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It's the early 1900s, and young Alfred Kinsey is being raised in a strict Methodist home where newfangled inventions such as automobiles, electricity, telephones and zippers are thought to be the spawn of Satan. They're just waiting to lure the unsuspecting into sexual immorality. Spurning his father's wish that he become an engineer, Kinsey's fascination with nature leads him to become an entomologist, specializing in the study of gall wasps.
Because of sexual difficulties early in his marriage and appalled that no one seems to have answers to simple questions about sexuality, Kinsey sets about researching human sexual behavior to fill that void. Using three specially trained assistants, he interviews men and women in "nonjudgmental terms" to find out what's going on behind the bedroom doors of America. Along the way, he encourages his assistants to swap wives, allows his children to engage in frank sexual discussions at the dinner table and turns America's sexual mores upside down.
Positive Elements
Anything positive is derived only indirectly. Kinsey approves of wife-swapping, but natural jealousies arise, proving that man's God-inspired instinct toward monogamy cannot be changed by social fads. His wife eventually denounces wife-swapping: "Did you ever think those prohibitions [against adultery] are there to keep us from hurting each other?" she shouts. "What about our children?"
Spiritual Content
The movie is not two minutes old when it begins mocking Christianity. It shows a stern preacher denouncing modernity, and it implicitly equates disapproval of sexual deviancy with disapproval of all that makes up the "modern" world (e.g., electricity and automobiles). In an interview, Kinsey says he was raised a Methodist but, since age 19, has never attended church.
A professor comments that a student's search for the gall wasp "Garden of Eden" has managed to bridge the Bible and Darwin in one stroke. Kinsey's "freethinking" wife at first finds him too "churchy." At one point Kinsey asks, "What would our country look like if the Puritans had stayed home?"
Sexual Content
The entire movie is saturated in sex. It features frequent and explicit sexual dialogue and several scenes of male and female nudity, including close-ups on genitalia. (See discussion below on how the movie escaped the NC-17 rating.) We see a boy masturbating beneath a blanket. A man masturbates in front of Kinsey (shown from the waist up).
Kinsey and assistant Clyde Martin engage in a homosexual kiss and then embrace passionately before the camera cuts away. Upon hearing about his homosexual tryst, Kinsey's wife says in a joking way that she's not surprised. Kinsey later encourages her to have an encounter of her own with Martin. (We see them after the act in the upstairs bedroom with her wearing a cotton slip.) Kinsey praises Martin by saying, "He's the ideal assistant because he's had relations with both sexes."
One discussion involves sex with a horse. Kinsey describes pornography as "just a depiction of man in his natural state." He denounces his critics by saying, "The forces of chastity are massing against us, trying to silence science." A professor who preaches abstinence is made to look like a fool. Archival footage of copulating animals (provided by the Kinsey Institute) runs under the end credits.
Violent Content
Two men engage in a fistfight.
Crude or Profane Language
Several uses of "h‑‑‑," once in a theological context. "D‑‑n" also makes several appearances. God's name is abused about five times.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Several characters smoke, and social drinking takes place at a party. One scene is set in a gay bar.
Other Negative Elements
Alfred Kinsey riled the world when he released his book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 and again in 1953 with Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Based on interviews of thousands of people, these books purported to show that the average person engaged in all manner of sexual behavior such as homosexuality, adultery, masturbation and pornography—at rates no one would have guessed. He claimed, among other things, that humans are sexual from birth. His book had tables charting how long it took to reach orgasm in children as young as two months old. He also claimed that as much as 90 percent of the population was bisexual.
The problem with these conclusions is that Kinsey's research methods were seriously flawed. For a study to be considered scientific, it must use randomly selected individuals; the larger the sample size, the more accurate the conclusions. (Compare this to political polling today.) But Kinsey's sample was self-selected. People willing to talk to a total stranger about their sexual behavior—from normal marital intercourse to sex with babies and animals—can hardly be considered a representative sample of the American public. Moreover, Kinsey used questionable statistical analyses to reach his conclusions, even assuming the population sample was not skewed.
The problems with this movie, including its pornographic content, are too vast to itemize. To say that it is rank propaganda for the sexual revolution and the homosexual agenda would be beyond stating the obvious. First and most important, the film completely glosses over the immoral and damaging methods Kinsey and his associates used in the course of their research. Chapter 5 of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, for instance, contains studies about the sexual response of infants, toddlers and other children. The Kinsey Institute for Sexual Studies claims this information was gleaned from a single pansexual who kept a diary of all his sexual encounters, but it's simply not possible that the tables in that chapter could be derived from one individual. Because these studies were timed with a stopwatch, it seems clear that they had to involve the actual sexual abuse of infants and toddlers. (Kinsey's assistant Wardell Pomeroy has basically admitted that the studies involving children were derived from Kinsey's own experiments.)
Next, the film skirts the truth when it comes to Kinsey's motivation. Onscreen, he's portrayed as a man of science forced into his study of sexual behavior by his own marital difficulties and the ignorance and superstition of society. In truth, Kinsey had been motivated to overthrow the sexual mores of Western culture from childhood. Biographer James Jones, in Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life, wrote, "For years, he [Kinsey] had dreamed of creating a body of scientific data that would be so vast and so compelling that it would force local, state, and federal governments to revise their sex offender codes."
Kinsey utilizes a clever propaganda technique in that it shows some of Kinsey's flaws to fool viewers into thinking they're getting a warts-and-all portrayal of the man, but it does not tell the whole truth. Kinsey and his wife, Clara, did not engage in a lone adulterous tryst, as shown in the film. They were serial adulterers—both with other men. The movie has one scene where Kinsey engages in a mild act of sexual self-mutilation (mild in Kinsey's world, at least), but in fact he was a masochist of the highest order, including self-circumcision.
Insidious too is the worldview underlying the film. It says "science" (as defined by its practitioners) is the only way to know truth; all else is mere opinion and superstition. Therefore, in a bit of ham-fisted screenwriting, everyone in the film who represents the view that sex is a gift of God reserved for marriage is openly mocked and made the fool. We hear Kinsey boldly stating that "society has interfered with what should be a normal process." He asks, "What keeps you from acting on your feelings? It's social convention." He denounces criticisms of his work as "morality disguised as science." He also asks, "What would our country look like if the Puritans had stayed home?" Well, simply put, it probably would not be a country that allowed Kinsey the freedom he had to pervert truth and science. It is the uniquely Judeo-Christian worldview of the Puritans and our Founding Fathers that created a society such as ours. That worldview gives us the freedom to do what is right—a freedom that can be easily abused if its underlying worldview is lost.
Kinsey's legacy is that he played a role in unleashing epidemic levels of sexually transmitted diseases, rampant divorce, massive numbers of out-of-wedlock births, the breakdown of the family, abortion and the destruction of marriage. The myth, still commonly repeated today, that 10 percent of the population is homosexual is based on numbers that Kinsey simply snatched out of thin air. His defective studies have resulted in many laws being struck down, and the 2003 Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas that overturned state laws against homosexual sodomy relied in part on Kinsey numbers.
That anyone would want to make a film lionizing the man simply boggles my brain. But actress Laura Linney said she was proud to participate in the project, and writer/director Bill Condon has long been known for his advocacy for homosexual rights. Roger Ebert, the dean of film critics, said, "Kinsey is likely to be the best-received biopic since A Beautiful Mind" and claims that actor Liam Neeson gives an Oscar-worthy performance. (Simply judging the craft of filmmaking, however, Kinsey is fairly pedestrian.)
The unbelievable fact that the movie received an R rating is more astounding. Condon said he was surprised when the film got an R, with no cuts. "We thought it might get the NC-17 and be an ideal test case for challenging that rating," he told Ebert, "but they thought it was a serious and informative film and they passed it with no cuts." The only funny part of that statement is that it includes the words serious and informative.
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Liam Neeson as Alfred Kinsey; Laura Linney as Clara Kinsey; Chris O'Donnell as Wardell Pomeroy; Timothy Hutton as Paul Gebhard; Peter Sarsgaard as Clyde Martin; John Lithgow as Kinsey's father; Tim Curry as Thurman Rice; Oliver Platt as Herman Wells
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Irene V. Heroux - Woonsocket
Irene V. (Leclaire) Heroux, 69, of Woonsocket, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence.
She was the wife of Ronald F. Heroux, whom she married Jan. 13, 1990. Born in Woonsocket, she was the daughter of the late Lena (Roy) Leclaire.
Irene was a 1962 graduate of Woonsocket High School and earned her Associates Degree in accounting from CCRI. She was an office supervisor for Coby Glass for 23 years and a payroll supervisor for US Property and Fiscal Office for 19 years, retiring in 2010.
Irene was the past president and District Governor of Quota International and was the Quotarian of the year in 2013. She was a member of the Woonsocket Lodge of Elks and the Board of Tenant Affairs. Irene volunteered at the Stadium Theatre.
Besides her husband Ronald she leaves her son, Alan M. Leclaire and his wife Kelly of Woonsocket; two stepsons, Bruce J. Heroux and his wife Michele and Michael P. Heroux and his wife Katherine, all of Woonsocket; her stepdaughter, Vickie A. Heroux of Cumberland; her brother, Lucien Leclaire of Woonsocket; and eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sister, Lorraine Desrosiers.
Her funeral will be held Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 9 a.m. from the Holt Funeral Home, 510 South Main St., with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in All Saints Community Church, 323 Rathbun Street. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Cumberland. Calling hours are Wednesday, May 29, 2013 from 5 -8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Elks National Foundation, 2750 No. Lakeview Ave., Chicago, IL 60614.


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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - H.J. Heinz Co. says it is making its iconic ketchup bottles a bit more green.
The food maker announced Wednesday that it will use Coca-Cola Co.'s plant-based plastic bottle technology for its ketchup.
Coca-Cola said it is the first partnership of its kind and they hope to push the use of its plant-based material into other parts of the food industry.
The world's largest soft-drink maker introduced the new bottle material in 2009. It's made with a mixture of traditional plastics and up to 30 percent plant-based material.
Coca-Cola hopes to eventually stop using traditional plastic, for which oil is a major ingredient.
Heinz said it will roll out the new bottle to the U.S. in June with 120 million bottles and plans to expand it globally.
The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the licensing agreement.
Heinz said the new material will increase its packaging costs at first but it does not plan to pass along those costs with higher prices.
Heinz and Coca-Cola said it could be the first of several agreements between the two companies, which they declined to detail but said could include work on distribution, purchasing, supply chain and health issues.
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In vertex pursuit games played on graphs such as Cops and Robbers, the cops must occupy the node of the robber to win. We present results on scenarios where the cops win if they are some prescribed distance from the robber. We study this new game-distance k Cops and Robber-from algorithmic, structural, and probabilistic perspectives.
We consider the game in which cops can move along the edges of a graph G and the robber can move along the edges of another graph H such that V(G) = V(H). We give motivations for considering this new game and partial results.
We consider edge-critical graphs when playing Cops and Robber. Specifically, we look at those graphs whose copnumber changes from one to two when any edge is added, deleted, subdivided or contracted. We characterize all such sets, showing that they are empty, trees, all 2-edge-connected graphs and empty, respectively. We also consider those graphs which change from copnumber two to one when any edge is added, and give a characterization in the k-regular case.
This is joint work with S. L. Fitzpatrick, A. Hill, and R. J. Nowakowski.
Intrusions occur at a set S of f vertices in a connected simple graph G. Each of d defenders protects one node that is not yet corrupted. The "infection" then spreads to a set of neighbouring unprotected nodes. The intruders and defenders take turns until some stopping condition is true.
For a fixed positive integer n, we consider the problem of constructing a graph G that is optimal in the following sense: the expected damage resulting from a random attack by a set of f intruders on G is minimum for graphs of order n.
Let G be a connected graph with n ³ 2 vertices. Suppose that a fire breaks out at a vertex v of G and a firefighter then protects a vertex not yet on fire. Afterwards, the fire spreads to all its unprotected neighbours in each time interval. The fire and firefighter take turns until the fire can no longer spread.
The survival rate of G can be thought of as the expected proportion of vertices the firefighter can save when a fire breaks out at a random vertex. The discharging method is used to obtain results on the survival rate of K4-minor free graphs.
This is joint work with P. Wang and W. Wang.
Given a network G and an integer t, we would like to determine the minimum number of watchpersons required, and their routes (rounds), so that the maximum time that any node is not monitored (no watchperson in its closed neighbourhood) is t. As this is difficult in general we will attempt to characterize some classes of graphs for which it is easy to do.
Pursuit games in graphs have attracted a lot of attention both for their practical motivation and theoretical impact, as many of their variants relate to various width parameters of graphs. We will survey recent results on a Cops & Robber game introduced in 1980s by Nowakowski-Winkler, and by Quilliot.
In this game two players take turns, one moving a group of cops along edges of the graph, the other one moving the robber. The robber gets caught if at some moment he/she is standing in the same vertex as one of the cops. The cops win the game when they catch the robber, the robber wins if he/she can avoid capture indefinitely.
We consider the questions of how many cops are needed to catch the robber in a given graph, or how many steps they need for it. Computational complexity of these questions is studied, as well as extremal results for particular graph classes. Interesting results have been obtained when the speed of the robber is allowed to be higher than the speed of the cops. We conclude with a number of open problems.
We consider the process of cleaning a network where at each time step, all vertices that have at least as many brushes as incident, contaminated edges, send brushes down these edges and remove them from the network. An added condition is that, because of the contamination model used, the final configuration must be the initial configuration of another cleaning of the network. We find the minimum number of brushes required for some classes of graphs; and for all networks when all edges must be cleaned on each step. Finally, we give bounds on the number of brushes required for complete networks.
This is joint work with S. Gaspers, R. J. Nowakowski, P. Pralat.
Following the decontamination metaphor for searching a graph, we introduce a cleaning process, which is related to both the chip-firing game and edge searching. The model presented is one where the edges are continually re-contaminated, say by algae, so that cleaning is regarded as an on-going process. We show that this is possible with the least number of brushes if the vertices are fired sequentially. We also present bounds for the least number of brushes required to clean graphs in general and some specific families of graphs.
A model for cleaning a graph with brushes was recently introduced. We consider the maximum number of brushes that can be used to clean d-regular graphs in this model, focusing on the asymptotic number for random d-regular graphs. Various lower and upper bounds are proposed. To get an asymptotically almost sure lower bound we use a degree-greedy algorithm to clean a random d-regular graph on n vertices (with dn even) and analyze it using the differential equations method to find the (asymptotic) number of brushes needed to clean a random d-regular graph using this algorithm (for fixed d).
We further show that for any d-regular graph on n vertices there is a cleaning sequence such at least n(d+1)/4 brushes are needed to clean a graph using this sequence. For an asymptotically almost sure upper bound, the pairing model is used to show that at most n(d+2Ö{d ln2})/4 brushes can be used when a random d-regular graph is cleaned. This implies that for fixed large d, the maximum possible number of brushes that can be used to clean a random d-regular graph on n vertices is asymptotically almost surely [(n)/4] ( d+O(Öd) ).
We discuss the guarding game introduced by Fomin et al. when the cop region is a specific graph class. We show that the guarding number can be found in linear time when the cop region is a complete bipartite graph and the guarding problem is NP-hard when the cop region is a graph of diameter two. We give a 2-approximation algorithm for this case. We prove that the guarding problem is NP-hard when the cop region is a split graph and we introduce a new variant of the guarding game, namely, cops have speed two. The speed two variant of the guarding game is solvable in linear time when the cop region is a split graph but it is NP-hard when the cop region is a graph of diameter 3 and we give a 2-approximation algorithm for this case.
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Joel Allen Lerman, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery - Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
- Associate Clinical Professor
Shriners Hospital for Children
2425 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
Dr. Lerman's clinical interests include clubfoot, congenital lower extremity deficiencies, spina bifida, pediatric and adolescent spinal deformity as well as general pediatric orthopaedics. His research focuses on clinical outcomes in lower extremity deficiencies, orthotic management of spinal cord injured patients, and orthotic management of patients with clubfoot.
Philosophy of Care
I attempt to provide state of the art, high level, vigilant, safe care for pediatric and adolescent patients with orthopaedic conditions, accounting for present and future function. The child's needs are critical, and the child's and parent's assistance in care is enlisted.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedics
Center/Program Affiliation
M.D., Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1992
B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1986
Board Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2001
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
Association of Children's Prosthetics and Orthotics Clinics
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Scoliosis Research Society
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Gupta MC, Wijesekera S, Sossan A, Martin L, Vogel LC, Boakes JL, Lerman JA, McDonald CM, Betz RR. Reliability of radiographic parameters in neuromuscular scoliosis. Spine 32: 691-695, 2007.
Huffman GR, Bagley AM, James MA, Lerman JA, Rab G. Assessment of children with brachial plexus birth palsy using the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 25: 400-404, 2005.
Lerman JA, Sullivan E, Barnes DA, Haynes RJ. The Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) and functional assessment of patients with unilateral upper extremity deficiencies. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 25: 405-407, 2005.
Lerman JA, Emans JB, Hall JE, Karlin LI. Spinal arthrodesis for scoliosis in Down syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 23: 159-161, 2003.


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This Fair (a joint venture between Psychoeconomy and Technologies To The People) presents new social structures, artists and companies that are resisting the hypercartography of new communication and control agents; they attempt to break free from old capitalism, corporate, state nation and brand models, by creating networks of mutual dependence, solidarity, the defence of shared ideals, e.g. the environment, sustainable development, democracy; by giving priority to individuals, and promoting social equality; by offering sensitive and subjective alternatives in the face of the prevailing monitoring system and exchange models.
Since the last summit in Madrid in July 2010, nothing has improved. We are still confronted with the deepest economic and financial crisis since the Second World War, and now we must add a global crisis of political repre-sentation.
This year, corporate leaders met again with a renewed goal: to write another declaration seeking to reverse the status of the global economy.
The Corporate Summit 2010 was proposed in order to discuss the international financial crisis and prevailing monetary exchange systems. On 2 and 3 July 2010, four world corporate and state leaders met in Madrid.
Their goal: to elaborate a declaration seeking to reverse the status of the global economy.
A publication (available in digital format too) that summarizes the results of the event, was presented during the Corporate Summit Sevilla 2011 on December 9th, at the CAAC.
Psychoeconomy is a platform for discussion and artistic research that proposes an alternative approach on various global issues, taking advantage of the particularities for reflection and diffusion generated by the field of art. Among other things, it impulses the gathering of Corporate Summits, annual meetings of forums held by artists' created entities (for example, banks, technology companies, and even micro nations).
Psychoeconomy proposes the revision of citizen participation on a global scale in the resolution of conflicts in which citizenship as a hole is largely excluded from decision-making but certainly suffers the consequences.
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The Psychoeconomy War Room Table displays the relationship between two or more countries in the world in terms of some specific social and economic variables. The proposal builds on the metaphor of the table of the War Room, the room where are discussed possible tactical moves in a civil or military operation.


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Mark Mitchell, OK.gov
Oklahoma Government Gets More Mobile with OK.gov for Android
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – July 29, 2010 – OK.gov, the official website of the state of Oklahoma, recently launched the release of a free Android government application, available now on your Android phone by searching for OK.gov. OK.gov for Android gives Oklahomans convenient access to Oklahoma government directly from an Android mobile device. The new application provides real-time access to state agency news, office location mapping, and professional licensee lookups.
"The state of Oklahoma is excited to offer citizens the opportunity to use this innovative application to gain access and knowledge about our local government," said Governor Brad Henry.
Features of the OK.gov for Android application include:
• Agency Lookup – Quickly find agencies by keyword or category search. The application displays contact information including main phone number, address, and website address. It also offers a built-in agency location mapping system featuring directions and the option to call directly from the application.
• Professional Licensee Search – Easily search or browse over 122 Oklahoma licensee types from over 20 state agencies.
• Oklahoma Government News – Keep up-to-date with the latest news and announcements from Oklahoma state agencies.
"We are pleased to announce that the new OK.gov for Android is the first state government portal application released for Google Android mobile devices," said Mark Mitchell, General Manager of OK.gov. "Along with the OK.gov for iPhone app, this new Android application allows the public to access Oklahoma government conveniently and advantageously through handheld mobile technology."
According to www.admob.com, Android is Google's Linux operating system for mobile devices. With more than 100k daily activations, Google rapidly produces updates to the Android platform and is the first in total Web and App usage in the U.S. and is second in smartphone sales behind RIM's Blackberry. There are currently 60 compatible devices,50 carriers, 48 countries, and 21 OEM's supporting Android. This mobile device has more than 50,000 Android Applications with more than 180,000 developers.
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On February the 19th another important milestone has been reached on the road to the Jaunty Jackalope: Feature Freeze. The Ubuntu Developers are now focusing on fixing bugs to produce a rock solid release by then end of April 2009. Here are some highlights from the Ubuntu Server team:
Ubuntu in the cloud
The long-awaited Eucalyptus package made it to the archive just before Feature Freeze paving the way for easy deployment of a cloud infrastructure built upon Ubuntu Server. In its wake a handful of java related components have also become available from the archive:
- Apache Axis2 is a Web services engine implemented in C which can be used to provide and consume WebServices. Both SOAP and REST style webservice are supported with binary data being exchanged via MTOM.
- The WS-Security specification is provided by the rampart package, the Apache web services security engine.
Other virtualization related components have also been updated:
- kvm: the new upstream release ships with an updated version of qemu as well as loads of bugfixes. Nested svm is also available in Jaunty – now you can run kvm in kvm in kvm…
- libvirt 0.6.0 brings in improved support for daemon restart as well as copy-on-write storage volume support.
- virt-manager 0.6.1 supports remote storage management and provisioning, remote VM installation and VM migration. Avahi is also used to detect existing libvirt systems available on the local network.
- opennebula has been updated to version 1.2. Cloning and transferring vms is easier thanks to the new Image Management feature. Networking has also been improved.
Samba 3.3.0
The latest version of samba 3 has been uploaded to Jaunty. In the area of file serving it brings extended cluster support as well as new experimental VFS modules to store NTFS ACLs on Samba file servers. On the Winbind front two new idmap backends have been added (adex and hash) as well as support for user and group aliasing. The idmap_ad backend now supports multiple domains.
AppArmor profiles
Jamie Strandbodge has been working on new AppArmor profiles. Both dhcp and tcpdump packages have seen the addition of a profile: dhcp-client is now protected by AppArmor.
Encrypted swap
Dustin Kirkland added a script to the ecryptfs-utils to help configuring systems to use an encrypted swap.
Directory services
Mathias Gug uploaded a new version of openldap. Better support for GnuTLS as well as a transition to libdb 4.7 are available from the jaunty archive.
libdb transition
Scott Kitterman and other developers spent quite some time updating packages to use the newest versions of libdb. 4.2 is almost gone now that openldap has been updated to use 4.7. Other versions are also on their way out with dspam, awffull and ggcov being built with the latest version of libdb.
/etc under revision control
Thierry Carrez has been busy merging new versions from Debian. A daily cron job has been added that will commit any changes to /etc to the local tree, bzr being the default vcs used in Ubuntu.
Boot from multipathed devices
Timo Aaltonen updated grub to support booting from multipathed devices.
Hardware management tools
Ante Karamatić added dell specific commands to the ipmitools package.
krb5 and Microsoft kerberos implementation
Mathias Gug integrated a likewise-open patch to better support Microsoft kerberos implementation in MIT krb5.
Phoronix test suite
Dustin Kirkland worked with Michael Owens to make the phoronix test suite available in Ubuntu. This automated suite is able to test and benchmark different parts of a Linux OS.
New django applications
As the popularity of django is rising so is the number of django applications available from the Ubuntu archive: python-django-tagging, python-django-evolution, python-django-djblets and python-django-debug-toolbar are now available in Jaunty.
AMQP support
AMQP, the emerging standard for high performance enterprise messaging, is now easily available in Ubuntu with the addition of rabbitmq-server to the archive. Written in the erlang language and based on the Open Telecom Platform rabbitmq features a complete, conformant and interoperable implementation of the published AMQP specification.


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If an area contains ignitable gases, dusts, or other ignitable fibers or flyings, how do you install the wiring to avoid an explosion? Chapter 5, which covers special occupancies, is the first of three NEC chapters that deals with special topics. What exactly is a "Special Occupancy?" It's a location where the facility or use of the physical facility creates specific conditions that require additional measures to ensure the "practical safeguarding of people and property" purpose of the NEC, as put forth in Art. 90 (see SIDEBAR: How Hazardous Is It?).
Word Changes
Electrical tradespeople and other professionals in the electrical industry seldom say "explosionproof apparatus," so the 2011 revision changed "apparatus" to "equipment." The term "equipment" is a term defined by the NEC and is therefore more usable than the undefined term "apparatus."
The 2011 NEC includes a new definition for combustible dust [500.2]. It's finely divided solid material that's 420 microns or smaller in diameter and presents a fire or explosion hazard when dispersed and ignited in air. This new definition may help us understand the difference between Class II and Class III locations. Class II locations are where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to combustible dusts and the necessary wiring methods are covered in Art. 502. In Class III locations, the hazard may exist due to ignitable fibers/flyings, which are larger particles than those that the Code defines as being dust, and the pertinent wiring methods are covered in Art. 503.
Previous editions of the NEC used the term "fiber optic" cables in 500.8(F) instead of the more accurate term "optical fiber cable." The 2011 revision uses the more accurate term (Fig. 1).
Additionally, the term "composite optical fiber cable" was added to help the Code user understand which types of optical fiber cable are required to comply with this section. While this change isn't a technical one, it does add usability of the NEC for those users that struggle with the differences between conductive, composite, and nonconductive optical fiber cables (see SIDEBAR: Optical Fiber Cable is Not Created Equal).
Conduit Threads and Fittings
The 2011 NEC includes extensive changes to the provisions addressing conduit threads and fittings.
All threaded conduits must be made wrenchtight to prevent arcing when ground-fault current flows through the raceway system and to ensure the explosionproof or dust-ignitionproof integrity of the raceway system [500.8(E)] (see SIDEBAR: The Rules for Threaded Conduit [500.8(E)]). Threaded entries into explosionproof equipment must be made up with at least five threads fully engaged [500.8(E)(1)]. An Exception to this rule notes: For listed explosionproof equipment, factory threaded entries must be made up with at least 4½ threads fully engaged.
The 2008 NEC did a lackluster job of dealing with metric threaded conduits and fittings. Manufacturers had little guidance on what the requirements were for metric threads, unlike NPT (National Pipe Taper, American Standard) threads that had more information in this subsection. Of particular interest is a requirement for metric threads to have eight threads fully engaged for Class I, groups A and B. This requirement doesn't apply to NPT threaded raceways.
A new subsection, 500.8.E(3), addresses unused openings. While it's a repetition of 110.12(A), it's here to emphasize that these fittings must have five threads fully engaged (unless metric in a group A or B), as shown in Fig. 2.
Class I
If sufficient flammable or combustible gases, vapors, or liquids are (or may be) present to produce an explosive or ignitable mixture, you have a Class I location. Examples of such locations include fuel storage areas, certain solvent storage areas, grain processing (where hexane is used), plastic extrusion where oil removal is part of the process, refineries, and paint storage areas.
Article 500 contains a general background on hazardous locations, and it describes the differences between Class I, II, and III locations plus the differences between Division 1 and Division 2 in each of the three classifications.
Article 501 contains the actual Class I, Division 1 and Division 2 installation requirements, including wiring methods, seals, and specific equipment requirements.
New Cross References for Class I
The 2011 revision adds cross references for types MC cable [501.10(A)(1)(c)] and ITC-ER (ITC was previously included) cable [501.10(B)(1)(4)]. Note that 501.10(A) is for Class I, Division 1 and 501.10(B) is for Class I, Division 2. Why the new cross references?
Installations consisting of Types MC or ITC cable in a hazardous location must comply with Art. 330 and Art. 727, respectively. While 90.3 already tells us this quite plainly for MC cable (Art. 330), it doesn't give the same guidance for a wiring method that's described in Chapter 7, such as ITC cable (Art. 727). Section 727.4 specifically allows ITC cables to be used in these locations, so this change is a good way to make the Code more user-friendly.
The 2011 revision now includes a listing requirement for flexible cord connectors and fittings [501.10(A)(2)] and 501.10(B)(2)]
Unlike most hazardous location equipment, flexible fittings were not previously required to be listed for the location. The 2011 NEC now specifically states flexible fittings must be listed for the location in Class I, Division 1 locations [501.10(A)(2)] and must be listed for use in Class I, Division 2 locations [501.10(B)(2)]
Bonding of Flexible Raceway
Previous editions of the NEC stated that, in a hazardous location, "liquidtight flexible metal conduit shall not be used as the sole ground-fault current path." While this sounds like a great rule, it really doesn't work. Why is that? Because of the definition of "ground-fault current path" in 250.2.
Many things are "ground-fault current paths," including the earth itself, although paths such as the earth certainly don't achieve the goal of this requirement. While the term "effective ground-fault current path" is better than the previous NEC language, the 2011 revision makes it even simpler than that. It now tells you exactly what to do: Use a green or bare wire in (or next to) these flexible wiring methods. Section 501.30(B) has been revised to add clarity to the requirement.
Because of the explosive conditions associated with electrical installations in hazardous locations [500.5], electrical continuity of metal parts of equipment and raceways must be ensured by one of the following methods, whether or not you install an equipment grounding conductor of the wire type within the metal raceway [250.100]:
- Threaded couplings or threaded entries on enclosures [250.92(B)(2)].
- Threadless raceway couplings and connectors [250.92(B)(3)].
- Bonding the raceway to an enclosure with listed devices, such as a bonding-type locknut, bonding wedge, or bushing with a bonding jumper [250.92(B)(4)].
Standard locknuts alone aren't suitable for this purpose. 501.30(B) Bonding — Flexible Raceway. Liquidtight flexible metal conduit must have an equipment bonding jumper of the wire type in accordance with 250.102 (Fig. 3).
Note that you need to size bonding jumpers per Table 250.122, based on the rating of the overcurrent device [250.102(D)]. Where installed outside of a raceway, the length of bonding jumpers must not exceed 6 ft — and they must be routed with the raceway [250.102(E)(2)].
Flexible Cords
Manufacturers are often asked to provide portable power carts (type of temporary portable assembly), consisting of such items as receptacles, switches, and similar devices, for Class I locations. These carts are used during maintenance activities in areas such as refineries. The previous Code language didn't include a provision for this type of equipment to be supplied by a cord and plug connection, due to the limitations placed on flexible cord usage. Equipment such as this is now allowed, provided the individual components of the cart (or similar equipment) are listed for the application [501.140(A)(5)].
While previously the NEC was clear on the topic of requiring seals on flexible cords in Class I locations, it didn't address cord connectors and attachment plugs. Even though it seems obvious that a cord connector/attachment plug in a Class I location would have to be listed for the application, the Code didn't clearly state this requirement. Now 501.140(B)(4) makes it clear that such a cord connector or attachment plug must be listed for the location in which it's installed. The change to 501.140(B)(5) is a correlating change to the one that occurred in 501.140(A)(5). When the temporary portable assemblies discussed in that section are used, the cord must be a single, continuous length.
Classes I, II, and III
Changes in Art. 501 have similar counterparts in Art. 502 (Class II) and Art. 503 (Class III). For example, the cross reference changes in 501.10 also show up in 502.10 and 503.10. But don't just jump into any of these three articles. First, take the time to understand the relevant definitions and concepts in Art. 500.
Article 500 is fairly long and detailed, and it contains many Informational Notes. Thus, it can seem a bit much to digest. However, not all of what's in there is relevant to the Class you're working in. If, for example, you're working in a Class I location, you'll be referring to Art. 501 and only the relevant parts of Art. 500.
Holt is the owner of Mike Holt Enterprises, Inc., Leesburg, Fla. He can be reached at www.mikeholt.com.
SIDEBAR: How Hazardous is It?
A hazardous location is an area where the possibility of fire or explosion can exist due to the presence of flammable or combustible gases or vapors, combustible dusts, or ignitable fibers/flyings. Electric arcs, sparks, and/or heated surfaces can serve as a source of ignition in such environments.
Article 500 is the first of seven articles that address hazardous locations. It's the basis for the other six. Articles 501, 502, and 503 provide the requirements for Class I, Class II, and Class III locations, respectively. The class designations are defined by 500.5. Article 504 provides the requirements for "intrinsically safe" equipment used in Class I, II, and III locations. Articles 510 through 517 cover specific occupancies, garages, aircraft hangers, motor fuel dispensing facilities, bulk storage plants, spray application, dipping and coating processes, and health care facilities [500.9].
SIDEBAR: The Rules for Threaded Conduit [500.8(E)]
This requirement ensures that if an explosion occurs within a raceway or enclosure, the expanding gas will sufficiently cool as it dissipates through the threads. This prevents hot flaming gases from igniting the surrounding atmosphere of a hazardous location.
Keep in mind — it's assumed that the flammable atmosphere outside the raceway will seep into the raceway system over time. The goal of the Code is to contain any explosion that occurs inside the raceway so the event won't ignite the flammable mixture outside the raceway system.
SIDEBAR: Optical Fiber Cable is Not Created Equal
Composite optical fiber cable contains current-carrying conductors [770.2], and they're capable of causing a dangerous spark that can ignite flammable atmospheres. In a hazardous location, you must install them the same way you install other conductors.
On the other hand, nonconductive optical fiber cable [770.2] has no current-carrying conductors or metallic strength members, so it can't ignite flammable atmospheres. Consequently, you don't have to install it in accordance with Articles 500, 501, 502, or 503.


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Fast-rising country star Lauren Alaina returned to the stage of 'American Idol' on Thursday (May 9), performing her new single 'Barefoot and Buck Wild' from her forthcoming second album.
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World of Warcraft has already been discussed in the court, where the above image was shown. According to The Daily Telegraph, Breivik broke into a "broad smile" when a screenshot of his World of Warcraft character was projected into the court.
The game was brought up by the Prosecution, in an attempt to characterize Brehvik as an anti-social, troubled man struggling with a series of failures in his life.
It's difficult to know precisely how to feel when a video game makes news in this way. On the one hand it's clear that Brehvik is completely insane, and his consumption of video games is barely relevant in this case. But in the context of the prosecution's attempt to characterise Brehvik as an anti-social loner living in isolation, is it fair to discuss the fact that Anders Brehvik practically played World of Warcraft full time for a year? Possibly…
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The amount of influence Jim Sanders had on Heart City is incalculable. The decision to not credit my friend in the video itself was conscious.
I feel we are moving away from the idea of ownership of ideas and Jim has expressed similar sentiments to me in person.
I am very happy if anybody uses any idea or concept they have read at "my" blogs in any way "they" see fit.
Of course not all would agree and I have been accused of plagiarism by a great man of sync.
Feel free to express your thoughts on these subjects in the comments.
The nature of sync is negating the concept of ownership itself, nay the very essence of Self is Being challenged!
I for one no longer feel the need to be sighted when I fellow sync blogger mentions C-Ing Red, 911 StarG8 or whatever unless its needed for the context of the sync at hand.
What ever feels appropriate in order to best floW.
Namaste/I acknowledge the God inside You.
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41 comments:
- Jim said...
Glad you just got this up pronto Jake. I thought you would and I am now going to smoke some wacky tobacky and check it out.
There is a Heart City in All of Us.
- August 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
I hope you like it my friend. You were so right about including My Winnipeg.
Hope we can work together on a video unveiling the Peg Leg.
- August 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- Jim said...
I like when Homer says he will tell them who the one true gods is he is pointing up with his "jupiter" finger.
and yes my winnipeg and the spirit are perfect
nice stuff, but i am biased.
p.s. the next collaboration is coming soon for sure.
- August 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM
- Ed said...
Watching your videos always brings forth different synchs in my mind. As the Homer, Apu, Flanders clip faded away, Ned asks Napu shy he didn't just call out for Hawkman, A comic book character patterened after Horus. His original base of operations was "Midway City".
I don't know what the 42 means. 42=tin or ten. 42 + 10 = 52, which is the number of weeks in a year. 42 x 10 = 420 or 4:20.
Perhaps the universe is a novel that was written by a 42 year old man?
- August 23, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- Terry said...
great stuff as usual.
- August 24, 2009 at 1:50 AM
- A Figure Eight said...
The Silent "H"/Fickle H:
Eart(h) ~ (H)eart
T(h)inker ~ Tin-ker/Tin man
Heart of Gold is the Spaceship in Hitchhiker's Guide, lest we forget.
And the Tin Man dance somehow resonates for me quite strongly the onscreen antics of Colbert and Conan. (Now equidistant on the continent)
Beautiful. Earth as woman. Heart at the Center, no less. Micro and macrocosms meet up once again.
- August 24, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- A Figure Eight said...
I feel like I can draw a straight line from Egypt to Canada and the Spirit Center:
Was wondering about the (11)K-9 connection, as in 9-11, as in K9/Canine/ Dog, or God, or Dog Star/Sirius. The Ca-Nine, or Ka-Nine resonates the Ka, the Egyptian Spirit Guide personal to each of us. And the origin of Ca/Ka-nine, is Canidae, or Canida/Canada, in resonance to me.
Maybe? Going South, the Lone *Star* state's true love, Football, resonates the KA in the Touchdown symbol of two hands raised, and the goal posts. Houston, we have touch down.
- August 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Wiindigoo said...
After I watched Heart City for the second time I went out and the only celestial body visible in this current hazy sky, particular balcony configuration, and personal vision capabilities was Jupiter. But it is All Saints that is so emotionally resonant to a wiindigoo in Cambodia often in love with "my" suffering. Those sweet ladies/mothers are home.
- August 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Indras Net said...
Beutiful work Jake! Loved it, good to hear your voice again, brings me back to the BNWO dayz haha. Really great stuff in this ONe, Im in agreement with you about the nature of "owning" synchs and memes, ive had a recent experience where someone thought i was robbing whole concepts from the great synch himself as well, shouldnt we all understand by now that everyone is entraining? I definatly feel its cool to give credit where hard work makes it due, but i mean at this point were all synching off eachother and themes synch as soon as they enter kkonsciousness. Thankyou for all of your hard and loving work! for realz! looking forward to more! Namaste brotha
- August 24, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Jim said...
Heart of Gold is not only the spaceship in Hitchhiker's Guide, but is also the name of an album and song of a famous former Winnipegger, Neil Young.
- August 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
Lovely comments thanks.
- August 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- Douglas Bolles said...
I almost put Harvest on the pod this morning.
So the thing that I find interesting is how you equate Jupiter w/ heart. Well maybe I should check out your video again. (well I guess I don't get that chance. Good that I watched last night.)
Tinman/Jupiter/42/Heart/Central City-Winnipeg
In my cosmology Mother/Earth is the heart. Jupiter is father, but I question his means.
Anyway, The king needs a return to mother to acquire heart. maybe. The hollow men. The hollow generation. peter pan and pirates playing juvenile games.
2010-we make contact.
Maybe we should have synchro conference in heart city in 2010, eh? You know, make contact.
-one interesting thing. One of Joseph Campbell's fundamental developmental figures was Black Elk. As a young boy Black Elk realized that Harney peak in South Dakota was the central mountain of the world. He then also realized that Harney peak was everywhere. The heart is where you are Jake!
The Nez Perce indians in the state where I live have a sacred rock in the center of their homeland. They call it The Heart of The Monster, and it is where life began and where the people emerged from the lower world to this one.
The interesting point JC would make though is that our tribe now is all of humanity, thus my only guess about what could be the world's central mountain which we all look up to and unites us all is the moon.
That's probably why our tribe is filled w/ such lunatics.
-sorry you about your troubles
good luck to you.
- August 24, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- Jim said...
2010 sync conference in the Peg it is then.
Done deal.
wv: corship.
- August 24, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Douglas Bolles said...
I spaced why I wrote.
You haven't mentioned to my knowledge the dark mark on the king. Jupiter was struck with a comet when you were doing you ceremony a few days before the eclipse.
interesting eh? The king shot? The king got smashed?
I think about it.
I put jupiter at the throat. His word is law. He is our vocal authority.
Who is trying to silence the king? MJ was called the king. Hmmm.
I should probably do my speculating on my own pages.
be well
- August 24, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- Indras Net said...
Bummer your link is down due to fox, you should try vimeo Ive moved all my videos over there cause Youtube is so sensitive.
good luck, cheerz.
Just thought about something and I wasnt sure if youd realized yet that the Hebrew Letter Kaph is attributed to Jupiter whos color is blue and sphere on the tree o life is blue, Kaph means Hand!.
- August 25, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Credit where credit due. Having the source of written form allows us to see where thought filtered through the big mind and ended up being typed away with specific person's hands. Gives us a name. Allows for the dots to connect in a way we can explore another level, where desired. to compare and contrast, we can work out repeating patterns. not just the person but the name itself... letters are lines created by divisible black on white. lots of history to a language, to have the source of the name, the date and time written, the birth date, etc. might help. point is we can do as we want, but to ask is ok?
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- August 25, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
Feel free to attribute and give citation or not depending on the context of situation and insight about the moment your involved in. I highlight one extreme (not citing) as a re-balancing in a an environment attached to attribution. Many times crediting someone is awesome and I love doing it. What ever brings most Joy should be our guide not intellectual debate about wrong or right.
- August 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM
thanks jake. can you name a favourite movie of your youth? It'll really help a fellow synch-sensor. just the name
cheers, paul.
- August 25, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
My favorite film as a kid was the The Empire Strikes Back.
As an adult its been Miller's Crossing. I have a bit of a rule never to sync it, its too holy to be sullied by any attempt at insight.
Who knows, I might do it one day.
Ever so often one stands out.
City of God a few years back, Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf, Leaving Las Vegas, Oldboy, The Fountain, The Departed...
Strictly Ballroom by far this year.
Love most movies.
- August 25, 2009 at 7:08 PM
- Jim said...
Break the rule Jake, break the rule.
- August 26, 2009 at 9:06 AM
thanks jake. the basis of strictly ballroom, with the hidden dad, the latin family, the pompous youth, I like the characters.
Can I ask if you have any specific blogs that you keep coming back to? Any particular one more than another.
there is a reason for this question following up on the later, appreciate your comments. paul.
- August 26, 2009 at 1:10 PM
The Matrix, begins and ends in the "heart of the city" Motel. May help with the represented meaning of the phrase - being a well noted movie and all.
Weak Peg/Matrix connections.
Carrie Ann Moss Film Chumscrubber... with special effects work completed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Keanu... choosing to play the title role in a Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba
UK ad, car travels through Xagon to jump 7 years. "future complete". Fits Stargate so well, may be a
nice intro to expand on the synch for newcomers?
- August 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Eisner's spirit is one of my all time faves...fell in love with sand saref at a very early age...love the central city thang considering the Spirit was done some 69 years ago...
Also i checked the word `Manitoba` which is related to the First Nation native word `manitou` which means spirit.
Love your work...top banana as it were
- August 27, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- Jake Kotze said...
I read most of the posts done by people who I link to here at The Blob and certainly the Merry Men at The Sync Whole.
- August 27, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- stillwalking82 said...
Just a thought about another meaning of the number 42:
42 is the angle of light refraction needed to create the red spectrum of visible light in a rainbow.
"The light is first refracted as it enters the surface of the raindrop, reflected off the back of the drop, and again refracted as it leaves the drop. The overall effect is that the incoming light is reflected back over a wide range of angles, with the most intense light at an angle of 40°–42°."
- August 27, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- A Figure Eight said...
Love is in the air...
- August 28, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Particleion said...
Good suff
- August 28, 2009 at 11:04 AM
happening is now, are u on board?
(need rely here)
- August 28, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Arrowsmith said...
Feckin awesome vid Jake!
A while back while writing about the Blue Hand I stumbled across a film by Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg) called Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands.
Break the rules Jake...you know you wanna.
- August 29, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Hey Synch Travelers.
On the "Whip-It" Trailer I am taking it to pieces in an attempt at deep synch.
Hoping to make friends in this subject, thanks, paul, ciao.
PS Got a bit drunk last night, expect I gotta get myself on board first. laters.
- August 29, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Hey Jake, need your keen eye for seeing red.
have been deeply looking at the "Whip-It" Trailer on the WholeSynch, have seen something, can you help us?
my source, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cA2ngjW0YQ
@51 seconds in the clothes shop; three roller girls and dummies and people shopping.
First, see a red scarf on the male dummy disappear from the initial shot, and reappear on the cashier. the girls are looking at the red scarf on the cashier with big smiles. Also count the faces with frame by frame as they appear and reappear. there is always six. dummies have faces, and blue hair, yet the male dummy in shot has no face. So go back to the beginning, and there are six bride gown wearing girls, six chairs seated as they put makeup on. I'm not all the way through the move, it is at bloggerinthemovies.blogspot i think there is much more to the red and blue/six/3 dummy faces/3 roller girls. note the jester girl is the one that turns in the first shot, as they move toward the dummies in the last supper style frame.
thanks jake and other synchminds.
As much as seeing red is relevant, i have been seeing the compliment of red and blue.
also, there is a red apple and blue milk on the tray of spiderboys girl. is that what he looks at?
- August 29, 2009 at 3:26 PM
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- August 30, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- ericswan said...
Vimeo looks like the heart got a by pass. You might be interested in "The Manitou Stone" He looks like your Tin Man.
I went to see it. It's spooky. Looks like a head. I just posted a pic with a blurb to my blog...
- August 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Jon Kidd said...
Wicked musical score.
Loved the video.
I just now now watched the video. What timing.
Years ago when I lived in Calgary I was called a Tinman by a native man who was visiting at my Mom's house. There was a death in his family. And he was expressing hostility to me because of my lack of an emotional response to the death.
That always stuck with me. I felt like shit because of it for years. I do feel that I'm gaining my spirit back and find myself getting teary eyed over the beauty of life's small things now.
Having little Kidd's has helped.
- August 31, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- A Figure Eight said...
So, TIN is the TENth marriage anniversary symbol. Maybe as in Twenty Ten... the 42/tin correspondence to Jupiter and the movie 2010: The Year we make contact. Ya? YA!?
- September 2, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
Sounds good to me!
- September 2, 2009 at 4:05 PM
"I have been accused of plagiarism by a great man of sync"
whom is this? steve willner?
i seriously dont know who would even consider ownership of any synchromystic idea or ideas, foolish to me..
- September 4, 2009 at 12:45 PM
super p.s. - I am so glad to hear you doing voice overs to explain phenomonon, its great having you back Mr. Kotze....
and really, tell us, or at least me (hah) who this plagurism "Mr. X" person is, please!!
- September 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
I was talking about Goro Adachi who runs the website Etememenanki.
Peace In
- September 4, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Jim Ricks said...
Well done again! Your style is evolving. Although still not a fan of the flashing red letters.
All the best,
- September 6, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Stephen said...
Just got back from watching 9 it had everything you guys talked about in the pod cast in addition to all the alchemy symbolism All hail the FLOw lol great stuff
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