledge. That's not at all clear. I find no need for w to be any more or less than what I wrote in my Review Example. > > So, it is really And(w, f), T |= phi, where T represents any addtional > theory that is used by the system (including, typically, the > classification theory that is provided by an object model). > > You did not want such additional theories to be mentionned in the spec > of pattern matching, in the previous version of the document. But, > maybe, it is now time to include it back, as we are closer to be able > to represent references to these theories (as XML schema, per your > action)? No. I advocate mapping a schema-valid XML document to RIF Core "initial facts", i.e. ground frame, membership, and subclass formulae. I don't want any unspecified additional theories.Received on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 19:55:22 UTC
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Spiritistic Phenomena As Evidence Of Life After Death
( Originally Published 1904 )
IN the examination of any question requiring the exercise of the power or faculty of discrimination between what is and what is not good evidence for or against a given proposition it is always best to begin by excluding from the field of inquiry all irrelevant side issues. In no realm of human inquiry is the application of this rule more important, nor is it anywhere more generally disregarded than in estimating the value of spirit phenomena as evidence of life after death.
It is true that a vast congeries of phenomena, of indefinitely varied character, is presented for our consideration, each of which we are invited to believe is produced by a disembodied spirit ; and to the superficial observer each is entitled to a separate investigation, or at least to equal consideration as to its evidential value. It is, however, obvious to the scientific investigator that this assumption is not warranted, and that, in point of fact, there must be much of the phenomena that in itself possesses no evidential value whatever.
A moment's consideration will reveal a clear line of demarcation between those phenomena which may possess evidential value and those which can by no possibility prove or disprove the claim of spiritism. The latter class comprises all of the physical phenomena, such as rapping, table-tipping, levitation of ponderable bodies without physical contact or mechanical appliances, slate-writing, et hoc genus omne. It is not, how-ever, necessary either to doubt or deny that these phenomena are produced by supernormal means, except perhaps for the purpose of assuming to be ultra-scientific; nor is it necessary to believe in their genuineness, for they all may be fraudulently produced; or they may all be veridical without affecting the question of spirit intercourse. A few words will make my meaning clear.
Let us take, for example, the phenomenon of levitation of furniture. In itself it is no more wonderful that a table should be lifted without physical contact than that a horseshoe magnet should levitate its armature. There is, however, a vast difference between the two phenomena, in that there is an intelligence connected with the movements of the table. It will answer questions and carry on a conversation with those present; and in answer to a question as to the source of the intelligence, the usual reply is that it is the spirit of some deceased person. And here let me say, in all candor, that, in the absence of the light afforded by recent discoveries in psychology, the animistic theory of causation was the most rational explanation of the phenomena. But of this later on. The point I wish to make now is that it is the intelligence with which we have to deal in searching for an explanation of the phenomena. The physical phenomena of themselves afford no possible clue to their origin ; and it is only by an analysis of the intelligence displayed — that is to say, the " communications " received — that we can find evidence as to their source. We may therefore safely leave out of consideration all purely physical phenomena, at least until we have definitely located the source of the alleged communications. The advantages arising from pursuing this logical " method of exclusion " are these : (1) the issue is vastly simplified ; (2) the range of inquiry is confined to essentials ; (3) it eliminates from the field of inquiry a vast number of phenomena each of which easily lends itself to fraud and legerdemain, and neither of which, whether genuine or fraudulent, possesses in itself the slightest evidential value.
In pursuing the policy of ignoring irrelevant questions, that of the selection of a proper psychic, or " medium," is also very much simplified. All that is required is one who has acquired the power of selfhypnotization, or, as it is commonly termed, the power to enter with facility the condition of trance, and while in that state to answer questions and perform the usual mental feats of so-called mediumship. As an example of this method of investigation reference is made to that adopted by the Society for Psychical Research, and to the celebrated Mrs. Piper as a representative of the type of medium required.
The theory of spiritism is that spirits of the dead take possession of mediums of this class and employ their vocal organs and hands, respectively, for speaking and writing directly to those present, the functions of the medium's brain being in the meantime suspended.
This at once presents the real issue : is it true that spirits of the dead communicate with the living through so-called spirit mediums ? Or, to put it still more fairly and conservatively, is there any valid evidence that spirits do so communicate ?
In discussing this question it is first in order to inquire what reasons are given by spiritists for believing that the so-called communications, purporting to emanate from disembodied spirits, are in reality what they are alleged to be. It will then be in order to examine the validity of those reasons, or, in other words, to inquire whether the phenomena cannot be otherwise accounted for. In making the latter inquiry I will strenuously insist upon the recognition of the axiom of science that " we have no logical right to attribute any phenomenon to supermundane agency that can be accounted for on principles of natural law."
In stating the reasons for the spiritist belief I will endeavor to do so with absolute fairness, and to that end I will suppose the most favorable conditions that a spiritist could desire. The " reasons " naturally group themselves under two heads. The first group pertains exclusively to the medium, and the second to the character of the " communications." They will be considered separately and in their order. The first group may be stated as follows :
1. The medium is honest, and is normally incapable of dissimulation.
2. The medium sincerely believes the communications to be what they purport to be.
3. The medium is unconscious of having any part or lot in determining the contents or character of the communications, or of possessing any psychological power or attribute that would render unconscious participation possible.
4. The medium, though normally possessing no dramatic power whatever, often personates the soi-disant spirit with wonderful accuracy, often to the extent of imitating the voice, gestures, and even the mental idiosyncrasies of the supposed personality.
5. The alleged spirit often manifests mental and moral characteristics antipodal to those normally possessed by the medium, sometimes strenuously disputing her preconceived opinions, and often displaying an obliquity shocking to her moral sensibilities.
It is obvious that here is a series of statements which, if true and unexplained, go far toward establishing the validity of the claims of spiritism. A very few years ago these statements could be met in but one of three ways, namely, (1) a denial of the facts, (2) a charge of fraud against the medium, or (3) an admission of the tenability of the spiritist hypothesis. To-day it would be foolish to deny the facts, since they can be so easily substantiated ; to charge the medium with dishonesty would raise an irrelevant side issue; and, in view of the discoveries of modern science, the spiritist hypothesis is no longer tenable. That is to say, the phenomena can now be accounted for by reference to known psychological laws. We may, therefore, begin by admitting all that is embraced in the foregoing propositions; for we shall have no difficulty in finding a solution for all that is mysterious in the phenomena on principles of natural law with which scientists are now well acquainted — principles which are perfectly consistent with the integrity of all concerned, and which, more-over, obviate all necessity for seeking a solution in the realms of the supermundane.
It seems almost superfluous to say that a perfect solution of all this phase of spiritistic phenomena is found in the law of suggestion. This law is known to every psychological student, except perhaps a few scientists who are committed to the spiritistic hypothesis. For their benefit I will explain briefly what the law is. It was discovered a few years ago by European scientists in the course of their investigations of the psychological problems of hypnotism. It was found that hypnotic subjects invariably accept, believe, act upon, and carry to its legitimate conclusion every statement, or " suggestion," that is made to them. Thus, if a subject is told that he is blind, he will manifest every symptom of a total lack of visual powers. If told that he is deaf, the unexpected firing of a gun in his presence does not startle him. Apparently he does not hear it. If told that he is an infant, " mewling and puking in the nurse's arms," he will simulate physical helplessness and an infantile mentality. In short, he may be told that he is a dog or a devil, a demon or an angel, and he will carry the suggestion to its legitimate conclusion, so far as it is physically possible, firmly believing the suggestion to be true. What is more to our present purpose, if the suggestion is made that he is some other individual, he will impersonate that individual with wonderful accuracy and dramatic power, the excellence of the performance depending, of course, upon his knowledge of the characteristics of the personage represented. What is still more suggestive of our theme is the fact that any good hypnotic subject will respond to the suggestion that he is possessed by a spirit ; and, other things being equal, he will deliver messages from the spirit suggested precisely as a genuine so-called medium would do it.
These phenomena, together with innumerable cognates, each pointing to the one conclusion, led to the discovery of the law of suggestion. At first it was supposed to apply only to persons in a state of lucid somnambulism, whether spontaneous or induced ; but it was eventually discovered to be a general law, governing, at all times and under all conditions, that part of man's mental organism which is the active agency in the production of all psychic phenomena. Under the theory of duality of mind, which is now very generally either openly advocated or tacitly admitted to be a good working hypothesis, this intelligence has been variously designated by psychic scientists as the " secondary personality," the " subliminal consciousness," the " subconscious mind," the " unconscious mind," the " subjective mind," etc. I have ventured to adopt the term " subjective mind," for the reason that, unlike most of the older terms, it does not imply a theory either of causation or of its relation to the mind of ordinary waking consciousness. Besides, it is the mind which is exclusively concerned with subjective states, conditions, activities, and phenomena. But, by whatever term it may be designated, the fact remains that it possesses powers and faculties exclusively its own, and it is hedged about by distinctive limitations. Among the former is the power or faculty of telepathy, and among the latter is its constant amenability to control by the wonderful power of suggestion.
It will now be seen that each of the five foregoing propositions of spiritism may be admitted to be true without affecting adversely the argument against the spiritistic interpretation of the phenomena. Indeed, there are not to be found in the wide repertoire of psychic phenomena better illustrations of the potency of suggestion, or of the universality of the law, than are found in the phenomena of spiritism. It is, therefore, unnecessary to question the sincerity of the medium, for the reason that if she is in a subjective or trance condition she is compelled to accept the suggestions imparted to her. Besides, it must be remembered that a medium commences her career under the dominance of the suggestion that she is dealing with spirits. Her education, her training, her whole environment, lend their aid to enforce that suggestion. Her reason tells her that it is true, for she knows of no other explanation. She has never heard of the laws of suggestion; or if she has, she either thinks that it does not apply to her case, or, more likely, she does not comprehend it at all. She only knows that in the trance condition she is dominated by an intelligence that seems to be independent of her own control. It says things that she has not consciously thought of, and it knows things that she does not remember in her normal condition. Of course she is honest in her belief that the intelligence manifested is just what it purports to be; and of course she is unconscious of having anything to do with the communications. Moreover, she may be unaware that she possesses any psychological power that would render unconscious participation possible. Thus it frequently happens that when a medium reveals something that is known only to the sitter, she denies the possession of any telepathic power whatever. Perhaps she has never indulged in experimental telepathy, per se, and is honestly ignorant of her own psychic powers. In any event, she is not a logician, and does not know that she is begging the question. But she is not alone in that, for many so-called " scientists " are guilty of the same logical offence when they deny that a good medium is necessarily a telepathist.
In regard to the wonderful dramatic power often displayed by mediums in impersonating an alleged spirit, enough has already been said. It is sufficient to know that precisely the same results flow from the same suggestion to a hypnotized subject. But there is one consideration that should not be lost sight of in this connection.
Astonishment has often been provoked by the fact that a hypnotized clodhopper, normally destitute of dramatic ability, often displays wonderful powers in that direction when impersonating suggested characters. The same remark applies alike to hypnotized subjects and to mediums, and the. same explanation applies to both. I venture to say that much of the mystery will disappear when it is remembered that there is, necessarily, a wide difference between conscious and unconscious impersonation. In the former the actor is normal, and is forced to study the character he seeks to imitate, to remember every gesture, tone of voice, and mental peculiarity, and to consciously reproduce the entire personality of another. In short, his effort is to identify himself with the personality he represents ; and in so far as he is capable of doing so he succeeds as an actor. On the other hand, the psychic, under suggestion, completely identifies himself with the suggested personality; for he believes himself to be that person. In his case, therefore, impersonation is not " acting " in the sense in which the term is usually understood. It is simply following an irresistible impulse to carry the suggestion to its logical conclusion ; and this he does easily and naturally, just so far as he is acquainted with the character assumed — but no farther. If, now, we take into consideration the wonderful memory of the subjective mind, together with its potentially perfect powers of logical deduction from suggested premises, it will readily be seen that the law of suggestion affords a perfect explanation of the facility with which entranced mediums impersonate the characters of suggested spirits.
Cognate to this question is the fifth and last in this group, namely, Why is it that so-called " spirits," if they are not what is represented, often antagonize the medium and manifest mental and moral characteristics antipodal to those she is known to possess?
This is a very pertinent and far-reaching question; but a perfect answer is easily found in the same law of suggestion. If we will stop one moment to consider the question, What is the salient, dominating idea conveyed by the suggestion to a medium's mind that she is con-trolled by a spirit of some deceased person? it will be found that the main question answers itself. It is obvious that the dominant idea conveyed by the suggestion of spirit control is, necessarily, that the con-trolling mentality is extraneous to, and independent of, that of the medium. The logical deduction is that the medium is in no way responsible for the character of the manifestations, and that, in the multiplicity of good and bad spirits which are supposed to surround every medium, she is liable at any moment to be seized upon by some vagrant spirit whose moral character and philosophical opinions may be highly antagonistic to her own. In short, the suggestion of an extraneous personality dominating the mentality of the medium necessarily carries with it the suggestion of independence; and the latter suggestion can be carried out only by occasional antagonism.
It is scarcely necessary to say that the foregoing can be demonstrated by experimental hypnotism. Indeed, it is not too much to say that all the mental phenomena of spiritism can be reproduced by that means. It is, in fact, well known to many that some of the most celebrated mediums now living have been trained to their work by means of hypnotism.
I have now briefly stated, and, I hope, fairly answered, the first group of reasons offered by spiritists for the faith that is in them. If I have omitted any important claim that pertains to the personality of the medium, I am not aware of it, and I would be thankful to be set right. I submit that thus far I have shown that all that is mysterious is easily explicable by reference to psychological laws with which science is now well acquainted.
The second group of facts and phenomena upon which spiritism pins its faith pertains exclusively to the character and contents of the " communications " received through entranced mediums from alleged spirits of the dead.
The salient features of the messages which it will be necessary to examine may be stated as follows :
1. Statements of fact known to the medium.
2. Statements of fact not known to the medium, but known to some other person present.
3. Statements of fact known neither to the medium nor to any other person present.
In the last class may be grouped :
1. Events occurring at or before the time the message is delivered, and known to a relative, a friend, or an acquaintance of some one present at the sitting.
2. Facts known only to a deceased communicator during his natural life, a friend, a relative, or an acquaintance of his being present.
3. Facts known only to the alleged spirit during life, no relationship between decedent and any one present being known to exist.
Subsequent verification of the facts in each case is, of course, presupposed.
Again I will reduce the sum total of possible irrelevant side issues by presupposing the medium to be absolutely honest, and proceeding at once to the consideration of the various phases of the phenomena above enumerated.
The first class of communications, namely, those containing " statements of facts known to the medium," for obvious reasons need not be specially considered further than to remark, in the language of Mr. F. W. H. Myers, president of the Society for Psychical Research, that from the medium's own mind " the vast bulk of the messages are undoubtedly drawn, even when they refer to matters which the automatist once knew but has entirely forgotten. Whatever has gone into the mind may come out of the mind ; although this automatism may be the only way of getting at it." — (See Science and a Future Life, p. 32.)
In regard to the second class of messages, namely, those containing " statements of facts not known to the medium, but known to some other person present," Mr. Myers has this to say : "Secondly, there is a small percentage of messages apparently telepathic, -- containing, that is to say, facts probably unknown to the automatist, but known to some living person in his company, or connected with him." — (Ibid.)
I have made these quotations from Mr. Myers for three reasons, namely, First, because he is one of the ablest and fairest of the Psychical Researchers who have committed themselves to the spiritistic hypothesis. Secondly, because he distinctly recognizes telepathy as the obvious explanation of the second class of messages. Thirdly, for the reason that, inasmuch as I shall endeavor to make it clear that all that is mysterious in any of the above-named classes of messages is easily explicable under the telepathic theory, I wish first to show definitely the point where our paths diverge.
This parting of the ways occurs when the third class of communications is reached, namely, those containing facts " known neither to the medium nor to any other person present." It is at this point that the issue is declared between the two hypotheses, — the spiritistic and the telepathic. On the one hand, spiritists decline to accept telepathy as a possible factor in the case if no one having knowledge of the facts related by the medium is actually present at the sitting. On the other hand, the advocates of the telepathic theory of explanation hold that if any living person who is in telepathic rapport with any one present has knowledge of the facts related, we are logically compelled to accept the telepathic hypothesis. This, of course, involves the denial on the one hand, and the affirmation on the other, that more than two persons may be concerned in the transmission of a telepathic message. And it is upon the settlement of this question that the whole controversy hinges. Reduced to its lowest terms, the question at issue may be thus stated affirmatively :
If A can, by any known means of communication, convey a message to B, B can convey the same message, by the same means, to C, other things, of course, being equal.
The truth of this proposition seems to be self-evident. It is certainly true of all physical means of communication. Why is it not true of telepathy? is a question that spiritists must solve or be thrown out of court. Telepathy is a known means of communicating facts from mind to mind. At least it is known to spiritists and Psychical Researchers, and it is to them that I am addressing my remarks. If, then, A is aware of a fact and is in telepathic rapport with B, he can communicate that fact to B. When that is done, the information henceforth constitutes a part of the mental equipment of B, who can, in turn, transmit the information to C (the medium) by the same means by which he received it from A. If not, why not?
This question has been asked before. More than seven years has elapsed since this hypothesis was first promulgated and this question asked. Thus far no one has ventured an answer to the question, or even to state the proposition fairly. It has, however, often been remarked that. " it is carrying telepathy too far "; that it "stretches the telepathic hypothesis " all out of shape, or words to that effect ; that it involves the supposition of " infinite telepathy," " omniscient telepathy," and so forth. In other words, it has thus far been dismissed by spiritists with a Podsnappian wave of the hand. Even Mr. Andrew Lang, who believes in the telepathic hypothesis, finds it expedient to throw a sop to the spiritistic Cerberus by declaring it to be a " wild hypothesis," and this as a preliminary to showing that it is obviously the only tenable hypothesis outside the realms of superstition. (See S. P. R. Proceedings, No. 36.) Mr. Lang also gives the hypothesis a new and somewhat formidable name, " telepathie a trois," which, being interpreted, means telepathy by three — which is not so formidable. (Ibid.) I have no fault to find with the name, however, for it is a very appropriate addition to the terminology of psychic science.
Now let us briefly inquire whether telepathy a trois really stretches the telepathic hypothesis beyond recognition, or if it deserves to be stigmatized by its friends as a " wild hypothesis." We will begin, not with a spiritistic seance, but with a prosaic experiment in telepathy, made in the city of Washington a few years ago, the telepathist being a hypnotized subject. A gentleman from New Orleans — almost a total stranger — happened to be present, and in the course of the evening asked the telepathist to describe his (the stranger's) home in New Orleans. The description was made, and declared by the gentleman to be perfect as to all the inmates of the house ; and the arrangement and furniture of all the rooms, except the parlor, were satisfactorily described, even to some of the pictures on the walls. The parlor, however, was said to be all wrong. The carpet and furniture were declared to be totally unlike anything actually in the room. The piano was described as an upright, whereas the gentleman said that it was an old-fashioned square piano. On his return home, however, he found that the telepathist was right. His wife had planned a pleasant surprise for him, and had refurnished the parlor during his absence, and installed a new upright piano, paying for it all out of savings from her allowance of pin money. If this was not telepathy a trois, will any spiritist tell me just what it was? Is it " stretching " the telepathic hypothesis to suppose that the husband and wife were en rapport? Is it "carrying telepathy too far" to suppose that her pleasant anticipations of her husband's return, and of his agreeable surprise, caused her to "think of him emotionally "? Did it require " omniscient telepathy " to enable the psychic to read all this in the subjective mind of the husband? In this case spirits were out of the question, for everybody concerned was very much alive, and the hypnotist and his psychic were neither of them spiritists.
I once hypnotized a lady and asked her to describe my home, which she knew nothing of. She described everything correctly, even a huge mastiff lying on a bear-skin rug on the library floor. But doubt was thrown upon her lucidity when she described the library desk as being covered with a white cloth, and said that a lady was sitting at the desk, " doing something" which she could not clearly make out. As my desk is covered with black cloth, and as ladies seldom work at it, I regarded the description as an effort at guessing. But on my return home I learned that my wife had been " doing something" with pulverized sugar, and had covered the table with newspapers to prevent accidents to the black cloth. As that was the only time in the long history of my library desk that it had been so covered or so employed, I cannot ascribe the phenomenon to coincidence. Nor can I think of any other way of explaining it than on the theory of telepathy a trois.
Some one, however, may say that " clairvoyance " affords an easy explanation of both these incidents. But if he is not aware that clairvoyance itself is explicable only on the telepathic hypothesis, I refer him to such incidents as that related by Mr. Lang in the article above referred to. In a crystal-gazing experiment in London the psychic saw a vision of something that had happened to one of Mr. Lang's friends in India several days previous to the date of the experiment. It was subsequently verified, and Mr. Lang refers to it as a case of telepathy a trois, and also as one which excluded both the spiritistic and the " clairvoyance " hypotheses, since all were alive, and the event happened several days before the vision was seen in the crystal.
Now it must not be forgotten that phenomena cognate to the foregoing are produced every day in the year, wherever telepathic experiments are intelligently conducted. They are largely unnoted and unrecorded, for their supreme evidential value and importance are not generally understood or appreciated. That is to say, there are few among the thousands who are conducting experiments in telepathy, and still fewer of those who are invoking the spirits of the dead through mediums, who realize that upon the settlement of the question of telepathy a trois depends the scientific and logical solution of the whole problem of alleged spirit intercourse with the living through so-called mediums. And this I unhesitatingly affirm to be true; for if it is true that a fact communicated by one person to another by means of telepathy can then be transmitted by the second to a third person by the same means, it affords an obvious and easy telepathic explanation of every alleged spirit communication that has ever been recorded. A very few words will suffice to explain my meaning.
I have already shown how the hypothesis applies to events occurring at or before the time the message is delivered, and known to a relative, a friend, or an acquaintance of some one present, the spirit hypothesis being excluded by the fact that all concerned were living, — the only further remark necessary in reference to cases arising under this head being that since telepathy a trois furnishes a complete explanation of the telepathic experiments related, it is difficult to imagine any valid reason for changing the explanation, even if the sitting had been called a spirit seance. Thus the suggestion to the psychics in either of the foregoing cases that spirits were present to show them the rooms would have resulted precisely as it did result. Again, the suggestion might have been that the psychics were "clairvoyant," and the results would have been identical. The rooms would have been described as clearly under any one suggestion as under any other in the list. The difference, then, lies wholly in the suggestion made to the psychic, and not in the facts. Is it conceivable that the explanation varies with the suggestion under which the psychic happens to do the work ? If not, there must be some one explanation applicable to all forms and kinds of suggestion, and the only tenable solution is necessarily one that rests on a vera causa. I submit that the telepathic explanation is the only one that is thus sustained. That is to say, we know telepathy to be a power of the subjective mind, and we know that all psychics assume the hypothesis suggested to them, whether it be spirit control, or clairvoyance, or telepathy pure and simple. I submit that we have neither logical right nor occasion to ascribe to supermundane origin any phenomenon that is explicable by reference to efficient causes that we know to exist, inherent, in the minds of living people.
The next class on the list, namely, communications embracing facts known only to the deceased during his life, a relative or a friend being present at the sitting, can easily be accounted for on the theory of telepathy a trois, since friends, relatives, and acquaintances are well known to be, potentially, en rapport at all times. The facts in the supposed case may have been telepathically communicated years before the death of the agent; but as the memory of the subjective, mind is potentially perfect, the facts may be drawn forth by telepathic agency at any subsequent time under proper conditions. There are, however, many cases, apparently belonging to this class, where the sitter's ignorance of the facts is due to forgetfulness. In other words, he may have known the facts and entirely forgotten them. As Mr. Myers justly remarks, " whatever has gone into the mind may come out of the mind." Such a case, however, would not be telepathy a trois. But it would be obtaining telepathic information residing exclusively in the subjective mind — or, as Mr. Myers would say, the " subliminal consciousness " - of the sitter. And so would the same information received telepathically by the same sitter reside exclusively in his subjective mind. Will some good spiritist please explain why information can be drawn from the sitter's mind by means of telepathy in one case and not in the other? Prima facie the conditions are parallel, except as to the means by which the sitter obtained the information; and I submit that the onus probandi rests upon the the logical attitude of spiritism as grossly violative of that fundamental axiom of science which denies our logical right to seek in supermundane realms for causes that can be found in the domain of natural law.


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Where: Mill Street Crepe Company, 14 Mill Street, Almonte
What: Crêpes
Comments: I have to say I just love how the food scene in my town is evolving! A few weeks ago I heard there was another new restaurant in town, so of course, I had to find a way to check it out. It is in a newly renovated building that has had many lives from grocery store to hardware store to variety store. They have developed the space into a small mall (for lack of a better word). Chef Theo Yeaman has brought some exciting new flavours to Mill Street. The restaurant is a great space - with the old wooden structure clearly visible in the ceiling. The space is bright and welcoming, as is the staff. We were recently there for a late breakfast/early lunch (let's be honest - our first meal of the day is rarely before 11:00 am on a Saturday, so we are always happy to see those that accommodate).
|Foraged Leek & Mushroom Crepe
I ordered the Foraged Mushroom and Leek crêpe with a light tarragon cream sauce. The crêpes come with an option of soup or salad, so I ordered the Mill Street Salad. The salad was very, very good. All the flavours and textures I love.
|Mill Street Salad
Fresh young greens, cream bits of goat cheese, finely sliced candy cane beets, pickled red onions and the sweet crunchy candied walnuts. To be honest, I would consider ordering a larger one and having that for my entire meal. Sometimes salads just don't cut it - it's like sometimes chefs forget that everything on the plate will be going into someone's mouth and scrutinized. Thanks for making a perfect salad, for me.
|Don's Housemade Italian Sausage Crepe
My husband had the Italian Sausage crêpe. Italian sausage, roasted peppers, basil, eggplant and a little ricotta. His starter was the Roasted Onion and Young Garlic soup. A creamy, delicious, velvety soup topped with croutons and pine nuts (my only critique - a pinch of salt would have made it perfect).
|Roasted Onion & Young Garlic Soup
As a crêpe lover, my husband had to have dessert and was not disappointed the Traditional crêpe with brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon and melted butter. The bite I scooped was everything a dessert crepe should be. Our kind server tried to coax me into some pumpkin ice cream, but I'm a tough sell on dessert. We will go back and give them a try for dinner.
|Traditional Crepe


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With several alumni looking on, the Boston College women's ice hockey team skated to a 5-2 home opener victory against Brown. Taylor Wasylk netted two more goals while Andrea Green, Blake Bolden, and Ashley Motherwell scored their first goals of the season in the win. Despite scoring two, Brown could not rally to defeat the eighth-ranked Eagles.
For the second consecutive game BC scored in the first minute of play. After Kelli Stack's faceoff, Wasylk put the puck home first at 00:25, with assists from Blake Bolden and Katelyn Kurth.
Green's goal came next at 8:25 in the first, assisted by Melissa Bizzari and Mary Restuccia. Brown responded two minutes later with a goal by Laurie Jolin.
BC increased its lead by two in the second period with a power play goal from Blake Bolden and another by Wasylk.
Motherwell netted the Eagles' final goal at 3:46 in the third, assisted by Stack. The Bears were able to sneak one past goaltender Kiera Kingston, but it was not enough to tackle BC's three point lead.
The Eagles dominated the offense, outshooting Brown 40-9. BC's Molly Schaus earned her fifth win of the season with six saves. Kingston had one.
Today's win improves Boston College to 5-0-1, while Brown drops its first game of the season to start 0-1-0.
BC is off for the week and will resume play on Saturday, October 30 at Hockey East opponent Connecticut at 1:00 p.m. The Eagles will host Connecticut the next afternoon at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 31.
Game Notes: BC women's hockey welcomed several alumni to today's game in culmination of Alumni Weekend...Hall of Famers Laura Traynham Hannon (BC '97) and Erin Magee (BC '99) dropped the ceremonial puck to start the game...Taylor Wasylk now leads the offense with 12 points on six goals and six assists... Kelli Stack kept her point streak alive to all six games with an assist... Andrea Green, Blake Bolden, and Ashley Motherwell all scored their first goals of the season... Mary Restuccia leads the team in assists with Wasylk with six.


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Mystery Bird photographed at Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Marie-Louise Ng, 17 December 2011 (with permission) [velociraptorize].
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This cute pair of Asian mystery birds are common and easy-to-identify, but this image is so adorable that I had to share it with you anyway. That said, there is something quite remarkable about these birds: they are giving us a real-life lesson in how quickly evolution can happen -- can you tell me a little about that? Can you identify these birds' taxonomic family and species?
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3. Describe the key field marks that distinguish this species from any similar ones.
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1. This is meant to be a learning experience where together we learn a few things about birds and about the process of identifying them (and maybe about ourselves, too).
2. Each mystery bird is usually accompanied by a question or two. These questions can be useful for identifying the pictured species, but may instead be used to illustrate an interesting aspect of avian biology, behaviour or evolution, or may be intended to generate conversation on other topics, such as conservation or ethics.
3. Thoughtful comments will add to everyone's enjoyment, and will keep the suspense going until the next teaser is published. Interesting snippets may add to the knowledge of all.
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