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According to physicist Stephen Hawking, theology is unnecessary when it comes to explaining the origins of the universe. "God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator," Hawking said on "Larry King Live." He goes on to say: "Science can explain the universe, and that we don't need God to explain why there is something rather than nothing, or why the laws of nature are what they are." Does Hawking's statement anger you? How do you, as a person of faith, balance theology and science when speaking about the origins of existence? Are religious responsible for knowing both sides of the creation equation?
Science doesn't anger me. My faith is not threatened by it. Anglicanism has always seen human reason as a perfectly valid source of authority, along with scripture and church tradition. Still, Stephen Hawking's statement does highlight a shift, if not a crisis in theology, among thoughtful Christians.
The Nicene Creed, which I say every Sunday, begins: "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen." Yet, just as I do not understand God to be a literal father, a gendered anthropomorphic being, so I do not understand God to be the literal creator of the universe, in a hands-on, clay-molding way ("Here's the sun — Ta da!"). So, if you get right down to it, I'm saying "I believe" something I don't literally believe.
I can always reconcile faith and science by saying that the Big Bang was God's idea. Or that it's because of God's goodness that gravity and quantum theory should so magnificently structure the universe. I call this the "turtles, all the way down" answer — a phrase popularized by Hawking himself. We can choose to find God, find grace, in the subflooring of scientific theory.
But I am more likely to reconcile faith and science by mysticism. Some look at the beauty of nature and say, "Surely there must be a God, who created all this." I look at the same beauty and say, "Ah yes, God is beauty, and here is an icon of it, for me to enjoy. Here is nature, to escort me into and help me bask in the beauty and peace which is God. I don't need for God to have caused nature; I just know that nature helps me find God."
If Hawking is right, that causes no crisis of faith for me. I don't need for God to be the creator of the universe. "Creator" is just a handy word, to express the abundance of life which God is for me. I know God exists because I have been in the presence of God; I need no further proof than that.
The Rev. Amy Pringle
St. George's Episcopal Church,
La Cañada
I took science in college that explained the idea of the creation story, the Earth only being about 4,000 to 5,000 years old. It was a pretty good argument and they had some scientific evidence to back it up. They ended it with the idea that even Darwin renounced his theory at the end of his life. We could have a debate on this issue as well; in fact, I could write a whole article on this topic alone.
But to answer the question, it doesn't really bother me. I live in an environment where I have Christians who believe as I do, others that are more rigid and extreme, and brilliant people who do not have any belief in God. The point is, I believe the creation theory; but thoughts contrary to it to not ruffle my feathers.
Hawking also said that if he could travel through time — which he said is theoretically possible — he would go to the future to "find if M-theory is indeed a theory of everything." (M-theory presents an idea about the basic substance of the universe.) So where is his proof on this topic?
Debates between Christians, scientists and even scientists who adhere to the Christian faith will ensue as long as there is human existence. My viewpoint is that we just need to know what we believe and realize. Does it really matter if we are not in the sciences? It certainly is not an issue of salvation.
Kimberlie Zakarian
La Vie Counseling Center,
Everyone says goofy things from time to time, even the brightest among us. Stephen Hawking is not immune, neither does he approach "theology" with benevolent neutrality. Hawking is also not God, nor can he mathematically deny God's existence; this second part about the inability to deny God's existence, Hawking seems to affirm. But the wackiness of Hawking's assertions can be seen in his using laws of the existent universe to explain its existence, knowing full well these laws didn't exist before the universe which exhibits them. In other words, before something comes into existence, it doesn't exist. Nothing there is just that, nothing! And the scientific law of biogenesis states "from nothing, nothing derives." As well, science is a discipline that only observes the physical universe, of which God and eternity are separate.
In seminary I learned an interesting equation which Hawking tries unsuccessfully to sidestep. It goes like this: The universe had a beginning (science and theology generally agree) and things that have beginnings have some cause for their genesis. The cause must exist beyond and before them, and theologians call this cause "God." Now the option may be that the cause is personal or impersonal, but only a person determines to cause. Ergo, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1 NIV).
Yes, it bothers me when celebrities pontificate about things of which they know little, and audiences listen because they are renown in some other discipline.
Should clergy be apprised of both sides of arguments relating to their faith? Absolutely. We can't spend every waking moment putting out the devil's fires, nor can anyone know everything about everything; but we should know something about things challenging our doctrine. If we're proven wrong, let's admit the earth is flat. If we're right, eternal life and everlasting damnation are the stakes.
The Rev. Bryan Griem
Montrose Community Church,
Stephen Hawking's statement doesn't anger me.
All truth is God's truth, and that includes all scientific facts. As a God of order he has made consistent natural laws that we can rely on and study. My understanding of the scientific approach is that we as imperfect, finite creatures are trying to understand creation only by what we can observe and test. And that's always going to be limited and imperfect. Science will never give us all the answers, and many of the answers we claim to have now may, in the future, prove to be incorrect.
I'm all for Christians excelling in the sciences and becoming acquainted with current scientific theories. I believe that science will ultimately prove, not disprove, the claims of the Bible. I keep in mind that science cannot provide an eyewitness account of the creation, but that the Bible does. Scripture also teaches us that creation has a purpose.
Colossians 1:16 affirms that: "By Him (Jesus Christ) all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created by Him and for Him."
Our hearts cry out for purpose in life that rises above mere biological existence. Our faith satisfies that very real, God-given need.
Pastor Jon Barta
Valley Baptist Church,
I'm not so sure it's a matter of balancing theology and science as much as it's an issue of accepting progress and collective intelligence.
Personally, I can't accept the stories of Noah's Ark and Adam and Eve as truths, for example. These are stories with morals — more commonly referred to as fables — written by people who possessed no ability to scientifically explain natural disasters or how evolution actually occurred.
This isn't a practice exclusive to religions. The Greek civilization sought to explain the existence of stars, planets and behavior of nature using gods and goddesses. These tales existed because no one knew any better, and an explanation — any explanation — was more comforting than the unknown.
To accept every word in the Bible as true would be irresponsible, considering what we know. That blind adherence is naïve at best and downright dangerous at worst. Consider Leviticus 25:44: "I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided I purchase them from neighboring nations." If we were to accept that as true, we could drive down to Mexico and purchase indentured servants. Leviticus 19:19 gives me the right to stone my neighbor for planting two different crops. And Exodus 21:7 allows me to sell my daughter into slavery.
It seems to me that if we are going to shun everything we know about science and go with the fairy tale that God created everything in seven days, then we might as well stick with everything in the Bible, regardless of how morally repugnant it may be in our day and age.
Gary Huerta
What we can prove to be true and what we believe to be true are not always the same thing.
That is why most people talk about faith, not proof, when they describe their affiliation with a particular religious tradition. And we have been given the ability to exercise free will about both of these things. Stephen Hawking has the acute intellectual capacity for using science to theorize that the universe could arise spontaneously, without the need for God. That does not mean that everyone has to agree with him. So why should his statement make us angry or afraid?
One thing that Hawking does not say is also significant. He does not say that God does not exist. He simply says that the universe could have come into being without God's intervention. The question then is whether the belief that God created the universe is critical to a belief in God's existence. From my point of view, those two beliefs can exist simultaneously or not, without one being dependent on the other.
One of the principles of the Unitarian Universalist tradition is that we support the right of each person to "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning." That statement doesn't suggest that we can believe whatever we want; it means that we are challenged to continue our journey throughout life, discovering meaning in the experiences that we have and investigating them in a conscientious way. This vital piece of the Unitarian Universalist covenant is also based on the belief that truth is an ever-deepening and expanding reality, not the end of the road.
We have been given brains with the expectation that we will use them in all areas of our lives. If our beliefs cannot stand up to further investigation, perhaps we need to go deeper.
The Rev. Betty Stapleford
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills,
La Crescenta
Stephen Hawking's statements don't anger me. In fact, I've read a couple of his books, and I plan to read his newest book, "The Grand Design," which is the basis for his most recent comments.
I respect his intellect and ability to deal with the crippling affect of ALS. Reading his books, and those of his peers, even in their simplified versions, is tough because of the concepts discussed — singularities, quantum mechanics, the theory of r, M-Theory (including multiple universes), strings, horizons, etc.
All too often, religious individuals want science to "prove" that God exists and that he operates based on their beliefs. On the other side, some scientists want to prove that God is an antiquated concept that should be abandoned.
To me, science and religion will come together some day and will confirm God and what he has done. But that day is not today. For now, I have to live by faith, but I am not afraid of science. Rather, I embrace it, but understand its limitations.
God, through the Bible, has only given us a glimpse of his handiwork in the universe. The Bible's focus is on God's interaction with man on this Earth. Accordingly, it is hard to extrapolate from the Bible all God has done and how he has done it.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in continuing revelation from God. In one such revelation, it says: "And the Lord God spoke unto Moses, saying: The heavens, there are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine. And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words. For behold, this is my work and my glory — to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Book of Moses 1:37-39).
Rather than assail science, we should used it to help us better understand God and his many wonders.
Rick Callister
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
La Cañada II Ward,
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I am a State and Federally licensed taxidermist who graduated from the Pocono Institute of Taxidermy in 2010 with high marks. I have a deep respect for this craft and those who strive to preserve it.
It is my pleasure to work on any trophy mount, be it a shoulder, life-size, rug, or fish.
I accept custom orders for fantasy mounts, wearables, and bridal hair pieces.
Sculptural mounts and hats are available for rental provided they are in stock at time of inquiry.
Contact me describing your wish and I will be delighted to make it so.
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It's Anne with an E and Dream Catcher with a bit of magic.
Tue, Aug 7 2012 11:04 | anne of green gables, chicken, childhood, dram catcher, dream, energy, little house, love, magic, pink, prairie, squirrel, taxidermy, vertabrae, vibes
I'm not sure what possessed me the other day but whilst completely on autopilot I made this dream catcher:
It's not unlike me to make dream-catchers, and I'm posting this on my site as well so potential clients have an idea about the scope of my skill set but this is so unlike the typical Diamond Tooth style that I'm not afraid to say I was possessed....
by Anne of Green Gables.
Does anyone else remember that series of books from childhood? I read them all. Anne was my hero. I admired her cool differences that set her apart from the typical prairie crowd, and her boyish toughness and confidence. I wanted to be like her so badly; I didn't even see that I already had my own cool differences and was indeed, quite tough. What I wound up projecting was an unsure and contrived version of a misfit when all I had to do was just be myself.
UGH adolescence. If you know someone in the throes of this truly bizarre stage of life or are going through it yourself, I would love to hug you and tell you that most adults (and other kids for that matter) are very stupid, brainwashed and insecure so just listen to your heart because it will get better...in 15 years. It's a long time to wait but trust me. You've got a long life to live.
So maybe I was channeling this longing I had to reconnect with this book series that held such prime real estate in my heart throughout my tweens and early teens and that's how I can explain the pink floral print fabric making up the bulk of this piece. The material itself is actually older than I know; it was passed onto me from the collection of my friend's grandmother when she passed some years ago. I took it, not ever really imagining myself making something with this...pink stuff...but feeling a soul tug just the same. My grandmother was a skilled seamstress and I love using her old pins and threads and trying to pick up on her energy from these objects.
Dream-catchers are such great opportunities for me to incorporate pieces from my found-on-the-street collection, like the crystal above (from a real antique chandelier) and this key. I like to imagine the history of these objects calling out to be combined with one another and I'm just blindly obeying their wishes. When a project comes completely out of autopilot like this one, it's hard for me to believe otherwise.
This skull was gifted to me from a friend who picked it up on a hike. Who knows how this doe lived and died? Humbly and anonymously, like most prairie-folk I imagine (OK I know I'm getting really cheesy).
I also incorporated some scraps of squirrel fur from one of my first attempts at taxidermy. I suppose subconsciously I was really trying to reconnect with my 12-year-old self...
It's weird, I remember thinking when I was a kid that being an adult would suck so much because all the gown-ups I met told me to "enjoy your childhood! Before you know it its gone!"
Despite all that heaping unsolicited advice, I still couldn't wait to be me, now. I'm finally the person I wanted to be for so long and it's like I knew this as a kid and felt nothing but angst for being stuck inside that kid body and mind. Did any of you feel that way?
I have a bag of vertebrae bones which were also a gift from a friend. These bones bear a particular significance to me since I had a piece of my back removed years ago to correct an issue with my spine. It still blows my mind that us humans can be opened up like rag dolls and have bits added and subtracted but that's a post for another time. Needless to say though, my back is a very important possession of mine, possibly my favorite one. Also my parents paid a shit ton of money for it. Thanks Mom and Dad!
Finally, no piece would be complete without a dose of chicken from my boys on the farm so here's a little tail feather for ya:
So who is this dream-catcher for? Do you know them? It's not for me, and I want it to find its rightful owner. This thing has powers and it will protect the right soul from nightmares. Please help me find them?
And just a FYI: I love making these. Custom orders would be graciously accepted.
Sweet Dreams.
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Raspberry Pi Launches App Store to Sweeten Its Ecosystem
Dec 18, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The Raspberry Pi project launched an app store Monday to support its eponymous US$35 Linux PC, which hit the market in February.
The store will carry both free and paid apps.
Its launch has stirred mixed reactions among Raspberry Pi enthusiasts, with some criticizing plans to offer paid apps and others defending the move.
"The Pi App Store is a natural fit [for Raspberry Pi's ecosystem]," Bill Weinberg, principal analyst and consultant at Linux Pundit, told LinuxInsider. "It can address any or all of the post-load ecosystem, providing a channel for OS distributors, middleware and applications, just as the Apple and Google versions do for their various platforms and communities."
Raspberry Pi did not respond to our request for further details.
What's in the Store
The Pi app store had 23 free and one paid app at launch. The free apps include utilities such as LibreOffice, a free and open source personal productivity suite for the Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux operating systems, as well as games.
Free games apps include the "Freeciv" free and open source multiplayer strategy game and "Iridium Rising," a real-time 3D multiplayer space combat game offered exclusively on the Raspberry Pi.
The sole paid app at launch was the "Storm in a Teacup" game from Cobra Mobile.
Tutorials on the Python language, developer tools, and the MagPi community-led magazine are among the other free offerings in the Pi app store.
The store was apparently launched in response to the variety of software users wrote for, or ported to, the Raspberry Pi.
Tech Details About the App Store
The moderated Pi app store runs as an X application under Raspbian, which is a Debian Linux-based operating system optimized for Raspberry Pi hardware. Based on Debian 7.0, aka "Wheezy," Raspbian provides more than 35,000 available packages, and is still under active development.
Users can download content and submit binaries, raw Python code, images, audio or video for upload. They will soon be able to submit Scratch content as well.
Anyone can submit content for moderation and release, and developers can decide whether their content will be free or paid. The store has a tip jar mechanism so devs will still be able to make some money from their work even if they offer it free.
The store has a recommendation engine tailored to users and their preferences. Achievements and leaderboards will be added soon.
The Pi app store is hosted on IndieCity and is tied in with Velocix/, an Alcatel-Lucent company that provides advanced infrastructure solutions to network service providers who want to offer their own digital media delivery capability.
Filthy Lucre
Despite welcoming full-blown commercial content, the Pi app store still "seems to be an attempt to spark, or continue to spark, the enthusiasm of young software developers," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, remarked.
"There's no reason why a professional developer couldn't take this on and maybe come up with something a little more serious, but, from the get-go, this was designed to be a small-potatoes type of operation," King told LinuxInsider. "Rather than filthy lucre, this is more about good, clean fun. It's a terrific indicator of the liveliness of the ecosystem for software development and computing."
Professional developers "have been participating in and contributing [to Pi] since Day one," Weinberg pointed out. Welcoming their contributions "will be change for the better because it will draw more developers into the ecosystem and onto the platform."
The ecosystem around Pi is "still very much in flux," Weinberg stated. In addition to various vendors, there's a nascent application developer and independent software vendor community, and end users include hobbyists and educators. However, there's also a secondary market of professional embedded systems developers who "look to Pi as an alternative to the extremely expensive reference and evaluation boards from semiconductor suppliers and single-board computer OEMs."


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The Internet makes it easy to identify yourself by your preferences. You can "like" Fords on Facebook, retweet Audi's official account incessantly, and post pics of your Oldmobile V8-powered Chevy truck in #oppo. But how do you do the same in real life? How do you spot another gearhead?
This comes from a conversation I had with Patrick George yesterday as we were walking away from the Inauguration and marveling over the kinds of random cars only truly afflicted gearheads find interesting.
As a test, I devised a question: Isn't it a shame what they're doing with Lancia?
If you can understand and answer that question, you're a car person.
(QOTD is your chance to answer the day's most pressing automotive questions and experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good "Question Of the Day" send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)


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Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell, who has been charged with child sex offences, will not be appearing in any further episodes pending the outcome of legal proceedings, ITV said.
Le Vell, 48, whose real name is Michael Turner, is accused of 19 sex offences including raping a child, indecently assaulting a child and sexual activity with a child.
An ITV spokesman said: "Given the serious nature of these charges, Michael Le Vell will not be appearing in Coronation Street pending the outcome of legal proceedings. It would not be appropriate for us to comment further at this time."
Le Vell, a stalwart on the popular ITV series, will appear in court in two weeks' time, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
He was first arrested in September 2011 and questioned over alleged child sex offences, but the matter was later dropped. But late on Thursday night GMP said the actor, from Hale, Cheshire, had been charged with sex offences against a youngster after a review of evidence by lawyers from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
A spokeswoman from GMP said: "Michael Turner, of Byrom Street, Hale, has been charged with 19 offences including raping a child, indecently assaulting a child and sexual activity with a child. The charges, which were authorised by the CPS following a review of evidence, relate to offences against a child between 2001 and 2010."
Alison Levitt, QC, principal legal adviser to the director of public prosecutions, had reviewed a file of evidence in relation to allegations of sexual offences and looked again at a decision previously made not to prosecute.
Le Vell, a father of two, was not charged with offences after his initial arrest in September 2011 and the investigation was dropped three months later in late December, when the authorities said there would be no further action taken against him as there was not enough evidence to charge him.
At the time the actor said he was "delighted" to have been "completely exonerated", thanked police for their "thorough" investigation and Coronation Street staff and the public for their support.
Le Vell vowed to put the allegations behind him and returned to the show after a short break and is now currently involved in some of the soap's main storylines. He is one of TV's most famous faces after playing car mechanic Kevin Webster for the past 30 years in the TV show. The actor split from his wife Janette Beverley last year


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How is osteoarthritis of the knee treated?
Your doctor will recommend therapies to help relieve your pain. Your doctor may tell you to:
- Rest your knee or avoid activities that make your pain worse.
- Put ice on your knee for 20 to 30 minutes a few times a day to reduce inflammation and ease the pain.
- Take an over-the-counter medicine, such as acetaminophen (one brand: Tylenol) or ibuprofen (one brand: Motrin).
- Do physical therapy or certain exercises to help strengthen the muscles around the joint.
Are there other options?
Yes. If oral medicine and physical therapy don't help your knee enough, your doctor may consider giving you an injection (a "shot") with pain medicine (called anesthetic). It can stop the pain for days to weeks. Adding another medicine (called a corticosteriod) to the anesthetic may keep the pain and inflammation away longer. If this doesn't help enough, your doctor may talk to you about surgery or hyaluronic acid injections.
What are hyaluronic acid injections?
Some hyaluronic acid is already in the fluid in your joints. In people who have osteoarthritis, the hyaluronic acid gets thinner. When this happens, there isn't enough hyaluronic acid to protect the joint. Injections can put more hyaluronic acid into your knee joint to help protect it.
Hyaluronic acid injections may give you more pain relief than oral medicines. These injections can help the pain stay away for 6 months to a year, sometimes longer. Unfortunately, these injections don't help everyone.
Hyaluronic acid injections are also expensive but many health insurance programs cover them. Hyaluronic acid injections may be an option for you. Your doctor will talk with you about the pros and cons of hyaluronic acid injections and whether they are right for you.
What about surgery?
Sometimes osteoarthritis of the knee is so severe that surgery is required to relieve the symptoms. Surgical options include:
- Arthroscopy is done with a small scope (or camera) inserted through tiny cuts a surgeon makes in your knee. With the scope, the surgeon can see how badly your knee has been damaged by osteoarthritis. With other small instruments, the surgeon can remove damaged parts of the knee joint (this is called debridement) and clean or flush the joint to remove any loose parts (called lavage or irrigation) that may be causing your pain. Arthroscopy is not for everyone and may only provide temporary relief from pain or delay the need for other surgeries.
- Osteotomy is a surgery that repositions or reshapes the bones in your knee where osteoarthritis has caused damage. This procedure can only be done when only one area or side of your knee is damaged. The procedure changes the position or alignment of the knee so your weight shifts away from the damaged area. This procedure restores movement in your knee and relieves the pain. However, people who have an osteotomy may need knee replacement surgery in the future.
- Arthroplasty is also called joint or knee replacement therapy. A surgeon removes the part of the knee damaged by osteoarthritis and replaces it with an artificial joint made from metals and plastic. All or part of the knee joint may be replaced in this procedure. Although recovery may take a long time depending on the extent of your surgery, the results of arthroplasty are often successful. Knee replacement therapy can help put an end to your pain and improve or restore movement of your knee.
- Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis by DY Wen, M.D.( 08/01/00)
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This week our intended topics of discussion are Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, Walking Dead, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Sherlock, Frozen Synapse, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Assassin's Creed 3, and Upgraded Soul.


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The photos and videos shown here may be of a different model, model year or body type from the one selected. The ratings of one vehicle often apply to other models if they are built on the same platform. In addition, a test of a vehicle from one model year may apply to earlier or later model years if the vehicle hasn't been significantly redesigned.
The Toyota Tundra Double Cab was redesigned for the 2007 model year. Two tests of a 2007 Tundra were conducted, one by the Institute of a 2wd Double Cab and the other by Toyota of a 4wd Double Cab as part of frontal crash test verification. The overall rating of Good is based on review of both tests, which independently result in overall ratings of Good. The ratings and vehicle specifications based on the Institute's test are shown below because the 2wd Double Cab is similar to the configuration of other pickups tested previously.
In each test, measures taken from the neck, chest, and one leg indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions in a crash of this severity. Forces measured on the left tibia in the Institute's test indicate that injuries to the lower leg would be possible, but right leg/foot forces were low. (In the test conducted by Toyota, left leg/foot forces were low, but forces on the right foot indicate a possibility of foot injuries.) A high head acceleration occurred when the dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag in the Institute's test, indicating that head injuries would be possible. (In the test conducted by Toyota, the head also hit the steering wheel through the airbag, but the head acceleration was low.) Head acceleration from the roof rail hit in the Institute's test also was low.
Dummy movement was well controlled in both tests. During rebound in the Institute's test, the dummy's head hit the roof rail.
How this test is conducted
The Toyota Tundra Double Cab was redesigned for the 2007 model year.
Driver — Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
Passenger — Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
Driver — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
Passenger — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
In the test, the strength of the roof is determined by pushing a metal plate against one side of it at a slow but constant speed. The force applied relative to the vehicle's weight is known as the strength-to-weight ratio. This graph shows how the ratio varied as the test of this vehicle progressed. The peak strength-to-weight ratio recorded at any time before the roof is crushed 5 inches is the key measurement of roof strength.
A good rating requires a strength-to-weight ratio of at least 4. In other words, the roof must withstand a force of at least 4 times the vehicle's weight before the plate crushes the roof by 5 inches. For an acceptable rating, the minimum required strength-to-weight ratio is 3.25. For a marginal rating, it is 2.5. Anything lower than that is poor.
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A gentle mist dampened my hair
while I planted tomatoes
on hands and knees in the garden.
A soft breeze nudged the branches
of the fruit tree,
a slight perceptible nod acknowledging me.
Looking up into the tree canopy
above my head,
I am amazed to see
the thousands of apricots
set on for my summer pleasure.
And I thanked You for the many
thoughts of me in advance.
I saw You in the small bodies
of the five young squirrels cavorting
and romping on the lawn,
chasing up and down the tree trunks,
tagging one another in a flurry of tails,
delighted to be alive,
and I laughed
at such innocent clowns.
From the big bay window,
I saw the turtledove roosting on the ground,
in the soft dirt between the daisies
and the salvia, so close
I could count the speckles
on it's back and wings,
amazed at the bluish-grey aura
on the crown of her head,
a halo of sorts.
She was humming a hymn
she was so happy,
and I knew she knew
You were there.
Big sister Peyton's eyes shown bright
when she showed me
little sister's bed set up
beside her own - the crib
consigned to storage.
They buzzed with excited anticipation
to share a bedroom,
to reach for comfort in each other in the dark,
whispering secrets that only sisters share,
giggling past bedtime:
learning to give love - like You.
When I drove the sick dog to the vet,
You were there,
then, driving home, filling me
with a sweet peace
with the forever still body
in a box beside me,
and later, when I held
my weeping daughter in my arms,
I was able to console her,
as you comforted me
when my dog was forever still.
I was so grateful to that gentle old dog
for her kind presence
with my young grandchildren.
She was the essence of patience - like You.
You are the one constant, unchanging Presence
I've come to trust.
At last, I have become convinced -
I am never alone.
And I am grateful.
Picture of our Vacay!
6 years ago


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September 12, 2013
Superfeedr provides a real-time API to any application that wants to produce (publishers) or consume (subscribers) data feeds without wasting resources or maintaining an expensive and changing infrastructure. It fetches and parses RSS or Atom feeds on behalf of its users and new entries are then pushed to subscribing applications using a webhook mechanism (PubSubHubbub) or XMPP. The Google Reader replacement is an example of a popular API built by Superfeedr that has backed up much of Google Reader.
Riak is used by Superfeedr to store the content from all feeds so users can retrieve past content (including the Google Reader API replacement), even if the feeds themselves may not include these entries anymore. This Riak datastore is referred to as "the cave."
When Superfeedr first built "the cave" datastore, they opted for a cluster of large Redis instances (five servers with 8GB of memory each) due to its inherent speed. However, they realized that a more durable system was needed and the need to manually shard feeds across the cluster made it difficult to scale beyond storing a couple entries per feed. The scaling problem turned into an even larger issue because the average size of a stored entry was 2KB. Now, they had nearly 1,000 items per feed and 50 million feeds, translating to over 93TB of data and quickly growing.
They chose to move "the cave" to Riak due to its focus on availability (as delivering stale data was more important than delivering no data) and ease-of-scale. According to Superfeedr Founder, Julien Genestoux, "Riak solves the scalability problem elegantly. Through consistent hashing, our data is automatically distributed across the cluster and we can easily add nodes as needed." While Riak does have a lower read performance than Redis, this proved to not be a problem as they found it easy to put caches in front of Riak if they needed to serve content faster.
Though Superfeedr found it easy to set up their Riak cluster, the default behavior for handling conflicts had to be adjusted for their use case. By working with Riak and the Riak community, they were able to find the right settings and optimize their conflict resolution algorithm. For more information on Riak's configurable behaviors, check out our four-part blog series.
Superfeedr went into production in two phases: they started storing production data in the beginning of 2013 and began serving that data about two months later. During this period, Superfeedr was able to design their cluster infrastructure and thoroughly performance test it with actual production data.
Two types of objects are stored in Superfeedr's Riak datastore: feeds and entries. Feeds are stored as a collection of internal feed ids, which correspond to the entries and include some meta-information, such as the title. Entries correspond to feed entries and are indexed by feedID-entryID, allowing them to store multiple entries for each feed. This indexing scheme allows entries to be retrieved, even if they lose track of the feed element, through a MapReduce job.
At write time, Superfeedr writes both the feed element and the entry element. When they query for a feed, they issue a MapReduce job to read both the feed element and the desired number of entry items. They also use a pagination mechanism to limit the resources consumed for each request, with an arbitrary limit of 50 entries.
Today, Superfeedr has served over 23 billion entries, with nearly one million more being published every hour. Their six-node Riak cluster (built on 16GB Linode slices) has allowed them to horizontally scale their cluster as their content and user base grows. "Riak is the right tool for us due to its scalability and always on availability," said Genestoux. "We have refined it to fit our needs and can rest-assured that no data will ever be lost in our Riak 'cave.'"
If you're looking for a Google Reader replacement or interested in learning more about Superfeedr, check out their site: superfeedr.com/. For other examples of Riak in production, visit: riak.com/riak-users/


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He tweeted it out. I'd link to it but he has since deleted the tweet.
*Update*: reader sent in a screen cap of the since deleted tweet.
Heh. Baited by the Rubbertrout.
My question: Shouldn't the FAN960 be forced to play that 'This is a paid advertisement' disclaimer whenever the Big Show comes on?
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Bristol In:Motion Announce Full Line-Ups 2011
Line Up
Featuring Jamie XX, Jamie Woon live, Toddla T, Henrik Schwarz, Jamie Jones, Calvin Harris, Danny Byrd, Joker, Soul Clap, Annie Mac, Rusko
Plus brands Cocoon, Hospitality, BLOC, Bugged Out & many more
- Date:Fri 07th Oct – Sat 10th Dec, 2011
- Time:10pm -6am
- Location:Motion Skate Park, 74 Avon Street, Bristol
- Price: Various
The start of the UK party season this year is led by Bristol's pioneering party starters In:Motion. A series of incredible events striking hot on the heels of last year's triumphant first season, which tore a hole in the skate park come club Motion, spread across five rooms indoors and out. 2011 brings artists from all musical persuasions capturing everyone from the heroes of the scene to the rising stars and bringing all manner of brands from the electronic music community together to embrace all dimensions of the underground dance movement.
The peerless Hessle Audio make their debut for the In:Motion series on 15th October, standing head and shoulders above the rest with performances from Jamie XX and Jamie Woon. Jamie XX's movements out of his band, The XX to DJ and remix artist have been well received with heavyweights such as Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Florence and The Machine, and Canadian rap giant Drake. Jamie also released one of the anthems of the summer on NMBRs in the form of 'Far Nearer'. Since Jamie Woon came onto the scene everyone has been scrabbling for the opportunity to see him live. His album debut 'Mirror Writing' saw him strike a terrific balance between convention and subversion, producing dubstep infused commercial tracks, alongside equally enigmatic and enchanting productions. Both of these artists are a rare sight in a club setting, but Bristol In:Motion's festival atmosphere found within numerous intimate and vast spaces is an apt fit for these two sonic masters.
Bugged Out return for 2011 on the opening weekend on October 8th, bringing Jamie Jones, now a household name for a new generation of house and techno fans through his Hot Natured guise and Hot Creations label. It will have already been an amazing week for L-Vis 1990 & the Neon Dream who will have just released their staggering new album 'Neon Dreams' which features Para One, Teki Latex and Julio Bashmore. L-Vis 1990 (aka James Connolly) a London-based DJ and producer co-founded the groundbreaking Night Slugs imprint with Bok Bok. Also kicking things off in the first week is Fake Blood aka Theo Keating aka Touché. Under his many aliases, the man like Keating has produced some classics over the years remixing the likes of Underworld, Hot Chip & UNKLE. He's become somewhat of a Bugged Out! family member and will bring his bass heavy bangers to the floor.
Sharing the bill on opening weekend are firm friends and In:Motion family favourites Hospitality, who bring Danny Byrd, High Contrast and MJ Cole amongst others. Bringing together bass heavy music, an electrifying atmosphere and second to none production, Hospitality have grown into true titans of the scene, consistently bringing the best in show-stopping DJs from the constantly evolving drum & bass scene to a hugely faithful crowd. This summer they represented at the Parklife festival, ripped apart their own stage at Lovebox and set things alight at Global Gathering. D&B is back in Bristol, its spiritual home.
Sven Vath's Cocoon, are to techno what light is to fire. They continue to touch thousands of people across every continent with their inimitable brand and unfaltering show. This December they will bring it to Bristol for the first time. The now iconic Tiefschwarz headline the show, exemplifying their playful talents for putting everything from electro to tech-house and slithering minimal under the scope and turning out consistently compelling sets.
Bristol's own Just Jack bring Soul Clap on the 29th October to headline their highly acclaimed Halloween party The Gunpowder Plot which will be complete with circus acts and fireworks. The trend-setting American East coast duo leapt to fame through their relationship to the esteemed Wolf + Lamb family. This year saw them bridge new levels of notoriety through their special DJ Kicks album.
Moving back a little to November and BBC Radio 1's Toddla T will make the crossing from Sheffield counties to blow the roof of Motion once again. Toddla T has firmly established himself in the last few years with production and heavyweight remixes for the likes of Roots Manuva, Hot Chip, Gorillaz and Tinchy Stryder and more, plus a DJ rep so strong that it bagged him a regular Radio 1 show.
Festival brands BLOC will join heavyweights Run and Bristol favourites Futureboogie, who bring the infamous Henrik Schwarz, ensuring there is something for every musical taste on show.
Add to that the incredible production team and a venue that verges on festival status with five rooms of varying calibre, and In:Motion's second year is set to be bigger and better than anything else on the radar. 2011 sees improved sound engineering and facilities such as food court and photo booth.
Friday 7th October – Hospitality with Danny Byrd, High Contrast, Camo and Crooked, Netsky, Cyantific, MJ Cole, Dream, Mele, Tomb Crew, Kito, Loadstar
Saturday 8th October – BuggedOut! with Fake Blood, L-vis 1990 & the Neon Dream, Boy-8-bit, Heidi, Jamie Jones, Bowski, Pariah, Waifs & Strays, Untold
Friday 14th October – Shit the BED! Caspa, Dark Sky, Ms Dynamite, Redlight
Saturday 15th October – Hessle Audio Jamie XX, Pearson Sound, Jamie Woon – live
Friday 21st October – Blowpop DJ Yoda, Plump DJ's, Krafty Kuts
Saturday 22nd October – FWD//Rinse Zinc, Ez, Plastician, Roska
Friday 28th October – Tokyo Dub Radical Guru, Jahtari & Soom T
Saturday 29th October – Just Jack Halloween Party Soul Clap, Tale of Us, Shaun Reeves, Midland
Friday 4th November – Annie Mac Presents…
Saturday 5th November – Gunpowder Plot Bonfire Night Party Smerins, Gentlemen's Dub Club, Babyhead
Friday 11th November – Run Rusko, Andy C, Grooverider, Scratch Perverts
Saturday 12th November – Field Day Night Erol Alkan, Hudson Mowhawke
Friday 18th November – All Gone…with Pete Tong, Calvin Harris, Cadenza Showcase
Friday 25th November – BLOC Joker, Martyn, James Holden, Nathan Fake
Saturday 26th November – Futureboogie Henrik Schwarz, Julio Bashmore, Maya Jane-Coles, Bonobo
Friday 2nd December – Hardcore Heaven Darren Styles, Gammer, Evil Activities
Saturday 3rd December – Shit the BED Skream, Jack Beats – live, Arab Musik
Friday 9th December – Beardyman, Stanton Warriors, Tayo
Saturday 10th December – Cocoon Tiefschwarz, Dyed Soundorom, Oner Ozer
The full line-ups can now be viewed on www.bristolinmotion.com


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It's been an environmental murmur in the agricultural industry for almost two decades now, but the ramifications could soon be seismic if the issue of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from pesticide emissions are not given due diligence. VOCs contribute to the formation of ground level ozone and are regulated under the federal Clean Air Act.
"VOC emissions are essentially the next step for pesticide regulation," says Paul Buttner, manager of environmental affairs for the California Rice Commission. "We've long assessed pesticides for impacts on water quality and wildlife. Air is the new frontier. Future VOC regulation will likely elevate pesticides to more of an even par with other pollutants."
Many pollutant sources contribute to VOC emissions, including vehicular traffic, oil and gas production, dairy waste and many more. In the grand scheme of air quality, VOC emissions from pesticides are only a minor contributor, estimated to account for less than 3 percent of the VOC emissions inventory in California, according to the California Air Resources Board (ARB). However, in certain agricultural areas such as the San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento Valley, pesticide VOC emissions are estimated to account for as much as 10 percent of the inventory.
While some commodity groups have shuffled the VOC issue to the bottom of the priority pile, others have taken a very proactive stance in dealing with proposed regulations. The cotton industry has been at the forefront of the debate. Bringing reason to the process has been a focus since the beginning for Roger Isom, vice president and director of technical services for the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association (CCGGA).
"We have been involved since the beginning, which in the case of pesticide VOCs was 1994," he says. "That year the federal EPA proposed to implement a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) which included 'no spray days' and mandatory 45 percent reductions in pesticide VOC emissions across the board.
"Their idea was to address the highest VOC content pesticides first, regardless of actual emissions," Isom says. "The problem with that proposal was that pheromones are considered pesticides and would have been the first chemicals under regulation and mandatory reformulation, because they are almost 100 percent VOCs. However, actual VOC emissions are negligent. The plan was ill-conceived and not well thought out. We were the first group involved, and along with the Nisei Farmers League, actually were the only groups to testify in opposition to the EPA's FIP."
20 percent cut
Later that year, DPR and ARB submitted a State Implementation Plan (SIP) that replaced the FIP. It called for a 20 percent mandatory reduction of pesticide VOC emissions (based on a 1990 established inventory baseline) and included the use of strategies such as integrated pest management (IPM) and voluntary reformulation of pesticides.
DPR was charged with reducing pesticide VOC emissions in California in five federally designated "non-attainment areas," regions that do not meet either federal or state ambient air quality standards. In California, those areas include: Sacramento Metro, San Joaquin Valley, Ventura, South Coast and the Southeast Desert.
The original specified targets for those areas ranged from 12 percent pesticide VOC reduction in the San Joaquin Valley by 1999 to 20 percent reduction in the other areas by 2005 to 2010. That goal was not achieved in the San Joaquin Valley by 1999 and DPR is currently out of compliance with the pesticide SIP for that area. To make matters worse, the standards got stricter in 2004 when the U.S. EPA issued a stricter 8-hour standard for ozone compliance to replace the original 1-hour standard, and environmental groups started suing DPR and ARB for failure to meet the deadlines imposed in the 1994 SIP.
Situation today
To bring the San Joaquin Valley into compliance as quickly as possible and conform to the new stricter 8-hour federal ozone standard, DPR initiated two recent "re-evaluations" to pesticide registrants.
"The first re-evaluation deals with eliminating gaps in our database on how much VOC emission potential exists in pesticide products," says Paul Gosselin, DPR chief deputy director.
A re-evaluation dealing with pesticide VOC potential was issued in 1994 and 1995, but was either ignored by some registrants or extensions were sought for various reasons. As a result, DPR only had VOC data on approximately 30 to 40 percent of pesticides and was forced to assign others the default emission potential value, which in many cases was probably inordinately high.
"We're still going through the responses on the request for that information which was due Dec. 31, 2005. It's been a good response rate, but there are still some that are missing," Gosselin says.
Another re-evaluation, which was due last March 1, dealt with reformulation of certain liquid pesticides — particularly emulsifiable concentrates (EC) - for potential to decrease VOC emissions. Those responses have not yet been fully tabulated, but Gosselin expects the process will only take another month or two. Unlike earlier re-evaluations dealing with VOCs, which accommodated extensions and delays, the latest requests for data are more akin to being written in stone rather than on a blackboard. Ignoring it this time won't make it go away.
Cancellation notice
"We've been fairly flexible up to this point with those who haven't responded," Gosselin says. "That's no longer the case. Failure to respond to either of these two re-evaluations will result in a 'notice of cancellation' to the pesticide's registrant."
Western Health Plant Association (WHPA) is one of the industry associations helping registrants wade through the VOC issue in an attempt to find workable solutions. From an industry perspective, chemical manufacturers certainly do not want past efforts in VOC reduction to go unnoticed or unaccounted for.
"We are documenting changes in formulations and application practices to demonstrate reductions that should be accounted for over the past decade," says Renee Pinel, WHPA president and CEO. "We have also been working with DPR to make sure that registrants submit the requested information on currently registered products."
At this point, it's largely a matter of communicating the details of a very complex issue to a wide array of industry players so that they will have a say in upcoming regulation. "We are working to make sure that agricultural groups are informed of the information developed by our industry," Pinel says."We are committed to making sure that they are part of an informed discussion on reduction strategies, so they understand the positives and negatives of strategies being considered by DPR like reformulation."
Reformulation is a complex issue itself within the even more complex issue of pesticide VOC reduction. It is one of the few regulatory options of complying with VOC reductions that DPR can estimate with any accuracy given the current database. Liquid (non-fumigant) products comprise approximately 40 percent of the pesticide VOC emission inventory for the San Joaquin Valley non-attainment area, according to DPR, and are likely the only viable candidates for re-formulation at this point.
Making matters even more complicated, re-formulation may address the concern of pesticide VOCs, but simultaneously create additional concerns in other environmental areas. There is a widespread concern among the ag industry that reformulation could potentially price registrants out of the market or at least add more burdensome costs to growers who are already struggling with high production costs.
"We are very concerned about the cost impact to the manufacturers and ultimately to growers," Pinel says."Re-formulation is a costly process that, depending on the size of the intended market, can be prohibitive. We are also concerned about the cost to growers. Re-formulation may be an option in some cases, but the cost to growers may be higher. Can growers absorb these costs in our global economy? Re-formulation may also result in higher application rates. We are concerned about the impact to agriculture if we are forced into a trade-off of lower VOCs, but higher use rates."
Several environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the EPA and DPR demanding enforcement of national air quality standards. In California, Earthjustice, a group of environmental lawyers headquartered in Oakland, is active in coordinating various groups to file suits on behalf of various plaintiffs even though Earthjustice is not located in the designated non-attainment areas. The group actively recruits other local environmental groups and uses those organization names to file lawsuits. In January 2006, Earthjustice filed a suit in U.S. District Court against the EPA in an attempt to force the agency to require enforceable "contingency measures" in the San Joaquin Valley. Those measures could include mandatory enactment of proposed "no spray days" among others.
Earthjustice filed the suit on behalf of three plaintiffs: Medical Advocates for Healthy Air, the Sierra Club and the Latino Issues Forum.
Earthjustice asserts that the contingency measures included in the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District's 2003 PM-10 Plan consisted solely of promises to consider future rulemaking, not actual control measures, as required by law.
"When the air district promised to reduce particulate matter, they were also required to come up with a plan if those reductions were not met," said Kevin Hamilton of the Fresno-based Medical Advocates for Healthy Air. "The EPA is required by law to approve a solid Plan-B that will get the job done, but this has not happened, and we continue to see the results in the region's emergency rooms when people come in gasping for air."
It's emotional language not unfamiliar to the agricultural industry, but still the type of public press that places increasing pressure on agriculture. The case is still pending, according to Isom. In one of the latest developments, the judge had denied the petition for summary judgment and ruled that the case must be heard.
Industry involvement
The pesticide VOC debate calls for a proactive industry, according to Isom. "If we're not proactive, they're going to dictate to us," Isom says. "For example, the environmentalists and regulators really like the 'no spray day' concept, which would prohibit pesticide applications during peak ozone days. The problem is 'no spray days' could be called like 'no burn days' and could go on indefinitely. How does a farmer address an emerging pest problem under that scenario? Lygus aren't going to hold up and wait to chew on a cotton boll until it's legal for us to spray them."
In spite of the frustrations in dealing with emerging VOC regulation, there are bright spots that have already been achieved due to industry involvement. Pheromones are now exempt from the compounds being considered for possible re-formulation. If the industry can make the case against re-formulation for others due to various reasons such as compromised efficacy, those may also gain exemptions.
A unified voice will likely become even more important as regulators, environmentalists and commodity organizations work to shape the future of VOC regulation. "We believe that it is critical to be involved in this process," says Roberta Firoved, manager of industry affairs for the California Rice Commission. "We have the best technical advice to assist the regulators in what could work for the growers in the overall goal of reducing VOC emissions and what is simply unworkable. We strongly believe that a team approach to this issue, as well as other environmental issues, is the best solution."
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What the future holds for VOC regulation as it pertains to pesticides is uncertain at this point. "The potential for reformulation is the most significant discussion going on right now," Gosselin says. "We're also looking at possibilities such as changes in application method and the use of tarps and other methods that might reduce VOC emissions. As this process has unfolded, we've seen increasing cooperation among registrants, agricultural groups and the university. I think this bodes well for agriculture and the attempt to find practical solutions."


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